Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the state of Georgia 1967 [volume 1]

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ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1967 19670000 COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE

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PRESS OF LONGINO PORTER, INC.ATLANTA,GA.

Compiler's Note To speed publication, the Acts and Resolutions of the 1967 session, with the exception of the proposed amendments to the Constitution, were sent to the printer in the order in which they were released from the Governor's office. This made only a broad classification possible. General Acts and Resolutions were grouped in one volume beginning at page 1 and running through page 1152. The proposed amendments to the Constitution were grouped together beginning at page 901 of Volume One and are followed by a complete index beginning at page 973. This volume is bound separately. Local and special Acts and Resolutions were grouped in one volume beginning on page 2001. Revisions and amendments of municipal charters made pursuant to The Municipal Home Rule Act of 1965 as amended, and filed in the Office of Secretary of State during 1966, are printed in Volume Two beginning on page 3499. There are no intervening pages between 1152 and 2000. The index, which is published in full in each volume, covers material included in both volumes. It is in two parts: a broad tabular index which attempts to supply some of the advantages which might have been gained from a more detailed classification, which speed of publication made impossible. This is followed by a regular alphabetical index.

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ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1967 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYDIRECTOR. No. 1 (Senate Bill No. 13). An Act to amend an Act creating a Department of Public Safety, approved March 19, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 322), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 2, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 70), and an Act approved March 6, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 252), so as to provide that the Director of Public Safety of Georgia shall serve at the pleasure of the Department of Public Safety; to change the compensation of the Director of Public Safety of Georgia; to change the age requirements for the Director of Public Safety of Georgia; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating a Department of Public Safety, approved March 19, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 322), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 2, 1949

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(Ga. L. 1949, p. 70), and an Act approved March 6, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 252), is hereby amended by striking the second and third paragraphs of section 3 of Article I and inserting in lieu thereof one new paragraph, to read as follows: The Director of Public Safety of Georgia shall serve at the pleasure of the Department of Public Safety and shall be compensated in the amount of $16,000.00 per annum to be paid in equal monthly or semi-monthly installments; provided, however, that said $16,000.00 shall be increased by five percent (5%) for each four (4) years of service rendered by said Director, in any capacity, to the State of Georgia. The Director shall receive no other compensation or allowances except as herein provided. Compensation. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking from the fourth paragraph of section 3 of Article I the figure 55 and inserting in lieu thereof the figure 60 so that said paragraph shall read as follows: He shall be of good moral character and of sound physical condition, not less than 25 nor more than 60 years of age at the time of appointment, and shall have had at least three years' experience as a law enforcement officer, or as an officer of the United States Army or National Guard, or as an officer in some other organization of this State, another State, or of the United States. Qualifications. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved January 23, 1967. MITCHELL COUNTY SUPERIOR COURTSTERMS. No. 4 (House Bill No. 2). An Act to change the terms of the Superior Court of Mitchell County; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The Superior Court of Mitchell County shall have four (4) regular terms convening on the second Monday in January, the third Monday in April, the second Monday in July and the third Monday in October. Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its otherwise becoming law, and thereafter the terms of the Superior Court of Mitchell County shall be as provided in section 1 of this Act. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. GeorgiaMitchell County. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned officer, duly authorized under the laws of the State of Georgia to administer oaths, B. T. Burson, who on oath deposes and says that he is the owner and publisher of The Camilla Enterprise, a newspaper published in the City of Camilla, Georgia, of general circulation in Mitchell County, Georgia, being the official gazette of said county, and that the attached advertisement has been published in The Camilla Enterprise once a week for three (3) weeks in the regular issues of December 16, 23, and 30, 1966. /s/ B. T. Burson Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 30th day of December, 1966. /s/ Mary Ann Johnson Notary Public, Mitchell County, Georgia. My Commission expires May 26, 1967. (Seal). Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced at the January, 1967, Session of the General Assembly of Georgia, a bill providing that the Superior Court of Mitchell County, Georgia, shall have four regular terms convening

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on the second Monday in January, the third Monday in April, the second Monday in July and the third Monday in October; to provide an effective date, and for other purposes. This 9 day of December, 1966. Marcus E. Collins Representative, Mitchell County Georgia. Approved February 21, 1967. ADOPTION LAW AMENDED. Code Chapter 74-4 Amended. No. 5 (House Bill No. 11). An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to amend and revise the adoption laws now set forth in Chapter 74-4 of the Code of 1933; to provide for an investigation and report to the superior court in which an adoption petition is filed on the proposed adoption by the State Department of Public Welfare where facilities are available; and for other purposes., approved March 27, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 300), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 7, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 212), so as to provide for the service of the petition and order for adoption upon non-residents and of those parties whose addresses are unknown; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled An Act to amend and revise the adoption laws now set forth in Chapter 74-4 of the Code of 1933; to provide for an investigation and report to the superior court in which an adoption petition is filed on the proposed adoption by the State Department of Public Welfare where facilities are available; and for other purposes.,

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approved March 27, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 300), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 7, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 212), is hereby amended by adding to section 5 the following sentence: If any such party, or parties, be a non-resident of the State, then the clerk shall send the said party, or parties, by registered mail a conformed copy of said petition and order; but if the address be unknown, then notice shall be given by publication once a week for four weeks in the official organ of the county where such proceedings are pending., so that when so amended section 5 shall read as follows: Section 5. Notice of date of final hearing; service. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall fix a date upon which the petition for final adoption shall be considered which date shall be not less than ninety days from the date of the filing of the petition, and one conformed copy of the petition, together with the copy of the court's order thereon, shall be served on the party or parties whose written consent to the adoption is required under section 3, unless service of said petition and notice has been duly waived in writing. If any such party, or parties, be a non-resident of the State, then the clerk shall send the said party, or parties, by registered mail a conformed copy of said petition and order; but if the address be unknown, then notice shall be given by publication once a week for four weeks in the official organ of the county where such proceedings are pending. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved February 21, 1967.

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GEORGIA CIVIL PRACTICE ACTEFFECTIVE DATE. No. 19 (House Bill No. 194). An Act to amend an Act comprehensively and exhaustively revising, superseding and modernizing pretrial, trial and certain post trial procedure in civil cases, known as the Georgia Civil Practice Act, approved March 18, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 609), so as to postpone the effective date of said Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act comprehensively and exhaustively revising, superseding and modernizing pretrial, trial and certain post trial procedure in civil cases, known as the Georgia Civil Practice Act, approved March 18, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 609), is hereby amended by striking from section 86 the word March and substituting in lieu thereof the word September, so that section 86, when so amended, shall read as follows: Section 86. Effective Date. This Act shall become effective September 1, 1967 and shall govern all proceedings in actions brought after it takes effect and also all further proceedings in actions then pending, except to the extent that in the opinion of the court its application in a particular action pending when this Act takes effect would not be feasible or would work injustice, in which event the former procedure applies. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved February 28, 1967.

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SOUTHERN JUDICIAL CIRCUITSALARY OF SOLICITOR-GENERAL No. 23 (House Bill No. 181). An Act to amend an Act providing for a salary system in lieu of a fee system for the solicitor general of the Southern Judicial Circuit, approved August 22, 1922 (Ga. L. 1922, p. 316), as amended particularly by an Act approved February 15, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 52), so as to change the compensation of said solicitor general; to repeal certain specific laws; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act providing for a salary system in lieu of a fee system for the solicitor general of the Southern Judicial Circuit, approved August 22, 1922 (Ga. L. 1922, p. 316), as amended particularly by an Act approved February 15, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 52), is hereby amended by striking in its entirety section 2 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 2 to read as follows: Section 2. From and after the passage of this Act the solicitor general of said circuit shall receive, in addition to any salary and allowances now or hereafter paid by the State, a minimum compensation of eight thousand one hundred fifty dollars ($8,150) per annum to be paid by the governing bodies of the counties of said circuit on a pro rata basis according to population as follows: Brooks $ 924.21 Colquitt 2,058.69 Echols 113.28 Lowndes 2,978.83 Thomas 2,074.99 Total $8,150.00 The said salary shall be payable monthly on the first day of each month from the funds of the herein-above mentioned

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counties. It is hereby made the duty of the ordinary, county commissioners, or other county authorities having control of county matters, in each of said counties, to cause the part of said salary herein assessed against their respective counties to be paid as herein provided, upon regular county warrants issued therefor. It is further made the duty of said ordinary, county commissioners, or other county authorities having control of county matters, to make provision annually, when levying taxes for expenses of courts, for the levy and collection of sufficient taxes in their respective counties to pay the salary herein provided. Provided that the governing bodies of the counties of said circuit, jointly or severally, may by resolution, increase the compensation of said solicitor to a total of eleven thousand one hundred fifty dollars ($11,150) per annum, in addition to any salary or allowances now or hereafter paid by the State, such increase to be paid on a pro rata basis according to population, by the county or counties whose governing body shall authorize such increase in compensation, in the same manner as provided above. Section 2. An Act amending an Act providing for a salary system in lieu of a fee system for the solicitor general of the Southern Judicial Circuit which amendatory Act was approved February 15, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 52), is hereby repealed in its entirety. Section 3. The provisions of this Act shall become effective on the first day of the month following the month of its approval by the Governor or when it shall otherwise become law. Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved February 28, 1967.

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COMPENSATION OF ADJUTANT GENERAL. No. 31 (House Bill No. 132). An Act to be amend an Act known as the Georgia Military Forces Reorganization Act of 1955, approved February 2, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 10), as amended, so as to provide that the Adjutant General shall receive the same pay and allowances of a Major General as now or hereafter provided by law for an officer of equivalent rank in the regular armed forces of the United States; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the Georgia Military Forces Reorganization Act of 1955, approved February 2, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 10), as amended, is hereby amended by striking from section 23 the following sentence: The Adjutant General shall receive the pay and allowances of a brigadier general as now or hereafter provided by law for an officer of equivalent rank in the regular armed forces of the United States., and inserting in lieu thereof a new sentence to read as follows: The Adjutant General shall receive the pay and allowances of a Major General as now or hereafter provided by law for an officer of equivalent rank in the regular armed forces of the United States., so that when so amended section 23 shall read as follows: Section 23. The Adjutant General: eligibility: appointment: compensation: bond. There shall be an Adjutant General of the State who shall be appointed by the Governor for a term concurrent with the term of the Governor appointing him, and who shall serve as such at the pleasure of the Governor. The Adjutant General shall have the rank of a Major General. No person shall be eligible to hold the office

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of Adjutant General unless he holds or has held a commission of at least the rank of field grade or the equivalent in the organized militia of the State, or in the armed forces of the United States, or in a reserve component thereof, and shall have served not less than five years in one or more of such services, and shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 years of age at the time of his appointment. The Adjutant General shall receive the pay and allowances of a Major General as now or hereafter provided by law for an officer of equivalent rank in the regular armed forces of the United States. The Governor shall acquire the Adjutant General to give bond to the State in the sum of $10,000.00 and with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the Governor, faithfully to discharge the duties of his office. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 7, 1967. OCEAN SCIENCE CENTER OF THE ATLANTIC COMMISSION. No. 32 (Senate Bill No. 75). An Act to create the Ocean Science Center of the Atlantic Commission within the Executive Branch of State Government; to provide for the appointment of members of the Commission; to provide the powers, duties, authorities, and limitations of the Commission; to provide the procedure for the foregoing; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. There is hereby created the Ocean Science Center of the Atlantic Commission within the Executive Branch of State Government, hereinafter referred to as the Commission. The Commission may contract with any department, board, agency of the State, local, or Federal government;

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the University System of Georgia, or any of its component units; other public or private colleges and universities; nonprofit organizations; foundations; corporations; private business firms; and individuals as shall be consonant with all the purposes of this Act. Created purpose. The principal activity of the Commission will be to plan, promote and develop an oceanographic research complex. The Commission may delegate to one or more of its members, or to its officers, agents, and employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper. Section 2. The Commission shall be directed and governed by a Board of Trustees of nine members as follows: (1) The Chancellor of the University System of Georgia, Board of trustees. (2) The Chairman of the Georgia Science and Technology Commission, (3) The Chairman of the Georgia Department of Industry and Trade, (4) The Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority, (5) The remaining five members shall be selected for their experience and capability in technical and economic development, and shall be appointed from the following areas: (a) One member from the congressional district encompassing the Savannah area, (b) One member from the congressional district encompassing the Brunswick area, (c) Three members from the State at large. The five members provided for in this subsection shall be appointed in the following manner: (1) The Georgia Science and Technology Commission shall nominate three persons for each position, and the Governor shall appoint one of the three nominees for each such position. Two of the citizen members shall have initial terms

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of two years each, beginning on the effective date of this Act, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. (2) Two of the citizen members shall have initial terms of four years each beginning on the effective date of this Act, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. (3) One of the citizen members shall have a six-year term beginning on the effective date of this Act, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. (4) Thereafter, all terms of such members shall be for six years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The governing Board of Trustees shall elect from its membership a chairman and a vice-chairman, who shall serve terms of two years each, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. No vacancy on the Board shall impair the right of the quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the Board; at every meeting and in every instance a majority vote shall authorize any legal act of the Board, including all things necessary to authorize and issue bonds. The members of the Board shall not be entitled to compensation for their services, but shall be entitled to and shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The Board shall make rules and regulations for its own government. The Commission may employ an executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. The members of the Board shall be accountable in all respects as trustees. The Board shall provide for the keeping of suitable books and records of all existing facility rental contracts, all income and receipts of every kind and shall submit such books together with a statement of the Board's financial position, to the State Auditor for such audit and inspection as the State Auditor may deem wise, once a year on or about the close of the State's fiscal year. All records of the Commission shall be subject to the provisions of the Act approved February 27, 1959 (Ga. Laws 1959, p. 88), providing for the inspection of public records.

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Section 3. Definitions . As used in this Act, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (a) The words the Commission shall mean the Ocean Science Center of the Atlantic Commission or the Board of Trustees. (b) The word project shall be deemed to mean and include one or more facilities as defined in sub-paragraph (c) of this Section. (c) The word facility shall be deemed to mean a structure or complex of structures approved by the Commission including the land thereon for the purpose of pursuing, research, academic, industrial and other related activities conducted by: local, State, or Federal government agencies; the University System of Georgia, or any of its component parts; other public or private colleges and universities; nonprofit organizations; foundations; corporations; private business firms; and the Commission. Section 4. Powers . The Commission shall have the powers: (a) To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; (b) To acquire, by purchase, lease or otherwise, and to hold, lease, and dispose of real and personal property of every kind and character for its purposes; (c) To appoint such additional officers, who need not be members of the Board as the Board deems advisable, and to employ such experts, employees, and agents as may be, in its judgment, necessary; to fix their compensation and to promote and discharge such officers, employees, and agents; (d) To make such contracts as the legitimate and necessary purposes of this Act shall require and to execute and perform such facility lease contracts with: local, State or Federal government agencies; the

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foundations; corporations; private business firms; and individuals as shall be consonant with all the purposes of this Act, and to make all contracts necessary for the projects as defined and described in this Act; provided, that all contracts for the construction of projects shall be let by public bid upon plans and specifications approved by the Board or its successors in office; (e) To construct, erect, repair, own, maintain, add to, extend, improve, operate and manage projects, as hereinabove defined, to be located on property owned by the Commission. (f) To contract with other State departments, boards, commissions, agencies, bureaus and authorities to provide for the financing or construction of projects or both. (g) To exercise any power usually possessed by other departments of the Executive Branch of State Government. (h) To study and plan a complex which may include research, academic, industrial, and other related activities conducted by: local, State, or Federal government agencies, the University System of Georgia, or any of its component units, other public or private colleges and universities; nonprofit organizations, foundations, corporations; private business firms; and individuals; (i) To establish criteria for the participation of these various entities in the complex, to promote their participation in the complex, and to negotiate with such entities to arrange for their location in the complex; (j) To receive funds, facilities, land, or other support from local, State, and Federal governments; from nonprofit organizations and foundations; and from business firms and individuals, in any form, such as grants, allocations, gifts, exchanges, or rentals. Section 5. Cooperation with University System of Georgia . It is expected that the oceangraphic research center to be planned, promoted, and developed by the Commission will include an institute for oceangraphic studies to be owned and operated by the University System of Georgia. The

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Commission is hereby authorized to transfer land and/or facilities to the University System for this purpose. The Commission is further authorized to contract with the University System for assistance in planning the complex. If and when the revenues of the Commission permit, the Commission is authorized to allocate funds to assist in supporting the institute. Section 6. Cooperation with Other States . It is envisioned that a number of states may be persuaded to collaborate in the development of the complex. The Commission is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with agencies of other states for participation in the complex. The University System of Georgia is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with institutions of other states for joint use of the institute. Section 7. Power to Lease Projects . The Commission is authorized and empowered, as owner of such projects as it may cause to be contructed, to offer, as lessor, to lease such projects for terms not exceeding 50 years from the date of execution; such leases may provide for the advance payment of agreed sums of yearly or monthly rental, which payments may begin on execution of leases, such dates being prior to the completion of such projects or otherwise, and may obligate the lessees and/or their successors to pay such sums for the lease of such project and in addition, to obligate itself to pay for, or perform all maintenance, upkeep and repair or any other reasonable expense of such project, provided, that no such lease shall be binding upon or a valid act of the Commission as to a lessee where the lessee is any State government agency or the University System of Georgia, or any of its component units until and unless the Commission shall have secured a certificate from the State Auditor that the yearly rental obligations under such lease shall fall within the existing power of such State agency of the University System of Georgia, or any of its component units, to make such obligations. Section 8. Projects, Revenues, Rents, and Earnings: Use . The Commission is hereby authorized to fix rentals and other charges which the lessees shall pay to the Commission for the use of each project and to charge and collect the

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same to lease and make contracts with lessees with respect to the use of said lessees of any project. Section 9. Rules and Regulations for Operation of Projects. It shall be the duty of the Commission to prescribe rules and regulations for the operation of each project constructed under the provisions of this Act, including rules and regulations to insure maximum use of each such project. Section 10. Annual Report. The Commission shall make an annual report to the Georgia General Assembly which shall include a report on all funds and properties received or disbursed. Section 11. Liberal Construction of Act. The Act being for the welfare of the State and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to affect the purposes hereof. Section 12. Effect of Partial Invalidity of Act. The provisions of this Act are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court shall not affect the remaining provisions. Section 13. Repealing Clause. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 8, 1967. SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATIONS ACT. No. 34 (House Bill No. 40). An Act to provide supplementary appropriations for the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, in addition to any other appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for the operation of the agencies of the State provided for herein and the purposes provided for herein; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia that the sums of money hereinafter provided are hereby appropriated

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as supplementary appropriations for the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, in addition to any other appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for the operation of the agencies of the State provided for herein and the purposes provided for herein. Section 1. Board of Corrections. 1966-67.....$ 1,900,000.00 Provided that the allocations to objects in the Supplemental Budget shall be changed to read as follows: 1966-67 Operating Expenses $ 100,000.00 Capital Outlay $ 1,800,000.00 Provided further that the operating expenses specified above may be used to phase out the Honor Camp at Indian Springs and any remaining funds may be used for repairs at Alto or to establish a unit on property owned by the State of Georgia at Milledgeville. Section 2. Forest Research Council. Operating ExpensesHerty Foundation 1966-67.....$ 300,000.00 Section 3. State Highway Department. A. Planning and Construction. 1966-67.....$ 9,163,379.38 B. Capital OutlayAppalachian Program. 1966-67.....$ 16,000,000.00 C. Administrative FeeAdministration of Truck Weighing Program 1966-67.....$ 225,000.00 Provided that the above amount of $16,000,000.00 shall be used to match federal funds for the Appalachian Highway Program.

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Provided that the allocations to objects in the Supplemental Budget shall be changed to read as follows: 1966-67 Capital Outlay Roadway $ 9,388,379.38 Appalachian Highway $ 34,938,000.00 Section 4. Department of Industry and Trade. Capital OutlayRivers and Harbors Improvement. 1966-67.....$ 295,000.00 Section 5. Supreme Court. 1966-67.....$ 43,740.00 Section 6. Court of Appeals. 1966-67.....$ 38,880.00 Section 7. Department of Mines, Mining and Geology. For Operating Expenses 1966-67.....$ 94,700.00 Section 8. Department of Public Health. A. Gracewood State School and Hospital 1966-67.....$ 83,400.00 B. Milledgeville State Hospital 1966-67.....$ 1,107,495.00 C. Southwestern State Hospital 1966-67.....$ 450,000.00 Provided, however, that not more than $150,000.00 of the above sum shall be used for construction of a laundry facility

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at the Mental Health Facility at Thomasville, Georgia, and not for any other purpose. Provided that the allocations to objects in the Supplemental Budget shall be changed to read as follows: 1966-67 Personal Services $ 603,500.00 Operating Expenses $ 782,175.00 Section 9. Department of Public Safety. 1966-67.....$ 395,400.00 Provided that the allocations to objects in the Supplemental Budget shall be changed to read as follows: 1966-67 Personal Services $ 187,713.00 Operating Expenses $ 189,687.00 Capital Outlay $ 18,000.00 Provided that the above amounts shall be used to provide: (a) 50 new troopers in this biennium. (b) A minimum increase in base pay of $50.00 per month to all members of the Uniformed Division and all G.B.I. agents. (c) New uniforms for members of the Uniformed Division. (d) Furnishings and equipment for the Walker County Patrol Station. Section 10. Department of Revenue. 1966-67.....$ 252,000.00 Provided that the allocations to objects in the Supplemental Budget shall be changed to read as follows: 1966-67 Personal Services $ 134,000.00 Operating Expenses $ 118,000.00

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Provided however, that of the above appropriation $95,000.00 shall be used to administer the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Law. Provided, however, that said amount shall be used to employ temporary help only and such help shall not be retained after June 30, 1967. Section 11. Secretary of State. A. Combined Divisions 1966-67.....$ 55,000.00 B. Examining Boards 1966-67.....5 35,000.00 Provided that the allocations to objects in the Supplemental Budget shall be changed to read as follows: 1966-67 Personal Services $ 70,500.00 Operating Expenses $ 19,500.00 Section 12. State Properties Control Commission. 1966-67.....$ 15,000.00 Section 13. Veterans Service Board. 1966-67.....$ 183,130.00 Section 14. Legislative Branch. 1966-67.....$ 150,000.00 Section 15. All expenditures and appropriations made and authorized under this Act shall be according to the objects and for the programs and activities as specified in the Governor's recommendation contained in the Supplemental Budget submitted to the General Assembly at the regular January, 1967 session, except as otherwise specified in this Act; provided, however, the director of the budget is

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authorized to make internal transfers within a budget unit between objects and programs subject to the condition that no funds whatsoever shall be transferred for use in initiating or commencing any new program or activity not currently having an appropriation, nor which would require operating funds or capital outlay funds beyond the current biennium. Section 16. In the event it is determined by the Budget Bureau that the total funds in the State Treasury in a fiscal year in which appropriations are made in the foregoing sections of this Act and the General Appropriations Act are to be less than the amount needed to pay in full the specific appropriations authorized, the Director of the Budget is authorized and is hereby directed to make a pro rata reduction of the amount of each such appropriations made, except authority lease rental funds and other constitutionally obligated funds, as provided by Georgia Code section 40-418 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 17). The amounts of the appropriations so reduced as directed herein and as determined by the Budget Bureau shall cease to be an obligation of the State. Provided, further, the Budget Bureau is hereby directed to economize wherever possible and in the event any part of the appropriations provided in the foregoing sections of this Act shall be in excess of the actual approved budget allotments for each fiscal year, the amounts so in excess as determined by the Budget Bureau shall cease to be an obligation of the State. TOTAL APPROPRIATION 1966-67.....$ 30,787,124.38 Section 17. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 13, 1967.

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EASEMENT TO SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE TELEGRAPH COMPANY. No. 2 (House Resolution No. 117-294). A Resolution. Relative to granting an easement to the Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company; and for other purposes. Whereas, the Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company finds it necessary to provide additional cable facilities to serve the growing telephone needs of the City of Atlanta; and Whereas, it is necessary that those cables tie in with its central office in downtown Atlanta and, at the insistence of the City of Atlanta, be placed underground wherever possible; and Whereas, one of the new cable facilities is proposed to follow Mitchell Street (also known as Capitol Square), and Capitol Avenue through the Capitol area for use both by the State government and by other areas of the public; and Whereas, Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company is willing to place these new cable facilities underground in the Capitol Square area if permission be granted by the State of Georgia; and Whereas, the underground construction would be performed in such manner so that the sidewalks and streets would be replaced in the same condition as existed immediately prior to said construction and said construction would be done by experienced contractors; and Whereas, Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company will not begin such project until after the conclusion of the 1967 session or sessions of the General Assembly of Georgia and will provide at all times access for vehicular and pedestrian traffic across said construction to reach the Capitol Building; and

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Whereas, because of the benefits accuring to the State of Georgia, an easement authorizing the placement of said underground cable facilities should be granted to the Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company for a nominal consideration. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, that for and in the consideration of ten dollars ($10.00) and the benefits accruing to the State of Georgia, the Governor, acting for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to grant to the Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company, its successors and assignees, an easement authorizing the construction of underground telephone cable facilities under the sidewalk along the north side of Mitchell Street, (also known as Capitol Square, and under Capitol Avenue and sidewalks adjacent thereto whereever said street or sidewalks abut property of the State of Georgia. Be it further resolved that the instrument executed by the Governor shall contain, but not be limited to, the following conditions: (a) That no construction on said underground installation shall be commenced or carried on during any session of the General Assembly of Georgia; (b) That all construction be done by experienced contractors; (c) That all sidewalks and streets injured or damaged because of said construction be replaced in the same condition as they existed prior to said construction; (d) That access across said construction for vehicular and pedestrian traffic be provided at all times during construction; (e) That the State of Georgia shall not incur any liability whatsoever for damage to the underground cable facilities caused by vehicular and pedestrian traffic of said facilities during and after its construction;

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(f) That the State of Georgia shall not be liable for any expenses incurred for relocating the said cable facilities in the event underpasses or tunnels are constructed under Mitchell Street (also known as Capitol Square), or Capitol Avenue and sidewalks adjacent to said streets for the purpose of adjoining buildings owned by the State of Georgia or any public authority. Be it further resolved that upon ascertaining that the consideration herein stipulated has been paid into the State Treasury by the Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company, its successors or assignees, the Governor, acting for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, be and he is hereby further authorized and empowered to execute and deliver such written instruments that may be necessary and in such form that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution. Approved March 15, 1967. DIRECTOR STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. Code 88 - 112 Amended. No. 38 (House Bill No. 70). An Act to amend Code section 88-112 of the Code of Georgia, relating to the qualifications, term of office, duties, compensation of the Director, State Department of Public Health, as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 499), so as to establish the salary of the director of said department; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 88-112 of the Code of Georgia, relating to the qualifications, term of office, duties, compensation of the Director, State Department of Public

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Health, as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 499), is hereby amended by striking section 88-112 in its entirely and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 88-112 to read as follows: 88-112. There shall be a Director of the Department who shall be the chief executive of the Department. He shall be elected by the Board of Health with the approval of the Governor. The Director may be removed at any time by the Board of Health with the approval of the Governor, or such Director may be removed by the Governor with the approval of the Board of Health. He shall be a graduate physicial licensed to practice in this State, pursuant to the Georgia Medical Practice Act (Georgia Code Chapter 849) as now in effect or as hereafter amended, who shall have had at least five years experience in administration in public health, a Master's Degree in Public Health and such other qualifications as deemed necessary by the Board of Health, provided, however, that the services of the present Director shall not be automatically terminated by the passage and approval of this Title, but his future tenure would be subject to the provisions of this Title. As chief executive, the Director shall carry out the objectives of the Department subject to policies and procedures determined by the Board of Health, and may delegate the powers and authority conferred or any part thereof to one or more individuals as he may deem appropriate. The Director of the Department of Public Health shall not have the authority to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations. The Director shall receive such salary as may be fixed by said Board and approved by the Budget Bureau; however, such salary shall not exceed pay schedule fixed by the State Personnel Board (State Merit System of Personnel Administration) covering other State employees. Qualifications, tenure, compensation. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 15 1967.

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PRACTICE AND PROCEDUREISSUE OF WILL OR NO WILL. No. 40 (Senate Bill No. 115). An Act to provide that any judge of the superior courts, on appeal, on the issue of the devisavit vel non (will or no will), may approve a settlement agreement between all parties, under which probate is granted or denied, providing for a disposition of property contrary to the terms of a will; to provide that any agreement which provides for the sustaining of the caveat or the disposition of property contrary to the terms of the will must be approved by a judge of the superior courts; to provide for notice; to provide that such settlement shall be assented to in writing by all heirs at law of the testator and all sui juris beneficiaries affected by such settlement; to provide that parties who are not sui juris and unborn beneficiaries shall be represented by a guardian ad litem; to impose certain duties on said guardian ad litem; to provide that a judgment entered in said court and based upon a settlement agreement shall be binding on persons not sui juris and unborn beneficiaries and persons unknown who are represented before the court by a guardian ad litem; to provide that this Act shall govern all pending and future proceedings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Any judge of the superior courts, on appeal, on the issue of devisavit vel non (will or no will) may approve a settlement agreement between all parties, under which probate is granted or denied, providing for a disposition of property contrary to the terms of a will. Any settlement agreement which provides for the sustaining of the caveat or the disposition of the property contrary to the terms of the will must be approved by a judge of the superior courts after a hearing, notice of which shall be given as the court may direct, at which evidence is introduced, and the judge finds as a matter of fact that the caveat is meritorious. Appeals.

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Section 2. All parties who are sui juris and affected by such settlement shall be authorized to enter into such an agreement which shall be assented to in writing by all heirs at law of the testator and all sui juris beneficiaries affected by such settlement. Settlements. Section 3. All parties who are not sui juris or are otherwise incompetent who have been properly served in the manner provided by law and unborn beneficiaries shall be represented in such proceedings by a guardian ad litem. It shall be the duty of said guardian ad litem to investigate the proposed settlement and report to the court his findings and recommendations. The court shall take such recommendations into consideration, but shall not be bound by such recommendations. Guardians ad litem. Section 4. A judgment entered in said court and based upon the settlement agreement shall be binding on all parties including persons not sui juris and unborn beneficiaries and persons unknown who are represented before the court by a guardian ad litem. Judgment. Section 5. The provisions of this Act shall govern all proceedings pending when this Act takes effect and all future proceedings. Effective date. Section 6. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 15 1967. FOREST FIRE PROTECTIONCONTRACTS WITH COUNTIES. No. 41 (House Bill No. 39). An Act to amend an Act providing for forest fire protection, approved February 23, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 937), as amended by an Act approved February 7, 1950 (Ga. L. 1950, p. 101), and an Act approved March 3, 1955 (Ga.

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L. 1955, p. 309), so as to remove the reference to persons, corporations, organizations, and other landowners; to provide for the amount of funds to be paid by counties for forest fire protection for privately owned forest land; to provide for the method of determining private forest land acreage; to provide for changing present agreements; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act providing for forest fire protection, approved February 23, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 937), as amended by an Act approved February 7, 1950 (Ga. L. 1950, p. 101), and an Act approved March 3, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 309), is hereby amended by striking from section 3 the second sentence which reads as follows: To the extent such annual appropriation shall, in the judgment of the Forestry Commission, be inadequate or insufficient to provide forest fire protection for all counties or areas needing or desiring such protection, then any county or any person, corporation, organization, or other landowner therein may enter into an agreement with the State Forestry Commission, in the discretion of the latter, for adequate and sufficient forest fire protection and in such event, shall pay to the Forestry Commission the additional funds necessary for such protection, as determined by the said Commission., and inserting in lieu thereof the following: In the event any county desires forest fire protection, such county shall enter into an agreement with the State Forestry Commission, and such agreement shall provide for the payment to the Commission of four cents (4) per forest acre of privately owned forest land. Forest acres of privately owned land shall be based upon the most recent United States Forest Service Survey for Georgia. Any agreement between a county and the Commission providing for a different percentage or amount of payment in existence

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shall be changed so as to provide for the payment of four cents (4) per forest acre., so that when so amended said section 3 shall read as follows: Section 3. The funds required to carry out the terms and provisions of this Act and provide for the coordinated protection of uncontrolled fire on all forest lands in the State of Georgia, may be provided from annual appropriations made by the General Assembly for this purpose. In the event any county desires forest fire protection, such county shall enter into an agreement with the State Forestry Commission, and such agreement shall provide for the payment to the Commission of four cents (4) per forest acre of privately owned forest land. Forest acres of privately owned land shall be based upon the most recent United States Forest Service Survey for Georgia. Any agreement between a county and the Commission providing for a different percentage or amount of payment in existence shall be changed so as to provide for the payment of four cents (4) per forest acre. Any county may levy a tax to provide the additional funds required for fire protection under this Act. Section 2. This Act shall become effective July 1, 1967. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 15 1967. PARENTAL CONSENT FOR UNDERAGE MARRIAGES. Code 53 - 204 Amended. No. 42 (House Bill No. 72). An Act to amend Code Title 53, known as Husband and Wife, as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 28, 1939 (Ga. L. 1939, p. 219), an Act approved March 24, 1939 (Ga. L. 1939, p. 221), an Act approved

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February 14, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 43), an Act approved February 22, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 83), an Act approved March 17, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 214), an Act approved March 7, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 179), an Act approved February 27, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 138), an Act approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 485), and an Act approved March 29, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 335), so as to provide definitions for persons able to give parental consent for underage applicants; to provide that licensed attending physicians from sister states shall be authorized to give affidavit relating to the incapacity of parents and guardians; to change certain language which resulted in conflicting sections; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Title 53, known as Husband and Wife, as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 28, 1939 (Ga. L. 1939, p. 219), an Act approved March 24, 1939 (Ga. L. 1939, p. 221), an Act approved February 14, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 43), an Act approved February 22, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 83), an Act approved March 17, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 214), an Act approved March 7, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 179), an Act approved February 27, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 138), an Act approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 485), and an Act approved March 29, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 335), is hereby amended by striking Code section 53-204 relating to notice of application, posting, contents, in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new Code section 53-204 to read as follows: 53-204. Notice of application; contents. A. In cases where the parties applying for a license have not yet reached their nineteenth birthday, their ages to be proved to the ordinary as hereinafter provided, the parents or guardians of each underage applicant must appear in person before the ordinary and consent to the proposed marriage, unless physical presence because of illness or infirmity is impossible, in which case an affidavit by said incapacitated parent or guardian shall suffice. In addition to said affidavit, there must also be included an affidavit signed by

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a licensed attending physician stating that said parent or guardian is physically incapable of being present. All applicants who have passed their nineteenth birthday, but have not yet attained the age of twenty-one years, may be married without the consent of the parent or guardian, but in no case shall the three-day waiting period be waived. All applicants who have reached their twenty-first birthday, such proof being shown to the ordinary, as hereinafter mentioned, may be married immediately and waive the three-day mandatory waiting period. The licensed attending physician shall include only those physicians licensed under Code Chapters 84-9 and 84-12 or corresponding requirements pertaining to licensed attending physicians in sister states. B. (1) Parent shall mean both parents if the parents are living together, the parent who has legal custody if the parents are divorced, separated or widowed, or either parent if the parents are living together but one parent is unavailable because of illness, infirmity or not within the boundaries of the State of Georgia, or physical presence is impossible. (2) Guardian. For the purpose of giving consent for an underaged applicant, a guardian shall be held to include the same relationships between spouses as for parents and to mean any person at least five years older than the applicant standing in loco parentis to the applicant for at least two years; or any person at least five years older than the applicant with whom the applicant has lived for at least two years and who has or would be allowed to claim the applicant as a dependent for the purposes of a Federal dependent income tax deduction; or any relative by blood or marriage at least five years older than the applicant and with whom the applicant has lived at least two years when the whereabouts of the applicant's parents are unknown; or court appointed guardian. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 15 1967.

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EDUCATIONINSTRUCTIONS IN NUTRITION, HYGIENE, ETC. No. 45 (House Bill No. 160). An Act to provide that the State Board of Education may provide for a course of instruction in all of the public schools of this State in nutrition, hygiene, etiquette and the social graces relating to the partaking of meals; to provide the procedures connected therewith; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The State Board of Education is authorized to prescribe by appropriate rules and regulations that there may be included as part of the program of every public school in this State a course of instruction in nutrition, hygiene, etiquette and the social graces relating to the partaking of meals. There shall be utilized in the course of instruction the full resources available to each individual school, including its cafeterias, school lunch personnel and all practical demonstrations in the preparation and consumption of food which shall be necessary to formulate a comprehensive course of instruction in such subject matter. Any period of the school day may be utilized for the teaching of this course of instruction, including that period usually reserved for the lunch period. Section 2. The costs incurred for the inclusion of such a course of instruction shall be met in accordance with the provisions of the Minimum Foundation Program of Education Act, approved January 24, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 3), as amended, and such course of instruction shall be a part of the Minimum Foundation Program of Education which has been established for the State of Georgia. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 16, 1967.

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LAND CONVEYANCE IN BALDWIN COUNTY. No. 3 (House Resolution No. 84-209). A Resolution. Authorizing the disposal of a tract of land owned by the State of Georgia located in Baldwin County; and for other purposes. Whereas, there is a certain tract of land located in Baldwin County, Georgia containing approximately 149 acres which is under the control and management of the Department of Public Health; and Whereas, said tract of land is more particularly described as follows: All that certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in land lots No. 237, 238, 249, and 250 in the first land district, 319th district, G. M., Baldwin County, Georgia, containing 149.5 acres and being bounded as follows: Beginning at a point on the southeastern property line of the Milledgeville-Gray-Macon Highway which is approximately two miles west of the City of Milledgeville and is located in said land lot No. 250 and is a property corner common to the lands here described and property of J. P. Stevens, Inc. and which point is marked by an iron pin and from said point of beginning proceeding south 60 degrees 30 minutes west for a distance of 206.0 feet along the said southeastern property line of said highway; thence running south 59 degrees 23 minutes west for a distance of 4328.0 feet along the said highway property line to the point where said highway property line intersects with the line of center of the north fork of Fishing Creek; thence proceeding downstream along said line of center of the north fork of Fishing Creek for a distance of 1885 feet, more or less, which line of center of said creek has a survey traverse from the said point of intersection with said highway property line as follows: North 59 degrees 23 minutes east a distance of 24.0 feet; thence south 66 degrees 48 minutes east a distance of 416.3 feet to a point 19 feet east of the line of center of said creek; thence

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south 53 degrees 54 minutes east for a distance of 314.8 feet to a point 23 feet east of the line of center of said creek; thence south 48 degrees 01 minute east for a distance of 434.4 feet to a point 15 feet east of the line of center of said creek; thence south 35 degrees 29 minutes east a distance of 307.4 feet to a point 15 feet east of the line of center of said creek; thence south 48 degrees 07 minutes east for a distance of 295.6 feet to a point 15 feet east of the line of center of said creek; thence south 13 degrees 58 minutes east for a distance of 113.7 feet to a point 15 feet east of the line of center of said creek; thence south 58 degrees 56 minutes west for a distance of 15.0 feet to the point of intersection of the line of center of said creek with the northwestern property line of the right-of-way of the Georgia Railroad, thence north 58 degrees 56 minutes east for a distance of 2785.0 feet along the said property line of said railroad; thence north 67 degrees 7 minutes east for a distance of 620.6 feet along said property line of said railroad to a point marked by an iron pin; thence north 18 degrees 7 minutes west for a distance of 939.2 feet along the property line of lands of J. P. Stevens, Inc. to a point marked by an iron pin; thence north 8 degrees 7 minutes west for a distance of 949.0 feet along the property line of lands of J. P. Stevens, Inc. to the point of beginning. The said property is more fully described by reference to the plat thereof made by Calvin W. Rice, Georgia Registered Surveyor No. 58, December 27, 1966; and Whereas, said tract of land is no longer of any use to the Department of Public Health or any other agency of the State government and it therefore is surplus property; and Whereas, said tract of land is ideally suited for future development into an industrial park; and Whereas, the Milledgeville and Baldwin County Development Corporation is desirous of obtaining said tract of land for the purpose of developing said tract into an industrial park which will enhance the industrial economic growth of the City of Milledgeville, County of Baldwin and middle Georgia.

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Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the Governor, acting for and in behalf of the State of Georgia, is hereby authorized to convey to the Milledgeville and Baldwin County Development Corporation all or any part of the hereinbefore described tract of land under the following conditions: (1) that the conveyance of said tract or any part thereof shall be approved by the State Properties Control Commission and that the consideration for said conveyance or conveyances shall be the highest of three fair and accurate appraisals of the value of said tract or any portion thereof, which appraisals shall be obtained by the said State Properties Control Commission. (2) that said conveyance shall be made within ten years of the approval date of this Resolution. Approved March 16, 1967. LAND CONVEYANCE TO REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA. No. 4 (House Resolution No. 202-668). A Resolution. Authorizing the conveyance of certain real property located in Baldwin County, Georgia, to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; and for other purposes. Whereas, the State of Georgia is the owner of certain real property located in Baldwin County, Georgia; and Whereas, said real property is more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot, tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in land lots 235, 236, 251, 252, 253, 264, and 265 of the first land district of Baldwin County,

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Georgia, containing 616.9 acres, and being bounded as follows: On the north by property of the State of Georgia, presently under the jurisdiction of the Georgia Forestry Commission (formerly under the jurisdiction of the Department of Welfare); on the east by property of the State of Georgia, Georgia Forestry Commission (formerly under the jurisdiction of the Department of Welfare), the City of Milledgeville and lands of Eugene Renfroe (Fishing Creek intervening between the property herein described and lands of the City of Milledgeville and Eugene Renfroe); on the south by property of the State of Georgia (presently under the jurisdiction of the Georgia National Guard) and the right-of-way of Georgia State Route 49; on the west by lands of Joel Gardard, H. C. Dooley and of the State of Georgia, presently under the jurisdiction of the Georgia Forestry Commission (formerly under the jurisdiction of the Department of Welfare). Said property is more particularly described by a reference to plat of survey made by Thomas H. Winchester, Jr., for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, dated February 28, 1967, copy of which plat is hereto attached and by reference made a part of this description, said tract being identified on said plat as Parcel `A'.; and Whereas, said tract of land is presently under the jurisdiction of the Georgia Forestry Commission by virtue of a resolution adopted by the General Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1952, p. 553); and Whereas, said resolution reserved the forestry products rights in said property to the use of Milledgeville State Hospital (Department of Public Health); and Whereas, the Georgia Forestry Commission by appropriate resolution has declared said property to be surplus and has consented to the conveyance of the same to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; and

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Whereas, the Department of Public Health by appropriate resolution has relinquished its rights in the forestry products on said tract of land to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; and Whereas, said tract can be more advantageously used by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, in the development and expansion of its facilities at the Woman's College of Georgia in Milledgeville. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the hereinabove described property be and the same is hereby declared surplus and the Governor, acting for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, is hereby authorized to convey the same to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The consideration for said conveyance shall be $10.00 and the benefits flowing to the State of Georgia from the future development and expansion of the facilities of the Woman's College of Georgia, a unit of the University System of Georgia. Approved March 16, 1967. GENERAL ASSEMBLYCOMPENSATION OF MEMBERS, ETC. Code 47-107 Amended. No. 46 (House Bill No. 231). An Act to amend Code section 47-107, relating to the per diem and mileage of members of the General Assembly, as amended by an Act approved March 16, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 544), so as to clarify the provisions relating to allowances and committees; to clarify the provisions relating to round trips; to provide for compensation for designated officials; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 47-107, relating to the per diem and mileage of members of the General Assembly, as amended by an Act approved March 16, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 544), is hereby amended by striking said section in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 47-107 to read as follows: 47-107. Salary, expenses, and mileage of members and officials . Each member of the General Assembly shall receive an annual salary of $4,200.00 per annum to be paid in equal monthly installments by the State Treasurer. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall receive an additional amount of $7,800.00 per annum, the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives shall receive an additional amount of $2,400.00 per annum, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall receive an additional amount of $2,400.00 per annum. The Majority Leader and the Administration Floor Leader of the House of Representatives and the Administration Floor Leader of the Senate shall each receive such additional amount per annum as shall be provided by resolution of the respective Houses, but such amount for each shall not be greater than the additional amount provided for herein for the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives. All of such additional amounts shall also be paid in equal monthly installments by the State Treasurer. During regular and extraordinary sessions of the General Assembly each member shall also receive the sum of $25.00 per day as an expense allowance. Each member shall also receive a mileage allowance at the rate of 10 per mile for not more than one round trip per calendar week, or portion thereof, during each regular and extraordinary session to and from their residences and the State Capitol by the most practical route. Such expense and mileage allowances shall also be paid by the State Treasurer. For each day's service within the State as a member of an interim committee created by or pursuant to a resolution of either or both Houses or as a member of a committee created by or pursuant to statute or the Constitution, such member shall receive the sum of $25.00 per day as an expense allowance and a mileage allowance at the rate of 10

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per mile or a travel allowance of actual transportation costs if traveling by public carrier. For each day's service without the State as a member of any such committee, such member shall receive actual expenses in lieu of the $25.00 per day as an expense allowance, plus a mileage allowance at the rate of 10 per mile or a travel allowance of actual transportion costs if traveling by public carrier. All such allowances shall also be paid by the State Treasurer upon the submission of proper vouchers. No member of the General Assembly shall receive any compensation, salary, perdiem, expenses, allowances, mileage, costs or any other remuneration whatsoever for service as a member of the General Assembly other than as provided in this Section. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking section 4 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 4 to read as follows: Section 4. This Act shall become effective January 9, 1967. Effective date. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, 1967. GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT. No. 47 (House Bill No. 45). An Act to make and provide appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1967, and ending June 30, 1968, and the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1968, and ending June 30, 1969; to make and provide such appropriations for the operation of the State Government, its departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, and other agencies, and for the university system, common schools, counties, municipalities, political subdivisions, and for all other governmental activities, projects and undertakings authorized by law, and for all leases, contracts,

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agreements, and grants authorized by law; to provide for the control and administration of funds; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: That the sums of money hereinafter provided are appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1967, and ending June 30, 1968, and the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1968, and ending June 30, 1969, as prescribed hereinafter for each of such fiscal years, from the General Funds of the State, including unappropriated surplus as of June 30, 1967. PART I. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH Section 1. Legislative Branch. For compensation, expenses, mileage allowances, travel and benefits for members of the General Assembly, and for the officials, employees, and committees of the General Assembly, and each branch thereof; for cost of operating the Office of Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House of Representatives; for membership in the Council of State Governments, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, National Conference of Legislative Leaders and Marine Fisheries Compact; for equipment, supplies, repairs, printing and other incidental expenses for the legislative branch; for the necessary cost of renovating and repairing the housing and other facilities for the legislative branch; for cost of compiling, publishing and distributing the Acts and Journals of the General Assembly, and the annual report of the State Auditor to the General Assembly; for election blanks and any other election expense, including publishing constitutional amendments; for all costs of Georgia Official and Statistical Register as

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provided by resolution; and for cost of Legislative Services Committee and the Office of Legislative Counsel as authorized by law. 1967-68.....$ 2,900,000.00 1968-69.....$ 2,900,000.00 PART II JUDICIAL BRANCH Section 2. Supreme Court. For the cost of operating the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, including salaries of justices and the employees of the Court, their retirement contributions and three Emeritus positions. Provided, however, that the listed appropriation shall be increased by the amount of $12,000.00 per annum for each additional Emeritus position established during the fiscal year. Provided, however, that the sum of $7,500.00 in each fiscal year shall be allocated for the payment of attorneys' fees and legal expenses for indigent defendants in criminal cases on appeal as provided in Georgia Laws 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., pp. 478-479. 1967-68.....$ 540,165.00 1968-69.....$ 540,165.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 413,226.00 $ 413,226.00 Operating Expenses $ 126,939.00 $ 126,939.00 Section 3. Court of Appeals. For the cost of operating the State Court of Appeals including salaries and retirement contributions

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of judges and employees of the Court, and for the Emeritus Judges of the Court. Provided, however, that the listed appropriation shall be increased by the amount of $12,000.00 per annum for each additional Emeritus position established during the fiscal year. 1967-68.....$ 634,000.00 1968-69.....$ 634,000.00 Section 4. Superior Courts. For the cost of operating the Superior Courts of the State of Georgia, including such contingent expense allowances authorized by law, the payment of mileage as authorized by law, and such other expenses as may be authorized by law. Provided, however, that the listed appropriation shall be increased by the amount of $12,000.00 per annum for each additional Emeritus position established during the fiscal year. 1967-68.....$ 1,840,000.00 1968-69.....$ 1,840,000.00 Provided, further, that the listed appropriation shall be increased by the amount of $25,000.00 per annum for each Judgeship created by law during the 1967 session of the General Assembly. Section 5. For the cost of printing and distributing the reports of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. 1967-68.....$ 35,000.00 1968-69.....$ 35,000.00

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PART III EXECUTIVE BRANCH GENERAL GOVERNMENT Section 6. Commission on Aging. 1967-68.....$ 39,000.00 1968-69.....$ 39,000.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 38,900.00 $ 38,900.00 Operating Expenses $ 15,100.00 $ 15,100.00 Grants $ 103,000.00 $ 103,000.00 Section 7. Art Commission, Georgia. 1967-68.....$ 60,000.00 1968-69.....$ 48,000.00 Provided that the allocations to objects in the Budget Report shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 37,000.00 $ 25,000.00 Operating Expenses $ 35,000.00 $ 23,000.00 Provided that of the amount appropriated for 1967-68, the amount of $12,000.00 shall be matched by $12,000.00 agency funds and expended for the purpose of a cultural pilot project. Section 8. Audits, Department of. 1967-68.....$ 780,000.00 1968-69.....$ 780,000.00

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Provided that the allocations to objects in the Budget Report shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 520,000.00 $ 520,000.00 Operating Expenses $ 110,000.00 $ 110,000.00 Tax Digest $ 175,000.00 $ 175,000.00 Section 9. Banking, Department of. 1967-68.....$ 500,000.00 1968-69.....$ 500,000.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 353,000.00 $ 353,000.00 Operating Expenses $ 147,000.00 $ 147,000.00 Section 10. Capitol Square Improvement Committee. A. Operating Costs. 1967-68.....$ 250,000.00 1968-69.....$ 150,000.00 B. Capital OutlayAuthority Lease Rentals, Annual Lease payments to State Office Building Authority under existing leases for Judicial, Agricultural, Health and other State Office Buildings and Facilities. 1967-68.....$ 3,027,752.87 1968-69.....$ 3,027,752.87 Section 11. Comptroller General. For the cost of operating the Office of the Comptroller General, Insurance Commissioner, Fire Inspection Division, Building Safety

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Council, Insurance Rate Division, Industrial Loan Commissioner, and the Liquified Petroleum Safety Act. 1967-68.....$ 1,270,000.00 1968-69.....$ 1,270,000.00 Section 12. Executive Department. A. For the cost of operating the Executive Department, including the cost and maintenance expense for the Executive automobile, and telephones at the Mansion; and for the contingent expenses of the Department, such as rewards, dues to the Governors' Conferences, and special committee expenses. 1967-68.....$ 500,000.00 1968-69.....$ 500,000.00 Provided that the allocations to objects in the Budget Report shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 330,000.00 $ 330,000.00 Operating Expenses $ 170,000.00 $ 170,000.00 Provided that $25,000.00 of Personal Services and $10,000.00 of Operating Expenses shall be used for the Office of the Coordinator of Highway Safety. B. For the allowance payable monthly for the cost of operating the Executive Mansion, including servants' hire, food, other supplies and laundry. 1967-68.....$ 50,000.00 1968-69.....$ 50,000.00

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Section 13. Budget Bureau. 1967-68.....$ 245,000.00 1968-69.....$ 245,000.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 189,400.00 $ 189,400.00 Operating Expenses $ 55,600.00 $ 55,600.00 Section 14. Georgia Historical Commission. 1967-68.....$ 350,000.00 1968-69.....$ 270,000.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 Capital Outlay $ 80,000.00 Section 15. Industry and Trade, Department of. A. General Operating Costs. 1967-68.....$ 2,211,600.00 1968-69.....$ 2,211,600.00 B. Grants to Area Planning and Development Commissions. 1967-68.....$ 823,200.00 1968-69.....$ 823,200.00

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C. Capital Outlay: (a) Rivers and Harbors Developmentto be expended under contract with the Rivers and Harbors Development Commission. 1967-68.....$ 250,000.00 (b) Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transitto be expended under contract with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. 1967-68.....$ 250,000.00 1968-69.....$ 250,000.00 D. Capital OutlayAuthority Lease RentalsAnnual Lease payments to Georgia Ports Authority. 1967-68.....$ 1,505,000.00 1968-69.....$ 1,967,500.00 Provided that from the above appropriated amounts $462,500.00 in 1968-69 is designated and committed to pay rentals to said Authority to permit the issuance of bonds to finance new projects. Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 1,004,800.00 $ 1,004,800.00 Operating Expenses $ 756,800.00 $ 756,800.00 Section 16. Labor, Department of. A. For the cost of operating the Commissioner's office and Factory Inspection Division. 1967-68.....$ 280,000.00 1968-69.....$ 280,000.00

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Provided that the allocations to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 210,000.00 $ 210,000.00 Operating Expenses $ 70,000.00 $ 70,000.00 B. For that part of cost of operations of Employment Security Agency as authorized by Act approved March 8, 1945. 1967-68.....$ 85,000.00 1968-69.....$ 85,000.00 Section 17. Law, Department of. For the cost of operating the Department of Law, provided that the compensation of all Assistant Attorneys General, Deputy Assistant Attorneys General, all law clerks, steno-graphic help, necessary to carry on the legal duties of the State, required of the Department of Law, or any agency of the State in the Executive Branch of the State Government, shall be paid from this fund. No other agency is authorized to expend funds appropriated or otherwise available from any source for the support and maintenance of the respective agency for the purposes for which provision is made in this item, unless the payment is for reimbursement to the Department of Law by the State Highway Department for expenses incurred for legal services by any Assistant Attorney General or Deputy Assistant Attorney General assigned by the Attorney General of Georgia to perform specific items of legal work in connection with the acquisition of rights-of-way on the State Road system, or unless the payment is made from funds appropriated to the Executive Department for the payment

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of salaries and expenses of the two Assistant Attorneys General or Deputy Assistant Attorneys General authorized to be appointed by the Governor. 1967-68.....$ 743,000.00 1968-69.....$ 743,000.00 Provided that the allocations to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 566,000.00 $ 566,000.00 Section 18. Library, State. 1967-68.....$ 110,000.00 1968-69.....$ 110,000.00 Section 19. Literature Commission, State. 1967-68.....$ 20,000.00 1968-69.....$ 20,000.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 16,000.00 $ 16,000.00 Operating Expenses $ 4,000.00 $ 4,000.00 Section 20. Pharmacy Board. For cost of operating the office of Chief Drug Inspector. 1967-68.....$ 113,500.00 1968-69.....$ 113,500.00

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Section 21. Public Defense, Department of. For the cost of operating the Military Division, aid to military organizations and the cost of operating the Civil Defense Division, and the Office of Emergency Planning. 1967-68.....$ 977,800.00 1968-69.....$ 977,800.00 Section 22. Public Safety, Department of. 1967-68.....$ 10,150,000.00 1968-69.....$ 10,132,983.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 6,561,618.00 $ 6,663,318.00 Operating Expenses $ 3,636,382.00 $ 3,649,665.00 Capital Outlay $ 132,000.00 - Provided, however, that the Director of the Department of Public Safety is hereby authorized to pay dues for Georgia's portion of the cost of membership in the Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact, the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (State and Provincial Police). Section 23. Public Service Commission. For the cost of operating the Utilities Division and the Motor Carrier Division of the Public Service Commission. 1967-68.....$ 625,000.00 1968-69.....$ 625,000.00 Section 24. Purchases, Supervisor of. 1967-68.....$ 402,000.00 1968-69.....$ 402,000.00

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Section 25. Recreation Commission. 1967-68.....$ 95,410.00 1968-69.....$ 95,410.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 57,310.00 $ 57,310.00 Operating Expenses $ 38,100.00 $ 38,100.00 Section 26. Revenue, Department of. A. For cost of operating the Department of Revenue. 1967-68.....$ 11,099,400.00 1968-69.....$ 11,099,400.00 Provided that the allocations to objects in the Budget Report shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 7,212,500.00 $ 7,212,500.00 Operating Expenses $ 3,886,900.00 $ 3,886,900.00 B. Grants to countiesTax re-evaluation. For grants to counties in accordance with rules and regulations set up by the Commissioner of Revenue for assisting counties in financing tax re-evaluation studies. 1967-68.....$ 200,000.00 1968-69.....$ 150,000.00 C. Loans to countiesTax re-evaluation. There is hereby appropriated for each of the next two fiscal years covered by this Act the amount of such repayments of county tax evaluation loans as may be made by such

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counties during each of the next two fiscal years in such amount and for the same purpose as originally appropriated, but not to exceed $400,000.00 in each of the next two fiscal years. Such amount shall be available for further tax evaluation loans to counties. Section 27. Science and Technology Commission. 1967-68.....$ 100,000.00 1968-69.....$ 100,000.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 67,700.00 $ 67,700.00 Operating Expenses $ 33,300.00 $ 33,300.00 Section 28. Secretary of State. A. Combined Divisions. For the cost of operating the office of Secretary of State, and all other programs administered through such office. 1967-68.....$ 655,200.00 1968-69.....$ 655,200.00 B. Examining Boards. 1967-68.....$ 710,000.00 1968-69.....$ 710,000.00 C. Archives and Records. For the cost of operations of archives and history, microfilming and housing records, and the State Museum, including lease rental payments to the State Office Building Authority for the State Archives Building in the amount of $815,000.00 per annum. 1967-68.....$ 1,298,800.00 1968-69.....$ 1,298,800.00

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D. Buildings and Grounds. For the cost of operating the State Capitol Building and grounds, the maintenance of Confederate cemeteries, the repairs, furnishings, equipment, light, power, water and upkeep of grounds at the Mansion and for insurance on public property not otherwise provided for. 1967-68.....$ 663,000.00 1968-69.....$ 413,000.00 E. Special Repairs. Capitol Buildings, Mansion and Legislative Chambers, Rooms, Offices and Facilities. 1967-68.....$ 100,000.00 1968-69.....$ 100,000.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Operating Expenses $ 1,157,376.00 $ 1,157,376.00 Provided further that of the above amount, $3,600.00 in Operating Expenses shall be used to purchase and ship Georgia State Flags to servicemen serving overseas. Such shipments shall be made upon the request of the company commanders. Section 29. State Properties Control Commission. For the cost of operating State Properties Control Commission. 1967-68.....$ 50,000.00 1968-69.....$ 50,000.00

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Section 30. Treasury, State. For operation of State Treasury, including Bond Commissioner. 1967-68.....$ 127,500.00 1968-69.....$ 127,500.00 Section 31. Veterans Service. A. For the cost of operating the Department of Veterans Service. 1967-68.....$ 1,006,000.00 1968-69.....$ 1,006,000.00 B. For the cost of operating the Veterans Service Board, War Veterans Home, and Veterans Nursing Home. 1967-68.....$ 1,380,000.00 1968-69.....$ 780,600.00 Provided that of the amount appropriated for 1967-68 the amount of $870,000.00 shall be for capital outlay for the purpose of constructing the veterans' wing at the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville. C. For the cost of pensions to Confederate Widows. 1967-68.....$ 81,000.00 1968-69.....$ 72,190.00 Section 32. Workmen's Compensation, State Board of. For the cost of operating the State Board of Workmen's Compensation. 1967-68.....$ 591,000.00 1968-69.....$ 591,000.00

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AGRICULTURE AND CONSERVATION Section 33. Agriculture, Department of. A. For the operation of all activities of the Department including the operation of Farmers' Markets. 1967-68.....$ 7,440,900.00 1968-69.....$ 7,240,900.00 Provided that the allocations to objects in the Budget Report shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Operating Expenses $ 3,221,462.00 $ 3,221,462.00 Provided that of the above amount, not more than $160,300.00 shall be expended to increase the contract with the Georgia Poultry Improvement Association. B. Capital outlayAuthority Lease RentalsAnnual Lease payments to Georgia Farmers' Market Authority. 1967-68.....$ 855,000.00 1968-69.....$ 855,000.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: Authority Lease 1967-68 1968-69 Rentals $ 855,000.00 $ 855,000.00 Provided that from the above amounts, $105,000.00 is designated and committed to pay rentals to said Authority to permit the issuance of bonds to finance new projects. Provided, also, that all rentals received from

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such projects shall be applied by the Authority to the abatement of payments by the State toward any lease between the Authority and the Department of Agriculture, and further that any sub-lease to any third party shall require a rental at least equal to the annual lease payment between the Department and the Authority. Section 34. Conservation. A. Department of Forestry. 1967-68.....$ 4,570,757.00 1968-69.....$ 4,560,757.00 Provided that included in the above appropriations, the sum of $489,757.00 for the fiscal year 1967-68 shall be used for the purpose of implementing H. B. 39 of the regular 1967 Session relative to forest fire protection. B. Forest Research Council. 1967-68.....$ 374,000.00 1968-69.....$ 374,000.00 C. Game and Fish Commission. 1967-68.....$ 3,032,356.00 1968-69.....$ 2,717,356.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $1,861,056.00 $1,861,056.00 Operating Expenses $1,629,300.00 $1,629,300.00 D. Jekyll Island Committee. 1967-68.....$ 430,000.00 1968-69.....$ 430,000.00

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Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Operating Expenses $ 430,000.00 $ 430,000.00 E. Mineral Leasing Commission. 1967-68.....$ 5,000.00 1968-69.....$ 5,000.00 F. Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, including Oil and Gas Commission. (a) Regular Operation. 1967-68.....$ 300,000.00 1968-69.....$ 300,000.00 (b) South Georgia Minerals Exploration and Research. 1967-68.....$ 228,500.00 1968-69.....$ 228,500.00 G. Department of Parks. (a) For general operation and development of State Parks. 1967-68.....$ 1,288,000.00 1968-69.....$ 1,038,000.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 1,003,772.00 $ 1,003,772.00 Operating Expenses $ 684,228.00 $ 684,228.00

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Provided, however, that $20,000.00 of the above amount shall be allocated for expenses of the State Council for the Preservation of Natural Areas. (b) Capital Outlay - Authority Lease Rentals - Annual Lease Payments to Jekyll Island State Park Authority. 1967-68.....$ 1,016,000.00 1968-69.....$ 1,016,000.00 Provided that from the above appropriated amounts $530,000.00 in 1967-68 and $530,000.00 in 1968-69 is designated and committed to pay rentals to said Authority to permit the issuance of bonds to finance new projects. Provided, further, that funds provided through this appropriation shall not be used for acquisition of land except with the approval of the State Properties Acquisition Commission. Such approval shall be obtained prior to sale of bonds for such purpose. (c) Capital Outlay - Authority Lease Rentals - Annual Lease Payments to Stone Mountain Memorial Association. 1967-68.....$ 1,050,000.00 1968-69.....$ 1,050,000.00 Provided, that from the above appropriated amounts, $350,000.00 in 1967-68 and $350,000.00 in 1968-69 is designated and committeed to pay rentals to said Authority to permit the issuance of bonds to finance new projects. H. Soil and Water Conservation Committee.

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For the cost of operating the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee. 1967-68.....$ 400,000.00 1968-69.....$ 400,000.00 I. Stone Mountain Memorial Committee. For operating costs including costs of improvements by convict labor. 1967-68.....$ 250,000.00 1968-69.....$ 250,000.00 J. Ocean Science Center of the Atlantic. 1967-68.....$ 325,000.00 1968-69.....$ 75,000.00 Provided that the allocations to objects in the Budget Report shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 40,000.00 $ 50,000.00 Operating Expenses $ 285,000.00 $ 25,000.00 K. Department of State Parks - For contract with Lake Lanier Island Development Authority. 1967-68 Operating Expenses $ 50,000.00 CORRECTIONS Section 35. Corrections, State Board of. A. For the administrative expenses of the State Board of Corrections, including the cost of operation of the State Prison System. 1967-68.....$ 8,167,400.00 1968-69.....$ 7,617,400.00

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Provided, that no funds appropriated in this Section or otherwise available, shall be used to pay a salary in excess of the Director's salary, except salaries for physicians. Provided, that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Capital Outlay $ 550,000.00 $ 0 B. Capital Outlay - Authority Lease Rentals - Annual Lease Payments to State Penal and Rehabilitation Authority. 1967-68.....$ 650,000.00 1968-69.....$ 650,000.00 Provided that from the above appropriated amounts $250,000.00 in 1967-68 and $250,000.00 in 1968-69 is designated and committed to pay rentals to said Authority to permit the issuance of bonds to finance projects at Alto, Reidsville, Milledgeville and Butts County. Section 36. Pardons and Paroles, State Board of. 1967-68.....$ 918,000.00 1968-69.....$ 918,000.00 Section 37. Probation, State Board of. For the cost of operating the statewide Probation System, administered by the State Board of Probation. 1967-68.....$ 1,207,000.00 1968-69.....$ 1,207,000.00

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EDUCATION Section 38. State Board of Education - Department of Education. A. For matching vocational rehabilitation funds in cooperation with the Federal Government; for operation of vocational trade schools; for operation of public and rural library programs; for operation of School for the Deaf and Academy for the Blind; for programs for exceptional children; for grants in aid to the public common schools, under provisions of law; for free textbooks for children attending public common schools; for the salaries of county school superintendents; for the operating costs of the Department; for educational grants, including the grants to teachers for scholarships, as provided by law; and for any other expense authorized by law, payable from the common school funds. 1967-68.....$298,139,415.00 1968-69.....$296,489,415.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $ 16,080,862.00 $ 16,080,862.00 Operating Expenses $ 14,780,388.00 $ 14,780,388.00 1967-68 1968-69 Maintenance, Operation and Sick Leave $ 27,059,469.00 $ 27,059,469.00 Mid-Term Adjustments $ 934,291.00 $ 934,291.00 Isolated Schools $ 66,135.00 $ 66,135.00 Alto Maintenance, Operation and Sick Leave $ 16,972.00 $ 16,972.00 Public Library Services and Materials $ 1,912,118.00 $ 1,912,118.00 Contingency Fund $ 0 $ 0 Driver Education Summer Program $ 0 $ 0 Fellowships and Traineeships for Teachers of Exceptional Children $ 69,690.00 $ 69,690.00

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Provided, that none of the funds appropriated above may be used to initiate or commence any new program or project that would require operating funds or capital outlay funds beyond the present biennium, unless such program or project has been specifically authorized by the General Assembly. Provided, however, that in those new program areas where federal funds are accepted by the State Board of Education under Code Section 32-413, the Budget Bureau shall reduce the appropriation for any item or part thereof which can be financed with federal funds in lieu of State funds under the terms of the federal act, except for funds necessary to match such federal grants. Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted in such a way as to reduce eligibility of the State for federal funds or to authorize reduction of the State appropriation for programs for which commitments have already been made to local systems. Funds appropriated for Section 12 of MFPE Act No. 523 shall be paid for salaries of certificated professional personnel serving as principals, instructional supervisors, visiting teachers, librarians, guidance counselors, and other certificated professional personnel.

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Funds in the amount of $1,300,000.00 in 1967-68 are appropriated for the purpose of teaching manners, nutrition health and hygiene in the public schools during the lunchroom hour, using any foods and edible materials during the course of instruction. Funds in the amounts of $351,200.00 in 1967-68 are appropriated to supplement the school lunch managers who will participate in the above program. The salary index value of 100 referred to in Section 9 of the Minimum Foundation Program of Education Act shall be a minimum of $4,800.00 as of the effective date of this Act. B. Capital Outlay - Authority Lease Rentals. 1967-68.....$ 27,801,000.00 1968-69.....$ 27,801,000.00 For Capital Outlay purposes, including Lease Rentals obligations of the State Board of Education, Department of Education to State School Building Authority in accordance with Lease Rental Contracts; provided that from the above appropriated amounts $2,000,000.00 in 1967-68 and $2,000,000.00 in 1968-69 is designated and committed for additional Capital Outlay purposes, including Lease Rentals to said Authority to permit the issuance of bonds to finance new projects. Section 39. Educational Improvement Council. 1967-68.....$ 99,694.00 1968-69.....$ 99,694.00

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Section 40. Higher Education Assistance Committee. 1967-68.....$ 450,000.00 1968-69.....$ 450,000.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report shall not apply and the Budget Bureau shall approve all expenditures by objects as provided by law. Section 41. Medical Education Board. For cost of operation of the State Medical Education Board, including the payment of medical scholarships as authorized by provisions of the Georgia State Constitution. 1967-68.....$ 177,500.00 1968-69.....$ 177,500.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report shall not apply and the Budget Bureau shall approve all expenditures by objects as provided by law. Section 42. State Board of Regents. A. The General cost of operation of the board; for aid to the University System; for annual payment of $8,000.00 to the University of Georgia for old stock items; for scholarships authorized by law $200,000.00; for the support of research and for the cost of use and/or acquiring additions to plant and equipment for the University System. 1967-68.....$ 96,727,000.00 1968-69.....$ 93,227,000.00 Provided that the above appropriations shall be in addition to the funds realized by the respective units in each fiscal year from

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the Federal Government, donations, gifts, earnings from fees, rents, sales and any other source of income, and provided that from the above appropriations the amount of $14,956,000.00 in 1967-68 and $14,956,000.00 in 1968-69 is designated and committed to guarantee payment of lease rental contracts as a first charge on such funds. Provided that from said appropriation for lease rental the amount of $2,000,000.00 in 1967-68 and $2,000,000.00 in 1968-69 is designated and committed to pay rentals to the University System Building Authority to permit the issuance of new bonds to finance new projects. Provided none of the funds herein provided as capital outlay authority lease rental shall be available for the purchase of any books whatsoever. Provided that the State Board of Regents shall, within the first 30 days of each fiscal year, make an apportionment of funds to the various units of the University System from all funds available in the amounts necessary in each fiscal year to pay the annual lease contract commitments for the acquisition of property as provided for in the provision of the State Constitution, and shall, second, apportion the remaining funds available to the various units to cover cost incident to the operation and development of the University System. The State Board of Regents shall immediately report the same to the State Budget Authorities for approval, whose approval shall be evidenced in writing. Provided that, in addition to the funds herein provided, reserve funds of the Regents shall be applied so as to provide not less than $10,000,000.00 for improved quality purposes.

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No part of this appropriation, nor any funds realized by the State Board of Regents of the University System, or any school or college from the Federal Government, or from donations, gifts, earnings, fees, rents, sales or other sources of income shall be available for use or expenditure until made available by a written order of the State Budget Authorities. Provided that funds from donations, gifts, earnings, fees, and any other source of income shall be available to support further lease rental agreements for dormitories and other school buildings, with the approval of the Budget Bureau. Such further contracts may be entered into not to exceed $750,000.00 per annum. B. Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital - State Board of Regents. 1967-68.....$ 5,282,000.00 1968-69.....$ 5,282,000.00 Section 43. State Scholarship Commission. 1967-68.....$ 824,660.00 1968-69.....$ 824,660.00 Section 44. Teachers' Retirement System. For the State's contribution to the Teachers' Retirement Fund, including the cost of administration. 1967-68.....$ 28,152,686.00 1968-69.....$ 28,152,686.00 HEALTH AND WELFARE Section 45. Public Welfare, Department of Family and Children Services. A. For the

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cost of operation of the State Welfare Programs. 1967-68.....$ 2,744,000.00 1968-69.....$ 2,744,000.00 B. Benefits. For benefits to the aged, the blind, the permanently and totally disabled, and dependent children; and for children and youth care as authorized by law. 1967-68.....$ 30,695,000.00 1968-69.....$ 30,695,000.00 C. Grants to Counties for Administration and Services. For the cost of participating with the Federal Government and counties in the administration of local welfare programs. 1967-68.....$ 5,731,000.00 1968-69.....$ 5,731,000.00 Provided that medical care programs of physicians' services, X-ray and medical laboratory services, and social services in the adult programs shall be initiated only upon Federal approval of a State plan administered under Title XIX of the Federal Social Security Act. D. Institutions. For the cost of operation of the institutions under the administration of the Department of Family and Children Services, including construction costs of a new institution for girls, and grants to county-owned detention centers. 1967-68.....$ 6,645,000.00 1968-69.....$ 4,533,000.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement

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thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 Operating Expenses $3,366,200.00 Section 46. Public Health, Department of. A. Regular Operations. For the cost of operating the Department of Public Health, grants to counties for public health programs, services for crippled children, and the mental health program, including the purchase of services of private hospitals. 1967-68.....$ 12,062,000.00 1968-69.....$ 12,062,000.00 B. Alcoholic Rehabilitation Services. For the cost of conducting the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program. 1967-68.....$ 514,500.00 1968-69.....$ 514,500.00 C. Atlanta Regional Hospital. For the cost of developing and operating the Atlanta Regional Hospital, including pre-admission and post-discharge services. 1967-68.....$ 50,000.00 1968-69.....$ 50,000.00 D. Augusta Regional Hospital. For the cost of developing and operating the Augusta Regional Hospital, including pre-admission and post-discharge services. 1967-68.....$ 50,000.00 1968-69.....$ 50,000.00 E. Authority Lease Rentals. For annual cost of acquiring Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital. 1967-68.....$ 300,000.00

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F. Capital Outlay - Authority Lease Rentals - Annual Lease payments to State Hospital Authority. 1967-68.....$ 3,525,000.00 1968-69.....$ 3,525,000.00 Provided that from the above appropriated amounts, $515,000.00 in 1967-68 and $515,000.00 in 1968-69 is designated and committed to pay rentals to said Authority to permit the issuance of bonds to finance new projects. G. Battey State Hospital. For the cost of operating the Battey State Hospital, including pre-admission and post-discharge services. 1967-68.....$ 3,100,000.00 1968-69.....$ 3,100,000.00 H. Georgia Mental Health Institute. For the cost of operating the Georgia Mental Health Institute, including pre-admission and post-discharge services. 1967-68.....$ 3,500,000.00 1968-69.....$ 3,500,000.00 I. Georgia Retardation Center. For the cost of developing and operating the Georgia Retardation Center, including pre-admission and post-discharge services. 1967-68.....$ 250,000.00 1968-69.....$ 250,000.00 J. Gracewood State School and Hospital. For the cost of operating the Gracewood State School and Hospital, including pre-admission and post-discharge services, and for

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capital outlay, including the purchase of equipment. 1967-68.....$ 6,790,000.00 1968-69.....$ 6,730,000.00 K. Medical Facilities Construction. For aid to local government subdivisions in establishing, constructing and equipping hospital facilities to be administered and expended in the same manner as other public health funds, and in accordance with the provisions of the Hill-Burton Act, as amended, and the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963 of the United States Congress, and the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health. 1967-68.....$ 2,000,000.00 1968-69.....$ 2,000,000.00 L. Milledgeville State Hospital. For the cost of operating the Milledgeville State Hospital, including pre-admission and post-discharge services; and for capital outlay, including the purchase of equipment. 1967-68.....$ 26,378,000.00 1968-69.....$ 24,494,500.00 M. Southwestern State Hospital. For the cost of operating the Southwestern State Hospital, including pre-admission and post-discharge services; and for capital outlay, including the purchase of equipment. 1967-68.....$ 2,900,000.00 1968-69.....$ 2,900,000.00 N. Water Quality Control Division. For the cost of conducting the programs of the State Water Quality Control Board.

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1967-68.....$ 227,000.00 1968-69.....$ 227,000.00 Provided that the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Personal Services $37,431,331.00 $37,431,331.00 Operating Expenses $41,383,028.00 $41,383,028.00 Authority Lease Rental $ 3,825,000.00 $ 3,825,000.00 Provided that of the above amount, $100,000.00 from Operating Expenses will be used for Day Care Centers for the mentally retarded. HIGHWAYS Section 47. Highway Department. Appropriation of all funds in this Section is to be in conformity with and pursuant to Article VII, Section IX, Paragraph IV, of the State Constitution, and shall be in an amount equal to all money derived from motor fuel taxes received by the State Treasurer in each of the immediately preceding years, less the amount of refunds, rebate and collection costs authorized by law. The fiscal officers of the State are hereby directed to, as of July 1 of each fiscal year, determine the net collection of motor fuel tax received by the State Treasurer in the immediately preceding fiscal year and enter the full amount so determined on the records of the State as being the appropriation payable in lieu of the amount appropriated herein. A. General Operations - For general administrative cost of operating the Highway

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Department, including equipment and compensation claims. 1967-68.....$ 7,998,161.00 1968-69.....$ 7,998,161.00 B. Capital Outlay-Authority Lease Rentals. 1967-68.....$ 19,900,000.00 1968-69.....$ 19,900,000.00 For Lease Rental obligations of the Highway Department to Georgia State Highway Authority, the Georgia Rural Roads Authority and the State Office Building Authority in accordance with Lease Rental contracts now in existence or hereafter entered into in connection with new projects approved by the Highway Department. Provided that in the event that Lease Rental obligations shall be less than the amount herein appropriated, such excess amount may be used and is herein specifically appropriated for new authority lease rentals to permit the issuance of bonds to finance new projects. C. Maintenance and Betterments - Planning and Construction. For State matching participation in costs of construction, reconstruction, improvement in highways, and highway planning, in cooperation with the Federal Government, including all cost items incident thereto. Funds appropriated for each fiscal year shall be available for matching Federal apportionment for the same year. For the cost of road and bridge construction and surveys, maintenance and improving the State Highway System of roads and bridges, and the costs incident thereto (provided all

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expenditures for county contracts shall be in accordance with and on the basis of average prices as authorized by law). Provided, however, that funds shall be allocated to matching all Federal aid funds prior to the allocation of any funds for other works, and the State Highway Department may add, delete, and substitute Federal aid projects to secure the full benefit of the Federal aid program. Provided further, that in order to meet the requirements of the Interstate System with regard to completion by a date fixed by existing Federal Statute of Federal-State 90-10 projects, the Budget Bureau is hereby authorized and directed to give advanced budgetary authorization for the letting and execution of highway contracts essential to and included in such Interstate Program not to exceed the amount of State Motor Fuel Tax Revenues actually paid into the Treasury and constitutionally appropriated to the State Highway Department. Maintenance and Betterments - 1967-68.....$ 34,435,300.00 1968-69.....$ 34,435,300.00 Planning and Construction - 1967-68.....$ 49,349,539.00 1968-69.....$ 49,349,539.00 Provided that the allocations to objects in the Budget Report shall be changed to read as follows: 1967-68 1968-69 Capital Outlay, Roadway $89,947,938.00 $89,947,938.00 Authority Lease Rental $19,900,000.00 $19,900,000.00

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D. Grants to Counties - For grants to counties for aid in county road construction and maintenance. 1967-68.....$ 4,817,013.03 1968-69.....$ 4,817,013.03 E. For grants to counties for aid in county road construction and maintenance. 1967-68.....$ 4,500,000.00 1968-69.....$ 4,500,000.00 Provided that the appropriations in D above shall be distributed and disbursed by the State Treasurer as provided by law. The sum appropriated under E shall be distributed and disbursed to the various counties of the State by the State Treasurer in the same proportional basis to each county as the proportion of each county's total public road mileage is to the total public road mileage in the State, as such mileage information is furnished by the State Highway Department. Provided further, that a member of the governing authority of the county, designated by such authority, shall execute an affidavit annually that funds received under this Section have been expended in accordance with the law and the Constitution, and file the same with the Director of the Highway Department. At the request of the Governor or the Budget Bureau or the Director of the State Highway Department, the State Auditor shall cause an audit to be made of any county to determine the use of such funds. The expense of such audit shall be deducted from funds granted to such county in any future year.

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F. Capital Outlay - Airport Development. 1967-68.....$ 975,000.00 1968-69.....$ 0 Provided that the above amount shall be expended as follows: (a) Name of Airport State Funds ALBANY $150,000.00 City of Albany and County of Dougherty Municipal COLUMBUS $150,000.00 County of Muscogee Muscogee County CORNELIA $25,000.00 County of Habersham Habersham County FULTON COUNTY $150,000.00 County of Fulton MACON $150,000.00 City of Macon Municipal VALDOSTA $150,000.00 City of Valdosta Municipal MOULTRIE $100,000.00 Colquitt County Municipal (b)OTHER PROJECTS .....$100,000.00 Provided that said $100,000.00 State appropriation may be expended only on non-carrier airports being built with the approval of the Federal Aeronautics Administration, with 50% Federal participation and 50%

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participation by the State and local funds, with the local funds being at least equal to State funds, and with State funds never exceeding $25,000.00 for any one airport. Notwithstanding any other provision in this paragraph, the State funds allocated under this paragraph may be expended up to $25,000.00 for any one project when local funds are contributed in at least an equal amount for the purpose of building and completing any airport without any Federal participation, but shall not have precedence over any project approved by the Federal Aeronautics Administration. (c) If any of the projects listed in subparagraph (a) herein are not carried out because of non-participation by local or Federal government, the State funds for such project shall be transferred to the appropriation made in subparagraph (b) hereof. G. Administrative Fees - Administration Truck Weight Program. 1967-68.....$ 250,000.00 1968-69.....$ 250,000,00 OTHER Section 48. Grants to Municipalities. For grants to municipalities in accordance with the law authorizing such grants. 1967-68.....$ 9,317,000.00 1968-69.....$ 9,317,000.00 Provided further, that a member of the governing authority of the municipality, designated by such authority, shall execute an affidavit annually that funds received under

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this Section have been expended in accordance with the law and the Constitution, and file the same with the State Treasurer. At the request of the Governor or the Budget Bureau or the Director of the State Highway Department, the State Auditor shall cause an audit to be made of any municipality to determine the use of such funds. The expense of such audit shall be deducted from funds granted to such municipality in any future year. Section 49. Grants to Counties and Municipalities. A. Grants to Counties. 1967-68.....$ 1,700,000.00 1968-69.....$ 1,700,000.00 B. Grants to Municipalities. 1967-68.....$ 2,700,000.00 1968-69.....$ 2,700,000.00 Provided that none of the funds appropriated under this Section shall be distributed until legislation has been enacted providing for the method of distribution thereof. PART IV MISCELLANEOUS Section 50. Governor's Emergency Fund. There is hereby appropriated as a General Emergency Fund for meeting expenses deemed emergencies by the Governor and to be expended by the Governor in his discretion in any emergency that he may determine requires expenditure of any part of said fund. Expenditures from this fund shall be made

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in accordance with other provisions of State law and the Constitution. 1967-68.....$ 2,000,000.00 1968-69.....$ 2,000,000.00 Section 51. In addition to these appropriations there is hereby appropriated as needed, a specific sum of money equal to each refund authorized by law, which is required to make refund of taxes and other monies collected in error, farmer gasoline tax refund and any other refunds specifically authorized by law. No wholesale distributor of gasoline shall be entitled to a refund covering shrinkage in the process of retailing gasoline as authorized by Act of Georgia General Assembly of 1947, (Ga. L. 1947, p. 1115), by virtue of the said wholesale distributor being engaged in retailing gasoline. Tax refunds. Section 52. In accordance with the requirements of Article VII, Section VI, Paragraph Ia of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, as amended, there is hereby appropriated payable to each Department, Agency, or Institution of the State sums sufficient to satisfy the payments required to be made in each year, under lease contracts now in existence or as provided for in this appropriation Act between any Department, Agency or Institution of the State, and any Authority created and activated at the time of the effective date of the aforesaid constitutional provision, as amended, or appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1967, and for each and every fiscal year thereafter, until all payments required under lease contracts have been paid in full, and if for any reason any of the sums herein provided under any other provision of this Act are insufficient in any year to make the required

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payments in full, there shall be taken from other funds appropriated to the Department, Agency, or Institution involved, an amount sufficient to satisfy such deficiency in full and the lease payment constitutes a first charge on all such appropriations. Lease contracts. The General Assembly declares that the sums hereby appropriated for lease rentals are to pay the general obligations of the State incurred under valid lease contracts and such appropriations are to be paid from the General Funds of the State as a first charge upon General Funds. Where the appropriations in this Act are the same for each of the two fiscal years of the biennium, the allocations to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, are hereby changed so that such allocations shall be the same for each of the two fiscal years. Where the appropriation is less for the second fiscal year of the biennium due to a reduction in Capital Outlay, the allocation to objects in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto, shall be reduced in the second year by the amount of the Capital Outlay expenditure. All provisions and amounts in the Budget Report, as amended by the supplement thereto relative to cost of living increases, are hereby deleted. Section 53. All expenditures and appropriations made and authorized under this Act shall be according to the objects and for the programs and activities as specified in the Governor's recommendations contained

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in the Budget Report, as amended by the Supplement thereto, submitted to the General Assembly at the regular 1967 Session, except as otherwise specified in this Act; provided, however, the Director of the Budget is authorized to make internal transfers within a budget unit between objects and programs subject to the condition that no funds whatsoever shall be transferred for use in initiating or commencing any new program or activity not currently having an appropriation, nor which would require operating funds or capital outlay funds beyond the current biennium, and provided, further, that no funds whatsoever shall be transferred without the prior approval of at least eleven (11) members of the Fiscal Affairs Sub-Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives in a meeting called to consider said transfers. This Section shall apply to all funds of each budget unit from whatever source derived. The State Auditor shall make an annual report to the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives of all instances revealed in his audit in which the expenditures of any department, bureau, board, commission, institution, or other agency of the State show transfers made in violation of this Section. In those cases in which the aforesaid Budget Report and supplement thereto contain no recommendation by the Governor of expenditures as to objects, the Director of the Budget, except as to the legislative and judicial branches of the government, is authorized to allocate as to object such funds as he deems proper, but he shall not approve any operating budget containing any such allocation until such shall be submitted and approved in the same manner and under the same conditions provided hereinbefore for transfers. Intent.

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Section 54. In the event it is determined by the Budget Bureau that the total funds in the State Treasury in a fiscal year in which appropriations are made in the foregoing sections of this Act are to be less than the amount needed to pay in full the specific appropriations authorized, the Director of the Budget is authorized and is hereby directed to make a pro rata reduction of the amount of each appropriation hereinbefore made, except authority lease rental funds and other constitutionally obligated funds, as provided by Georgia Code section 40-418 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 17). Intent. The amounts of the appropriations so reduced as directed herein and as determined by the Budget Bureau shall cease to be an obligation of the State. Provided further, the Budget Bureau is hereby directed to economize wherever possible and in the event any part of the appropriations provided in the foregoing Sections of this Act shall be in excess of the actual approved budget allotments for each fiscal year, the amounts so in excess as determined by the Budget Bureau shall cease to be an obligation of the State. TOTAL APPROPRIATION 1967-68.....$785,339,708.90 TOTAL APPROPRIATION 1968-69.....$772,329,481.90 Section 55. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, 1967.

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYUNIFORM DIVISION. No. 48 (House Bill No. 336). An Act to amend an Act creating the Department of Public Safety, approved March 19, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 322), as amended, so as to increase the number of captains, 1st lieutenants, sergeants and corporals in a battalion; to change the salaries of the members of the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety, and the members of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Radio Operators and License Examiners; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating the Department of Public Safety, approved March 19, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 322), as amended, is hereby amended by striking from section 2 of Article II the following: The battalion shall consist of the number of officers and noncommissioned officers specified by number hereinafter, and such number of troopers as the Director of Public Safety, subject to the approval of the Department of Public Safety, shall deem necessary and advisable to carry out the purposes of and administer the provisions of this Act. The personnel of the battalion, which shall include the Commanding Officer and the Treasurer, shall consist of the following categories and the members of such battalion shall be compensated on an annual basis as follows, which compensation shall be paid on a semi-monthly or monthly basis: 2 Majors.....$4,265.00 per year, each 4 Captains.....$3,665.00 per year, each 8 1st Lieutenants.....$3,265.00 per year, each 2 Sergeant Majors.....$3,165.00 per year, each 45 Sergeants.....$3,065.00 per year, each 45 Corporals.....$2,865.00 per year, each Troopers.....$2,700.00 per year, each

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Effective July 1, 1966, each of the above sums shall be increased $300.00. The members of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation shall each receive an increase in their base salary of $300.00 per annum, effective July 1, 1965, and shall receive an additional $300.00 per annum effective July 1, 1966. Radio Operators and License Examiners of said Department though not members of the uniform battalion shall be compensated at a sum of $350.00 per month and they shall be entitled to the increases hereinafter provided for length of service on such base salary., and inserting in lieu thereof the following: The battalion shall consist of the number of officers and non-commissioned officers specified by number hereinafter, and such number of troopers as the Director of Public Safety, subject to the approval of the Department of Public Safety, shall deem necessary and advisable to carry out the purposes of and administer the provisions of this Act. The personnel of the battalion, which shall include the Commanding Officer and the Treasurer, shall consist of the following categories, and the members of such battalion shall be compensated on an annual basis as follows, which compensation shall be paid on a semi-monthly or monthly basis: 2 Majors.....$5,165.00 per year, each 6 Captains.....$4,565.00 per year, each 12 1st Lieutenants.....$4,165.00 per year, each 2 Sergeant Majors.....$4,065.00 per year, each 60 Sergeants.....$3,965.00 per year, each 60 Corporals.....$3,765.00 per year, each Troopers.....$3,600.00 per year, each The compensation of the members of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation shall be based upon the same base pay schedule set forth above for members of the uniform division of the Department of Public Safety. Radio Operators and License Examiners of said Department, though not members of the uniform battalion, shall be compensated at a sum of $350.00 per month and they shall be entitled to the increases hereinafter provided for length of service

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on such base salary. Radio Operators and License Examiners shall each receive an increase of $300.00 per annum, effective July 1, 1967, and shall receive an additional $300.00 per annum, effective July 1, 1968. Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall become effective April 1, 1967. Effective date. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, 1967. STATEWIDE PROBATION ACT AMENDED. No. 50 (Senate Bill No. 161). An Act to amend the Statewide Probation Act, approved February 8, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 27), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 14, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 15), an Act approved March 17, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 1092), an Act approved March 3, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 691), an Act approved March 10, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 274), and an Act approved March 31, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 413), so as to change the compensation of the Director of Probation; to authorize the State Board of Probation to fix the compensation of the Assistant Director of Probation not to exceed salary of Director and Field Supervisors; to prescribe alternative qualifications for the Assistant Director of Probation and Field Supervisors; to authorize the State Board of Probation to fix the compensation of Circuit Probation Officers and the Examiner for the Board; to impose additional duties upon the Director of Probation; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The Statewide Probation Act, approved February 8, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 27), as amended, particularly

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by an Act approved February 14, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 15), an Act approved March 17, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 1092), an Act approved March 3, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 691), an Act approved March 10, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 274), and an Act approved March 31, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 413), is hereby amended by striking from section 3 the following: not less than seven thousand seven hundred fifty ($7,750.00) dollars nor more than nine thousand eight hundred fifty ($9,850.00), and substituting in lieu thereof the following not more than twelve thousand ($12,000.00), and by adding at the end of said section the following sentence: In addition to the compensation provided for the Director of Probation herein, the Director of Probation shall receive a subsistence allowance in the amount of three hundred ($300.00) dollars per month., so that when so amended, section 3 shall read as follows: Section 3. There is hereby created the office of Director of Probation, who shall be in charge of the probation system, subject only to the supervision of the State Board of Probation. He shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the board. His compensation shall be fixed by the Board in an amount not more than twelve thousand ($12,000.00) dollars per annum. Any person, in order to hold the office of Director of Probation, must be at least 25 years of age and must have completed a standard four-year college course with specialization in social studies or related subjects, and must have had at least one year of experience in the probation, parole, correctional, social welfare or educational fields or equivalent experience. He must have a general knowledge of modern probation methods and of the social problems involved. The qualifications provided herein are the minimum qualifications and the Board is hereby authorized to prescribe such additional and higher qualifications from time to time as it deems desirable. Such officer shall also be allowed travel and other expenses the same as other State employees. In addition to the

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compensation provided for the Director of Probation herein, the Director of Probation shall receive a subsistence allowance in the amount of three hundred ($300.00) dollars per month. Director of probation. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking section 3A in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 3A to read as follows: Section 3A. There is hereby created the office of Assistant Director of Probation and such Field Supervisors as may be feasible and desirable in the discretion of the State Board of Probation. Said Assistant Director of Probation and Field Supervisors shall be appointed by the State Board of Probation in the same manner as the Director of Probation is appointed and the salaries of said Assistant Director of Probation and Field Supervisors shall be fixed by the State Board of Probation not to exceed salary of Director. Any person, in order to hold the office of Assistant Director of Probation or Field Supervisors, must be at least twentyfive years of age and must have completed a standard four-year college course with specialization in social studies or related subjects, and must have had at least one year of experience in the probation, parole, correctional, social welfare or educational fields or equivalent experience, or at least ten years as a full-time probation officer for the State Board of Probation. In the event the applicant has not complied with the standard four-year college course as provided above, the Board, in computing the four-year college course is hereby authorized to substitute each two years of fulltime experience as a probation officer, parole officer or social worker for one scholastic quarter, not to exceed eight scholastic quarters. The applicant must also have a general knowledge of modern probation methods and of the social problems involved. The qualifications provided herein are the minimum qualifications and the Board is hereby authorized to prescribe such additional and higher qualifications from time to time as it deems desirable. Such officers shall also be allowed travel and other expenses the same as other State employees. Assistant Director of probation. Section 3. Said Act is further amended by inserting between the words probation and and as they appear in

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the first sentence of section 4 the following to act as the Deputy Compact Director, so that when so amended, section 4 shall read as follows: Section 4. It shall be the duty of the Director of Probation to supervise and direct the work of the Circuit Probation Officers hereinafter provided for, to keep accurate files and records on all probation cases and persons on probation, to act as the Deputy Compact Director, and to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act. The rules and regulations promulgated by the Director of Probation shall be subject to the final approval of the State Board of Probation. Director of probation. Section 4. Said Act is further amended by striking section 6 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 6 to read as follows: Section 6. In order for a person to hold the office of circuit probation officer, he must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age but not more than seventy (70) years of age, must hereafter have at least a high school education and must have a general knowledge of modern probation methods and of the social problems involved. The qualifications provided herein are the minimum qualifications and the Board is hereby authorized to prescribe such additional and higher qualifications from time to time as it deems desirable. The compensation of the circuit probation officer shall be fixed by the State Board of Probation. Such officers shall be allowed travel and other expenses the same as other State employees. If a circuit probation officer shall be an attorney at law, he shall be prohibited from practicing law in any matter in which the probation system may be concerned while serving as a circuit probation officer. Each circuit probation officer shall give bond in such amount not less than $5,000, as may be fixed by the Board, payable to the Board for the use of the person or persons damaged by his misfeasance or malfeasance, and conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties, the cost of the bond to be paid by the Board: Provided, however, that such bond may be procured, either by the State Board of Probation or the State Supervisor of Purchases,

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under a master policy or on a group blanket coverage basis, where only the number of positions in each judicial circuit and the amount of coverage for each position are listed in a schedule attached to the bond and in such case each individual shall be fully bonded and bound as principal, together with the Surety, by virtue of his holding the position or performing the duties of circuit probation officer in said circuit or circuits and his individual signature shall not be necessary for such bond to be valid in accordance with all the laws of this State. Said bond or bonds shall be made payable to the Board of Probation. Circuit probation officers Section 5. Said Act is further amended by striking section 25 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 25 to read as follows: Section 25. There is hereby created the position of Examiner for the State Board of Probation. He shall be appointed by the Board and serve at the pleasure of the Board. His compensation shall be fixed by the Board. Any person, in order to hold this position, must be at least 21 years of age and must have a general knowledge of accounting or bookkeeping. Such Examiner shall be allowed travel and other expenses the same as other State employees. He shall also be required to give bond in such amount, not less than $5,000, as may be fixed by the Board, in the same manner and for the same purposes as now provided under section 6, as hereby amended, for the bonds of circuit probation officers. Such bond shall bind said Examiner, together with his Surety, in the performance of his duties in all judicial circuits of the State. Examiner. Section 6. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, 1967.

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REVENUEAD VALOREM TAXES ON MOTOR VEHICLES OWNED BY DEALERS. No. 52 (House Bill No. 91). An Act to amend an Act providing for the classification of motor vehicles as a separate and distinct class of tangible property for ad valorem taxation purposes and providing for a different rate, method of assessment, and manner of collecting ad valorem taxes due thereon, approved March 16, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 517), so as to exclude from the classification therein made certain motor vehicles; to provide for a method of judicial review and arbitration; to provide the procedure connected therewith; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act providing for the classification of motor vehicles as a separate and distinct class of tangible property for ad valorem taxation purposes and providing for a different rate, method of assessment and manner of collecting ad valorem taxes due thereon, approved March 16, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 517), is hereby amended by inserting between sections 1 and 2 a new section, to be known as section 1A, and to read as follows: Section 1A. Motor vehicles which are owned by a dealer are not included within the distinct classification of tangible property made by this Act for all other motor vehicles; and the procedures prescribed herein for returning such other motor vehicles for ad valorem taxation, determining the applicable rates therefor, and collecting the ad valorem taxes imposed thereon, do not apply. Such motor vehicles as are excluded from the provisions of this Act by this classification shall be returned for ad valorem taxation, taxed, and the taxes thereon collected in the manner as hereinafter provided. Dealers' stock. All dealers, wholesale and retail, shall return their inventory on the first work day of each calendar year beginning in 1968. Said inventory shall be substantiated by properly

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executed Department of Revenue license forms prepared for that purpose on each motor vehicle in inventory, showing the identification numbers of each vehicle. The dealer's assessed value shall be 75% of the assessed value furnished by the State Department of Revenue for other motor vehicles. The taxing authorities of each county shall determine the tax due on each dealer vehicle at the same mill rate as other motor vehicles, which taxes shall be paid on or before April 1 of such calendar year. All such motor vehicle license forms shall then be marked returned for tax purposes so that each such vehicle may then be sold and licensed as if all ad valorem taxes had been paid for the current year under the provisions of this Act. All new motor vehicles in transit and not actually in a dealer's inventory on January 1 of each year shall not be subject to taxation for that year. Dealers shall submit proof that each such motor vehicle was actually received after January 1st of that year. For the purpose of this Section, the term `Dealer' is defined to be any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail and who holds a valid current dealer's identification number issued by the Department of Revenue. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking in its entirety section 4 which reads as follows: Except as is provided for in section 12, no license tag for any motor vehicle shall be issued by the tax collector or tax commissioner until all ad valorem taxes which become due thereon on or after January 1, 1967, have been paid., and substituting in lieu thereof a new sentence to read as follows: Except as is provided for in section 12 and for the motor vehicles excluded by the provisions of section 1A from the distinct classifications of motor vehicles made by this Act,

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no license tag for any motor vehicle shall be issued by the tax collector or tax commissioner until all ad valorem taxes which become due thereon on or after January 1, 1967, have been paid., so that, when so amended, section 4 will read as follows: Section 4. Each year every owner of a motor vehicle subject to taxation under the provisions of this Act must return the same for taxation and pay the taxes due thereon at the time the owner makes application for the registration of his motor vehicle and the purchase of a license tag therefor, or on the first day of April, whichever occurs first. If the owner of a motor vehicle returns his vehicle for taxation prior to the date that the application for the purchase of a license tag is required, he shall make application for the purchase of said tag at the time he returns said vehicle for taxation. If no license plate shall be required for the motor vehicle, the owner shall nevertheless return said motor vehicle for taxation as provided for herein, but no license plate need be purchased. Except as is provided for in section 12 and for the motor vehicles excluded by the provisions of section 1A from the distinct classification of motor vehicles made by this Act, no license tag for any motor vehicle shall be issued by the tax collector or tax commissioner until all ad valorem taxes which become due thereon on or after January 1, 967, have been paid. License plates. Section 2A. Said Act is further amended by striking from the first sentence of section 12 the words applicant for a motor vehicle license plate and inserting in lieu thereof the word owner, and by adding a new sentence at the end of said section 12 to read as follows: Any owner who contests the value assessment of said vehicle may demand arbitration which shall be accomplished in so far as is applicable as provided for in Code section 92-6912. so that when amended, section 12 will read as follows: Section 12. Any owner who contests the assessment of an ad valorem tax against said vehicle may purchase

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such license plate without payment of the ad valorem tax assessed thereon by filing with the tax commissioner or tax collector an affidavit of illegality to the assessment together with a surety bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Georgia, or in lieu of such bond, a bond to be approved by the clerk of the superior court of the county, or a cash bond, all of which shall be in an amount equal to the tax and any penalties and interest which might be found to be due. The bond shall be made payable to the tax collector or tax commissioner and conditioned upon the payment of taxes and penalties ultimately found to be due. The affidavit of illegality and bond shall be immediately transferred by the tax commissioner or tax collector to the superior court, filed therein and shall be tried as affidavits of illegality are now tried in tax cases. Any owner who contests the value assessment of said vehicle may demand arbitration which shall be accomplished in so far as is applicable as provided for in Code section 92-6912. Arbitration. Section 3. Said Act is further amended by adding at the end of section 18, immediately before the period, the following: , and nothing herein shall be construed to require the payment of an ad valorem tax prior to the purchase of a license tag for any motor vehicle provided for in section 1A of this Act which is not subject to ad valorem taxation under the provisions of this Act., so that, when so amended, section 18 will read as follows: Section 18. Nothing contained within this Act shall be construed so as to require the payment of an ad valorem tax prior to the purchase of a license tag for any motor vehicle which is not subject to ad valorem taxation within this State, and nothing herein shall be construed to require the payment of an ad valorem tax prior to the purchase of a license tag for any motor vehicle provided for in section 1A of this Act which is not subject to ad valorem taxation under the provisions of this Act.

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Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, 1967. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONCOMPENSATION OF MEMBERS. Code 93-206, 93-208 Amended. No. 53 (House Bill No. 365). An Act to amend Code section 93-206 and Code section 93-208, pertaining to the salaries of the chairman and members of the Public Service Commission, so as to provide for a salary of $22,500 per annum in lieu of a salary of $19,600 per annum; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 93-206, pertaining to the salary of the chairman of the Public Service Commission of Georgia is amended so as to provide for a salary of $22,500 per annum, so that said section, as amended hereby, shall read as follows: 93-206. Chairman; election; term of office; salary. It shall be the duty of the Commission to elect from its membership a chairman, who shall hold the position for a term of two years, and who shall give his entire time to the duties of his office, and who shall receive therefor during his term as chairman as salary of $22,500 per annum, to be paid from the State treasury. Section 2. Code section 93-208, pertaining to the salaries of the members of the Public Service Commission of Georgia is amended so as to provide for a salary of $22,500 per annum, so that said section, as amended hereby, shall read as follows:

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93-208. Salaries. The salary of each commissioner shall be $22,500 per annum, to be paid from the treasury of the State; provided, however, nothing in this section 93-208 or in section 93-206 above shall entitle an emeritus commissioner to a salary greater than $12,000 per annum. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, 1967. COMPENSATION OF SECRETARY OF STATE, STATE TREASURER AND COMPTROLLER GENERAL. Code 40-504, 40-901, 40-1404 Amended. No. 54 (House Bill No. 412). An Act to amend Code section 40-504, relating to the salary of the Secretary of State, as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 6, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 66), so as to provide for the compensation and allowances of the Secretary of State; to amend Code section 40-901, relating to the election, salary, and term of office of the State Treasurer, as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 7, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 133), so as to change the salary of the State Treasurer; to amend Code section 40-1404, relating to the salary of the Comptroller General, as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 575), so as to change the salary of the Comptroller General; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 40-504, relating to the salary of of the Secretary of State, as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 6, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 66), is hereby amended by striking said section in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 40-504 to read as follows:

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40-504. The Secretary of State shall be compensated in the amount of $22,500.00 per annum, plus the amount authorized by law as the salary of the Secretary of State as Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds, all of which shall be paid in equal monthly or semimonthly installments. He shall also receive an annual contingent expense allowance in the amount of $3,600.00 per annum in lieu of any and all travel expenses and expenses of purchasing a personal automobile for official use with the exception of actual transportation expenses incurred while traveling by public carrier and the expenses incurred at the legal mileage rate for the use of a personal automobile. The contingent expense allowance shall also be paid in equal monthly or semimonthly installments. He shall receive no compensation or allowances whatsoever for serving on any board, bureau, commission, committee, or for any other ex officio office for which he previously received compensation. Secretary of State. Section 2. Code section 40-901, relating to the election, salary, and term of office of the State Treasurer, as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 7, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 133), is hereby amended by striking the figure $18,000.00, and inserting in lieu thereof the figure $22,500.00, so that when so amended section 40-901 shall read as follows: 40-901. There shall be a Treasurer of the State who shall be elected at the same time, for the same term, and in the same manner as the Governor, who shall receive an annual salary of $22,500.00, payable semimonthly, and in addition thereto he shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. The State Treasurer shall fix the compensation of the employees of the Treasury Department; provided, however, that employees of the Treasury Department under the Merit System applicable to Treasury Department employees shall be compensated as provided by the rules and regulations of said system. State Treasurer. Section 3. Code section 40-1404, relating to the salary of the Comptroller General, as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 575), is

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hereby amended by striking the figure $19,600, and inserting in lieu thereof the figure $22,500.00, so that when so amended section 40-1404 shall read as follows: 40-1404. The Comptroller General shall receive an annual salary of $22,500.00, and shall also be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. The compensation provided for herein shall be the full compensation for the Comptroller General and he shall receive no other compensation by virtue of his duties under any other title or by virtue of any other duties whatsoever. No other law providing for compensation, allowances or other perquisites shall hereafter be applicable to the Office of Comptroller General, and he shall only receive the salary provided for in this section and be reimbursed for expenses as provided for in this section. The Comptroller General shall fix the compensation of the employees of his office, including the employees of all divisions and units by whatever name called over which the Comptroller General has jurisdiction, except that any employees under the Merit System shall be compensated as provided by the laws and rules and regulations relative to such System. Employees shall also be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Comptroller General. Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, 1967. COMPENSATION OF NAMED STATE OFFICIALS. No. 57 (House Bill No. 481). An Act to amend an Act creating the Department of Public Safety, approved March 19, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 322), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 2, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 70), an Act approved March 7, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 309), an Act approved March 25, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 296), an Act approved March 6,

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1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 252), and Act No. 1 of the 1967 regular session approved January 23, 1967, so as to exclude time employed as a public school teacher from being used in computing the salary of the Director; to remove the provisions relating to the Director receiving no other compensation or allowances; to change the salary of the Deputy Director; to amend an Act providing a uniform method of fixing, limiting and restricting the salaries, allowances and travel expenses of certain State officials, approved March 12, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 613), as amended, so as to change the compensation of the State Supervisor of Purchases; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating the Department of Public Safety, approved March 19, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 322), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 2, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 70), an Act approved March 7, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 309), an Act approved March 25, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 296), an Act approved March 6, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 252), and Act No. 1 of the 1967 regular session approved January 23, 1967, is thereby amended by striking the second paragraph of section 3 of Article I and inserting in lieu thereof a new second paragraph to read as follows: The Director of Public Safety of Georgia shall serve at the pleasure of the Department of Public Safety and shall be compensated in the amount of $16,000.00 per annum to be paid in equal monthly or semi-monthly installments; provided, however, that said $16,000.00 shall be increased by five percent (5%) for each four (4) years of service rendered by said Director, in any capacity, to the State of Georgia except employment as a public school teacher. Director of public Safety. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking from the first paragraph of section 5 of Article I the figure 7,000.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the figure 7,600.00 so that the first paragraph of section 5 of Article I, when so amended, shall read as follows:

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The Director of Public Safety of Georgia is vested with authority to appoint a Deputy Director of Public Safety, whose term of office shall be four years, and who shall have the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. It is hereby provided that the Deputy Director as appointed may be a member of the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety and upon such removal from such office without prejudice he shall revert to his original rank in the Uniform Division which he held when such appointment was made. The Deputy Director shall receive an annual salary of $7,600.00 per year, payable monthly, and whose appointment shall be subject to confirmation by the Department of Public Safety. Deputy director. Section 3. An Act providing a uniform method of fixing, limiting and restricting the salaries, allowances and travel expenses of certain State officials, approved March 12, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 613), as amended, is hereby amended by striking from section 1, subsection (a) the following language: The base salary of the State Supervisor of Purchases shall be $15,000.00 annually payable in semi-monthly installments and said official shall be entitled to all adjustments in compensation and allowances as are authorized for other State officials named in this Act. Provided, however, the State Supervisor of Purchases shall not be paid the $240.00 annual compensation for each ex-officio office created by law and held by him as provided in subsection (c) of this Section., and inserting in lieu thereof the following language: The base salary of the State Supervisor of Purchases shall be $18,000.00 annually payable in semimonthly installments and said official shall be entitled to all adjustments in compensation and allowances as are authorized for other State officials named in this Act. Provided, however, the State Supervisor of Purchases shall not be paid the $240.00 annual compensation for each ex officio office created by law and held by him as provided in subsection (c) of this section. State Supervisor of Purchases.

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Section 4. The provisions of this Act shall become effective April 1, 1967. Effective date. Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, 1967. COMPENSATION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL. No. 58 (House Bill No. 523). An Act to amend an Act reorganizing the State Department of Law, approved February 18, 1943 (Ga. L. 1943, p. 284), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 7, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 131), and an Act approved March 4, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 165), so as to provide for the compensation of the Attorney General; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act reorganizing the State Department of Law, approved February 18, 1943 (Ga. L. 1943, p. 284), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 7, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 131), and an Act approved March 4, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 165), is hereby amended by striking therefrom section 2 (a) in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new section 2 (a) to read as follows: Section 2 (a). The Attorney General shall be compensated in the amount of twenty six thousand dollars ($26,000.00) per annum, payable in semi-monthly installments, with an additional amount of eight hundred dollars ($800.00) per annum for each four (4) years of State service with a branch or department of State Government, up to a maximum of 20 years service, financed by appropriations payable through the State Treasury, figured at the beginning of each such period of State service. The salary provided herein shall be cumulative of and in lieu

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of all other salaries, fees, compensation, allowances and perquisites of such office of every nature and including services performed by him on all boards, commissions and agencies of the State government to which he shall belong or serve by virtue of his office. He shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual transportation cost while traveling by public carrier and the legal mileage rate for the itemized official use of a personal automobile, together with the actual cost of meals and lodging while away from his office on official State business. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, 1967. DEPARTMENT OF LAWAPPOINTMENT, COMPENSATION, ETC. OF ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL, ETC. No. 59 (House Bill No. 583). An Act to amend an Act reorganizing the State Department of Law, approved February 18, 1943 (Ga. L. 1943, p. 284), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 18, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, Vol. I, p. 43), so as to authorize the Governor to appoint two assistant Attorneys General or Deputy Assistant Attorneys General; to provide that the Assistant Attorneys General appointed by the Governor shall be paid salaries, expenses, and all other remunerations from funds appropriated to the Executive Department; to limit the compensation of employees of the Department of Law; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act reorganizing the State Department of Law, approved February 18, 1943 (Ga. L. 1943, p. 284), as amended by an Act approved February 18, 1966 (Ga. L.

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1966, Vol. I, p. 43), is hereby further amended by striking section 3 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 3 to read as follows: Section 3. All Assistant Attorneys General, Deputy Assistant Attorneys General, and Law Assistants shall be appointed by the Attorney General for such periods of time as he deems advisable. The compensation of all Assistant Attorneys General, Deputy Assistant Attorneys General, Law Assistants and other employees of the Department of Law shall be established by the appointing authority, except that those employees under the Merit System shall be compensated according to the laws and rules and regulations of said system. Any Assistant Attorney General, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Law Assistant, or other employee not under the Merit System may be removed by the appointing authority. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by adding after section 3 and before Section 4 a new section to be known as section 3A to read as follows: Section 3A. No employee of the Law Department shall be entitled to or authorized to receive any salary, fee, compensation or other remuneration of any type, nor to the reimbursement of expenses from any other State department, agency, commission, board, authority, bureau, legislative, judicial or executive board of State Government, provided, however, nothing contained herein shall apply to or be construed to exclude or prohibit the payments provided for in Georgia Laws 1958, p. 118. Section 3. Said Act is further amended by adding after section 4 and before section 5 a new section to be known as section 4A to read as follows: Section 4A. The Governor shall be authorized to appoint two Assistant Attorneys General or Deputy Assistant Attorneys General for such periods of time as he deems advisable to serve the Governor as his special counsel. The salaries, expenses and all other remunerations of the Assistant Attorneys General or Deputy Assistant Attorneys

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General appointed by the Governor shall be paid from funds appropriated to or otherwise made available to the Executive Department. Section 4. This Act shall become effective July 1, 1967. Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, 1967. DEPARTMENT OF LAWREIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES OF LITIGATION. No. 60 (House Bill No. 584). An Act to authorize and direct all State Departments, Agencies, Commissions, Boards, Authorities, Bureaus, or any other Legislative, Judicial or Executive body of the State of Georgia to reimburse the State Department of Law for actual expenses incurred for court costs, filing costs, witness fees, costs of reporting and preparing transcripts of records, costs for depositions, interrogatories, and other methods of discovery, and any other expenses in connection with the trial and preparation for trial of any lawsuit, or other litigation involving any State Agency, except salaries, attorneys' fees, travel expenses and subsistence allowances; to repeal conflicting laws, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. When the Attorney General of Georgia shall undertake the trial or preparation for trial of any lawsuit or other litigation on behalf of any State Department, Agency, Commission, Board, Authority, Bureau, or any other Legislative, Judicial or Executive body of the State of Georgia; such State Agency involved is hereby authorized and directed to reimburse the State Department of Law for actual expenses incurred for court costs, filing costs, witness fees, costs of reporting and preparting transcripts

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of records, costs for depositions, interrogatories, and other methods of discovery and any other expenses incurred for such services, except salaries, expenses and subsistence allowances paid regular employees of the Department of Law. Section 2. From time to time the Attorney General shall submit to the State Agency involved a statement of the expenses of such trial or trial preparation incurred by the State Department of Law, such statements to include detailed, itemized statements of the costs thereof as contemplated by this Act; and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Agency involved is hereby authorized and directed to reimburse the State Department of Law for such expenses from funds appropriated to or available to such State Agency. Section 3. This Act shall become effective July 1, 1967. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and hereby are repealed. Approved March 17, 1967. BANKS AND BANKINGPLACES OF DOING BANKING BUSINESS. Code 13-204.1 Enacted. No. 61 (House Bill No. 585). An Act to amend Code Title 13 known as the Banking Law of Georgia, as amended, so as to provide that no bank shall carry on or conduct or do a banking business in this State except on the premises of the place of business (banking house) established and operated under and pursuant to a permit from the Superintendent of Banks; to provide that a place of business for the doing of a banking business would include a parent bank, branch bank and bank office or bank facility; to provide that a banking business is the business which a bank is authorized by law to do; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Title 13 known as the Banking Law of Georgia, as amended, is hereby amended by adding in Code Chapter 13-2 between Code sections 13-204 and 13-205 a new Code section to be designated as Code section 13-204.1, to read as follows: Section 13-204.1 No bank shall carry on or conduct or do a banking business in this State except on the premises of the place of business (banking house) established and operated under and pursuant to a permit from the Superintendent of Banks. A place of business for the doing of a banking business would include a parent bank, a branch bank, a bank office, or a bank facility. A banking business is the business which a bank is authorized by law to do. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, 1967. COMPENSATION OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Code 40-105 Amended. No. 63 (House Bill No. 731). An Act to amend Code section 40-105, relating to the salary of the Governor, so as to provide for the compensation and reimbursement for expenses of the Governor; to provide for the compensation and reimbursement for expenses of the Lieutenant Governor; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 40-105, relating to the salary of the Governor, is hereby amended by striking said Code

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section in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new Code section 40-105 to read as follows: Section 40-105. Compensation of Governor. The Governor shall be compensated in the amount of forty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($42,500.00) per annum, payable in semi-monthly installments, with such additional allowance as the General Assembly may from time to time appropriate for the cost of operating the Executive Mansion. The compensation provided herein shall be cumulative of and in lieu of all other salaries, fees and compensation due for such office. He shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual transportation costs and the actual costs of meals and lodging while on official State business. Section 2. The Lieutenant Governor shall be compensated in the amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) per annum which shall be his total compensation, and, except as provided hereinafter, shall be in lieu of any other compensation and allowances heretofore received by the Lieutenant Governor. Such compensation shall be paid in equal monthly or semi-monthly installments. In addition to the compensation provided for in this section, the Lieutenant Governor shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual transportation costs while travelling by public carrier, and the legal mileage rate for the use of a personal automobile while on official business, together with the actual cost of meals and lodging while on official State business. Lt. Governor. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, 1967. PARENT AND CHILDCONSENT TO ADOPTION. Code Chapter 74-4 Amended. No. 65 (Senate Bill No. 80). An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to amend and revise the adoption laws now set forth in Chapter 74-4 of the Code of 1933; to provide for an investigation and report

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to the superior court in which an adoption petition is filed on the proposed adoption by the State Department of Public Welfare where facilities are available; and for other purposes., approved February 27, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 300), as amended, so as to provide that where a decree has been entered by a superior court of this State or any other court of competent jurisdiction of this State or any other state ordering the father to support a child and the father has wantonly and willfully failed to comply with the order for a period of twelve (12) months or longer, the consent of said father shall not be required and the consent of the mother alone shall suffice in any proceedings for adoption relative to such child; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled An Act to amend and revise the adoption laws now set forth in Chapter 74-4 of the Code of 1933; to provide for an investigation and report to the superior court in which an adoption petition is filed on the proposed adoption by the State Department of Public Welfare where facilities are available; and for other purposes., approved February 27, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 300), as amended, is hereby amended by striking subsection (2) of section 3 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (2) of section 3 to read as follows: (2) Consent of a parent shall not be required where a child has been abandoned by such parent, or where such parent of a child cannot be found after a diligent search has been made, or where such parent is insane or otherwise incapacitated from giving such consent and the court is of the opinion that the adoption is for the best interest of the child, or where such parent has surrendered all of his or her rights to said child to a licensed child-placing agency or to a court of competent jurisdiction for adoption, or to the State Department of Family and Children Services through its designated agents, or where such a parent has had his or her parental rights terminated by order of a juvenile or other court of competent jurisdiction, or where such parent is dead. Where a decree has been entered by a

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superior court of this State or any other court of competent jurisdiction of any other State ordering a parent to support a child and such parent has wantonly and willfully failed to comply with the order for a period of twelve (12) months or longer, the consent of such parent shall not be required and the consent of the other parent alone shall suffice in any proceedings for adoption relative to such child. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, 1967. MEMBERSHIP ON PLANNING COMMISSIONS. No. 68 (House Bill No. 230). An Act to amended an Act authorizing the governing authorities of municipalities and counties to establish planning commissions, approved March 13, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 420), as amended by an Act approved March 17, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 169), an Act approved March 17, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 335), an Act approved March 17, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 1037), an Act approved March 10, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 259), and an Act approved April 5, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 536), so as to remove restrictions which limit the appointment of public officials to planning commissions; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act authorizing the governing authorities of municipalities and counties to establish planning commissions, approved March 13, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 420), as amended by an Act approved March 17, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 169), an Act approved March 17, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 335), an Act approved March 17, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 1037), an Act approved March 10, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 259), and an Act approved April 5, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 536), is hereby

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amended by inserting into the eleventh sentence of section 1, the following phrase: except multi-county planning commissions so that when amended the eleventh sentence shall read as follows: A majority of the members of a planning commission, except multi-county planning commissions, shall be persons who hold no other public office in the municipality or county from which they are appointed. so that when so amended section 1 shall read as follows: Section 1. Planning Commissions: Creation and Appointment. The governing authority of each municipality in this State is authorized to create by ordinance a municipal planning commission. The governing authority of each county in this State is authorized to create by resolution a county planning commission. Any two or more municipalities are authorized to create a joint planning commission. Any two or more counties are authorized to create a joint planning commission. Any one or more counties and any one or more municipalities in any one or more of these counties are authorized to create a joint planning commission. The governing authority of any municipality or county that has participated or participates in creating a joint planning commission may continue and may create or retain its own local planning commission whether under the authority of a private act, general enabling legislation, or other authority. Any county or municipality which has or which may create its own local planning commission and which also participates in a joint planning commission may specify in the respective resolutions or ordinances which powers granted shall be exercised by the local planning commission and also the joint planning commission. Wherever the terms, `Municipal Planning Commission', `County Planning Commission', or `Municipal-County Planning Commission', are used hereinafter, they shall be construed to mean and shall include any planning commission established hereunder. The governing authorities of the political subdivision or subdivisions creating a planning commission shall select the name of

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the commission, but such name must include the term `Planning Commission.' A planning commission shall be composed of members who shall be appointed by the governing authority or authorities of the political subdivision or subdivisions creating the commission. A majority of the members of a planning commission, except multi-county planning commissions, shall be persons who hold no other public office in the municipality or county from which they are appointed. Ex-officio members of the commission who hold public office shall serve on the commission during the time they hold such public office. Other members of the commission shall be appointed for overlapping terms of three, four or five years and shall serve until their successors are appointed. Original appointments may be made for a lesser number of years so that the terms of said members shall be staggered. The compensation of the members, if any, shall be determined by the governing authority or authorities of the political subdivision or subdivisions creating the commission. Any vacancy in the membership of a planning commission shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. The governing authority or authorities of the political subdivision or subdivisions creating the commission are hereby authorized to remove any member of the commission for cause after written notice and public hearing. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, 1967. ATLANTIC JUDICIAL CIRCUIT - COMPENSATION OF SOLICITOR GENERAL AND SECRETARY. No. 70 (House Bill No. 319). An Act to amend an Act placing the Solicitor General of the Atlantic Judicial Circuit on a salary basis in lieu of a fee basis, approved August 18, 1919 (Ga. L. 1919, p. 541), as amended, by an Act approved August 1, 1921 (Ga. L.

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1921, p. 398), an Act approved April 15, 1927 (Ga. L. 1927, p. 739), and an Act approved April 5, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 484), so as to authorize but not require, the counties composing said circuit to further supplement the salary of the solicitor general paid by said counties; to provide that said counties composing said circuit shall be authorized but not required to supplement the salary of a secretary employed by the solicitor general; to provide the procedures connected with the foregoing; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act placing the Solicitor General of the Atlantic Judicial Circuit on a salary basis in lieu of a fee basis, approved August 18, 1919 (Ga. L. 1919, p. 541), as amended, by an Act approved August 1, 1921 (Ga. L. 1921, p. 398), an Act approved April 15, 1927 (Ga. L. 1927, p. 739), and an Act approved April 5, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 484), is hereby amended by adding a new section immediately following section 2 to be designated section 2A to read as follows: Section 2A. In addition to the salary provided for the Solicitor General of said Atlantic Judicial Circuit in section 2 above, any one or more of the counties composing said circuit are hereby authorized, but not required, to further supplement the salary of said solicitor general in an amount not exceeding the following amount per annum for each of said counties: Tattnall, $945.00; Liberty, $1,195.00; McIntosh, $452.50; Evans, $395.00; Bryan, $210.00; and Long $52.50. When any of said counties further supplement the salary of said solicitor general as herein provided, then the provisions of section 2 relating to the payment of supplemental salary to said solicitor general by said counties shall be applicable to said additional supplement. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by adding a new section immediately following section 2A to be designated section 2B, to read as follows: Section 2B. In the event the solicitor general of said Atlantic Judicial Circuit employs a secretary, any one or

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more of the counties composing said circuit shall be authorized, but not required, to supplement the salary of said secretary in an amount not exceeding the following amount per annum for each of said counties: Tattnall, $1,060.00; Liberty, $970.00; McIntosh, $430.00; Evans, $470.00; Bryan, $415.00; and Long, $255.00. When any of said counties supplement the salary of said secretary, as herein provided, then the provisions of section 2 relating to the payment of supplemental salary to the solicitor general by said counties shall be applicable to the supplemental salary paid to said secretary. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, 1967. IDENTIFICATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS. No. 90 (House Bill No. 296). An Act to amend an Act requiring identification numbers on certain motor vehicles and component parts, approved March 4, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 188), so as to change the components requiring identification numbers; to change the requirements relating to how such identifying numbers shall be attached and manufactured; to provide for certain exemptions; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act requiring identification numbers on certain motor vehicles and component parts, approved March 4, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 188), is hereby amended by striking section 1 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 1 to read as follows: Section 1. Required Identification Numbers.(a) New passenger cars and components manufactured within this

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State. After the effective date of this Act, passenger cars, passenger car engines, and transmissions, as specified herein and manufactured within this State and intended for sale to the general public within this State shall be required to have placed upon them a vehicle identification number or component identification numbers. The required vehicle identification number shall not be the same as the vehicle identification number of any other passenger car manufactured by the same manufacturer. The vehicle component identification number shall not be the same number as the component identification number for any other like component manufactured by the same manufacturer, but may be the same as the vehicle identification number if the components are installed as original equipment on the passenger car. (b) New passenger cars sold within this State. After the effective date of this Act no new passenger car shall be sold to the general public in this State unless such passenger car shall bear a vehicle identification number which shall not be the same as the vehicle identification number of any other passenger car made by the same manufacturer. (c) New components sold within this State. After the effective date of this Act, no new passenger car engine or passenger car transmission, as specified herein shall be sold to the general public in this State unless the same shall bear an identification number which shall not be the same as the identification number for any other like passenger car component made by the vehicle identification number if the particular components have been installed as original equipment in the passenger car prior to its sale to the general public. (d) Attachment. The vehicle identification number required in subsections (a) and (b) shall be easily accessible for inspection. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking section 2 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 2 to read as follows:

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Section 2. Identification Numbers; Method of Installation.(a) Permanent Manner. The identification numbers required by section 1 shall be placed upon the passenger car and components required to be numbered in a permanent manner so that any attempt to remove, alter, deface, obliterate or destroy them will be ascertainable. (b) Method of installation. The permanent manner required by this Act may be any suitable manufacturing process that will result in such number becoming a permanent part of the passenger car or component. They shall be of a height and width easily readable by the naked eye. They may consist of letters, numbers, digits or any combination of them. (c) Certain alternate methods. The identification numbers required by section 1 may be in accordance with recommended practices approved by the Society of Automotive Engineers as to material, lettering, manufacturing and installation. (d) Installation. The identification numbers required by section 1 shall be placed upon the passenger car and required component parts by the manufacturer thereof. Section 3. Said Act is further amended by striking section 3 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 3 to read as follows: Section 3. Definitions.(a) Passenger cars. Every self-propelled motor vehicle designed for carrying 10 passengers or less except trackless trolleys, devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon streetcar rails or tracks or overhead trolley wires shall be considered a passenger car. (b) New passenger cars. Any passenger car which has never been the subject of a sale at retail to the general public shall be considered a new passenger car. (c) Used passenger car. Any passenger car which has been the subject of a sale at retail to the general public shall be considered a used passenger car.

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(d) Component. Each of the following passenger car components shall be considered a part for the purpose of requiring a component identification number: engines and transmissions. (e) Person. Any natural or artifical person, firm, corporation, partnership or other association or business relations. Section 4. Said Act is further amended by striking section 4 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 4 to read as follows: Section 4. Records to be kept. Any person, firm or corporation who purchases or sells or offers for sale any used passenger car, engine or transmission required to be numbered by this Act, shall keep a permanent record of such transactions. Such record shall include from whom the item was purchased and his address and to whom the item was sold and his address, as well as the item and its identification number or numbers. Such records shall be required to be kept for a period of three years from the date of the transaction and shall be available to all law enforcement officers for inspection at any reasonable time during business hours without prior notice or the necessity of obtaining a research warrant. Section 5. Said Act is further amended by striking section 5 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 5 to read as follows: Section 5. Penalties.(a) Sale or possession for sale of non-numbered passenger cars or components. Any person, firm or corporation who sells, offers for sale, ships or causes to be shipped into Georgia, or manufactures a passenger car, passenger car engine or passenger car transmission, the same being intended to be sold at retail within the State of Georgia that does not bear an identification number or numbers as hereinbefore set out, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. (b) Failure to keep records. Any person, firm or corporation who purchases, sells or offers for sale any passenger

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car, passenger car engine or passenger car transmission that is required by this Act to bear an identification number where the same is intended to be sold at wholesale or retail within the State of Georgia, and who wilfully fails to keep the records required by section 4 of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor for each such failure and upon conviction shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Section 6. Said Act is further amended by striking section 6 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 6 to read as follows: Section 6. Application. (a) The provisions of this Act requiring Vehicle Identification Numbers on passenger cars shall only apply to those passenger cars manufactured after January 1, 1967, and where the same is designated by the manufacturer as a 1968 or subsequent model. (b) The provisions of this Act shall not apply to motor-cycles, motor driven cycles, school buses, farm tractors, buses, truck tractors, road tractors, trucks, trailers, semi-trailers, pole trailers or streetcars as defined in an Act regulating traffic upon the highways, approved January 11, 1954 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 566), special purpose vehicles, which include: Type 1. Truck chassis with body (other than station wagon or bus body) designed primarily for the transportation of persons. Type 2. Truck chassis with other features designed for a specialized requirement such as fire fighting, wrecker, snowplow, etc. Type 3. Truck chassis with station wagon body. Type 4. Passenger car chassis with body designed for the commercial transportation of persons. Type 5. Bus chassis with other features designed for a specialized requirement such as mobile laboratory, office, post office, classroom, studio, rescue unit, library, etc. Type 6. Utility Vehicle - A motor vehicle with a removable top designed for carrying passengers and/or cargo

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with particular features for operation both on highway and cross-county, nor shall this Act apply to go-carts or any vehicle whether self-propelled or otherwise which is not required to be issued a license plate under the laws of this State. This Act shall not apply to the components of any vehicle excluded by this subsection. Section 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 20 1967. CLAYTON JUDICIAL CIRCUITADDITIONAL JUDGE. No. 93 (House Bill No. 422). An Act to add one additional judge of the superior court of the Clayton Judicial Circuit of Georgia, so as to provide for two judges in said court; to provide for the appointment, election and term of office of said judge; to fix a time at which he shall begin his term of office; to require candidates for such judgeships to designate the places for which they are running; to prescribe the powers, duties, jurisdiction, privileges and immunities of said judge; to provide for a chief judge and to prescribe his powers, duties and privileges; to prescribe the compensation, salary and expense allowance of said judge to be paid by the State of Georgia; to provide for the issuance of official papers, and before whom heard; to authorize the designation of the additional judge to sit as juvenile court judge; to provide manner of drawing and empanelling jurors; to provide for an additional court reporter; to authorize the governing authority of Clayton County to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment and personnel for said judges; to declare inherent authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Under and in accordance with the provisions of Article VI, Section III, Paragraph I of the Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1945, one additional judge of the superior court for the Clayton Judicial Circuit of Georgia is hereby added, thereby increasing to two (2) the number of judges of the superior court for said circuit. Created. Section 2. The Governor shall appoint the additional judge who shall assume office July 1, 1967 and shall serve through December 31, 1968. The additional judge shall be elected at the general election in 1968 for a full term of four years beginning January 1, 1968, and until his successor is elected and qualified. All subsequent elections for such judge shall be thereafter as provided by law. Appointment, etc. Section 3. Every person who shall offer for nomination and election as one of the judges of the Superior Court for the Clayton Judicial Circuit of Georgia, shall designate with the local party authority in all primaries and with the proper authority in all general elections, the specific judgeship for which he is offering as a candidate by naming the incumbent judge whom he desires to succeed and thereupon he shall be qualified, if otherwise qualified to offer as a candidate for said specific judgeship and no other. In the event there is no incumbent judge in the place for which he desires to offer, the candidate shall qualify by announcing his intention to offer as a candidate for the office for which there is no incumbent. Election. Section 4. The additional judge of the Superior Court for the Clayton Judicial Circuit of Georgia shall have and may exercise all powers, duties, dignities, jurisdiction, privileges and immunities of the present judges of the superior courts of this state. Either of the two judges of said court may preside over any cause, whether in their own or in other circuits, and perform any official act as judge thereof, including sitting on appellate courts as provided by law. Power, etc. Section 5. The judge of said court, senior in length of continuous service as a superior court judge, shall be the

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chief judge of the Clayton Judicial Circuit. Such chief judge shall be responsible for the administration and the expeditous disposition of the business of the superior court of said circuit, both civil and criminal, and shall have power to make such rules as he shall deem necessary or proper for such purpose, but not in conflict with the general laws of this state, which rules, when approved by said chief judge and filed in the office of the clerk, Clayton Superior Court, shall be binding upon the other judge or judges of said circuit. He shall be vested with power to make all appointments whenever the law provides for the superior court judge to make appointments. Such chief judge may by published rule, or from time to time by order, allocate the jurisdiction and powers of the superior court of said circuit, and the duties of the judges thereof; may assign to the other judge or judges of said circuit such of the business of said circuit as he shall deem appropriate; may make and publish calendars, civil and criminal; may require reports from the clerk of court of said circuit and the other judge or judges of said circuit relative to business of the court; and generally shall supervise and direct the disposition of all business, civil and criminal, of said court. Chief judge. Section 6. The compensation, salary and expense allowance of said additional judge of the Superior Court for the Clayton Judicial Circuit of Georgia shall be the same as that provided by the State of Georgia for other judges of the Superior Courts of Georgia. Compensation. Section 7. All writs, processes, orders, subpoenas and any other official papers issuing out of the Superior Court of the Clayton Judicial Circuit shall bear teste in the name of the chief judge of said Clayton Judicial Circuit unless otherwise provided for by said chief judge. When issued by and in the name of either judge of said circuit, it shall be fully valid and may be determined before either judge in the regular course of business of said court. Writs, etc. Section 8. Upon completion of the term of the present judge of the juvenile court of Clayton County, unless said position shall sooner become vacant, the chief judge shall be and he is hereby authorized to designate the additional

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judge to sit, in addition to his other duties, as judge of the juvenile court of Clayton County who shall hear and conduct all cases in accordance with an Act establishing juvenile courts approved February 19, 1961 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 291), as amended. This designation shall involve no additional salary or expense (except such expense as may be authorized by the board of commissioners of roads and revenue of Clayton County). The above provisions shall be construed to mean that the judge so designated shall preside over the juvenile court of Clayton County, which court has already been established, and shall conduct the business of said court separate and distinct from the superior court. The chief judge, shall, under section 5 hereof, allot such time as he deems necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the superior court judge sitting as a juvenile court judge. Whenever, in the opinion of the chief judge and the concurrence of one grand jury, the duties of the additional judge sitting as a juvenile court judge shall become more than he can effectively and competently perform, the chief judge shall be authorized to terminate his duty as juvenile court judge and appoint another judge of the juvenile court of Clayton County in the manner provided by law. Juvenile court judge. Section 9. The drawing and empanelling of all jurors, whether grand, petit, or special shall be by the chief judge, unless otherwise provided for by said chief judge. Either of said judges shall have full power and authority to draw and empanel jurors for service in said court so as to have jurors for the trial of cases before either of said judges separately, or before each of them at the same time. Jurors. Section 10. The chief judge of the Clayton Judicial Circuit shall be authorized and empowered to employ an additional court reporter for such duties and for such compensation as he sees fit up to and including, but not exceeding the remuneration of the present court reporter of the Clayton Judicial Circuit as the same is now fixed or may hereafter be fixed by law. In the employment of said court reporter, the additional judge shall have the right to select and approve the individual to fill said position and said court reporter shall be assigned to the additional

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judge. However, the chief judge, under the provisions of section 5 hereof, shall be empowered to temporarily assign said court reporter to other duties in order to equalize the work-load and when the business of the court shall require the same. Section 11. Upon request of the chief judge, the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Clayton County, is hereby authorized to furnish all judges of said court with suitable courtrooms and facilities, office space, telephone, furniture, office equipment, supplies and such personnel as may be considered necessary to the proper functioning of the court. All of the expenditures authorized herein are hereby declared to be an expense of court and payable out of the county treasury as such. Courtrooms, etc. Section 12. Nothing herein enumerated shall be deemed to limit or restrict the inherent powers, duties and responsibilities of superior court judges provided by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Georgia. Intent. Section 13. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 22, 1967. GWINNETT JUDICIAL CIRCUITCOURT REPORTER AND SECRETARIES. No. 94 (House Bill No. 466). An Act to amend an Act creating the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit and providing for its powers, duties and jurisdiction and the officers thereof, approved February 12, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 110), as amended by an Act approved March 4, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 237), so as to provide for a court reporter of said circuit, his powers, duties and compensation and the method of selection; to provide for a secretary to the judge of said court and the manner of selection, compensation and duties thereof; to change

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the compensation of the solicitor-general; to provide for secretarial services for the solicitor-general; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating the Gwinnet Judicial Circuit, approved February 12, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 110), as amended by an Act approved March 4, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 237), is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto to be numbered section 5A to read: Section 5A. The judge of said court shall be authorized to employ, engage and provide a full time court reporter and shall be authorized to enter into negotiations to provide such services for the court and to fix the compensation of such court reporter in a sum not to exceed three hundred ($300.00) dollars per month. The compensation provided herein for any such court reporter shall be in lieu of per diem provided by law and for the services of reporting cases in said court. The compensation provided herein shall be paid by the governing authority of Gwinnett County and shall be deemed an expense of the operation of the superior court. Court reporter. Section 2. Said Act, as amended, is further amended by adding a new section 5B to read: Section 5B. The judge of said court is authorized to employ the services of a full time secretary and to fix the compensation of such secretary in an amount not to exceed four hundred ($400.00) dollars per month. The compensation of such secretary shall be an expense of the court and shall be paid by the governing authority of Gwinnett County. Secretary. Section 3. Said Act, as amended, is further amended by striking section 2 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 2. The compensation and allowances of the judge of said circuit shall be as now or hereafter provided by law. The solicitor-general of said circuit shall be compensated

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on a salary basis, rather than a fee basis, and in addition to the compensation and allowances paid the solicitor-general of the superior courts by the State, the solicitor-general of said circuit shall be compensated in the amount of $9,000.00 per annum, which shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the funds of Gwinnett County. Any solicitor-general emeritus of the Piedmont Judicial Circuit residing in Gwinnett County upon the effective date of this Act shall become solicitor-general emeritus of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit, and shall not lose any benefits accruing to him under the Act creating the office of solicitor-general emeritus approved February 17, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 780), as amended. In addition thereto, the governing authority shall provide an office, furnishings and furniture, and secretarial services for the solicitor-general. The solicitor-general shall be authorized to employ such secretary, who shall be paid by Gwinnett County, and the solicitor-general shall fix such salary at not more than $350. per month. Such secretary shall serve at the pleasure of the solicitor-general. Solicitor-general. Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Georgia, Gwinnett County: Notice of Intent to Introduce Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced at the 1967 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia, a bill to amend the Act creating the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit, so as to provide for a court reporter and a secretary of said court; to provide for their duties and compensation; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. This 6 day of January, 1967. Gwinnett County Bar Association Committee. Georgia, Gwinnett County. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, duly authorized to administer oaths, James D. Mason who,

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on oath, deposes and says that he is Representative from the 22 District, and that the attached copy of notice of intention to introduce local legislation was published in the Gwinnett Daily News which is the official organ of Gwinnett County, on the following dates: January 6, 13, 20 and 27th, 1967. /s/ James D. Mason Post 2 Representative, 22 District Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 11 day of February, 1967. /s/ G. Hughel Harrison Notary Public. My Commission Expires 3/28/69. (Seal). Approved March 22, 1967. STATE EMPLOYEES' PAY PERIODS. No 95 (Senate Bill No. 4). An Act to authorize the Director of the Budget to require payment for personal services within the State Government to be calculated and to be made on the basis of twenty-six pay periods per year; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The State Director of the Budget is hereby authorized, within his discretion, to require any department of State Government to calculate and to make payment for personal services on the basis of twenty-six pay periods per year. Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1967. Effective date.

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Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 22, 1967. TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM ACT AMENDED. No. 97 (House Bill No. 60). An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to establish a retirement system for aged and incapacitated teachers in the State Public Schools; and other State Supported Schools; to determine Membership and conditions of Membership in said system; to provide for a Board of Trustees of said system and for the administration of its affairs; to provide for the management of the funds of said system; to provide a method of financing said system; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved March 19, 1943 (Ga. L. 1943, p. 640), as amended, so as to provide that certain members who have attained age sixty-five (65) and who have completed forty (40) or more years of creditable service and who continue in service may continue to make contributions to the system under certain conditions and to provide that any member who has discontinued making contributions to the system because of attaining age sixty-five (65) and forty (40) years of creditable service and has continuous service to the date this amendment becomes effective may remit to the Board of Trustees contributions at the rate required by law, under terms and regulations prescribed by the Board of Trustees, on all earnable compensation received by the member since deductions were discontinued; to provide the procedure connected therewith; to provide that such service shall be deemed to be creditable service only for the purpose of determining average compensation over the five (5) highest consecutive years used in the calculations of the retirement benefits of such person; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled An Act to establish a retirement

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system for aged and incapacitated teachers in the State Public Schools; and other State Supported Schools; to determine Membership and conditions of Membership in said system; to provide for a Board of Trustees of said system and for the administration of its affairs; to provide for the management of the funds of said system; to provide a method of financing said system; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved March 19, 1943 (Ga. L. 1943, p. 640), as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 8 the following: Any other provision of this or any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any member who has attained age 65 and who has completed 40 or more years of creditable service may elect to continue to make contributions to the system during such continuous period of time that the member continues in service by notifying his employer and the Board of Trustees of such election in such manner as the Board of Trustees shall provide. Any member who has discontinued making contributions to the system because of attaining age 65 and 40 years of creditable service and has continuous service to the date this amendment becomes effective may remit to the Board of Trustees contributions at the rate required by law, under terms and regulations prescribed by the Board of Trustees, on all earnable compensation received by the member since deductions were discontinued. Such continuous service rendered by a member after attaining age 65 and after completing 40 or more years of creditable service during which time the member continues to make contributions to the system shall be deemed to be creditable service only for the purpose of determining average compensation over the five (5) highest consecutive years used in the calculations of the retirement benefits of such member., so that when so amended paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 8 shall read as follows: (a) Each employer shall cause to be deducted from the salary of each member for each and every payroll period (after the commencement date) six per centum of his

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earnable compensation, but the employer shall not have any such deduction made from the compensation of a member after the close of the school, fiscal or contract year in which the member has attained age 65 and has completed 40 or more years of creditable service. In determining the amount earnable by a member in a payroll period, the employer may consider the annual rate of compensation payable to such member on the first day of the payroll period as continuing throughout such payroll period, and it may omit the deduction from compensation for any period less than a full payroll period if a teacher was not a member on the first day of the payroll period, and to facilitate in making of deductions the employer may modify the deductions required of any member but not more than one-tenth of one per centum of the annual compensation upon the basis of which such deductions are to be made. Each employer shall immediately pay to the Board of Trustees, in such manner as the Board shall prescribe the amount deducted, which shall be credited by the Board to the individual accounts in the annuity savings fund of the member from whose compensation the deductions were made. Any other provision of this or any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any member who has attained age 65 and who has completed 40 or more years of creditable service may elect to continue to make contributions to the system during such continuous period of time that the member continues in service by notifying his employer and the Board of Trustees of such election in such manner as the Board of Trustees shall provide. Any member who has discontinued making contributions to the system because of attaining age 65 and 40 years of creditable service and has continuous service to the date this amendment becomes effective may remit to the Board of Trustees contributions at the rate required by law, under terms and regulations prescribed by the Board of Trustees, on all earnable compensation received by the member since deductions were discontinued. Such continuous service rendered by a member after attaining age 65 and after completing 40 or more years of creditable service during which time the member continues to make contributions to the system shall be deemed to be creditable service only for the purpose of

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determining average compensation over the five (5) highest consecutive years used in the calculations of the retirement benefits of such member. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 22, 1967. REVENUE BOND LAW AMENDED. No. 98 (House Bill No. 418). An Act to amend an Act entitled Revenue Bond Law, approved March 31, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 761, et. seq.), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 17, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 1050), so as to change the maximum maturity date of such revenue bonds; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled Revenue Bond Law, approved March 31, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 761, et. seq.), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 17, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 1050), is hereby amended by striking from the third line of section 5 the figures 30 and inserting in lieu thereof the figures 40, so that when so amended, section 5 shall read as follows: Section 5. Revenue bonds may be issued under this Act in one or more series; may bear such date or dates; may mature at such time or times, not exceeding 40 years from their respective dates; may bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding six per cent. per annum, payable at such time or times; may be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places; may be in such denomination or denominations; may be in such form either coupon or registered; may carry such registration, conversion, and

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exchangeability privileges; may be subject to such terms of redemption with or without premium; may be declared or become due before the maturity date thereof; may be executed in such manner; and may contain such terms, covenants, assignments and conditions as the resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of such bonds may provide. All bonds issued under this Act bearing the signature of officers in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor, such officers whose signatures appear thereon shall have ceased to be officers of the municipality issuing the same. Pending the preparation of the definitive bonds, interim receipts, in such form and with such provisions as the governing body may determine, may be issued to the purchaser or purchasers of bonds to be issued under this Act. Said bonds and interim receipts shall be negotiable for all purposes, and said bonds shall be and are hereby declared to be nontaxable for any and all purposes. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 22, 1967. BLUE RIDGE JUDICIAL CIRCUITADDITIONAL JUDGE. No. 99 (House Bill No. 197). An Act to provide for one additional judge of the superior court of the Blue Ridge Circuit of Georgia; to provide for the initial appointment and subsequent election of said judge and to fix the time at which he shall begin his term of office; to prescribe the compensation or salary of said judge; to authorize the judge of said courts to formulate, promulgate, amend and enforce rules of procedure in said courts; to provide the manner in which the judges of said courts shall dispose of the business thereof; to requre candidates for such judgeship to designate

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the places for which they are running; to provide for the manner of empanelling; to provide for courtroom and chambers; to provide for an additional court reporter for said circuit; to provide for powers, dockets and duties; to provide for severability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Under and in accordance with the provisions of Act VI, Section III, Paragraph I of the Constitution of the State of Georgia 1945 (Code Sec. 2-3801), one additional judge of the superior court for the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit of Georgia is hereby added, thereby increasing to two the number of judges of the superior court for said circuit. Created. Section 2. The additional judge of the superior court for the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit shall be initially appointed by the Governor immediately after the approval of this Act for a term ending December 31, 1968, and until his successor is elected and qualified. Thereafter beginning with the general election to be held in 1968 the additional judge shall be elected for a term of four (4) years, and until his successor is elected and qualified, and such election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as is now or may hereafter be provided by law for the election of judges of the superior courts of the State of Georgia. Appointment term, etc. Section 3. The qualifications of such additional judge shall be the same as are now provided by law for other superior court judges and his compensation from the State of Georgia and the supplemental compensation from the counties of said circuit shall be the same as that of the other judge of the superior court of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit. Qualifications, compensation, etc. Section 4. Beginning with the election to be held in 1968 and all subsequent elections for a judgeship in the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit, every person who offers for nomination and election as one of the judges of said circuit shall designate with the proper authority in all primaries and with the proper authority in all general elections the specific

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place for which he offers by naming the incumbent judge whom he desires to succeed and thereupon he shall be qualified, if otherwise qualified, to run for said specific judgeship and no other. In the event there is no incumbent judge in the place for which he desires to offer, the candidate shall qualify by announcing his intention to run for the office for which there is no incumbent. Elections. Section 5. The additional judge of the superior court of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit shall have and may exercise all powers, duties, dignity, jurisdiction, privileges and immunities of the present judges of the superior courts of this State. All functions provided by law or permitted by law to be done or performed by the judges of the superior court of this State, whether in their own or in other circuits, or whether sitting in appellate courts as provided by law, may be done or performed by either of the two judges of said Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit. Powers, etc. Section 6. All writs and processes in the superior courts of said circuit shall be returnable to the terms of said superior courts as they are now fixed and provided by law, or as they may hereafter be fixed or determined by law, and all terms of said courts shall be held in the same manner as though there were but one judge, it being the intent and purpose of this Act to provide two judges co-equal in jurisdiction and authority to attend to and perform the functions, powers and duties of the judges of said superior courts and to direct and conduct all hearings and trials in said courts. Writs, etc. Section 7. The said judges of the superior courts of said circuit shall have and they are hereby clothed with full power, authority and discretion to determine from time to time, and term to term, the manner of calling the dockets and/or fixing the calendars and order of business in said court. They may assign the hearing of trials by jury to such judge as they shall determine and may assign the hearing of other matters not requiring a jury trial to the judge and they may alternate such order of business at the next term or in such manner as they shall decide. They may conduct trials at the same time in the same or separate counties or they may hear chamber business and

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motions business at the same time in the same or separate counties. They may provide in all respects for holding the superior courts of said circuit so as to facilitate the hearing and determination of all the business of said courts ready for trial or hearing. In all such matters relating to the manner of fixing, arranging for, assigning and disposing of the business of said courts, and making appointments as authorized by law, where the judges thereof cannot agree or shall differ, the opinion or order of the judge senior in term of service as superior court judge shall control; provided, however, that in the event that any two or more of said judges were elected at the same time and neither of said judges be senior in term of service, the judge receiving the greatest number of votes in the election shall be deemed the Senior Judge. Court rules, etc. Section 8. The drawing and empanelling of all jurors, whether grand, petit and special, may be by either of the judges of said circuit and they, or either of them, shall have full power and authority to draw and empanel jurors for service in said courts so as to have jurors for the trial of cases before either of said judges in the same or separate counties or before each of them at the same time. Juries. Section 9. The judges of said circuit are hereby authorized and empowered to employ one additional court reporter for such duties and for such compensation as they see fit up to and including, but not exceeding the remuneration of the present court reporter of the circuit, as the same is now or shall hereafter be fixed. Court reporter. Section 10. The governing authority of each of the counties comprising the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to provide such suitable courtroom, jury rooms and chambers for the two judges of said circuit upon the recommendations of said judges. Courtrooms, etc. Section 11. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other sections, subsections,

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sentences, clauses or phrases of this Act, which shall remain of full force and effect, as if the section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part hereof. The General Assembly hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this Act if it had known that such part or parts hereof would be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Section 12. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 24, 1967. STONE MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL CIRCUITADDITIONAL JUDGE. No. 100 (House Bill No. 518). An Act to provide for one additional judge of the superior courts of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit, so as to increase the number of judges in said circuit to five; to provide for the appointment of one additional judge; to provide for terms and compensation; to provide the manner in which the judges of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit shall dispose of the business thereof; to provide for courtroom and chamber space; to provide for court reporters; to provide for qualifications; to provide for powers; to provide for jurors; to provide for matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for severability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. There is hereby created an additional judge of the superior courts of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit to be appointed by the Governor for a term of office beginning April 1, 1967, and continuing through December 31, 1968, and until his successor is elected and qualified. Such judge shall be appointed by the Governor prior to

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April 1, 1967, and shall take office on that date. His successor shall be elected in the manner provided by law for the election of judges of the superior courts of this State, at the General Election in November, 1968, for a term of four years, beginning on the first day of January, 1969, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Future successors shall be elected at the General Election each four years for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. They shall take office on the first day of January following the date of the election. Such elections shall be held and conducted in the manner now or hereafter provided by law for the election of judges of the superior courts of this State. Created, appointment, etc. Section 2. The qualification of such additional judge shall be the same as is now provided by law for all other superior court judges, and the compensation and the manner of payment shall be the same as is now or may hereafter be fixed by law for the present judges of the superior courts of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit. Qualifications, etc. Section 3. Such additional judge of the superior courts of said circuit shall have all the powers, jurisdiction, duties and dignity of the present judges of the superior courts of this State. Powers. Section 4. All writs, processes, orders and subpoenas issuing out of the superior courts of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit may bear teste in the name of any of the judges of said circuit and when issued by or in the name of any judge of said circuit shall be as valid and binding as if there were only one judge of the superior courts of said circuit and they had been issued by him or had borne teste in his name. Writs. Section 5. The drawing and empanelling of all jurors, whether grand, petit, or special, may be by any of the judges of the superior courts of said circuit, and they, or any of them, shall have full power and authority to draw and empanel jurors for service in said courts so as to have jurors for the trial of cases before any of said judges in the same or separate counties, or before each of them at the same time. Juries.

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Section 6. All writs and processes in the superior courts of said circuit shall be returnable to the terms of said superior courts as they are now fixed and provided by law, or as they may hereafter be fixed or determined by law, and all terms of said courts shall be held in the same manner as though there were but one judge, it being the intent and purpose of this Act to provide five judges co-equal in jurisdiction and authority to attend to and perform the functions, powers and duties of the judges of said superior courts and to direct and conduct all hearings and trials in said courts. Intent. Section 7. All functions provided by law or permitted by law to be done or performed by the judges of the superior courts of this State, whether in their own or in other circuits, or whether sitting in appellate courts as provided by law, may be done or performed by any of the judges of said Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit. Powers. Section 8. The said judges of the superior courts of said circuit shall have, and they are hereby clothed with full power, authority and discretion to determine from time to time, and term to term, the manner of calling the dockets in said courts and of fixing the order of business. They may assign the hearing of trials by jury for a term to such number of said judges as they shall decide, and may assign the hearing of all other matters not requiring a trial by jury to the remaining judges, and they may alternate such order of business at the next term or in such manner as they shall decide. They may all or any of them conduct trials at the same time in the same or separate counties, or they may all or any of them hear chambers business and motion business at the same time in the same or separate counties. They may provide in all respects for holding the superior courts of said circuit so as to facilitate the hearing and determination at any time of all the business of said courts pending and ready for trial or hearing. In all such matters relating to the manner of fixing, arranging for and disposing of the business of said courts, and making appointments as authorized by law where the judges thereof cannot agree or shall differ, the opinion of the judge senior in the term of service as superior court

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judge shall control; provided, however, that in the event that any two or more of said judges were elected at the same time and neither or none of said judges be senior in term of service, the judge receiving the greatest number of votes in the election shall be deemed the senior judge. Rules of procedure, etc. Section 9. The governing authorities of said counties comprising said circuit are hereby fully authorized and empowered to provide a suitable courtroom, jury rooms and chambers for the present judges and for the additional judge, and upon the recommendation of all of said judges, the same shall be provided. Courtrooms, etc. Section 10. The judges of said circuit are hereby authorized and empowered to employ one additional court reporter for such duties and for such compensation as they see fit up to and including, but not exceeding the remuneration of the present court reporters of the circuit, as the same shall be now or hereafter fixed. Court reporter. Section 11. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Act, which shall remain of full force and effect, as if the section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part hereof. The General Assembly hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this Act if it had known that such part or parts hereof would be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Severability. Section 12. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 27, 1967.

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BRUNSWICK JUDICIAL CIRCUITADDITIONAL JUDGE. No. 101 (House Bill No. 772). An Act to add one additional judge of the superior courts of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit of Georgia; to provide for the appointment of the first such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of said judge; to prescribe the compensation, salary, and expense allowance of said judge to be paid by the State of Georgia and the counties comprising said circuit; to authorize the judges of said courts to divide and allocate the work and duties thereof; to require candidates for such judgeships to designate the places for which they are running; to provide for the manner of empanelling jurors; to provide for an additional court reporter for said circuit; to provide for courtroom and chamber space; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Under and in accordance with the provisions of Article VI, Section III, Paragraph I, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1945 (Ga. Code Ann., Sec. 2-3801), one additional judge of the superior courts for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit of Georgia is hereby added, thereby increasing to two the number of judges of the superior courts for said circuit, effective July 1, 1967. Created. Section 2. Said additional judge shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of office beginning July 1, 1967, and continuing through December 31, 1968, and until his successor is elected and qualified; such judge shall be appointed by the Governor prior to July 1, 1967, and shall take office on that date. His successor shall be elected in a manner provided by law for the election of judges of the superior courts of this State at the general election in November, 1968, for a term of four years beginning on the first day of January, 1969, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Future successors shall be

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elected at the general election each four years for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. They shall take office on the first day of January following the date of the election. Such elections shall be held and conducted in the manner hereafter provided by law for the election of judges of superior courts of this State. Appointment, election, etc. Section 3. Every person who offers for nomination and election as one of the judges of said superior courts for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit of Georgia shall designate with the state party authority in all state primaries and with the proper authority in all general elections the specific place for which he offers by naming the incumbent judge whom he desires to succeed and thereupon he shall be qualified, if otherwise qualified, to run for said specific judgeship and no other. In the event there is no incumbent judge in the place for which he desires to offer, the candidate shall qualify by announcing his intention to run for the office for which there is no incumbent. Election. Section 4. The additional judge of the superior courts for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit of Georgia shall have and may exercise all powers, duties, dignity, jurisdiction, privileges and immunities of the present judges of the superior courts of this state. Either of the two judges of said courts may preside over any cause, whether in their own or in other circuits, and perform any official act as judge thereof, including sitting on appellate courts as provided by law. Powers, etc. Section 5. The qualifications of such additional judge and his successors shall be the same as are now provided by law for all other superior court judges, and his compensation, salary, and expense allowance from the State of Georgia and from the counties of such circuit shall be the same as that of the other judge of the superior courts of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit. The provisions heretofore enacted for supplement by the counties of said circuit for the present judge shall also be applicable to the additional judge provided for by this Act. Qualifications, etc.

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Section 6. All writs and processes in the superior courts of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit shall be returnable to the terms of said superior courts as they are now fixed and provided by law, or as they may hereafter be fixed or determined by law, and all terms of said courts shall be held in the same manner as though there were but one judge, it being the intent and purpose of this Act to provide two judges co-equal in jurisdiction and authority to attend to and perform the functions, powers and duties of the judges of said superior courts and to direct and conduct all hearings and trials in said courts. Writs. Section 7. The two judges of the superior courts for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit of Georgia in transacting the business of said courts and in performing their duties and responsibilities, shall share, divide and allocate the work and duties to be performed by each. In the event of any disagreement between said judges in any respect hereof, the decision of the senior judge in point of service, who shall be known as the chief judge, shall be controlling. The judge of the superior courts serving at the time this Act becomes effective shall be the first senior judge and shall continue as long as he shall serve. Thereafter, the judge with the longest period of time of service shall be the senior judge. The senior judge shall have the right to appoint referees of the juvenile courts of the counties comprising said circuit; and, in the event a juvenile court is established in any county within said circuit under the provisions of the Juvenile Court Act of 1951, as amended, (Ga. L. Code Ann., Sec. 24-2403), the senior judge in point of continuous service shall appoint the judge of said court as provided by law. The two judges of the superior courts of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit shall have, and they are hereby clothed with full power, authority and discretion to determine from time to time, and term to term, the manner of calling the dockets and/or fixing the calendars and order of business in said courts. They may assign the hearing of trails by jury for a term to one of said judges, and the hearing of all other matters not requiring a trial by a jury to the other judge, and they may alternate such order of business at the next term. They may either of them conduct trials by jury at the same time in the same county or otherwise within said

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circuit, or they may both or any one of them hear chambers business and motion business at the same time at any place within said circuit. They may provide in all respects for holding the superior courts of said circuit so as to facilitate the hearing and determination of all the business of said courts at any time pending and ready for trial or hearing. In all such matters relating to the manner of fixing, arranging for, and disposing of the business of said courts, and making appointments as authorized by law where the judges thereof cannot agree or shall differ, the opinion or order of the senior judge as hereinbefore defined shall control. Intent, etc. Section 8. The drawing and empanelling of all jurors, whether grand, petit, or special may be by either of the judges of the superior courts of said circuit, and they, or either of them, shall have full power and authority to draw and empanel jurors for service in said courts so as to have jurors for the trial of cases before either of said judges separately, or before each of them at the same time. Juries. Section 9. The two judges of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit shall be authorized and empowered to appoint an additional court reporter for such circuit, whose compensation shall be as now or hereafter provided by law. Court reporter. Section 10. The governing authority of the respective counties comprising the Brunswick Judicial Circuit are hereby fully authorized and empowered to provide such suitable courtrooms, jury rooms and chambers for the two judges of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit as may be necessary upon the recommendation of said judges. Courtrooms, etc. Section 11. All writs, processes, orders, subpoenas, and any other official paper issuing out of the superior courts of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit may bear teste in the name of any judge of said Brunswick Judicial Circuit, and when issued by and in the name of any judge of said circuit, shall be fully valid and may be heard and determined before the same or any other judge of said circuit. Any judge of said courts may preside over any cause therein and perform any official act as judge thereof. Writs.

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Section 12. The sections of this Act are separately enacted and it is the intention of the General Assembly that if any one or more sections of this Act should be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Georgia, or the Supreme Court of the United States, such declaration shall not affect the other or remaining sections of this Act. Severability. Section 13. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 28, 1967. MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT TERMS. No. 102 (House Bill No. 202). An Act to amend an Act creating the Mountain Judicial Circuit, approved February 7, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 266), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 7, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p.272), and an Act approved March 24, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 257), so as to change the terms of court for said counties comprising said circuit; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating the Mountain Judicial Circuit, approved February 7, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949 p. 266), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 7, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 272), and an Act approved March 24, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 257), is hereby amended by striking section 2 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new section 2 to read as follows: Section 2. That the terms of court for said counties shall be regularly held as follows: Habersham: The first Monday in February; the third Monday in June; and the first Monday in November of each year.

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Rabun: The fourth Monday in February; the first Monday in August; and the fourth Monday in November of each year. Stephens: The second Monday in January; the second Monday in May; and the second Monday in October of each year. Towns: The fourth Monday in March; the first Monday in June; and the second Monday in September of each year. Union: The third Monday in April; the third Monday in August; and the second Monday in December of each year. That the grand juries of the counties of this circuit shall convene as heretofore provided by law for such counties; and whenever in the opinion of the judge of said courts, it is expedient or necessary to have a grand jury, he may, in his discretion, draw, call and empanel a grand jury for services at any terms of court. Section 2. This Act shall become effective on the first of the month following its approval by the Governor or its otherwise becoming law. Effective date. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 28, 1967. CONDEMNATION OF PRIVATE WAYS. Code 83-101 through 86-106 Amended. Code 83-118 Repealed. No. 103 (House Bill No. 392). An Act to repeal sections 83-101 through 83-106 inclusive, and section 83-118 of the Code of Georgia of 1933; to provide a procedure for the condemnation of private ways by individual persons and corporations to go from and

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return to their property and places of residence, to provide for just and adequate compensation to the owner of the property, over which such private ways is condemned in accordance with Article I, Section III, Paragraph I of the Constitution of the State of Georgia and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Chapter 83 of the Code of Georgia of 1933, providing for Private Ways, is hereby amended by repealing and striking therefrom, in their entirety, section 83-101 through section 83-106, and section 83-118; and substituting in lieu thereof, the following Code section appropriately numbered: Section 2. Beginning with approval of this Act the following new Code sections are enacted in lieu of sections so repealed to read as follows: Section 83-101Declaration of Necessity and Authority to Grant Private Ways. (a) The superior court shall have jurisdiction to grant private ways to individuals to go from and return to their property and places of business. Private ways shall not exceed 20 feet in width and may be as much less as the applicant may chose or as the court may find to be reasonably necessary, and shall be kept open and in repair by the person on whose application they are established, or his successor in title. (b) When any person or corporation of this State shall own real estate, or any interest therein, to which such person or corporation has no means of access, ingress, and engress; and, when such means of ingress, engress, and access may be had over and across the lands of any private person or corporation; such person or corporation may file his or its petition in the superior court of the county having jurisdiction, alleging such facts, for a judgment, condemning an easement of access, ingress, and egress, not to exceed twenty feet in width, over and across such property of such private person or corporation. The filing of such petition shall be deemed to be the declaration of necessity; but,

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Where it is made to appear that such condemnor owns a right of access, ingress, and egress to his said property over another route, or owns an easement to a right of private way over another route, which are not less than twenty feet in width, and such alternate route affords such person or corporation a reasonable means of access, ingress, and engress, or the judge shall find that the exercise of such right of condemnation by the condemnor is otherwise unreasonable; the judge of the superior court shall be authorized to find, under such circumstances, that the aforesaid condemnation and declaration of necessity constitute an abuse of discretion, and enjoin the proceeding. Section 83-102Petition: Contents; and Service. The said petition shall describe the easement of private way, sought to be condemned over the lands of another, shall state the distance and direction of such private way, and through what improvements, if any, and their nature, the said private way will go. There shall be attached to said petition, or incorporated therein, a plat showing the measurements and location of such private way. The petition shall state the names and addresses of all persons, owning an interest in such property, if known, and shall be served in the following manner: a. Where the owner or owners of such property, over which such private way is sought, are known and reside in the county in which such land is located, each of such persons shall be served with a copy of the petition, together with any orders of the court thereon, by sheriff of the county, who shall make a return of such service; b. Where the owners of such property are known, but reside in another county of this State, they may be served either by the sheriff of the county, in which such property is located, or by the sheriff of the county of the residence of such owner, or owners, and such sheriff shall make a return of such service or they may be served by the person or corporation, seeking to condemn such private way, or an agent thereof, in which event the return of service duly filed as a part of the record shall be prima facie evidence as to such service so made and, if not traversed, shall be conclusive as to such service;

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c. Where the owner or owners of such property are known, but reside beyond the limits of this State, the petition shall set forth the addresses of such non-resident owners, in which event it shall be the duty of the clerk of the superior court to cause a true and correct copy of such petition to be served upon such non-resident owner or owners; and such clerk shall make and enter up upon the original petition, or attach thereto, his certificate, certifying that he has served such owner or owners by Unted States Certified mail, to the address given in the petition, and for which the clerk shall be allowed a fee of $2.00 for each such entry of service, to be taxed against the costs in the case; d. In the event any of such owners are minors, or persons non compos mentis, the petition shall so state; in which case, the petition shall be served on each minor defendant and each non compos mentis defendant in the same manner provided by section 81-212 of the Code of Georgia of 1933, as amended; e. In all cases, the matter shall be advertised once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks in the county newspaper, which carries the sheriff's advertisements, describing the easement to be condemned, as set forth in the petition, and the owner or owners of such property, so far as the same is known; and, where the provisions of this section have been complied with, so far as possible, such advertisement shall be final and conclusive service upon all persons who are unknown, or persons who are known, but whose addresses and places of residence are unknown. In such event, the certificate of the sheriff of the county in which the land is located, that such persons do not reside within said county, and that he has made diligent inquiry as to their addresses, and that the same are unknown, duly filed with the clerk shall be prima facie evidence of the fact so certified and, unless traversed by a party at interest, shall be conclusive. For each such certificate the said sheriff shall be entitled to the same cost as is provided by Law for the service of the petition upon residents of the county. Section 83-103 Appointment of Assessors. The petition for condemnation shall name an assessor, on behalf of the

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person or corporation seeking to condemn such easement of private way; and the selection of the board of assessors shall be in the way and manner provided for by Chapter 36-4 of Georgia Code Annotated; Section 83-104 Hearing Before Assessors. Upon the filing of the petition for condemnation, the judge of the superior court, after taking into consideration the requirements of service, as hereinbefore provided for in section 83-102, shall make and enter up an order requiring the owner or owners of such property to show cause before him on a day certain as to why the said easement for private way should not be condemned, and requiring the said owner or owners to name an assessor to act on his or their behalf. In other respects, the appointment of said board of assessors shall be as provided in Chapter 36-4 of the Code of 1933, as hereinbefore referred to. On said return day, the said judge shall fix the time and place for a hearing before the board of assessors, but the same may be changed by the board of assessors in accordance with the provisions of section 36-501 of the Code of Georgia of 1933; and, in all other respects, the hearing before such board of assessors, together with the assessment of damages by them, shall be as is provided for in Chapter 36-5 of the said Code of Georgia of 1933. Section 83-105 Appeals and Final Judgment. Either party shall have the right to appeal from the award of said board of assessors to a jury in the superior court; and such appeals shall be made in accordance with, and controlled by the provisions of Chapter 36-6 of Georgia Code Annotated, except that where the language, file a bill of exceptions as in other cases at Law, is used in the last sentence of said section 36-601, such language is repealed, and in lieu thereof, the same shall read, and file an Appeal as in other cases at Law. Section 83-105-A Abandonment; Failure to Maintain. Upon the final condemnation of such private way, it shall become the duty of the condemnor, or his successors in title, to maintain the said private way, keep the same open, and in a state of good repair. Failure to comply with this requirement for a period of one year shall constitute an

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abandonment of such private way and the title thereto shall revert to the owner of the property over which the same was condemned, or his successors in title. Section 83-106 Determination of Issue by Jury. The amount of compensation to be assessed against plaintiff for the private way desired shall be determined by verdict of the jury and the case shall stand for trial at the first term after service is perfected, or at any subsequent term at which the case may be reached for trial. If an issue is made by pleadings filed by any defendant regarding plaintiff's right to have a private way established, or with respect to the location or width thereof, such issues shall likewise be determined by the jury. Damages assessed shall be paid into court and disbursed by the clerk in accordance with the court's order regarding the party or parties entitled thereto. Section 83-106-A Motions and Proceedings Subsequent to Judgment. Any party may, with respect to the judgment of the court in such case, have all remedies provided by law, including motion for new trial, appeal, motion for judgment on the pleadings, or motion for judgment notwithstanding verdict. However, when the judgment becomes final, (following determination of motion or appeal), the compensation fixed by the jury shall be paid, in cash, by applicant into the registry of court within sixty (60) days after such final judgment; and upon failure to so pay compensation within this sixty (60) day period the private way so applied for shall be considered abandoned, and upon motion made by any interested party and notice of not less than ten (10) days to applicant for the private way, the court shall enter judgment of abandonment accordingly. If the right to private way is abandoned in this manner and the court so finds, after notice to applicant, no application for a private way over the same land shall thereafter be filed by the same applicant or his successor in title. Section 83-106-B Additional Powers of Trial Court. The provisions of section 83-106-A above shall not divest the court of jurisdiction to permit payment by applicant of compensation fixed by the jury upon terms to which the

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parties agree, (including security for compensation so fixed), provided and on condition that the agreement of the parties is approved by the court and provided and on condition that the court fixes reasonable conditions under which the right of private way shall be abandoned and judgment of abandonment entered after notice for a period of ten (10) days in the manner provided by section 83-106-A added by this amendment. Section 3. Section 83-118 of the Code of Georgia of 1933 is hereby repealed in its entirety. Repealed. Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved March 28, 1967. ACT CREATING ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM REPEALED. Code 88-404 Repealed. No. 106 (House Bill No. 562). An Act to repeal Code section 88-404 creating a committee to be known as the Advisory Committee on Alcoholism and providing for the appointment and functions of said committee; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 88-404 creating a Committee to be known as the Advisory Committee on Alcoholism and providing for the appointment and functions of said committee which reads as follows: 88-404. Advisory Committee on Alcoholism; creation; appointment of members; terms of office; compensation; expenses. There is hereby created a Committee to be known as the `Advisory Committee on Alcoholism', hereafter called

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the `Committee'. The functions of the Committee shall be to advise the Department of Health upon its operations under the provisions herein. The Committee shall be composed of five members to be appointed by the Governor from citizens of the State who are known to have a knowledge of and an interest in the subject of alcoholism and of two members to be appointed by the Governor, from four nominees from the State at large from among practicing physicians in the State submitted by the governing body of The Medical Association of Georgia. The present members of the Advisory Committee on Alcoholism shall continue to serve until their terms have expired. Their successors shall be appointed for a term of seven years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, provided that the first appointments of successors shall be from nominees submitted in accordance with the provisions of this Section by The Medical Association of Georgia, the first such nominee to be a practicing physician and the second such nominee to be a practicing physician who is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Incorporated. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by the appointment of the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term in the same manner as the person whose vacancy is being filled was appointed. The Advisory Committee on Alcoholism shall elect one of its members as Chairman and one as Vice Chairman. The Committee shall meet at least as frequently as quarterly and at such other times as may be deemed necessary by the Director of the Department of Health or the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Committee for the performance of their duties. The members of the Committee shall receive per diem and expenses as shall be set and approved by the Budget Bureau conformably to rates and allowances set for members of other State Committees. Minutes of the meetings of the Advisory Committee on Alcoholism shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Health next held after the preparation of such minutes., Repealed. is hereby repealed in its entirety. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 28, 1967.

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STATE HIGHWAY BOARD COMPENSATION OF DIRECTOR. No. 107 (House Bill No. 614). An Act to amend an Act creating the offices of the State Highway Board, Chairman of the State Highway Board, and Treasurer of the State Highway Department, approved February 2, 1950 (Ga. L. 1950, p. 62), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 5, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 31), an Act approved March 25, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 624), an Act approved January 25, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 3), and an Act approved April 2, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 282), so as to change the compensation of the Director of the State Highway Department; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating the offices of the State Highway Board, Chairman of the State Highway Board, and Treasurer of the State Highway Department, approved February 2, 1950 (Ga. L. 1950, p. 62), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 5, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 31), an Act approved March 25, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 624), an Act approved January 25, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 3), and an Act approved April 2, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 282), is hereby amended by striking subsection (e) of section 4 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new subsection (e) of section 4 to read as follows: (e) Director State Highway Department. There is hereby created the office of Director of the State Highway Department, who shall be the chief administrative officer of the State Highway Department, and who shall possess and exercise all power and authority of the State Highway Board when it is not in regular or called sessions, with full authority to execute contracts and all other undertakings. The Director shall qualify by giving oath and bond with duly licensed corporate surety in the sum of $50,000.00, payable to the Governor and his successors in office, to be

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approved by the Governor and conditioned to faithfully discharge the duties of his office and to account for all money and property coming into his hands, the premium of such bond to be paid from funds of the State Highway Department. The Director shall be a full-time official of the State, and shall receive as compensation the sum of $25,000.00 per annum payable monthly or semi-monthly, plus actual and necessary expenses for travel, lodging and meals, incurred while engaged in the performance of his duties away from the Capitol. No person who serves as Director of the State Highway Board shall be eligible, except as hereinafter provided, to offer as a candidate in any primary, special or general election for any state or federal elective office, nor to hold any such office, except as hereinafter provided, during the time he serves as Director, and for a period of 12 months after the date he ceases to serve as Director; provided, however, nothing contained herein shall prevent the Director from being appointed to any other office, nor disqualify him from running in any election to succeed himself in any office to which he was appointed, nor to hold such office in the event he is elected thereto and otherwise qualifies therefor; provided, however, the Director shall resign as Director of the State Highway Department before accepting any such appointive office. Provided further, no officer, agent, official or employee of the State, or of any county or municipality thereof, nor any member of the General Assembly shall be eligible for appointment or election as Director hereunder. Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1967. Effective date. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 28, 1967.

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THE LAW SCHOOL LEGAL AGENCY ACT OF 1967. Code Chapter 9-4 Amended. No. 109 (Senate Bill No. 16). An Act to amend Chapter 9-4 of the Code of Georgia of 1933, relating to the definition and regulation of the practice of law, as amended, so as to prescribe procedures and conditions under which a law school in this State may be authorized to operate an approved legal aid agency and in connection therewith further procedures and conditions under which third-year law students, as participants in a legal aid agency, may be authorized to render legal services to indigent persons as if admitted and licensed to practice law in this State; to provide for matters related thereto; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Chapter 9-4 of the Code of Georgia of 1933, relating to the definition and regulation of the practice of law, is hereby amended by adding a new section to be known as section 9-401.1 to read as follows: 9-401.1 Law school legal aid agencies, third-year law students; practice of legal aid. (a) This code section may be known and cited as The Law School Legal Aid Agency Act of 1967.' Short title. (b) It is in the public interest to promote the availability of legal aid to indigent persons and in connection therewith to encourage the establishment and operation of legal aid agencies by law schools in this State and the utilization of the services of third-year law students in such legal aid agencies as a form of legal intern-training and service that will provide competent and professional legal counsel to such persons. Intent. (c) For purposes of this code section the following words and terms shall have the meaning indicated unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning. Definitions.

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(1) Legal aid. Legal services of a civil, criminal or other nature rendered for or on behalf of an indigent person without charge to such person. (2) Indigent person. A person financially unable to employ the legal services of an attorney as determined by a standard of indigency established by a judge of the superior court as hereinafter provided. (3) Law school. A law school in this State which is approved by the American Bar Association, or which is certificated by the State Board of Education under section 7 of the Act approved February 10, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 864, 868), or which was chartered and began operation in this State prior to the aforesaid Act and continues in operation thereunder in this State at the effective date of this code section. (4) Third-year law student. A student regularly enrolled and in good standing in a law school in this State who has satisfactorily completed at least two-thirds of the requirements for a first professional degree in law (LL.B. or its equivalent) in not less than four semesters or six quarters of residence. (5) Approved law school legal aid agency. An established or proposed department, division, program or course in a law school under the supervision of at least one full-time member of the school's faculty or staff who has been admitted and licensed to practice law in this State and conducted regularly and systematically to render legal services to indigent persons, the purpose, method and content of which are approved by a judge of the superior court as hereinafter provided. When a law school legal aid agency has been approved as hereinafter provided it is contemplated that the resources of such legal aid agency, including the services of third-year law students regularly enrolled therein, will in their entirety provide competent and professional legal counsel to the indigent persons served thereby. (6) Practice of legal aid. Participation by a third-year law student in an approved legal aid agency, and as an

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adjunct thereof, under its sponsorship and solely in connection therewith, the rendition of legal services to indigent persons without charge to such persons. When a third-year law student has been authorized to practice legal aid under the provisions of this code section, he shall, to the extent involved in his participation in the legal aid agency, have the authority to practice law as if he were admitted and licensed to practice in this State except that all pleadings and other entries of record must be signed by a licensed attorney and, in the conduct of a trial, a licensed attorney must be present. (d) A law school in this State which has established a legal aid agency or proposes to establish a legal aid agency may obtain approval thereof by applying for that purpose to a judge of the superior court in the county in which the legal aid agency is operating or proposes to operate. Such application shall be made in the name of the dean of the law school; it shall request the judge to approve the legal aid agency conducted or proposed by his law school and to establish a standard of indigency appropriate to that county for determining the persons who may be served by such legal aid agency; it shall also include such information and data concerning the law school's legal aid agency and the appropriate standard of indigency as will enable the judge to make the approval and establish the standard as contemplated hereunder. A law school must obtain approval by a separate application in each county in which its legal aid agency is operating or proposes to operate, and any authority to practice legal aid allowed hereunder shall be limited to the county for which approval of the legal aid agency has been obtained as herein provided. Establishment of agency, etc. (e) Upon receipt of an application under subsection (d) the judge of the superior court may require such showing and otherwise give the matter such direction as he deems necessary to satisfy himself that the application is complete and in order, that the purposes of subsection (b) are served, and that the requirements contemplated in subsection (c) (5) are met. He may also require such showing and otherwise give the matter such direction as he

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deems necessary to establish a standard of indigency appropriate to that county. (f) When the judge of the superior court has determined that the application warrants approval and has established a standard of indigency he shall enter an appropriate order. Such order shall retain a continuing jurisdiction over these matters, and at any time he may require a review thereof to assure himself that the purposes of this code section are being served and that the privileges accorded hereunder are not being abused or used for other purposes. Approval. (g) In the order approving a legal aid agency the judge of the superior court shall require the applicant to procure and maintain an appropriate coverage of malpractice liability insurance. Malpractice insurance. (h) When a law school legal aid agency has been approved as contemplated in subsection (f) a third-year law student regularly enrolled may be certified as a participant therein and authorized to practice legal aid as an adjunct thereof in such form and manner as the judge of the superior court may prescribe, taking care that the requirements of this code section and the good moral character of the student are properly certified by the dean of the law school. The judge shall further require of the student an oath similar to the oath required by an attorney before entering an order authorizing him to practice legal aid. Students. (i) As to each third-year law student authorized to practice legal aid there shall be kept on file in the office of the clerk of the superior court in the county where such authority is to be exercised the dean's certificate, the student's oath and the judge's order as contemplated under subsection (h). The authority to practice legal aid, as allowed under this code section, shall extend for no longer than one year. If during this period any change occurs in the status of the student at the law school in which he was enrolled at the time of his original certification, that is, if the student ceases his enrollment at the law school, or ceases his enrollment in that law school's legal aid

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agency, or otherwise is expelled or suspended from that law school then any authority to practice legal aid shall terminate and be revoked. Record of approval, etc. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 28, 1967. MOTOR VEHICLESAD VALOREM TAXATION AND LICENSE PLATES FOR 1967. No. 110 (House Bill No. 780). An Act to amend an Act providing for the classification of motor vehicles as a separate and distinct class of tangible property for ad valorem tax purposes, approved March 16, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 517) so as to authorize the Governor, in his discretion, to extend the time when owners shall be required to return and pay such taxes for the year 1967; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act providing for the classification of motor vehicles as a separate and distinct class of tangible property for ad valorem tax purposes, approved March 16, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 517) is hereby amended by adding at the end of section 4 of said Act the following: Provided, however, the Governor, in his discretion, may delay the time within which motor vehicles shall be required to be returned for ad valorem taxation, such taxes paid thereon, and license registration plates obtained therefor by not more than sixty (60) days from April 1, 1967. Section 2. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 28, 1967.

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GEORGIA ART COMMISSIONMEMBERS. No. 111 (House Bill No. 792). An Act to amend an Act creating the Georgia Art Commission, approved March 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 678), as amended, so as to increase the membership of the Georgia Art Commission, to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating the Georgia Art Commission, approved March 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 678), as amended, is hereby amended by striking the word twelve where it appears between the word of and the word members in the first sentence of section 2 and inserting in lieu thereof the word thirteen; and by striking from the fourth sentence the words two members from the State at large and inserting in lieu thereof the words three members from the State at large, so that when so amended section 2 shall read as follows: Section 2. There is hereby created the Georgia Art Commission to be composed of thirteen members, all of whom shall be appointed by the Governor. One member shall have special interest and training in the field of music. One member shall have special interest and training in the field of drama. One member shall be appointed from the Georgia Council of the American Institute of Architects from a list of three nominees from the governing body of such organization; one member from the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects from a list of three nominees from the governing body of such organization; one member from the Association of Georgia Artists from a list of three nominees from the governing body of such organization; one member from the Association of Georgia Designer-Craftsmen from a list of three nominees from the governing body of such organization; one member from the Department of Art of the University of Georgia or other art unit of the University System of Georgia which grants a degree in art; one member from

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major art museums in Georgia selected from nominees submitted by such museums; and one member from the Department of Landscape Architecture of the University of Georgia; one member from a privately supported institution of higher learning offering an accredited program in the visual arts, selected from nominees submitted by such institutions; and three members from the State at large. The members of the Commission shall be persons who, by virtue of their experience and training, are capable of making professional judgments in the field of the arts. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 29, 1967. REAPPORTIONMENT OF SENATE. Code 47-102 Amended. No. 112 (Senate Bill No. 121). An Act to amend Code section 47-102 relating to State Senatorial Districts, as amended, so as to provide for the composition and number of State Senatorial Districts and the number of Senators; to provide for the election of Senators from said Districts; to provide when the members elected shall take office; to provide for the continuation of Districts until certain times; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 47-102 relating to State Senatorial Districts, as amended, is hereby amended by striking said Section in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new Code section 47-102 to read as follows: 47-102. Senatorial Districts. On the convening day of the session of the General Assembly of Georgia on the

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second Monday in January of 1969 and thereafter except as herein provided, and after amendment of Article III, Section II, Paragraph I of the Constitution so as to authorize the Senate to consist of 56 members, there shall be 56 Senatorial Districts of the State of Georgia, each to be represented by one Senator, and such Districts shall be composed of one or more counties, or composed of a portion of one county as follows: 1. That portion of Chatham County, more particularly described as follows: All that land starting from a point 85 northeast of the projection of the centerline of Bull Street; then in a southeasterly direction along the centerline of Bull Street to its intersection with the centerline of Victory Drive; then in an easterly direction along the centerline of Victory Drive to its intersection with the centerline of Skidaway Road; then in a southerly direction along the centerline of Skidaway Road to its intersection with the centerline of DeRenne Avenue; then in a westerly direction along the centerline of DeRenne Avenue to its intersection with the centerline of the Casey Canal; then in a southeasterly direction along the centerline of the Casey Canal to its intersection with the centerline of Bacon Park Drive; then in an easterly direction along the centerline of Bacon Park Drive to its intersection with the centerline of the Power Line; then in a southerly direction along the centerline of the Power Line to its intersection with the centerline of Intermediate Road; then in an easterly direction along the centerline of Intermediate Road to its intersection with the centerline of Skidaway Road; then in a southerly direction along the centerline of Skidaway Road to its intersection with the centerline of Montgomery Cross Road; then in a westerly direction along the centerline of Montgomery Cross Road to its intersection with the east boundary line of Hunter Air Force Base; then in a northerly direction along the east boundary line of Hunter Air Force Base to its intersection with the centerline of Middleground Road; then in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of Middleground Road to its intersection with the centerline of Montgomery Street; then in a northeasterly direction

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along the centerline of Montgomery Street to its intersection with the centerline of 52nd Street extended; then in a westerly direction along the centerline of 52nd Street extended to the city limits line; then in a northwesterly direction along the corporate limit line of the City of Savannah to its intersection with the centerline of Stiles Avenue; then in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of Stiles Avenue to its intersection with the centerline of Louisville Road; then in a westerly direction along the centerline of Louisville Road to its intersection with the centerline of Lathrop Avenue East; then in a northerly direction along the centerline of Lathrop Avenue East to its intersection with the corporate limit line of the City of Savannah; then in a northeasterly direction along the corporate limit line of the City of Savannah to a point 85 northeast of the projection of the centerline of Bull Street. 2. That portion of Chatham County, more particularly described as follows: All that area bounded on the north starting from a point 85 northeast of the projection of the centerline of Bull Street; then in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of the corporate limit line projected to the county limit line; then along the county limit line along the Back River to the northeasterly tip of Elba Island; then in a southwesterly direction along the centerline of the Savannah River to its intersection with the projection of the centerline of the South Channel; then in a southeasterly direction along the centerline of the South Channel to its intersection with the projection of the centerline of the Wilmington River; then in a southwesterly direction along the centerline of the Wilmington River to its intersection with the projection of the northern line of the corporate limits of the town of Thunderbolt; then in a westerly direction along said northern line and in a southerly direction and in an easterly direction along the contour of the line representing the corporate limits of the town of Thunderbolt to a point where the southern line of the corporate limits of the town of Thunderbolt projected again intersects with the centerline of Wilmington River; then in an easterly direction

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along the centerline of the Wilmington River to its intersection with the projection of the centerline of the Herb River; then in a southwesterly direction along the centerline of the Herb River to its intersection with the centerline of Skidaway Road; then in a northerly direction along the centerline of Skidaway Road to its intersection with the centerline of Intermediate Road; then in a westerly direction along the intersection of Intermediate Road to its intersection with the centerline of the Power Line; then in a northerly direction along the centerline of the Power Line to its intersection with the centerline of Bacon Park Drive; then in a westerly direction along the centerline of Bacon Park Drive to its intersection with the centerline of the Casey Canal; then in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of the Casey Canal to its intersection with the centerline of DeRenne Avenue; then in an easterly direction along the centerline of DeRenne Avenue to its intersection with the centerline of Skidaway Road; then in a northerly direction along the centerline of Skidaway Road to its intersection with the centerline of Victory Drive; then in an easterly direction along the centerline of Victory Drive to its intersection with the centerline of Bull Street; then in a northerly direction along the centerline of Bull Street to its intersection with the corporate limit line of the City of Savannah. 3. That portion of Chatham County, more particularly described as follows: All that land inside the county limit line of Chatham County not included in Districts One and Two. 4. Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Screven and Tattnall. 5. Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh and Glynn. 6. Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Pierce and Wayne. 7. Atkinson, Clinch, Coffee, Echols and Ware. 8. Berrien, Cook, Lanier and Lowndes.

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9. Brooks, Colquitt and Tift. 10. Grady, Mitchell and Thomas. 11. Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Early, Miller, Quitman and Seminole. 12. Dougherty County. 13. Ben Hill, Crisp, Irwin, Lee, Turner and Worth. 14. Chattahoochee, Randolph, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell and Webster. 15. That portion of Muscogee County, more particularly described as follows: That area south of a point where the centerline of 17th Street intersection the Chattahoochee River and running thence in an easterly direction along the centerline of said 17th Street to the centerline of Dell Drive and running thence south along the centerline of Dell Drive to the centerline of Macon Road and running thence in an easterly direction along the centerline of said Macon Road to the east line of Muscogee County. 16. That portion of Muscogee County, more particularly described as follows: That area north of a point where the centerline of 17th Street intersects the Chattahoochee River and running thence in an easterly direction along the centerline of said 17th Street to the centerline of Dell Drive and running thence south along the centerline of Dell Drive to the centerline of Macon Road and running thence in an easterly direction along the centerline of said Macon Road to the east line of Muscogee County. 17. Harris, Macon, Marion, Schley, Talbot, Taylor and Upson. 18. Crawford, Houston, Peach and Twiggs. 19. Bleckley, Dodge, Dooly, Jeff Davis, Pulaski, Telfair and Wilcox.

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20. Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen, Wheeler, Montgomery and Toombs. 21. Burke, Emanuel, Jefferson and Jenkins. 22. That portion of Richmond County, more particularly described as follows: All that territory in Richmond County lying and being within the corporate limits of the City of Augusta. 23. That portion of Richmond County, more particularly described as follows: All that territory of Richmond County lying and being outside the corporate limits of the City of Augusta. 24. Wilkes, Lincoln, Columbia, McDuffie, Glascock, Warren, Taliaferro and Greene. 25. Baldwin, Hancock, Washington and Wilkinson. 26. That portion of Bibb County, more particularly described as follows: All that portion of Bibb County lying east and north of a line commencing at a point on the centerline of Houston Road (U.S. Highway 41) at the Bibb-Peach-Houston county line; then extending northeasterly along the centerline of Houston Road, then of Houston Avenue and then of Broadway to the intersection of the centerlines of Broadway and Edgewood Avenue; then extending northwesterly along the centerline of Edgewood Avenue to the centerline of Linden Avenue; then extending northeasterly along the centerline of Linden Avenue and along an extension thereof northeasterly across the Central of Georgia Railroad right-of-way to the centerline of Frank's Alley; then extending northeasterly along the centerline of Frank's Alley and then along an extension thereof northeasterly across Hardeman Avenue to the centerline of Northwest Boundary Street; then extending northeasterly along the centerline of Northwest Boundary Street and along an extension thereof northeasterly across Riverside Drive and Riverside

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Cemetery to the center of the Ocmuglee River; then extending along the center of said Ocmulgee River in a generally northerly direction to a point on an extension northeasterly of the centerline of North Forest Avenue; then extending southwesterly along said extension of said North Forest Avenue and then along the centerline of North Forest Avenue to the centerline of Riverside Drive; then extending northwesterly along the centerline of Riverside Drive to the centerline of Ingleside Avenue; then extending southwesterly and then westerly along the centerline of Ingleside Avenue to the centerline of Ridge Avenue; then extending northwesterly along the centerline of Ridge Avenue to the centerline of Tyrone Boulevard; then extending southwesterly along the centerline of Tyrone Boulevard to the centerline of Vineville Avenue; then extending northwesterly along the centerline of Vineville Avenue and then along the centerline of Forsyth Road to the Bibb-Monroe county line. 27. That portion of Bibb County, more particularly described as follows: All that portion of Bibb County lying west and south of a line commencing at a point on the centerline of Houston Road (U.S. Highway 41) at the Bibb-Peach-Houston county line; then extending northeasterly along the centerline of Houston Road, then of Houston Avenue and then of Broadway to the intersection of the centerlines of Broadway and Edgewood Avenue; then extending northwesterly along the centerline of Edgewood Avenue to the centerline of Linden Avnue; then extending northwesterly along the centerline of Linden Avenue and along an extension thereof northeasterly across the Central of Georgia Railroad right-of-way to the centerline of Frank's Alley; then extending northeasterly along the centerline of Frank's Alley and then along an extension thereof northeasterly across Hardeman Avenue to the centerline of Northwest Boundary Street; then extending northeasterly along the centerline of Northwest Boundary Street and along an extension thereof northeasterly across Riverside Drive and Riverside Cemetery to the center of the Ocmulgee River; then extending along the center of said Ocmulgee River in a generally northerly direction to a point

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on an extension northeasterly of the centerline of North Forest Avenue; then extending southwesterly along said extension of said North Forest Avenue and then along the centerline of North Forest Avenue to the centerline of Riverside Drive; then extending northwesterly along the centerline of Riverside Drive to the centerline of Ingelside Avenue; then extending southwesterly and then westerly along the centerline of Ingleside Avenue to the centerline of Ridge Avenue; the extending northwesterly along the centerline of Ridge Avenue to the centerline of Tyrone Boulevard; then extending southwesterly along the centerline of Tyrone Boulevard to the centerline of Vineville Avenue; then extending northwesterly along the centerline of Vineville Avenue and then along the centerline of Forsyth Road to the Bibb-Monroe county line. 28. Butts, Lamar, Monroe, Pike and Spalding. 29. Heard, Meriwether and Troup. 30. Carroll, Coweta and Fayette. 31. Douglas, Haralson, Paulding and Polk. 32. That portion of Cobb County, more particularly described as follows: All that part of Cobb County lying and being in Militia Districts Gritter (911), Post Oak (1319), Elizabeth (1897), Fullers (1679), Merritts (897), Smyrna (1292), Vinings (1568), Lemons (992), and Wards 5, 6 and 7 of the city of Marietta as such wards were defined by ordinances duly adopted by the governing authority of the city of Marietta which were in effect on January 1, 1966. 33. That portion of Cobb County, more particularly described as follows: All that part of Cobb County lying and being in Militia Districts Acworth (851), Big Shanty (991), Red Rock (1318), Lost Mountain (1540), Oregon (1017), Macland (1608), Powder Springs (846), Clarkdale (1826), Austell (1378), Coxes (895), Howells (1395), Fair Oaks (1891),

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and Wards 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the city of Marietta as such wards were defined by ordinances duly adopted by the governing authority of the city of Marietta which were in effect on January 1, 1966, and also that portion of the Militia District (898) outside the corporate limits of the city of Marietta. 34. That portion of Fulton County, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the city of Atlanta in Land Lot 118 of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia at the southeast corner of Beecher Street at its intersection with White Street and Lawton Street and then in an easterly direction along the south side of Beecher Street to its intersection with the west side of Lee Street; then in a southerly direction along the west side of Lee Street to the intersection of Lee Street with West Whitehall Street and the west side of the right-of-way of the Central of Georgia Railroad; then southerly along the western side of the Central of Georgia Railroad right-of-way to a point where the Atlanta and West Point Railroad merges with the Central of Georgia Railroad, in the city of East Point; then continuing in a southerly direction along the western side of the right-of-way of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad to the intersection of said right-of-way with the Fulton County-Clayton County boundary line; then northerly, then westerly and then in a southerly direction along the said Fulton County-Clayton County boundary line to the intersection of said boundary line with the Fulton County-Fayette County boundary line; then in a southwesterly direction following the meanderings of the said Fulton County-Fayette County boundary line to its intersection with the Fulton County-Coweta County boundary line; then westerly along the Fulton County-Coweta boundary line to the intersection of said boundary line with the Fulton County-Douglas County boundary line at the Chattahoochee River; then in a northerly direction following the meanderings of the Fulton County-Douglas County boundary line and the Fulton County-Cobb County boundary line along the Chattahoochee River to the point where Utoy Creek flows into the Chattahoochee River; then in an easterly

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direction along the south side of said creek to a point where Fairburn Road intersects said creek, which point is just south of the intersection of Fairburn Road with Cascade Road; then in a northerly direction along the east side of Fairburn Road to its intersection with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; then continuing in a northerly direction along the east side of the right-of-way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to the intersection of said railroad and Brownlee Road in the city limits of Atlanta; then in a southerly direction along the western side of Brownlee Road to the intersection of said road with North Utoy Creek; then in a generally eastern direction along the south side of said creek following the meandering thereof to a point in the John A. White Park where Beecher Court would intersect said creek if extended in a southerly direction into said park; then north along the imaginary extension of Beecher Court to Beecher Court thence continuing in a northerly direction along the eastern side of Beecher Court to its intersection with Beecher Street; then in an eastern direction along the south side of Beecher Street to its intersection with Donnally Avenue; then in a southeasterly direction along the southwest side of Donnally Avenue to its intersection with Lawton Street; then in a northeasterly direction along the southeast side of Lawton Street to its intersection with White Street and Beecher Street and the point of beginning. 35. That portion of Fulton County, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the southern boundary of Land Lot 108 of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia, which southern boundary is Gordon Street and Glenn Street, in Atlanta, Georgia, and at the intersection of Gordon and Glenn Streets with the Central of Georgia Railroad; then in a northerly direction along the east side of the right-of-way of the Central of Georgia Railway to the intersection of said railroad with Fair Street; then in a northwestwardly direction along the northeast side of Fair Street to its intersection with Walker Street; then north along the east side of Walker Street to its intersection with Nelson Street; then northeastwardly along the south side of Nelson Street

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to its intersection with Elliott Street; then continuing in a northerly direction along the east side of Elliott Street to the intersection of Elliott Street with Simpson Street and the Georgia Railroad; then in a southeasterly direction along the southwest side of the right-of-way of the Georgia Railroad to its intersection with Magnolia Street; then continuing along the right-of-way of the Georgia Railway in a southeasterly direction, which is also the southern boundary of Senatorial District 37 of Fulton County, to the intersection of the said right-of-way with Oakland Avenue, which is at the northwest corner of Oakland Cemetery; then in a southerly direction along the west side of Oakland Avenue to the north side of Memorial Drive; then west along the north side of Memorial Drive to Kelly Street; then south along the west side of Kelly Street, and continuing across the East Expressway to the extension of Kelly Street continuing to the intersection of Kelly Street with Glenwood Avenue; then west along the north side of Glenwood Avenue to Connally Street; then south along the west side of Connally Street to its intersection with the north side of Fulton Street; then west along the north side of Fulton Street and following the north side of Fulton Street, north then west to the intersection of Fulton Street with the west side of Capitol Avenue; then south along the west side of Capitol Avenue to its intersection with the Atlanta and West Point Railroad; then southwestwardly along the north side of the right-of-way of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad to its intersection with the South Expressway (Interstate 75); then south along the west side of the South Expressway to a point where said expressway intersects the boundary line between Hapeville and Atlanta's city limits; then in a southerly direction, following the Hapeville-Atlanta boundary line to the Central of Georgia Railroad; then westwardly following the Hapeville-Atlanta boundary line to a point where said boundary turns south; then south along said Atlanta-Hapeville boundary to the point where said boundary intersects with the Fulton County-Clayton County boundary line; then west along said county boundary line to a point where said boundary line turns south; then continuing south along said boundary line to a point where it turns west; then west along said

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Fulton County-Clayton County boundary line to a point where it turns north; then north along said boundary line a point where it intersects the Atlanta and West Point right-of-way, which right-of-way also is the eastern boundary of Senatorial District 34, to the intersection of said Atlanta and West Point right-of-way with the Central of Georgia right-of-way; then continuing in a northerly direction along the east side of the Central of Georgia right-of-way and the boundary line of the 34th Senatorial District, to a point where said railroad right-of-way intersects with Gordon Street and Glenn Street and the point of beginning. 36. That portion of Fulton County, more particularly described as follows: Beginning on the eastern border of Land Lot 14 of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia, which is also the Fulton County-DeKalb County boundary line, at a point on said boundary where it intersects with the right-of-way of the Georgia Railroad; then in a southwestern direction along the south side of the right-of-way of the Georgia Railway to the intersection of said right-of-way with Oakland Avenue, which is at the northwest corner of Oakland Cemetery; then in a southerly direction following the eastern boundary of the 35th Senatorial District, and continuing to follow the meanderings of said boundary south along Oakland Avenue, west along Memorial Drive, south along Kelly Street, west along Glenwood Avenue, south along Connally Street, west, north and west again along Fulton Street, thence south along Capitol Avenue, thence southwestwardly along the right-of-way of the Atlanta and West Point railroad, thence south along the South Expressway, and thence continuing to follow the boundary of said Senatorial District 35 along the Atlanta-Hapeville boundary line to the intersection thereof with the Fulton-Clayton County boundary; then east along the Fulton County and Clayton County boundary line to its intersection with the Fulton County-DeKalb County boundary line; then north along the Fulton County-DeKalb County boundary line to its intersection with the Georgia Railroad right-of-way and the point of beginning.

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37. That portion of Fulton County, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the eastern border of Land Lot 10 of the 17th District of Fulton County, Georgia, which border is also the Fulton County-DeKalb County boundary line, where the Southern Railroad intersects the said eastern border of Land Lot 10; then in a southerly direction along the Fulton-DeKalb County boundary line to the intersection of said boundary with the Georgia Railroad which intersection is on the eastern boundary of Land Lot 14 of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia; then in a southwestern direction along the north side of the right-of-way of the Georgia Railroad and continuing along the north side of said right-of-way as same turns to the north, and continuing in a northwestern direction along said right-of-way, generally parallel with Decatur Street and Marietta Street in downtown Atlanta, to the intersection of said right-of-way with Magnolia Street; then in a northeasterly direction along the west side of Magnolia Street to its intersection with Luckie Street and Cain Street; then in an easterly direction along the south side of Cain Street to the intersection of Cain Street and Williams Street; then in a northerly direction along the eastern side of Williams Street to its intersection with North Avenue; then in an eastern direction along the south side of North Avenue to the intersection of North Avenue with West Peachtree Street; then north along the east side of West Peachtree to its intersection with Tenth Street; then east along the south side of Tenth Street to its intersection at Monroe Drive with the right-of-way of the Southern Railroad; then north along the east side of the right-of-way of the Southern Railroad to the intersection of said right-of-way with the Fulton-DeKalb County boundary line and the point of beginning. 38. That portion of Fulton County, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the southern boundary of Land Lot 108 of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia, which southern boundary is Gordon and Glenn Streets, and at the intersection of Gordon and Glenn Streets with the

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Central of Georgia Railroad; then in a southerly direction along the eastern side of the right-of-way of the Central of Georgia Railway to a point on the said right-of-way where Lee Street intersects with West Whitehall Street; then in a northerly direction along the east side of Lee Street to its intersection with Beecher Street; then in a westerly direction along the north boundary of Senatorial District 34 of Fulton County, following Beecher Street, Lawton Street, Beecher Street, Beecher Court, North Utoy Creek, Brownlee Road, the right-of-way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Fairburn Road, Utoy Creek, westwardly to the Chattahoochee River, at which point the north boundary of Senatorial District 34 intersects the Fulton County-Cobb County boundary line; then in a northeasterly direction following the meanderings of the Fulton County-Cobb County boundary line along the Chattahoochee River to a point where the Southern Railroad crosses the Chattahoochee River, at which point the southwestern boundary of Senatorial District 39 intersects the Fulton County-Cobb County boundary; then in an easterly direction following the southwestern boundary of the 39th Senatorial District along the Southern Railroad, Marietta Road, Perry Boulevard, West Marietta Street, continuing to follow said boundary south along Ashby Street; then easterly along Gordon Street to the intersection of Gordon with Glenn Streets and the Central of Georgia Railroad and the point of beginning. 39. That portion of Fulton County, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the southern boundary of Land Lot 108 of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia, which southern boundary is Gordon and Glenn Streets, and at the intersection of Gordon and Glenn Streets with the Central of Georgia Railroad; then north along the northwest side of the right-of-way of the Central of Georgia Railroad to the intersection of said railroad with Fair Street; then northwestwardly along the southwest side of Fair Street to its intersection with Walker Street; then north along the west side of Walker Street to its intersection with Nelson Street; then northeastwardly along the

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north side of Nelson Street to its intersection with Elliott Street; then continuing in a northerly direction along the west side of Elliott Street to the intersection of Elliott with Simpson Street and the Georgia Railroad; then in a southeasterly direction along the east side of the right-of-way of the Georgia Railroad to the intersection of said railroad and Magnolia Street; then in a northeasterly direction along Magnolia Street, which is the eastern boundary of Senatorial District 37 and continuing along the eastern boundary of Senatorial District 37 along Cain Street, Williams Street, North Avenue, West Peachtree Street, Tenth Street, to the right-of-way of the Southern Railway and continuing along said boundary in a northerly direction along the right-of-way of the Southern Railway to the intersection of the said right-of-way with the main line of the Southern Railway in Land Lot 103 of the 17th District of Fulton County; then in a southeasterly direction along the northwest side of the right-of-way of the main line of the said Southern Railway to the intersection of said railway with the northwest leg of the Atlanta Expressway; then in a northwesterly direction along the south side of the said Northwest Expressway to its intersection with Peachtree Creek; then in a westerly direction along the south side of said creek following the meanderings thereof to Moores Mill Road; then in a southwesterly direction along the southeast side of Moores Mill Road to the Intersection of Moores Mill Road with the Seaboard Air Line Railway; then in a northwesterly direction along the southwest side of the right-of-way of the Seaboard Railway to the point where the Seaboard Air Line Railway crosses the Chattahoochee River and the Fulton County-Cobb County boundary; then in a southwesterly direction along the Fulton County-Cobb County boundary and the Chattahoochee River to a point in Land Lot 263 of the 17th District of Fulton County, Georgia, where the Southern Railway crosses the Chattahoochee River and said boundary; then in a southeasterly direction along the northeast side of the right-of-way of the Southern Railway to the intersection of said railroad with Marietta Road; then in a southerly direction along the east side of Marietta Road to the intersection with Perry Boulevard; then southeasterly along the north side of Perry Boulevard to its intersection

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with West Marietta Street, and continuing along the north side of West Marietta in a southeasterly direction to its intersection with Ashby Street; then southerly along the east side of Ashby Street to the intersection of Ashby Street and Gordon Street; then east along the north side of Gordon Street to the intersection of Gordon Street with Glenn Street and the Central of Georgia Railway and the point of beginning. 40. That portion of Fulton County, more particularly described as follows: Beginning on the eastern border of Land Lot 10 of the 17th District of Fulton County, Georgia, which border is also the Fulton-DeKalb County boundary line, at a point where the Southern Railway intersects with the said eastern border of the said Land Lot 10 and the Fulton County-DeKalb County boundary; then in a southerly direction following the northwest boundary of Senatorial District 37, along the northwest side of the Southern Railway right-of-way, and continuing to follow said right-of-way along the border of Senatorial District 39 to a point where said right-of-way intersects the northwest leg of the Atlanta Expressway; then continuing along the north side of the northwest leg of the said expressway to its intersection with Peachtree Creek; then in a westwardly direction on the north side of Peachtree Creek continuing to follow the north boundary of Senatorial District 39, following the meanderings of said creek to Moores Mill Road; then continuing to follow the boundary of Senatorial District 39 along the northwest side of Moores Mill Road to the Seaboard Air Line Railroad; then northwestwardly along the northeast side of said railroad right-of-way to the Chattahoochee River and the Fulton County-Cobb County boundary; then in a northerly direction along the Fulton County-Cobb County boundary and the Chattahoochee River so long as the said boundary follows the meanderings of said river; then continuing to follow the meanderings of the Fulton County-Cobb County boundary line to the intersection thereof with the Fulton County-Cherokee County boundary; then in a northerly direction following the meanderings of the Cherokee-Fulton County boundary line to a point where said boundary line turns

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eastwardly; then eastwardly along the Cherokee-Fulton County boundary line to the intersection of said boundary with the Fulton County-Forsyth County boundary line; then southerly and then southeasterly following the meanderings of the Fulton County-Forsyth County boundary line to the intersection of said boundary with the Fulton County-Gwinnett County boundary line; then southwestwardly following meanderings of the Fulton County-Gwinnett County boundary line to the intersection of said boundary with the Fulton County-DeKalb County boundary lines; then in a westwardly direction, and then in a southerly direction, following the meanderings of the Fulton County-DeKalb County line to its intersection with the Southern Railway right-of-way and the point of beginning. 41. That portion of DeKalb County, more particularly described as follows: All that part of DeKalb County lying and being in Militia Districts 524, 686, 1416, 572, 1327, 1045, 637, 1398, 563, 683, 487 as presently laid out plus Sagamore Election District as such election district existed on November 8, 1966. 42. That portion of DeKalb County, more particularly described as follows: All that part of DeKalb County lying and being in Militia District 531, as presently laid out, less Sagamore and Knollwood Election Districts as such election districts existed on November 8, 1966. 43. That portion of DeKalb County more particularly described as follows: All that part of DeKalb County lying and being in Militia Districts 1379, 1586, 1666, 1342, 536, 1448, as presently laid out, plus Knollwood Election District as such election district existed on November 8, 1966. 44. Clayton, Henry and Rockdale. 45. Putnam, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Walton, and Jones. 46. Oconee, Clarke, Madison and Oglethorpe.

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47. Banks, Elbert, Franklin, Hart and Stephens. 48. Barrow, Gwinnett and Jackson. 49. Dawson, Forsyth, Hall and Lumpkin. 50. Fannin, Gilmer, Habersham, Pickens, Rabun, Towns, Union and White. 51. Bartow, Cherokee and Gordon. 52. Floyd County. 53. Chattooga, Dade and Walker. 54. Catoosa, Murray and Whitfield. 55. DeKalb County. 56. Fulton County. The above District shall be effective for the purpose of electing the members who are to take office in 1969. In the event Article III, Section II, Paragraph I of the Constitution is not amended so as to authorize the Senate to consist of 56 members, Districts 55 and 56 shall not exist and there shall be 54 Senatorial Districts, numbered 1 through 54, composed as hereinabove provided. The members elected from the above Districts shall take office on the convening day of the session of the General Assembly of Georgia on the second Monday in January of 1969, and shall hold office for one term and until their successors are elected and take the oath of office for the next succeeding term. After the said amendment of Article III, Section II, Paragraph I of the Constitution, the members elected to succeed those members taking office in January of 1969 shall be elected from the Districts hereinabove provided, except that Districts 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 55 and 56 shall be composed as follows:

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34. That portion of Fulton County, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the point where the north line of Land Lot 121 of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia, intersects Lee Street; thence in a southerly direction along the west side of Lee Street to the intersection of Lee Street with West Whitehall Street and the west side of the right-of-way of the Central of Georgia Railroad; thence southerly along the western side of the Central of Georgia Railroad right-of-way to a point where the Atlanta and West Point Railway merges with the Central of Georgia Railroad, in the City of East Point; thence continuing in a southerly direction along the western side of the right-of-way of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad to the intersection of said right-of-way with the Fulton County - Clayton County boundary line; thence northerly; thence westerly and thence in a southerly direction along the said Fulton County-Clayton County boundary line to the intersection of said boundary line with the Fulton County-Fayette County boundary line; thence in a southwesterly direction following the meanderings of the said Fulton County-Fayette County boundary line to its intersection with the Fulton County-Coweta County boundary line; thence westerly along the Fulton County-Coweta County boundary line to the intersection of said boundary line with the Fulton County-Douglas County boundary line at the Chattahoochee River; thence in a northerly direction following the meanderings of the Fulton County-Douglas County boundary line and the Fulton County-Cobb County boundary line along the Chattahoochee River to the point where the Utoy Creek flows into the Chattahoochee River; thence in an easterly direction along the south side of said creek to a point where Fairburn Road intersects said creek, which point is just south of the intersection of Fairburn Road with Cascade Road; thence in a northerly direction along the east side of Fairburn Road to its intersection with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; thence continuing in a northerly direction along the east side of the right-of-way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to the intersection of said railroad and Brownlee Road in the city limits of Atlanta; thence in a southerly direction along the western side of Brownlee Road to the

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intersection of said road with North Utoy Creek; thence in a generally eastern direction along the south side of said creek following the meanderings thereof to a point in the John A. White Park where Beecher Court would intersect said creek if extended in a southerly direction into said park; thence north along the imaginary extension of Beecher Court to Beecher Court; thence southerly along the westerly line of John A. White Park to Cascade Road; thence southwesterly along the south side of Cascade Road to Sandtown Road; thence southeasterly along the south side of Sandtown Road to Venetian Drive; thence easterly along the south side of Venetian Drive and continuing along the north line of Land Lot 136 and 121 to the point of beginning. 35. That portion of Fulton County, Georgia, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the point where the north line of Land Lot 121 of the 14th District of Fulton County intersects Lee Street; thence in a southerly direction along the west side of Lee Street to its intersection with W. Whitehall Street, and thence south along the west side of the right-of-way of Central of Georgia Railroad; thence southerly along the west side of Central of Georgia Railroad right-of-way to the point where Central of Georgia merges with A. W. P. Railroad in the City of East Point; thence continuing in a southerly direction along the west side of the right-of-way of the A. W. P. Railroad to Fulton-Clayton County boundary line; thence easterly along said boundary line to the east line of Land Lot 96; thence north along the east line of Land Lot 96 to the north side of Central of Georgia Railroad; thence southeast along said Railroad to the west side of the South Expressway (I-75); thence north along the west side of the South Expressway (I-75) to the A. W. P. Railroad; thence northeast along said Railroad to its intersection with Capitol Avenue and the Southern Railroad; thence northwest along the southwest side of Southern Railway to McDaniel Street; thence south along the east side of McDaniel Street to the A. W. P. Railroad; thence westerly along the south side of the A. W. P. Railroad to the right-of-way of the L. N. Railroad; thence northwesterly along the southwest side of the L. N. Railroad

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to Gordon Street; thence northwest along the south side of Gordon Street to the Westview Cemetery; thence southerly and westerly along the boundary of Westview Cemetery to the northeast corner of Land Lot 182 of the 14th District of Fulton County; thence south along the eastern line of Land Lot 182 to Utoy Creek; thence in a generally easterly direction along the south side of said Creek, and following the meanderings thereof to a point in John A. White Park where Beecher Court would intersect said Creek if extended in a southerly direction into the park; thence southerly along the west line of John A. White Park to Cascade Road; thence southwest along Cascade Road to Sandtown Road; thence southeasterly along the north side of Sandtown Road to Venetian Drive; thence easterly along the north side of Venetian Drive and continuing along the north line of Land Lots 136 and 121 to the point of beginning. 36. That portion of Fulton County, more particularly described as follows: Beginning on the eastern border of Land Lot 14 of the 14th District of Fulton County, which is also the Fulton County-DeKalb County boundary line, at a point on said boundary where it intersects with the right-of-way of the Georgia Railroad; thence in a southwestern direction along the south side of the right-of-way of the Georgia Railway to the intersection of said right-of-way with Oakland Avenue, which is at the northwest corner of Oakland Cemetery; thence south along the west side of Oakland Cemetery to the north side of Memorial Drive; thence east along the north side of Memorial Drive to the east side of Cherokee Avenue; thence south along the east side of Cherokee Avenue to Georgia Avenue; thence west along the south side of Georgia Avenue to the east side of Capitol Avenue; thence south along the east side of Capitol Avenue to the right-of-way of the A. W. P. Railroad; thence southwest along the south side of the right-of-way of the A. W. P. Railroad to the South Expressway (I-75); thence southerly along the easterly side of the South Expressway (I-75) to Central of Georgia Railroad; thence westerly along the Central of Georgia Railroad to the east line of land lot 96 of the 14th District; thence south along the east line of land lot 96 to a line forming the boundary between Fulton and Clayton Counties; thence east along

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said boundary line to the line dividing Fulton and DeKalb Counties; thence north along the Fulton County-DeKalb County boundary line to its intersection with the Georgia Railroad right-of-way and the point of beginning. 37. That portion of Fulton County, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the eastern border of Land Lot 10 of the 17th district of Fulton County, Georgia, which border is also the Fulton County-DeKalb County boundary line, where the Southern Railroad intersects the said eastern border of Land Lot 10; and thence in a southerly direction along the Fulton-DeKalb County boundary line to the intersection of said boundary with the Georgia Railroad which intersection is on the eastern boundary of Land Lot 14 of the 14th district of Fulton County, Georgia; thence in a southwestern direction along the north side of the right-of-way of the Georgia Railroad and continuing along the north side of said right-of-way to its intersection with Oakland Avenue; running thence south along Oakland Avenue to Memorial Drive; west along Memorial Drive to Kelly Street; south along Kelly Street to Glenwood Avenue; west along Glenwood Avenue to Connally Street; south along Connally Street to Fulton Street; west along Fulton Street with offset north at Martin Street to Capitol Avenue; north along Capitol Avenue, the southwest projection of Butler Street, and Butler Street to Forrest Avenue, east along Forrest Avenue to Argonne Avenue; north along Argonne Avenue to 10th Street; east along 10th Street to its intersection with the Southern Railroad Belt Line; north along the Southern Railroad Belt Line and the Southern Railroad Main Line to its intersection with the Fulton-DeKalb County boundary and the point of beginning. 38. That portion of Fulton County, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the southern boundary of land lot 108 of the 14th district of Fulton County, Georgia, which southern boundary is Gordon and Glenn Streets, and at the intersection of Gordon and Glenn Streets with the Central of Georgia Railroad; thence in a southernly direction along the eastern side of the right-of-way

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of the Central of Georgia railway to a point on the said right-of-way where Lee Street intersects with West Whitehall Street; thence west to the north side of the L. N. Railroad Belt Line; thence northwest along the north side of the L. N. Railroad Belt Line to Gordon Street; thence northwest along the north side of Gordon Street to Westview Cemetery; thence south and southwesterly to the northeast corner of Land Lot 182; thence south along the east line of Land Lot 182 to Utoy Creek; thence northwesterly, southerly and westerly along the meanderings of Utoy Creek to the Chattahoochee River; thence in a northeasternly direction following the meanderings of the Fulton County-Cobb County boundary line along the Chattahoochee River to Proctor Creek; thence southeasterly along Proctor Creek to Hollywood Road; thence north at Hollywood Road to the Southern Railroad; thence southeast along the south side of the Southern Railroad to the west side of the L. N. Railroad; thence southeast along the southwest right-of-way of the L. N. Railrad to the south side of Bankhead Highway; thence east along Bankhead Highway to Ashby Street; thence south long the west side of Ashby Street to the south side of Gordon Street; thence east along Gordon Street to the Central of Georgia Railroad at the point of beginning. 39. That portion of Fulton County, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the Northwest Expressway and Peachtree Creek; running thence west along Peachtree Creek and following the meanderings thereof to its intersection with Moore's Mill Road; running thence south along Moore's Mill Road to its intersection with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad; running thence northwest along the Seaboard Air Line Railroad to the Chattahoochee River; running thence south along the Chattahoochee River to Proctor Creek; thence southeast along Proctor Creek to Hollywood Road; thence north at Hollywood Road to the Southern Railroad; thence southeast along the south side of Southern Railroad to the west side of the L. N. Railroad; thence southeast along the southwest side of the L. N. Railroad to the south side of Bankhead Highway; thence east along Bankhead Highway to Ashby Street; thence south along the west side of Ashby

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Street to the south side of Gordon Street; thence east along Gordon Street to the Central of Georgia Railroad; thence south along the Central of Georgia Railroad to a point on the right-of-way where Lee Street intersects the west side of West Whitehall; thence west to the north side of the L. N. Railroad Belt Line; thence southeasterly along the northeast side of the L. N. Belt Line to its intersection with the A. W. P. Railroad; thence east along the A. W. P. Railroad to McDaniel Street; thence north on McDaniel Street to the Central of Georgia Railroad; thence northeast along the Central of Georgia Railroad to Fair Street; thence northwest along Fair Street to Walker Street; thence northeast along Walker Street to Nelson Street; thence northeast along Nelson Street to Elliott Street; thence north along Elliott Street to the Georgia Railroad; thence southeast along the Georgia Railroad to the projection of Cain Street; thence east along the projection of Cain Street and Cain Street to Williams Street; thence north along Williams Street to North Avenue; thence west along North Avenue to State Street; thence north along State Street to Hemphill Avenue; thence northwest along Hemphill Avenue to the Southern Railroad; thence southwest along the Southern Railroad to Howell Mill Road; thence north along Howell Mill Road to the Northwest Expressway; thence north along the Northwest Expressway to Peachtree Creek and the point of beginning. 40. That portion of Fulton County, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of Land Lot 7 of the 17th District of Fulton County, Georgia, which point is also on the Fulton-DeKalb County border; running thence in a westerly direction along the Southern Land Lot line of Land Lots 7, 47 and 60 of the 17th District to the intersection of said Land Lot lines with East Wesley Road; continuing thence in a westerly direction along East Wesley Road and West Wesley Road to its intersection with Howell Mill Road; running thence south along Howell Mill Road to its intersection with Peachtree Creek; running thence westerly along said Peachtree Creek and following the meanderings thereof to its intersection with Moore's Mill Road; running thence south along Moore's Mill Road

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to its intersection with Seaboard Airline Railroad; running thence northwest along Seaboard Airline Railroad to the Chattahoochee River, and the Fulton County-Cobb County boundary; thence in a northerly direction along the Fulton County-Cobb County boundary and the Chattahoochee River so long as the said boundary follows the meanderings of said river; thence continuing to follow the meanderings of the Fulton County-Cobb boundary line to the intersection thereof with the Fulton County-Cherokee County boundary; thence in a northerly direction following the meanderings of the Cherokee-Fulton County boundary line to a point where said boundary line turns eastwardly; thence eastwardly along the Cherokee-Fulton County boundary line to the intersection of said boundary with the Fulton County-Forsyth County boundary line; thence southerly and thence southeasterly following the meanderings of the Fulton County-Forsyth County boundary line to the intersection of said boundary with the Fulton County-Gwinnett County boundary line; thence southwestwardly following the meanderings of the Fulton County-Gwinnett County boundary line to the intersection of said boundary with the Fulton County-DeKalb County boundary line; thence in a westwardly direction, and thence in a southerly direction, following the meanderings of the Fulton County-DeKalb County line to the southeast corner of Land Lot 7 of the 17th District and the point of beginning. 41. That portion of DeKalb County contained in the following election districts as such election districts existed on November 8, 1966: Shallowford Montgomery Huntley Hills Doraville Jim Cherry Chamblee South Chamblee Warren Brookhaven Skyland Hawthorne

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Henderson Tucker Woodward Sagamore Briar Lake Laurel Ridge Rehoboth. 42. That portion of DeKalb County contained in the following election districts as such election districts existed on November 8, 1966: Johnson Estates A Kittredge W. D. Thomson Johnson Estates B Emory Medlock Fernbank Ponce de Leon Glenwood-Decatur Edgewood B Edgewood C Edgewood A North Kirkwood. 43. That portion of DeKalb County contained in the following election districts as such election districts existed on November 8, 1966: South Kirkwood Eastlake Knollwood East Atlanta Parkview Skyhaven Terry Mill Leslie J. Steele Toney Wadsworth Gresham Park Cedar Grove

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Southwest DeKalb McWilliams Phillips. 55. That portion of DeKalb County contained in the following election districts as such election districts existed on November 8, 1966: Clarkston Stone Mountain Scottdale Pine Lake Oakhurst Winnona College Heights Hooper Alexander Avondale Midway Evans B Evans A Redan Diamonds Lithonia. 56. That portion of Fulton County, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of Land Lot 7 of the 17th District of Fulton County, Georgia, which point is also on the Fulton-DeKalb County border; running thence in a westerly direction along the southern Land Lot line of Land Lots 7, 47 and 60 of the 17th District to the intersection of said Land Lot lines with East Wesley Road; continuing thence in a westerly direction along East Wesley Road and West Wesley Road to its intersection with Howell Mill Road; running thence south along Howell Mill Road to its intersection with Peachtree Creek; running thence westerly along said Peachtree Creek and following the meanderings thereof to the intersection of Peachtree Creek with the Northwest Expressway; running thence south along the Northwest Expressway to its intersection with Howell Mill Road; thence south along Howell Mill Road to its intersection with the Southern Railroad; thence north along the Southern Railroad to Hemphill Avenue; southeast

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along Hemphill Avenue to State Street; south along State Street to North Avenue; east on North Avenue to Williams Street; south on Williams Street to Cain Street; west on Cain Street and the extension thereof to the Georgia Railroad; north along the Georgia Railroad to Elliott Street; south along Elliott Street to Nelson Street; southwest along Nelson Street to the intersection of Walker Street; southwest along Walker Street to the intersection of Fair Street; thence southeast along Fair Street to the intersection of the Central of Georgia Railroad; thence southwest along the Central of Georgia Railroad to the intersection of McDaniel Street; thence south along McDaniel Street to the intersection of the Southern Railroad; thence southeast along the Southern Railroad to the intersection of Capitol Avenue; thence north along Capitol Avenue to Georgia Avenue; thence east along Georgia Avenue to Cherokee Avenue; thence north along Cherokee Avenue to Memorial Drive; west along Memorial Drive to Kelly Street; south along Kelly Street to Glenwood Avenue; west along Glenwood Avenue to Connally Street; south along Connally Street to Fulton Street; west along Fulton Street with offset north at Martin Street to Capitol Avenue; north along Capitol Avenue, the southwest projection of Butler Street, and Butler Street to Forrest Avenue; east along Forrest Avenue to Argonne Avenue; north along Argonne Avenue to 10th Street; east along 10th Street to its intersection with the Southern Railroad Belt Line; north along the Southern Railroad Belt Line and the Southern Railroad Main Line to its intersection with the Fulton-DeKalb County boundary; thence north along the Fulton-DeKalb boundary to the southeast corner of Land Lot 7 of the 17th District and the point of beginning. The above districts shall be effective for the purpose of electing the members who are to represent such districts. Until such times as hereinabove provided, the Senatorial Districts which exist or existed prior to the above Districts shall continue in full force and effect, and the members of the Senate elected from such Districts shall continue to serve throughout the terms for which they were elected.

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Each Senator must be a resident of his own Senatorial District and shall be elected by the voters of his own District. At the time of his election, a member of the Senate must have been a resident of the District from which elected for at least one year immediately preceding such time. Section 2. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Act, which shall remain of full force and effect. The General Assembly hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this Act if it had known that such part or parts hereof would be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 29, 1967. REAPPORTIONMENT OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Code 47-101 Amended. No. 113 (House Bill No. 328). An Act to amend Code section 47-101, relating to the apportionment of the membership of the House of Representatives, as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 10, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 127), so as to provide for the apportionment of the members of the House of Representatives; to provide for Representative Districts; to provide that the House of Representatives shall consist of 195 members; to provide for the designation of posts; to provide that members of the House of Representatives shall be elected by the voters of the Representative Districts which they represent; to provide for residence; to provide for the first election under such appointment;

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to provide when the first members elected shall take office; to provide for the continuation of the present apportionment of the House of Representatives until a certain time; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for severability; to specifically repeal a certain Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 47-101, relating to the apportionment of the membership of the House of Representatives, as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 10, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 127), is hereby amended by striking the language of said section in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof new language to read as follows: There shall be 195 members of the House of Representatives and such membership shall be apportioned among the Representative Districts provided for hereinafter. Each such District shall be composed either of a portion of a county, or a county, or counties, or any combination thereof, as provided for hereinafter, and shall be represented by the number of Representatives provided for hereinafter. Code 47-101 amended. District No. 1: Dade Walker3 Representatives. District No. 2: Catoosa1 Representative. District No. 3: Whitfield Murray3 Representatives. District No. 4: Fannin Gilmer1 Representative. District No. 5: Union, Lumpkin Dawson1 Representative. District No. 6: Towns, Rabun White1 Representative. District No. 7: Chattooga1 Representative. District No. 8: Gordon1 Representative.

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District No. 9: Floyd3 Representatives. District No. 10. Pickens, Bartow Cherokee3 Representatives. District No. 11: Hall Forsyth3 Representatives. District No. 12: Habersham1 Representative. District No. 13: Stephens1 Representative. District No. 14: Banks, Franklin Hart2 Representatives. District No. 15: Gwinnett2 Representatives. District No. 16: Barrow Oconee1 Representative. District No. 17: Jackson1 Representative. District No. 18: Clarke2 Representatives. District No. 19: Madison Oglethorpe1 Representative. District No. 20: Elbert1 Representative. District No. 21: Polk Haralson2 Representatives. District No. 22: Carroll2 Representatives. District No. 23: Clayton Fayette3 Representatives. District No. 24: Henry 1 Representative. District No. 25: Newton1 Representative. District No. 26: Walton1 Representative. District No. 27: Morgan Greene1 Representative. District No. 28: Wilkes, Lincoln Taliaferro1 Representatives.

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District No. 29: Jasper, Jones Twiggs1 Representative. District No. 30: Putnam Hancock1 Representative. District No. 31: Warren, McDuffie, Glascock, Columbia2 Representatives. District No. 32: Troup, Coweta Heard4 Representatives. District No. 33: Meriwether1 Representative. District No. 34: Spalding2 Representatives. District No. 35: Butts Monroe1 Representative. District No. 36: Baldwin Wilkinson2 Representatives. District No. 37: Washington1 Representative. District No. 38: Jefferson1 Representative. District No. 39: Burke, Jenkins Screven2 Representatives. District No. 40: Harris Talbot1 Representative. District No. 41: Upson, Pike Lamar2 Representatives. District No. 42: Crawford Peach1 Representative. District No. 43: Houston2 Representatives. District No. 44: Laurens Johnson2 Representatives. District No. 45: Emanuel1 Representative. District No. 46: Bulloch Effingham2 Representatives.

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District No. 47: Taylor, Marion, Webster, Chattahoochee Stewart2 Representatives. District No. 48: Sumter, Schley Macon2 Representatives. District No. 49: Dooly, Crisp Worth2 Representatives. District No. 50: Wilcox, Turner, Ben Hill Irwin2 Representatives. District No. 51: Bleckley, Pulaski, Dodge Telfair2 Representatives. District No. 52: Treutlen, Wheeler Montgomery1 Representative. District No. 53: Tattnall, Long Toombs2 Representatives. District No. 54: Candler, Evans Bryan1 Representative. District No. 55: Calhoun Randolph1 Representative. District No. 56: Terrell Lee1 Representative. District No. 57: Coffee1 Representative. District No. 58: Jeff Davis, Appling, Bacon Pierce2 Representatives. District No. 59: Wayne1 Representative. District No. 60: Liberty McIntosh1 Representative. District No. 61: Quitman, Early Clay1 Representative. District No. 62: Dougherty Baker4 Representatives. District No. 63: Mitchell1 Representative. District No. 64: Colquitt Tift3 Representatives.

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District No. 65: Cook, Lanier, Berrien, Atkinson Clinch2 Representatives. District No. 66: Ware2 Representatives. District No. 67: Brantley, Charlton Camden1 Representative. District No. 68: Glynn2 Representatives. District No. 69: Miller, Seminole Decatur2 Representatives. District No. 70: Grady1 Representative. District No. 71: Thomas2 Representatives. District No. 72: Brooks, Lowndes Echols3 Representatives. District No. 73: Rockdale County and that portion of DeKalb County contained in the following election precincts as such election precincts existed on November 8, 1966: Briarlake, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Clarkston, Diamonds, Doraville, Evans `A', Hawthorne, Henderson, Huntley Hills, Jim Cherry, Lithonia, Montgomery, Phillips, Pine Lake, Redan, Rehoboth, Shallowford, Skyland, South Chamblee, Stone Mountain, Tucker, Warren, Woodward.4 Representatives. District No. 74: All that portion of DeKalb County contained in the following election precincts as such election precincts existed on November 8, 1966: Avondale, College Heights, Edgewood `C', Emory, Fernbank, Glenwood-Decatur, Hooper Alexander, Johnson Estates, Johnson Estates `B', Kittredge, Laurel Ridge, Medlock, Midway, Oakhurst, Ponce de Leon, Sagamore, Scottdale, W. D. Thomson, Winnona.4 Representatives. District 75: All that portion of DeKalb County contained in the following election precincts as such election precincts existed on November 8, 1966: Cedar Grove, East Atlanta, East Lake, Edgewood `A', Edgewood `B', Evans `B', Gresham Park, Knollwood, Leslie J. Steele, McWilliams, North Kirkwood, Parkview, Sky Haven, South Kirkwood,

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Southwest DeKalb, Terry Mill, Toney, Wadsworth.4 Representatives. District No. 76: Richmond.3 Representatives. District No. 77: All that portion of Richmond County lying and being within the corporate limits of the City of Augusta as said city limits existed on December 31, 1964.2 Representatives. District No. 78: All that portion of Richmond County lying and being outside the corporate limits of the City of Augusta, Georgia, as said corporate limits of the City of Augusta existed on December 31, 1964.2 Representatives. District No. 79: Bibb.5 Representatives. District No. 80: All that portion of Bibb County lying east and north of a line commencing at a point on the centerline of Houston Road (U. S. Highway 41) at the Bibb-Peach-Houston county line; then extending north-easterly along the centerline of Houston Road, then of Houston Avenue and then of Broadway to the intersection of the centerlines of Broadway and Edgewood Avenue; then extending northwesterly along the centerline of Edgewood Avenue to the centerline of Linden Avenue; then extending north-easterly along the centerline of Linden Avenue and along an extension thereof northeasterly across the Central of Georgia Railroad right-of-way to the centerline of Frank's Alley; then extending northeasterly along the centerline of Frank's Alley and then along an extension thereof northeasterly across Hardeman Avenue to the centerline of Northwest Boundary Street; then extending northeasterly along the centerline of Northwest Boundary Street and along an extension thereof northeasterly across Riverside Drive and Riverside Cemetery to the center of the Ocmulgee River; then extending along the center of said Ocmulgee River in a generally northerly direction to a point on an extension northeasterly of the centerline of North Forest Avenue; then extending southwesterly along said extension of said North Forest Avenue and then along the centerline of North Forest Avenue to the centerline of Riverside Drive; then extending northwesterly along the centerline of Riverside

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Drive to the centerline of Ingleside Avenue; then extending southwesterly and then westerly along the centerline of Ingleside Avenue to the centerline of Ridge Avenue; then extending northwesterly along the centerline of Ridge Avenue to the centerline of Tyrone Boulevard; then extending southwesterly along the centerline of Tyrone Boulevard to the centerline of Vineville Avenue; then extending northwesterly along the centerline of Vineville Avenue and then along the centerline of Forsyth Road to the Bibb-Monroe county line.1 Representative. District No. 81: All that portion of Bibb County lying west and south of a line commencing at a point on the centerline of Houston Road (U. S. Highway 41) at the Bibb-Peach-Houston county line; then extending northeasterly along the centerline of Houston Road, then of Houston Avenue and then of Broadway to the intersection of the centerlines of Broadway and Edgewood Avenue; then extending northwesterly along the centerline of Edgewood Avenue to the centerline of Linden Avenue; then extending northeasterly along the centerline of Linden Avenue and along an extension thereof northeasterly across the Central of Georgia Railroad right-of-way to the centerline of Frank's Alley; then extending northeasterly along the centerline of Frank's Alley and then along an extension thereof northeasterly across Hardeman Avenue to the centerline of Northwest Boundary Street; then extending northeasterly along the centerline of Northwest Boundary Street and along an extension thereof northeasterly across Riverside Drive and Riverside Cemetery to the center of the Ocmulgee River; then extending along the center of said Ocmulgee River in a generally northerly direction to a point on an extension northeasterly of the centerline of North Forest Avenue; then extending southwesterly along said extension of said North Forest Avenue and then along the centerline of North Forest Avenue to the centerline of Riverside Drive; then extending northwesterly along the centerline of Riverside Drive to the centerline of Ingleside Avenue; then extending southwesterly and then westerly along the centerline of Ingleside Avenue to the centerline of Ridge Avenue; then extending northwesterly along the centerline of Ridge Avenue to the centerline of Tyrone Boulevard; then extending

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southwesterly along the centerline of Tyrone Boulevard to the centerline of Vineville Avenue; then extending northwesterly along the centerline of Vineville Avenue and then along the centerline of Forsyth Road to the Bibb-Monroe county line.1 Representative. District No. 82: Muscogee.4 Representatives. District No. 83: All that portion of Muscogee County lying south of the centerline of 17th Street and Macon Road.2 Representatives. District No. 84: All that portion of Muscogee County lying north of the centerline of 17th Street and Macon Road.2 Representatives. District No. 85: That portion of Chatham County lying within the corporate limits of the City of Savannah and within the following boundaries: Begin at a point at the intersection of the northern projection of the centerline of West Broad Street and the northern boundary line of the City of Savannah and run thence in a southerly direction along the centerline of West Broad Street to its point of intersection with the centerline of Gwinnett Street; thence easterly along the centerline of Gwinnett Street and its projection to its point of intersection with a projection of the centerline of Bull Street; thence south along the projection of the centerline and the centerline of Bull Street to its point of intersection with the centerline of Victory Drive; thence eastwardly along the centerline of Victory Drive to its point of intersection with the centerline of Price Street; thence northwardly along the centerline of Price Street to its point of intersection with the centerline of Hartridge Street; thence eastwardly along the centerline of Hartridge Street and the projection thereof to the centerline of the Bilbo Canal; thence northwardly along the centerline of the meanderings of the Bilbo Canal to the south bank of the Savannah River; thence along the line of the city limits of the City of Savannah in a counter-clockwise direction across the Savannah River and on Hutchinson Island and/or Fig Island to the point of beginning.1 Representative.

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District No. 86: That portion of Chatham County lying within the corporate limits of the City of Savannah and within the following boundaries: Begin at a point at the intersection of the projection of the centerline of Gwinnett Street and the projection of the centerline of Bull Street and run thence in a southerly direction along the centerline of the projection of Bull Street and of Bull Street to its point of intersection with the centerline of Victory Drive; thence in a westerly direction along the centerline of Victory Drive to its point of intersection with the centerline of West Broad Street; thence in a northerly direction along the centerline of West Broad Street to its point of intersection with the centerline of West 40th Street; thence in a westerly direction along the centerline of West 40th Street to its point of intersection with the centerline of Ogeechee Road; thence in a southwesterly direction along the centerline of Ogeechee Road to its point of intersection with the centerline of the Springfield Canal; thence northwardly along the centerline of the meanderings of the Springfield Canal to the centerline of U. S. Highway I-16; thence westwardly along the centerline of said Highway I-16 to the centerline of Stiles Avenue; thence northwardly along the centerline of Stiles Avenue to its intersection with the centerline of Louisville Road; thence westwardly along the centerline of Louisville Road to its intersection with the centerline of East Lathrop Avenue; thence northwardly along the centerline of East Lathrop Avenue to its intersection with the northern line of Bay Street, at the line of the city limits of City of Savannah; thence along the line of the city limits of the City of Savannah in a northerly and clockwise direction across the Savannah River and on Hutchinson and/or Fig Island to its intersection with the northern projection of the centerline of West Broad Street; thence southwardly along the projection of West Broad Street and West Broad Street to its intersection with the centerline of Gwinnett Street; thence eastwardly along the centerline of Gwinnett Street to the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 87: That portion of Chatham County lying within the corporate limits of the City of Savannah and within the following boundaries:

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Begin at a point at the intersection of the centerline of Price Street and the centerline of Hartridge Street and run eastwardly along the centerline of Hartridge Street and the projection thereof to the centerline of the Bilbo Canal; thence northwardly along the meanderings of the Bilbo Canal to the centerline of President Street Extension; thence eastwardly along the centerline of President Street Extension to the centerline of Pennsylvania Avenue; thence southwardly along the centerline of Pennsylvania Avenue to the centerline of Skidaway Road; thence northwardly along the centerline of Skidaway Road to the centerline of Henry Street; thence westwardly along the centerline of Henry Street to the centerline of Bee Road; thence southwardly along the centerline of Bee Road to the centerline of 32nd Street; thence westwardly along the centerline of 32nd Street to the centerline of Waters Avenue; thence southwardly along the centerline of Waters Avenue to the centerline of Victory Drive; thence westwardly along the centerline of Victory Drive to the centerline of Price Street; thence northwardly along the centerline of Price Street to the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 88: That portion of Chatham County lying within the following boundaries: Begin at a point at the intersection of the centerline of 40th Street and the centerline of West Broad Street and run southwardly along the centerline of West Broad Street to the centerline of Whatley Avenue; thence northeastwardly along the centerline of Whatley Avenue to the centerline of Montgomery Street; thence southwardly along the centerline of Montgomery Street to the centerline of Middleground Road; thence southwardly along the centerline of Middleground Road to the centerline of DeRenne Avenue; thence westwardly along the centerline of DeRenne Avenue to the right-of-way of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; thence southwestwardly along the right-of-way of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to the centerline of ACL Boulevard; thence northwardly along ACL Boulevard and the projection thereof to the centerline of U. S. Highway 17; thence eastwardly along the centerline of said Highway 17 to the centerline of 4th Avenue; thence northwardly along the

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centerline of 4th Avenue to the centerline of Tremont Road; thence northwestwardly along the centerline of Tremont Avenue to the centerline of Telfair Road; thence northwardly along the centerline of Telfair Road to the right-of-way of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; thence northwestwardly along said railroad right-of-way to the centerline of the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal; thence eastwardly along the meanderings of the centerline of the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal to the city limits of the City of Savannah; thence in a clockwise direction along the city limits to the centerline of Tulip Street; thence northwardly along the centerline of Tulip Street and the projection thereof and the centerline of Tuten Street to the city limits of the City of Savannah; thence in a clockwise direction along the city limits to the centerline of East Lathrop Avenue; thence southwardly along the centerline of East Lathrop Avenue to the centerline of Louisville Road; thence eastwardly along the centerline of Louisville Road to the centerline of Stiles Avenue; thence southwardly along the centerline of Stiles Avenue to the centerline of U. S. Highway I-16; thence eastwardly along the centerline of said Highway I-16 to the centerline of the Springfield Canal; thence southwardly along the centerline of the meanderings of said canal to the centerline of U. S. Highway 17; thence eastwardly along the centerline of said Highway 17 to the centerline of 40th Street; thence eastwardly along the centerline of 40th Street to the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 89: That portion of Chatham County lying within the corporate limits of the City of Savannah within the following boundaries: Begin at the point of intersection of the centerline of Victory Drive and the centerline of Waters Avenue and run westwardly along the centerline of Victory Drive to the centerline of West Broad Street; thence southwardly along West Broad Street to the centerline of Whatley Avenue; thence northeastwardly along the centerline of Whatley Avenue to the centerline of Montgomery Street; thence southwardly along the centerline of Montgomery Street to the centerline of Middleground Road; thence southwardly

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along the centerline of Middleground Road to the centerline of Hampstead Avenue; thence eastwardly along the centerline of Hampstead Avenue to the centerline of Wood Drive (Perimeter Road); thence southwardly along the centerline of Wood Drive (Perimeter Road) to the centerline of the projection of West 77th Street; thence eastwardly along the projection of 77th Street and 77th Street to the centerline of White Bluff Road (Bull Street); thence southwardly along the centerline of Bull Street (White Bluff Road) to the centerline of Stevenson Avenue; thence eastwardly along the centerline of Stevenson Avenue to the centerline of Waters Road; thence northwardly along the centerline of Waters Road to the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 90: That portion of Chatham County lying within the following boundaries: Begin at the point of intersection of the centerline of President Street Extension and the centerline of Pennsylvania Avenue and run Southwardly along the centerline of Pennsylvania Avenue to the centerline of Gwinnett Street; thence Eastwardly along the centerline of Gwinnett Street to the city limits of the City of Savannah; thence Southwardly in a clockwise direction along the city limits to the centerline of Victory Drive; thence Westwardly along the centerline of Victory Drive to the centerline of Skidaway Road; thence southwardly along the centerline of Skidaway Road to the centerline of DeRenne Avenue; thence Westwardly along the centerline of DeRenne Avenue to the centerline of the Casey Canal; thence Southwardly along the meanderings of the Casey Canal to the centerline of Bacon Park Drive; thence Eastwardly along the centerline of Bacon Park Drive to the centerline of Lovett Drive; thence Southwardly along the centerline of Lovett Drive to the centerline of Intermediate Road; thence Eastwardly along the centerline of Intermediate Road to the centerline of Howard Foss Drive; thence Southeastwardly along the centerline of Howard Foss Drive to the centerline of Skidaway Road; thence Southeastwardly along the centerline of Skidaway Road to the centerline of Burnside Creek; thence

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Southwardly along the centerline of the meanderings of Burnside Creek, Back River and Green Island Sound to the Atlantic Ocean; thence following the county line in a counterclockwise direction Eastwardly and Northwardly to the Savannah River; thence following the centerline of the meanderings of the Savannah River in a Westerly direction to a point where it intersects the city limits of the City of Savannah; thence following the city limits of the City of Savannah in a Southerly and Westerly direction to the centerline of the Bilbo Canal; thence Southwardly along the centerline of the Bilbo Canal to the centerline of President Street Extension; thence Eastwardly along the centerline of President Street Extension of the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 91: That portion of Chatham County lying within the corporate limits of the City of Savannah within the following boundaries: Begin at the point of intersection of the centerline of Waters Avenue and the centerline of 32d Street, and run Southwardly along the centerline of Waters Avenue to the centerline of Intermediate Road; thence Eastwardly along the centerline of Intermediate Road to the centerline of Lovett Drive; thence Northwardly along the centerline of Lovett Drive to the centerline of Bacon Park Drive; thence Westwardly along the centerline of Bacon Park Drive to the centerline of the Casey Canal; thence Northwardly along the meanderings of the centerline of the Casey Canal to the centerline of DeRenne Avenue; thence Eastwardly along the centerline of DeRenne Avenue to the centerline of Skidaway Road; thence Northwardly along the centerline of Skidaway Road to the centerline of Victory Drive; thence Eastwardly along the centerline of Victory Drive to the Eastern city limits of the City of Savannah; thence Northwardly in a counterclockwise direction along the city limits to the centerline of Gwinnett Street; thence Westwardly along the centerline of Gwinnett Street to the centerline of Pennsylvania Avenue; thence Southwardly along the centerline of Pennsylvania Avenue to the centerline of Skidaway Road; thence Northwestwardly along the centerline

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of Skidaway Road to the centerline of Henry Street; thence Westwardly along the centerline of Henry Street to the centerline of Bee Road; thence Southwardly along the centerline of Bee Road to the centerline of 32d Street; thence Westwardly along 32d Street to the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 92: That portion of Chatham County lying within the following boundaries: Begin at the point of intersection of the centerline of Bull Street (White Bluff Road) and the centerline of Stevenson Avenue and run Eastwardly along the centerline of Stevenson Avenue to the centerline of Waters Road; thence Southwardly along the centerline of Waters Road to the centerline of Intermediate Road; thence Eastwardly along the centerline of Intermediate Road to the centerline of Howard Foss Drive; thence Southeastwardly along the centerline of Howard Foss Drive to the centerline of Skidaway Road; thence Southeastwardly along the centerline of Skidaway Road to the centerline of Burnside Creek; thence Southwardly along the centerline of the meanderings of Burnside Creek, Back River and Green Island Sound to the Atlantic Ocean; thence following the county line in a clockwise direction Southwardly and Westwardly to the Ogeechee River; thence following the centerline of the meanderings of the centerline of the Ogeechee River in a Northwesterly direction to the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal; thence following the centerline of the meanderings of the S O Canal Northwardly and Eastwardly to the right-of-way of ACLRR; thence Southeastwardly along said railroad right-of-way to the centerline of Telfair Road; thence Southwestwardly along the centerline of Telfair Road to the centerline of Tremont Road; thence Southeastwardly along the centerline of Tremont Road to the centerline of 4th Avenue; thence Southwardly along 4th Avenue to the centerline of U. S. Highway 17; thence Southwestwardly along said Highway 17 to the centerline of ACL Boulevard; thence Southwardly along the centerline of ACL Boulevard to the right-of-way of ACLRR; thence Northeastwardly along said railroad right-of-way to the centerline of DeRenne Avenue; thence Eastwardly along the centerline of DeRenne Avenue

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to the centerline of Middleground Road; thence Southwardly along the centerline of Middleground Road to the centerline of Hampstead Avenue; thence Eastwardly along the centerline of Hampstead Avenue to the centerline of Wood Drive (Perimeter Road); thence Southwardly along the centerline of Wood Drive (Perimeter Road) to the centerline of the projection of West 77th Street; thence Eastwardly along the projection of West 77th Street and 77th street to the centerline of Bull Street (White Bluff Road); thence Southwardly along Bull Street (White Bluff Road) to the point of beginning. - 1 Representative. District No. 93: That portion of Chatham County lying within the following boundaries: Begin at the point of intersection of the centerline of the Ogeechee River and the centerline of the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal, and run Northwardly and Eastwardly along the meanderings of the centerline of the S O Canal to the city limits of the City of Savannah; thence in a clockwise direction along the city limits to the centerline of Tulip Street; thence Northwardly along the centerline of Tulip Street and the projections thereof and of the centerline of Tuten Street to the city limits of the City of Savannah; thence in a clockwise direction along the city limits to the centerline of East Lathrop Avenue and continuing along the city limits Eastwardly on Bay Street and as the city limits meander in a Northerly, Westerly, and Easterly direction to the Northeastern point of Hutchinson and/or Fig Island; thence Westwardly along the line of the Savannah River dividing Georgia from South Carolina to the point where the same intersects the county line between Chatham and Effingham Counties; thence Westwardly and Southwestwardly along the line dividing Chatham and Effingham Counties to the centerline of the Ogeechee River; thence Southeastwardly along the meanderings of the centerline of the Ogeechee River to the point of beginning. -1 Representative. District No. 94: Fulton 5 Representatives. District No. 95: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows:

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Beginning at the intersection of Stone Road and the Atlanta City Limits; running thence north and northwest along Stone Road to the intersection of Fairburn Road; running thence north and northeast along Fairburn Road to the intersection of the Atlanta City Limits; running thence north, east and west along Atlanta City Limits to the intersection of North Utoy Creek; running thence generally easterly along North Utoy Creek to the intersection of the southern projection of Beecher Court; running thence north along the southern projection of Beecher Court and Beecher Court to the intersection of Beecher Street; running thence east along Beecher Street to the intersection of Donnally Avenue; running thence southeast along Donnally Avenue to the intersection of Lawton Street and Hall Street; running thence northeast along Lawton Street to the intersection of Beecher Street; running thence east along Beecher Street to the intersection of Lee Street; running thence south along Lee Street to the intersection of the Central of Georgia Railroad; running thence south and southwest along the Central of Georgia Railroad to the East Point City Limits on the west of said Central of Georgia Railroad; running thence west, north and south along the East Point and Atlanta City Limits to Stone Road and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 96: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the Northern East Point City Limits and the Central of Georgia Railroad; running thence west, north and south along the East Point City Limits to the intersection of Stone Road; running thence north and northwesterly to the intersection of Fairburn Road; running thence north and northeasterly along Fairburn Road to the intersection of Atlanta City Limits line; running thence north, east and west along the Atlanta City Limits to the intersection of North Utoy Creek; running thence westerly along North Utoy Creek to the intersection of Brownlee Road; running thence northwest along Brownlee Road to the intersection of the A. C. L. Railroad; running thence southwest along the A. C. L. Railroad to Fairburn Road; thence south along Fairburn Road to N. Utoy Creek;

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running thence northwesterly and westerly along Utoy Creek to the intersection of the Chattahoochee River; running thence generally southwest along the Chattahoochee River to the intersection of Camp Creek; running thence northeasterly and southeasterly along Camp Creek to the line dividing the 9th District of formerly Coweta, now Fulton County, from the 14th District of formerly Fayette, now Fulton County, Georgia; running thence southeasterly along the line dividing the 9th District of formerly Coweta, now Fulton County, from the 14th District of Fulton County, and extension thereof, to the southwest corner of Land Lot 140 of the 9th District of formerly Fayette, now Fulton County; running thence east along the south Land Lot line of Land Lots 140, 139, 138, 137, 136, 135, 134 and 133 of the 9th District of formerly Fayette, now Fulton County, Georgia, to a line running in a northeast direction from the southwest corner of Land Lot 124 of the 9th District of formerly Fayette, now Fulton County, Georgia, to the southwest corner of Land Lot 38 of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia; running thence east along the south District line of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia, to the intersection of the East Point City Limits at the southeast corner of Land Lot 1 of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia; running thence south, east, north and northeast along the East Point City Limits to the intersection of the A. W. P. Railroad; running thence northeasterly along the A. W. P. Railroad and Central of Georgia Railroad to the intersection of the East Point City Limits and point of beginning.1 Representative. District 97: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the southerly East Point City Limits and the A. W. P. Railroad; running thence west, south, southwest and north along the East Point City Limits to the intersection with the South District line of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia, at the southeast corner of Land Lot 1 of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia; running thence west along the south District line of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia, to the intersection of the southwest corner of Land Lot 38

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of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia; running thence southwest along a line running from the southwest corner of Land Lot 38 of the 14th District of Fulton County, Georgia, to the southwest corner of Land Lot 124 of the 9th District of formerly Fayette, now Fulton County, Georgia, to the intersection of the south Land Lot line of Land Lot 133 of the 9th District of formerly Fayette, now Fulton County, running thence west along the south Land Lot lines of Land Lots 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139 and 140 of the 9th District of formerly Fayette, now Fulton County, Georgia, to the intersection of the southwest corner of Land Lot 140 of the 9th District of formerly Fayette, now Fulton County, Georgia; running thence northwest along the District line dividing the 9th District of formerly Fayette and the 7th District of formerly Coweta, and continuing in a northwesterly and northeasterly direction along the District line dividing the 14th District of formerly Fayette and the 9th District of formerly Coweta County, to the intersection of Camp Creek; running thence northwesterly and southwesterly along Camp Creek to the intersection of the Chattahoochee River; running thence southwest along the Chattahoochee River and following the meanderings thereof to the intersection of the most southwesterly point of Fulton County; running thence east, southeast and northeast along the Fulton County line to the intersection of the southern College Park City Limits line; running thence north, east and south along the College Park City Limits line to the intersection of said City Limits line with the A. W. P. Railroad in Land Lot 6 of the 13th District of formerly Clayton, now Fulton County, Georgia; running thence northeasterly along the A. W. P. Railroad to the intersection of the southern East Point City Limits and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 98: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the Georgia Railroad and Oakland Avenue; running thence southwest, north and northwesterly along the Georgia Railroad and the W. A. Railroad to the intersection of the projection of Simpson Street; running thence west along Simpson Street and

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projection to the intersection of Elliott Street; running thence southeast and south along Elliott Street with offsets westerly at Block Place and easterly at Mitchell Street to the intersection of Nelson Street; running thence south and southwesterly along Nelson Street to the intersection of Walker Street; running thence southwesterly along Walker Street to the intersection of Fair Street; running thence southeasterly along Fair Street to the intersection of the Central of Georgia Railroad; running thence southwesterly along the Central of Georgia Railroad to the intersection of Park Street and Whitehall Street; running thence north and northeasterly along Whitehall Street to the intersection of McDaniel Street; running thence southeasterly and southerly along McDaniel Street and the southern projection of McDaniel Street to the intersection of the A. W. P. Railroad running thence south, east, and northeasterly along the A. W. P. Railroad to the intersection of Capitol Avenue; running thence north along Capitol Avenue to the intersection of Fulton Street; running thence east along Fulton Street with offset at Martin Street to the intersection of Connally Street; running thence north along Connally Street to the intersection of Glenwood Avenue; running thence east along Glenwood Avenue to the intersection of Kelly Street; running thence north along Kelly Street to the intersection of Memorial Drive; running thence east along Memorial Drive to the intersection of Oakland Avenue; running thence north along Oakland Avenue to the Georgia Railroad and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 99: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of McDaniel Street and Whitehall Street; running thence south and southwesterly along Whitehall Street to the intersection of the Central of Georgia Railroad; running thence south and southwesterly along the Central of Georgia Railroad and the A. W. P. Railroad to the intersection of the Atlanta City Limits; continuing thence along the City Limits of Atlanta and following the meanderings thereof in an easterly, southerly, westerly and northerly direction to the intersection of said city limits line with the South Expressway at or near

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Mt. Zion Avenue; running thence northerly, northwesterly and northeasterly along the South Expressway to the intersection of the A. W. P. Railroad; running thence westerly along the A. W. P. Railroad to the intersection of the southern projection of McDaniel St.; running thence north and northwesterly along the southern projection of McDaniel Street and McDaniel Street to the intersection of Whitehall Street and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 100: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the Northern East Point City Limits with the intersection of the Central of Georgia Railroad; running thence south and southwesterly along the Central of Georgia Railroad and the A. W. P. Railroad to the intersection of the Fulton-Clayton County line; running thence south, east, north and generally east along the Fulton-Clayton County line to the intersection of the easternmost Hapeville City Limit line; running thence north, east, north and west along the Hapeville City Limit line and the projection thereof to the intersection of the East Point City Limit line; running thence north and west along the East Point City Limit line to the Central of Georgia Railroad and the point of beginning; EXCLUDING from the above described tract, however, any land lying within the corporate limits of the City of Atlanta.1 Representative. District No. 101: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of Oakland Avenue and the Georgia Railroad; running thence south along Oakland Avenue to the intersection of Memorial Drive; running thence west along Memorial Drive to the intersection of Kelly Street; running thence south along Kelly Street to the intersection of Glenwood Avenue; running thence west along Glenwood Avenue to the intersection of Connally Street; running thence south along Connally Street to the intersection of Fulton Street; running thence west along Fulton Street with offset north at Martin Street to the

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intersection of Capitol Avenue; running thence south along Capitol Avenue to the intersection of the A. W. P. Railroad; running thence north and northeasterly along the A. W. P.Railroad to the intersection of Memorial Drive; running thence west along Memorial Drive to the intersection of Pearl Street; running thence north along Pearl Street and the projection of Pearl Street to the intersection of the Georgia Railroad; thence southeasterly along the Georgia Railroad to the intersection of Oakland Avenue and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 102: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of Fulton County, Georgia, where it intersects with the southwest corner of DeKalb County, Georgia; running thence in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary of Fulton County to its intersection with Constitution Road; running thence west along Constitution Road to the intersection of Jonesboro Road; running thence northwesterly along Jonesboro Road to the intersection of Harper Road; running thence west along Harper Road to Burroughs Road; running thence south along Burroughs Road to the intersection of McWilliams Road; running thence west and southwesterly along McWilliams Road and Brown's Mill Road to the intersection of South River; running thence north and northwesterly along South River to its intersection with the west land lot line of Land Lot 59 of the 14th District of Fulton County; running thence north along the west land lot lines of Land Lots 59 and 58 to the intersection of Claire Drive and Capitol Avenue; running thence north along Capitol Avenue to the intersection of the A. W. P. Railroad; running thence south and southwesterly along the A. W. P. Railroad to the South Expressway; running thence southerly along the South Expressway to the southern Hapeville City Limits; running thence southwest, northwest and south along the Hapeville City Limits to the South Fulton County line; running thence east along the south Fulton County line to the southeast corner of Fulton County and the point of beginning.1 Representative.

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District No. 103: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the Georgia Railroad with the east boundary line of Fulton County; running thence south and southwesterly along the Georgia Railroad to the intersection of the projection of Pearl Street; running thence south along Pearl Street Projection and Pearl Street to the intersection of Memorial Drive; running thence east along Memorial Drive to the intersection of the A. W. P. Railroad; running thence south and southwesterly along the A. W. P. Railroad to the intersection of Capitol Avenue; running thence south along Capitol Avenue and the westerly Land Lot line of Land Lots 58 and 59 of the 14th District to the intersection of the South River; running thence south and southeasterly along South River to the intersection of Brown's Mill Road; running thence north and northeasterly along Brown's Mill Road and McWilliams Road to the intersection of Burroughs Road; running thence north along Burroughs Road to the intersection of Harper Road; running thence east along Harper Road to the intersection of Jonesboro Road; running thence south and southeasterly along Jonesboro Road to the intersection of Constitution Road; running thence east along Constitution Road to the intersection of the east boundary line of Fulton County; running thence north along the east boundary line of Fulton County to the intersection of the Georgia Railroad and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 104: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the Georgia Railroad with the east boundary line of Fulton County; running thence north along the east boundary line of Fulton County to the intersection of the Southern Railroad Main Line; running thence south and southwest along the Southern Railroad Main Line to the intersection of the Southern Railroad Belt Line; thence south and southeast along the Southern Railroad Belt Line to the intersection of Piedmont Road; running thence northeasterly along Piedmont Road to the intersection of Monroe Drive; running thence south-easterly

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along Monroe Drive to the intersection of Yorkshire Road; running thence east along Yorkshire Road to the intersection of North Morningside Drive; running thence southeasterly along North Morningside Drive to the intersection of North Highland Avenue; running thence south along North Highland Avenue to the intersection of Amsterdam Avenue; running thence west along Amsterdam Avenue to the intersection of the Projection of Barnett Street; running thence south along the Projection of Barnett Street and Barnett Street to the intersection of St. Charles Avenue; running thence west along St. Charles Avenue and the projection thereof to the intersection of the intersection of the Southern Railway Belt Line; running thence south, southeasterly and southwesterly along the southern Railway Belt Line to the intersection of the Georgia Railroad; running thence north and northeasterly along the Georgia Railroad to the intersection of the east boundary line of Fulton County and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 105: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the projection of North Avenue and Southern Railway Belt Line; running thence north along the Southern Railway Belt Line to the intersection of projection of St. Charles Avenue; running thence east along St. Charles Avenue projection and St. Charles Avenue to the intersection of Barnett Street; running thence north along Barnett Street and the projection of Barnett Street to the intersection of Amsterdam Avenue; running thence east along Amsterdam Avenue to the intersection of North Highland Avenue; running thence west along North Highland Avenue to the intersection of North Morningside Drive; thence northwesterly along North Morningside Drive to the intersection of Yorkshire Road; thence westerly along Yorkshire Road to the intersection of Monroe Drive; thence northwesterly along Monroe Drive to the intersection of Piedmont Avenue; thence southwesterly along Piedmont Avenue to the intersection of the Southern Railway Belt Line; thence southerly along the Southern Railway Belt Line to the intersection of 10th Street; thence

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westerly along 10th Street to the intersection of West Peachtree Street; thence south along West Peachtree Street to the intersection of North Avenue; thence west along North Avenue to the intersection of Williams Street; thence south along Williams Street to the intersection of Cain Street; thence south and southwesterly along Cain Street with a northwesterly offset at Luckie Street to the intersection of the W. A. Railroad; thence south, southeast, north and northeast along the W. A. Railroad and the Georgia Railroad to the intersection of Butler Street; thence northeast and north along Butler Street to the intersection of Forrest Avenue; thence east along Forrest Avenue to the intersection of Bedford Place; thence north along Bedford Place to the intersection of North Avenue; thence east along North Avenue and the projection thereof to the intersection of the Southern Railroad Belt Line and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 106: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the Southern Railroad Belt Line and the projection of North Avenue; running thence west along the projection of North Avenue and North Avenue to the intersection of Bedford Place; running thence south along Bedford Place to the intersection of Forrest Avenue; running thence west along Forrest Avenue to the intersection of Butler Street; running thence south and southwesterly along Butler Street to the intersection of the Georgia Railroad; running thence south, north and northeasterly along the Georgia Railroad to the intersection of the Southern Railway Belt Line; running thence northeasterly, northerly and northeasterly along the Southern Railway Belt Line to the intersection of the projection of North Avenue and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 107: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the Chattahoochee River and the Southern Railroad; running thence south, southeast

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and easterly along the Southern Railroad to the intersection of Marietta Road; running thence south along Marietta Road to West Marietta Street; running thence southeast along West Marietta Street to the L. N. Railroad; running thence southeasterly along the L. N. Railroad to its intersection with the line dividing the 14th Land District of Fulton County from the 17th Land District of Fulton County; running thence in a westerly direction along said Land District line to its intersection with Proctor Creek; running thence in a northwesterly direction along Proctor Creek and following the meanderings thereof to its intersection with the east Land Lot line of Land Lot 226 of the 17th District of Fulton County, Georgia; running thence north along said Land Lot line to the northeast corner of said Land Lot 226; running thence west along the north Land Lot line of said Land Lot 226 to its intersection with Proctor Creek and a projection of North Street; running thence southwesterly along the projection of North Street and North Street to the intersection of Ruth Street; running thence west along Ruth Street to the intersection of Gun Club Road; running thence south along Gun Club Road to the intersection of Hollywood Drive; running thence southwest along Hollywood Drive to the intersection of Hollywood Road; running thence northwesterly along Hollywood Road to the intersection of N. Grand Avenue; running thence southwesterly and southerly along N. Grand Avenue with offset at Sisk Street to the intersection of Bankhead Highway; running thence east along Bankhead Highway to the intersection of Gary Road; running thence south along Gary Road and the south projection thereof with offset at Baker Road to the intersection of Simpson Road; running thence west along Simpson Road to the intersection of the west Land Lot line of Land Lot 179; thence south along the west Land Lot line of Land Lots 179 and 180 of the `4th District of Fulton County to the intersection of the A.C.L. Railroad; running thence southeasterly along the A.C.L. Railroad to the intersection of Wilson Avenue; running thence south along Wilson Avenue and the projection thereof to the intersection of Gordon Road and the northwest corner of Westview Cemetery Property; running thence south, west, south and east along the Westview Cementery property to the intersection

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of the south property line of said property with the west line of Land Lot 171 of the 14th District of Fulton County; running thence south along the west Land Lot line of Land Lot 171 to the intersection of North Utoy Creek; running thence west and northwest along N. Utoy Creek to the intersection of Brownlee Road; running thence northwest along Brownlee Road to the intersection of the A.C.L. Railroad; running thence southwest along the A.C.L. Railroad to Fairburn Road; thence south along Fairburn Road to North Utoy Creek; running thence northwest and west along Utoy Creek to the intersection of the Chattahoochee River; running thence north and northeast along the Chattahoochee River to the intersection of the Southern Railroad and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 108: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the line dividing the 14th Land District of Fulton County from the 17th Land District of Fulton County, which point is at the intersection of said line with the L. N. Railroad; running thence in a westerly direction along said Land District line to its intersection with Proctor Creek; running thence in a northwesterly direction along Proctor Creek and following the meanderings thereof to its intersection with the east Land Lot line of Land Lot 226 of the 17th District of Fulton County, Georgia; running thence north along said Land Lot line to the northeast corner of said Land Lot 226; running thence west along the north Land Lot line of said Land Lot 226 to its intersection with Proctor Creek and a projection of North Street; running thence southwest along the projection of North Street and North Street to the intersection of Ruth Street; running thence west along Ruth Street to the intersection of Gun Club Road; running thence south along Gun Club Road to the intersection of Hollywood Drive; running thence southwest along Hollywood Drive to the intersection of Hollywood Road; thence northwest along Hollywood Road to the intersection of N. Grand Avenue; running thence southwest and south along N. Grand Avenue with offset at Sisk Street to the intersection of Bankhead Highway; thence east along Bankhead Highway to the intersection of

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Gary Road; thence south along Gary Road and the southern projection thereof with offset at Baker Road to the intersection of Simpson Road; thence west along Simpson Road to the intersection of the west Land Lot line of Land Lot 179, Fulton County; thence south along the west Land Lot line of Land Lots 179 and 180, 14th District, Fulton County, to the intersection of the A.C.L. Railroad; thence southeast and northeast along the A.C.L. Railroad to the intersection of West Lake Avenue; thence north and northeast along West Lake Avenue to the intersection of Simpson Road; thence east along Simpson Road to the intersection of the L. N. Railroad; thence south along the L. N. Railroad to the intersection of Hunter Street; thence east along Hunter Street to the intersection of Ashby Street; thence north along Ashby Street to the intersection of Marietta Street; thence northwest along Marietta Street to its intersection with the L. N. Railroad; running thence in a southerly direction along the L. N. Railroad to its intersection with the line dividing the 14th Land District of Fulton County from the 17th Land District of Fulton County, and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 109: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of Gordon Street and the Central of Georgia Railroad; running thence west along Gordon Street to the intersection of Ashby Street; thence north along Ashby Street to the intersection of Hunter Street; thence west and southwest along Hunter Street to the intersection of the L. N. Railroad; thence north along the L. N. Railroad to the intersection of Simpson Road; thence west along Simpson Road to the intersection of Westlake Avenue; thence south and southwest along Westlake Avenue to the intersection of the A.C.L. Railroad; thence southwesterly and northwesterly along the A.C.L. Railroad to the intersection of Wilson Avenue; thence south along Wilson Avenue and the projection of Wilson Avenue to the intersection of Gordon Road and the northwest corner of Westview Cemetery property; thence south, west, south and east along the Westview Cemetery Property to the intersection of the south line of said property with the

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west line of Land Lot 171, 14th District of Fulton County; running thence south along the west line of Land Lot 171, 14th District of Fulton County to the intersection of N. Utoy Creek; running thence south and southeast along Utoy Creek and following the meanderings thereof to the intersection of the southern projection of Beecher Court; running thence north along the southern projection of Beecher Court and Beecher Court to the intersection of Beecher Street; running thence east along Beecher Street to the intersection of Donnally Avenue; running thence southeast along Donnally Avenue to the intersection of Hall Street and Lawton Street; running thence northeast along Lawton Street to the intersection of Beecher Street; running thence east along Beecher Street to the intersection of Lee Street; running thence south along Lee Street to the intersection of the Central of Georgia Railroad; running thence northeast along the Central of Georgia Railroad to the intersection of Gordon Street and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 110: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of Gordon Street and the Central of Georgia Railroad; running thence west along Gordon Street to the intersection of Ashby Street; running thence north along Ashby Street to the intersection of Simpson Street; running thence east along Simpson Street to the intersection of Vine Street; thence south along Vine Street to the intersection of Hunter Street; thence east along Hunter Street to the intersection of Elliott Street; thence south along Elliott Street to the intersection of Nelson Street; thence southwest along Nelson Street to the intersection of Walker Street; thence southwest along Walker Street to the intersection of Fair Street; thence southeast along Fair Street to the intersection of Central of Georgia Railroad; thence southwest along the Central of Georgia Railroad to the intersection of Gordon Street and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 111: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows:

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Beginning at the intersection of Ashby Street and Simpson Street; running thence north along Ashby Street and the projection thereof to the intersection of the Southern Railway; thence northeast along the Southern Railway to the intersection of Northside Drive; thence south along Northside Drive to the intersection of Hemphill Avenue; thence southeast along Hemphill Avenue to the intersection of State Street; thence south along State Street to the intersection of North Avenue; thence east along North Avenue to the intersection of Williams Street, thence south along Williams Street to the intersection of Cain Street; thence west and southwest along Cain Street with set-off at Luckie Street to the intersection of the W. A. Railroad; thence northwest along the W. A. Railroad to the intersection of Elliott Street at its intersection with Simpson Street; thence south along Elliott Street with westerly set-off of at Block Place, to the intersection of Hunter Street; thence west along Hunter Street to the intersection of Vine Street; thence north along Vine Street to the intersection of Simpson Street; thence west along Simpson Street to the intersection of Ashby Street and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 112: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the Atlanta City limits at the Chattahoochee River and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad; running thence south, west and southwesterly along the Chattahoochee River to the intersection of the Southern Railway; thence southeasterly and southerly along the Southern Railway to the intersection of Marietta Road; thence south and southeasterly along Marietta Road and Marietta Street to the northern projection of Ashby Street; thence north along the northern projection of Ashby Street to the intersection of the Southern Railway; thence northeast along the Southern Railway to the intersection of Northside Drive; thence south along Northside Drive to the intersection of Hemphill Avenue; thence southeasterly along Hemphill Avenue to the intersection of State Street; thence south along State Street to the intersection of North Avenue; thence east along North Avenue to the intersection

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of West Peachtree Street; thence north along West Peachtree Street to the intersection of 10th Street; thence east along 10th Street to the intersection of the Southern Railway Belt Line; thence north and northwesterly along the Southern Railway Belt Line to the intersection of the Southern Railway Main Line; thence southwest along the Southern Railway Main Line to the intersection of the Northwest Expressway; thence north and northwest along the Northwest Expressway to the intersection of Peachtree Creek; thence south, southwest, north and northwest along Peachtree Creek to the intersection of Moore's Mill Road; thence southwest along Moore's Mill Road to the intersection of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad; thence northwesterly along the Seaboard Air Line Railroad to the intersection of the Atlanta City Limits at the Chattahoochee River and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 113: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the Fulton-DeKalb County line with Windsor Parkway; running thence north, east, northwest, west, southwest and southerly along the Fulton County boundary line to the intersection of the Northern Atlanta City Limits with the Chattahoochee River; thence generally east along the northerly Atlanta City Limits to the intersection of Lake Forest Drive; running thence north along Lake Forest Drive to the intersection of Spruell Springs Road; thence east along Spruell Springs Road to the intersection of Roswell Road; thence north along Roswell Road to the intersection of Forest Hills Drive; thence east along Forest Hills Drive to the intersection of Highpoint Road; thence south along Highpoint Road to the intersection of Windsor Parkway; thence northeasterly and southeasterly along Windsor Parkway to the intersection of Fulton-DeKalb County line and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 114: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows:

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Beginning at the intersection of Peachtree Road and the Fulton-DeKalb County line; running thence north along the Fulton-DeKalb County line past the Atlanta City Limits, to the intersection of Windsor Parkway; thence northwesterly and southwesterly along Windsor Parkway to the intersection of Highpoint Road; thence north along Highpoint Road to the intersection of Forest Hills Drive; thence west along Forest Hills Drive to the intersection of Roswell Road; thence south along Roswell Road to the intersection of Spruell Springs Road; thence west along Spruell Springs Road to the intersection of Forest Drive; thence south along Forest Drive to the intersection of the Northern Atlanta City Limits; thence in a generally westerly direction along the Northern Atlanta City limits to the intersection of the Northern Atlanta City limits with the Chattahoochee River; thence south and southwesterly along the Chattahoochee River to the intersection of the S.A.L. Railroad; thence southeast along the S.A.L. Railroad to the intersection of Moore's Mill Road; thence northeast along Moore's Mill Road to the intersection of Peachtree Creek; thence east, southeast and northeasterly along Peachtree Creek and following the meanderings thereof to the intersection of Howell Mill Road; thence north along Howell Mill Road to the intersection of West Wesley Road; thence east along West Wesley Road to the intersection of Peachtree Road; thence north and northeast along Peachtree Road to the intersection of the Fulton-DeKalb County line and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 115: That portion of Fulton County more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of Peachtree Road and the Fulton-DeKalb County line; running thence southerly and southwesterly along Peachtree Road to the intersection of West Wesley Road; running thence west along West Wesley Road to the intersection of Howell Mill Road; thence south along Howell Mill Road to the intersection of Peachtree Creek; thence southerly, westerly, northerly and northwesterly along Peachtree Creek to the intersection of the Northwest Expressway; thence southerly and southwesterly along the Northwest Expressway to the intersection of the Southern

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Railway Main Line; thence northeasterly along the Southern Railway Main Line to the intersection of the Fulton-DeKalb County line; thence north along the Fulton-DeKalb County line to the intersection of Peachtree Road and the point of beginning.1 Representative. District No. 116: Cobb, Paulding Douglas7 Representatives. A candidate for the House of Representatives in a Representative District having more than one Representative shall designate the Representative Post for which he offers as a candidate. This shall apply to all primaries and elections of whatever kind. Such Posts shall be designated by numbers, beginning with Post Number 1 and ending with the number equaling the total number of Representatives in such District. At the time of his election, a member of the House of Representatives must have been a resident of the territory from which elected for at least one year immediately preceding such time. Each Representative shall be elected only by the voters of his Representative District. The first members elected pursuant to the above apportionment shall take office on the convening day of the session of the General Assembly of Georgia on the second Monday in January of 1969. Until that time, the apportionment of the House of Representatives as it existed prior to the above apportionment shall continue in full force and effect, and the members of the House of Representatives elected under such previous apportionment provisions shall continue to serve until the aforesaid time. The above apportionment provisions shall be effective, however, for the purpose of electing the members who are to take office in 1969 as aforesaid. Such members taking office in 1969 shall hold office until their successors are elected and take the oath of office for the session of the General Assembly of Georgia which convenes in 1971. Such successors and future successors shall be elected under the provisions of the above apportionment of the House of Representatives. Section 2. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged

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invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Act, which shall remain of full force and effect, as if the section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part hereof. The General Assembly hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this Act if it had known that such part or parts hereof would be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Severability. Section 3. An Act entitled An Act to provide that the House of Representatives shall consist of 205 members; to provide that such 205 members be apportioned among Representative Districts with no District having more than 4 members; to provide for the designation of Posts; to provide that Representatives shall be elected by the voters of the District they represent; to provide that the passage of this Act shall not preclude the General Assembly from considering and enacting legislation providing for a different number of members of the House of Representatives; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved March 11, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 175), is hereby repealed in its entirety. 1965 Act repealed. Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 29, 1967. APPELLATE PRACTICE ACT OF 1965 AMENDED. No. 114 (House Bill No. 157). An Act to amend an Act comprehensively revising appellate and other post trial procedure, approved February 19, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965 Vol. I, p. 18), as amended by Acts approved March 24, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965 Vol. I, p. 240), and March 15, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966 Vol. I, p. 493), so as to redefine what judgments shall be subject to review; to

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amend section 13, relating to the sufficiency of appeals, so as to further define the sufficiency of notice of appeal and enumeration of errors; to amend section 15, relating to joint appeals and motions so as to authorize separate enumerations of errors in certain instances and provide for the record and transcript of evidence and proceedings; to amend section 18, relating to service, so as to redefine same; to amend section 12, relating to preparation of the record; to amend section 14, relating to the enumeration of errors, so as to redefine same; to amend section 5, relating to filing of notice of appeal and cross appeal, so as to provide for the record; to provide an effective date; to provide that the failure of the court reporter to timely file the transcript of evidence and proceedings shall not affect the validity of the appeal except in stated circumstances; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Section 1. An Act comprehensively revising appellate and other post trial procedure, approved February 19, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, Vol. I, p. 18), as amended by Acts approved March 24, 1965 (Ga. L. Vol. I, p. 240) and March 15, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966 Vol. I, p. 493), is hereby amended by striking from section 1 (a), relating to judgments subject to review, subparagraph (2), relating to judgments which would have been final if rendered as claimed for, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: (2) Where the trial judge in rendering an order, decision or judgment not otherwise subject to direct appeal, certifies within ten (10) days of entry thereof that such order, decision or judgment is of such importance to the case that immediate review should be had; Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking section 1 (a) (3), relating to specific judgments subject to review, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: Judgments subject to review. (3) From all judgments involving applications for discharge in bail trover and contempt cases; from all judgments or orders directing that an accounting be had; from all judgments or orders granting or refusing application

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for receivers, or for interlocutory or final injunction; from all judgments or orders rendered after hearing, continuing in effect, modifying, vacating, or refusing to continue, modify or vacate a temporary restraining order; from all judgments or orders granting or refusing applications for attachment against fraudulent debtors; from all judgments or orders granting or refusing to grant applications for alimony, either temporary or permanent, mandamus or other extraordinary remedy; from all judgments or orders refusing applications for dissolution of corporations created by the superior courts; and from all judgments or orders sustaining a motion to dismiss a caveat to the probate of a will. Section 3. Section 13 of said Act, as amended, relating to service and sufficiency of an appeal, is hereby amended by adding thereto a paragraph to be known as paragraph (d) to read as follows: (d) Where it is apparent from the notice of appeal, the record, the enumeration of errors, or any combination of the foregoing, what judgment or judgments were appealed from or what errors are sought to be asserted upon appeal, the appeal shall be considered in accordance therewith notwithstanding that the notice of appeal fails to specify definitely the judgment appealed from or that the enumeration of errors fails to enumerate clearly the errors sought to be reviewed. An appeal shall not be dismissed nor consideration thereof refused because of failure of the court reporter to file the transcript of evidence and proceedings within the time allowed by law or order of court, unless it affirmatively appears from the record that such failure was caused by the appellant. Intent. Section 4. Section 15 of said Act, relating to joint appeals and joint motions, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: Where joint appeals are filed, the parties thereto may nevertheless be entitled but not required, to file separate enumerations of errors in the appellate court. When separate appeals, motions for new trial or motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict are filed, only one transcript

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of evidence and proceedings (where required), and only one record need be prepared, filed or transmitted to the appellate court (as the case may be). In such cases, the Court shall by order specify the division of costs between the parties, so that said section as so amended shall read as follows: Section 15. Whenever two or more persons are defendants or plaintiffs in an action and a judgment, verdict, or decree has been rendered against each of them, jointly or severally, or where two or more cases are tried together, the plaintiffs or defendants, as the case may be, shall be entitled, but not required, to file joint appeals, motions for new trial, motions in arrest, motions to set aside, and motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, without regard to whether the parties have a joint interest, or whether the cases were merely consolidated for purposes of trial, or whether the cases were simply tried together without an order of consolidation. The rule shall apply to both civil and criminal cases. Where joint appeals are filed, the parties thereto may nevertheless be entitled, but not required, to file separate enumerations of errors in the appellate court. When separate appeals, motions for new trial or motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict are filed, only one transcript of evidence and proceedings (where required), and only one record need be prepared, filed or transmitted to the appellate court (as the case may be). In such cases, the Court shall by order specify the division of costs between the parties. Section 5. Section 18 of said Act, as amended, relating to service, is hereby amended by striking said section, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: Section 18. (a) Whenever under this Act service or the giving of any notice is required or permitted to be made upon a party, and the party is represented by an attorney; the service shall be made upon the attorney unless service upon the party himself is ordered by the Court. Service of all notices and other papers hereunder and service of motions for new trial, motions in arrest, motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and all other similar motions, orders and proceedings may be made by the attorney or

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party filing the notice or paper, in person or by mail, and proof thereof shown by acknowledgment of the attorney or party served, or by certificate of the attorney, party or other person perfecting service. Service of any paper, motion or notice may be perfected either before or after filing with the clerk thereof, and when service is made by mail it shall be deemed to be perfected as of the day deposited in the mail. Where the address of any party is unknown and such party is not represented by an attorney of record, service of all notices and other papers referred to above may be perfected on such party by mail directed to the last known address of such party. Service. (b) Service of any notice, motion or other paper provided for in this Act may be waived or acknowledged either before or after filing. Section 6. Section 12 of said Act, relating to preparation of the record on appeal, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new paragraph to be known as paragraph (c), as follows: (c) Where transcript of evidence and proceedings is already on file at the time the notice of appeal is filed, as where such transcript was previously filed in connection with a motion for new trial or for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, the clerk shall cause the record and transcript (where specified for inclusion), to be transmitted as hereinbefore provided, within twenty (20) days after the filing of the notice of appeal. Time of transmitting record, etc. Section 7. Section 5 of said Act, as amended, relating to filing of notice of appeal and cross appeal, is hereby amended by designating existing section 5 as paragraph (a) thereof, and by adding thereto a new paragraph to be known as paragraph (b), as follows: (b) Where cross appeal is filed, only one record and, where specified, only one transcript of evidence and proceedings need be prepared and transmitted to the appellate court, but the cross appellant may, at his election, require that such a separate record (and transcript, if required) be

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transmitted. Where cross appeal is filed and only one record (and transcript where required) is sent up, the Court shall by order provide for the division of costs therefor between the parties, if they are unable to do so by agreement. Cross appeals. Section 8. Section 1 and 2 of this Act shall become effective September 1, 1967. All other sections hereof shall be effective immediately upon approval of this Act. Effective date. Section 9. Section 14 of said Act, as amended, relating to the enumeration of errors, is hereby amended by striking said section and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: Section 14. The appellant and cross appellant shall file with the clerk of the Appellate Court at such time as may be prescribed by its rules, an enumeration of the errors, which shall set out separately each error relied upon. The enumeration need not set out or refer to portions of the record on appeal, shall be concise, and need not conform to the assignments of error abolished by these rules. It shall be served upon the appellee or cross appellee in the manner prescribed in section 18 hereof, need not have approval of the trial court, and when filed shall become a part of the record on appeal. The Appellate Court, by rule, may permit such enumeration to be made a part of the brief. Enumeration of errors. Section 10. The Appellate Procedure Act of 1965, approved February 19, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 18), as amended by an Act approved March 24, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 240), as further amended by an Act approved February 19, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 493), is hereby amended by striking therefrom section 17 thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the following: Section 17. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section; in all civil cases, no party may complain of the giving or the failure to give an instruction to the jury, unless he objects thereto before the jury returns its verdict, stating distinctly the matter to which he objects and the grounds of his objection. Opportunity shall be given to make the objection out of the hearing of the jury, and objection

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need not be made with the particularity of assignments or error (abolished by this Act) and need only be as reasonably definite as the circumstances will permit. The provisions of this section shall not apply in criminal cases. (b) In all cases, at the close of the evidence or at such earlier time during the trial as the court reasonably directs, any party may present to the court written requests that it instruct the jury on the law as set forth therein. Copies of requests shall be given to opposing counsel for their consideration prior to the charge of the court. The court shall inform counsel of its proposed action upon the requests prior to their arguments to the jury, but shall instruct the jury after the arguments are completed. The trial judge shall file with the clerk all requests submitted to him, whether given in charge or not. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the appellate courts shall consider and review erroneous charges where there has been a substantial error in the charge which was harmful as a mater of law, regardless of whether objection was made hereunder or not. Section 11. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 30, 1967. GEORGIA CIVIL PRACTICE ACT OF 1966 AMENDED. No. 115 (House Bill No. 158). An Act to amend an Act comprehensively and exhaustively revising, superseding, and modernizing pretrial, trial and certain post trial procedure in civil cases, known as the Georgia Civil Practice Act, approved March 18, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966 Vol. I, p. 609), so as to redefine the provisions relating to process and service, computation of time, pleadings, affirmative defenses, pleading special matters, defenses and objections, interpleader, intervention,

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discovery and production of documents and other things for inspection, recovery of expenses for failure to make discovery, subpoenas, consolidation of cases, special verdicts, direction of verdicts, default judgments, summary judgments, attacking judgments, stays, supersedeas upon motions, injunctions, executions, court rules, alternate jurors, effective date; repeals, applicability of the act, motions for new trial and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and depositions; to provide for proof of lack of official records; to provide for the time and place of trial; to provide for the procedure in divorce and other domestic relation cases; to specify what remedies a party may pursue; to repeal section 51, relating to requests to charge; to repeal Code section 38-1105, relating to the effect of an answer; to correct typographical errors; to conform specified statutes and laws to the new procedures prescribed by the Act; to repeal designated laws dealing with matters covered by the Act; to repeal Code section 55-110, relating to mandatory injunctions; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act comprehensively and exhaustively revising, superseding and modernizing pretrial, trial and certain post trial procedures in civil cases, known as the Georgia Civil Practice Act, approved March 18, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966 Vol. I, p. 609), is hereby amended by adding at the end of section 4(d) (5), relating to service upon counties, municipalities and other public bodies, the words, If against any other public body or organization subject to suit, to the chief executive officer or clerk thereof, so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: (5) If against a county, municipality, city, or town, to the chairman of the board of commissioners, president of the council of trustees, mayor or city manager of the city, or to an agent authorized by appointment to receive service or process. If against any other public body or organization subject to suit, to the chief executive officer or clerk thereof. Service of process.

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Section 2. Section 4(e) (1) of said Act relating to service by publication, is amended by redesignating the subparagraph designated (ii) General, found at page 612 of said laws, as (i) General. Section 3. Said Act is further amended by striking section 4(e) (iii) thereof, relating to the procedure on service by publication, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: (iii) Publication. The order shall direct the publication to be made by the clerk in the paper in which sheriff's advertisements are printed, four times within the ensuing sixty days, publications to be at least seven days apart. The party obtaining the order shall at the time of filing deposit the costs of publication. Said published notice shall contain the name of the parties plaintiff and defendant, with a caption setting forth the court, the character of the action, the date the action was filed, the date of the order for service by publication, and a notice directed and addressed to the party to be thus served, commanding him to file with the clerk and serve upon the plaintiff's attorney, an answer within sixty days of the date of the order for service by publication and shall bear teste in the name of the judge, and shall be signed by the clerk of said court. Where residence or abiding place of the absent or nonresident is known, the party obtaining the order shall file in the office of the clerk, within fifteen days after the date of the order for service by publication a copy of the newspaper in which said notice is published, with said notice plainly marked; and thereupon it shall be the duty of said clerk at once to enclose, direct, stamp, and mail said paper, together with a copy of the summons and complaint, to said party named in said order at his last known address, if any, and make an entry of his action on the complaint filed in said case. When publication is ordered, personal service of a copy of the summons, complaint, and order of publication, out of the state, shall be equivalent to mailing when proved to the satisfaction of the judge by affidavit or otherwise. Section 4. Said Act is further amended by striking section 5 (a) thereof, relating to service of papers, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

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(a) Service: When Required. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, every order required by its terms to be served, every pleading subsequent to the original complaint unless the court otherwise orders because of numerous defendants, every written motion other than one which may be heard ex parte, and every written notice, appearance, demand, offer of judgment, and similar paper shall be served upon each of the parties; provided however, the failure of a party to file pleadings in an action shall be deemed to be a waiver by him of all notices, including notices of time and place of trial, and all service in the action, except service of pleadings asserting new or additional claims for relief, which shall be served as provided by paragraph (b) hereof. Section 5. Said Act is further amended by adding to section 6 (a), relating to computation of time, at the end of the second sentence thereof, the words, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, so that said section as so amended shall read as follows: (6) (a) Computation. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by this Act, by the local rules of any court, by an applicable statute, the day of the act, event, or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday. When the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than seven (7) days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation. This subsection shall apply whether the period is measured in days, months, years, or other unit of measurement of time. Periods of time. Section 6. Said Act is further amended by striking from section 6 (d), relating to service of motions, the first sentence thereof, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: A written motion, other than one which may be heard ex parte, and notice of the hearing thereof shall be served not later than five days before the time specified

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for the hearing, unless a different period is fixed by this Act or by order of the court, so that said section as so amended shall read as follows: (d) For Motions-Affidavits. A written motion, other than one which may be heard ex parte, and notice of the hearing thereof shall be served not later than five days before the time specified for the hearing, unless a different period is fixed by this Act or by order of the court. Such an order may for cause shown be made on ex parte application. When a motion is supported by affidavit, the affidavit shall be served with the motion; and opposing affidavits may be served not later than one (1) day before the hearing, unless the court permits them to be served at some other time. Section 7. Said Act is further amended by striking section 7 (a) thereof, relating to pleadings and form of motions, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: (a) Pleadings. There shall be a complaint and an answer; a third party complaint, if a person who is not an original party is summoned under the provisions of section 14; and a third party answer, if a third party complaint is served; there may be a reply to a counterclaim denominated as such; and an answer to a cross-claim, if the answer contains a cross-claim. No other pleading shall be allowed, except that the court may order a reply to an answer or a third-party answer. Section 8. Said Act is further amended by striking from section 8 (c), relating to affirmative defenses, the words, assumption of risk, comparative negligence, and the words and any other matter constituting an avoidance or affirmative defense, so that said section as so amended shall read as follows: (c) Affirmative Defenses. In pleading to a preceding pleading, a party shall set forth affirmatively accord and satisfaction, arbitration and award, discharge in bankruptcy, duress, estoppel, failure of consideration, fraud, illegality, injury by fellow servant, laches, license, payment, release, res judicita, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, and waiver. When a party has mistakenly designated

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a defense as a counterclaim or a counterclaim as a defense, the court on terms, if justice so requires, shall treat the pleadings as if there had been a proper designation. Section 9. Said Act is further amended by striking from section 12 thereof, relating to defenses and objections, paragraphs (g) and (h), and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: (g) Consolidation of Defenses in Motion. A party who makes a motion under this Section may join with it any other motions herein provided for and then available to him. If a party makes a motion under this Section but omits therefrom any defense or objection then available to him which this Section permits to be raised by motion, he shall not thereafter make a motion based on the defense or objection so omitted, except a motion as provided in subdivision (h) (2) hereof on any of the grounds there stated. (h) Waiver of Preservation of Certain Defenses. (1) A defense of lack of jurisdiction over the person, improper venue, insufficiency of process, or insufficiency of service of process is waived (A) if omitted from a motion in the circumstances described in subdivision (g), or (B) if it is neither made by motion under this section nor included in a responsive pleading, as originally filed. (2) A defense of failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, a defense of failure to join a party indispensable under section 19, and an objection of failure to state a legal defense to a claim may be made in any pleading permitted or ordered under section 7(a), or by motion for judgment on the pleadings, or at the trial on the merits. (3) Whenever it appears by suggestion of the parties or otherwise that the court lacks jurisdiction of the subject matter, the court shall dismiss the action. Section 10. Said Act is further amended by striking from section 16 the following language:

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In any action, the court may in its discretion direct the attorneys for the parties to appear before it for a conference to consider: and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Upon the motion of any party, or upon its own motion, the court shall direct the attorneys for the parties to appear before it for a conference to consider: Section 11. Said Act is further amended by striking section 22, relating to interpleader, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: Section 22. Interpleader. (a) Persons having claims against the plaintiff may be joined as defendants and required to interplead when their claims are such that the plaintiff is or may be exposed to double or multiple liability. It is not ground for objection to the joiner that the claims of the several claimants or the titles on which their claims depend do not have a common origin or are not identical but are adverse to and independent of one another or that the plaintiff avers that he is not liable in whole or in part to any or all of the claimants. A defendant exposed to similar liability may obtain such interpleader by way of crossclaim or counterclaim. The provisions of this Section supplement and do not in any way limit the joinder of parties permitted in section 20. (b) The remedy herein provided is in addition to and in no way supersedes or limits the remedy of equitable interpleader provided for in sections 37-1503, 37-1504, and 37-1505 of the Code of Georgia. Section 12. Said Act is further amended by striking from section 24 (b) thereof, relating to permissive intervention, the first sentence, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: Upon timely application anyone may be permitted to intervene in an action (1) when a statute confers a conditional right to intervene; or (2) when an applicant's claim or defense and the main action have a question of law or fact in common, so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows:

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(b) Permissive Intervention. Upon timely application anyone may be permitted to intervene in an action (1) when a statute confers a conditional right to intervene; or (2) when an applicant's claim or defense and the main action have a question of law or fact in common. In exercising its discretion the court shall consider whether the intervention will unduly delay or prejudice the adjudication of the rights of the original parties. Section 13. Said Act is further amended by striking from section 26 (d) (3), relating to the use of depositions, in the second line thereof, the words, taken upon written interrogatories, so that said section as so amended shall read as follows: (3) The deposition of a witness, whether or not a party, may be used by any party for any purpose if the court finds: 1, that the witness is dead; or 2, that the witness is out of the county unless it appears that the absence of the witness was procured by the party offering the deposition; or 3, that the witness is unable to attend or testify because of age, sickness, infirmity or imprisonment; or 4, that the party offering the deposition has been unable to procure the attendance of the witness by subpoena; or 5, that because of the nature of the business or occupation of the witness it is not possible to secure his personal attendance without manifest inconvenience to the public or to third person; or 6, that the witness will be a member of the General Assembly and that the session of the General Assembly will conflict with the session of the court in which such case is to be tried. Depositions. Section 14. Said Act is further amended by striking therefrom section 30 (f) (3) relating to the necessity of giving notice of filing depositions taken upon oral examinations. Repealed. Section 15. Said Act is further amended by striking therefrom section 31 (c), relating to notice of filing of depositions, and by designating section 31 (d) as 31 (c). Section 16. Said Act is further amended by striking section 34, relating to discovery and production of documents

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and things for inspection, copying and photographing, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: Section 34. Discovery and Production of Documents and Things for Inspection, Copying, or Photographing. (a) Upon motion of any party showing good cause therefor and upon notice to all other parties, and subject to the provisions of section 30 (b), the court in which an action is pending may (1) order any party to produce and permit the inspection and copying or photographing, by or on behalf of the moving party, of any designated documents, papers, books, accounts, letters, photographs, objects, or tangible things, not privileged, which constitute or contain evidence relating to any of the matters within the scope of the examination permitted by section 26 (b) and which are in his possession, custody, or control, or (2) order any party to permit entry upon designated land or other property in his possession or control for the purpose of inspecting, measuring, surveying or photographing the property or any designated object or operation thereon which in the scope of the examination permitted by section 26 (b). The order shall specify the time, place, and manner of making the inspection and taking the copies and photographs and may prescribe such terms and conditions as are just. (b) Discovery without Court Order. Copies of statements concerning the action or its subject matter previously given by the party seeking such copy shall be obtainable without court order. In any suit founded upon a contract, copies of such contract shall be obtainable without court order. Such statements and copies of contracts may be obtained without a court order by requiring such copies to be attached to the answer to interrogatories under section 33, or to be produced at a deposition hearing in response to a notice to produce. Section 17. Said Act is further amended by striking therefrom section 36 (c), relating to recovery of expenses of litigation and attorney's fees in certain instances. Repealed. Section 18. Said Act is further amended by adding at the end of section 37 (c), relating to recovery of expenses

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in certain instances, the following: Unless the court finds that there were good reasons for the denial or that the admissions sought were of no substantial importance, the order shall be made, so that said section as so amended shall read as follows: (c) Expenses or refusal to admit. If a party, after being served with a request based on section 36, to admit the genuineness of any documents or the truth of any matters of fact, serves a sworn denial thereof and if the party requesting the admissions thereafter proves the genuineness of any such document or the truth of any such matter of fact, he may apply to the court for an order requiring the other party to pay him the reasonable expenses incurred in making such proof, including reasonable attorney's fees. Unless the court finds that there were good reasons for the denial or that the admissions sought were of no substantial importance, the order shall be made. Section 18A. Said Act is further amended by striking from section 36 (a), relating to request for admissions, the last six (6) words of the first full sentence thereof which reads act set forth in the request, and substituting in lieu thereof the words fact set forth in the request. Section 19. Said Act is further amended by adding thereto, a new section to be known as section 45, to read as follows: Section 45. Subpoena for Taking Depositions; Place of Examination. (a) The clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which the action is pending, or the clerk of any court of record in the county where the deposition is to be taken, shall issue subpoenas for the persons sought to be deposed, upon request. Subpoenas shall be issued and served in accordance with the provisions of law now or hereafter governing issuance of subpoenas for attendance at court. (b) A person who is to give a deposition may be required to attend an examination only in the county wherein he resides or is employed or transacts his business in person, except that a nonresident of a county may be required to attend in a county wherein he is not employed and transacts

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no business if he is served with a subpoena within that county. Section 20. Said Act is further amended by adding a new section to be known as section 44, to read as follows: Section 44. Official Record. (a) Proof of lack of record. A written statement signed by an officer having the custody of an official record or by his deputy that after diligent search no record or entry of a specified tenor is found to exist in the records of his office, accompanied by a certificate attesting to his custody of the official record relating to such matters, is admissible as evidence that the records of his office contain no such record or entry. (b) Other proof. This section does not prevent the proof of official records or of entry or lack of entry therein by any method authorized by any applicable statutes or by the rules of evidence at common law. Section 21. Said Act is further amended by adding at the end of section 49, relating to special verdicts, the following: If in so doing the court omits any issue of fact raised by the pleadings or by the evidence, each party waives his right to a trial by jury of the issues so omitted unless before the jury retires he demands its submission to the jury. As to an issue omitted without such demand the court may make a finding; or, if it fails to do so, it shall be deemed to have made a finding in accordance with the judgment on the special verdict, so that said section as so amended shall read as follows: Section 49. Special Verdicts. The court may require a jury to return only a special verdict in the form of a special written finding upon each issue of fact. In that event the court may submit to the jury written questions susceptible of categorical or other brief answer or may submit written forms of the several special findings which might properly be made under the pleadings and evidence; or it may use such other method of submitting the issues and requiring the written findings thereon as it deems most appropriate. The court shall give to the jury such explanation and instruction concerning the matter thus submitted as may be

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necessary to enable the jury to make its findings upon each issue. If in so doing the court omits any issue of fact raised by the pleadings or by the evidence, each party waives his right to a trial by jury of the issues so omitted unless before the jury retires he demands its submission to the jury. As to an issue omitted without such demand the court may make a finding; or, if it fails to do so, it shall be deemed to have made a finding in accordance with the judgment on the special verdict. Section 22. Said Act is further amended by striking from section 50 (a), relating to motion for directed verdict, the last sentence thereof, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: If there is no conflict in the evidence as to any material issue and the evidence introduced, with all reasonable deductions therefrom, shall demand a particular verdict, such verdict shall be directed, so that said section as so amended shall read as follows: Section 50. Motion for a Directed Verdict and for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict. (a) Motion for Directed Verdict: When Made; Effect. A motion for a directed verdict may be made at the close of the evidence offered by an opponent or at the close of the case. A party who moves for a directed verdict at the close of the evidence offered by an opponent may offer evidence in the event that a motion is not granted without having reserved the right so to do and to the same extent as if the motion has not been made. A motion for a directed verdict which is not granted is not a waiver of trial by jury even though all parties to the action have moved for directed verdicts. A motion for a directed verdict shall state the specific grounds therefor. The order of the court granting a motion for a directed verdict is effective without any assent of the jury. If there is no conflict in the evidence as to any material issue and the evidence introduced, with all reasonable deductions therefrom, shall demand a particular verdict, such verdict shall be directed. Section 23. Said Act is further amended by striking section 51, relating to requests to charge, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: Section 51. (Reserved), it

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being the purpose of this section to repeal Section 51, so as to avoid conflict with section 17 of the Appellate Procedure Act of 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 18), as amended (Ga. L. 1966, pp. 493, 498). Repealed. Section 24. Said Act is further amended by striking section 55 (a), relating to default judgments, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: Section 55. Default. (a) Default judgment. If in any case an answer has not been filed within the time required by this Act, such case shall automatically become in default unless the time for filing the answer has been extended as provided by law. The default may be opened as a matter or right by the filing of such defenses within fifteen days of the day of default, upon the payment of costs. If the case is still in default after the expiration of such period of fifteen days, the plaintiff, at any time thereafter shall be entitled to verdict and judgment by default, in open court or in chambers, as if every item and paragraph of the petition were supported by proper evidence, without the intervention of a jury, unless the action is one ex delicto or involves unliquidated damages, in which event the plaintiff shall be required to introduce evidence and establish the amount of damages before the court without a jury as to actions ex contractu, and before a jury as to actions ex delicto with the right of the defendant to introduce evidence as to damages and the right of either to move for a new trial in respect of such damages. An action based upon open account shall not be considered one for unliquidated damages within the meaning of this section. Section 25. Said Act is further amended by striking section 56 (h), relating to appeal of orders denying summary judgment, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: (h) Appeal. An order granting summary judgment on any issue, or as to any party, shall be subject to review by appeal; but an order denying summary judgment is not subject to review by direct appeal or otherwise, unless within ten (10) days of the order of denial, the trial judge certifies that the order denying summary judgment as to any issue, or as to any party should be subject to review,

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in which case such order shall be subject to review by direct appeal. Summary judgments. Section 26. Said Act is further amended by striking from section 60 (b), relating to methods of direct attack upon judgments, the words, but generally judgments shall not be set aside without just cause, and in setting aside or otherwise modifying judgments, the courts shall consider whether rights have vested thereunder, and whether or not innocent parties would be injured thereby, so that said section as so amended shall read as follows: (b) Methods of Direct Attack. A judgment may be attacked by motion for a new trial, motion to set aside, or by complaint in equity. Judgments may be attacked by motion only in the court of rendition. Judgments may be attacked by complaint in equity in any superior court of appropriate jurisdiction. Judgments. Section 27. Said Act is further amended by striking section 60 (h), relating to the Law of the Case rule, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: (h) The law of the case rule is hereby abolished, but generally judgments and orders shall not be set aside or modified without just cause, and in setting aside or otherwise modifying judgments and orders, the court shall consider whether rights have vested thereunder, and whether or not innocent parties would be injured thereby, provided however, that any ruling by the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals in a case shall be binding in all subsequent proceedings in that case in the lower court and in the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals as the case may be. Law of the case. Section 28. Said Act is further amended by striking therefrom section 62 (a), relating to stays upon entry of judgment, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: (a) Stay upon Entry of Judgment. No execution shall issue upon a judgment nor shall proceedings be taken for its enforcement until the expiration of ten (10) days after its entry. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, an interlocutory or final judgment in an action for an injunction

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or in a receivership action shall not be stayed during the period after its entry and until an appeal is taken or during the pendency of an appeal. The provisions of subdivision (c) of this section govern the suspending, modifying, restoring, or granting of an injunction during the pendency of an appeal. Section 29. Said Act is further amended by striking section 62 (b), relating to stays on motions for new trial and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: (b) Stay on Motion For New Trial or for Judgment. The filing of a motion for a new trial or motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict shall act as supersedeas, unless otherwise ordered by the court, but the court may condition supersedeas upon the giving of bond with good security in such amounts as the court may order. Section 30. Said Act is further amended by striking from section 60 (f), relating to procedure upon motions attacking judgments, the words by rule nisi in the first sentence, so that section as so amended shall read as follows: (f) Procedure: Time of Relief. Reasonable notice shall be afforded the parties on all motions. Relief in equity must proceed by complaint and summons. A judgment void because of lack of jurisdiction of the person or subject matter may be attacked at any time. Motions for new trial must be brought within the time now or hereafter prescribed by law. In all other instances, all motions, complaints or other proceedings to set aside or attack judgments shall be brought within three (3) years from entry of the judgment complained of. Section 31. Said Act is further amended by striking from section 65 (b), relating to temporary restraining orders, the figures 45, and by substituting in lieu thereof the figures 30, so that said section as so amended shall read as follows: (b) Temporary Restraining Order; Notice; Hearing Duration. No temporary restraining order shall be granted

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without notice to the adverse party unless it clearly appears from specific facts shown by affidavit or by the verified complaint that immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage will result to the applicant before notice can be served and a hearing had thereon. Every temporary restraining order granted without notice shall be endorsed with the date and hour of issuance; shall be filed forthwith in the clerk's office and entered of record; and shall expire by its terms within such time after entry, not to exceed 30 days, as the court fixes, unless the party against whom the order is directed consents that it may be extended for a longer period. In case a temporary restraining order is granted without notice, the motion for an interlocutory injunction shall be set down for hearing at the earliest possible time and takes precedence over all matters except older matters of the same character; and when the motion comes on for hearing the party who obtained the temporary restraining order shall proceed with the application for an interlocutory injunction, and if he does not do so, the court shall dissolve the temporary restraining order. On two days' notice to the party who obtained the temporary restraining order without notice or on such shorter notice to that party as the court may prescribe, the adverse party may appear and move its dissolution or modification, and in that event the court shall proceed to hear and determine such motion as expeditiously as the ends of justice require. Section 32. Said Act is further amended by adding at the end of section 69, relating to executions, the words or propounding interrogatories, so that said section, as so amended, shall read as follows: Section 69. Execution. Process to enforce a judgment for the payment of money shall be a writ of execution, unless the court directs otherwise. In aid of the judgment or execution, the judgment creditor or his successor in interest when that interest appears of record, may examine any person, including the judgment debtor, in the manner provided in this Act for taking depositions or propounding interrogatories. Section 33. Said Act is further amended by striking section

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81, relating to applicability of the Act, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 81. Applicability. This Act shall apply to all special statutory proceedings except to the extent that such special statutory proceedings prescribe specific rules of practice and procedure in conflict herewith. Section 34. Said Act is further amended by adding to the second sentence of section 47 (b) relating to alternate jurors, following the word become in the sixth (6th) line, the words or are found to be, so that said section as so amended shall read as follows: (b) Alternate Jurors. The court may direct that one or two jurors in addition to the regular panel be called and impanelled to sit as alternate jurors. Alternate jurors in the order in which they are called shall replace jurors who, prior to the time the jury retires to consider its verdict, become or are found to be unable or disqualified to perform their duties. Alternate jurors shall be drawn in the same manner, shall have the same qualifications, shall be subject to the same examination and challenges, shall take the same oath, and shall have the same functions, powers, facilities, and privileges as the principal jurors. An alternate juror who does not replace a principal juror shall be discharged after the jury retires to consider its verdict. If one or two alternate jurors are called each party is entitled to one peremptory challenge in addition to those otherwise allowed by law. The additional peremptory challenge may be used only against an alternate juror, and the other peremptory challenges allowed by law shall not be used against the alternates. Section 35. Said Act is further amended by striking from section 135(1), relating to repeals, found at page 688, the words Section 81-203 through 81-205. and by substituting in lieu thereof the words Section 81-203 through Section 81-204, so that said Section as so amended shall read as follows: (1) Section 81-201, as amended by an Act approved February 1, 1946 (Ga. L. 1946, pp. 761, 768); Section 81-202,

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as amended by an Act approved February 1, 1946 (Ga. L. 1946, pp. 761, 769); and an Act approved December 22, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov. Sess. pp. 440, 451); Section 81-203 through 81-204, Section 81-207, as amended by an Act approved February 1, 1946 (Ga. L. 1946, pp. 761, 771) and an Act approved March 25, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, pp. 315, 317); Section 81-208 through 210; an Act approved March 7, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, pp. 204-205); Section 81-213 and 214; Section 81-216; Section 81-217 through 221, which sections and acts all relate to process and service thereof. Code 81-205. It being the intention of this Act that section 81-205 shall not be repealed, but shall remain in effect. Section 36. Said Act is further amended by striking section 135 (hh), relating to service of process against organizations and associations, it being the intention of this Act that said Act of 1959 shall not be repealed but shall remain in effect. Section 37. An Act prescribing limitations for filing of claims by way of cross action, approved March 3, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964 Vol. I, p. 165), is hereby amended by striking Section 1 thereof (Code Ann. sec. 3-810) and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: Section 1. The limitations of time within which various actions may be commenced and pursued within this State to enforce the rights of the parties are extended, only insofar as the enforcement of rights which may be instituted by way of counterclaim and cross-claim so as to allow parties up to and including the last day upon which the answer or other defensive pleadings should have been filed, to commence the prosecution and enforcement of rights by way of counterclaim and cross-claim provided that the final date allowed by such limitations for the commencement of such actions shall not have expired prior to filing of the main action. Cross actions. Section 38. Code section 3-508, relating to the effect of nonsuit and other procedures, is hereby amended by striking therefrom the word nonsuit, so that said section as so amended shall read as follows: Code 3-508 amended.

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Section 3-508. A retraxit differs from a dismission, or discontinuance, in this: A retraxit is positive and conclusive of the plaintiff's right of action which a dismission, or discontinuance is negative, and the plaintiff may recommence his suit on the payment of costs. Section 39. Code section 3-808, relating to recommencement of cases, is hereby amended by striking said section and substituting in lieu thereof the following: Section 3-808. If a plaintiff shall discontinue or dismiss his case, and shall recommence within six months, such renewed case shall stand upon the same footing, as to limitation, with the original case; but this privilege of dismissal and renewal shall be exercised only once under this section. Code 3-808 amended. Section 40. The following acts, statutes and laws are hereby repealed: (a) Code sec. 81-212, relating to service upon minors. (b) Code sec. 24-3324, relating to signing of pleadings. (c) An Act approved March 25, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959 Vol. I, p. 425), providing rules for depositions and discovery. (d) An act amending the Act of 1959 (Ga. L. 1959 Vol. I, p. 425) relating to discovery, approved March 6, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962 Vol. 1, p. 684). (e) An act amending the Act of 1959 (Ga. L. 1959 Vol. I, p. 425) relating to discovery, approved April 2, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963 Vol. 1, p. 287). (f) Code sec. 55-110, relating to mandatory injunctions. (g) Code sec. 70-307, relating to supersedeas upon motions for new trial. (h) Code sec. 81-109, relating to verification of pleadings. (i) Code sec. 81-113, relating to sanction of process. (j) Code sec. 38-1105, relating to the effect of an answer, is hereby repealed.

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(k) Code sec. 24-3326, also known as Rule 26 of the Rules of the Superior Court, relating to service upon an attorney of record. (l) Code sections 24-3349 through Section 24-3354, inclusive, also known as Rules 49 through 54, of the Superior Court, relating to interrogatories. (m) Code sections 24-3355 and 24-3356, also known as Rules 55 and 56 of the Superior Court, relating to judgments on unconditional contracts in writing. (n) Code sec. 110-302, relating to signing of judgment. (o) Sections 9 and 10 of the Act approved February 1, 1946 (Ga. L. 1946, pp. 761, 772), as amended by acts approved March 25, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958 Vol. I, pp. 315, 317), and April 9, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963 Vol. I, p. 384), unofficially designated as Code Ann., sections 81-207.1 and 81-207.2, relating to service by publication. (p) Code sec. 24-3369, also known as Rule 69 of the Rules of the Superior Court, relating to notices to produce. (q) Code sec. 24-3373, also known as Rule 73 of the Rules of the Superior Court, relating to answers of executors and administrators. (r) Code sec. 24-3325, as amended by an act approved January 31, 1946. (Ga. Laws 1946, pp. 761, 767), relating to filing of pleadings. (s) Code sec. 3-402, relating to the death of a party defendant pending suit, is hereby repealed. Section 41. Said Act is further amended by striking therefrom section 40, relating to assignments of cases for trial, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: Section 40. Trial (a) Time of Trial. All civil cases, including divorce and other domestic relations cases, shall be triable anytime after the last day upon which defensive pleadings were required to be filed therein; provided however, the Court shall in all cases afford to the parties reasonable time for discovery procedures, subsequent to the date that such defensive pleadings were required to be filed.

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(b) Trial in Chambers. The judges of any court of record may, on reasonable notice to the parties, at any time, either in term or vacation, and at chambers, in any county in the circuit, hear and determine by interlocutory or final judgment, any matter or issue, where a jury trial is not required or has been waived; provided however, nothing herein shall authorize the trial of any divorce case by consent or otherwise until after the expiration of thirty (30) days after service thereof. (c) Assignment of Cases for Trial. The courts shall provide for the placing of actions upon the trial calendar (1) without request of the parties but upon notice to the parties, or (2) upon request of a party and notice to the other parties. Except for cause cases shall be placed upon the calendar in chronological order in accordance with filing dates. Precedence shall be given to actions entitled thereto by any statute. Section 42. Said Act of 1966 is further amended by striking from section 135, relating to repeals, the first undesignated paragraph which provides: In respect to those courts and actions to which this act is applicable, the following statutes, acts and code sections are hereby repealed: and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: The following statutes, acts and code sections are hereby repealed: Intent. Section 43. Section 50 of said act of 1966, relating to Motions for Directed Verdict, and for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new paragraph to be known as paragraph (e) to read as follows: (e) Where error is enumerated upon an order denying a motion for directed verdict, and the appellate court determines that such motion was erroneously denied, it may direct that judgment be entered below in accordance with the motion, or may order that a new trial be had, as the Court may determine necessary to meet the ends of justice under the facts of the case. Motions for directed verdicts. Section 44. Code sec. 30-113, as amended by an act approved March 25, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, Vol. I, p. 315), relating

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to the procedure in divorce and other domestic relations cases, is hereby amended by striking said section and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: Section 30-113. The same rules of pleading and practice applicable to ordinary civil actions shall apply to actions for divorce, alimony and custody of minor children, except as otherwise specifically provided herein; and provided further, no verdict or judgment by default shall be taken in any such case, but the allegations of the pleadings shall be established by evidence. Divorce, alimony and custody cases. Section 45. Code sec. 3-114, relating to the right of a plaintiff to pursue consistent remedies, is hereby amended by striking said section, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: Section 3-114. A plaintiff may pursue any number of consistent or inconsistent remedies against the same person or different persons until he shall obtain a satisfaction from some of them. Code 3-114 amended. Section 46. Section 135 (a) of said act of 1966, relating to specific repeals, is hereby amended by striking therefrom the words and figures Section 3-114 so that said Section 135 (a) as so amended shall read as follows: Code 3-114. (a) Section 3-110, Section 3-112, and Section 3-113, which sections relate to joinder of claims and consolidation of cases. Section 47. Section 10 (b) of said Act, relating to pleading in paragraphs and separate counts, is hereby amended, by striking from the second sentence thereof, the word separated and by substituting in lieu thereof, the word separate so that said paragraph, as so amended, shall read as follows: (b) Paragraphs; Separate Statements. All averments of claim or defense shall be made in numbered paragraphs, the contents of each of which shall be limited as far as practicable to a statement of a single set of circumstances; and a paragraph may be referred to by number in all succeeding pleadings. Each claim founded upon a separate

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transaction or occurrence and each defense other than denials shall be stated in a separate count or defense whenever a separation facilitates the clear presentation of the matters set forth. Pleadings. Section 48. Section 50 (c) of said Act, relating to conditional rulings with respect to motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, is hereby amended, by striking said paragraph and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: (c) Same; Conditional Rulings on Grant of Motion. (1) If the motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, provided for in subdivision (b) of this section is granted, the court shall also rule on the motion for a new trial, if any, by determining whether it should be granted if the judgment is thereafter vacated or reversed, and shall specify the grounds for granting or denying the motion for the new trial. If the motion for a new trial is thus conditionally granted, the order thereon does not affect the finality of the judgment. In case the motion for a new trial has been conditionally granted and the judgment is reversed on appeal, the new trial shall proceed unless the appellate court has otherwise ordered. In case the motion for a new trial has been conditionally denied, the appellee on appeal may assert error in that denial; and if the judgment is reversed on appeal, subsequent proceedings shall be in accordance with the order of the appellate court. (2) The party whose verdict has been set aside on motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict may serve a motion for a new trial not later than 30 days after entry of the judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Section 49. Section 84 of said Act, relating to forms, is hereby amended by striking said section and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: Section 84. Forms. The forms contained in sections 101-134 of this act are sufficient under the provisions of this act, except for allegations as to venue and the captions required by this act, and are intended to indicate the simplicity

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and brevity of statement which this act contemplates. Section 50. Section 135 (u) relating to the repeal of Code sections 81-1002, 81-1003, is hereby amended by striking said section and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: (u) Section 81-1002, as amended by an Act approved February 1, 1946 (Ga. L. 1946, pp. 761, 765); Section 81-1003, as amended by Acts approved March 28, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, pp. 481-83), February 1, 1946 (Ga. L. 1946, pp. 761, 776), and February 13, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, pp. 68-69), which sections relate to proceedings pending trials. Section 51. Section 4 (i) of said Act, relating to service, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: The provisions for service by publication herein provided shall apply in any action or proceeding in which service by publication now or hereafter may be authorized by law, and where by law special provision is made for service by publication, the procedure for such service by publication herein provided may be utilized in lieu thereof. In all cases or special proceedings where the requirements or procedure for service, or both, are not prescribed by law, and in any situation where the provisions therefor are not clear or certain, the court may prescribe service according to the exigencies of each case, consistent with the constitution. so that said section as so amended shall read as follows: (i) Alternative Service. The methods of service provided herein are cumulative, and may be utilized with, after, or independently of, other methods of service. Whenever a statute provides for another method of service, service may be made under the circumstances and in the manner prescribed by the statute. The provisions for service by publication herein provided shall apply in any action or proceeding in which service by publication now or hereafter may be authorized by law, and where by law special provision is made for service by publication, the procedure for such

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service by publication herein provided may be utilized in lieu thereof. In all cases or special proceedings where the requirements or procedure for service, or both, are not prescribed by law, and in any situation where the provisions therefor are not clear or certain, the court may prescribe service according to the exigencies of each case, consistent with the Constitution. Section 52. The provisions of this Act shall become effective on September 1, 1967. Effective date. Section 53. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved March 30, 1967. CRIMESINCITING TO RIOT. No. 116 (House Bill No. 247). An Act to create and define the offense of inciting to riot; to provide that a person committing the offense shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Any person who with intent to cause a riot, does an act or engages in conduct which urges, counsels, or advises others to riot, at a time and place and under circumstances which produce a clear and present danger of a riot, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 30, 1967.

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SELECTION OF GRAND AND TRAVERSE JURORS. Code 59-106 Amended. No. 122 (House Bill No. 307). An Act to amend section 59-106 of the Code of Georgia of 1933, as amended, relating to the revision of jury lists and the method whereby jury commissioners choose grand and traverse jurors, so as to change the method of choosing grand and traverse jurors; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Section 59-106 of the Code of Georgia of 1933, relating to the revision of jury list and the method whereby jury commissioners choose grand and traverse jurors, is hereby amended by striking same in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 59-106 to read as follows: 59-106. Immediately upon the passage of this Act and thereafter at least biennially, or, if the judge of the superior court shall direct, at least annually, on the first Monday in August, or within sixty (60) days thereafter, the board of jury commissioners shall compile and maintain and revise a jury list of upright and intelligent citizens of the county to serve as jurors. In composing such list they shall select a fairly representative cross-section of the upright and intelligent citizens of the county from the official registered voters' list which was used in the last preceding general election. If at any time it appears to the jury commissioners that the jury list, so composed, is not a fairly representative cross-section of the upright and intelligent citizens of the county, they shall supplement such list by going out into the county and personally acquainting themselves with other citizens of the county, including upright and intelligent citizens of any significantly identifiable group in the county which may not be fairly represented thereon. After selecting the citizens to serve as jurors, the jury commissioners shall select from the jury list a sufficient

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number, not exceeding two-fifths of the whole number, to serve as grand jurors. The entire number first selected, including those afterwards selected as grand jurors, shall constitute the body of traverse jurors for the county, to be drawn for service as provided by law, except when a name which has already been drawn for the same term as a grand juror shall also be drawn as a traverse juror, such name shall be returned to the box and another drawn in its stead. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 30, 1967. STATE PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING BUREAU. No. 123 (House Bill No. 106). An Act to create a State Planning and Programming Bureau; to provide for the establishment of the State Planning and Programming Bureau as a separate unit of the Executive Department; to provide that the Governor shall be ex officio Director of State Planning; to provide for the duties and powers of the Governor relative to planning and programming; to provide for the preparation and submission of a biennial development program to the General Assembly by the Governor; to provide that the Governor shall appoint and fix the compensation of a State Planning Officer; to provide for certain qualifications for the State Planning Officer; to provide for the employment of professional, technical, and clerical personnel; to provide for legal services and other assistance to the Bureau; to provide for duties, powers and authority of the Bureau; to provide for continuous planning; to provide for the inventory of grant-in-aid programs; to provide for technical assistance; to provide for the transfer of functions; to provide for the retention of retirement benefits; to provide for health insurance; to provide for the distribution of funds appropriated to the Bureau by the General Assembly for use by area or multicounty

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planning and development commissions; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. State Planning Bureau; Establishment, Legal Services and Other Assistance. (a) There shall be established a State Planning and Programming Bureau, as a separate unit of the Executive Department, for the purpose of promoting the orderly growth and development of the State of Georgia through the proper planning and programming of the affairs of State Government. The Governor shall be ex officio Director of State Planning. (b) The Governor, through the State Planning and Programming Bureau shall make available such planning and programming service, technical assistance, information and advice as hereinafter specified in this Act to departments, agencies and institutions of State Government, to the General Assembly and to local and joint units of government and other public bodies as may be appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Act. (c) The Governor, through the State Planning and Programming Bureau, shall encourage comprehensive, and co-ordinated planning and programming of the affairs of the State Government. He may inquire into the methods of planning and program development in the conduct of the affairs of State Government; he may prescribe for adequate systems of records for planning and programming purposes; and he may prescribe the institution and uses of standards for effective planning and programming. (d) The Governor shall prepare and submit to the General Assembly a biennial development program for the consideration and review of the General Assembly. The biennial development program shall be submitted within five (5) days after the organization of the General Assembly for review with the biennial budget document. (e) The administrative head of the State Planning and Programming Bureau shall be the State Planning Officer,

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who shall be appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure. The Governor shall fix the compensation of the State Planning Officer. The State Planning Officer shall be professionally qualified by education, training and experience in state or regional planning. The State Planning Officer is hereby authorized and directed to employ fully-qualified professional, technical and clerical personnel as required to carry out the duties prescribed in this Act. The employees of the State Planning and Programming Bureau with the exception of the State Planning Officer, shall be governed by the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board as may now or hereinafter be established under the Merit System Act or any amendments thereof. (f) The Attorney General, the State Budget Officer, the State Auditor, and such other State officials as shall be called upon shall render such advice and assistance, and furnish such information to the State Planning and Programming Bureau as may be requested and needed. Section 2. State Planning and Programming Bureau; Duties, Powers and Authority. The State Planning and Programming Bureau, at the direction of the Governor, and subject to the provisions of this Act, shall perform the following functions: (a) Prepare comprehensive, long-range recommendations for the orderly and coordinative growth of the state, including, but not necessarily limited to, recommendations on long-range functional plans in such areas of state concern as transportation, outdoor recreation, water resources, and economic development and may submit such recommendations to the General Assembly. (b) Analyze the quality and quantity of services required for the continued orderly and long-range growth of the state, taking into consideration the relationship of activities, capabilities, and future plans of local units of government, area commissions, development districts, private enterprise and the State and federal government. (c) Work to harmonize the planning activities of all state departments, agencies and institutions, local levels of government,

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and other public and private bodies within the state. (d) Provide technical assistance in the development of planning programs by state departments, agencies and institutions, local levels of government, and other public bodies within the state. (e) Work with departments, agencies and institutions of State Government and the State Bureau of the Budget to study and review plans and/or programs filed with the federal government by state departments, agencies or institutions relative to any existing, new, expanded or amended federal aid program. (f) At the direction of the Governor and in cooperation with the Bureau of the Budget, survey, review and appraise the accomplishments of State Government in achieving the goals and objectives set forth in the biennial development program. (g) Apply for, receive, administer and utilize any grants or other financial assistance under Section 701 of the Federal Housing Act of 1954, as amended, or other federal, private or public financial sources that may be made available for achieving the purposes of this Act. (h) Provide assistance to the General Assembly on request and be available to assist its committees with any needed information or material. Section 3. Continuous Development Planning. (a) The Governor, through the State Planning and Programming Bureau, shall have in continuous process and revision a long-range Comprehensive Statewide Development Policies Plan prepared in the light of studies, plans, needs and operations of every department, agency and institution of State Government; local and regional units of government; and the federal government, and of the existing and prospective resources and capabilities of the state to undertake and co-ordinate activities to meet such existing and prospective needs, demands, and opportunities that are identified. Such development policies plan shall stress statewide goals,

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objectives and opportunities. It shall be transmitted to the General Assembly at the beginning of each biennial legislative session. (b) The Bureau of State Planning and Programming shall cause to be prepared a series of long-range Functional Development Plans relating to, but not necessarily be limited to, outdoor recreation, water development, transportation, economic development and other broad areas of state responsibility. (c) To assist in the development of plans and programs of State Government, the Governor, through the State Planning and Programming Bureau, may request, as appropriate, that each department, agency and institution of State Government designate from among its employees and officers, a planning officer or representative who shall be responsible for the planning and coordination of the activities and responsibilities of the department, agency or institution. Such planning officer or representative shall coordinate program plans prepared for each area of program responsibility within his agency of the State Government. Section 4. Inventory of Grant-in-Aid Programs. (a) As soon as practicable after the enactment of this legislation, the Governor, through the State Planning and Programming Bureau, shall inventory and analyze the availability of all federal programs and projects involving State Government, and such other federal programs as may be available to local units of government and other public bodies. This inventory shall be maintained on a current basis. (b) As soon as practicable after the adoption of this legislation, copies of existing programs and program plans prepared by State Government for any federal agency in conjunction with any existing or proposed federal aid program involving the State of Georgia shall be filed as requested with the State Planning and Programming Bureau. Section 5. Provision for Technical Assistance. (a) The Governor, through the State Planning and Programming Bureau, shall seek to harmonize the planning activities of local units of government, local planning commissions, and

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the planning activities of joint units of government, so that the planning policies and objectives of all levels of government are consistent and that conflicts of activity for the development of the state are minimized. (b) It shall be the responsibility of the Governor, through the State Planning and Programming Bureau, to encourage coordinated planning activities among districts established pursuant to any federal legislation that now exists or hereinafter may be established and to provide such information and advice on these programs to existing districts and local units of government and other public bodies. (c) To advise the State Planning and Programming Bureau in matters relating to area or multi-county planning and development, the Governor shall appoint an advisory committee composed of one commission member recommended by each of the existing seventeen (17) area or multi-county planning and development commissions, and any such additional commissions as may hereafter exist. The members of the advisory committee shall receive twenty ($20.00) dollars per diem for each day in attendance at meetings of said committee, plus actual traveling expenses. The members shall be compensated for their services on said advisory committee from the funds appropriated to or available to the area or multi-county planning and development commissions which they respectively represent. (d) The State Planning and Programming Bureau may, upon the request of the governing body of any political subdivision, or planning commission, provide planning assistance to such political subdivision, planning commission, or groups of subdivisions or planning commissions. The State Planning and Programming Bureau is also empowered to contract with any such political subdivision, planning commission, or groups of subdivisions or planning commissions for such services rendered and the receipts of any monies shall be paid into the public treasury. The State Planning and Programming Bureau is also hereby empowered to contract with any other public or private agency or association and with consultants for the purpose of receiving technical aid or assistance.

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Section 6. Transfer of Functions. Those powers given to the Department of Industry and Trade under section 40-2124, relating to the principle powers and duties of the State Planning Commission; section 40-2125, relating to miscellaneous powers of the State Planning Commission, and section 40-2126, relating to the abolishment of the State Planning Commission, and transfer of functions to the Board of Commissioners of the Department of Industry and Trade, of the Georgia Code Annotated, are herewith transferred to the newly created State Planning and Programming Bureau, together with all personnel, records, equipment, furniture and fixtures, files and supplies of every kind and character presently assigned to the Planning Division of said Department. All personnel employed by the Bureau are hereby authorized to be members of the Employees Retirement System of Georgia, as established by an Act approved February 3, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138), as amended, and shall be entitled to participate in the State Employees Health Insurance Plan. All rights, credits and funds in said retirement system which are possessed by any of the personnel in the Bureau, including the State Planning Officer, at the time of employment in said Bureau, are hereby continued, and it is the intention of the General Assembly that any such personnel and the State Planning Officer shall not lose any rights, credits or funds to which they were entitled prior to being employed in the Bureau. It is the intent and purpose of this Act that the transfer herein authorized and directed shall be made with a minimum of interruption of work heretofore carried out within the Department of Industry and Trade and shall not operate to prevent completion of any legal contracts previously entered into by said Department. Section 7. Area or Multi-County Development Commission Funds. The State Planning and Programming Bureau shall make available such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly for use by area or multi-county planning and development commissions which may now exist or may hereafter be established.

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Section 8. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 31, 1967. GEORGIA LEGISLATIVE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. No. 128 (House Bill No. 84). An Act to establish the Georgia Legislative Retirement System; to provide for retirement allowances, survivors' allowances, and other benefits for the members of the General Assembly, staff members, and the survivors and other beneficiaries thereof; to provide for the administration and funds of such System; to provide for other matters relative thereto; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be in enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The following words and phrases as used in this Act, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings: (1) System shall mean the Georgia Legislative Retirement System. Definitions. (2) Board shall mean the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia. (3) Member shall mean any person included in the membership of the System as set forth in this Act. (4) Creditable Service shall mean prior service and membership service for which credit is allowable as provided in section 5 hereof, but in no case shall more than one year of service be creditable for all service in one calendar year, nor shall it include any service which has or may be credited to a member by any other public retirement system of this State.

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(5) Prior Service shall mean service rendered prior to January 1, 1954, and shall include service rendered as a Representative, Senator, or staff member in the General Assembly. It shall also mean active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States of America, including the National Guard, and service in an active reserve unit during wartime or during any conflict where military personnel have been committed by the President of the United States. Provided, however, such military service shall be prior to January 1, 1954, and no military service shall be creditable in excess of five years. Service in a standby reserve capacity shall not be credited. (6) Membership Service shall mean service as paid for by the member, as provided for in subsection (1) of section 12 hereof. (7) Retirement Allowance shall mean monthly payments for life under the System payable as provided in section 6 hereof. (8) Aggregate Contributions shall mean the sum of all amounts deducted from the compensation of a member of this System and credited to his individual account in the System. (9) Accumulated Contributions shall mean the member's Aggregate Contributions together with regular interest thereon. (10) Date of Establishment shall mean July 1, 1967. (11) Beneficiary shall mean any person in receipt of a retirement allowance or other benefit as provided by the System. (12) Staff Members shall mean (a) The Secretary of the Senate and (b) The Clerk of the House of Representatives. Section 2. A Retirement System is hereby created and placed under the administration of the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia to provide retirement allowances and other benefits for members of the Georgia General Assembly. The System shall begin operation

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as of July 1, 1967. It shall have the power and privileges of a corporation and shall be known as the Georgia Legislative Retirement System, and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, and have its funds invested, and all of its cash, securities, and other property held. Created. Section 3. (1) The general administration and responsibility for the proper operation of the System and for making effective the provisions hereof are hereby vested in the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia. (2) The Board shall engage such actuarial and other services as shall be required to transact the business of the System. Administration of system, etc. (3) The Board shall designate an actuary who shall be the technical advisor of the Board on matters regarding the operation of the System and shall perform such other duties as are required in connection therewith. (4) At least once in each five-year period following the date of establishment the actuary shall make an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service, and compensation experience of the members and beneficiaries of the System, and shall make a valuation of the contingent assets and liabilities of the System. The Board, after taking into the account the results of such investigation and valuation, shall adopt for the System such mortality, service and other tables as shall be deemed necessary. (5) On the basis of regular interest and tables adopted by the Board, the actuaries shall make valuations of the contingent assets and liabilities of the System at least once every three years. (6) The Board shall keep in convenient form such data as shall be necessary for the actuarial valuations of the contingent assets and liabilities of the System and for checking the experience of the System. (7) The Board shall determine from time to time the rate of regular interest for use in all calculations, with the

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rate of 4 per cent per annum applicable unless changed by the Board. (8) Subject to the limitations hereof, the Board shall, from time to time, establish rules and regulations for the administration of the System and for the transaction of business. (9) The Board shall keep a record of all of its proceedings under this Act which shall be open to the public. (10) All persons employed by the Board and the expenses of the Board shall be paid from funds appropriated to the General Assembly. Section 4. (1) All persons who are members of the General Assembly on the date of establishment of the System shall become members of the System as of such date, except that within six months from such date any such person may irrevocably elect not to be a member of the System. All other persons shall become members of the System on their taking office as members of the General Assembly. Staff members, as defined in Section 1 of this Act, shall also have the option to become members of the System under the same conditions as elected members of the General Assembly. Members. (2) If a member of the System shall, before he has attained age 60, cease to be a member of the General Assembly for reasons other than death, he shall thereupon cease to be a member of the System, provided, however, that if he has completed eight or more years of membership service, he may elect, by irrevocable written election filed with the System within six months of the cessation of his membership in the General Assembly, to continue his membership in the System, and to have his contributions retained in the System and thereafter to be a non-contributing special member of the System, not entitled to any additional membership service, unless he gain becomes a member of the General Assembly and a contributing member of the System. (3) Should any member of the System in any period of five consecutive years after becoming a member be absent

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from service more than four years, withdraw his contributions or become a beneficiary of such System, or die, he shall thereupon cease to be a member. Section 5. (1) The creditable service of a member shall include all established creditable Prior Service and service as a member of the General Assembly since he last became a contributing member of the System and in respect of which he makes contributions to the System. It shall also include, in the case of a member of the System who (a) became such on the date of establishment and (b) remained a contributing member of the System continuously thereafter until his death or his retirement under the System or until he otherwise separates from service. Creditable service. Section 6. (1) Any member of the System who has attained age 62 and has completed 8 or more years of membership service shall be retired by the Board on a retirement allowance upon his written application therefor, and shall thereupon become a beneficiary of the System, provided he is no longer in the service of the State whether as a member of the General Assembly or otherwise. The date of retirement shall be the first day of a calendar month which occurs not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days subsequent to the filing of such application. Any member of the System who has completed 8 or more years of membership service and who has attained age 60 may elect to retire prior to age 62. In such event, however, his retirement allowance shall be reduced 5% for each year below age 62. (2) Upon such retirement the retired member shall receive a monthly service retirement allowance which shall be equal to $10.00 multiplied by the number of years of his creditable service. Section 7. Until the first payment on account of the retirement allowance becomes normally due, any beneficiary may elect, by filling written application with the Board, to convert the retirement allowance otherwise payable on his account after retirement into a retirement allowance or equivalent actuarial value under one of the optional forms named below: Optional retirement allowances.

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Option 1A reduced retirement allowance payable during the beneficiary's life, with the provision that the reduced allowance shall continue after his death to and for the life of the contingent beneficiary designated by him in such application, if such contingent beneficiary survives him. Option 2A reduced retirement allowance payable during the beneficiary's life with the provision that one-half of the reduced allowance shall continue after his death to and for the life of the contingent beneficiary designated by him in such application, if such contingent beneficiary survices him. Section 8. All retirement allowances shall be paid in monthly installments and cease with the month in which death occurs. Section 9. Should a member cease to be a member of the System, for reasons other than retirement or death, he shall be paid as promptly as feasible after his request, his aggregate contributions. Should he die before payment has been made, the amount of his aggregate contributions shall be paid to such person as he shall have nominated by written designation filed with the Board, otherwise to his estate. Return of contributions. Section 10. (1) Upon the death of any member of the System, a lump sum amount shall be paid to such person as he shall have nominated by written designation, filed with the Board, otherwise to his estate. Such lump sum amount shall be equal to the amount of his accululated contributions. Same. (2) Upon the death of a beneficiary who has not elected an optional form of allowance under section 7 hereof, a lump sum amount shall be paid to such person as he shall have last nominated by written designation, filed with the Board, otherwise to his estate. Such lump sum amount shall be equal to the excess, if any, of his accumulated contributions at the time his allowance commenced over the sum of the retirement allowance payments made to him. (3) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if a member of the System dies while in the service of the

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State, whether as a member of the General Assembly or otherwise, after he has attained age sixty-five, or after he has attained age sixty and completed at least twenty years of creditable service, the person nominated by him to receive the lump sum amount in subsection (1) above may elect to receive, in lieu of such lump sum payment, an allowance for life in the same amount as if the deceased member of the system had retired at the time of his death and had named such persons as contingent beneficiary under Option 1 of section 7. Section 11. Should any beneficiary return to the service of the State, whether as a member of the General Assembly or otherwise, his retirement allowance shall cease. If such return is in a position other than as a member of the General Assembly, he shall, upon cessation of service in such position, or positions, be entitled to apply for a retirement allowance hereunder at the same rate to which he was previously entitled. Return to state service. Section 12. (1) Each member of the System shall contribute two hundred fifty-two dollars in each calendar year, commencing July 1, 1967. Such contributions shall be made through payroll deductions by the State Treasurer. Contributions. (a) For each year of service between December 31, 1953, and December 31, 1966, each member may contribute to his account at the rate of 6 per cent of his annual base pay and allowances received for services rendered as a Representative, Senator, or staff member in the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and for each such year that contributions are made same shall be deemed to be and credited as membership service under the System. Except, however, in order to obtain credit for membership service under the provisions of this subsection, a member must make such contributions within a 24-month period after first becoming a member of the System. (2) Every member of the System shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deductions made and provided for herein, and payment of salary or compensation less such deduction shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance

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of all claims and demands whatsoever for the services rendered by such person during the period covered by such payments, except as to the benefits provided under the System. (3) Each of the amounts so deducted shall be credited to the individual account of the member from whose compensation the deduction was made. Section 13. The contributions of the State to the System shall be determined by the Board each year on the basis of actuarial valuations of the System. The Board shall certify to the State Treasurer the amount of the State's contribution due the System. The State's contributions shall be financed from funds appropriated to the General Assembly, and shall include such sums as are found necessary in order to create reserves in the System sufficient (1) to cover the cost of the allowances currently accruing under this Act, (2) to include a contribution, each year, toward the cost of service prior to January 1, 1967, and (3) to cover any administrative expenses which the Board may incur in the operation of the System. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the Board from funds appropriated to the General Assembly said State contributions. State's contributions. Section 14. There is hereby created an office to be known as the Executive Secretary of the Legislative Retirement System of Georgia. The Executive Secretary of the Employes' Retirement System of Georgia shall serve as Executive Secretary of this System. Executive Secretary. Section 15. (1) The Board shall be the trustees of the funds of the System, may invest and re-invest such funds, may hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer and dispose of any of the securities and investments in which any of the funds created herein shall have been invested, as well as the proceeds of such investments and any moneys belonging to such fund, all in such manner as funds of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia are invested and re-invested. Investments. (2) Except as otherwise herein provided, no member of or person employed by the Board shall have a direct interest

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in the gains or profits of any investment made by the Board. No member of the Board or employee of the Board shall, directly or indirectly, or himself or as an agent, in any manner use the funds of the System except to make such current and necessary payments as are authorized by the Board; nor shall any member or employee of the Board become an endorser or surety, or in any manner an obligor, for moneys loaned or borrowed from the Board. Section 16. (1) The Board of Trustees shall be the custodian of the funds of the System. All payments from such funds shall be made by the Board only upon vouchers signed by two persons designated by the Board. Board of trustees. Section 17. (1) All of the assets of the System shall be credited, according to the purpose for which they are held, to one of two accounts; namely, the members' account and the accumulation account. Accounts. (2) The members' account shall be the account in which shall be held the contributions made by members and regular interest credited thereon. (3) The accumulation account shall be the account in which shall be held all reserves for the payment of the part of all retirement allowances and other benefits payable from contributions made by the State, and from which shall be paid all retirement allowances payable under the System and the administrative expenses. All interest and dividends earned on the funds of the System shall be credited to the accumulation account. Section 18. The right of a person to a retirement allowance or to the return of contributions, a retirement allowance itself, any optional allowance or payment on death or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this Act and the moneys of the System created hereunder are hereby exempted from any State or municipal tax and exempted from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever and shall be unassignable except as herein specifically otherwise provided. Intent.

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Section 19. Any person who shall knowingly make any false statements or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of the System, in any attempt to defraud the System as a result of such an act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not exceed $500.00 or imprisonment not exceeding twelve months, or both; such fine and imprisonment to be at the discretion of the court. Should any change or error in the records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the Retirement System more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the Board of Trustees shall have the power to correct such error and to adjust as far as practicable the payments in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid. Crimes. Section 20. If any provision of this Act or any rule or regulation made thereunder or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the Act, rule, or regulation shall not be affected thereby. The invalidity of any section or sections or parts of any section or sections shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the Chapter. Severability. Section 21. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 31, 1967. COMPENSATION OF CLERK OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SECRETARY OF SENATE. Code 47-210 Amended. No. 135 (House Bill No. 232). An Act to amend Code section 47-210, relating to the salaries and fees of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, so as to provide annual compensation and allowances for the Secretary

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of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Section 47-210, relating to the salaries and fees of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, is hereby amended by striking therefrom the following: The secretary of the Senate shall be paid, per day for each session..... $ 60.00 The clerk of the House of Representatives shall be paid, per day for each session..... $ 70.00, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: The Secretary of the Senate shall be compensated in the amount of $10,000.00 per annum to be paid in equal monthly or semimonthly installments. The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be compensated in the amount of $10,000.00 per annum to be paid in equal monthly or semi-monthly installments. During the regular and extraordinary sessions of the General Assembly, the Senate is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for an expense, mileage and travel allowance for the Secretary, and the House of Representatives is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for an expense, mileage and travel allowance for the Clerk. During the time the General Assembly is not in session, the Secretary and the Clerk shall each receive expenses, mileage and travel allowances incurred in the performance of their duties, the same as other State employees. Section 2. This Act shall become effective July 1, 1967. Effective date. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 31, 1967.

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SOUTHWESTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUITCOMPENSATION OF COURT REPORTER. No. 162 (House Bill No. 182). An Act to amend an Act providing a salary for the official court reporter of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit, approved February 11, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 9), so as to change the compensation of said official court reporter; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act providing a salary for the official court reporter of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit, approved February 11, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 9) is hereby amended by striking from section 1 the words and figures four thousand two hundred ($4,200.00) and three hundred fifty ($350.00) dollars and inserting in lieu thereof the following: five thousand, four hundred dollars ($5,400.00) and four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) respectively, so that when so amended section 1 shall read as follows: Section 1. From and after the passage of this Act, the official court reporter of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit shall be paid a salary of five thousand, four hundred dollars ($5,400.00) per annum, which salary shall be paid monthly in equal installments on the first day of each month on the basis of four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) per month. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Notice of intention to Introduce Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced in the January, 1967 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia a Bill to amend an Act providing salary for the official court reporter of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit approved February 11th, 1957, Georgia Laws 1957, page 9,

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so as to change the compensation of said official court reporter, and for other purposes. This 16th day of January, 1966. /s/ Janet S. Merritt /s/ Clarence Parker Representatives 68th District Georiga, Fulton County. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, duly authorized to administer oaths, Janet S. Merritt who, on oath, deposes and says that she is Representative from the 68th District, and that the attached copy of notice of intention to introduce local legislation was published in the Albany Herald which is the official organ of Lee County, on the following dates: January 16, 23, and 30, 1967. /s/ Janet S. Merritt Representative, 68th District Sworn to and subscribed before this 8th day of February, 1967. /s/ Pamela A. McIntyre Notary Public, Georgia, State at Large. My Commission Expires Jan. 9, 1971. (Seal). Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced in the January 1967 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia a Bill to amend an Act providing salary for the official court reporter of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit approved February 11th, 1957, Georgia Laws 1957, page 9, so as to change the compensation of said official court reporter, and for other purposes.

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This 13th day of January, 1967. /s/ Janet S. Merritt /s/ Clarence Parker Representatives 68th District Georgia, Fulton County. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, duly authorized to administer oaths, Janet S. Merritt who, on oath, deposes and says that she is Representative from the 68th District, and that the attached copy of notice of intention to introduce local legislation was published in the Americus Times Recorder which is the official organ of Sumter County, on the following dates: January 13, 20, and 27, 1967. /s/ Janet S. Merritt Representative, 68th District Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of February, 1967. /s/ Pamela A. McIntyre Notary Public, Georgia, State at Large. My Commission Expires Jan. 9, 1971. (Seal). Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced in the January 1967 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia a Bill to amend an Act providing salary for the official court reporter of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit approved February 11th, 1957, Georgia Laws 1957, page 9, so as to change the compensation of said official court reporter, and for other purposes. This 12 day of January, 1967. /s/ Janet S. Merritt /s/ Clarence Parker Representatives, 68th District

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Georgia, Fulton County. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, duly authorized to administer oaths, Janet S. Merritt who, on oath, deposes and says that she is Representative from the 68th District, and that the attached copy of notice of intention to introduce local legislation was published in the Ellaville Citizen which is the official organ of Schley County, on the following dates: January 12, 19 and 26, 1967. /s/ Janet S. Merritt Representative, 68th District Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of February, 1967. /s/ Pamela A. McIntyre Notary Public, Georgia, State at Large. My Commission Expires Jan. 9, 1971. (Seal). Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced in the January 1967 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia a Bill to amend an Act providing salary for the official court reporter of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit approved February 11th, 1967, Georgia Laws 1957, page 9, so as to change the compensation of said official court reporter, and for other purposes. This 12th day of January, 1967. /s/ Janet S. Merritt /s/ Clarence Parker Representatives, 68th District Georgia, Fulton County. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, duly authorized to administer oaths, Janet S. Merrit

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who, on oath, deposes and says that she is Representative from the 68th District, and that the attached copy of notice of intention to introduce local legislation was published in the Citizen Georgian which is the official organ of Macon County, on the following dates: January 12, 19 and 26, 1967. /s/ Janet S. Merritt Representative, 68th District Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of February, 1967. /s/ Pamela A. McIntyre Notary Public, Georgia, State at Large. My Commission Expires Jan. 9, 1971. (Seal). Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced in the January, 1967 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia a Bill to amend an Act providing salary for the official court reporter of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit Court approved February 11th, 1957, Georgia Laws 1957, page 9, so as to change the compensation of said official court reporter, and for other purposes. This 12th day of January, 1967. /s/ Janet S. Merritt /s/ Clarence Parker Representatives, 68th District Georgia, Fulton County. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, duly authorized to administer oaths, Janet S. Merritt who, on oath, deposes and says that she is Representative from the 68th District, and that the attached copy of notice of intention to introduce local legislation was published in the Stewart-Webster Journal which is the official

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organ of Stewart and Webster County, on the following dates: January 12, 19 and 26, 1967. /s/ Janet S. Merritt Representative, 68th District Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of February, 1967. /s/ Pamela A. McIntyre Notary Public, Georgia, State at Large. My Commission Expires Jan. 9, 1971. (Seal). Approved March 31, 1967. LAND CONVEYANCE TO HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF AMERICUS. No. 13 (House Resolution No. 70-162). A Resolution. To amend a resolution authorizing the conveyance of a tract of State-owned property located in Sumter County, approved April 8, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 555), so as to authorize the conveyance by the Governor of Georgia to the Housing Authority of the City of Americus, Georgia, and authorizing the conveyance to the State Highway Department of an easement by the Housing Authority of the City of Americus, Georgia; and for other purposes. Whereas, the State Highway Department has previously condemned a tract of land adjacent to the right of way of State Highway No. 27 located in the City of Americus, Sumter County, Georgia; and Whereas, said Route 27 has been relocated, and the old right of way abandoned; and

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Whereas, an acute drainage problem has arisen on this old abandoned right of way; and Whereas, the Housing Authority of the City of Americus desires to obtain part of this land; and Whereas, the State Highway Department no longer has any need for said property and does not desire to retain said property; and Whereas, the descriptions were not set out in proper detail in the original resolution, that is, House Resolution 110-139 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 555). Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the State of Georgia retain the following described part of this tract; All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Georgia militia district 789 of Sumter County, Georgia, being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the existing west right of way line of Oliver Street with a line ten (10) feet north of and parallel to the back of the existing five (5) foot sidewalk on the north side of Georgia Highway Project F 030-2(2); running thence westerly and northwesterly along said parallel line to a point opposite Station 93+90 on said project survey center line; thence northeasterly along a straight line to the intersection of said west right of way line at a point thirty-seven and five tenths (37.5) feet north of the point of beginning as measured along said west right of way line; thence southerly along said west right of way line thirty-seven and five tenths (37.5) feet back to the point of beginning. Be it further resolved by this resolution that the Governor of Georgia be authorized for and on behalf of the State of Georgia to convey the following described tract of land to the Housing Authority of the City of Americus for the sum of three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars, and the benefits flowing to the State of Georgia therefrom: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Georgia militia district 789 of Sumter County, Georgia, being more

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particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the existing west right of way line of Oliver Street with a line ten (10) feet north of and parallel to the existing five (5) foot sidewalk on the north side of Georgia Highway Project F 030-2 (2); running thence westerly and northwesterly along said parallel line to the intersection of the existing southeast right of way line of East Lamar Street; thence northeasterly along said latter existing right of way line to the intersection of the existing west right of way line of Oliver Street; thence south along said latter existing right of way line back to the point of beginning. Approved March 31, 1967. SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN USE TAXES RATIFIED. No. 14 (House Resolution No. 163-490) A Resolution. To ratify, approve, and confirm the Executive Order of the Governor, dated February 19, 1966, suspending the collection of taxes imposed by the Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act on certain tangible personal property purchased outside the State of Georgia and subsequently brought into this State as a result of the purchaser becoming domiciled herein until the next meeting of the General Assembly; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. That the Executive Order of the Governor, dated February 19, 1966, which is as follows: Whereas: Georgia Code Section 40-205 provides that the Governor may suspend collection of taxes, or any part thereof, due the State until the next meeting of the General Assembly; it is, therefore,

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Ordered: That the collection of the Georgia use tax on all tangible personal property purchased outside of the State of Georgia by persons who at the time of purchase are not domiciled in this State but who subsequently become domiciled herein and bring said property into this State for the first time as a result of said change of domicile, provided said property is not brought into this State for use in a trade, business or profession, be suspended until the next meeting of the General Assembly. This 19th day of February, 1966. /s/ Carl E. Sanders Governor is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed. Section 2. All laws, or parts of laws, in conflict with this Resolution are hereby repealed. Approved April 1, 1967. SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN SALES TAXES RATIFIED. No. 15 (House Resolution No. 164-490). A Resolution. To ratify, approve and confirm the Executive Order of the Governor, dated February 19, 1966, suspending the collection of the tax imposed by the Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act attributable to the inclusion of the Federal Manufacturer's Excise Tax in the base of said Sales Tax until the next meeting of the General Assembly; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. That the Executive Order of the Governor, dated February 19, 1966, which is as follows:

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Whereas: The Court of Appeals of Georgia on the 20th day of May, 1965, held in the case of Hiram K. Undercofler v. Capital Automobile Company that a federal manufacturer's excise tax is an element of the cost of property sold and said federal manufacurer's excise tax is included in the base of the tax imposed by the Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act; and Whereas: The Congress of the United States has indicated a phasing out of many of these excise taxes; and Whereas: The increased State revenues have not been projected in revenue estimates and the economy of the State of Georgia is such that additional revenues from the public are not needed; it is therefore. Ordered: Under the authority of Code section 40-205, that the collection of the tax imposed by the Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act attributable to the inclusion of the Federal Manufacturer's Excise Tax imposed by sections 4061-4211 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 in the base of said Sales Tax be suspended until the next meeting of the General Assembly. This 19th day of February, 1966. /s/ Carl E. Sanders Governor is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed. Section 2. All laws, or parts of laws, in conflict with this Resolution are hereby repealed. Approved April 1, 1967.

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SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN SALES TAXES RATIFIED. No. 16 (House Resolution No. 165-490). A Resolution. To ratify, approve, and confirm the Executive Order of the Governor, dated February 19, 1966, suspending the collection of the tax imposed by the Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act on the sale and use of the Holy Bible and Testaments until the next meeting of the General Assembly; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. That the Executive Order of the Governor, dated February 19, 1966, which is as follows: Whereas: Georgia Code section 40-205 provides that the Governor of the State of Georgia may suspend collection of taxes, or any part thereof, due the State until the next meeting of the General Assembly; it is therefore Ordered: That the collection of Georgia sales and use taxes on the sale and use of Holy Bibles, Testaments and similar books commonly recognized as being Holy Scriptures, regardless of by or to whom sold, be suspended until the next meeting of the General Assembly. This 19th day of February, 1966. /s/ Carl E. Sanders Governor is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed. Section 2. All laws, or parts of laws, in conflict with this Resolution are hereby repealed. Approved April 1, 1967.

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SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN SALES TAXES RATIFIED. No. 17 (House Resolution No. 166-490). A Resolution. To ratify, approve and confirm the Executive Order of the Governor, dated June 10, 1966, suspending the collection of taxes imposed by the Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act upon the sale of tangible personal property to certain general non-profit hospitals until the next meeting of the General Assembly; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. That the Executive Order of the Governor, dated June 10, 1966, which is as follows: Whereas: The maintenance of public health is one of the principal functions of government; and Whereas: The various general non-profit hospitals located in this State render invaluable assistance to the municipal, county, state and authority owned hospitals in the maintenance of public health; and Whereas: Municipal, county and state owned hospitals have always been exempt from payment of Georgia Sales and Use Taxes; and Whereas: The Supreme Court of Georgia, in the case of Undercofler vs. Hospital Authority of Forsyth County, decided October 19, 1965, has declared all authority owned hospitals to be exempt from such taxes; and Whereas: Under these circumstances, the continued payment of such taxes by general non-profit hospitals will constitute an inequitable burden upon such hospitals in their efforts to assist in the maintenance of public health; and

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Whereas: Georgia Code section 40-205 provides that the Governor of the State of Georgia may suspend the collection of taxes, or any part thereof, due the State until the next meeting of the General Assembly; it is, therefore, Ordered: That the collection of Georgia Sales and Use Taxes on the sale and use of tangible personal property and services purchased by non-profit general hospitals and used exclusively by such hospitals in performing a general hospital function in this State, provided such hospitals are operating under a non-profit hospital charter approved by the Internal Revenue Service, and provided a letter of authorization is secured from the State Revenue Commissioner, be suspended until the next meeting of the General Assembly. This 19th day of February, 1966. /s/ Carl E. Sanders Governor is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed. Section 2. All laws, or parts of laws, in conflict with this Resolution are hereby repealed. Approved April 1, 1967. GEORGIA RETAILERS' AND CONSUMERS' SALES AND USE TAX ACT AMENDED SALES OF FOOD TO PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS. No. 170 (Senate Bill No. 114). An Act to amend an Act known as the Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act, approved February 20, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 360), as amended, so as to exempt the sale of food to be consumed on the premises of private secondary schools by pupils and employees from the taxes imposed by said Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act, approved February 20, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 360), as amended, is hereby amended by adding to section 3 (c) 2 the following subparagraph to be designated subparagraph (u) to read as follows: (u) Sales of food to private secondary schools to be consumed on the premises by pupils and employees. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 1, 1967. GEORGIA RETAILERS' AND CONSUMERS' SALES AND USE TAX ACT AMENDED SALES OF WATER. No. 171 (House Bill No. 257). An Act to amend an Act known as the Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act, approved April 20, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 360), as amended, so as to exempt from the provisions of said Act the sale of water by Georgia incorporated water associations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act, approved April 20, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 360), as amended, is hereby amended by inserting in section 3(c) 2 (f) between the words State and not the following: or Georgia incorporated water associations, so that when so amended section 3(c) 2 (f) between shall read as follows: (f) The tax levied by this Act shall not apply to the sale of water by municipal corporations or other political

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subdivisions of this State or Georgia incorporated water associations (not including mineral water or carbonated water, or any water put up in bottles, jugs, or other containers, all of which are not exempted.) Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 1, 1967. GEORGIA RETAILERS' AND CONSUMERS' SALES AND USE TAX ACT AMENDED TAX ON LEASED PERSONAL PROPERTY. No. 172 (House Bill No. 463). An Act to amend the Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act, approved February 21, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 360), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 1, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 153), so as to provide for optional payment of sales and use tax imposed upon lessees of tangible personal property by permitting a lump sum payment of such tax at the inception of a lease based upon the fair market value of the tangible property leased; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act, approved February 21, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 360), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 1, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 153), is hereby amended by adding at the end of subparagraph (c) of section 2 the following: Provided further, that the lessee of both taxable and exempt property in this State under a single lease agreement containing a lease period of ten (10) years or more shall have the option to discharge in full all sales and use taxes imposed by this Act relating to such tangible personal

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property by paying in a lump sum three per cent (3%) of the fair market value of such tangible personal property at the date of inception of such lease agreement in the same manner and under the same conditions applicable to sales of such tangible personal property., so that, when so amended, subparagraph (c) of section 2 shall read as follows: (c) Every lessee or rentee of tangible personal property in this State shall be liable for a tax thereon at the rate of three per cent (3%) of the gross lease or rental charge therefor. Said tax shall be paid by the lessee or rentee to his lessor or rentor, and said lessor or rentor, as a dealer under this Act, shall remit same to the State Revenue Commissioner, as hereinafter provided, and when received by the State Revenue Commissioner it shall be a credit against the tax imposed hereinafter on said lessor or rentor; Every lessor or rentor of tangible personal property in this State shall be a dealer as defined in this Act and shall be liable for a tax thereon at the rate of three per cent (3%) of his gross lease or rental proceeds therefrom, or the amount of taxes collected by him from his lessee or rentee, as hereinabove provided, whichever is greater; provided, however, that no lease or rental shall be taxable to the lessor or rentor which is not taxable hereunder to the lessee or rentee; provided further that the rental of motion picture film shall not be subject to the taxes imposed under this subsection or subsection (d). Provided further, that the lessee of both taxable and exempt property in this State under a single lease agreement containing a lease period of ten (10) years or more shall have the option to discharge in full all sales and use taxes imposed by this Act relating to such tangible personal property by paying in a lump sum three per cent (3%) of the fair market value of such tangible personal property at the date of inception of such lease agreement in the same manner and under the same conditions applicable to sales of such tangible personal property. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 1, 1967.

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GEORGIA RETAILERS' AND CONSUMERS' SALES AND USE TAX ACT AMENDEDPRODUCTS USED TO REDUCE WATER AND AIR POLLUTION. No. 173 (House Bill No. 478). An Act to amend an Act entitled the Georgia Retailers' and Consumers' Sales and Use Tax Act, approved February 20, 1951, (Ga. L. 1951, p. 360) as amended, so as to exclude from the terms Retail sales and sale at retail tangible personal property which is used in or is a part of any facility which has been installed or constructed for the primary purpose of reducing air and water pollution, to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled Georgia Retailers and Consumers Sales and Use Tax Act, approved February 20, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 360) as amended, is hereby amended by adding to Section 3 (c) 2 the following subparagraph to be designated subparagraph (t) and to read as follows: (t) The sale of machinery and equipment which is incorporated into any facility and used for the primary purpose of reducing or eliminating air or water pollution. Any person making a sale of machinery and equipment for the purposes specified in this subparagraph shall collect the tax imposed thereon by this chapter unless the purchaser furnishes him with a certicate issued by the Commissioner certifying that the purchaser is entitled to purchase such machinery and equipment without paying the tax. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 1, 1967.

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GEORGIA LIMING MATERIALS ACT OF 1963 AMENDED DEFINITIONS. No. 174 (House Bill No. 249). An Act to amend an Act known as the Georgia Liming Materials Act of 1963, approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 499), so as to provide for additional definitions; to include aragonite liming materials and natural or ground aragonite under such definitions; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the Georgia Liming Materials Act of 1963, approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 499), is hereby amended by striking section 2 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 2 to read as follows: Section 2. The following definitions are applicable only when the following products are sold for or represented to be for agricultural purposes. Any product not listed, the use of which is claimed to decrease soil acidity, must meet the requirements set forth in subsection A of this section. A. Definitions. `Agricultural Liming Materials' are those materials whose calcium and magnesium content is capable of neutralizing soil acidity. All liming materials must have a minimum neutralizing value of eight-five percent (85%) calcium carbonate equivalent to be accepted for registration. B. Agricultural Liming Material. 1. Calcitic liming materials are those materials of which eighty percent (80%) or more of the total neutralizing value expressed as calcium carbonate equivalent is derived from calcium. 2. Dolomitic liming materials are those materials of which twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total neutralizing value expressed as calcium carbonate equivalent is derived from magnesium.

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3. Aragonite liming materials are those materials of which ninety percent (90%) or more of the total neutralizing value expressed as calcium carbonate equivalent is derived from calcium. 4. Ground limestone is calcitic or dolomitic limestone ground so that ninety percent (90%) of the materials will pass a 10-mesh sieve and not less than twenty-five percent (25%) will pass a 100-mesh sieve. 5. Finely-ground limestone is calcitic or dolomitic limestone ground so that ninety percent (90%) of the material will pass through a 20-mesh sieve and not less than seventy percent (70%) shall pass through a 100-mesh sieve. 6. Natural or ground aragonite is aragonite which is ground or occurs naturally in such form as ninety percent (90%) of the materials will pass a 20-mesh sieve and not less than thirty percent (30%) will pass a 70-mesh sieve. 7. `Burnt lime', `quick lime', `lump lime', `caustic lime', or `builders lime' are materials consisting chiefly of calcium oxide or calcium and magnesium oxides which result from heating calcitic or dolomitic limestone to remove carbon dioxide. These materials shall meet the same sieve specifications as set forth for finely ground limestone. 8. Hydrated lime (slaked lime) is a dry product formed by adding sufficient water to burnt lime to form calcium and magnesium hydroxides. These materials shall meet the same screen specifications as set forth for finely ground limestone. 9. `Ground shells' is the product obtained by grinding the shells of mollusks so that not less than fifty percent (50%) of the materials shall pass a 100-mesh sieve and shall carry the name of the mollusk of origin. 10. `Marl' is the granular or loosely consolidated, earthly material composed largely of calcium carbonate as shell fragments of form precipitation in ponds. These materials shall meet the same screen specifications as set forth for finely ground limestone.

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11. `Ground shell marl' is the product obtained by grinding natural deposits of shell marl so that at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the material shall pass a 100-mesh sieve and ninety percent (90%) of the materials shall pass a 20-mesh sieve. 12. `Waste lime', or `by-product lime', is any industrial waste or by-product containing calcium or calcium and magnesium in forms that will neutralize acids. These products must be free of materials that are toxic to plant growth to be accepted for registration. It shall be designated by prefixing the name of the industry or process by which it is produced. 13. `Agricultural slag' is a fused silicate whose calcium and magnesium content is capable of neutralizing acidity and which is ground so that ninety percent (90%) of the material will pass a 10-mesh sieve and not less than twenty-five percent (25%) will pass a 100-mesh sieve. C. Labels of artificial mixtures of two or more liming materials or of gypsum with liming materials shall include a list of the ingredients used. D. Sieve number designates sieves conforming to specifications of the United States Standard Sieve Series. Sieve tests listed herein are minimum. No tolerance allowed. Official analysis shall be determined by the wet method. E. The maximum moisture allowable in agricultural lime at the time of sampling is not to exceed fifteen percent (15%) by weight. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 4, 1967.

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NORTHEASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ADDITIONAL JUDGE. No. 175 (Senate Bill No. 84). An Act to add one additional judge of the superior court for the Northeastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia so as to provide for two judges in said court; to provide for the initial appointment, election and term of office of said judge; to provide for the manner of empanelling jurors; to prescribe the powers, duties, jurisdiction, privileges and immunities of said judge; to prescribe the compensation, salary and expense allowance of said judge to be paid by the State of Georgia and the counties composing the Northeastern Judicial Circuit; to provide for the division of business between the two judges of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia; to provide for the judge senior in term of continuous service to be the presiding judge, in whom shall be vested the power to make all appointments whenever the law provides for the superior court judge to make appointments; to provide for court-romm and chamber space; to provide for an additional court reporter for said circuit; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Under and in accordance with the provisions of Article VI, Section III, Paragraph I of the Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1945, one additional judge of the superior court for the Northeastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia is hereby added, thereby increasing to two the number of judges of the superior court for said circuit. Additional judge. Section 2. The additional judge of the superior court for the Northeastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia shall be appointed by the Governor within thirty days after the approval of this Act, and he shall serve until the 1st day of January 1969, and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. At the general election to be held in 1968, there shall be elected a successor to the first additional judge appointed as provided for above and he shall take office on the

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1st day of January 1969 and serve for a term of office of four years and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. All subsequent successors to such judge shall be elected at the general election conducted in the year in which the term of office shall expire for a term of office of four years and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Said elections shall be held and conducted as is now or may hereafter be provided by law for the election of judges of the superior courts of the State of Georgia. Appointment, etc. Section 3. The additional judge of the superior court for the Northeastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia shall have and may exercise all powers, duties, dignities, jurisdiction, privileges and immunities of the present judges of the superior courts of this State. Either of the two judges of said court may preside over any cause, whether in their own or in other circuits, and perform any official act as judge thereof, including sitting on appellate courts as provided by law. Powers. Section 4. The compensation, salary and contingent expense allowance of said additional judge of the superior court for the Northeastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia shall be the same as that of other judges of the superior courts of Georgia. The additional judge shall also be paid by the counties composing said circuit in the same manner and to the same extent as the present superior court judge of said circuit is paid. Compensation. Section 5. All writs, processes, orders, subpoenas and any other official paper issuing out of the Superior Court of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia may bear teste in the name of either judge of said circuit and when issued by and in the name of either of said judges of said circuit, it shall be fully valid and may be held and determined before either judge of said circuit. Writs. Section 6. Upon and after qualifications of the additional judge of the superior court for the Northeastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia, the two judges of said court shall be authorized to adopt, promulgate, amend and enforce such rules of procedure in consonance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia as they deem suitable and

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proper for the effective transaction of business of the court and in transacting the business of the court, and in performing their duties and responsibilities, they shall divide and allocate the work and duties to be performed by each. In the event of a disagreement between said judges affecting the duties and responsibilities of the judges of the superior court for the Northeastern Judicial Circuit, the decision of the senior judge in term of continuous service shall be controlling. Rules. Section 7. The judge of said court, senior in term of continuous, uninterrupted service as a judge of the superior court, shall be the presiding judge of said court, in whom shall be vested the power to make all appointments whenever the law provides for the superior court judge to make appointments, except as herein provided. Appointments, etc. Section 8. The drawing and empanelling of all jurors, whether grand, petit, or special may be by either of the judges of the superior court of said circuit, and they, or either of them, shall have full power and authority to draw and empanel jurors for service in said court so as to have jurors for the trial of cases before either of said judges separately, or before each of them at the same time. Jurors. Section 9. The two judges of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit shall be authorized and empowered to employ an additional court reporter for such duties and for such compensation as they see fit up to and including, but not exceeding, the remuneration of the present court reporter of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit as the same is now fixed or may hereafter be fixed. Court reporter. Section 10. The governing authority of Hall County, Georgia, is hereby fully authorized and empowered to provide such suitable courtroom, jury rooms and chambers for the two judges of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit upon the recommendation of said judges. Courtroom. Section 11. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 4, 1967.

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NORTHEASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUITSALARY OF COURT REPORTER. No. 176 (Senate Bill No. 60). An Act to amend an Act providing a salary for the official court reporter of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit in lieu of certain fees, approved March 7, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 267), so as to increase the salary of said reporter; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act providing a salary for the official court reporter of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit in lieu of certain fees, approved March 7, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 267), is hereby amended by striking from section 1 the following: three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600.00), and substituting in lieu thereof: six thousand dollars ($6,000.00), so that when so amended section 1 shall read as follows: Section 1. The official court reporter of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit shall be compensated in an amount of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) per annum, to be paid in equal monthly installments by the counties comprising said circuit as hereinafter provided. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 4, 1967. COMPENSATION OF CORONERS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (150,000-175,000). Code 21-105 Amended. No. 179 (House Bill No. 104). An Act to amend Code section 21-105 relating to fees paid to coroners to provide for the payment of an annual salary in lieu of fees in counties in this State having a

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population of not less than 150,000 and not more than 175,000, according to the United States census of 1960, or any future United States census; to provide that in such counties the annual salary shall be $4,200.00 to be paid in equal monthly installments; to authorize the payment of certain expenses incidental to the office of the coroner in such counties out of the county funds; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Section 21-105 of the Code of the State of Georgia pertaining to coroner's fees is hereby amended by adding thereto, the following: In each county in the State of Georgia having a population of not less than 150,000 and not more than 175,000, according to the United States census of 1960, or any future United States census, the coroner shall receive a salary in lieu of all fees or other emoluments or compensation for said office, said salary to be $4,200.00 per year, payable in equal monthly installments out of the county treasury. The governing authorities in such counties may furnish, but are not required to furnish, supplies, automobile or travel allowance, clerical assistance and other equipment or expenses incidental to the performance of the duties of the office. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 4, 1967. JOINT SECRETARY STATE EXAMINING BOARDSORDERS AND PROCESSES. No. 185 (House Bill No. 477). An Act to amend an Act simplifying the operations of the Executive Branch of the State Government approved August 28, 1931 (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7), as amended, particularly

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by an Act approved March 31, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 208), so as to provide the Joint-Secretary shall schedule the time and place for all hearings; to provide that all orders and processes of the several examining boards shall be signed and attested by the Joint-Secretary, State Examining Boards, in the name of the particular examining board with the seal of such board attached, and any notice or legal process necessary to be served upon any of the several examining boards, may be served upon such Secretary; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act simplifying the operations of the Executive Branch of the State Government approved August 28, 1931 (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 31, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 208), is hereby amended by striking the last paragraph at the end of section 89, and inserting in lieu thereof three new paragraphs to read as follows: The office of said secretary to be maintained under the supervision of said Secretary of State. The offices of secretary for said respective boards are hereby abolished. It shall be the duty of the joint secretary provided for herein to bring together and keep all records relating to the said several examining boards; to receive all applications for licenses; with the consent of the board concerned; to schedule the time and place for examination; to schedule the time and place for all hearings; to issue certificates upon authority of the examining board concerned; to collect all fees now required by law in connection with licensing of trades and professions, and to remit the same to the State Treasurer. All orders and processes of the several examining boards shall be signed and attested by the Joint-Secretary, State Examining Boards, in the name of the particular examining board with the seal of such board attached, and any notice or legal process necessary to be served upon any of the several examining boards, may be served upon such Secretary.

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The expenses and salary of the Secretary and the expenses and salaries incident to the work of his office shall be paid out of the fees remitted to the State Treasurer on a pro rata basis according to the total amount of fees collected annually by the Joint Secretary for the several Examining Boards. Any and all balances on hand at the end of each year shall be maintained in the State Treasury for the use and maintenance of the several Examining Boards and the office of the Joint Secretary. No Examining Board enumerated in this Article or which may be created hereafter shall draw from the State Treasury any funds except those collected by them as prescribed by law and, likewise, the office of the Joint Secretary shall be so limited on the pro rata basis. That all persons practicing the professions and trades enumerated herein shall be required to register annually with said Secretary upon blanks furnished by said Secretary for such purposes. And provided further, that said Secretary shall notify the Tax Collectors in each of the counties in this State the names of the persons so registered with him for the practice of their profession or professions in each respective county. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 4, 1967. PHARMACISTS, PHARMACY AND DRUGS. Code Title 79A Enacted. No. 186 (Senate Bill No. 46). An Act to provide for the safeguarding of the public health, safety, and welfare by controlling and regulating the manufacture, production, distribution and use of drugs, medicines, poisons, and other articles and devices used in the treatment of illness and providing for the supervision and control of the individuals concerned with the same, through the enactment of a chapter of the Georgia

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Code pertaining to pharmacists, pharmacy, and drugs; to state the purposes of this enactment; to define the terms used in this Act; to provide for a Georgia State Board of Pharmacy, and to define the composition, powers, duties, and authorities of such Board; to provide for the organization of such Board; to provide for the compensation of such Board; to provide for proceedings by and before such Board; to provide that rules and regulations heretofore issued by such Board shall continue in full force and effect until repealed or modified by said Board; to provide for drug inspectors, their appointment, powers, duties, and compensation; to provide for the licensing of pharmacists and assistant pharmacists and the qualifications for such licensing; to provide for examination of applicants for registration as pharmacists; to provide for annual registration of pharmacists; to provide for the fees to be charged pharmacists; to authorize the licensing of pharmacy interns and the procedure in connection therewith; to authorize the State Board of Pharmacy to suspend or revoke any licenses issued to a pharmacist or a pharmacy intern or to reprimand the holder thereof for certain specified reasons; to prohibit the dispensing or vending at retail of drugs, medicines, or poisons, unless the same shall be done in accordance with the terms of this Act; to provide for the licensing of pharmacies and the qualifications therefor; to provide for fees in connection with said licenses; to regulate pharmacies licensed by the State Board of Pharmacy; to provide for the filing of prescriptions; to provide for minimum professional and technical equipment for the conduct of a pharmacy; to provide physical requirements for licensing as a pharmacy; to regulate the operation of pharmacies; to provide for the licensing of manufacturers of drugs, medicines, toilet articles, dentifrice, and cosmetics; to provide for the revocation of manufacturers licenses and pharmacy licenses and the procedure in connection therewith; to authorize the State Board of Pharmacy to obtain injunctions to prohibit violations of this Title; to make unlawful certain specific acts; to regulate the sale of certain specified poisons; to regulate the sale of dangerous drugs and to define dangerous drugs and to make unlawful certain acts in connection with the

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selling, giving away, bartering, exchanging, distribution, or possession of dangerous drugs; to regulate the sale, bartering, giving away, exchanging, distribution or possession of narcotic drugs and to define the same; to regulate the sale, giving away, bartering, exchanging, distributing or possession of depressant and stimulant drugs and counterfeit drugs; to provide for the licensing of persons, firms, corporations, engaged in the business of selling or distributing drugs at wholesale or in the business of supplying drugs to manufacturers, compounders, and processors and the procedure in connection therewith; to regulate the sale, giving away, bartering, exchanging, distribution, possession, manufacturing, dispensing, and making of drugs and of adulterated or contaminated cosmetics and to regulate the labeling and branding of the same; to provide for exemptions from the terms of this Act; to provide penalties for the violation of this Act or portions thereof; to specifically repeal certain laws; to provide an effective date to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The Code of Georgia of 1933, as amended is hereby further amended by inserting following Title 79 thereof a new Chapter to be known as Title 79-APharmacists, Pharmacy and Drugs which shall read as follows: TITLE 79APHARMACISTS, PHARMACY AND DRUGS CHAPTER 79A-1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 79A-101. This Title is enacted for the purpose of safeguarding the public health, safety and welfare by controlling and regulating the manufacture, production, distribution and use of drugs, medicines, poisons and other articles and devices used in the treatment of illness, and by providing for the supervision and control of the individuals concerned with the same. Although this Title is not exhaustive

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of all laws on the subject matter, it shall be liberally construed so as to accomplish the foregoing objects. Intent. Section 79A-102. As used in this Title, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless a contrary or different meaning clearly appears from the context, or from a different definition applicable only to one or more Chapters of this Title: Definitions. (a) Administration shall mean the giving of a unit dose of medication to an individual patient as a result of the order of an authorized practitioner of the healing arts. (b) Board, State Board or Board of Pharmacy shall mean the State Board of Pharmacy created by Chapter 79A-2. (c) Dentist shall mean an individual licensed to practice dentistry in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 84-7 of the Code of Georgia. (d) Device or devices means instruments, apparatus and contrivances, including their components, parts and accessories, intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in man or other animals. (e) Dispensing shall mean the issue of one or more doses of medication in a suitable container with appropriate labeling for subsequent administration to, or use by a patient. (f) Drug or drugs shall mean: 1. Articles recognized or for which the standards or specifications are prescribed in the official compendium. 2. Articles intended for use in the diagnosis, care, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in man or other animals. 3. Articles other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals.

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4. Articles intended for use as a component of any article specified in subdivisions 1, 2 or 3, but does not include devices. (g) Federal Act or Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act shall mean the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of the United States of America, approved June 25, 1938, officially cited as Public Document 717, 75th Congress (Chapter 675-3rd Sess.) and all amendments thereto, and all regulations promulgated thereunder by the Commissioner of the Federal Food and Drug Administration. (h) Immediate supervision as used in Section 79A-407 and 79A-506 shall mean that a registered pharmacist shall, at all times, be physically present in the prescription room and actually observing the actions of the pharmacy intern who is mixing, compounding or dispensing any drug, medicine or poison. (i) Label shall mean a display of written, printed or pictorial matter upon the immediate container of any drug, device or cosmetic. Any requirement made by or under authority of this Title that any word, statement, or other information appear on this label, shall not be considered to be complied with unless such word, statement or other information also appears on the outside container or wrapper, if any there be, of the retail package of such drug, device or cosmetic, or is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper. Immediate container does not include package liners. (j) Official compendium shall mean the United States pharmacopoeia, homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States, national formulary, or any supplements thereof. (k) Person shall mean and shall include an individual, a partnership, a corporation or an association. (l) Pharmacist shall mean an individual licensed to practice pharmacy in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 79A-3 of the Code of Georgia.

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(m) Pharmacy shall mean the profession, art and science that treats of drugs and medicines, their nature, preparation, administration, dispensing and effect. (n) Pharmacy shall mean any place licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 79A-5, wherein the possessing, displaying, compounding, dispensing or retailing of drugs may be conducted, including any and all portions of any building or structure leased, used or controlled by the licensee in the conduct of the business licensed by the Board at the address for which the license was issued. (o) Pharmacy Intern or Intern shall mean an individual licensed as such in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 79A-4 of the Code of Georgia. (p) Physician shall mean an individual licensed to practice medicine in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 84-9 of the Code of Georgia. (q) Practitioner or Practitioner of the healing arts shall mean a physician, dentist or veterinarian, and shall include any other person licensed under the laws of this State to use, mix, prepare, dispense, prescribe and administer drugs in connection with medical treatment to the extent provided by the laws of this State. (r) Prescription shall mean an order for drugs or devices written, signed or transmitted by word of mouth, telephone or telegraph by a practitioner of the healing arts, or other medical practitioner licensed to write prescriptions intended for the treatment or prevention of disease of man or animals, or in the discretion of the dispensing pharmacist by a medical doctor licensed under the laws of a State other than the State of Georgia. (s) Veterinarian shall mean an individual licensed to practice veterinarian medicine in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 84-15 of the Code of Georgia. (t) Patent or proprietary medicines shall mean and include complete compounded non-prescription packaged drugs, medicines and non-bulk chemicals which are sold, offered,

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promoted or advertised by the manufacturer or primary distributor under a trade mark, trade name or other trade symbol, and the labeling of which conforms to the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act; provided that this definition shall not include (a) drugs which are only advertised and promoted professionally to licensed physicians, dentists or veterinarians by manufacturers or a primary distributor thereof; (b) a narcotic or drug containing a narcotic; (c) a drug the label of which bears substantially either the statements: CautionFederal law prohibits dispensing without prescription or Warningmay be habit forming, or (d) a drug intended for injection. (u) Wholesale Druggists or drug wholesalers, distributor or supplier shall mean a person registered with the State Board of Pharmacy as a drug wholesaler under the provisions of Chapter 79A-5. CHAPTER 79A-2 GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY Section 79A-201. There is hereby created the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy which shall have the powers, duties and authority set forth in this Title and such other duties, powers and authorities as may be prescribed by law. The present members of the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy as it existed prior to the effective date of this Title shall continue to serve as such but their successors shall be appointed and qualified as provided by this Title. Created. Section 79A-202. The Georgia State Board of Pharmacy shall consist of five (5) members possessing the qualifications hereinafter specified who shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of five years or until their successors are appointed and qualified. At the annual meeting of the Georgia Pharmaceutical Association there shall be nominated by such licensed pharmacists as may be present three practicing registered pharmacists who shall meet the qualifications imposed by this Chapter to fill the next vacancy occurring on the Board by reason of expiration of term.

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The secretary of said association shall regularly submit to the Governor the names of the three pharmacists so nominated and the Governor may make the appointment to fill such vacancy from the names so submitted. Should any vacancy occur upon the State Board of Pharmacy other than by reason of expiration of term, such vacancy may be filled by appointment by the Governor for the remainder of the unexpired term from a group of three practicing registered pharmacists nominated as aforesaid at any regular or special meeting of the Georgia Pharmaceutical Association. Members, etc. Section 79A-203. To be eligible for appointment as a member of the Board of Pharmacy an individual must be a pharmacist licensed by the Board of Pharmacy of this State and shall have engaged in the retail drug business either as a private pharmacist or as a hospital pharmacist for a period of at least five years immediately prior to his appointment. No person having any official connection with any school or college of pharmacy shall be eligible for appointment. If any member of said Board shall cease to be actively engaged in the retail drug business or if any member shall become connected with any school or college of pharmacy, his membership on said Board shall immediately become vacant. No member of the Board who has served one full term shall be eligible for reappointment to the Board until there has intervened a period of one full term from the date of the expiration of his membership to the date of his reappointment. Qualifications. Section 79A-204. Appointees to the Board of Pharmacy shall immediately after their appointment take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation before a qualified officer that they will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of the office, which oath shall be filed with the Secretary of State; whereupon the Secretary of State shall issue to said appointee certificates of appointment. Oath, etc. Section 79A-205. The State Board of Pharmacy shall annually meet and organize and from their members elect a President and a Vice-President. The Joint Secretary, State Examining Board, shall be the Secretary of the Board and shall have all the powers, duties and authority with reference

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to such Board as shall be prescribed by Section 84-101 of the Code of Georgia and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board. All appeals from the decision of the Board, all documents or applications required by law to be filed with the Board, and any notice or legal process to be served upon the Board, may be filed with or served upon the Secretary of the Board, at his office in Fulton County. Meetings, etc. Section 79A-206. The members of said Board of Pharmacy shall receive, as their compensation, the sum of $25.00 per day while in the actual performance of their duties as members of the said Board, and, in addition, shall receive their actual traveling expenses while in performance of their duties on said Board, such compensation to be paid out of the funds received by the Joint-Secretary, State Examining Board under the provisions of this Title and in accordance with the provision of Chapter 84-1 of the Code of Georgia. Compensation. Section 79A-207. The Board of Pharmacy in order to determine and be informed of the status of the Boards of States, desiring a reciprocal registration and in order to be advised also regarding the progress of Pharmacy, throughout the county, may annually elect one of their members to meet with like representatives from other State Boards of Pharmacy, the expenses of such members in attending such meeting to be paid out of the funds received by the Joint-Secretary, State Examining Boards under the provisions of this Title. The said Board, through its representative, may, with like representatives from other State Boards of Pharmacy, join in creating and maintaining an association of members of several states to be engaged in the general advancement of Pharmacy and the keeping of records of reciprocal registration. Powers. Section 79A-208. The Board shall have the following powers, duties, and authorities: (a) To regulate the practice of pharmacy; (b) To regulate the sale and dispensing of drugs, poisons, devices and new drugs, and to adopt schedules of dangerous drugs; Powers.

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(c) To regulate the employment and training of apprentices, interns and other employees in pharmacies; (d) To regulate and control the sale, character and standards of drugs, poisons, devices, and new drugs compounded or dispensed in this State; to regulate and control the sale, character and standards of cosmetics as provided in the Georgia Drug and Cosmetic Act (Chapter 79A-10); to secure samples of the same and to prevent the sale and dispensing of such drugs, poisons, cosmetics, devices, and new drugs as do not conform to the provisions of this Title, the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, or other laws of this State. (e) To employ inspectors, including drug inspectors, chemists, agents, clerical help and other employees as it may deem necessary; provided that all such employees, with the exception of those employed under the terms of Chapter 79A-3, shall be employed in accordance with the provisions of Section 84-102 of the Code of Georgia; (f) To investigate alleged violations of the provisions of this Title or any other law in this State pertaining to the sale or dispensing of drugs or any rules and regulations promulgated by the Board thereunder, to conduct hearings in respect thereto when in its discretion it appears to be necessary, to bring such violations to the notice of the Solicitor General of the Circuit in which a violation takes place or to the notice of the Attorney General; (g) To prescribe the minimum of professional and technical equipment and supplies for compounding and dispensing drugs, devices and prescriptions; (h) To confine at any time to prescription order only, the dispensing of any drug found to be potentially dangerous to public safety if dispensed without prescription; (i) To adopt, enact, establish and make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this State and the United States as shall in its judgment be necessary for the carrying out of purposes of this Title

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and other laws of this State insofar as they relate to the Georgia Board of Pharmacy, pharmacists, pharmacies, drugs and cosmetics; (j) To license in accordance with the provisions of this Title all pharmacists who shall practice in this State and all pharmacies which shall dispense drugs in this State and to suspend, revoke or cancel any such license in accordance with law; (k) To adopt rules of professional conduct for pharmacists but not including rules relating to price determination; the rules adopted hereunder shall be appropriate to the establishment and maintenance of a high standard of integrity and dignity in the profession; (l) To perform such other duties and to have such other powers and authorities as may be necessary and proper to accomplish the foregoing or as may be prescribed by law. Section 79A-209. Proceedings by the State Board of Pharmacy in the exercise of its authority to make rules and regulations, or in the exercise of its authority to issue, cancel, suspend, or revoke any license issued under the terms of this Title shall be conducted in accordance with the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act (Ga. L., 1964, p. 338 as amended). In all such proceedings the Board shall have authority to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of any book, writing, or document, upon the issuance of a subpoena therefor, signed by the Secretary of the Board. In all proceedings before the State Board, the vote and judgment of three or more members shall be controlling. Proceedings. Section 79A-210. All rules and regulations heretofore issued by the State Board of Pharmacy prior to the effective date of this Title are hereby ratified and confirmed, and shall continue to be of full force and effect until repealed or modified by the State Board in accordance with law. Prior rules.

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CHAPTER 79A-3 DRUG INSPECTORS Section 79A-301. The Georgia State Board of Pharmacy shall appoint a chief drug inspector, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board, and should any vacancy occur in said office for any cause whatsoever, said Board shall, either at a regular or called meeting, appoint his successor. The salary of the chief drug inspector shall be fixed by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. His whole time shall be at the disposal of the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy and it shall be his duty to visit and inspect factories, warehouses, wholesaling establishments, retailing establishments, chemical laboratories and such other establishments, in which drugs, devices, cosmetics and such articles known as family remedies, grocer's drugs, and toilet articles are manufactured, processed, packaged, sold at wholesale, sold at retail, or otherwise held for introduction into commerce; to enter and inspect any vehicle used to transport or hold any drugs, devices, cosmetics or any of the above stated articles; and to perform such other duties as may be directed by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. He shall report to the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy or the secretary of said board any and all violations of any of the drug laws of this State. The inspector shall have authority to take up samples of the articles above referred to from any of the said establishments for examination and analysis by the State Chemist, or under his direction and supervision, or for examination under the direction and supervision of the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy for the purpose of examination as provided by Section 79A-305. The Georgia State Board of Pharmacy shall have authority to appoint such number of assistant drug inspectors as may be necessary for the proper enforcement of the laws of this State. Such assistant drug inspectors shall hold office at the pleasure of the Georgia Board of Pharmacy and their compensation shall be fixed by said board. Duties, etc. Section 79A-302. The Chief Drug Inspector and the assistant drug inspectors shall have the authority and power that sheriffs possess to make arrest of any persons violating

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or charged with violating the provisions of Chapter 79A-8 of this Title, known as the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act, as amended; or any persons violating the provisions of Chapter 79A-7 of this Title known as the Dangerous Drug Act, as amended; or any persons violating the provisions of Chapter 79A-9 of this Title known as the Georgia Drug Abuse Control Act. In case of such arrest the Chief Drug Inspector or any of the assistants shall immediately deliver the person so arrested to the custody of the Sheriff of the county wherein the offense is alleged to have been committed. The duty of the sheriff in regard to the person delivered to him by any person arresting under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as if the sheriff had made the original arrest. Such inspectors are authorized and directed to seize and take possession of all articles which are declared to be contraband under the provisions of said Chapter and shall deliver such articles to such sheriff. Powers. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to entitle the Chief Drug Inspector and the assistant drug inspectors to membership in the Peace Officers Annuity and Benefit Fund. Section 79A-303. Except as otherwise provided in this Title, when any report pursuant to Section 79A-301 shall have been made to the board, or to the secretary thereof, he or they shall cite such person to appear before the board for a hearing, under such rules and regulations as may be provided by the board. If after such hearing it is decided that any of the drug laws have been violated, the board shall certify the facts to the proper prosecuting officer, who shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted against the offenders and prosecute same in the manner provided by law. Hearings, etc. Section 79A-304. The State Board of Pharmacy may establish such rules and regulations as shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Title, and as in its judgment will best carry out the requirements therefor. Rules. Section 79A-305. The examination of specimens of foods, drugs and cosmetics shall be made by the State Chemist

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or under his direction and supervision for the purpose of determining from such examination whether such articles are adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Title; and, in the case of drugs and cosmetics, if it shall appear from any such examination that any such specimens are adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Title, a copy of the results of the analysis of the examination of such article, duly authenticated by the analyst or officer making such examination, under the oath of such analyst or officer, shall be forwarded to the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy without delay. In case it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy and the Attorney General, in the case of adulterated or misbranded drugs, that the article involved was shipped in interstate commerce, or the act complained of comes under the supervision and jurisdiction of the United States, the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy shall certify the case to the United States district attorney in whose district the violation may have been committed. CHAPTER 79A-4 PHARMACISTS Section 79A-401. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Pharmacy to examine all applicants for licenses as a pharmacist, and to grant certificates or licenses to such persons as may be entitled to the same. It shall further be the duty of said Board to cause the prosecution of all persons violating the provisions of this Title by practicing pharmacy without being licensed, and in all such prosecutions the burden shall be upon the defendant to show his authority. Licenses. Section 79A-402. No person shall be entitled to receive a license as a pharmacist unless he shall possess the following qualifications: a. Be a natural born or naturalized citizen of the United States; Qualifications. b. Be not less than twenty-one (21) years of age;

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c. Be a graduate of a generally recognized school or college of pharmacy, as the same may be defined by the Board; d. Have such practical experience as may be prescribed by the Board, while licensed as a pharmacy intern, as a regular fulltime employee in a drug store, pharmacy or apothecary, where physicians' prescriptions are compounded by licensed pharmacists registered under the laws of the State of his abode, such practical experience not to be concurrent with time spent in a school of pharmacy. Provided, however, that any person who shall have been a student in a generally recognized school or college of pharmacy prior to July 1, 1967, shall be required to have only such practical experience as may have been required by law or the State Board of Pharmacy prior to that date; e. Has successfully passed an examination administered by the State Board of Pharmacy. Section 79A-403. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 79A-402, any person who shall be the holder of a license to practice pharmacy issued by the State Board of Pharmacy, prior to June 30, 1967, shall be entitled to have the same renewed by the State Board upon the payment of the annual registration fee prescribed by law, subject to the right of the State Board to revoke, suspend or cancel said license. Licenses issued to pharmacists prior to the effective date of this Title shall continue to be of full force and effect until they shall expire by their terms or shall be revoked, suspended, or cancelled by the State Board of Pharmacy. Renewal of prior licenses. Section 79A-404. The State Board of Pharmacy may, in its discretion, grant licenses as pharmacists with or without examination to any person: (a) Who is duly registered by examination in some other state; (b) Who produces evidence satisfactory to the Board that he has the age, moral character, education and experience demanded of applicants for registration by examination under the provision of this Title and rules and regulations promulgated hereunder; License without examination.

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(c) Who comes from a state which, under equivalent conditions, will grant reciprocal registration as pharmacists to pharmacists duly registered by examination in this state; and (d) Who pays a reciprocal registration fee of fifty ($50.00) dollars. Section 79A-405. Applicants for examination as registered pharmacists under this Chapter shall pay to the Joint Secretary, State Examining Board, an examination fee of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, which fee shall be paid to such Secretary at the time of filing of the application for examination. Any applicant failing to make the required mark shall be entitled to take the next succeeding examination given by the State Board of Pharmacy without additional charge, provided, that no applicant shall take more than two (2) examinations without the payment of an additional examination fee. Examination fees. Section 79A-406. Every person who shall be duly licensed as a pharmacist under the provisions of this Chapter shall annually, before engaging in any business under said license, register at the office of the Joint Secretary, State Examining Boards. Said registration shall be entered in a book to be kept for that purpose by said Secretary and shall show the registrant's name, nationality and credentials, and date thereof under which he is entitled to engage in such vocation at the time of filing such registration, and a Certificate of Registration stating the terms of the same shall be given him by said Secretary. Said registration shall show the name and address of the registrant's employer, or, if he be the owner or proprietor of a drug store or pharmacy, it shall show the exact location thereof. Notice of any change of employment or change of business address shall be filed with the Joint Secretary within ten (10) days after such change. Each registrant shall pay an annual registration fee of five ($5.00) dollars to the Joint Secretary. Any violation of this Section shall be ground for revocation or suspension of license. Annual registration. Section 79A-407. Any student in or who has applied for admission to any generally recognized school or college of

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pharmacy may register with the State Board of Pharmacy, and if he shall have completed the academic work required by such school or college, with the exception of the last three (3) years of academic work, may be licensed as a pharmacy intern. Licenses issued under the provision of this section shall bear the date thereof and shall expire four (4) years from such date. Licenses which shall expire by lapse of time may be renewed, upon application, unless at the time of expiration, there shall be pending before the State Board of Pharmacy proceedings to suspend or revoke such license. A pharmacy intern may compound, mix or dispense drugs, and medicines or poisons only under the immediate supervision of a pharmacist. Interns. Section 79A-408. The State Pharmacy Board shall have the power to suspend or revoke any license issued under this Chapter or to reprimand the holder thereof when such holder shall: (1) Become unfit or incompetent to practice pharmacy by reason of: Revocation etc. of licenses. (a) Intemperance in the use of ardent spirits, narcotics, or habit-forming drugs or stimulants; or (b) Any abnormal physical or mental condition which threatens the safety of persons to whom such person may compound or dispense prescriptions, drugs or devices or for whom he might manufacture, prepare, or package or supervise the manufacturing, preparation or packing of prescriptions, drugs or devices. (2) Been convicted in any courts of this State or of any other State or of the United States of a felony or any other crime involving moral turpitude. (3) Been convicted of any misdemeanor punishable under this Title or of any other crime under the laws of the United States or of any other State having to do with the control of pharmacists, pharmacies and drugs. (4) Been adjudicated to be mentally ill or insane.

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(5) Failed to comply with rules of professional conduct. (6) Has violated any rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Pharmacy. (7) Promoted to the public in any manner a drug which may be dispensed only pursuant to prescription. (8) Regularly employed the mails to sell, distribute, and deliver a drug which requires a prescription when the prescription for such articles has been received by mail. (9) Dispense or cause to be dispensed a different drug or brand of drug in place of the drug or brand of drug ordered or prescribed, without the express permission in each case, of the person ordering or prescribing the same. Section 79A-409. The State Board of Pharmacy may refuse to grant a license to any person for any of the grounds set forth in Section 79A-407. In addition, the State Board may refuse to grant a license if any applicant therefor shall make any false statement in the application therefor or shall cheat in any manner upon any examination administered pursuant to this Chapter. Any license issued in violation of this Section shall be deemed to be fraudulently issued and may be cancelled by the State Board of Pharmacy. Refusal of licenses. Section 79A-410. (a) No person shall engage in the dispensing of any medicines, drugs or poisons, unless he shall be a pharmacist licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter; or a pharmacy intern dispensing such items in accordance with the provisions of this Title. (b) No person shall engage in the vending at retail of any medicines, drugs or poisons, unless the same shall be dispensed by a pharmacist licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, or a pharmacy intern dispensing such items in accordance with the provisions of this Title. Crimes. (c) This section shall not apply to practitioners of the healing arts prescribing or putting up their own prescriptions and dispensing drugs or medicines.

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(d) Nothing in this section or Section 79A-506, Section 79A-519 or Section 79A-520, shall prohibit any person from assisting any duly licensed pharmacist in the measuring of quantities of medication and the typing of labels therefor, but not the dispensing, compounding or mixing of drugs, provided that such duly licensed pharmacist shall be physically present in the prescription room and actually observing the actions of such person in doing such measuring and typing, and provided further that no prescription shall be given to the person requesting the same unless the contents and the label thereof shall have been verified by a licensed pharmacist, and no pharmacist shall be assisted by more than one such person at any one time. CHAPTER 79A-5 PHARMACIES Section 79A-501. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Pharmacy to examine all applicants for a license as a pharmacy, and to grant certificates or licenses to such persons, firms or corporations as may be entitled to the same. Licenses. Section 79A-502. No person shall be entitled to receive a license as a pharmacy unless he shall possess the following qualifications: (a) Be a citizen of the United States; Qualifications. (b) Be of good moral character; (c) Have never been convicted of any felony or of any other law of the United States, this State or of any other State, pertaining to the manufacturing, distribution, sales or dispensing of drugs or narcotics, or have never been found to have violated any rule or regulation of the State Board of Pharmacy; (d) In the event that the applicant for a license shall be a partnership, all partners thereof shall individually possess the above qualifications;

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(e) In the event that the applicant for a license shall be a corporation, all officers and directors of said corporation shall possess the above qualifications, and if said corporation shall have less than six (6) stockholders, all stockholders shall possess such qualifications; if such corporation shall have more than five (5) but less than twenty-six (26) stockholders, the owners of fifty (50%) percent of all classes of stock must possess such qualifications; but if said corporation shall have more than twenty-six (26) stockholders, no information concerning the above qualifications shall be required as to any person who shall have no interest in said corporation other than being a stockholder or being a director, except if such person shall be a natural person owning twenty-five (25%) percent or more of the stock of said corporation, he shall possess the qualifications set forth above. Section 79A-503. All applications for licenses as pharmacies shall be submitted to the State Board of Pharmacy under oath, upon a form prescribed by said Board, and shall contain the following information: (a) The name of the owner of the pharmacy; (b) The name of the pharmacist in charge of said pharmacy; Applications. (c) The location of such pharmacy, including street and number; (d) Such other information as may be prescribed by the State Board of Pharmacy in order to determine whether the applicant is entitled to a license. Section 79A-504. All applications for a new license shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty five ($25.00) dollars, which shall not be refundable. Upon the filing of an application for a license, the State Board of Pharmacy shall cause a thorough investigation of the same to be made, and if satisfied that the applicant possesses the necessary qualifications, and that the pharmacy will be conducted in accordance with law, a license will be issued. Fees.

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Section 79A-505. All licenses issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall expire on June 30th of each calendar year. Applications for renewal of said licenses shall be made from June 1st, through June 30th, of each year. If the application for renewal is not made on or before September 1st, said license shall lapse and shall not be renewable except by application for a new license. The fee for renewal of licenses shall be fifteen ($15.00) dollars per annum. Annual licenses. Section 79A-506. Licenses granted under this Chapter shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the pharmacy for which issued. Such licenses shall not be transferrable. A separate application shall be required for, and a separate license shall be issued for, each pharmacy owned or operated by any person. Every place of business registered under this Chapter shall be in the direct charge of a registered pharmacist whose name shall appear on the license. In the event that such pharmacist whose name shall appear on said license shall no longer be in charge of a pharmacy, the State Board of Pharmacy shall be notified immediately and shall be notified, at the same time, of the successor registered pharmacist. No holder of a license, as a pharmacy, shall allow any person in his employ, except a registered pharmacist, to compound mixes or dispense any drugs, medicines or poisons, except a pharmacy intern under the immediate supervision of a registered pharmacist. No drugs, medicines or poisons intended for human consumption or use on human beings shall be compounded, mixed or dispensed except by a registered pharmacist or a pharmacy intern under the immediate supervision of a registered pharmacist. Postings, etc. licenses. Section 79A-507. All pharmacists licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Title, shall, when dispensing any drug or device pursuant to any prescription, or filling any prescription, cause to be placed upon such prescription, the date of filling and some written designation indicating the pharmacist, and pharmacy intern, if any, compounding or filling such prescription. Such prescription shall be retained on file by the owner of the pharmacy in which it is filled, for a period of two (2) years, from the date of filling, and shall be readily accessible for inspection by any person

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lawfully engaged in the enforcement of this Title. When any such prescription shall be refilled, the pharmacist refilling the same shall cause to be placed on the prescription the date of refilling and some written designation indicating the pharmacist, and pharmacy intern, if any, refilling the same. The date designation required by this Section may be placed on all prescriptions filled during any one day at one time, and may be placed thereon by use of a stamp or other device. Failure to comply with the provisions of this Section shall be unlawful, but nothing herein shall prohibit the filing of prescriptions according to the type of drug or device ordered therein, if such filing does not affect the availability of the same for inspection. Prescriptions. Section 79A-508. No pharmacy licensed under the provisions of this Chapter shall dispense any drugs unless it shall contain such minimum professional and technical equipment as may be prescribed as necessary for the conduct of a pharmacy by the State Board of Pharmacy. Equipment. Section 79A-509. No pharmacy licensed under this Chapter shall dispense any drugs unless the premises of such pharmacy shall be equipped with proper sanitary applicances and kept in a clean and orderly manner. Premises. Section 79A-510. (a) Every pharmacy licensed under this Title shall have a prescription department which shall occupy at least 150 sq. ft. of floor space, including a prescription counter providing at least 15 sq. ft. of free working surface. If more than one (1) pharmacist is on duty at any one time, the free working surface shall be increased by 5 sq. ft. for each additional pharmacist. The prescription counter shall be kept clean and free of all merchandise and other materials not currently in use in the practice of compounding and dispensing. The space behind the prescription counter shall be kept free of obstruction at all time. Prescription department. (b) If a pharmacy is located in a general merchandising establishment, or if the owner of the pharmacy so chooses, a portion of the space of the business establishment may be set aside and permanently enclosed, and only that permanent

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enclosed area shall be subject to the requirements of this Title and shall be registered as a pharmacy. In such case, the area to be registered as a pharmacy shall be enclosed by permanent partitions, at least nine feet six inches (9 6) in height, except where the ceiling is less than nine feet six inches (9 6) in height, in which event the partition shall be from floor to ceiling. Such area shall be directly accessible from the street, public thoroughfare, public passageway, and may be accessible from the general merchandising establishment by no more than one (1) entrance which shall be no wider than four (4) feet, which entrance shall be capable of being locked. Identification of the area by use of the word drug, medicine, drug store, apothecary or pharmacy, or similar terms, shall be restricted to the area registered as a pharmacy by the State Board. (c) The provisions of this section shall apply to all new applicants for a license as a pharmacy and shall be applicable to all renewals of licenses as a pharmacy, renewed on or after July 1, 1969. When applicable. Section 79A-511. Every pharmacy, when opened for business, shall have a prescription department under the personal supervision of a duly licensed pharmacist, who shall have personal supervision of not more than one (1) pharmacy at the same time, provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall be construed to prohibit any pharmacist from having personal supervision of a pharmacy located in a hospital, nursing home or college of pharmacy. Every pharmacy licensed under the provisions of this Chapter, except those located within and owned and operated by a duly licensed and accredited hospital, nursing home or college of pharmacy, or a pharmacy complying with the provisions of Section 79A-510 (b), shall have a prescription department open for business at all times that the business establishment is open to the public, except that during temporary absences of any licensed pharmacist, not to exceed three (3) hours daily or more than one and one-half (1) hours at any one time, the prescription department shall be closed and no prescription shall be filled. Supervision of pharmacies.

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Section 79A-512. No drugs or medicines, toilet articles, dentifrice or cosmetics shall be manufactured, made, produced, packaged or prepared within this State, except under the personal and immediate supervision of a registered pharmacist or such other person as may be approved by the State Board of Pharmacy after an investigation and determination by the said Board that they are qualified by scientific or technical training or experience to perform such duties of supervision as may be necessary to protect the public health and safety; and no person shall manufacture, make, produce, pack, package or prepare any such articles without first obtaining a permit to do so from the State Board of Pharmacy. Such permit shall be subject to such rules and regulations with respect to sanitation or equipment, as the said Board of Pharmacy may, from time to time, adopt for the protection of the public health and safety. The application for such permit should be made on a form to be prescribed and furnished by the said Board and shall be accompanied by a required fee of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, and the amount of fifteen ($15.00) dollars shall be paid as a fee for each annual renewal of such permit. Separate applications shall be made and separate permits issued for each separate place of manufacturing, making, producing, packing, packaging or preparation. Permits issued under the provision of this Section shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the factory or place for which issued; such permit shall not be transferrable and shall expire on the 30th day of June, following the date of issue, and shall be renewed on or before the 1st day of September following; if not so renewed, the old permit shall lapse and become null and void. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to those operating registered pharmacies. Manufacture of drugs, etc. Section 79A-513. The State Board of Pharmacy shall have the power to suspend or revoke any license issued under the provisions of this Chapter, or to reprimand the holder thereof, when such holder, or any agent, servant or employee of such holder, when acting within the scope of his employment shall: Revocation of licenses. 1. Have failed to comply with any provision of this Chapter or any laws of this State or of the United States, or of

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any other State having to do with the control of pharmacists, pharmacies or drugs. 2. Have failed to comply with any rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Pharmacy. 3. Have failed to maintain a pharmacy in the manner prescribed by this Chapter. Section 79A-514. The State Board of Pharmacy may refuse to grant a license to any person for any of the grounds set forth in Section 79A-513. In addition, the State Board may refuse to grant a license if any applicant therefor shall make any false statement in the application therefor. Any license issued in violation of this section shall be deemed fraudulently issued and be cancelled by the State Board of Pharmacy. Refusal of licenses. Section 79A-515. It shall be the duty of the Solicitor General, or other Solicitor, to whom the Board of Pharmacy or some other person shall report a violation of this Chapter to cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted for the enforcement of the penalties as in such case may be provided. Prosecutions. Section 79A-516. The State Board of Pharmacy, or any person, corporation or association, in addition to the remedies set forth in this Chapter, may apply to a Court having competent jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter for a writ of injunction to restrain violations of the provisions of this Chapter. Such injunction may issue notwithstanding the existence of an adequate remedy at law. Injunctions Section 79A-517. (a) No person shall engage in the vending at retail of any medicine, drugs, or poisons unless the same shall be sold in a pharmacy licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. Crimes. (b) This section shall not apply to practitioners of the healing arts prescribing or putting up their own prescriptions and dispensing drugs or medicines. Section 79A-518. It shall be unlawful for any person in connection with any place of business or in any manner

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to take, use, or exhibit, the title drug store, Pharmacy, apothecary or any combination of such titles or any title or designation of like import or other term to take the place of such title, unless such place of business is licensed as a pharmacy under the terms of this Chapter. Crimes. Section 79A-519. It shall be unlawful for any proprietor, owner or manager of any pharmacy to allow any person in his employ, except a registered pharmacist, or a pharmacy intern under the immediate supervision of a registered pharmacist, to compound, mix or dispense any drugs, medicines or poisons. Crimes. Section 79A-520. It shall be unlawful for a pharmacist employed in a pharmacy to permit or allow any person, other than a registered pharmacist or a pharmacy intern under the immediate supervision of a registered pharmacist, to compound, mix or dispense any drugs, medicines or poisons in such pharmacy. Any such pharmacist shall report any unlawful compounding, mixing or dispensing to the Chief Drug Inspector immediately, and failure to so report shall be unlawful. Crimes. Section 79A-521. All persons, firms or corporations engaged in the business of selling or distributing drugs at wholesale, or in the business of supplying drugs to manufacturers, compounders, and processors, shall annually register with the State Board of Pharmacy, as a drug wholesaler, or distributor, or supplier. The application for registration shall be made on a form to be prescribed and furnished by said Board, and shall show each place of business of the applicant for registration, together with such other information as may be required by the Board. Said application shall be accompanied by an initial fee of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, for each place of business conducted by the applicant. Such registration shall not be transferrable and shall expire on the 30th day of June following effectuation of the same, and may be renewed on or before the 1st day of September following, upon the payment of the amount of fifteen ($15.00) dollars for each place of business conducted by the registrant; if not so renewed, said registration shall lapse and become null and

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void. Such registrants shall be subject to such rules and regulations with respect to sanitation or equipment as the said Board may, from time to time, adopt for the protection of the public health and safety. Such registration may be suspended or revoked or the registrant reprimanded by the State Board of Pharmacy if said registrant shall fail to comply with the provisions of any law of this State, the United States, or any other State, having to do with the control of pharmacists, pharmacies, or drugs; have failed to comply with any rule or regulation promulgated by the State Board of Pharmacy; or if any registration or license issued to the registrant under the Federal Act shall be suspended or revoked. CHAPTER 79A-6 POISONS Section 79A-601. No person shall furnish by retail any poison enumerated in Schedules A and B, as follows, to-wit: Schedule A.Arsenic and its preparations, corrosive sublimate, white precipitate, red precipitate, biniodide of mercury, cyanide of potassium, hydrocyanic acid, strychnia, and all other poisonous vegetable alkaloids and their salts; essential oil of bitter almonds, opium and its preparations, except paregoric and other preparations of opium containing less than two grains to the ounce; Schedule B.Aconit, belladonna, cochicum, conium, nux vomica, henbane, creosote, digitalis, and their pharmaceutical preparations; croton oil, chloroform, chloral hydrate, sulphate of zinc, mineral acids, carbolic acid, and oxalic acid; Without distinctly labeling the bottle, box, vessel, or paper in which said poison shall be contained, and also the outside wrapper or cover thereof, with the name of the article, the word Poison, and the name and place of business of him who furnishes the same; not unless upon due inquiry it shall be found that the person to whom it shall be delivered shall be aware of its poisonous character, and shall represent that it is to be used for a legitimate purpose.

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Section 79A-602. No licensed or registered druggist or pharmacist shall sell or deliver any of the poisons included in Schedule A without before delivering the same, causing an entry to be made in a book for that purpose, stating the date of the delivery, the name and address of the person receiving the same, the name and quantity of the poison, the purpose for which it is represented by such person to be required, and the name of the dispenser. Such book shall be always open for inspection by the proper authorities, and shall be preserved for reference for at least five years. Crimes. Section 79A-603. This Chapter shall not apply to the dispensing of poisons in not unusual quantities or doses, upon the prescriptions of practitioners of the healing arts. Intents. CHAPTER 79A-7 DANGEROUS DRUGS Section 79A-701. This Chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the Dangerous Drug Act. Short title. Section 79A-702. A dangerous drug shall mean: (a) Any drug which, under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (52 Stat. 1040 (1938)), 21 USC 301, or under any law of this State, may be dispensed only upon prescription. Definitions. (b) Any drug which the State Board of Pharmacy shall determine to be dangerous or detrimental to the public health when taken in accordance to directions. (c) No drug shall be a dangerous drug if the State Board of Pharmacy shall specifically determine that such drug is not dangerous or detrimental to the public health. Section 79A-703. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to sell, give away, barter, exchange, distribute or possess in this State any dangerous drug, except under the following conditions: Crimes.

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(a) A holder of a drug manufacturer's permit issued by the State Board of Pharmacy in accordance with the provisions of this Title, or issued in accordance with the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and a drug wholesaler, distributor or supplier, may possess dangerous drugs, and may sell, give away, barter, exchange or distribute the same, but only to a pharmacy, a pharmacist, or a practitioner of the healing arts, or to a drug wholesaler, distributor or supplier. (b) A pharmacy may possess dangerous drugs, but the same shall not be sold, given away, bartered, exchanged or distributed except by a licensed pharmacist in accordance with the provisions of the Chapter. (c) A pharmacist may possess dangerous drugs, but may sell, give away, barter, exchange or distribute the same, only when he shall compound or dispense the same upon the prescription of a practitioner of the healing arts. No such prescription shall be refilled except upon the authorization of the practitioner who prescribed it. (d) A practitioner of the healing arts may possess dangerous drugs, and may sell, give away, barter, exchange, or distribute the same in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 79A-706. Section 79A-704. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prohibit the administration of dangerous drugs by or under the direction of a practitioner of the healing arts. Intent. Section 79A-705. Whenever a pharmacist dispenses a dangerous drug as defined in this law, he shall, in each case, place upon the container the following information: Labels. Name of the patient, name of the physician prescribing such drug, name and address of the pharmacy from which such drug was dispensed, together with the date of the prescription. Section 79A-706. Any practitioner prescribing any dangerous drug shall, in each case, give the name and address

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of the patient, together with complete directions for administration. Any practitioner when dispensing dangerous drugs shall be required to comply with the provisions of Section 79A-705. Prescriptions. Section 79A-707. Possession and control of dangerous drugs by anyone other than the individuals specified in Section 79A-704, shall be legal only if such drugs are in the original container in which they were dispensed by the pharmacist or the practitioner. Crimes. Section 79A-708. No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain any dangerous drug by use of a fictitious name or by the giving of a false address. Crimes. CHAPTER 79A-8 UNIFORM NARCOTIC DRUG ACT Section 79A-801. This Chapter may be cited as the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act. Short title. Section 79A-802. The following words and phrases, as used in this Chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Person includes any corporation, association, co-partnership, or one or more individuals. Definitions. (2) Physician means a person authorized by law to practice medicine in this State and any other person authorized by law to treat sick and injured human beings in this State and to use narcotic drugs in connection with such treatment. Osteopaths are also hereby authorized to secure a Federal narcotic permit as allowed physicians and other persons as provided in this Chapter: Provided, however, osteopaths shall be allowed to purchase, prescribe, dispense and administer for the alleviation of pain only, certain narcotic drugs, to-wit, those narcotic drugs or their derivatives, the sale or dispensing of which is regulated by the Federal Act known as The Harrison Narcotic Act, as amended, said Act being set out in 26th U.S.C.A. Int. Rev. Code, Sec. 3220 et seg.

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(3) Dentist means a person authorized by law to practice dentistry in this State. (4) Veterinarian means a person authorized by law to practice veterinary medicine in this State. (5) Manufacturer means a person who by compounding, mixing, cultivating, growing, or other process, produces or prepares narcotic drugs, but does not include an apothecary who compounds narcotic drugs to be sold or dispensed on prescriptions. (6) Wholesaler means a person who supplies narcotic drugs that he himself has not produced nor prepared, on official written orders, but not on prescriptions. (7) Apothecary means a licensed pharmacist as defined by the laws of this State and, where the context so requires, the owner of a store or other place of business where narcotic drugs are compounded or dispensed by a licensed pharmacist; but nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as conferring on a person who is not registered nor licensed as a pharmacist any authority, right or privilege, that is not granted to him by the pharmacy laws of this State. (8) Hospital means an institution for the care and treatment of the sick and injured, approved by the State Board of Pharmacy as proper to be intrusted with the custody of narcotic drugs and the professional use of narcotic drugs under the direction of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian. (9) Laboratory means a laboratory approved by the State Board of Pharmacy as proper to be intrusted with the custody of narcotic drugs and the use of narcotic drugs for scientific and medical purposes and for purposes of instruction. (10) Sale includes barter, exchange, or gift, or offer therefor, and each such transaction made by any person, whether as principal, proprietor, agent, servant, or employee.

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(11) Coca leaves includes cocaine and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of coca leaves, except derivatives of coca leaves, which do not contain cocaine, ecgonine, or substances from which cocaine or ecgonine may be synthesized or made. (12) Opium includes morphine, codeine, and heroin, and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of opium, but does not include apomorphine or any of its salts. (13) Marihuana means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not, the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of such plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its seeds, or resin; but shall not include the mature stalks of such plant, fiber produced from such stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of such plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of such plant which is incapable of germination. (14) Narcotic drugs means coca leaves, opium, isonipecaine, marihuana, and every other substance neither chemically nor physically distinguishable from them and any other drugs to which the Federal laws relating to narcotic drugs may now apply; and any drug found by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy to have an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or cocaine. (15) Federal narcotic laws means the laws of the United States relating to opium, coca leaves, and other narcotic drugs. (16) Official written order means an order written on a form provided for that purpose by the United States Commissioner of Narcotics, under any laws of the United States making provision therefor, if such order forms are authorized and required by Federal law, and if no such order form is provided, then on an official form provided for that purpose by the State Board of Pharmacy.

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(17) Dispense includes distribute, leave with, give away, dispose of, or deliver. (18) Registry number means the number assigned to each person registered under the Federal narcotic laws. (19) Isonipecaine means the substance identified chemically as 1-mthyl-4-phenyl-piperidine-4-carbolic acid ethyl ester, or any salt thereof whether known as demerol or by whatever other trade name identified. Section 79A-803. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, possess, have under his control, sell, prescribe, administer, dispense, or compound any narcotic drug, except as authorized in this Chapter. Crimes. Section 79A-804. No person shall manufacture, compound, mix, cultivate, grow, or by any other process produce or prepare narcotic drugs, and no person as a wholesaler shall supply the same, without having first obtained a license so to do from the State Board of Pharmacy. Licenses. Section 79A-805. No license shall be issued under the foregoing section unless and until the applicant therefor has furnished proof satisfactory to the State Board of Pharmacy: Applications. (a) That the applicant is of good moral character, or, if the applicant be an association or corporation, that the managing officers are of good moral character. (b) That the applicant is equipped as to land, building, and paraphernalia properly to carry on the business described in his application. (c) No license shall be granted to any person who has within five (5) years been convicted of a wilful violation of any law of the United States, or of any State, relating to opium, coca leaves, or other narcotic drugs, or to any person who is a narcotic drug addict. (d) The State Board of Pharmacy may suspend or revoke any license for cause.

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Section 79A-806. (1) A duly licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell and dispense narcotic drugs to any of the following persons, but only on official written orders: (a) To a manufacturer, wholesaler, or apothecary. (b) To a physician, dentist, or veterinarian and to an osteopath: Provided, however, that an osteopath may buy or obtain for the alleviation of pain only, certain narcotic drugs, to-wit, those narcotic drugs or their derivatives, the sale or dispensing of which is regulated by the Federal Act known as The Harrison Narcotic Act, as amended, said Act being set out in the 26th U.S.C.A. Int. Rev. Code, Section 3220, et seq. Manufacturers, etc. (c) To a person in charge of a hospital, but only for use by or in that hospital. (d) To a person in charge of a laboratory, but only for use in that laboratory for scientific and medical purposes. (2) A duly licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell narcotic drugs to any of the following persons: (a) On a special written order accompanied by a certificate of exemption, as required by the Federal narcotic laws, to a person in the employ of the United States Government or of any State, territorial district, county, municipal, or insular government, purchasing, receiving, possessing or dispensing narcotic drugs by reason of his official duties. (b) To a master of a ship or a person in charge of any aircraft upon which no physician is regularly employed, for the actual medical needs of persons on board such ship or aircraft, when not in port: Provided, such narcotic drugs shall be sold to the master of such ship or person in charge of such aircraft only in pursuance of a special order form approved by a commissioned medical officer or acting assisting surgeon of the United States Public Health Service. (c) To a person in a foreign Country if the provisions of the Federal narcotic laws are complied with.

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(3) An official written order for any narcotic drug shall be signed in duplicate by the person giving such order or by his duly authorized agent. The original shall be presented to the person who sells or dispenses the narcotic drug or drugs named therein. In event of the acceptance of such order by said person, each party to the transaction shall preserve his copy of such order for a period of two years in such a way as to be readily accessible for inspection by any public officer or employee engaged in the enforcement of this Chapter. It shall be deemed a compliance with this subsection if the parties to the transaction have complied with the Federal narcotic laws, respecting the requirements governing the use of order forms. (4) Possession of or control of narcotic drugs obtained as authorized by this section shall be lawful if in the regular course of business, occupation, profession, employment, or duty of the possessor. (5) A person in charge of a hospital or of a laboratory, or in the employ of this State or of any other State, or of any political subdivision thereof, and a master or other proper officer of a ship or aircraft, who obtains narcotic drugs under the provisions of this section or otherwise, shall not administer, nor dispense, nor otherwise use such drugs, within this State, except within the scope of his employment or official duty, and then only for scientific or medicinal purposes and subject to the provisions of this Chapter. Section 79A-807. (a) An apothecary, in good faith, may sell and dispense narcotic drugs to any person upon the written prescription of a physician, dentist or veterinarian, which prescription must be dated and signed by the person prescribing on the day when issued, and bear the full name and address of the patient for whom, or of the owner of the animal for which, the drug is dispensed, and the full name, address and registry number under the Federal narcotic laws of the person prescribing, if he is required by those laws to be so registered. If the prescription be for an animal, it shall state the species of animal for which the drug is prescribed. Prescriptions.

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An apothecary, in good faith, may sell and dispense narcotic drugs, compounds thereof or derivatives thereof which have little or no addiction liability, upon an oral prescription. Only those narcotic drugs, compounds thereof and derivatives thereof which have been determined by rule and regulation of the United States Commissioner of Narcotics and the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy to have little or no addiction liability may be sold and dispensed under an oral prescription. An oral prescription shall be promptly reduced to writing, and shall contain all the information required hereinbefore to be placed on a written prescription, except for the written signature of the prescriber. The person filling any prescription as provided herein shall write the date of filling and his own signature on the face of the prescription. Such prescription shall be retained on file by the proprietor of the pharmacy in which it is filled, for a period of two (2) years, so as to be readily accessible for inspection by any person lawfully engaged in the enforcement of this Chapter. Neither a written nor an oral prescription shall be refilled. (b) The legal owner of any stock or narcotic drugs in a pharmacy upon discontinuance of dealing in said drugs, may sell said stock to a manufacturer, wholesaler, or apothecary, but only on an official written order. (c) An apothecary, only upon an official written order, may sell to a physician, dentist, or veterinarian, in quantities not exceeding one ounce at any one time, aqueous or oleaginous solution of which the content of narcotic drugs does not exceed a proportion greater than 20 per cent of the complete solution, to be used for medical purposes. An apothecary only upon an official written order may sell to an osteopath in quantities not exceeding one ounce at any one time aqueous or oleaginous solution of which the content of certain narcotic drugs, to-wit, those narcotic drugs or their derivatives, the sales or dispensing of which is regulated by the Federal Act known as The Harrison Narcotic Act, as amended, said Act being set out in 26th U.S.C.A. Int. Rev. Code, Section 3220 et seq., does not

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exceed a proportion greater than 20 per cent of the complete solution, to be used only for the purpose of alleviation of pain. Section 79A-808. (1) A physician or a dentist, in good faith and in the course of his professional practice only, may prescribe, administer, and dispense narcotic drugs, or he may cause the same to be administered by a nurse or interne under his direction and supervision. An osteopath in good faith and in the course of his professional practice only may prescribe, administer and dispense only for the alleviation of pain certain narcotic drugs, to-wit, those drugs or their derivatives, the sale or dispensing of which is regulated by the Federal Act known as The Harrison Narcotic Act, as amended, said Act being set out in 26th U.S.C.A. Int. Rev. Code, Section 3220, et seq., or he may cause the same to be so administered by a nurse or interne under his direction and supervision. Physicians, etc. (2) A veterinarian, in good faith and in the course of his professional practice only, and not for use by a human being, may prescribe, administer, and dispense narcotic drugs, and he may cause them to be administered by an assistant or orderly under his direction and supervision. (3) Any person who has obtained from a physician, dentist, or veterinarian any narcotic drug for administration to a patient during the absence of such physician, dentist, or veterinarian, shall return to such physician, dentist, or veterinarian any unused portion of such drug, when it is no longer required by the patient. Section 79A-809. Except as otherwise in this Chapter specifically provided, this Chapter shall not apply to the following situations: (A) Where a practitioner administers or dispenses, or where a pharmacist compounds, dispenses, or sells at retail any medicinal preparation that contains in one fluid ounce, or if in a solid or semi-solid preparation in one avoirdupois ounce: Exceptions.

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(1) Not more than two grains of opium; (2) Not more than one-quarter of a grain of morphine or of any of its salts; (3) Not more than one grain of codeine or of any of its salts; (4) Not more than one-half grain of dihydrocodeine or any of its salts; (5) No more than one-quarter grain of ethymorphine or any of its salts. (Provided that each preparation mentioned in Division (A) (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) of this Section shall, in addition, contain one or more non-narcotic active medicinal ingredients in sufficient proportion to confer upon the preparation valuable medicinal qualities other than those possessed by the narcotic drug alone.) (6) Pharmaceutical preparations in solid form containing not more than two and five-tenths milligrams diphenoxylate and not less than twenty-five micrograms atropine sulfate per dosage unit; (7) Not more than such proportion of any narcotic drug which the State Board of Pharmacy finds to constitute the particular medicinal preparation substantially free of narcotic drug addiction liability. (B) Where a practitioner administers or dispenses, or where a pharmacist compounds, dispenses or sells at retail, liniments, ointments or other preparations, that are susceptible of external use only and that contain narcotic drugs in such combinations as prevent their being readily extracted from such liniments, ointments or preparations, except that this Chapter shall apply to all liniments, ointments and other preparations, that contain coca leaves in any quantity or combination. (C) Where a practitioner administers or dispenses or where a pharmacist compounds, dispenses or sells at retail pharmaceutical preparations, designated under Federal

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Narcotic Laws as Class M products, containing noscapine or any of its salts, papaverine or any of its salts, narceine or any of its salts, cotarnine or any of its salts, or nalophine or any of its salts, each preparation shall not be limited by quantity of the narcotic drug, but the preparation shall contain active or inactive non-narcotic ingredients of the type used in medicinal preparations. Records of disposition of Class M products shall not be required of any person except manufacturers of Class M products. The exemptions authorized by this section shall be subject to the following conditions: (a) No person shall prescribe, administer, dispense or sell under the exemptions of this section, to any one person, or for the use of any one person or animal, any preparation or preparations included within this section, when he knows, or can by reasonable diligence ascertain, that such prescribing, administering, dispensing or selling will provide the person to whom or for whose use, or the owner of the animal for the use of which, such preparation is prescribed, administered, dispensed, or sold, within any forty-eight (48) consecutive hours, with more than four grains of opium, or more than one-half grain of morphine or any of its salts or more than two grains of codeine or of any of its salts, or more than one-quarter of a grain of heroin or of any of its salts, or will provide such person or the owner of such animal, within 48 consecutive hours, with more than one preparation exempted by this section from the operation of this Act. (b) The medicinal preparation, or the liniment, ointment, or other preparation susceptible of external use only, prescribed, administered, dispensed, or sold, shall contain, in addition to the narcotic drug in it, some drug or drugs conferring upon it medicinal qualities other than those possessed by the narcotic drug alone. Such preparation shall be prescribed, administered, dispensed, and sold in good faith as a medicine, and not for purpose of evading the provisions of this Chapter. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the kind and quantity of any narcotic drug that may be prescribed,

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administered, dispensed or sold, to any person or for the use of any person or animal, when it is prescribed, administered, dispensed, or sold, in compliance with the general provisions of this Chapter. Section 79A-810. (1) Every physician, dentist, veterinarian, or other person who is authorized to administer or professionally use narcotic drugs, shall keep a record of such drugs received by him, and a record of all such drugs administered, dispensed, or professionally used by him otherwise than by prescription. It shall, however, be deemed a sufficient compliance with this subsection if any such person using small quantities of solutions or other preparations of such drugs for local application, shall keep a record of the quantity, character, and potency of such solutions or other preparations purchased or made up by him, and of the dates when purchased or made up without keeping a record of the amount of such solution or other preparation applied by him to individual patients. Records, etc. Provided: That no record need be kept of narcotic drugs administered, dispensed, or professionally used in the treatment of any one patient, when the amount administered, dispensed, or professionally used for that purpose does not exceed in any forty-eight consecutive hours, (a) four grains of opium, or (b) one grain of morphine or any of its salts, or (c) two grains of codeine or any of its salts, or (d) one-fourth of a grain of heroin or of any of its salts, or (e) a quantity of any other narcotic drug or any combination of narcotic drugs that does not exceed in pharmacologic potency of any one of the drugs named above in the quantity stated. (2) Manufacturers and wholesalers shall keep records of all narcotic drugs compounded, mixed, cultivated, grown, or by any other process produced or prepared, and of all narcotic drugs received and disposed of by them, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (5) of this section. (3) Apothecaries shall keep records of all narcotic drugs received and disposed of by them, in accordance with provisions of subsection (5) of this section.

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(4) Every person who purchases for resale, or who sells narcotic drug preparations exempted by section 79A-809, shall keep a record showing the quantities and kinds thereof received and sold, or disposed of otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (5) of this section. (5) The form of records shall be prescribed by the Chief State Drug Inspector. The record of narcotic drugs received shall in every case show the date of receipt, the name and address of the person from whom received, and the kind and quantity of drugs received; the kind and quantity of narcotic drugs produced or removed from process of manufacture, and the date of such production or removal from process of manufacture; and the record shall in every case show the proportion of morphine, cocaine, or ecgonine contained in or producible from crude opium or coca leaves. The record of all narcotic drugs sold, administered, dispensed or otherwise disposed of, shall show the date of selling, administering, or dispensing, the name and address of the person to whom, or for whose use, or the owner and species of animal for which the drugs were sold, administered or dispensed, and the kind and quantity of drugs. Every such record shall be kept for a period of two years from the date of the transaction recorded. The keeping of a record required by or under the Federal narcotic laws, containing substantially the same information as is specified above, shall constitute compliance with this section, except that every such record shall contain a detailed list of narcotic drugs lost, destroyed, or stolen, if any, the kind and quantity of such drugs, and the date of the discovery of such loss, destruction, or theft. Section 79A-811. (1) Whenever a manufacturer sells or dispenses a narcotic drug, and whenever a wholesaler sells and dispenses a narcotic drug in a package prepared by him, he shall securely affix to each package in which that drug is contained a label showing in legible English the name and address of the vendor and the quantity, kind, and form of narcotic drug contained therein. No person except an apothecary for the purpose of filling a prescription under this Chapter, shall alter, deface, or remove any label so affixed. Labels.

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(2) Whenever an apothecary sells or dispenses any narcotic drugs on a prescription issued by a physician, dentist, or veterinarian, he shall affix to the container in which such drug is sold or dispensed, a label showing his own name, address, and registry number, or the name, address, and registry number of the apothecary for whom he is lawfully acting: the name and address of the patient, or, if the patient is an animal, the name and address of the owner of the animal and the species of the animal: the name, address, and registry number of the physician, dentist, or veterinarian, by whom the prescription was written: and such direction as may be stated on the prescription. No person shall alter, deface, or remove any label so affixed. Section 79-812. A person to whom or for whose use any narcotic drug has been prescribed, sold, or dispensed, by a physician, dentist, apothecary, or other person authorized under the provisions of Section 79A-805, and the owner of any animal for which any such drug has been prescribed, sold, or dispensed, by a veterinarian, may lawfully possess it only in the container in which it was delivered to him by the person selling or dispensing the same. Possession of drugs. Section 79A-813. The provisions of this Chapter restricting the possessing and having control of narcotic drugs shall not apply to common carriers or to warehousemen, while engaged in lawfully transporting or storing such drugs, or to any employee of the same acting within the scope of his employment; or to public officers or employees in the performance of their official duties requiring possession or control of narcotic drugs; or to temporary incidental possession by employees or agents of persons lawfully entitled to possession, or by persons whose possession is for the purpose of aiding public officers in performing their official duties. Section 79A-814. Any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling house, building, vehicle, boat, aircraft or any place whatever, which is resorted to by narcotic drug addicts for the purpose of using narcotic drugs or which is used for the illegal keeping or selling of the same, shall be deemed a common nuisance. No person shall keep or maintain such common nuisance. Nuisances.

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Section 79A-815. All narcotic drugs, the lawful possession of which is not established or the title to which cannot be ascertained, which have come into the custody of a peace officer, shall be forfeited, and disposed of as follows: Drugs forfeited. (a) Except as in this section otherwise provided, the court or magistrate having jurisdiction shall order such narcotic drugs forfeited and destroyed. A record of the place where said drugs were seized, of the kinds and quantities of drugs so destroyed, and of the time, place, and manner of destruction, shall be kept, and a return under oath, reporting said destruction, shall be made to the court or magistrate and to the United States Commission of Narcotics, by the officer who destroys them. (b) Upon written application by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy, the court or magistrate by whom the forfeiture of narcotic drugs has been decreed may order the delivery of any of them, except heroin and its salts and derivatives, to said Georgia State Board of Pharmacy for distribution or destruction, as hereinafter provided. (c) Upon application by any hospital within this State, not operated for private gain, the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy may in its discretion deliver any narcotic drugs that have come into its custody by authority of this section to the applicant for medicinal use. The Georgia State Board of Pharmacy may from time to time deliver excess stocks of such narcotic drugs to the United States Commissioner of Narcotics, or shall destroy the same. (d) The Georgia State Board of Pharmacy shall keep a full and complete record of all drugs received and of all drugs disposed of, showing the exact kinds, quantities, and forms of such drugs; the person from whom received and to whom delivered; by whose authority received, delivered, and destroyed; and the dates of the receipt, disposal, or destruction, which record shall be open to inspection by all Federal and State officers charged with the enforcement of Federal and State narcotic laws. Section 79A-816. On the conviction of any physician, dentist, veterinarian, manufacturer, wholesaler, or apothecary

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of a violation of any provision of this Chapter, in any court of competent jurisdiction, the clerk of said court shall send a certified copy of the indictment, plea, verdict, and sentence to the board or officer, by whom the convicted defendant has been licensed to practice his profession or to carry on his business. Such board or officer may, in its or his discretion, suspend or revoke the license or registration of the convicted defendant to practice his profession or to carry on his business. On the application of any such convicted defendant whose license or registration has been suspended or revoked, upon proper showing and for good cause, said board or officer may reinstate such license or registration. Any court of competent jurisdiction in which such a defendant is convicted of a violation of any provision of this Chapter shall have the power, in its discretion, to suspend or revoke the license or registration of the convicted defendant, and may thereafter, upon proper showing and for good cause reinstate such license or registration; provided, that no board or officer shall reinstate any such license or registration where the same shall have been suspended or revoked by a court of competent jurisdiction; and provided, further, that no court shall reinstate any license of such a convicted defendant which has been revoked by the board or officer by whom the convicted defendant was licensed to practice his profession or to carry on his business, except upon a proceeding brought in a court having jurisdiction over said board or officer for the purpose of setting aside or restraining such suspension or revocation of license. Revocation etc. of certain licenses. Section 79A-817. Prescriptions, orders, and records, required by this Chapter, and stocks of narcotic drugs, shall be open for inspection only to Federal, State, county and municipal officers, whose duty it is to enforce the laws of this State or of the United States relating to narcotic drugs. No officer having knowledge by virtue of his office of any such prescription, order, or record, shall divulge such knowledge, except in connection with a prosecution or proceeding in court or before a licensing or registration board or officer, to which prosecution or proceeding the person to whom such prescription, orders, or records relate is a party. Inspection of records.

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Section 79A-818. (a) Whenever an affidavit duly verified by a person claiming to have knowledge of the facts and setting forth that any person named or described therein habitually uses any narcotic drug as defined in this Chapter so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is or has been so far addicted to the use of such drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his addiction, shall be filed with the solicitor general of any judicial circuit, including the county in which such alleged habitual user of narcotic drugs is or may be found, or with the solicitor of any county or city court, such solicitor shall issue a notice requiring the person so named or described to appear before a judge of the city, county, or superior court in chambers at a time and place specified in such notice, and shall cause a copy thereof to be served by the sheriff or other officer duly qualified to serve process in civil or criminal cases, upon the person so named or described. A copy of such notice shall be transmitted by mail to the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. The affidavit, and the original notice, shall be filed with the clerk of the court at or before the time specified for such appearance, but the same and all other records and files of the proceedings shall be open for inspection only to the person named or described therein or his counsel or by public officers. (b) At the time and place specified in the notice, the person named or described in such notice, or his counsel being present, the judge shall hear the evidence presented, and may appoint a commission of two physicians who shall examine such person and certify to the court as to whether such person is a habitual user of habit-forming drugs as contemplated in subsection (a). Upon being satisfied that the allegations contained in the affidavit are true, the judge shall make and file an order requiring the person named forthwith to take and continue treatment for the cure of such drug addiction at a private institution under medical jurisdiction to be selected by the person committed and approved by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy, if such person is able to pay therefor, otherwise at some public hospital or institution under medical jurisdiction, other than a penal institution, selected by the Georgia State Board

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of Pharmacy, and at the expense of the State, county, or city. In the event the judge is not satisfied from the evidence adduced that the person is a habitual user of habit-forming drugs as contemplated in subsection (a), he may order the commitment of such person for observation for a period not exceeding 30 days, and upon expiration of that time shall consider the testimony of the superintendent or physician in charge, together with the evidence theretofore presented, in rendering decision on the commitment of such person. The order of commitment shall require reports to be made to the court and to the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy at stated intervals therein specified by the physician or superintendent in charge, as to the effect and progress of the treatment. A copy of the order forthwith shall be served upon said person. The care and treatment of persons committed under this section shall be designed to rehabilitate them and restore them to mental and physical health; under regulations prescribed by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy, the physician or superintendent in charge of the institution may parole inmates, but such persons shall be finally discharged from further treatment and supervision only by the committee magistrate or his successor and only upon the recommendation of the superintendent or physician in charge of the institution to which committed. (c) Any trial court having jurisdiction of a defendant in a criminal action or proceeding, if it appears that the defendant habitually uses narcotic drugs as contemplated in subsection (a), may, in its discretion, likewise commit such person for treatment and rehabilitation to a public hospital or institution under medical supervision designated by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. In any such case the court may, in its discretion, stay further criminal proceedings or defer the imposition of sentence pending the discharge of the patient from treatment in accordance with the procedure outlined in subsection (b) of this section. (d) Upon the recommendation of a duly licensed practicing physician or public health official that a person habitually uses narcotic drugs as contemplated in subsection (a), a judge or magistrate of a city, county or State court may

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commit to a public institution under medical supervision and duly approved by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy a person making voluntary application for treatment for drug addiction. A person so committed shall not be detained under such voluntary agreement more than ten (10) days from and inclusive of the date of notice in writing of his intention or desire to leave such hospital or institution. (e) Any person who shall fail, refuse, or neglect to comply with the terms and conditions of any order of a court duly issued and served in accordance with this section shall be deemed in contempt of court and shall be proceeded against accordingly. Section 79A-819. (1) No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain a narcotic drug, or procure or attempt to procure the administration of a narcotic drug, (a) by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge; or (b) by the forgery or alteration of a prescription or of any written order; or (c) by the concealment of a material fact; or (d) by the use of false name or the giving of a false address. Crimes. (2) Any physician who dispenses a narcotic drug or prescribes or administers such drug as a result of false and fraudulent information communicated to such physician, shall, upon the trial of such person so obtaining such narcotic drug, prescription, or administration, be a competent witness. (2) No person shall wilfully make a false statement in any prescription, order, report, or record, required by this Chapter. (4) No person shall, for the purpose of obtaining a narcotic drug, falsely assume the title of, or represent himself to be, a manufacturer, wholesaler, apothecary, physician, dentist, veterinarian, or other authorized person. (5) No person shall make or utter any false or forged prescription or false or forged written order. (6) No person shall affix any false or forged label to a package or receptacle containing narcotic drugs.

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(7) The provisions of this section shall apply to all transactions relating to narcotic drugs under the provisions of Section 79A-808, in the same way as they apply to transactions under all other sections. Section 79A-820. It is hereby made the duty of the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy and all law enforcement officers of this State to enforce all the provision of this Act, except those specifically delegated, and to cooperate with all agencies charged with the enforcement of the laws of the United States, of this State, and of all other States, relating to narcotic drugs. Intent. Section 79A-821. If any provision of this Chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Chapter are declared to be severable. Severability. Section 79A-822. This Chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose, to make uniform the laws of those States which enact it. CHAPTER 79A-9 Section 79A-901. This Chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the Georgia Drug Abuse Control Act. Short title. Section 79A-902. Findings and Declaration of Policy and Purposes The General Assembly of the State of Georgia hereby finds that it is essential to the public health and safety to regulate and control the manufacture, distribution, delivery and possession of depressant and stimulant drugs, and other drugs which have a potential for abuse because of their depressant or stimulant effect on the central nervous system or because of their hallucinogenic effect as defined in this Chapter. It is, therefore, hereby declared to be the policy and intent of the General Assembly and the purpose of this Chapter to regulate and control such manufacture, distribution, delivery, and possession, and in particular, but without

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limitation of such purpose, to afford the public the therapeutic benefits of such drugs under medical supervision; to complement and supplement the laws and regulations of the Congress of the United States and the appropriate agencies of the Federal Government affecting such manufacture, distribution, and delivery; to prevent such manufacture, distribution and delivery for harmful or illegitimate purposes; and to place upon manufacturers, wholesalers, licensed, compounders of prescriptions, and persons prescribing such drugs, a basic responsibility for preventing the improper distribution of such drugs to the extent that such drugs are produced, handled, sold, or prescribed by them. The General Assembly further finds and declares that there is a substantial traffic in counterfeit drugs simulating the brand or other identifying mark or device of the manufacturer of the genuine article; that such traffic poses a serious hazard to the health of innocent consumers of such drugs because of the lack of proper qualifications, facilities, and manufacturing controls on the part of the counterfeiter, whose operations are clandestine; and that these factors require enactment of additional controls with respect to such drugs. Section 79A-903. For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context thereof clearly requires a different meaning: (a) The term counterfeit drug means a drug which, or the container or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, or device, or any likeness thereof, of a drug manufacturer, processor, packer, or distributor other than the person or persons who in fact manufactured, processed, packed, or distributed such drug and which thereby falsely purports, or is represented to be the product of, or to have been packed or distributed by, such other drug manufacturer, processor, packer, or distributor. Definitions. (b) The term depressant or stimulant drug means: 1. Any drug which contains any quantity of (A) barbituric acid or any of the salts of barbituric acid; or (B)

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any derivative of barbituric acid which are designated under 502(d) of the Federal Act as habit-forming; 2. Any drug which contains any quantity of (A) amphetamine or any of its optical isomers; (B) any salt of amphetamine or any salt of an optical isomer of amphetamine; or (C) any substance designated by regulations presently promulgated under the Federal Act as habitforming because of its stimulant effect on the central nervous system; or 3. Any drug which contains any quantity of a substance designated by present regulations promulgated under the Federal Act as having potential for abuse because of its depressant or stimulant effect on the central nervous system or its hallucinogenic effect. 4. Any substance which the State Board shall determine to be habit-forming because of its stimulant effect on the central nervous system or any drug which the State Board shall determine to contain any quantity of a substance having a potential for abuse because of its depressant or stimulant effect on the central nervous system or its hallucinogenic effect, provided, however, no drug shall be considered as a depressant or stimulant drug if the State Board shall expressly determine that such drug has no depressant or stimulant effect on the central nervous system and has no hallucinogenic effect. (c) The term manufacture, compound or process shall include repackaging or otherwise changing the container, wrapper, or labeling of any drug package in the furtherance of the distribution of the drug from the original place of manufacture to the person who makes final delivery or sale to the ultimate consumer, and the term Manufacturers, compounders, and processors shall be deemed to refer to persons engaged in such defined activities. (d) Except as otherwise indicated by the context the terms defined in Chapter 79A-1 shall have the meanings set forth in said chapter.

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Section 79A-904. The following acts and the causing thereof are hereby prohibited: (a) The manufacture, compounding, or processing of a drug in violation of section 79A-907(a). (b) The sale, delivery, or other disposition of a drug in violation of section 79A-907(b). Crimes. (c) The possession of a drug in violation of section 79A-907(c). (d) Obtaining a drug in violation of section 79A-907-(d). (e) The failure to prepare or obtain, or the failure to keep, a complete and accurate record with respect to any drug as required by section 79A-907(e). (f) The refusal to permit access to or copying of any record as required by section 79A-907(e). (g) The refusal to permit entry or inspection as authorized by section 79A-907(e). (h) The filling or refilling of any prescription in violation of section 79A-907(f). (i) Making, selling, disposing of, or keeping in possession, control, or custody, or concealing any punch, die, plate, stone, or other thing designed to print, imprint, or reproduce the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, or device of another or any likeness of any of the foregoing upon any drug or container or labeling thereof so as to render such drug a counterfeit drug. (j) The doing of any act which causes a drug to be a counterfeit drug, or the sale or dispensing, or the holding for sale or dispensing, of a counterfeit drug. Section 79A-905. (a) The following may be seized without warrant by a duly authorized agent of the State Board of Pharmacy or on Drug Inspector appointed under the

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provision of Chapter 79A-3 whenever he has reasonable grounds to believe they are: Seizure of certain drugs, etc. (1) a depressant or stimulant drug with respect to which a prohibited act within the meaning of section 79A-904 has occurred, (2) a drug that is a counterfeit, (3) a container of such depressant or stimulant drug or of a counterfeit drug, (4) equipment used in manufacturing, compounding, or processing a depressant or stimulant drug with respect to which drug a prohibited act within the meaning of section 79A-904 has occurred, (5) any punch, die, plate, stone, labeling, container or other thing used or designed for use in making a counterfeit drug or drugs, and (6) any conveyance being used to transport, carry or hold a depressant or stimulant drug with respect to which a prohibited act within the meaning of section 79A-904 has occurred; or any conveyance being used to transport, carry or hold a counterfeit drug in violation of section 79A-907 (b) of this Act. As used in this paragraph the term conveyance includes every description of vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other contrivance used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on land, in water, or through the air. (b) When an article, equipment, conveyance, or other thing is seized under 79A-905 (a), the State Board of Pharmacy shall, within 5 days thereafter, cause to be filed in the Superior Court of the County in which the merchandise is seized or detained a libel for condemnation of such merchandise as herein provided. The proceedings shall be brought in the name of the state by the Solicitor General of the Circuit in which the article was seized, and the libel shall be vertified by a duly authorized agent of the state in a manner required by the law of this state. The libel shall describe the merchandise, state its location, state the name of the person, firm, or corporation in actual possession, state the name of the owner, if known to the duly authorized agent of the state, allege the essential elements of the violation which is claimed to exist, and shall conclude with a prayer of due process to enforce the forfeiture. Upon the filing of such a libel, the Court, shall promptly cause process to issue to the Sheriff, commanding him to seize the goods

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described in the libel and to hold the same for further order of the court. The Sheriff shall at the time of seizure, serve a copy of said process upon the owner of said merchandise. Such service may be made personally, by mail, or by publication according to the rules governing the service of civil process in this state. At the expiration of 20 days after such seizure, if no claimant has appeared to defend said libel, the court shall order the sheriff to dispose of said seized merchandise. (c) Any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the alleged article, equipment, or other thing proceeded against, or any person, firm, or corporation against whom a civil or criminal liability would exist if said merchandise is in violation of secton 79A-904 of this Act may, within 20 days following the Sheriff's seizure, appear and file answer or demurrer to the libel. The answer or demurrer shall allege the interest or liability of the party filing it. In all other respects the issue shall be made up as in other civil actions. (d) (1) Any article, equipment, conveyance or other thing condemned under this section shall, after entry of the decree, be disposed of by destruction or sale as the court may, in accordance with the provisions of this section, direct and the proceeds thereof, if sold, less the legal costs and charges shall be paid to the Treasurer of the State; but such article, equipment, or the other thing shall not be sold under such decree contrary to provisions of this Act. (2) Whenever in any proceedings under this section the condemnation of any equipment or conveyance or other thing (other than a drug) is decreed, the court shall allow the claim of any claimant, to the extent of such claimant's interest, for remission or mitigation of such forfeiture if such claimant proves to the satisfaction of the court (A) that he has not committed or caused to be committed any prohibited act referred to in subparagraph (a) and has no interest in any drug referred to therein, (B) that he has an interest in such equipment or other thing as owner or lienor or otherwise, acquired by him in good faith, and (C) that he at no time had any knowledge or reason to believe that such equipment, or conveyance or other thing was being or would

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be used in, or to facilitate, the violation of the laws of this state relating to depressant or stimulant drugs or counterfeit drugs. (e) When a decree of condemnation is entered against the article, equipment, conveyance or other thing, court costs and fees and storage and other proper expenses, shall be awarded against the person, if any, intervening as claimant of the article. Section 79A-906. (a) It shall be the duty of each Solicitor of any court having jurisdiction to whom the State Board of Pharmacy reports any violation of this Act, to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. Prosecutions. (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to report for the institution of proceedings under this Act, minor violations of this Act, whenever the State Board of Pharmacy believes that the public interest will be adequately served in the circumstances by a suitable written notice or warning. Section 79A-907. (a) No person shall manufacture, compound or process in this state any depressant or stimulant drug, except that this prohibition shall not apply to the following persons whose activities in connection with any drug are as specified in this subsection: Crimes. (1) Manufacturers, compounders, and processors, operating in conformance with the laws of this state relating to the manufacture, compounding or processing of drugs, and holding a license as such issued by the State Board of Pharmacy, or issued in accordance with the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, who are regularly engaged in preparing pharmaceutical chemicals or prescription drugs for distribution through branch outlets, through wholesale druggists, or by direct shipment; (A) to pharmacies or to hospitals, clinics, public health agencies or physicians for dispensing by registered pharmacists upon prescriptions, or for use by or under the

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supervision of practitioners licensed in this state to administer such drugs in the course of their professional practice; or (B) to laboratories or research or educational institutions for their use in research, teaching or chemical analysis. (2) Suppliers (operating in conformance with the laws of this state relating to the manufacture, compounding or processing of drugs) of manufacturers, compounders, and processors referred to in subparagraph (1). (3) Wholesale druggists who maintain their establishments in conformance with state and local laws relating to the manufacture, compounding or processing of drugs, and who are regularly engaged in supplying prescription drugs (A) to pharmacies, or to hospitals, clinics, public health agencies, or physicians for dispensing by registered pharmacists upon prescriptions or for use by or under the supervision of practitioners licensed in this state to administer such drugs in the course of their professional practice, or (B) to laboratories or research or educational institutions for their use in research, teaching, or clinical analysis. (4) Pharmacies, hospitals, clinics and public health agencies which maintain their establishments in conformance with state and local laws regulating the practice of pharmacy and medicine which are regularly engaged in dispensing drugs upon prescriptions of practitioners licensed in this state to administer such drugs for patients under the care of such practitioners in the course of their professional practice. (5) Practitioners licensed in this state to prescribe or administer depressant or stimulant drugs, while acting in the course of their professional practice. (6) Persons who use depressant or stimulant drugs in research, teaching or chemical analysis and not for sale. (7) Officers and employees of this state, or of a political subdivision of this state or of the United States while acting in the course of their official duties.

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(8) An employee or agent of any person described in paragraph (1) through paragraph (6) of this subsection, and a nurse or other medical technician under the supervision of a practitioner licensed by law in this state to administer depressant or stimulant drugs, while such employee, nurse, or medical technician is acting in the course of his employment or occupation and not on his own account. (b) No person other than: (1) a person described in subsection (a), while such person is acting in the ordinary and authorized course of his business, profession, occupation, or employment, or (2) a common or contract carrier or warehouseman, or an employee thereof, whose possession of any depressant or stimulant drug or counterfeit drug is in the usual course of his business or employment as such, shall sell, deliver or otherwise dispose of any depressant or stimulant drug or counterfeit drug to any other person. (c) No person, other than a person described in subsection (a) or subsection (b) (2) shall possess any depressant or stimulant drug unless (1) such drug was obtained upon a valid prescription, and is held in the original container in which such drug was delivered; or (2) such drug was delivered by a practitioner in the course of his professional practice and the drug is held in the immediate container in which such drug was delivered. (d) No person other than a person described in subsection (a) (7) shall obtain or attempt to obtain a depressant or stimulant drug by (1) fraud, deceit, misrepresentation or subterfuge; (2) falsely assuming the title of or representing himself to be a manufacturer, wholesaler, practitioner, pharmacist, owner of a pharmacy, or other persons authorized to possess stimulant or depressant drugs; (3) the use of a forged or altered prescription; or (4) the use of a false name or a false address on a prescription; provided this subsection shall not apply to drug manufacturers, their agents or employees, when such manufacturers,

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their agents or employees are authorized to engage in and are actually engaged in investigative activities directed toward the safeguarding of said drug manufacturer's trademark. (e) (1) Every person engaged in manufacturing, compounding, processing, selling, delivering or otherwise disposing of any depressant or stimulant drug shall, upon the effective date of this Act, prepare a complete and accurate record of all stocks of each drug on hand and shall keep such record for three (3) years; except that if this record has already been prepared in accordance with Section 511 (d) of the Federal Act, no additional record shall be required provided that all records prepared under Section 511 (d) of the Federal Act have been retained and are made available to the State Board of Pharmacy upon request. When additional depressant or stimulant drugs are designated after the effective date of this Chapter, a similar record must be prepared upon the effective date of their designation. On and after the effective date of this Chapter, every person manufacturing, compounding, or processing any depressant or stimulant drug shall prepare and keep, for not less than three (3) years, a complete and accurate record of the kind and quantity of each drug manufactured, compounded, or processed and the date of such manufacture, compounding, or processing; and every person selling, delivering, or otherwise disposing of any depressant or stimulant drug shall prepare or obtain, and keep for not less than three (3) years, a complete and accurate record of the kind and quantity of each such drug received, sold, delivered, or otherwise disposed of, the name and address from whom it was received and to whom it was sold, delivered, or otherwise disposed of, and the date of such transaction. (2) (A) Every person required by paragraph (1) of this subsection to prepare or obtain and keep records, and any carrier maintaining records with respect to any shipment containing any depressant or stimulant drug, and every person in charge, or having custody, of such records, shall, upon request of an officer or employee designated by the State Board of Pharmacy permit such officer or employee at reasonable times to have access to and copy such

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records. For the purposes of verification of such records and of the enforcement of this Act, officers or employees designated by the State Board of Pharmacy are authorized to enter, at reasonable times, any factory, warehouse, establishment, or vehicle in which any depressant or stimulant drug is held, manufactured, compounded, sold, delivered, or otherwise disposed of and to inspect, within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, such factory, warehouse, establishment, or vehicle, and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished material, containers and labeling therein, and all things therein (including records, files, papers, processes, controls, and facilities); and to inventory any stock of any such drug therein and obtain samples of any such drug. Inspections. (B) No inspection authorized by subparagraph (A) shall extend to (i) financial data, (ii) sales data other than shipment data. (iii) pricing data, (iv) personnel data, or (v) research data. (3) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection shall not apply to a licensed practitioner described in subsection (a) (5) with respect to any depressant or stimulant drug received, prepared, processed, administered, or dispensed by him in the course of his professional practice, unless such practitioner regularly engages in dispensing any such drug or drugs to his patients for which they are charged, either separately or together with charges for other professional services. (4) The requirements of this subsection relative to inventory and record of drugs shall not be construed to require the keeping of additional records, if the same or substantially similar records are kept and maintained under the Federal Act, and such records are made available to the State Board of Pharmacy. (f) No prescription (issued before or after the effective date of this Chapter) for any depressant or stimulant drug may be filled or refilled more than six months after the date on which such prescription was issued and no such prescription which is authorized to be refilled may be refilled more

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than five times, except that nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing a practitioner from issuing a new prescription for the same drug either in writing or orally. Any oral prescription for such drug shall be promptly reduced to writing on a new prescription blank and filed by the pharmacist filling it. (g) Depressant or stimulant drugs exempted under the present Section 511 (f) of the Federal Act are exempted from the application of this section except such of said drugs as State Board of Pharmacy shall determine should be subject to regulations under this Chapter. Section 79A-908. (a) Any officer or employee of the State Board of Pharmacy designated by the Board to conduct examinations, investigations, or inspections under this Act relating to depressant or stimulant drugs or to counterfeit drugs may, when so authorized by the administrative head; (1) carry firearms; (2) execute and serve search warrants and arrest warrants; Employees of State Pharmacy Board. (3) execute seizure by process issued pursuant to Section 79A-905; (4) make arrests without warrant for offenses under this Chapter with respect to such drugs if the offense is committed in his presence or, in the case of a felony, if he has probable cause to believe that the person so arrested has committed, or is committing, such offense; and, (5) make, prior to the institution of libel proceedings under Section 79A-905 (b), seizures of drugs or containers or conveyances or of equipment, punches, dies, plates, stone, labeling, or other things, if they are, or he has reasonable grounds to believe that they are, subject to seizure and condemnation under Section 79A-905. Section 79A-909. The authority to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement of this Act is hereby vested in the State Board of Pharmacy. The State Board of

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Pharmacy is hereby authorized to make the regulations promulgated under this Chapter conform, insofar as practicable, with those promulgated under the Federal Act. Regulations. Section 79A-910. In addition to remedies set forth in this Chapter, the State Board of Pharmacy may apply to a Court of competent jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter, for a writ of injunction to retain violations of any provision of this Chapter. Such injunctions may issue notwithstanding the existence of an adequate remedy at law. Injunctions. CHAPTER 79A-10 GEORGIA DRUG AND COSMETIC ACT Section 79A-1001. This Chapter may be cited as the Georgia Drug and Cosmetic Act. Short title. Section 79A-1002. For the purpose of this Chapter and of Chapter 79A-3, the folowing terms shall be given the indicated meaning unless the context clearly denotes a different meaning: (a) The term board means the State Board of Pharmacy of the State of Georgia. Definitions. (b) The term person includes individuals, partnership, corporation, company and association. (c) The term drug means (1) articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement of any of them; (2) articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in man; (3) articles (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man; (4) articles intended for use as a component of any article specified in clause (1), (2), or (3), but does not include devices or their components, parts or accessories. (d) The term device (except when used in paragraph (j) of this section, and Sections 79A-1003 (j), 79A-1009

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(c) and 79A-1012 (c)), means instruments, apparatus and contrivances, including their components, parts and accessories, intended (1) for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man; or (2) to affect the structure of any function of the body of man. (e) The term cosmetic means (1) articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into or otherwise applied to the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance, and (2) articles intended for use as a component of any such articles, except that such term shall not include soap. (f) The term official compendium means the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them. (g) The term label means a display of written, printed or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any article; and a requirement made by or under authority of this Chapter that any word, statement or other information appear on the label shall not be considered to be complied with unless such word, statement, or other information also appears on the outside container or wrapper, if any there be, of the retail package of such article, or is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper. (h) The term immediate container does not include package liners. (i) The term labeling means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matters (1) upon an article or any of its containers, or wrappers, or (2) accompanying such article. (j) If an article is alleged to be misbranded because the labeling is misleading, or if an advertisement is alleged to be false because it is misleading, then in determining whether the labeling or advertisement is misleading, there shall be taken into account (among other things) not only representations made or suggested by statement, word, design,

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device, sound or in any combination thereof, but also the extent to which the labeling or advertisement fails to reveal facts material in the light of such representations or material with respect to consequences which may result from the use of the article to which the labeling or advertisement relates under the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling or advertisement thereof or under such conditions of use as are customary or usual. (k) The term advertisement means all representations dissimulated in any manner or by any means other than by labeling, for the purpose of inducing, or which are likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase of drugs, devices or cosmetics. (l) The representation of a drug, in its labeling or advertisement, as an antiseptic shall be considered to be a representation that it is a germicide, except in the case of a drug purporting to be, or represented as, an antiseptic for inhibitory use as a wet dressing, ointment, dusting powder, or such other use as involves prolonged contact with the body. (m) The term new drug means (1) any drug the composition of which is such that such drug is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety of drugs, as safe for use under the conditions prescribed, recommended or suggested in the labeling thereof; or (2) any drug, the composition of which is such that such drug, as a result of investigations to determine its safety for use under such conditions, has become so recognized, but which has not, otherwise than in such investigations, been used to a material extent or for a material time under such conditions. (n) The term contaminated with filth applies to any drug, device or cosmetic not securely protected from dust, dirt, and, as far as may be necessary by all reasonable means, from all foreign or injurious contamination. (o) The provisions of this Chapter regarding the selling of drugs, devices, or cosmetics, shall be considered to include

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the manufacture, production, processing, packing, exposure, offer, possession, and holding of any such article for sale; and the sale, dispensing, and giving of any such article; and the supplying or applying of any such articles in the conduct of any drug or cosmetic establishment. (p) The term Federal Act means the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (Title 21 U. S. C. 301 et seq.; 52 Stat. 1040 et seq.). Section 79A-1003. The following acts and the causing thereof within the State of Georgia are prohibited: (a) The manufacture, sale or delivery, holding or offering for sale of any drug, device, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded. Crimes. (b) The adulteration or misbranding of any drug, device, or cosmetic. (c) The receipt in commerce of any drug, device, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded, and the delivery or proffered delivery thereof for pay or otherwise. (d) The sale, delivery for sale, holding for sale, or offering for sale of any article in violation of Section 79A-1010. (e) The dissemination of any false advertisement. (f) The refusal to permit entry or inspection, or to permit the taking of a sample, as authorized by Section 79A-1015. (g) The giving of a guaranty or undertaking which guaranty or undertaking is false, except by a person who relied on a guaranty or undertaking to the same effect signed by, and containing the name and address of the person residing in the State of Georgia from whom he received in good faith the drug, device or cosmetic. (h) The removal or disposal of a detained or embargoed article in violation of Section 79A-1005. (i) The alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the whole or any part of the labeling of, or

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the doing of any other act, with respect to a drug, device or cosmetic, if such act is done while such article is held for sale and results in such article being misbranded. (j) Forging, counterfeiting, simulating, or false representing, or without proper authority using any mark, stamp, tag, label, or other identification device authorized or required by regulations promulgated under the provisions of this Chapter. (k) The using, on the labeling of any drug or in any advertisement relating to such drug, of any representation or suggestion that any application with respect to such drug is effective under Section 79A-1010, or that such drug complies with the provisions of such section. Section 79A-1004. In addition to the remedies hereinafter provided, the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy is hereby authorized to apply to the superior court of the county where the violation occurs, or is threatened, for, and such court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown, to grant, a temporary or permanent in injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of Section 79A-1003, notwithstanding whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law. Injunctions. Section 79A-1005. (a) Whenever a duly authorized agent of the State Board of Pharmacy finds or has probable cause to believe, that any drug or cosmetic is adulterated, or so misbranded as to be dangerous or fraudulent within the meaning of this Chapter, he shall affix to such article a tag or other appropriate marking, giving notice that such article is, or is suspected of being adulterated or misbranded and has been detained or embargoed, and warning all persons not to remove or dispose of such article by sale or otherwise until permission for removal or disposal is given by the agent or the court. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or dispose of such detained or embargoed article by sale or otherwise, without permission. Dangerous or fraudulent items. (b) When an article detained or embargoed under subsection (a) has been found by such agent to be adulterated,

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or misbranded, he shall petition the judge of the superior court of the county where the article is detained or embargoed for a libel for condemnation of such article. When such agent has found that an article so detained or embargoed is not adulterated or misbranded, he shall remove the tags or other markings. (c) If the court finds that a detained or embargoed article is adulterated or misbranded, such article shall, after entry of the decree, be destroyed at the expense of the claimant thereof, under the supervision of the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy, and all court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses, shall be taxed against the claimant of such articles or his agent: Provided, that when the adulteration or misbranding can be corrected by proper labeling or processing of the article, the court, after entry of the decree and after such costs, fees and expenses have been paid and a good and sufficient bond, conditioned that such article shall be so labeled or processed, has been executed, may by proper order direct that such article be delivered to the claimant thereof for such labeling or processing under the supervision of an agent of the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. The expense of such supervision shall be paid by the claimant. Such shall be returned to the claimant of the article on representation to the court by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy that the article is no longer in violation of this Chapter, and that the expense of such supervision has been paid. (d) Whenever the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy or any of its authorized agents shall find in any room, building, vehicle for transportation or other structure, any drug, device or cosmetic which is unsound or contains any filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance, or that may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe, the same being hereby declared to be a nuisance, the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy or its authorized agents, shall forthwith condemn or destroy the same. Section 79A-1006. It shall be the duty of each solicitor general to whom the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy reports any violation of this Chapter to cause appropriate

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criminal proceedings to be instituted in the superior court without delay and to prosecute same in the manner provided by law. Before any violation of this Chapter is reported to any solicitor general for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present his views before the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy or its designated agent, either orally or in writing, in person, or by attorney, with regard to such contemplated proceedings. Prosecutions. Section 79A-1007. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as requiring the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy to report for the institution of proceedings under this Chapter, minor violations of this Chapter, whenever the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy believes that the public interest will be adequately served in the circumstances by a suitable written notice or warning. Intent. Section 79A-1008. A drug or device shall be deemed to be adulterated: (a) (1) If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance; or (2) If it has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health; or Adulterated drugs, etc. (3) If it is a drug and its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health; or (4) If it is a drug and it bears or contains, for purposes of coloring only, a coaltar color other than one from a batch certified under the authority of the Federal Act. (b) If it purports to be or is represented as a drug the name of which is recognized in an official compendium, and its strength differs from, or its quality or purity falls below, the standard set forth in such compendium. Such determination as to strength, quality, or purity shall be made

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in accordance with the tests or methods of assay set forth in such compendium, or in the absence of or inadequacy of such tests or methods of assay, those prescribed under authority of the Federal Act. No drug defined in an official compendium shall be deemed to be adulterated under this paragraph because it differs from the standard of strength, quality or purity therefor set forth in such compendium, if its difference in strength, quality, or purity from such standard is plainly stated on its label. Whenever a drug is recognized in both the United States Pharmacopoeia and the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States it shall be subject to the requirements of the United States Pharmacopoeia unless it is labeled and offered for sale as a homeopathic drug, in which case it shall be subject to the provisions of the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States and not to those of the United States Pharmacopoeia. (c) If it is not subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this section and its strength differs from, or its purity or quality falls below, that which it purports or is represented to possess. (d) If it is a drug and any substance has been: (1) Mixed or packed therewith so as to reduce its quality or strength; or (2) Substituted wholly or in part therefor. Section 79A-1009. A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded: (a) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. Misbranded items. (b) If in package form unless it bears a label containing: (1) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; and (2) An accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count: Provided, that under clause (2) of this paragraph reasonable

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variations shall be permitted, and exemptions as to small packages shall be established, by regulations prescribed by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. (c) If any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this Chapter to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs or devices, in the labeling) and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use. (d) If it is for use by man and contains any quantity of the narotic or hypnotic substance alphaeucaine, barbituric acid, betaeucaine, bromal, cannabis, carbromal, chloral, coca, cocaine, codeine, heroin, marihuana, morphine, opium, paraldehyde, peyote, or sulphonmethane, or any chemical derivative of such substance, which derivative has been by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy, after investigation, found to be, and by regulations under this Chapter, designated as, habit forming, or any synthetic narcotic or drug, unless its label bears the name and quantity or proportion of such substance or derivative and in juxtaposition therewith the statement Warningmay be habit forming. (e) If it is a drug and is not designated solely by a name recognized in an official compendium unless its label bears: (1) The common or usual name of the drug, if such there be; and (2) In case it is fabricated from two or more ingredients, the common or usual name of each active ingredient, including the kind and quantity or proportion of any alcohol, and also including whether active or not the name and quantity or proportion of any bromides, ether, chloroform, acetanilid, acetphenetidin, amidopyrine, antipyrine, atropine, hyoscine, hyoscyamine, arsenic, digitalis, glucosides, mercury, ouabain, strophanthin, strychnine, thyroid, or any derivative or preparation of any such substance, contained therein: Provided, that to the extent that compliance with

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the requirements of clause (2) of this paragraph is impracticable, exemptions shall be established by regulations promulgated by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. (f) Unless its labeling bears: (1) Adequate directions for use; and (2) Such adequate warnings against use in those pathological conditions or by children where its use may be dangerous to health, or against unsafe dosage or methods or duration of administration or application, in such manner and form, as are necessary for the protection of users: Provided, that where any requirement of clause (1) of this paragraph, as applied to any drug or device, is not necessary for the protection of the public health, the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy shall promulgate regulations exempting such drug or device from such requirements. (g) It is purported to be a drug the name of which is recognized in an official compendium, unless it is packaged and labeled as prescribed therein: Provided, that the method of packing may be modified with consent of the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. Whenever a drug is recognized in both the United State Pharmacopoeia and the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, it shall be subject to the requirements of the United States Pharmacopoeia with respect to packaging and labeling unless it is labeled and offered for sale as a homeopathic drug in which case it shall be subject to the provisions of the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, and not to those of the United States Pharmacopoeia. (h) If it has been found by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy to be a drug liable to deterioration, unless it is packaged in such form and manner, and its label bears a statement of such precautions, as the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy shall by regulations require as necessary for the protection of public health. No such regulation shall be established for any drug recognized in an official compendium until the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy shall have informed the appropriate body charged with the revision

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of such compendium of the need for such packaging or labeling requirements and such body shall have failed within a reasonable time to prescribe such requirements. (i) (1) If it is a drug and its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading; or (2) It it is an imitation of another drug; or (3) If it is offered for sale under the name of another drug. (j) If it is dangerous to health when used in the dosage, or with the frequency or duration prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling thereof. (k) If it is a drug intended for use by man which: (1) Is a habit-forming drug to which paragraph (d) applies; or (2) Because of its toxicity or other potentiality for harmful effect, or the method of use, or the collateral measures necessary to its use, is not safe for use except under the supervision of a practitioner licensed by law to administer such drug; or (3) Is limited by an effective application under Section 505 of the Federal Act to use under the professional supervision of a practitioner licensed by law to administer such drug, unless (4) It is dispensed only: (a) Upon a written prescription of a practitioner licensed by law to administer such drug, or (b) Upon an oral prescription of such practitioner which is reduced promptly to writing and filed by the pharmacist, or (c) By refilling any such written or oral prescription if such refilling is authorized by the prescriber either in the original prescription or by oral order which is reduced promptly to writing and filed by the pharmacist.

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(l) Any drug dispensed by filling or refilling a written or oral prescription of a practitioner licensed by law to administer such drug shall be exempt from the requirements of this section except paragraphs (a) and (i) if the drug bears a label containing the name and address of the dispenser, the serial number and date of the prescription or of its filling, the name of the prescriber, and, if stated in the prescription, the name of the patient, and the directions for use and cautionary statements, if any, contained in such prescription. This exemption shall not apply to any drug dispensed in the course of the conduct of a business of dispensing drugs pursuant to diagnosis by mail, or to a drug dispensed in violation of paragraph (k) hereof. Section 79A-1010. (a) No person shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, hold for sale or give away any new drug unless: (1) An application with respect thereto has become effective under Section 505 of the Federal Act, or (2) When not subject to the Federal Act unless such drug has been tested and has not been found to be unsafe for use under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling thereof, and prior to selling or offering for sale, such drug, there has been filed with the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy an application setting forth: Crimes. (a) Full reports of investigations which have been made to show whether or not such drug is safe for use; (b) A full list of the articles used as components of such drug; (c) A full statement of the composition of such drug; (d) A full description of the methods used in, and the facilities and controls used for, the manufacture, processing, and packing of such drug; (e) Such samples of such drug and of the articles used as components thereof as the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy may require; and

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(f) Specimens of the labeling proposed to be used for such drug. (b) An application provided for in subsection (a) (2) shall become effective on the 60th day after the filing thereof, except that if the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy finds after due notice to the applicant and giving him an opportunity for a hearing, that the drug is not safe for use under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the proposed labeling thereof, he shall, prior to the effective date of the application, issue an order refusing to permit the application to become effective. (c) This section shall not apply: (1) To a drug intended solely for investigational use by experts qualified by scientific training and experience to investigate the safety in drugs provided the drug is plainly labeled For investigational use only; or Exemptions. (2) To a drug sold in the State at any time prior to the enactment of this Chapter or introduced into interstate commerce at any time prior to the enactment of the Federal Act; or (3) To any drug which is licensed under the virus, serum, and toxin Act of July 1, 1902. (4) To any drug manufactured, labeled and sold for veterinary purposes. (d) An order refusing to permit an application under this Section to become effective may be revoked by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. Section 79A-1011. A cosmetic shall be deemed to be adulterated: (a) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to users under the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling or advertisement thereof, or under such conditions of use as are customary or usual: Provided, that this provision shall not apply to coal-tar hair dye, the label of which bears the following

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legend conspicuously displayed thereon: Caution This product contains ingredients which may cause skin irritation on certain individuals and a preliminary test according to accompanying directions should first be made. This product must not be used for dyeing the eyelashes or eyebrows; to do so may cause blindness, and the labeling of which bears adequate directions for such preliminary testing. For the purpose of this paragraph and paragraph (e) the term hair dye shall not include eyelash dyes or eyebrow dyes. Adulterated cosmetics. (d) If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance. (c) If it has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health. (d) If its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health. (e) If it is not a hair dye and it bears or contains a coal-tar color other than one from a batch which has been certified under authority of the Federal Act. Section 79A-1012. A cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded: (a) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. (b) If in package-form unless it bears a label containing: (1) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; and (2) An accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count: Provided, that under clause (2) of this paragraph reasonable variations shall be permitted, and exemptions as to small packages shall be established by regulations prescribed by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy.

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(c) If any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this Chapter to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices, in the labeling) and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use. (d) If its container is so made, formed or filled as to be misleading. Section 79A-1013. (a) An advertisement of a drug, device, or cosmetic shall be deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any particular. (b) For the purpose of this Chapter the advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclerosis, blood poison, bone disease, Bright's disease, cancer, carbuncles, cholecystitis, diabetes, diphtheria, dropsy, erysipelas, gallstones, heart and vascular diseases, high blood pressure, mastoiditis, measles, meningitis, mumps, nephritis, otitis media, paralysis, pneumonia, poliomyelitis, (infantile paralysis), prostrate gland disorders, pylelitis, scarlet fever, sexual impotence, sinus infection, smallpox, tuberculosis, tumors, typhoid, uremia, venereal disease, shall also be deemed to be false, except that no advertisement not in violation of subsection (a) shall be deemed to be false under this subsection if it is disseminated only to members of the medical, dental, or veterinary professions, or appears only in the scientific periodicals of these professions, or is disseminated only for the purpose of public-health education by persons not commercially interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale of such drugs or devices: Provided, that whenever the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy determines that an advance in medical science has made any type of self-medication safe as to any of the diseases named above, the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy shall by regulation authorize the advertisement of drugs having curative or therapeutic effect for such disease, subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy may

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deem necessary in the interest of public health: Provided, that this subsection shall not be construed as indicating that self-medication for diseases other than those named herein is safe or efficacious. False advertisements. Section 79A-1014. The authority to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement of this Chapter is hereby vested in the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. The Georgia State Board of Pharmacy is hereby authorized to make the regulations promulgated under this Chapter conform, insofar as practicable with those promulgated under the Federal Act. No drug, device or cosmetic which is subject to, and complies with, regulations promulgated under the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act relating to adulteration and misbranding shall be deemed to be adulterated or misbranded in violation of the provisions of this Chapter because of its failure to comply with regulations promulgated hereunder, insofar as said regulations are in conflict with regulations relating to adulteration and misbranding under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Regulations. Section 79A-1015. The Georgia State Board of Pharmacy or its duly authorized agent shall have free access at all reasonable times to any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which drugs, devices, or cosmetics are manufactured, processed, packed, or held for introduction into commerce, or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such drugs, devices, or cosmetics in commerce, for the purpose: Inspections, etc. (a) Of inspecting such factory, warehouse, establishment or vehicle to determine if any of the provisions of this Chapter are being violated. (b) To secure samples or specimens of any drug, device, or cosmetic after paying or offering to pay for such sample. It shall be the duty of the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy to make or cause to be made examinations of samples secured under the provisions of this section to determine whether or not any provision of this Chapter is being violated. Section 79A-1016. In addition to the remedies provided herein and to provide for more efficient enforcement of the

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provisions of this Chapter, the board or the chief drug inspector may request the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Public Health for assistance and in such event, either or both such departments may render such assistance. Any employee or agent of either such department engaged in the rendering of such assistance shall be an authorized agent of the board. Enforcement. Section 79A-1017. (a) The Georgia State Board of Pharmacy may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders which have been rendered under this Chapter, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof. Reports of judgments. (b) The Georgia State Board of Pharmacy may also cause to be disseminated such information regarding drugs, devices, and cosmetics as the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy deems necessary in the interest of public health and the protection of the consumer against fraud. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy from collection, reporting, and illustrating the results of the investigations of the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. Section 79A-1018. The provisions of this Chapter shall be cumulative and supplemental to any and all existing laws relating to the subject matter of drugs. Specifically nothing contained in this Chapter shall be so construed as to relieve any person, firm, or corporation from complying with any requirements as prescribed by Chapters 79A-6, 79A-7, 79A-8, or 79A-9 of this Title. Nothing contained herein shall amend, alter, supersede or replace the laws of this State relative to feed, food, animal remedies, hog cholera serum or virus; drugs permitted to be added to feeds, bottling supplies, nor the duty and authority of the Commissioner of Agriculture. CHAPTER 79A-11 EXEMPTIONS FROM LAW Section 79A-1101. None of the provisions of Chapters 79A-3, 79A-4, 79A-5, 79A-6 or 79A-7 shall apply to practitioners

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of the healing arts prescribing or putting up their own prescriptions and dispensing drugs and medicine. Nor shall such Chapters prohibit the administration of drugs or medicines by a practitioner of the healing arts or any person under the supervision of such practitioner or by the direction of such practitioner. Section 79A-1102. The provisions of Chapters 79A-2, 79A-3, 79A-4, 79A-5, 79A-6 and 79A-7 of this Title shall be construed in the interest of public health and shall not be construed: (a) To prohibit the sale by merchants of home remedies not poison. (b) To prohibit the sale by merchants of preparations commonly known as patent or proprietary preparations when sold only in their original and unbroken packages. (c) To prohibit the activities of manufacturers, distributors or dealers selling, compounding or mixing for sale poisons, sprays or dust commonly used for agricultural purposes on orchards, field crops, gardens or truck crops. (d) To prohibit the sale of medicines, remedies or powders used by farmers, or veterinarians, or others for the treatment or prevention of diseases in poultry or livestock. (e) To prohibit the sale of remedies or powders used for the destruction of rats, roaches, bugs or other pests, or to Paris green, arsenate of copper, arsenate of lead, or preparations containing any of these articles used for killing bugs, worms or insects, or to any other preparation not intended for human consumption, or use on human beings, provided that labels, cartons and packages containing such preparations, which are poisonous, have the word poison printed across the face, and conform to the United States Pure Food and Drug Act. (f) To prohibit the mixture, manufacture, dealing in or dispensing of any agricultural poison, dust, spray, insecticide, or fungicide, or rodenticide normally used for agricultural purposes, and not intended for human consumption.

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Section 79A-1103. The provisions of this title shall not be construed to prohibit the sale by use of vending machines or otherwise of articles or devices sold for the prevention of venereal disease. Section 79A-1104. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Title, it shall be lawful for any poultry or livestock owner in this State to buy and use drugs of the sulfanilamide or sulfonamide group manufactured for use in the control of livestock and poultry diseases and sold in the original unbroken packages of the manufacturer plainly stamped or labeled to indicate their use in veterinary nature, giving directions for their use in adequate quotient as to the dangerous character of such drugs. Such drugs may be bought and sold by persons other than licensed pharmacists and without the necessity of prescriptions to poultry and livestock owners and dealers in poultry and livestock supplies, provided however, no manufacturer of feed shall mix same with feed in its manufacture and, provided, that such drugs shall be plainly stamped or labeled with the words not for human use. Section 79A-1105. In any complaint, information or indictment charging any violation of any provision of this Title, and in any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of any provision of this Title, it shall not be necessary to negative any exception, excuse, proviso or exemption contained in this Title, and the burden of proof of any such exception, excuse, proviso or exemption shall be upon the defendant. Indictments, etc. CHAPTER 79A-99 PENALTIES Section 79A-9901. Any person who shall procure or attempt to procure any license or certificate from the State Board of Pharmacy under the terms of this Title for himself or for any other person by making or causing to be made any false representations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. Section 79A-9902. Any person who shall fraudulently represent himself to have any license or certificate issued

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by the State Board of Pharmacy under the terms of this Title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. Section 79A-9903. Any person who shall violate any provision of Chapter 79A-4 or Chapter 79A-5 relating to the licensing of pharmacists and pharmacies, and the dispensing and sale of drugs, medicines and poisons shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. Section 79A-9904. Any person who shall sell or dispense drugs by the use of vending machines shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. Section 79A-9905. Any person who shall fail to keep the records required to be maintained by this Title, or who shall refuse to permit inspection of the same by any drug inspector appointed under this Title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. Section 79A-9906. Any person violating the provisions of Chapter 79A-6 relating to the sale of poisons shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. Section 79A-9907. Any person violating the provisions of Chapter 79A-7 relating to dangerous drugs shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. Section 79A-9908. Any pharmacist dispensing a dangerous drug, who shall fail to place the label required by Section 79A-706 upon the container of such drug shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. Section 79A-9909. Any practitioner of the healing arts who shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 79A-707 relating to prescriptions for and dispensing of dangerous drugs, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. Section 79A-9910. Any person who shall obtain or attempt to obtain any dangerous drug as defined in Chapter 79A-7, or any drug subject to regulation under either Chapter

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79A-8 or 79A-9, or shall attempt to procure the administration of any such drug by: (a) Fraud, deceit, misrepresentation or subterfuge; (b) The forgery or alteration of any prescription or of any written order; (c) The concealment of a material fact; or (d) The use of a false name or the giving of a false address; shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. Provided, however, that nothing in this Section or Section 79A-708 shall apply to drug manufacturers, their agents or employees, when such manufacturers, their agents or employees are authorized to engage in and are actually engaged in investigative activities directed toward the safeguarding of said drug manufacturer's trademark. Section 79A-9911. Violation of Uniform Narcotic Drug Act: Punishment Any person who violates any provision of this Chapter 79A-8 relating to narcotics shall be guilty of a felony and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000.00 and by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than two (2) nor more than five (5) years. For conviction of a second offense or if in case of a first conviction of a violation of any provision of said Chapter the offender shall previously have been convicted of any violation of the laws of the United States or of any other state, territory or district relating to narcotic drugs or marihuana, the offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than $3,000.00 and by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than five (5) nor more than ten (10) years. For conviction of a third or subsequent offense, or if the offender shall previously have been convicted two or more times in the aggregate or any violation of the laws of the United States or of any other State, territory or district relating to narcotic drugs or marihuana, the offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 and by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than ten (10) nor more than twenty (20) years.

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Except in the case of conviction for a first offense for violation of the provisions of said Chapter, the imposition or execution of sentence shall not be suspended and probation or parole shall not be granted until the minimum imprisonment herein provided for the offense shall have been served. Provided, however, any other provisions of this section to the contrary notwithstanding, any person who by himself, agent, or through any other person, in any manner, gives, sells, offers for sale, barters, exchanges or furnishes a minor with any narcotic drug, in violation of the provisions of said Chapter, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon the first conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. The jury in such cases may recommend that the person convicted be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than ten years nor more than twenty years, and it shall be within the discretion of the judge to sentence such person to life imprisonment, or the period provided in the recommendations of the jury. Provided further, however, that any person who shall be convicted for the second or any subsequent offense, as set out in the preceding proviso, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by death unless the jury recommends mercy, in which event punishment shall be imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, or in lieu thereof, the jury in such cases when recommending mercy may recommend that the person convicted be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than ten years nor more than twenty years, and it shall be within the discretion of the judge to sentence such person to life imprisonment, or the period provided in the recommendation of the jury. The imposition or the execution of sentence for offenses as set out in the two preceding provisos shall not be suspended and probation or parole shall not be granted. Section 79A-9912. Any person who shall violate any provision of Chapter 79A-10 relating to drugs and cosmetics shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. Section 79A-9913. Any person who shall violate any provision of Section 79A-512 relating to the manufacture and

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preparation of drugs and other articles, or any of the rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Pharmacy pursuant to said section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. Section 79A-9914. Any manufacturer, dealer, wholesaler, or other person who shall impede, obstruct, hinder or otherwise prevent or attempt to prevent any drug inspector or other person in the performance of his duty in collecting samples or otherwise in connection with any provision of this Title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. Section 79A-9915. (a) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of Chapter 79A-9 relating to depressant and stimulant drugs and counterfeit drugs or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder shall be guilty of a felony, and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars, or imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period not to exceed two (2) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that if such person shall have previously been convicted of, pled guilty to or pled nolo contendere to, any violation of said Chapter, or of any law of the United States, or of any other state, territory or district of the United States regulating depressant, stimulant or counterfeit drugs, or defined in said Chapter, he shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars or imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period not to exceed five (5) years or both such fine and imprisonment. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-section (a), any person, who having attained his eighteenth birthday, shall violate the provisions of Section 79A-904 (b) by the selling, delivering or otherwise disposing of any depressant or stimulant drug to a minor shall be guilty of a felony, and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars or confinement in the penitentiary for a period not to exceed five (5) years or both such fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that if such person shall be previously convicted of, pled guilty to or pled nolo contendere to, any offense punished

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under this sub-section or any law of the United States, or of any other State, territory or district of the United States regulating the sale, delivery or disposition of any depressant or stimulant drug to minors, he shall be punished by a fine not to exceed ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars or confinement in the penitentiary for a period not to exceed ten (10) years or by both such fine and imprisonment. (c) No person shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in sub-section (a) and (b) of this section, for having violated Section 79A-904 (i) or 79A-904 (j) if such person acted in good faith and had no reason to believe that use of the punch, die, plate, stone or other thing involved should result in a drug being a counterfeit drug or for having violated 79A-904 (j) if the person doing the act or causing it to be done acted in good faith and had no reason to believe that the drug was a counterfeit drug. Section 2. (a) The following laws are hereby repealed: I. Code Chapter 84-13 of the Code of Georgia pertaining to pharmacies, as amended. II. Code Section 42-102 pertaining to the chief drug inspector, as amended. III. Code Section 42-9915 pertaining to the sale of poisons, as amended. Laws repealed. IV. Code Section 42-9916 pertaining to the failure to properly warp and label morphine, as amended. V. An Act approved March 8, 1933, Georgia Laws 1933, page 210, as amended, amending the Act establishing the State Pharmacy Board. VI. An Act approved March 24, 1935, Georgia Laws 1935, page 418, as amended, and known as the Uniform Narcotic Act. VII. An Act approved March 16, 1939, Georgia Laws 1939, page 288, as amended, and known as the Dangerous Drug Act.

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VIII. An Act approved March 24, 1939, Georgia Laws 1939, page 228, as amended, amending Code Sections 42-102, 42-103, and 42-113, relating to the chief drug inspector. IX. Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of an Act approved March 27, 1941, Georgia Laws 1941, page 352, as amended, which purported to amend Chapter 42-8 of the Code of Georgia of 1933. X. An Act approved March 9, 1945, Georgia Laws 1945, page 437, as amended, which amended the Uniform Narcotic Act. XI. An Act approved March 9, 1945, Georgia Laws 1945, page 421, as amended, which amended Code Section 42-102 relating to the chief drug inspector. XII. An Act approved March 27, 1947, Georgia Laws 1947, page 1463, as amended, pertaining to drugs and to the chief drug inspector. XIII. An Act approved March 28, 1947, Georgia Laws 1947, page 1471, as amended, pertaining to medicine, drugs, and poisons, and to the State Board of Pharmacy. XIV. An Act approved February 15, 1952, Georgia Laws 1952, page 324, as amended, which amended the Act known as the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act. XV. An Act approved March 2, 1953, Georgia Laws 1953, January-February Session, page 395, as amended, amending Code Section 42-102 pertaining to the chief drug inspector. XVI. An Act approved February 6, 1956, Georgia Laws 1956, page 19, as amended, amending the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act. XVII. An Act approved March 9, 1956, Georgia Laws 1956, page 724, as amended, prohibiting the sale of drugs in vending machines. XVIII. An Act approved March 5, 1961, Georgia Laws 1961, page 529, as amended, and known as the Georgia Drug and Cosmetic Law.

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XIX. An Act approved February 26, 1962, Georgia Laws 1962, page 105, as amended, and known as the Georgia Permit Act. XX. An Act approved March 10, 1964, Georgia Laws 1964, page 276, as amended, amending Code Chapter 42-1 relating to inspection and regulation of drugs. XXI. An Act approved March 7, 1966, Georgia Laws 1966, page 254, as amended, amending Code Section 84-1304, relating to the filling of vacancies in the State Board of Pharmacy. XXII. An Act approved March 10, 1966, Georgia Laws 1966, page 294, as amended, which amended Code Section 84-1318, relating to the dispensing of drugs. XXIII. An Act approved March 10, 1966, Georgia Laws 1966, page 371, as amended, which amended Georgia Laws 1939, page 288, relating to dangerous drugs. (b) The foregoing Acts are repealed perspectively only and this section shall not have the effect of rendering lawful any Act which was prohibited prior to the passage of this section nor shall it have the effect of revoking any licenses issued under the foregoing laws except as specified in section 1 of this Act. (c) It is the intention of the General Assembly that the laws specified in subsection (a) of this section are to be repealed because of the provisions of section 1 of this Act. In the event that any portion of section 1 of this Act shall be declared unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction or for any other reason shall be declared to be invalid or unenforcible, then, such part of the laws specified in subsection (a) of this section as shall be substantially similar to that portion of section 1 of this Act which shall have been invalidated shall be revived and be of full force and effect. Intent. Section 3. This Act shall become effective July 1, 1967. Effective date. Section 4. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 4, 1967.

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STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTPURCHASE OF PASSENGER CARRYING TRUCKS. No. 187 (House Bill No. 437). An Act to amend the Act approved March 15, 1933, (Ga. L. 1933, p. 106; section 40-2001, Georgia Code Ann.), so as to provide that the State Highway Department of Georgia may purchase through the Supervisor of Purchases For the State of Georgia, passenger-carrying trucks for the use of State Highway Department personnel engaged in the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges in this State; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The Act approved March 15, 1933, (Ga. L. 1933, p. 106, section 40-2001, Georgia Code Ann.), is hereby amended by striking the period at the end of said section 1, and inserting in lieu thereof a semi-colon, and immediately following said semi-colon, adding the following language: Provided, however, nothing in this section is intended to prohibit the State Highway Department of Georgia from purchasing passenger-carrying trucks through the State Supervisor of Purchases, for the use of State Highway Department personnel engaged in the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges in this State, and all things incident thereto; and the State Highway Department of Georgia is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to purchase such trucks for such purposes. As amended said section 1 of the Act approved March 15, 1933, (Ga. L. 1933, p. 106; section 40-2001, Georgia Code Ann.), shall read: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, that from and after the passage and approval of this act no funds appropriated to any department, institution, board, bureau, or agency of this State shall be used for the purchase of any passenger-carrying

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automobile whatsoever, and it shall be unlawful to expend any funds appropriated to any such department, institution, board, bureau, or agency of this State or any State funds otherwise coming into the possession of any such department, institution, board, bureau, or agency of the State for the purchase of any passenger-carrying automobile, except one passenger automobile and motorcycles for use of the Governor of Georgia; provided, however, nothing in this section is intended to prohibit the State Highway Department of Georgia from purchasing passenger-carrying trucks through the State Supervisor of Purchases, for the use of State Highway Department personnel engaged in the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges in this State, and all things incident thereto; and the State Highway Department of Georgia is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to purchase such trucks for such purposes. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act, to the extent of such conflict, are hereby repealed. Approved April 4, 1967. STATE HIGHWAY BOARDLEASE RENTALS. No. 188 (House Bill No. 445). An Act to amend the Act creating the State Highway Board, approved February 2, 1950 (Ga. L. 1950, p. 62), as amended, particularly by Acts approved February 5, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 31), February 17, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 81), February 23, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 249), and January 18, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 22), so as to remove the limitations placed on lease rentals made pursuant to lease contracts; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The Act entitled An Act to repeal an Act approved March 17, 1943 (Ga. L. 1943, pp. 216-222), to

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create the offices of State Highway Board, Chairman of State Highway Board and Treasurer of State Highway Department; to prescribe the duties and powers, compensation and tenure; to provide for the management of county road mileage and the determination thereof; to provide for the distribution of funds to the counties for construction and maintenance of county roads and bridges exclusively; to provide for distribution of Federal-aid primary and Federal-aid secondary highway funds to congressional districts and cities; to provide long-range planning and construction and paving State highway roads and bridges not on the Federal aid highway system; to prescribe venue and service for suits against said State Highway Department; to prescribe penalties; and for other purposes, approved February 2, 1950 (Ga. L. 1950, p. 62) as amended, particularly by Acts approved February 5, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 31), February 17, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 81), February 23, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 249), and January 18, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 22), is hereby amended by striking section 12 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof a new section to be numbered section 12, which, when inserted, will read as follows: Section 12. Powers to contract debts prohibited; purchasing of materials, equipment and supplies. (a) The State Highway Board and the Director of the State Highway Department in the administration of the State Highway Department are hereby expressly prohibited from making or contracting any debts or entering into any contract, for which it does not have funds on hand to pay at the time of making said debt or entering into said contract; except that such prohibition shall not apply to contracts entered into pursuant to the provisions of Article VII, Section VI, Paragraph I (a) (Ga. Code Section 2-5901) and the provisions of Article VII, Section IX, Paragraph II (e) (Ga. Code Section 2-6202 (e)) of the Constitution of the State of Georgia; and the State Highway Board or the Director of the State Highway Department in the administration of the State Highway Department are hereby expressly authorized to enter into such contracts and to obligate the department in connection therewith. For the purpose of paying obligations imposed by any such contract, such funds

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as may be received by the State Highway Department for the cost of maintaining, improving and reconstructing the roads and bridges on the State highway system and the cost incident thereto, may be pledged by the State Highway Department. (b) The Director of the State Highway Department shall advertise for competitive bids on all road contracts, bridge contracts, and all other construction contracts, involving funds in the amount of $1,000 or more, and no contract shall be made or let without two or more bids from reliable individuals, firms or corporations, except contracts with political subdivisions or other departments of the State which shall be let at the average bid price of the same kind of work let to contract after advertisement during the period of sixty days prior to the letting of the contract. (c) By lease contracts entered into pursuant to Constitutional provisions (one of which provided that motor fuel tax and motor vehicle license tax should be appropriated for highway purposes in an amount not less than the taxes collected from these two sources) the State by the State Highway Board has entered into valid contracts making the payment of lease rentals a first charge on these funds. The State Highway Board, in administration of the State Highway Department, is hereafter expressly prohibited from making and entering into any lease contracts if the aggregate of such lease rental exceed $19,900,000 per annum, or 15 per cent of the appropriation received by the State Highway Department in the fiscal year immediately preceding the making or entering into of any such lease rental contract, whichever is greater; and the State Highway Board shall make this prohibition a convenant of any lease contract entered into in the future. Section 2. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 4, 1967.

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GEORGIA HIGHWAY AUTHORITY ACT. No. 189 (House Bill No. 448). An Act to merge the Georgia Rural Roads Authority heretofore created by an Act approved February 8, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 124), as amended, and known as the Georgia Rural Roads Authority Act, into the Georgia State Highway Authority heretofore created by an Act approved March 25, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 626), as amended, and known as the Georgia State Highway Authority Act, so that the two public corporations become one public corporation, the Georgia State Highway Authority, which shall be renamed and hereafter known as the Georgia Highway Authority, the continuing and surviving public corporation; to provide for a short title to this Act; to define certain words and terms used in the Act, including, without being limited to, rural road and state road; to authorize the Authority to acquire from the State or any county rights-of-way and other property and to construct, reconstruct, lay out, repair, improve, operate, own and otherwise deal with self-liquidating projects embracing state roads and rural roads as defined in this Act, such projects to be leased to and operated by the State Highway Department as a part of the system of public roads of the State or the State Highway System or the Appalachian Development Highway System, as the case may be; to provide for the membership of the Authority; to confer powers and impose duties on the Authority; to provide for the conveyance of rights-of-way to the Authority; to provide for the Authority to purchase rights-of-way at a nominal price from the State of Georgia or the governing authority of any county in the State of Georgia; to place the power to initiate projects in the State Highway Department; to confer certain powers on the Director of the State Highway Department; to provide for the payment by the State Highway Department of preliminary engineering, traffic studies, plans and specifications, supervision and reports and the acquisition of property and rights-of-way out of available funds, which may be reimbursed out

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of the proceeds of the sale of bonds authorized to be issued by the Act; to authorize the Authority, as Lessor, and the State Highway Department and the State of Georgia, as Lessees, to execute leases and contracts pertaining to such projects; to provide for the setting of rentals and their cessation upon liquidation of the project; to provide for rules and regulations governing projects; to provide for an Authority Fund; to authorize the issuance of bonds of the Authority up to a limit of $100,000,000 for rural roads and $184,000,000 for state roads, said bonds to be payable from revenues, rents and earnings of the Authority; to pay the cost of such projects and authorize the collection and pledging of revenues and other charges for the payment of such bonds and for the cost of maintaining, operating and repairing projects; to authorize the execution of trust indentures to secure the payment of such bonds and to define the rights of the holders of such bonds; to provide for the negotiability of such bonds; to provide that no debt of the State shall be incurred in the exercise of any of the powers granted by this Act; to make bonds of the Authority legal investments and also exempt from taxation and to make its income and property exempt from taxation; to authorize the issuance of refunding bonds; to provide for the issuance of replacement bonds for lost or mutilated bonds; to provide for the security of such bonds; to fix the venue or jurisdiction of actions relating to any provision of this Act and to provide that such bonds be validated; to protect the interests of and to provide remedies for bondholders; to protect and not impair the rights of existing bondholders of any bonds; to provide for declaratory adjudication of the validity of the Authority lease contracts; to establish the legislative intent and effect of this merger; to provide for the severability of the provisions of this Act; to provide the effect of this Act upon the separate activities of the Georgia Rural Roads Authority and the Georgia State Highway Authority; and for other purposes. Now, therefore, be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia:

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Section 1. Short title of Act. This Act may be cited as the Georgia Highway Authority Act. Section 2. Georgia Highway Authority. (a) The Georgia Rural Roads Authority heretofore created by an Act approved February 8, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 124), as amended, and known as the Georgia Rural Roads Authority Act, is hereby merged into the Georgia State Highway Authority heretofore created by an Act approved March 25, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 626), as amended, and known as the Georgia State Highway Authority Act, so that the two public corporations become one public corporation, the Georgia State Highway Authority, which, however, shall hereafter be renamed and known as the Georgia Highway Authority. All property, assets, choses in action, or other things of value of both of the constituent public corporations shall be vested in and be the property of the Georgia Highway Authority (the continuing and surviving public corporation). All the rights, powers and duties, including their perpetual existence heretofore legally granted to both constituent public corporations, shall be vested in the Georgia Highway Authority, subject, however, to all debts, obligations, liabilities and duties incurred by the two constituent public corporations. (b) The Georgia Highway Authority shall continue to be a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality and public corporation of this State, to be known as Georgia Highway Authority. It shall continue to have perpetual existence. In said name it may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts of law and equity. (c) The members of the Georgia Highway Authority shall be ex officio the Governor, the Director of the State Highway Department and the State Budget Officer as a separate and distinct duty for which they shall receive no additional compensation. All members of the Authority shall be entitled to all actual expenses necessarily incurred while in the performance of their duties on behalf of the Authority. The Authority shall elect one of its members as chairman. It shall also elect a secretary and treasurer, who need

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not necessarily be a member of the Authority. The Authority may make such bylaws for its government as is deemed necessary, but is under no duty to do so. A majority of the members of the Authority shall constitute a quorum necessary for the transaction of business, and a majority vote of those present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be sufficient to do and perform any action permitted to the Authority by this Act. No vacancy on the Authority shall impair the right of the quorum to transact any and all business as aforesaid. Members of the Authority shall be accountable as trustees. They shall cause to be kept adequate books and records of all transactions of the Authority, including books of income and disbursements of every nature. The books and records shall be inspected and audited by the State Auditor at least once a year. (d) It is the purpose and intent of this Act, as aforesaid, to merge the Georgia Rural Roads Authority into the Georgia State Highway Authority, both Authorities being public corporations and instrumentalities of the State of Georgia. It is the further purpose and intent of this Act that there be one Authority or public corporation to be known as the Georgia Highway Authority, which shall be for the continuation of all the purposes of both constituent public corporations and that all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of both constituent public corporations, together with the additional powers and rights granted by this Act, shall be vested in the Georgia Highway Authority as the continuing and successor public corporation. No provision of this Act is intended to, nor shall any such provision be construed as, diminishing or impairing in any manner the powers heretofore granted to said constituent public corporations to carry out the purposes for which the same were created, nor as diminishing or impairing the rights of the holders of any bonds issued by either of said constituent public corporations outstanding at the time of the approval of this Act, and should it be determined that any provision of this Act does diminish or impair any such power or right in any manner such provision is hereby declared to be ineffective for that purpose, but shall be effective for all other purposes.

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Section 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, the following words and terms shall have the meaning hereinafter indicated, unless the context shall clearly indicate another or different meaning or intent: (a) AuthorityGeorgia Highway Authority resulting from the merger set forth in section 2 of this Act. (b) Bonds and revenue bondsAny bonds issued by the Authority or either of the constituent public corporations, whether issued under the provisions of this Act, or otherwise, including refunding bonds. (c) Project(1) A continuous length or stretch of state road or rural road (including bridges thereon) as to which the Authority has undertaken or agreed to undertake any action permitted by the terms of this Act, or as to which any such action has been completed by the Authority; and (2) One or more bridges (as herein defined) together with the approaches thereto (as herein defined). (d) BridgeA structure of standard design approved by the State Highway Department or its successor in office erected in order: (1) To afford unrestricted vehicular passage over obstructions in the public highways of the State, or between the State and any neighboring State, including rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, bays, ravines, gullies, railroads, public highways, and canals and (2) To afford unrestricted vehicular passage under existing railroads and public highways. (e) ApproachNot more than three miles of the traffic artery on either end of the bridge and within the limit shall mean so much of the traffic arteries on either end of the bridges as shall be required to develop the maximum traffic capacity of the bridge, including necessary grading, paving, minor drainage structure and other construction necessary to the approach.

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(f) State RoadAny continuous stretch of public way, road, thoroughfare, street or right-of-way designated as part of the State Highway System of State-aid roads (which for the purpose of this Act is the same as Primary Federal Aid and Secondary Federal Aid roads, and the Appalachian Development Highway System together with the local access roads appertaining thereto) in the manner provided by law and not located wholly within the boundaries of any incorporated municipality, used to afford passage to persons and vehicles from one point to another within this State, including any bridge or bridges located thereon necessary to the convenient and unimpeded use of such road. The term shall also include a reasonable right-of-way on each side of any such road, together with the necessary drainage system, culverts, cuts, fills, and other appurtenances necessary or useful in connection with such road or acquired for the purpose of improving or straightening any such road. (g) Rural RoadAny continuous stretch of public way, road, thoroughfare, street or right-of-way, not now or as of the particular time of inquiry in the future a state road (as above defined) and not located wholly within the boundaries of any incorporated municipality, used to afford passage to persons and vehicles from one point to another within this State, including any bridge or bridges located thereon necessary to the convenient and unimpeded use of such road. The term shall include not only such roads as come within this definition at or after the approval of this Act, but also such roads as above defined which may from time to time be planned, laid out and constructed by the Authority pursuant to this Act. The fact that a road owned by the Authority and leased to the State may be provided by this Act be declared part of the State highway system shall not destroy its identity as a rural road for the purposes of this Act. The term shall also include a reasonable right-of-way on each side of such road, together with the necessary drainage system, culverts, cuts, fills, and other appurtenances necessary or useful in connection with such road. (h) Cost of project or projectsThe cost of construction, cost of all lands, properties, franchises, and rights in

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property, the cost of all machinery and equipment necessary for operation of a project, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction, cost of engineering, plans and specifications, surveys and supervision, legal expenses, expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the project, administrative expenses, fiscal expense and such other expense as may be necessary or incident to the financing authorized by this Act and the expense of construction or any action permitted by this Act with respect to a particular project, and the placing of the same in operation, and including any other expense authorized by this Act to be incurred by the Authority which is incurred with respect to any action as regards a particular project. Any obligation or expense incurred for any of the foregoing purposes shall be regarded as a cost of the project and may be paid or reimbursed as such out of the proceeds of bonds issued under the provisions of this Act for such project or group of projects. (i) Self-liquidatingA project, or group of projects shall be self-liquidating if in the judgment of the Authority the revenues, rents and earnings derived by the Authority therefrom will be sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on bonds which may be issued for the cost of such project or group of projects plus the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating said projects or combination of projects and other lawful expenses of the Authority. (j) State Highway BoardAs used in this Act shall mean either the State Highway Board or the Director of the State Highway Department acting as the chief administrator of the State Highway Department and whenever any action is required to be taken, any power is permitted to be exercised, any approval is to be granted or any contract is to be executed pursuant to any provision of this Act by the State Highway Board, the same may be taken, exercised, granted or executed by the Director of the State Highway Department, to the extent now permitted by law, that is to say, the Director of the State Highway Department under this Act shall possess and exercise all power and authority of the State Highway Board when it is not

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in regular or called sessions, with full authority to execute contracts and all other undertakings. Section 4. Powers of the Authority. The Authority shall have, in addition to any other powers conferred in this Act the following powers: (a) To have a seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (b) To acquire, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, and to hold, lease and dispose of in any manner, real and personal property of every kind and character for its corporate purposes. (c) To appoint such additional officers, who need not be members of the Authority, as the Authority deems advisable, and to employ such experts, agents, and employees as may be, in its judgment necessary to carry on properly the business of the Authority; to fix the compensation for such officers, experts, agents, and employees and to promote and discharge same: Provided, however, that the total compensation paid such persons shall not exceed the sum of $100,000 per year. (d) To make such contracts and agreements as the legitimate and necessary purposes of this Act shall require, and to execute and perform lease contracts for projects as permitted by this Act, and to make all other contracts and agreements as may be necessary to the proper performance of any action permitted hereby. (e) To build, rebuild, construct, reconstruct, surface, resurface, lay out, grade, repair, improve, widen, straighten, operate, own, maintain, lease and manage projects located on property conveyed to the Authority as herein authorized, and to pay the cost in while or in part of any such action or actions from the proceeds of bonds. (f) To borrow money for any of its corporate purposes and to issue bonds for such purposes as hereinafter provided.

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(g) To exercise any power granted to private corporations not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of this State, nor with other provisions of this Act. (h) To do and perform all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers conferred upon the Authority by this Act. (i) By or through its agents, or employees, to enter upon any lands, waters and premises in the State for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings, and examinations as the Authority may deem necessary or convenient for the purposes of this Act, and such entry shall not be deemed a trespass. The Authority shall, however, make reimbursement for any actual damage resulting from such activities. (j) To make reasonable regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, removal, and relocation of pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, poles, towers, tracts and other equipment and appliances of any public utility in, on, along, over or under any project. (k) To prescribe rules and regulations for the operation of each project, should the Authority deem such rules and regulations necessary. Section 5. Contracts; competitive bids. All contracts of the Authority for the construction of any project authorized by this Act shall be let only after public competitive sealed bids therefor upon plans and specifications approved by the State Highway Board or their successors in office: Provided, however, that the Authority may contract with any county or other political subdivision of the State for the construction of any project situated wholly or partly within such subdivision, upon agreed terms, but the construction provided for by such contract shall be at unit prices which shall not exceed the average of the unit prices submitted in the immediately preceding 60 days by competitive bidders for similar construction to the State Highway Department or the Authority, whichever may be lower, as determined and averaged by the State Highway Engineer or his designated subordinate.

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Section 6. Conveyance of property. (a) The Governor of this State is authorized and empowered to convey, on behalf of the State, to the Authority any real property or interest therein, or any rights-of-way now or hereafter owned by the State (including property or rights-of-way acquired in the name of the State Highway Department or Board) which is at the time used, or may upon completion of any action permitted to the Authority by this Act be used as a state road or a rural road. The consideration for such conveyance shall be determined by the Governor and expressed in the deed of conveyance: Provided, however, that such consideration shall be nominal, the benefits flowing to the State and its citizens constituting full and adequate actual consideration. (b) The governing authority of any county of this State is authorized and empowered, on behalf of such county, to convey to the Authority any real property or interests therein or any rights-of-way now or hereafter owned by such county, which is at the time used, or may be upon completion of any action permitted to the Authority by this Act used as a rural road. The consideration for such conveyance shall be determined by the governing authority of such county and expressed in the deed of conveyance: Provided, however, that such consideration shall be nominal, the benefit flowing to the county and its citizens constituting full and adequate actual consideration. (c) The State Highway Board or its successors and the State Highway Department are empowered to acquire, in any manner now permitted to it by law, and to expend funds available to it for such acquisition, real property, interests therein or rights-of-way which upon acquisition may be conveyed by the Governor as above provided to the Authority. Section 7. Initiation of projects; surveys, plans, specifications and studies by State Highway Department, reimbursement for expenses. (a) Action by the Authority as respects any project or combination of projects shall be initiated as follows: The State Highway Board, after investigation shall by resolution recommend to the Authority the undertaking with respect to a specific project or a group

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of projects of any action permitted by this Act deemed by said board to be desirable in the public interest and consistent with the purposes hereof. The Authority shall consider such request and may by resolution provide for undertaking and financing of all or any part of such recommended actions, but it shall be under no duty to undertake or finance any of them. (b) The State Highway Board is authorized to make and to expend any funds available to it for the purpose of making surveys, studies and estimates in connection with formulating its recommendations to the Authority; and it is further authorized to prepare and furnish and expend its funds for the purpose of preparing all necessary plans and specifications and furnishing all engineering skill and supervision for any project or projects with respect to which the Authority has undertaken or contemplates undertaking any action permitted by this Act. The State Highway Department shall keep an accurate record of such expenses, which, if not reimbursed, or paid for by the Authority as hereinafter permitted, shall be deemed proper and legitimate expenses of said board and department. (c) The surveys, plans and specifications for any action taken by the Authority with respect to any project shall be prepared by the State Highway Department and the engineering and construction supervision shall be performed by State Highway Department unless the State Highway Board specifically authorizes the Authority to do so with its own employees and agents. In any event, all such plans and specifications shall be approved by the State Highway Engineer before work is entered upon pursuant thereto. (d) The Authority may contract to reimburse the State Highway Board and Department for surveys, studies, estimates, plans, specifications, furnishing engineering skill and supervision, and for any other services permitted by this Act from the proceeds of any issue of revenue bonds secured by the rentals of the project or group of projects with respect to which the services were rendered, and the same shall be considered as part of the cost of the project.

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Section 8. Lease of projects. The Authority, as lessor, is authorized to lease any project or group of projects to the State and the State Highway Department, as lessees, and the Governor, on behalf of the State, and the State Highway Board, on behalf of the State Highway Department, are authorized to execute and enter upon such leases for the use of a project or group of projects by the State, the State Highway Department, and the general public, and such leases may contain such of the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth as may be applicable to the undertaking: (a) Said leases shall be for a term not in excess of 50 years; (b) The rental to be paid for the use of the project or projects shall be fixed by the Authority and shall be calculated so as to enable the Authority: (1) To pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, the proceeds of which have been or will be spent on the cost of the project or projects thus leased, including premium, if any; (2) To comply with any sinking fund requirement contained in the indenture of trust securing such bonds; (3) To pay the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating such project or projects; (4) To perform fully all of the provisions of the trust indenture securing the bonds to the payment of which such rental is pledged; (5) To pay the pro rata share of the reasonable and necessary administrative and operating expense of the Authority, including any sum or sums that may be owed to the State Highway Department as a result of expenditures made by that department under the provisions of this Act; (6) To accumulate any excess income which may be required by the bond purchasers or dictated by the requirements of achieving ready marketability and low interest rates of the bonds;

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(7) To pay any expenses in connection with the bond issue or project or group of projects such as trustees' fees, counsel fees, fiscal fees, and the like. (c) The rental shall be payable at such intervals as may be agreed upon and set forth in such lease, and any lease may provide for the commencement of rental payments to the Authority prior to the completion of the undertaking of the Authority with respect to any project or projects; and it may also provide for payment of rental during such times as the leased project or group of projects may be partially or wholly untenantable: (d) The lease may obligate the lessees to maintain and to keep in good repair (including complete reconstruction, if necessary) the leased projects, regardless of the cause of the necessity for such maintenance, repair, or reconstruction. If such provision be included in any lease, then the maintenance, repair, upkeep and reconstruction, if necessary, shall be performed by the State Highway Department of Georgia, which is hereby authorized to expend any sums legally available to it in carrying out such obligations: Provided, however, that as to any project which is a rural road the duty of maintenance and repair shall rest upon the country in which all or any portion of such project is situated as in the case of other public roads of the county. (e) The lease may obligate the lessees to indemnify and save harmless the Authority from any and all injury and damage to persons or property occurring on or by reason of the leased premises and improvements thereon, and to undertake at State expense the defense of any actions brought against the Authority by reason of injury or damages to persons or property occurring on or by reason of the leased premises; and a lease may contain a similar obligation on the part of the county through which a project covered by the lease runs. Section 9. Rural Road Projects to become part of public road system. Each rural road project leased by the Authority to the State and the State Highway Department shall, upon completion of the action with respect thereto undertaken

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by the Authority, be a part of the system of public roads of the State and of the county or counties wherein the project is located; but no such project shall become a part of the State-Aid System until designated as such as provided by law. Section 10. Cessation of rentals. When each and all of the bonds, interest coupons, and obligation of every nature whatsoever for the payment of which the revenues of any given project or projects have been pledged, in whole or in part, either originally or subsequently, either primarily or secondarily, directly or indirectly, or otherwise have been paid in full, or a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds and other obligations and the interest thereon to the maturity thereof shall have been set aside in trust for the benefit of such bondholders or other obligees, such project or projects shall thenceforth be maintained if a rural road as a part of the public road system of the State and if a state road as a part of the State highway system, free from any and all rental consideration: Provided that the State Highway Department shall maintain and keep in repair such free project or projects as are a part of the State Highway System. Section 11. Payment of rentals; enforcement of covenants. The rentals contracted to be paid by lessees to the Authority under leases entered upon pursuant to this Act shall constitute obligations of the State for the payment of which the good faith of the State is hereby pledged. Such rentals shall be paid as provided in the lease contracts from funds appropriated for such purposes by the terms of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. It shall be the duty of the Governor and the State Highway Board to see to the punctual payment of all such rentals. In the event of any failure or refusal on the part of lessees punctually to perform any covenant or obligation contained in any lease entered upon pursuant to this Act, the Authority may enforce performance by any legal or equitable process against lessees; and consent is hereby given for the institution of any such action. The Authority shall be permitted to assign any rental due it by the lessees to a trustee or paying agent as may

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be required by the terms of any trust indenture entered into by the Authority. Section 12. Authority fund. All revenues in excess of all obligations of the Authority of every nature which are not otherwise pledged or restricted as to disposition and use by the terms of any trust indebenture entered into by the Authority for the security of bonds issued hereunder, together with all receipts and gifts of every kind and nature whatsoever shall be and become the Authority fund. The Authority fund in its discretion shall pledge or utilize the Authority fund for any one or more of the following purposes: (a) Pledges to the payment of any bond issue requirements, sinking or reserve funds, as may be provided for under the terms of this Act; (b) Payment of any outstanding unpaid bond obligations or administrative expenses; (c) The construction of any project requested by the State Highway Board the cost of which may amount to a sum less than the accumulated balance of such fund; (d) The most advantageous obtainable purchase redemption and retirement of the Authority's bonds pursuant to privileges accorded to the Authority in the various issues of bonds outstanding; (e) The most advantageous open market purchase of the Authority's bonds that it may accomplish; (f) Investment in obligations of the United States or obligations of agencies of the United States, the payment of which is guaranteed by the United States, of guaranteed convertibility or maturity not in excess of five years, provided, that funds so invested and income from such investments shall always be available to and ultimately expended for other purposes set forth in this section. Section 13. Rules and regulations for operation of projects. It shall be the duty of the Authority to prescribe rules and regulations as approved by the State Highway

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Department for the operation of each project constructed under the provisions of this Act, including rules and regulations to insure maximum use of each such project. Section 14. Bonds. The Authority shall have power and is hereby authorized, at one time or from time to time, to provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable bonds in a sum not to exceed $284,000,000 in principal amount outstanding at any one time for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any one or a combination of projects; Provided, however, of such authorized amount not more than $100,000,000 may be bonds issued to finance rural road projects. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest as provided for in section 15, shall be payable in such manner of payment as to both principal and interest as may be determined by the Authority from the special funds provided in this Act for such payment, shall mature, not later than 30 years from the date of issuance, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the Authority, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the Authority in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds. For the purpose of this Section, bonds shall not be considered to be outstanding if there shall have been deposited into the sinking fund created for the payment of such bonds amounts sufficient to pay the same together with the interest thereon as the same mature. Section 15. Same; sale price and interest rate. All bonds of the Authority shall be sold by public competitive bidding at par plus accrued interest to the date of delivery: Provided, however, the Authority may obligate itself to deliver any given issue of bonds to the purchasers thereof within any reasonable period of time after the date of sale and may pay as a penalty for delay in such delivery such reasonable sums as may be agreed upon in advance in writing with the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds. All bonds of the Authority shall be advertised and offered prior to the fixing of the interest rates thereon, and bids thereon shall be competitive as to the interest rate offered by each bidder: Provided, on any issue the Authority may make rules limiting the number of divisions into which the bonds

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of various maturity dates may be divided, and the number and percentage spreads of the different interest rates which may be bid to apply to such divisions of the bonds: and provided further, the Authority may require reasonable security for the performance of the contract of purchase of any successful bidder at any public competitive bidding held. Section 16. Same; form; denominations; registration; place of payment. The Authority shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of principal and interest thereof, which may be at any bank or must company within or without the State. The bonds may be issued in coupon or registered form, or both, as the Authority may determine, and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bond as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest. Section 17. Same; signatures, seal. In case any officer whose signature shall appear on any bonds or whose facsimile signature shall appear on any coupon shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery. All such bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the Authority and the official seal of the Authority shall be affixed thereto and attested by the secretary of the Authority and any coupons attached thereto shall bear the signature or facsimile signature of the chairman of the Authority. Any coupon may bear the facsimile signature of such person and any bond may be signed, sealed and attested on behalf of the Authority by such persons as at the actual time of the execution of such bonds shall be duly authorized to hold the proper office, although at the date of such bonds such persons may not have been so authorized or shall not have held such office. Section 18. Same; negotiability; exemption from taxation. All bonds issued under the provisions of this Act shall have and are hereby declared to have all the qualities

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and incidents of negotiable instruments under the laws of this State. Such bonds, their transfer and the income thereof shall be exempt from all taxation within the State. Section 19. Same; proceeds of bonds. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the project or combined projects and shall be disbursed upon requisition or order of the chairman of the Authority or its duly bonded agents under such restrictions, if any, as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or the trust indentures may provide. If the proceeds of such bonds, by error of calculation, or otherwise, shall be less than the cost of the project or combined projects, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of such deficit, which unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture, shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same fund without preference or priority of the bonds first issued for the same purpose. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the amount required for the purpose for which such bonds were issued, all surplus shall be paid into the sinking fund provided for the payment of principal and interest of such bonds or shall be used for construction of additional projects as the resolution creating such bonds and the trust indenture securing them may provide. Section 20. Same; interim receipts and certificates or temporary bonds. Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the Authority may, under like restrictions issue interim receipts, interim certificates or temporary bonds, with or without coupons exchangeable for definitive bonds upon the issuance of the latter. Section 21. Same; replacement of lost or mutilated bonds. The Authority may also provide for the replacement of any bond which shall become mutilated or be destroyed or lost. Section 22. Same; condition precedent to and object of issuance. Resolutions for the issuance of such bonds may

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be adopted without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified or required by this Act. In the discretion of the Authority, bonds of a single issue may be issued for the purpose of paying the cost of any one or more, including a combination of projects at any one location or any number of locations. Any resolution, providing for the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this Act shall become effective immediately upon its passage and need not be published or posted, and any such resolution may be passed at any regular or special or adjourned meeting of the Authority by a majority of its members. Section 23. Same; credit of State not pledged. Bonds issued under the provisions of this Act shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the State of Georgia or a pledge of the credit of the State, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the fund hereinafter provided for and the issuance of such bonds shall not directly, indirectly or contingently obligate the State to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatsoever therefor or to make any appropriation for the payment, and all such bonds shall contain recitals on their face covering substantially the foregoing provisions of this section. Section 24. Same; security. In the discretion of the Authority, any issue of such bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the Authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside of the State. Resolutions providing for the issuance of bonds and trust indentures may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders, including the right to the appointment of a receiver for any project or projects upon the default of any principal or interest payment upon the bonds thereof, and the right of any receiver or indenture trustee to enforce collections of rents, revenues, or other charges for the use of the project or projects necessary to pay all costs of operation, the principal and interest on the issue, and cost of collection, and all things reasonably necessary to accomplish the collection of such sums, in the event of any default of the Authority,

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and such resolutions or trust indentures may include convenants setting forth the duties of the Authority in relation to the acquisition of the property, the construction of the project, the maintenance, operation, repair and insurance of the project, and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys, and may also provide that any project shall be constructed and paid for under the supervision of State Highway Department engineers or others satisfactory to the original purchasers of the bonds issued therefor, and may also require that the security given, by contractors and by any depository of the proceeds of the bonds or revenues or other moneys, be satisfactory to such purchasers, and may also contain provisions concerning the conditions, if any, upon which additional revenue bonds may be issued. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this State to act as such depository and to furnish such indemnifying bonds or pledge such securities as may be required by the Authority. Such indenture may set forth the right and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee and may restrict the individual right of action of bondholders as is customary in trust indentures securing bonds and debentures of corporations. In addition to the foregoing, such trust indenture may contain such other provisions as the Authority may deem advisable, reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out such trust indenture may be treated as a part of the cost of maintenance, operation and repair of the project affected by such indenture or an administrative expense of the Authority. Section 25. Same; to whom proceeds of bonds shall be paid. The Authority shall, in the resolution providing for issuance of bonds or in the trust indenture, provide for the payment of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds to any officer or person who or any agency, bank or trust company which shall act as trustee of such funds and shall hold and apply the same to the purpose hereof, subject to such regulations as this Act and such resolution or trust indenture may provide. Section 26. Same; pledges or revenues. The revenues, rents and earnings derived from any particular project or

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combined projects or any and all funds from any source received by the State Highway Department and pledged and allocated by it to the Authority as security for the performance of any lease, or leases, or, any and all revenues, rents and earnings received by the Authority, regardless of whether or not such rents, earnings, and revenue were produced by a particular project for which bonds have been issued unless otherwise pledged and allocated, may be pledged by the Authority to payment of principal and interest on bonds of the Authority as any resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or trust instrument may provide, and such funds so pledged, from whatever source received, may include funds received from one or more or all sources and may be set aside into sinking funds at regular intervals which may be provided in any resolution or trust indenture. All such sinking funds shall be pledged to and charged with the payment of (1) the interest upon such bonds as such interest shall fall due, (2) the principal of the bonds as the same shall fall due, (3) the necessary charges of paying agents for paying principal and interest, and (4) any premium upon bonds retired by call or purchase as hereinabove provided. The use and disposition of such sinking fund shall be subject to such regulations as may be provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture, but, except as may otherwise be provided in such resolutions or trust indentures such sinking funds, individually, shall be funds for the benefit of all bonds without distinction or priority of one over another. Subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or the provisions of the trust indenture of any given bond issue, any moneys in all sinking funds, after all bonds and the interest thereon for which such sinking funds were pledged have been paid, may be paid into the Authority fund provided for in section 12 of this Act. Section 27. Same; remedies of bondholders. Any holder of bonds or interest coupons issued under the provisions of this Act, any receiver for such holders, or indenture trustee, if any there be, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by resolution passed before the issuance of the bonds or by the trust indenture, may either

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at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the State of Georgia or granted hereunder or under such resolution or trust indenture, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by this Act or by resolution or trust indenture, to be performed by the Authority, or any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of revenues, rents, and other charges for the use of the project or projects, and, in the event of default of the Authority upon the principal and interest obligations of any bond issue, shall be subrogated to each and every right, specifically including the contract rights of collecting rental, which the Authority may possess against the State Highway Board and the State Highway Department or either of them or their respective successors; and in the pursuit of its remedies as subrogee, may proceed either at law or in equity by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, to collect any sums by such proceedings due and owing to the Authority and pledged or partially pledged directly or indirectly to the benefit of the bond issue of which said individual, receiver, or trustee is representative. No holder of any such bond or receiver or indenture trustee thereof shall have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the State to pay any such bond or the interest thereon, or to enforce the payment thereof against any property of the State, nor shall any such bond constitute a charge, lien, or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon the property of the State; Provided, however, any provision of this or any other Act to the contrary notwithstanding, any such bondholder or receiver or indenture trustee shall have the right by appropriate legal or equitable proceedings (including, without being limited to, mandamus) to enforce compliance by the appropriate public officials to the provisions of Article VII, Section VI, Paragraph I (a) and Article VII, Section IX, Paragraph IV (b) of the Constitution of the State of Georgia and permission is hereby given for the institution of any such proceedings to compel the payment of lease obligations. Section 28. Same; refunding bonds. The Authority is hereby authorized subject to the provisions of any prior resolution or trust indenture to provide by resolution for

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the issuance of refunding bonds of the Authority for the purpose of refunding any bonds issued under the provisions of this Act and then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon. The issuance of such refunding bonds, the maturities and all other details thereof, the rights of the holder thereof and the duties of the Authority in respect to the same, shall be governed by the provisions of this Act insofar as the same may be applicable. Section 29. Same; bonds as legal investment; security for deposit. The bonds herein authorized are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of the State and all municipalities and all municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, saving banks and savings associations, including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds of other obligations of the State may properly and legally invest funds including capital in their control or belonging to them. The bonds are also hereby made securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this State and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions for any purpose for which the deposit of the bonds or other obligations of this State is now or may hereafter be authorized. Section 30. Same; exemption from taxation; covenant of State. It is hereby found, determined and declared that the creation of the Authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of this State, and that the Authority is an institution of purely public charity and will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the power conferred upon it by this Act and this State covenants with the holders of the bonds that the Authority shall be required to pay no taxes or assessments upon any of the property acquired or leased by it under its jurisdiction, control, possessions or supervision or upon its activities in the operaton

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or maintenance of the projects erected by it or any fees, rental or other charges for the use of such projects or other income received by the Authority and that the bonds of the Authority, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation from within the State. Section 31. Same; venue and jurisdiction of actions. Any action to protect or enforce any rights under the provisions of this Act, brought in the courts of the State, shall be brought in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, and any action pertaining to validation of any bonds issued under the provisions of this Act shall likewise be brought in said court which shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of such actions. Section 32. Same; validation. Bonds of the Authority shall be confirmed and validated in accordance with the procedure of the Revenue Bond Law (Ga. L. 1937, p. 761) as the same has been, or may hereafter be amended. Section 33. Same; adjudication declaratory of lease contracts validity. In and as an integral, but independent, part of the bond validation proceedings under this Act, or separately, the Authority is hereby given the right to and privilege of a simultaneous or separate right of action, suit or countersuit or equitable bill against the State and the State Highway Board and Department for a declaratory adjudication of the validity and binding effect of all lease contracts whose rental income may be pledged, or partially pledged, to the benefit of any bonds being validated. In each instance of the exercise of this right the actual controversy shall be whether or not the purported contracts contested are in all respects good and sufficient, valid and binding obligations of the State Highway Board and Department. Any citizens of the State may intervene in such actions and assert any ground of objection. It shall be encumbent upon the State Highway Board and Department to defend against an adjudication of such validity or be forever bound unto the Authority and all succeeding to the rights of the Authority thereafter. Such adjudications may be rendered as an integral, but independent, part of the judgment upon the validation issue with which they are contested; or separately.

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Section 34. Same; interest of bondholders protected. While any of the bonds issued by the Authority remain outstanding, the powers, duties, or existence of said Authority or of its officers, employees or agents shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will affect adversely the interests and rights of the holders of such bonds, nor will the State itself in any way obstruct, prevent, impair, or render impossible the due and faithful performance by its Highway Board and Department, or either of them, or their successors, of all project rental and lease contracts and all the covenants thereof entered into under this Act. The provisions of this Act shall be for the benefit of the State, the Authority, and each and every holder of the Authority's bonds, and upon and after the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this Act shall constitute an irrevocable contract with the holders of such bonds. Section 35. Moneys held as trust funds. All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this Act, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, or as revenues, tolls and earnings, shall be deemed trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this Act, and the bondholders paying or entitled to receive the benefit of such funds shall have a lien on all such funds until applied as provided for in any resolution or trust indentures of the Authority. Section 36. Powers declared supplemental and additional. The foregoing sections of this Act shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws; and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing. Section 37. Liberal construction of Act. This Act being for the welfare of the State and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. Section 38. Effect of merger. From and after the approval of this Act (which shall be its effective date) the separate existence of the constituent public corporations shall cease, and by the merging of the Georgia Rural Roads

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Authority into the Georgia State Highway Authority they shall become a single public corporation possessing all the rights, privileges, powers, franchises and immunities of each of the said public corporations, and all property, real, personal and mixed, and all debts due on whatever account and all other things in action of or belonging to each of said public corporations shall be vested in the Georgia State Highway Authority, which is herein renamed and in the future to be known as the Georgia Highway Authority, which is the continuing public corporation: Provided, that all rights of creditors and all liens on the property of either of said constituent public corporations shall be preserved unimpaired and all debts, liabilities and duties of the respective constituent public corporations shall be the obligations of the Georgia State Highway Authority, which is herein renamed and in the future to be known as the Georgia Highway Authority, which is the continuing public corporation. The effect of this merger is to insure the economical and efficient administration of a program for financing the roads of this State and the instrumentality sought to be used in this regard is the Authority created by an Act approved February 17, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 83) whose corporate existence has continued since that date and which is the continuing and surviving corporation of the merger herein provided for. Section 39. Severability. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Act, which shall remain of full force and effect, as if the section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part hereof. The General Assembly hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this Act if it had known that such part or parts hereof would be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Section 40. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 4, 1967.

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COMPENSATION OF CORONERS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (24,000-24,500). Code 21-105 Amended. No. 213 (House Bill No. 567). An Act to amend Code section 21-105 relating to the fees for coroners, as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 4, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 348), so as to remove the provisions of said Code section which were added by the aforesaid 1963 amendment relating to the compensation of coroners in counties having a certain population; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 21-105 relating to the fees for coroners, as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 4, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 348) is hereby amended by striking therefrom the following language which was added by the aforesaid amendment of 1963: in all counties of this State having a population of not less than 24,000 and not more than 24,500 according to the United States Census of 1960 or any future such census, the coroner is hereby placed on a salary basis rather than a fee basis for all his services and shall be compensated in the amount of fifty ($50.00) dollars per month and said compensation shall be paid monthly from the funds of such counties. Such compensation shall be in lieu of all fees, costs, commissions, allowances, monies and all other emoluments and perquisites of whatever kind which shall be allowed the coroners of such counties. All such fees, costs, commissions, allowances, monies and all other emoluments and perquisites of whatever kind shall become the property of such counties and shall be paid to the fiscal officer of such counties, at least once a month. 1963 Amendment repealed. Section 2. This Act shall become effective April 1, 1967. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 4, 1967.

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COMMITTEE TO STUDY ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE LIAISON OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, D. C. No. 18 (Senate Resolution No. 27). A Resolution. Creating an interim committee to study the feasibility of establishing a state liaison office in Washington, D. C.; and for other purposes. Whereas, several states have established state liaison offices in Washington, D. C., which has resulted in substantial economic benefits to such states; and Whereas, the main purpose of establishing a state liaison office in Washington is to foster, enhance and protect the economic interests of the state it represents; and Whereas, such state liaison offices serve many functions in coordinating various programs and aiding the industry of their respective states in securing governmental contracts and otherwise promoting the industrial development and business growth of such states; and Whereas, the experience of states which have established such offices in Washington indicates that the benefits received far exceed the costs to such states. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that there is hereby created a joint legislative interim committee to study the feasibility of establishing a state liaison office in Washington, D. C. The committee shall be composed of five members of the Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and five members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House. By way of illustration and not of limitation, the committee shall examine the types of offices which have been established by other states, the scope of activities of such offices, the staffing of such offices and the costs involved in the operation of such offices.

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Be it further resolved that the committee shall select a chairman from among its members and may hold such meetings at such places and at such times as it considers expedient and may do any other thing consistent with this resolution that are necessary or convenient to enable it to fully and adequately exercise its powers, perform its duties and accomplish the objectives and purposes of this resolution. Be it further resolved that the members of the committee shall receive the same compensation, per diem, expenses and allowances authorized for legislative members of interim legislative committees. The members of the committee shall receive such compensation per diem, expenses and allowances from the funds appropriated to or available to the legislative branch of the government but shall receive the same for not more than ten (10) days. Any other funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from funds appropriated to or available to the legislative branch of the government. The committee shall make a report of its findings and recommendations, which report shall be accompanied by such proposed legislation as might be recommended by the committee on or before December 1, 1967, on which date the committee shall stand abolished. Approved April 4, 1967. PIEDMONT JUDICIAL CIRCUITCOMPENSATION OF COURT REPORTER. No. 242 (House Bill No. 699). An Act to provide a supplementary salary to the official court reporter of the Piedmont Judicial Circuit; to provide the procedure connected therewith; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. In addition to all other compensation presently being received by the official court reporter of the Piedmont Judicial Circuit, said reporter shall receive an annual supplementary salary of $5,000.00. Barrow County shall pay $2,051.00 per annum, Banks County shall pay $1,099.00 per annum, and Jackson County shall pay $1,850.00 per annum. Said sums shall be paid to the reporter in equal monthly installments, and the governing authority of each of the above counties shall make provisions for the payment of that county's portion to the reporter each month. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Georgia, Fulton County. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, duly authorized to administer oaths, James W. Paris, who, on oath, deposes and says that he is Representative from the 23rd District, and that the attached copy of notice of intention to introduce local legislation was published in the following newspapers: The Jackson Herald which is the official organ of Jackson County, on the following dates: February 15, 22 and March 1, 1967. The Winder News which is the official organ of Barrow County, on the following dates: February 15, 22 and March 1, 1967. Banks County Journal which is the official organ of Banks County, on the following dates: February 16, 23 and March 2, 1967.. /s/ James W. Paris Representative, 23rd District Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 6 day of March, 1967. /s/ Priscilla Sexton Notary Public, Georgia State at Large. My Commission expires Jan. 2, 1971. (Seal).

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Legal Notice. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will request the State Senator of the 48th Senatorial District; the Representative from the 17th; the 23rd and 24th House District to introduce legislation in the 1967 regular session of the General Assembly for the purpose of supplementing the salary of the court reporter of the Piedmont Judicial Circuit, to fix said amount, to pro-rate the amount of said supplement between the counties lying within the said judicial circuit, and for other purposes. This the 11th day of February 1967. Mark Dunahoo, Judge Superior Court Piedmont Circuit Approved April 4, 1967. COMPENSATION OF CORONERS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (34,100-34,300). Code 21-105 Amended. No. 262 (House Bill No. 815). An Act to amend Code section 21-105 of the Code relating to fees paid coroners, as amended, so as to change the compensation of coroners in certain counties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Section 21-105 relating to fees paid to coroners, as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following: In all counties of this State having a population of not less than 34,100 and not more than 34,300 according to the United States Census of 1960 or any future such census.

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The coroner is hereby placed on a salary and shall be compensated in the amount of sixty ($60.00) dollars per month as a salary plus eighty ($80.00) dollars per month expenses and said one hundred and forty ($140.00) per month shall be paid monthly from the funds of such counties. In addition thereto, the coroners shall be authorized to engage court reporters for the purpose of taking and transcribing testimony in inquests, and the coroners are authorized to pay such court reporters the sum of up to twenty-five ($25.00) dollars per day for such services, and said funds shall be paid from the funds of such counties. Such compensation shall be in lieu of all fees, costs, commissions, allowances, monies and all other emoluments and perquisites of whatever kind which shall be allowed the coroners of such counties. All such fees, costs, commissions, allowances, monies and all other emoluments and perquisites of whatever kind which shall become the property of such counties and shall be paid to the fiscal officer of such counties, at least once a month. Section 2. An Act entitled An Act to amend section 21-105 of the Code of Georgia, relating to the fees paid to coroners, by providing that in certain counties within this State the coroner shall be paid a salary of $780.00 per year; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved February 10, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 41), as amended, by an Act approved March 17, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 1021), and an Act entitled An Act to amend section 21-105 of the Code of Georgia, relating to the fees paid to coroners, by providing that in certain counties within this State the coroner shall be paid a salary of $600.00 per year; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved February 15, 1952 (Ga. L. 1952, p. 132), as amended, by an Act approved March 7, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 2281), and as amended by an Act entitled An Act to amend Code section 21-105 of the Code relating to fees paid coroners, as amended, so as to change the compensation of coroners in certain counties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved March 6, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 637), are hereby repealed and so far as said Acts relate to any counties of this State having a population of not less than 34,100 and not more than 34,300 according

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to the United States Census of 1960 or any future such census. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 4, 1967. CONDITIONAL LICENSES TO PRACTICE DENTISTRY. Code 84-725A Enacted. No. 269 (Senate Bill No. 118). An Act to amend Code Chapter 84-7, relating to the regulation, licensing and practice of dentists and dental hygienists, as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 2, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 273) so as to provide an additional classification of licenses to be known as Conditional Licenses for all holders of Georgia licenses to practice dentistry who do not currently maintain residence and domicile in this State; to provide for a conditional renewal certificate subject to annual review, to provide for the payment of an annual renewal fee therefor; to provide for the suspension or revocation of said conditional licenses by the Board of Dental Examiners of Georgia; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Chapter 84-7, relating to the regulation, licensing and practice of dentists and dental hygienists, as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 2, 1963 (Ga. Laws 1963, p. 273) is hereby amended by adding immediately after Code Section 84-725 a new Code Section to be known as Code Section 84-725A to read as follows: 84-725A. Conditional Licenses. All holders of Georgia licenses to practice dentistry who do not currently maintain

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residence and domicile in this State, shall be authorized to receive a conditional license as hereinafter set out. (A) Any dentist who does not currently maintain residence and domicile in this State shall be issued a conditional renewal certificate upon application for and payment of ten dollars ($10.00) annually in the manner and at the time as provided in the Act approved April 2, 1963, requiring annual registration of all dentists licensed to practice dentistry in this State, and said dentists who do not currently maintain residence and domicile in this State cannot practice in this State until an annual current renewal certificate is obtained. (B) No annual renewal certificate shall be issued to the holder of a conditional renewal certificate, if for good cause, the board determines that the applicant has not maintained the degree of professional skill and knowledge required when he was first licensed in this State or has become physically or mentally incompetent, or has been guilty of immoral conduct. The board may, in its discretion, require said person to demonstrate to the board that he has maintained such professional skills and knowledge and has not been guilty of conduct which would warrant suspension or revocation of a license under Georgia laws. Section 2. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 5, 1967. RETURN OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVE GENERAL TO GEORGIA. No. 21 (House Resolution No. 124-311). A Resolution. Urging that the famous steam locomotive known as the GENERAL be returned to the State of Georgia; and for other purposes.

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Whereas, Mr. William H. Kendall, President of the Louisville Nashville Railroad Company, has graciously offered to return the famous steam locomotive known as the GENERAL to the State of Georgia; and Whereas, one of the most thrilling adventures in the history of warfare took place on April 12, 1862, during the Civil War, and involved two steam locomotives known as the GENERAL and the TEXAS; and Whereas, this adventure began when a raiding party of Federal soldiers, disguised as civilian passengers on the GENERAL, and led by James J. Andrews, seized the GENERAL at Big Shanty, which is now Kennesaw in Cobb County, Georgia, and steamed northward with the intention of destroying the railroad so as to sever connections between Atlanta and Chattanooga; and Whereas, the General was seized by the Federal raiding party while Confederate Captain William A. Fuller, who was the conductor, and the train crew and passengers were having breakfast at Big Shanty; and Whereas, upon realizing that the GENERAL had been seized, Captain Fuller and his men began immediate chase; and Whereas, Captain Fuller and his men began said chase on foot and then used a push-car, a locomotive known as the YONAH, a locomotive known as the WILLIAM R. SMITH, and finally the famous locomotive known as the TEXAS; and Whereas, Captain Fuller and his men exhibited extraordinary courage and determination in this chase; and Whereas, because of such courage and determination the GENERAL was finally abandoned by Andrews and his raiding party two or three miles above Ringgold, Georgia, where it was being overtaken by the TEXAS; and Whereas, after abandoning the GENERAL, Andrews and his raiders fled into the woods while being pursued

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by Captain Fuller and several Confederate soldiers who had come to his aid; and Whereas, twenty-two of the raiders, including Andrews, were captured by Captain Fuller and the Confederate soldiers; and Whereas, Andrews and seven other members of the Federal raiding party were subsequently executed in Atlanta, Georgia, as Federal spies; and Whereas, the locomotive chase of April 12, 1962, would put the most gifted writer of fiction to task in duplicating this thrilling adventure which is a matter of historical fact; and Whereas, this great historical event has been immortalized in a motion picture entitled The Great Locomotive Chase. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that this body does hereby express its deepest appreciation to Mr. William H. Kendall, President of the Louisville Nashville Railroad Company, for his kind offer to return the GENERAL to the State of Georgia. Be it further resolved that upon there being erected an appropriate structure within the City of Kennesaw, Georgia, which, in the judgment of the State Properties Control Commission will adequately protect and preserve this valuable historic locomotive, the GENERAL shall be located and available to the public view in the City of Kennesaw, Georgia. Be it further resolved that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is hereby authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Mr. William H. Kendall, President of the Louisville Nashville Railroad Company. Approved April 5, 1967.

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STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIAUSE OF FEDERAL FUNDS. No. 270 (House Bill No. 473). An Act to provide that the State Highway Department of Georgia shall be entitled to receive and expend the three percentum non-matching funds from the Federal Government, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, United States Code; to declare legislative intent; to authorize the State Highway Department to acquire and improve strips of land necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty within and adjacent to the State-aid Road System of Georgia, including acquisition of publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas and sanitary and other facilities within or adjacent to the State-aid Road System rights-of-way reasonably necessary to accommodate the traveling public; to provide that the interest in any land authorized to be acquired and maintained under this Act may be by fee simple or lesser interest, as determined by the Director of State Highway Department of Georgia to be reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act; to provide that such acquisition may be by gift, purchase, exchange or condemnation; to provide that nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to authorize the use of eminent domain to acquire any dwelling (including related buildings); to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. A. In Title 23, United States Code, Section 319, Congress has declared that: 1. The Secretary of Commerce may approve, as a part of the construction of Federal-aid Highways, the cost of landscape and roadside development, including acquisition and development of publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas and sanitary and other facilities reasonably necessary to accommodate the traveling public. 2. An amount equivalent to 3 per centum of the funds apportioned to a State for Federal-aid Highways for any

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fiscal year shall be allocated to that State out of funds appropriated under authority of this subsection, which shall be used for landscape and roadside development within the highway right-of-way and for acquisition of interests in and improvement of strips of land necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty adjacent to such highways, including acquisition and development of publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas and sanitary and other facilities within or adjacent to the highway right-of-way reasonably necessary to accommodate the traveling public, without being matched by the State. The Secretary may authorize exceptions from this requirement, upon application of a State and upon a showing that such amount is in excess of the needs of the State for these purposes. Any funds not used as required by this subsection shall lapse. B. This Act is hereby enacted to effectuate the participation of State Highway Department of Georgia in the program established under the provisions of Title 23, United States Code, Section 319. Intent. Section 2. For the purposes stated in Section 1-B, State Highway Department of Georgia is hereby authorized to acquire and improve strips of land necessary for the restoration, preservation and enhancement of scenic beauty within and adjacent to any road for which aid is provided under the provisions of said Title 23, as set out in Section 1-A, including acquisition of publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas, and sanitary and other facilities within or adjacent to the Highway rights-of-way reasonably necessary to accommodate the traveling public. Section 3. The interest in any land authorized to be acquired and maintained under this Act may be by fee simple or any lesser interest, as determined by the Director of State Highway Department of Georgia to be reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Such acquisition may be by gift, purchase, exchange or condemnation.

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Section 4. Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to authorize the use of eminent domain to acquire any dwelling (including related buildings). Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 6, 1967. CONTROL OF ADVERTISING ADJACENT TO CERTAIN HIGHWAYS. No. 271 (House Bill No. 474). An Act to provide for the control of outdoor advertising adjacent to any State-aid road which also is a part of the Interstate and Primary Systems of Highways, and for the administration of such controls; to provide for declaration of policy; to provide for definitions of certain words; to provide for limitations of outdoor advertising devices; to provide for the issuance of rules and regulations by Georgia State Highway Department governing lighting, size, number and spacing of signs; to provide for regulations as to size, spacing and lighting of outdoor advertising devices; to provide for regulation of advertising; to provide for the issuance of rules and regulations governing the issuance of permits for advertising devices; to provide for fees; to provide for removal of non-conforming advertising devices; to provide compensation for removal of advertising devices; to provide authority for the Georgia State Highway Department to exercise power of eminent domain; to provide for the procedure regarding unlawful advertising; to provide for remedies and additional remedies; to provide for an interpretation clause; to provide for advertising in safety rest areas; to provide for authorization of agreements with United States Secretary of Commerce; to provide for severability clause; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Declaration of Policy. The General Assembly declares it to be to the policy of this State that the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the rights-of-way of State-aid roads, which also are a part of the Interstate and Primary Systems of Highways within this State, shall be regulated in accordance with the terms of this Act and the regulations promulgated by the Director of State Highway Department of Georgia pursuant thereto and that all outdoor advertising which does not conform to the requirements of this Act are public nuisances. It is the intention of the Legislature in this Act to provide a statutory basis for regulation of outdoor advertising consistent with the public policy relating to areas adjacent to State-aid roads which also form a part of the Interstate and Primary Systems of Highways declared by Congress in Title 23, Section 103, United States Code, Highways. Section 2. Definitions as used in this Act: (a) Interstate System means any State-aid road which is a portion of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways located within this State, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the State Highway Department of Georgia, and approved by the Secretary of Commerce, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, Section 103, United States Code, Highways. (b) Primary Systems means any State-aid road which is a portion of connected main highways, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the State Highway Department of Georgia, and approved by the Secretary of Commerce, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, Section 103, United States Code, Highways. (c) Outdoor Advertising or Sign means any outdoor sign, display, light, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard, or other thing which is designed, intended or used to advertise or inform, any part of the advertising or information, contents of which are

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visible from any place on the main-traveled way of the Interstate or Primary Systems. (d) Safety Rest Area means an area or site established and maintained within or adjacent to the right-of-way by or under public supervision or control, for the convenience of the traveling public. (e) Information Center means an area or site established and maintained at safety rest areas for the purpose of informing the public of places of interest within the State and providing such other information as the State Highway Department of Georgia may consider desirable. (f) Maintain means to allow to exist. (g) Erect means to construct, build, raise, assemble, place, affix, attach, create, paint, draw, or in any other way bring into being or establish. (h) Location means a place where there is located not more than two double faced or V-type signs. (i) Business area means any part of an adjacent area which is at any time (1) zoned industrial or commercial under the authority of any law of this State, or (2) not so zoned, but which constitutes an unzoned commercial or industrial area which is used for or occupied by one or more commercial or industrial activities, or an adjacent area which is located within the approaches to an incorporated municipality under conditions contained in Section 3 (f) of this Act. Outdoor Advertising devices, agricultural, forestry, ranching, grazing, farming and related activities shall not be commercial, industrial, marketing, or mercantile activities for the purposes of this definition. Section 3. Limitations of Outdoor Advertising Devices. No outdoor advertising shall be erected or maintained within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of the Interstate or Primary Highways in this State except the following:

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(a) Directional and other official signs and notices, which signs and notices shall include, but not be limited to, signs and notices pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and historic attractions, as authorized or required by law, and which comply with regulations which shall be promulgated by the Director of State Highway Department relative to the lighting, size, number and spacing thereof. (b) Signs, displays and devices advertising the sale or lease of property upon which they are located. (c) Signs, displays and devices advertising activities conducted or maintained on the property upon which they are located. (d) Signs, displays and devices located in areas which are zoned industrial or commercial under authority of law and which comply with the provisions of Section 4. (e) Signs, displays and devices located in unzoned commercial or industrial areas which areas shall be determined from actual land uses and which comply with the provisions of Section 4. (f) Signs, displays and devices in a business area adjacent to an incorporated municipality (unless in conflict with local zoning laws) under the following conditions as determined by the United States Decennial Census of 1960 or any future Decennial Census: Municipality Distance Allowed (1) 0 - 5,000 Pop. 2 Miles Adjacent (2) 5,000 - 25,000 Pop. 4 Miles Adjacent (3) 25,000 - 50,000 Pop. 6 Miles Adjacent (4) 50,000 - and over 8 Miles Adjacent Signs, displays and devices in these adjacent areas shall not be located within 300 of a residence without the owner's written permission and shall not be located within 500 of a public park or public playground and must comply with sections 4 and 5 of this Act.

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(g) Signs erected and maintained by public utility for the purpose of giving warning of or information as to the location of an underground cable or other installation. Section 4. Regulations as to size, spacing, and lighting. All signs erected or maintained in business areas shall: (a) Have a minimum and maximum size which is consistent with customary use in the outdoor advertising industry within this State. (b) If lighted, be illuminated in accordance with the customary use, in such a manner so as to permit them to deliver the intended advertising message to the traveling public. Such illumination must be displayed so as to prevent rays or beams of light from impeding the vision of the operator of any motor vehicle, or interfering with official traffic signs or devices. (c) Conform to the following standards with respect to spacing: (i) Within a business area, located inside the limits of a municipality, no location shall be within 150 feet of another location on the same side of the highway unless separated by a building, structure or roadway. (ii) Within a business area, which does not meet the requirements of subdivision (i), which is on the primary system or within the approaches to an incorporated or unincorporated municipality, no location shall be within 300 feet of another location on the same side of the highway. (iii) Within a business area, which does not meet the requirements of subdivisions (i) or (ii), which is on the interstate system, no location shall be within 500 feet of another location on the same side of the highway. (d) All locations within an unzoned commercial or industrial area as defined in Section 2, shall be within 3,500 feet in the case of an adjacent area along the interstate system, or 2,100 feet in the case of an adjacent area along the primary system, of the boundary line of property on which

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a commercial or industrial activity is located and may be on either side of the road. No such sign shall be within 300 feet of the boundary line of property on which a residence is located unless written approval of the owner of such property is secured. Section 5. Regulation of Advertising. The Director of State Highway Department of Georgia is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations governing the issuance of permits for the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising coming within the exceptions contained in subsections (a), (d), (e), (f), and (g) of section 3 hereof, consistent with the safety and welfare of the traveling public, and as may be necessary to carry out the policy of the State declared in this Act, and consistent with the purposes of the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 contained in Title 23, Highways, United States Code. Section 6. Permits. On and after January 1, 1968, no sign, display or device, except those mentioned in subsections (a), (b) and (c) of section 3, shall be maintained without a permit issued by the State Highway Department. Applications for permits shall be made to the State Highway Department on forms prescribed by it, which forms shall contain a statement that the owner or occupant of the land in question has consented thereto, and shall be accompanied by a permit fee of ten ($10.00) dollars. They money received from such fees shall be used to help defray the expenses of administering the provisions of this Act. Permits shall be for the calendar year and may be renewed annually upon payment of a like fee for the new year without the filing of a new application. Fees shall not be prorated for fractions of the year. Provided, however, that the initial permit fee shall be $10.00 and all subsequent renewal fees shall be $4.00 per annum. Any person desiring a permit shall make application therefor to the State Highway Department, either in person at the main office of the department in Atlanta or by mail to the department at such office. The State Highway Department shall within thirty days from receipt of application issue a permit for the sign, display or device covered

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by the application duly made as aforesaid unless it is in violation of this Act. Permits shall not be issued for the following signs, displays or devices: (a) Signs advertising activities that are illegal under Georgia or Federal laws or regulations in effect at the location of such signs or at the location of such activities; (b) Obsolete signs; (c) Signs that are not clean and in good repair; (d) Signs that are not securely affixed to a substantial structure. Provided, however, only one permit shall be required for a double face, back to back, or V type sign. Advertising copy, if consistent with the terms of this Act, may be changed from time to time without the payment of an additional fee. Provided further, permits may be issued for signs, displays or devices in existence on the effective date of this Act and thereafter renewed subject to the provisions of section 7 of this Act. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit in any way the authority of any municipality or county in which the sign is to be erected to require a permit from the municipalities or county to be obtained in the payment of reasonable permit fee in addition to that imposed hereunder. Section 7. Removal of Nonconforming Advertising. Any sign, display or device lawfully in existence on the effective date of this Act within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any State-aid road, which is also a part of the Federal Interstate or Primary System of Highways as defined by Title 23 of United States Code, may continue to be maintained until July 1, 1970, but may not be replaced (except advertising copy) or relocated on such highways except in areas where otherwise allowed by section 3 of this Act or pursuant to regulations adopted hereunder. Any other sign, display or device lawfully erected which does

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not conform to this Act shall not be required to be removed until the end of the fifth year after it becomes nonconforming, but may not be replaced (except advertising copy) or relocated on such highways except in areas where otherwise allowed by section 3 of this Act or pursuant to regulations adopted hereunder. Section 8. Compensation for Removal of Advertising. The State Highway Department of Georgia is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift or condemnation, and to pay just compensation upon the removal of the following outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices: (a) Those lawfully in existence on September 1, 1965; (b) Those lawfully on any highway made a part of the Interstate of Primary System on or after October 22, 1965, and before January 1, 1968; (c) Those lawfully erected on or after January 1, 1968; (d) Such compensation is authorized to be paid only for the following: (1) The taking from the owner of such sign, display or device of all right, title, leasehold, and interest in such sign, display or device; and (2) The taking from the owner of the real property on which the sign, display or device is located, of the right to erect and maintain such signs, displays and devices thereon; and (e) Except for signs erected after September 1, 1965, and before the effective date of this Act, no sign shall be acquired, the cost of which shall not be eligible for seventyfive per cent (75%) Federal Participation. Section 9. Power of Eminent Domain. The State Highway Department of Georgia may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by law for acquisition of real property needed for construction of highways in Title 36 of the Code of Georgia, Annotated, whenever it is

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necessary, in the judgment of the Director of State Highway Department, to acquire those interests as specified in section 8 (d) hereof. Section 10. Unlawful Advertising. Any advertising device or outdoor advertising erected or maintained which is contrary to the provisions of this Act or regulations lawfully adopted hereunder is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. The State Highway Department of Georgia shall give thirty (30) days' notice by certified mail to the owner of such advertising device and landowner and remove same if it is a prohibited device or cause it to conform to regulations if it is an authorized device. Failure to receive the notice shall not prohibit the State Highway Department of Georgia from removing the unlawful outdoor advertising device. If the owner of the outdoor advertising device fails or refuses to remove same within thirty (30) days as required in the notice, the State Highway Department of Georgia may proceed to secure the removal of same as authorized in sections 11 and 12 hereof. Section 11. Remedies: (a) The Director of State Highway Department of Georgia is hereby authorized to remove any sign erected or maintained in violation of the provisions of this Act after thirty (30) days' written notice to the person erecting or maintaining the sign or device, and the cost of such removal shall be borne by the offender and such cost shall be paid to the State Highway Department. (b) The Director and such other personnel of State Highway Department as shall be designated by the Director and all law enforcement officers are hereby authorized to enter upon private property for the purpose of inspecting and removing signs. (c) Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Each day's presence of the offending sign shall be a separate offense. Section 12. Additional Remedies: In addition to the remedies provided in this Act and which may otherwise exist under the laws of this State, the State Highway

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Department is authorized to petition the Superior Court of the County where any unlawful advertising may exist for injunctive or other appropriate relief. Section 13. Interpretation. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation or resolution, which are more restrictive than the provisions of this Act. Section 14. Advertising in Safety Rest Areas. In order to provide information in the specific interest of the traveling public, the State Highway Department of Georgia is hereby authorized to maintain maps and to permit informational directories and advertising pamphlets to be made available at safety rest areas, and to establish information centers at safety rest areas for the purpose of informing the public of places of interest within the State and providing such other information as may be considered desirable. Section 15. Agreements with the United States Authorized. The State Highway Department of Georgia, in behalf of this State, is authorized to enter into agreements (subject to the provisions of this Act) with the United States Secretary of Commerce as provided by Title 23, United States Code, relating to the control of outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the Interstate and Primary Systems, including the establishment of information centers at safety rest areas, and to take action in the name of the State to comply with the terms of such agreement. Section 16. Severability Clause. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Act, which shall remain of full force and effect, as if the section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part hereof. The General Assembly hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this Act if it had known that such part or parts hereof would be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.

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Section 17. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 6, 1967. JUNKYARD CONTROL ACT. No. 272 (House Bill No. 475). An Act to regulate and control junkyards along highways, to provide for the purposes of this Act; to provide for short title; to provide for definitions of certain words used in this Act; to provide certain conditions for the operation of junkyards; to provide for existing junkyards to be screened; to provide authority to acquire interest in land for screening; to provide for the issuance of rules and regulations by the Highway Department governing junkyards; to provide authority to acquire junkyards; to provide authority for the Georgia State Highway Department to exercise power of eminent domain; to provide for the conformance of junkyards to this Act; to provide for the determination of junkyards to be nuisances and remedies therefor; to provide that this Act shall not affect certain laws; to provide that the Highway Department may make agreements with Federal agencies; to provide that Georgia State Highway Department is not required to expend funds unless and until Federal-aid matching funds are made available; to provide for a penalty; to provide for a severability clause; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia: Section 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the Junkyard Control Act. Section 2. Purposes of Act. To promote the public safety, health, welfare, convenience and enjoyment of public travel, protect the public investment in public highways,

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and to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways, it is hereby declared to be in the public interest to regulate the establishment, operation, and maintenance of junkyards in areas adjacent to any State-Aid road of this State which is also a part of the Federal Interstate or primary system of highways, as defined and provided for in Title 23 of the United States Code. The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that junkyards which do not conform to the requirements of this Act are public nuisances. Section 3. Definitions. As used in this Act: (a) The term junk shall mean old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material. (b) The term automobile graveyard shall mean any establishment which is maintained or used for storing, buying or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts. (c) The term junkyard shall mean an establishment which is maintained or used for storing, buying, or selling junk, or an automobile graveyard, and the term shall include garbage dumps, sanitary fills and scrap processors. (d) The term scrap processor shall mean any person, firm or corporation engaged only in the business of buying scrap iron and metals, including, but not limited to, old automobiles, for the specific purpose of processing into raw material for remelting purposes only, and whose principal product is ferrous and nonferrous scrap for shipment to steel mills, foundaries, smelters and refineries, and maintaining an established place of business in this State and having facilities machinery designed for such processing. (e) Interstate System means any State-Aid road which is also a portion of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways located within this State, as officially

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designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the Georgia State Highway Department, and approved by the Secretary of Commerce or other appropriate Federal official, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23 of the United States Code. (f) Federal-Aid primary system means any State-Aid road which is also a portion of connected main highways, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the Georgia State Highway Department, and approved by the Secretary of Commerce or other appropriate Federal official, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23 of the United States Code. Section 4. Conditions for Operations of Junkyards. No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right of way of any Interstate or Federal-Aid primary highway, except the following: (a) Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main-traveled way of the systems, or otherwise removed from sight. (b) Those located within areas which are zoned for industrial use under authority of law. (c) Those located within unzoned industrial areas, which areas shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations to be promulgated by the Director of Georgia State Highway Department. (d) Those which are not visible from the main-traveled way of the system. Section 5. Existing Junkyards to be Screened. Any junkyard lawfully in existence on the effective date of this Act which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right of way and visible from the main-traveled way of any highway on the Interstate or Federal-Aid primary system shall be screened, if feasible, by the Georgia State Highway Department at locations on the highway right of

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way or in areas acquired for such purposes outside the right of way so as not to be visible from the main-traveled way of such highways. Section 6. Authority to Acquire Interest in Land for Screening. When the Director of Georgia State Highway Department determines that it is in the best interest of the State, the State Highway Department may acquire such lands, or interest in lands, outside highway rights of way as may be necessary to provide adequate screening of such junkyards. Section 7. Highway Department May Issue Rules and Regulations Governing Junkyards. The Director of Georgia State Highway Department shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations governing the location, planting, construction, and maintenance, including the materials used in screening or fencing, required by this Act. Section 8. Authority to Acquire Junkyards. When the Director of Georgia State Highway Department determines that the topography of the land adjoining the highway will not permit adequate screening of a junkyard or the screening of junkyard would not be economically feasible, the department shall have the authority to acquire by gift, purchase, exchange, or condemnation, such interests in lands as may be necessary to secure the relocation, removal, or disposal thereof. The Director shall determine whether it would be more feasible to relocate, remove, or dispose of the junkyards which cannot be screened and his determination shall be final and conclusive. Section 9. Authority to Exercise Power of Eminent Domain. The Georgia State Highway Department may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by law for acquisition of real property needed for construction of highways in Title 36 of the Code of Georgia Annotated, whenever it is necessary, in the judgment of the Director of the Georgia State Highway Department, to acquire such lands, or interest therein, by condemnation. Section 10. Junkyards to Conform to This Act. Any junkyard lawfully in existence on the effective date of this

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Act which does not conform to the exceptions contained in section 4 hereof, or that cannot be made to so conform by screening as provided in this Act, shall be required to be removed under section 8 hereof by July 1, 1970, or as soon thereafter as funds are available for that purpose. Section 11. Junkyards Determined to be Nuisances. Any junkyard which comes into existence after the effective date of this Act and which cannot be made to conform to the Act is declared to be a public and private nuisance and may be forthwith removed, obliterated, or abated by the Director or his representatives. The Director may collect the cost of such removal, obliteration, or abatement from the person owning or operating such junkyard. Section 12. Act Not to Affect Certain Laws. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation, or resolution, which are more restrictive than the provisions of this Act. Section 13. Highway Department May Make Agreements With Federal Agency. The Georgia State Highway Department is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the United States Secretary of Commerce as provided by Title 23 of the United States Code, relating to the control of junkyards in areas adjacent to the Interstate and Federal-Aid primary systems, and to take action in the name of the State to comply with the terms of such agreements. Section 14. Expenditure of Funds. The State Highway Department shall not be required to expend any funds for screening or removal under this Act unless and until Federal-Aid matching funds are made available for this purpose. Section 15. Penalty. After the effective date of this Act, any person, partnership, or corporation that seeks to establish, or establishes, a junkyard within 1,000 feet of the nearest right of way line of any Interstate or Federal-Aid primary highway that does not come within one or more of the exceptions contained in Section 4 hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall

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be punished as for a misdemeanor. Each day's presence of the junkyard within the prohibited distance shall be a separate offense. Section 16. Severability Clause. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Act, which shall remain of full force and effect, as if the section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part hereof. The General Assembly hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this Act if it had known that such part or parts hereof would be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Section 17. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 6, 1967. WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATESINCOME RECEIVED DURING ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATE. No. 274 (Senate Bill No. 59). An Act to provide for the disposition by an executor of income received during the period of administration from property which is used to pay debts, taxes, expenses of administration, general legacies, and other corpus charges; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Income received by an executor during the period of administration from property which is used to pay debts, taxes, expenses of administration, general legacies, and other corpus charges, shall be disposed of in the

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same manner as other income of the estate received from property not so used and shall be deemed part of such other income; provided, however, nothing herein contained shall alter or repeal Georgia Code section 113-809. Any testator may provide in his last will and testament for a disposition of income from the corpus of the Estate used for the purpose of paying debts, taxes, expenses, general legacies and other expenses chargeable to the corpus of the estate, notwithstanding any provisions in this section to the contrary. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 6, 1967. MACON JUDICIAL CIRCUITASSISTANT SOLICITORS-GENERAL. No. 330 (House Bill No. 537). An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to create the office of assistant solicitor-general of the Macon Judicial Circuit, to provide for the appointment of said officer; to provide for the qualifications of said officer, and to provide for his compensation; to provide for the authority of said officer, and the extent of his jurisdiction, and to provide for his term of office, and for the oath of office to be taken by him; and for other purposes, Approved March 23, 1937, (Ga. L. 1937, p. 1464), and to provide in lieu thereof for the creation of the offices and the appointment of two assistants to the solicitor-general of the Macon Judicial Circuit; to provide for the qualifications for said assistant solicitors-general; to provide for the powers and duties of said assistant solicitors-general; to provide for the compensation of said assistant solicitors-general; to provide for the removal of said assistant solicitors-general; to provide for the term of office of said assistant solicitors-general; to repeal all conflicting laws; 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 same as follows: Section 1. The Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved March 23, 1937, (Ga. L. 1937, p. 1464) entitled An Act to create the office of assistant solicitor-general of the Macon Judicial Circuit, to provide for the appointment of said officer; to provide for the qualifications of said officer; to provide for the removal of said officer, and to provide for his compensation; to provide for the authority of said officer, and the extent of his jurisdiction, and to provide for his term of office, and for the oath of office to be taken by him; and for other purposes, be and hereby is repealed. Prior Act repealed. Section 2. From and after the passage of this Act, there shall be in existence two offices, which are hereby created, which shall each be known as an assistant solicitor-general of the Macon Judicial Circuit. Created. Section 3. The two said assistant solicitors-general of the Macon Judicial Circuit shall be appointed by the solicitor-general of the Macon Judicial Circuit who shall be holding office at the time of the appointment. This appointment, however, shall not be effective until the same has been approved by the judge of the Superior Court of the Macon Judicial Circuit who is senior in service. Appointment. Section 4. The qualifications of each of the said assistant solicitors-general shall be the same as those prescribed for the solicitor-general of said circuit; and each shall be required to take the same oath required of the solicitor-general of said circuit. Oath. Section 5. The powers and duties of each of the said assistant solicitors-general when acting for the solicitor-general of the Macon Judicial Circuit shall extend throughout said circuit and be the same as those of the solicitor-general. Duties. Section 6. The compensation of said assistant solicitors-general shall be paid out of the treasuries of Bibb, Peach, Houston, and Crawford Counties as a part of the operating

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expenses of the superior courts of said counties, and said compensation may be set and increased by the governing authorities of said counties as such authorities may determine and in such manner as said authorities may determine, but in no event shall said salaries be less than $8,500.00 per year for each of said assistant solicitors-general of said counties, said compensation to be payable in at least monthly installments out of the treasuries of said counties. Salaries. Section 7. Each of the said assistant solicitors-general may be removed from office at any time by the solicitor-general of said circuit, by and with the content of the judge of the superior court of said circuit who is senior in service, with or without cause. Removal. Section 8. Unless sooner removed each of said assistant solicitors-general shall have a term of office concurrent with that of the solicitor-general appointing him. Terms. Section 9. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Georgia, Bibb County: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority duly authorized to administer oaths, The Honorable Carr Dodson, who, on oath, deposes and says that he is Representative from the 107th District and that the attached copy of notice of intention to apply for local legislation was published in The Macon Telegraph and News, which is the official organ of Bibb County on the following dates: January 6, 1967, January 13, 1967 and January 20, 1967. /s/ Carr G. Dodson Representative, 107th District Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 27th day of February, 1967. /s/ Priscilla Sexton Notary Public, Georgia State at Large. My Commission expires Jan. 2, 1970. (Seal).

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Georgia, Houston County: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority duly authorized to administer oaths, The Honorable Paul Stalnaker, who, on oath, deposes and says that he is Representative from the 59th District, Post 1 and that the attached copy of notice of intention to apply for local legislation was published in the Houston Home Journal, which is the official organ of Houston County on the following dates: January 12, 1967, January 19, 1967, and January 26, 1967. /s/ Paul Stalnaker Representative, 59th District, Post 1 Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 25th day of February, 1967. /s/ Priscilla Sexton Notary Public, Georgia State at Large. My Commission expires Jan. 2, 1970. (Seal). Georgia, Peach County: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority duly authorized to administer oaths, The Honorable Daniel K. Grahl, who, on oath, deposes and says that he is Representative from the 52nd District and that the attached copy of notice of intention to apply for local legislation was published in the Leader Tribune, which is the official organ of Peach County on the following dates: January 5, 1967, January 12, 1967, and January 19, 1967. /s/ Daniel K. Grahl Representative, 52nd District Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 27th day of February, 1967. /s/ Priscilla Sexton Notary Public, Georgia State at Large. My Commission expires Jan. 2, 1970. (Seal).

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Georgia, Crawford County: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority duly authorized to administer oaths, The Honorable Daniel K. Grahl, who, on oath, deposes and says that he is Representative from the 52nd District and that the attached copy of notice of intention to apply for local legislation was published in the Georgia Post, which is the official organ of Crawford County on the following dates: January 12, 1967, January 19, 1967, and January 26, 1967. /s/ Daniel K. Grahl Representative, 52nd District Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 27th day of February, 1967. /s/ Priscilla Sexton Notary Public, Georgia State at Large. My Commission expires Jan. 2, 1970. (Seal). Notice of Intention to Apply for Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given of intention to apply to the January 1967, session of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia for the enactment of local legislation to repeal an Act entitled An Act to create the office of assistant solicitor-general of the Macon Judicial Circuit, to provide for the appointment of said officer; to provide for the qualifications of said officer; to provide for the removal of said officer, and to provide for his compensation; to provide for the authority of said officer, and the extent of his jurisdiction, and to provide for his term of office, and for the oath of office to be taken by him; and for other purposes, approved March 23, 1937, (Ga. L. 1937, p. 1464) and to provide in lieu thereof for the creation of the offices and the appointment of two assistants to the solicitors-general of the Macon Judicial Circuit; to provide for the qualifications of said assistant solicitors-general; to provide for the powers and duties of said assistant solicitors-general; to provide for the compensation of said assistant

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solicitors-general; to provide for the removal of said assistant solicitors-general; to provide for the term of office of said assistant solicitors-general, to repeal all conflicting laws; and for other purposes. This 4th day of January, 1966. /s/ Jack J. Gautier Solicitor General Macon Judicial Circuit Approved April 6, 1967. COMPENSATION OF SOLICITORS-GENERAL OF CERTAIN CIRCUITS BY CERTAIN COUNTIES. (135,000-140,000). No. 343 (House Bill No. 609). An Act to amend an Act Georgia Laws 1963 Session, pages 299-300 entitled: An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to provide an additional compensation for the solicitor-general of certain judicial circuits, payable by certain counties, in addition to the salary paid to him by the State; to repeal Acts approved February 21, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 742), and March 13, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 444); to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes, approved March 28, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 225), so as to provide additional compensation for the solicitor-general of certain judicial circuits; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes, so as to increase the compensation paid to the solicitor-general, to provide for an effective date and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled An Act to provide an additional compensation for the solicitor-general of certain judicial circuits, payable by certain counties, in addition to the

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salary paid to him by the State; to repeal Acts approved February 21, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 742), and March 13, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 444); to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved March 28, 1961, p. 225), and amended by Georgia Laws 1963 Session, pages 299-300, is hereby amended by striking from Section 1 the figure $9,000.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the figure $10,200.00, so that when so amended section 1 shall read as follows: Section 1. In all counties in the State of Georiga having a population of not less than 135,000 nor more than 140,000 according to the U. S. Census of 1960 or any future census, the solicitor-general of the judicial circuit in which such counties are located shall be paid in addition to the salary he receives by the State, an additional compensation out of the treasury of such counties in the amount of $10,200.00 per annum. Said amount shall be payable in equal monthly installments. Section 2. This Act shall become effective as of January 1, 1967. Effective date. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 6, 1967. COMPENSATION OF SUPERIOR COURT COURT REPORTERS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (135,000-140,000). No. 348 (House Bill No. 644). An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to provide for the appointment of two superior court reporters or court stenographers to the judges of the superior courts in all counties in this State having a population of not less than 135,000 and not more than 140,000 inhabitants according to the United States Census of 1960 or any future census, to provide for the method of their appointment, their duties, compensation; to repeal conflicting

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laws; and for other purposes., approved April 2, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 302), as amended, by an Act approved March 12, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 204), so as to change the compensation of said court reporters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled An Act to provide for the appointment of two superior court reporters or court stenographers to the judges of the superior courts in all counties in this State having a population of not less than 135,000 and not more than 140,000 inhabitants according to the United States Census of 1960 or any future census, to provide for the method of their appointment, their duties, compensation; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved April 2, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 302), as amended, by an Act approved March 12, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 204), is hereby amended by striking from section 3 the figure $525.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the figure $550.00, so that when so amended, section 3 shall read as follows: Section 3. That the salary of each of such official court reporters shall be $550.00 per month which amounts shall be in full payment for all services rendered in attending all civil, criminal and domestic relations sessions of the superior courts of any such counties and for attending any hearings at chambers and for reporting and transcribing proceedings in all trials or hearings of criminal cases, including the charges of the courts. Such reporters shall be entitled to receive from the parties litigant compensation at the rate of 20 cents per hundred words for reporting and 25 cents per hundred words for transcribing the proceedings and charges of the court in the trial of all civil and domestic relations cases. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 6, 1967.

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COMPENSATION OF SUPERIOR COURT STENOGRAPHERS AND BAILIFFS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (135,000-140,000). No. 349 (House Bill No. 645). An Act to amend an Act fixing the salaries of the court reporters and special bailiffs and secretaries to the superior court judge or judges of certain counties, approved March 28, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 227), so as to change the population classification of said Act; to change the compensation of the superior court judge's bailiff or bailiffs in such counties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act fixing the salaries of the court reporters and special bailiffs and secretaries to the superior court judge or judges of certain counties, approved March 28, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 227), is hereby amended by striking section 1 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new section 1 to read as follows: Section 1. From and after the passage of this Act, in all counties of this State having, under the 1960 United States census or any subsequent United States census, a population of not less than 135,000 inhabitants nor more than 140,000 inhabitants, the salary of the stenographer or court reporter to the judge of the superior court shall be fixed at $288.50 per month; and the salary of the superior court judge's bailiff or bailiffs is hereby fixed at $235.00 per month. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 6, 1967.

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OCMULGEE JUDICIAL CIRCUITASSISTANT SOLICITOR-GENERAL No. 356 (House Bill No. 718). An Act to create the office of assistant solicitor general of the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit; to provide for his appointment, duties, compensation, authority, and term of office; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. There is hereby created in the Ocmulgee Circuit an office to be known as assistant solicitor general, and the solicitor general is hereby authorized to appoint the assistant solicitor general. Position created. Section 2. The assistant solicitor general, so appointed, shall serve at the pleasure of the solicitor general and may be removed from office by the solicitor general. Appointment. Section 3. The assistant solicitor general shall have such authority as given to solicitors general by the laws of this State, and when acting on behalf of the solicitor general, he shall have all the authority and power, as well as the duties of the solicitor general in the courts of the counties comprising such judicial circuit. Duties, etc. Section 4. The qualifications of said assistant solicitor general shall be the same as those prescribed for the solicitor general, and he shall be required to take the same oath required of the solicitor general after appointment and before assuming the duties of his office. Oaths, etc. Section 5. The assistant solicitor general shall receive as compensation for his services a salary to be fixed in the discretion of the solicitor general and paid by the solicitor general out of the funds received by the solicitor general for services rendered as solicitor general of said judicial circuit. Compensation. Section 6. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

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Notice of intention to introduce Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced at the January, 1967 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia, a bill to create the office of assistant solicitor general of the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit; to provide for his appointment, duties, compensation, authority, and term of office; and for other purposes. This 3rd day of February, 1967. /s/ E. R. Lambert, Representative, 38th, District. Georgia, Fulton County. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, duly authorized to administer oaths, E. Roy Lambert who, on oath, deposes and says that he is Representative from the 38th District, and that the attached copy of notice of intention to introduce local legislation was published in the Madisonian which is the official organ of Morgan County, on the following dates: February 9, 16, and 23, 1967. /s/ E. Roy Lambert, Representative, 38th District Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 7th day of March, 1967. /s/ Pamela A. McIntyre Notary Public, Georgia, State at Large. My Commission Expires Jan. 9, 1971. (Seal). Approved April 6, 1967.

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MOTOR VEHICLE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ACT AMENDEDISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES BY COMMISSIONER. No. 363 (House Bill No. 447). An Act to amend an Act entitled the Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act, approved March 3, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 68), as amended, so as to provide for the registration of vehicles without a certificate of title; and for the issuing of a certificate of title for certain vehicles upon the filing of a bond by the applicant; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled the Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act, approved March 3, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 68), as amended, is hereby amended by adding a new section to be known as section 12A to read as follows: If the Commissioner is not satisfied as to the ownership of the vehicle or that there are no undisclosed security interests in it, the Commissioner may register the vehicle but shall either: (a) Withhold issuance of a certificate of title until the applicant presents documents reasonably sufficient to satisfy the Commissioner as to the applicant's ownership of the vehicle and that there are no undisclosed security interests in it; or (b) As a condition of issuing a certificate of title, require the applicant to file with the Commissioner a bond in the form prescribed by the Commissioner and executed by the applicant and either accompanied by the deposit of cash with the Commissioner, or also executed by a bonding, surety or insurance company licensed to do business in Georgia. The bond shall be in an amount equal to one and one-half times the value of the vehicle as determined by the Commissioner and payable to the Commissioner for the benefit of any prior owner, lienholder, or security interest holder, and any subsequent purchaser of the vehicle or person acquiring any security interest or lien in it, and their respective successors in interest, against any expense, loss or damage, by reason

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of the issuance of the certificate of title of the vehicle or on account of any defect in or undisclosed security interest upon the right, title and interest of the applicant in and to the vehicle. The Commissioner shall have a right of action to recover on the bond for any breach of its conditions, but the aggregate liability of the surety to all persons shall not exceed the amount of the bond. The bond, and any deposit accompanying it, shall be returned at the end of four (4) years or prior thereto if the vehicle is no longer registered in this State and the currently valid certificate of title is surrendered to the Commissioner, unless the Commissioner has been notified of a breach of a condition of the bond. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. MOTOR VEHICLE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ACT AMENDEDEXEMPTIONS. No. 364 (Senate Bill No. 10). An Act to amend an Act entitled Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act, approved March 7, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 68), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 27, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 32), so as to delete therefrom the requirement that all motor vehicles shall be required to have a certificate of title by January 1, 1969; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act, approved March 7, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 68), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 27, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 32), is hereby amended by striking from subsection (a) of section 6 that sentence which reads as follows:

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Provided, that by January 1, 1969, all model vehicles shall have a certificate of title., so that, when so amended, subsection (a) of section 6 shall read as follows: Section 6. (a) Except as provided in section 4, every owner of a vehicle, which is required to be registered in this State by law and for which no certificate of title has been issued by the Commissioner, shall make application to the Commissioner for a certificate of title to the vehicle according to the model of the vehicle. Such application is to be made in the following manner: All 1963 model vehicles and all successive model vehicles thereafter shall have a certificate of title. Once a vehicle is modeled in such a year as to bring it under the provisions of this Act, such vehicle, which is thereafter required to be registered in this State, shall have a Georgia Certificate of Title. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. POSSESSION, ETC. OF FIRE BOMBS. No. 365 (Senate Bill No. 45). An Act to regulate and control fire bombs Molotov cocktails; to define said terms; to provide that any person who shall possess, manufacture, sell, offer for sale, give away, or transport a fire bomb or fire bombs within this State shall be guilty of a felony; to provide for penalties; to provide that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to certain designated persons; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. For the purposes of this Act, the terms fire bomb or Molotov cocktail shall mean any device, by whatever name called, made of a breakable container containing

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a flammable liquid or compound with a flash point of one hundred fifty (150) degrees Fahrenheit or less which has a wick or any similar material, which, when ignited, is capable of igniting such flammable liquid or compound when such device is thrown or dropped, but said terms shall not include any device which is manufactured or produced for the primary purpose of illumination or for marking detours, obstructions, defective paving or other hazards in the streets, roads, highways and bridges of this State. Definitions. Section 2. Any person who shall possess, manufacture, sell, offer fo rsale, give away, or transport a fire bomb or fire bombs within this State shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than three years, or by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Crimes. Section 3. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any device which may be classified as a fire bomb or Molotov cocktail pursuant to the definition contained in section 1 of this Act, when such device is in the use, possession or control of any member of the armed forces of the United States, any fireman, or any law enforcement officer when such member of the armed forces, fireman or law enforcement officer is acting in his official capacity or otherwise under proper authority. Exemptions. Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. ABANDONMENT OF CHILDREN. Code 74-9902 Amended. No. 366 (Senate Bill No. 65). An Act to amend Code section 74-9902 relating to abandonment of children and the penalties therefor, as amended, so as to provide that any father or mother who shall

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wilfully and voluntarily abandon his or her child, either legitimate or illegitimate, leaving it in a dependent condition, after leaving this State shall be guilty of a felony; to provide the penalties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 74-9902 relating to abandonment of children and the penalties therefor, as amended, is hereby amended by inserting in the first sentence of the first paragraph of said section, between the word State and the word he, the following: , or if any father or mother shall wilfully and voluntarily abandon his or her child, either legitimate or illegitimate, leaving it in a dependent condition, after leaving this State,, so that when so amended the first paragraph of Code section 74-9902 shall read as follows: If any father or mother shall wilfully and voluntarily abandon his or her child, either legitimate or illegitimate, leaving it in a dependent condition, he or she, as the case may be, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: Provided, however, if any father or mother shall wilfully any voluntarily abandon his or her child, either legitimate or illegitimate, leaving it in a dependent condition, and shall leave this State, or if any father or mother shall wilfully and voluntarily abandon his or her child, either legitimate or illegitimate, leaving it in a dependent condition, after leaving this State, he or she, as the case may be, shall be guilty of a felony and shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than three years, which shall be reducible to a misdemeanor. The wife and husband shall be competent witnesses, in such cases to testify for or against the other. A child thus abandoned by the father or mother shall be considered to be in a dependent condition when the father or mother charged with the offense does not furnish sufficient food, clothing or shelter for the needs of the child. The offense of abandonment shall be and is hereby declared to be a continuing offense. Former acquittal or

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conviction of said offense shall not be a bar to further prosecution therefor under this section, if it shall be made to appear that said child was in a dependent condition as defined herein for a period of 30 days prior to the commencement of prosecution. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. INSPECTION OF PUBLIC RECORDSEXCEPTIONS. No. 367 (Senate Bill No. 99). An Act to amend an Act entitled, An Act to provide for the inspection of public records; to provide for photographing public records; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved February 27, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 88), so as to exempt from the provisions of said Act records which are required by the Federal Government to be kept confidential and medical records and similar files, the disclosure of which would be an invasion of personal privacy; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled, An Act to provide for the inspection of public records; to provide for photographing public records; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved February 27, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 88), is hereby amended by adding between sections 2 and 3 a new section to be numbered section 2A and to read as follows: Section 2A. The provisions of this Act shall not be applicable to records that are specifically required by the Federal Government to be kept confidential or to medical records and similar files, the disclosure of which would be an invasion of personal privacy. All records of hospital authorities other than the foregoing shall be subject to the provisions of this Act.

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Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. LIENS OF LABORERS, CONTRACTORS AND MATERIALMEN. Code 67-2002 Amended. No. 370 (House Bill No. 24). An Act to amend Code section 67-2002 relating to laborers, contractors, and materialman liens, as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 23, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 185), and an Act approved March 9, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 562) so as to provide that such liens shall state the amount claimed due; to provide the procedure connected therewith; to provide penalties for failure to state the amount claimed due; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Section 67-2002, relating to laborers, contractors, and materialman liens, as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 23, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 185) and an Act approved March 9, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 562) is hereby amended by striking in its entirety subsection 2 and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection 2 to read as follows: 2. The filing for record of his claim of lien within three months after the completion of the work, or furnishing of such architectural services, or furnishing or performance of such surveying or engineering services, or within three months after such material or machinery is furnished, in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county

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where such property is situated, which claim shall be in substance as follows: A.B., a mechanic, contractor, subcontractor, materialman, machinist, manufacturer, register architect, registered land surveyor, registered professional engineer, or other person (as the case may be), claims a lien in the amount of ( specify the amount claimed ) on the house, factory, steam mill, machinery, or railroad (as the case may be), and the premises or real estate on which it is erected, or built, of C. D. (describing the houses, premises, real estate, or railroad), for building, repairing, improving, or furnishing material (or whatever the claim may be). The clerk of the superior court shall have the right to rely upon the amount specified above in determining the sufficiency of any bond to discharge under section 67-2004. The failure to specify the amount claimed due under the lien shall result in such lien not constituting notice for any purpose. Section 2. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. DEFACING ETC. PLACES OF DEVINE WORSHIP. Code 26-6921 Enacted. No. 371 (House Bill No. 201). An Act to amend Code Chapter 26-69, relating to the crimes of disturbing divine service or societies; violating the Sabbath; intruding on camp grounds; disturbing schools; and dancing on the Sabbath, as amended, so as to provide that it shall be unlawful for any person to deface or desecrate a place or building used regularly for divine worship; to provide penalties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Chapter 26-69, relating to the crimes of disturbing divine service or societies; violating the Sabbath; intruding on camp grounds; disturbing schools; and dancing on the Sabbath, as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new section to be known as Code section 26-6921 to read as follows: Code Section 26-6921.Defacing or desecrating places of worship. Any person who shall deface or desecrate a place or building used regularly for divine worship shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction therefor shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) nor more than three (3) years. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. INSTALLATION OF SIGNALLING DEVICES AT CROSSINGS IN MUNICIPALITIES. Code 95-1907.1 Enacted. No. 372 (House Bill No. 203). An Act to amend Code Chapter 95-19, relative to grade crossing elimination, as amended, so as to provide the procedure relative to the installation of automatic signalling devices at grade crossings of municipal streets; to provide the procedure relative to cost of acquisition, installation and maintenance; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Chapter 95-19 relative to grade crossing elimination, as amended, is hereby amended by adding a

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new code section to said Chapter to be known as Code section 95-1907.1 to read as follows: 95-1907.1. Automatic signalling device in municipalities, required when; cost Whenever, in the judgment of the governing authority of a municipality, the installation of an automatic signalling device may be reasonably required at a grade crossing of a municipal street, such governing authority may require by written order the railroad or railroads involved to provide and install such automatic signalling device as may be appropriate. Such installation shall be completed within six months from the date of said order. In any such case, the railroad or railroads involved shall pay not less than 50 percent (50%) of the expense of acquiring and installing such device and the railroad or railroads involved, at its own expense, shall maintain the same. Provided, however, nothing in this Act shall be construed to impose any public liability on the municipality in any manner regarding such devices. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. AD VALOREM TAXATION ON MOTOR VEHICLESOWNED VEHICLES DEFINED. No. 375 (House Bill No. 233). An Act to amend an Act providing for the classification of motor vehicles as a separate and distinct class of tangible property for ad valorem taxation purposes and providing for the taxation thereof, approved March 16, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 517), so as to provide that motor vehicles which are purchased from a manufacturer by a franchised dealer for the purposes of said Act, shall not be deemed to be owned until the motor vehicle is actually delivered to the dealer; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An act providing for the classification of motor vehicles as a separate and distinct class of tangible property for ad valorem taxation purposes and providing for the taxation thereof, approved March 16, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 517), is hereby amended by adding at the end of section 3, the following sentence: For the purposes of this Act, motor vehicles which are purchased from a manufacturer by a franchised dealer shall not be deemed to be owned in Georgia until the actual physical possession of the motor vehicle is surrendered to such dealer., so that, when so amended, section 3 shall read as follows: Section 3. Every motor vehicle owned in the State of Georgia on the first day of January is subject to ad valorem taxation by the various taxing jurisdictions authorized to impose an ad valorem tax on property. Taxes shall be charged against the owner of the property, if known, and against the specific property itself if the owner is not known. For the purposes of this Act, motor vehicles which are purchased from a manufacturer by a franchised dealer shall not be deemed to be owned in Georgia until the actual physical possession of the motor vehicle is surrendered to such dealer. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. GEORGIA INSURANCE CODE AMENDEDLOANS GUARANTEED BY GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE CORPORATION. Code 56-1039 Enacted. No. 376 (House Bill No. 254). An Act to amend an Act known as The Georgia Insurance Code approved March 8, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 289), as amended, so as to authorize insurers to make or invest in

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loans guaranteed as to principal and interest by the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation, to the extent of such guaranty; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as The Georgia Insurance Code approved March 8, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 289), as amended, is hereby amended by adding to Chapter 56-10 a new section to be known as section 56-1039 to read as follows: 56-1039.Loans guaranteed by the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation. An insurer may make and invest in loans guaranteed as to principal and interest by the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation, to the extent of such guaranty. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE CORPORATION ACT AMENDEDINTEREST ON LOANS. No. 377 (House Bill No. 256). An act to amend an Act creating a non-profit Corporation known as the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation, approved March 12, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 217), as amended by an Act approved March 18, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 726), so as to change provisions relating to interest on loans guaranteed by the corporation; to provide for severability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating a non-profit corporation known as the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation, approved March 12, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 217), as

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amended by an Act approved March 18, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 726), is hereby amended by striking section 7 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 7 to read as follows: Section 7. (a) No loan guaranteed by the corporation shall obligate the borrower to pay interest on said loan at a rate in excess of six percent per annum on the unpaid principal balance of the loan. All of the interest payable on loans guaranteed by the corporation as provided in this subsection shall be paid on behalf of and for the account of the borrower by the corporation during the period during which the borrower is regularly pursuing the college program for which such loan was made, unless otherwise paid by the borrower or with Federal funds made available for this purpose by Federal law or regulation, but not to exceed seven years from the date such loan was originally made or during such other period of time as may be required or prescribed by Federal law or regulations in the event such Federal law or regulations are applicable to said loan. The borrower shall be liable to the corporation for all such interest so paid by the corporation from State funds made available to the corporation for this purpose, and the corporation shall be subrogated to the rights of the lender for the interest and any principal paid by it for the account of borrower. (b) In addition to the interest provided in subsection (a) of this section which is an obligation of the borrower, the corporation shall be authorized to pay to the lender making a loan guaranteed by the corporation an additional amount of interest not to exceed two percent per annum on the unpaid principal balance on any such loan. All of the interest provided in this subsection shall be paid by the corporation during the period as agreed between the corporation and the lender not to exceed the period of time in which the borrower is obligated to pay such loan or during such other period of time as determined by the corporation and the lender which would not conflict with Federal law or regulations. The borrower shall not be liable to the corporation for any interest so paid by the corporation pursuant to this subsection.

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Section 2. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases of this Act, which shall remain of full force and effect, as if the section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part hereof. The General Assembly hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this Act if it had known that such part or parts hereof would be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. ACTIONS AGAINST UNINSURED MOTORISTS. Code 56-407A Amended. No. 378 (House Bill No. 267). An Act to amend Code section 56-407A relating to motor vehicle liability insurance requirements and uninsured motor vehicle coverage, so as to change the provisions relating to the service of process upon insurance companies in certain actions; to provide that a copy of the actions and all pleadings shall be served upon insurance companies; to provide for service of process upon insurance companies by duplicate original and for the return of service; to provide that the return of service upon the insurance company shall not appear upon the original pleadings; to provide that a motor vehicle shall not be deemed to be an uninsured motor vehicle when certain security has been deposited by the owner or operator of such vehicle; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 56-407A relating to motor vehicle liability insurance requirements and uninsured motor vehicle coverage is hereby amended by striking subsection (d) of said section in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) In cases where the owner or operator of any vehicle causing injury or damages be known, and either or both be named as defendants in any action for such injury or damages, a copy of such action and all pleadings thereto shall be served as prescribed by law upon the insurance company issuing the policy as though such insurance company were actually named as a party defendant. If either the owner or operator of any vehicle causing injury or damages be unknown, an action may be instituted against the unknown defendant as John Doe, and a copy of such action and all pleadings thereto shall be served as prescribed by law upon the insurance company issuing the policy as though such insurance company were actually named as a party defendant, and the insurance company shall have the right to file pleadings and take other action allowable by law in the name of John Doe or itself. In any case herein where service upon an insurance company is prescribed, the clerk of the court in which the action is brought shall have same accomplished by issuing a duplicate original copy for the sheriff or marshal to place his return of service in the same form and manner as prescribed by law for a party defendant. The return of service upon the insurance company shall in no case appear upon the original pleadings in such case. In the case of a known owner or operator of such vehicle, either or both of whom is named as a defendant in such action, the insurance company issuing the policy shall have the right to file pleadings, and take other action allowable by law in the name of either the known owner or operator or both or itself. A motor vehicle shall not be deemed to be an uninsured motor vehicle within the meaning of this section when the owner or operator of such motor vehicle has deposited

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security, pursuant to the provisions of section 9 of an Act providing for the giving of security by owners and operators of motor vehicles, approved February 21, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 565), as amended, in the amount of $10,000.00 where only one person was injured or killed, $20,000.00 where more than one, or $5,000.00 for property damage. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. COBB JUDICIAL CIRCUITPRACTICE OF LAW BY SOLICITOR-GENERAL. No. 379 (House Bill No. 270). An Act to amend an Act creating the Cobb Judicial Circuit, approved February 19, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 184), as amended by an Act approved February 8, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 149), an Act approved February 26, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 163), an Act approved March 31, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 233), an Act approved February 19, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 149), an Act approved April 5, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 553), an Act approved February 27, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 130), an Act approved April 5, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 548), and by an Act approved March 2, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 107), so as to permit the solicitor general to practice law to the extent that he may complete all cases and matters in which he was retained or employed prior to assuming the official duties of his office; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating the Cobb Judicial Circuit, approved February 19, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 184), as amended by an Act approved February 8, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 149), an Act approved February 26, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 163), an Act approved March 31, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 233),

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an Act approved February 19, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 149), an Act approved April 5, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 553), an Act approved February 27, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 130), an Act approved April 5, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 548), and by an Act approved March 2, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 107), is hereby amended by adding at the end of Section 4 the following: Provided, however, that the present solicitor general of the Cobb Judicial Circuit and all future solicitors general may prosecute to final completion all cases in which his name appears as counsel of record and which were filed prior to his assuming the office of solicitor general of the Cobb Judicial Circuit., so that when so amended, section 4 shall read as follows: Section 4. That the offices of the judges and solicitor general of the Superior Court of the Cobb Judicial Circuit are hereby created. A judge and a solicitor general for the said circuit shall be elected at the general election of 1952 to take office for a term beginning January 1, 1953, and the said Cobb Judicial Circuit shall not come into existence until January 1, 1953. In addition to the salary paid to judges of the superior courts by the State, each judge of the Cobb Judicial Circuit shall receive the sum of $4,650.00 per annum which shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general funds of Cobb County. The solicitor general of the Cobb Judicial Circuit shall be compensated on a salary basis rather than a fee basis and in addition to the salary paid the solicitors general of the superior courts by the State, the solicitor general of the Cobb Judicial Circuit shall receive the sum of $15,850.00 per annum, to be paid in equal monthly installments from the general funds of Cobb County. The solicitor general of the Cobb Judicial Circuit is hereby prohibited from engaging in the private practice of law. Provided, however, that the present solicitor general of the Cobb Judicial Circuit and all future solicitors general may prosecute to final completion all cases in which his name appears as counsel of record and which were filed prior to his assuming the office of solicitor general of the Cobb Judicial Circuit.

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Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. GRANTS TO COUNTIES FOR TAX EQUALIZATION PROGRAMS. No. 380 (House Bill No. 279). An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to authorize State loans or grants to counties to aid in defraying the cost of property valuation and equalization programs for ad valorem tax purposes; to remove the millage limits prescribed in Code sections 92-3702 and 92-3706 for defraying the cost of tax evaluation and equalization programs or repayment of amounts loaned for such purposes; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved April 9, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 419), so as to authorize State grants to certain counties to aid in defraying the cost of property valuation and equalization programs for ad valorem tax purposes; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled An Act to authorize State loans or grants to counties to aid in defraying the cost of property valuation and equalization programs for ad valorem tax purposes; to remove the millage limits prescribed in Code sections 92-3702 and 92-3706 for defraying the cost of tax evaluation and equalization programs or repayment of amounts loaned for such purposes; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved April 9, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 419), is hereby amended by adding after section 3 and before section 4 a new section to be known as section 3A to read as follows: Section 3A. In the event the State Revenue Commissioner shall determine that insufficient funds are available

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under the provisions of section 2 and section 3 of this Act to meet the needs of any county in financing a qualified program (subject to the maximum limit) of one hundred thousand ($100,000.00) dollars, and in the further event that the governing authority of a county applying and submitting a qualified program shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that sufficient funds can be obtained from other sources to satisfactorily complete the program, the State Revenue Commissioner is authorized, from funds appropriated and available for the purpose, to contract with the governing authority of such county for the payment by the state of ten percent (10%) of the cost of such qualified program which such amount shall not be repaid; provided, however, that any one county under any such contract shall not exceed ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars, the Commissioner shall be further authorized to direct that any such payment by the State be made in a single installment or not more than three (3) installments, one of which shall be made at the completion of the valuation and equalization program. In the event funds are not available at the time the application of any governing authority of a county for aid under this Act is submitted, the Commissioner shall nevertheless be authorized to contract with such governing authority for they payment of said aid from funds that are appropriated or become available for such purpose. In the event (a) a valuation and equalization program in any county was commenced on or before June 30, 1967, (b) such program is being carried out pursuant to the provisions of this Act, and (c) such program complies with the rules, regulations and instructions promulgated by the State Revenue Commissioner pursuant to this Act, upon such compliance being shown to the satisfaction of the State Revenue Commissioner (if at the time the contract entered into by the governing authority of any such county for such valuation and equalization program no funds were available as provided in section 3 of this Act) the Revenue Commissioner shall be authorized, from funds appropriated or otherwise available for the purpose of this Act or of this section, to grant the governing authority of any such county for the payment by the State of ten percent (10%)

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of the cost of such program which amount shall not be repaid; provided, however, that the amount to be paid by the State on behalf of any county under such contract shall not exceed ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. JUSTICES OF THE PEACEFEES. Code 24-1601 Amended. No. 382 (House Bill No. 322). An Act to amend Code section 24-1601, relating to fees for justices of the peace, as amended by an Act approved February 23, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 956), and an Act approved March 21, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 201), so as to change the fees of justices of the peace; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 24-1601, relating to fees for justices of the peace, as amended by an Act approved February 23, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 956), and an Act approved March 21, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 201), is hereby amended by striking said section in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new Code section to read as follows: Section 24-1601. The following shall be the fees for justices of the peace of this State and it shall be lawful for said justices of the peace to charge and collect the same: Each original summons $2.00 Each copy summons 1.00 Filing papers in any case .50 Seal .50 Affidavit and bond to obtain attachment and issuing same 4.00 Entering judgment in each case 2.00 Trial of each case when same is litigated 3.00 Docketing each case 1.00 Each witness sworn .75 Issuing each execution 1.50 Affidavit to obtain possessory warrant, Making out and isuing same 4.00 Taking possessory warrant 4.00 Making out interrogatories and certifying same 5.00 Making out recognizances and returning same to court 2.00 Each subpoena for witness .50 Issuing each distress warrant 5.00 Each affidavit when no case pending 1.00 Answering every writ of certiorari to superior court 5.00 Presiding at trial of forcible entry and detainer 5.00 Presiding at trial of right of way 5.00 Issuing rules to establish lost papers 2.00 Trying the same 3.00 Presiding at trial of nuisance 5.00 Witnessing any paper 1.00 Affidavit and bond to obtain garnishment 3.50 Issuing summons of garnishment 3.00 Each additional copy of garnishment 1.00 Settling case before judgment 2.00 Claim affidavit and bond 2.00 Trying same 3.00 Drawing bonds in Civil and Criminal cases 5.00 Certifying transcript 3.00 Entering appeal to Superior Court 3.00 Issuing each search warrant 5.00 Taking testimony in criminal case 4.00 Issuing order to sell perishable property 3.00 Each lien foreclosure and docketing same 3.00 Entering appeal in Justice Court 3.00 Drawing jury and making out list 4.00 Each order issued by Justice 3.00 Each case tried by jury 3.00 Issuing commission to take interrogatories 5.00 Backing fieri facias 1.00 Rule nisi against officer 2.00 Trying the same 2.00 Judgment on same 1.00 Attachment for contempt against officer of Court 3.00 Issuing warrant to dispossess or against intruders 5.00 Bail trover, affidavit, summons and trial 5.00 Each criminal warrant issued except warrants issued for offenses under the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways 4.00 Each criminal warrant issued under the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways .50 Taking examination of person charged with criminal offense 4.00 Examination of each witness in criminal case 1.00 Making out commitment 1.00 Judgment in each criminal case 1.00 Waiving committal trial 2.00

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Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. DEPARTMENT OF LABORAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS. No. 383 (House Bill No. 423). An Act to provide for the Department of Labor a supplemental appropriation, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 9 and 13 of the Employment Security Law, as amended, of additional funds which are otherwise available to the Department of Labor of Georgia out of funds credited to and held in this State's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury

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of the United States of America pursuant to Section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended, for the purpose of providing suitable offices for use by the Employment Security Agency in the Department of Labor and for the procurement of lands and buildings therefor; for the payment of expenses incurred for the improvement, repairs and alterations to lands and buildings used in the administration of the Employment Security Law; for the payment of expenses incurred in the administration of the Employment Security Law; to authorize the Commissioner of Labor of Georgia to direct the expenditure of said funds; and to do all other things necessary to effectuate the purchase of lands and construction thereon of buildings and the procurement of lands, buildings, furniture, and equipment for such purposes; to repeal conflicting laws; to provide for severability; to provide an effective date; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same: Section 1. There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Labor out of the funds credited to and held in this State's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States pursuant to Section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended, an additional amount of $64,270.00. The Commissioner of Labor is authorized to requisition, and to use, such money as authorized in Sections 9 and 13 of the Employment Security Law, as amended. That of said additional amount, the sum of $64,270.00 is authorized to be allocated for expenditure by the Commissioner of Labor for the acquisition of lands in this State and for the construction thereon of office buildings suitable for use for local offices of the Employment Security Agency in the Department of Labor, and all necessary expenses incidental thereto, including the purchase of lands, buildings, furniture and equipment suitable for the use of said Agency, and all necessary expenses incidental thereto, in such cities as the Commissioner finds to be economical and desirable.

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Provided, that the amount appropriated herein does not exceed the amount in the Unemployment Trust Fund which may be used for such purposes as provided in Section 9 of the Employment Security Law; as amended, and provided, that the amount which may be obligated shall not exceed the limitations provided in Section 9 (c) (C) of the Employment Security Law, as amended. Provided further, that said additional funds shall not be obligated for expenditure by the Commissioner of Labor as herein provided, after the close of the two-year period which begins on the date of enactment of this Act. Section 2. Be it further enacted, that the Commissioner of Labor is authorized to allocate any unexpended amounts herein appropriated, for expenditure in payment of the cost of lands and buildings or the lease thereof, repairs and alterations to lands, buildings, equipment and furniture used or for the purchase of furniture, equipment, office machines, or other expense incurred in connection with the administration of the Employment Security Law, as herein provided. Section 3. Be it further enacted, that the Commissioner of Labor shall have complete authority to carry out the purposes of this Act, and all provisions of Section 9 and 13 of the Employment Security Law, as amended, shall be applicable to this Act. Section 4. Be it further enacted, that the Commissioner of Labor is expressly authorized and empowered to engage the services of all necessary appraisers, architects, engineers and contractors, and to enter into and execute all contracts necessary to effectuate the declared purposes of this Act, including the acquisition of the necessary real estate for said offices, which real property shall be acquired in the name of the State of Georgia but shall be used for purposes of the Employment Security Agency in the Department of Labor of this State. The acquisition of any property shall be in accordance with other state laws now in force and effect, and the expenditure of any funds appropriated herein must have the approval of the Budget Bureau.

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Section 5. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this and the provisions of this Act are severable. Section 6. Be it further enacted, that all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. Section 7. Be it further enacted, that this Act shall become effective on the day immediately following the date of enactment, the public welfare requiring it. Approved April 11, 1967. STATE BOARD OF BARBERS ACT AMENDED. Code 84-409 Amended. No. 384 (House Bill No. 427). An Act to amend Code section 84-409, relating to the qualifications and requirements prescribed prior to issuing a Master Barber Certificate of Registration, as amended by an Act approved February 27, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 316), an Act approved March 11, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 56), an Act approved April 8, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 603), and an Act approved May 10, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 312), so as to provide that a student or apprentice registered with the Board before March 10, 1966, may make application for examination after he has completed at least 1,500 hours instruction by an accredited barber school or college, or has served for a minimum of 3,000 hours as an apprentice in a barber shop under the supervision of a barber who has held a certificate of registration as a master barber for at least three (3) years, or a combination of both apprentice and student hours training, in

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lieu of the 1,500 hours educational requirement and eighteen (18) months apprentice requirement hereinbefore mentioned; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 84-409, relating to the qualifications and requirements prescribed prior to issuing a Master Barber Certificate of Registration, as amended by an Act approved February 27, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 316), an Act approved March 11, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 56), an Act approved April 8, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 603), and an Act approved May 10, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 312), is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section a new subparagraph to read as follows: Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter, any student or apprentice registered with the Board before March 10, 1966, may make application for examination after he has completed at least 1,500 hours instruction by an accredited barber school or college, or has served for a minimum of 3,000 hours as an apprentice in a barber shop under the supervision of a barber who has held a Certificate of registration as a master barber for at least three (3) years, or a combination of both apprentice and student hours training with each hour of instruction by an accredited barber school or college counting as two hours served as an apprentice, as defined above, for a total of 3,000 hours. Qualifications for registration. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967.

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AGRICULTUREROADSIDE MARKET INCENTIVE PROGRAM. No. 385 (House Bill No. 430). An Act to establish within the Department of Agriculture of the State of Georgia and under the supervision of the Commissioner of Agriculture a Roadside Market Incentive Program to improve the quality of roadside markets and promote fair and sanitary marketing practices throughout the State of Georgia; to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to prescribe standards for participation in the Roadside Market Incentive Program; to provide for application by operators of roadside markets for participation on a form to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Agriculture; to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to determine markets eligible to participate in the program; to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to prescribe signs showing Department of Agriculture approval and membership in the Roadside Market Incentive Program; to provide for issuance of such signs to approved markets; to provide that such signs may be displayed by approved markets as long as they retain approval; to provide for periodic inspections of approved markets and revocation of approval for failure to meet prescribed standards; to provide that signs showing the Department of Agriculture approval shall remain the property of the State of Georgia and be returned upon failure to meet prescribe standards; to provide for written notice to be given stating the reason for denial of an application or revocation of an approval and a hearing, upon request, on such action; to provide that the owner of a market displaying a sign provided by this Act, without approval of the Department of Agriculture, or displaying such sign after approval has been revoked or failing to return such sign within 10 days after notice to do so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as such; to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to enjoin violations of the provisions of this Act; to provide for and limit the transfer of market approval and the signs indicating such approval; to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to adopt and promulgate

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rules and regulations to implement this program and accomplish the purposes of this Act; to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to expend funds of the State of Georgia in connection with this program; to repeal all conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Georgia, acting by and through employees of the Department of Agriculture is hereby authorized to establish and supervise a Roadside Market Incentive Program designed to improve the quality of roadside markets and promote fair and sanitary marketing practices throughout the roadside markets in the State of Georgia. Authorized. Section 2. The Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to prescribe standards for participation in the Roadside Market Incentive Program. Such standards shall relate to design, external and internal appearance, location, sanitation and cleanliness, product quality, fair and honest marketing practices and any other factors designed to promote traffic safety, fair marketing, roadside appearance, and promotion of Georgia Agriculture products. Standards. Section 3. The operators of roadside markets desiring to participate in the Roadside Market Incentive Program shall file an application on a form prescribed by the Commissioner of Agriculture with said Commissioner, who, after inspection, shall determine eligibility of the market to participate in the program. Applications. Section 4. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall prescribe and make available signs showing Department of Agriculture approval and membership in the Roadside Market Incentive Program. Such signs shall be issued applying markets which comply with standards established by the Commissioner and such markets may display such signs as long as they retain approval as participating markets. Approval. Section 5. Inspectors of the Department of Agriculture of Georgia shall conduct periodic inspections of approved

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markets and any failure to meet prescribed standards shall be sufficient cause for the Commissioner of Agriculture to revoke market approval and to require return of the sign furnished the market by the Department of Agriculture, which sign shall at all times remain the property of the State of Georgia. Refusal to allow inspectors to make a full and complete inspection or refusal to disclose material facts to such inspectors shall be sufficient cause for revocation of market approval. Inspections. Section 6. When an application for participation is disapproved or when previously granted approval is revoked, the market owner shall be given written notice setting forth the reason for the action taken and shall, upon request, be afforded a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act of Georgia. Hearings. Section 7. In the event a market displays a sign indicating approval by the Department of Agriculture of Georgia or participation in the Roadside Market Incentive Program prior to approval by the said Department of Agriculture, or continues to display such sign after final administrative action revoking the approval of such market or fails to return to the Department of Agriculture any such sign issued to the market by said Department within ten days after official notice from the Department of Agriculture to return the sign, the owner of such market shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as such. Crimes. Section 8. Market approval and the sign indicating the same shall be transferrable between owners, provided the Department of Agriculture is given notice of such change of ownership within ten days of such event but shall, in no event, be transferrable from one location to another nor shall approval of one market in a chain apply to any other markets in such chain. Transfers. Section 9. In order to comply with provisions of this Act and rules and regulations promulgated hereunder the Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized and empowered to expend funds of the State of Georgia appropriated to the Department of Agriculture. Funds.

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Section 10. The Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Georgia is authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations designed to implement this program and to accomplish the purposes of this Act and, after legally adopted and promulgated, such rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of law. Rules. Section 11. In addition to the remedies provided herein and notwithstanding the existence of an adequate remedy at law, the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to apply to the Superior Courts of the State of Georgia for an injunction and such courts shall have jurisdiction and for good cause shown shall grant a temporary or permanent injunction or an ex parte or restraining order, restraining or enjoining any person, roadside market owner, or operator from violating and continuing to violate any provision of this Act or any rules and regulations promulgated hereunder. Such injunction shall be issued without bond and may be granted notwithstanding the fact that the violation constitutes a criminal act and notwithstanding the pendency of any criminal prosecution for the same violation. Injunctions. Section 12. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. THE SUNDAY BUSINESS ACTIVITIES ACT. No. 387 (House Bill No. 468). An Act to be entitled The Sunday Business Activities Act to prohibit certain business activities on Sunday; to provide penalties and other remedies for violations of the same; to limit the time within which an arrest for or warrant charging violation of this Act shall be made or issued; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to engage on Sunday in the business of selling,

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or to sell or offer for sale, on such day, at retail the following, which shall be classified as prohibited items: clothing or wearing apparel; clothing accessories; furniture, floor coverings; housewares; home, business or office furnishings; household, business or office appliances; hardware, tools; paints; lumber or building supply materials; jewelry; silverware; watches, clocks; luggage; musical instruments; radios, record players or television sets; recordings; toys (excluding novelties and souvenirs); or motor vehicles. Each separate sale or offer to sell shall constitute a separate offense. Unlawful Sunday sales. Section 2. The business of selling prohibited items enumerated in section 1 hereof shall not be deemed to include the sale of prohibited items in connection with the operation of a business primarily engaged in the sale of non-prohibited items. For the purpose of this section, a business primarily engaged in the sale of non-prohibited items shall mean a retail business in which dollar volume of sales of prohibited items constitutes less than 50% of the total dollar volume of sales of non-prohibited items, both as measured by sales during the Sunday as to which violation is alleged and the four Sundays immediately preceding the date of enforcement of this Act. Any person, firm, or corporation claiming exclusion under this section shall have the burden of proof as to the volume of sales of prohibited and non-prohibited items. Exemptions. Section 3. Any person, firm, or corporation found guilty of violating the foregoing section 1 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and in the case of a firm or corporation the manager or person in charge of the business unit in violation of section 1 shall be deemed the person guilty, and shall, upon conviction thereof for the first offense, be sentenced to pay a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) and for the second offense committed within one year after conviction for the first offense, be sentenced to pay a fine of not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or undergo imprisonment not exceeding thirty days and for the third or any subsequent offense committed within one year after conviction for the second offense, be sentenced to undergo imprisonment for a period of not less than thirty

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days but not more than one year. Any arrest for or warrant charging violations of this section shall be made or issued within seventy-two hours after the commission of the alleged offense and not thereafter. Misdemeanor, etc. Section 4. The purpose of this Act being to promote the health, recreation and welfare of the State, the engaging on Sunday in the business of selling, or offering for sale of any of the prohibited items named in section 1 of this Act contrary to the provisions hereof is declared to be a public nuisance and any person may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction and may obtain an injunction restricting further violation of this Act. Intent. Section 5. This Act shall not apply to isolated or occasional sales by persons not engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property the sale of which is prohibited by this Act. Exemptions. Section 6. If any part of this Act shall be held unconstitutional, such unconstitutionality shall not affect the remainder of this Act. Severability. Section 7. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Section 8. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Section 9. Notwithstanding any provision of this Bill, it is not the intention of the General Assembly to in any manner amend or repeal section 26-6905 of the Code of Georgia of 1933 and said Code section is hereby continued in full force and effect. Approved April 11, 1967. MUNICIPALITIESPUBLICATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. No. 389 (House Bill No. 525). An Act to provide for publication or distribution of a statement of financial condition of each incorporated

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municipality; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. As soon as practicable after the close of its respective fiscal year (but not more than 3 months after the close thereof), the governing body of each municipality shall cause to be published in the municipality; or if no newspaper be published in the municipality then in the official gazette in which Sheriff's advertisements are published in the county in which said municipality is located, a general balance sheet and statement of revenues and expenditures showing all municipal accounts as of the close of such preceding fiscal year. Such balance sheet and statement of revenues and expenditures shall be prepared so as to fairly represent the general financial condition of said municipality. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. ROME JUDICIAL CIRCUITCLERK TYPISTS IN OFFICE OF SOLICITORGENERAL. No. 390 (House Bill No. 651). An Act to amend an Act placing the solicitor-general of the Rome Judicial Circuit on an annual salary, approved February 28, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 385), as amended by an Act approved February 23, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 49), and an Act approved March 3, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 115), so as to change the compensation of the clerk-typist; to provide for additional clerk-typists, and compensation for such additional clerk-typists; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia:

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Section 1. An Act placing the solicitor-general of the Rome Judicial Circuit on an annual salary, approved February 28, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 385), as amended by an Act approved February 23, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 49), and an Act approved March 3, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 115), is hereby amended by striking in its entirety section 8 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 8 to read as follows: Section 8. Said solicitor-general is hereby authorized to employ three clerk-typists to serve at the pleasure of said solicitor-general, and to perform such duties as may be assigned by said solicitor-general. Number. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking in its entirely section 9 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 9 to read as follows: Section 9. Said clerk-typists shall be paid out of county funds, a monthly salary in such amount as may be determined from time to time by said solicitor-general; provided, however, one clerk-typist shall not receive a salary in excess of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350.00) per month, and the other two clerk-typists shall not receive a salary in excess of two hundred and seventy-five dollars ($275.00) per month each. Provided further, each clerk-typist shall be entitled to receive, at the discretion of the solicitor-general, experience increases in salary of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per annum for each year of service completed in said office up to a maximum of four (4) years, and following those four (4) years, seven experience increases in salary of fifty dollars ($50.00) per annum. The maximum increase in salary after eleven (11) years of service shall not exceed the total sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00) per annum for each clerk-typist. Salaries. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that during the 1967 Session of the Georgia General Assembly, a bill will be proposed to

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amend the act placing the solicitor general of the Rome Judicial Circuit on a salary approved February 28, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 385) as amended, so as to change the compensation of the solicitor general and clerk-typist; to provide for additional personnel, and other matters pertinent thereto to repeal conflicting laws and for other purposes. /s/ J. Battle Hall Senator, 52nd District. /s/ Sidney Lowrey, Representative, District 13, Post 1. /s/ Jerry L. Minge, Representative, District 13, Post 2. /s/ Richard L. Starnes, Jr., Representative, District 13, Post 3. Georgia, Fulton County. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, duly authorized to administer oaths, Jerry Lee Minge who, on oath, deposes and says that he is Representative from the 13th District, and that the attached copy of notice of intention to introduce local legislation was published in the Rome News-Tribune which is the official organ of Floyd County, on the following dates: February 10, 17, 24, 1967. /s/ Jerry Lee Minge Representative, 13th District. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 2nd day of March, 1967. /s/ Pamela A. McIntyre Notary Public, Georgia, State at Large. My Commission Expires Jan. 9, 1971. Approved April 11, 1967.

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COMPENSATION OF SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES EMERITUS IN CERTAIN JUDICIAL CIRCUITS. No. 393 (House Bill No. 770). An Act to provided that in all superior court judicial circuits of this State having a population of not less than 72,200 nor more than 74,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1960 or any future such census, the counties comprising said circuits shall compensate superior court judges emeritus who are requested to serve in such circuits; to provide the amount and method of paying such compensation by the governing authorities of such counties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. In all superior court judicial circuits of this State having a population of not less than 72,200 nor more than 74,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1960 or any future such census, whenever the judges of the superior courts of teh counties comprising such circuits request a judge of the superior court emeritus to serve, as provided by law, on the superior courts of said counties, the governing authority of any such county in which such judge emeritus serves shall pay the sum of $25.00 per diem to such judge of the superior courts emeritus for each day of such service, upon the filing of a certificate with such governing authority showing the number of days of such service and the amount due. Said sums shall be considered as a contingent expense of said courts, provided that the provision of this section shall not apply to any county in said judicial circuit that has a city court therein. Section 2. This shall be in addition and supplemental to other provisions provided by law with the view toward the efficient and orderly administration of justice. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967.

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LAND CONVEYANCE TO HENRY COUNTY. No. 27 (House Resolution No. 218-739). A Resolution. Authorizing the conveyance of a certain tract of land in Henry County; and for other purposes. Whereas, the State of Georgia, through the State Highway Department, is the owner of a certain tract of land as hereinafter described: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Georgia Militia District 499 of Henry County, Georgia, being more particularly described as follows: Beginning on the existing southeast right-of-way line of Georgia State Route 155 at a point which is fifty (50) feet southeast of and opposite P. C. Station 269+26.4 on the survey center line of Georgia Highway Project SAP 1778-A; running thence northeasterly along said southeast right-of-way line to the intersection of a line which is fifty (50) feet northwest of and parallel to said survey center line; thence northeasterly along said parallel line to the existing southwest right-of-way line of State Route 42 at a point opposite Station 291+40 on said survey center line; thence S 16 degrees E along said southwest right-of-way line, crossing said survey center line at Station 291+17.9, to the intersection of a line which is fifty (50) feet southeast of and parallel to said survey center line at a point opposite Station 290+95; thence southwesterly along said latter parallel line back to the point of beginning. Less and except that portion of the above-described tract lying within the right-of-way of the Southern Railroad, said railroad right-of-way crossing the above mentioned survey center line between Station 279+79.6 and Station 282+03.2.; and

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Whereas, this land was granted to the State and paid for by Henry County for the purpose of a highway right-of-way; and Whereas, this highway right-of-way has been abandoned in favor of another highway right-of-way; and Whereas, said tract of land is no longer needed by the State Highway Department. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the Governor, acting for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to grant, bargain, sell and convey to Henry County, for and in consideration of the sum of $10.00, all of the rights, titles and interests the State of Georgia has in the tract or parcel of land described in this Resolution. Be it further resolved that upon ascertaining that the sum of $10.00 has been paid into the State Treasury by Henry County as set forth in this Resolution, the Governor, acting for and in behalf of the State of Georgia, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver deeds and other written instruments that may be necessary and in such form that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Resolution and to originate or continue record chain of title to the tract or parcel of land herein described. Approved April 11, 1967. EASEMENT OVER LANDS IN COBB COUNTY AUTHORIZED. No. 29 (House Resolution No. 238-777). A Resolution. Authorizing the State Properties Control Commission to grant an easement of ingress and egress over certain property owned by the State, declaring such easement as

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surplus property of the State, authorizing the State Properties Control Commission to receive an easement in exchange therefor, and for other purposes. Whereas, the State of Georgia owns the Western and Atlantic Railroad and certain property on which said railroad is located, including a strip of land approximately 66 feet in width located in land lot 963, 17th district, 2nd section, Cobb County, Georgia, on which the Chattahoochee River trestle of said railroad now stands; and Whereas, Metropolitan Atlanta Industrial Development Corporation owns property in land lot 898, 899, 962, 963, 964 and 965, said district, county and State, which property adjoins said Railroad property both on the east and west; and Whereas, a road which runs in a east-west direction passes across said property of the Metropolitian Atlanta Industrial Development Corporation and under said trestle providing access under said trestle across said Railroad property to and from said east and west parcels; and Whereas, the use of such road is needed by the State and its lessee for the inspection, maintenance and repair of said trestle; and Whereas, Metropolitan Atlanta Industrial Development Corporation desires clearly to establish its right to use said road to cross over said Railroad property; and Whereas, the easement to be granted by the State is surplus to the needs of the State and is not needed by the State; and Whereas, a sanitary sewage disposal plant is located on said west parcel and the governing authorities of Cobb County have accepted a dedication and conveyance thereof and desire to obtain a right to use said road to cross over said Railroad property and to obtain a right to use said road to cross the lands owned by Metropolitan Atlanta Industrial Development Corporation for the purpose of

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having access for operation and maintenance of said treatment plant; and Whereas, said parties desire to establish their permanent mutual rights of ingress and egress over and across said Railroad property and the lands owned by Metropolitan Atlanta Industrial Development Corporation, by the exchange of easements. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. That the Properties Control Commission, on behalf of the State, be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to grant, bargain, sell, convey, and quit claim to such person or persons, and upon such terms and conditions as it may deem to be in the best interest of the State and the Railroad, an easement of ingress and egress over the Railroad property lying beneath the Chattachoochee River trestle described in this Resolution, subject to the rights, if any, of the lessee of said Railroad. Section 2. That the State Properties Control Commission, acting for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, shall be and it is hereby further authorized and empowered to execute, deliver and accept such deeds or other written instruments as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Resolution. Section 3. That all laws in conflict with this Resolution are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. EASEMENT TO CITY OF THOMASVILLE AUTHORIZED. No. 30 (House Resolution No. 260-795). A Resolution. Authorizing the granting of an easement affecting certain real estate located in Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia; and for other purposes.

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Whereas, on August 8, 1938, the commissioner of roads and revenues of Thomas County, Georgia, deeded to the Honorable Columbus Roberts, Secretary of Agriculture, and his successors in office, a certain tract of land located in Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, said conveyance being recorded in deed book 5-P, page 509; and Whereas, said tract is bounded on the west side by Hansell Street, in the City of Thomasville, and on the south side by the right-of-way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company; and Whereas, the City of Thomasville, a municipal corporation, desires to construct an underpass at the point where Hansell Street crosses the right-of-way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company; and Whereas, the City of Thomasville desires to obtain an easement on and over land presently held by the Honorable Phil Campbell, as Commissioner of Agriculture, for the purpose of construction and maintenance of proper slope on the northeast side of said underpass; and Whereas, the City of Thomasville has agreed to defray the cost of the relocation of any buildings now located on the property over which the easement is sought, and further to defray the cost of the relocation of Produce Shed #87 which is not on the property over which the easement is to be sought, but is on the property of the State Farmers' Market in Thomasville and in its present location would be affected by the easement; and Whereas, the Commissioner of Agriculture is of the opinion that such easement may be granted without undue interference with the operation of the State Farmers' Market located at Thomasville, Georgia; and Whereas, the tract or parcel of land subject to said easement is more fully described as follows: That tract or pracel of land situate, lying and being in the City of Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, and more particularly described as follows:

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Begin at the corner formed by the intersection of the east margin of Hansell Street with the south margin of Smith Avenue. From said point proceed east along the south margin of Smith Avenue a distance of 40 feet to a point; proceed thence south parallel to the east margin of Hansell Street a distance of 256.5 feet to the north margin of the right-of-way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company; proceed thence west along the north margin of the right-of-way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company a distance of 40 feet to a point on the east margin of Hansell Street; proceed thence north along the east margin of Hansell Street a distance of 256.5 feet to the point of beginning. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the Honorable Phil Campbell, Commissioner of Agriculture, be and he is hereby authorized to execute the appropriate instrument on behalf of the State of Georgia, to give and grant unto the City of Thomasville, a municipal corporation, an easement to the above described tract of land for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a proper slope in the construction and maintenance of an underpass at a point where Hansell Street in the City of Thomasville now crosses the right-of-way of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, for and in the consideration of the sum of $10.00 and the further consideration of the City of Thomasville defraying the cost of any changes in the buildings at the State Farmers' Market in Thomasville made necessary by the granting of such easement. Approved April 11, 1967. EASEMENT TO CITY OF CLARKESVILLE AUTHORIZED. No. 31 (House Resolution No. 261-797). A Resolution. Authorizing the Governor on behalf of the State of Georgia to convey to the City of Clarkesville, a municipal corporation,

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an easement for the construction, maintenance and operation of a sewer line over and through State owned property situate in Habersham County and operated as a part of the North Georgia Technical and Vocational School; and for other purposes. Whereas, the State Board of Education desires to utilize the sewerage facilities of the City of Clarkesville, Habersham County, Georgia, in connection with its operation of the North Georgia Technical and Vocational School; Whereas, pursuant to agreement between the City of Clarkesville and the State Board of Education, the said city is agreeable to constructing, maintaining and operating a sewer line between the school and existing city lines; Whereas, both said city and said Board of Education desire that the State grant an easement over and through the above-mentioned State owned property to accomplish the aforesaid purpose; and Whereas, such grant of an easement for the purposes stated appears to be in the best interest of the State; Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the Governor, acting for and on behalf of the State of Georgia be and he hereby is authorized to convey to the City of Clarkesville, in consideration of the premises and the sum of one dollar ($1.00), an easement for the construction, maintenance and operation of a sewer line over, through and under State owned property lying and being in land lot No. 84 of the 11th land district of Habersham County, Georgia, such easement to be four (4) feet in width and two (2) feet on either side of the following described center line: Commencing at the intersection of land lots 83, 84, 47 and 48 in the 11th land district of Habersham County, Georgia, proceed south 3050 east a distance of 1,867 feet to a point marked by a concrete marker, thence south

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5849 west a distance of 1,375 feet to a point which is the point of beginning. From said point of beginning proceed north 3844 east a distance of 250 feet to a point; thence north 4 west a distance of 320 feet to a point; thence north 35 west a distance of 563 feet to an existing manhole at which point the sewer will connect with an existing sewer line of the North Georgia Technical and Vocational School. Be it further resolved that this easement, being made only for the purpose of the construction, maintenance and operation of said sewer line by the City of Clarkesville, shall continue only so long as said City continues to maintain and operate said sewer line, and, should said city at any time abandon said sewer line or discontinue its use, this easement shall terminate. Approved April 11, 1967. CRIMESABUSE OF FLAG OR NATIONAL EMBLEM. Code Chapter 26-72 Amended. No. 395 (House Bill No. 626). An Act to amend Code Chapter 26-72, relating to the misuse of the flag of the United States of America, so as to provide that it shall be unlawful to maliciously remove the flag or national emblem of the United States of America from any place where it is being properly displayed; to prescribe the penalty therefor; to change the penalty for violating the provisions of Code section 26-7202 providing that it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to mutilate, deface, defile or contemptuously abuse the flag or national emblem of the United States of America by any act whatever; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be in enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Chapter 26-72, relating to the misuse of the flag of the United States of America, is hereby amended

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by striking Code section 26-7202 in its entirely and inserting in lieu thereof a new Code section 26-7202, to read as follows: 26-7202. Contemptuous use or defacement. It shall also be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to mutilate, deface, defile or contemptuously abuse the flag or national emblem of the United States of America by any act whatever. Section 2. Said Code Chapter is further amended by renumbering Code section 26-7203 as Code section 26-7204. Section 3. Said Code Chapter is further amended by inserting after Code section 26-7202 and before Code section 26-7204 a new Code section 26-7203, to read as follows: 26-7203. Malicious removal from place properly displayed. It shall also be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to maliciously remove the flag or national emblem of the United States of America from any place where it is being properly displayed. Section 4. Said Code Chapter is further amended by striking Code section 26-7204 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new Code section 26-7204, to read as follows: 26-7204. Punishment. (a) Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of Code section 26-7201 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. (b) Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of Code section 26-7202 or Code section 26-7203 shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than two years nor more than ten years, except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) hereof. (c) Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of Code section 26-7202 or Code section 26-7203 while in the commission of an act of treason against

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the United States of America or the State of Georgia shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than ten years nor more than thirty years. The sentence provided in this subsection shall not be imposed until after such person, firm or corporation has been convicted of the offense of treason in a court or courts of the United States of America or of the State of Georgia. Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 11, 1967. EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA ACT AMENDEDSERVICE IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY. No. 396 (House Bill No. 68). An Act to amend an Act establishing the Employees Retirement System of Georgia, approved February 3, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138), as amended, so as to provide that any person elected as a member of the General Assembly of Georgia at the November, 1966 general election, who, at the time he took or takes his oath of office as such member, is or had been a contributing member of the Employees Retirement System of Georgia, and who, had not lost his membership therein, shall be continued as a member in the System in the same manner as any other member of said System during the term or continuous terms such person holds such office; to provide for employee and employer contributions; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be in enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act establishing the Employees Retirement System of Georgia, approved February 3, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138), as amended, is hereby amended by adding

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at the end of subsection 7 of section 3 a new paragraph, to read as follows: Any person elected as a member of the General Assembly of Georgia at the November, 1966 general election, who, at the time he took or takes his oath of office as such member, is or had been a contributing member of the Employees Retirement System of Georgia, and who had not lost his membership therein, shall be continued as a member in the System in the same manner as any other member of said System during the term or continuous terms such person holds such office. Provided such employee make his pro rata contribution as required under the Employees Retirement System. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay from the funds appropriated for or otherwise made available for the operations of the legislative branch of government of the State of Georgia the employers contributions of the members authorized by this paragraph. Provided, however, that any service credited to a member under the provisions of this paragraph shall not be counted as creditable service toward an involuntary separation allowance as provided elsewhere in this Act. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 13, 1967. AUGUSTA JUDICIAL CIRCUITJUDGES' SUPPLEMENT. No. 400 (House Bill No. 705). An Act to amend an Act approved February 21, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, Vol. 1, p. 779 et seq) the caption of which is as follows: An Act to provide that the salary of the judge of the Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit shall be supplemented by payments to be made from the county treasury of Richmond County, Georgia; to fix the amount of such supplementary salary; to provide the

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method and manner in which the same is to be paid; and for other purposes, as amended by an Act approved March 13, 1957, the caption of which amendment is as follows: An Act to amend an Act approved February 21, 1951 appearing on pages 779-780-781-782 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia for 1951 and entitled as follows: An Act to provide that the salary of the judge of the Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit shall be supplemented by payments to be made from the county treasury of Richmond County, Georgia; to fix the amount of such supplementary salary; to provide the method and manner in which the same is to be paid; and for other purposes, by further fixing the salary supplement referred to; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same. Section 1. That an Act of the General Assembly approved February 21, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, Vol. 1, p. 779 et seq) as amended by an Act of the General Assembly approved March 13, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 458 et seq) the caption of which bills are set forth in the caption of this amendment are hereby amended by striking from section 1 of said bill as amended the figures $3270.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the figures $6470.00 so that said section 1 as hereby amended will read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia by the authority of Article VI, Section XII, Paragraph I (Code section 2-4701) of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, that the board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Richmond County, Georgia is hereby authorized and directed to supplement the present salary of each of the judges of the Superior Courts of the Augusta Judicial Circuit of Georgia, composed of Richmond, Burke and Columbia Counties, in the sum of $6470.00 per annum out of the county funds, payable in equal monthly parts, which shall include the sum of $2,000.00 to be paid by Richmond County provided for under Article VI, Section XII, Paragraph I of the Constitution of the State of Georgia

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as amended, and being Code section 2-4701 of the Code of Georgia of 1933 as amended. Section 2. The increased salary here authorized shall be in addition to any other salary authorized to be paid by either Burke or Columbia Counties, or any other county in the Augusta Judicial Circuit, by any present or future Act of the General Assembly of Georgia. Intent. Section 3. Notice of an intention to apply for the passage of this local bill has been published in the newspaper in which sheriff's advertisements for Richmond County are published, namely, The Augusta Herald, once a week for three weeks during a period of sixty days immediately preceding its introduction in the General Assembly. Attached hereto and made a part of this bill is a copy of said notice, accompanied by the affidavits of the publisher and members of the General Assembly from Richmond County giving such notice and the publisher of the Augusta Herald to the effect that said notice has been published as provided by law. Section 4. All other provisions of said act and the amendments thereto shall remain in full force and effect and shall be unaffected by this amendment. Section 5. Be it further enaction by the authority aforesaid that all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are hereby repealed. State of Georgia Richmond County Personally before me, the undersigned attesting officer appeared W. S. Morris III, who first being duly sworn, on oath says that he is the publisher of the Augusta Herald, a daily newspaper in Augusta, in said State and County in which the sheriff advertisements of said county are published, and that the publication of an Act to provide that the salary of the judges of the Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit shall be supplemented by increasing the payments to be made from the county treasury of Richmond

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County, Georgia; to fix the amount of such supplementary salary; to provide the method and manner in which the same is to be paid, and for other purposes, duly appeared in said newspaper on the following dates, to wit: February 18th, 25th, and March 4th, 1967. A copy of said notice is hereto attached. Notice of Intention to Apply for Local Legislation. Georgia, Richmond County: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to apply for the passage of legislation at the 1967 session of the General Assembly of Georgia, for local legislation, the title of which bill is to be as follows: An Act to amend an act approved February 21, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, Vol. 1, p. 779 et seq.) the caption of which is as follows: An Act to provide that the salary of the Judge of the Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit shall be supplemented by payments to be made from the county treasurer of Richmond County, Georgia; to fix the amount of such supplementary salary; to provide the method and manner in which the same is to be paid; and for other purposes as amended by an Act approved March 13, 1957, the caption of which amendment is as follows: An Act to amend an Act approved February 21, 1951 appearing on pages 779-780-781-782 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia for 1951 and entitled as follows An Act to provide that the salary of the judges of the Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit shall be supplemented by payments to be made from the county treasury of Richmond County, Georgia; to fix the amount of such supplementary salary; to provide the method and manner in which the same is to be paid; and for other purposes by further fixing the amount of the salary supplement referred to, and for other purposes. This 17th day of February, 1967. /s/ William M. Fleming, Jr. Regnald Waxwell, Jr. Members of General Assem- bly of Georgia from Richmond County, Georgia.
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/s/ William S. Morris, III Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 4 day of March, 1967. /s/ Joseph S. Wright Notary Public, Richmond County, Ga. My Commission expires August 23, 1968. (Seal). Georgia, Richmond County: The undersigned representatives, the author of the local Bill, caption of which is hereto attached, personally appeared before the subscribing officer duly authorized to administer oaths, and says that the notice of intention to apply for local legislation, a copy of which is pasted in the affidavit of Wm. S. Morris, publisher of Augusta Herald and hereto attached, was published in the Augusta Herald, the daily newspaper in which the legal advertisements of the sheriff of Richmond County of Georgia are published three (3) weeks within the sixty (60) days preceding the introduction of said bill. Notice of Intention to Apply for Local Legislation. Georgia, Richmond County: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to apply for the passage of legislation at the 1967 session of the General Assembly of Georgia, for local legislation, the title of which bill is to be as follows: An Act to amend an act approved February 21, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, Vol. 1, p. 779 et seq.) the caption of which is as follows: An Act to provide that the salary of the Judge of the Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit shall be supplemented by payments to be made from the county treasurer of Richmond County, Georgia; to fix the amount of such supplementary salary; to provide the method and manner in which the same is to be paid; and for other purposes as amended by an Act approved March 13, 1957, the caption of which amendment is as follows: An Act to amend an Act approved February 21, 1951 appearing on pages 779-780-781-782 of the Acts of the General Assembly of

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Georgia for 1951 and entitled as follows An Act to provide that the salary of the judges of the Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit shall be supplemented by payments to be made from the county, Georgia; to fix the amount of such supplementary salary; to provide the method and manner in which the same is to be paid; and for other purposes by further fixing the amount of the salary supplement referred to, and for other purposes. This 17th day of February, 1967. /s/ William M. Fleming, Jr. Regnald Waxwell, Jr. Members of General Assem- bly of Georgia from Richmond County, Georgia. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 4 day of March, 1967. /s/ Pamela A. McIntyre Notary Public, Georgia, State at Large. My Commission expires Jan. 9, 1971. (Seal). Approved April 13, 1967. FLINT JUDICIAL CIRCUITJUDGE'S SECRETARY. No. 403 (House Bill No. 744). An Act to authorize the judge of the superior courts of the Flint Judicial Circuit to employ and fix the compensation of a secretary; to provide for the payment of the salary of the secretary and the office supplies, postage and equipment expenses of the judge by the counties comprising said judicial circuit; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The judge of the superior courts of the Flint Judicial Circuit is hereby authorized to employ and fix the

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compensation of a secretary in an amount not to exceed $3,600.00 per annum, payable monthly from the funds of the counties comprising said judicial circuit as hereinafter provided. Section 2. The judge is hereby further authorized to purchase such office supplies, postage and equipment as may be required for him to properly discharge the official duties of his office. Section 3. The salary of the secretary and the expenses incurred by the judge for office supplies, postage and equipment shall be paid by the counties comprising said Flint Judicial Circuit pro rata upon the basis of taxable property; that is to say, each one of the counties comprising said circuit shall pay such part or proportion of said salary and the office supplies, postage and equipment expenses as the total amount of its taxable property assessed for taxation bears to the total amount of the taxable property assessed for taxation by all of the counties in said circuit for the year preceding the year in which the salary, office supplies, postage and equipment expenses are to be paid. Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced at the January, 1967 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia, a bill to provide for a secretary for the judge of the Superior Court of the Flint Judicial Circuit; to provide for the compensation of the secretary and the proration of the payment thereof among the counties comprising the Flint Judicial Circuit; to provide for the purchasing and furnishing of certain supplies and equipment; to provide for the payment thereof by the counties comprising the Flint Judicial Circuits; to provide for all other matters thereto; and for other purposes.

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This 9th day of February, 1967. Harold G. Clarke Representative, District 45 J. R. Smith Representative, District 44 Ray M. Tucker Representative, District 36 Georgia, Fulton County. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, duly authorized to administer oaths, Harold G. Clarke who, on oath, deposes and says that he is Representative from the 45th District, and that the attached copy of notice of intention to introduce local legislation was published in the Jackson Progress-Argus which is the official organ of Butts County, on the following dates: February 16, 23, and March 2, 1967. Harold G. Clarke Representative, 45th District Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 3 day of March, 1967. /s/ Priscilla Sexton Notary Public, Georgia State at Large. My Commission Expires Jan. 2, 1970. (Seal). Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced at the January, 1967 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia, a bill to provide for a secretary for the judge of the Superior Court of the Flint Judicial Circuit; to provide for the compensation of the secretary and the proration of the payment thereof among the counties comprising the Flint Judicial Circuit; to provide for the purchasing and furnishing of certain supplies and equipment; to provide for the payment

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thereof by the counties comprising the Flint Judicial Circuits; to provide for all other matters thereto; and for other purposes. This 9th day of February, 1967. Harold G. Clarke Representative, District 45 J. R. Smith Representative, District 44 Ray M. Tucker Representative, District 36 Georgia, Fulton County. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, duly authorized to administer oaths, Harold G. Clarke who, on oath, deposes and says that he is Representative from the 45th District, and that the attached copy of notice of intention to introduce local legislation was published in the Monore Advertiser which is the official organ of Monroe County, on the following dates: February 16, 23, and March 2, 1967. Harold G. Clarke Representative, 45th District Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 7 day of March, 1967. /s/ Priscilla Sexton Notary Public, Georgia State at Large. My Commission Expires Jan. 2, 1970. (Seal). Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced at the January, 1967 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia, a bill to provide for a secretary for the judge of the Superior Court of the Flint Judicial Circuit; to provide for

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the compensation of the secretary and the proration of the payment thereof among the counties comprising the Flint Judicial Circuit; to provide for the purchasing and furnishing of certain supplies and equipment; to provide for the payment thereof by the counties comprising the Flint Judicial Circuits; to provide for all other matters thereto; and for other purposes. This 9th day of February, 1967. Harold G. Clarke Representative District 45 J. R. Smith Representative District 44 Ray M. Tucker Representative District 36 Georgia, Fulton County. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, duly authorized to administer oaths, J. R. Smith who, on oath, deposes and says that he is Representative from the 44th District, and that the attached copy of notice of intention to introduce local legislation was published in the News-Gazette which is the official organ of Lamar County, on the following dates: February 16, 23, and March 2, 1967. J. R. Smith Representative, 44th District Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 7th day of March, 1967. /s/ Priscilla Sexton Notary Public, Georgia State at Large. My Commission Expires Jan. 2, 1970. (Seal). Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced at the January, 1967 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia,

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a bill to provide for a secretary for the judge of the Superior Court of the Flint Judicial Circuit; to provide for the compensation of the secretary and the proration of the payment thereof among the counties comprising the Flint Judicial Circuit; to provide for the purchasing and furnishing of certain supplies and equipment; to provide for the payment thereof by the counties comprising the Flint Judicial Circuits; to provide for all other matters thereto; and for other purposes. This 9th day of February, 1967. Ray M. Tucker Representative District 36 Harold G. Clarke Representative District 45 J. R. Smith Representative District 44 Georgia, Fulton County. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, duly authorized to administer oaths, Ray M. Tucker who, on oath, deposes and says that he is Representative from the 36th District, and that the attached copy of notice of intention to introduce local legislation was published in The Weekly-Advertiser which is the official organ of Henry County, on the following dates: February 16, 23, and March 2, 1967. Ray M. Tucker Representative, 36th District Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 7th day of March, 1967. /s/ Pamela A. McIntyre Notary Public, Georgia, State at Large. My Commission Expires Jan. 9, 1971. Approved April 13, 1967.

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ATLANTA JUDICIAL CIRCUITSALARY OF SOLICITORGENERAL. No. 409 (Senate Bill No. 37). An Act to amend an Act abolishing the fee system in the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit as applied to the office of the solicitor-general of said circuit, approved August 11, 1924 (Ga. L. 1924, p. 255), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 28, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 853), an Act approved March 25, 1947 (Ga. L. 1947, p. 581), an Act approved January 26, 1950 (Ga. L. 1950, p. 2008), an Act approved March 5, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 202), an Act approved March 17, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 129), and an Act approved April 5, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 529), so as to fix the compensation of the solicitor general of said circuit; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The Act abolishing the fee system in the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit as applied to the office of the solicitor-general of said circuit approved August 11, 1924 (Ga. L. 1924, p. 255), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 28, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 853), an Act approved March 25, 1947 (Ga. L. 1947, p. 581), an Act approved January 26, 1950 (Ga. L. 1950, p. 2008), an Act approved March 5, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 202), an Act approved March 17, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 129), and an Act approved April 5, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 529), is hereby amended by striking Section 1 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 1 to read as follows: Section 1. The statutory salary of the solicitor-general of said circuit shall be the sum of twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00) dollars per annum, which shall be in addition to the salary of two hundred fifty ($250.00) dollars per annum prescribed by Paragraph I, Section XII, of Article VI of the Constitution of this State and contingent expense allowance as authorized by law, and the said statutory salary shall be paid from the funds of Fulton County and it shall

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be and it is hereby made the duty of the commissioners of roads and revenues of Fulton County or such other board or persons as may, from time to time, exercise the same or similar powers as are now exercised by said commissioners, to cause said statutory salary to be paid to the solicitor-general in equal monthly installments. The funds for the payment of the salary of said solicitor-general shall be provided by the board of commissioners of roads and revenues in the same manner and from the same source as the operating expenses of Fulton Superior Court and as a part thereof. The said statutory salary shall be in full payment for all the services of the solicitor-general in criminal cases, except as to service 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. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 3. The effective date of this Act shall be January 1, 1968. Effective date. Section 4. Notice of the intention to apply for the passage of this local bill has been published in the newspaper in which the sheriff's advertisement for Fulton County are published, namely, in the Fulton County Daily Report, once a week for three weeks during a period of sixty days immediately preceding its introduction in the General Assembly. Attached hereto and made a part of this bill is a copy of said notice, accompanied by an affidavit to the effect that said notice has been published as provided by law, and it is hereby declared that all the requirements of the Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1945, relating to publication of notice of intention to apply for the passage of this local legislation, have been complied with for the enactment of this law. See Enrolled Act for affidavit and advertisement. Approved April 13, 1967.

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NORTH FULTON CHOIR DESIGNATED AS OFFICIAL STATE CHOIR. No. 33 (Senate Resolution No. 11). A Resolution. Designating the North Fulton Special Choir as the Official State Choir; aid for other purposes. Whereas, the outstanding choir of North Fulton High School has, in the past, represented the State of Georgia as the State's Official Choir with concerts in Berlin, Warsaw, Moscow, Leningrad, Stockholm and Copenhagen, and Whereas, this excellent choir has received the rating of Superior in competition for the last thirty consecutive years, and Whereas, on all of the tours of the choir, the members thereof and their most distinguished director, Honorable Robert S. Lowrance, Jr., have acted as goodwill ambassadors for the State of Georgia and as public relations agents therefor. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the North Fulton Special Choir, under the able direction of Honorable Robert S. Lowrance, Jr., is hereby officially designated as the Official Choir of the State of Georgia for its forthcoming trips during the year 1967. Be it further resolved that each and every member of this outstanding choir be commended for their many contributions to their State and Nation, and this body does hereby extend to such members and director their sincerest appreciation for their outstanding accomplishments. Be it further resolved that the Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this Resolution to Honorable Robert L. Lowrance, Jr. Approved April 14, 1967.

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LAND CONVEYANCE TO E. E. HOGAN. No. 35 (Senate Resolution No. 70). A Resolution. Authorizing the conveyance of certain property to Mr. E. E. Hogan; and for other purposes. Whereas, by a deed dated June 7, 1949, Mr. E. E. Hogan of Gwinnett County, Georgia, conveyed certain property located within said county to the State Highway Department for a right-of-way on U. S. Highway 78; and Whereas, Mr. Hogan was never paid for such property; and Whereas, through a mistake in said deed, certain property belonging to Mr. Hogan on which buildings owned by him are located, was inadvertently conveyed to said State Highway Department; and Whereas, Mr. Hogan was assured at the time that a mistake had been made and there was no intention to take any property belonging to him on which buildings were located; and Whereas, that portion of said property erroneously conveyed by said deed is not needed by the State Highway Department and is hereby declared surplus, and it is only just that such portion be returned to Mr. E. E. Hogan; and Whereas, said portion of said property is more particularly described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in land lot 61 of the 6th district, Gwinnett County, Georgia, being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron pin located on the northerly side of U. S. Highway No. 78 at the intersection of Rockbridge

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Road if the northerly right-of-way line of Rock-bridge Road was extended to intersect U. S. Highway No. 78; thence in a westerly direction 136.2 feet to a point; thence northerly 25 feet to a point; thence westerly 175 feet to a point; thence southeasterly 50.5 feet to the point of beginning. Said tract or parcel of land being known as tract #2 containing 0.10 acres according to a certain plat made by C. M. Higgenbotham and E. E. James, registered surveyors, Gwinnett County, Georgia, dated February 3, 1964, revised February, 1967. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the Governor, acting for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, is hereby authorized to convey the above described property to E. E. Hogan for and in consideration of the sum of $10.00 and the moral obligation of the State of Georgia. Approved April 14, 1967. JEFFERSON DAVIS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY DESIGNATED. No. 37 (Senate Resolution No. 79). A Resolution. Naming the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway; and for other purposes. Whereas, Jefferson Davis served as the first and only President of the Confederate States of America; and Whereas, the said Jefferson Davis devoted his life to the service and honor of his native southland; and Whereas, the Georgia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy have requested that the General Assembly designate a certain combination of highways in this State as Route No. 2 of Jefferson Davis Highway; and

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Whereas, the State of Alabama has established Jefferson Davis Park near the end of Georgia Route No. 50 at Eufaula, Alabama; and Whereas, it is altogether fitting and proper that the State of Georgia confer this additional memorial for this great Southern patriot. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the combination of highways beginning at Augusta, Georgia, and proceeding 33 miles on U. S. Highway No. 1 and Ga. Highway No. 4 to Wrens; then proceeding 15 miles to Louisville on the same aforesaid highways; then proceeding 10 miles to Wadley by way of U. S. Highway No. 319 and Ga. Highway No. 78; then 23 miles to Wrightsville on U. S. Highway No. 319 and Ga. Highway No. 15; then 18 miles to Dublin on U. S. Highway No. 319 and Ga. Highway No. 31; then 34 miles to McRae on U. S. Highway No. 319 and Ga. Highway No. 31; then 26 miles to Abbeville on U. S. Highway No. 280 and Ga. Highway No. 30; then 21 miles to Fitzgerald on U. S. Highway No. 129 and Ga. Highway No. 11; then 9 miles to Ocilla on U. S. Highway No. 129; then 9 miles to Irwinville on Ga. Highway No. 32, the place where Jefferson Davis was captured; then 16 miles of Route 125 to Tifton via Waterloo; then 18 miles to Sycamore on Ga. Highway No. 32; then 3 miles to Ashburn on U. S. Highway No. 41 and Ga. Highway No. 7; then 16 miles to Sylvester on Ga. Highway No. 112; then 20 miles to Albany on Ga. Highway No. 50, and then on the aforesaid Ga. Highway No. 50 to and through the towns of Dawson and Cuthbert, and thence to the Alabama State Line, is hereby named and designated Route No. 2 of Jefferson Davis Highway in order to more completely perpetuate the memory of the great Southern patriot, Jefferson Davis, first and only President of the Confederate States of America. Be it further resolved that the State Highway Department is hereby authorized and directed to so name and designate the hereinbefore described combination of highways

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and to erect or place suitable markers thereon. It shall not be the duty of the State Highway Department to pay for or purchase said markers, but such markers shall be furnished to the State Highway Department for placement by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Approved April 14, 1967. LAND CONVEYANCE TO CITY OF MONROE. No. 41 (House Resolution No. 22-49). A Resolution. Authorizing the conveyance of certain real estate located in the City of Monroe in Walton County, Georgia; and for other purposes. Whereas, on September 1, 1964, the City of Monroe, a municipal corporation in the County of Walton, deeded to the State of Georgia a tract of land for and in consideration of $1.00 and other valuable considerations; said conveyance being recorded in deed book 59, Folio #542, in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of Walton County on September 15, 1964; and Whereas, the City of Monroe, County of Walton, deeded said property to the State of Georgia to be used by the State of Georgia and the Georgia National Guard for military purposes; and Whereas, said property was never improved or utilized by the State of Georgia or by the Georgia National Guard; and Whereas, it is only just and proper that the State of Georgia reconvey said property to the City of Monroe for the same consideration paid by the State to the City of Monroe for said property; and

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Whereas, said tract or parcel of land is more fully described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land, containing 1.52 acres, more or less, situated lying and being in the City of Monroe, Walton County, Georgia, as shown by a plat and survey made by William J. Gregg, Sr., Registered Surveyor No. 1438, dated July 15, 1964, recorded in plat book 12, page 53, clerk's office, Walton Superior Court, reference to said survey and the record thereof being hereby made. Said property is more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron pin at the northwesterly corner of Church Street and High School Avenue and from said beginning point north 80 degrees 40 minutes west 264.8 feet along the northerly side of Church Street to an iron pin; thence north 11 degrees 50 minutes west 215 feet to a concrete monument; thence north 8 degrees 20 minutes west 76 feet to an iron pin; thence south 79 degrees 50 minutes east 276.5 feet to an iron pin located on the westerly side of High School Avenue; thence south 9 degrees 05 minutes east 282.5 feet along the westerly side of High School Avenue back to beginning point. Said property is bounded as follows: Northerly by lands of the State of Georgia; easterly by High School Avenue; southerly by Church Street; and westerly by lands of Alma Hale and lands of Housing Authority of the City of Monroe. Said tract of land containing 1.52 acres, more or less, and recorded in book 59, folio #542 of the deed records of Walton County, Georgia.; and Whereas, it is the finding of the General Assembly of Georgia that the tract or parcel of land described herein is surplus and is not needed for State purposes. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the Governor, acting for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, be and he is hereby authorized

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and empowered to grant, bargain, sell and convey to the City of Monroe, a municipal corporation, located in Walton County, Georgia, for and in consideration of the sum of $1.00, the moral obligation of the State, and other valuable considerations all of the rights, titles and interests the State of Georgia has in and to the tract or parcel of land described in this Resolution. Be it further resolved that the Governor, acting for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, be and he is hereby further authorized and empowered to execute and deliver deeds or other written instruments that may be necessary and in such form that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Resolution and originate or continue record chain of title to the tract or parcel of land herein described. Approved April 14, 1967. LEASE OF WESTERN ATLANTIC RAILROAD RESUBMITTED TO STATE PROPERTIES CONTROL COMMISSION. No. 43 (House Resolution No. 25-56). A Resolution. Re-submitting the question to the lease of the Western Atlantic Railroad to the State Properties Control Commission. Whereas, pursuant to the provisions of the State Properties Control Code (Ga. Code Ann. Chapter 91-1a), the State Real Properties Control Commission is empowered to receive offers to lease the Western Atlantic Railroad and received offers from Louisville Nashville Railroad Company and Southern Railway Company, such offers being subject to definitive action only by the General Assembly; and

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Whereas, the General Assembly has carefully considered the offers of each of said railroads, and has determined that the offers of neither railroad should be accepted; and Whereas, the Western Atlantic Railroad is not needed in any way for the operation of the various departments of the State Government; Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the offers of both the Louisville Nashville Railroad Company and Southern Railway Company are rejected, and that the matter of leasing the Western Atlantic Railroad Company is returned to the State Properties Control Commission. Approved April 14, 1967. RIVERS AND HARBORS DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CREATED. No. 48 (House Resolution No. 44-131). A Resolution. Creating the Rivers and Harbors Development Commission of the State of Georgia; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that there is hereby created a Commission in the Executive Branch of the State of Georgia which shall hereafter for all purposes be designated and known as the Rivers and Harbors Development Commission of the State of Georgia. The Rivers and Harbors Development Commission of the State of Georgia shall have as its members the Governor of Georgia, the Auditor of the State of Georgia, and the Attorney General of Georgia. Said Commission shall have the power and authority to sponsor and participate in projects for the deepening, widening and improving of river channels for navigational and other purposes, and to receive from the Legislature appropriations therefor

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and to disburse same for said purposes, said projects contributing to the general welfare and benefit of the State of Georgia and being projects approved by the Congress of the United States of America. For the purpose of carrying out the intentions of this resolution said Commission shall have the authority and power to enter into contracts and agreements with the United States of America, its agencies and authorities and with the various governmental subdivisions of the State of Georgia. Prior to entering into any such contracts or agreements they shall first be approved by the Attorney General of the State of Georgia and shall not contravene any laws and statutes of this State. Approved April 14, 1967. GOVERNOR'S TRAFFIC SAFETY STUDY COMMITTEE CREATED. No. 55 (House Resolution No. 79-209). A Resolution. Creating the Governor's Traffic Safety Study Committee; and for other purposes. Whereas, for the past several years there has been created by the General Assembly, an interim study committee charged with the responsibility of studying the needs of this State as they relate to highway and traffic safety programs; and Whereas, recent developments at the federal level have made it mandatory that the several states devise a comprehensive highway and traffic safety program designed to reduce the number of traffic accidents, deaths, injuries and property damage; and Whereas, under the provisions of recently enacted federal legislation there is a continuing and pressing need

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for the adoption of laws and programs designed to reduce the number of traffic accidents in order that this State shall not be penalized through reduction of federal highway funds which are authorized to be received by the State. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that there is hereby created the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee to be composed of four members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker thereof, four Senators to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and four members, not legislative members, to be appointed by the Governor. The committee shall reassess the needs of this State insofar as highway traffic safety laws and programs are concerned. The committee is specifically charged with the responsibility of studying the feasibility of creating within the Executve Branch of the State Government, a Department of Motor Vehicles whereby all of the various agencies concerned with highway traffic safety and motor vehicle problems will be centered in one central department of the government. Be it further resolved that the Committee shall be authorized to meet for a period of ten (10) days unless the Speaker of the House and the Lieutenant Governor shall, by joint approval, allow an additional number of days. The legislative members of the Committee shall receive the expenses and travel allowances authorized for legislative members of interim legislative committees from the funds appropriated to or available to the legislative branch of government. The other members of the Committee shall, in the discretion of the Governor, receive the same expenses and travel allowances authorized for the legislative members from funds appropriated to or available to the executive branch of government. The Committee shall make a report of its findings and recommendations to the 1968 Session of the General Assembly. Approved April 14, 1967.

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COMMITTEE TO STUDY PROBLEMS OF STRIP MINING OPERATIONS. No. 58 (House Resolution No. 86-209). A Resolution. Creating an interim committee to study the problems, laws and procedures relating to strip mining operations and the mining industry; and for other purposes. Whereas, unregulated strip mining of the various minerals of Georgia can and does create problems of soil erosion, stream pollution, the accumulation of stagnant water, and the seepage of contaminated water, increases a likelihood of floods, destroys the value of land for agricultural purposes, counteracts efforts for the conservation of soil, water and other natural resources, destroys or impairs the property rights of citizens and creates health hazards, dangerous to life and property, so as to constitute an imminent and inordinate peril to the welfare of the citizens of Georgia; and Whereas, there are wide variations in the circumstances and conditions surrounding and arising out of strip mining operations; and Whereas, in order to provide the most effective, beneficial and equitable solutions to these problems, it is necessary to conduct a broad study encompassing the entire State. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that there is hereby created an interim committee to make a comprehensive study of the laws, industry, procedures and problems relating to strip mining operations. Said committee shall be composed of eighteen (18) members to be selected as follows: (1) Five (5) members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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(2) Five (5) members of the Senate to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. (3) Eight (8) members to be appointed by the Governor as follows: one (1) member from the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee; one (1) member from the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; one (1) member from the Georgia Forestry Commission; one (1) member from the Georgia Water Quality Control Board; three (3) members who shall be representatives from the mining industry; and one (1) member from the Mining Committee, Associated Industries of Georgia. Be it further resolved that all departments and divisions of the State Government, including the Department of Geology at the University of Georgia and Georgia Institute of Technology and other departments of geology in State Institutions shall make available to the committee their records, statistics and other information and assistance necessary or convenient to fulfill the purposes of this resolution. Be it further resolved that the committee shall select a chairman from among its members and may hold such meetings at such places and at such times as it considers expedient and may do any other things consistent with this resolution that are necessary or convenient to enable it to fully and adequately exercise its powers, perform its duties and accomplish the objectives and purposes of this resolution. Be it further resolved that the legislative members of the committee shall receive the same compensation, per diem, expenses and allowances authorized for legislative members of interim legislative committees, except that the Representatives from the executive branch of government shall receive no additional compensation, nor shall they receive expenses relating to their services on the committee; but their actual and necessary expenses for such service shall be paid to such members by their respective agencies of State Government. The legislative members of the committee shall receive such compensation,

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per diem, expenses and allowances from the funds appropriated to or available to the legislative branch of government. Such compensation, expenses or allowances shall not be received for more than ten (10) days, unless the Speaker of the House and the Lieutenant Governor shall, by joint approval, allow an additional number of days. Be it further resolved that the committee shall make a report of its findings and recommendations, which report shall be accompanied by such proposed legislation as might be recommended by said committee. Such report shall be made on or before December 1, 1967, on which date the committee shall stand abolished. Approved April 14, 1967. EASEMENT TO CITY OF ROME. No. 67 (House Resolution No. 115-294). A Resolution. Authorizing the granting of an easement across, through and over certain real property located in Floyd County, Georgia; and for other purposes. Whereas, the State of Georgia is the owner, by virtue of a deed vesting title in the State of Georgia, Department of Public Helath, Battey State Hospital, of certain real property located in Floyd County, Georgia; and Whereas, the State of Georgia, Department of Public Health, Battey State Hospital, is presently utilizing said real property, but an easement across, through and over same can be granted without detriment to the use thereof by the State of Georgia, Department of Public Health, Battey State Hospital; and Whereas, the sum of $10.00 and an undertaking by the grantee of an easement to construct a sewer line across

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said property constitute adequate consideration for such easement. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the Governor, acting for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, Department of Public Health, Battey State Hospital, be and he is hereby authorized to convey by deed or other instrument of conveyance to the City of Rome, a municipal corporation, for the consideration hereinbefore stated a permanent easement across, through and over a portion of the property owned by the State of Georgia, by virtue of a certain deed vesting title in the State of Georgia, Department of Public Health, Battey State Hospital, said easement being more particularly described as follows: Situated in land lot 200 in the 23rd district and 3rd section of Floyd County, Georgia, and the center line of said easement being more particularly described as being at a point on the north property line of the Battey State Hospital property, which point is located north 88 degrees 38 minutes east a distance of 524.6 feet from the northwest corner of said Hospital property; thence south 31 degrees 15 minutes to a point and proposed new manhole a distance of 237.4 feet; thence south 2 degrees 59 minutes west a distance of 338.4 feet to an existing manhole and 8-inch sewer outfall in the old prison compound area. The above named description is the center line of a 12-foot easement for an 8-inch sanitary sewer. Be it further resolved that in the event the easement and rights herein granted shall ever cease to be used for the purposes herein described, then said easement and rights shall cease and same shall revert to the State of Georgia in fee simple. Approved April 14, 1967.

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LAND CONVEYANCE TO A. O. JUSTICE. No. 70 (House Resolution No. 129-320). A Resolution. Authorizing the conveyance of a certain tract of land in Ben Hill County; and for other purposes. Whereas, on September 23, 1953, Mr. F. R. Justice deeded a certain tract of land located in Ben Hill County to the State of Georgia for and in consideration of the sum of one ($1.00) dollar; and Whereas, said property was to be used by the State Highway Department to erect a roadside park; and Whereas, the State Highway Department did erect a roadside park which has subsequently been closed by said department; and Whereas, Mr. A. O. Justice is the owner of the adjacent property having acquired the property from his father, Mr. F. R. Justice, in 1953, the same year the deed was given to the State of Georgia by Mr. F. R. Justice; and Whereas, said property is described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in ten acre tract No. 2075 in land lot 298 in the fourth district of Ben Hill County, Georgia, said property being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point which is 420 feet due south of the northwest corner of ten acre tract No. 2075 thence running east 210 feet, thence south 210 feet, thence west 210 feet, thence North 210 feet to the point of beginning.; and Whereas, said tract or parcel of land described herein is surplus and is of no further use to the State.

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Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the Governor, acting for and in behalf of the State of Georgia, is hereby authorized and directed to convey to Mr. A. O. Justice the above described tract of state-owned property for and in consideration of the sum of ten ($10.00) dollars and the benefits flowing to the State of Georgia. Approved April 14, 1967. EASEMENT AND EXCHANGE OF LAND WITH MILLEN WAREHOUSE COMPANY. No. 72 (House Resolution No. 138-390). A Resolution. Authorizing the grant of an easement and transfer of certain real property located in Jenkins County, Georgia; and for other purposes. Whereas, the State of Georgia is the owner, by virtue of a deed vesting title in the Georgia Department of Agriculture, of certain real property located in Jenkins County, Georgia; and Whereas, said real property is fully described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land, lying and being in the 1635th GMD City of Millen, Jenkins County, Georgia, containing.23 acres, more or less, being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the southerly side of Old Sylvania Road, 386.0 feet west of a concrete marker located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Old Sylvania Road and Magnolia Street; thence east along the southerly side of Old Sylvania Road, a distance of 52.5 feet to a point; thence south 530 east, a distance

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of 205.5 feet to a point; thence south 848 west, a distance of 52.5 feet to a point on the easterly side of an alley 16 feet in width owned by the Georgia Department of Agriculture; thence along said alley in a northwesterly direction 205.5 feet to the point of beginning.; and Whereas, said described property is now surplus and unserviceable and neither needed nor useful to the Georgia Department of Agriculture, nor the State of Georgia; and Whereas, the Millen Warehouse Company is the owner of certain other real property which is desirable for and adaptable to the purpose for which said above described realty was acquired, fully described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land, lying and being in the 1635th GMD City of Millen, Jenkins County, Georgia, containing.83 acres, more or less, being more particularly described as follows: To locate the beginning point of the property herein described, proceed from a concrete marker located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Old Sylvania Road and Magnolia Street in a southwesterly direction along the southerly side of Old Sylvania Road 402 feet, more or less, to a point where the southerly side of Old Sylvania Road intersects with the westerly edge of a 16 foot wide alley owned by the Georgia Department of Agriculture; thence in a southerly direction along the westerly edge of said alley a distance of 205.5 feet to a point; thence south 848 west, a distance of 31.5 feet to a point which is the point of beginning; thence from said beginning point proceed south 552 east a distance of 354.6 feet to a point; thence south 8322 west a distance of 102.1 feet to a point; thence north 532 west a distance of 356 feet to a point; thence in a northeasterly direction 100 feet to the point of beginning.; and Whereas, the Millen Warehouse Company is willing to convey the said last described real property to the State of Georgia in exchange for the real property first

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described herein and an easement over the adjoining 16 foot wide alley; Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the Governor, acting for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, be and is hereby authorized to convey, by deed or other written instrument of conveyance, to the Millen Warehouse Company, all of the right, title and interest which the State of Georgia and the Georgia Department of Agriculture has or may have in and to said real property first above described, and an easement over the 16 foot wide alley adjoining the westerly side of said described property, subject to the execution by the Millen Warehouse Company of a deed conveying to the Georgia Department of Agriculture a full and unencumbered fee simple title to said real property last above described, and delivery of said deed to the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Approved April 14, 1967. EASEMENT TO SAVANNAH ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY. No. 73 (House Resolution No. 143-409). A Resolution. Authorizing the conveyance of an easement over, across and through certain real property owned by the State of Georgia in Chatham County, Georgia; and for other purposes. Whereas, the State of Georgia is the owner of certain property in Chatham County, known as Middle Marsh Island; and Whereas, the Savannah Electric and Power Company desires an easement to construct and maintain an electric

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transmission system over and across a portion of said real property; and Whereas, the easement desired by the Savannah Electric and Power Company will be to the advantage and better utilization of said real property owned by the State of Georgia and located in Chatham County, Georgia; and Whereas, the sum of ten ($10.00) dollars and the benefits accruing to the State of Georgia by the construction of said electric transmission system constitute adequate consideration for such easement. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the Governor, acting for and on behalf of the State of Georgia be, and he is authorized, to convey by appropriate legal instrument to the Savannah Electric and Power Company for the consideration hereinbefore stated an easement to construct and maintain an electric transmission system over and across a portion of the property in Chatham County, Georgia, more particularly described as follows: The right to construct and maintain an electric transmission system over and across that certain island and the marshes adjacent thereto lying and being in Chatham County, Georgia, and now known as Middle Marsh Island, and being more fully described as follows: A strip 100 feet in width at the northerly end of Middle Marsh Island, running generally in a southeasterly-northwesterly direction between the Forest River and the Grove River, as shown on the Savannah Electric and Power Company's Drawing Also, the Savannah Electric and Power Company shall have the easement and right to place, locate, construct, maintain and service such guy wires and poles and appurtenances adjacent to said easement strip as may be necessary to properly maintain said transmission system.

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Provided, however, in the event the easement and rights herein granted shall ever cease to be used for the purposes herein described, then said easement and rights shall cease and the same shall revert to the State of Georgia. Approved April 14, 1967. LAND CONVEYANCE TO PICKENS COUNTY. No. 77 (House Resolution No. 149-423). A Resolution. Authorizing the conveyance of a certain tract of stateowned property to Pickens County; and for other purposes. Whereas, the State of Georgia acquired a certain tract of land in Pickens County on May 8, 1958, for the purpose of erecting a juvenile home thereon; and Whereas, Pickens County, in order to induce the State of Georgia to erect a juvenile home in Pickens County, deeded the property to the State of Georgia for ten dollars ($10.00) and other valuable considerations; and Whereas, said deed is recorded in deed book HH, folio 357 of the records of the clerk of the superior court of Pickens County; and Whereas, said property is part of original land lot No. 23, in the 13th district, 2nd section of Pickens County, Georgia, and is more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron pin at the northeast corner of land lot No. 23, thence the original line south 88 degrees 30 feet west a distance of 343 feet to a stake 3 feet west of 14 inch leaning rock, thence south 2 degrees 15 feet east a distance of 1160 feet to a stake on the north bank

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of county road leading from State Route 53 to Mineral Springs Road, thence along said road south 74 degrees 00 feet east a distance of 361 feet to stake on the original line, thence along the original line north 2 degrees 15 feet west a distance of 1268 feet to the northeast corner of landlot No. 23, the point of beginning. This tract of land containing 9.56 acres.; and Whereas, said property has not been utilized for the purpose intended and the land is of no use to the State of Georgia, and is therefore surplus property. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the Governor, acting for and in behalf of the State of Georgia, is hereby authorized and directed to convey to Pickens County the above described tract of state-owned property for and in consideration of the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) and the benefits flowing to the State of Georgia. Approved April 14, 1967. REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER GEORGIA MOTORBOAT NUMBERING ACT CONFIRMED. No. 84 (House Resolution No. 180-555). A Resolution. Confirming rules and regulations promulgated by the State Game and Fish Commission pursuant to the Georgia Motorboat Numbering Act; and for other purposes. Whereas, Section 10A of the Georgia Motorboat Numbering Act, approved March 7, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 235), provides as follows: Section 10A. The Commission, to promote safety in boating, is hereby authorized to adopt, promulgate and

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enforce safety rules and regulations relative to boat equipment, operation, lights and navigation rules as the Commission shall deem necessary; provided, however, that such rules and regulations promulgated and adopted by the Commission each year shall remain in force and effect until the next regular session of the General Assembly, at which time the General Assembly shall confirm or reject said rules and regulations. and; Whereas, rules and regulations referred to in the above quoted section have been promulgated and adopted by the State Game and Fish Commission, copies of which are hereto attached and hereby made a part hereof; Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that pursuant to the above quoted section, said rules and regulations are hereby confirmed. Be it further resolved that the Clerk of the House is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this resolution to the Governor, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and to the Director of the State Game and Fish Commission. State Game and Fish Commission 401 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia Regulations Relative to Boating Safety. Pursuant to and by authority of an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, 1960 session, known as the Georgia Motorboat Numbering Act, approved March 7, 1960, and more particularly section 7 (a), section 10, and section 10A thereof, the following rules and regulations relative

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to boating safety are hereby promulgated and adopted by the Commission, to wit: Mirror or Observer Required No person shall operate a watercraft on any of the waters of this state towing a person on water skis, an aquaplane, or similar device without having aboard such tow boat a wide angle mirror or some person, other than the operator, in a position to watch the person being towed so that any person or persons being towed may be observed at all times. (Ga. L. 1960, p. 243). Riding Bow or Gunwale Prohibited No person operating any watercraft, propelled by machinery in excess of 10 horsepower, shall allow any person to ride on the bow or gunwale of such watercraft unless such bow or gunwale shall be equipped with a railing or some other retaining device securely attached to such watercraft so that it might be held to prevent any such person from falling or being thrown overboard. (Ga. L. 1960, p. 243). Any person violating any of the foregoing rules and regulations shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as for a misdemeanor. These rules and regulations shall become effective thirty (30) days after posting as required by Law. I, Harley Langdale, Chairman of the State Game and Fish Commission of Georgia, do certify that the foregoing is a complete copy of the rules and regulations promulgated and adopted by the Commission in regular meeting on the 23d day of February, 1966, copy of the minutes of which meeting is on file in the office of the State Game and Fish Commission.

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Given under my hand and the official Seal of the Georgia Game and Fish Commission on the 23d day of February, 1966. /s/ Judge Harley Langdale Chairman State Game and Fish Commission State of Georgia Witnessed by: /s/ Wynona C. Parramore /s/ Agnes S. Sanderson Notary Public (Seal). Approved April 14, 1967. JUVENILE COURT LAW STUDY COMMITTEE CREATED. No. 85 (House Resolution No. 190-566). A Resolution. Creating the Juvenile Court Law Study Committee; and for other purposes. Whereas, there is a serious situation existing with regard to Juvenile Delinquency; and Whereas, the incidence of offenses by persons of juvenile age is very high; and Whereas, there is a need for provision for the more effective handling of juveniles by the Courts; and

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Whereas, it appears from recent court decisions, including those of the Supreme Court of the United States, that the Juvenile Court Act of 1951 of the State of Georgia is in need of study, revision and modification, and it further appearing that this need has become a matter of urgency. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that there is hereby created the Juvenile Court Law Study Committee. The Committee shall be composed of eighteen (18) members as follows: Five (5) members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker; five (5) members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President; and eight (8) other members, three (3) of whom shall be Juvenile Court Judges who are not Superior Court Judges, two (2) of whom shall be Superior Court Judges, and three (3) of whom shall be knowledgeable citizens of the State who are connected with or interested in youth organizations or other groups interested in the Juvenile Court Law, to be appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall also appoint three (3) ex-officio advisory members, one (1) each from the law schools of Emory University, the University of Georgia, and Mercer University. The Committee shall study the Juvenile Court procedures in Georgia, the law under which Juvenile Courts are created, the problems of the various Juvenile Courts and the needs thereof. It shall study the recent court decisions affecting Juvenile Courts and shall study the need for possible changes, modifications or revisions of the present law. Be it further resolved that the Committee shall select a chairman from among its members and may hold such meetings at such places and at such times as it considers expedient, and may do any other things consistent with this Resolution that are necessary or convenient to enable it to fully and adequately exercise its powers, perform its duties and accomplish the objectives of this Resolution. Be it further resolved that the Committee shall be authorized to meet for a period of ten (10) days, unless the

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Speaker of the House and the Lieutenant Governor shall, by joint approval, allow an additional number of days. The legislative members of the Committee shall receive the expenses and travel allowances authorized for legislative members of interim legislative Committees from the funds appropriated to or available to the legislative branch of government. The other members of the Committee, excluding Superior Court Judges, shall, in the discretion of the Governor, receive the same expenses and travel allowances authorized for the legislative members from funds appropriated to or available to the executive branch of government. Be it further resolved that the Committee shall make a report of its findings and recommendations, which report shall be accompanied by such proposed legislation as might be recommended by said Committee. Such report shall be made on or before December 1, 1967, on which date the Committee shall stand abolished. Approved April 14, 1967. EXCHANGE OF LAND WITH LESTER L. SUTTON. No. 89 (House Resolution No. 262-797). A Resolution. Authorizing the conveyance of certain real property located in Habersham County, Georgia; and for other purposes. Whereas, the State of Georgia is the owner of certain real property located in Habersham County, Georgia, the same being referred to herein as Area A and more fully described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in land lot No.85 of the 11th land district of Habersham County, Georgia, designated as area (A) on a plat of survey made

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by Hubert Lovell, County Surveyor, under date of January 5, 1967, and being more particularly described according to said plat as follows: Beginning at a concrete monument corner in the center of an old abandoned road, said corner being common to lands of Ivey Estate and lands of State of Georgia; thence south 19 degrees 36 minutes west 312 feet to a concrete monument; thence south 20 degrees 21 minutes west 128.68 feet to corner; thence south 46 degrees 37 minutes east 911.76 feet to a concrete monument corner; thence north 23 degrees 34 minutes west 81 feet to concrete monument; thence north 9 degrees 50 minutes east 293.50 feet to concrete monument; thence north 5 degrees 16 minutes west 111.10 feet to concrete monument; thence north 40 degrees 32 minutes west 158.40 feet to concrete monument; thence north 65 degrees 10 minutes west 185.60 feet to concrete monument; thence north 34 degrees 05 minutes west 444.90 feet to the beginning concrete monument corner. Whereas, said area A is a portion of a larger tract of property utilized by the State Board of Education for the North Georgia Technical and Vocational School but it is not itself needed for the operation of said school; Whereas, said area A lies between two tracts of property owned by Lester L. Sutton who desires to acquire the same to provide for ingress and egress from one tract to the other; Whereas, the tracts owned by said Lester L. Sutton includes certain property referred to herein as area B and more fully described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in land lot No. 116 of the 11th land district of Habersham County, Georgia, designated as area (B) on a plat of survey made by Hubert Lovell, County Surveyor, under date of January 5, 1967, and being more particularly described according to said plat as follows:

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Beginning at a corner in the center of Little Beaver Dam Creek, said corner being common to lands of Willard Fry; thence north 32 degrees 15 minutes east, up said creek, 52 feet to corner; thence south 75 degrees 29 minutes east 1116.37 feet to corner; thence south 20 degrees 21 minutes west 458.62 feet to concrete monument corner in the center of the old Stonepile Road; thence north 54 degrees 07 minutes west, along the center of said old abandoned road, 314.50 feet to an iron pin; thence north 56 degrees 54 minutes west, along said old road, 389 feet to an iron pin; thence north 55 degrees 16 minutes west, along said old road, 162.15 feet to an iron pin; thence north 51 degrees 44 minutes west, along said old road, 164.34 feet to an iron pin; thence north 54 degrees 46 minutes west, along said old road, 98.80 feet to an iron pin; thence north 54 degrees 46 minutes west, along the center of said old road, 31 feet to the beginning corner. Whereas, the State Board of Education desires to obtain said area B in order to acquire frontage on a stream known as Little Beaver Dam Creek at the northwest corner of area B in that said frontage would provide watering facilities for cattle maintained at the North Georgia Technical and Vocational School; and Whereas, it appears that an exchange of said properties described as area A and B with Mr. Sutton, each area consisting of approximately 6.58 acres, would be in the best interest of the State. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the Governor, acting for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, be and he hereby is authorized and directed, upon receipt of a warranty deed, properly executed by Lester L. Sutton and conveying a full and unincumbered fee-simple title to said real property herein described as area B to the State of Georgia, to convey, by deed or other written instrument of conveyance, to Lester L. Sutton, all of the right, title and interest which the State of Georgia has or may have in and to the real property herein described as area A. Approved April 14, 1967.

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EXCHANGE OF TAX INFORMATION. No. 411 (Senate Bill No. 67). An Act to provide that the State Revenue Commissioner and the several tax receivers, tax collectors and tax commissioners of this State, at their discretion, may furnish to the taxing officials of any other state or its political subdivisions, the political subdivisions of this State, the District of Columbia, the United States and its territories, any information contained in tax returns and reports and related schedules and documents filed pursuant to the tax laws of the State of Georgia, or in the report of an audit or investigation made with respect thereto, if said jurisdictions grant similar privileges to the State of Georgia and if the information is to be used only for tax purposes; to provide the procedure connected therewith; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The State Revenue Commissioner and the several tax receivers, tax collectors and tax commissioners of this State, at their discretion, may furnish to the taxing officials of any other state or its political subdivisions, the political subdivisions of this State, the District of Columbia, the United States and its territories, any information contained in tax returns and reports and related schedules and documents filed pursuant to the tax laws of the State of Georgia, or in the report of an audit or investigation made with respect thereto, if said jurisdictions grant similar privileges to the State of Georgia and if the information is to be used only for tax purposes. Section 2. The State Revenue Commissioner and the several tax receivers, tax collectors and tax commissioners of this State are hereby authorized to enter into agreements with such taxing officials to provide for exchange of tax information authorized by section 1 of this Act. Agreements. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967.

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COURT OF APPEALSASSIGNMENT OF CRIMINAL CASES TO THREE DIVISIONS. Code 24-3501 Amended. No. 413 (Senate Bill No. 72). An Act to amend Code section 24-3501, relating to the Court of Appeals, as amended by an Act approved March 8, 1945 (Ga. L. 1945, p. 232), an Act approved March 3, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 158), and an Act approved March 16, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 140), so as to remove the requirement that all criminal cases shall be assigned to one division; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act to amend Code section 24-3501, relating to the Court of Appeals, as amended by an Act approved March 8, 1945 (Ga. L. 1945, p. 232), an Act approved March 3, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 158), and an Act approved March 16, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 140), is hereby amended by striking from the first paragraph the following: ; and all criminal cases shall be assigned to one division, so that when so amended the first paragraph of section 24-3501 shall read as follows: 24-3501. The Court of Appeals shall consist of nine Judges, who shall elect one of their number as Chief Judge, in such manner and for such time as may be prescribed by rule or order of the Court. The Court shall sit in three divisions, composed of three Judges in each division. Two Judges shall constitute a quorum of a division. The assignment of Judges to each division shall be made by the Chief Judge, and the personnel of the divisions shall from time to time be changed in accordance with rules prescribed by the Court. The Chief Judge shall be the Presiding Judge of the first division. He shall designate the Presiding Judges of the second and third divisions, and shall, under rules prescribed by the Court, distribute the cases among the divisions

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in such manner as to equalize their work as far as practicable. Each division shall hear and determine, independently of the others, the cases assigned to it, except that all members of the Court, sitting as one court, shall pass on and determine each case in which there is a dissent in the division to which the case was originally assigned. In all cases which involve one or more questions which in the opinion of the majority of the Judges of the division to which a case is assigned should be passed upon by all the members of the Court, sitting as one court, the questions may be presented to all the members of the Court, sitting as one court, and if a majority of all the members of the Court, sitting as one court, decide that the question or questions involved should in their judgment and discretion be decided by all the members of the Court, sitting as one court, the case shall be passed upon by all the members of the Court, sitting as one court, provided that a majority of the Judges passing upon the case concur in the judgment. In neither class of cases shall there be oral argument except before the division to which the cases are originally assigned. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES TO DISABLED VETERANS. No. 414 (Senate Bill No. 94). An Act to amend an Act providing for the issuance of automobile license tags to disabled veterans, approved February 27, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 336), as amended by an Act approved February 20, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 69), an Act approved March 17, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 349), and an Act approved April 5, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 554), so as to provide for the issuance of license tags to certain

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other disabled veterans; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act providing for the issuance of automobile license tags to disabled veterans, approved February 27, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 336), as amended by an Act approved February 20, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 69), an Act approved March 17, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 349), and an Act approved April 5, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 554), is hereby amended by inserting between sections 1 and 2 a new section 1A to read as follows: Section 1A. Provided, however, that any citizen and resident of the State of Georgia who has been discharged from the Armed Forces under conditions other than dishonorable and who is disabled to any degree specified and enumerated in section 1 of this Act, and is the owner of a private passenger motor vehicle who cannot qualify under section 1 of this Act, shall be entitled to a special and distinctive automobile license tag. Such veteran shall be entitled to such tag regardless of whether he is suffering from a service-connected or non-service-connected disability. Provided further, however, that such veteran must apply for such license tag and upon compliance with the State Motor Vehicle Laws for licensing of motor vehicles and upon payment of the regular license fee for tags, as prescribed under Section 68-214 and 68-215 of the Code as amended, such veteran shall be issued similar license plates as prescribed in section 2 of this Act for private passenger cars. There shall be no charge for the additional tag issued such veteran under the provisions of this Act. Section 2. This Act shall become effective for license plates to be issued for the year 1968 and annually thereafter. Effective date. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967.

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTHCHARGES FOR CERTIFICATES AND RECORDS. Code 88-1725 Amended. No. 415 (Senate Bill No. 101). An Act to amend Code section 88-1725, relating to fees for copies of certificates and records which may be charged by the Department of Public Health, so as to provide for a fee for the search of certificates and records by the department; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 88-1725, relating to fees for copies of certificates and records which may be charged by the Department of Public Health, is hereby amended by striking in its entirety subsection (a) which reads as follows: (a) The department shall prescribe the fees to be paid for copies of certificates or records and for certified copies of certificates or records but in no event shall the fee for said certificates, records and certification exceed the total sum of one dollar ($1.00)., and substituting in lieu thereof a new subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) The department shall prescribe the fees to be paid for copies and searches of certificates or records and for certified copies of certificates or records but in no event shall the fee for a search exceed the total sum of ten dollars ($10.00) nor shall the fee for said certificates, records, and certifications exceed the total sum of one dollar ($1.00). Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967.

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UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS AMENDED. No. 416 (Senate Bill No. 103). An Act to amend the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, approved on January 11, 1954 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, et seq.), so as to provide for an exception to driving on the right side of roadway; to provide for lane control devices; to provide for pedestrians crossing intersection diagonally; to regulate opening of doors of motor vehicles on the side available to moving traffic; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article VII, section 55, o f the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, approved January 11, 1954 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, et seq.) is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph to be numbered (c) as follows: (c) Upon all roadways having four or more lanes for moving traffic and providing for two-way movement of traffic, no vehicle shall be given to the left of the center line of the roadway, except when authorized by official traffic-control devices designating certain lanes to the left side of the center of the roadway for use by traffic not otherwise permitted to use such lanes, or except as permitted under subsection (a) (2) hereof. Lane control devices. Section 2. Article VII, section 62, paragraph (c) of said Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways is hereby repealed in its entirety, and in lieu thereof is substituted a new paragraph (c) as follows: (c) Official traffic-control devices may be erected directing specified traffic to use a designated lane or designating those lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction regardless of the center of the readway and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of every such sign. Same.

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Section 3. Article VII, section 62, of said Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph to be numbered (d) as follows: Changing lanes. (d) Official traffic-control devices may be installed prohibiting the changing of lanes on sections of roadways and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of every such device. Section 4. Article X, section 79, of said Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph to be numbered (d) as follows: (d) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection diagonally unless authorized by official traffic-control devices; and, when authorized to cross diagonally, pedestrains shall cross only in accordance with the official traffic-control devices controlling such crossing movements. Pedestrian. Section 5. Article XIII, section 96, of said Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph to be numbered (c) as follows: (c) No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers. Doors. Section 6. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967.

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COUNTY BOARDS OF HEALTHVACANCIES. Code 88-202 Amended. No. 417 (Senate Bill No. 110). An Act to amend Code section 88-202, as amended, relating to composition of county boards of health, appointments thereto, terms of members, and the methods of filling vacancies in membership thereof, so as to provide for the filling of vacancies by the presiding judge of the superior court when the grand jury is not in session; to provide for confirmation of such appointment or new appointment by the next grand jury impaneled, called and in session; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 88-202 relating to composition of county boards of health, appointments thereto, terms of members, and methods of filling of vacancies in membership thereof, as amended, is hereby amended by striking said section in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following: 88-202. Said county board of health shall be composed of five members, one of whom shall be the head of the governing authority of the county by whatever name called, or some other member designated by him. In counties where the governing authority is the ordinary of the county, the ordinary shall be the member. One of the five members shall be the county superintendent of schools. The three other members shall be appointed by the grand jury impaneled, called, and in session at the time of the approval of this Title, or by the grand jury impaneled, called, and in session in the court term next following the approval of this Title. One of the three members so appointed shall be a person holding municipal office, unless there is no such person who is willing and able to serve in the county, and in that case a person experienced in the field of municipal government shall be appointed. The term of such member

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shall run concurrent with the term of the head of the largest municipality in the county. The other two members so appointed shall initially be appointed for a term of four years from the date of appointment and one for a term of six years from the date of appointment respectively as designated by the grand jury and, thereafter, the term of said two members shall be for a period of six years. One of the two members so appointed by the grand jury shall be a physician actively practicing in the county and licensed under the Georgia Medical Practice Act (Georgia Code Chapter 84-9) unless there is no such physician actively practicing in the county and so licensed who is willing and able to serve. The grand jury impaneled, called, and in session next preceding the expiration of the term of said three members shall appoint their successors. Except as otherwise provided, all members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified and, in the event of a vacancy in a position which was held by one of the members appointed by the grand jury, the clerk of the superior court and the chairman of the board of health shall notify the foreman of the grand jury then in session that a vacancy exists and the same shall be filled as set forth in this section for the appointment of such members and the person appointed to fill such vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the term and until his successor is elected and qualified; but if no grand jury is then in session or regularly scheduled to meet within thirty days of the occurrence of such vacancy, the clerk of the superior court and the chairman of the board of health shall notify the presiding judge of the superior court of the circuit that a vacancy exists and the same shall thereupon be filled by the presiding judge in accordance with this section. The person so appointed, if confirmed by the next session of the grand jury impaneled, called, and in session of said county, shall hold office for the remainder of the term and until his successor is elected and qualified, and is not so confirmed, the appointment shall expire when another person is appointed by such grand jury to fill said vacancy on the county board. Notwithstanding the above provisions, in all counties of this state having a population of not less than 160,000 and not more than 250,000, according to the

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United States decennial census of 1960 or any such future census, the appointed members of the board of health shall be appointed by the governing authorities of such counties and any vacancies which might occur on such boards of health shall be filled by the governing authorities of such counties. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. PAYMENT OF COST FOR CARE OF PATIENTS IN STATE INSTITUTIONSVETERANS. No. 418 (Senate Bill No. 133). An Act to amend an Act providing for the payment of the cost of care of persons admitted or committed to State institutions which come under the management and control of the State Board of Health or the Georgia Department of Public Health, approved March 23, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 1138), so as to provide that veterans who are eligible for admission to Georgia War Veterans' Homes, Georgia State War Veterans' Nursing Homes or other veterans' facilities operated by the State of Georgia, who are admitted or committed to State institutions which now or hereafter come under the management and control of the State Board of Health or the Georgia Department of Public Health because facilities are not available for such veterans at any such veterans' facilities operated by the State of Georgia, shall not be subject to the provisions of said Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act providing for the payment of the cost of care of persons admitted or committed to State institutions

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which come under the management and control of the State Board of Health or the Georgia Department of Public Health, approved March 23, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 1138), is hereby amended by adding after section 13A and before section 14 a new section to be known as section 13B to read as follows: 13B. Veterans who are eligible for admission to Georgia War Veterans' Homes, Georgia State War Veterans' Nursing Homes or other veterans' facilities operated by the State of Georgia, who are admitted or committed to State institutions which now or hereafter come under the management and control of the State Board of Health or the Georgia Department of Public Health because facilities are not available for such veterans at any such veterans' facilities operated by the State of Georgia, shall not be subject to the provisions of this Act. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. BONDS OF CONTRACTORS CONTRACTING WITH COUNTIES. Code 23-1704 Amended. No. 421 (Senate Bill No. 142). An Act to amend Code section 23-1704 relating to the bonds required of contractors contracting with the county, as amended, so as to provide that such bonds may be given with one security; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 23-1704 relating to the bonds required of contractors contracting with the county, as

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amended, is hereby amended by striking the first sentence of said section and inserting in lieu thereof a new sentence to read as follows: Contractors who are awarded contracts shall be required to give bonds in double the amount of the bid, with one good and solvent security, for the faithful performance of the contract, and to indemnify the county for any damages occasioned by a failure to perform the same within the prescribed time., so that when so amended Code section 23-1704 shall read as follows: 23-1704. Contractors to give bond. Contractors who are awarded contracts shall be required to give bond in double the amount of the bid, with one good and solvent security, for the faithful performance of the contract, and to indemnify the county for any damages occasioned by a failure to perform the same within the prescribed time. It shall be unlawful to let out any contract for building or repairing any public building, bridge, or other public work, unless the provisions of the three preceding sections are complied with; and any contractor doing, or having done, any work of the kind in any other manner shall not be entitled to receive any pay therefor: Provided, that the requirements of these sections shall not apply to the building or repairing of any public bridge, building, or other work when the same can be done at a less cost than $300, but such officer may have such work of building or repairing done by hiring hands and furnishing materials: Provided, further, that in any county having a public works camp the county commissioners of such county, or other persons having charge of such works, shall have the power and authority to purchase material for, and use the convicts in, building or repairing any public building, bridge, causeway, or other public works in such county, and in such cases sections 23-1701 to 23-1703 shall not apply: Provided, further, in the event the labor used, or to be used, in building or repairing any public building, bridge, causeway, or other public works in any county is furnished, at no expense, to the county by the State or Federal Government, or any agency

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thereof, the county commissioner or commissioners, or other persons having charge of such works, shall have the power and authority to purchase material for and use the labor furnished free to the county, as aforesaid, and in such case said Sections 23-1701 to 23-1703 shall not apply. Where such material is purchased and such work done with the convicts, or labor so furnished as aforesaid, the county authorities of such county may use the funds of said county arising from taxes levied for such purposes in purchasing said material and in supporting and maintaining the convicts while said work is being done. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. REGISTRATION OF LIENS FOR U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES. Code Chapter 67-26 Amended. No. 422 (Senate Bill No. 168). An Act to amend Code Chapter 67-26 relating to the registration of liens for U. S. Internal Revenue Taxes, so as to conform the provisions of said Code Chapter to the requirements of Section 6323 of the U. S. Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, by Public Law 89-719, known as the Federal Tax Lien Act of 1966; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Chapter 67-26 relating to the registration of Liens for U. S. Internal Revenue Taxes, is hereby amended by striking said Chapter in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new Code Chapter 67-26 to read as follows: Chapter 67-26. Registration of Liens for U. S. Internal Revenue Taxes.

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67-2601. Federal Tax Lien. Place of Filing . (a) Notices of liens upon real property for taxes payable to the United States, and certificates and all notices affecting the liens including certificates of redemption shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which the real property subject to a federal tax lien is situated. (b) Notices of liens upon personal property, whether tangible or intangible, for taxes payable to the United States and certificates and all notices affecting the liens including certificates of redemption shall be filed as follows: (1) if the person against whose interest the tax lien applies is a corporation or partnership whose principal executive office is in this State, as these entities are defined in the internal revenue laws of the United States, in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which such principal executive office is located; (2) in all other cases in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county where the taxpayer resides at the time of filing of the notice of lien. 67-2602. Execution of Notices and Certificates . Certification by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States or his delegate of notices of liens, certificates, or other notices affecting tax liens entitles them to be filed and no other attestation, certification, or acknowledgment is necessary. 67-2603. Duties of Filing Officer . (a) If a notice of federal tax lien, a refiling of a notice of tax lien, or a notice of or revocation of any certificate described in subsection 67-2601 (a) and (b) is presented to the filing officer, that is, the Clerk of the Superior Court, he shall cause the notice to be marked, held and indexed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (4) of Section 109A-9-403 of the Uniform Commercial Code (Ga. L. 1962, pp. 156, 415; Ga. L. 1963, pp. 188, 200; Ga. L. 1964, pp. 70, 74) as if the notice were a financing statement within the meaning of that Code and shall also be indexed in the real estate

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mortgage records by the filing officer according to the name of the taxpayer given in the notice. (b) If a certificate of relase, non-attachment, discharge or subordination of any tax lien is presented to the filing officer, that is, the Clerk of the Superior Court, he shall cause a certificate of relase or non-attachment to be marked, held and indexed as if the certificate were a termination statement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code, except that the notice of lien to which the certificate relates shall not be removed from the files, and cause a certificate of discharge or subordination to be held, marked and indexed as if the certificate were a release of collateral within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code. (c) Upon request of any person, the filing officer shall issue his certificate showing whether there is on file, on the date and hour stated therein, any notice of federal tax lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien as described in section 67-2601 (a) and (b) filed on or after effective date of Act, naming a particular person, and if a notice or certificate is on file, giving the date and hour of filing of each notice or certificate. The fee for a certificate is $1.00. Upon request the filing officer shall furnish a copy of any notice of federal tax lien or notice or certificate affecting a federal tax lien for a fee of $0.50 per page. 67-2604. Fees . The fee for filing and indexing each notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the tax lien is: (1) for a tax lien on real estate $2.00; (2) for a tax lien on tangible and intangible personal property $2.50; (3) for a certificate of discharge or subordination $2.00; (4) for all other notices, including a certificate of release or non-attachment $2.00. The officer shall bill the district directors of internal revenue on a monthly basis for fees for documents filed by them.

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Section 2. Purpose . It is the purpose of this Act to conform with the provisions of Section 6323 of the U. S. Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended by Public Law 89-719, entitled the Federal Tax Lien Act of 1966. Section 3. Specific Repealer . An Act relating to liens for internal revenue tax, filing notices, and certificates of discharge, approved August 11, 1924 (Ga. L. 1924, p. 124-5), is hereby repealed in its entirety. Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. GEORGIA HEALTH CODEHOSPITAL AUTHORITIES LAW AMENDEDTAXATION. Code 88-1812 Amended. No. 423 (Senate Bill No. 169). An Act to amend an Act of the General Assembly approved March 18, 1964 and entitled Georgia Health Code, Acts 1964, pp. 499-664, by amending section 88-1812 thereof, Acts 1964, pp. 499-606, relating to the power of taxation with respect to hospital Authorities and with respect to the power to levy taxes to provide revenues for use by counties or by cities or towns for the purpose of complying with the terms of their contracts with hospital Authorities, so that pursuant to amendment said section 88-1812 and said Hospital Authorities Law shall provide power in such political subdivisions to levy exclusive of all other taxes and ad valorem tax up to seven (7) mills for the purposes contained in said section 88-1812 and in said Hospital Authorities Law and power to levy two (2) additional mills which may be used exclusively in compliance with such contracts for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, equipping, altering, modernizing or repairing hospital Projects as defined in said Hospital Authorities Law or payment of revenue

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certificates or bonds issued to provide for the cost of acquiring, constructing, equipping, altering, modernizing or repairing such hospital Projects; to provide that the revenues raised may also be used to pay the cost of retiring, refinancing, or refunding any outstanding debt or other obligation of any nature incurred by such Authority; to provide for expiration in two years and to set limitation of five (5) mills thereafter; and to repeal all laws in conflict herewith; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Section 88-1812 of the Hospital Authorities Law, Acts 1964, pp. 499-606, said Hospital Authorities Law constituting a part of the Georgia Health Code, Acts 1964, pp. 499-664, approved March 18, 1964, is hereby amended by striking section 88-1812 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 88-1812 to read as follows: 88-1812. Authority without power to tax; levy of tax by counties, cities, and towns .An Authority shall have no power to tax, but upon the adoption of the resolution by the governing body or bodies of participating units or subdivisions as herein provided and the execution of a contract for the use of facilities or services of the Authority by political subdivisions or participating units as hereinafter authorized, provision shall be made annually by such participating units or political subdivisions contracting with an Authority for the payment for the services or facilities of the Authority used by the participating units or subdivisions or the residents thereof out of general funds of the participating units or subdivisions or out of tax revenues realized for the purpose of providing medical care or hospitalization for the indigent sick. For the purpose of providing such tax revenues, there is hereby authorized to be levied an ad valorem tax not exceeding seven mills, exclusive of all other taxes which may be levied by counties or by cities or towns which have executed contracts with hospital Authorities, from which revenues, when realized, there shall be appropriated annually sums sufficient to pay for the cost of the use of the services and facilities of

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Authorities by participating subdivisions or the residents thereof pursuant to the contract between such participating units and subdivisions and an Authority: Provided, however, that in addition to the aforesaid seven mill levy, counties, cities or towns which have executed contracts with hospital Authorities are hereby authorized to levy annually an additional ad valorem tax not exceeding two mills exclusive of all other taxes, from which additional revenues, when realized, there shall be appropriated sums to be used exclusively to pay for the cost of acquiring, constructing, equipping, altering, modernizing, or repairing by Authorities of any project as defined in this Chapter, pursuant to the contract between such participating subdivisions and an Authority, and/or to pay the cost of retiring, refinancing, or refunding any outstanding debt or other obligation of any nature incurred by such Authority, provided that outstanding debts shall be ninety (90) days past due, such cost including but not being limited to the principal and interest, and sinking fund and reserve requirements, or revenue certificates or bonds issued by Authorities to acquire, construct, equip, alter, modernize, or repair such projects: Provided, further, the foregoing authorization to levy up to two mills additional tax to be used exclusively for acquiring, constructing, equipping, altering, modernizing, or repairing projects is not intended and shall not be construed as a limitation, reduction, or restriction with respect to the levy and use of the aforesaid seven mill tax first provided in this section. Whenever the fiscal operations of any county falling within the classification of this Act are governed by any statutory budget law applicable to the fiscal affairs and budget of such county, the governing authorities of such county shall have full power and authority hereunder to require the Hospital Authority to conform, in whole or in part, to the same budgetary procedures as are made binding by statute upon the county government itself. Section 2. The provisions of this Act as to the millage increase shall expire two years after it is enacted into law, and the limitation of five (5) mills shall thereafter apply.

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Section 3. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws to the extent in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. BANKS AND BANKINGBRANCH BANKS. Code 13-203.1 Amended. No. 424 (Senate Bill No. 170). An Act to amend Article I of the Banking Law of Georgia and to amend Code Chapter 13-2, relating to general provisions concerning banks and banking, as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 9, 1960, (Ga. L. 1960, p. 67), and by an Act approved April 12, 1963, (Ga. L. 1963, p. 602), so as to provide that, with the prior approval of the Superintendent of Banks, a parent bank or branch bank, if located in a particular city, town, or village, now or hereafter having a population of not more than 40,000 according to the 1960 official United States Census or any future official United States Census, may establish not more than one bank office or bank facility therein, and if located in a particular city, town, or village, now or hereafter having a population of over 40,000 but not more than 60,000 according to the 1960 official United States Census or any other future official United States Census may establish not more than two bank offices or two bank facilities or one bank office or bank facility each therein, but if located in a municipality having a population of more than 60,000 according to the 1960 official United States Census or any future official United States Census may establish so many bank offices or bank facilities as the Superintendent of Banks will approve; to repeal conflicting laws and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Chapter 13-2 relating to the general provisions concerning banks and banking, as amended, particularly

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by an Act approved February 9, 1960, (Ga. L. 1960, p. 67), and by an Act approved April 12, 1963, (Ga. L. 1963, p. 602), is hereby amended by striking in its entirety subsection (C) of subsection 13-203.1 relating to the establishment of bank offices or bank facilities with prior approval of the Superintendent of Banks and substituting in lieu thereof a new subsection (c) of Code section 13-203.1 to read as follows: (c) Application for a permit to establish either a bank office or a bank facility shall be made to the Superintendent of Banks in such form as he may prescribe by regulation from time to time. The Superintendent of Banks shall exercise his discretion in his consideration of the application, but the Superintendent of Banks shall not approve the application until he has ascertained to his satisfaction that the public need and advantage will be promoted by the establishment of the proposed bank office or bank facility according to the same criteria of examination and determination provided in section 13-905 of the Code of Georgia (Section 4-A of Article VIII of the Banking Law of Georgia). Without limitation on the foregoing and in furtherance thereof, the Superintendent of Banks may approve (1) with respect to any particular city, town, or village now or hereafter having a population of not exceeding 40,000 according to the 1960 offiical United States Census or any further official United States Census, not more than one of either a bank office or a bank facility for any parent bank or branch bank located therein, and (2) with respect to any particular city, town, or village now or hereafter having a population of in excess of 40,000 but not in excess of 60,000 according to the 1960 official United States Census or any future official United States Census not more than two bank offices or two bank facilities or one bank office and one bank facility for any parent bank or branch bank located therein; Provided, nevertheless, that this limitation shall not apply to parent banks or branch banks in municipalities with a population of more than 60,000 according to the 1960 official United States Census or any future official United States Census. The Superintendent

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of Banks may in his discretion, to accommodate the public need and advantage of each locality, consider an application for a bank office as an application for a bank facility, or vice versa, and he may, in the exercise of his discretion to accommodate the public need and advantage, determine the amount of funds which may be committed for the construction of each bank office or bank facility, whether by outright expenditure or by long-term lease contract, or by creation of, or utilization of, a real estate holding company. Within 90 days after the filing of an application for a permit to establish a bank office or bank facility, the Superintendent of Banks shall issue under his hand and seal a certificate approving or disapproving the application of a permit, which determination shall be final as to that application. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. PRACTICE AND PROCEDUREACT PROVIDING FOR DISMISSAL OF SUITS AFTER FIVE YEARS AMENDED. No. 425 (House Bill No. 3). An Act to amend an Act providing for the dismissal of suits in the courts of this State when they have been pending for a period of five (5) years or longer, approved December 22, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 342), so as to extend the provisions of this Act to other actions and proceedings; to provide definitions; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act providing for the dismissal of suits in the courts of this State when they have been pending

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for a period of five (5) years or longer, approved December 22, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 342), is hereby amended by striking section 1 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 1 to read as follows: Section 1. Any suit, action, or other proceeding filed in any of the courts of this State in which no written order is taken for a period of five (5) years, shall automatically stand dismissed with costs to be taxed against the party plaintiff. For the purpose of this Act, an order of continuance will be deemed an order and the word `proceedings' shall be held to include, but not be limited to, an appeal from an award of assessors or special master in a condemnation proceeding. Condemnation proceedings. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking section 2 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 2 to read as follows: Section 2. Any proceeding which consists of an appeal from an award of assessors or special master in a condemnation proceeding, which is pending upon the effective date of this Act, shall automatically stand dismissed five (5) years from the date of the approval of this Act, unless an order shall be taken therein as provided above. Effective date. Section 3. The provisions of this Act shall not be construed as extending beyond a total of five (5) years, any suit, action, or other proceedings in which no written order has been taken and upon which the five-year period is now running in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved December 22, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 342), except those proceedings consisting of an appeal from an award of assessors in a condemnation proceeding. Intent. Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967.

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ELECTION OF GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF CERTAIN COUNTIES (18,100-18,300). Code 34-802 Amended. No. 426 (House Bill No. 27). An Act to amend Code section 34-802 relating to certain public officials being elected at the November election so as to provide that such section shall not apply to members of county governing authorities, in counties of a certain population under certain circumstances; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Section 34-802 relating to certain public officials being elected at the November election is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any member of the governing authority of any county having a population of not less than 18,100 nor more than 18,300 according to the United States decennial census of 1960 or any future such census, if the Act creating such governing authority or any amendment thereto provides for the election of such member at a time other than as specified in this Section., so that when so amended, Code Section 34-802 shall read as follows: 34-802. November election. The Governor, Statehouse officers, Members of Congress, Justices of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Court of Appeals, judges of the superior courts, solicitors general, members of the General Assembly, county officers, justices of the peace, and constables shall be elected in the November election next preceding the expiration of the term of office. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any member of the governing authority of any county having a population of not less than 18,100 nor more than 18,300 according to the

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United States decennial census of 1960 or any future such census, if the Act creating such governing authority or any amendment thereto provides for the election of such member at a time other than as specified in this section. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE NOTICES BY CERTIFIED MAIL. No. 427 (House Bill No. 35). An Act to provide that notice otherwise required to be given by registered mail may be given by certified mail; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Whenever any law, statute, code section, ordinance, rule, or regulation of the State of Georgia or any officer, department, agency, municipality, or governmental subdivision thereof provides that a notice shall be given by registered mail, such notice may be given by certified mail. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. ATTORNEYS AT LAW QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION TO BAR. Code 9-103 Amended. No. 428 (House Bill No. 47). An Act to amend Code section 9-103, relating to applicants for admission to the practice of law, as amended, particularly

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by an Act approved March 10, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 274) so as to change the exceptions and exemptions for the education requirements prescribed in said Chapter; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 9-103, relating to applicants for admission to the practice of law, as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 10, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 274), is hereby amended by adding to subsection (b) (iii) after the words is a high school graduate and before the words and has successfully completed the requirements of a law school, the words or its substantial equivalent, so that when so amended subsection (b) (iii) shall read as follows: (iii) Provided, however, that nothing contained in this subparagraph (b) shall apply to or affect anyone who, on the effective date of this amendment, is a high school graduate, or its substantial equivalent, and has successfully completed the requirements of a law school for a professional degree in law (LL.B. or its equivalent), involving regular classroom attendance over a period of not less than two school years; and provided further, the provisions of subparagraph (b) shall not apply to anyone who has previously unsuccessfully taken the examination for admission to the practice of law prescribed by this Chapter, nor shall it apply to any high school graduates who are, at the time of the effective date of this amendment, regularly enrolled in a law school, or who, at such time, are bona fide engaged in the study of law in the office of one or more active members of the State Bar of Georgia or under such practitioner's tutelage; and provided, further the provisions of subparagraph (b) (ii) shall not apply to anyone who, at the time of the effective date of this amendment, is regularly enrolled as a student in a law school, and any such person shall be allowed to take the examination for admission to practice law at any time after he has completed the requirements necessary for 2 academic years in said law school and before July 1, 1969. Any person claiming the

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exemptions from the application of this subparagraph (b) must file in writing, within ninety days of the effective date of this amendment, with the Board of Bar Examiners, in such form as the Board may require, a claim asserting such exempted status. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE AMENDED SECTIONS OF CODE OF 1910 REPEALED. Code 109A-10-103 Amended. No. 429 (House Bill No. 48). An Act to amend Code Chapter 109A-10 relating to the Uniform Commercial Code, so as to provide for the specific repeal of certain sections of the Code of Georgia of 1910 concerning the law of negotiable instruments; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Chapter 109A-10 relating to the Uniform Commercial Code, is hereby amended by adding at the end of Code section 109A-10-103, relating to specific repealer, the following three sentences: Each of the following sections of the Georgia Code of 1910, which were omitted from the Georgia Code of 1933 though not heretofore expressly repealed, is hereby repealed in its entirety, to-wit: Section 4269, relating to bills of exchange and parties thereto; Section 4270, relating to promissory notes; Section 4272, relating to days of grace; Section 4273, relating to negotiable notes; Section 4275, relating to limited endorsement of negotiable instruments; Section 4277, relating to implied warranty of transferor;

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Section 4278, relating to acceptance of bill or order payable out of a certain fund; Section 4279, relating to contract of endorser; Section 4280, relating to protest and notice; Section 4281, relating to damages on foreign bills payable out of state but within the United States; Section 4282, relating to damages on foreign bills payable outside of the United States; and Section 4285, relating to bills and notes maturing on Sunday or public holiday. Section 4286 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, which was omitted from the Georgia Code of 1933 but subsequently inserted as Section 14-510 of the Georgia Code Annotated, relating to the rights of a bona fide holder for value, is hereby repealed in its entirety. Each of the following sections of the Georgia Code of 1910, which were omitted from the Georgia Code of 1933 though not heretofore expressly repealed, is hereby repealed in its entirety, to-wit: Section 4287, relating to notice of dishonor by non-payment; Section 4288, relating to presumption of good faith; Section 4289, relating to the holder of a note as collateral security; Section 4290, relating to inquiry into the title of a holder; Section 4291, relating to what constitutes notice; and, Section 4292, relating to bills and notes payable on demand. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. TAXATION ON CIGARS AND CIGARETTES. Code Chapter 92-22 Amended. No. 430 (House Bill No. 52). An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to repeal an Act entitled `An Act to repeal Part 3, Cigars and Cigarettes, Chapter 92-22, in general,

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of the 1933 Code of Georgia (Acts 1931, Ex. Sess., pp. 11-24, inclusive) in its entirety; to levy a tax on sales and use of cigars, cigarettes, little cigars, cheroots and stogies; to provide for the collection of the same; to require the use of stamps as evidence of payment thereof; to provide against evasions of the tax; to provide for rules and regulations on that subject; to provide for licensing for the various classifications of dealers in these articles; to provide for the fees of issuing said licenses; and for the regulation of their business in aid of the enforcement of the tax; to provide penalties and punishment; to provide for seizure, forfeiture and the sale of contraband goods of articles held, owned and possessed in violation of this Act, and for the filing and trial in settlement of claims respecting the same; to provide for monthly report for wholesalers and jobbers; to appropriate the funds derived from the operation of this Act and for other purposes.', approved March 30, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, pp. 83-109) as amended by an Act approved December 31, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., pp. 126-144), and as amended by an Act approved July 30, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, Ex. Sess., pp. 8-17), so as to impose a tax upon the sale, use or other disposition of cigars and cigarettes within this State; to provide definitions for the provision of this Act; to provide manner of payment of the tax; to provide for licensing of distributors and dealers in cigars and cigarettes within this State; to provide for the sale of cigars and cigarettes; to provide for non-resident distributors; to provide for the suspension or revocation of licenses issued under this Chapter; to provide for the bonds of distributors; to provide for stamping of cigars and cigarettes within this State; to provide for the confiscation of contraband cigars and cigarettes; to provide for reports of distributors and common carriers of cigars and cigarettes within this State; to provide for records and inspection thereof; to provide that the tax herein imposed is upon the consumer; to provide for violations of the provisions of this Act; to provide for hearings before the Commissioner and appeals from said hearings; to provide for refunds of taxes paid hereunder; to provide for offenses and

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penalties thereof in violation of the provisions of this Act; to provide that the tax herein imposed shall be a lien upon the property and may be collected by the Commissioner or his authorized agent; to provide for the administration of this Act; to provide that the Commissioner may issue various rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved February 28, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 268), as amended by an Act approved June 24, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, Ex. Sess., p. 48), an Act approved March 25, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 336), and an Act approved February 17, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 125), so as to provide that the tax imposed by said Act shall be upon the ultimate consumer or purchaser of the cigars or cigarettes; to increase the tax on certain cigarettes; to provide who shall be responsible for the collection of said tax; to provide that the purchase of stamps shall be deemed security for payment of the tax; to provide for refunds; to provide that the lien provided for under said Act shall be upon any distributor or dealer who shall fail to collect the tax and against any person using or consuming cigars or cigarettes without stamps affixed thereto; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved January 30, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 50), so as to provide additional definitions; to provide that the tax imposed shall be advanced and paid upon the first taxable transaction; to provide who shall advance and pay such tax; to provide that such tax may be recovered from the ultimate consumer or purchaser; to provide that any person receiving cigars or cigarettes from without the state shall be deemed to be a distributor and shall be responsible for the payment of the tax imposed on said cigars and cigarettes; to provide that such tax shall be added to and collected as a part of the sales price of said cigars and cigarettes to provide that the tax imposed shall be collected only once upon the same cigars or cigarettes; to provide that the Commissioner may prescribe, by regulations, an alternate method of collecting and paying the tax imposed upon cigars and little cigars, in lieu of the sale of stamps; to provide penalties for the sale or

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possession of non-tax-paid cigars and little cigars; to provide that tax-paid cigars or little cigars need not bear revenue tax stamps; to provide that any non-tax-paid cigars in the possession of a dealer shall be presumed to have been held by him for more than twenty-four hours; to provide exceptions; to provide that no distributor or dealer shall not receive non-tax-paid cigars; to provide exceptions; to provide that the Commissioner may prescribe the charges which may be made by a distributor to any person for the services of such distributor in complying with the Commissioner's alternate regulations; to provide that non-tax-paid cigars shall be contraband goods and may be seized by the Commissioner or his agents; to provide exceptions; to provide that the Commissioner may dispose of same; to provide that any vending machine dispensing or containing non-tax-paid cigars shall be contraband in the same manner as a vending machine containing or dispensing any cigarettes which do not bear the tax stamps; to provide for the filing of certain reports; to provide that the Commissioner may assess penalties in addition to the tax due under certain circumstances; to provide that under certain circumstances the Commissioner may refund the tax paid; to provide that every person transporting non-tax-paid cigars shall be subject to the same provisions as every person who transports cigarettes not stamped; to provide penalties and exceptions; to provide other penalties for the possession of non-tax-paid cigars; to provide that unpaid tax shall be a lien upon the property of any distributor or dealer who shall sell cigars or cigarettes and not collect the tax thereon and upon the property of any person using or consuming same; to provide that such property may be seized and sold as provided by law to satisfy the taxes due; to provide interest thereon; to provide for additional violations and penalties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled An Act to repeal an Act entitled `An Act to repeal part 3, Cigars and Cigarettes, Chapter 92-22, in General, of the 1933 Code of Georgia (Acts

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1931, Ex. Sess., pp. 11-24, inclusive) in its entirety; to levy a tax on sales and use of cigars, cigarettes, little cigars, cheroots and stogies; to provide for the collection of the same; to require the use of stamps as evidence of payment thereof; to provide against evasions of the tax; to provide for rules and regulations on that subject; to provide for licensing for the various classifications of dealers in these articles; to provide for the fees of issuing said licenses; and for the regulation of their business in aid of the enforcement of the tax; to provide penalties and punishment; to provide for seizure, forfeiture and the sale of contraband goods of articles held, owned and possessed in violation of this Act, and for the filing and trial in settlement of claims respecting the same; to provide for monthly report for wholesalers and jobbers; to appropriate the funds derived from the operation of this Act and for other purposes.', approved March 30, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, pp. 83-109) as amended by an Act approved December 31, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., pp. 126-144), and as amended by an Act approved July 30, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, Ex. Sess., pp. 8-17), so as to impose a tax upon the sale, use or other disposition of cigars and cigarettes within this State; to provide definitions for the provision of this Act; to provide manner of payment of the tax; to provide for licensing of distributors and dealers in cigars and cigarettes within this State; to provide for the sale of cigars and cigarettes; to provide for non-resident distributors; to provide for the suspension or revocation of licenses issued under this Chapter; to provide for the bonds of distributors; to provide for stamping of cigars and cigarettes within this State; to provide for the confiscation of contraband cigars and cigarettes; to provide for reports of distributors and common carriers of cigars and cigarettes within this State; to provide for records and inspection thereof; to provide that the tax herein imposed is upon the consumer; to provide for violations of the provisions of this Act; to provide for hearings before the Commissioner and appeals from said hearings; to provide for refunds of taxes paid hereunder; to provide for offenses and penalties thereof in violation of the provisions of this Act; to provide that the tax herein imposed shall be a lien upon the property and may be

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collected by the Commissioner or his authorized agent; to provide for the administration of this Act; to provide that the Commissioner may issue various rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved February 28, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 268), as amended by an Act approved June 24, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, Ex. Sess., p. 48) an Act approved March 25, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 336), and an Act approved February 17, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 125), so as to provide that the tax imposed by said Act shall be upon the ultimate consumer or purchaser of the cigars or cigarettes; to increase the tax on certain cigarettes; to provide who shall be responsible for the collection of said tax; to provide that the purchase of stamps shall be deemed security for payment of the tax; to provide for refunds; to provide that the lien provided for under said Act shall be upon any distributor or dealer who shall fail to collect the tax and against any person using or consuming cigars or cigarettes without stamps affixed thereto; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved January 30, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 50), is hereby amended by adding to section 2 a new subsection to be known as subsection (j) to read as follows: (j) The words `first taxable transaction' shall mean the first sale, receipt, purchase, possession, consumption, handling, distribution, or use of cigars or cigarettes within this State. Definition. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking from section 3 subsections (a) and (e) and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (a) and a new subsection (e) to read as follows: (a) An excise tax, in addition to all other taxes of every kind imposed by law, is imposed upon the sale, receipt, purchase, possession, consumption, handling, distribution or use of cigars and cigarettes in this State, as follows: Tax imposed. Little Cigars: weighing not more than three pounds per thousandtwo mills each

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Cigars: retailing for three and one-third cents each or lessone and one-half mills each; retailing for more than three and one-third cents each and not more than five cents eachthree mills each; retailing for more than five cents each and not exceeding eight cents eachfour mills each; retailing for more than eight cents each and not exceeding 10 cents eachseven and one-half mills each; retailing for more than 10 cents each and not exceeding 20 cents each15 mills each; retailing for more than 20 cents each20 mills each. Cigarettes: having a length of less than four inchesfour mills each; weighing four pounds or more, but less than six pounds per thousandsix and five-tenths mills each; weighing more than six pounds per thousand11.5 mills each. (e) The tax shall be advanced and paid by the distributor to the Commissioner for deposit and distribution as hereinafter provided upon the first taxable transaction within the State, whether or not such transaction involves the ultimate purchaser or consumer. The seller or distributor shall collect the tax from the purchaser or consumer and the purchaser or consumer shall pay the tax to the seller or distributor. The seller or distributor shall be responsible for the collection of the tax and the payment of the same to the Commissioner. Whenever cigars or cigarettes are shipped from outside the State to anyone other than a distributor, the person receiving the cigars or cigarettes shall be deemed to be a distributor and shall be responsible for the tax on said cigars or cigarettes and the payment of same to the Commissioner. Section 3. Said Act is further amended by adding to section 3 a new subsection to be known as subsection (f) to read as follows: (f) The amount of taxes advanced and paid to the State aforesaid shall be added to and collected as a part of the sales price of the cigars or cigarettes sold or distributed,

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which amount shall be stated separately from the price of the cigars or cigarettes. Collection of tax. Section 4. Said Act is further amended by adding to section 3 a new subsection to be known as subsection (g) to read as follows: (g) The cigar and cigarette tax imposed shall be collected only once upon the same cigarettes, cigars or little cigars. Same. Section 5. Said Act is further amended by striking therefrom in its entirety section 4 and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 4 to read as follows: Section 4. (a) Except as hereinafter provided, the taxes imposed by section 3 shall be collected and paid through the use of stamps. The Commissioner shall secure stamps of such design, materials, and denominations as he deems appropriate to protect the revenue and shall sell such stamps to licensed distributors at a discount of not less than two per cent (2%), and not more than eight per cent (8%) of the face value thereof, such percentage to be based on brackets according to the volume of cigars and cigarettes handled by such distributor, according to regulations promulgated by the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall prescribe, by regulations, to protect the revenue, the condition, method and manner in which stamps are to be affixed to containers of cigars and cigarettes. The Commissioner may prescribe, by regulations, an alternate method of collecting and paying the tax imposed upon cigars and little cigars, in lieu of the sale of stamps, by him to cigar and little cigar distributors; provided, however, such alternate method shall result in the same revenue to the State that the State would realize through the sale of stamps to such distributors. No distributor shall sell or exchange with another distributor any stamps issued under authority of this Chapter. The Commissioner is authorized to redeem at cost price any stamps presented for redemption by a licensed distributor provided the Commissioner determines from physical inspection that no cigars or cigarettes have

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been sold by such distributor under pretense of the tax hereby imposed having been paid through use of such stamps. Stamps. Section 6. Said Act is further amended by striking therefrom in its entirety section 9, and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 9 to read as follows: Section 9. Sale or possession of unstamped cigars and cigarettes prohibited; sale or possession of non-tax-paid cigars or little cigars prohibited; duties of distributors and dealers. (a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or possess with intent to sell in this State, any cigarettes, the containers of which do not bear the tax stamps required by section 4, nor shall any person sell, offer for sale, or possess with intent to sell, in this State, any cigars or little cigars upon which the tax has not been paid under the alternate method of collecting such taxes provided for under section 4, or which do not bear tax stamps. Each distributor shall affix, at the location for which his license is issued, in such manner as the Commissioner may specify in regulations issued pursuant to this Act, to each individual package of cigarettes sold or distributed by him stamps of the denomination required by section 3; each distributor shall comply with the regulations promulgated by the Commissioner for the payment of the tax on cigars under section 4 or shall affix to each container of cigars sold by him or from which he sells cigars, stamps of the denomination required by section 3. Such stamps or alternate method may be paid or affixed by a distributor at any time before the cigars or cigarettes are transferred out of his possession. It is the intent of this Act that tax be paid only once and if the distributor acquires stamped cigarettes or tax-paid or stamped cigars he is not by this section required to affix additional stamps or other evidence of payment of the tax. Every dealer shall within twenty-four hours after coming into possession of the cigars or cigarettes not bearing proper stamps or other evidence of the payment of the tax imposed by this Act, and before selling, using, or otherwise disposing of such cigars and cigarettes, cause to be affixed to each individual package of cigarettes, by any licensed distributor, and in such manner as the Commissioner may specify in regulations

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issued pursuant to this Act, stamps of the type and denomination required by section 3; and in regard to containers of cigars, such dealer shall within the same time limit, either affix the abovementioned stamps on cigars, or in lieu thereof, comply with the alternate method promulgated by the Commissioner in accordance with section 4. A licensed distributor shall affix such stamps or comply with such alternate regulations when presented a permit therefor issued by the State Revenue Commissioner, and a license distributor shall stamp cigarettes or comply with the alternate method hereinbefore mentioned relating to cigars, other than his own, only when authorized by such permit issued by the State Revenue Commissioner. (b) Any unstamped cigarettes or non-tax-paid cigars in the possession of a dealer shall be presumed to have been held by him for more than 24 hours unless proof can be shown to the contrary. (c) No distributor or dealer, whether at wholesale or retail, shall accept deliveries of unstamped cigarettes or non-tax-paid cigars which are shipped to him, or acquired by him at any place within the State. All cigars and cigarettes shall be examined by such distributors or dealers on receipt and they shall immediately return any and all unstamped cigarettes and non-tax-paid cigars to the vendor or consignor thereof or to a common carrier thereof to be returned to such vendor or consignor. (d) The commissioner shall have the authority to prescribe the charges which may be made by a distributor, to any person under this Act for the services of such distributor in affixing to each individual package of cigarettes, the stamp provided for in this Act and the charges which may be made by a distributor in complying with the Commissioner's alternate regulations for the collection of the tax on cigars and little cigars, provided for in this Act. (e) This section shall not apply to unstamped cigars and little cigars upon which the tax has been paid in accordance with the alternate regulations promulgated by the Commissioner under section 4.

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Section 7. Said Act is further amended by striking therefrom in its entirety subsection (a) of section 10 and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) Except as provided in section 16 any cigars or cigarettes found at any place in this State without stamps affixed thereto as required by this Act, unless the tax has been paid on such unstamped cigars and little cigars in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the Commissioner under section 4, or unless such cigars and cigarettes shall be in the possession of a licensed distributor, or unless they shall be in course of transit from without this State and consigned to a licensed distributor, or in the possession of a transporter complying with section 23, or unless they shall have been received by a licensed dealer from without the State within twenty-four hours, are declared to be contraband goods and may be seized by the Commissioner, his agents or employees, or by any peace officer of this State when directed by the Commissioner to do so; provided nothing herein shall be construed to require the Commissioner to confiscate unstamped or non-tax-paid cigars and cigarettes or other property when he shall have reason to believe that the owner thereof is not wilfully or intentionally evading the tax imposed by this Act. Any cigars, cigarettes, or other property seized under the provisions of this Act may, at his discretion, be offered by the Commissioner for sale at public auction to the highest bidder after advertisement as provided herein. The Commissioner shall deliver to the State Treasurer the proceeds of any sale made under the provisions of this section. Before delivering any cigars or cigarettes sold to the purchaser, the Commissioner shall require such purchaser to affix to the packages the amount of stamps required by this Act or comply with his alternate method. The seizure and sale of any cigars or cigarettes or other property under the provisions of this Act shall not relieve any person from a fine, imprisonment, or other penalty for violation of this Act. Contraband. Section 8. Said Act is further amended by striking therefrom in its entirety subsection (c) of section 10 and

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inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) Any vending machine found containing or dispensing any cigarettes which do not bear the tax stamps required under this Act, or which is not registered as provided in this Act, and any vending machine found containing or dispensing any cigars upon which the tax has not been paid either through the purchase of stamps or the alternate procedure provided by the Commissioner required under this Act or which is not registered as provided in this Act shall be contraband and the State Revenue Commissioner is authorized to seize such machine and deal with it in the same manner as provided by law for the seizure and sale of unstamped cigarettes and non-tax-paid cigars. Vending machines. Section 9. Said Act is further amended by striking in its entirety subsection (b) of section 11 and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) Every licensed dealer who receives unstamped cigarettes or non-tax-paid cigars shall file with the Commissioner a similar report on or before the tenth (10) day of each month. Reports. Section 10. Said Act is further amended by striking in its entirety subsection (a) of section 13 and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) If after an examination of the invoices, books and records of a licensed distributor or dealer or from any other information obtained by him or his authorized agents, the Commissioner determines that the report of any licensed distributor or licensed dealer is incorrect, or that the licensed distributor or dealer has not paid the tax in accordance with the alternate regulations promulgated by the Commissioner under section 4 or has not purchased sufficient stamps to cover his receipts for sales or other disposition of unstamped cigarettes and non-tax-paid cigars, shall thereupon assess the deficiency and may assess a penalty of 10% of the deficiency. In any case where a licensed distributor or dealer cannot produce evidence of

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sufficient stamps purchased or other payment of the tax imposed to cover the receipt of unstamped cigarettes or non-tax-paid cigars, it shall be assumed that such cigarettes and cigars were sold without having either the proper stamps affixed or, in regard to cigars, the tax paid thereon. Penalties. Section 11. Said Act is further amended by striking in its entirety subsection (b) of section 21 and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) The Commissioner shall, upon proof satisfactory to him, and in accordance with regulations promulgated by him, refund the cost price of stamps affixed to any package of cigars or cigarettes, or refund the tax paid on cigars under the alternative method which have become unfit for use or consumption or unsalable and which have been destroyed or shipped out of the State. Unsalable stock. Section 12. Said Act is further amended by adding to section 22 after the words every person who shall transport cigars or cigarettes not stamped and before the words as required by this Act the words or upon which the tax has not been paid in accordance with the alternate regulations provided for by the Commissioner under section 4 so that when so amended, section 22 shall read as follows: Section 22. Transportation of cigars and cigarettes; confiscation of goods and vehicles where law not complied with; other penalties. Every person who shall transport cigars or cigarettes not stamped or upon which tax has not been paid in accordance with the alternate regulations provided for by the Commissioner under section 4, as required by this Act upon the public highways, roads, and streets of this State shall have in his actual possession invoices or delivery tickets for such cigars and cigarettes which shall show the true name and address of the consignor or seller, the true name of the consignee or purchaser, the quantity and brands of the cigars or cigarettes transported, and the name and address of the person who has or shall assume the payment of the State tax at the point of ultimate destination. In the absence of such invoices or delivery tickets, the cigars or cigarettes so transported and the vehicles in

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which the cigars or cigarettes are being transported shall be confiscated and disposed of as provided in section 10 and the transporter may be liable to a penalty of not more than $25 for each individual carton of cigarettes and $50 for each individual box of cigars so transported by him, which penalty shall be sued for and recovered as provided in section 23(c). This section shall apply only to the transportation of more than 200 cigarettes or more than 20 cigars. Section 13. Said Act is further amended by striking from section 23, subsection (a) in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) Any person who possesses unstamped cigarettes or non-tax-paid cigars in violation of the provisions of this Act shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $25.00 for each individual carton of unstamped cigarettes and $50.00 for each individual box of non-tax-paid cigars in his possession. Penalties. Section 14. Said Act is further amended by striking subsection (d) of section 23 and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) Any person who sells cigarettes without the stamps required by this Act being affixed thereto, and any person who sells cigars without the stamp or stamps required by this Act or the tax being paid thereon in accordance with the alternate provision, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the Court. Possession of 2,000 or more unstamped cigarettes or 100 or more unstamped or non-tax-paid cigars by any person other than a licensed distributor shall be prima facie evidence that the possessor thereof has engaged in the sale of cigars or cigarettes without the stamp or stamps required by such Act having been affixed thereto or without the tax paid thereon under the alternate provision, and such person shall be subject to the punishment provided by this section. Crimes.

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Section 15. Said Act is further amended by adding at the end of the first sentence of section 24 the following: or the tax paid thereon as otherwise provided. so that when so amended section 24 shall read as follows: Section 24. Amount of unpaid tax as lien; recording; seizure of property; sale; interest on delinquent taxes and penalties. The amount of any unpaid tax shall be a lien against the property of any distributor or dealer who shall sell cigars or cigarettes without collecting the tax and against the property of any person using or consuming cigars or cigarettes without proper stamps affixed thereto or the tax paid thereon as otherwise provided. The Commissioner or his authorized agents are authorized to seize the property of a delinquent distributor, dealer or taxpayer and sell it as provided by law to satisfy the claim for taxes due under this Chapter, or the Commissioner may record his lien specifying and describing the property against which the lien is effective and such lien shall be good as against any other person until the claim for taxes is satisfied. Interest at the rate of six per cent per annum shall accrue on delinquent taxes and any penalties imposed under the procedure set forth in section 23 (c) which remain unpaid. Section 16. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS TAXING CIGARS AND CIGARETTES. Code Chapter 92-22 Amended. No. 431 (House Bill No. 53). An Act to amend an Act which repealed an Act which repealed Part 3, Cigars and Cigarettes, Chapter 92-22, in general, of the 1931 Code of Georgia (Acts 1931, Ex.Sess.,

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pp. 11-24, inclusive), and levied a tax on the sales and use of cigars, cigarettes, little cigars, cheroots and stogies, and for other purposes, approved February 28, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 268), as amended, so as to authorize special agents and enforcement officers of the Revenue Department, in the enforcement of cigar and cigarette taxes imposed by this State, to bear arms, make arrests, execute warrants for arrest, investigate and executive search warrants, and seize and hold articles of contraband; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act which repealed an Act which repealed Part 3, Cigars and Cigarettes, Chapter 92-33, in general, of the 1933 Code of Georgia (Acts 1931, Ex. Sess., 11-24, inclusive), and levied a tax on the sales and use of cigars, cigarettes, little cigars, cheroots and stogies, and for other purposes, approved February 28, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 268), as amended, is hereby amended by renumbering section 28 of said Act as section 29, and inserting a new section 28, to read as follows: Section 28. (A) Persons appointed by the State Revenue Commissioner as special agents or enforcement officers of the Revenue Department, in the enforcement of the laws of this State with respect to the manufacture, transportation, distribution, sale, possession and taxation of cigars, cigarettes, little cigars, cheroots, and stogies, shall have the authority throughout the State: (a) To obtain and execute warrants for arrest of persons charged with violations of such laws; (b) To obtain and execute search warrants in the enforcement of such laws; (c) To arrest without warrant any person found in violation of such laws, or endeavoring to escape, or for other cause there is likely to be a failure of enforcement of such laws for want of an officer to issue a warrant;

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(d) To make investigations in the enforcement of such laws and in connection therewith to go upon any property outside of buildings, posted or otherwise, in the performance of such duties; (e) To seize and take possession of all property which is declared contraband under such laws; and (f) To carry firearms while performing their duties. (B) Each such special agent or enforcement officer shall file with the State Revenue Commissioner a public official's bond in the amount of $1,000, the cost of which shall be borne by the Revenue Department. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as relieving them, after making an arrest, from the duties imposed generally to obtain a warrant promptly and, without undue delay, return arrested persons before a person authorized to examine, commit or receive bail as required by general law. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. HOLIDAYSTIME OF PERFORMING REQUIRED ACTS. Code 102-102 Amended. No. 432 (House Bill No. 109). An Act to amend Code section 102-102, relating to general rules of construction for statutes, as amended by an Act approved March 25, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 388), so as to provide for additional time within which to complete certain actions when the final date for completing such action shall fall on a public or legal holiday; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 102-102, relating to general rules of construction for statutes, as amended by an Act approved March 25, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 388), is hereby amended by adding at the end of subsection 8 the following: When the last day prescribed for such action shall fall on a public or legal holiday as set forth in an Act approved February 2, 1945 (Ga. L. 1945, p. 123), enumerating public and legal holidays, the party having such privilege or duty shall have through the following day to exercise such privilege or to discharge such duty; however, when said following day shall be a Saturday or Sunday, the party shall have through the following Monday to exercise such privilege or to discharge such duty., so that when so amended subsection 8 shall read as follows: 8. When a number of days is prescribed for the exercise of any privilege, or the discharge of any duty, only the first or last day shall be counted; and if the last day shall fall on Saturday or Sunday, the party having such privilege or duty, shall have through the following Monday to exercise such privilege or to discharge such duty. When the last day prescribed for such action shall fall on a public or legal holiday as set forth in an Act approved February 2, 1945 (Ga. L. 1945, p. 123), enumerating public and legal holidays, the party having such privilege or duty shall have through the following day to exercise such privilege or to discharge such duty; however, when said following day shall be a Saturday or Sunday, the party shall have through the following Monday to exercise such privilege or to discharge such duty. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967.

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AIR QUALITY CONTROL. Code Chapter 88-9 Amended. No. 433 (House Bill No. 112). An Act to amend Code Chapter 88-9 relating to air quality control, so as to provide for air quality control; to provide for a declaration of public policy relative to air quality; to provide for definitions; to provide for the powers and duties of the State Board of Health; to provide for the powers and duties for the Department of Public Health; to provide for the powers and duties for county boards of health; to provide for factors to be considered in exercising powers and responsibilities related to air quality; to authorize the Department of Public Health or its duly authorized representatives to conduct inspections and investigations; to provide for the confidentiality of certain information; to provide for the inadmissibility of information in private actions; to limit the authority of the State Board of Health and the Department of Public Health under certain conditions; to provide for emission limits; to provide for variances; to provide for proceedings before the Department of Public Health; to provide for hearings; to provide for judicial review; to provide for penalties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Chapter 88-9 relating to air quality control, is hereby amended by striking Code Chapter 88-9 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new Code Chapter 88-9 to read as follows: Chapter 88-9 AIR QUALITY CONTROL 88-901. Public Policy. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State of Georgia to preserve, protect and improve the air quality of this State so as to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare of the people of the

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State consistent with providing for maximum employment and the full industrial development of the State. 88-902. Definitions. Unless clearly indicated otherwise by the context, the following words when used in this Act, for the purposes of this Act, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section: (a) `Air contaminant' means particulate matter, dust, fumes, gas, mist, smoke, or vapor or any combination thereof produced by processes other than natural. (b) `Air pollution' means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in quantities or characteristic, and of a duration which are injurious or which unreasonably interfere with enjoyment of life or use of property throughout the State or throughout such area of the State as shall be affected thereby. (c) `Source' means any source at, from, or by reason of which there is emitted into the atmosphere any air contaminant, regardless of who the person may be who owns or operates the building, premises or other property in, at, or on which such source is located, or the facility, equipment or other property by which the emission is caused or from which the emission comes. (d) `Air-cleaning device' means any method, process or equipment which removes, reduces, dilutes, or renders less noxious air contaminants discharged into the atmosphere. (e) `Area of the State' means any city or county or portion thereof or other substantial geographical area of the State as may be designated by the Department. (f) `Department' means the Department of Public Health. (g) `Person' means the State or any agency or institution thereof, any municipality, political subdivision, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, association, or other entity, and includes any officer or governing or managing

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body of any municipality, political subdivision, or public or private corporation. (h) `Board' means the Board of Health of the State of Georgia. 88-903. Powers and Duties of the Board. The Board shall have and may exercise the following powers and duties: (a) To adopt, modify, repeal and promulgate after due notice and public hearings, held in accordance with, established pursuant to, and subject to the provisions of the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act (Ga. L. 1964, p. 338), as amended, rules and regulations: (1) Establishing standards of quality of the air of this State under such reasonable conditions as the Board may prescribe for the prevention, control, and abatement of the pollution thereof. (2) Requiring the registration with the Department of persons engaged in operations which may result in air pollution and the filing of reports containing information relating to location, size of outlet, height of outlet, rate and period of emission and composition of effluent and such other information as the Board shall reasonably prescribe to be filed relative to sources of air pollution. The requirement for filing of reports shall be conditional upon either the consent of the person engaged in operations which may result in air pollution or the direction of the Department which direction may be issued only after a hearing upon notice to the person engaged in such operation. (3) Implementing or effectuating the powers and duties of the Department under this Act as the Board may deem necessary to prevent, control, and abate existing or potential pollution of the air of this State. (b) To exercise general supervision of the administration and enforcement of this Act and all rules and regulations and orders promulgated thereunder.

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88-904. Powers and Duties of the Department. The Department shall have and may exercise the following powers and duties: (a) To administer and enforce this Act and all rules and regulations and orders promulgated thereunder; (b) To develop comprehensive programs for the prevention, control and abatement of new or existing pollution of the air of the State; (c) To advise, consult and cooperate with other agencies of the State, the Federal Government, other states and interstate agencies, and with affected groups, political subdivisions, and industries in the furtherance of the purposes of this Act; (d) To accept and administer loans and grants from the Federal Government and from other sources, private or public, for carrying out any of its functions, provided, however, that such loans and grants shall not be expended for other than the purposes for which provided; (e) To encourage, participate in, or conduct studies, investigations, research and demonstrations relating to air pollution and the causes, prevention, control and abatement thereof as it may deem advisable and necessary for the discharge of its duties under this Act; (f) To collect and disseminate information relating to air pollution and the prevention, control and abatement thereof; (g) To issue, modify, or revoke orders (1) prohibiting, controlling or abating discharges of waste in the air of the State and/or (2) requiring compliance with the standards or rules and regulations adopted or promulgated by the Board; (h) To hold such hearings, to issue notices of hearing and subpoenas requiring the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such evidence, to administer such

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oaths, and to take such testimony as the Department deems necessary to carry out its duties hereunder; (i) To require such maintenance and operation of abatement systems as is required to comply with orders, standards, rules and/or regulations established by the Board; (j) To exercise all residual powers necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 88-905. Powers and Duties of the County Boards of Health. The several county boards of health of this State are empowered to conduct studies and research to determine factors responsible for air pollution; to determine physiological effects of air pollutants on health and safety, and to render advice and make recommendations in connection with the foregoing. 88-906. Factors to Be Considered in Exercising Powers and Responsibilities Related to Air Quality. In exercising the responsibilities under the provisions of this Act, the Board and Department shall give due recognition to the fact that the quantity or characteristic of air contaminants or the duration of their presence in the atmosphere which may cause a need for control in one area of the State may not cause a need for control in another area of the State. The degree of conformance with rules and regulations which may be proper as to an essentially residential area of the State may not be proper as to a highly developed industrial area of the State. The following factors shall be considered in exercising powers and responsibilities related to air quality. (a) The quantity and characteristics of air contaminants and the duration of their presence in the atmosphere which may cause air pollution in a particular area of the State; (b) Existing physical conditions and topography; (c) Prevailing wind directions and velocities; (d) Temperatures and temperature-inversion periods, humidity, and other atmospheric conditions;

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(e) Possible chemical reactions between air contaminants or between such air contaminants and air gases, moisture, or sunlight; (f) The predominant character of development of the area of the State, such as residential, highly developed industrial area, commercial, or other characteristics; (g) The question of priority of location in the area involved; (h) Availability of air-cleaning devices; (i) Economic feasibility of air-cleaning devices; (j) Effect on normal human health of particular air contaminants; (k) Effect on efficiency of industrial operation resulting from use of air-cleaning devices; (l) Extent of danger to property in the area reasonably to be expected from any particular air contaminant; (m) Interference with reasonable enjoyment of life by persons in the area and conduct of established enterprises which can reasonably be expected from air contaminants; (n) The volume of air contaminants emitted from a particular class of air contaminant source; (o) The economic and industrial development of the State and the social and economic value of the source of air contaminants; (p) The maintenance of public enjoyment of the State's natural resources; and (q) Other factors which the Department may find applicable.

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88-907. Inspections and Investigations. (a) The Department or its duly authorized representative shall have the power to enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property, and the owner, managing agent or occupant of any such property shall permit such entry for the purpose of inspection and investigating conditions relating to pollution or the possible pollution of the air of the State. `88-908. Confidential Information. Any information relating to secret processes, devices, or methods of manufacture or production obtained by the Board, Department or their employees in the administration of this Act shall be kept confidential. 88-909. Information not Admissible in Private Actions. Information directly affecting any person obtained by the Board, the Department or their employees or agents as a result of studies, surveys, investigation, reports or from other sources as provided in this Chapter shall not be admissible as evidence in any actions at law or equity involving private rights. 88-910. Limitation on Authority. Nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to grant to the Board or Department any jurisdiction or authority to make any rule, regulation, recommendation or determination or to enter any order; (1) with respect to air conditions existing solely within the property boundaries of commercial and industrial plants, works, or operations; (2) to affect the relations between employers and employees with respect to or arising out of any air condition or (3) limiting or restricting the owners of any forest land from burning over their own land. 88-911. Emission Limits. In carrying out the functions of this Act, the Board may establish such emission limits as are necessary to prevent air pollution. In establishing such limits, the Board and Department shall be guided by the provisions of Code section 88-906, relating to factors to be considered in exercising powers and responsibilities related to air quality. 88-912. Variances. The Department may grant specific or general classes of variances from the particular requirements

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of any rule, regulation or general order to such specific persons or class of persons or such specific source or general classes of sources of air contaminants upon such conditions as it may deem necessary to protect the public health and welfare, if it finds that strict compliance with such rule, regulation or general order is inappropriate because of conditions beyond the control of the person or classes of persons granted such variances, or because of special circumstances which would render strict compliance unreasonable, unduly burdensome, or impractical due to special physical conditions or causes, or because strict compliance would result in substantial curtailment or closing down of one or more businesses, plants or operations, or because no alternative facility or method of handling is yet available. Such variances may be limited in time. In determining whether or not such variances shall be granted, the Department shall give consideration to the protection of the public health, safety and general welfare of the public, and weigh the equities involved and the relative advantages and disadvantages to the resident and the occupation or activity affected. Any person or persons seeking a variance shall do so by filing a petition therefor with the Director of the Department. The Director shall promptly investigate such petition and make a recommendation as to the disposition thereof. If such recommendation is against the granting of the variance, a hearing shall be held thereon within 15 days after notice to the petitioner. If the recommendation of the Director is for the granting of a variance, the Department may do so without a hearing; provided, however, that upon the petition of any person aggrieved by the granting of a variance, a public hearing shall be held thereon. A variance granted may be revoked or modified by the Department after a public hearing which shall be held after giving at least 15 days prior notice. Such notice shall be served upon all persons, known to the Department, who will be subjected to greater restrictions if such variance is revoked or modified, or are likely to be affected or who have filed with the Department a written request for such notification. 88-913. Proceedings before the Department. (a) Whenever the Department has reason to believe that a violation

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of any provision of the Act or rule or regulation of the Board or any order of the Department has occurred, it shall attempt to remedy the same by conference, conciliation and persuasion. In the case of failure of such conference, conciliation or persuasion to correct or remedy any violation, the Department may cause a written complaint to be served on the alleged violator or violators. The complaint shall specify the provisions of the Act or regulation or order alleged to have been violated, the fact alleged to constitute a violation thereof, and shall order that necessary corrective action be taken within a reasonable time to be prescribed in such order. Any order issued by the Department under the provisions of this Act shall be signed by the Director. Any such order shall become final unless the person or persons named therein request in writing a hearing before the Department no later than 30 days after such order is served. (b) Whenever the Department finds that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health or welfare, the Department, with the concurrence of the Governor, may without notice or hearing issue an order reciting the existence of such an emergency and requiring that such action be taken as the Department deems necessary to meet the emergency. Such order shall be effective immediately. Any person to whom such order is directed shall comply therewith immediately but on application to the Department shall be afforded a hearing within 48 hours. On the basis of such hearing the Department shall continue such order in effect, revoke it, or modify it. 88-914. Hearings. The hearings herein provided for the Department shall be governed by the procedure established by Code section 88-304, relating to hearing, subject, nevertheless, to compliance with the applicable minimum requirements therefor as prescribed by the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act (Ga. L. 1964, p. 338), as amended, and as otherwise expressly provided herein. 88-915. Judicial Review. Any person who is a party to a proceeding and who is aggrieved or adversely affected by any final order or action of the Board or Department

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directed to such person and affecting the operation of any industrial plant, county, municipality or community shall have the right to the judicial review thereof by an appeal as provided by Code section 88-305, relating to appeals, or at the option of the aggrieved or adversely affected party by an appeal as provided by section 20 of the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act (Ga. L. 1964, p. 338), as amended, and in either case the Board, Department, or any party to the proceeding may secure a review of the final judgment of the superior court by appeal in the manner and form provided by law for appeals from the superior court to the appellate courts of this State. 88-916. Penalties. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of, or who fails to perform any duty imposed by this Act, or a regulation issued hereunder, or who violates any order or determination of the Department promulgated pursuant to this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor, and in addition thereto may be enjoined from continuing such violation. Each day such violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense. Section 2. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. GRAND JURORSNUMBER OF GRAND JURORS. Code 59-202 Amended. No. 434 (House Bill No. 125). An Act to amend Code section 59-202 which relates to the number of grand jurors by changing the minimum of grand jurors; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 59-202, relating to the number of grand jurors, is hereby amended by striking said section in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new section 59-202, to read as follows: 59-202Number of Grand Jurors. A grand jury shall consist of not less than sixteen nor more than twenty-three persons. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. PRACTICE AND PROCEDUREAWARD OF ATTORNEY'S FEES IN DIVORCE AND ALIMONY ACTIONS. Code 30-202.1 Enacted. No. 436 (House Bill No. 151). An Act to amend Chapter 30-2 of the Code, relating to alimony, so as to provide that a grant of attorney's fees at anytime during the pendency of a divorce action or alimony shall be a final judgment as to the amount granted, whether the grant be in full or on account, to the extent that the judgment may be enforced by attachment for contempt or writ of fieri facias, whether the parties subsequently reconcile or not; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Chapter 30-2, of the Code, relating to alimony, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Section 30-202.1, as follows:

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30-202.1. The Grant of Attorney's Fees to be a Final Judgment. The grant of attorney's fees as a part of the expenses of litigation made at anytime during the pendency of the litigation, whether the action be for alimony, divorce and alimony, or contempt of court arising out of either an alimony case or a divorce and alimony case shall be a final judgment as to the amount granted, whether the grant be in full or on account, and may be enforced by attachment for contempt of court or by writ of fieri facias, whether the parties subsequently reconcile or not; provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed to mean that attorney's fees shall not be awarded at both the temporary hearing and the final hearing. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. REAL PROPERTYGRANTEES BOUND BY COVENANTS IN DEEDS. Code 29-102 Amended. No. 437 (House Bill No. 156). An Act to amend Code section 29-102, relating to covenants contained within a deed, so as to provide that when a grantee accepts a deed, he will be bound by the covenants contained therein; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 29-102, relating to covenants contained within a deed, is hereby amended by striking therefrom the following: and enters thereunder,

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so that, when so amended, Code section 29-102 shall read as follows: 29-102. Grantee bound by conditions in deed. When a grantee accepts a deed he will be bound by the covenants contained therein, although the deed has not been signed by him. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PRACTICAL NURSES. No. 438 (House Bill No. 171). An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Examiners of Practical Nurses, approved March 2, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 333), as amended, by an Act approved March 9, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 691), and an Act approved March 31, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 455), so as to change the fee for examination; to provide for an additional method of qualifying as a licensed practical nurse; to change the minimum hours of training required for practical nurses in class work and practical experience during a period of twelve months; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating a Board of Examiners of Practical Nurses, approved March 2, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 333), as amended, by an Act approved March 9, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 691), and an Act approved March 31, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 455), is hereby amended by striking section 3 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 3 to read as follows: Section 3. Applicant shall be required to pass an examination, oral, written or practical, or any combination thereof

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prescribed by the board, and upon successful passage thereof shall be issued a license to practice as a licensed practical nurse. The fee for such examination shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00), which shall accompany the application and shall be remitted to the Joint Secretary of the State Examining Boards. Examinations, etc. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking from section 8 the figures 210 and 1800 and inserting in lieu thereof the figures 600 and 800 respectively, so that section 8, when so amended, shall read as follows: Section 8. A practical nurse is a person who has had study and supervised experience in an approved school and hospital training program and is thereby trained to care for sub-acute, convalescent and chronic patients in their own homes or in institutions, or who works under the direction of a licensed physician or registered professional nurse. Any hospital with fifteen beds or more may qualify to train practical nurses provided they do not train over one nurse per year for every eight hospital beds. Hospitals giving this training for practical nurses must include in their course a minimum of 600 hours class work and 800 hours practical experience during a period of twelve months. Study and experience. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. MILLEDGEVILLE STATE HOSPITALNAME CHANGED TO CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL. No. 439 (House Bill No. 178). An Act to change the name of the Milledgeville State Hospital to Central State Hospital; to provide the procedure connected therewith; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. From and after the approval of this Act, the State mental institution located in Baldwin County and formerly designated as Milledgeville State Hospital shall henceforth be designated as Central State Hospital. Name. Section 2. All references contained within prior Acts of the General Assembly, the Code of Georgia, and any other Laws or Statutes of the State of Georgia to the Milledgeville State Hospital shall be deemed and construed to refer to the Central State Hospital. Intent. Section 3. No legal, quasi-legal, or official proceeding shall be abated because of this change of name from Milledgeville State Hospital to Central State Hospital made herein, but the appropriate name Central State Hospital shall be substituted in said proceeding. Same. Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. CREDIT UNIONSREGULATION, DEPOSITS, ETC. No. 440 (House Bill No. 196). An Act to further regulate the incorporation and the renewal of charters of credit unions; to regulate amendments to by-laws of credit unions; to fix the time within which the Superintendent of Banks shall pass upon applications to incorporate credit unions, applications to renew the charters of credit unions, and amendments to the by-laws of credit unions; to fix the fees to be paid by credit unions to the Secretary of State on applications for incorporation and renewal of charters; to provide for the payment of deposits of deceased depositors in credit unions; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. From and after the passage and approval of this act, all documents required to be filed with the Secretary of State with any petition for incorporation of a credit union, pursuant to Chapter 25-1 of the Code of Georgia of 1933, as amended, shall be filed in triplicate instead of duplicate as now provided by law. This requirement shall include the original petition for incorporation, the by-laws, and all other documents required to be filed by said chapter of the Code, in connection with any petition to incorporate a credit union. Petitions for charters, etc. Section 2. Every application to renew the charter of a credit union shall be filed in triplicate. Every such application shall be submitted not more than six months before the expiration of the existing charter. Same. Section 3. Every proposed amendment to the by-laws of a credit union shall be filed with the Secretary of State in triplicate, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the corporation, under the seal of the corporation, and shall be accompanied by a fee of $1.00 payable to the Secretary of State. By-Laws. Section 4. The Superintendent of Banks shall pass upon every application for incorporation of a credit union, every application to renew the charter of a credit union and every proposed amendment to the by-laws of a credit union, within thirty days after the same is submitted to him by the Secretary of State and shall, within that time, advise the Secretary of State in writing of his approval or disapproval of such application or amendment. He shall state the reasons for his disapproval of any such application or amendment. The applicant, or credit union, as the case may be, shall have such reasonable time, not more than ninety days, as the Superintendent of Banks may allow, to correct any defect or other matter to which attention is called by the Superintendent of Banks in his written disapproval. If such defect or other matter is corrected, the Superintendent of Banks may then advise the Secretary of State in writing of his approval. Superintendent of Banks.

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Section 5. Upon the filing of an application for the granting or renewal of a charter, there shall be paid to the Secretary of State an application fee of $10.00. Fees. Section 6. Upon the death of any person intestate having a deposit in the credit union of not more than $1000, such credit union shall be authorized to pay over such deposit: Deposits. (a) to the husband or wife of the depositor; (b) if no husband or wife, to the children; (c) if no children, to the father, if living, if not, to the mother of the depositor; (d) if no children or parent, then to the brothers or sisters of the depositor. The receipt of such person or persons shall be a full and final acquittance to the credit union and relieve it of all liability to the estate of said deceased depositor or the representative thereof, should one be appointed: Provided, however, that in any case in which a deceased depositor has more than $1000 on deposit in the credit union such credit union shall be authorized to pay over any amount up to $1000 to any of the persons so authorized by this section to receive said deposit, such receipt shall not act as a full and final acquittance to the credit union of all liability, however, but only as to the liability for such amoung as might be paid. Section 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. CREDIT UNIONSLIQUIDATION PROCEDURES. Code 25-119 Repealed. No. 441 (House Bill No. 198). An Act to provide for the liquidation of credit unions organized under the laws of this State; to prescribe the

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procedure for the voluntary liquidation of such credit unions, and the procedure for the involuntary liquidation of such credit unions; to provide the effect of such voluntary liquidation and the effect of such involuntary liquidation; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Any credit union organized under the laws of this State may go into voluntary liquidation and may surrender its charter and franchises in the way and manner hereinafter provided by this section. Voluntary liquidation. (1) If the Directors of any such credit union shall determine that its voluntary liquidation is desirable, and is in the best interest of its members, they shall adopt a resolution so providing and shall call a special meeting of the shareholders of the credit union for the purpose of considering and passing upon the proposal of the Directors to liquidate the credit union. Ten days' notice of such special meeting of the members shall be given to each member. Attendance at such special meeting shall constitute a waiver of such notice. (2) At such special meeting, the resolution of the directors providing for such voluntary liquidation shall be submitted to the members for their consideration. If three-fourths of the members attending such meeting shall vote in favor of the liquidation of the credit union, notice thereof shall be given to the Superintendent of Banks, together with a copy of the proceedings at such meeting, including a copy of the resolution of the directors as approved by the shareholders, the president of the credit union and the presiding officer at such meeting of members. (3) If the Superintendent of Banks shall be satisfied that provision has been made by the credit union for the payment of all its obligations, including obligations to depositors and all other creditors, he shall issue a permit authorizing the liquidation of the credit union and its dissolution. If he shall not be so satisfied, he shall withhold

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such permit and notify the credit union thereof assigning his reasons therefor. (4) If the Superintendent of Banks shall issue the permit provided for by the foregoing section, the liquidation of the credit union shall go forward by and through a liquidating committee of not less than three nor more than five chosen by the directors from their number and approved by the Superintendent of Banks. The liquidating committee shall cause to be published, once a week for two weeks in the official organ of the County in which the principal office of the credit union is located, a notice that the credit union is closing up its business and affairs and going into voluntary liquidation. It shall also notify the depositors, including members and nonmembers, from whom it has received funds and savings for deposit that such permit has been issued and that the credit union is proceeding with its voluntary liquidation. (5) When any credit union shall be in the process of voluntary liquidation under this section, it shall be subject at all times to examination by the Superintendent of Banks and shall furnish such reports to the Superintendent as may from time to time be called for by the Superintendent. (6) In such liquidation all of the assets of the credit union shall be reduced to cash by the liquidating committee by the collection of outstanding obligations, or by their sale and transfer, and deposited in a bank to be selected by the liquidating committee, with the approval of the Superintendent of Banks. (7) When the assets of the credit union are reduced to cash, as hereinbefore provided, the liquidating committee shall pay the depositors, member depositors and non-member depositors, in full. After the reasonable expenses of liquidation, to be approved by the Superintendent of Banks, have been paid or provided for, the liquidating committee shall pay all other creditors of the credit union in full. The remainder of the funds and assets of the credit union shall then be destributed pro rata to the shareholders of the credit union in liquidation of their shares.

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(8) When the liquidation has been completed, the liquidating committee shall file with the Secretary of State, in triplicate, an application to surrender the charter of the credit union and shall pay the Secretary of State a fee of $10.00 with the application. The liquidation committee shall also file with the Secretary of State, in triplicate, a certificate of the Ordinary of the County that the application for surrender of the charter has been published once a week for four weeks in the official organ of the County. (9) The Secretary of State shall refer a copy of the application to surrender charter to the Superintendent of Banks, who shall consider the application and examine the credit union so as to approve or disapprove such application within thirty days of the date same is received by him. If the Superintendent of Banks shall be satisfied that all requirements of law have been complied with, he shall approve the application to surrender the charter and shall so certify to the Secretary of State, whereupon the Secretary of State shall enter on the application his order accepting surrender of the charter and dissolving the credit union. Section 2. Any credit union organized under the laws of this State shall be involuntarily liquidated in the circumstances and under the procedures set forth by this Section as follows: (1) Whenever it shall appear to the Superintendent of Banks upon an examination of any credit union created under the laws of this State that such credit union is insolvent, or is conducting its business in an unsafe or unauthorized manner, or has violated its charter or any law of this State, or that the par value of its capital shares is impaired by more than ten percent, or when any such credit union shall refuse to submit its records to the inspection and examination of the Superintendent of Banks, or his authorized agent, or when any such credit union shall suspend payment of its obligation, or fail to pay any final judgment from which no appeal lies within ten (10) days after its rendition, or when the Superintndent of Banks shall have reason to conclude from any examination of such credit union that it is in an unsafe or unsound condition,

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or when any such credit union shall refuse or neglect to obey any law or lawful order of the Superintendent, the Superintendent of Banks, by himself or his duly authorized agent, shall forthwith take possession of the assets and business of such credit union and retain possession thereof until such credit union shall be authorized by him to resume business or its affairs are liquidated. Involuntary liquidation. (2) When the Superintendent of Banks shall take possession of the assets and business of a credit union, under the foregoing subsection he shall be vested with title to all such assets and property for the purposes of liquidating the affairs of such credit union, and no attachment or other legal proceedings shall be instituted against such credit union or its assets, and no lien shall be acquired by legal process or otherwise in any manner binding or affecting any of the assets of the credit union so taken into the possession of the Superintendent of Banks. Every transfer or assignment by any such credit union, however executed, of the whole or any part of its assets, after the Superintendent of Banks has taken possession, shall be null and void. The Superintendent of Banks shall be, in his possession, custody and control of the property and assets of such credit union, a statutory receiver as though appointed by a court of equity with all of the powers of such a receiver. (3) The Superintendent of Banks shall thereafter proceed to wind up the affairs of and liquidate such credit union in the same manner as the affairs of banks incorporated under the laws of Georgia are wound up and liquidated under the provisions of Chapter 13-8 of the Code of Georgia of 1933. All the provisions of said Chapter shall apply to credit unions in the same manner and to the same extent as they apply to banks under the provisions of said Chapter. The Superintendent of Banks shall proceed in the same manner and with the same authority with respect to such credit union as he is authorized to proceed, under the provisions of said Chapter, with respect to a bank taken into the possession of the Superintendent of Banks. (4) In dealing with the credit union and its affairs and with liquidating the same, the Superintendent of Banks

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shall have and may exercise all of the powers and authority conferred upon him by said Chapter 13-8 of the Code of Georgia of 1933 with respect to banks. The order of paying debts shall be the same and the Superintendent of Banks shall proceed as authorized by said Chapter in winding up the affairs of such credit union. Section 3. It is the intent of this Act that Chapter 13-8 of the Code of Georgia of 1933 shall apply to the liquidation of credit unions as fully and completely as if credit unions were specifically named in said Chapter; and that the rights of such credit unions, the depositors therein, the stock-holders thereof, and the creditors thereof, shall be the same as those conferred by said Chapter upon depositors, stock-holders and creditors of banks, and that the power, authority, duties and responsibilities of the Superintendent of Banks in the liquidation of the credit union shall be the same as those prescribed by said Chapter with respect to the liquidation of banks, in all respects as if said Chapter had been set out in full in this Act. Intent. Section 4. When the Superintendent of Banks shall have completed the liquidation of any such credit union under the authority of this Act, he shall certify such fact to the Secretary of State. Thereupon the charter of such credit union shall be deemed to have been surrendered and cancelled, and the corporate existence of such credit union shall cease. Provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall prevent the Superintendent of Banks from permitting such credit union to resume business upon such conditions as he may approve, in the same manner as the Superintendent of Banks may permit banks taken over by the Superintendent of Banks to resume business. Charters cancelled. Section 5. Section 25-119 of the Code of Georgia of 1933, which provides for the voluntary liquidation of credit unions, is hereby repealed. Repealed. Section 6. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967.

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DUAL CONTROL DRIVER EDUCATION VEHICLES EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. No. 442 (House Bill No. 199). An Act to define dual control driver education motor vehicles; to declare the same to be public property; to exempt the same from ad valorem taxation; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Dual Control driver education motor vehicles as used in this Act means those motor vehicles which are equipped with two sets of driver controls and are furnished and assigned to the various public schools in this State for use by such schools in programs of driver education, which assignments are authorized and approved by the State Department of Education and an assignment number for identification purposes issued by said Department at the time of said approval and authorization of said assignment. Definition. Section 2. Dual control driver educational motor vehicles are hereby found and declared to be public property, used exclusively for public purposes, and are hereby exempted from any and all ad valorem taxes imposed by any taxing jurisdiction in this State. Exemption from taxation. Section 3. This Act shall become effective on and apply to any tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1967. Effective date. Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. RECORDS OF DEALERS IN JUNK OR METALS PURCHASING COPPER WIRE OR CABLE. No. 443 (House Bill No. 306). An Act to require dealers in junk or metals purchasing copper wire or cable to keep a register for two years; to

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provide the procedure and exceptions connected therewith; to provide penalties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Every dealer in junk or metals shall keep a register which shall contain the name of the person or persons from whom any quantity of copper wire or cable in excess of 05 pounds is purchased, regardless of the condition or length of such copper wire or cable. Such register shall also contain the residence or place of business of each such seller or sellers and a full description of each such purchase, including the quantity by weight thereof. The register required pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be retained by such dealer for a minimum period of two years. Records. Section 2. Any person violating section 1 of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Crimes. Section 3. In the event any other law or county or municipal ordinance requires the keeping of a register, or the keeping of records which contain the same information as is required by this Act, the provisions of this Act shall not be construed as requiring such dealer to keep an additional register or separate records as provided in this Act. The keeping of a register or separate records containing the information required by this Act pursuant to such other law or county or municipal ordinance shall be deemed to comply with this Act. Intent. Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTRIGHT OF WAYS, ETC. FOR FEDERAL PARKWAYS. No. 444 (House Bill No. 309). An Act to authorize the State Highway Department of Georgia to acquire rights-of-way and easements for the

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construction of Federal parkways in this State; to provide for the amount and the type of interest in land to be so acquired, and to provide for the minimum amount of fee simple lands to be acquired, and to provide when scenic easements may be acquired; to provide that the rights-of-way and easements so acquired shall be designated on an official county map; to authorize conveyance of such rights-of-way to The United States Government; to provide that rights-of-way so acquired will permit no reservations for private roads to connect to or cross Federal parkways; to concede concurrent jurisdiction to The United States Government for rights-of-way conveyed to it; to prohibit removal of timber from areas of land tentatively designated to be within Federal parkways and to provide compensation therefor; to prohibit advertising structures from being placed or operated within 500 feet of Federal parkway boundaries; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The State Highway Department of Georgia shall have the authority, and is hereby empowered, to acquire, either by condemnation, purchase, gift, or other methods, rights-of-way and easements necessary to comply with the rules and regulations of the United States Government for the construction of Federal parkways in the State of Georgia. Powers. Section 2. The authority delegated by this Act to the State Highway Department of Georgia to acquire rights-of-way and easements for Federal parkways shall be the same authority as hereinbefore provided by law for the acquisition of rights-of-way for the construction of State-aid roads in the State of Georgia, and the State Highway Department of Georgia shall exercise such authority in the same manner and under the same provisions of law hereinbefore provided for the construction of State-aid roads in this State. Methods. Section 3. The State Highway Department of Georgia may, acquire scenic easements and these may be included

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as part of the rights-of-way to be acquired by the State Highway Department of Georgia for Federal parkways in most cases mutually acceptable to the State Highway Department of Georgia and The United States Government or its appropriate agency. Scenic easements. Section 4. The lands and interest in lands to be acquired in fee simple for Federal parkways rights-of-way shall average not less than 150 acres per mile, and in no case shall the width of the fee simple rights-of-way for Federal parkways land be less than 300 feet. (150 acres per mile equals a width of 1,237.5 feet.) It is the intent hereof that in using the acreage per mile method there will be permitted the balancing of the total acreage over the entire length of the Federal parkway project within the State, and such will provide for flexibility to narrow or widen the fee simple lands acquired for Federal parkways to meet specific conditions. If the average acreage per mile acquired by the State Highway Department for one or more sections of the Federal parkway is less than the limit provided in this Section, the State Highway Department of Georgia will acquire acreage adjacent to the Federal parkway at designated locations of scenic, historic, or recreational value or significance in order to bring the total acreage for the gross length of the parkway up to the minimum limit provided in this section. The variance of the width of the lands to be acquired by the State Highway Department of Georgia for Federal parkways are to be dependent upon topographical conditions, requirements of Federal parkways design, simplicity and ease of rights-of-way acquisition, cost of rights-of-way acquisition, and other conditions considered by the State Highway Department of Georgia to be controlling; but in no case shall the width of the fee simple rights-of-way to be acquired for Federal parkways be less than the 300 feet hereinbefore provided. Amount of land. Section 5. The rights-of-way acquired by the State Highway Department of Georgia at the option of the State Highway Department, may be a fee simple title, and the nature and extent of the rights-of-way and easements so acquired, shall be designated upon an official county map

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showing the location of the rights-of-way across each county in this State. Maps. Section 6. The State Highway Department of Georgia is hereby authorized and empowered to convey such title or interest so acquired for Federal parkway rights-of-way to the United States Government or its appropriate agency, free and clear of all claims for compensation. Title. Section 7. The acquisition of rights-of-way by the State Highway Department of Georgia for Federal parkways shall permit no reservations or interests of access for private roads connecting to or crossing the Federal parkways, and the State Highway Department of Georgia shall acquire, as part of the rights-of-way for Federal parkways, the rights and interests of access for private roads. Access. Section 8. The State of Georgia, by this Act, does hereby concede concurrent jurisdiction to the United States Government or its appropriate agency for rights-of-way and the lands or interest in lands conveyed to the United States Government for Federal parkway purposes under this Act. However, there is hereby expressly reserved the taxing power of the State of Georgia as applied to all persons, property, or operations within the Federal parkway rights-of-way except as applied to the property of and the operations of the United States Government and its agencies. Jurisdiction. Section 9. When areas of land or interest in land have been tentatively designated by the United States Government to be included within Federal parkways, but the final survey and plans necessary for the construction of Federal parkways as provided by law have not yet been made, no person shall cut or remove any timber from such areas as so designated pending the completion and finalization of such survey and plans, after receiving notice from the State Highway Department of Georgia that such area is under investigation. Any property owner who suffers loss or damage by reason of the restraint upon his right to use the timber upon his land pending such investigation and the finalization of survey and plans for the construction of Federal parkways shall be entitled to recover compensation

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from the State Highway Department of Georgia for the temporary appropriation of his property, and for any damage to his property proximate to such temporary appropriation, in the event the same is not finally included within the area designated as a Federal parkway. Use of property before final condemnation, etc. The provisions of this section may be enforced under the same law now applicable for the adjustment and payment of compensation in the acquisition of rights-of-way for the construction of State-aid roads by the State Highway Department of Georgia. Section 10. No advertisement or advertising structure shall be erected, constructed, installed, maintained, or operated within 500 feet of the boundary of any Federal parkway rights-of-way acquired by the State Highway Department of Georgia under the provisions of this Act except as follows: a. Advertisements which are securely attached to a place of business or residence which does not exceed one advertising structure with a total area not to exceed 100 square feet may be erected or maintained or caused to be erected or maintained by the owner or lessee of such place of business or residence within 150 feet of such place of business or residence if and only if the advertisement or advertising structure relates solely to merchandise, services, or entertainment sold, produced, manufactured, or furnished at such place of business or residence. Advertisements b. Signs may be erected or maintained or caused to be erected or maintained on any farm by the owner or lessee of such farm by the owner or lessee of such farm if and only if such signs relate solely to farm produce, merchandise, services or entertainment sold, produced, manufactured, or furnished on such farm and when the signs so erected or maintained do not exceed two in number with a combined total area not to exceed 150 square feet. c. Signs may be posted or displayed upon real property by the owner, or by the authority of the owner, stating that the property, upon which the sign is located, or a part of

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such property, is for sale or rent and such signs, when so posted or displayed, may state any data pertaining to such property and its appurtenances, and the name and address of the owner and the agent of such owner. d. Notice of any railroad, bridges, ferries, or other transportation or transmission company may be posted or displayed when found necessary in the discretion of the Director of the State Highway Department of Georgia. e. Signs containing 16 square feet or less, and bearing an announcement of any county, town, village or city, or historic place or shrine, which is situated in this state, advertising itself or local industries, meetings, buildings or attractions may be posted or displayed provided the same are maintained wholly at public expense or at the expense of such historic place or shrine. f. Historic markers erected by duly constituted and authorized public authorities may be posted or displayed. g. Highway markers and signs erected or caused to be erected by the Director of the State Highway Department of Georgia or other authorities, in acordance with the law, may be posted or displayed. Section 11. If any section, sub-section, or other provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other sections, sub-sections, or provisions of this Act or the application thereof which can be given affect without the invalid section, sub-section, or provision or the application thereof, and to this end, the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable the same as if each section, sub-section or provision had been enacted by the General Assembly independent of any other section, sub-section or provision. Severability. Section 12. This Act shall be effective July 1, 1967. Effective date. Section 13. All laws, parts of laws, and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act, to the extent of such conflict, are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967.

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FEES OF CONSTABLES. Code 24-820 Amended. No. 445 (House Bill No. 321). An Act to amend Code section 24-820 relating to fees of constables, as amended by an Act approved March 28, 1947 (Ga. L. 1947, p. 1449), and an Act approved March 21, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 195), so as to change the fees of constables; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 24-820 relating to fees of constables, as amended by an Act approved March 28, 1947 (Ga. L. 1947, p. 1449), and an Act approved March 21, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 195), is hereby amended by striking said section in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new Code section 24-820 to read as follows: 24-820. The following shall be the fees for constables of the militia districts: Serving warrant within the boundaries of his district $5.00 Serving warrant outside boundaries of his district 5.00 Serving summons or attachment 3.50 Each return by officer 2.00 Serving each copy of summons 2.00 Summoning each witness 1.00 Attending court, for each judgment rendered 1.00 Attending trial on day other than court day 4.00 Levying Fieri Facias 2.50 Settling fieri facias, when property not sold 3.00 Returning nulla bona 2.00 Summoning jury on request 4.00 Collecting executions issued by coroners 3.00 Keeping each dog, per day 1.50 Keeping horse, mule, ox or ass per day 2.50 Keeping each head of meat cattle per day 2.50 Keeping each head of sheep, goats or hogs 1.50 All sales made by him, amount on sales commission 12% Attending grand jury, per day 5.00 Serving warrants in criminal cases 5.00 Keeping and maintaining prisoner before examination under 24 hours 4.00 Serving rule to establish lost papers 1.50 Every additional copy 1.00 Serving each order as issued by a Justice of the Peace 2.00 Each additional copy 1.00 Following property out of county, going, returning, per mile .15 Levying each distress warrant 5.00 Each advertisement 2.00 Taking bond in civil cases 2.50 Taking bond in criminal cases 2.50 Executing search warrant 5.00 Executing search warrant in house or vessel 5.00 Serving garnishment summons 2.00 Each additional copy 1.00 Summoning jury 5.00 Attending jury on appeal 2.00 Executing warrants against tenants and intruders 4.00 Serving possessory warrant 4.00

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Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. PLANNING COMMISSION ACT OF 1957 AMENDEDDEFINITIONS. No. 446 (House Bill No. 337). An Act to amend an Act authorizing the governing Authorities of the several municipalities and counties of this

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State to establish planning commissions, approved March 13, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 420), as amended, so as to include within the definition of streets, public building sites and public open spaces, right-of-way and facilities of or needed in connection with a system of public transportation of passengers for hire; to repeal conflicting laws and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act authorizing the governing Authorities of the several municipalities and counties of this State to establish planning commissions, approved March 13, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 420), as amended, is further amended by inserting, following section 26 of said Act, a new section, to be known as section 26A, which shall read as follows: Section 26A. For the purposes of sections 22, 23, 24 and 25 of this Act pertaining to the platting and establishment of streets, public building sites and public open spaces, and regulation of buildings and structures therein, `streets,' `public building sites' and `public open spaces' are hereby defined to include the right-of-way and facilities of or needed in connection with a system of public transportation of passengers for hire. Transportation of passengers for hire. Section 2. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. GAME AND FISHTAKING OF SHRIMP FOR LIVE BAIT. No. 448 (House Bill No. 343). An Act to amend an Act revising, consolidating and superseding the laws of this State relative to game and fish, approved March 7, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 483), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 10, 1966 (Ga. L.

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1966, p. 270), so as to provide that any person qualifying under section 94A of this Act may fish for bait in salt waters with power drawn nets at any time; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act revising, consolidating and superseding the laws of this State relative to game and fish, approved March 7, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 483), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 10, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 270), is hereby amended by adding at the end of subsection (j) of section 94 a new paragraph to read as follows: Provided, however, nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed so as to prohibit any person from fishing in the salt waters of this State for shrimp to be used or sold for live bait as provided in section 94A of this Act. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. GEORGIA RECREATION COMMISSIONCOMPENSATION OF MEMBERS. No. 449 (House Bill No. 366). An Act to amend an Act creating the Georgia Recreation Commission, approved April 9, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 445), so as to provide that members of the Commission shall receive a per diem and reimbursement for their actual expenses incurred not to exceed a certain amount for each day served on official business of the Commission; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating the Georgia Recreation Commission, approved April 9, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 445), is

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hereby amended by striking from section 2 that sentence which reads as follows: The members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual travel and maintenance expenses incurred in the performance of their duties., and substituting in lieu thereof the following: The members of the Commission shall receive a per diem of twenty dollars ($20.00) and reimbursement for their actual expenses incurred, not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each day spent on official business of the Commission, as authorized by the Chairman., so that when so amended section 2 shall read as follows: Section 2. There is hereby created the Georgia Recreation Commission which shall consist of ten (10) citizens of the State who shall hold no other State or County office. The members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Governor, one from each Congressional District of the State. For initial terms, two members shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, two members for a term of two (2) years, two members for a term of three (3) years, two members for a term of four (4) years, and two members for a term of five (5) years. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for a term of four (4) years. The members of the Commission shall be eligible to be reappointed. The Governor shall designate one appointee as temporary Chairman until such time as the Commission shall perfect its own organization. The Commission shall elect a permanent Chairman and such other officers as it shall deem necessary. The terms of offices of such officers shall be for one (1) year. The members of the Commission shall receive a per diem of twenty dollars ($20.00) and reimbursement for their actual expenses incurred, not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each day spent on official business of the Commission, as authorized by the Chairman. Six (6) members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business.

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Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. ACT PROVIDING FOR SUBPOENAS, ETC. AMENDED AS TO CERTAIN COUNTIES (180,000-200,000). No. 450 (House Bill No. 374). An Act to amend an Act comprehensively revising the laws relating to subpoenas and other like processes, approved March 15, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 502), so as to provide for the payment of fees to any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or member of any municipal or county police force attending any court having jurisdiction to enforce penal laws of this State or attending any grand jury or juvenile court, in certain counties and in certain cases; to prescribe the procedure connected with the foregoing; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act comprehensively revising the laws relating to subpoenas and other like processes, approved March 15, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 502), is hereby amended by redesignating subsections (e), (f) and (g) of section 1 as subsections (f), (g) and (h) and inserting a new subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) Notwithstanding the witness fee specified in (d) above, any sheriff, deputy sheriff or a member of any municipal or county police force, who shall be required by writ of subpoena to attend any superior court, other State or county court having jurisdiction to enforce penal laws of this State, juvenile court, or grand jury in counties having a population of not less than 180,000 or more than 200,000 according to the United States census of 1960 or any future census, as a witness in behalf of the State during any hours except the regular duty hours to which

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said officer is assigned, shall be paid the sum of $5.00 per day for such attendance. The claim for such witness fees shall be endorsed on the subpoena showing the dates of attendance and stating that attendance was required during the hours other than the regular duty hours to which the claimant was assigned, and the claimant shall verify this statement. The dates of attendance shall be certified by the judge, the solicitor general or the solicitor of the court attended, and the sheriff or chief of police shall certify that the claimant has been paid no additional compensation or given any time off on account of such service, and the amount due shall be paid out of county funds: Provided, however, that no such officer may claim or receive more than one witness fee per day for attendance in any court or before the grand jury regardless of the number of subpoenas which such officer may have received, requiring him to appear in such court or before the grand jury on any one day. Law inforcement officers. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. BURIAL OF PAUPERS. Code 23-2304 Amended. No. 451 (House Bill No. 391). An Act to amend Code section 23-2304, relating to the burial of paupers, so as to prescribe a minimum and maximum figure which may be expended by the county for the burial of paupers; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 23-2304, relating to the burial of paupers, is hereby amended by striking said Code section

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in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new Code section to read as follows: 23-2304. Burial, appropriation for. Whenever any person shall die in this State, whose family and immediate kindred are indigent and unable to provide for the decent interment of such decedent, and where the decedent is a pauper and destitute of the means of paying for decent interment, the governing authority of the county wherein said death shall occur shall make available from county funds a sum sufficient to provide a decent interment for such deceased pauper, or to reimburse such person as may have expended the cost thereof voluntarily. In no event shall the sum to be made available by the county be less than $75.00 and more than $125.00, the exact amount thereof to be determined by the governing authority of such county. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTHCOPIES OF DEATH CERTIFICATES. Code 88-1715 Amended. No. 452 (House Bill No. 396). An Act to amend Code section 88-1715 relating to death registrations, so as to require the Department of Public Health to forward to the custodian of records of the county of the residence of any deceased person a copy of his death certificate in the event he died in a county other than the county of his residence; to require the custodian of records of the county of such deceased person's residence to enter such death on the records in his office; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 88-1715 relating to death registrations, is hereby amended by adding a new subsection to be known as subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) When death occurs in a county other than the county of the residence of the deceased person, a copy of his death certificate shall be forwarded as soon as practicable by the Department of Public Health to the custodian of records of the county of the residence of such deceased person. The custodian of records shall file such death certificates as a part of the permanent records of his office. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. GEORGIA ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT AMENDED COMPTROLLER GENERAL. No. 453 (House Bill No. 410). To be entitled an Act to amend the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act, approved March 10, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 338) as amended, in order to allow the Fire Safety Department and the Insurance Department of the Office of the Comptroller General to file regulations, standards and plans by reference and to conduct hearings in accordance with Chapter 2 of the Georgia Insurance Code; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The Georgia Administrative Procedure Act approved March 10, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 338) as amended is hereby amended by adding a new section to be numbered section 25 as follows:

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Section 25. As to such regulations, standards and plans as are required by law to be filed and kept on file with the Office of the Secretary of State, the Fire Safety Department and the Insurance Department of the Office of the Comptroller General may comply with the filing requirements of this Act by filing with the Office of the Secretary of State merely the name and designation of such regulations, standards and plans, provided such regulations, standards and plans are kept on file in the Office of the Comptroller General by the titles otherwise applicable under this Act, and such regulations, standards and plans are open for public examination and copying. The Fire Safety Department and the Insurance Department of the Office of Comptroller General may also satisfy the procedure for conduct of hearings on contested cases and rule-making required under this Act by following the provisions of Chapter 2 of the Georgia Insurance Code, Chapter 56-2, Georgia Code, as amended. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. GEORGIA SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER ACT AMENDED. No. 454 (House Bill No. 411). An Act to amend an Act creating the office of Georgia Safety Fire Commissioner, approved February 25, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1057), as amended, so as to provide that certain buildings and structures may, because of construction or use, constitute a special hazard to property or life and safety of persons on account of fire or panic caused by a fear of fire; to provide the buildings that present such a special hazard; to provide that every person who owns or controls certain buildings, part of certain buildings or structures which constitute a special hazard to property or to life and safety of persons on account

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of fire or panic from fear of fire must construct, equip, maintain and use such buildings or structures as will afford every reasonable, practical precaution and protection against injury from said hazards; to prevent the use of certain premises; to direct the Commissioner to make certain investigations and examinations relative to certain buildings and structures and to authorize the Commissioner to determine and by rule provide reasonable and practical protection which must be afforded property and persons with respect to: exits, fire walls and internal partitions adequate to resist fire and retard the spread of fire, smoke, heat and gases, electrical wiring, electrical appliances, and electrical installations, safety and protective devices including, but not limited to, fire escapes, fire prevention equipment, sprinkler systems, fire extinguishers, panic hardware, fire alarm and detection systems, exit lights, emergency auxiliary lights and other similar safety devices, flameproofing, motion picture equipment, projection booths and allied facilities; to provide that plans and specifications for all proposed buildings which come under certain classifications shall be submitted to and receive approval of either the State or proper local fire marshal before a building permit may be issued or construction started; to provide for the issuance of certificates of occupancy and the fee therefor; to provide that certain highly flammable substances constitute a special hazard to property and to life and safety of person because of the danger incident to their storage, transportation and handling; to provide substances that present such special hazard; to provide for the storage, transportation and handling of such substances; to direct the Commissioner to investigate the nature and properties of highly flammable substances and the known precautionary and protective techniques for their safe storage, transportation and handling; to provide that the Commissioner is authorized to determine and by rule provide what precautionary and protective techniques are reasonable and practical measures for the prevention of injury to persons and property from the storage, transportation and handling of such highly flammable and hazardous substances; to define the term

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explosive or explosives; to provide that explosive constitutes a special hazard to life and safety of persons; to provide that explosives shall be manufactured, transported, used, sold and stored so as to afford every precaution and protection against injury to persons as the Commissioner may determine and by rule declare to be reasonable and practical; to direct the Commissioner to investigate and examine into the nature and properties of various explosives and known safety and protective techniques; to authorize the Commissioner to determine and by rule provide what reasonable and practical protection must be afforded persons with respect to manufacture, transportation, use, sale and storage of said explosives; to provide for a license to manufacture, transport, use, sell or store explosives; to authorize the Commissioner to make reasonable rules providing for the issuance of such license and the fee therefor; to provide for the reporting of the loss of prima cord, blasting agents, powder and dynamite to the State Fire Marshal; to provide the procedures connected with the foregoing; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating the office of Georgia Safety Fire Commissioner, approved February 25, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1057), as amended, is hereby amended by striking section 8 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 8 to read as follows: Section 8. (a) Certain buildings and structures may, because of construction or use, constitute a special hazard to property or to life and safety of persons on account of fire or panic caused by a fear of fire. Buildings constructed or used in the following manner present such a special hazard: (1) Buildings or structures more than three stories in height; (2) Buildings which have a capacity of 75 or more persons on floors other than the first or ground floor; Fire hazards, etc.

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(3) Building having a capacity of more than 100 persons; (4) Buildings having a gross area of 22,500 square feet on any one floor; (5) Buildings over two stories in height and used for residence by three or more families; buildings used or intended for use as hotels, apartments, dormitories, convents, monastaries, churches, schools, colleges, universities, academies, hospitals, sanitariums, insane asylums, orphanages, reformatories, jails and prisons, theatres, motion picture theatres, public assembly halls, lecture halls, auditoriums, dance halls, recreation halls, armories, race tracks, stadiums and grandstands, amusement park structures, nursing, convalescent and old age homes, motels, motor hotels, motor courts, mercantile establishments; and (6) All other buildings adjacent to any such building whether occupied or unoccupied. Provided, however, that buildings outside incorporated areas which are used exclusively for agricultural purposes are exempt from the above classification and further provided that nothing herein shall be applied to one and two family residences wherever located. Capacity as used in this section shall mean the maximum number of persons who may be reasonably expected to be present in any building or in any floor thereof at a given time according to the use which is made of such building. The Commissioner shall determine and by rule declare the formula for determining capacity for each of the uses herein described. As used in this section the phrase nursing, convalescent and old age homes shall mean a building used for the lodging, boarding, personal care or nursing care on a twenty-four hour basis of infants, convalescents and old age persons who are not members of the immediate family of the owner or person in control of such building and every building which the owner or person in control thereof shall hold out or represent to be intended for such use.

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(b) Every person who owns or controls the use of any building, part of a building or structure described in subsection (a) hereof, which because of floor area, height, location, use or intended use as gathering place for large groups, its use or intended use by or for the aged, the ill, the incompetent or the imprisoned constitutes a special hazard to property or to life and safety of persons on account of fire, or panic from fear of fire must so construct, equip, maintain and use such building or structure as will afford every reasonable, practical precaution and protection against injury from these hazards. No person who owns or controls the use or occupancy of such a building or structure shall permit the use of the premises so controlled for any such specially hazardous use unless he has provided such precautions against damage to property or injury to persons by these hazards as are found and determined by the Commissioner in the manner hereafter described, to be reasonable and practical. (c) The Commissioner is directed to investigate and examine into construction and engineering techniques, properties of construction materials, fixtures, facilities and appliances used in, upon, or in connection with buildings and structures, fire prevention and protective techniques, including but not limited to the codes and standards adopted, recommended or issued from time to time by the National Fire Protective Association, (National Fire Code and National Electric Code), the American Insurance Association, (National Building Code), successor to the National Board of Fire Underwriters, the American Standards Association and the Southern Building Code Conference (Southern Standard Building Code), and, based upon such investigation the Commissioner is authorized to determine and by rule provide what reasonable and practical protection must be afforded property and persons with respect to: exits, fire walls and internal partitions adequate to resist fire and retard the spread of fire, smoke, heat and gases, electrical wiring, electrical appliances, and electrical installations, safety and protective devices including, but not limited to fire escapes, fire prevention equipment, sprinkler systems, fire extinguishers, panic hardware, fire alarm and

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detection systems, exit lights, emergency auxiliary lights and other similar safety devices, flameproofing, motion picture equipment, projection booths and allied facilities. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking section 9 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 9 to read as follows: Section 9. Plans and specifications for all proposed buildings which come under classification in section 8 shall be submitted to, and receive approval by either the State or the proper local fire marshal, before a building permit may be issued or construction started. All such plans submitted, as required above, shall bear the seal and Georgia registration number of the architect or engineer submitting such plans and specifications or otherwise have the approval of the Commissioner. All new construction must comply with the standards set forth under the rules and regulations covering the same. Plans and specifications screened by the State Fire Marshal's office shall be subject to a flat rate charge of $10.00. Upon completion of any new building or structure, application shall be made for a certificate of occupancy before such building may be occupied. Such certificates of occupancy shall be issued for each class of occupancy within the building and shall carry a flat rate of $25.00. Whenever these certificates of occupancy are issued by the local fire marshal, the fee shall be sent to the State Fire Marshal who shall pay the same quarterly into the State Treasury. Such certificates of occupancy shall run for the life of the building provided the internal or external features of the building are not materially altered, the type of occupancy remains unchanged or there has been no fire of serious consequence, or other hazard discovered. Plans for proposed buildings. Section 3. Said Act is further amended by striking section 12 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 12 to read as follows: Section 12. (a) Certain highly flammable substances constitute a special hazard to property and to life and safety of person because of the danger incident to their storage,

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transportation and handling. Substances presenting such special hazard include gasoline, kerosene and other flammable liquids, liquefied petroleum products, welding gases, and other gases, dry cleaning fluids, anhydrous ammonia, and liquids or solids of highly flammable or hazardous nature. Special hazards, etc. (b) Every person who stores, transports or handles any of the foregoing highly flammable substances shall so store, transport and handle the same as to afford every precaution and protection as may be found by the Commissioner to be reasonable and practical to avoid injury to persons from fire or explosion caused by storage, transportation and handling of these substances, including transportation thereof only in vehicles which are in proper condition for that purpose. (c) The Commissioner is directed to investigate the nature and properties of such highly flammable substances and the known precautionary and protective techniques for their safe storage, transportation and handling including, but not limited to the codes and standards adopted, recommended or issued by National Fire Protective Association (National Fire Code), and Standards of Agricultural Ammonia Institute, and, based upon such investigation, the Commissioner is authorized to determine and by rule provide what precautionary and protective techniques are reasonable and practical measures for the prevention of injury to persons and property from the storage, transportation and handling of such highly flammable and hazardous substances, including the power to provide, by rule, the minimum standards a vehicle shall meet before it is considered to be in proper condition to transport such material. No person shall transport any such materials or substances in bulk unless the vehicle in which the same is transported is in proper condition as provided by such rules, to transport such material with reasonable safety. Section 4. Said Act is further amended by striking section 13 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 13 to read as follows: Section 13. (a) The term `explosive' or `explosives', as used in this section, means any chemical compound or

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mechanical mixture, that is commonly used, or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion, that contains any oxidizing and combustible units, or other ingredients, in such proportions, quantities, or packing, that an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion, or by detonator of any part of the compound, or mixture, may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects, or of destroying life, or limb. Explosives constitute a special hazard to life and safety of persons because of the danger incident to their manufacture, transportation, use, sale and storage. Explosives, etc. (b) Every person who manufactures, transports, uses, sells, or stores explosives shall so manufacture, transport, use, sell and store the same as to afford every precaution and protection against injury to persons as the Commissioner may determine and by rule declare to be reasonable and practical, provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to extend to storage, use or sale of small arms ammunition. (c) The Commissioner is directed to investigate and examine into the nature and properties of various explosives and known safety and protective techniques, including the safety standards, recommendations and codes of the National Fire Protection Association (Explosives Ordinance, National Fire Code), American Insurance Association, successor to National Board of Fire Underwriters, and, based upon such investigation, the Commissioner is authorized to determine and by rule provide what reasonable and practical protection must be afforded persons with respect to manufacture, transportation, use, sale and storage of explosives. (d) No person shall manufacture, transport, use, sell or store explosives without having first obtained a license therefor issued by the Commissioner in accordance with reasonable rules established by him. The Commissioner is authorized to make reasonable rules providing for the issuance of such licenses on an annual basis to those applicants who have observed and may be expected to observe safety

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rules lawfully made under this section. Graded fees for such licenses may be established with a minimum of $2.00 and a maximum of $50.00 which fees shall be paid to the State Fire Marshal and by him paid quarterly into the State Treasury, except that the permits for the use only of explosives may be issued by ordinaries or other local elected officials whom the Commissioner may designate. Fees for such permit to use explosives shall be $1.00 for each permit issued which fee shall be retained by the issuing local official. (e) Every person licensed under this section who suffers a larceny or attempted larceny of prima cord, blasting agents, powders and dynamite, shall make report thereof to local law enforcement agencies and to the State Fire Marshal in accordance with rules which the Commissioner is hereby authorized to make. Section 5. Said Act is further amended by striking section 14 which reads as follows: Section 14. The Commissioner may promulgate reasonable rules and regulations embodying the fundamental principles of the National Electric Code, Volume 5, National Fire Code (National Fire Protective Association, 1947) as applicable to buildings and their facilities covered in the various sections of this Act., Repealed. in its entirety. Section 15. The Commissioner may set up standards for flameproofing, fire escapes, fire prevention equipment, devices, and all other similar safe-guards which may tend to conserve property and safe-guard life. He shall also set up standards covering the various facilities used in the construction of new buildings and the repair and maintenance of such facilities in existing buildings., Repealed. in its entirety.

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Section 7. Said Act is further amended by striking section 16 which reads as follows: Section 16. The Commissioner may promulgate reasonable rules and regulations embodying the fundamental principles of the National Fire Codes (National Fire Protective Association, 1948) relating to motion picture equipment, projection booths and allied facilities. Whenever the State Fire Marshal shall find that any motion picture machine operator has neglected to comply with said regulations or is negligent in his duties, the manager of the theater in which he is employed, upon receiving notice from the State Fire Marshal to this effect, shall suspend or discharge said operator within the time specified, as such order may direct., Repealed. in its entirety. Section 8. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. ACT PROVIDING FOR LICENSING AND BONDING OF TRUCK BROKERS IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS REPEALED. No. 455 (House Bill No. 428). An Act to repeal an Act entitled An Act to provide for the licensing and bonding of truck brokers in agricultural products; to define the terms used in this Act; to provide for applications for licenses; to provide for bonding; to provide for enforcement of the contracts entered into by truck brokers; to provide penalties for violations of this Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes, approved on March 7, 1960, and appearing on pages 175 through 178, both inclusive of the published Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia of 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 175); to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled An Act to provide for the licensing and bonding of truck brokers in agricultural products; to define the terms used in this Act; to provide for applications for licenses; to provide for bonding; to provide for enforcement of the contracts entered into by truck brokers; to provide penalties for violations of this Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes, approved on March 7, 1960, and appearing on pages 175 through 178, both inclusive of the published Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia of 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 175), is hereby repealed in its entirety. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION OF AIR AND WATER POLLUTION FACILITIES. No. 456 (House Bill No. 476). An Act to amend the Exemptions From Taxation Act approved January 31, 1946, (Ga. L. 1946, p. 12) as amended, so as to include within the property which shall be exempt from taxation property which is used in or a part of any facility which has been installed or constructed for the primary purpose of reducing air and water pollution, to repeal conflicting laws, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled Exemptions from Taxation, approved January 31, 1946, (Ga. L. 1946, p. 12) as amended, is hereby amended by adding a new section (f) to read as follows: (f) There shall be exempt from all ad valorem property taxes in this State all property used in or a part of any facility which shall have been installed or constructed at any time for the primary purpose of eliminating or reducing air or water pollution, provided such facilities have been certified by the Georgia Water Quality Control Board and/or the State Health Department as necessary and adequate for the purposes intended.

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Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. GEORGIA INSURANCE CODE AMENDEDCROP ADJUSTERS. Code 56-812b Enacted. No. 457 (House Bill No. 482). An Act to amend Code Chapter 56-8B, relating to agents, solicitors, brokers, counselors, and adjusters, so as to authorize the Insurance Commissioner to issue a special adjuster's license to certain qualified persons; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Chapter 56-8B, relating to agents, solicitors, brokers, counselors, and adjusters, is hereby amended by providing for the presently reserved section 56-812b a section to be known as section 56-812b, to read as follows: Section 56-812b. Special adjuster's license. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Title, the Commissioner may issue a special crop adjuster's license to an individual qualifying therefor by taking and passing an examination limited to such subjects as related to crop losses due to acts fo God. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967.

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GEORGIA INSURANCE CODE AMENDEDMUNICIPAL TAXES ON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Code 56-1310 (2) (a) Amended. No. 459 (House Bill No. 499). An Act to amend Code section 56-1310 (2) (a), relating to the power of municipal corporations to collect license fees on life insurance companies, so as to provide that an additional annual license fee may be charged for each separate business location, not otherwise subject to a license fee, operated and maintained by a business organization engaged in the business of lending money or transacting sales involving term financing and which in connection with such loans or such credit sales, offers, solicits or takes applications through a licensed agent of such insurance company for life insurance; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 56-1310 (2) (a), relating to the power of municipal corporations to collect license fees on life insurance companies, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new sentence to read as follows: Also, there may be imposed an additional annual license fee of $10.00, or 35% of the schedule set forth above, whichever amount is greater, on each life insurance company for each separate business location, not otherwise subject to a license fee hereunder, operated and maintained by a business organization which is engaged in the business of lending money or transacting sales involving term financing and which in connection with such loans or sales involving term financing, offers, solicits or takes applications for insurance through a licensed agent of such insurance company for life insurance., so that said section 56-1310 (2) (a), when so amended, shall read as follows:

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56-1310. (2) Municipal corporations are authorized in conformity with the requirements of their charters, to impose and collect the following license fees or taxes upon life insurance companies for the privilege of engaging in the business of insurance within said municipal corporation: (a) An annual license fee on each life insurance company doing business within the municipal corporate limits not to exceed the following schedule: Population of Municipal Corporation Amount Under 1,000 $15 1,000 - 1,999 $25 2,000 - 4,999 $40 5,000 - 9,999 $50 10,000 - 24,999 $75 25,000 - 49,999 $100 50,000 and over $150 and an additional annual license fee in the same amount for each separate business location in excess of one operated and maintained by such company within the same municipality. Also, there may be imposed an additional annual license fee of $10.00, or 35% of the schedule set forth above, whichever amount is greater, on each life insurance company for each separate business location, not otherwise subject to a license fee hereunder, operated and maintained by a business organization which is engaged in the business of lending money or transacting sales involving term financing and which in connection with such loans or sales involving term financing, offers, solicits or takes applications for insurance through a licensed agent of such insurance company for life insurance. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967.

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WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION OF CERTAIN COUNTIES (LESS THAN 300,000). Code 114-101 Amended. No. 460 (House Bill No. 510). An Act to amend Code section 114-101, relating to the definition of the terms employer and employee, for the purposes of Workmen's Compensation, as amended particularly by an Act approved March 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 675), so as to provide that Workmen's Compensation insurance coverage on employees of certain county boards of education shall only be paid from education funds; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 114-101, relating to the definition of the terms employer and employee, for the purposes of Workmen's Compensation, as amended particularly by an Act approved March 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 675) is hereby amended by striking the last paragraph thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a new last paragraph to read as follows: In all counties having a population of less than 300,000, according to the United States decennial census of 1960 or any future United States decennial census, the county boards of education of such counties are hereby authorized to provide Workmen's Compensation insurance coverage on the employees of any such county boards of education; provided, however, all payments for such coverage shall be paid exclusively from education funds. Before any board of education can provide any such insurance coverage, it shall adopt an appropriate resolution, at any public meeting of the board, setting forth the procedure for furnishing and maintaining such insurance coverage. From the date of the adoption of such resolution, any such board of education shall be deemed to be an employer within the meaning of the laws relating to and governing Workmen's Compensation in Georgia.

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Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. GAME AND FISHTAKING OF DIAMONDBACK TERRAPINS REGULATED. No. 461 (House Bill No. 513). An Act to regulate the taking, capturing, or killing of diamondback terrapins in the waters of this state; to provide penalties for the same; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take, capture, or kill diamondback terrapins within this state with any device except nets, commonly called gill nets, and such terrapins may only be taken with nets with a mesh size of five and one-half (5 1/2) inches, stretched mesh. Capture regulated. Section 2. The open season for the taking of diamondback terrapins by means of nets shall be from July 1 through December 31 of the same year. Open season. Section 3. No person shall take, capture, or kill any diamondback terrapins in the waters of this state for commercial purposes, except as otherwise provided, without first obtaining a commercial saltwater fishing license. The fee for such license shall be $2.00 for residents and $5.00 for non-residents and aliens, the additional cost for the latter being required to defray the additional cost for regulation and policing. Any person violating the provisions of this section, or any person procuring a license as provided hereunder by swearing falsely to any information required by the laws or regulations relating thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. The license required by this section is a personal license, separate and distinct from the boat licenses required in section 4 of this Act. Commercial licenses.

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Section 4. (a). No boat or vessel shall be used in the killing, capturing, or taking of diamondback terrapins for commercial purposes without being properly licensed by the State Game and Fish Commission. The owner or operator of such boat or vessel shall present in writing an application for such license, setting forth the name and description of such vessel, the name and post office address of the owner and operator of such boat or vessel, the number of the crew, and such other date and information as the commission shall deem necessary. The application shall be made on blank forms prescribed by the commission, and shall be under oath and duly witnessed by an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Any person operating such boat or vessel which is not properly licensed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by law. Boat licenses. (b). The commission, upon receipt of such commercial license application, shall investigate the person applying for such license to determine the applicant's credibility. If such investigation reveals that the applicant has been convicted within five years of violating the laws, rules or regulations pertaining to the taking of fish or terrapins, or the taking of seafood in the tidal or salt waters of this State, the license shall be refused. If such investigation does not reveal any such conviction or other good reason for not issuing such license, the commission shall issue the license for such boat or vessel. (c). The license fees for commercial boats required under this section shall be as follows: 1. Boats under 16 feet long and under 4-foot beam.....$1.05 2. Boats over 16 feet long and over 4-foot beam.....$1.05 And in addition thereto shall be a fee of 20 cents for each additional foot or fraction thereof of length and beam. To defray the additional cost of regulation and policing, aliens and non-residents shall be charged an additional

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license fee of $25.00 for each boat or vessel used in commercial fishing or in the taking of sea food, owned in whole or in part by such non-resident, or alien; provided, that the license issued herein to non-residents or aliens shall be dated January first of the year issued and shall expire on December thirty-first. (d). Any person procuring a license for any boat or vessel as provided in this section by swearing falsely to any information required by the laws or regulations relating thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. Section 5. Each boat or vessel licensed by the commission shall have securely fixed on each side of the bow or pilot house thereof, and conspicuously displayed in order that it may be read from a reasonable distance, a metal tag of such style and size as may be prescribed by the commission. The licensee of such boat or vessel shall be required to pay, in addition to the license for such boat or vessel, a fee to cover the cost of said tag; provided the price charged for such tag shall not exceed $2.00 per boat or vessel. Each boat or vessel so licensed shall also have painted upon such boat or vessel, in a size and upon such part as prescribed by the commission, such numbers and letters which shall identify such boat or vessel more easily. The paint used for said purpose shall be different from and in clear contrast in color to the boat or vessel on which applied. The numbers and letters so painted on said boat or vessel shall not be covered at any time while said boat or vessel is trawling or fishing for or taking any terrapins, by any cloth or other object so as to obscure or make the same invisible to the public or to any inspector or agent of the commission. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor and persons so violating shall be punished as provided by law. Tags. Section 6. Anyone violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. Crimes. Section 7. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1967. Effective date.

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Section 8. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. ACT REGULATING CHARGES ON SECONDARY SECURITY DEEDS AMENDED. No. 462 (House Bill No. 522). An Act to amend an Act regulating charges and interest on loans secured by secondary security deeds on certain residential property subject to a prior lien or security deed, approved March 16, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 574), so as to further define certain terms; to provide for renewal or additional loans within thirty-six months of the original or last renewal of or additional loan and for the rebate of a portion of the rate of charge in connection therewith; to clarify the manner of treating premiums on insurance required in connection with loans covered by the said Act; to clarify the maximum rate of interest chargeable on loans made pursuant to said Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act regulating charges and interest on loans secured by secondary security deeds on certain residential property subject to a prior lien or security deed, approved March 16, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 574), is hereby amended by striking section 1 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new section 1 to read as follows: Section 1. No person, copartnership, association, trust, corporation or any other legal entity shall directly or indirectly charge, take or receive for a loan secured in whole or in part by secondary security deeds other than a first mortgage, on residential real estate improved by the construction thereon of housing consisting of four or less family dwelling units, executed by an individual or individuals,

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a rate of charge, as herein defined, in addition to interest at a rate hereinafter authorized, whether payable directly to the lender or to a third party in connection with such loan, which in the aggregate is greater than ten percent (10%) of the principal amount of the loan as hereinafter defined. Provided that where the state principal sum of the indebtedness is one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) or less, the rate of charge may exceed said ten percent (10%) but shall not be greater than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). Provided that if a renewal or additional loan shall be made to the same borrower within thirty-six months after the original loan, or after a previous renewal or additional loan, the borrower shall receive a rebate from the previously charged rate of charge in accordance with the Standard Rule of 78 based upon a thirty-six month term regardless of the actual term of the original loan, renewal thereof, or additional loan. The borrower shall further have the right to anticipate payment of his debt in whole or in part at any time and shall receive a rebate of the unearned interest, which rebate shall be computed in accordance with the Standard Rule of 78. The aggregate of the amount or value actually received at the time of the loan, plus the aforesaid rate of charge, plus the sum of all existing indebtedness of the borrower paid on his behalf by the lender, shall be deemed the principal amount of the loan. Charges. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking section 2 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new section 2 to read as follows: Section 2. (a) The `rate of charge', as used in this Act, shall be construed as a service charge and shall include any and every type of charge for compensation, consideration or expense, or for any other purpose whatsoever, including by whatsoever name called, but not by way of limitation, title searches, title reports, title opinions, title guarantees, credit reports, investigation costs, preparation of instruments, placement or discount fees, brokerage fees, recordings, appraisals, insurance of any nature except as provided in subsection (b) below, and closing costs, but said `rate of charge' shall not be construed as an interest charge or as including interest, and interest may be charged in addition

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thereto upon the principal amount of the loan as defined herein at any rate hereinafter authorized. Charge defined. (b) Evidence of hazard insurance may be required by the lender of the borrower. Decreasing term life insurance, in an amount not exceeding the sum of the monthly installments payable under the loan and for a period not exceeding the term of the loan, and accident and health insurance in an amount sufficient to make the monthly payments due on said loan in the event of disability of the borrower and for a period not exceeding the life of said loan, may also be required by the lender of the borrower. The premium for any such insurance, if paid by the lender on behalf of the borrower, shall be included in the principal amount of the loan for the purpose of computing the rate of charge and the rate of interest applicable thereto, but shall not be considered as a `charge' for the purpose of the ten percent (10%) limitation on the allowable `rate of `rate of charge'. To the extent that the Insurance Commissioner shall have approved a standard rate for any such insurance, the premium charged for such insurance by the lender to the borrower shall not exceed such approved standard rate. Proof of all insurance issued in connection with loans subject to this Act shall be furnished to the borrower within ten days from the date of application therefor by said borrower, by a certificate from the carrier. A delinquent or `late charge' not exceeding five percent (5%) of the monthly payment may be charged on any installment made fifteen (15) or more days after the regularly scheduled due date, said charge to be made only once on any given installment during the term of the loan. Insurance. (c) No charge for or application fee may be allowed whether or not the loan is consummated, provided however that the borrower may be required to reimburse the lender for actual expenses incurred after acceptance and approval of a loan proposal made in accordance with the provisions of this Act which is not consummated because of: Application fee. (1) The borrower's willful failure to close said loan; or (2) The borrower's false or fraudulent representation of a material fact which prevents closing of the loan as proposed.

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(d) Interest may be charged on the principal amount of the loan as hereinbefore defined at any rate not greater than the greater of: (i) six percent (6%) per annum computed in accordance with the provisions of Code section 57-116, as amended, relating to interest on loans to be repaid in monthly, quarterly or yearly installments, as amended; or (ii) eight percent (8%) per annum if said rate is computed upon the unpaid principal balance outstanding at the time each payment is made, with such payment being applied first to the payment of interest and the balance to principal reduction. Interest. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. GEORGIA STATE SCHOLARSHIP COMMISSION ACT AMENDED. No. 463 (House Bill No. 530). An Act to amend an Act creating the Georgia State Scholarship Commission, approved March 12, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p.210), as amended by an Act approved March 14, 1966 (Ga.L. 1966, p.465), so as to authorize the Commission to accept and use contributions for the purposes of the Commission; to authorize the Commission to enter into contracts with the Federal government to secure benefits of Federal financial aid programs for students; to authorize the Commission to accept and disburse Federal funds for educational purposes, to empower the Commission to comply with Federal requirements; to authorize the Commission to comply with requirements prescribed by Congress as conditions to accepting and disbursing Federal funds; to empower the Commission to comply with Federal requirements and to effectuate the purposes of educational programs authorized by Federal law; to change provisions relating to execution of contracts with scholarship

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recipients; to provide for severability, to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating the Georgia State Scholarship Commission, approved March 12, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p.210), as amended by an Act approved March 14, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p.465), is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph after the first paragraph of section 8, to read as follows: The Commission is authorized to take, hold and administer, on behalf of the Commission and for any of its purposes, real property, personal property and monies, or any interest therein and the income therefrom, either absolutely or in trust, for any purposes of the Commission. The Commission may acquire property or monies for such purpose by the acceptance of gifts, grants, bequests, or devise. Property, gifts, etc. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by adding two new paragraphs after the fourth paragraph of section 8 as heretofore amended, to read as follows: The Commission is authorized to enter into contracts with the Federal government in order to secure the benefits of any Federal financial aid program for students desiring study in the paramedical, professional or educational fields. Contracts with Federal government. Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary: (a) None of the provisions thereof shall be construed to prevent the acceptance of Federal funds and express authorization is hereby given to the Commission to accept, use and disburse Federal funds made available to the Commission by the Federal government under any law, rule, regulation or formula for the granting of Federal funds. (b) The Commission is authorized to comply with the requirements prescribed by Congress as conditions to receiving said funds.

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(c) To the end of empowering the Commission to comply with Federal rules, regulations or formulas and to effectuate the purposes provided in this Act, the Commission is authorized to promulgate all necessary rules and regulations, and to do all things necessary and proper to the securing of the maximum amount of Federal funds. (d) In the event that the Congress of the United States appropriates funds providing for grants or scholarships to the state governments or to any agency, department, bureau, or other division of state government, or to Commissions as created by this Act, for educational purposes as provided in this Act, the Commission is authorized to cooperate with the Federal government in such program, to accept funds from the Federal government in the maximum amounts made available, to disburse same and to comply with all requirements of the Federal government necessary to the securing of such funds. (e) Any funds which are appropriated to or otherwise made available to the Commission shall be available to supply the State's portion of expenditures, if such be required, for the purposes provided in this Act. (f) In the event any of the provisions of this Act are construed so as to prevent the acceptance, use and disbursement of any Federal funds by the Commission, said provision shall be deemed suspended and of no force and effect for such period of time as is necessary in order for the Commission to receive, accept and disburse such Federal funds. Section 3. Said Act is further amended by striking the second sentence of the first paragraph of section 9 which reads as follows: Said contract shall include such terms and provisions as will carry out the full purpose and intent of this Act, and the form thereof shall be prepared and approved by the Attorney General of the State of Georgia and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Commission, countersigned by the Executive Director and shall be signed by the applicant.

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and inserting in lieu thereof two new sentences to read as follows: Said contract shall include such terms and provisions as will carry out the full purpose and intent of this Act, and the form thereof shall be prepared and approved by the Attorney General of the State of Georgia. Said contracts shall be signed by the Executive Director on behalf of the State Scholarship Commission and by the applicant. so that when so amended the first paragraph of section 9 shall read as follows: Each applicant, before being granted a scholarship, shall enter into a contract with the State Scholarship Commission agreeing to the terms and conditions upon which the scholarship shall be granted to him. Said contract shall include such terms and provisions as will carry out the full purpose and intent of this Act, and the form thereof shall be prepared and approved by the Attorney General of the State of Georgia. Said contracts shall be signed by the Executive Director on behalf of the State Scholarship Commission and by the applicant. For the purposes of this Act, the disabilities of minority age of all applicants granted scholarships hereunder shall be and the same are hereby removed and the said applicants are declared to be lawful age for the purpose of entering into the contract hereinabove provided for, and such contract so executed by any applicant is hereby declared to be a valid and binding contract as though the said applicant were at least twenty-one (21) years of age. The Commission is hereby vested with full and complete authority and power to sue in its own name any applicant for any balance due the Commission on any contract. Contracts. Section 4. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases of this Act, which shall remain of full force and effect, as if the section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional

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was not originally a part hereof. The General Assembly hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this Act if it had known that such part or parts hereof would be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Severability. Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE CORPORATION ACT AMENDED. No. 464 (House Bill No. 531). An Act to amend an Act creating a nonprofit corporation known as the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation, approved March 12, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 217), as amended by an Act approved March 18, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 726), as so to change definition of the term college; to renumber certain subsections of said Act; to authorize the Corporation to accept and disburse Federal funds for educational purposes; to empower the Corporation to comply with Federal requirements; to authorize the Corporation to comply with requirements prescribed by Congress as conditions to accepting and disbursing Federal funds; to empower the Corporation to comply with Federal requirements and to effectuate the purposes of any educational program authorized by Federal law; to authorize use of funds appropriated or made available to the Corporation for matching purposes; to provide for suspension of provisions contained in said Act as amended under certain conditions; to authorize the Corporation to represent or act as agent for participating lending institutions for the purpose of satisfying Federal requirements; to provide for severability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating a nonprofit corporation known as the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation, approved March 12, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 217), as amended by an Act approved March 18, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 726), is hereby amended by striking paragraph 3 of section 3 of said Act in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new paragraph 3 of section 3, to read as follows: 3. `College' shall mean any non-profit institution, either within or without the State of Georgia, providing education beyond the twelfth (12th) grade, recognized and approved by the Board of Directors pursuant to such regulations as may be adopted by the Board. College defined. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by renumbering subsection (10) of section 5 as subsection (11). Section 3. Said Act is further amended by adding after subsection (9) of section 5 a new subsection to be known as subsection (10), to read as follows: (10) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary: (a) None of the provisions thereof shall be construed to prevent the acceptance of Federal funds and express authorization is hereby given to the Corporation to accept, use and disburse Federal funds made available to the Corporation by the Federal government under any law, rule, regulation or formula for the granting of Federal funds. Federal funds, etc. (b) The Corporation is authorized to comply with the requirements prescribed by Congress as conditions to receiving said funds. (c) To the end of empowering the Corporation to comply with Federal rules, regulations or formulas and to effectuate the purposes provided in this Act, the Corporation is authorized to promulgate all necessary rules and regulations,

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and to do all things necessary and proper to the securing of the maximum amount of Federal funds. (d) The Corporation is authorized, by agreement with lending institutions participating in the student loan program provided for herein or participating in any student financial aid program provided for by Federal law, to represent or act as agent for such lending institutions for the purpose of satisfying requirements of any Federal law, rule, regulation, or formula pertaining to the granting, acceptance, payment, use, disbursement, accounting or other administration of Federal funds provided by law for such purposes. (e) In the event that the Congress of the United States appropriates funds providing for loans or grants to state governments or to any agency, department, bureau, commission or other division of state government, or to corporations as created by this Act, for educational purposes, the Corporation is authorized to cooperate with the Federal government in such program, to accept funds from the Federal government in the maximum amounts made available, to disburse same and to comply with all requirements of the Federal government necessary to the securing of such funds. (f) Any funds which are appropriated to or otherwise made available to the Corporation shall be available to supply the State's portion of expenditures, if such be required, for the purposes provided in this Act. (g) In the event any of the provisions of this Act are construed so as to prevent the acceptance, use and disbursement of any Federal funds by the Corporation, said provision shall be deemed suspended and of no force and effect for such period of time as is necessary in order for the Corporation to receive, accept and disburse such Federal funds. Section 4. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no

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manner affect the other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases of this Act, which shall remain of full force and effect, as if the section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part hereof. The General Assembly hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this Act if it had known that such part or parts hereof would be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Severability. Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. JOINT TENANCY OF SHARES AND SECURITIES OF CORPORATIONS. No. 465 (House Bill No. 538). An Act to provide that certificates for shares or other securities of domestic or foreign corporations issued or transferred to two or more persons in joint tenancy on the records of the corporation are presumed in favor of the corporation to be owned by such persons in joint tenancy with right of survivorship and not otherwise; to provide an immunity to the corporation for transferring on its books any such shares or other securities to the surviving joint tenants; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Whenever certificates for shares or other securities issued by domestic or foreign corporations are or have been issued or transferred to two or more persons in joint tenancy on the books or records of the corporation, it is presumed in favor of the corporation, its register, and its transfer agent that the shares or other securities are owned by such persons in joint tenancy with right of survivorship

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and not otherwise. A domestic or foreign corporation or its register or transfer agent is not liable for transferring or causing to be transferred on the books of the corporation to the surviving joint tenants where a deceased joint tenant dies a resident of Georgia any share or shares or other securities theretofore issued by the corporation to two or more persons in joint tenancy with right of survivorship on the books or records of the corporation, whether or not the transfer was made with actual or constructive knowledge by the corporation or its registrar or transfer agent of the existence of any understanding, agreement, condition, or evidence that the shares or securities were held other than in joint tenancy, or of the invalidity of the joint tenancy or of a breach of trust by the joint tenants. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. LOCATION OF OFFICES OF CLERKS OF SUPERIOR COURT. Code 24-2714 Amended. No. 468 (House Bill No. 553). An Act to amend Code section 24-2714 relating to the duties of the clerks of the superior court, as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 16, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 120) and an Act approved April 8, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 625), so as to provide that the office of the clerk of the superior court may be at a place other than the courthouse under certain conditions; to provide for the storage of records; to provide the procedure connected with the foregoing; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 24-2714 relating to the duties of the clerks of the superior court, as amended, particularly

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by an Act approved February 16, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 120) and an Act approved April 8, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 625), is hereby amended by striking subsection 1. in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection 1. to read as follows: 1. To keep their offices and all things belonging thereto at the county site and at the courthouse. In the event the space at the courthouse is inadequate, the clerk may request, in writing, the governing authority of the county to move his office to some other designated place in the county. In his request, the clerk shall state the inadequacy which exists. The governing authority is authorized to comply with said request and may designate another place as the office of the clerk. Such place must be owned by the county or a body politic and shall be not more than 500 feet from the courthouse at their nearest points. The judge of the superior court of the circuit in which the county is located, or the senior judge in those circuits having more than one judge, must give written consent before the clerk shall be authorized to move his office to such place. In the event space at the courthouse or other place where the office of the clerk is located is inadequate to insure the safe storage of records, the clerk, after obtaining written permission from the governing authority of the county and of the superior court judge of the circuit in which the county is located or the senior judge in those circuits having more than one judge, may cause said records to be stored at some other place in the county not more than five miles from the courthouse. The clerk shall give public notice of the place of such storage by posting notice at the courthouse. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967.

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GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION FACILITIES. Code 93-307 Amended. No. 470 (House Bill No. 586). An Act to amend section 93-307 of the Code of Georgia of 1933 which section relates to the jurisdiction of the Georgia Public Service Commission so as to provide authority and power for the Georgia Public Service Commission to prescribe rules and regulations for the safe installation and operation of natural gas transmission and distribution facilities within the State; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Section 93-307 of the Code of Georgia of 1933, relating to the jurisdiction of the Georgia Public Service Commission, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: Said Commission shall have the power and authority to prescribe rules and regulations for the safe installation and operation of all natural gas transmission and distribution facilities within this State. so that Code section 93-307 as amended shall read as follows: The Public Service Commission shall have the general supervision of all common carriers, railroads, express corporations or companies, street railroads, railroad corporations or companies, dock or wharfage corporations or companies, terminal or terminal station corporations or companies, telephone and telegraph corporations or companies within this State, gas or electric light and power companies within this State; and while it may hear complaints, yet the Commission is authorized to perform the duties imposed upon it of its own initiative, and to require all common carriers and other public service companies under its supervision to establish and maintain such public service and facilities as may be reasonable and just, either by general rules or by special orders in particular cases, and to require such publication by common carriers, in newspapers of towns through which their lines extend, of their schedules as may be reasonable and which the public convenience demands.

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Said Commission shall have authority to examine into the affairs of said companies and corporations and to keep informed as to their general conditions, their capitalization, their franchises, and the manner in which their lines, owned, leased, or controlled, are managed, conducted, and operated, not only with respect to the adequacy, security, and accommodation afforded by their service to the public and their employees, but also with reference to their compliance with all provisions of law, orders of the Commission, and charter requirements. Said Commission shall have the power and authority, whenever it deems advisable, to prescribe, establish, and order a uniform system of accounts to be used by railroads and other corporations over which it has jurisdiction, the same to be as far as practicable in conformity with the system of accounts prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission; to examine all books, contracts, records, papers, and documents of any person or corporation subject to its supervision, and compel the production thereof. Said Commission shall have the power, through any one or more of its members, at its direction, to make personal visitations to the offices and places of business of said companies for the purpose of examination, and such commissioner or commissioners shall have full power and authority to examine the agents and employees of said companies under oath, or otherwise, in order to procure information deemed by the commissioners necessary to their work or of value to the public: Provided, that nothing in this section shall be so construed as to repeal or abrogate any existing law or rule of the Commission as to notice or hearings to persons, railroads, or other corporations interested in the rates, or in the orders, rules, or regulations promulgated by said Commission before the same are issued, nor to repeal the law of this State as to notice by publication of a change in rates. Said Commission shall have the power and authority to prescribe rules and regulations for the safe installation and operation of all natural gas transmission and distribution facilities within this State. Section 2. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967.

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GEORGIA FARMERS MARKET AUTHORITY ACT AMENDED BONDS. No. 471 (House Bill No. 587). An Act to amend an Act known as the Georgia Farmers Market Authority Act, approved February 25, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 224), as amended by an Act approved March 7, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 503), an Act approved January 30, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 3), and an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 85), so as to eliminate the aggregate amount of bonds which may be issued during the existence of the Authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the Georgia Farmers Market Authority Act, approved February 25, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 224), as amended by an Act approved March 7, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 503), an Act approved January 30, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 3), and an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 85), is hereby amended by striking section 15 thereof in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new section 15 to read as follows: Section 15. Bonds. Limit. The Authority or any authority or body which has or which may in the future succeed to the powers, duties and liabilities vested in this Authority, shall have power and is authorized at one time, or from time to time, to provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable bonds in a sum not to exceed $12,000,000.00 in principal amount outstanding at any one time for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any one or a combination of projects. Section 2. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967.

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GEORGIA INSURANCE CODE AMENDED CANCELLATION, ETC. OF AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY INSURANCE. Code 56-2430 Amended. No. 472 (House Bill No. 617). An Act to provide procedures relative to the cancellation of certain insurance policies; to provide for definitions; to provide that no notice of cancellation of certain policies of automobile liability and physical damage insurance shall be mailed or delivered except for specified reasons; to provide exceptions; to provide for time limitations; to provide for advance notice of intention not to renew certain policies; to provide for proof of notice; to provide for notification relative to the Georgia Automobile Assigned Risk Plan; to provide for specification in writing of the reason or reasons for certain cancellation; to provide for non-liability; to provide for other matters relative thereto; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 56-2430, relating to the cancellation of insurance policies, is hereby amended by adding after the word Cancellation as it appears at the beginning of said section the figure (1) and by adding at the end of said section the following: (2) As used in this Act: (A) `Renewal' means issuance and delivery by an insurer of a policy superseding at the end of the policy period a policy previously issued and delivered by the same insurer, and providing no less than the coverage contained in the superseded policy; or issuance and delivery of a certificate or notice extending the term of a policy beyond its policy period of term, provided, however, that any policy with a policy period or term of less than six months shall, for the purpose of this Act, be considered to have successive policy periods ending each six months following its original date

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of issue and, regardless of its wording, any interim termination by its terms or by refusal to accept premium shall be a cancellation subject to this Act. (B) `Policy of Automobile Liability Insurance' means a policy insuring a natural person as named insured, or one or more related individuals resident of the same household, and under which the insured vehicles therein designated are of the following types only: (a) A motor vehicle of the private passenger, station wagon or jeep type that is not used as a public or livery conveyance for passengers, nor rented to others, or (b) Any other four-wheel motor vehicle with a load capacity of 1500 pounds or less which is not used in the occupation or professional business of the insured; provided, however, that this Act shall not apply: (1) to policies of automobile liability insurance issued under an automobile assigned risk plan, nor (2) to any policy insuring an automobile which is one of more than four insured under a single policy, nor (3) to any policy covering garage, automobile sales agency, repair shop, service station or public parking place operation hazards, and, provided further, that the Act shall apply only to that portion of an automobile liability policy insuring against bodily injury and property damage liability and to the provisions therein, if any relating to medical payments, physical damage and uninsured motorists coverage. (3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this subsection, no notice of cancellation of a policy of automobile liability or motor vehicle liability insurance delivered or issued for delivery in this state and insuring a private passenger automobile shall be mailed or delivered by an insurer except for one or more of the reasons specified in subparagraph (C) of this subsection. (B) This subsection shall not apply to any policy which has been in effect less than 60 days at the time notice is mailed or delivered by the insurer unless it is a renewal of a policy. (C) No notice of cancellation of a policy to which this Act is applicable shall be effective unless it is based on one or more of the following reasons:

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(a) The named insurer failed to dicharge when due any of his obligations in connection with the payment of premiums on such policy or any installment thereof, whether payable directly to the insurer or indirectly under any premium finance plan or extension of credit; or (b) the insurance was obtained through a material misrepresentation; or (c) any insured violated any of the terms and conditions of the policy, or (d) the named insured failed to disclose fully, if called for in the application, his record for the preceding 36 months of motor vehicle accidents and moving traffic violations; or (e) the named insured failed to disclose in his written application or in response to inquiry by his broker or by the insurer or it s agent information necessary for the acceptance or proper rating of the risk; or (f) insured made a false or fraudulent claim or knowingly aided or abetted another in the presentation of such a claim; or (g) the named insured or any other operator, either resident in the same household or who customarily operates an automobile insured under such policy: 1. has, within the 36 months prior to the notice of cancellation, had his driver's license under suspension or revocation; or 2. is or becomes subject to epilepsy or heart attacks, and such individual does not produce a certificate from a physician testifying to his unqualified ability to operate a motor vehicle; or 3. has an accident record, conviction record (criminal or traffic) physical, mental, or other condition which is such that his operation of an automobile might endanger the public safety; or

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4. has within a three year period prior to the notice of cancellation been addicted to the use of narcotics or other drugs; or 5. uses alcoholic beverages to excess; or 6. has been convicted, or forfeited bail, during the 36 months immediately preceding the notice of cancellation; for: a. any felony; or b. criminal negligence resulting in death, homicide, or assault arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle; or c. operating a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition or while under the influence of drugs; or d. being intoxicated while in, or about an automobile, or while having custody of an automobile; or e. leaving the scene of an accident without stopping to report; or f. theft or unlawful taking of a motor vehicle; or g. making false statements in an application for a driver's license; or 7. has been convicted of, or forfeited bail for, three or more violations within the 36 months immediately preceding the notice of cancellation of any law, ordinance, or regulation limiting the speed of motor vehicles, or any of the provisions of the motor vehicle laws of any state, violation of which constitutes a misdemeanor, whether or not the violations were repetitions of the same offense or different offenses. 8. The insured automobile is: a. so mechanically defective that its operation might endanger public safety; or

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b. used in carrying passengers for hire or compensation, provided however that the use of an automobile for a car pool shall not be considered use of an automobile for hire or compensation; or c. used in the transportation of flammables or explosives; or d. an authorized emergency vehicle; or e. changed in shape or condition during the policy period so as to substantially increase the risk. (D) Nothing in this subsection shall apply to failure of an insurer to renew. (4) No notice of cancellation of a policy to which subsection 2 applies shall be effective unless mailed or delivered by the insurer to the named insured at least 20 days prior to the effective date of cancellation, provided, however, that where cancellation is for failure of the named insured to discharge when due any of his obligations in connection with the payment of premiums for the policy, or any installment thereof, whether payable directly to the insurer or indirectly under any premium finance plan or extension of credit, at least 10 days' notice of cancellation accompanied by the reason shall be given. Unless the reason or reasons accompany or are included in the notice of cancellation, the notice of cancellation shall state or be accompanied by a statement that upon written request of the named insured, mailed or delivered not less than 15 days prior to the effective date of cancellation, the insurer will specify the reason or reasons for such cancellation. Nothing in this section shall apply to failure of an insurer to renew. (5) No insurer shall fail to renew an automobile liability insurance policy unless it shall mail or deliver to the named insured, at the address shown in the policy, at least 20 days' advance notice of its intention not to renew. This section shall not apply:

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(a) If the insurer has manifested its willingness to renew by delivering a renewal policy, renewal certificate or other evidence of renewal to the named insured or his representative or by offering to issue a renewal policy, certificate or other evidence of renewal, or has manifested such intention by any other means; nor (b) Where the named insured has failed to discharge when due any of his obligations in connection with the payment of premiums for the policy, or the renewal thereof, or any installment payments therefor, whether payable directly to the insurer or indirectly under any premium finance plan or extension of credit; provided that, notwithstanding the failure of an insurer to comply with this section, the policy shall terminate on the effective date of any other automobile liability policy procured by the insured, with respect to any automobile designated in both policies. Renewal or continuation of a policy shall not constitute a waiver or estoppel with respect to grounds for cancellation which existed before the effective date of such renewal or continuance. (6) Mailing of notice of cancellation, or of intention not to renew or not to continue the policy, or mailing of reasons for cancellation, to the named insured at the address shown in the policy, shall be sufficient proof of notice. (7) When a policy is cancelled, other than for nonpayment of premium, or in the event of a failure to renew or continue a policy to which subsection 4 applies, the insurer shall notify the named insured of his possible eligibility for insurance through the Georgia Automobile Assigned Risk Plan. Such notice shall accompany or be included in the notice of cancellation or the notice of intent not to renew, or not to continue the policy, and shall state that such notice of availability of the Georgia Automobile Assigned Risk Plan is given pursuant to this Act. (8) Unless the reason or reasons for cancellation accompany or are included in the notice of cancellation, upon

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written request of the named insured mailed or delivered not less than 15 days prior to the effective date of cancellation, the insurer shall specify in writing the reason or reasons for such cancellation. Such reasons shall be mailed or delivered to the named insured within 5 days after receipt of such request. This section shall apply only to a cancellation to which subsection 2 applies. (9) There shall be no liability on the part of and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against any insurer, its authorized representative, its agents, its employees, or any firm, person or corporation furnishing to the insurer information as to reasons for cancellation or nonrenewal, for any statement made by any of them in any written notice of cancellation, for the providing of information pertaining thereto. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1967. THE RETAIL INSTALLMENT AND HOME SOLICITATION SALES ACT. No. 473 (House Bill No. 224). An Act to regulate retail installment and home solicitation sales and the financing thereof; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for statutory construction; to provide requirements and prohibitions as to retail installment contracts; to provide requirements and prohibitions as to revolving accounts; to provide for finance charge limitations; to provide for requirements and prohibitions as to mail order and telephone sales; to provide that the buyer shall have the right to cancel a home solicitation sale agreement for a certain period of time after the agreement has been signed by the buyer; to provide the procedure connected therewith; to provide for delinquency charges, attorneys' fees and court costs;

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to provide for the transfer of contracts; to provide that no assignment shall cut off any right of action or defense arising as a result of the provisions of subsection 10 (b) of this Act; to provide for cumulative and supplemental rights relating to repossession; to provide for penalties; to provide for the construction of this Act; to provide that contracts or accounts in effect prior to the effective date of this Act shall not be affected by this Act; to provide that any waiver of the provisions of this Act shall be unenforceable and void; to provide for severability; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as The Retail Installment and Home Solicitation Sales Act. Section 2. Definitions. (a) Unless clearly indicated otherwise by the context, the following words when used in this Act, for the purpose of this Act, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section: (1) Goods means all personalty when purchased primarily for personal, family or household use, including certificates or coupons issued by a retail seller exchangeable for personalty or services, but not including motor vehicles. The term goods includes such personalty which is furnished or used at the time of sale or subsequently, in the modernization, rehabilitation, repair, alteration, improvement or construction of real property as to become a part thereof, whether or not severable therefrom; if no security deed is taken thereon. (2) Motor vehicle means any device or vehicle operated over the public highways and streets of this state and propelled by other than muscular power, but does not include traction engines, road rollers, implements of husbandry and other agricultural equipment and such vehicles as run only upon a track.

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(3) Services means work or labor furnished for personal, family or household use, whether or not furnished in connection with the delivery, installation, servicing, repair or improvement of goods, and includes such work or labor furnished in connection with the modernization, rehabilitation, repair, alteration, improvement or construction upon or in connection with the real property; if no security deed is taken thereon. (4) Retail buyer or buyer means a person who buys goods or obtains services from a retail seller in a retail installment transaction and not principally for the purpose of resale. (5) Retail seller or seller means a person regularly engaged in, and whose business consists to a substantial extent of, selling goods to a retail buyer. (6) Retail installment transaction or transaction means any transaction to sell or furnish, or the sale of, or the furnishing of, goods or services evidenced by a retail installment contract or a revolving account. (7) Retail installment contract or contract means an instrument or instruments creating a purchase money security interest. It does not include a revolving account or an instrument reflecting a sale pursuant thereto. (8) Revolving account or account means an instrument or instruments prescribing the terms of retail installment transactions which may be made thereafter from time to time pursuant thereto, under which the buyer's total unpaid balance thereunder, whenever incurred, is payable in installments over a period of time and under the terms of which a time price differential is to be computed in relation to the buyer's unpaid balance from time to time. (9) Cash sale price means the price for which the seller would have sold or furnished to the buyer, and the buyer would have bought or obtained from the seller, the goods or services which are the subject matter of the retail installment transaction, if such sale had been a sale for cash.

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The cash sale price may include any applicable taxes and charges for delivery, installation, servicing, repairs, alterations, or improvements. (10) Official fees means the fees prescribed by law for filing, recording or otherwise perfecting or releasing or satisfying any title or lien retained or taken by a seller in connection with a retail installment transaction. (11) Time price differential means the amount, however denominated or expressed, paid or payable for the privilege of purchasing goods or services to be paid for by the buyer in installments; it does not include the amounts, if any, charged for insurance premiums, delinquency charges, attorneys' fees, court costs, or official fees. (12) Sales finance company means a person engaged in the business of purchasing retail installment contracts from one or more retail sellers. The term includes but is not limited to a bank, trust company, or industrial loan company, if so engaged. The term does not include the pledge of an aggregate number of such contracts to secure a bona fide loan thereon. (13) Home solicitation sale means a consumer credit sale in which the purchase price is payable in installments and the seller or his representative solicits the sale in person, and the buyer's agreement or offer to purchase is made at a home other than that of the person soliciting the sale, and the contract is signed at the time of such solicitation. (14) The holder of a retail installment contract means the retail seller of the goods or services unders the contract or, if the contract is purchased by a sales finance company or other assignee, the sales finance company or other assignee. (15) Person means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, and any other group however organized. (b) The rules of statutory construction contained in Chapter 102-1 of the Code of Georgia of 1933, as amended, shall apply to the provisions of this Act.

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Section 3. Retail installment contracts. (a) Every retail installment contract shall be in writing and shall be completed as to all essential provisions prior to the signing thereof by the buyer, except as provided in paragraph (f) of this section. The printed portion of the contract, other than instructions for completion, shall be in at least six point type. The contract shall contain substantially the following notice in size equal to at least ten point type: Notice to the Buyer Do not sign this before you read it or if it contains any blank spaces. You are entitled to an exact copy of the paper you sign. You have the right to pay in advance the full amount due and under certain conditions to obtain a partial refund of the time price differential. The contract shall contain the names of the seller and the buyer, the place of business of the seller, and the residence or place of business of the buyer as specified by the buyer, and shall set forth the following: (1) The cash price of the goods or services. (2) The amount of the buyer's down payment, if any, whether made wholly or in part in money or goods. (3) The difference between items (1) and (2). (4) The amount, if any, of official fees and the cost, if any, to the buyer of any insurance (specifying the types of coverage) the buyer has agreed to procure if the seller has agreed to purchase the insurance and charge the buyer for the cost thereof. (5) The principal balance owed on the retail installment contract, which is the sum of items (3) and (4). (6) The amount or rate of the time price differential.

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(7) The time balance owed by the buyer to the seller, which is the sum of items (5) and (6), and except as hereinafter provided, the maximum number of installment payments required and the amount and date of each payment necessary to pay such time balance. The foregoing items need not be stated in the sequence or order set forth above and additional paragraphs may be included to explain the computations made in determining the amount to be paid by the buyer. (b) If the time price differential is stated as a simple annual rate, item (7) of paragraph (a) hereof need not be stated. The maximum number of payments and the amount and date of each payment need not be separately listed if the payments are stated in terms of a series of scheduled amounts and if the amount of the final payment does not exceed by more than fifty percent (50%) the scheduled amount of any preceding installments; in such cases, the amount of the scheduled final payment shall be stated as the remaining unpaid balance. The initial date for the payment of the first installment may be a calender date or may refer to the time of delivery or installation. (c) A retail installment contract need not be contained in a single document. If the contract is contained in more than one document, then one such document may be an original document applicable to purchases of goods or services to be made by the retail buyer from time to time and in such case such document, together with the sales slip, account book or other written statement relating to each purchase, shall set forth all of the information required by paragraph (a) and shall constitute the retail installment contract for each such purchase. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the seller under a retail installment contract may charge, receive and collect a time price differential, which shall not exceed the following rates: On the principal balance, twelve cents per one dollar per year on so much of the principal balance as does not exceed four hundred dollars; and ten cents per one dollar

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per year on so much of the principal balance as exceeds four hundred dollars. The time price differential under this paragraph shall be computed on the principal balance of each transaction, as determined under paragraph (a), item (5) of this section on contracts payable in successive monthly payments substantially equal in amount for the period from the date of the contract to and including the date when the final installment thereunder is payable. When a retail installment contract is payable other than in successive monthly payments substantially equal in amount, the time price differential may be at the effective rates provided in this paragraph, having due regard for the schedule of payments. The time price differential may be computed on the basis of a full month for any fractional month period in excess of ten days. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this paragraph, a minimum time price differential not in excess of the following amounts may be charged on any retail installment contract; twelve dollars ($12.00) on any retail installment contract involving an initial principal balance of fifty dollars ($50.00) or more; seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) on a retail installment contract involving an initial principal balance of more than twenty five dollars ($25.00) and less than fifty dollars ($50.00); and five dollars ($5.00) on a retail installment contract involving an initial principal balance of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or less. (e) The seller shall present a completed copy of the retail installment contract to the buyer at the time it is signed by the buyer. Any acknowledgement by the buyer of receipt of a copy of the contract shall be in a size equal to at least ten point bold face type and, if contained in the contract, shall appear directly above the buyer's signature. (f) No retail installment contract shall be signed by the buyer when it contains blank spaces to be filled in after it has been signed except that, if delivery of the goods or services is not made at the time of execution of the contract, the identification of the goods or services and the due date of the first installment may be left blank and later inserted by the seller in the seller's counterpart of the contract after it has been signed by the buyer. The buyer's written

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acknowledgment, conforming to the requirements of paragraph (e) of this section, of delivery of a copy of a contract shall be presumptive proof, in any action or proceeding, of such delivery and that the contract, when signed, did not contain any blank spaces as herein provided. (g) The seller under any retail installment contract shall, within thirty days after execution of the contract, deliver or mail or cause to be delivered or mailed to the buyer at his aforesaid address any policy or policies of insurance the seller has agreed to purchase in connection therewith, or in lieu thereof a certificate or certificates of such insurance. The amount, if any, included for insurance shall not exceed the applicable premiums chargeable in accordance with the rates filed with the insurance department; if any such insurance is canceled, unearned insurance premium refunds received by the holder shall be credited to the final maturing installment of the contract except to the extent applied toward the payment for similar insurance protecting the interests of the seller and the holder or either of them. Nothing in this Act shall impair or abrogate the right of a buyer to procure insurance from an agent and company of his own selection, as provided by the insurance laws of this state; and nothing contained in this Act shall modify, alter or repeal any of the insurance laws of this state. The term holder as used in this Act, means the retail seller unless the seller has assigned the contract, in which case holder means the assignee of such contract at the time of the determination. (h) If the buyer so requests, the holder shall give or forward to the buyer a receipt for any payment when made in cash. (i) Notwithstanding the provisions of any retail installment contract to the contrary, any buyer may prepay in full at any time before maturity the unpaid balance of any retail installment contract and in so paying such unpaid balance shall receive a refund credit thereon for such anticipation of payments. The amount of such refund shall represent at least as great a proportion of the time price differential after first deducting therefrom an acquisition

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cost of fifteen dollars ($15.00), as the sum of the monthly time balances beginning one month after prepayment is made, bears to the sum of all the monthly time balances under the schedule of payments in the contract. This method of refund upon prepayment is commonly referred to as the Rule of 78 or the Sum of the Digits refund method. Where the amount of such refund credit is less than one dollar ($1.00), no refund need be made. (j) In a retail installment transaction involving the modernization, rehabilitation, repair, alteration, improvement or construction of real property, the buyer may be charged for and there may be collected from him, or there may be added to the cash sale price, the reasonable fees and costs actually to be paid for construction authorizations and similar permits issued by public agencies. Section 4. Revolving accounts. (a) Every revolving ac-acount shall be in writing and shall be completed prior to the signing thereof by the retail buyer. The printed portion, other than instructions for completion, of any revolving account executed on or after the effective date of this Act shall be in at least six point type. Any such account shall contain the names of the seller and the buyer, the place of business of the seller, and the residence or place of business of the buyer as specified by the buyer, and substantially the following notice in a size equal to at least ten point type: Notice to the Buyer Do not sign this before you read it or if it contains any blank spaces. You are entitled to an exact copy of the paper you sign. You have the right to pay in advance the full amount due. A copy of any such account executed on or after the effective date of this Act (October 1, 1967) shall be delivered or mailed to the retail buyer by the retail seller prior to the date on which the first payment is due thereunder. Any acknowledgment by the buyer of delivery of a copy of the account shall be in a size equal to at least ten point bold

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face type and, if contained in the account, shall appear directly above the buyer's signature. No account excuted on or after October 1, 1967, shall be signed by the buyer when it contains blank spaces to be filled in after it has been signed. The buyer's acknowledgment, conforming to the requirements of this Paragraph, of delivery of a copy of an account, shall be presumptive proof, in any action or proceeding, of such delivery and that the account, when signed, did not contain any blank spaces as herein provided. All accounts executed on or after October 1, 1967, shall state the amount of, or the method of calculating, the time price differential to be charged and paid pursuant thereto or shall state that a time price differential not in excess of that permitted by this Act will be charged and paid pursuant to such account. (b) The retail seller under a revolving account shall promptly supply the retail buyer thereunder with a statement as of the end of each monthly period (which need not be a calendar month), or other regular period agreed upon by the retail seller and the retailer buyer, in which there is any unpaid balance thereunder, which shall recite the following: (1) The unpaid balance under the account at the beginning and end of the period. (2) Unless otherwise furnished by the retail seller to the retail buyer by sales slip, memorandum, or otherwise, the cash price and the date of each purchase during the period. (3) The payments made by the retail buyer to the retail seller and any other credits to the retail buyer during the period. (4) The amount of the time price differential, if any. The items need not be stated in the sequence or order set forth above; and additional items may be included to explain the computations made in determining the amount to be paid by the retail buyer.

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(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the seller under a revolving account may charge, receive and collect, a time price differential which shall not exceed fifteen cents per ten dollars ($10.00) per month computed on all amounts unpaid thereunder from month to month (which need not be a calendar month) or other regular period; however, if the amount of time price differential so computed shall be less than one dollar ($1.00) for any such month, a time price differential of one dollar ($1.00) for any such month may be charged, received and collected. If the regular period is other than such monthly period or if the unpaid amount is less than or greater than five dollars ($5.00), the permitted time price differential shall be computed proportionately. Such time price differential may be computed for all unpaid balances within a range of not in excess of ten dollars ($10.00) on the basis of the median amount within such range if as so computed such time price differential is applied to all unpaid balances within such range. Section 5. Mail order and telephone sales. Retail installment contracts negotiated and entered into by mail or telephone without personal solicitation by salesmen or other representatives of the seller, where a catalog of the seller or other printed solicitation of business, which is distributed and made available generally to the public, clearly sets forth the cash price and other terms of sales to be made through such medium, may be made as provided in this section. All of the provisions of this Act relating to contracts shall apply to such sales except that the seller shall not be required to deliver a copy of the contract to the buyer as provided in section 3, paragraph (e) of this Act, and if the contract when received by the seller contains any blank spaces the seller may insert in the appropriate blank space the amounts of money and other terms which are set forth in the seller's catalog or other printed solicitation which is then in effect. In lieu of presenting the buyer with a copy of the contract as provided in section 3, paragraph (e) of this Act, the seller shall furnish to the buyer a written statement of any items inserted in the blank spaces in the contract received from the buyer.

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Section 6. Home solicitation sales. (a) The buyer shall have the right to cancel a home solicitation sale agreement until midnight of the day after the day on which the buyer signs the agreement. (b) Notice of cancellation under this section shall be given to the seller at the place of business as set forth in the agreement by certified mail, return receipt requested, which shall be posted not later than midnight on the day following execution of the agreement. (c) In the event of cancellation pursuant to this section, the installment seller shall refund to the buyer within ten (10) days after such cancellation all deposits, including any down payment made under the agreement, and redeliver any goods traded in to the seller on account or in contemplation of the home solicitation sale agreement. (d) In the event of cancellation pursuant to this section, the seller shall have the right to charge the buyer five percent (5%) of the gross sales price of the merchandise purchased by the buyer, or $25.00, whichever is less, as liquidated damages. The seller shall also be entitled to reclaim and the buyer shall return, whenever possible, the home solicitation sale agreement. The buyer shall incur no additional liability for cancellation pursuant to this section. (e) If the buyer has received the merchandise sold, the buyer must return that merchandise unused, in the same condition as received by the buyer. The seller shall pick up the merchandise at the place sold within a reasonable time after notice of cancellation, and the seller shall receive from the buyer at that time the actual cost of picking up the merchandise, or $5.00, whichever is less. (f) Notice of cancellation given by the buyer need not take any particular form and, however expressed, is effective if it indicates the intention of the buyer not to be bound by the home solicitation sale. (g) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any contract for services if the services are performed or to

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goods which have been so altered as a result of the contract as to be unsuitable for resale by the seller, if such services are performed or goods altered prior to receipt of notice by the seller. Section 7. Delinquency charges, attorneys' fees and court costs. A retail installment contract may provide for payment by the buyer of a delinquency charge on any installment which is not paid within ten days from the date such payment is due. Such charge may not exceed five percent (5%) of such installment or five dollars ($5.00), whichever is less. A delinquent charge shall not be collected more than once for the same default. A retail installment contract or a revolving account may provide for the payment of reasonable attorneys' fees if referred for collection to an attorney not a salaried employee of the retail seller and for the payment of court costs. Section 8. Transfer of contracts. (a) Any retail seller may assign, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise transfer a retail installment contract or revolving account to any person, firm or corporation on such terms and conditions and for such price as may be mutually agreed upon. Unless the buyer has notice of the assignment, payment thereunder made by the buyer to the last known owner of the contract or account shall be binding on all subsequent owners thereof. (b) In no event will any such assignment bar any right of action against the seller arising as a result of the provisions of this Act or will any such assignment bar any defense against the sales finance company or other assignee arising as a result of the provisions of subsection 10 (b) of this Act. Section 9. Deficiency. When any goods have been repossessed after default in accordance with Georgia Code Chapter 109 A-9-5, the seller or holder shall not be entitled to recover a deficiency against said buyer unless within ten days after said repossession, he forwards by registered or certified mail to the address of the buyer shown on the contract, or later designated by said buyer, a notice of the seller's or holder's intention to pursue a deficiency claim

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against said buyer. Said notice shall also advise the buyer of his rights of redemption, as well as his right to demand a public sale of said repossessed goods. In the event said buyer exercises his right to demand a public sale of said goods, he shall in writing so advise the seller or holder of his election by registered or certified mail addressed to the seller or holder at the address from which the seller's or holder's notice emanated, within ten days after the posting of the original seller's or holder's notice. In the event of election of such public sale by the buyer, the seller or holder shall dispose of said repossessed goods at a public sale as provided by law, to be held in the state and county where the original sale took place, or the state and county of the buyer's residence, at the seller's election. This section is cumulative of Georgia Code Chapter 109 A-9-5, and provides cumulative additional rights and remedies which must be fulfilled before any deficiency claim will lie against a buyer, and nothing herein shall be deemed to repeal said Code Chapter. Section 10. Penalties. (a) Any person who shall wilfully and intentionally violate any provision of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the first offense and shall be punished as for a misdemeanor upon conviction for subsequent offenses. (b) A violation of section 3 (d) shall bar recovery of any finance charge, delinquency or collection charge on the contract. A violation of Section 4 (c) shall bar recovery of any finance charge, delinquency or collection charge stated on or collected in connection with the statement on which any such violation shall occur. (c) In case of a wilful violation of any provision of this Act, with respect to any transaction, the retail buyer in such transaction may recover from the person committing such violation (or may set off or counterclaim in any action by such person) a minimum of one hundred dollars ($100.00),

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or double the time price differential and any delinquency charge and any attorneys' fees and court costs charged and paid with respect to such transaction, but the retail seller may recover from the retail buyer an amount equal to the cash price of the goods or services in such transaction and the cost of any insurance purchased by the retail seller for the retail buyer in connection therewith. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any failure to comply with any provisions of subsection 3 (d) of this Act may be corrected within ten days after the date of execution of the retail installment contract by the buyer, and if so corrected, neither the seller nor the holder is subject to any penalty under this Section. Section 11. Construction of Act. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed so as to amend, modify, supersede or repeal an Act relating to charges and interest on loans secured by secondary security deeds, approved March 16, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 577), as now or hereafter amended. Section 12. Prior contracts not affected. The provisions of this Act shall not make unlawful contracts or accounts in effect prior to October 1, 1967. Section 13. Waiver. Any waiver of the provisions of this Act shall be unenforceable and void. Section 14. Effective date. The provisions of this Act shall become effective on October 1, 1967. Section 15. Severability. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases of this Act, which shall remain of full force and effect, as if the section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part hereof. Section 16. Repealer. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967.

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MOTOR VEHICLE SALES FINANCE ACT. No. 474 (House Bill No. 225). An Act to regulate the sale and financing of motor vehicles; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for statutory construction; to provide requirements and prohibitions as to retail installment contracts; to provide for finance charge limitations; to provide for the transfer of contracts; to provide that no assignment shall cut off any right of action or defense arising as a result of the provisions of subsection 8 (b) of this Act; to provide for credit upon anticipation of payments; to provide for refinancing retail installment contracts and the method thereof; to provide for cumulative and supplemental rights relating to repossessions; to provide for penalties; to provide that any waiver of the provisions of this Act shall be unenforceable and void; to provide for severability; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Short title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act. Section 2. Definitions. (a) Unless clearly indicated otherwise by the context, the following words when used in this Act, for the purposes of this Act, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section: (1) Motor vehicle means any device or device including automobiles, motorcycles, motor trucks, trailers, and all other vehicles operated over the public highways and streets of this state and propelled by power other than muscular power, but does not include traction engines, road rollers, implements of husbandry and other agricultural equipment and such vehicles as run only upon a track. (2) Retail buyer or buyer means a person who buys a motor vehicle from a retail seller not principally for the purpose of resale, and who executes a retail installment contract

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in connection therewith or a person who succeeds to the rights and obligations of such person. (3) Retail installment seller or seller means a person engaged in the business of selling motor vehicles to retail buyers in retail installment transactions. (4) (i) Retail installment transaction means any transaction evidenced by a retail installment contract. (ii) Time sale price means the cash sale price of a motor vehicle, the amount included for insurance and other benefits if a separate charge is made therefor, official fees and finance charges. (5) Retail installment contract or contract means an instrument or instruments creating a purchase money security interest. (6) Cash sale price means the price stated in a retail installment contract for which the seller would have sold to the buyer, and the buyer would have bought from the seller, the motor vehicle which is the subject matter of the retail installment contract, if such sale had been a sale for cash instead of a retail installment transaction. The cash sale price may include any taxes, registration, certificate of title, license and other fees and charges for accessories and their installation and for delivery, servicing, repairing, or improving the motor vehicle. (7) Official fees means the fees prescribed by law for filing, recording or otherwise perfecting and releasing or satisfying a retained title or a lien created by a retail installment contract. (8) Finance charge means the amount agreed upon between the buyer and the seller, as limited herein, to be added to the cash sale price, the amount, if any, included for insurance and other benefits, if a separate charge is made therefor, and official fees, in determining the time sale price.

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(9) Sales finance company means a person engaged in the business of purchasing retail installment contracts from one or more retail sellers. The term includes but is not limited to a bank, trust company, or industrial loan company, if so engaged. The term does not include the pledge of an aggregate number of such contracts to secure a bona fide loan thereon. (10) The holder of a retail installment contract means the retail seller of the motor vehicle under the contract or, if the contract is purchased by a sales finance company or another assignee, the sales finance company or other assignee. (11) Person means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, and any other group however organized. (12) Purchase price means the time balance shown in the contract plus the down payment. (b) The rules of statutory construction contained in Chapter 102-1 of the Code of Georgia of 1933, as amended, shall apply to the provisions of this Act. Section 3. Requirements and prohibitions as to retail installment contracts. (a) A retail installment contract shall be in writing, shall be signed by both the buyer and the seller and shall be completed as to all essential provisions prior to the signing of the contract by the buyer. (b) The printed portion of the contract, other than instructions for completion, shall be in at least six point type. The contract shall contain, in a size equal to at least ten point type, the following: (1) A specific statement that liability insurance coverage for bodily injury and property damage caused to others is not included, if that is the case; and (2) The following notice: Notice to the Buyer Do not sign this contract before you read it or if it contains any blank spaces. You are entitled to an exact copy of the contract you sign.

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(c) The seller shall present a completed copy of the contract to the buyer at the time it is signed by the buyer. Unless the seller does so, a buyer who has not accepted delivery of the motor vehicle shall have the right to rescind his agreement and to receive a refund of all payments made and return of all goods traded in to the seller on account of or in contemplation of the contract, or if such goods cannot be returned, the value thereof. Any acknowledgment by the buyer of receipt of a copy of the contract shall be in a size equal to at least ten point bold face type, and, if contained in the contract, shall appear directly above the buyer's signature. This subsection provides cumulative additional rights and is cumulative of Georgia Code section 109A-2-302. (d) The contract shall contain the names of the seller and the buyer, the place of business of the seller, the residence or place of business of the buyer as specified by the buyer and a description of the motor vehicle including its make, year model, model and identification number or marks. (e) The contract shall contain the following itemized information: (1) The cash sale price of the motor vehicle; (2) The amount of the buyer's down payment, and whether made in money or goods, or partly in money and partly in goods; (3) The difference between items (1) and (2); (4) The amount, if any, included for insurance and other benefits specifying the types of coverage and benefits; (5) The amount of license, taxes and official fees, if any; (6) The principal balance, which is the sum of items (3), (4) and (5) of this paragraph; (7) The amount of the finance charge;

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(8) The time balance, which is the sum of items (6) and (7), payable in installments by the buyer to the seller, the number of installments, the amount of each installment and the due date or period thereof. The items need not be stated in the sequence or order set forth above, and additional items may be included to explain the computation made in determining the amount to be paid by the retail buyer. (f) The amount, if any, included for insurance, which may be purchased by the holder of the retail installment contract, shall not exceed the applicable premiums chargeable in accordance with the rates filed with the insurance department. If dual interest insurance on the motor vehicle is purchased by the holder, it shall, within thirty days after execution of the retail installment contract, send or cause to be sent to the buyer a policy or policies or certificate of insurance, written by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state, clearly setting forth the amount of the premium, the kind or kinds of insurance, the coverages and all the terms, exceptions, limitations, restrictions and conditions of the contract or contracts of insurance. Nothing in this Act shall impair or abrogate the right of a buyer as defined herein to procure insurance from an agent and company of his own selection as provided by the insurance laws of this state, and nothing contained in this Act shall modify, amend, alter or repeal any of the insurance laws of the state. (g) If any insurance is cancelled, or the premium adjusted, unearned insurance premium refunds received by the holder shall be credited to the final maturing installment of the contract except to the extent applied toward payment for a similar insurance protecting the interests of the buyer and the holder or either of them. (h) The holder may, if the contract or refinancing agreement so provides, collect a delinquency charge on any installment which is not paid within ten days from the date such payment is due. Such charge may not exceed five percent

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of such installment, or five dollars, whichever is less. A delinquent charge shall not be collected more than once for the same default. In addition to such delinquency and collection charge, the contract may provide for the payment of reasonable attorneys' fees where such contract is referred for collection to an attorney not a salaried employee of the holder of the contract, plus the court costs. (i) No retail installment contract shall be signed by any party thereto when it contains blank spaces to be filled in after it has been signed except that, if delivery of the motor vehicle is not made at the time of the execution of the contract, the identifying numbers or marks of the motor vehicle or similar information and the due date of the first installment may be left blank and later inserted by the seller in the seller's counterpart of the contract after it has been signed by the buyer. The buyer's written acknowledgment, conforming to the requirements of paragraph (c) of this section, of delivery of a copy of a contract shall be presumptive proof of such delivery in any action or proceeding by or against the holder of the contract, and that the contract, when signed, did not contain any blank spaces except as provided herein. (j) If the buyer so requests, the holder shall give or forward to the buyer a receipt for any payment when made in cash. Section 4. Finance charge limitation. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the finance charge, exclusive of insurance, and other benefits and official fees, shall not exceed the following rates: Class 1. Any new motor vehicle designated by the manufacturer by a year model not earlier than the year in which the sale is made - $8 per $100 per year. Class 2. Any new motor vehicle not in Class 1 and any used motor vehicle designated by the manufacturer by a year model of the same or not more than two years prior to the year in which the sale is made$11 per $100 per year.

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Class 3. Any used motor vehicle not in Class 2 and designated by the manufacturer by a year model not more than four years prior to the year in which the sale is made$15 per $100 per year. Class 4. Any used motor vehicle not in Class 2 or Class 3 and designated by the manufacturer by a year model more than four years prior to the year in which the sale is made $17 per $100 per year. (b) Such finance charge shall be computed on the principal balance as determined under section 3, paragraph (e) of this Act on contracts payable in successive monthly payments substantially equal in amount. Such finance charge may be computed on the basis of a full month for any fractional month period in excess of ten days. A minimum finance charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) may be charged on any retail installment transaction. (c) When a retail installment contract provides for unequal or irregular installment payments, the finance charge may be at a rate which will provide the same yield as is permitted on monthly payment contracts under paragraphs (a) and (b), having due regard for the schedule of payments. (d) Any sales finance company may purchase or acquire or agree to purchase or acquire from any seller any contract on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between them. Unless the buyer has notice of the assignment his contract, payment thereunder made by the buyer to the last known holder of such contract shall be binding upon all subsequent holders. (e) In no event will any such assignment bar any right of action against the seller arising as a result of the provisions of this Act or will any such assignment bar any defense against the sales finace company or other assignee arising as a result of the provisions of subsection 8 (b) of this Act. Section 5. Credit upon anticipation of payments. Notwithstanding the provisions of any retail installment contract

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to the contrary, any buyer may pay in full at any time before maturity the debt of any retail installment contract, and, in so paying such debt, shall receive a refund credit thereon for such anticipation of payments. The amount of such refund shall represent at least as great a proportion of the finance charge after first deducting from such finance charge an acquisition cost of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), as the sum of the monthly time balance after the month in which prepayment is made, bears to the sum of all the monthly time balances under the schedule of payments in the contract. This method of refund upon prepayment is commonly referred to as the Rule of 78 or the Sum of the Digits refund method. Where the amount of credit is less than one dollar ($1.00), no refund need be made. Section 6. Refinancing retail installment contract. The holder of a contract, upon request by the buyer, may extend the scheduled due date of all or any part of any installment or installments, or deferred payment or payments, or renew or restate the unpaid time balance of such contract, the amount of the installments and the time schedule therefor and may collect for such extension, deferment, renewal or restatement a refinance charge computed as follows: In the event the unpaid time balance of the contract is extended, deferred, renewed or restated, the holder may compute the refinance charge on such amount by adding to the unpaid time balance the cost for insurance and other benefits incidental to the refinancing plus any accrued delinquency and collection charges after deducting any refund which may be due the buyer at the time of the time of the renewal or restatement by prepayment pursuant to section 5 of this Act, at the rate of the finance charge specified in section 4, paragraph (a) of this Act, and by reclassifying the motor vehicle by its then year model, for the term of the refinancing agreement, but otherwise subject to the provisions of this Act governing computation of the original finance charge. The provisions of this Act relating to minimum finance charges under section 4, paragraph (b) of this Act and acquisition costs under the refund schedule in section 5 of this Act shall not apply in calculating refinance charges on the contract extended, deferred, renewed or restated. If all unpaid installments are deferred for not more than two

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months, the holder may, at his election, charge and collect for such deferment an amount equal to the difference between the refund required for prepayment in full under section 5 of this Act as of the scheduled due date of the first deferred installment, and the refund required for prepayment in full as of one month prior to said date, times the number of months in which no scheduled payment is made. Section 7. Deficiency. When any motor vehicle has been repossessed after default in accordance with Georgia Code Chapter 109A-9-5, the seller or holder shall not be entitled to recover a deficiency against said buyer unless within ten days after said repossession, he forwards by registered or certified mail to the address of the buyer shown on the contract, or later designated by said buyer, a notice of the seller's or holder's intention to pursue a deficiency claim against said buyer. Said notice shall also advise the buyer of his rights of redemption, as well as his right to demand a public sale of said repossessed motor vehicle. In the event said buyer exercises his right to demand a public sale of said goods, he shall in writing so advise the seller or holder of his election by registered or certified mail addressed to the seller or holder at the address from which the seller's or holder's notice emanated, within ten days after the posting of the original seller's or holder's notice. In the event of election of such public sale by the buyer, the seller or holder shall dispose of said repossessed motor vehicle at a public sale as provided by law, to be held in the state and county where the original sale took place, or the state and county where the motor vehicle was repossessed, or the state and county of the buyer's residence, at the seller's election. This section is cumulative of Georgia Code Chapter 109A-9-5, and provides cumulative additional rights and remedies which must be fulfilled before any deficiency claim will lie against a buyer, and nothing herein shall be deemed to repeal said Code Chapter. Section 8. Penalties. (a) Any person who shall wilfully and intentionally violate any provision of this Act shall be

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guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the first offense and shall be punished as for a misdemeanor upon conviction for subsequent offenses. (b) A violation of section 4 of this Act by the seller or holder shall bar recovery of any finance charge, delinquency or collection charge on the contract. (c) In case of a wilful violation of any provisions of this Act, with respect to any transaction, the buyer in such transaction may recover from the person committing such violation (or may set off or counterclaim in any action by such person) a minimum of one hundred dollars ($100.00), or double the time price differential and any delinquency charge and any attorneys' fees and court costs charged and paid with respect to such transaction, but the seller may recover from the buyer an amount equal to the cash price of the goods or services in such transaction and the cost of any insurance purchased by the seller for the buyer in connection therewith. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any failure to comply with any provision of section 4 of this Act may be corrected within ten days after the date of execution of the retail installment contract by the buyer, and, if so corrected, neither the seller not the holder is subject to any penalty under this section. Section 9. Waiver. Any waiver of the provisions of this Act shall be unenforceable and void. Section 10. Effective date. This Act shall become effective on October 1, 1967. Section 11. Severability. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases of this Act, which shall remain of full force and effect, as if the section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase so declared or adjudged

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invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part hereof. Section 12. Repealer. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. GEORGIA INSURANCE CODE AMENDEDRATES. Code Chapter 56-5 Enacted. No. 475 (House Bill No. 295). An Act to amend Title 56 of the Code of Georgia of 1933, relating to the regulation of the insurance industry, as amended, so as to provide for the regulation of insurance rates; to provide for standards applicable to rates; to provide for examination of admitted insurers, rating and advisory organizations, joint underwriters and reinsurers; to authorize the existence and operation of qualified rating organizations and advisory organizations; to require that specified rating services of such rating organizations be generally available to all admitted insurers; to authorize cooperation between insurers in rate making and other related matters; to provide for the filing of rates, rating plans, rating systems and underwriting rules, with the Insurance Commissioner; to provide for hearings; to provide for penalties; to repeal Code Chapters 56-5A, Rates-Casualty, Surety and Vehicle Insurance and 56-5B, Rates - Property, Marine and Transportation, and all other conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Title 56 of the Code of Georgia, relating to the regulation of the insurance industry, as amended, is hereby amended by adding between Code Chapters 56-4 and 56-6 a new Chapter to be numbered 56-5 and to read as follows:

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Chapter 56-5. RatesCasualty, Surety, Vehicle Insurance, Property, Marine and Transportation. 56-501. Purpose and Intent of Chapter. 56-502. Rating Organization Defined. 56-503. Advisory Organization Defined. 56-504. Member and Subscriber Defined. 56-505. (Reserved). 56-506. Application of Chapter. 56-507. Standards Applicable to Rates. 56-508. Insurers Authorized to Act in Concert. 56-509. Same: Admitted Insurers with Common Ownership or Management: Matters Relating to Co-Surety Bonds. 56-510. Use of Rates, Rating Systems, Underwriting Rules and Policy or Bond Forms of Rating or Advisory Organizations: Agreements to Adhere Thereto. 56-511. Exchange of Information or Experience Date: Consultation with Rating Organizations and Insurers. 56-512. Agreements for Apportionment of Casualty Insurance: Approval of Commissioner: Review of Practices of Adherents: Revocation of Approval. 56-513. Joint Underwriters and Reinsurers: Conduct of Operations in State: Membership of Subscription to Organization, etc., Not Complying with Chapter. 56-514. Rating Organizations; Existing Licenses Continued. 56-515. Same: Evidence Prerequisite to License.

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56-516. Examination of Application and Investigation of Applicant: Issuance of License. 56-517. License Fee. 56-518. Rules Governing Eligibility for Membership. 56-519. Insurers with Common Ownership or Management. 56-520. Advisory Organizations. 56-521. Joint Underwriting and Joint Reinsurance. 56-522. Maintenance of Records: Necessity: Contents: Compliance with Section: Place of Maintenance. 56-522.1 Filing of Rates, Rating Plans, Rating Systems, Underwriting Rules. 56-523. Examination of Rating and Advisory Organizations, Joint Underwriters and Reinsurers: Acceptance of Report from Another State: Compliance with Chapter. 56-524. Examination of Admitted Insurers. 56-525. Examination of Officers, Managers, Agents and Employees: Exhibition of Books, Etc. 56-526. Payment of Cost of Examination. 56-527. Review of Rate, Rating Plan or System or Underwriting Rule: Request: Failure to Grant Within 30 days as Rejection: Filing Complaint and Request for Hearing with Commissioner: Authority of Commissioner. 56-528. Noncompliance of Rate, Rating Plan or System: Notice by Commissioner. 56-529. Same: Hearing: Notice: Hearing Not to Include Additional Subjects.

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56-530. Same: Issuance of Order: Suspension or Revocation of Certificate of Authority or License. 56-531. Same: Failure to Comply with Order: Suspension or Revocation of License or Certificate. 56-532. Same: Conduct of Proceedings: Powers of Commissioner. 56-533. (Reserved). 56-534. Information Not to Be Wilfully Withheld. 56-535. Rebates Prohibited; Exclusion of Commissions, Dividends, Etc. 56-536. Failure to Comply with Final Order of Commissioner: Penalty: Collection: To Be in Addition to Other Penalties: Wilful Violation of Chapter Misdemeanor. 56-537. Payment of Dividends, Etc., Not Prohibited or Regulated: Plan for Payment Not Rating System. 56-538. Acts, Etc., Done by Authority of Chapter Not Violation of Other Laws. 56-539. Collusion to fix rates; penalty. 56-501. Purpose and Intent of Chapter. The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public welfare by regulating insurance rates as herein provided to the end that they shall not be excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory, to authorize the existence and operation of qualified rating organizations and advisory organizations and require that specified rating services of such rating organizations be generally available to all admitted insurers, and to authorize cooperation between insurers in rate making and other related matters. It is the express intent of this Chapter to permit and encourage competition between insurers on a sound financial

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basis to the fullest extent possible. However, nothing in this Chapter is intended, or should be construed, to restrict the Commissioner in any way, on his own motion or otherwise, to take any affirmative action by rule, regulation or administrative determination in a particular case, cases, or class of cases, which he may deem necessary to protect the public's interest in maintaining the standards of prescribed in Section 56-507, and the provisions of Section 56-527 through 56-530, particularly, shall in no wise be viewed as exhaustive or restrictive of the powers or procedures available to him for this purpose. 56-502. Rating Organization Defined. In this chapter rating organization means every person, other than an admitted insurer, whether located within or outside this State, who has as his object or purpose the making of rates, rating plans or rating systems. Two or more admitted insurers which act in concert for the purpose of making rates, rating plans or rating systems, and which do not operate within the specific authorizations contained in Sections 56-509, 56-511, 56-512, 56-522 and 56-523 shall be deemed to be a rating organization. No single insurer shall be deemed to be a rating organization. 56-503. Advisory Organization Defined. In this chapter advisory organization means every person, other than an admitted insurer, whether located within or outside this State, who prepares policy forms or makes underwriting rules incident to but not including the making of rates, rating plans or rating systems, or which collects and furnishes to admitted insurers or rating organizations loss or expense statistics or other statistical information and data and acts in an advisory, as distinguished from a rate making, capacity. No duly authorized attorney at law acting in the usual course of his profession shall be deemed to be an advisory organization. 56-504. Member and Subscriber Defined. Unless otherwise apparent from the context, in this chapter: (a) Member means an insurer who participates in or is entitled to participate in the management of a rating, advisory or other organization.

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(b) Subscriber means an insurer which is furnished at its request (1) with rates and rating manuals by a rating organization of which it is not a member, or (2) with advisory services by an advisory organization of which it is not a member. 56-505. (Reserved). 56-506. Application of Chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all insurance on risks or on operations in this State, except: (a) Reinsurance, other than joint reinsurance to the extent stated in Section 56-521. (b) Life Insurance. (c) Accident and sickness insurance. (d) Insurance of vessels or craft, their cargoes, marine builders' risks, marine protection and indemnity, or other risks commonly insured under marine, as distinguished from transportation insurance polices. Inland Marine insurance shall be deemed to include insurance now or hereafter defined by statute, or by interpretation thereof, or if not so defined or interpreted, by ruling of the commissioner or as established by general custom of the business, as inland marine insurance. (e) Insurance against loss of or damage to aircraft, insurance of hulls of aircraft, including their accessories and equipment, or insurance against liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of aircraft. (f) Title insurance. (g) Workmen's compensation insurance: Provided, however, that the filings required by Section 114-609 may be made by a rating organization licensed in accordance with Sections 56-514 to 56-517, inclusive. This Chapter shall apply to all insurers, including stock and mutual companies, Lloyds associations and reciprocal

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and inter-insurance exchanges which, under any provisions of the laws of this State, write any of the kinds of insurance to which this Chapter applies. 56-507. Standards Applicable to Rates. The following standards shall apply to the making and use of rates pertaining to all classes of insurance to which the provisions of this chapter are applicable: (a) Rates shall not be excessive or inadequate, as herein defined, nor shall they be unfairly discriminatory. No rate shall be held to be excessive unless (1) such rate is unreasonably high for the insurance provided and (2) a reasonable degree of competition does not exist in the area with respect to the classification to which such rate is applicable. No rate shall be held inadequate unless (1) it is unreasonably low for the insurance provided, and (2) continued use of it would endanger solvency of the insurer, or unless (3) the use of such rate by the insurer using same has, or will, if continued, tend to destroy competition or create a monopoly. (b) Consideration shall be given, to the extent applicable, to past and prospective loss experience within and outside this State, to conflagration and catastrophe hazards, to a reasonable margin for underwriting profit and contingencies, to past and prospective expenses both county-wide and those specially applicable to this State, and to all other factors, including judgment factors, deemed relevant within and outside this State; and in the case of fire insurance rates, consideration may be given to the experience of the fire insurance business during the most recent five-year period for which such experience is available. Consideration may also be given in the making and use of rates to dividends, savings or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed or returned by insurers to their policyholders, members or subscribers.

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(c) The systems of expense provisions included in the rates for use by any insurer or group of insurers may differ from those of other insurers or groups of insurers to reflect the operating methods of any such insurer or group with respect to any kind of insurance, or with respect to any subdivision or combination thereof. (d) Risks may be grouped by classifications for the establishment of rates and minimum premiums. Classification rates may be modified to produce rates for individual risks in accordance with rating plans which establish standards for measuring variations in hazards or expense provisions, or both. Such standards may measure any difference among risks that have a probable effect upon losses or expenses. Classifications or modifications of classifications of risks may be established based upon size, expense, management, individual experience, location or dispersion of hazard, or any other reasonable considerations. Such classifications and modifications shall apply to all risks under the same or substantially the same circumstances or conditions. (e) Nothing contained in this Section or elsewhere in this Chapter shall be construed to repeal or modify the provisions of Chapter 56-7 of the Georgia Insurance Code relating to unfair trade practices, and any rate, rating classification, rating plan or schedule, or variation thereof, established in violation of said Chapter shall, in addition to the consequences stated in Said Chapter 56-7 or elsewhere, be deemed violative of this Section. 56-508. Insurers Authorized to Act in Concert. Subject to and in compliance with the provisions of this chapter authorizing insurers to be members or subscribers of rating or advisory organizations or to engage in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance, two or more insurers may act in concert with each other and with others with respect to any matters pertaining to the making of rates or rating systems, the preparation or making of insurance policy or bond forms, underwriting rules, suveys, inspections and investigations, the furnishing of loss or expense statistics or other information and data or carrying on of research.

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56-509. Same: Admitted Insurers with Common Ownership or Management: Matters Relating to Co-Surety Bonds. With respect to any matters pertaining to the making of rates or rating systems, the preparation or making of insurance policy or bond forms, underwriting rules, surveys, inspections and investigations, the furnishing of loss or expense statistics or other information and data, or carrying on of research, two or more admitted insurers having a common ownership or operating in this State under common management or control, are hereby authorized to act in concert between or among themselves the same as if they constituted a single insurer, and to the extent that such matters relate to co-surety bonds, two or more admitted insurers executing such bonds are hereby authorized to act in concert between or among themselves the same as if they constituted a single insurer. 56-510. Use of Rating, Rating Systems, Underwriting Rules and Policy or Bond Forms of Rating or Advisory Organizations: Agreements to Adhere Thereto. Members and subscribers of rating or advisory organizations may use the rates, rating systems, underwriting rules or policy or bond form of such organizations, either consistently or intermittently, but, except as provided in Sections 56-509, 56-512, and 56-521 and 56-522, shall not agree with each other or rating organizations or others to adhere thereto. The fact that two or more admitted insurers, whether or not members or subscribers of a rating or advisory organization, use, either consistently or intermittently, the rates or rating systems made or adopted by a rating organization, or the underwriting rules or policy or bond forms prepared by a rating or advisory organization, shall not be sufficient in itself to support a finding that an agreement to so adhere exists, and may be used only for the purpose of supplementing or explaining any competent evidence of the existence of any such agreement. 56-511. Exchange of Information or Experience Date: Consultation with Rating Organizations and Insurers. Co-operation among rating organizations or among rating organizations and insurers in rate making or in other matters

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within the scope of this Act is hereby authorized. The commissioner may review such cooperative activities and practices and if, after a hearing, he finds that any such activity or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, he may issue a written order specifying in what respects such activity or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and requiring the discontinuance of such activity or practice. 56-512. Agreements for Apportionment of Casualty Insurance: Approval of Commissioner: Review of Practices of Adherents: Revocation of Approval. Agreements may be made among admitted insurers with respect to the equitable apportionment among them of casualty insurance which may be afforded applicants who are in good faith entitled to but who are unable to procure such insurance through ordinary methods, and with respect to the use of reasonable rate modifications for such insurance, such agreements to be subject to the approval of the commissioner. All such agreements shall be submitted in writing to the commissioner for his consideration and approval, together with such information as he may reasonably require. The commissioner shall approve only such agreements as are found by him to contemplate (a) the use of rates which meet the standards prescribed by this chapter and (b) activities and practices that are not unfair, unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. At any time after such agreements are in effect the commissioner may review the practices and activities of the adherents to such agreements and if after a hearing upon not less than 10 days notice to such adherents he finds that any such practice or activity is unfair or unreasonable, or is otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, he may issue a written order to the parties to any such agreement specifying in what respect such act or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter and requiring the discontinuance of such activity or practice. For good cause, and after hearing upon not less than 10 days notice to the adherents

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thereto, the commissioner may revoke approval of any such agreement. 56-513. Joint Underwriters and Reinsurers: Conduct of Operations in State: Membership or Subscription to Organization, Etc., Not Complying with Chapter. Upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter applicable thereto any rating organization, advisory organization, and any group, association or other organization of admitted insurers which engages in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance through such organization or by standing agreement among the members thereof, may conduct operations in this State. As respects insurance risks or operations in this State, no insurer shall be a member or subscriber of any such organization, group or association that had not complied with the provisions of this chapter applicable to it. 56-514. Rating Organizations; Existing Licenses Continued. No rating organization shall conduct its operations in this State without first filing with the commissioner a written application for and securing a license to act as a rating organization; provided, that a license issued to a rating organization pursuant to Section 56-506a or Section 56-506b of the prior law shall continue in effect until the expiration date of such license or until the effective date of this Act, whichever is later. Any rating organization may make application for and obtain a license as a rating organization if it shall meet the requirements for license set forth in this chapter. Every such rating organization shall file with its application (a) a copy of its constitution, its articles of incorporation, agreement or association, and of its bylaws, rules and regulations governing the conduct of its business, all duly certified by the custodian of the originals thereof, (b) a list of its members and subscribers, (c) the name and address of a resident of this State upon whom notices or orders of the commissioner or process affecting such rating organization may be served, and (d) a statement of its qualifications as a rating organization. The fee for filing an application for license as a rating organization is one hundred dollars ($100) lawful money of the United States, payable in advance to the commissioner.

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56-515. Same: Evidence Prerequisite to License. To obtain and retain a license, a rating organization shall provide satisfactory evidence to the commissioner that it will: (a) Permit any admitted insurer to become a member of or a subscriber to such rating organization at a reasonable cost and without discrimination, or withdraw therefrom. (b) Neither have nor adopt any rule or exact any agreement, the effect of which would be to require any member or subscriber as a condition to membership or subscribership, to adhere to its rates, rating plans, rating systems, underwriting rules, or policy or bond forms. (c) Neither adopt any rule nor exact any agreement the effect of which would be to prohibit or regulate the payment of dividends, savings or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed or returned by insurers to their policyholders, members or subscribers. (d) Neither practice nor sanction any plan or act of boycott, coercion or intimidation. (e) Neither enter into nor sanction any contract or act by which any person is restrained from lawfully engaging in the insurance business. (f) Notify the commissioner promptly of every change in its constitution, its articles of incorporation, agreement or association, and of its by-laws, rules and regulations governing the conduct of its business; its list of members and subscribers; and the name and address of the resident of this State designated by it upon whom notices or orders of the commissioner or process affecting such organization may be served. (g) Comply with the provisions of Section 56-522. 56-516. Examination of Application and Investigation of Applicant; Issuance of License. The Commissioner shall examine each application for license to act as a rating

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organization and the documents filed therewith and may make such further investigation of the applicant, its affairs and its proposed plan of business, as he deems desirable. The Commissioner shall issue the license applied for within 60 days of its filing with him if from such examination and investigation he is satisfied that: (a) The business reputation of the applicant and its officers is good. (b) The facilities of the applicant are adequate to enable it to furnish the services it proposes to furnish. (c) The applicant and its proposed plan of operation conform to the requirements of this chapter. Otherwise, but only after hearing upon notice, the commissioner shall in writing deny the application and notify the applicant of his decision and his reasons therefor. The commissioner may grant an application in part only and issue a license to act as a rating organization for one or more of the classes of insurance or subdivisions thereof or class of risk or a part or combination thereof as are specified in the application if the applicant qualifies for only a portion of the classes applied for. Licenses issued pursuant to this section shall remain in effect until revoked as provided in this chapter. 56-517. License Fee. Notwithstanding the provision of Section 56-516, each rating organization possessing a license of indefinite term pursuant to such section shall owe and pay to the commissioner an annual fee of fifty dollars ($50) in lawful money of the United States in advance on account of such license until its final termination. Such fee shall be for periods commencing on July 1, 1968, and on each July 1st thereafter and ending on June 30, 1969, and each June thereafter, and shall be due and payable

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on March 1, 1968, and on each March 1st thereafter and shall be delinquent on April 1, 1968, and each April 1st thereafter. 56-518. Rules Governing Eligibility for Membership. Subject to the approval of the commissioner licensed rating organizations may make reasonable rules governing eligibility for membership. 56-519. Insurers with Common Ownership or Management. If two or more insurers having a common ownership or operating in this State under common management are admitted for the classes or types of insurance for which a rating organization is licensed to make rates, the rating organization may require as a condition to membership or subscribership of one or more that all such insurers shall become members or subscribers. 56-520. Advisory Organizations. No advisory organization shall conduct its operations in this State unless and until it has filed with the commissioner (a) a copy of its constitution, articles of incorporation, agreement or association, and of its by-laws, or rules and regulations governing its activities, all duly certified by the custodian of the originals thereof, (b) a list of its members and subscribers and (c) the name and address of a resident of this State upon whom notices or orders of the commissioner or process may be served. Every such advisory organization shall notify the commissioner promptly of every change in its constitution, its articles of incorporation, agreement or association, and of its by-laws, rules and regulations governing the conduct of its business; its list of members and subscribers; and the name and address of the resident of this State designated by it upon whom notices or orders of the commissioner or process affecting such organization may be served. No such advisory organization shall engage in any unfair or unreasonable practice with respect to such activities. 56-521. Joint Underwriting and Joint Reinsurance. Every group, association or other organization of insurers which

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engages in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance through such group, association or organization or by standing agreement among the members thereof shall file with the commissioner (a) a copy of its constitution, its articles of incorporation, agreement or association, and of its by-laws, rules and regulations governing its activities, all duly certified by the custodian of the originals thereof, (b) a list of its members, and (c) the name and address of a resident of this State upon whom notices or orders of the commissioner or process may be served. Every such group, association or other organization shall notify the commissioner promptly of every change in its constitution, its articles of incorporation, agreement or association, and its by-laws, rules and regulations governing the conduct of its business; its list of members; and the name and address of the resident of this State designated by it upon whom notices or orders of the commissioner or process affecting such group, association or organization may be served. No such group, association or organization shall engage in any unfair or unreasonable practice with respect to such activities. 56-522. Maintenance of Records: Necessity: Contents: Compliance with Section: Place of Maintenance. Every insurer, rating organization or advisory organization and every group, association or other organization of insurers which engages in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance shall maintain reasonable records, of the type and kind reasonably adapted to its method of operation, of its experience or the experience of its members and of the data, statistics or information collected or used by it in connection with the rates, rating plans, rating systems, underwriting rules, policy or bond forms, surveys or inspections made or used by it so that such records will be available at all reasonable times to enable the commissioner to determine whether such organization, insurer, group or association, and, in the case of an insurer or rating organization, every rate, rating plan and rating system made or used by it, complies with

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the provisions of this chapter applicable to it. The maintenance of such records in the office of a licensed rating organization of which an insurer is a member or subscriber will be sufficient compliance with this section for any insurer maintaining membership or subscribership in such organization, to the extent that the insurer uses the rates, rating plans, rating systems or underwriting rules of such organization. Such records shall be maintained in an office within this State and shall be made available for examination or inspection by the commissioner at any time. Each insurer shall maintain statistics under statistical plans compatible with the rating plans used. An insurer may report its statistics through a recognized statistical agency or advisory organization. 56-522.1 Filing of Rates, Rating Plans, Rating Systems, Underwriting Rules. Every insurer shall maintain with the commissioner copies of the rates, rating plans, rating systems, underwriting rules, policy or bond forms used by it. The maintenance of rates, rating plans, rating systems, underwriting rules and policy or bond forms with the commissioner by a licensed rating organization of which an insurer is a member or subscriber will be sufficient compliance with this section for any insurer maintaining membership or subscriberships in such organization, to the extent that the insurer uses the rates, rating plans, rating systems, underwriting rules, policy or bond forms of such organization. 56-523. Examination of Rating and Advisory Organizations, Joint Underwriters and Reinsurers: Acceptance of Report from Another State: Compliance with Chapter. The Commissioner shall, at least once every five years, and may as often as may be reasonable and necessary, make or cause to be made an examination of each licensed rating organization, and he may, as often as may be reasonable and necessary, make or cause to be made an examination of any advisory organization or group, association or other organization of insurers which engages in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance.

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In lieu of any such examination the commissioner may accept the report of an examination made by the insurance supervisory official of another State. In examining any organization, group or association pursuant to this section the commissioner shall ascertain whether such organization, group or association, and, in the case of a rating organization, any rate or rating system made or used by it, complies with the requirements and standards of this chapter applicable to it. 56-524. Examination of Admitted Insurers. The commissioner may, at any reasonable time, make or cause to be made an examination of every admitted insurer transacting any class of insurance to which the provisions of this chapter are applicable to ascertain whether such insurer and every rate and rating system used by it for every such class of insurance complies with the requirements and standards of this chapter applicable thereto. Such examination shall not be a part of a periodic general examination participated in by representatives of more than one state. 56-525. Examination of Officers, Managers, Agents and Employees: Exhibition of Books, Etc. The officers, managers, agents and employees of any such organization, group, association or insurer may be examined at any time under oath and shall exhibit all books, records, accounts, documents or agreements governing its method of operation, together with all data, statistics and information of every kind and character collected or considered by such organization, group, association or insurer in the conduct of the operations to which such examination relates. 56-526. Payment of Cost of Examination. The reasonable cost of any examination authorized by this article shall be paid by the organization, group, association or insurer to be examined. 56-527. Review of Rate, Rating Plan or System, or Underwriting Rule: Request: Failure to Grant Within 30 days as Rejection: Filing Complaint and Request for Hearing with

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Commissioner: Authority of Commissioner. Any person aggrieved by any rate charged, rating plan, rating system, or underwriting rule followed or adopted by an insurer or rating organization may request the insurer or rating organization to review the manner in which the rate, plan, system, or rule has been applied with respect to insurance afforded him. Such request may be made by his authorized representative, and shall be written. If the request is not granted within 30 days after it is made, the requestor may treat it as rejected. Any person aggrieved by the action of an insurer or rating organization in refusing the review requested, or in failing or refusing to grant all or part of the relief requested, may file a written complaint and request for hearing with the commissioner, specifying the grounds relied upon. If the commissioner has information concerning a similar complaint he may deny the hearing. If he believes that probable cause for the complaint does not exist or that the complaint is not made in good faith he shall deny the hearing. Otherwise, and if he finds that the complaint charges a violation of this chapter and that the complainant would be aggrieved if the violation is proven, he shall proceed as provided in Section 56-528. 56-528. Noncompliance of Rate, Rating Plan or System: Notice by Commissioner. If after examination of an insurer, rating organization, advisory organization, or group, association or other organization of insurers which engages in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance, or upon the basis of other information, or upon sufficient complaint as provided in Section 56-527 the Commissioner has good cause to believe that such insurer, organization, group or association, or any rate, rating plan or rating system made or used by any such insurer or rating organization, does not comply with the requirements and standards of this chapter applicable to it, he shall, unless he has good cause to believe such noncompliance is wilful, give notice in writing to such insurer, organization, group or association stating therein to the extent practicable, in what manner such noncompliance is alleged to exist and specifying therein a reasonable time, not less than 10 days thereafter, in which such noncompliance may be corrected.

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56-529. Same: Hearing: Notice: Hearing Not to Include Additional Subjects. If the commissioner has good cause to believe such noncompliance to be wilful, or if within the period prescribed by the commissioner in the notice required by Section 56-528 the insurer, organization, group or association does not make such changes as may be necessary to correct the noncompliance specified by the commissioner or establish to the satisfaction of the commissioner that such specified noncompliance does not exist, then the commissioner may hold a public hearing in connection therewith, provided that within a reasonable period of time, which shall be not less than 10 days before the date of such hearing, he shall mail written notice specifying the matters to be considered at such hearing to such insurer, organization, group or association. If no notice has been given as provided in Section 56-528 such notice shall state therein, to the extent practicable, in what manner such noncompliance is alleged to exist. The hearing shall not include any additional subjects not specified in the notices required by Section 56-528 or this section. 56-530. Same: Issuance of Orders: Suspension or Revocation of Certificate of Authority or License. If after a hearing pursuant to Section 56-529, the commissioner finds: (a) That any rate, rating plan or rating system violates the provisions of this chapter applicable to it, he may issue an order to the insurer or rating organization which has been the subject of the hearing specifying in what respects such violation exists and stating when, within a reasonable period of time, the further use of such rate or rating system by such insurer or rating organization in contracts of insurance made thereafter shall be prohibited. (b) That an insurer, rating organization, advisory organization, or a group, association or other organization of insurers which engages in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance, is in violation of the provisions of this chapter applicable to it other than the provisions dealing with rates, rating plans or rating system, he may issue an order to such insurer, organization, group or association which has

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been the subject of the hearing specifying in what respects such violation exists and requiring compliance within a reasonable time thereafter. (c) That the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter applicable to it by any insurer or rating organization which has been the subject of hearing was wilful, he may suspend or revoke, in whole or in part, the certificate of authority of such insurer or the license of such rating organization with respect to the class of insurance which has been the subject matter of the hearing. (d) That any rating organization has wilfully engaged in any fraudulent or dishonest act or practices, he may suspend or revoke in whole or in part, the license of such organization in addition to any other penalty provided in this chapter. 56-531. Same: Failure to Comply with Order: Suspension or Revocation of License or Certificate. In addition to other penalties provided in this code, the commissioner may suspend or revoke, in whole or in part, the license of any rating organization or the certificate of authority of any insurer with respect to the class or classes of insurance specified in such order, which fails to comply within the time limited by such order or any extension thereof which the commissioner may grant, with an order of the commissioner lawfully made by him pursuant to Section 56-530 and not reversed or modified pursuant to Section 56-533. 56-532. Same: Conduct of Proceedings: Powers of Commissioner. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all proceedings in connection with the denial, suspension or revocation of a license or certificate of authority under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 56-2 and the commissioner shall have all the powers granted to him therein. 56-533. (Reserved). 56-534. Information Not to Be Wilfully Withheld. No person, insurer or organization shall wilfully withhold information

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from, or knowingly give false or misleading information to, the commissioner or to any rating organization, advisory organization, insurer or group, association or other organization of insurers, which will affect the rates, rating systems or premiums for the classes of insurance to which the provisions of this chapter are applicable. 56-535. Rebates prohibited; exclusion of commissions, dividends, etc. No broker or agent shall knowingly charge, demand or receive a premium for any policy of insurance except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. No insurer or employee thereof, and no broker or agent shall pay, allow, or give, or offer to pay, allow, or give, directly or indirectly, as an inducement to insurance, or after insurance has been effected, any rebate, discount, abatement, credit or reduction of the premium named in a policy of insurance, or any special favor or advantage in the dividends or other benefits to accrue thereon, or any valuable consideration or inducement whatever, not specified in the policy of insurance, except to the extent provided for in an applicable filing. No insured named in a policy of insurance, nor any employee of such insured shall knowingly receive or accept, directly or indirectly, any such rebate, discount, abatement, credit or reduction of premium, or any such special favor or advantage or valuable consideration or inducement. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the payment of commissions or other compensation to duly licensed agents and brokers, nor as prohibiting any insurer from allowing or returning to its participating policyholders, members or subscribers, dividends, savings or unabsorbed premium deposits. As used in this section the word insurance includes suretyship and the word policy includes bond. 56-536. Failure to Comply with Final Order of Commissioner: Penalty: Collection: To Be in Addition to Other Penalties: Wilful Violation of Chapter Misdemeanor. (a) Any person, insurer, organization, group or association who fails to comply with a final order of the commissioner under this chapter shall be liable to the State in an amount not exceeding fifty dollars ($50) but if such failure be wilful he or it shall be liable to the State in the amount not exceeding

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five thousand dollars ($5,000) for such failure. The commissioner shall collect the amount so payable and may bring an action in the name of the people of the State of Georgia to enforce collection. Such penalties may be in addition to any other penalties provided by law. (b) A wilful violation of the provisions of this chapter by any person is a misdemeanor. 56-537. Payment of Dividends, Etc., Not Prohibited or Regulated: Plan for Payment Not Rating System. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit or regulate the payment of dividends, savings or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed or returned by insurers to their policy-holders, members or subscribers. A plan for the payment of dividends, savings or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed or returned by insurers to their policyholders, members or subscribers shall not be deemed a rating plan or system. 56-538. Acts, Etc., Done by Authority of Chapter Not Violation of Other Laws. No Act done, action taken, or agreement made pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter shall constitute a violation of or grounds for prosecution or civil proceedings under any other law of this State heretofore or hereafter enacted which does not specifically refer to insurance. 56-539. In the event any insurer shall in collusion with any other insurer conspire to fix, set or adhere to insurance rates except as expressly sanctioned by this Act, such insurer shall be liable to any person damaged thereby for an amount equal to three times the amount of such damage together with the damaged party's attorney's fees. Collusion. Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1967. Effective date. Section 3. Code Chapter 56-5A, which relates to Rates-Casualty, Surety and Vehicle Insurance, and Code Chapter 56-5B which relates to Rates-Property, Marine and

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Transportation of the Code of Georgia, as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 8, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 289 et seq) are hereby specifically repealed. Acts repealed. Section 4. All other laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. COMPENSATION OF SUPERIOR COURT COURT REPORTERS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (36,00039,000). Code 24-3104 Amended. No. 476 (House Bill No. 496). An Act to amend Code section 24-3104 of the Code of Georgia, as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 18, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 61), so as to provide that judges of certain superior courts shall have the authority, in their discretion, to raise the compensation of the court reporter for their circuit; to provide the procedure for the foregoing; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 24-3104 of the Code of Georgia, as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 18, 1959, (Ga. L. 1959, p. 61), is hereby amended by adding at the end of said Code section the following: And provided further that the judge of the superior court of any county having a population of not less than 36,000 nor more than 39,000, according to the 1960 U. S. Decennial Census or any future such census, shall have the power, within his discretion, to raise the salary of the court reporter to an amount not in excess of $50.00 per day, which sum shall be paid by the county treasurer, or other

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officer having charge of the county funds of the county wherein such criminal cases shall be tried, on the certificate and order of the judge as to the amount of such daily compensation and the number of days such court reporter has been employed. so that, when so amended, section 24-3104 shall read as follows: Section 24-3104. Compensation of court reporters by counties for attendance upon all courts and for reporting criminal cases therein. The compensation of the reporter or stenographic reporter, for taking down testimony in the trial of such criminal cases as are required by law to be recorded shall be $25.00 per day, which sum shall be paid by the county treasurer, or other officer having charge of the county funds of the county wherein such criminal cases shall be tried, on the certificate and order of the judge as to the number of days he has been employed. The judge of the superior court shall authorize and approve for the court reporter a compensation of $25.00 per day to be paid out of the funds of the county, on order of such judge, for all days upon which he attends, at the request of the judge, all courts located in the circuit over which he presides; a committal court where felony cases are involved, and coroner's inquests, when ordered so to do by the judge, at the request of solicitor-general of the circuit, shall be included. And provided further that a day shall be deemed to be a period of eight hours, or any part thereof, in computing the compensation of the court reporter for attending court, and a full eight hours for writing out. In cases of conviction, the costs of reporting, as provided in this section, shall be entered up against the defendant, on which judgment the clerk of the superior court shall issue execution, and the money arising therefrom shall be deposited in the treasury of the county where such conviction was had, to be held as other county funds are held. And when directed by said judge the reporter shall transcribe the evidence and proceedings in criminal cases, for which he shall be paid the sum of $25.00 per day, the same to be paid on order of said judge by the county treasurer, or other officer having

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charge of the county funds of the county wherein such cases shall be tried. And provided further that the judge of the superior court of any county having a population of not less than 36,000 nor more than 39,000, according to the 1960 U. S. Decennial Census or any future such census, shall have the power, within his discretion to raise the salary of the court reporter to an amount not in excess of $50.00 per day, which sum shall be paid by the county treasurer, or other officer having charge of the county funds of the county wherein such criminal cases shall be tried, on the certificate and order of the judge as to the amount of such daily compensation and the number of days such court reporter has been employed. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. HIGHWAY SAFETY COORDINATION ACT OF 1967. No. 477 (Senate Bill No. 85). An Act to enact the Highway Safety Coordination Act of 1967; to declare the public policy of this State in regard to highway safety; to provide that the Governor shall be the chief administrator of a comprehensive program of highway safety; to create the office of Coordinator of Highway Safety; to provide for a coordinator, his appointment, duties and responsibilities; to grant certain powers to the Governor in connection with his responsibility as chief administrator of this State's highway safety programs; to authorize various counties and municipalities to contract and exercise other powers which might be necessary in order that they might participate in certain highway safety programs; to designate the Governor as the appropriate official to accept funds for highway safety programs; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. This Act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the Highway Safety Coordination Act of 1967. Short title. Section 2. It is the public policy of this State in every way possible to reduce the number of traffic accidents, deaths, injuries and property damage through the formulation of comprehensive highway safety programs. The Governor, as the Chief Executive and highest elected official of this State, is hereby invested with the power and authority to act as the chief administrator in the formulation of such programs of highway safety. Public policy, etc. Section 3. There is hereby created within the Executive Department of the State government, and immediately under the supervision of the Governor, the Office of Coordinator of Highway Safety. A qualified coordinator shall be appointed by the Governor, and he shall serve at his pleasure. The coordinator shall advise with and assist the Governor in the formulation, coordination and supervision of comprehensive State and local highway safety programs to reduce traffic accidents, deaths, injuries and property damage within this State. The coordinator, acting under the direction and supervision of the Governor, shall also advise with and assist the various departments and agencies of State Government concerned with highway safety programs. He shall coordinate and review, cooperatively, the programs developed by the various local political subdivisions, for the purpose of assisting them in the preparation of their highway safety programs to insure that they meet the criteria established for such programs by the appropriate State and Federal authorities. Coordinator. Section 4. The Governor is authorized to provide and designate for the use of the coordinator such space as shall be necessary to quarter the coordinator and his staff. The coordinator is authorized to employ and secure the necessary staff, supplies and materials to carry out the provisions of this Act, subject to the approval of the Governor. Office space. Section 5. The Governor is hereby authorized and granted the power to contract and to exercise any other

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powers which may be necessary in order to insure that all departments of State Government and local political subdivisions participate to the fullest extent possible in the benefits available under the National Highway Safety Act of 1966 and all subsequent amendments thereto and similar Federal programs of highway safety. The Governor shall formulate standards for highway safety programs for political subdivisions to assure that they meet criteria of the National Highway Safety Agency, and shall institute a reporting system for the local political subdivisions to report the status of their programs to the State. Powers. Section 6. The Governor, acting for and in behalf of the State of Georgia, is authorized to cooperate with, and participate in, the programs of all Federal, State, local, public and private agencies and organizations in order to effectuate the purposes of this Act. Same. Section 7. The governing authorities of the various counties and municipalities are empowered to contract with the State, Federal, and other local, public and private agencies and organizations and exercise other necessary powers to participate to the fullest extent possible in the highway safety programs of this State, the provisions of the National Highway Safety Act of 1966 and all subsequent amendments thereto and similar Federal programs of highway safety. Same. Section 8. The Governor is hereby designated the appropriate State official to accept and administer any funds which shall be made available to the State of Georgia and its various political subdivisions for the purpose of carrying out a comprehensive highway safety program. Funds. Section 9. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEGISLATION REQUIRING EXPENDITURE ETC. OF STATE FUNDS. No. 478 (Senate Bill No. 1). An Act providing the procedure for statements of fiscal explanation to accompany legislation expending or decreasing the expenditure of any State funds; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The sponsor of any legislation requiring the expenditure, or decrease in expenditure, of any State funds shall upon request of the Chairman of the standing committee of the House or Senate to which it is referred, furnish to such Chairman a statement explaining the fiscal effect of such legislation. Fiscal statements are required for original bills only, and not for amendments. The Budget Analyst of the General Assembly or the Fiscal Advisor employed by either House shall, upon request, furnish to the sponsor of any legislation requiring a fiscal statement, a proper statement to accompany such legislation at the time of its introduction. The aforesaid Analyst or Fiscal Advisor shall be allowed seven days for the preparation of said required fiscal statement. Fiscal statements. Section 2. The fiscal statement shall, if possible, include a reliable estimate in dollars of the anticipated change in revenue, expenditures, or fiscal liability under the provisions of the bill. It shall also include a statement as to the immediate effect and, if determinable or reasonably foreseeable, long-range effect of the measure. If, after careful investigation, it is determined that no dollar estimate is possible, the statement shall contain a statement to that effect, setting forth the reasons why no dollar estimate can be given. No comment or opinion shall be included in the fiscal statement regarding the merits of the measure for which the statement is prepared; however, technical or mechanical defects may be noted. Same, contents.

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Section 3. The effective date of this Act shall be January 1, 1968. Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18. 1967. CLAIMS ADVISORY BOARDCOMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ATTEMPTS TO PREVENT CERTAIN CRIMES. No. 479 (Senate Bill No. 42). An Act to provide for compensation by the State pursuant to legislative resolution to persons who sustained personal injury or property damage or both or to dependent heirs of persons who are killed in attempting to prevent the commission of certain crimes against the person of another, or in aiding or attempting to aid an officer of the law upon request; to provide for filing of claims in connection therewith and the submission of such claims to Claims Advisory Board for recommendations; to provide for standards for compensation; to provide for awarding of compensation by resolution of the General Assembly; to provide for incidents and offenses to which this Act applies; to provide for limitations on awarding compensation; to provide for recovery from offenders; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Authority and Procedure of Claims Advisory Board. (a) The Claims Advisory Board shall have authority to consider and make recommendations to the General Assembly concerning payment of compensation to innocent persons who sustain injury or property damage or both, and to dependent heirs of innocent persons killed, in attempting to prevent the commission of crime against the

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person of another or in aiding or attempting to aid officers of the law upon their request. In a particular case the board may appoint a special master to take testimony, supervise or conduct necessary investigations, and report to the board, but ultimate recommendation on any claim shall be made only by the board. (b) The board shall provide by rule for proceedings before it and such rule shall emphasize, to the greatest extent possible, informality of proceedings. No claimant shall be required to be represented or accompanied by an attorney. Section 2. Application for Compensation. (a) Any person who is eligible for compensation under this Act must give notice thereof in accordance with an Act creating the Claims Advisory Board, approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, Vol. 1, p. 624), as amended by an Act approved April 12, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 653), and an Act approved April 12, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 655), in order to have such claim brought before the General Assembly for action. (b) Any such claimant shall also, prior to introduction of a Resolution for compensation, submit all documents called for by the board, including reports from all physicians and surgeons that have treated or examined the victim and hospitals that have admitted the victim in relation to the injury for which compensation is claimed at the time of or subsequent to the victim's injury or death. If, in the opinion of the board, reports on the previous medical history of the victim, examination of the injured victim and a report thereon or a report on the cause of death of the victim by an impartial medical expert would be of material aid in making its recommendation, the board shall call for the claimant to produce such reports and submit to such examinations. Section 3. Standards for Compensation. In making its recommendation, the board shall insofar as practicable, formulate standards for uniform application in recommending compensation, taking into consideration rates and amounts of compensation payable for injuries or property damage and death under other laws of this state and of the United States.

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Section 4. Awarding Compensation. (a) In any case in which a person is injured or sustains property damage or is killed by an incident described in section 5 of this Act, the board may recommend to the General Assembly payment of compensation: (1) To or for the benefit of the injured person; or (2) In the case of personal injury of the victim, to any person responsible for the maintenance of the victim who has suffered pecuniary loss or incurred expenses as a result of such injury; or (3) In the case of death of the victim, to or for the benefit of any one or more of the heirs at law of the victim, who at the time of the victim's demise were dependent upon him for over half of their support; or (4) To or for the benefit of the owner of the damaged property. (b) In making its recommendation to the General Assembly the board shall consider a person to have intended an act notwithstanding that by reason of age, insanity, drunkenness, or otherwise, he was legally incapable of forming a criminal intent. (c) In making its recommendation to the General Assembly, the board shall consider all circumstances surrounding the claim, including but not limited to provocation, consent or any other behavior of the victim which directly or indirectly contributed to his injury or death; the prior case or social history, if any, of the victim or claimant; any need for financial aid present; and any other relevant matters. (d) In making its recommendation to the General Assembly, the board shall take into consideration any amounts received or receivable from any other source or sources by the victim or his dependents as a result of the incident or offense giving rise to the claim.

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(e) Claims and recommendations may be made hereunder regardless of whether or not any person is prosecuted or convicted of any offense arising out of such act. Section 5. Incidents and Offenses to Which Act Applies. This Act does not contemplate that compensation shall be awarded, and in no event shall the board recommend, that compensation be awarded. (a) To any victim of a criminal act or to any one who comes to the aid of a member of his immediate family; and (b) To any officer of the law injured in the performance of his official duties. The board shall, in an advisory way only, recommend to the General Assembly payment of compensation and the amount thereof, and the General Assembly shall act on such recommendation in accordance with law and the rules of the House and Senate for action upon such resolutions. Section 6. Nature of the Compensation. The General Assembly may by resolution appropriate money for payment of a claim for compensation upon the recommendation of the board for: (1) Expenses actually and reasonably incurred as a result of the personal injury or death of the victim; and (2) Loss of earning power as a result of total or partial incapacity of such victim. Section 7. Limitations on Awarding Compensation. (a) No resolution for the payment of compensation hereunder shall be adopted, unless notice of claim has been filed with the board within eighteen months after the date of the personal injury or death, and the claim is otherwise presented in accordance with law, as aforesaid, and the personal injury or death was the result of an incident or offense defined in section 5 of this Act which had been reported to an officer of the law within five days of its occurrence or, if the incident or offense could not reasonably have been reported

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within such period, within five days of the time when a report could reasonably have been made. (b) The board shall not recommend compensation on a claim if the victim: (1) Is a spouse, parent, grandparent, child (natural or adopted), grandchild, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, or parent of the spouse of the offender; or (2) Was at the time of the personal injury or death of the victim living with the offender as a member of his family or household, or maintaining a sexual relationship, whether illicit or not, with such person or with any member of the family of such person; or (3) Violated a penal law of this state, which caused or contributed to his injuries or death; or (4) Was injured as a result of the operation of a motor vehicle, boat or airplane, unless the same was used as a weapon in a deliberate attempt to run the victim down. (c) No compensation shall be recommended by the board in an amount exceeding $5,000.00 per claim. (d) Payment of compensation pursuant to this Act may be made only as to injuries or property damage or death resulting from incidents or offenses occurring on and after July 1, 1967. Section 8. Reports. The board shall prepare and transmit to the General Assembly along with its recommendation on each claim a report of its activities in connection therewith, including the name of the claimant, a brief description of the facts surrounding the claim, the amount of compensation recommended and the board's reasons therefor. Section 9. Recovery From Offender. Whenever an order for the payment of indemnification for personal injury or death or for damages to property is or has been made under

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this Act, the State of Georgia shall, upon payment of the amount of the order, be subrograted to the cause of action of the application against the person or persons responsible for such injury or death or damages to property and the Attorney General shall be authorized to bring an action against such person or persons for the amount of the damages sustained by the applicant. If an amount greater than that paid pursuant to the order is recovered and collected in any such action, the State, after deducting the expenses incurred, shall pay the balance to the applicant. Section 10. Effective Date. The provisions of this Act shall become effective on July 1, 1967. Section 11. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. GUARDIAN AND WARDLEGAL COUNSEL TO REPRESENT ESTATES OF WARDS. No. 480 (Senate Bill No. 53). An Act to provide for a guardian the authority to employ competent legal counsel for the ward he represents; to provide that the expenses and fees of such counsel may be fixed by the ordinary; to provide for appeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. A guardian is authorized to provide for the estate of his ward competent legal counsel, according to the needs of the ward he represents. Either the guardian or the attorney employed may, by petition to the ordinary and duly served on the other, obtain a judgment fixing the attorney's fees and expenses. Such judgment shall be appealable as in other cases. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967.

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LOCATIONS OF NEW MUNICIPALITIES. No. 481 (Senate Bill No. 82). An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to provide certain minimum standards prerequisite to the original incorporation of a municipality; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved April 2, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 251), so as to provide that no new municipality shall be created if any part of the boundary thereof shall be less than three miles distant from the boundary of any existing municipality in the State of Georgia; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled An Act to provide certain minimum standards prerequisite to the original incorporation of a municipality; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved April 2, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 251), is hereby amended by adding after the word municipality in section 2 the words in the State of Georgia., so that when so amended section 2 shall read as follows: Section 2. No local Act granting a municipal charter shall be enacted wherein any part of the proposed corporate boundary shall be less than three (3) miles distant from the corporate boundary of any existing municipality in the State of Georgia. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATESMUTUAL WILLS. Code 113-104 Amended. No. 483 (Senate Bill No. 58). An Act to amend section 113-104 of the Code of Georgia of 1933 so as to add the requirement that mutual wills,

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other than mutual wills based on express contract, must contain an express statement that such wills are mutual wills and to provide that this Act shall apply to wills of all persons dying after the effective date of this Act. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Section 113-104 of the Code of Georgia of 1933 is hereby amended by striking the period at the conclusion of such Code section and by adding at the conclusion of such Code section the following: ; provided, however, in cases other than mutual wills based on express contract, no wills shall be, or shall be construed to be, mutual wills unless there is contained in both such wills an express statement that such wills are mutual wills. so that as amended said section shall read as follows: Mutual wills may be made either separately or jointly, and the revocation of one shall be the destruction of the other; provided, however, in cases other than mutual wills based on express contract, no wills shall be, or shall be construed to be, mutual wills unless there is contained in both such wills an express statement that such wills are mutual wills. Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall apply, when applicable, to the wills of all persons who die after the effective date of this Act; provided, however, that if one of the parties to a proposed mutual will shall die before the effective date of this Act, the provisions of this Act shall not apply to either of the parties thereto. Intent. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967.

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GUARDIAN AND WARDGUARDIAN UNNECESSARY IN CERTAIN CASES. Code Chapter 49-9 Enacted. No. 484 (Senate Bill No. 61). An Act to amend Code Title 49, relating to guardians and wards, so as to provide for the dispensing with the necessity of appointing a guardian for certain minors and incompetent persons when the personal property of a minor does not exceed one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars; to provide for the payment of a minor's or incompetent person's property upon filing of an affidavit; to provide the procedure connected therewith; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Title 49, relating to guardians and wards, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new Code Chapter to be numbered Code Chapter 49-9 and to read as follows: Chapter 49-9. 49-901. When appointment of Guardian of Minor Unnecessary. Upon receiving an affidavit that the personal property of a minor does not exceed $1,000.00 in value, that no guardian has been appointed for his estate, and that the affiant is the parent having custody, any person or corporation indebted to or holding personal property of the minor shall be authorized to pay the amount of indebtedness or deliver personal property to the affiant. In the same manner, and upon like proof any person or corporation having the responsibility for the issuance or transfer of stocks, bonds or other personal property shall be authorized to issue or transfer the stocks, bonds or personal property to or in the name of the affiant. Upon the payment, delivery, transfer or issuance pursuant to the affidavit, the person or corporation is released to the same extent as if the payment, delivery, transfer or issuance had been made to the legally qualified guardian of the minor and is not required to see to the application or disposition of the

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property, and such person making the affidavit and receiving the personal property shall be authorized to expend or otherwise dispose of same for the benefit of the minor as in his judgment may be just and proper, and shall not be required to report or account to such minor concerning the application, use or disposition of said property. 49-902. When Appointment of Guardian of Incompetent Person Unnecessary. Upon receiving an affidavit that the personal property of an incompetent does not exceed $1,000.00 in value, that no guardian has been appointed for his estate, and that the affiant is the spouse or that there is no spouse and the affiant is a relative having the responsibility of the support of the incompetent, any person or corporation indebted to or holding personal property of the incompetent shall be authorized to pay the amount of the indebtedness or deliver the personal property to the affiant. In the same manner and upon like proof, any person or corporation having the responsibility for the issuance or transfer of stocks, bonds or other personal property shall be authorized to issue or transfer the stock, bonds or personal property to or in the name of the affiant. Upon payment, deliver, transfer or issuance pursuant to the affidavit, the person or corporation is released to the same extent as if the payment, delivery, transfer or issuance had been made to the legally qualified guardian of the incompetent, and is not required to see to the application or disposition of the property, and such person making the affidavit and receiving the personal property shall be authorized to expend or otherwise dispose of same for the benefit of the incompetent as in his judgment may be just and proper, and shall not be required to report or account to such incompetent concerning the application, use or disposition of said property. Section 2. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to amend or repeal by implication the provisions contained in Code section 56-2425 (Ga. L. 1960, pp. 289, 669). Intent. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLYFISCAL AFFAIRS SUB-COMMITTEES. No. 485 (Senate Bill No. 107). An Act to create a Fiscal Affairs Sub-Committee of the Senate and a Fiscal Affairs Sub-Committee of the House of Representatives; to provide for the composition, duties, powers and meetings of such Sub-Committees; to provide for funds; to repeal an Act entitled An Act to create Fiscal Affairs Sub-Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives; to provide for the composition, duties, powers, meetings of such Sub-Committees; to provide for funds; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved March 10, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 293); to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. There is hereby created a Fiscal Affairs Sub-Committee of the Senate and a Fiscal Affairs Sub-Committee of the House of Representatives. Within five days after the approval of this Act the President of the Senate shall select four (4) members of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Governor shall select five (5) members of the Senate, who, together with the Lt. Governor, shall compose the Fiscal Affairs Sub-Committee of the Senate; and the Speaker of the House shall select four (4) members of the House Appropriations Committee and the Governor shall select five (5) members of the House, who, together with the Speaker of the House, shall compose the Fiscal Affairs Sub-Committee of the House. Created, members. Section 2. Within thirty (30) days after each general election for members of the General Assembly, beginning with the general election of 1968, the President Elect of the Senate, if there be one, or if not, the President of the Senate shall select four incumbent members of the Senate Appropriations Committee who were re-elected, and the Governor Elect, if there be one, or if not, the Governor, shall select five (5) incumbent members of the Senate who were reelected

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who shall, together with the Lt. Governor Elect, or the Lt. Governor if there be no Lt. Governor Elect, compose the Fiscal Affairs Sub-Committee of the Senate. Within thirty (30) days after each general election for members of the General Assembly, beginning with the general election of 1968, the Speaker of the House Nominate, that is the member of the House who has been nominated Speaker in the caucus of the political party having a majority of the members elected to the House of Representatives in such general election, shall select four (4) incumbent members of the House Appropriations Committee who were re-elected and the Governor Elect, if there be one, or if not, the Governor, shall select five (5) incumbent members of the House who were re-elected who shall, together with the Speaker Nominate of the House as hereinbefore defined, compose the Fiscal Affairs Sub-Committee of the House of Representatives. Each such Sub-Committee shall serve until the successor committee is composed and appointed after each successive general election for members of the General Assembly as hereinbefore provided. Section 3. The Fiscal Affairs Sub-Committee of the Senate shall meet from time to time at the call of the President of the Senate or the Chairman of the Senate Committee, and the Fiscal Affairs Sub-Committee of the House shall meet from time to time at the call of the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Chairman of the House Committee. Such Sub-Committees may meet jointly at the call of the Lt. Governor and the Speaker or of the respective Committee Chairmen. Meetings. Section 4. The Fiscal Affairs Sub-Committee of each house shall have the authority to review the budget requests of the various departments, bureaus, boards, commissions, institutions, and other state agencies at any time, and the Budget Bureau, the State Auditor, and each such department, bureau, board, commission, institute, and other state agency shall promptly furnish to such committees, or either of them, all information requested by them, or by either of them. Duties. Section 5. The Fiscal Affairs Sub-Committees of the Senate and the House jointly shall make an annual report

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to the General Assembly of matters coming to their attention, together with such recommendations to improve the efficiency in the operation and management of the various departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, and other agencies of state government as they see fit. Reports. Section 6. The Fiscal Affairs Sub-Committees shall meet jointly as one committee at least once each quarter, or oftener, at the call of the Governor for the purpose of reviewing and approving budget object transfers recommended by the Governor which shall not be made without the approval of at least eleven (11) members of such committees sitting jointly; and provided further that no funds whatsoever shall be transferred for use in initiating or commencing any new program or activity not currently having an appropriation or which would require operating funds or capital outlay funds beyond the biennium in which such transfer is made. Joint meetings. Section 7. The provisions of this Act shall not be construed to supersede or supplement the authority of the Budget Bureau as set forth in Code section 40-421 which reads as follows: [Illegible Text] 40-421. Transfer of appropriations. In the event that any duties, purposes, and objects for which appropriations are made shall be transferred to a budget unit other than that to which appropriated, the appropriation for such duties, purposes and objects shall be made available subject to the provisions of this Chapter to such budget unit or budget units to which the duties, purposes and objects are transferred. Should the appropriation to be transferred not be shown in the Appropriation Act as a separate and identifiable item, the amount to be transferred shall be decided by the Budget Bureau in accordance with the detailed estimates or other information embodied in the Budget Report. Section 8. For all meetings held when the General Assembly is not in session, the members of the Committee shall receive the expense, mileage and travel allowances authorized

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by law for legislative members of interim legislative committees. The funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall come from funds appropriated to and available to the legislative branch of the government. [Illegible Text] Section 9. An Act entitled An Act to create Fiscal Affairs Sub-Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives; to provide for the composition, duties, powers and meetings of such sub-committees; to provide for funds; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved March 10, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 293), is hereby repealed in its entirety. 1966 Act repealed. Section 10. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. PERSONS EXEMPT FROM JURY DUTY. Code 59-112 Amended. No. 487 (Senate Bill No. 148). An Act to amend Code section 59-112, relating to persons exempt from jury duty, as amended, so as to provide persons exempt from jury duty; to provide for specific repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 59-112, relating to persons exempt from jury duty, as amended, is hereby amended by striking said Code section in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new Code section 59-112 to read as follows: 59-112. Persons Exempt From Jury Duty. (a) The following persons are exempt from all jury duty, civil or criminal; the name of any such person shall not be included or continued in the jury box unless such person shall make a request therefor in writing to the board of jury commissioners or its clerk:

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1. Police and other law enforcement officers employed or appointed on a full-time basis, but not part-time or honorary peace officers. 2. Officers and personnel of any court employed or appointed on a full-time basis, including attorneys-at-law who are active members of the State Bar of Georgia and regularly engaged in the practice of law in this State. 3. Officers, firemen and other personnel of any fire department employed or appointed on a full-time basis, except that exemption hereunder shall also apply to those members of a volunteer fire department, certified to the board of jury commissioners by the administrative head thereof as indispensable to the effective operation of such department. 4. Physicians, surgeons, medical interns, and medical technicians actively engaged as such, except that exemption hereunder shall also apply to other personnel of a hospital certified to the board of jury commissioners by the administrative head thereof as indispensable to the effective operation of such hospital. 5. Dentists and pharmacists, duly licensed, who are actively engaged in the practice of their profession. 6. Persons who are sixty-five (65) years of age or older. (b) Any other person summoned to jury duty may be excused therefrom by the judge of the court to which he has been summoned upon a showing that he will be engaged during the term of his required service in work necessary to the public health, safety or good order, or that she is a housewife with children 14 years of age or younger. (c) The exemption hereunder shall not apply to attorneys-at-law or physicians summoned to serve on commissions or juries pursuant to any of the provisions of Title 88 of the Code of Georgia known as The Health Code, approved March 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 499 et seq.), as now in effect or hereafter amended.

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(d) Any woman, teacher or principal of this State who does not desire to serve upon juries shall notify the jury commissioners of the county in which she resides in writing to that effect, and thereupon the jury commissioners shall not place the name of such woman, teacher or principal in the jury box for said county. Section 2. The enactment of Code section 59-112 as set forth in section 1 shall supersede and repeal the Act approved December 18, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 328) relating to an exemption from jury duty for attorneys-at-law. 1953 Act repealed. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repaled. Approved April 18, 1967. GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY ACT AMENDED. No. 489 (Senate Bill No. 165). An Act to amend an Act regulating the occupation of cosmetology and creating the Georgia State Board of Cosmetology, approved March 11, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 45), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 7, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 195), so as to provide for one additional inspector; to abolish the fixed salary for inspectors; to abolish the registration fee required of persons learning the occupation of a cosmetologist; to provide for injunctive powers; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act regulating the occupation of cosmetology and creating the Georgia State Board of Cosmetology, approved March 11, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 45), as amended,

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particularly by an Act approved March 7, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 195), is hereby amended by striking therefrom the following as it appears in section 5: (7), and substituting in lieu thereof the following: (8), by striking from section 5 of said Act the following: Inspectors shall receive three hundred and seventy-five ($375.00) dollars per month, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: Inspectors shall be paid according to the rules and regulations of the State Merit System Council, Inspectors, compensation. so that when so amended section 5 shall read as follows: Section 5. The Board shall have power to adopt reasonable rules and regulations prescribing the sanitary requirements of beauty shops, salons, schools, colleges, and schools of cosmetology, subject to the approval of the State Board of Health and to cause the rules and regulations or any subsequent revisions to be in a suitable form, and to transmit a copy thereof to the proprietor of each beauty shop, salon, school, college and school of cosmetology. It shall be the duty of every proprietor or person operating a beauty shop, salon, school, college and school of cosmetology in the State to keep a copy of such rules and regulations posted in a conspicuous place in his shop, so as to be easily read by his customers. A failure of any such proprietor to keep such rules so posted, or to observe the requirements thereof, shall be sufficient grounds for the revocation of his or her license, but no license shall be revoked without a reasonable opportunity being offered to such proprietor to be heard in his or her defense. The Secretary of State of Georgia shall employ eight (8) inspectors, with the approval of the Governor,

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who shall be employed on a full time basis and selected subject to the following regulations: To be employed as an inspector, a person shall have had at least three (3) years experience as a master cosmetologist, and currently hold a valid license as a master cosmetologist; and shall have obtained the age of twenty-one (21) years. Inspectors shall be paid according to the rules and regulations of the State Merit System Council and shall receive in addition actual traveling expenses plus mileage, as provided by law for State employees. Inspectors shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of the State of Georgia and the Governor. Inspectors shall direct reports to the Board and the Joint Secretary, State Examining Board weekly. In all respects pertaining to their duties inspectors shall be answerable to the Board and the Joint Secretary, State Examining Board. All fees collected under this Act shall be remitted to the State treasurer and all salaries and expenses of inspectors and other expenses of said Board shall be paid from monies appropriated to the Joint Secretary but shall not exceed the amount of fees collected hereunder. Any inspector shall have power to enter and make reasonable examination of any beauty shop, school, and college in the State during business hours for the purpose of enforcing the rules and regulations of the Board and for the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary conditions thereof. Any beauty shop, school or college in which tools, appliances and furnishings used therein are kept in an unclean and unsanitary condition so as to endanger health, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the proprietor thereof shall be subject to prosecution and punishment therefor. Said Board shall have authority to require employees in such shops to annually stand a physical examination.

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The Georgia State Board of Cosmetology shall have the right to set a course of study for all students of the several schools of cosmetology within this State. It shall be the duty of each school to semi-annually file with the Board a copy of the curriculum that they are teaching at the time of filing. This statement of curriculum must be certified by the owner of the school and shall be properly notarized. Before a student shall be eligible to stand the examination he or she shall first file with his or her application for examination, a transcript showing the number of hours and courses completed from the school or shop attended by the student. It will not be necessary, for any person or persons operating a beauty shop in a private home, to post a sign denoting same to be a beauty shop unless the person or persons so elects to do so. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking from section 11 thereof the following: and shall pay to said Secretary a fee of four ($4.00) dollars,, so that when so amended section 11 shall read as follows: Section 11. Nothing in this Act shall prohibit any person over the age of sixteen (16) years from learning said occupation under a cosmetologist, providing said cosmetologist has had at least three years experience and has for three years held a license of a master cosmetologist, or under an instructor in a beauty school, college or school of cosmetology, who himself has been a journeyman cosmetologist for a period of at least three (3) years and has registered under this Act. Every such person desiring to so learn said occupation shall file with the Joint Secretary, State Examining Board, a statement in writing showing his or her name, the place of his employer or instructor, and said applicant shall receive a certificate of registration showing the capacity in which he is permitted to practice said occupation. Student fees.

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Section 3. Said Act is further amended by adding to the end thereof a new section to read as follows: Section 22. The Georgia State Board of Cosmetology may bring an equitable proceeding to enjoin by writ of injunction any person, firm, or corporation, who without being licensed or registered to do so by said Examining Board engages in or practices in the occupation of cosmetology herein regulated. The proceeding shall be filed in the county in which such person resides or in the case of a firm or corporation, where said firm or corporation maintains its principal office, and unless it shall be made to appear that such person, firm or corporation so engaging or practicing cosmetology is licensed or registered the writ of injunction shall be issued and such person, firm or corporation perpetually enjoined from said activities throughout the State. It shall not be necessary in order to obtain the equitable relief herein provided for the Georgia State Board of Cosmetology to allege and prove that there is no adequate remedy at law. It is hereby declared that such unlicensed activities are a menace and a nuisance dangerous to the public health, safety and welfare. Injunctions. Secttion 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. ORDINARIES MAY CLOSE OFFICES ONE DAY EACH WEEK. Code 24-2104 Amended. No. 490 (Senate Bill No. 184). An Act to amend Code section 24-2104, relating to when business may be transacted with the ordinaries, as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 3, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 519), so as to provide when the ordinary may close his office; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 24-2104 relating to when business may be transacted with the ordinaries, as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 3, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 519), is hereby amended by striking the following: at 12 o'clock noon on so that when so amended section 24-2104 shall read as follows: 24-2104. The ordinary may transact business at any time except Sundays, and the ordinary of each county may close his office not more than one other day in each week, and where authorized or not prohibited by law, any hearing or other proceeding may be had and any order or judgment may be rendered at any time in term time or vacation; provided however, nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the ordinary from providing by calendar for the orderly and uniform transaction of business on designated days. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. MUNICIPAL STREET IMPROVEMENTS WITH COUNTY FUNDS. Code 23-601, 23-602 Amended. No. 491 (Senate Bill No. 192). An Act to amend Code section 23-601, cooperation of county with municipality, political subdivision, school district, or schools of said county, and Code section 23-602, city street improvement through county funds, so as to provide that any county may cooperate with any municipality

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within such county in the construction, repair and improvement of any roads, and may use any county funds available for the construction and maintenance of highways in such county, in any municipality in such county, where the funds used in such operations, construction and maintenance of roads and highways are derived from general obligation bonds of such county issued pursuant to the vote of the voters residing in the several municipalities of such county, the amortization and payment of which bonds have as their source any county-wide tax levied against all property of such county, including property located within the boundaries of such counties, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same: Section 1. That section 23-601, cooperation of county with municipality, political subdivision, school district, or school of said county, of the Code of Georgia of 1933, as heretofore amended, be further amended as follows: By adding after the comma following the word highways in line 5 of the body of such section, the following language, to-wit: or where the source of the funds of such county used in the construction, repair and improvement of any street or road within such municipality are derived from general obligation bonds of such county issued after approval by the voters of such counties in a county-wide election, where the funds used to amortize and pay said bonds are derived from county-wide taxes, including taxes on property in such municipality, so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows: Section 23-601. Cooperation of county with municipality, political subdivision, school district, or schools of said county. It shall be lawful for any county to cooperate as provided in this Chapter with any municipality within such county in the construction, repair and improvement of any roads, streets and street pavement on any streets or roads

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within such municipality which form part of a county or State system of highways, or where the source of the funds of such county used in the construction, repair and improvement of any street or road within such municipality are derived from general obligation bonds of such county issued after approval by the voters of such counties in a county-wide election, where the funds used to amortize and pay said bonds are derived from county-wide taxes, including taxes on property in such municipality, and, further, it shall be lawful for any county in this State whose obligations have been discharged and which has surplus funds or moneys in its hands to apply said surplus funds or moneys proportionately to the reduction or discharge of any indebtedness of the various school districts of said county, and/or to the construction and maintenance of schools, school buildings, and other school property within the limits of said county. Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that Code section 23-602, city street improvement through county funds, be amended by striking the period at the end of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof a comma, and adding the following language, to-wit: or where the source of the funds of such county used in the construction, repair and improvement of any street or road within such municipality are derived from general obligation bonds of such county issued after approval by the voters of such counties in a county-wide election, where the funds used to amortize and pay said bonds are derived from county-wide taxes, including taxes on property in such municipality so that said Section, when so amended, shall read as follows: Section 23-602. City street improvements through county funds. The county authorities of any county charged with the conduct of county affairs shall be authorized to use any county funds available for the construction and maintenance of highways in such county for the payment of the costs, in whole or in part, of the construction, repair and improvement of any roads, streets and street pavements in any municipality in such county which forms a part of a county or State system of highways, where the source of

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the funds of such county used in the construction, repair and improvement of any street or road within such municipality are derived from general obligation bonds of such county issued after approval by the voters of such counties in a county-wide election, where the funds used to amortize and pay said bonds are derived from county-wide taxes, including taxes on property in such municipality. Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be and are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. POWERS OF SALES IN DEEDS OF TRUST, ETC. Code 37-607 Amended. No. 492 (House Bill No. 6). An Act to amend Code section 37-607, relating to powers of sale in deeds of trust, mortgages, and other instruments, as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 23, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 481), so as to provide that powers of sale and other powers in deeds of trust, mortgages, and other instruments may be exercised by transferees and other parties regardless of whether or not the transfer specifically includes such powers or conveys title to the property described; to provide an effective date; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 37-607, relating to powers of sale in deeds of trust, mortgages, and other instruments, as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 23, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 481), is hereby amended by adding after the words may exercise any power therein contained, and before the words a power of sale not revocable by

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death, the following words, and such power may be so exercised regardless of whether or not the transfer specifically includes such power or conveys title to the property described, so that when so amended Code section 37-607 shall read as follows: 37-607. Powers of sale in deeds of trust, mortgages, and other instruments shall be strictly construed and shall be fairly exercised. In the absence of stipulations to the contrary in the instrument, the time, place, and manner of sale shall be that pointed out for public sales. Unless the instrument creating such power specifically provides to the contrary, a personal representative, heir, heirs, legatee, devisee, or successor of the grantee in a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, bill of sale to secure debt, or other like instrument, or an assignee thereof, or his personal representative, heir, heirs, legatee, devisee, or successor, may exercise any power therein contained and such powers may so be exercised regardless of whether or not the transfer specifically includes such powers or conveys title to the property described. A power of sale not revocable by death of the grantor or donor may be exercised after his death in the same manner and to the same extent as though such grantor or donor were in life; and it shall not be necessary, in the exercise of such power, to advertise or sell as the property of the estate of the deceased, nor to make any mention of or reference to such death. Section 2. This Act shall become effective on the date of its approval by the Governor or upon its otherwise becoming law and shall not apply to those transfers executed prior to such date. Effective date. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967.

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TRANSFERS OF DEEDS TO SECURE DEBT. Code 67-1305.1 Enacted. No. 493 (House Bill No. 12). An Act to amend Code Chapter 67-13, relating to conveyances to secure debt, as amended, so as to provide for a new code section after Code section 67-1305 and before Code section 67-1306 to be designated as Code section 67-1305.1; to provide the language to be incorporated in such code section; to provide that such code section shall require that all transfers of deeds to secure debt shall be in writing signed by the grantee or last transferee and shall be witnessed as required for deeds; to provide that such transfers may be endorsed upon the original deed to secure debt or may be by separate instrument identifying the same; to provide that the endorsement upon the original deed to secure debt or by the separate instrument shall be sufficient to transfer the property therein described and the indebtedness therein secured, together with the powers granted, without specific mention thereof; to provide an effective date; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Chapter 67-13, relating to conveyances to secure debt, as amended, is hereby amended by adding after Code section 67-1305 and before Code section 67-1306 a new code section to be designated as Code section 67-1305.1 to read as follows: 67-1305.1. Transfers of Deeds to Secure Debt. All transfers of deeds to secure debt shall be in writing, signed by the grantee, or if the deed has been transferred previously, by the last transferee, and shall be witnessed as required for deeds. Such transfers may be endorsed upon the original deed to secure debt or may be by separate instrument identifying the same, and shall be sufficient to transfer the property therein described and the indebtedness therein secured,

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together with the powers granted, without specific mention thereof. Section 2. This Act shall become effective on the date of its approval by the Governor or upon its otherwise becoming law and shall not apply to those transfers executed prior to such date. Effective date. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF COUNTY BOARDS OF HEALTH. No. 494 (House Bill No. 14). An Act to authorize the State Personnel Board to provide a health insurance plan for employees of the county boards of health; to define certain terms; to provide for the contents of such insurance plan and persons eligible to participate in such plan; to provide for exclusions; to authorize the board to execute contracts to provide benefits under such plan; to authorize the inclusion of retiring employees of the county boards of health and dependents of such employees; to provide for coverage of dependents of employees of the county boards of health; to provide for the payment of such benefits under such plan; to provide for a health insurance fund and contributions thereto; to provide for the financing of the health insurance plan; to authorize the board to adopt and promulgate the rules and regulations for the administration of such plan; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. For the purposes of this Act, an employee means a person who works full time for and receives his

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compensation in a direct payment from a county board of health or the county boards of health comprising a health district and the county board of health being financially assisted by funds from the Department of Public Health. Definitions. Section 2. The term Board as used in this Act means the State Personnel Board. Board. Section 3. The board is hereby authorized to establish a health insurance plan for employees, to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for its administration, subject to the limitations contained in this Act, which may provide for group hospitalization, surgical and medical insurance against the financial costs of hospitalization, surgery, medical treatment and care, and may also include, among other things, prescribed drugs, medicines, prosthetic appliances, hospital in-patient and out-patient service benefits, and medical expense indemnity benefits, including major medical benefits. Health insurance plan. Section 4. Such health insurance shall not include expenses incurred by or on account of an individual prior to the effective date of the plan as to him; dental care and treatment, except dental surgery and appliances to the extent necessary for the correction of damage caused by accidental injury while covered by the plan, or as a direct result of disease covered by the plan; eye glasses, hearing aids and examinations for the prescription or fitting thereof; cosmetic surgery or treatment except to the extent necessary for correction of damage caused by accidental injury while covered by the plan or as a direct result of disease covered by the plan; services received in a hospital owned or operated by the United States Government for which no charge is made; services received for injury or sickness due to war or any act of war, whether declared or undeclared, which war or act of war shall have occurred after the effective date of this plan; expenses for which the individual is not required to make payment; expenses to the extent of benefits provided under any employer group plan other than this plan, in which the State participates in the cost thereof, and such other expenses as may be excluded by regulations of the board. Exclusions.

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Section 5. The health insurance plan shall be designed by the board. (1) to provide a reasonable relationship between the hospital, surgical and medical benefits to be included, and the expected distribution of expenses of each such type to be incurred by the covered employees and dependents; and Insurance plan. (2) to include reasonable controls, which may include deductible and reinsurance provisions applicable to some or all of the benefits, to reduce unnecessary utilization of the various hospital, surgical and medical services to be provided and to provide reasonable assurance of stability in future years of the plan. Section 6. The board is hereby authorized to execute a contract or contracts to provide the benefits under the plan of health insurance benefits determined upon in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Such contract or contracts may be executed with one or more corporations licensed to transact accident and health insurance business in this State. All of the benefits to be provided under this Act may be included in one or more similar contracts, or the benefits may be classified into different types with each type included under one or more similar contracts issued by the same or different companies. At a reasonable time before entering into any insurance contract hereunder the board shall invite proposals from such qualified insurers as in the opinion of the board would desire to accept any part of the insurance coverage authorized by this Act. Contracts. The board may arrange with any corporation licensed to transact accident and health insurance business in this State issuing any such contract to reinsure portions of such contract with any other such corporation which elected to be a reinsurer and is legally competent to enter into a reinsurance agreement. The board may designate one or more such corporations as the administering corporation or corporations. Each employee who is covered under any such contract or contracts shall receive a certificate setting forth the benefits to which the employee and his dependents

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are entitled thereunder, to whom such benefits shall be payable, to whom claims should be submitted, and summarizing the provisions of the contract principally affecting the employee and his dependents. Such certificate shall be in lieu of the certificate which the corporation or corporations issuing such contract or contracts would otherwise issue. The corporation eligible to participate as reinsurers, and the amount of coverage under the contract or contracts to be allocated to each issuing corporation or reinsurer, may be redetermined by the board for and in advance of any contract year after the first year and with any modifications thereof it deems appropriate to carry out the intent of such subdivision, subject to such limitations as set forth in this Act. The board may at the end of any contract year discontinue any contract or contracts it has executed with any corporation or corporations and replace it or them with a contract or contracts in any other corporation or corporations meeting the requirements of this section. Section 7. The contract or contracts shall provide for health insurance for retiring employees and their spouses and dependent children as defined by the regulations of the board on such terms as the board may deem appropriate. The board shall adopt regulations prescribing the conditions under which an employee or retiring employees may participate in or withdraw from the plan. Retiring employees. Section 8. Each employee shall be entitled to have his spouse and dependent children, as defined by the regulations of the board, included in the coverage upon agreeing to pay his contribution to the cost of such coverage for such dependents. The board shall adopt regulations governing the discontinuance and resumption by employees of coverage for dependents. Dependents. Section 9. Any benefits payable under the plan may be made either directly to the attending physicians, hospitals, medical groups, or others furnishing the services upon which a claim is based, or to the covered employee, upon presentation of valid bills for such services, subject to such provisions to facilitate payment as may be made by the board. Payment of benefits.

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Section 10. There is hereby created a health insurance fund which shall be available without fiscal year limitation for premium, subscription charge, benefits and administration costs. The amounts withheld from employees and retired employees under this Act, all amounts contributed by the State or from Federal funds to such health insurance fund, pursuant to this Act, shall be credited to such health insurance fund. All other income as well as the income derived from any dividends, premium rate adjustments or other refunds under any such contract or contracts shall be credited to and constitute a part of such fund. Any amounts remaining in such fund after all premiums or subscription charges and other expenses have been paid shall be retained in such fund as a special reserve for adverse fluctuation. The Director of the Merit System of Personnel Administration shall be the Executive Officer for the administration of this Act and custodian of such health insurance fund, and shall be responsible under a property approved bond for all moneys coming into said fund, and paid out of said fund as may be required to be paid to any contracting corporation under any contract entered into pursuant to the provisions of this Act, and to cover administrative costs. Health insurance fund, etc. Section 11. During any period in which an employee is covered under this Act prior to the date of his retirement there shall be withheld from each salary payment of such employee, as his share of the cost of coverage under this plan, such portion of the premium or subscription charges under the terms of any contract or contracts issued in accordance with this Act as may be established by the board. The State Department of Public Health, in its financial assistance to county boards of health for services rendered as provided by law, and the county boards of health shall contribute in equal amounts to this health insurance fund such portion of the costs of such benefits as may be established by the State Personnel Board and approved by the State Department of Public Health in addition to an amount to be established by the board to defray the costs of administration and the State's and county's portion of the cost of benefits payable for annuitants. Cost of coverage.

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Section 12. The board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be required for the effective administration of this Act. Such rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, rules and regulations establishing the conditions under which employees who originally rejected coverage may acquire coverage at a later date. The Merit System Director, as Executive Officer of the State Personnel Board, shall employ such personnel as may be needed to carry out the provisions of this Act, and such employees shall be employees of the State Merit System of Personnel Administration. The pro rate share of the costs of operating the Merit System of Personnel Administration in the manner prescribed by law shall be a part of the administrative costs of the employees health plan. Rules. Sections 13. On or before June 1st of each year, the Director of the State Merit System of Personnel Administration shall certify to the State Department of Public Health the amount of percentage adopted by the board as employer payments for the ensuing fiscal year and the State Department of Public Health and the county boards of health shall, in their annual budgets, make provisions for funds with which to pay the board the required employer payments. Employer payments. Section 14. (a) On the effective date of this Act, or as soon thereafter as the board shall determine a date to be defined as the employer commencement date, the Director of the State Merit System of Personnel Administration shall notify the State Department of Public Health that the employer payments will commence on said date. The Director of the State Merit System of Personnel Administration shall also notify the State Department of Public Health which shall notify all employees that employee payments will commence on a date which shall be not later than three calendar months following the employer commencement date. The date established by the board with reference to the employee payments shall be herein defined as the employee commencement date. Upon establishment of the employer commencement date, the provisions of this Act with reference to such payments will go into

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effect. In determining the commencement dates, the board shall be governed by the money made available by the Department of Public Health to carry this Act into effect. Employer commencement date. (b) All persons who becomes employees of the county boards of health as defined in this Act, on or after the employment commencement date, and who are eligible as specified by rules and regulations of the board, shall, as a condition of their employment, become members of this health insurance program; except, that any employee of the county boards of health in service prior to the employer commencement date, who is otherwise eligible in accordance with rules and regulations of the board, shall have an option to elect coverage in this program, and, in the event an employee rejects coverage, such employee shall be authorized to obtain coverage at a later date upon compliance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the board relative thereto. Employee option. (c) Prior to April 1, 1967, the Director of the State Department of Public Health shall forward to the governing authorities of the several counties of this State a copy of this Act, and prior to June 1, 1967, the governing authority of each county of the State shall notify the Director of the State Department of Public Health in writing whether or not the county employees of the State Department of Public Health in such county shall be included in the Health Insurance Plan established pursuant to the provisions of this Act. In the event the governing authority of any such county shall fail to notify the Director of the State Department of Public Health in writing whether or not such county employees of the State Department of Public Health in such count shall be included in the Health Insurance Plan established pursuant to the provisions of this Act, it shall be conclusively presumed that the governing authority of such county shall have elected not to include the county employees of the State Department of Public Health of such county in the Health Insurance Plan established pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Notices. Section 15. The effective date of this Act shall be July 1, 1967; provided, however, that the provisions of this Act

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shall not become effective until the funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act have been appropriated to the State Department of Public Health by the General Assembly of Georgia. Effective date. Section 16. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. ASSISTANCE TO POLICE OFFICERS. Code 27-219 Enacted. No. 495 (House Bill No. 43). An Act to amend Code Chapter 27-2, relating to arrests, as amended, so as to limit the criminal liability of any person who shall under certain conditions render assistance to any law enforcement officer who is being hindered or whose life is being endangered by the conduct of any other person or persons; to provide that the official report of the law enforcement agency shall be deemed to create a rebuttable presumption of the good faith and reasonableness of the person assisting the law enforcement officer; to provide the purposes therefor; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Chapter 27-2, relating to arrests, is hereby amended by adding a new Code section to be known as Code section 27-219, to read as follows: 27-219. Any person who shall render assistance reasonably and in good faith to any law enforcement officer who is being hindered in the performance of his official duties or whose life is being endangered by the conduct of any other person or persons while performing his official duties shall be immune, to the same extent as the said law enforcement

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officer, from any criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of rendering such assistance to any such law enforcement officer. The official report of the law enforcement agency shall create a rebuttable presumption of good faith and reasonableness on the part of the person who assists the law enforcement officer. Section 2. The purpose of this Act is to provide for assistance to law enforcement officers by citizens who act in good faith to assist law enforcement officers whose health and safety is being adversely affected and threatened by the conduct of any other person or persons. This Act shall be liberally construed so as to carry out the purposes thereof. Intent. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATESDISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS IN KIND TO SATISFY CERTAIN BEQUESTS. No. 496 (House Bill No. 54). An Act to provide the manner in which executors, administrators and trustees may satisfy certain bequests and transfers by distribution of assets in kind, to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Where a will or trust agreement authorizes or requires an executor, adminstrator or trustee to satisfy a pecuniary marital deduction request or transfer wholly or partly by a distribution of assets in kind at values as finally determined for federal estate tax purposes or at values which are determined by reference to such federal

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estate tax valuation, the executor, administrator or trustee shall in satisfaction of such pecuniary marital deduction request or transfer distribute assets, including cash, which will have an aggregate fair market value fairly representative of the distributee's proportionate share of the appreciation or depreciation, from the date or dates of federal estate tax valuation to the date or dates of distribution, in the value of all property thus available for distribution in satisfaction of such pecuniary marital deduction bequest or transfer. The provisions hereof shall not apply to any will or trust agreement except as just above provided. Transfer. Section 2. This provision shall apply to the estates of decedents dying after the effective date of this Act, to trusts created after the effective date of this Act and to trusts, whenever created, which are revocable after the effective date of this Act, but shall not apply where otherwise expressly provided in the fill or trust instrument. Intent. Section 3. A marital deduction bequest or transfer as referred to herein is a bequest or transfer of assets, including cash, for one which qualifies for the federal estate tax marital deduction. Marital deductions. Section 4. It is intended by the enactment of this provision to clarify existing law relating to the subject matter, and the passage of this Act shall not imply that existing law is otherwise than herein provided for. Intent. Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. SELECTION OF JURORS IN COURTS WITH COUNTYWIDE JURISDICTION. No. 497 (House Bill No. 55). An Act to provide that in all counties of this state wherein there are located any court or courts having countywide jurisdiction concurrent with the superior courts of this state, to try all or any type of case not within the exclusive

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jurisdiction of the superior courts of this state, any petit juror drawn, selected and summoned for service in the superior court of such county, shall be legally competent and qualified to serve as a juror in such other court or courts under certain conditions; to prescribe the conditions under which this Act shall be applicable; to provide for the procedure in connection therewith; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. In any county of this state where there is located any court or courts having countywide jurisdiction concurrent with the superior courts of this state, to try any, all, or any type of case not within the exclusive jurisdiction of the superior courts of this state, any petit juror drawn, selected and summoned for service in the trial of civil and criminal cases in the superior court of such county, shall be legally competent and qualified to serve as a juror in any such other court or courts located in such county, for the same period of time as he is competent and qualified to serve as a petit juror in the superior court of said county. Section 2. Section 1 of this Act shall be applicable only: (a) If, at the time the names of petit jurors are drawn by the judge of the superior court, in accordance with the provisions of Code 59-701, as amended, the judge who draws such jurors shall announce in open court the name or names of the court or courts, other than the superior court, wherein said jurors shall be competent and qualified to serve by virtue of this Act. (b) If the precept issued by the clerk of the superior court, in accordance with the provisions of Code 59-206, as amended, shows that the jurors listed thereon are qualified and competent to serve as jurors in courts other than the superior court, and shows the name of such court or courts. (c) If the summons served upon or sent to each of such jurors, pursuant to the provisions of Code 59-206, as

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amended, affirmatively shows the name of all the courts wherein such juror is eligible to serve. Section 3. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. WEAPONS USED IN COMMISSION OF CRIMES. No. 498 (House Bill No. 58). An Act to provide for the confiscation and destruction or sale or delivery to the State Department of Archives or State Department of Public Safety of any weapon used in the commission of a crime or the attempt to commit a crime against any person; to provide the procedures connected therewith; to provide exceptions; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Any device which is used as a weapon in the commission of any crime against any person or any attempt to commit any crime against any person is hereby declared to be contraband and is forfeited. For the purposes of this Act, a motor vehicle shall not be deemed to be a weapon or device and shall not be contraband or forfeited under the provisions hereof; provided, however, this exception shall not be construed to prohibit the seizure, condemnation and sale of motor vehicles used in the illegal transportation of alcoholic beverages as provided by the laws of this State. Contraband. Section 2. At such time as there shall be a final judgment entered finding the accused guilty of the commission or attempted commission of a crime against any person, any such device which was used as as weapon in the commission of such crime shall be turned over by the person having custody of such device to the sheriff of the county

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wherein such device was confiscated. The sheriff shall within ninety (90) days after receiving said device either destroy the same or advertise it for sale in such manner as other sheriff's sales are advertised and shall sell such devices to the highest bidder at the next sheriff's sale conducted after the completion of the advertisements. Provided that if the weapon used in such crime is not the property of the accused, there shall be no forfeiture of such weapon. Sale or destruction. Section 3. The proceeds derived from all sales of such devices, after deducting the costs of the advertising and the sale shall be turned into the treasury of the county wherein such sale is made. Proceeds of sale. Section 4. The provisions of this section shall prevail over sections 2 and 3 of this Act. In the event the Director of the State Department of Archives or the Director of State Department of Public Safety, in that order or priority, shall desire to receive and retain the device for historical or instruction purposes of his Department and gives written notice thereof to the sheriff either prior to the sheriff's advertisement of same for sale or within 10 days thereafter, the sheriff shall forthwith deliver the device to the said Department which shall retain same for such purposes. A device delivered to such Department in accordance herewith shall become property of the State. Weapons valuable for historical or instructional purposes. Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. GENERAL ASSEMBLYACT REQUIRING CERTAIN JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS REPEALED. No. 499 (House Bill No. 66). An Act to amend an Act creating the Department of Revenues and the Office of State Revenue Commissioner, approved

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January 3, 1938, (Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 77), as amended, so as to remove the provision providing joint meetings of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, and providing that the State Revenue Commissioner shall be an ex officio member of each of said committees; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act to amend an Act creating the Department of Revenue and the Office of State Revenue Commissioner, approved January 3, 1938 (Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 77), as amended, is hereby amended by striking section 49 which reads as follows: Section 49. The Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives and the Finance Committee of the Senate shall hold joint meetings for the consideration of all revenue taxing measures when in regular or special session and the State Revenue Commissioner shall be an ex-officio member of each committee., Repealed. in its entirety. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM ACT AMENDED. No. 500 (House Bill No. 82). An Act to amend an Act establishing the State Employees Retirement System, approved February 3, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138), as amended, so as to provide that no person shall become a member on and after July 1, 1967 unless the position in which he is serving is his primary occupation; to provide for the granting of certain creditable

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service; to provide that the Board of Trustees may adopt a method of providing for post-retirement benefit adjustments; to change the procedure relative to the payment of accumulated contributions; to provide that the term, Survivors' Benefits, will be construed to be Group Term Life Insurance; to provide that certain persons shall not be eligible for Survivors' Benefits; to remove provisions relative to eligibility for Survivors' Benefits on or after July 1, 1964; to authorize the Board of Trustees to contract with insurance companies licensed to operate in Georgia to provide life insurance protection for members; to provide a procedure whereby members in Division B may transfer to Division A; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act establishing the State Employees Retirement System, approved February 3, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138), as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end of subsection (5) of section 1 the following: No person shall become a member on and after July 1, 1967, unless the position in which he is serving is his primary occupation and such position requires the actual performance of duties for at least a number of hours specified in Regulations adopted by the Board of Trustees but in no case shall such number of hours be less than thirty (30) hours per week during at least nine (9) months of a year., so that when so amended, said subsection (5) of section 1 shall read as follows: Member defined. (5) `Member' shall mean any employee included in the membership of the Retirement System as provided in section 3 of this Act. No person shall become a member on and after July 1, 1967, unless the position on which he is serving is his primary occupation and such position requires the actual performance for duties for at least a number of hours specified in Regulations adopted by the Board of Trustees but in no case shall such number of hours be less than thirty (30) hours per week during at least nine (9) months of a year.

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Section 2. Said Act is further amended by adding at the end of subsection (11) of section 4 the following: Provided, however, in the event any person had creditable service prior to July 1, 1953 for which he was eligible on October 1, 1961 but which has not been credited to such person due to his failure to make a request therefor, he shall have until October 1, 1967 to request the Retirement System, in writing, for credit for such service, and in the event the System finds that such person was entitled to such service he shall be given credit therefor., Credit for prior service. so that when so amended subsection (11) of section 4 shall read as follows: (11) Any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, after October 1, 1961, no prior service of any nature whatsoever, shall be deemed as creditable for any individual within a department or a division of a department that is or may be covered under provisions of this law; provided, however, this shall not be construed as prejudicial to any credits for prior service as established by the System prior to the date set forth in this subsection. Provided, however, in the event any person had creditable service prior to July 1, 1953 for which he was eligible on October 1, 1961 but which has not been credited to such person due to his failure to make a request therefor, he shall have until October 1, 1967 to request the Retirement System, in writing, for credit for such service, and in the event the System finds that such person was entitled to such service he shall be given credit therefor. Section 3. Said Act is further amended by adding at the end of subsection (2) of section 5 a new paragraph to be known as paragraph (e) to read as follows: (e) On a date to be established by the Board of Trustees but not before April 1, 1967, the Board is hereby authorized to adopt a method of providing for postretirement benefit adjustments for the purpose of maintaining essentially no less purchasing power for a beneficiary in his postretirement

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years. Such method of adjustment shall be based upon: Retirement adjustments. (1) A recommendation of the Board's Actuaries. (2) Maintaining the actuarial soundness of the System. (3) Its application to the retirement income of any beneficiary retiring on or after the adoption of such method by the Board of Trustees. (4) Any additional contribution by the member to be in an amount not to exceed one-fourth of one percent of his monthly earnable compensation. Provided that if such plan is adopted by said Board it shall first have prior approval of the General Assembly. Section 4. Said Act is further amended by striking subsection (7) of section 5 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (7) to read as follows: (7) If a member ceases to be an employee other than by death or by retirement under this retirement system, the amount of his accumulated contributions to this retirement system shall be payable to him upon his request. If a member dies, before becoming eligible to retire, and before completing fifteen years of creditable service, the amount of his accumulated contributions shall be paid to the living person, if any, nominated by him by written designation duly executed and filed with the Board of Trustees; otherwise to the member's estate. Return of contributions. Section 5. Said Act is further amended by adding at the end of subsection (1) of section 17 the following: Wherever the term `Survivor's Benefits' is used or referred to in this Act, it shall be construed to be `Group Term Life Insurance'., so that when so amended, said subsection (1) shall read as follows: (1) Based on provisions set forth in section 6, subsection (15) of this Act, as amended, the Board of Trustees may

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adopt, within the operations of the retirement system, such tables and rates, including rules and regulations, not in conflict with the provisions of this section 17. Wherever the term `Survivors' Benefits' is used or referred to in this Act, it shall be construed to be `Group Term Life Insurance'. Survivor benefits defined. Section 6. Said Act is further amended by adding at the end of paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section 17 the following: Provided, however, on and after July 1, 1967, no person employed or reemployed and no person transferring to this System who has attained age 51 or does attain age 51 prior to first and/or again becoming a contributing member of the System shall be eligible for Survivors' Benefits., Limitation on survivor benefits. so that when so amended, said paragraph (d) shall read as follows: (d) No person employed or reemployed after January 1, 1953, and no person transferring to this System who has attained age 56 or does attain age 56 prior to first, and/or again becoming a contributing member of the System shall be eligible for Survivors' Benefits. Provided, however, on and after July 1, 1967, no person employed or reemployed and no person transferring to this System who has attained age 51 or does attain age 51 prior to first and/or again becoming a contributing member of the System shall be eligible for Survivors' Benefits. Section 7. Said Act is further amended by striking subsection (9) of section 17 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (9) to read as follows: (9) The provisions subsection (7) and subsection (8) of this section 17 shall not apply to any person becoming a member on or after April 1, 1964. Section 8. Said Act is further amended by striking section 18 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 18 to read as follows:

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Section 18. The Board of Trustees may provide life insurance protection for the members of the Retirement System in lieu of the Survivors' Benefits provided by section 17 by contracting for such service with the State Employees' Assurance Department or any insurance company licensed to operate in Georgia which has experience in the under-writing of groups similar as to size and type of coverage. Such contract must provide benefits to those persons now entitled to benefits under the provisions of section 17 of this Act. All funds and other assets or any part thereof previously accumulated for the purpose of said section 17 may be used by the Board of Trustees in the execution of the contract herein authorized. Contributions for such cover-age shall be provided for and collected as set forth in subsection (4) of section 17. Contracts for survivor benefits. Section 9. Said Act, as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 13, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 54), an Act approved March 7, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 283), an Act approved March 5, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 107), and an Act approved February 13, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 54), is further amended by striking from the unnumbered section added by the aforesaid 1956 amendment, subparagraph (1) of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of said unnumbered section, which reads as follows: (1) Provided further, however, that any member of Division `B', upon written request and upon a decision by the Board of Trustees, shall, subject to the extent of applicable federal law, be transferred from Division `B' to Division `A' under conditions comparable to the applicable dates and procedures whereby other individuals transferred their membership to Division `A'., and inserting in lieu thereof the following: (1) Provided further, however, that any member of Division `B', upon written request and upon a decision by the Board of Trustees, shall, subject to the extent of applicable federal law, be transferred from Division `B' to Division `A' on a date fixed by the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System, which date can be no later

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than six (6) months subsequent to the enactment and approval of permissive federal legislation extending Social Security coverage to employees of the State of Georgia and under the following conditions: Social security. i. Each member of Division `B' who elects to transfer to Division `A' shall pay to the Employees' Retirement System a lump sum amount representing all employee retroactive contributions in excess of two per cent (2%) of the first $4,200.00 annual wages as those retroactive contributions are required by the Social Security Act to permit Social Security coverage to be extended to members of Division `B'. ii. The employer is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the Employees' Retirement System the required retro-active employer contributions which are required by the Social Security Act to extend Social Security coverage to members of Division `B' who elect to transfer to Division `A' upon notice by the Board of Trustees of the amount due. iii. The Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System is authorized to adopt and approve regulations which it deems appropriate to facilitate and expedite the transfer of any member of Division `B' to Division `A' of the Employees' Retirement System so long as those regulations conform to the conditions of applicable Federal and State laws. Section 10. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. MINIMUM FOUNDATION PROGRAM OF EDUCATION ACT AMENDED. No. 502 (House Bill No. 115). An Act to amend an Act known as the Minimum Foundation Program of Education Act, approved January 24,

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1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 3), as amended, so as to change the minimum sum in determining the funds needed by local units of administration for maintenance, operation and sick leave expenses not otherwise provided in said Act; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the Minimum Foundation Program of Education Act, approved January 24, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 3), as amended, is hereby amended by striking from the first sentence of section 13 the following: not less than $650 per State-allotted teacher for the 1967-68 school year and not less than $750 per State-allotted teacher for the 1968-69 school year and each school year thereafter., and inserting in lieu thereof the following: not less than $1,050 per State-allotted teacher for the 1968-69 school year and each school year thereafter., so that when so amended said section shall read as follows: Section 13. Amount of Funds Needed for Payment of Maintenance, Operation and Sick Leave Expenses. The amount of funds needed by a local unit of administration for maintenance, operation and sick leave expenses not otherwise provided for in section 11 through section 21 of this Act shall be determined by multiplying the number of teachers allotted to the local unit of administration under provisions of section 11 of this Act by a sum of money per teacher to be determined by the State Board of Education which shall not be less than $600 per school year per State-allotted teacher through the 1966-67 school year, not less than $1,050 per State-allotted teacher for the 1968-69 school year and each school year thereafter. The State Board of Education shall define the term `maintenance, operation and sick leave expenses' and shall have authority to establish minimum requirements and standards for maintenance and

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operation of public school facilities and equipment and for local distribution, use and expenditure of funds allotted under this section to local units of administration. Section 2. This Act shall become effective beginning with the 1967-68 school year. Effective date. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. MINIMUM FOUNDATION PROGRAM OF EDUCATION ACT AMENDED. No. 503 (House Bill No. 116). An Act to amend an Act known as the Minimum Foundation Program of Education Act, approved January 24, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 3), as amended, so as to change the provisions relating to the participation by the State Government and local governments in the cost of the minimum foundation program; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the Minimum Foundation Program of Education Act, approved January 24, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 3), as amended, is hereby amended by striking from section 22 (B) (2) the following: ,provided, however, that the share of the estimated cost of the State-wide minimum foundation program to be paid by local funds shall thereafter be increased at the beginning of each subsequent fiscal school year by one percentage point per year for four years, so that commencing with the 1969-70 fiscal school year the State-wide cost of the minimum foundation program shall be shared on the basis of

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eighty percent (80%) State funds and twenty percent (20%) local funds., State and local participation. and inserting in lieu thereof the following: , provided, however, that the share of the estimated cost of the State-wide minimum foundation program to be paid by local funds shall thereafter be increased at the beginning of each subsequent fiscal school year by one percentage point per year for two years, so that commencing with the 1967-68 fiscal school year the State-wide cost of the minimum foundation program shall be shared on the basis of eighty-two percent (82%) State funds and eighteen percent (18%) local funds and shall thereafter be increased at the beginning of each fiscal school year beginning with the 1969-70 fiscal school year by one half of one percentage point at the beginning of that fiscal school year and each subsequent fiscal school year so that commencing with the 1972-73 fiscal school year the statewide cost of the minimum foundation program shall be shared on the basis of 80% state funds and 20% local funds., so that when so amended section 22 (B) (2) shall read as follows: (2) The State Board of Education shall determine the portion of the estimated cost of the State-wide minimum foundation program to be paid by local funds by multiplying the estimated cost of the State-wide minimum foundation program for the school year by the percentage share of the cost of such State-wide program to be paid by local funds on a State-wide basis, provided, however, that the share of the estimated cost of the State-wide minimum foundation program to be paid by local funds shall thereafter be increased at the beginning of each subsequent fiscal school year by one percentage point per year for two years, so that commencing with the 1967-68 fiscal school year the State-wide cost of the minimum foundation program shall be shared on the basis of eighty-two percent (82%) State funds and eighteen percent (18%) local funds and shall thereafter be increased at the beginning of each fiscal school year beginning with the 1969-70 fiscal school year by one

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half of one percentage point at the beginning of that fiscal school year and each subsequent fiscal school year so that commencing with the 1972-73 fiscal school year the state-wide cost of the minimum foundation program shall be shared on the basis of 80% state funds and 20% local funds. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. PRACTICE AND PROCEDUREPLEADINGS IN DIVORCE ACTIONS. Code 30-105 Amended. No. 504 (House Bill No. 148). An Act to amend section 30-105, of the Georgia Code of 1933, as amended by an Act approved January 28, 1946, (Ga. L. 1946, pp. 90, 91, 92, 93), so as to provide the information that must be contained in the petition, and, to remove the necessity of pleading the facts upon which the grounds of divorce are predicated unless the respondent shall at any time before trial make a written demand for a detail statement of the facts upon which the grounds are predicated; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 30-105, relating to the petition, process, and rules of pleadings in divorce cases, as amended by an Act approved January 28, 1946, (Ga. L. 1946, pp. 90, 91, 92, 93), is hereby amended by striking therefrom the second sentence in said section and substituting in lieu thereof the following: The petition shall show (1) the residence or last known address of the defendant, (2) that the applicant meets the

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residence requirements for bringing an action for divorce or the applicant is bringing a cross action and is not required to meet the residence requirements, (3) the date of the marriage and the date of the separation, (4) whether or not there are any minor children of the parties and the name and age of each minor child, (5) the statutory ground upon which a divorce is sought, and (6) where alimony or support or division of property is involved, the property and earnings of the parties is such is known. The respondent may at any time before trial file with the court a written demand for a detail statement of the facts on which the grounds in the petition are predicated. The respondent shall cause a copy of said demand to be served upon petitioner or the petitioner's counsel of record and such facts shall be added to the petition in the form of an amendment thereto., so that when so amended said Code section shall read as follows: 30-105. Petition; process; rules of pleadings. The action for divorce shall be brought by written petition and process, said petition being verified by the plaintiff. The petition shall show (1) the residence or last known address of the defendant, (2) that the applicant meets the residence requirements for bringing an action for divorce or the applicant is bringing a cross action and is not required to meet the residence requirements, (3) the date of the marriage and the date of the separation, (4) whether or not there are any minor children of the parties and the name and age of each minor child, (5) the statutory ground upon which a divorce is sought, and (6) where alimony or support or division of property is involved, the property and earnings of the parties if such is known. The respondent may at any time before trial file with the court a written demand for a detail statement of the facts on which the grounds in the petition are predicated. The respondent shall cause a copy of said demand to be served upon petitioner or the petitioner's counsel of record and such facts shall be added to the petition in the form of an amendment thereto. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967.

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PROCEDURE FOR RESTORATION TO SANITY. Code 88-523 Enacted. No. 505 (House Bill No. 154). An Act to amend Chapter 88-5 of the Code of Georgia, relating to the procedure to be used for the restoration to sanity of a person who has been determined to be mentally ill to the extent he is incapable of managing his own estate but subsequently is restored to mental health to the extent that he is capable of managing his own estate; so as to provide a procedure for the restoration to sanity of a person, without regard to whether or not such person has been hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital or any other institution for the mentally ill, and no guardian has been appointed for such person; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Chapter 88-5 of the Code of Georgia, relating to the procedure to be used for the restoration to sanity of a person who has been determined to be mentally ill to the extent he is incapable of managing his own estate but subsequently is restored to mental health to the extent that he is capable of managing his own estate, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new section to be numbered section 88-523 and to read as follows: 88-523. Procedure for restoration to sanity where no guardian has been appointed. Any person, without regard to whether or not such person has been hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital, as defined in Code section 88-501(c), who has been restored to mental health to the extent that he is capable of managing his own estate, may personally, or by attorney, petition the ordinary of the county in Georgia where such person legally resides setting forth the facts that he has been restored to mental health and such other pertinent facts as may be deemed necessary and praying for an order and judgment of said court of ordinary declaring that such person is restored to mental health and

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capable of managing his own estate. Such petition may be brought without regard to whether or not such person is still subject to an order of hospitalization in any psychiatric hospital within the control of the Department of Health. Such petition shall be accompanied by a certificate of a physician stating that he has examined such person in person and is of the opinion that such person is no longer mentally ill to the extent that he is incapable of managing his estate. Thereafter, upon notice to the three nearest adult relatives of such person residing within the State as defined in subsection 88-506 (b), a hearing shall be set on the issue of whether such person is no longer mentally ill to the extent that he is incapable of managing his estate according to the procedures in Section 88-506, and the court of ordinary shall enter its order denying or granting such petition, with further rights of appeal from the order of the court of ordinary as provided in subsection (j) and with costs as provided in Section 88-520. In the event the prayers of the petitioner are granted, the court shall send a copy of its order to the ordinary of the county wherein the petitioner was originally adjudged incapable of managing his own estate. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. PURCHASE OF AUTOMOBILES BY STATE REVENUE DEPARTMENT. No. 506 (House Bill No. 164). An Act to amend an Act which made comprehensive provision for an integrated tax administration for Georgia, approved January 3, 1938 (Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 77), as amended, so as to authorize the purchase of motor vehicles; to provide for a limitation on the purchase of such motor vehicles; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act which made comprehensive provision for an integrated tax administration for Georgia, approved January 3, 1938 (Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 77), as amended, is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph at the end of section 5 to read as follows: Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Revenue Commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, through the State Purchasing Department, as other purchases are made, motor vehicles, including passenger-carrying vehicles, and such purchases shall not fall within the restrictions relating to the purchase, use and furnishing of automobiles as provided in Code Chapter 40-20, as amended. Such vehicles when purchased shall be used only in connection with the control of the manufacture, sale, distribution, storage, or transportation of distilled spirits and alcohol and the same shall not be used by any employee of the Department except those authorized to enforce the laws, rules, and regulations relating to distilled spirits and alcohol. Provided, however, the Revenue Commissioner shall not be authorized to purchase more than 15 such motor vehicles. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. GEORGIA INSURANCE CODE AMENDEDDEPOSITS BY FOREIGN AND ALIEN INSURERS. Code 56-310 Amended. No. 507 (House Bill No. 176). An Act to amend Code section 56-310, relating to the deposit required for foreign and alien insurers, so as to authorize the Commissioner to require additional deposits; to provide

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that such additional deposits shall not apply to life insurers; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 56-310, relating to the deposit required for foreign and alien insurers, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof, a new paragraph to read as follows: On and after July 1, 1967, in those instances where the Commissioner in his judgment shall deem it to be in the best interests of the citizens of this state, no Certificate of Authority shall be issued by the Commissioner to any foreign and alien insurer, nor shall any Certificate of Authority be renewed for any such insurer, unless said insurer shall deposit with the Treasurer of the State of Georgia, in addition to those requirements provided for above, securities eligible for the investment of capital funds in such amount as the Commissioner shall require but in no event shall he require a deposit of additional securities which would bring the aggregate total of such securities required by this section to be on deposit to exceed $100,000.00. Such additional deposits shall be administered as provided for above. Provided, however, such additional deposits shall not apply to foreign and alien life insurers. Section 2. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. CLAYTON JUDICIAL CIRCUITSOLICITOR-GENERAL. No. 508 (House Bill No. 185). An Act to amend an Act creating the Clayton Judicial Circuit, approved February 16, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 95),

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as amended by an Act approved March 7, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 195), and an Act approved March 20, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 170), so as to change the compensation of the solicitor-general of the Clayton Judicial Circuit; to provide that the solicitor general shall be prohibited from engaging in the private practice of law; to provide that the solicitor general shall be authorized to appoint an assistant solicitor general; to provide for the powers, duties and compensation of the assistant solicitor general; to provide that the assistant solicitor general shall be prohibited from engaging in the private practice of law; to provide that the assistant solicitor general shall be authorized to employ one secretary; to provide that the solicitor general shall be authorized to fix the compensation of the secretary within certain limitations; to repeal certain provisions relating to the employing of personnel by the solicitor general and the county governing authority; to provide the procedures connected with the foregoing; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating the Clayton Judicial Circuit, approved February 16, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 95), as amended by an Act approved March 7, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 195), and an Act approved March 20, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 170), is hereby amended by striking section 3 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new section 2 to read as follows: Section 2. The compensation and allowances of the judges of said circuit shall be as now or hereafter provided by law. The judge of said circuit shall have the power, with the approval of the county governing authority, to employ such personnel as may be considered necessary by the county governing authority and the judge for the proper functioning of the court. Personnel. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by adding a new section immediately following section 2 to be designated section 2A to read as follows:

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Section 2 A (a) The solicitor general of the Clayton Judicial Circuit shall be compensated on a salary basis rather than a fee basis, and in addition to the compensation and allowances paid the solicitors general of the superior courts by the State, the solicitor general of said circuit shall be compensated in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per annum, which shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the funds of Clayton County. The solicitor general of the Clayton Judicial Circuit is hereby prohibited from engaging in the private practice of law. Solicitor-general. (b) The solicitor general is hereby authorized to appoint one assistant solicitor general, to serve at the pleasure of the solicitor general, who shall assist the solicitor general in the performance of his duties, and said assistant solicitor general shall be clothed with all the powers and authority of the solicitor general. Said assistant solicitor general shall be compensated in the amount of nine thousand, six hundred dollars ($9,600.00) per annum, which shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the funds of Clayton County. Said assistant solicitor general is hereby prohibited from engaging in the private practice of law. Assistant. (c) The solicitor general is hereby authorized to employ one secretary, to serve at the pleasure of the solicitor general. The solicitor general shall be authorized to fix the compensation of said secretary, but such compensation shall be comparable to the compensation paid to employees holding similar positions under the Clayton County Civil Service System. The compensation paid to the secretary shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the funds of Clayton County. Section 3. Said Act is further amended by striking the second paragraph of section 5A which reads as follows: The judge and solicitor general of said circuit shall have the power, with the approval of the county governing authority, to employ such personnel as may be considered necessary by the county governing authority and the judge and the solicitor general to the proper functioning of the court., Repealed. in its entirety.

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Section 4. The provisions of this Act shall not become effective until January 1, 1969, but in the event the office of solicitor general of the Clayton Judicial Circuit becomes vacant by reason of death, resignation, disability, or otherwise at any time before January 1, 1969, then this Act shall become effective on the date of such vacancy. Effective date. Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced at the January, 1967 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia, a bill to change the compensation of the solicitor of the superior court of Clayton County; to provide for an assistant solicitor; to provide for a secretary for the office of the solicitor; to provide for the compensation of the assistant solicitor and the secretary; to prohibit the solicitor and the assistant solicitor from engaging in the private practice of law; to provide for all other matters relative thereto; to provide an effective date; and for other purposes. This 3rd day of January, 1967. Senator Kenneth Kilpatrick Repr. Wm. J. Bill Lee Repr. Arch Gary Repr. Lamar Northcutt Georgia, Fulton County. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, duly authorized to administer oaths, Lamar D. Northcutt who, on oath, deposes and says that he is Representative from the 35th District, and that the attached copy of notice of intention to introduce local legislation was published in the Forest Park Free Press Clayton County News Farmer which is the official organ of Clayton County, on the following dates: January 3, 10 17, 1967. /s/ Lamar D. Northcutt Representative, 35th District

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Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 8th day of February, 1967. /s/ Pamela A. McIntyre Notary Public, Georgia, State at Large. My Commission Expires Jan. 9, 1971. (Seal). Approved April 18, 1967. MINIMUM FOUNDATION PROGRAM OF EDUCATION ACT AMENDED. No. 510 (House Bill No. 204). An Act to amend an Act entitled Minimum Foundation Program of Education Act, approved January 24, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 3, et seq.), so as to provide that budgets of school districts borrowing funds for operations in anticipation of revenues from county school taxes and independent school systems may include in estimated receipts one-half of the estimated school tax revenue from county ad valorem levies or independent school systems levies for the calendar year in which the school districts' budget year ends; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled Minimum Foundation Program of Education Act, approved January 24, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 3, et seq.), is hereby amended by changing the period at the end of the last sentence of section 41 to a semicolon, and inserting thereafter the following: provided, however, that budgets of school districts borrowing funds for operations in anticipation of revenues from county school taxes or independent school system tax may include in estimated receipts one-half of the estimated school

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tax revenue from county ad valorem levies for the calendar year in which the school districts' budget year ends., so that when so amended section 41 shall read as follows: Section 41. Preparation of School Budgets by Local Superintendents of Schools Prior to a date to be prescribed by the State Board, the superintendent of schools of each local unit of administration shall, each year, meet and confer with the board of education of the local unit for the purpose of discussing, exploring and determining functions to be performed, services to be rendered, obligations to be met by, and the need for improvement of the local school system during the next fiscal school year, and shall submit to the local board of education a report covering the operations of the local school system during the current school year, his recommendations respecting the foregoing matters for the next fiscal school year, and a tentative proposed budget for the next fiscal school year for consideration by members of the board, all of which shall be recorded in the minutes of the Board meeting. The local board of education may direct revisions be made in the tentative budget in such manner as it may deem necessary or advisable. On or before a date to be prescribed by the State Board but subsequent to February 15 each year, the superintendent of schools shall revise the tentative school budget in such manner as may be required by virtue of the information received pursuant to provisions of Section 40 of this Act and directions of the local board, and prepare and submit to the local board at such time a proposed final budget for the next fiscal school year. Except as provided herein, the form and manner in which school budgets shall be prepared shall be prescribed by the State Board. The proposed final budget of the local unit shall reflect an estimate of cash and credits on hand, or deficit, and outstanding fixed and current liabilities, anticipated as of the close of the current fiscal school year; an estimate of receipts reasonably expected to be received by the local unit from all sources, local State or Federal, during the next fiscal school year, the amount expected from each source, and the use for which such funds are allotted or to be used; an estimate of all expenditures reasonably expected to be made during the next fiscal school year,

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including reserves, arranged in accordance with classifications prescribed by the State Board, and the amount of local, State, Federal or other funds to be used for the purpose of making such expenditures; and estimate of cash and credits on hand, or deficit, and outstanding fixed and current liabilities, anticipated as of the close of the next fiscal school year; the local school tax levy necessary to produce the amount of local funds required to be put up by the local unit pursuant to provisions of this Act and as may otherwise be needed to meet the proposed final budget for the next fiscal school year, and the anticipated amount of local school funds to be actually produced as a result of such levy; the school tax levy to be made and the anticipated amount of funds to be produced thereby; and such other matters as the State Board may require. The proposed final budget shall be balanced, shall not require disbursement of more State funds than are to be made available under and in accordance with provisions of this Act, and proposed expenditures to be made during the next fiscal school year, plus reserves, shall not exceed estimated receipts for the fiscal school year, plus uncommitted cash balances expected to be available at the beginning of the fiscal school year; provided however, that budgets of school districts borrowing funds for operations in anticipation of revenues from county school taxes or independent school systems levies may include in estimated receipts one-half of the estimated school tax revenue from county ad valorem levies for the calendar year in which the school districts' budget year ends. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACT AMENDED. No. 512 (House Bill No. 215). An Act to amend an Act known as The Children and Youth Act, approved March 14, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 81), so as to provide that the provisions relating to unlicensed

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placement of children for care or adoption shall not be construed to prohibit a properly licensed attorney at law from providing necessary legal services and counsel to parties engaged in adoption proceedings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as The Children and Youth Act, approved March 14, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 81), is hereby amended by adding at the end of section 14 (r) the following: Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a properly licensed attorney at law from providing necessary legal services and counsel to parties engaged in adoption proceedings. so that section 14 (r) when so amended shall read as follows: Section 14 (r) Unlicensed Placement of Children for Care or Adoption. No person, agency, hospital, maternity home, institution, or official, public or private, in this State shall receive or accept a child under seventeen (17) years of age for placement or adoption, or place such a child either temporarily or permanently in a home other than the home of the child's relatives, without having been licensed by the Division. Violation of this provision shall be punishable by fine of not less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars nor exceeding five hundred ($500.00) dollars for each offense. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a properly licensed attorney at law from providing necessary legal services and counsel to parties engaged in adoption proceedings. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967.

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LANDLORD AND TENANTTENANT MAY NOT DISPUTE LANDLORD'S TITLE. Code 61-107 Amended. No. 513 (House Bill No. 273). An Act to amend Code section 61-107, which provides that the tenant may not dispute his landlord's title nor attorn to another while in possession, so as to provide that the tenant may not dispute his landlord's title nor attorn to another while in actual physical occupation, or while the tenant performs any act, either active or passive, or takes any position whereby he expressly or impliedly recognizes his landlord's title, or while the tenant takes any position that is inconsistent with the position that the landlord's title is defective; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code section 61-107, which provides that the tenant may not dispute his landlord's title nor attorn to another while in possession, is hereby amended by striking therefrom the following: while in possession and substituting in lieu thereof the following: while in actual physical occupation, or while the tenant performs any act, either active or passive, or takes any position whereby he expressly or impliedly recognizes his landlord's title, or while the tenant takes any position that is inconsistent with the position that the landlord's title is defective, so that when so amended, Code section 61-107 shall read as follows: 61-107. The tenant may not dispute his landlord's title nor attorn to another claimant while in actual physical occupation,

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or while the tenant performs any act, either active or passive, or takes any position whereby he expressly or impliedly recognizes his landlord's title, or while the tenant takes any position that is inconsistent with the position that the landlord's title is defective. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. REINSTATEMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS LICENSES FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES. No. 515 (House Bill No. 313). An Act to amend an Act providing for the giving of security by owners and operators of motor vehicles, approved February 21, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 565), as amended, so as to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Safety to reinstate the licenses of certain persons whose licenses have been suspended for purposes directly related to such persons' business or employment under certain conditions; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act providing for the giving of security by owners and operators of motor vehicles, approved February 21, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 565), as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end of section 7-B a new subsection to be designated subsection (5) to read as follows: (5) The Director shall be authorized to reinstate the license of any such person whose license has been suspended for purposes directly related to such person's business or employment if such person shall file, within ten days after notice, the statement required under subsection (1) of this

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section, or proof of financial responsibility if subject to subsection (2) of this Act. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. COBB JUDICIAL CIRCUITINVESTIGATORS. No. 516 (House Bill No. 316). An Act to amend an Act creating the Cobb Judicial Circuit, approved February 19, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 184), as amended by an Act approved February 8, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 149), an Act approved February 26, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 163), an Act approved March 31, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 233), an Act approved February 19, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 149), an Act approved April 5, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 553), an Act approved February 27, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 130), an Act approved April 5, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 548), and an Act approved March 2, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 107), so as to authorize the solicitor general to appoint such additional investigators as may be approved by the governing authority of Cobb County; to authorize the governing authority to fix the compensation of such investigators; to provide that any investigator who has been admitted to the practice of law in the State of Georgia shall be authorized to conduct the duties of solicitor general in the Civil and Criminal Court of Cobb County; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating the Cobb Judicial Circuit, approved February 19, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 184), as amended by an Act approved February 8, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 149), an Act approved February 26, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 163), an Act approved March 31, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 233), an Act approved February 19, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 149),

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an Act approved April 5, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 553), an Act approved February 27, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 130), an Act approved April 5, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 548), and an Act approved March 2, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 107), is hereby amended by adding a new section to be known as section 4 (c) to read as follows: Section 4 (c). The solicitor general of the Cobb Judicial Circuit is hereby authorized to appoint such additional investigators as may be approved by the governing authority of Cobb County. Such additional investigators shall serve at the pleasure of said solicitor general and shall perform such duties as may be assigned by the solicitor general. The compensation of any additional investigators so appointed shall be fixed by the governing authority of Cobb County and shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the funds of Cobb County. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by adding a new section to be known as section 4 (d) to read as follows: Section (d). Any investigator who shall be admitted to the practice of law in the State of Georgia shall be authorized to conduct the duties of the solicitor general in the Civil and Criminal Court of Cobb County. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICESEMPLOYEES OF BALDWIN COUNTY DEPARTMENT. No. 517 (House Bill No. 320). An Act to authorize and empower the State Department of Family and Children Services to reimburse Baldwin County one hundred percent of the administrative expenses

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incurred by employees of the Baldwin County Department of Family and Children Services assigned fulltime to Milledgeville State Hospital by the State Department of Family and Children Services; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the same: Section 1. An Act entitled the State Welfare Reorganization Act approved February 27, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, pp. 355-370) is hereby amended by adding at the end of section 15 thereof the following: Provided however, the county commissioner or board of commissioners, or the constituted fiscal or financial agent of Baldwin County, Georgia shall be reimbursed at the rate of one hundred percent for the administrative expenses incurred by any employee of the Baldwin County Department of Family and Children Services who has been assigned, by the State Department of Family and Children Services, to perform his duties on a full-time basis at the Milledgeville State Hospital. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. PRACTICE AND PROCEDUREPETITION, COURT COSTS, ETC. IN ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS. No. 518 (House Bill No. 324). An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to amend and revise the adoption laws now set forth in Chapter 74-4 of the Code of 1933; to provide for an investigation and report to the superior court in which an adoption petition is filed on the proposed adoption by the State Department

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of Public Welfare, where facilities are available; and for other purposes., approved March 27, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 300), as amended, so as to provide for the depositing of a fee for advance court costs of $15.00 with all adoption petitions; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled An Act to amend and revise the adoption laws now set forth in Chapter 74-4 of the Code of 1933; to provide for an investigation and report to the superior court in which an adoption petition is filed on the proposed adoption by the State Department of Public Welfare where facilities are available; and for other purposes., approved March 27, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 300), as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end of section 4 the following sentence: At the time of filing the petition, the petitioner shall deposit with the clerk the sum of $15.00 which shall be the clerk's cost for filing and processing the adoption proceedings. so that, when so amended, section 4 shall read as follows: Section 4. Petition and Contents. The petition, duly verified, together with two conformed copies thereof, must be filed with the clerk of the court having jurisdiction, and shall set forth the name, age and place of residence of the child; the name, age and place of residence of the petitioner or petitioners; the name by which the child is to be known should the adoption be ultimately completed; whether such child is possessed of any property and if so, a full and complete description thereof; whether the child has one or both parents living; and in case one or both are alive, their names and places of residence, unless unknown; if the child has a guardian of its person, the name and residence of said guardian together with the date and place of his appointment; and the written consent required by Section 3. If the petition is filed in a county other than that of the petitioner's residence, the reason therefor must also be set forth in the

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petition. At the time of filing the petition, the petitioner shall deposit with the clerk the sum of $15.00 which shall be the clerk's cost for filing and processing the adoption proceedings. Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall apply to all adoption proceedings filed on and after May 1, 1967. Effective date. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. CURRENT INCOME TAX PAYMENT ACT OF 1960 AMENDED. No. 522 (House Bill No. 342). An Act to amend an Act known as the Current Income Tax Payment Act of 1960, approved February 28, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 7), as amended, so as to extend the time for reporting and paying the amount of tax withheld from employees' wages under certain circumstances; to provide the procedures connected with the foregoing; to specifically repeal a certain Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the Current Income Tax Payment Act of 1960, approved February 28, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 7), as amended, is hereby amended by striking subsection (a) of section 5 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) Quarterly returns. Every employer required to deduct and withhold any tax under this Act, and every person who deducts and withholds any amount from any wage payments under the authority of this Act shall make a calendar quarterly return to the Commissioner on a form prescribed

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by him and shall pay therewith the tax required to be paid under this Act for such calendar quarter, or the amount withheld from employees' wages during such calendar quarter under the authority of this Act. Such quarterly return and the payment of the required tax shall be due not later than the last day of the month following the close of the calendar quarter. Provided: that no such calendar quarterly return shall be due and no tax owing or withheld shall be paid under the provisions of this subsection for any or all of the first three calendar quarters of the calendar year until the tax required to be paid or the amount withheld from employees' wages for such calendar quarter or quarters equals or exceeds fifty dollars ($50.00) or until the fourth calendar quarterly return is due, whichever occurs first; provided: further, that the extension of time contained in this provision for reporting and for paying the amount withheld from employees' wages or the tax required to be paid by this Act shall in no way affect any other provision of this Act. Section 2. An Act entitled An Act to amend Title 92 (`Public Revenue'), Division I (`Sources of Revenue'), Part IX (`Income Taxes'), Chapter 92-33B (`Current Income Tax Payment Act'), subsection (a) of section 92-3305b (`Quarterly returns and payments of tax') of the 1933 Code of Georgia, as amended, so as to extend the time for reporting and paying the amount of tax withheld from employees' wages, or the tax required to be paid by the Current Income Tax Payment Act, under certain circumstances; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved March 11, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 451), is hereby repealed in its entirety. 1964 Act repealed. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967.

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COMPENSATION, ETC. OF CORONERS OF CERTAIN COUNTIES (250,000-500,000). Code 21-105 Amended. No. 524 (House Bill No. 398). An Act to amend section 21-105 of the Code of Georgia of 1933 so as to provide that coroners in counties having a population of not less than 250,000 and not more than 500,000 according to the United States Census of 1960, or any future United States census, shall receive a salary in lieu of the fees allowed by law for holding inquests; to provide for the manner in which such salary shall be fixed; to create the position and employment of a deputy coroner in said counties; to define the duties and compensation of said deputy coroner; and to provide authorization for the commissioner or board of commissioners of roads and revenues, or other authority having in charge the fiscal affairs of such counties to provide secretarial, clerical or other services or assistance for the office of the coroner in such counties; to amend an Act approved March 16, 1961, Georgia Laws 1961, page 153, amending section 21-105 of the Code of Georgia of 1933, so as to provide that coroners in counties having a population of not less than 250,000 and not more than 500,000, according to the United States census of 1960, or any future United States census, shall receive a salary in lieu of the fees allowed by law for holding inquests and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same: Section 1. That section 21-105 of the Code of Georgia of 1933 be, and the same is hereby amended, by adding to said section the following words: In all counties of this State having a population of not less than 250,000, and not more than 500,000, according to the United States census of 1960, or any future United States census, the coroner shall receive an annual salary,

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payable monthly out of the county treasury, in lieu of the fees allowed a coroner by law for holding inquests. Said salary shall be in the sum of not less than seven thousand five hundred ($7,500.00) dollars per annum. Section 2. In all such counties there shall be created the position of deputy coroner. The deputy coroner shall be employed by the coroner and shall hold office at the pleasure or direction of the coroner. It shall be the duty of said deputy coroner to assist the coroner in the performance of the duties of the coroner as prescribed by the laws of Georgia pertaining to the duties of the coroners of this state, and the said deputy coroner, shall, when in the performance of said duties have the same authority to act as the coroner. The said deputy coroner shall receive an annual salary of not less than twenty-one hundred ($2100.00) dollars, payable monthly out of the county treasury, and said deputy coroner shall receive no other fees for the performance of his duties, and said salary shall thereafter be fixed by the commissioner or Board of Commissioners of roads and revenues, or other authority having in charge the fiscal affairs of such counties. Section 3. In all such counties the commissioner or board of commissioners of roads and revenues, or other authority having in charge the fiscal affairs of such counties shall be authorized to provide and furnish secretarial, clerical, or other services, or assistance for the office of the coroner. Section 4. This Act shall become effective and of force upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Section 5. 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 an Act approved March 16, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 153) providing a salary in lieu of fees for coroners in counties having a population of not less than 250,000 and not more than 500,000, according to the United States census of 1960, or any future United States census, be, and the same is hereby expressly amended. Section 6. Notice of the intention to apply for the passage of this local bill has been published in the newspaper

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in which the sheriff's advertisements for DeKalb County are published, namely, in the DeKalb New Era, once a week for three weeks during a period of sixty days immediately preceding its introduction in the General Assembly. Attached hereto and made a part of this bill is a copy of said notice accompanied by an affidavit of the author to the effect that said notice has been published as provided by law. Georgia, DeKalb County. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned attesting officer, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, E. C. Harvey, Jr. Coroner of DeKalb County, Georgia, author of attached bill, who, after being duly sworn, says that the notice attached hereto has been published in the newspaper in which the sheriff's advertisements for DeKalb County are published once a week for three weeks, during a period of sixty days immediately preceding its introduction into the General Assembly, as required by Article III, Section VII, Paragraph XV of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. This 19th day of January, 1967. E. C. Harvey, Jr. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 19th day of January, 1967. /s/ Ruth M. Echols Notary Public, Georgia State at Large. My Commission Expires Jan. 24, 1968. Notice of Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to apply for the passage of local legislation at the January 1967 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia, the title of which bill or bills to be as follows: An Act to amend section 21-105 of the Code of Georgia of 1933 as amended, so as to provide the manner in which the salary of the Coroner of DeKalb County shall be paid,

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and to set the compensation of said Coroner, and to amend an Act approved March 16, 1961, and for other purposes. This 29th day of December, 1966. E. C. Harvey, Jr., Coroner DeKalb County, Georgia Georgia, DeKalb County. Personally appeared before the undersigned officer authorized by law to administer oaths, Britt Fayssoux, who, being duly sworn, deposes and states on oath that he is general manager of the New Era Publishing Company, Inc., a Georgia corporation, and is authorized to make this affidavit on its behalf. Deponent avers that the New Era Publishing Company, Inc. is the publisher of the DeKalb New Era, a newspaper published in the City of Decatur, being of general circulation and being the legal organ for the county of DeKalb, and further avers that legal notice, a true copy of which is hereto attached, intent to introduce local legislation was duly published once a week for 3 weeks as required by law, the dates of publication being January 5, January 12, and January 19, 1967. Britt Fayssoux Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 19 day of January, 1967. /s/ Carol E. Wheeler Notary Public, Georgia, State at Large. My Commission Expires Mar. 5, 1967. (Seal). Approved April 18, 1967. NORTHEASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUITSOLICITORGENERAL PLACED ON SALARY BASIS. No. 526 (House Bill No. 417). An Act to abolish the present mode of compensating the solicitor general of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit

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known as the fee system; to provide in lieu thereof an annual salary; to provide that all fees, costs, and other emoluments shall become the property of the counties comprising said circuit; to provide that said counties shall be subrogated to all rights, claims and liens of said officer; to provide for the collection, disposition, and accounting and such fees, costs, and other emoluments; to provide for the appointment of a secretary; to provide for the compensation of said secretary; to provide for an expense allowance for postage and other office supplies; to prohibit the solicitor general from engaging in the private practice of law; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The present mode of compensating the solicitor general of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit known as the fee system is hereby abolished, and the solicitor general of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit shall be compensated on a salary basis in the amount and manner as hereinafter provided. Salary basis. Section 2. The solicitor general of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit is hereby prohibited from engaging in the private practice of law. Practice of law. Section 3. The solicitor general of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit shall receive an annual salary of $15,000.00, payable in equal monthly installments as hereinafter provided by the counties comprising said judicial circuit. The solicitor general shall also receive an additional allowance of $5,000.00 per annum for a secretary and other expenses, which shall be paid quarterly as hereinafter provided by the counties comprising said judicial circuit. The solicitor general shall submit to the governing authorities of the counties comprising said judicial circuit quarterly statements together with receipts for their proportionate share of the secretarial and office expenses. The total amount which the solicitor general shall be paid by the counties comprising said judicial circuit for secretarial and office expenses shall

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in no event exceed $5,000.00 per annum. The solicitor general is hereby authorized to appoint a secretary or secretaries and fix their compensation, which shall be payable out of funds received by the solicitor general. Such personnel shall serve at the pleasure of the solicitor general. The salary and allowances provided herein shall be paid by the counties comprising the Northeastern Judicial Circuit in the ratio which the population of the county bears to the total population of the counties comprising said judicial circuit as shown by the latest official decennial census. Salary, etc. Section 4. All fees, commissions, costs, monies, and other emoluments accruing to the office of said solicitor general, except the salary and allowance provided herein and the salary and allowances paid out of the Treasury of the State, shall become the property of the counties of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit in which the same are collected, and said counties are hereby subrogated to all rights, claims and liens of said solicitor general therefor. Fees. Section 5. After the effective date of this Act, the solicitor general shall diligently and faithfully undertake to collect all fees, commissions, costs, funds, monies and other emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor general and belonging to said counties and shall receive and hold the same in trust for said counties as public funds and shall pay same into the treasuries of said counties on or before the 10th day of the month following the month in which they were collected or received. At the time of each such monthly payment, said solicitor general shall furnish to the treasurer or other fiscal authority of each county a detailed statement of all such funds collected and received during the preceding month by said solicitor general and paid into the treasury of each county. Same. Section 6. The provisions of this Act shall become effective January 1, 1971, but in the event the office of solicitor general of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit becomes vacant by reason of death, resignation, disability, or otherwise at any time before January 1, 1971, the provisions of this Act shall become effective on the date of such vacancy.

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Section 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. TAX ON TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY. No. 531 (House Bill No. 561). An Act to provide for a tax on each deed, instrument or other writing by which any real estate is sold, transferred or conveyed when the consideration or value of the interest or property conveyed exceeds one hundred dollars; to provide for the collection of such tax; to provide that such tax shall be paid before any such deed, instrument or other writing shall be filed for record or recorded in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of any county of this State; to provide that it shall be the duty of the State Revenue Commissioner to administer the provisions of said Act; to provide the authority of the State Revenue Commissioner in administering the provisions of said Act; to provide that the clerks of the Superior Courts of the several counties of this State shall be agents of the State Revenue Commissioner for the purpose of collecting said tax; to provide for the payment of fees to such agents; to provide for the procedure connected with the foregoing; to provide for unlawful acts and penalties therefor; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. There is hereby imposed, on each deed, instrument or other writing by which any lands, tenements or other realty sold shall be granted, assigned, transferred or otherwise conveyed to, or vested in, the purchaser or purchasers, or any other person or persons, by his or their direction, when the consideration or value of the interest or property conveyed (exclusive of the value of any lien or

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encumbrance remaining thereon at the time of sale) exceeds one hundred dollars, a tax at the rate of fifty cents for the first five hundred dollars or fractional part thereof, and at the rate of 10 cents for each additional one hundred dollars or fractional part thereof. Amount, etc. Section 2. The tax imposed by this Act shall be paid by the person who executes such deed, instrument or other writing or for whose use or benefit the same is executed. Intent. Section 3. The tax imposed by section 1 of this Act shall not apply to any instrument or writing given to secure a debt. Exemption. Section 4. The clerks of the superior courts of the several counties of this State are hereby designated and made agents of the State Revenue Commissioner for the purpose of collecting the tax provided in this Act. Said clerks are further authorized to affix certificates on the deeds, instruments or other writings required to have said tax paid thereon as required by this Act. It shall be the duty of said clerks of the superior courts of this State to perform the duties herein provided. In the performance of the duties imposed by the provisions of this Act, said clerks of the superior courts shall be entitled to a fee in addition to all other fees now or hereafter provided by law of twenty-five cents (25) for each deed, instrument or other writing requiring tax to be paid thereon as provided in this Act and filed for record and recorded in the county wherein any such clerk of the superior court holds office. Said fee shall be paid by the State Revenue Commissioner from the funds remitted to the State Revenue Commissioner from the funds received from the tax collected as provided in this Act or from the funds appropriated to or otherwise made available to the Department of Revenue of the State of Georgia. The said fees received by said clerks of the superior courts shall be distributed as follows: Collection, etc. (a) In the event the clerk of the superior court receiving such fee is compensated on a salary basis, the amount of said fees so received shall be paid into the treasury of the county, and

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(b) In the event the clerk is not compensated on a salary basis, the amount of fees so received by any such clerk of the Superior Court shall be retained by said clerk. Section 5. No such deed, instrument or other writing as described in section 1 of this Act shall be filed for record or recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court or filed for record or recorded in or on any other official record of this State or any county therein until and unless the tax imposed by this Act has theretofore been paid. Upon payment of the correct tax, the clerk of the superior court or his deputy shall enter upon or attach to such deed, instrument or other writing as described in section 1 of this Act a certification of the fact that the tax as imposed by this Act has been paid, the date and the amount thereof, and shall be signed by the clerk or deputy clerk receiving such tax. It is the intention of the General Assembly of Georgia that the tax as imposed by this Act shall be paid to the clerk or his deputy prior to and as a prerequisite to the filing for record of any such deed, instrument or other writing. The certificate entered upon or attached to the deed, instrument or other writing as described in section 1 of this Act shall be recorded with such deed, instrument or other writing and shall be in such form as the State Revenue Commissioner may require, but in any event, shall bear the signature of the clerk or his deputy. In the event any deed, instrument or other writing upon which tax is imposed by this Act is required to be recorded in more than one county, the tax thereon required shall be paid to the clerk or his deputy of the county in which such property is located. In the event such property is located in more than one county, such tax shall be paid to the clerk or his deputy of the county in which such deed, instrument or other writing is first recorded. Payment. Section 6. It shall be the duty of the State Revenue Commissioner to administer the provisions of this Act. In administering the provisions of this Act, the State Revenue Commissioner shall be vested with authority to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectively administer the provisions of this Act and to perform such

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other duties and functions as may be necessary for the proper performance and enforcement of the provisions of this Act. Rules. Section 7. The State Revenue Commissioner shall also be authorized to designate employees of the Department of Revenue of the State of Georgia for the purpose of administering the provisions of this Act and may delegate to employees of said Department any of the duties required of him pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Administration of Act. Section 8. Each agent authorized pursuant to section 4 of this Act shall, at least once every thirty (30) days and at such more frequent intervals as the State Revenue Commissioner may direct, remit to the Commissioner all funds collected by such agent from the tax provided in this Act and make such reports as the Commissioner may require. Transfer, etc. to Revenue Commissioner. Section 9. All revenues derived from the tax imposed by this Act shall be distributed among the State and municipalities in which the real estate is situated and the county in which such real estate is situated in the same proportion that revenues derived from the tax imposed by the Act providing for the levy of taxes on certain classes of intangible personal property, approved December 27, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937-38, p. 156), as now or may hereafter be amended, are divided. If the real estate is situated in more than one county, the appropriate portion of the tax shall be equitably divided among such counties by the State Revenue Commissioner. Distribution of tax. Section 10. Any person required under this Act to collect, account for, and pay over any tax imposed by this Act who willfully fails to collect or truthfully account for and pay over such tax shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Crimes. Section 11. Any person who wilfully, in any manner, evades or defeats any tax imposed by this Act or the payment thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Same.

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Section 12. The provisions of this Act shall become effective on January 1, 1968. In the event the U. S. Government extends its documentary stamp tax law after January 1, 1968, this law shall become null and void. Effective date. Section 13. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SAFEGUARDS ACT AMENDED. No. 532 (House Bill No. 578). An Act to amend an Act known as the Building-Construction Safeguards Act, approved March 24, 1933 (Ga. L. 1933, p. 111), so as to provide safeguards for workmen on building construction; to regulate scaffolding, pulleys, hoists, etc., used on such construction; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the Building-Construction Safeguards Act, approved March 24, 1933 (Ga. L. 1933, p. 111), is hereby amended by striking sections 1 through 7 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof new sections 1 through 7 to read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that after the passage and approval of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person employing or directing others, to perform labor of any kind in the erection, demolition, repairing, altering, painting, cleaning, or painting of a building or structure, without first having furnished proper protection to such person so employed or directed as herein provided in section 2.

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Section 2. All scaffolding, or staging, swung or suspended from an overhead support, or erected with stationary supports (except scaffolding wholly within the interior of a building, or structure, and covering the entire floor space therein), thirty feet or more from the ground, shall have a safety rail properly attached, bolted, braced, and otherwise secured, which said safety rail shall rise at least thirtyfour inches above the floor, or main portions of such scaffolding or staging, and extend for the full length of such staging, and along the ends thereof, with only such openings as may be necessary for the delivery of materials being used on such scaffold or staging. Such scaffolding or staging shall be so fastened as to prevent it from swaying from the building or structure. Section 3. All scaffolding or staging shall be so constructed that it will bear four times the weight required to be depended therefrom, or placed thereon, when in use. Section 4. The Commissioner of Labor shall, upon complaint being made, cause an immediate inspection of a scaffold, or mechanical device connected therewith, concerning which complaint has been made. He shall attach to every scaffold, staging, mechanism, or mechanical device, inspected by him, a certificate bearing his name and the date of inspection, on which certificate he shall plainly state whether he has found the scaffolding, staging, or mechanical device `safe' or `unsafe'. Section 5. If the Commissioner of Labor finds scaffolding, staging, or mechanical device, complained of, unsafe, he shall at once notify in writing the person responsible for the erection and maintenance of the scaffolding that he has found it to be unsafe. Said Commissioner shall then prohibit the use of such scaffolding, staging, or mechanical device, by any person, as such, until all danger has been removed, or until it has been made to comply with the terms of this Act, by alteration, reconstruction, demolition, and replacement, as the Commissioner may direct. Section 6. Such notice may be served personally upon the person responsible under the law; or such service may

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be perfected by affixing such notice in a conspicuous place on the scaffold, staging, or mechanical device found unsafe; the manner of service to be within the discretion of said Commissioner of Labor. Section 7. All persons wilfully, knowingly, and persistently continuing the use of a scaffold, staging, or other mechanical device, in violation of this Act, shall be punishable as for a misdemeanor. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. STONE MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION ACT AMENDEDBONDS. No. 533 (House Bill No. 588). An Act to amend an Act known as the Stone Mountain Memorial Association Act, approved February 21, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 61), as amended by an Act approved March 17, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 333), and an Act approved March 10, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 357); so as to provide for a maximum bond limitation not to exceed $15,000,000.00; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the Stone Mountain Memorial Association Act, approved February 21, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 61), as amended by an Act approved March 17, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 333), and an Act approved March 10, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 357) is hereby amended by striking section 10 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new section 10 to read as follows: Section 10. The Association or any Association, Authority or body which has or which may in the future

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succeed to the powers, duties and liabilities vested in the Association shall have power and is authorized at one time, or from time to time, to issue negotiable bonds in a sum not to exceed $15,000,000.00 in principal amount outstanding at any one time, for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of the project, including the acquisition of the property authorized by subsection (b) of section 5 of this Act to be acquired by the Association in the event funds for such acquisition do not become available under section 7 of this Act; and to adopt all necessary and appropriate resolutions to provide for the issuance of such negotiable bonds. Section 2. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. AUGUSTA JUDICIAL CIRCUITCOMPENSATION OF CHIEF ASSISTANT SOLICITORGENERAL. No. 535 (House Bill No. 608). An Act to amend an Act (Ga. L. 1965, p. 80-81) entitled: An Act to amend an Act abolishing the fee system for the solicitor-general of the Augusta Judicial Circuit and placing him upon an annual salary, approved August 18, 1919 (Ga. L. 1919, p. 545), as amended, so as to provide for the position of a chief assistant solicitor general for the Augusta Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of said assistant; to provide for the payment of his salary; to provide for his qualifications; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes, so as to increase the compensation paid to the chief assistant solicitor general, to repeal conflicting laws, to provide for an effective date and for other purposes. Be in enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act abolishing the fee system for the solicitor general of the Augusta Judicial Circuit and placing

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him upon an annual salary, approved August 18, 1919 (Ga. L. 1919, p. 545), as amended by Georgia Laws, 1965 Session, pages 80-81 is hereby amended by striking from section 5A the figure $7,000.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the figure $7,300.00, so that when so amended section 5A shall read as follows: Section 5A. The solicitor general of the Augusta Judicial Circuit is authorized to appoint a chief assistant solicitor general who shall serve at the pleasure of said solicitor general. Said assistant shall discharge such duties as shall be assigned to him by the solicitor general in connection with the discharge of the official duties of the solicitor general of the Augusta Judicial Circuit. The chief assistant solicitor general of the Augusta Judicial Circuit shall receive an annual salary of nine thousand three hundred ($9,300.00) dollars. Said salary shall be paid in equal monthly installments from funds of the counties comprising the Augusta Judicial Circuit in the following manner: Richmond County.....$7,300.00 Columbia County.....$1,000.00 Burke County.....$1,000.00 Said chief assistant solicitor general must have been a resident of the circuit of his appointment for a period of at least one year prior to his appointment, shall be at least twenty-one years of age at the time of assuming the office, and shall have been engaged in the practice of law for a period of at least two years prior to his appointment. Section 2. This Act shall become effective as of January 1, 1967. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967.

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PURCHASE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BY OR FOR MINORS. No. 536 (House Bill No. 613). An Act to provide that it shall be unlawful for minors to purchase any alcoholic, spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors or beverages; to provide that it shall be unlawful for a minor to misrepresent his age for the purpose of obtaining any such liquors or beverages; to provide that it shall be unlawful to knowingly act as an agent to purchase or acquire any such liquors or beverages for or on behalf of a minor; to provide for penalties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be in enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any minor to purchase any alcoholic, spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors or beverages, provided that this section shall not apply to any such liquors or beverages to be consumed for medical purposes pursuant to a prescription by a duly licensed physician under the laws of the State of Georgia. Purchase by minors. Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any minor to falsely misrepresent his age in any manner whatever, for the purpose of illegally obtaining any alcoholic, spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors or beverages. False representation of age. Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and intentionally act as agent to purchase or acquire any alcoholic, spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors or beverages for or on behalf of a minor, except for the authorized purposes set forth in section 1 of this Act. Agents. Section 4. Any person violating the above sections shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Misdemeanor. Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967.

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BANKS AND BANKINGRESERVES. Code 13-2027, 13-2028 Amended. No. 538 (House Bill No. 634). An Act to amend Code Chapter 13-20 relating to the regulation of the business of banking, as amended, so as to change the provisions relating to the reserve required to be maintained by banks; to provide a method for computing such reserves; to change the provisions relating to the failure to maintain reserves; to provide the procedures connected with the foregoing; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be in enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Chapter 13-20 relating to the regulation of the business of banking is hereby amended by striking in its entirety Code section 13-2027 relating to the maintenance of reserves by banks and inserting in lieu thereof a new Code section 13-2027 to read as follows: 13-2027. Reserves. Every bank whose deposits are subject to check shall at all times maintain a reserve of 15 per cent of the amount of its demand deposits, and five per cent of the amount of its savings and time deposits. Savings banks and trust companies whose deposits are not subject to check without notice shall maintain a reserve of five per cent of the amount of their deposits. The reserve or reserves required by this section shall be computed by each such bank, savings bank and trust company as of the opening of business on every other Thursday (unless Thursday be a legal holiday, in which event said computation shall be made as of the opening of business on the next succeeding business day) or such other day as the Superintendent of Banks may from time to time by regulation establish for such calculation, and shall at that time be computed on the basis of the average daily demand and/or savings and time deposits of such bank, savings bank or trust company covering the biweekly period immediately preceding the day fixed herein for such computation. Such reserve shall consist of lawful

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money of the United States, gold certificates, silver certificates, Federal Reserve or National Bank notes, in the office and vaults of the bank, and of moneys on deposit subject to call with other banks or bankers, such banks or bankers to be approved by the Superintendent of Banks: Provided, that the reserve against savings and time deposits may be invested in bonds of the United States or of this State, at the market value thereof: Provided, that any bank which is a member of the Federal Reserve System may in lieu of the reserve herein required keep and maintain such reserve as is required under the Acts of Congress relating to Federal Reserve banks. Demand deposits within the meaning of this section shall comprise all deposits payable within thirty (30) days, and time deposits shall comprise all deposits payable after thirty (30) days, and all savings accounts and certificates of deposit which are subject to not less than thirty (30) days notice before payment: and Provided, that a bank shall have the right to pay checks drawn upon it when presented by any bank, banker, trust company, or any agent thereof, either in money or in exchange drawn on its approved reserve agents, and to charge for such exchange not exceeding one-eighth of one per cent. of the aggregate amount of the checks so presented and paid. Section 2. Said Code Chapter is further amended by striking Code section 13-2028 relating to the failure of banks to maintain reserves in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new Code section 13-2028 to read as follows: 13-2028. Reserve Not Maintained. Whenever the reserve of any bank, computed in the manner and at the time provided by law, shall fall below the amount of 15 per cent. of its demand deposits and five per cent. of its savings and time deposits not subject to check and whenever the reserve of any savings bank or trust company whose deposits are not subject to check shall be below five per cent. of its deposits, such bank, savings bank or trust company shall not increase its liabilities by making any new loans or discounts otherwise than by discounting or purchasing bills of exchange at sight, nor shall any dividend be declared out of the profits of such bank, savings bank, or trust company,

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until the required proportion between the aggregate amount of its deposits and the amount to be held as a reserve has been restored. The Superintendent of Banks may notify any bank, savings bank or trust company, whose reserve shall be below the amount required to be kept on hand, to make good such reserve; and if such bank, savings bank or trust company shall fail within thirty (30) days thereafter to make good its reserve, the Superintendent of Banks may take charge of the business and assets of said bank, savings bank or trust company, as in other cases herein provided. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. NONRESIDENT MOTORIST ACT AMENDEDSERVICE OF PROCESS. No. 539 (House Bill No. 636). An Act to amend an Act providing for the method of serving nonresident motorists involved in any accident in the State of Georgia, approved March 30, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 732), as amended by an Act approved March 27, 1947 (Ga. L. 1947, p. 305), an Act approved March 9, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 650), an Act approved February 18, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 65), an Act approved March 13, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 649), an Act approved March 5, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 113), and an Act approved March 10, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 299), so as to clarify and revise the provisions relating to service on certain nonresident motorists; to provide the procedure for the foregoing; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act providing for the method of serving nonresident motorists involved in any accident in the State

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of Georgia, approved March 30, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 732), as amended by an Act approved March 27, 1947 (Ga. L. 1947, p. 305), an Act approved March 9, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 650), an Act approved February 18, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 65), an Act approved March 13, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 649), an Act approved March 5, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 113), and an Act approved March 10, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 299), is hereby amended by adding at the end of section 1 a new paragraph, to read as follows: Where such nonresident motorist is a minor, then the minor, and his parents or guardians, shall be deemed to have assented to the appointment by such ninresident minor and his parents or guardians of the Secretary of State of Georgia, or his successor in office, to be the true and lawful attorney in fact for such minor and his parents or guardians, upon whom may be served any summons or other lawful process in any action or proceeding against such nonresident minor, his parents or guardians, growing out of any accident or collision in which any such nonresident minor may be involved by reason of the operation by him, for him, or under his control or direction, express or implied, of a motor vehicle anywhere within the territorial limits of the State of Georgia, and said acceptance or operation shall be a signification of his agreement or an agreement for him by his parents or guardians that any such process against him or them shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon him or them personally; and in this respect the court wherein such action shall have been filed shall be authorized to appoint, upon motion duly made, a guardian ad litem for such minor for the purposes of defending such suit. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967.

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COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN SUPERIOR COURT CALENDAR CLERKS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (135,000140,000). No. 540 (House Bill No. 642). An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to provide for the appointment of and the salary for an executive secretary and calendar clerk to the judge or judges presiding in civil matters, as distinguished from domestic relations and criminal matters, of the superior courts in counties having a population of not less than 135,000 nor more than 140,000 inhabitants; to require the payment of such salaries from the treasury of such counties as a part of court expenses in all such counties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved March 4, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 164), so as to change the compensation of said executive secretary and calendar clerk; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled An Act to provide for the appointment of and the salary for an executive secretary and calendar clerk to the judge or judges presiding in civil matters, as distinguished from domestic relations and criminal matters, of the superior courts in counties having a population of not less than 135,000 nor more than 140,000 inhabitants; to require the payment of such salaries from the treasury of such counties as a part of court expenses in all such counties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved March 4, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 164), is hereby amended by striking from the second paragraph of section 1 the figure $5,292.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the figure $5,592.00, so that when so amended the second paragraph of section 1 shall read as follows: The annual salary of such appointee is hereby fixed at $5,592.00 per year payable in equal monthly payments. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967.

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ADOPTION OF ADULT PERSONSINHERITANCE. No. 543 (House Bill No. 657). An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to amend and revise the adoption laws now set forth in Code Sec. 74-420 of the Code of 1933; to provide for an investigation and report to the supperior court in which an adoption petition is filed on the proposed adoption by the State Department of Public Welfare where facilities are available; and for other purposes,, approved March 27, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 300), as amended, so as to provide the effect of the final order of adoption upon the status of an adopted adult; to provide that said adult shall enjoy all rights and privileges of a natural child to inherit and take under testamentary conveyances; to provide the conditions where person or persons adopting may inherit from the adopted adult; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, that: Section 1. An Act entitled An Act to amend and revise the adoption laws now set forth in Code Sec. 74-420 of the Code of 1933; to provide for an investigation and report to the superior court in which an adoption petition is filed on the proposed adoption by the State Department of Public Welfare where facilities are available; and for other purposes., is hereby amended by striking from section 17 the following: Thereafter the relation between petitioners and said adult shall be as to their legal rights and responsibilities, that of parent and child, but to all other persons the adopted adult shall stand as if no such act of adoption had been taken., and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Thereafter the relation between such person and the adopted adult shall be as to their legal rights and liabilities,

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the relation of parent and child: Provided, however, that petitioner or petitioners may inherit from the adopted adult that which is acquired or is vested in such adult subsequent to the final order of adoption, except that which such adult has acquired or inherited from blood relatives. Said adopted adult shall be considered in all respects as if he or she were a son or daughter of natural bodily issue of petitioner or petitioners and shall enjoy every right and privilege of a natural child of petitioner or petitioners; and shall be deemed a natural child of petitioner or petitioners to inherit under the laws of descent and distribution in the absence of a will and to take under the provisions of any instrument of testamentary gift, bequest, devise or legacy unless expressly excluded therefrom., so that when so amended section 17 shall read as follows: Section 17. Adoption of Adult Persons. Adult persons may be adopted and have their names changed on giving written consent to such adoption. In such cases, adoption shall be by a petition duly verified and filed, together with two conformed copies, in the Superior Court in the county in which either the adopting petitioners or the adopting adult resides, setting forth the names, ages and residences of petitioner or petitioners, and of the adult to be adopted, the name by which the said adult is to be known, and his or her written consent to the adoption. The court may at any time, whether at term time or in vacation, assign the said petition for hearing, and after examining the petitioners and the adult sought to be adopted, the court, if satisfied, that there is no reason why said adoption should not be granted, shall enter a final order of adoption changing the name of the adopted adult as requested. Thereafter the relation between such person and the adopted adult shall be as to their legal rights and liabilities, the relation of parent and child: Provided, however that petitioner or petitioners may inherit from the adopted adult that which is acquired or is vested in such adult subsequent to the final order of adoption, except that which such adult has acquired or inherited from blood relatives. Said adopted adult shall be considered in all respects as if he or she were a son or daughter of natural bodily issue of petitioner or petitioners

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and shall enjoy every right and privilege of a natural child of petitioner or petitioners; and shall be deemed a natural child of petitioner or petitioners to inherit under the laws of descent and distribution in the absence of a will and to take under the provisions of any instrument of testamentary gift, bequest, devise or legacy unless expressly excluded therefrom. Within 30 days after the final order of adoption, a certificate of adoption for the adopted adult shall be forwarded to the Registrar of Vital Records of the Georgia Department of Public Health in accordance with the provisions set forth in Chapter 88, Section 1713 of the Georgia Health Code for the purpose of filing a new birth certificate as prescribed in Chapter 88, Section 1714 of the Georgia Health Code. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. GEORGIA COMMISSION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER BASIN. No. 548 (House Bill No. 767). An Act to create the Georgia Commission for the Development of the Chattahoochee River Basin; to provide a short title; to provide for the membership of said Commission; to provide for the election of officers of said Commission; to provide for travel and maintenance expenses for the members of said Commission; to provide the purposes for the creation of said Commission; to provide for the powers of said Commission; to provide for an executive director and other employees of said Commission and for their compensation; to provide that said Commission may promulgate a merit system of employment for its employees and that said employees shall be eligible for membership in the Employees' Retirement System; to provide that said Commission shall perform certain duties; to provide that said Commission shall be a budget unit of

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the executive branch of government; to provide the procedures connected with the foregoing; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Act Creating the Georgia Commission for the Development of the Chattahoochee River Basin. Short title. Section 2. (a) There is hereby created within the executive branch of the State government, the Georgia Commission for the Development of the Chattahoochee River Basin which shall be a State agency and a budget unit of the executive branch of the State government. Created, members, etc. (b) Said Commission shall be composed of forty (40) members to be appointed as herein provided. The Governor shall appoint twenty (20) members to said Commission for initial terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The first members appointed by the Governor shall take office on the first day of April, 1967, for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Successors to the first members appointed by the Governor shall likewise be appointed for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Members appointed by the Governor shall be residents of the State of Georgia and shall be eligible for reappointment by the Governor. The remaining twenty (20) members shall be appointed by the governing authorities of certain counties bordering the Chattahoochee River as follows: The governing authority of each of the following counties shall appoint one member to said Commission, to wit: Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clay, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Early, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Harris, Heard, Muscogee, Quitman, Seminole, Stewart, Troup, and White. The members appointed by the governing authorities of said counties shall be appointed for initial terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The first members appointed by said governing authorities shall take office on April 1, 1967 for a term of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Successors

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to the first members shall likewise be appointed for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The members appointed by said county governing authorities shall be residents of the county from which they are appointed, and said members shall be eligible for reappointment. In the event a vacancy occurs in the membership of said Commission, the authority originally appointing the position made vacant shall promptly fill the same for the unexpired term. Twenty (20) members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business except as hereinafter provided. Vacancies. (c) The Governor shall call the first meeting of the Commission after all members have been appointed, and at the time of calling such meeting he shall appoint a temporary chairman from the membership of said Commission to preside at said meeting until a permanent chairman is elected. The first order of business of said meeting shall be the election of a permanent chairman from the membership of said Commission who shall be elected by a majority vote of all members of said Commission. After electing a permanent chairman, said Commission may elect such other officers as it shall deem necessary, and a majority of the quorum shall be sufficient to elect all officers except the chairman. The terms of office of the chairman and other officers shall be for one year. Chairman, etc. (d) The members of the Commission shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual travel and maintenance expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Compensation. Section 3. Said Commission is created for the purpose of encouraging and promoting the expansion and development of the full economic, industrial and recreational potential of the Chattahoochee River and its tributaries. By way of illustration and not of limitation, said Commission shall encourage and promote the development of navigation to Atlanta, trade and other commercial facilities, flood control, water supply, pollution abatement, hydro-electric power

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generation, recreation, protection and propagation of fish and wildlife, and the proper flow of dam-controlled water discharges. Duties. Section 4. In carrying out the purposes for which it was created, said Commission shall have the following powers: (a) To make rules and regulations for the proper administration of its powers and duties. Powers. (b) To administer all funds available to the Commission. (c) To accept any grant of funds made by the United States or any agency thereof for the purpose of carrying out any of its functions. (d) To accept gifts, bequests, devises and endowments to be used in carrying out the purposes of this Act. (e) To create such advisory committees to said Commission as in the opinion of the Commission may be deemed necessary. (f) To act either independently or jointly with any State department, commission, board, or institution in order to carry out its powers and duties. (g) To request from the various State departments and other agencies and authorities of the State and its political subdivisions and their agencies and authorities such available information as it may require in its work, and all such agencies and authorities shall within a reasonable time furnish such requested available information to the Commission. (h) To make such recommendations and reports to the Governor and to the General Assembly of Georgia as it deems necessary or advisable, in addition to the annual report required as hereinafter provided. (i) To employ and fix the compensation of an executive director who shall be technically qualified for the duties

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of said position, and upon the recommendation of said executive director, to employ and fix the compensation of such other qualified personnel as may be needed to effectively carry out the provisions of this Act. The executive director shall act as secretary to the Commission. (j) To contract with political subdivisions of the State of Georgia and with private persons and corporations. (k) To do all other things necessary and proper to exercise its powers and perform its duties to effectuate the purposes of this Act. Section 5. Said Commission is hereby authorized to promulgate a merit system of employment under which the employees of said Commission shall be selected on the basis of merit. All employees of the Commission are hereby authorized to be members of the Employees Retirement System of Georgia, established by an Act approved February 3, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 138) as the same is now or may hereafter be amended. All rights, credits and funds in such Retirement System which are possessed by any person at the time of his employment with the Commission are hereby continued and preserved, it being the intention of the General Assembly that such person shall not lose any rights, credits or funds to which he may be entitled prior to being employed by the Commission. Merit system. Section 6. The Commission shall have the following duties: (a) To formulate in cooperation with other State agencies, agencies of the United States government, interested organizations and citizens of the State of Georgia, a comprehensive program and plan for the development of the Chattahoochee River Basin. Duties. (b) To submit an annual report of its activities and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly of Georgia. Section 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967.

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STATE PENAL AND REHABILITATION AUTHORITY ACT AMENDEDBONDS. No. 549 (House Bill No. 783). An Act to amend an Act known as the State Penal and Rehabilitation Authority Act, approved March 17, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 892), as amended by an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 91), and an Act approved April 8, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 591), so as to provide for a maximum bond limitation not to exceed twelve million ($12,000,000.00) dollars; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the State Penal and Rehabilitation Authority Act, approved March 17, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 892), as amended by an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 91), and an Act approved April 8, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 591), is hereby amended by striking section 5 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 5 to read as follows: Section 5. The authority, or any authority or body which has or which may in the future succeed to the powers, duties and liabilities vested in the authority created hereby, shall have power and is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable revenue bonds, in a sum not to exceed twelve million ($12,000,000.00) dollars for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost as herein defined of any one or combination of projects. Once a total of twelve million ($12,000,000.00) dollars in revenue bonds has been issued, no revenue bonds shall be issued thereafter. The principal and interest of such revenue bonds shall be payable solely from the special fund herein provided for such payment. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates payable semi-annually, shall mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty (30) years from their date or dates, and shall be payable in such medium of payment as to both principal and interest as may be determined by the authority, and may

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be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the authority, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the authority in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds. Section 2. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF FUNERAL SERVICESREMOVAL OF MEMBERS. No. 551 (House Bill No. 793). An Act to amend an Act creating the Georgia State Board of Funeral Service and regulating the practice of embalming and funeral directing, approved February 13, 1950 (Ga. L. 1950, p. 238), as amended, so as to authorize a majority of the members of the board to remove any member who misses two consecutive regular or called meetings, except for certain reasons; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act creating the Georgia State Board of Funeral Service and regulating the practice of embalming and funeral directing, approved February 13, 1950 (Ga. L. 1950, p. 238), as amended, is hereby amended by striking section 5 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 5 to read as follows: Section 5. Name and composition of board. Qualifications, appointment, terms and removal of members. Oath of members. Certificates of appointment. Vacancies. The board hereby created shall be known and designated as the `Georgia State Board of Funeral Service' and shall consist of six (6) members, who shall be duly licensed and practicing funeral directors and embalmers with a minimum

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of five (5) consecutive years as such in this state immediately preceding their appointment. Effective upon the passage and approval of this Act the name of the board known as the `Georgia State Board of Embalming' is hereby changed to `Georgia State Board of Funeral Service' and the six (6) members now on said board shall constitute the members of the Georgia State Board of Funeral Service and shall continue in office as such until their successors are appointed and qualified, subject to the provisions of this Act. The members of said board shall be appointed by the Governor and all vacancies occurring on the board shall be filled by the Governor. Upon the passage and approval of this Act, the Governor shall appoint six (6) members of said board, one of whom shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years, one for a term of five years, and one for a term of six years. Thereafter and upon the expiration of their respective terms, the Governor shall appoint successors for a term of six (6) years. After the original appointments the term of office of each member of the board shall be six (6) years, except that when an appointment is made to fill a vacancy caused by death or resignation of a member, such appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term of the member whose death or resignation caused the vacancy so filled. A majority of the members of the board may remove any member of the board who misses three (3) or more consecutive regular meetings of the board without a medical reason and declare his position on the board to be vacant. Such person shall not be eligible for reappointment until the expiration of the term of office for which he was serving. The Governor shall have the power to remove from office any member of the board for wilful neglect of duty or for conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude. All persons appointed as members of said board shall qualify as such by taking an oath of office before any officer authorized by law to administer oaths within this state. Such oath shall be taken within thirty (30) days after such appointment has been made, and the oath of office of each member shall be filed with the secretary of the board within ten (10) days after its execution. Upon the taking and

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filing of such oath, a certificate of appointment shall be furnished to each member. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS. No. 554 (House Bill No. 801). An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to carry into effect an amendment to paragraph four of Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of Georgia, approved February 20, 1957, (Ga. L. 1957, p. 72), as ratified at the general election November 4, 1958, relating to homestead exemption for certain disabled veterans; to provide a procedure for obtaining said exemption; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved March 10, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 170), as amended, so as to extend the homestead exemption for disabled veterans to those veterans suffering from loss, or loss of use, of both lower extremities, such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes or a wheelchair; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act entitled An Act to carry into effect an amendment to paragraph four of Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of Georgia, approved February 20, 1957, (Ga. L. 1957, p. 72), as ratified at the general election November 4, 1958, relating to homestead exemption for certain disabled veterans; to provide a procedure for obtaining said exemption; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes., approved March 10, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 170) as amended, is hereby amended by adding in section 1

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between the words both legs or both arms and as a result of service the following: or loss, or loss or use, of both lower extremities, such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes or a wheelchair,, so that when so amended section 1 shall read as follows: Section 1. Any veteran qualifying for the homestead exemption provided for by an amendment to paragraph four of Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of Georgia, approved February 20, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 72), as ratified at the general election November 4, 1958, shall file with the county tax receiver or tax commissioner or other public official charged with the duty of receiving returns of property for taxation, a letter from the veterans Administration stating that he is a disabled American veteran, that he is disabled by paraplegia or permanent paralysis of both legs and lower parts of the body resulting from traumatic injuries to the spinal cord or brain, or paraplegia or such permanent paralysis resulting from multiple sclerosis, or by total blindness, or by the amputation of both legs or both arms, or loss, or loss of use, of both lower extremities, such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes or a wheelchair, as a result of service in any war or armed conflict in which any branch of the armed forces of the United States engaged, whether under United States command or otherwise: Provided, that each veteran shall file only once in the county of his residence, and such exemption shall automatically be renewed from year to year. Section 2. This Act shall not become effective unless the constitutional amendment to Article VII, Section I, Paragraph IV of the Constitution, proposed at the 1968 Session of the General Assembly, relating to the extension of homestead exemptions for disabled veterans to those veterans suffering from loss, or loss of use, of both lower extremities, such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes or a wheelchair, shall be ratified by the people at the General Election to be held in 1968. Effective date.

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Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. LAND CONVEYANCE TO CITY OF SENOIA. No. 90 (Senate Resolution No. 75). A Resolution. Authorizing the transfer by the State of Georgia of real property commonly known as Senoia State Park (The Senoia Recreation Area) and the improvements thereon; and for other purposes. Whereas, pursuant to a resolution approved March 13, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 512) a certain tract of land located in the City of Senoia, land lot 190, of the first land district of Coweta County, Georgia, was designated The Senoia Recreation Area and was made a part of the State Parks System; and Whereas, said real property was donated to the State of Georgia by the Senoia Veterans Association, Inc.; and Whereas, said real property is more particularly described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land containing 9.5 acres, more or less, in the City of Senoia, Georgia, lying northeast of the intersection of the Atlantic Coast Line and Central of Georgia Railroads right-of-way, being land lot 190 of the 1st land district of Coweta County, Georgia, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron pin on the south right of way line of Starr Mill Road located 259.0 feet easterly along said right of way from the center line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad mainline; thence south 104.5 feet

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to an iron pin; thence south 90 degrees 0 minutes west 104.5 feet to an iron pin thence south 0 degrees 0 minutes east 653.0 feet to an iron pin; thence southeasterly 239.0 feet along a railroad right of way line to an intersection point, said line being parallel to and 50 feet from the center line of a track connecting the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to the Central of Georgia Railroad, said connecting track being on an 8 degrees 0 minutes curve (radius 716.8 feet; property line radius 666.8 feet), the intersection point being where said line intersects the north right of way 75 feet from and parallel to the center line of the Central of Georgia Railroad mainline; thence along said north right of way line of the Central of Georgia south 66 degrees 0 minutes east 98.5 feet to an iron pin; thence north 0 degrees 0 minutes west 324.5 feet to an iron pin in a branch; thence southeast along the center of said branch to a point, said branch lying immediately south of and the location of which is approximated by the following 6 courses: north 90 degrees 0 minutes east 30 feet; south 76 degrees 0 minutes east 115 feet; north 80 degrees 0 minutes east 72 feet to an iron pin; south 33 degrees 0 minutes east 46.0 feet; south 70 degrees 30 minutes east 64.7 feet; north 81 degrees 0 minutes east 100 feet to an iron pin located north 4 degrees 0 minutes west 15 feet from the center line of the branch and property line; thence from a point in the branch north 4 degrees 0 minutes west 168.7 feet to an iron pin; thence north 90 degrees 0 minutes west 245.0 feet to an iron pin; thence north 0 degrees 0 minutes west 470.0 feet to an iron pin at a fence corner; thence along a fence north 0 degrees 0 minutes west 171.0 feet to an iron pin on the south right of way line of Starr Mill Road; thence south 70 degrees 0 minutes west along said right of way line 144 feet to a point of beginning of a curve; thence continuing an additional 144 feet along said south right of way line on a curve parallel to and 30 feet from the center line of Starr Mill Road to an iron pin and point of beginning, said center line of Starr Mill Road having a radius of 580.6 feet (property line radius 610.6 feet). All as shown by plat of survey by T. Y. Mattox, Surveyor,

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dated November 10, 1956, and amended November 26, 1956. Said tract being bounded on the north by the right of way of Starr Mill Road and F. Holdberg; on the west by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad property and F. Holdberg: on the south by the Central of Georgia Railroad property, and on the east by lands of Joe Couch, Senoia Veterans Association, Inc., of Senoia, Georgia and John Dorsey Estate.; and Whereas, a copy of the plat referred to in the above description is on file with the Department of State Parks in Atlanta, Georgia; and Whereas, improvements including a bath house, pool, filter system, two picnic shelters, eight concrete tables, five metal cookers, four pieces of playground equipment; storage building and a barbecue shelter, of the approximate value of $52,090.00, have been constructed or installed on said property by the State of Georgia; and Whereas, at hearings of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate relative to appropriations for the 1967-69 biennium, it was suggested by members of the Committee that the Department of State Parks should divest itself of a number of small State parks operated by the Department of State Parks because of the cost of operating the same; and Whereas, it would be of beneficial interest and a financial saving to the State of Georgia to divest itself of the Senoia State Park (The Senoia Recreation Area); and Whereas, the City of Senoia has agreed to accept title to the Senoia State Park (The Senoia Recreation Area), and the Senoia Veterans Association, Inc., the original donors of said State Park, have not voiced any objection to said transfer. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that for and in consideration of the benefits

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flowing to the State of Georgia and the sum of $10.00, the Governor, acting for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to grant, bargain, sell and convey to the City of Senoia, its successors and assigns, all of the rights, titles and interests the State of Georgia has in the tract or parcel of land described in this resolution and the improvements located thereon. Be it further resolved that upon ascertaining that the sum of $10.00 has been paid into the State treasury by the City of Senoia, its successors or assigns, as set forth in this resolution, the Governor, acting for and on behalf of the State of Georgia, be and he is hereby further authorized and empowered to execute and deliver deeds and other written instruments that may be necessary and in such form that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution and to continue record chain of title to the tract or parcel of land herein described and the improvements thereon. Approved April 18, 1967. ELECTION LAWS STUDY COMMITTEE. No. 91 (Senate Resolution No. 88). A Resolution. Creating the Election Laws Study Committee; and for other purposes. Whereas, many problems exist concerning registration, voting and elections relative to the holding of primaries and general elections, and there are ambiguities, inconsistencies and omissions in the laws of this State relating to the various phases of elections, and because litigation was commenced during the preceding year involving the election laws of this State; and

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Whereas, it is of great importance to the State that additional studies be made and a complete revision and recodification of the election laws be prepared for submission to the General Assembly. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that there is hereby created the Election Laws Study Committee to be composed of six members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker; six members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President; and the members of the State Election Board. The members of the Committee who are to be named shall be so named within thirty days after the approval of this resolution by the Governor or after it otherwise becomes law. In addition to the members so named, the Attorney General shall serve as ex officio member of said Committee. The members shall meet within thirty days after all members have been appointed, for the purpose of organizing, electing a chairman, a secretary, and such other officers as deemed advisable. The Committee shall adopt its own procedures for its operation. The Committee shall conduct a study of the election laws of this State and all laws relating directly or indirectly to such election laws. The Committee is authorized to hold public hearings if deemed advisable. It shall study problems as have arisen, ambiguities, inconsistencies and omissions in the present law and shall formulate a complete revision and complete recodification of the laws relative to elections in this State. In order to perform its duties more efficiently, the Committee is authorized to employ clerical help and a research staff, and fix the compensation therefor. It is authorized to have its reports printed if deemed desirable, and shall make such distribution thereof as deemed advisable. The Chairman may appoint subcommittees, and the Committee may adopt any procedures which it feels will

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enable it to carry out its purposes. The Committee is authorized to obtain such material, supplies and equipment as it deems necessary to carry out its purposes. The Committee shall make a report of its findings and recommendations to the 1968 Regular Session of the General Assembly on or before January 8, 1968, on which date the Committee shall be abolished. The members of the Committee, other than the Attorney General and the Secretary of State (who is a member of the State Election Board), shall receive compensation, per diem expenses and allowances authorized for members of interim legislative committees. The Secretary of State and the Attorney General shall receive no additional compensation, but shall receive actual and necessary expenses relating to their services on the Committee. The Committee shall be authorized to meet for a total of ten days; provided, however, that upon request of the Governor and the approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, such additional time as will allow the Committee to complete the purposes of this Resolution, shall be authorized. The funds necessary for the purposes of this Resolution shall come from the funds appropriated to or available to the Legislative Branch of the Government, and from any other available funds. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. A. W. LEDBETTER INTERCHANGE DESIGNATED. No. 92 (House Resolution No. 14-33). A Resolution. Designating the A. W. Ledbetter Interchange; and for other purposes.

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Whereas, the late A. W. Ledbetter was an outstanding and distinguished citizen of his community and State; and Whereas, it is only fitting and proper that the many accomplishments and contributions made by this distinguished citizen of the State of Georgia be recognized in some small way. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the interchange of Georgia Highways 1, 100 and 411, located in Floyd County, be designated the A. W. Ledbetter Interchange. Be it further resolved that the State Highway Department is hereby authorized and instructed to erect an appropriate marker at said Interchange designating said Interchange as the A. W. Ledbetter Interchange. Approved April 18, 1967. COMMITTEE TO STUDY REORGANIZATION OF STATE AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES. No. 93 (House Resolution No. 87-209). A Resolution. To create an interim study committee to study the feasibility and practicality of reorganizing the State and County Departments of Family and Children Services; and for other purposes. Whereas, the administration of Public Assistance, Child Welfare and other service programs are becoming increasingly complex and technical; and Whereas, the State and County Departments of Family and Children Services (Formerly State and County

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Departments of Public Welfare) have not been reorganized since its inception in 1937; and Whereas, the State Department of Family and Children Services is of the opinion that a proper reorganization of the State and County Departments of Family and Children Services will result in a more efficient and effective method of administration; and Whereas, the State Department of Family and Children Services is of the unqualified opinion that legislative guidance and direction is not only desirable but necessary to accomplish a proper reorganization of the State and County Departments of Family and Children Services. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, that there is hereby created a joint legislative interim committee to be composed of 5 members of the Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate and 5 members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to study all matters relating to the feasibility and practicality of reorganizing the State and County Departments of Family and Children Services in an effort to more effectively and efficiently administer all programs which now or may hereafter be administered by said Department. The Committee shall be authorized to consult with any person, persons or organization knowledgeable in the field of Public Welfare administration. The members of the Committee shall receive the compensation, per diem, expenses and allowances authorized for members of interim legislative committees but shall receive the same for not more than ten (10) days. Said Committee shall make a report of its findings and recommendations, which report shall be accompanied by such proposed legislation as might be recommended by said Committee on or before December 1, 1967, on which date the Committee shall stand abolished. Approved April 18, 1967.

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COMMITTEE TO STUDY PROBLEM OF SCHOOL DROP-OUTS. No. 94 (House Resolution No. 178-532). A Resolution. Creating an interim committee to study the problem of school drop-outs; and for other purposes. Whereas, the youth of Georgia who drop out of school before graduation run the risk of becoming public charges and worse; and Whereas, it is of extreme importance to the people of Georgia that all persons receive an adequate education to prepare them to be useful members of society; and Whereas, the reasons whereby students fail to complete their education is of paramount importance, and requires extensive study. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, that there is hereby created an interim committee to study the problem of school drop-outs. Said committee shall be composed of nine (9) members to be selected as follows: (1) three (3) members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (2) three (3) members of the Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate. (3) three (3) members to be appointed by the Governor as follows: (a) one (1) member who shall be a school principal (b) one (1) member who shall be a classroom teacher

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(c) one (1) member who shall be a school counselor. Be it further resolved that all departments and divisions of the State Government shall make available to the Committee, their records, statistics and other information and render any assistance necessary or convenient to fulfill the purpose of this Resolution. Be it further resolved that the Committee shall select a chairman from among its members and may hold such meetings at such places and at such times as it considers expedient, and may do any other things consistent with this Resolution that are necessary or convenient to enable it to fully and adequately exercise its powers, perform its duties and accomplish the objectives of this Resolution. Be it further resolved that the Committee shall be authorized to meet for a period of ten (10) days unless the Speaker of the House and the Lieutenant Governor shall, by joint approval, allow an additional number of days. The legislative members of the Committee shall receive the expenses and travel allowances authorized for legislative members of interim legislative committees from the funds appropriated to or available to the legislative branch of government. The other members of the Committee shall, in the discretion of the Governor, receive the same expenses and travel allowances authorized for the legislative members from funds appropriated to or available to the executive branch of government. Be it further resolved that the Committee shall make a report of its findings and recommendations, which report shall be accompanied by such proposed legislation as might be recommended by said Committee. Such report shall be made on or before December 1, 1967, on which date the Committee shall stand abolished. Approved April 18, 1967.

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EMINENT DOMAINCONDEMNING BODY DEFINED UNDER SPECIAL MASTER PROCEDURE. No. 558 (House Bill No. 214). An Act to amend an Act relating to the special master procedure of exercising the power of eminent domain, approved March 13, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 387), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 3, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 461), so as to redefine the term Condemning Body; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act relating to the special master procedure of exercising the power of eminent domain, approved March 13, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 387), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 3, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 461), is hereby amended by adding to the end of section 1 the following: ,and all other persons, firms and corporations possessing the right or power of eminent domain, or which shall hereafter be given said right or power of eminent domain., so that, when so amended, section 1 shall read as follows: Section 1. As used in this Act, `Condemning Body' shall mean the State of Georgia, or any branch of the government of the State of Georgia or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the State of Georgia or any housing authority now or hereafter established which is vested with the power of eminent domain, and all other persons, firms and corporations possessing the right or power of eminent domain, or which shall hereafter be given said right or power of eminent domain. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967.

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STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS ACT AMENDED. Code 84-907, 84-914, 84-915 Amended. No. 559 (House Bill No. 127). An Act to amend Code Chapter 84-9, relating to the creation of the State Board of Medical Examiners, as amended, so as to remove requirements that medical interns be licensed; to abolish licensing procedures for medical interns; to abolish fees for medical interning licenses; to provide for the issuance of licenses by reciprocity; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Chapter 84-9, relating to the creation of the State Board of Medical Examiners, as amended, is amended by inserting in the first sentence of the second paragraph of Code section 84-907, relating to licenses to practice medicine, between the words Board and shall the following: ,either before or after completing a year's training as an intern as required by the next paragraph of this Section,, by striking in their entirety the second and third sentences of the third paragraph of said Code section, so that when so amended, Code section 84-907 shall read as follows: 84-907. License to practice medicine; how obtained; qualifications of applicants. Any person wishing to obtain the right to practice medicine in this State, who has not heretofore been registered or licensed so to do, shall, before it shall be lawful for him to practice medicine in this State, make application to the State Board of Medical Examiners through the Joint-Secretary, State Examining Boards, upon such form and in such manner as shall be adopted and prescribed by the Board, and obtain from the Board a license so to do. Unless such person shall have obtained a license as aforesaid, it shall be unlawful for him to practice, and if he shall practice medicine without first

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having obtained such a license, he shall be deemed to have violated the provisions of this Chapter. All applicants for a license to practice medicine or for a renewal of any such license which has been revoked shall furnish the Board with evidence of good moral character. Applications from candidates to practice medicine or surgery in any of its branches shall be accompanied with proof that the applicant is a graduate of one of the two colleges of medicine now existing in the State of Georgia, or from some other legally incorporated medical college or institution in good standing with the Board. The Board shall have the power to revoke the certificate granted to any applicant who makes any misstatement of any material fact in his application for examination. Any person who is a graduate of medical school or institution approved by the Board, either before or after completing a year's training as an intern as required by the next paragraph of this Section, shall be eligible to stand any regular examination given by the Board for a license to practice medicine in this State. However, before such person shall be eligible to receive a license to practice medicine in this State, he shall furnish the Board with satisfactory evidence of attainments and qualifications under the provisions of this Section and the rules and regulations of the Board. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed so as to require a person who has previously passed an examination given by the Board for a license to practice medicine in this State to stand another examination. If the applicant submits proof that he has had one year of training as an intern in a hospital of good standing with the Board, or in a hospital of another State, if the standards of such hospital are approved by the Board, and if he furnishes satisfactory evidence of attainments and qualifications under the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations of the Board, he shall be eligible to receive a license from the Board giving him absolute authority to practice medicine in this State. Section 2. Said Code Chapter is further amended by striking from Code section 84-914, relating to license fees, the following:

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A fee of $10.00 shall be charged for issuing a full license to a person holding an interning license., and by striking subsection (b) of said Code section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: (b) If such date of such license is after the effective date of this Act, the applicant shall submit proof that he has had one year of training as an intern in a hospital in good standing with the Board or in a hospital of another State, if the standards of such hospital are approved by the Board, in which event the Board shall grant the applicant a license from the Board giving the applicant absolute authority to practice medicine in this State. Provided, however, the Board may, in its discretion, waive the requirements of this subsection after determining that an applicant licensed to practice medicine in another State which does not require an internship, has been actively engaged in the practice of medicine in such other State for at least two years., so that when so amended, Code section 84-914 shall read as follows: 84-914. License fees and licenses by reciprocity. There shall be paid to the Joint-Secretary, State Examining Boards, by each applicant for a license by examination, who is a resident of Georgia, a fee of $20.00, or a fee of $50.00 for a non-resident applicant for a license by examination, which shall accompany the application. The same fee shall be charged for issuing a temporary license, which shall include fee for examination for permanent license; and a fee of $100.00 shall be charged for issuing a license by reciprocity. No part of any fee shall be returnable under any circumstances; nor shall this Chapter be construed as affecting or changing in any way laws in reference to license taxes to be paid by physicians and surgeons. The Board of Medical Examiners may grant a license without examination to licentiates of boards of other states requiring equal or higher qualifications, upon the same basis as such states reciprocate with the State of Georgia, all upon the following terms and conditions:

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(a) If the date of the license from the boards of such other states is on or before January 1, 1967, no proof of interning in an approved hospital need be submitted to obtain a license from the Board giving the applicant absolute authority to practice medicine in this State; (b) If such date of such license is after the effective date of this Act, the applicant shall submit proof that he has had one year of training as an intern in a hospital in good standing with the Board or in a hospital of another state, if the standards of such hospital are approved by the Board, in which event the Board shall grant the applicant a license from the Board giving the applicant absolute authority to practice medicine in this State. Provided, however, the Board may, in its discretion, waive the requirements of this subsection after determining that an applicant, licensed to practice medicine in another State which does not require an internship, has been actively engaged in the practice of medicine in such other State for at least two years. Section 3. Said Code Chapter is further amended by striking from the third sentence of the first unnumbered paragraph of Code section 84-915, relating to the issuance and renewal of licenses to practice medicine, the following: ,and, in the case of a full license,, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: and, by striking from said sentence the following: , and, in the case of an interning license, it shall give authority to practice medicine in hospitals in this State but not otherwise, by striking from the first sentence of the second unnumbered paragraph of said Code Section the following: ,whether full licenses or interning licenses,,

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and by striking from the second sentence of the second unnumbered paragraph of said Code section the following: whether a full license, or an interning license,, so that when so amended, Code section 84-915 shall read as follows: 84-915. Issuance and renewal of licenses to practice. Duty of Joint-Secretary to aid in prosecutions. The Board of Medical Examiners shall have authority to administer oaths, to summon witnesses, and to take testimony in all matters relating to its duties. Said Board shall issue licenses to practice medicine to all persons who shall furnish satisfactory evidence of attainments and qualifications under the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations of the Board. Such license shall be signed by the President of the State Board of Medical Examiners and attested by the Joint-Secretary, State Examining Boards, under the Board's adopted seal and it shall give absolute authority to the person to whom it is issued to practice medicine in this State. It shall be the duty of the Joint-Secretary under the direction of the Board to aid the solicitors in the enforcement of this Chapter and in the prosecution of all persons charged with violations of its provisions. All licenses to practice medicine shall expire on December 31 of each year and shall become invalid on that date unless renewed. The fee for renewal shall be $3.00. On or before December 1, the Joint-Secretary, State Examining Boards, shall mail to each person holding a current license to practice medicine, a blank to be used in applying for renewal of his license and a statement of the fee. Upon receipt of the application and renewal fee, the Joint-Secretary, acting under the direction of the State Board of Medical Examiners, shall be authorized to renew the license. Failure to apply for renewal of a license and to remit the renewal fee during the month of December shall not withdraw the right of renewal but the renewal fee, if submitted after December 31, shall be $10.00.

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Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS AMENDEDBLOOD TESTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (50,000-75,000). No. 560 (House Bill No. 684). An Act to amend an Act known as the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, approved January 11, 1954 (Ga. L. 1953 Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 9, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 674), and by an Act approved February 28, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 70), so as to provide that in all counties of this State having a population of not less than 50,000 nor more than 75,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1960 or any future such census such counties shall pay the cost for blood tests to determine whether or not a person is driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, approved January 11, 1954 (Ga. L. 1953 Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 9, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 674), and by an Act approved February 28, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 70), is hereby amended by adding at the end of section 47, subsection (b), paragraph 4, the following: Provided, however, in all counties of this State having a population of not less than 50,000 nor more than 75,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1960 or any future such census the cost for such test shall be borne by such counties.,

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so that when so amended, section 47, subsection (b), paragraph 4 shall read as follows: 4. Any person who is arrested for driving or operating a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor shall have the right to demand a blood test to determine the amount or weight of alcohol in his blood, and it is mandatory upon the officials in whose custody he shall have been placed after arrest to have such a blood test made immediately after demand by the arrested person, provided the facilities for making such a test are available in the county of his confinement. The Director of Public Safety shall designate one or more physicians or certified hospital technicians for each county to perform such tests upon the request of any person so arrested. The costs of such test shall be borne by the person so arrested and shall be only the actual costs but in no event more than $20.00. Provided, however, in all counties of this State having a population of not less than 50,000 nor more than 75,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1960 or any future such census the cost for such test shall be borne by such counties. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. ACT PERMITTING SOCIAL SECURITY COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS AMENDED. No. 561 (Senate Bill No. 166). An Act to amend an Act making provision for coverage of certain officers and employees of political subdivisions of the State under the old-age and survivors insurance provisions of Title II of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended, approved December 21, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 294), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 13, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 75), so as

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to provide that any State grant funds allocated to municipalities may be withheld to satisfy any claim of the State agency administering the Federal-State Social Security Agreement arriving through the failure of a municipality to make contributions and reports to such State agency as required by any agreement for the coverage of the municipality's employees; to provide a penalty for the failure of a municipality to make required contributions and reports to such State agency; to provide the procedures connected therewith; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act making provision for coverage of certain officers and employees of political subdivisions of the State under the old-age and survivors insurance provisions of Title II of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended, approved December 21, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 294), as amended particularly by an Act approved February 13, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 75), is hereby amended by adding a new subsection to section 4 to be known as subsection 4 (g), to read as follows: (g) Should the governing authority of any incorporated municipality which has entered into a plan of coverage for its employees with the State agency as provided for in this section, fail to make collection from its employees and to make reports and payments agreed to in such plan of coverage, it shall be the duty of the State agency to notify the State Treasurer of such failure and thereupon it shall be the duty of the State Treasurer to withhold from such municipal governing authority any State appropriations allocated to such municipality until the State Treasurer receives authorization from the State agency to release such funds. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed, upon certified request of the State agency, to remit to the State agency from such withheld funds the amount necessary to cover the remittances which such municipal governing authority has failed to pay to the State agency under the provisions agreed to in its plan of coverage. It shall be illegal

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for the State Treasurer to pay out or release such funds, after notice from the State agency, unless the provisions of this Section are complied with. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized to release all such withheld funds upon authorization from the State agency. Should any municipal corporation fail to make collections from its employees or fail to make reports and payments to the State agency as agreed to in its plan of coverage, such defaulting municipal corporation shall be subject to a penalty of ten percent of the delinquent payments. The governing authority of each municipal corporation which has entered into a plan of coverage for its employees with the State agency shall enact an ordinance in which it agrees to abide by the rules and regulations of the State agency in regards to collections from its employees and in making reports and payments to the State agency. The municipal corporation shall pledge in its adopting ordinance the amount which it would received in State grant funds as security for assurance that it will make collections from its employees, submit required reports, and remit payments to the State agency as agreed to in its plan of coverage. If the amount of State grant funds which a municipal corporation is entitled to receive, is less than its annual payment to the State agency, then the State agency may require such municipal corporation to deposit in escrow in accordance with rules and regulations of the State agency an amount which, when added to the State grant funds to which such municipality is entitled, would total an amount sufficient to meet the municipal corporation's obligations of reporting and remitting collections to the State agency. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967.

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HABEAS CORPUS ACT OF 1967. Code Title 50 Amended. No. 562 (Senate Bill No. 171). An Act to amend Code Title 50, relating to habeas corpus, so as to provide a new exclusive procedure for persons whose liberty is being restrained by virtue of a sentence imposed against them by any state court of record; to provide the procedure for the foregoing; and to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Statement of Legislative Intent and Purpose. The General Assembly finds that expansion of the scope of habeas corpus in federal court by desisions of the United States Supreme Court, together with other decisions of said court (a) substantially curtailing the doctrine of waiver of constitutional rights by an accused and (b) limiting the requirement of exhaustion of state remedies to those currently available, have resulted in an increasingly larger number of state court convictions being collaterally attacked by federal habeas corpus based upon issues and contentions not previously presented to or passed upon by courts of this State; that such increased reliance upon federal courts tends to weaken state courts as instruments for the vindication of constitutional rights, with a resultant deterioration of the federal system and federal-state relations; that to alleviate said problems, it is necessary that the scope of state habeas corpus be expanded and the state doctrine of waiver of rights modified. The General Assembly further finds that expansion of state habeas corpus to include many sharply-contested issues of a factual nature requires that only the superior courts have jurisdiction of such cases. Section 2. Code Title 50, relating to habeas corpus, is hereby amended by striking in its entirety Code section 50-101 and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 50-101 to read as follows:

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Section 50-101. Who May Sue Out Writ. (a) Any person restrained of his liberty under any pretext whatsoever, except under sentence of a state court of record, may sue out writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the legality of such restraint. (b) Any person alleging that another, in whom for any cause he is interested, is kept illegally from the custody of the applicant, may sue out a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the legality of such restraint. (c) Any person restrained of his liberty as a result of a sentence imposed by any state court of record may sue out a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the legality of such restraint. Section 3. Said Title is further amended by adding after Code section 50-126 a new Code section to be known as Code section 50-127 to read as follows: Section 50-127. Exclusive Procedure for Suing Out a Writ of Habeas Corpus for Persons Whose Liberty is Being Restrained by Virtue of a Sentence Imposed Against Them by a State Court of Record. Nothwithstanding the other provisions of this Title, the following is the exclusive procedure for suing out a writ of habeas corpus for persons whose liberty is being restrained by virtue of a sentence imposed against them by a state court of record: (1) Grounds for Writ. Any person imprisoned by virtue of a sentence imposed by a state court of record who asserts that in the proceedings which resulted in his conviction there was a substantial denial of his rights under the Constitution of the United States or of the State of Georgia or the laws of the State of Georgia may institute a proceeding under this section. Rights conferred or secured by the Constitution of the United States shall not be deemed to have been waived unless it is shown that there was an intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right or privilege which relinquishment or abandonment was participated in by the party and was done voluntarily, knowingly and intelligently.

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(2) Petition and Vertification. The petition shall identify the proceeding in which the petitioner was convicted, give the date of rendition of the final judgment complained of, and clearly set forth the respects in which petitioner's rights were violated. The petition shall have attached thereto affidavits, records, or other evidence supporting its allegations or shall state why the same are not attached. The petition shall identify any previous proceedings that petitioner may have taken to secure relief from conviction. Argument and citations of authorities shall be omitted from the petition. The petition must be verified by the oath of the applicant or some other person in his behalf. (3) Jurisdiction and Venue. The petition must be filed in the superior court of the county wherein the petitioner is being detained. The superior courts of such counties have exclusive jurisdiction of habeas corpus actions arising under this section. (4) Service of the Petition. Service of the petition shall be made upon the person having custody of the petitioner. If the petitioner is being detained under the custody of the Board of Corrections, an additional copy of the petition shall be served on the Attorney General; however, if the petitioner is being detained under the custody of some other authority other than the Board of Corrections, an additional copy of the petition shall be served upon the solicitor general of the county wherein the petition is filed. Service upon the Attorney General or the Solicitor General may be had by mailing a copy of the petition along with a proper certificate of service. (5) Custody of Petitioner. Custody and control of the petitioner shall be retained by the Board of Corrections or other authority having custody of the petitioner and it shall be the duty of such board or authority to produce the petitioner at such times and places as the court may direct. (6) Proceedings on Petition. Within 20 days after filing and docketing of the petition, or within such further time as the court may set, the respondent shall answer or move

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to dismiss the petition. The court shall set the case for a hearing on the issues within a reasonable time after the filing of defensive pleadings. (7) Disposition in the Trial Court. The court may receive proof by depositions, oral testimony, or other evidence. If the court finds in favor of the petitioner, it shall enter an appropriate order with respect to the judgments or sentence in the former proceedings and such supplementary orders as to rearraignment, retrial, custody, bail or discharge as may be necessary and proper. Depositions may be taken under this section upon reasonable notice to the opposing party. (8) Transcribing Proceedings. All trials held under this Section shall be transcribed by a court reporter designated by the superior court hearing the case. (9) Judge's Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law. After reviewing the pleadings and evidence offered at the trial of the case, the judge of the superior court hearing the case shall make written findings of fact and conclusions of law upon which the judgment is based. Such findings of fact and conclusions of law shall be recorded as part of the record of the case. (10) Subsequent Applications. Where after an evidentiary hearing on the merits of a material factual issue, or after a hearing on the merits of an issue of law, a person in custody pursuant to the judgment and sentence of a court has been denied relief upon application for habeas corpus, a subsequent application for a writ of habeas corpus in behalf of such person need not be entertained by the court unless the application alleges and is predicated upon a ground not adjudicated on the hearing of the earlier application for the writ, and unless the court is satisfied that the applicant has not on the earlier application deliberately withheld the newly asserted ground or otherwise abused the writ. (11) Practice as to Appeals. Appeals in habeas corpus cases shall be governed by the Appellate Procedure Act of

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1965, approved February 19, 1965, (Ga. L. 1965, p. 18), as now or hereafter amended. In the event that the superior court finds in favor of the petitioner, a notice of appeal filed by the respondent shall act as a supersedeas and stay the judgment of the superior court until there is final adjudication by the appellate courts; provided, however, that while such case is on appeal, the petitioner may be released on bail as is now provided for in criminal cases, except where the petitioner has been convicted of a capital felony; provided, however, that the right to bail and the amount of the bond shall be within the discretion of the judge of the superior court wherein the case is tried. Section 4. Repeal of Code Section 50-105. Code section 50-105 relating to the penalty for refusing the writ of habeas corpus is hereby repealed in its entirety. Section 5. Title of Act. This Act may be cited and referred to as the Habeas Corpus Act of 1967. Section 6. Effective date. This section shall become effective July 1, 1967, and shall govern all proceedings brought after this Section takes effect. Section 7. Repeals. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. CRIMINAL PROCEDUREARREST RECORDS. No. 564 (House Bill No. 441). An Act to provide that it shall be the duty of all sheriffs, chiefs of police, and the heads of any other State law enforcement agency to obtain, or cause to be obtained, the name, address and age of all persons arrested by law enforcement officers under the supervision of such sheriffs, chiefs of police or heads of any other State law enforcement agency, when such person is charged with an offense

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against the laws of Georgia, or any other State or the United States; to provide that such information shall be placed on appropriate records which each such law enforcement agency shall maintain, and that such records shall be open for public inspection unless otherwise provided by law; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. It shall be the duty of all sheriffs, chiefs of police, and the heads of any other State law enforcement agency to obtain, or cause to be obtained, the name, address and age of all persons arrested by law enforcement officers under the supervision of such sheriffs, chiefs of police or heads of any other State law enforcement agency, when any such person is charged with an offense against the laws of Georgia or any other State, or the United States. Such information shall be placed on appropriate records which each such law enforcement agency shall maintain, and such records shall be open for public inspection unless otherwise provided by law. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 18, 1967. PROFESSIONAL TEACHING PRACTICES ACT. No. 566 (House Bill No. 41). An Act to declare teaching a profession with all the rights, responsibilities and privileges accorded other legally recognized professions; to create a professional practices commission; to provide for the membership of such commission and the method of selection; to provide for the adoption of codes or standards of ethics; to provide sanctions for the violation of such standards; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. It is the intent and purpose of the General Assembly that the practice of teaching, including administrative and supervisory services, shall be designated as professional services. Teaching is hereby declared to be a profession in Georgia, with all the similar rights, responsibilities and privileges accorded other legally recognized professions. Profession, etc. (1) This Act shall be known as the Professional Teaching Practices Act. (2) The members of this profession, under the leadership of the statewide professional education organization(s) shall develop and provide for adoption of codes of ethics and professional performance. (3) In meeting its responsibilities, the profession shall carry out its activities in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia. (4) Upon the adoption of such professional standards as may be determined, those who practice in this profession shall be obligated to abide by these standards. Section 2. (1) A professional practices commission is created consisting of nineteen (19) members appointed by the State Board of Education on the recommendation of the State School Superintendent. A member, in order to be qualified for appointment, shall be certified to teach in the State of Georgia, or be a member of a faculty of an institution of the university system of this State, and be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this State, and shall have practiced his profession in Georgia for at least five (5) years immediately preceding his appointment. The composition of the commission shall be as follows: four (4) elementary school classroom teachers; four (4) secondary school classroom teachers; one (1) elementary school principal; one (1) secondary school principal; two (2) school system superintendents; one (1) employee of the State Department of Education; two (2) members of faculties

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within the University System of Georgia; and four (4) persons who are members of and designated as representing statewide professional education organizations of professional practitioners. (2) The members of the commission shall be nominated by the teaching profession as provided in subsection (3) below, and the names of the nominees shall be submitted by the State School Superintendent to the State Board of Education from which names the State School Superintendent's recommendations shall be taken. (3) A panel of three (3) nominees for each place on the commission for which each group is responsible shall be submitted to the State School Superintendent by each of the following: recognized statewide general professional education associations, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, State Board of Education; and by the recognized statewide professional education organizations representing each of the following: classroom teachers, elementary school principals, secondary school principals, and superintendents. Initial appointments shall be: six (6) for one year, six (6) for two (2) years, and seven (7) for three (3) years. Thereafter, terms shall be for three (3) years. A member may be reappointed to the commission only one (1) time. The State Board of Education shall designate the statewide professional education organizations which shall be entitled to submit nominations. (4) The commission is given the responsibility for developing, with the advice of the teaching profession, criteria of professional practices in the area of ethical and professional performance. (5) (a) The commission shall select its chairman, and, subject to the approval of the State Board of Education and Board of Regents, shall have the authority to establish procedures for developing codes or standards of ethics, professional performance, and practices as described herein, to adopt such codes and standards, and to adopt rules and regulations of procedure, providing for filling of vacancies

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on the commission, and to effectuate the purposes of this Act. (b) The commission shall have the power to recommend action in cases of violation of the standards of professional practice, as established by it, for all teachers, which shall represent the generally accepted standards within the teaching profession with respect to competent performance and ethical practice toward other members of the profession, parents, students, and the community; provided, however, that nothing herein shall extend beyond the area of professional ethics and professional performance nor to areas of strictly private views or activities not related to the classroom or professional activity. Powers. (c) A violation of any of the standards so adopted shall be deemed to be unprofessional practice. (d) In carrying out its functions of developing standards, the commission may incorporate in its recommendations the proposals developed by any of the committees of any existing professional organizations under the Professional Teaching Practices Act. (6) (a) The commission, in administering this Act, after a public hearing may make recommendations to the State Board of Education or Board of Regents that a member of the profession be warned or reprimanded, may make recommendations to the State Board of Education or Board of Regents in cases involving suspension or revocation of certificates of members of the profession, and may make any recommendations to the Board of Regents, State Board of Education or to local or county boards of education which will promote an improvement of the teaching profession. A report of action taken upon such recommendations, including a decision that no action be taken, shall be filed with the commission and a copy delivered to the member affected. (b) In analyzing the charges of breach of ethical or professional practices, the commission may request assistance

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through any of the investigative processes of any existing professional organization. (7) When acting in good faith in the course of their duties at meetings of the commission, members shall be privileged in their utterances. Section 3. The commission may remove any member from the commission for misconduct or malfeasance in office, incapacity, or neglect of duty. Section 4. The commission shall be financed by the statewide professional education organizations, and not by public funds. The function of the commission is deemed to be in furtherance of educational purposes and the commission shall be authorized to accept gifts and grants for this purpose. Funds. Section 5. The provisions of this Act, other than the declaration that teaching is a professional service, shall not be construed as applicable to those members of the profession not serving in the public school and university systems. Intent. Section 6. This Act shall take effect July 1, 1967. Effective date. Section 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 19, 1967. EAVESDROPPING, PEEPING TOM AND INVASION OF PRIVACY. Code Chapter 26-20 Amended. No. 567 (House Bill No. 64). An Act to amend Code Chapter 26-20, relating to the offenses of peeping tom and eavesdropping, so as to provide that it shall be unlawful to overhear, transmit

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or record certain conversations; to provide that it shall be unlawful to observe, photograph or record certain activities; to provide that it shall be unlawful to go on or about the premises of another or any private place for the purpose of invading the privacy of another; to provide that it shall be unlawful to intentionally and secretly intercept messages sent by telephone, telegram, letter or any other means of private communications; to prohibit the divulgence of private messages intercepted lawfully; to prohibit other acts which invade the privacy of another; to define the offense peeping tom; to provide that it shall be unlawful for anyone to be a peeping tom; to prohibit the possession, sale and distribution of certain devices; to authorize law enforcement officers to make use of certain devices in the course of their official duties after securing a judicial warrant authorizing same; to provide the procedure for securing such warrant; to authorize certain licensees to employ equipment which will intercept telephonic communications; to provide the procedure connected with the foregoing; to authorize the interception and recording of certain messages; to provide that no evidence obtained in a manner which violates said Chapter shall be admissible, except to prove violations thereof; to prohibit the introduction into evidence of any privileged communication; to define certain terms; to provide penalties; to provide for severability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Code Chapter 26-20, relating to the offenses of peeping tom and eavesdropping, is hereby amended by striking in its entirety said Chapter and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 26-2001. It is the public policy of this State and the purpose and intent of this Chapter to protect the citizens of this State from invasions upon their privacy. This Chapter shall be construed in light of this expressed policy and purpose. The employment of devices which would permit the clandestine overhearing, recording or transmitting of conversations or observing of activities which occur

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in a private place has come to be a threat to an individual's right of privacy and, therefore, should be prohibited. It is further the purpose of this Chapter to provide to authorized law enforcement officers modern methods of crime detection and prevention under strict procedures and safeguards. Intent. Section 26-2002. It shall be unlawful for (a) any person in a clandestine manner to intentionally overhear, transmit, or record, or attempt to overhear, transmit, or record the private conversation of another which shall originate in any private place; Crimes. (b) any person, through the use of any device, without the consent of all persons observed, to observe, photograph, or record the activities of another which occur in any private place and out of public view; (c) any person to go on or about the premises of another or any private place for the purpose of invading the privacy of another by eavesdropping upon their conversations or secretly observing their activities; (d) any person to intentionally and secretly intercept by the use of any device or apparatus the contents of a message sent by telephone, telegraph, letter or by any other means of private communication; (e) any person to divulge to any unauthorized person or authority the content or substance of any private message intercepted lawfully in the manner provided for hereinafter in Code section 26-2006; or (f) any person to commit any other acts of a nature similar to those set out in subsections (a) through (e) which invade the privacy of another. Section 26-2003. It shall be unlawful for any person to be a `peeping tom' on or about the premises of another, or to go about or upon the premises of another for the purpose of becoming a `peeping tom'. As used in this section, the term `peeping tom' means one who peeps through windows or doors, or other like places, on or about the premises

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of another, for the purpose of spying upon or invading the privacy of the persons spied upon, and the doing of any other acts of a similar nature, which invade the privacy of such persons. Peeping tom. Section 26-2004. Other than law enforcement officers permitted by this Chapter to employ such devices, it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, sell, offer for sale, or distribute any eavesdropping device. An eavesdropping device shall mean any instrument or apparatus which by virtue of its size, design and method of operation has no normal or customary function or purpose other than to permit the user thereof to secretly intercept, transmit, listen to or record private conversations of others. Eavesdropping devices. Section 26-2005. (a) Except only as provided in subsection (b) hereof, nothing in this Chapter shall apply to a duly constituted law enforcement officer in the performance of his official duties in ferreting out offenders or suspected offenders of the law, or in secretly watching a person suspected of violating the laws of the United States or of this State, or any subdivision thereof, for the purpose of apprehending such suspected violator. Law enforcement. (b) When in the course of his official duties, a law enforcement officer desiring to make use of any device, but only as such term is specifically defined by Code section 26-2010, and such use would otherwise constitute a violation of Code section 26-2002, such law enforcement officer shall act only in compliance with the procedure provided for hereinafter in subsections (c) through (i) inclusive. (c) When there is probable cause to believe that a person is committing or has committed an act which endangers the national security of the United States or the security of this State or that such person is committing or has committed the crime of treason, insurrection, rebellion, espionage, sabotage, or any felony involving bodily harm, or any crime under the laws of this State, or the United States involving kidnapping, narcotics, dangerous drugs, prostitution, blackmail, extortion, bribery, gambling or any felony involving alcoholic beverage laws, or there is probable cause

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to believe that a private place is being utilized or has been utilized for the commission of any such crime, then, upon written application, under oath, of the Solicitor General of the circuit wherein the device is to be physically placed, or the Attorney General, which application affirms that there is probable cause to believe (1) that a person is committing or has committed any of the crimes enumerated in this subsection, or (2) that a private place is being utilized or has been utilized for the commission of any of the crimes enumerated in this subsection and sets forth specifically the basis of such probable cause and particularly describes the person or place, the crime or crimes, and the device or devices to be used, any judge of the Superior Court of the circuit aforesaid may issue an investigation warrant permitting the use of devices, as defined by Code section 26-2010, for the surveillance of such person or place provided such warrant specified with particularity the device or devices the use of which is to be thereby permitted, the purposes, duration and circumstances of use permitted, the crime or crimes allegedly being committed, and the person or persons and place or places to be subject to such surveillance. (d) Investigation warrants issued under this Section shall be valid for no more than ten (10) days after issuance, unless renewed for an additional ten (10) day period for good cause shown at the time of written application for such renewal. (e) Evidence obtained in conformity with this section shall be admissible only in the courts of this State having felony and misdemeanor jurisdiction and only in a prosecution for the crime or crimes specified in the investigation warrant. (f) The application for any investigation warrant under this section, any supporting evidence in connection therewith and any entry of the issuance of an investigation warrant as a result thereof shall remain confidential and in the custody of the judge and shall not be released, nor information touching same in any manner be disclosed, except upon written order of such judge, or except at the time of trial

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of the case in which such evidence is used or in which evidence derived from such surveillance is used. (g) The applicant for the warrant shall return same and report back to the judge issuing same within thirty (30) days of the issuance of the warrant. In the event no evidence of the specific crime set forth in the warrant has been obtained through the use of such device or devices, it shall be the duty of such applicant to physically destroy all evidence or information obtained by surveillance and to so certify in writing to such judge under oath. (h) In the event evidence of or information concerning the specific crime set forth in the warrant is obtained through the use of such device or devices the applicant shall so certify in writing under oath in his report under subparagraph (g). Upon the return of an indictment based in whole or in part on such evidence or information or any part thereof, it shall be the duty of the Solicitor General to promptly notify the accused of the existence and substance of such evidence or information and if the same has been reduced to a permanent form, shall make it available to the accused for inspection and copying. (i) Any publication of the information or evidence obtained under a warrant issued hereunder other than that necessary and essential to the preparation of and actual prosecution for the crime specified in the warrant shall be an unlawful invasion of privacy under this Act, and shall cause such evidence and information to be inadmissible in criminal prosecution. Section 26-2006. (a) Nothing contained within Code section 26-2002 shall prohibit the employment and use of any equipment or device which is furnished by any telephone company authorized to do business in this State under proper tariffs filed with and approved by the Georgia Public Service Commission, which may be attached to any telephonic equipment of any subscriber to such equipment which permits the interception of telephonic communications solely for the purposes of business service improvement when the subscriber to such facilities and equipment shall

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have duly applied for and obtained from the Georgia Public Service Commission a license for the employment and installation of such equipment. No license shall be issued until the applicant shall have demonstrated to the Georgia Public Service Commission a clear, apparent and logically reasonable need for the use of such equipment in connection with a legitimate business activity of the subscriber and shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Commission that it will be operated by persons of good moral character and that said equipment will be used in a lawful manner and in conformity with the tariffs filed for such equipment. The Georgia Public Service Commission is authorized to establish the necessary procedures to be employed and followed in applying for such permits and to require from the subscribers of such equipment the furnishing of any reasonable information required by the Commission in regard to the intended and actual use of such equipment. (b) The Georgia Public Service Commission is authorized to revoke any license and to order any telephone company supplying such equipment to remove from the premises of the licensee such equipment when it shall be established to the satisfaction of the Commission that such equipment is being used in an unlawful manner, contrary to the tariff applicable to such equipment, or in a manner contrary to the purposes and uses for which the license had been issued. Such licenses may also be revoked by the Commission if it shall subsequently be discovered that a material misrepresentation of fact shall have been made in applying for the license. The Georgia Public Service Commission is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations in connection with the licensing and revocation thereof of such users of said equipment as will enable it to carry out the purposes, duties and responsibilities imposed upon the Commission by this Section. Such rules and regulations shall afford to any aggrieved licensee an opportunity to a full and impartial hearing before the Commission. The Commission shall further have the authority to adopt any and all appropriate rules and regulations of any sort to insure the privacy of telephonic and telegraphic communications. A violation of such rules and regulations shall be a violation of this Chapter.

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(c) All telephone companies shall have printed in the next and any subsequent directory, in a conspicuously accessible location within their directories, a notice to the public that there is available without cost at the business office of the telephone company served by the directory a list of subscribers of such equipment which will be made available to any member of the general public requesting the same from such companies. (d) The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to acts by duly authorized employees of any telephone company regulated by the Public Service Commission, with regard to the reasonable and limited intercepting of telephone communications under circumstances reasonably calculated to assure the privacy of telephone communications when such interception is accomplished solely for the purpose of maintaining the quality of service furnished to the public or for the purpose of preventing the unlawful use of telephone service. All such telephone companies shall adopt regulations and procedures consistent with the requirements of this section governing the use of equipment which permits the interception of telephone messages by their employees and file the same with the Georgia Public Service Commission. After being filed with the Commission, such regulations and procedures shall be public records. Section 26-2007. Nothing contained in Code section 26-2002 shall prohibit the interception, recording and divulging of a message sent by telephone, telegraph, letter or other means when the sender and receiver thereof shall expressly or impliedly consent thereto or in those instances wherein the message shall be initiated or instigated by a person and the message shall constitute the commission of a crime or is directly in the furtherance of a crime, provided at least one party thereto shall consent. Permitted recordings, etc. Section 26-2008. No evidence obtained in a manner which violates any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be admissible in any court of this State, except to prove violations of this Chapter. Evidence. Section 26-2009. Nothing contained within this Chapter shall permit the introduction into evidence of any communication

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which is privileged by the laws of this State, or by the decisions of the appellate courts thereof. Same. Section 26-2010. As used within this Chapter, the term `private place' means a place where one is entitled to reasonably expect to be safe from casual or hostile intrusion or surveillance. A `device' means an instrument or apparatus which involves in its operation electricity, electronics, infrared, laser or similar beams, but not including merely lighting illuminating equipment or optical magnifying equipment. Definitions. Section 26-2011. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than five years, and a fine not to exceed $10,000. Felony. Section 2. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases of this Act, which shall remain of full force and effect, as if the section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part hereof. Severability. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 19, 1967. STATE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY ACT AMENDEDBONDS. No. 568 (House Bill No. 345). An Act to amend an Act known as the State Hospital Authority Act, approved February 1, 1939 (Ga. L. 1939, p. 144), as amended and recreated by an Act approved

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February 6, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 250), an Act approved January 30, 1946 (Ga. L. 1946, p. 56), an Act approved February 1, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 22), an Act approved March 2, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, p. 357), an Act approved January 28, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 48), an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 95), an Act approved March 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 666), and an Act approved March 10, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 302) so as to increase the amount of bonds which the State Hospital Authority may issue; to redefine negotiability; to provide for the use of bond proceeds; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the State Hospital Authority Act, approved February 1, 1939 (Ga. L. 1939, p. 144), as amended and recreated by an Act approved February 6, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 250), an Act approved January 30, 1946 (Ga. L. 1946, p. 56), an Act approved February 1, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 22), an Act approved March 2, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, p. 357), an Act approved January 28, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 48), an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 95), an Act approved March 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 666), and an Act approved March 10, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 302) is hereby amended by striking section 5 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new section 5 which shall read as follows: Section 5. Revenue Bonds. The authority, or the authority created under the Act of the General Assembly of 1941, approved February 6, 1941, appearing on pp. 250-253 inclusive, of the Acts of 1941, or any authority which has or which may in the future succeed to the powers, duties and liabilities vested in the authority created in the Act here sought to be amended shall have power and is hereby authorized at one time, or from time to time, to provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable revenue bonds in addition to those which have already been issued by said authority, in a sum not to exceed the total sum of sixty million dollars outstanding at any time, of the authority for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost as herein

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in defined of any one or more projects under or for any department or agency of the State of Georgia. The principal and interest of such revenue bonds shall be payable solely from the special fund herein provided for such payment. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates payable semi-annually, shall mature at such time or times not exceeding forty years from their date or dates, shall be payable in such medium of payment as to both principal and interest as may be determined by the authority, and may be redeemable before maturity, at the option of the authority, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the authority in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds. The authority shall determine the forms of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of principal and interest thereof, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the State. In case any officer whose signature shall appear on any bonds or whose facsimile signature shall appear on any coupon shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery. All such bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the authority and the official seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto and attested by the secretary-treasurer of the authority and any coupons attached thereto shall bear the facsimile signature of the chairman of the authority. Any coupon may bear the facsimile signature of such person and any bond may be signed, sealed and attested on behalf of the authority by such persons as at the actual time of the execution of such bonds shall be duly authorized or hold the proper office, although at the date of such bonds such persons may not have been so authorized or shall not have held such office. All revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Act shall have and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the laws of the State. Such bonds and the income thereof shall be exempt from all taxation within the State. The bonds may be issued in coupon or in registered form,

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or both, as the authority may determine, and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bond as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest. The authority may sell such bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interests of the authority. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the project or projects, and shall be disbursed upon requisition or order of the chairman of the authority under such restrictions, if any, as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or the trust indenture hereinafter mentioned may provide. If the proceeds of such bonds, by error of calculation or otherwise, shall be less than the cost of the project or projects, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of such deficit, which unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture, shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same funds without preference or priority of the bonds first issued for the same purpose. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the amount required for the purpose for which such bonds are issued, the surplus may be used for additional projects or shall be paid into the fund hereafter provided for the payment of principal and interest of such bonds. Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the authority may, under like restrictions issue interim receipts, interim certificates or temporary bonds, with or without coupons exchangeable for definitive bonds upon the issuance of the latter. The authority may also provide for the replacement of any bond which shall become mutilated or be destroyed or lost. Such revenue bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happenings of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by this Act. In the discretion of the authority, revenue bonds of a single issue may be issued for the purpose of paying the cost of any one or more projects at one or more institutions. Any resolution providing for the issuance of revenue bonds under the provisions of this Act shall become effective immediately

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upon passage and need not be published or posted, and any such resolution may be passed at any regular or special or adjourned meeting of the authority by a majority of its members. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 19, 1967. STATE OFFICE BUILDING AUTHORITY ACT AMENDEDNAME CHANGED, ETC. No. 569 (House Bill No. 346). An Act to amend an Act known as the State Office Building Authority Act, approved February 21, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 699), as amended by an Act approved March 2, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 355), an Act approved March 7, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 585), an Act approved March 7, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 192), an Act approved April 7, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 587), an Act approved March 6, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 660), an Act approved April 9, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 422), an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 108), and an Act approved March 7, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 205); so as to change the membership comprising the Authority; to change the name of the Authority; to preserve the identity of the Authority; to provide additional powers; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the State Office Building Authority Act, approved February 21, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 699), as amended by an Act approved March 2, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 355), an Act approved March 7, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 585), an Act approved March 7, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 192), an Act approved April 7, 1961 (Ga. L. 1961, p. 587), an Act approved March 6, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962,

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p. 660), an Act approved April 9, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 422), an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 108), and an Act approved March 7, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 205); is hereby amended by striking from Section 1 of said Act the words State Office and substituting therefor the word Georgia so that section 1 as amended shall read as follows: Section 1. Short Title. This may be cited as the `Georgia Building Authority Act'. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking section 2 of said Act in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new section 2 to read as follows: Section 2. Georgia Building Authority. There is hereby created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Building Authority which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation and by that name, style, and title said body may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts of law and equity. The authority shall consist of the Governor of the State of Georgia, the State Auditor, Lieutenant Governor, Commissioner of Agriculture, and the Attorney General of the State of Georgia. Immediately upon the passage and approval of this Act, the members of the authority shall enter upon their duties. The authority shall elect one of its members as chairman and a secretary and treasurer who need not necessarily be a member of the authority. Three members of the authority shall constitute a quorum. No vacancy on this authority shall impair the right of the quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the authority. The members of the authority shall not be entitled to compensation for their services but shall be entitled to and shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The authority shall make rules and regulations for its own government. It shall have perpetual existence. Any change in name or composition of the authority shall in no way affect the vested rights of any person under the

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provisions of this Act or impair the obligations of any contracts existing under this Act. Section 3. Said Act is further amended by striking subsection (a) of section 3 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) The word `Authority' or `authority' shall mean the Georgia Building Authority, the same being formerly known as the `State Office Building Authority.' All references in this Act to `State Office Building Authority', `Authority', or `authority' shall be construed to mean the Georgia Building Authority and such change in the name of the Authority shall in no way affect the identity of the Authority or the rights, powers, privileges or liabilities of the Authority or any person under the provisions of this Act. Authority defined. Section 4. Said Act is further amended by striking the semicolon at the end of section 4 (4) and adding thereto the following language and to serve as financial adviser and agent to other State authorities; so that said section 4 (4) as amended shall read as follows: Section 4 (4). To appoint and select officers, agents and employees, including engineering, architectural and construction experts, fiscal agents and attorneys, and fix their compensation, and to serve as financial advisor and agent to other State authorities; Powers. Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 19, 1967. INDICTMENT OF COUNTY OFFICERSPROCEDURE. Code 89-9908 Amended. No. 571 (House Bill No. 26). An Act to amend Code section 89-9908, relating to the method of indictment of county officers for malpractice

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in office, so as to remove the right of the defendant to bring witnesses before the grand jury and to examine the witnesses of the prosecution; to provide that a proposed indictment, presentment, or accusation against certain county officers, shall specially set forth the merits of the complaint; to provide that the accused shall have the right to appear before the grand jury and make such statement, sworn or unsworn, as he shall desire at the conclusion of the presentation of the State's evidence; to provide that the accused shall not be subject to examination either direct or cross, and shall not have the right individually or through his counsel to examine witnesses, to provide that the accused and his counsel shall have the right to be present during the presentation of all evidence and statements of the accused; to provide that if a true bill is returned by the grand jury, the case shall proceed to trial as in other criminal cases; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Section 1. Code section 89-9908, relating to the method of indictment of county officers for malpractice in office, is hereby amended by striking said section in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new Section 89-9908 to read as follows: 89-9908. A proposed indictment, presentment, or accusation under the preceding Section shall specially set forth the merits of the complaint, and a copy thereof shall be served on the accused before it is laid before the grand jury. The accused shall have the right to appear before the grand jury and make such statement, sworn or unsworn, as he shall desire at the conclusion of the presentation of the State's evidence; the accused shall not be subject to examination either direct or cross, and shall not have the right individually or through his counsel to examine witnesses; the accused and his counsel shall have the right to be present during the presentation of all evidence and statements of the accused, sworn or unsworn, on the proposed indictment, presentment, or accusation, after which he and his counsel shall retire from the grand jury room. If a true bill is returned by the grand jury, the case shall proceed to trial as in other criminal cases.

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Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 20, 1967. STATE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY ACT AMENDED NAME CHANGED, ETC. No. 572 (House Bill No. 347). An Act to amend an Act known as the State Hospital Authority Act, approved February 1, 1939 (Ga. L. 1939, p. 144), as amended and recreated by an Act approved February 6, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 250), and as amended by an Act approved January 30, 1946 (Ga. L. 1946, p. 56), an Act approved February 1, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 22), an Act approved March 2, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, p. 357), and an Act approved January 28, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 48), an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 95), an Act approved March 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 666), and an Act approved March 10, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 302), so as to change the name of the Authority; to preserve the identity of the Authority; to provide for validation of Authority bonds; to authorize the use of services of the Georgia Building Authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the State Hospital Authority Act, approved February 1, 1939 (Ga. L. 1939, p. 144), as amended and recreated by an Act approved February 6, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 250), and as amended by an Act approved January 30, 1946 (Ga. L. 1946, p. 56), an Act approved February 1, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 22), an Act approved March 2, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, p. 357), an Act approved January 28, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 48), an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 95), an Act approved March 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 666), and an Act

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approved March 10, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 302) is hereby amended by striking the words State Hospital Authority in section 1, of the Act approved February 1, 1939 (Ga. L. 1939, p. 144), and substituting in lieu thereof the words Georgia Building Authority (Hospital) so that said section 1, as amended shall read as follows: Section 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the Georgia Building Authority (Hospital) Act. Section 2. Said Act, as amended, is further amended by striking section 3(a) thereof in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following: (a) The word Authority shall mean the Georgia Building Authority (Hospital) created by an Act approved February 1, 1939 (Ga. L. 1939, p. 144), as amended and recreated by an Act approved February 6, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 250), the same being formerly known as State Hospital Authority. All references in this Act to State Hospital Authority or Authority shall be construed to mean the Georgia Building Authority (Hospital) and such change in name of the Authority shall in no way affect the identity of the Authority or rights, powers, privileges or liabilities of the Authority or any person under the provisions of this Act. Authority defined. Section 3. Said Act is further amended by striking section 15 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new section 15 to read as follows: Section 15. Validation. Bonds of the Authority shall be confirmed and validated in accordance with the procedure of the Revenue Bond Law, as amended (Ga. L. 1937, p. 761 as amended). Any such action and any action to protect or enforce any rights under the provisions of this Act shall be brought in the Fulton superior court, which shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of such actions. Bonds. Section 4. Said Act is further amended by inserting between section 5 and section 6 a new section 5(a) to read as follows:

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Section 5 (a). Whenever this Authority shall determine to issue its bonds, it shall call upon the Georgia Building Authority to render advice and to perform, as its agent, ministerial services in connection with the marketing of such bonds. Duties. Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 20, 1967. STATE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY ACT AMENDEDNAME CHANGED, MEMBERS, ETC. No. 573 (House Bill No. 348). An Act to amend an Act approved February 6, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 250) and known as an act to create the State Hospital Authority; to provide for transferring to the State Hospital Authority so created all of the powers, duties and liabilities vested in and imposed upon the State Hospital Authority by the Act approved February 1, 1939, known as the State Hospital Authority Act; to provide for members on the State Hospital Authority; to define the duties of the members thereof; to abolish the State Hospital Authority created under the Act approved February 1, 1939; and for other purposes, as amended by an Act approved January 30, 1946 (Ga. L. 1946, p. 56), an Act approved February 1, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 22), an Act approved March 2, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, p. 357), an Act approved January 28, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 48), an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 95), an Act approved March 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 666), and an Act approved March 10, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 302) so as to change the membership comprising the Authority; to change the quorum; to change the name of the Authority; to preserve the identity of the Authority; to fix officers and the quorum; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act approved February 6, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 250) and known as an act to create the State Hospital Authority; to provide for transferring to the State Hospital Authority so created all of the powers, duties and liabilities vested in and imposed upon the State Hospital Authority by the Act approved February 1, 1939, known as the `State Hospital Authority Act'; to provide for members on the State Hospital Authority; to define the duties of the members thereof; to abolish the State Hospital Authority created under the Act approved February 1, 1939; and for other purposes as amended by an Act approved January 30, 1946 (Ga. L. 1946, p. 56), an Act approved February 1, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 22), an Act approved March 2, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, p. 357), an Act approved January 28, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 48), an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 95), an Act approved March 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 666), and an Act approved March 10, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 302) is hereby amended by striking section 1 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new section 1 to read as follows: Section 1. There is hereby created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Building Authority (Hospital), which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation and by that name, style and title said body may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts of law and equity. The Authority shall consist of the Governor of Georgia, the State Auditor, Lieutenant Governor, Commissioner of Agriculture, and the Attorney General. The Authority shall elect one of its members as chairman and another as vice chairman and a secretary and treasurer who need not necessarily be a member of the Authority. Three members of the Authority shall constitute a quorum. No vacancy on the Authority shall impair the right of the quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the Authority. The members of the Authority shall not be entitled to compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of

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their duties. The Authority shall make necessary rules and regulations for its own government. It shall have perpetual existence. Created, members, etc. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by inserting between section 1 and section 2 thereof a new section 1 (a) to read as follows: Section 1 (a). All references in this Act to `State Hospital Authority,' `Authority' or `authority' shall be construed to mean the Georgia Building Authority (Hospital) and such change in name of the Authority shall in no way affect the identity of the Authority or rights, powers, privileges or liabilities of the Authority or any person under the provisions of this Act. Intent. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 20, 1967. STATE PENAL AND REHABILITATION AUTHORITY ACT AMENDEDNAME CHANGED, MEMBERS, ETC. No. 574 (House Bill No. 349). An Act to amend an Act known as the State Penal and Rehabilitation Authority Act, approved March 17, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 892), as amended by an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 91), an Act approved April 8, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 591), so as to change the name of the Authority; to change the membership comprising the Authority; to preserve the identity of the Authority; to authorize the use of services of the Georgia Building Authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the State Penal and Rehabilitation Authority Act, approved March 17, 1960 (Ga. L.

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1960, p. 892), as amended by an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 91), an Act approved April 8, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 591), is hereby amended by striking the words State Penal and Rehabilitation Authority from Section 1 of said Act and substituting in lieu thereof the words Georgia Building Authority (Penal) so that section 1 as amended shall read as follows: Section 1. Short Title. This may be cited as the `Georgia Building Authority (Penal) Act'. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking section 2 of said Act in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new section 2 to read as follows: Section 2. Georgia Building Authority (Penal). There is hereby created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Building Authority (Penal) which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation and by that name, style and title said body may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts of law and equity. The Authority shall consist of five members, who shall be the Governor of Georgia, the State Auditor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and the Attorney General. The Authority shall elect one of its members as chairman and another as vice-chairman and a secretary and treasurer who need not necessarily be a member of the Authority. Three members of the Authority shall constitute a quorum. No vacancy on the Authority shall impair the right of the quorum to exercise all rights and perform all the duties of the Authority. The members of the Authority shall be entitled to and shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The Authority shall make rules and regulations for its own government. It shall have perpetual existence. Any change in name or composition of the Authority shall in no way affect the vested rights of any person under the provisions of this Act or impair the obligations of any contracts existing under this Act.

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Section 3. Said Act is further amended by striking subsection (a) of section 3 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) The word `Authority' shall mean the Georgia Building Authority (Penal), the same being formerly known as the State Penal and Rehabilitation Authority. All references in this Act to `Authority' shall be construed to mean the Georgia Building Authority (Penal) and such change in name of the Authority shall in no way affect the identity of the Authority or the rights, powers, privileges or liabilities of the Authority or any person under the provisions of this Act. Authority defined. Section 4. Said Act is further amended by adding to section 9 the following sentence: Whenever the authority shall determine to issue its bonds, it shall call upon the Georgia Building Authority to render advice and to perform, as its agent, ministerial services in connection with the marketing of such bonds. so that section 9 as amended shall read as follows: Section 9. Same; sale; price. The authority may sell such bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interests of the authority. Whenever the authority shall determine to issue its bonds, it shall call upon the Georgia Building Authority to render advice and to perform, as its agent, ministerial services in connection with the marketing of such bonds. Bonds. Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 20, 1967. GEORGIA FARMERS MARKET AUTHORITY ACT AMENDEDNAME CHANGED, ETC. No. 575 (House Bill No. 350). An Act to amend an Act known as the Georgia Farmers Market Authority Act, approved February 25, 1955

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(Ga. L. 1955, p. 224), as amended by an Act approved March 7, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 503), an Act approved January 30, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 3), and an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 85), so as to change the name of the Authority; to preserve the identity of the Authority; to provide for the use of the services of the Georgia Building Authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the Georgia Farmers Market Authority Act, approved February 25, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 224), as amended by an Act approved March 7, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 503), an Act approved January 30, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 3), and an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 85), is hereby amended by striking the words Georgia Farmers Market Authority in Section 1 of said Act and substituting in lieu thereof the words Georgia Building Authority (Markets) so that Section 1, as amended, shall read as follows: Section 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the `Georgia Building Authority (Markets) Act.' Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking subsection (a) of section 2 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) Authority. The word `Authority' shall mean the Georgia Building Authority (Markets), the same being formerly known as the `Georgia Farmers Market Authority.' All references in this Act to `Georgia Farmers Market Authority' or `Authority' shall be construed to mean the Georgia Building Authority (Markets) and such change in name of the Authority shall in no way affect the identity of the Authority or the rights, powers, privileges or liabilities of the Authority or any person under the provisions of this Act. Definition, etc. Section 3. Said Act is further amended by striking the words Georgia Farmers Market Authority from the caption

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and first sentence of section 3 and substituting in lieu thereof in said caption and first sentence the words Georgia Building Authority (Markets) so that section 3 as amended shall read as follows: Section 3. Georgia Building Authority (Markets). There is hereby created a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality and public corporation of this State, to be known as Georgia Building Authority (Markets). It shall have perpetual existence. In said name it may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts of law and equity. Section 4. Said Act is further amended by adding at the end of section 17, the following sentence: Whenever this Authority shall determine to issue its bonds, it shall call upon the Georgia Building Authority to render advice and to perform, as its agent, ministerial services in connection with the marketing of such bonds. so that section 17 as amended shall read as follows: Section 17. Same; form; denomination; registration; place of payment. The Authority shall determine the form of the bonds including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination, or denominations, of the bonds and the place or places of payment of the principal and interest thereon which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the State. The bonds may be issued in coupon or registered form, or both, as the Authority may determine, and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bond as to principal alone or as to both principal and interest. Whenever this Authority shall determine to issue its bonds, it shall call upon the Georgia Building Authority to render advice and to perform, as its agent, ministerial services in connection with the marketing of such bonds. Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 20, 1967.

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UNIVERSITY SYSTEM BUILDING AUTHORITY ACT AMENDEDNAME CHANGED, ETC. No. 576 (House Bill No. 351). An Act to amend an Act known as the University System Building Authority Act, approved February 25, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1009), as amended by an Act approved February 5, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 44), an Act approved February 12, 1952 (Ga. L. 1952, p. 116), an Act approved February 6, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 30), an Act approved March 17, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 362), an Act approved March 17, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 887), an Act approved February 12, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 37), an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 104), and an Act approved March 10, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 310); so as to change the name of the Authority; to preserve the identity of the Authority; to authorize the use of services of the Georgia Building Authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the University System Building Authority Act, approved February 25, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1009), as amended by an Act approved February 5, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 44), an Act approved February 12, 1952 (Ga. L. 1952, p. 116), an Act approved February 6, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 30), an Act approved March 17, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 362), an Act approved March 17, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 887), an Act approved February 12, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 37), an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 104), and an Act approved March 10, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 310), is hereby amended by striking University System Building Authority in section 1 of said Act and substituting therefor Georgia Education Authority (University) so that section 1 as amended shall read as follows: Section 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the `Georgia Education Authority (University) Act.'

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Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking section 2 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new section 2 to read as follows: Section 2. Creation; members, officers; quorum; rules and regulations. There is hereby created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Education Authority (University) which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation and by that name, style, and title said body may contract and be contracted with; sue and be sued; implead and be impleaded; and complain and defend in all courts of law and equity. The Authority shall consist of seven members, as follows: The Governor, the Attorney General, the State Auditor, the Chairman of the State Board of Education, the Chairman of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, the State Superintendent of Schools and the Chancellor of the University System of Georgia. The Authority shall elect one of its members as chairman and another as vice chairman and a secretary and treasurer who need not necessarily be a member of the Authority, but who shall be the same as the secretary and treasurer of the Georgia Education Authority (Schools). The majority of the members of the Authority shall constitute a quorum. No vacancy on the Authority shall impair the right of the quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the Authority. The members of the Authority shall not be entitled to compensation for their services, but shall be entitled to and shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The staff of the Authority shall be the same as the staff of the Georgia Education Authority (Schools). The Authority shall make rules and regulations for its own government. It shall have perpetual existence. Any change in name or composition of the Authority shall in no way affect the vested rights of any person under the provisions of this Act or impair the obligations of any contracts existing under this Act. Section 3. Said Act is further amended by striking subsection (a) of section 3 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new subsection (a) to read as follows:

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(a) the word `Authority' shall mean the Georgia Education Authority (University), the same being formerly known as the University System Building Authority. All references in this Act to `University System Building Authority', `Authority' or `authority' shall be construed to mean the Georgia Education Authority (University) and such change in name of the Authority shall in no way affect the identity of the Authority or the rights, powers, privileges or liabilities of the Authority or any person under the provisions of this Act. Authority defined. Section 4. Said Act is further amended by adding to section 9 the following sentence: Whenever the Authority shall determine to issue its bonds, it shall call upon the Georgia Building Authority to render advice and to perform, as its agent, ministerial services in connection with the marketing of such bonds. so that section 9 as amended shall read as follows: Section 9. Same; Sale; Price. The Authority may sell such bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interests of the Authority. Whenever the Authority shall determine to issue its bonds, it shall call upon the Georgia Building Authority to render advice and to perform, as its agent, ministerial services for the Authority in connection with the marketing of such bonds. Bonds. Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 20, 1967. STATE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY ACT AMENDEDNAME CHANGED, ETC. No. 577 (House Bill No. 352). An Act to amend an Act known as the State School Building Authority Act, approved February 19, 1951 (Ga. L.

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1951, p. 241), as amended by an Act approved February 6, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 11), an Act approved March 17, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 806), an Act approved February 6, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 28), an Act approved March 17, 1959 (Ga. 1959, p. 363), an Act approved March 7, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 775), and an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 112); so as to change the name of the Authority; to preserve the identity of the Authority; to authorize the use of services of the Georgia Building Authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be in enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the State School Building Authority Act, approved February 19, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 241), as amended by an Act approved February 6, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 11), an Act approved March 17, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 806), an Act approved February 6, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 28), an Act approved March 17, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 363), an Act approved March 7, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 775), and an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 112), is hereby amended by striking State School Building Authority in section 1 of said Act and substituting therefor Georgia Education Authority (Schools) so that said section 1 as amended shall read as follows: Section 1. Short Title. This may be cited as the `Georgia Education Authority (Schools) Act'. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by striking section 2 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new section 2 to read as follows: Section 2. Creation; members; officers; quorum; rules and regulations. There is hereby created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Education Authority (Schools), which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation and by that name, style, and title said body may contract and be contracted with; sue and be sued; implead and be impleaded; and complain and defend in all courts of law and equity.

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The Authority shall consist of seven members, as follows: The Governor, the Attorney General, the State Auditor, the Chairman of the State Board of Education, the Chairman of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, the State Superintendent of Schools and the Chancellor of the University System of Georgia. The Authority shall elect one of its members as chairman and another as vice chairman and a secretary and treasurer who need not necessarily be a member of the Authority but who shall be the same as the secretary and treasurer of the Georgia Education Authority (University). The majority of the members of the Authority shall constitute a quorum. No vacancy on the Authority shall impair the right of the quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the Authority. The members of the Authority shall not be entitled to compensation for their services, but shall be entitled to and shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The staff of the Authority shall be the same as the staff of the Georgia Education Authority (University). The Authority shall make rules and regulations for its own government. It shall have perpetual existence. Any change in name or composition of the Authority shall in no way affect the vested rights of any person under the provisions of this Act or impair the obligations of any contracts existing under this Act. Section 3. Said Act is further amended by striking subsection (a) of section 3 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) The word `Authority' or `authority' shall mean the Georgia Education Authority (Schools), the same being formerly known as the State School Building Authority. All references in this Act to `State School Building Authority', `Authority', or `authority' shall be construed to mean the Georgia Education Authority (Schools) and such change in the name of the Authority shall in no way affect the identity of the Authority or the rights, powers, privileges or liabilities of the Authority or any person under the provisions of this Act. Authority defined.

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Section 4. Said Act is further amended by adding to section 9 the following sentence: Whenever the Authority shall determine to issue its bonds, it shall call upon the Georgia Building Authority to render advice and to perform, as its agent, ministerial services in connection with the marketing of such bonds. so that Section 9 as amended shall read as follows: Section 9. The Authority may sell such bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interests of the Authority. Whenever the Authority shall determine to issue its bonds, it shall call upon the Georgia Building Authority to render advice and to perform, as its agent, ministerial services in connection with the marketing of such bonds. Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 20, 1967. GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY ACT AMENDEDSERVICES OF GEORGIA BUILDING AUTHORITY. No. 578 (House Bill No. 355). An Act to amend an Act known as the Georgia Ports Authority Act approved March 9, 1945 (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464), as amended by an Act approved January 30, 1946 (Ga. L. 1946, p. 60), an Act approved February 17, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 778), an Act approved February 1, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 120), an Act approved March 27, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 714), an Act approved March 10, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 145); an Act approved February 29, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 150), an Act approved March 7, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 788), an Act approved March 17, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 956), an Act approved April 4, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 342), an Act approved February 18,

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1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 88), and an Act approved March 14, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 457), so as to authorize the use of services of the Georgia Building Authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the Georgia Ports Authority Act approved March 9, 1945 (Ga. L. 1945, p. 464), as amended by an Act approved January 30, 1946 (Ga. L. 1946, p. 60), an Act approved February 17, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 778), an Act approved February 1, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 120), an Act approved March 27, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 714), an Act approved March 10, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 145); an Act approved February 29, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 150), an Act approved March 7, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 788), an Act approved March 17, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 956), an Act approved April 4, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 342), an Act approved February 18, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 88), and an Act approved March 14, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 457), is hereby amended by adding at the end of section 5, the following sentence: Whenever the Authority shall determine to issue its bonds, it shall call upon the Georgia Building Authority to render advice and to perform, as its agent, ministerial Services in connection with the marketing of such bonds. so that section 5 as amended shall read as follows: Section 5. Revenue bonds; issuance, interest rate, medium of payment, redemption, form, signature, negotiability, exemption from taxation, sale, use of proceeds, replacement on loss, resolution authorizing. The Authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized at one time or from time to time to provide by Resolution for the issuance of negotiable revenue bonds of the Authority for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost as hereinabove defined of any one or more projects. The principal and interest of such revenue bonds shall be payable solely from the special fund herein provided for such payment. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding five per cent per annum,

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payable semi-annually, shall mature at such time or times as the Authority may determine at the time of issue, shall be payable in such medium of payment as to both principal and interest as may be determined by the Authority, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the Authority, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the Authority in the Resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds. The Authority shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places or payment of principal and interest thereof which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the State. In case any officer whose signature shall appear on any bonds or whose facsimile signature shall appear on any coupons cease to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery. All such bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the Authority and the official seal of the Authority shall be affixed thereto and attested by the secretary-treasurer of the Authority and any coupons attached thereto shall bear the facsimile signature of the chairman of the Authority. Any coupon may bear the facsimile signature of such person and any bond may be signed, sealed and attested on behalf of the Authority by such persons as at the actual time of the execution of such bond shall be duly authorized or hold the proper office, although at the date of such bond such persons may not have been so authorized or shall not have held such office. All revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Act shall have and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the negotiable instruments laws of the State. Such bonds and the income thereof shall be exempt from all taxation within the State. The bonds may be issued in coupon or in registered form, or both, as the Authority may determine, and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bond as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest. The Authority may sell such bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine

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to be for the best interests of the Authority, but no such sale shall be made at a price so low as to require the payment of interest on the money received therefor at more than five per cent per annum, computed with relation to the absolute maturity of the bonds in accordance with a standard tables of bond values excluding, however, from such computation the amount of any premium to be paid on redemption of any bond prior to maturity. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the project or projects, and shall be disbursed upon requisition or order of the chairman of the Authority under such restrictions, if any, as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or the trust indenture hereinafter mentioned may provide. If the proceeds of such bonds, by error of calculation or otherwise, shall be less than the cost of the project or projects, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of such deficit, which unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture, shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same fund without preference or priority of the bonds first issued for the same purpose. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the amount required for the purpose for which such bonds are issued, the surplus shall be paid into the fund hereinafter provided for the payment of principal and interest of such bonds. Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the Authority may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts, interim certificates or temporary bonds, with or without coupons exchangeable for definitive bonds upon the issuance of the latter. The Authority may also provide for the replacement of any bond which shall become mutilated or be destroyed or lost. Such revenue bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by this Act. In the discretion of the Authority, revenue bonds of a single issue may be issued for the purpose of paying the cost of any one or more projects. Any Resolution providing for the

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issuance of revenue bonds under the provisions of this Act shall become effective immediately upon its passage and need not be published or posted, and any such resolution may be passed at any regular or special or adjourned meeting of the Authority by a majority of its members. Whenever the Authority shall determine to issue its bonds, it shall call upon the Georgia Building Authority to render advice and to perform, as its agent, ministerial services in connection with the marketing of such bonds. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 20, 1967. GEORGIA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1965 AMENDED. No. 582 (House Bill No. 594). An Act to amend an Act known as The Georgia Public Assistance Act of 1965, approved March 30, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 385), so as to authorize the Department of Family and Children Services to provide medical assistance to recipients of assistance under Titles I, IV, X, XIV or XVI and to certain other individuals under 21 who are, or would be, except for age, dependent children under the state's approved plan under Title IV; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as The Georgia Public Assistance Act of 1965, approved March 30, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 385), is hereby amended by adding at the end of section 2 a new paragraph to read as follows: The term `medical assistance' means payment of part or all of the cost of the following care and services for individuals who are recipients of assistance under Titles I, IV,

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X, XIV, XVI of the Federal Social Security Act and also to all individuals under age 21 who are, or would be, except for age, dependent children under the state's approved plan under Title IV but whose income and resources are insufficient to meet all of such cost Medical assistance defined. (1) inpatient hospital services (other than services in an institution for tuberculosis or mental diseases); (2) outpatient hospital services; (3) other laboratory and X-ray services; (4) skilled nursing home services (other than services in an institution for tuberculosis or mental diseases) for individuals 21 years of age or older; (5) physicians' services, whether furnished in the office, the patient's home, a hospital, or a skilled nursing home, or elsewhere. Section 2. Said Act is further amended by adding at the end of subsection (a) of section 3 a new subsection to be designated as paragraph (7) to read as follows: (7) Medical Assistance under a combined plan adopted pursuant to Title XIX of the Federal Social Security Act. Section 3. Said Act is further amended by striking subparagraph (4) of subsection (b) of section 3 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new subparagraph (4) to read as follows: (4) enter into reciprocal and cooperative agreements with other agencies of the State which shall include agreements with the Georgia Department of Public Health for medical participation in the health service aspects of planning, and medical supervision of the delivery, and the evaluation of health care services and with agencies of any other state relative to the providing of assistance or service to residents and non-residents; Reciprocal agreements.

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Section 4. Said Act is further amended by striking section 4 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 4 to read as follows: Section 4. Eligibility for Public Assistance. Public assistance shall be awarded to, or on behalf of, any individual who is a resident of the State and is otherwise eligible therefor under one of the categories established pursuant to this Act, as determined in accordance with the regulations of the Department, provided, however, that residence in the State in excess of one year may not be required with respect to any individual under any category and provided further that with respect to `medical assistance' no residence requirement which excludes any individual who resides in the State may be imposed. Section 5. Said Act is further amended by striking section 14 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 14 to read as follows: Section 14. Income and Resources to be Exempt or Disregarded. In determining eligibility for, and the amount and kind of assistance to be provided, the Department shall prescribe by regulations reasonable emergency reserves and the income and resources which may be exempt and disregarded. With respect to any category of assistance the income and resources to be disregarded shall not be in excess of the amounts and kinds authorized under the Federal Social Security Act and shall not be less than the amounts and kinds of income and resources required to be disregarded by the Federal Social Security Act and any other Act of the Congress of the United States relating to the assistance programs for which Federal financial participation is authorized under Titles I, IV, X, XIV, XVI, and XIX of the Federal Social Security Act. Section 6. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 21, 1967.

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STANDARD TIME ACT OF 1966. No. 583 (Senate Bill No. 8). An Act to provide a standard time for the entire State of Georgia and of all governmental agencies, governmental units and political subdivisions thereof; to provide that the State of Georgia shall be exempt from the provisions of the Uniform Time Act of 1966, Public Law 89-387, 89th Congress, approved April 13, 1966, relating to the advancement of time during a certain period of the year; to provide that any references to eastern standard time in Acts of the General Assembly, Code Sections or laws of this State shall be deemed and construed to be the standard time provided for in this Act; to repeal certain specific laws; to provide that this Act shall stand repealed under certain circumstances; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. (a) The standard time throughout each year for the entire State of Georgia shall be based on the mean solar time of the seventy-fifth degree of longitude west from Greenwich. (b) All departments of the State government and all governmental agencies, governmental units and political subdivisions of the State of Georgia shall use the standard time prescribed in subsection (a) hereof. (c) The State of Georgia hereby exempts itself from the provisions of Section 3 (a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966, Public Law 89-387, 89th Congress, approved April 13, 1966, providing for the advancement of time during the period commencing at 2:00 o'clock antemeridian on the last Sunday of April of each year and ending at 2:00 o'clock antemeridian on the last Sunday of October of each year. Section 2. All references to eastern standard time found in any Act of the General Assembly, Code Section or law

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of this State shall be deemed and construed to be the standard time provided for in subsection (a) of section 1 of this Act. Section 3. An Act entitled An Act to provide for and designate the line through the State of Georgia which shall be considered the time line, that is, the line fixing the boundary of the territory in which eastern time shall prevail and the territory in which central time shall prevail., approved March 22, 1941 (Ga. L. 1941, p. 427), as amended by an Act approved January 18, 1943 (Ga. L. 1943, p. 430) is hereby repealed in its entirety. Prior Act repealed. Section 4. This Act shall become effective immediately upon its approval by the Governor or its otherwise becoming law; provided, however, that if by April 30, 1967, as many as four of the states adjoining the State of Georgia have not exempted themselves from the provisions of Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966, Public Law 89-387, 89th Congress, approved April 13, 1966, this Act shall stand repealed as of that date and shall be void and of no force and effect. Repealer. Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 21, 1967. USE OF FUNDS GRANTED MUNICIPALITIES. No. 584 (Senate Bill No. 23). An Act to amend an Act providing for grants to certain municipalities of this State, approved March 31, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 458), as amended by an Act approved March 7, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 249), so as to provide the purposes for which the funds received from such grants may be expended; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act providing for grants to certain municipalities of this State, approved March 31, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 458), as amended by an Act approved March 7, 1966 (Ga. L. 1966, p. 249), is hereby amended by striking section 1 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new section 1 to read as follows: Section 1. Pursuant to Article VII, Section II, Paragraph VI of the Constitution, relating to the granting of State funds to municipalities, such funds are hereby authorized to be granted to certain municipalities as provided for hereinafter and may be used by such municipalities for purchasing, constructing, improving, maintaining and repairing capital outlay items. Any funds granted to municipalities pursuant to the aforesaid provision of the Constitution shall be used only for such purposes provided for in this section. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 21, 1967. UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR AUDITS OF MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES. No. 585 (Senate Bill No. 89). An Act to provide uniform standards for audits of municipalities and counties within the State of Georgia; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Whenever any municipality or county within the State of Georgia shall employ a Certified Public Accountant or firm of Certified Public Accountants to make an audit of the financial affairs of the county or city, the

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audit report shall include the auditor's unqualified opinion upon the presentation of the financial position and the results of the operations of the government which is audited. If the auditor is unable to express an unqualified opinion, he shall so state and shall further detail the reasons for qualification or disclaimer of opinion, including recommendations necessary to make possible future unqualified opinions. All such audits of municipalities or counties which are performed by certified public accountants shall be conducted in conformity with generally accepted standards and principles of governmental accounting and auditing and shall be subject to the standards, rules and ethics promulgated by the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Municipal Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada, and the National Committee of Governmental Accounting. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 21, 1967. COMPENSATION OF SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES EMERITUS SERVING IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (45,400-47,100). No. 586 (Senate Bill No. 112). An Act to provide a method of payment to superior court judges emeritus who are requested to serve in certain counties; to provide the method of making such payments by the governing authorities of such counties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. In all counties of this state having a population of not less than 45,400 and not more than 47,100, according

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to the United States decennial census of 1960 or any fture such census, whenever the judges of the superior courts of such counties request a judge of the superior courts emeritus to serve as provided by law on the superior courts of said counties, the governing authorities of such counties shall pay the sum of $25.00 per diem to such judge of the superior courts emeritus for each day of such service upon the filing of a certificate with them showing the number of days of such service and the amount due. Said sums shall be considered as a contingent expense of court. Section 2. This Act shall be in addition and supplemental to other provisions provided by law, with the view toward the efficient and orderly administration of justice. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 21, 1967. RETURN OF PROPERTY FOR TAXATION IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (50,000-70,000) Code 92-6913 Amended. No. 593 (House Bill No. 541). An Act to amend Code section 92-6913, as amended, describing the duty of the board of tax assessors to ascertain what property is subject to taxation and describing counties having a population of 50,000 and not more than 70,000 according to the 1960 United States Census or any future such census, where the owner failed to return property for taxes during the period the books were open the penalty provided for unreturned property shall apply only to such property as was acquired since the last tax return made by such owner not returned prior to the expiration of the time for making returns; to provide the effective date of the Act, to repeal conflicting laws 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 same: Section 1. That Code section 92-6913 of the Code of Georgia, as amended, providing for the duties of the board of tax assessors to ascertain what property is subject to taxation and describing penalties for unreturned property be, and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following language. Except that in counties having a population of 50,000 but not more than 70,000 according to the 1960 United States Census or any future such census, where the owner of property fails to return property by himself or his agent as provided by law where the tax books are open, the penalty for unreturned property provided above shall apply only to such property as the owner has acquired since his last tax return and which was not returned prior to the expiration of the time for making tax returns. Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1967. Effective date. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved April 21, 1967. RETURN OF PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR TAXATION IN CERTAIN COUNTIES (50,000-70,000). Code 92-6208 Amended. No. 594 (House Bill No. 542). An Act to amend Code section 92-6208 of the Code of Georgia of 1933, as amended, providing for the return of personal property by the owner to the tax receiver or the county wherein the personal property may be situated so as to provide that in counties having a population of 50,000 and not more than 70,000, according to the 1960

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United States Census or any future such census, that any person, companies and corporations subject to taxation in such county who fails to return such personal property for taxes during the time the tax books are open and who returned or paid taxes on such personal property during the preceding year in any such county shall be deemed to have returned taxes on the same property and at the same value for the current year as taxes were returned or paid the year next preceding in that county; to provide the effective date of the Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, that: Section 1. Code section 92-6208 of the Code of Georgia of 1933, as amended, providing for the return of personal property by the owner thereof to the tax receiver in the county where such property is situated be, and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following language: Except in counties having a population of 50,000 and not more than 70,000, according to the 1960 United States and any future such census, all persons, companies and corporations subject to taxation in such county who fail to return personal property for taxes during the time the tax books are open who returned or paid taxes on such property during the preceding year in any such county shall be deemed to have returned taxes on the same property and at the same value for the current year as taxes were returned or paid in the year next preceding in that county. Section 2. This Act shall become effective July 1, 1967. Effective date. Section 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved April 21, 1967.

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COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERSGRANTS TO COUNTIES. No. 607 (House Bill No. 777). An Act to provide for grants to counties of this State to be used for any public purposes; to provide the procedure connected therewith; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. It is hereby declared to be the purpose and intent of the General Assembly that state funds be made available to the governing authorities of the counties of this State to be expended for any public purposes. Section 2. To the extent funds are made available by the budget authorities pursuant to the General Appropriations Act of 1967, or to the extent funds are made available by any future laws, for the purposes set out in section 1 hereof, except for the grants to counties which are appropriated as a part of the Highway Department appropriation designated as follows: for grants to counties for aid in county road construction and maintenance, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to grant such funds to the counties of this State in the same proportion which the total public road mileage of each county bears to the total public road mileage in the State, as such mileage information is furnished by the State Highway Department. The computation of individual county grants, as provided for herein, shall be prepared and certified by the State Treasurer, who shall make such payments. Section 3. Funds distributed under this Act by the State Treasurer shall be paid to the counties in the name of the county treasurer or other fiscal authority authorized to receive county funds. Such funds shall be expended by the county only for the purposes prescribed in section 1 of this Act. Section 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 21, 1967.

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MUNICIPALITIESGRANTS TO MUNICIPALITIES. No. 609 (House Bill No. 787). An Act to provide for grants to certain incorporated municipalities of this State to be used for any public purposes; to provide the procedure connected therewith; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. It is hereby declared to be the purpose and intent of the General Assembly that State funds be made available to the governing bodies of certain incorporated municipalities of this State to be expended for any public purposes, except for the purpose of paying the salaries of elected municipal officers. Use of grants. Section 2. To the extent funds are made available by the Budget Authorities pursuant to section 49 of the General Appropriations Act of 1967 or to the extent funds are made available by any future law, for the purposes set out in section 1 hereof, the State Treasurer is authorized and directed to grant such funds to the incorporated municipalities of this State, as defined herein, on the following basis: (a) The total amount of the grant shall be divided by the total population of all incorporated municipalities to arrive at an average per capita amount. Such per capita amount shall be multiplied, in turn, by the population of each incorporated municipality with a population of 10,000 or less to arrive at their respective grants. Such grants shall be referred to as subsection (a) grants. Basis of grants. (b) In addition to the amount it would receive under subsection (a) grants, each incorporated municipality with a population under 5,000 shall receive an additional grant equal to fifty per cent. (50%) of the amount it received as subsection (a) grants. Such grants shall be referred to as subsection (b) grants. (c) In addition to the amount it would receive under subsection (a) grants, each incorporated municipality with a population of not less than 5,000 and not more than 10,000

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shall receive an additional grant equal to twenty-five per cent. (25%) of the amount it received as subsection (a) grants. Such grants shall be referred to as subsection (c) grants. (d) The amount remaining for distribution after deducting the total amounts of subsection (a) grants, subsection (b) grants, and subsection (c) grants shall then be divided by the total population of all remaining incorporated municipalities (eliminating those receiving subsection (a), subsection (b) and subsection (c) grants), to arrive at a per capita amount for such remaining incorporated municipalities. The per capita amount as so determined shall then be multiplied by the population of each such remaining incorporated municipality to arrive at its respective grant. Such grants shall be referred to as subsection (d) grants. (e) Whenever population is used in this Act it means population as determined according to the United States decennial census of 1960 or any future such census. (f) The computation of individual municipal grants as called for in this Act shall be prepared and certified by the State Treasurer, who shall make payments as called for herein. Section 3. Incorporated Municipality as used in this Act shall mean an incorporated municipality, whose population shall be based on the current United States decennial census of 1960 or any future such census, the governing body of which has held at least six (6) regular meetings within the twelve months preceding the execution of the certificate required by section 4 hereof, and which for a period of one year, has levied and collected an ad valorem tax on the real property in said municipality or shall have for said one year period, performed at least two of the following municipal activities and services: Incorporated municipality defined. (1) furnished water service, (2) furnished sewerage service,

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(3) furnished garbage collection, (4) furnished police protection, (5) furnished fire protection, (6) assessed and collected business licenses, (7) municipal street lighting facilities. Section 4. Each incorporated municipality, as defined herein, shall submit to the State Treasurer a certificate showing the number of regular meetings held within the preceding twelve months by the governing body of the municipality, stating that ad valorem taxes on real property were levied and collected in said municipality within the twelve months preceding such certificate, or stating that the municipality performed at least two of the activities and services enumerated in Section 3 hereof. Such certificates shall be substantially in the following form: Certificates, etc.

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Such certificate shall be executed by the highest elective official, whether designated mayor or some other term (or by the chairman of commission in those municipalities having a commission form of government), and attested by the clerk. The name of the municipality used in the certificate shall be its official corporate name. The name of the municipal treasurer or other official, or officials, authorized to receive municipal funds shall be listed in the certificate and the instrument transferring funds to the municipality shall be payable to such Treasurer or other official or officials as listed in the certificate. The information contained in the certificate shall constitute the basis upon which the State Treasurer shall make the distribution of funds under this Act and the Treasurer shall not be liable, either personally or in his official capacity, for any false information contained in any such certificate. Any person willfully and knowingly signing a certificate containing false information shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. Section 5. Prior to June 1, 1967, and prior to June 1 of each succeeding year, a certificate shall be filed which shall be the basis upon which payments shall be made of funds made available under this Act for the immediately succeeding fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30. In the event no certificate is filed within the time limitations specified above, the municipality shall not be entitled to and shall not be paid any funds for the applicable period, and such municipality shall not be included in the formula for determining the amount of the grants as provided in section 2 of this Act. Section 6. Funds distributed under this Act by the State Treasurer shall be paid to the municipality in the name of the municipal treasurer or other official or officials authorized to receive municipal funds as listed in the certificate required by section 4 of this Act. Such funds shall be expended by the municipality only for the purposes prescribed in section 1 of this Act. Funds.

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Section 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 21, 1967. GEORGIA ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT AMENDEDDISTRIBUTION OF RULES BY SECRETARY OF STATE. No. 611 (House Bill No. 832). An Act to amend an Act known as the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act, approved March 10, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 338), as amended, so as to authorize the Secretary of State to make available the official compilation, Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, without charge to certain state and county officials; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. An Act known as the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act, approved March 10, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 338), as amended, is hereby amended by striking subsection (d) of section 7 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) The official compilation, Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, and bulletins shall be made available upon request to the heads of all departments, bureaus, agencies, commissions and boards of this State, members of the General Assembly, judges of the supreme court and court of appeals, judges of the superior courts and clerks of the superior courts free of charge and to other persons at a price fixed by the Secretary of State to cover publication and mailing costs. Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved April 21, 1967.

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PETITION TO CONGRESS OF UNITED STATES TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. No. 96 (House Resolution No. 120-296). A Resolution. Petitioning the Congress of the United States to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and for other purposes. Whereas, the relationship that exists between the Federal Government and the government of the states is a matter of vital concern; and Whereas, the states play an indispensable role in our Federal system of government; and Whereas, unless the trend toward restrictive categoric federal grants is reversed, these grants will so entwine themselves that a state's freedom of movement will be significantly inhibited; and Whereas, there is a need and a justification for broader unfettered grants that will give states and localities more freedom of choice, more opportunity to express their own initiative which reflects their particular needs and preferences, all within the overall direction of national purpose. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, that this Legislature respectfully petitions the Congress of the United States to propose the following article as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States: Article Beginning with the first fiscal year after ratification of this amendment by the requisite number of states, there shall be remitted to all of the states of these United States, an amount determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be equal to not less than 5% of the aggregate total of individual and corporate income taxes paid to the United States during the preceding calendar year.

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Such funds shall be remitted to the States without restriction and this remission of funds shall be in addition to any other federal grant programs which may be enacted by the Congress. Each state shall share in such remission in proportion as the population of such State bears to the total population of all of the States, according to the last preceding Federal census. Be it further resolved that when the above amendment to the Constitution of the United States is ratified by three-fourths of the legislatures of the several States, it shall become a part of the Constitution of the United States. Be it further resolved that the Secretary of State is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Senate of the United States, to the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to each member of the Georgia Congressional Delegation. Approved April 21, 1967. COMMITTEE ON COMPUTERIZED RECORD SYSTEM FOR GEORGIA REESTABLISHED. No. 97 (House Resolution No. 269-833). A Resolution. Re-establishing an interim study committee to study the feasibility of establishing a central computerized criminal records system for the State of Georgia; and for other purposes. Whereas, there is no centralized criminal records system in the State of Georgia and various agencies of state government and units of local government maintain separate and often duplicatory records on criminals; and Whereas, records maintained on criminals are often sketchy and incomplete; and

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Whereas, various state and federal governmental agencies and local governmental units often find it difficult to get satisfactory information on criminals from the files of other agencies and units; and Whereas, the lack of an effective criminal records system often hampers criminal investigation, as well as prevention of crime through surveillance techniques; and Whereas, the lack of a satisfactory records system makes classification of prisoners and the planning of their rehabilitation quite difficult; and Whereas, better criminal records would be of considerable benefit to the courts of the State in the trail of cases and to parole and probation officials in considering whether a criminal should be paroled or placed on probation; and Whereas, some of the states in the nation, notably New York, are currently taking steps to place all criminal records on tapes on computers, making information on criminals almost instantaneously available to any police agency in the State; and Whereas, such a system of computerized records probably would be much more efficient, economical, and effective than a less automated system; and Whereas, the State of Georgia has made rapid strides in utilization of computers in various agencies of the State government and in computing centers at the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology; and Whereas, a computerized criminal records system could make available to every police agency in the State of Georgia instantaneous information on criminals and aid immeasurably in surveillance and apprehension of criminals; and Whereas, a good criminal records system will be badly needly to carry on an effective job of diagnosis and classification when the Diagnostic and Classification Center is opened in Butts County so as to plan for each person committed an effective program of rehabilitation; and

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Whereas, such a records system could do much to improve the probation and parole processes in the State; and Whereas, it has been proved without question that the confidentiality of criminal records can be maintained even more effectively on computers than in conventional files; and Whereas, the State of Georgia would seem to have an opportunity to take a place among the leading states of the nation in adopting a modern criminal records system to aid in bringing about better law enforcement in the State; and Whereas, such a criminal records system would enable the State to obtain objective measures on how effectively it is functioning in rehabilitation; and Whereas, such a records system would provide the necessary data to conduct research which could lead to more effective crime prevention and law enforcement; and Whereas, the establishment of such a computerized criminal records system probably would take several years to plan and install; and Whereas, the Federal Government in 1967 inaugurated a nation-wide criminal computer network service through the FBI known as the National Crime Information Center (NCIC); and Whereas, the Georgia Department of Public Safety was selected by the F. B. I. as the southeastern regional tie-in on the national network; and Whereas, the 1966 study committee following its deliberations, feels there is a great need to coordinate this activity with that of other related departments of the State; and Whereas, the field is much broader than originally contemplated by the committee. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that there be re-established a Committee on a Computerized Criminal Records System for Georgia to

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be composed of three (3) members of the Senate and three (3) members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House, respectively, to continue the studies of the 1966 Committee. The Committee shall investigate the feasibility of establishing a central computerized criminal records system in Georgia; and, if it is determined to be feasible, steps which should be taken to initiate planning and implementation of such a system. It is suggested that the Committee confer with specialists in electronic data processing and with experts in crime and delinquency. It is contemplated that the Committee might visit one or more states which are in the process of instituting a computerized criminal records system. It is further contemplated that the Committee might invite officials of other state governments or representatives of private agencies to meet with the Committee and explain what is being done in other states to implement a computerized criminal records system, and what might be done in Georgia. It is also contemplated that the Committee might call upon one or more agencies and individuals in the universities and colleges of the State to conduct studies or make investigations for it. The Committee is authorized to conduct such hearings as it may deem necessary, both in the State Capitol and at other locations. The Committee members shall receive the compensation per diem, expenses and allowances which are authorized for members of interim legislative committees; provided, however, that the Committee shall be authorized to meet not more than ten (10) days. The funds necessary for the purposes of this Resolution shall come from the funds appropriated to or available to the Legislative Branch of Government. The Committee shall render a written report to members of the Georgia General Assembly no later than November 30, 1967. Approved April 21, 1967.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1967 PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF GEORGIA

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MERIWETHER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 1 (House Resolution No. 94-221). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Meriwether County Development Authority; to provide for powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedures connected therewith; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the Constitution of this State is hereby amended by adding at the end of Article VII, Section V, Paragraph 1, the following: A. There is hereby created a body corporate and politic in Meriwether County to be known as the `Meriwether County Industrial Development Authority,' hereinafter referred to as the `Authority', which shall be an instrumentality of Meriwether County and a public corporation. Created. B. The Authority shall consist of five (5) members who shall serve for a term of four (4) years each and who shall be eligible for reappointment. The members shall be appointed by a majority of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Meriwether County, who shall be themselves eligible to serve, and the members may be residents of any area of Meriwether County. The first members of the Authority shall be appointed for terms of two for two years, two for three years and one for four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Meriwether County shall designate the terms of office of the first members when making the appointment. Thereafter, the terms of office for all members shall be

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for four (4) years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Meriwether County. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum and a majority may act for the Authority in any manner. No vacancy shall impair the power of the Authority to act. Members. C. The property, obligations and the interest on the obligations of the Authority shall have the same immunity from taxation as the property, obligations and interest on the obligations of Meriwether County. Property. D. The powers of the Authority shall include, but not be limited to, the power: (1) To buy, acquire, develop, improve, own, operate, maintain, sell, lease as lessor and lessee, and mortgage land, buildings and property of all kinds within the limits of Meriwether County; Powers. (2) To receive and administer gifts, grants and donations and to administer trusts; (3) To grant, loan and lease without adequate considertion or without any consideration and with and without security, any of its funds and property to private persons and corporations operating or promising to operate any industrial plant or establishment within Meriwether County which in the judgment of the Authority will be a benefit to the people of said County. The provisions of this clause shall not be construed to limit any other power of the Authority; (4) To borrow money, to issue notes, bonds and revenue certificates therefor, to execute trust agreements or indentures, and to sell, convey, mortgage, pledge and assign any and all of its funds, property and income as security therefor; (5) To contract with Meriwether County and other political subdivisions of the State of Georgia and with

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private persons and corporations and to sue and be sued in its corporate name; (6) To have and exercise usual powers of private corporation except such as are inconsistent with this amendment, including the power to appoint and hire officers, agents and employees and to provide their compensation and duties, which officers and agents may or may not be members of the Authority, and the power to adopt and amend a corporate seal and bylaws and regulations for the conduct and management of the Authority; (7) To encourage and promote the expansion and development of industry, agriculture trade, and commerce and the facilities therefor in Meriwether County, and to make long-range plans therefor, to relieve insofar as possible unemployment within its boundaries, and to that end to acquire by purchase or gift any building or structure within the limits of Meriwether County, suitable for and intended for use as a factory, mill, shop, processing plant, assembly plant, or fabricating plant, including all necessary and appurtenant lands and appurtenances thereto, and all necessary or useful furnishings, machinery and equipment. Such acquisition may be through the acquisition of land and the construction thereon of a building, including the demolition of existing structures, or through the acquisition of an existing building or building under construction and the remodeling, renovating, reconstructing, completing of construction, furnishing and equipping of such building. No building acquired hereunder shall be operated by the Authority but shall be leased or sold to one or more persons, firms or corporations. If sold, the purchase price may be paid at one time or in installments falling due in not more than thirty (30) years from the date of transfer of possession. The lessee or purchaser shall be required to pay all costs of operating and maintaining the building or buildings and to pay rentals or installments sufficient, together with other revenues which may be pledged for the purpose, to retire all bonds, both principal and interest, and to pay all other expenses which the Authority may have incurred in connection with the undertaking;

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(8) To accumulate its funds from years to year and to invest accumulated funds in many manner that public funds of the State of Georgia or any of its political subdivisions may be invested; (9) To designate officers to sign and act for the Authority generally or in any specific matter; (10) To do any and all acts and things necessary or convenient to accomplish the purpose and powers of the Authority as herein stated; E. The Authority shall not be authorized to create in any manner any debt, liability or obligation against the State of Georgia or Meriwether County. Debt. F. The Authority shall have the same immunity and exemption from liability for torts and negligence as the State of Georgia and the officers, agents and employees of the Authority when in performance of the work of the Authority, shall have the same immunity and exemption from liability for torts and negligence as the officers, agents and employees of the State of Georgia when in performance of their public duties or work of the State. The Authority may be sued the same as private corporations on any contractural obligations of the Authority. Tort liability. G. The members of the Authority shall receive no compensation for their services of the Authority. Compensation. H. In addition to the purposes for which Revenue Bonds are now permitted by this Constitution to be issued, the Authority, with the consent of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Meriwether County, to carry out public purposes of this amendment is hereby authorized to issue Revenue Bonds bearing rate or rates of interest and maturity at the years and amounts determined by the Authority and the procedure of validation, issuance and delivery shall be in all respects in accordance with the Revenue Bond Law (Ga. L. 1937, p. 761), as heretofore or hereafter amended, Ga. Code Ann. Supp. Charter 87-8, as if said obligations had been originally

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authorized to be issued thereunder; provided, however, that any property, real or personal, of the Authority may be pledged, mortgaged, conveyed, assigned, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered as security for any lawful debt of the Authority. The Authority may execute any true agreement or indenture not in conflict with the provisions of this amendment to provide security for any bonds issued as provided herein, and such trust agreement or indenture may provide for foreclosure, or forced sale of any property of the Authority upon default on such bonds either in payment of principal or interest or under any terms or condition under which such bonds are issued. Bonds. I. The property of the Authority shall not be subject to levy and sale under legal process except such property, income or funds as may be pledged, assigned, mortgaged or conveyed to secure an obligation of the Authority, and any such property, funds or income may be sold under legal process or under any power granted by the Authority to enforce payment of the obligation. Property. J. This amendment is adopted for the purpose of promoting and expanding for the public good and welfare of Meriwether County and its citizens, industry, agriculture and trade within the County of Meriwether, and making long-range plans for such development and expansion and this amendment and any law enacted with reference to the Authority shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of this purpose. Intent. K. This amendment shall be effective immediately upon proclamation of its ratification by the Governor and the first members of the Authority shall be appointed within thirty days after such proclamation. Effective date. L. The General Assembly may by law further define and prescribe the powers and duties of the Authority and the exercise thereof, and may enlarge and restrict the same, and may likewise further regulate the management and conduct of the Authority. The Authority shall be an instrumentality of Meriwether County, and the

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scope of its operations shall be limited to the territory embraced within Meriwether County. The General Assembly shall not extend the jurisdiction of the Authority nor the scope of its operations beyond the limits of Meriwether County. General Assembly. M. There shall be no limitations upon the amount of debt which the Authority may incur, but no debt created by the Authority shall be a debt of Meriwether County or the State. Debt. N. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this amendment shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases of this amendment, which shall remain of full force and effect, as if the section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutionaly was not originally a part hereof. Severability. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on thir journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to create the Meriwether County Industrial Development Authority and to provide for powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedures connected therewith? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring

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to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved March 8, 1967. DADE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 7 (House Resolution No. 146-418). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Dade County Industrial Development Authority; to provide for powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedure connected therewith; to provide for issuing revenue bonds and for the validation of such bonds; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article VII, Section VII, Paragraph V of the Constitution is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new Paragraph which shall read, as follows: A. There is hereby created a body corporate and politic in Dade County, Georgia, to be known as the Dade County Industrial Development Authority, which shall be

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an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation and which in this amendment is hereafter referred to as the `Authority'. Created. B. The Authority shall consist of six members to be elected by an Election Committee composed of the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Dade County; the Ordinary of Dade County, and the Mayor of Trenton, Georgia, for initial terms of two, four and six years, and thereafter for staggered terms of six years. At the time of election of the first members, the Election Committee shall elect two members for a two-year term, two members for a four-year term, and two members for a six-year term, and thereafter the terms of all members shall be six years. In the event a vacancy occurs for any reason, the Election Committee shall immediately elect a person to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum, but no action may be taken by the Authority without the affirmative vote of a majority of a quorum present of the membership of the Authority. The Authority shall have power to elect their own Chairman, Assistant Chairman and Secretary from its membership. No member of the governing body of the City of Trenton, Georgia, nor of Dade County, Georgia, may be a member of said Authority and only residents of Dade County, Georgia, shall be eligible members for said Authority. C. The power of the Authority shall include, but not be limited to, the power: 1. To sue and be sued; to receive and administer gifts, grants and donations and administer trusts; 2. To borrow money, to issue notes and revenue bonds, to execute trust agreements or indentures, and to sell, convey, lease, mortgage, pledge and assign any and all of its funds, property and income as security therefor; Powers. 3. To contract with the City of Trenton; Dade County, and with other political subdivisions of the State and with the State and with the United States Government or with

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any department or agency of either and with private persons and corporations. 4. To exercise any power granted by the laws of the State of Georgia to any public or private corporation performing similar functions, which is not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia. 5. To encourage and promote the expansion and development of industrial and commercial facilities in Dade County, Georgia, so as to relieve insofar as possible unemployment within its boundaries, and to that end to acquire by purchase or gift any building or structure within the limits of said county suitable for and intended for use as a factory, mill, shop, processing plant, assembly plant, or fabricating plant including all necessary and appurtenant lands and appurtenances thereto, and all necessary or useful furnishings, machinery and equipment. Such acquisition may be through the acquisition of land and the construction thereon of a building, or buildings or other structures and facilities useful or desirable in connection therewith, including the demolition of existing structures, or through the acquisition of an existing building and remodeling, renovating, reconstructing, furnishing and equipping of such building. 6. No building acquired hereunder shall be operated by the Authority but shall be leased or sold to one or more persons, firms or corporations. If sold, the purchase price may be paid at one time or in installments falling due in not more than thirty (30) years from the date of transfer or possession. The lessee or purchaser shall be required to pay all cost of operating and maintaining the building or buildings and to pay rentals or installments sufficient, together with other revenues which may be pledged for the purpose, to retire all bonds, both principal and interest, and to pay all other expenses which the Authority may have incurred in connection with the undertaking; 7. To accumulate its funds from year to year and to invest accumulated funds in any manner that public funds

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of the State of Georgia or any of its political subdivisions may be invested; 8. To designate officers to sign and act for the Authority generally or in any specific manner; 9. To do any and all acts and things necessary or convenient to accomplish the purpose and powers of the Authority as herein stated; 10. To appoint and select officers, agents and employees including engineers, architects, builders and attorneys, and to fix their compensation; 11. To adopt, alter or repeal its own bylaws, rules and regulations governing the manner in which its business may be transacted and in which the power granted to it may be enjoyed, as the Authority may deem necessary or expedient in facilitating its business. D. The property obligations and the interest on the obligations of the Authority shall have the same immunity from taxation as the property obligations and interest on the obligations of Dade County, Georgia. The exemptions from taxation herein provided shall not include exemptions from sale and use taxes on property purchased by the Authority or for use by the Authority. Taxation. E. In order to finance any undertaking within the scope of its power or to refund any bonds then outstanding, the Authority is hereby authorized to issue bonds, debentures and revenue bonds for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any project of the Authority; such revenue bonds shall be issued and validated under and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the laws of Georgia, as though such bonds had originally been authorized to be issued under the Revenue Certificate Law of 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 761), as amended. The judgment of validation shall be final, conclusive and forever incontestable as to the validity of the bonds and the security for the payment thereof, as well as all other matters, both substantive and procedural, relative to their

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issuance, and any property real or personal, of the Authority may be pledged, mortgaged, conveyed, assigned, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered, including the creation of any security interest in any equipment or other property of the Authority, as security for any lawful debt of the Authority. F. The Authority shall not be empowered or authorized in any manner to create any debt, liability or obligation against the State of Georgia, or County of Dade. Debts. G. Should said Authority for any reason be dissolved, title to all property of every kind and nature, real and personal, held by the Authority at the time of such dissolution shall revert to Dade County, Georgia, subject to any mortgages, liens, leases or other encumbrances outstanding against or in respect to said property at that time. Property. H. This amendment, being for the purpose of developing and promoting the public good and the welfare of Dade County, Georgia, and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. Intent. I. The provisions of this amendment are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions. Severability. J. Any project of the Authority shall be restricted to or within the limits of Dade County, Georgia. Projects. K. This amendment is adopted for the purpose of promoting and expanding for the public good and welfare industry and trade within the County of Dade and reducing unemployment to the greatest extent possible, and this amendment and any law enacted with reference to the Authority shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of these purposes. Intent. L. This amendment shall be effective immediately upon proclamation of its ratification by the Governor and

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the first members of the Authority shall take office within thirty (30) days after such proclamation. Effective date. M. The General Assembly may by law further define and prescribe the powers and duties of the Authority and the exercise thereof, and may enlarge and restrict the same, and may likewise further regulate the management and conduct of the Authority. General Assembly. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georiga of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to create the Dade County Industrial Development Authority; to provide for powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedure connected therewith; to provide for issuing revenue bonds and for the validation of such bonds? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendent shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved March 17, 1967.

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APPORTIONMENT OF SENATE. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 8 (Senate Resolution No. 46). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution, so as to provide for the apportionment of the Senate; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article III, Section II, Paragraph I of the Constitution is hereby amended by striking said paragraph in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new Paragraph I to read as follows: I. Apportionment of Senate. The Senate shall consist of not less than fifty-four (54) and not more than fifty-six (56) members. Each Senator shall be elected from and represent one Senatorial District. The General Assembly may create, rearrange and change Senatorial Districts as it deems proper, except that each Senatorial District shall be composed of one or more counties, or may be composed of a portion of one county, but not otherwise. The apportionment of the Senate shall be changed by the General Assembly, if necessary, after each United States decennial census becomes official. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following:

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() YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide for the apportionment of the Senate? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved March 17, 1967. COBB COUNTYAUTHORITY TO ENACT ORDINANCES, ETC. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 19 (Senate Resolution No. 68). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia so as to authorize the General Assembly to empower the governing authority of Cobb County to enact ordinances for the policing and governing of said county and the enforcement of all duties and powers now or hereafter vested in said governing authority and to provide penalties for violation of such ordinances; to authorize the enforcement of such ordinances by civil or criminal proceedings in the Superior Court or Civil and Criminal Court of Cobb County or other courts established by the General Assembly; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

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Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. The Constitution of the State of Georgia is hereby amended by adding at the end of Article XV, Section II, a new paragraph to read as follows: The General Assembly of the State of Georgia is hereby authorized: 1. To empower the governing authority of Cobb County, the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Cobb County, Georgia, to adopt ordinances or regulations for the governing and policing of said county, for the purpose of protecting and preserving the health, safety, welfare and morals of the citizens thereof as it may deem advisable; and for the implementation and enforcement of all duties and powers now or hereafter vested in said Board as the governing authority of Cobb County, Georgia, and to provide penalties for violations of such ordinances. 2. To authorize the Superior Court of Cobb County and the Civil and Criminal Court of Cobb County, or other judiciary established by the General Assembly, with jurisdiction in Cobb County, and which shall be empowered to hear and determine cases involving violations of all county ordinances and regulations, including traffic ordinances and regulations, with authority to inflict punishment and/or penalty for violation thereof; and which shall have such other and further powers as may be prescribed by law, including civil actions to enforce such ordinances. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended.

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The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to empower the governing authority of Cobb County to enact ordinances for the policing and governing of said county and the enforcement of all duties and powers now or hereafter vested in said governing authority and to provide penalties for violation of such ordinances; to authorize the enforcement of such ordinances by civil or criminal proceedings in the Superior Court or Civil and Criminal Court of Cobb County or other courts established by the General Assembly? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 4, 1967. DOUGLAS COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 20 (House Resolution No. 17-41). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution, so as to provide that the General Assembly may authorize and provide

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for a Civil Service System and a Retirement System for all present and future officers and employees of Douglas County; to provide the procedure connected therewith; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article XI, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution is hereby amended by adding at the end and thereof the following paragraph: Paragraph 1. The General Assembly is hereby authorized and empowered to provide for the creation of a Civil Service System and a Retirement System for all present and future officers and employees of Douglas County. The General Assembly may by law create such systems and all of the powers, duties incident thereto, including the administration of such system and the appoint of persons to administer same, including their compensation, terms of office, and their powers and duties. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide for the creation of a Civil Service System and a Retirement System for all present and future officers and employees of Douglas County?

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All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 4, 1967. COBB COUNTY STREET LIGHT DISTRICTS. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 22 (Senate Resolution No. 54). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the governing authority of Cobb County to district Cobb County into districts for the purpose of establishing and maintaining street light systems and to authorize such authority to levy a tax within such districts for the purpose of supporting such systems; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Section 1. Article VII, Section IV, Paragraph I of the Constitution is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: The governing authority of Cobb County is authorized to district Cobb County or any portion thereof into districts for the purpose of establishing and maintaining

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within such districts a system of street lights. The governing authority of Cobb County is authorized to levy a tax upon the taxable property located within such districts for the purpose of supporting such a system of street lights, conditioned upon the assent of a majority of the qualified voters of any such proposed district voting in an election for said purpose held as provided by law. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the governing authority of Cobb County to district Cobb County into districts for the purpose of establishing and maintaining street light systems and to authorize such authority to levy a tax within such districts for the purpose of supporting such systems? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 6, 1967.

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CAMDEN COUNTY AUTHORITY OF GOVERNING AUTHORITY. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 23 (House Resolution No. 76-209). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the governing authority of Camden County to adopt building, electrical, plumbing, and other similar codes, to adopt planning and zoning ordinances and to regulate construction of all types by requiring building permits; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article XI, Section I, Paragraph VI of the Constitution is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: The governing authority of Camden County is hereby authorized to adopt, amend, and repeal building, housing, electrical, plumbing, gas, and other similar codes relating to the construction, sanitation, erection, equipment, alteration, repair, occupancy or removal of buildings and structures located outside the corporate limits of any municipality in Camden County; to promulgate rules and regulations concerning permits for, and inspections of, construction, equipment, alteration, repairing or removal of buildings, signs, and other structures outside the corporate limits of any municipality located in Camden County; and to prescribe fees or charges for permits and inspections, which fees shall be fixed and charged by the governing authority and shall be paid to the governing authority by the applicant for such permit or inspection. Said codes, rules, and regulations may embrace such matters as: the preparation and submission of plans and specifications; issuance of permits; standards governing the kind, quality, and performance of materials, equipment, and workmanship, establishment of fire zones, fireproofing,

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means of egress and ingress, floor area per occupant, sanitary facilities and usage proceedings in connection with unsafe, unsanitary or inadequate structures. Provided, however, no electrical code or regulation shall apply to communication equipment installations made by or for a utility rendering common carrier communication services and required by it to be utilized as a part of its plant in the rendition of its duly authorized services to the public. The governing authority of Camden County is hereby permitted to contract with any municipality or other political subdivisions of this state possessing the authority to issue building permits and enforce building, electrical, plumbing, gas, housing, and other similar codes. The governing authority may institute injunction, mandamus or any other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent, correct or abate any violation or threatened violation under any of the codes, rules and regulations which may be adopted by the governing authority of Camden County pursuant to this amendment. The governing authority of Camden County is hereby authorized to appropriate and expend county funds to carry out purposes of this amendment. The governing authority of Camden County is hereby empowered to enact appropriate planning and zoning ordinances for public safety, historical, health, business, residential, and recreational purposes for the unincorporated areas of Camden County. This amendment shall be self-executing and shall not require any implementing legislation. Section 2. When the above proposed amendement to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following:

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() YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the governing authority of Camden County in the unincorporated areas thereof to adopt building, electrical, plumbing and other similar codes, to adopt planning and zoning ordinances, and to regulate construction of all types by requiring building permits? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 6, 1967. CAMDEN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 24 (House Resolution No. 78-209). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to change the membership of the Camden County Development Authority; to limit the annual tax which may be levied for the support of the authority; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

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Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article VII, Section V, Paragraph I of the Constitution is hereby amended by striking therefrom the following: (b) The Authority shall consist of seven members who shall serve for a term of four, three and two years and who shall be eligible for reappointment. The original seven members shall serve terms of three for four years, two for three years and two for two years. They shall be O. P. Middleton, Sr., R. L. Edenfield, K. L. Harrison, each to serve four years; Claude L. Miller, Jr., Richard L Daley, each to serve three years; Harold C. Rogers, Walter C. Merck, each to serve two years. The subsequent members shall be appointed by the Camden County Commissioners for terms of four years each and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Authority. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum and majority may act for the Authority in any matter. No vacancy shall impair the power of the Authority to act. (h) The County of Camden is authorized to levy an annual tax, not to exceed three mills, on all taxable property within the County for the support of the Authority and for its use and purposes, and all funds raised by such tax shall be paid to the Authority, shall become a part of its funds and may be used by it for any of its purposes and powers as herein stated or as may be hereafter provided by law, which tax shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized by law., and inserting in lieu thereof the following: (b) The Authority shall consist of nine members who shall serve for terms of four, three and two years, and who shall be eligible for reappointment. Three members shall be O. P. Middleton, Sr., R. L. Edenfield, K. L. Harrison, each to serve four years; two members shall be Claude L. Miller, Jr., and Richard L. Daley, each to serve three

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years; and Harold C. Rogers and Walter C. Merck, each to serve two years. The seven members named herein shall begin serving their respective terms of office on or about January 1, 1967, and shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. In addition to the seven members named herein, commencing January 1, 1969, the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Camden County shall appoint two additional members to the Authority from the county at large for terms of office of four years each and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The subsequent members shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Camden County for terms of office of four years each and until their successors are elected and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Authority. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum and a majority may act for the Authority in any manner. No vacancy shall impair the power of the Authority to act. (h) The Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Camden County is hereby authorized to levy an annual tax on all taxable property within the county for the support of the Authority and for its use and purposes, and all funds raised by such tax shall be paid to the Authority and shall become a part of its funds and may be used by the Authority for any of its purposes and powers as herein stated, or as may be hereafter provided by law. The tax authorized herein shall in no event exceed eighteen thousand ($18,000.00) dollars annually, but such tax shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized by law. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended.

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The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to change the membership of the Camden County Development Authority and to limit the annual taxes authorized to be levied for the support of the Authority? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 6, 1967. STEPHENS COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 25 (House Resolution No. 119-294). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution, so as to provide for the establishment of fire protection districts in Stephens County; to provide for a referendum in the area affected before any such fire protection districts may be established in Stephens County; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

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Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article VII, Section IV, Paragraph II of the Constitution is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: The General Assembly of Georgia is hereby authorized to grant to the governing authority of Stephens County the authority to district areas outside the City of Toccoa in said county for the purpose of providing systems of fire protection and to authorize said county to levy a tax only upon the taxable property in such district for the purpose of constructing and maintaining such improvements. The total levy provided for herein shall be levied without allowance of any exemptions heretofore set forth in the constitution and laws of this state. The provisions of this amendment shall not become effective in any district until and unless a majority of the voters voting in an election called for this purpose in said district first approve by a vote the establishment of a district for said purposes. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to empower the governing authority of Stephens County to establish and administer fire protection districts after a favorable vote by a majority of the qualified voters voting in an election held thereon in the affected area?

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All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this state. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 6, 1967. COBB COUNTY BONDS. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 26 (House Resolution No. 204-687). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution, so as to authorize the governing authority of Cobb County to create indebtedness and issue general obligation bonds for the construction, maintenance and operation of sanitary and storm sewers and sewage disposal plants within the unincorporated areas of said county and within incorporated municipalities of said county, only upon the approval of the issuance of such bonds by the voters affected by such issuance; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article VII, Section VII, Paragraph I of the Constitution is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

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The governing authority of Cobb County is hereby authorized to create indebtedness and issue general obligation bonds for the construction, maintenance and operation of sanitary and storm sewers and sewage disposal plants, but the amount of such bonds outstanding at any one time shall not exceed seven percentum of the assessed value of all taxable property within the incorporated municipalities, or within the unincorporated area or areas of such county for which such bonds may be issued, as hereinafter provided. Said amount for such bonds shall be in addition to the limitation now imposed upon said county or municipalities located therein. Said bonds may be issued for any part or all of the unincorporated area of such county, and the governing authority of such county shall be authorized to district any part or all of the unincorporated area of such county for the purpose of issuing such bonds, and said bonds may also be issued for any one or more incorporated municipalities located within said county; provided, however, no such bonds shall be issued pursuant to the authority herein granted until the question of such issuance has been submitted to the voters affected by any such issuance and approved by a majority vote of those voting on such question. When any such bonds are issued for an incorporated municipality, the question of such issuance shall be submitted only to the qualified voters of such municipality, and when any such bonds are issued for the unincorporated area, or part of the unincorporated area, of such county, the question of such issuance shall be submitted only to the qualified voters of Cobb County residing within the area for which such bonds are issued. The governing authority of said county is hereby given full authority to determine the aggregate amount of bonds to be issued from time to time, maturity dates, not to exceed thirty (30) years from date of issue, the interest rates, the date of issuances and other details incident to the issuance and sale of said bonds. When such bonds are issued, the governing authority of such county shall provide for the assessment and collection of an annual tax on all the property within the incorporated municipality or within the unincorporated area or areas of such county for which such bonds were issued, which is subject to

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taxation for bond purposes, sufficient to pay the principal and interest on said bonds as the same mature. Said governing authority is hereby further authorized to levy a tax fee or charge, within such municipalities or within such unincorporated areas, as the case may be, in addition to taxes now authorized for said county, as necessary to assure the acquisition, construction, equipping and, thereafter, the operation, maintenance and extension of such sewage disposal plant and sewerage system, and, in its discretion, to levy a sewer charge for the use of sewers. The provisions of this amendment are cumulative and in addition to all other rights and authority which have heretofore been conferred, or may hereafter be conferred upon Cobb County under the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the governing authority of Cobb County to create indebtedness and issue general obligation bonds for the construction, maintenance and operation of sanitary and storm sewers and sewage disposal plants within the unincorporated areas of said county and within incorporated municipalities of said county only upon the approval of the issuance of such bonds by the voters affected by such issuance? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring

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to vote against ratifying the proposal amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 6, 1967. FLOYD COUNTY MERIT SYSTEM. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 28 (House Resolution No. 220-739). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution, so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for the creation of a Merit System of employment for any or all present and future employees of Floyd County other than elected officials; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article VII, Section IV, Paragraph II of the Constitution is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: The General Assembly is hereby authorized to provide by law for the creation of a Merit System of employment for any or all present and future employees of Floyd County, other than officials elected by the people. The

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General Assembly is further authorized to provide by law for all matters and procedures connected with the creation of such Merit System. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the creation of a Merit System of employment for any or all present and future employees of Floyd County? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 11, 1967.

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COBB COUNTYSEWAGE DISTRICTS. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 32 (House Resolution No. 266-803). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution, so as to provide that a sewerage district may encompass the entire county of Cobb and to provide for the issuance of general obligation bonds of the county to construct, maintain and operate a sewerage system therein; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article XI, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution is hereby amended by striking therefrom the following: The governing authority of the County of Cobb is hereby given the authority and power to establish and administer within the bounds of the County of Cobb sewage districts, and may therein create, construct, maintain and operate a system, or systems, for the disposal of sewage within such districts, and to levy taxes therefor on all property in said districts upon the vote of a majority of the qualified voters of said districts voting at a special election to be called by the ordinary of said county, and to be held in said district upon said question; provided, that such taxes shall not exceed five mills upon the valuation of the property located in any such district. In the event bonds are issued by the county for a specific district, a tax may be levied therein unlimited as to rate or amount. Bonds may be issued for such purposes, and if issued, shall be authorized in all respects as provided by Article VII, Section VII, Paragraph I of the Constitution at an election called and held by the governing authority or body charged with the duty of managing the fiscal affairs

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of Cobb County, and only those voters residing in such districts shall participate in such election held for that purpose. Any other provisions in this Constitution to the contrary notwithstanding, any such district may issue bonds in an amount up to ten (10%) percent of the assessed valuation of property located therein subject to taxation for bond purposes. Provided further, that the homestead exemption granted by Article VII, Section I, Paragraph IV of the Constitution, and the statutes enacted pursuant thereto, shall not be granted and shall not apply to the levy of taxes herein authorized and provided for, either for operation and maintenance of the system or for debt service., and inserting in lieu thereof the following: The governing authority of the County of Cobb is hereby given the authority and power to establish and administer within the bounds of the County of Cobb sewage districts, and may therein create, construct, maintain and operate a system, or systems, for the disposal of sewage within such districts, and to levy taxes therefor on all property in said districts upon the vote of a majority of the qualified voters of said districts voting at a special election to be called by the ordinary of said county, and to be held in said district upon said question; provided, that such taxes shall not exceed five mills upon the valuation of the property located in any such district. In the event bonds are issued by the county for a specific district, a tax may be levied therein unlimited as to rate or amount. Bonds may be issued for such purposes, and if issued, shall be authorized in all respects as provided by Article VII, Section VII, Paragraph I of the Constitution at an election called and held by the governing authority or body charged with the duty of managing the fiscal affairs of Cobb County, and only those voters residing in such district shall participate in such election held for that purpose. Any other provisions in such Constitution to the contrary notwithstanding, any such district may issue bonds in an amount up to ten (10%) percent of the assessed valuation of property located therein subject to taxation for bond purposes. Provided further, that the homestead exemption

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granted by Article VII, Section I, Paragraph IV of the Constitution, and the statutes enacted pursuant thereto, shall not be granted and shall not apply to the levy of taxes herein authorized and provided for, either for operation and maintenance of the system or for debt service. A district may encompass the entire county. Bonds are authorized as herein provided and may be issued for the entire county as a district which shall be general obligation bonds of the County in all respects as issued by Article VII, Section VII, Paragraph I of the Constitution. Said bonded indebtedness authorized hereinunder shall be in addition to and separate from the seven per centum (7%) debt limitation now imposed by Article VII, Section VII, Paragraph I, of the Constitution and nothing herein contained shall limit or otherwise affect the amount of bonds Cobb County may issue under Article VII, Section VII, Paragraph I, of the Constitution for other purposes. A bond election as herein provided may not be called at the same time an election is held to establish a sewer district. The provisions of this amendment are cumulative and in addition to all other rights and authority which have heretofore been conferred or may hereafter be conferred upon Cobb County under the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia. This amendment is for an essential governmental purpose and shall be liberally construed. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES

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() NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that a sewerage district may encompass the entire County of Cobb and to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds of the county to construct, maintain and operate a sewerage system therein? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 11, 1967. CIVIL SERVICE PREFERENCE FOR VETERANS. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 34 (Senate Resolution No. 36). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution, so as to remove the provision freezing civil service preference for honorably discharged veterans of the State of Georgia as of a certain date, and to authorize the General Assembly to accord such veterans preference, point or otherwise, in any civil service program established in the state government or any political subdivision thereof; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

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Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article III, Section VII, Paragraph XXIV of the Constitution is hereby amended by striking said Paragraph in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new Paragraph XXIV to read as follows: Paragraph XXIV. Veterans Preference. Any veteran who has served as a member of the armed forces of the United States during the period of a war or armed conflict in which any branch of the armed forces of the United States engaged, whether under United States command or otherwise, and was honorably discharged therefrom, shall be given such veterans preference in any civil service program established in the state government or any political subdivision thereof as may be determined by appropriate action of the General Assembly. Provided, however, notwithstanding any such action by the General Assembly, any veteran who has served as a member of the armed forces of the United States during the period of any war or the Korean Conflict and who was honorably discharged therefrom shall be entitled to and shall receive the following preference in taking a competitive examination for employment with the state government or any political subdivision thereof. (a) Such veteran who has at least a ten per centum service connected disability as rated and certified by the Veterans Administration shall be entitled to and shall have ten points added to his passing score on such examination; and (b) Any other such veteran shall be entitled to and shall have five points added to his passing score on such examination. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their

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journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to remove the provision freezing civil service preference for honorably discharged veterans of the State of Georgia as of a certain date, and to authorize the General Assembly to accord such veterans preference, point or otherwise, in any civil service program established in the state government or any political subdivision thereof? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this state. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 14, 1967.

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FULTON COUNTYISSUANCE OF BONDS WITHOUT REFERENDUM. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 36 (Senate Resolution No. 71). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to Article 7, Section 7 of the Constitution, so as to authorize Fulton County to issue bonds without a referendum election under certain conditions; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article 7, Section 7 of the Constitution as amended, is further amended by adding to the end of said Section the following: provided, however, Fulton County may issue general obligation bonds for any permanent public improvement having anticipated life equal to or greater than the period within which said bonds are to be amortized, without submitting the issuance thereof to the voters of said county at a referendum, subject to the following restrictions and limitations: 1. The issuance of such bonds shall be authorized at a public meeting held for such purpose after at least ten (10) days' notice thereof in the official organ of said county and in at least one (1) of the daily newspapers of said county. Within thirty (30) days after said public hearing, any person opposed to the issuance of said bonds without a referendum may prepare a petition for a referendum, to be filed with the ordinary of Fulton County. If such petition shall contain the names of not less than five (5%) percent of the registered voters of such county, and such fact shall be determined by the ordinary, the ordinary shall call an election to be held in said county, at which time the question of the issuance of the bonds shall be submitted to the vote of the qualified voters of Fulton

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County, at an election to be held not earlier than thirty (30) days nor later than forty-five (45) days from the date of said call; provided, however, that the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County, upon the filing of said petition for referendum, may withdraw the project from further consideration and decline to issue the bonds, either with or without a referendum. 2. Not more than two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) in the aggregate in such bonds so issued without a referendum shall be issued in any fiscal year. 3. The aggregate of all outstanding bonds, including those issued by vote of the people in a referendum and those issued under this amendment without a referendum, shall not exceed the limitations provided elsewhere in this Section. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: For ratification of amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize Fulton County to issue general obligation bonds without a referendum but subject to certain limitations. Against ratification of amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize Fulton County to issue general obligation bonds without a referendum but subject to certain limitations. All persons desiring to vote in favor of adopting the proposed amendment shall vote for ratification of the

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amendment, and all persons desiring to vote against the adoption of the proposed amendment shall vote against ratification. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 14, 1967. TAXATION FOR SCHOOL LUNCH PURPOSES. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 44 (House Resolution No. 28-79). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize State taxation for school lunch purposes; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article VII, Section II, Paragraph I of the Constitution, relating to the purposes for which State tax may be levied, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 10. For school lunch purposes. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the

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General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the expenditure of State funds for school lunch purposes? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 14, 1967. CRIMINAL COURT OF FULTON COUNTY. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 49 (House Resolution No. 67-153). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for and authorize a direct method of appeal and review of errors from the Criminal Court of Fulton County to the

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Supreme Court and Court of Appeals for the correction of errors from said court, and to grant original jurisdiction to the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals to try, review, and correct errors of law from the Criminal Court of Fulton County, and to declare the Criminal Court of Fulton County to be a court such as the City Court of Atlanta and the City Court of Savannah as existed on August 16, 1919; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article VI, Section II, Paragraph IV and Paragraph VIII, of the Constitution of Georgia is hereby amended by adding thereto two new subparagraphs to be designated Article VI, Section II, Paragraph IV-A, and Paragraph VIII-A, and to read as follows: Article VI, Section II, Paragraph IV-A and Paragraph VIII-A. Insofar as Article VI, Section II, Paragraph IV, and Article VI, Section II, Paragraph VIII, of the Constitution affect the method for the trial and correction of errors of law from the orders, rulings and judgments of the Criminal Court of Fulton County and the judges thereof, the said Court is declared to be a court such as the City Court of Atlanta and the City Court of Savannah as existed on August 16, 1916, and the judges thereof are declared to be judges of a Constitutional City Court within the purview of said provisions of the Constitution. The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals are declared to have original jurisdiction to try and correct errors of law from the Criminal Court of Fulton County according to the method of appeal to said courts now provided for or as hereafter may be provided for by statute, to correct errors of law from the Superior Courts, and the City Court of Atlanta and Savannah as existed on August 16, 1916, and such other like courts as have been or may hereafter be established. Appeals. Section 2. Article VI, Section V, Paragraph I, of the Constitution is hereby amended by adding a new section

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to be designated Article VI, Section V, Paragraph I-A, to read as follows: Article VI, Section V, Paragraph I-A. Insofar as Article VI, Section V, Paragraph I, of the Constitution empowering the judges of the Constitutional City Courts and judges of the Superior Court to preside in the courts of each other, the same shall apply to the Criminal Court of Fulton County and the judges thereof; and the Criminal Court of Fulton County is declared to be a Constitutional City Court within the purview and intent of said Article, Section, and Paragraph of the Constitution. Judges. Section 3. Article VI, Section IX, Paragraph I (Uniformity of Courts), of the Constitution is hereby amended by adding a new section to be designated Article VI, Section IX, Paragraph I-A, to read as follows: Article VI, Section IX, Paragraph I-A. Insofar as said section of the Constitution provided for uniformity for courts, the same shall not apply to the Criminal Court of Fulton County; and the Criminal Court of Fulton is declared to be a Constitutional City Court, and the judges thereof are declared to be judges of a Constitutional City Court within the purview and intent of said Constitutional provision. Constitutional City Court. Section 4. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I, of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO

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Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide for a direct method of appeal from the Criminal Court of Fulton County to the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals of Georgia so that said Appellate Courts shall have original jurisdiction to try and correct errors of law from the Criminal Court of Fulton County? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 14, 1967. CHARLTON COUNTY BUILDING, ETC. CODES. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 53 (House Resolution No. 75-209). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the governing authority of Charlton County to adopt building, electrical, plumbing, and other similar codes, to adopt planning and zoning ordinances and to regulate construction of all types by requiring building permits; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

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Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article XI, Section I, Paragraph VI of the Constitution is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: The governing authority of Charlton County is hereby authorized to adopt, amend, and repeal building, housing, electrical, plumbing, gas, and other similar codes relating to the construction, sanitation, erection, equipment, alteration, repair, occupancy or removal of buildings and structures located outside the corporate limits of any municipality in Charlton County; to promulgate rules and regulations concerning permits for, and inspections of, construction, equipment, alteration, repairing or removal of buildings, signs, and other structures outside the corporate limits of any municipality located in Charlton County; and to prescribe fees or charges for permits and inspections, which fees shall be fixed and charged by the governing authority and shall be paid to the governing authority by the applicant for such permit or inspection. Said codes, rules, and regulations may embrace such matters as: the preparation and submission of plans and specifications; issuance of permits; standards governing the kind, quality, and performance of materials, equipment, and workmanship, establishment of fire zones, fireproofing, means of egress and ingress, floor area per occupant, sanitary facilities and usage proceedings in connection with unsafe, unsanitary, or inadequate structures; provided, however, no electrical code or regulation shall apply to communication equipment installations made by or for a utility rendering common carrier communication services and required by it to be utilized as a part of its plant in the rendition of its duly authorized services to the public. The governing authority of Charlton County is hereby permitted to contract with any municipality or other political subdivisions of this state possessing the authority to issue building permits and enforce building, electrical, plumbing, gas, housing, and other similar codes. The governing authority may institute injunction, mandamus or any other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent, correct or abate any violation or threatened violation under any of the codes, rules and regulations which may be adopted by the governing authority of Charlton County pursuant to this amendment. The governing authority of Charlton County is hereby authorized to appropriate and expend county funds to carry out purposes of this amendment. The governing authority of Charlton County is hereby empowered to enact appropriate planning and zoning ordinances for public safety, historical, health, business, residential, and recreational purposes for the unincorporated areas of Charlton County. This amendment shall be self-executing and shall not require any implementing legislation.

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Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submited as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the governing authority of Charlton County in the unincorporated areas thereof to adopt building, electrical, plumbing, and other similar codes, to adopt planning and zoning ordinances, and to regulate construction of all types by requiring building permits? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of

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the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 14, 1967. MUSCOGEE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 64 (House Resolution No. 106-252). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Muscogee County Industrial Development Authority; to provide for powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedure connected therewith; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. That the Constitution of the State of Georgia as heretofore amended is hereby further amended by inserting at the end of Article VII, Section V, Paragraph I, the following: A. There is hereby created for the public purposes hereinafter set forth, a body corporate and politic in Muscogee County, to be known as the Muscogee County Industrial Development Authority, which shall be an instrumentality of Muscogee County and a public corporation and which in this amendment is hereafter referred to as the `Authority'; Created.

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B. The Authority shall consist of five members who shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Muscogee County and they shall serve for a term of five (5) years. The members of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Muscogee County may be appointed as members of the Authority. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term by the said Board of County Commissioners. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum and a majority may act for the Authority in any matter. No vacancy shall impair the power of the Authority to act. Members. C. The income, property, obligations and the interest on the obligations of the Authority shall have the same immunity from taxation as the income, property, obligations, and interest on the obligations of Muscogee County. The exemptions from taxation herein provided shall not include exemptions from sale and use taxes on property purchased by the Authority or for use by the Authority. Taxation. D. The powers of the Authority shall include, but not be limited to, the power: (1) To receive and administer gifts, grants and donations and to administer trusts; (2) To borrow money, to issue notes, bonds and revenue bonds, to execute trust agreements or indentures, and to sell, convey, mortgage, pledge and assign any and all of its funds, property and income as security therefor; Powers. (3) To contract with political subdivisions of the State of Georgia and with private persons and corporations and to sue and be sued in its corporate name; (4) To have and exercise usual powers of private corporations except such as are inconsistent with this amendment, including the power to appoint and hire officers, agents and employees and to provide their compensation and duties, which officers and agents may or may not be members of the Authority, and the power to adopt and amend a corporate seal and by-laws and regulations for the conduct and management of the Authority;

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(5) To encourage and promote the expansion and development of industrial and commercial facilities in Muscogee County so as to relieve insofar as possible unemployment within its boundaries, and to that end to acquire by purchase or gift any building or structure within the limits of Muscogee County, suitable for and intended for use as a factory, mill, shop, processing plant, assembly plant, or fabricating plant, including all necessary and appurtenant lands and appurtenances thereto, and all necessary or useful furnishing, machinery and equipment. Such acquisition may be through the acquisition of land the construction thereon of a building, including the demolition of existing structures, or through the acquisition of an existing building or building under construction, and the remodeling, renovating, reconstructing, completion, furnishing and equipping of such building; (6) To receive and administer gifts, own, improve, expand, develop, operate, maintain, sell, donate, lease as lessor or lessee, mortgage, pledge, convey to secure debt, or otherwise encumber or dispose of land, buildings, equipment, furnishings, or property of all kinds, real or personal, within Muscogee County, Georgia, and to make a contract or contracts and to execute any instrument or document for the accomplishment thereof, or other purposes. (7) No building acquired hereunder shall be operated by the Authority but shall be leased or sold to one or more persons, firms or corporations. If sold, the purchase price may be paid at one time or in installments falling due in not more than thirty (30) years from the date of transfer of possession. The lessee or purchaser shall be required to pay all costs of operating and maintaining the building or buildings and to pay rentals or installments sufficient, together with other revenues which may be pledged for the purpose, to retire all bonds, both principal and interest, and to pay all other expenses which the Authority may have incurred in connection with the undertaking.

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(8) To accumulate its funds from year to year and to invest accumulated funds in any manner that public funds of the State of Georgia or any of its political subdivisions may be invested; (9) To designate officers to sign and act for the Authority generally or in any specific matter; (10) To do any and all acts and things necessary or convenient to accomplish the purpose and powers of the Authority as herein stated. E. The Authority shall not be authorized to create in any manner any debt, liability or obligation against the State of Georgia or Muscogee County; F. The members of the Authority shall receive no compensation for their services to the Authority; G. In addition to the purposes for which revenue bonds may be issued as provided in Article VII, Section VII, Paragraph V, of this Constitution, the Authority, in order to finance any undertaking within the scope of its power or to refund any bonds then outstanding, is hereby authorized to issue bonds, bearing rate or rates of interest and maturing at the years and amounts determined by the Authority and the procedure of validation, issuance and delivery shall be in all respects in accordance with the Revenue Bond Law (Ga. L. 1937, p. 761), as amended, Ga. Code Ann. Supp. Chapters 87-8, as if said obligations had been originally authorized to be issued thereunder; provided, however, that any property, real or personal, of the Authority may be pledged, mortgaged, conveyed, assigned, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered as security for any lawful debt of the Authority. The Authority may execute any trust agreement or indenture not in conflict with the provisions of this amendment to provide security for any bonds issued as provided herein, and such trust agreement or indenture may provide for foreclosure or forced sale of any property of the Authority upon default on such bonds either in payment of principal or interest or under any term or condition

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under which such bonds are issued. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to create a right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of Muscogee County to pay any such bonds or the interest thereon, nor to enforce payment thereof against any property of Muscogee County; H. The Authority may authorize additional bonds for extensions and permanent improvements to any industrial building acquired hereunder, to be placed in escrow and to be negotiated from time to time as proceeds for that purpose may become necessary. Bonds so placed in escrow shall, when sold and delivered, have such standing with the bonds of the same issue as may be provided in the authorizing proceedings. Bonds. I. No bonds except refunding bonds shall be issued hereunder unless the Authority shall have found and declared that: (1) The undertaking for which the bonds are to be issued will increase employment in Muscogee County. Same. (2) The lessee or purchaser of the building or buildings involved will not by virtue of establishing operations in said County, reduce the number of employees employed by said lessee or purchaser elsewhere in the State of Georgia. J. No moneys derived by the Authority from any source, other than gifts and contributions from private individuals, firms, or corporations shall at any time be used for entertainment, or other promotional expenses. Gifts. K. Should said Authority for any reason be dissolved, title to all property of every kind and nature, real and personal, held by the Authority at the time of such dissolution shall revert to Muscogee County subject to any mortgages, liens, leases or other encumbrances outstanding against or in respect to said property at that time. Property.

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L. This amendent is adopted and the Authority is created for the purpose of promoting and expanding for the public good and welfare industry and trade with Muscogee County and reducing unemployment to the greatest extent possible, and this amendment and any law enacted with reference to the Authority shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of these purposes. Intent. M. This amendment shall be effective immediately upon proclamation of its ratification by the Governor. Effective date. N. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this amendment shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases of this amendment, which shall remain in full force and effect, as if the section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part hereof. Severability. O. This amendment shall be self executing upon its ratification, but the General Assembly may by law further define and prescribe the powers and duties of the Authority and the exercise thereof, and may enlarge and restrict the same, and may likewise further regulate the management and conduct of the Authority. The Authority shall be an instrumentality of Muscogee County and the scope of its operations shall be limited to the territory embraced within said County. The General Assembly shall not extend the jurisdiction of the Authority nor the scope of its operations beyond such limits. Intent. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I, of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended.

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The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to create the Muscogee County Industrial Development Authority? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 14, 1967. CHATHAM COUNTY TAXATION. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 66 (House Resolution No. 114-294). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution, so as to provide the procedure whereby taxes other than ad valorem property taxes may be levied in Chatham County and to provide for a subsequent reduction of ad valorem taxes on real and personal property based upon the amount of funds received from such additional tax levies; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

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Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article VII, Section I, Paragraph III of the Constitution of Georgia is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: The county commissioners and ex officio judges of Chatham County, subject to the procedure prescribed hereinafter, are hereby authorized to levy, on a countywide basis any tax in Chatham County which is not expressly prohibited by the Constitution or general laws of Georgia. The procedure provided herein shall not apply to any tax which the county commissioners and ex officio judges of Chatham County were authorized to levy at the time this amendment was submitted for ratification or rejection, nor to any tax they are authorized to levy by general law enacted subsequent to such time. Before any such tax shall be levied, approval therefor must be granted by the voters of Chatham County in a referendum election as provided for hereinafter. The county commissioners and ex officio judges of Chatham County must pass a resolution providing that a particular tax shall be levied. The type of tax, a brief explanation of such tax, and the method under which it is proposed to be levied must be contained in the resolution. Upon the presentation of such resolution to the Ordinary of Chatham County, it shall be his duty to issue within thirty days the call for a referendum election to determine whether such resolution shall be approved. The ordinary shall set the date of such an election for a day not less than sixty and not more than ninety days after the date of the issuance of the call, or if the county commissioners and ex officio judges so direct, he shall set the date of such election for the same date on which the next general election is to be held. The ordinary shall cause the date and purpose of the election and a copy of the resolution to be published, once a week for two weeks immediately preceding the date of such election, in the official organ of Chatham County. The ballot shall have written or printed thereon the words:

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`For approval of the resolution providing for the levying of (insert name of tax). `Against approval of the resolution providing for the levying of (insert name of tax).' If more than one-half of the votes cast on such question are for approval of the resolution, such tax shall be levied; otherwise, such tax shall not be levied. No such tax shall be levied before the beginning of the calendar year immediately suceeeding the date of approval thereof by the voters. After any such tax has been levied for one year, the county commissioners and ex officio judges of Chatham County are hereby given the authority to levy or not to levy such tax for any succeeding year, all in the discretion of said commissioners and without the necessity of any further referendum election. When any such tax is levied pursuant to this amendment, the county commissioners and ex officio judges of Chatham County, when fixing the ad valorem tax millage rate each year, shall determine the millage rate without regard to this amendment. Such commissioners shall then reduce such millage rate so that the proceeds of the ad valorem property tax levy shall be reduced in an amount which shall not be less than an amount equal to 100% of the total amount of funds received in the immediately preceding year from the levy of any tax authorized by this amendment. The provisions of this amendment are not intended to and shall not be construed to limit in any way the obligation of Chatham County to levy ad valorem taxes for bond purposes as required by the provisions of Article VII, Section VII, Paragraph II of the Constitution of Georgia. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon,

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such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide the procedure whereby taxes other than ad valorem property taxes may be levied in Chatham County and to provide for a subsequent reduction of ad valorem taxes on real and personal property based upon the amount of funds received from such additional tax levies? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 14, 1967. GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOUR YEAR TERMS. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 71 (House Resolution No. 132-358). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for four-year terms for members of the General Assembly;

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to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article III, Section IV of the Constitution is hereby amended by striking Paragraphs I and II in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof new Paragraphs I and II, to read as follows: Paragraph I. The members of the General Assembly shall be elected for four (4) years and shall serve until the time fixed by law for the convening of the General Assembly in the year following the fourth year of their term of office. Paragraph II. The first election for members of the General Assembly under the provisions of Paragraph I shall take place on Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1968, and subsequent elections quadrenially on that day until the day of election is changed by law. Members elected in 1968 to take office upon the convening of the General Assembly in 1969, shall serve for the term provided for in Paragraph I of this Section. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide for four-year terms for members of the General Assembly? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring

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to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the results to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 14, 1967. GILMER COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 76 (House Resolution No. 148-422). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Gilmer County Industrial Development Authority; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article VII, Section VII, Paragraph V of the Constitution is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: A. There is hereby created a body corporate and politic in the County of Gilmer, Georgia to be known as the Gilmer County Industrial Development Authority which shall be an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation and which in this amendment is hereafter referred to as the `Authority'. Created.

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B. The Authority shall be composed of five members to be appointed by the governing authority of Gilmer County. The first members shall be appointed for terms of one, two, three, four and five years as shall be specified by the governing authority of the county and such members shall take office on January 1, 1969. Thereafter successors shall be appointed by the governing authority of the county for terms of five years so that the terms shall remain staggered. In the event a vacancy occurs on the Authority, for any reason, the governing authority of the county shall appoint a member to serve the unexpired term. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum, but no action may be taken by the Authority without the affirmative vote of a majority of the total membership of the Authority. The Authority is hereby empowered to elect its own chairman, vice chairman and secretary from its membership. No member of the governing authority of Gilmer County shall be eligible to serve as a member of said Authority and only residents of Gilmer County shall be eligible for membership on the Authority. Members, etc. C. The power of the Authority shall include but not be limited to, the power: 1. To sue and be sued; to receive and administer gifts, grants and donations and administer trusts; Powers. 2. To borrow money, to issue notes and revenue bonds, to execute trust agreements or indentures, and to sell, convey, lease, mortgage, pledge and assign any and all of its funds, property and income as security therefor; 3. To contract with Gilmer County and with other political subdivisions of the State and with the State and with the United States Government or with any department or agency of either and with private persons and corporations. 4. To exercise any power granted by the laws of the State of Georgia to any public or private corporations

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performing similar functions, which is not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia. 5. To encourage and promote the expansion and development of industrial and commercial facilities in the County of Gilmer, so as to relieve insofar as possible unemployment within its boundaries, and to that end to acquire by purchase or gift any building or structure within the limits of said county suitable for and intended for use as a factory, mill, shop, processing plant, assembly plant, or fabricating plant including all necessary and appurtenant lands and appurtenances thereto, and all necessary or useful furnishings, machinery and equipment. Such acquisition may be through the acquisition of land and the construction thereon of a building, including the demolition of existing structures, or through the acquisition of an existing building and remodeling, renovating, reconstructing, furnishing and equipping of such buildings. 6. No building acquired hereunder shall be operated by the Authority but shall be leased or sold to one or more persons, firms or corporations. If sold, the purchase price may be paid at one time or in installments falling due in not more than thirty (30) years from the date of transfer or possession. The lessee or purchaser shall be required to pay all costs of operating and maintaining the building or buildings and to pay rentals or installments sufficient, together with other revenues which may be pledged for the purpose, to retire all bonds, both principal and interest, and to pay all other expenses which the Authority may have incurred in connection with the undertaking: 7. To accumulate its funds from year to year and to invest accumulated funds in any manner that public funds of the State of Georgia or any of its political subdivisions may be invested; 8. To designate officers to sign and act for the Authority generally or in any specific manner;

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9. To do any and all acts and things necessary or convenient to accomplish the purpose and powers of the Authority as herein stated; 10. To appoint and select officers, agents and employees including engineers, architects, builders and attorney's, and to fix their compensation; 11. To adopt, alter or repeal its own by-laws, rules and regulations governing the manner in which its business may be transacted, as the Authority may deem necessary or expedient in facilitating its business. D. The property obligations and the interest on the obligations of the Authority shall have the same immunity from taxation as the property obligations and interest on the obligations of Gilmer County. Taxation. E. In order to finance any undertaking within the scope of its power or to refund any bonds then outstanding, the Authority is hereby authorized to issue bonds, debentures and revenue bonds for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any project of the Authority; such revenue bonds shall be issued and validated under and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the laws of Georgia, as though such bonds had originally been authorized to be issued under the Revenue Certificate Law of 1937 (Ga. L. 1937, p. 761), as amended. The judgment of validation shall be final, conclusive and forever incontestable as to the validity of the bonds and the security for the payment thereof, as well as all other matters, both substantive and procedural, relative to their issuance, and any property, real or personal, of the Authority may be pledged, mortgaged, conveyed, assigned, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered as security for the lawful debt of the Authority. Bonds. F. The Authority shall not be empowered or authorized in any manner to create any debt, liability or obligation against the State of Georgia or the County of Gilmer, Georgia. Debts.

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G. Should said Authority for any reason be dissolved, title to all property of every kind and nature, real and personal, held by the Authority at the time of such dissolution shall revert to Gilmer County, subject to any mortgages, liens, leases or other encumbrances outstanding against or in respect to said property at that time. Property. H. This amendment, being for the purpose of developing and promoting the public good and the welfare of Gilmer County, Georgia, and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. Liberal construction. I. The provisions of this amendment are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions. Severability. J. Any project of the Authority shall be restricted to or within the limits of Gilmer County, Georgia. Powers. K. This amendment is adopted for the purpose of promoting and expanding for the public good and welfare industry and trade with the County of Gilmer and reducing unemployment to the greatest extent possible, and this amendment and any law enacted with reference to the Authority shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of these purposes. Intent. L. The General Assembly may by law further define and prescribe the powers and duties of the Authority and the exercise thereof, and may enlarge and restrict same, and may likewise further regulate the management and conduct of the Authority. General Assembly. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted

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as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the constitution be amended so as to create the Gilmer County Industrial Development Authority? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 14, 1967. CREATION OF SYSTEM OF COURTS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES AUTHORIZED (300,000 OR MORE). Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 81 (House Resolution No. 167-510). A Resolution Proposing an amendment to the Constitution, so as to authorize the General Assembly, in its discretion, to create a new court or system of courts in and for each city of this State having a population of more than 300,000 according

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to the United States Decennial Census of 1960, and any future such United States Census; to provide the jurisdiction of such court or systems of courts; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article VI, Section I of the Constitution is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new Paragraph to be known as Paragraph III, to read as follows: Paragraph III. The General Assembly may, in its discretion, create a new court or system of courts in and for each city of this State having a population of more than 300,000 according to the United States Decennial Census of 1960, and any future such United States Census, conferring upon such new court or system of courts jurisdiction to issue warrants, try cases and impose sentences thereon: (1) In all misdemeanor cases arising under the Act known as the Georgia State Highway Patrol Act of 1937, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, and all other traffic laws of the State, as the same exist or may hereafter be amended. (2) In all misdemeanor cases arising under any law of the State regulating the ownership and operation of motor vehicles within its territorial jurisdiction, as the same exists on January 1, 1969, or as may thereafter be extended, and (3) In all cases arising under any charter provision or ordinance of any such city regulating traffic or the ownership or operation of motor vehicles, together with provisions as to rules, organization and procedure in such courts and as to new trials and the correction of errors in and by such courts and with such further provisions for the correction of errors by the Superior Court, the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court as the General

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Assembly may from time to time, in its discretion, provide or authorize. Any court or system of courts so established shall not be subject to the rules of uniformity in Paragraph I, Section IX of Article VI of the Constitution of 1945. The General Assembly is authorized to delegate to the governing authorities of any such municipality any and all powers necessary and appropriate for the establishment, operation and maintenance of such court. In the event the territorial limits of any such city is decreased or increased in size, the jurisdiction of any court created pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph shall likewise be decreased or increased, as the case may be. In the event a new court or system of courts is created by the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph, the General Assembly, in its discretion, may abolish the jurisdiction of other courts to issue warrants, try cases and impose sentences in cases upon which jurisdiction is conferred upon the courts or systems of courts created pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph, and to further provide that all such cases pending in such court or system of courts shall be transferred to the court or system of courts created pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly, in its discretion, to create a new court or system

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of courts in and for each city of this State having a population of more than 300,000 according to the United States Decennial Census of 1960, and any future such United States Census; and to provide jurisdiction of such court or system of courts? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 14, 1967. CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTYTAXES FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 86 (House Resolution No. 192-604). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the homestead exemption shall not apply to taxes which are assessed and collected by the taxing authorities of Chattahoochee County for the support and maintenance of education as recommended by the Chattahoochee County Board of Education; to provide for the

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submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article VII, Section I, Paragraph IV of the Constitution is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: The homestead exemption provided for herein shall not apply to taxes which are assessed and collected by the taxing authorities of Chattahoochee County for the support and maintenance of education as recommended by the Chattahoochee County Board of Education. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that the homestead exemption shall not apply to taxes which are assessed and collected by the taxing authorities of Chattahoochee County for the support and maintenance of education as recommended by the Chattahoochee County Board of Education? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of

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the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 14, 1967. HALL COUNTYCIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 88 (House Resolution No. 196-652). A Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution, so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for the creation of a civil service system of personnel administration for all persons, other than elected officials, whose salaries are paid out of the funds of Hall County; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article VII, Section IV, Paragraph I of the Constitution is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: The General Assembly is hereby authorized to provide by law for the creation of a civil service system of personnel administration for all persons, other than officials elected by the people, whose salaries are paid out of the funds of Hall County. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of

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the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georiga of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: () YES () NO Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for the creation of a civil service system of personnel administration for all persons, other than elected officials, whose salaries are paid out of the funds of Hall County? All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote No. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 14, 1967. FULTON COUNTYCONTROL OF VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. No. 95 (Senate Resolution No. 52). A Resolution. A Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia, so as to authorize the commissioners

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of roads and revenues of Fulton County, within the unincorporated areas of said county, to regulate pedestrian and vehicular traffic upon the public streets and roadways, and to provide that the violation of such regulations shall be punished as for a misdemeanor, and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia: Section 1. Article XI of the Constitution of the State of Georgia as heretofore amended, is further amended by inserting at the end of said Article a new paragraph which shall read as follows: The commissioners of roads and revenues of Fulton County, within the unincorporated areas of Fulton County, shall have full power and authority to regulate pedestrian and vehicular traffic on the public streets and roadways of said county, and to regulate or prohibit the parking of vehicles on any of said public streets and roadways. Said commissioner shall further have full power and authority, within the unincorporated areas of said county, to regulate the speed of vehicles. Said commissioners shall further have full power and authority to provide that violations of any regulations made pursuant to the provisions of this Section of the Constitution may be punished as for a misdemeanor. Section 2. When the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two branches of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their journals with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, such proposed amendment shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, as amended. The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon the following: For ratification of amendment to the Constitution of Georgia authorizing Fulton County, within the unincorporated

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areas of said County, to regulate traffic and parking, and to provide for misdemeanor punishment for violation of such regulations. Against ratification of amendment to the Constitution of Georgia authorizing Fulton County, within the unincorporated areas of said County, to regulate traffic and parking, and to provide for misdemeanor punishment for violation of such regulations. All persons desiring to vote in favor of adopting the proposed amendment shall vote for ratification of the amendment, and all persons desiring to vote against the adoption of the proposed amendment shall vote against ratification. If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as returns for elections for members of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and certify the result to the Governor, who shall issue his proclamation thereon. Approved April 21, 1967.

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VETOES (1967 Session) Veto No. Bill No. Subject Date of Veto No. 1 HB 470 To amend an Act known as the City of Atlanta and Fulton County Recreation Authority Act, so as to provide for additional members of said authority; and for other purposes. 3-17-67 No. 2 HB 210 Brunswick Judicial Circuit-creating an additional Judge of the Superior Courts. 3-27-67 No. 3 HB 138 RadarTo provide for the use of speed protection devices by counties and municipalities. 4-11-67 No. 4 HB 57 Revenue Commissioner issuance of license plates and decals. 4-18-67 No. 5 HB 107 Medical records permit disclosure of information. 4-18-67 No. 6 HB 825 Sylvania-Screven Airport Authority. 4-18-67 No. 7 SB 36 Supreme and Appeals Court Judges-Compensation. 4-18-67 No. 8 HB 21 Custody: Child may testify if 14 years of age. 4-21-67 No. 9 HB 103 Atlanta; Municipalities: certain dwellings-repair. 4-21-67 No. 10 HB 292 Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit-additional Judge Superior Court. 4-21-67 No. 11 HB 300 Atlanta, City of: Liens: vacating costs. 4-21-67 No. 12 HB 577 Leary, City of: Mayor and Councilterms. 4-21-67 No. 13 HB 779 City of Augusta: Sale of Allen Park. 4-21-67 No. 14 SB 113 Superior Court Judges Emeritus serve in any superior court. 4-21-67 No. 15 SB 158 Barrow County consolidation of schools approved by voters. 4-21-67 No. 16 HR 52-134 Atlanta Judicial Circuit Sup. Ct. Judges: Sup. Ct. Reportscertain volumes. 4-21-67

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APPELLATE COURTS SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA W. H. DUCKWORTH Chief Justice BOND ALMAND Presiding Justice CARLTON MOBLEY Associate Justice BENNING M. GRICE Associate Justice H. E. NICHOLS Associate Justice HIRAM K. UNDERCOFLER Associate Justice JOHN E. FRANKUM Associate Justice ROBERT H. BRINSON, JR. Law Assistant JAMES M. NEY Law Assistant MISS MAUD SAUNDERS Law Assistant MRS. JOLINE B. WILLIAMS Law Assistant BEN G. ESTES Law Assistant MRS. EFFIE A. MAHAN Law Assistant CURTIS R. RICHARDSON Law Assistant HENRY H. COBB Clerk MRS. EVA F. TOWNSEND Deputy Clerk MRS. FLORENE B. COBB Deputy Clerk GEORGE H. RICHTER, JR. Reporter GUY M. MASSEY Asst. Reporter A. BROADDUS ESTES Sheriff COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA JULE W. FELTON Chief Judge JOHN SAMMONS BELL Presiding Judge ROBERT H. JORDAN Presiding Judge ROBERT H. HALL Judge HOMER C. EBERHARDT Judge CHARLES A. PANNELL Judge BRASWELL DEEN, JR. Judge J. KELLEY QUILLIAN Judge G. STANLEY JOSLIN Judge CHARLES N. HOOPER Law Assistant EUGENE HIGHSMITH Law Assistant JOHN ANDY SMITH, JR. Law Assistant MRS. HELEN T. HARPER Law Assistant JULIAN H. STEWART Law Assistant LOUIS A. PEACOCK Law Assistant MISS ALFREDDA SCOBEY Law Assistant T. MIL CLYBURN, JR. Law Assistant H. GRADY ALMAND, JR. Law Assistant MORGAN THOMAS Clerk MISS EDNA EARL BENNETT Deputy Clerk GEORGE H. RICHTER, JR. Reporter GUY M. MASSEY Asst. Reporter

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JUDGES, SOLICITORS, AND CALENDAR ALAPAHA CIRCUIT. HON. H. W. LOTT, Judge, Lenox, Ga. VICKERS NEUGENT, Solicitor-General, Austin St., Pearson. AtkinsonThird Monday in February; fourth Monday in October. BerrienFirst Monday in January; second Monday in September. ClinchFirst Mondays in March and October. CookFirst Mondays in February and November. LanierFourth Mondays in February and November ATLANTA CIRCUIT. HONS. RALPH PHARR, Chief Judge, LUTHER ALVERSON, STONEWALL H. DYER, GEORGE P. WHITMAN, SR., SAM P. McKENZIE, CLAUDE D. SHAW, DURWOOD T. PYE, J. C. (JEP) TANKSLEY, JACK P. ETHERIDGE, Judges, Atlanta. LEWIS R. SLATON, Solicitor-General, Atlanta. FultonFirst Mondays in January, March, May, July, September, and November. ATLANTIC CIRCUIT. HON. PAUL E. CASWELL, Judge, Hinesville. J. MAX CHENEY, Solicitor-General, Reidsville. BryanThird Monday in March and first Monday in November. EvansFirst Mondays in April and October. LibertyThird Mondays in February and September. LongFirst Mondays in March and September. McIntoshFourth Mondays in February and May, second Monday in September, and first Monday in December. TattnallThird Mondays in April and October.

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AUGUSTA CIRCUIT. HONS. F. FREDERICK KENNEDY, Augusta; JOHN F. HARDIN, Augusta; C. WESLEY KILLEBREW, Augusta, Judges. GEORGE HAINS, Solicitor-General, Augusta. BurkeFourth Mondays in April and October. ColumbiaFourth Mondays in March and September. RichmondThird Mondays in January, March, May, July, September and November. BLUE RIDGE CIRCUIT. HONS. H. GRADY VANDIVIERE, Judge, 373 Main St., Canton. MARION T. POPE, JR., Judge, P. O. Box 589, Canton. C. B. (BUTCH) HOLCOMB, Solicitor-General, P. O. Box 248, Canton. CherokeeThird Monday in January; first Monday in May; second Monday in September. FanninThird Monday in April and 4th Monday in August; first Monday in December. ForsythFourth Mondays in March and July, and second Monday in November. GilmerThird Monday in May; fourth Monday in October. PickensSecond Monday in March, and fourth Monday in September. BRUNSWICK CIRCUIT. HONS. WINEBERT DAN FLEXER, Judge, Brunswick. JACK W. BALLENGER, Judge, P. O. Box 98, Baxley. GLENN THOMAS, JR., Solicitor-General, Jesup. ApplingSecond and third Mondays in February; third and fourth Mondays in October. CamdenFirst Mondays in April and November; third Monday in June. GlynnSecond Mondays in January, May, and September. Jeff DavisFirst and second Mondays in March, June, and December; fourth Monday in September; first Monday in October. WayneThird and fourth Mondays in April and November; fourth Mondays in January and June.

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CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT. HONS. J. ALVAN DAVIS, JOHN H. LAND, Judges, Columbus. W. B. SKIPWORTH, JR., Solicitor-General, Columbus. ChattahoocheeFourth Mondays in March and September. HarrisSecond Mondays in January, May and September. MarionFourth Mondays in April and October. MuscogeeFirst Mondays in February, April, June, August, October and December. TalbotSecond Mondays in March and November; third Monday in August. TaylorFirst and second Mondays in January and July. CHEROKEE CIRCUIT. HON. JEFFERSON L. DAVIS, Judge, Cartersville. JERE F. WHITE, Solicitor-General, Cartersville. BartowFirst Mondays in February and August; fourth Mondays in April and October. GordonFirst Mondays in March and September; fourth Mondays in May and November. CLAYTON CIRCUIT. HONS. HAROLD BANKE, Judge,% Courthouse, Jonesboro. EDWIN S. KEMP, Judge, Jonesboro. ALBERT B. WALLACE, Solicitor-General, Jonesboro. ClaytonFirst Mondays in February, May, August and November. COBB CIRCUIT. HONS. ALBERT J. HENDERSON, JR., 107 Hemlock Dr., Marietta; CONLEY INGRAM, Marietta, Judges. BEN F. SMITH, Solicitor-General, Marietta. CobbSecond Mondays in January, March, May, July, September and November.

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CONASAUGA CIRCUIT. HON. JAMES THOMAS POPE, JR., Judge, Dalton. ROBERT VINING, JR., Solicitor-General, Dalton. MurraySecond Mondays in February and October; fourth Monday in May; and first Monday in August. WhitfieldSecond Mondays in January, July and September; first Mondays in March, May and November. CORDELE CIRCUIT. HON. WILLIAM LEROY McMURRAY, JR., Judge, P. O. Box 555, Cordele. D. E. TURK, Solicitor-General, Abbeville. Ben HillSecond and third Mondays in January, April, July, and October. CrispFourth Mondays and the Mondays following in January, April, July, and October. DoolySecond and third Mondays in February, May, August, and November. WilcoxFirst Monday in March; fourth Mondays in June and November, and the Mondays following each of them. COWETA CIRCUIT. HON. LAMAR KNIGHT, Judge, P. O. Box 315, Carrollton. WRIGHT LIPFORD, Solicitor-General, P. O. Box 573, Newnan. CarrollFirst Mondays in April and October. CowetaFirst Mondays in March; first Tuesday in September. HeardThird Mondays in March and September. MeriwetherThird Mondays in February, May, August, and November. TroupFirst Mondays in February, May, August, and November. DOUGHERTY CIRCUIT. HON. GEORGE L. SABADOS, Judge, Albany. ROBERT W. REYNOLDS, Solicitor-General, Albany. DoughertySecond Mondays in January, March, May, July, September, and November.

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DUBLIN CIRCUIT. HON. HAROLD E. WARD, Judge, 402 Roberson St., Dublin. W. W. LARSEN, JR., Solicitor-General, 200 Woodridge St., Dublin. JohnsonThird Mondays in March, June, September, and December. LaurensFourth Mondays in January, April, July and October. TreutlenThird Mondays in February and August. TwiggsSecond Mondays in January, April, July and October. EASTERN CIRCUIT. HONS. DUNBAR HARRISON, EDWIN A. McWHORTER, B. B. HEERY, Savannah, Judges. ANDREW JOE RYAN, JR., Solicitor-General, Savannah. ChathamFirst Mondays in March, June, September and December. FLINT CIRCUIT. HON. HUGH D. SOSEBEE, Judge, Forsyth. EDWARD E. McGARITY, Solicitor-General, McDonough. ButtsFirst and second Mondays in February and November; first Monday in May; third and fourth Mondays in August. HenryThird and fourth Mondays in January, April, July, and October. LamarFirst and second Mondays in March, June, and December; second and third Mondays in September. MonroeThird and fourth Mondays in February, May and November; first and second Mondays in August. GRIFFIN CIRCUIT. HON. JOHN H. McGEHEE, Judge, Thomaston. ANDREW J. WHALEN, JR., Solicitor-General, Griffin. FayetteFirst and second Mondays in March; second and third Mondays in September. PikeThird and fourth Mondays in February and November, fourth Monday in July; first Monday in August. SpaldingFirst and second Mondays in February and October; third and fourth Mondays in June. UpsonThird and fourth Mondays in March and August; first and second Mondays in November.

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GWINNETT CIRCUIT. HON. CHAS. C. PITTARD, Judge, Duluth. REID MERRITT, Solicitor-General, P. O. Box 352, Lawrenceville. Gwinnett: First Mondays in January, March, May, July and November; second Monday in September. LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT. HONS. ROBERT E. (BOB) COKER, LaFayette; PAUL W. (JOHNNY) PAINTER, Rossville, Judges. EARL B. (BILL) SELF, Solicitor-General, Summerville. CatoosaFirst Mondays in February and August; second Mondays in May and November. ChattoogaSecond Mondays in January, April, July and October. DadeThird Mondays in March, June and September; second Monday in December. WalkerThird Mondays in February and August; first Mondays in May and November. MACON CIRCUIT. HONS. OSCAR L. LONG, Macon; HAL BELL, Macon; C. CLOUD MORGAN, Macon, Judges. JACK J. GAUTIER, Solicitor-General, Macon. BibbFirst Mondays in February, April, June, August, October, and December. CrawfordThird and fourth Mondays in March and October. HoustonFirst Mondays in February, May, and November; third Monday in August. PeachFirst and second Mondays in March and August; third and fourth Mondays in November. MIDDLE CIRCUIT. HON. WALTER C. McMILLAN, JR., Judge, P. O. Box 286, Sandersville. DAN L. LANIER, Solicitor-General, Metter. CandlerFirst and second Mondays in February and August. EmanuelSecond Mondays in January, April, July and October. JeffersonSecond Mondays in May and November. ToombsFourth Mondays in February, May, August, and November. WashingtonFirst Mondays in March, June, September and December.

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MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT. HON. LAMAR N. SMITH, Judge, Toccoa. HERBERT B. KIMZEY, Solicitor-General, P. O. Box 38, Cornelia. HabershamFirst Mondays in February and November; third Monday in June. RabunFourth Mondays in February and November; first Monday in August. StephensSecond Mondays in January, May and October. TownsFourth Monday in March; first Monday in June; second Monday in September. UnionThird Mondays in April and August; second Monday in December. NORTHEASTERN CIRCUIT. HONS. A. R. KENYON, Judge, Gainesville. JOSEPH H. BLACKSHEAR, Judge, Gainesville. JEFF WAYNE, Solicitor-General, Gainesville. DawsonFirst Mondays in February and August. HallFirst Mondays in May and November; second Mondays in January, March, July and September. LumpkinFourth Mondays in February and August. WhiteFirst Mondays in April and October. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. HON. JOHN W. (BILLY) WILLIFORD, Judge, 145 Parkwood Dr., Elberton. CLETE D. JOHNSON, Solicitor-General, Royston. ElbertFirst Monday in March; second Monday in September. FranklinThird Mondays in January and October; fourth Monday in March; first Monday in August. HartFirst Mondays in February and October; fourth Monday in May. MadisonThird Mondays in February and May; fourth Monday in August; second Monday in December. OglethorpeThird Monday in March; first Monday in November.

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OCMULGEE CIRCUIT. HON. GEORGE S. CARPENTER, Judge, Milledgeville. GEORGE D. LAWRENCE, Solicitor-General, Eatonton. BaldwinSecond Mondays in January, April, July, and October. GreeneFourth Mondays in January, April, July, and October. HancockFourth Mondays in March and September; second Mondays in June and December. JasperSecond Mondays in February, August, and November. JonesFirst Mondays in February and August; third Mondays in April and October. MorganFirst Mondays in March, June, September, and December. PutnamThird Mondays in March, June, September and December. WilkinsonFirst Mondays in January, April, July, and October. OCONEE CIRCUIT. HON. JAMES B. O'CONNOR, Judge, P. O. Box 465, McRae. ALBERT D. MULLIS, Solicitor-General, P. O. Box 477, Eastman. BleckleyFirst Monday in March and second Mondays in July and November. DodgeThird Mondays in February, May, August and November. MontgomeryFirst Mondays in February, May, August, and November. PulaskiSecond and third Mondays in March and September; second Mondays in June and December. TelfairFourth Mondays in February and June; third and fourth Mondays in October. WheelerSecond Mondays in February and October; third Monday in June. OGEECHEE CIRCUIT. HON. WALTON USHER, Judge, Guyton. COHEN ANDERSON, Solicitor-General, 3 Preston Dr., Statesboro. BullochFourth Mondays in January, April, July, and October. EffinghamThird Mondays in April and October. JenkinsSecond Mondays in May and November. ScrevenSecond Mondays in January, April and July; third Monday in November.

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PATAULA CIRCUIT. HON. WALTER I. GEER, Judge, Colquitt. JOE M. RAY, Solicitor-General, Box 7, Cuthbert. ClayThird Mondays in March and November. EarlyThird Mondays in January and July. MillerFourth Mondays in April and September. QuitmanFourth Mondays in March and September. RandolphFirst Mondays in May and November. SeminoleSecond Mondays in April and October. TerrellFirst Mondays in June and December. PIEDMONT CIRCUIT. HON. MARK DUNAHOO, Judge, P. O. Box 553, Winder. FLOYD G. HOARD, Solicitor-General, Box 6, Jefferson. BanksThird Monday in March; first Monday in October. BarrowThird and fourth Mondays in February and August; first Mondays in May and November. JacksonFirst Mondays in February and August. ROME CIRCUIT. HON. ROBERT L. SCOGGIN, Judge, Rome. ROBERT G. WALTHER, Solicitor-General, Rome. FloydSecond Mondays in January, March, July, and September; first Mondays in May and November. SOUTH GEORGIA CIRCUIT. HON. ROBERT E. L. CULPEPPER, JR., Judge, Camilla. FRED B. HAND, JR., Solicitor-General, P. O. Box 306, Pelham. BakerThird Mondays in January and July. CalhounLast Mondays in May and November. DecaturFirst Mondays in May and November. GradyThird Mondays in March and September. MitchellSecond Mondays in January and July; third Mondays in April and October.

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SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. HON. GEORGE R. LILLY, Judge, Quitman. MARCUS B. CALHOUN, Solicitor-General, Thomasville. BrooksFirst Mondays in May and November. ColquittFirst Mondays in April and October. EcholsSecond Mondays in March and September. LowndesThird Mondays in May and November. ThomasThird Mondays in January, April, July, and October. SOUTHWESTERN CIRCUIT. HON. T. O. MARSHALL, Judge, P. O. Box 798, Americus. J. FRANK MEYERS, Solicitor-General, Americus. LeeFourth Mondays in April and October. MaconSecond Mondays in May and November. SchleySecond Mondays in February and August. StewartSecond Mondays in January and July. SumterFourth Monday in May; and first Monday in December. WebsterFourth Mondays in January and July. STONE MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT. HONS. H. FRANK GUESS, Decatur; H. O. HUBERT, JR., Decatur; WILLIAM T. DEAN, Conyers, CLARENCE L. PEELER, JR., Decatur; HUBERT C. MORGAN, Decatur; Judges. RICHARD BELL, Solicitor-General, Stone Mountain. DeKalbFirst Mondays in March, June, September, and December. NewtonFirst Monday in January; third Mondays in March, July, and September. RockdaleThird Monday in January; first Mondays in April, July, and October. TALLAPOOSA CIRCUIT. HON. DAN WINN, Judge, Cedartown. JOHN T. PERREN, Solicitor-General, Dallas. DouglasThird Mondays in March and September. HaralsonFourth Monday in April; second Mondays in August and November. Paulding: Second Monday in April; fourth Monday in July; third Monday in October. Polk: Fourth Mondays in February and August.

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TIFTON CIRCUIT. HON. J. BOWIE GRAY, Judge, Tifton. W. J. FOREHAND, Solicitor-General, P. O. Box 253, Tifton. IrwinThird and fourth Mondays in February; second and third Mondays in May and November. TiftFirst Mondays in March and September; first and second Mondays in June and December. TurnerSecond and third Mondays in January and July; second Mondays in April and October. WorthFourth Mondays in January, April, July, and October. TOOMBS CIRCUIT. HON. ROBERT L. STEVENS, Judge, P. O. Box 27, Thomson. KENNETH E. GOOLSBY, Solicitor-General, P. O. Box 405, Thomson. GlascockThird Mondays in February, May, August, and November. LincolnFourth Mondays in January, April, July, and October. McDuffieSecond Mondays in March, June, September, and December. TaliaferroFourth Mondays in February, May, August, and November. WarrenThird Monday in January; first Mondays in April, July and October. WilkesFirst Mondays in February, May, August, and November. WAYCROSS CIRCUIT. HON. BEN A. HODGES, Judge, Waycross. DEWEY HAYES, Solicitor-General, Douglas. BaconFirst Mondays in February and August; fourth Monday in May; third Monday in November. BrantleyThird Monday in January; first Monday in April; second Monday in September; fourth Monday in November. CharltonFourth Monday in March; first Monday in October. CoffeeSecond and third Mondays in March and October; second Monday in June; first Tuesday after the first Monday in January. PierceSecond Monday in January; first Mondays in May and December; third Monday in August. WareFourth Mondays in January, April, July, and October.

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WESTERN CIRCUIT. HON. JAMES BARROW, Judge, Athens. THOMAS W. RIDGWAY, Solicitor-General, P. O. Box 166, Monroe. ClarkeSecond Mondays in January, April, July, and October. OconeeFourth Mondays in January and July. WaltonThird Mondays in February, May, August, and November.

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TABULAR INDEX PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION Apportionment of Senate 913 Canden County; authority of governing authority 920 Canden County Development Authority 922 Charlton County; building codes, etc. 944 Chatham County; taxation 953 Chattahoochee County; taxes for school purposes 966 Civil Service Preference for Veterans 935 Cobb County; authority to enact ordinances, etc. 914 Cobb County; bonds 927 Cobb County; sewage districts 932 Cobb County Street Light Districts 918 Creation of courts in certain municipalities (300,000 or more) 963 Criminal Court of Fulton County 941 Dade County Industrial Development Authority 907 Douglas County Civil Service System 916 Floyd County Merit System 930 Fulton County; bonds 938 Fulton County; control of vehicular and pedestrian traffic 969 General Assembly; four year terms 956 Gilmer County Industrial Development Authority 958 Hall County Civil Service System 968 Meriwether County Development Authority 901 Muscogee County Industrial Development Authority 947 Stephens County Fire Protection Districts 925 Taxation for school lunch purposes 940 CODE SECTIONS 3-114AmendedInconsistent remedies 220 3-402RepealedPractice and procedure 220 3-508AmendedRecommencement of Actions 220 3-808AmendedRecommencement of Actions 220 3-810AmendedCross actions 220 9-103AmendedApplicants for admission to practice law 560 Chapter 9-4AmendedLaw school legal agency act 153 13-203.1AmendedBranch banks 555 13-204.1EnactedPlaces of doing banking business 105 13-2027, 13-2028AmendedBanks and Banking, reserves 798 21-105AmendedCoroners' compensation in certain counties (24,000-24,500) 411 21-105AmendedCompensation of coroners in certain counties (34,100-34,300) 415 21-105AmendedCoroners' compensation in certain counties (150,000-175,000) 293 21-105AmendedCoroners' compensation, etc. in certain counties (250,000-500,000) 782 23-601, 23-602AmendedMunicipal street improvements 732

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23-1704AmendedCounty contractors bonds 545 23-2304AmendedBurial of paupers 616 24-820AmendedFees of constables 610 24-1601AmendedFees of justices of the peace 469 24-2104AmendedOrdinaries 731 24-2714AmendedOffices of clerks of superior courts 648 24-3104AmendedCourt reporters in certain counties (36,000-39,000) 706 24-3324RepealedSigning of pleadings 220 24-3326RepealedAttorneys of record 220 24-3349 through 24-3354RepealedInterrogatories 220 24-3369RepealedNotice to produce 220 24-3373RepealedExecutors and administrators 220 24-3501AmendedCourt of Appeals 538 25-119RepealedCredit Unions 597 Chapter 26-20AmendedEavesdropping, peeping tom and invasion of privacy 844 26-6921EnactedDefacing places of devine worship 457 Chapter 26-72AmendedAbuse of flag or national emblem 493 27-219EnactedAssistance to police officers 745 29-102AmendedGrantees bound by covenants in deeds 592 30-105AmendedPleadings in divorce actions 761 30-113AmendedDivorce and alimony, etc. 220 30-202.1EnactedAttorney's fees in divorce and alimony cases 591 34-802AmendedElections of governing authorities in certain counties (18,100-18,300) 559 37-607AmendedPowers of sale in deeds of trust, etc. 735 38-1105RepealedAnswers 220 40-105AmendedCompensation of Governor and Lt. Governor 106 40-504AmendedSecretary of State's salary 96 40-901AmendedState Treasurer's salary 96 40-1404AmendedComptroller General's salary 96 40-2001AmendedPassenger carrying trucks for Highway Department 381 42-102RepealedChief Drug Inspector 296 42-9915, 42-9916RepealedPoisons 296 47-101AmendedReapportionment of House of Representatives 187 47-102AmendedReapportionment of Senate 159 47-107AmendedGeneral Assembly 39 47-210AmendedCompensation of clerk of house and secretary of senate 268 Chapter 49-9EnactedGuardians unnecessary in certain cases 720 Title 50AmendedHabeas Corpus 835 53-204AmendedParental consent to underage marriages 31 55-110RepealedInjunctions 220 56-310AmendedDeposits by foreign and alien insurers 765 56-407AAmendedUninsured motorists 463 Chapter 56-5EnactedInsurance rates 684 56-812bEnactedCrop insurance adjusters 630 56-1039EnactedInsurance company investments 460

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56-1310 (2) (a)AmendedLife insurance companies 631 56-2430AmendedCancellation of automobile liability insurance 653 59-106AmendedSelection of jurors 251 59-112AmendedPersons exempt from jury duty 725 59-202AmendedNumber of grand jurors 590 61-107AmendedLandlord and tenant 774 67-1305.1EnactedTransfers of deeds to secure debt 737 67-2002AmendedLiens 456 Chapter 67-26AmendedU. S. Internal Revenue liens 549 70-307RepealedMotions for new trial 220 Chapter 74-4AmendedAdoption Law 6 Chapter 74-4AmendedConsent to adoption 107 74-9902AmendedAbandonment of children 453 Chapter 79AEnactedPharmacists, Pharmacy and Drugs 296 81-109RepealedVerification of pleadings 220 81-113RepealedSanction of process 220 81-205Repeal repealedCivil Practice Act 220 81-207.1, 81-207.2RepealedService by publication 220 81-212RepealedService upon minors 220 83-101 through 83-106AmendedPrivate ways 143 83-118RepealedPrivate ways 143 84-409AmendedState Board of Barbers 474 84-725AEnactedPractice of dentistry 417 84-907, 84-914, 84-915AmendedState Board of Medical Examiners Act 826 Chapter 84-13RepealedPharmacies 296 88-112AmendedDirector, Department of Public Health 26 88-202AmendedCounty boards of health 544 88-404RepealedCommittee on alcoholism 149 88-523EnactedProcedure for restoration to sanity 763 Chapter 88-9AmendedAir Quality Control Act 581 88-1715AmendedDeath certificates 617 88-1725AmendedPublic Health records 541 88-1812AmendedHospital Authorities 552 89-9908AmendedIndictment of county officers 858 Chapter 92-22AmendedTaxes on cigars and cigarettes 563 , 577 92-6208AmendedReturn of property for taxation in certain counties (50,000-70,000) 886 92-6913AmendedReturn of property for taxation in certain counties (50,000-70,000) 885 93-206, 93-208AmendedPublic Service Commission 95 93-307AmendedNatural gas transmission facilities 650 95-1907.1EnactedRailroad signals in municipalities 458 102-102AmendedHolidays 579 109A-10-103AmendedSection of Code of 1910 repealed 562 110-302RepealedSigning of judgments 220 113-104AmendedMutual wills 718 114-101AmendedWorkmen's Compensation coverage for employees of boards of education of certain counties (less than 300,000) 633

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COURTS SUPREME COURT Appellate Practice Act of 1965 amended 220 COURT OF APPEALS Appellate Practice Act of 1965 amended 220 Assignment of criminal cases 538 SUPERIOR COURTS Assistant solicitors-general and clerks in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 3218 Atlanta Circuit; salary of solicitor-general 507 Atlantic Circuit; compensation of solicitor-general and secretary 111 Augusta Circuit; Chief assistant solicitor-general 795 Augusta Circuit; judges' supplement 496 Bailiffs compensation in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 447 Blue Ridge Circuit; additional judge 130 Brunswick Circuit; additional judge 138 Calendar clerks' compensation in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 802 Clayton Circuit; additional judge 118 Clayton Circuit; solicitor-general 766 Cobb Circuit; investigators 776 Cobb Circuit; practice of law by solicitor-general 465 Court reporters compensation in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 445 Court reporters in certain counties (36,000-39,000) 706 Flint Circuit; judge's secretary 501 Gwinnett Circuit; court reporter and secretaries 122 Judges emeritus conpensation in certain circuits (72,200-74,000) 485 Judges emeritus compensation in certain counties (45,400-47,100) 884 Law assistants in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 3012 Location of clerks' offices 648 Macon Circuit; assistant solicitor-general 439 Mitchell; terms 4 Mountain Circuit; terms 142 Northeastern Circuit; additional judge 290 Northeastern Circuit; salary of court reporter 293 Northeastern Circuit; solicitor-general placed on salary basis 785 Ocmulgee Circuit; assistant solicitor-general 448 Piedmont Circuit; compensation of court reporter 413 Rome Circuit; clerk typists in office of solicitor-general 482 Solicitors-general compensation in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 444 Southern Circuit; compensation of solicitor-general 9 Southwestern Circuit; court reporter 270 Stone Mountain Circuit; additional judge 134

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CITY COURTS Brunswick; compensation of deputy sheriffs 3469 Brunswick; solicitor's salary 2636 Cairo; name changed to Civil and Criminal Court of Grady County, etc. 2389 Clerks in solicitors' offices in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 3031 Compensation of assistant solicitors in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 3030 Ellaville; abolished 2884 Floyd; judge's salary 2977 Judge's secretaries in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 2986 Louisville, salaries of judge and solicitor 2321 Reidsville; compensation of solicitor, clerk and sheriff 2040 Reidsville; judge's salary 2045 Richmond; judge's salary 3062 Richmond; solicitor's salary 2699 Savannah; judge's salary 2310 Soperton; judge's qualifications 3056 Sylvester; jurisdiction 2194 Thomasville; judge's salary 2821 Thomasville; solicitor's salary 2824 Valdosta; name changed to City Court of Lowndes County, etc. 2131 Walker; judge's expense allowance 2963 Walker; solicitor's expense allowance 2720 Warner Robins; name changed to State Court of Houston County 2564 CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURTS Fulton; amended 2280 Gwinnett; jurisdiction, salaries, etc. 2377 Grady; name changed from City Court of Cairo, etc. 2389 Troup; compensation of judge and solicitor 2463 CIVIL COURTS Fulton; judges' salaries 2284 Fulton; salaries of clerk, marshal and deputies 2743 COUNTY COURTS Emanuel County; name changed from City Court of Swainsboro 2300 CRIMINAL COURTS Fulton; amended 2280 Fulton; appeals, proposed amendment to the Constitution 941 JUVENILE COURTS Judges' salaries in certain counties (500,000 or more) 3134

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MUNICIPAL COURTS Augusta; salaries, court of record 3044 Savannah; associate judge 2483 STATE COURTS Bibb County; pleadings, etc. 2289 Houston; name changed from City Court of Warner Robins 2564 COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERS. NAMED COUNTIES Appling; additional judge of superior court 138 Atkinson; salary of tax commissioner 2634 Bacon; Bacon CountyCity of Alma Joint Planning Commission 3259 Baker; compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 2315 Baker; sheriff placed on salary basis 2316 Baldwin; assistant solicitor-general 448 Baldwin; compensation of ordinary 2006 Baldwin; small claims court 3312 Banks; board of education, referendum 2538 Banks; compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 2543 Banks; compensation of superior court court reporter 413 Barrow; compensation of superior court court reporter 413 Barrow; salaries of deputy sheriffs 2702 Bartow; compensation of clerk of superior court, etc. 2361 Bartow; compensation of commissioner of roads and revenues, etc., 2363 Bartow; compensation of ordinary, etc. 2359 Bartow; compensation of sheriff, etc. 2365 Bartow; compensation of tax commissioner, etc. 2367 Bibb; assistant solicitor-general 439 Bleckley; compensation of ordinary 2554 Bleckley; salary of commissioner of roads and revenues 2381 Brooks; development authority 2097 Brooks; salary of solicitor-general 9 Bryan; compensation of solicitor-general and secretary 111 Bulloch; clerical assistance for commissioners of roads and revenues 2926 Bulloch; coroner placed on salary basis 2524 Bulloch; sheriff's uniform allowance 2503 Burke; chief assistant solicitor-general 795 Burke; superior court judges' supplement 496 Butts; compensation of clerk of superior court 2994 Butts; compensation of ordinary and personnel 2710 Butts; compensation of tax collector, etc. 3472 Butts; salary and duties of treasurer 3294 Butts; superior court judge's secretary 501 Butts; treasurer to serve as clerk of commissioners of roads and revenues 3239 Calhoun; compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 3141

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Calhoun; election of commissioners of roads and revenues 3068 Camden; additional judge of superior court 138 Canden; authority of governing authority, proposed amendment to the Constitution 920 Camden; development authority, proposed amendment to the Constitution 922 Candler; salaries of commissioners of roads and revenues 2952 Carroll; compensation, etc. of tax commissioner 3025 Carroll; compensation of clerk of commissioners of roads and revenues 2060 Carroll; water authority 2861 Catoosa; board of commissioners of roads and revenues, referendum 2207 Catoosa; board of education, referendum 2225 Catoosa; board of utilities commissioners 2251 Catoosa; clerical assistance for tax commissioner 2232 Catoosa; clerk of superior court and ordinary 2248 Catoosa; compensation of coroner 2222 Catoosa; compensation of sheriff, etc. 2235 Chatham; taxation, proposed amendment to the Constitution 953 Charlton; building code, etc., proposed amendment to the Constitution 944 Charlton; clerk of superior court placed on salary basis 2730 Chattahoochee; board of education, terms, referendum 2530 Chattahoochee; sheriff's salary 2532 Chattahoochee; taxes for school purposes, proposed amendment to the Constitution 966 Chattachoochee; trial of misdemeanor cases 2528 Cherokee; additional judge of superior court 130 Cherokee; clerical assistants for clerk of superior court and tax commissioner 2620 Clarke; ad valorem tax rate for school purposes, referendum 3215 Clarke; AthensClarke County Charter Commission, referendum 2102 Clarke; board of education, referendum 2929 Clay; election of commissioners of roads and revenues 3489 Clayton; additional judge of superior court 118 Clayton; commissioners of roads and revenues 3058 Clayton; solicitor-general 766 Clinch; commissioners of roads and revenues, clerk and county attorney 2574 Clinch; part time deputy sheriff 2570 Cobb; authority to enact ordinances, etc., proposed amendment to the Constitution 914 Cobb; bonds, proposed amendment to the Constitution 927 Cobb; Cobb CountyMarietta Water Authority Act amended 2051 Cobb; commissioner of roads and revenues 3182 Cobb; compensation of deputy commissioner of roads and revenues 2350 Cobb; investigators in office of solicitor-general 776 Cobb; practice of law by solicitor-general 465

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Cobb; sewage districts, proposed amendment to the Constitution 932 Cobb; street light districts, proposed amendment to the Constitution 918 Colquitt; salary of clerk of superior court 2961 Colquitt; salary of solicitor-general 9 Columbia; chief assistant solicitor-general 795 Columbia; superior court judge's supplement 496 Cook; board of education, referendum 2507 Cook; officers placed on salary basis 2512 Coweta; compensation of sheriff's deputies, etc. 2065 Crawford; assistant solicitor-general 439 Crawford; treasurer's salary 2568 Crisp; board of education, referendum 2691 Dade; commissioner of roads and revenues 2261 Dade; industrial development authority, proposed amendment to the Constitution 907 Dade; sheriff's expense allowance 2264 Dade; tax commissioner's allowance for clerical help 2266 Dawson; additional judge of superior court 290 Dawson; salary of ordinary 2722 Dawson; salary of superior court court reporter 293 Dawson; solicitor-general placed on salary basis 785 DeKalb; additional judge of superior court 134 DeKalb; compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 3480 DeKalb; salaries of named officers 2440 DeKalb; zoning 3230 Dodge; compensation of commissioner of roads and revenues and clerk 2079 Dodge; compensation of ordinary and clerk 2070 Dodge; compensation of sheriff and clerk of superior court, etc. 2072 Dodge; tax commissioner's clerical assistants 2081 Dooly; board of education, referendum 2922 Dooly; commissioners of roads and revenues 2586 Dooly; sheriff's salary 2344 Dougherty; contracts with City of Albany to collect taxes 2856 Douglas; civil service system 2579 Douglas; civil service system, proposed amendment to the Constitution 916 Echols; salary of solicitor-general 9 Elbert; commissioners of roads and revenues 2054 Evans; compensation of solicitor-general and secretary 111 Evans; secretarial assistant to tax commissioner 2318 Fannin; additional judge of superior court 130 Fayette; commissioners of roads and revenues 2773 Floyd; act placing officers on salary basis amended 2971 Floyd; clerk typists in office of solicitor-general 482 Floyd; expense allowances for commissioners of roads and revenues 2975

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Floyd; merit system Act 2253 Floyd; merit system, proposed amendment to the Constitution 930 Floyd; tax commissioner's employees 2561 Forsyth; additional judge of superior court 130 Franklin; office of treasurer abolished 2038 Fulton; bonds, proposed amendment to the Constitution 938 Fulton; control of vehicular and pedestrain traffic, proposed amendment to the Constitution 969 Fulton; employees pension Act amended 2176 , 3141 Fulton; Fulton county - City of Atlanta Education Commission 3220 Fulton; parks and recreational facilities 2166 Fulton; salary of solicitor-general 507 Gilmer; additional judge of superior court 130 Gilmer; compensation of sheriff 2394 Gilmer; industrial development authority, proposed amendment to the Constitution 958 Gilmer; ordinary placed on salary basis 2705 Glynn; additional judge of superior court 138 Glynn; board of commissioners of roads and revenues 2780 Glynn; sheriff's office 3053 Gordon; fire districts, referendum 2898 Greene; assistant solicitor-general 448 Gwinnett; court reporter and secretaries for superior court 122 Habersham; superior court terms 142 Hall; additional judge of superiar court 290 Hall; civil service system 2556 Hall; civil service system, proposed amendment to the constitution 968 Hall; salary of superior court reporter 293 Hall; solicitor-general on salary basis 785 Hancock; assistant solicitor-general 448 Harris; clerical assistance for clerk of superior court 2957 Harris; clerical assistance for ordinary 2954 Harris; clerical assistance for tax commissioner 2956 Harris; uniform allowance for sheriff's department 2714 Henry; compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 2566 Henry; development authority 2291 Henry; land conveyance authorized 486 Henry; superior court judge's secretary 501 Henry; water authority members 3388 Houston; appointment of county school superintendent, referendum 3241 Houston; assistant solicitor-general 439 Houston; board of education, referendum 3244 Jackson; compensation of superior court court reporter 413 Jasper; assistant solicitor-general 448 Jeff Davis; additional judge of superior court 138 Jeff Davis; commissioners of roads and revenues 2697 Johnson; ordinary placed on salary basis 3000 Jones; assistant solicitor-general 448

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Jones; sheriff's deputies, etc. 2517 Lamar; superior court judge's secretary 501 Lanier; commissioners of roads and revenues 2577 Lee; salary of superior court court reporter 270 Liberty; compensation of solicitor-general and secretary 111 Lincoln; salary of chairman of commissioners of roads and revenues 3023 Long; compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 2330 Long; compensation of ordinary 2325 Long; compensation of solicitor-general and secretary 111 Long; sheriff's salary, etc. 2327 Lowndes; compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 2604 Lowndes; salary of solicitor-general 9 Lowndes; small claims court created 3197 Lumpkin; additional judge of superior court 290 Lumpkin; salary of superior court court reporter 293 Lumpkin; solicitor-general placed on salary basis 785 McDuffie; sheriff's office, referendum 2169 McIntosh; clerical assistance for tax commissioner 3003 McIntosh; compensation of solicitor-general and secretary 111 Macon; coroner's salary 2938 Macon; salary of superior court court reporter 270 Macon; sheriff's salary 2901 Madison; compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 2515 Madison; personnel in sheriff's office 2940 Meriwether; development authority, proposed amendment to the Constitution 901 Miller; commissioners of roads and revenues 2386 Miller; tax commissioner 2332 Mitchell; terms of superior court 4 Monroe; coroner placed on salary basis 2599 Monroe; deputy sheriffs 2602 Monroe; superior court judge's secretary 501 Morgan; assistant solicitor-general 448 Morgan; clerical assistants of tax collector 2617 Morgan; compensation of tax receiver 2992 Muscogee; compensation of tax commissioner 2858 Muscogee; industrial development authority, proposed amendment to the Constitution 947 Muscogee; sheriff's compensation 2048 Newton; additional judge of superior court 134 Newton; board of education, referendum 2405 Newton; clerk of superior court placed on salary basis 2418 Newton; commissioners of roads and revenues, referendum 2784 Newton; compensation of commissioner of roads and revenues 2431 Newton; ordinary placed on salary basis 2411 Newton; sheriff's salary, etc. 3290 Newton; tax commissioner placed on salary basis 2414 Oglethorpe; board of education 2370

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Oglethorpe; development authority 3134 Paulding; county employees 2092 Paulding; water authority members 3478 Peach; assistant solicitor-general 439 Pickens; additional judge of superior court 130 Pickens; land conveyance authorized 528 Pickens; ordinary placed on salary basis 3277 Pike; board of education, referendum 3152 Pike; office of tax commissioner created, referendum 2448 Polk; board of education, referendum 2718 Polk; compensation, etc. of tax commissioner 3178 Polk; veto power of chairman of commissioners of roads and revenues 2831 Polk; water authority 3108 Pulaski; compensation of tax commissioner 2552 Pulaski; school system, referendum 3463 Putnam; assistant solicitor-general 448 Rabun; clerk of superior court's secretary 2446 Rabun; ordinary's secretary 2775 Rabun; superior court terms 142 Rabun; tax commissioner's secretary 2445 Randolph; clerk of superior court placed on salary basis 2239 Randolph; tax commissioner placed on salary basis, referendum 2243 Richmond; chief assistant solicitor-general 795 Richmond; officials authorizied to close offices on Saturdays, etc. 3275 Richmond; superior court judges' supplement 496 Rockdale; additional judge of superior court 134 Rockdale; chief deputy sheriff, etc. 2068 Rockdale; compensation of tax commissioner, etc. 3149 Rockdale; corner placed on salary basis 2505 Schley; clerk of superior court placed on salary basis 2707 Schley; development authority 2795 Schley; salary of superior court court reporter 270 Seminole; clerk of superior court placed on salary basis 2335 Stephens; board of education, referendum 3005 Stephens; clerical assistance for sheriff 2357 Stephens; compensation of ordinary 2826 Stephens; fire protection districts, proposed amendment to the Constitution 925 Stephens; superior court terms 142 Stewart; salary of superior court court reporter 270 Sumter; compensation of treasurer 2403 Sumter; salary of superior court court reporter 270 Tattnall; clerk of superior court placed on salary basis 2723 Tattnall; compensation of coroner 2043 Tattnall; compensation of ordinary, etc. 2959 Tattnall; compensation of solicitor-general and secretary 111 Taylor; deputy sheriff's compensation 2433 Telfair; audits 2733

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Terrell; compensation of tax commissioner 2003 Thomas; compensation of commissioner of roads and revenues 2913 Thomas; salary of solicitor-general 9 Thomas; sheriff's salary 2477 Tift; sheriff's deputies, etc. 2847 Toombs; compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 2588 Towns; superior court terms 142 Troup; compensation of coroner 2348 Troup; compensation of named officers 2352 Union; sheriff placed on salary basis, referendum 3064 Union; superior court terms 142 Upson; authority to sell described real estate 2948 Upson; name of office building authority changed 3139 Walker; rural water and sewer authority 3370 Warren; compensation of named officials 2168 Washington; clerical assistants for tax commissioner 2077 Washington; compensation of sheriff and deputies 2084 Washington; compensation of warden of public works camp 2519 Wayne; additional judge of superior court 138 Webster; salary of superior court court reporter 270 White; additional judge of superior court 290 White; salary of superior court court reporter 293 White; solicitor-general placed on salary basis 785 Wilkes; sheriff's salary 2882 Wilkes; terms of commissioners of roads and revenues 2499 Wilkinson; assistant solicitor-general 448 Worth; clerk of superior court placed on salary basis 3042 Worth; office of tax commissioner created 2452 Worth; ordinary placed on salary basis 2456 COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERSBY POPULATION Population Bracket 2,750-3,250Compensation of ordinaries 2852 3,000-3,250Duties of clerks of superior court 2485 3,250-3,350Small Claims Courts 2903 4,600-5,300Small Claims Courts 2624 7,370-7,400Clerks of superior courts placed on salary basis 3227 8,250-8,350Small Claims Courts created 2422 13,180-13,270Small Claims Courts 3248 18,100-18,300Elections of governing authorities 559 18,150-18,450Terms of commissioners of roads and revenues 2523 23,500-24,000Law libraries 2942 24,000-24,500Compensation of coroners 411 30,000-33,000Selection of polling places by ordinaries 3156 31,500-33,000Law libraries authorized 2089 33,300-34,056Small Claims Courts Act amended 3309 34,100-34,300Compensation of coroners 415 36,000-39,000Superior court court reporters 706 43,500-43,600Law libraries authorized 2374 45,400-47,100Compensation of judges emeritus of superior courts 884

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50,000-70,000Return of property for taxation 885 , 886 50,000-75,000Blood tests under uniform act regulating traffic on highways act 831 50,000-75,000Law libraries 2769 50,000-75,000Uniform bookkeeping systems 2969 110,000-120,000Qualifications of ordinaries 3020 125,000-140,000Dumps for trash and refuse 2879 135,000-140,000Clerks in offices of solicitors of city courts 3031 135,000-140,000Compensation of assistant solicitors-general and clerks 3218 135,000-140,000Compensation of assistant solicitors of city courts 3030 135,000-140,000Compensation of librarian of law library 2970 135,000-140,000Compensation of named county officers and employees 3032 135,000-140,000Compensation of solicitors-general 444 135,000-140,000Compensation of superior court calendar clerks 802 135,000-140,000Law assistants for judges of superior courts 3012 135,000-140,000Superior court court reporters 445 135,000-140,000Witness fees for law enforcement officers 2820 150,000-175,000Compensation of coroners 293 170,000-200,000Time of making tax returns 2435 180,000-200,000Witness fees of law enforcement officers 615 250,000-500,000Coroners compensation, etc. 782 250,000-500,000Election boards 3280 Less than 300,000Employees of boards of education 633 300,000 or moremapped streets act amended 3133 500,000 or moreBoards of elections 3211 500,000 or moreCompensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 3311 500,000 or moreCompensation of county managers 3012 500,000 or moreDefense of indigents 3014 500,000 or moreExamination, etc. plumbers and steamfitters 3145 500,000 or moreExaminers of stationary engineers and firemen 3126 500,000 or moreJustice of the peace emeritus 2313 500,000 or moreLicensing of master electricians, etc. 3124 500,000 or moreRetention of funds by employees 3148 COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERSBY POPULATION OF JUDICIAL CIRCUITS Population Bracket 72,200-74,000Superior court judges emeritus 485 MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. NAMED CITIES Albany; charter amended 2486 Alma; Bacon County-City of Alma Joint Planning Commission 3259

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Alma; new charter 2643 Alpharetta; date of general election 3269 Americus; land conveyance to housing authority 275 Ashburn; authority to close street 2545 Athens; Athens-Clarke County charter commission, referendum 2102 Atlanta; charter amended 3356 Atlanta; compensation of board of education 2306 Atlanta; Fulton County-City of Atlanta Education Commission 3220 Atlanta; salaries of mayor and aldermen 2304 Augusta; compensation of police officers 2534 Augusta; vote recorders 2876 Austell; charter amended 3171 Baldwin; term of mayor, referendum 2610 Bethlehem; new charter 3412 Boston; charter amended 2473 Brooklet; charter amended, referendum 2997 Byron; elections 3128 Carrollton; ad volorem tax rate 2738 Carrollton; tax rate for education 2736 Centerville; charter amended 2521 Chamblee; corporate limits 2355 Chatsworth; corporate limits, referendum 2458 Clarkesville; easement authorized 491 Clarkston; new charter 3391 Coleman; elections 2834 Coleman; name 2845 Colquitt; corporate limits 2319 Covington; charter amended 3157 Crawford; corporate limits 3208 Dalton; charter amended, referendum 2277 Dalton; corporate limits 2198 Dalton; voter registration 2828 Dasher; incorporated, referendum 2118 Dawsonville; new charter 2748 Dublin; ad valorem taxation 2965 East Point; candidates for office of councilman 3039 East Point; charter amended 2156 , 2204 East Point; local advisory board 2200 East Point; personnel board 2186 Elizabeth; corporate limits 2230 Eton; charter amended 2739 Fairburn; charter amended 2726 Fitzgerald; board of education, referendum 2987 Fitzgerald; charter amended 3187 Gainesville; runoff elections 2880 Gibson; charter amended 2269 Glennville; elections 2526 Greensboro; salaries of mayor and aldermen 2615 Greenville; new charter, referendum 2011

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Hamilton; compensation of mayor and councilmen 2716 Hawkinsville; codification of ordinances 2967 Hawkinsville; compensation of commissioners 2550 Hawkinsville; school system, referendum 3463 Hiram; recorder's court 2095 Hogansville; recorder's court 2346 Kennesaw; corporate limits 3285 LaGrange; corporate limits 2338 , 2341 Lake City; mayor and councilmen 2770 Louisville; compensation of mayor and councilmen 2324 Lula; bonded indebtedness 2712 McDonough; charter amended 2980 Macon; abandonment of street and deed ratified 3071 Macon; charter amended 2180 Macon; maximum working hours for firemen 2196 Macon; streets and alleys 2286 Mansfield; charter amended 3271 Marietta; Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority Act amended 2051 Marietta; corporate limits 2136 Marietta; school board 2590 Metter; salaries 2936 Milan; corporate limits 2536 Millen; recorder's court 2572 Monroe; land conveyance authorized 513 Mountain View; charter amended 3323 Newington; terms of mayor and councilmen 2501 Pendergrass; charter amended 3474 Plainfield; charter amended 3458 Pooler; charter amended 2034 Portal; punishment for violating ordinances 2850 Powder Springs; charter amended 3163 Rochelle; corporate limits 3051 Rockmart; mayor and councilmen 2793 Rome; corporate limits, referendum 2163 Rome; elections 3296 Rome; sewer easement authorized 521 Rossville; compensation of officials 2087 St. Marys; charter amended 2436 Sandersville; city manager 2916 Savannah Beach, Tybee Island; elections 2308 Scotland; charter amended 2887 Senoia; land conveyance authorized 815 Siloam; charter amended 2613 Smithville; elections 2442 Smyrna; corporate limits 3299 Statesboro; corporate limits, referendum 3483 Statesville; reincorporated as City of Statesville, referendum 3491 Statham; new charter, referendum 3326 Stockbridge; charter amended 2593 Stockbridge; corporate limits, referendum 2595

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Swainsboro; corporate limits 2383 Sycamore; corporate limits, referendum 2694 Thomaston; charter amended 2944 Thomaston; name of office building authority 3139 Thomasville; compensation of commissioners and mayor 2479 Thomasville; easement authorized 489 Thomasville; taxation for school purposes, referendum 2115 Valdosta; absentee ballots 2466 Valdosta; ad valoren tax rate 2818 Valdosta; corporate limits 2803 Vidalia; corporate limits 2640 Vienna; corporate limits, referendum 2467 Villa Rica; gas board 2890 Warner Robins; corporate limits, referendum 2606 Waycross; tax rate for education 2638 West Point; authority to sell described land 2853 Whitehall; charter repealed 2934 Williamson; charter amended 2777 MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONSBY POPULATION. Population bracket 300,000 or moreCreation of courts, proposed amendment to the constitution 963 300,000 or moreLicense fees for taxicab business 2174 300,000 or moreSale, lease, etc of parks, playgrounds, etc. 3022 300,000 or moreTraffic courts created 3360 MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONBY POPULATION OF COUNTIES. Population bracket 300,000 or moreMapped Streets Act amended 3133 MUNICIPALITIESHOME RULE AMENDMENTS. Atlanta; community relations commission 3504 Atlanta; parking and transit committee 3500 Atlanta; purchasing agent 3501 Byron; charter amended 3510 Columbus; board of public safety 3515 Columbus; medical center board of commissioners 3523 Newnan; annual elections 3527 Thomasville; recorder's court 3533 RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING COMPENSATION. Barnes, William L. 3104 Burke, Felton Eugene 3074 Causey, George M. 3103 Conner, Miss Kathleen A. 3082 Cook, Glenn Douglas 3085

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Crenshaw, James E. 3089 Dixon, Larry 3095 Dyer, Ernest 3093 Dykes, Herman Edward 2401 Everett, James R. 3078 Finch, Mrs. Mattie C. 3082 Gabrels, C. E., Jr. 2399 Glover, M. T. 3086 Glover, Phillip T. 3086 Greenway, Eddie Mae 3105 Grinsted, Walker 3072 Hall, Leslie 3102 Harrison, Mrs. Geneva J. 3100 Hysmith, William F. 3090 Jackson, Ernest 3073 Jones, Larry Paul 2400 Kendall Company 3084 Knight, Mrs. Marjorie K. 3101 Newberry, Albert T. 3087 Newton, Dewey 3091 O'Brien, Raymond E. 3092 Sosebee, Hoyt S. 3075 Stephens, Bryon A. 3076 Stephens, Mrs. Elizabeth 3077 Turpin, Billy E. 2397 Wakefield, Robert 3079 Wesley, Robert Hammond, Sr. 3106 Williams, Willie 3107 Wilson, Howell S. 3088 Yaughn, Berry 2275 Yaughn, Mrs. Ethel Roberts 2276 RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING LAND CONVEYANCES. Easement to City of Clarkesville 491 Easement over lands in Cobb County 487 Easement to City of Rome 521 Easement to Savannah Electric and Power Company 526 Easement to Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company 24 Easement to City of Thomasville 489 Exchange of land, etc. with Millen Warehouse Company 524 Exchange of land with Lester L. Sutton 534 Land conveyance to Housing Authority of City of Americus 275 Land conveyance in Baldwin County 35 Land conveyance to Henry County 486 Land conveyance to E. E. Hogan 510 Land conveyance to A. O. Justice 523 Land conveyance to City of Monroe 513 Land conveyance to Pickens County 528

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Land Conveyance to Regents of University System Authorized 37 Land conveyance to City of Senoia 815 MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS. Committee on Computerized Record Center Reestablished 895 Committee to study establishment of liaison office in Washington, D. C. 412 Committee to study problem of school drop-outs 823 Committee to study reorganization of State and County Departments of Family and Childrens Services created 821 Election Laws Study Committee created 818 Governor's Traffic Safety Study Committee created 517 Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway designated 511 Juvenile Court Law Study Committee created 532 Lease of Western and Atlantic Railroad resubmitted to State Properties Control Commission 515 A. W. Ledbetter Interchange designated 820 Metropolitan Area Water Quality Control Commission reestablished 3096 North Fulton High School Choir 509 Petition to Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 894 Regulation adopted under Motorboat Numbering Act confirmed 529 Return of locomotive General to Georgia 418 Rivers and Harbors Development Commission created 516 Strip Mining Operations Study Committee created 519 Suspension of certain sales taxes ratified 277 280 281 Suspension of certain use taxes ratified 277

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INDEX A ABANDONMENT OF CHILDREN Code 74-9902 amended 453 ADOPTION Adoption of adult person, inheritance 803 Consent to adoptions 107 Petitions, court costs, etc. 778 Practice and procedure 6 ADJUTANT-GENERAL Compensation 11 ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM Repealed 149 AGRICULTURE Act regulating truck brokers repealed 628 Georgia Farmers Market Authority Act amended 652 Georgia Liming Matrials Act of 1963 amended 287 Roadside Market Incentive Program 476 AIR AND WATER POLLUTION Tax exemptions 629 AIR QUALITY CONTROL ACT Amended 581 ALBANY, CITY OF Charter amended 2486 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Purchase by or for a minor, a crime 797 ALCOHOLISM Advisory Committee Abolished 149 ALMA, CITY OF Bacon County-City of Alma Joint Planning Commission 3259 New charter 2643

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ALPHARETTA, CITY OF Date of general election 3269 AMERICUS, CITY OF Land conveyance to housing authority 275 APPELLATE PRACTICE ACT OF 1965 Amended 220 APPLING COUNTY Additional judge of superior court 138 APPROPRIATIONS Department of Labor 471 General Appropriations Act 41 Supplementary Appropriations Act 18 ARCHIVES AND HISTORY Weapons used in commission of crimes 749 ARREST RECORDS Procedure, etc. 839 ART COMMISSION Members 158 ASHBURN, CITY OF Authority to close street 2545 ATHENS, CITY OF Athens-Clarke County Charter Commission, referendum 2102 ATKINSON COUNTY Salary of tax commissioner 2634 ATLANTA, CITY OF See also tabular index MunicipalitiesHome Rule amendments. Charter amended 3356 Compensation of board of education 2306

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Fulton County-City of Atlanta Education Commission 3220 Salaries of mayor and aldermen 2304 ATLANTA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Salary of solicitor-general 507 ATLANTIC JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Compensation of solicitor-general and secretary 111 ATTORNEY GENERAL Assistants, etc. 102 Compensation 101 Reimbursement of expenses of litigation 104 ATTORNEYS AT LAW Applicants for admission to practice law 560 Fees in divorce and alimony cases 591 Law School Legal Agency of 1967 153 Services rendered in adoption proceedings 772 AUDITS OF MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES Uniform standards 883 AUGUSTA, CITY OF Compensation of police officers 2534 Vote recorders 2876 AUGUSTA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Compensation of chief assitant solicitor-general 795 Judges' supplement 496 AUGUSTA, MUNICIPAL COURT OF Salaries, court of record 3044 AUSTELL, CITY OF Charter amended 3171 B BACON COUNTY Bacon County-City of Alma Joint Planning Commission 3259

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BAILIFFS Superior court bailiffs' conpensation in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 447 BAKER COUNTY Compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 2315 Sheriff placed on salary basis 2316 BALDWIN COUNTY Assistant solicitor-general 448 Compensation of ordinary 2006 Small claims court 3312 BALDWIN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Land conveyance authorized 35 BALDWIN, TOWN OF Term of mayor, referendum 2610 BANKS AND BANKING Branch banks 555 Credit union liquidation procedures 597 Places of doing banking business 105 Regulation etc. of credit unions 595 Reserves 798 BANKS COUNTY Board of education, referendum 2538 Compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 2543 Compensation of superior court court reporter 413 BARBERS State Board of Barbers Act amended 474 BARNES, WILLIAM L. Compensation for damages 3104 BARROW COUNTY Compensation of superior court court reporter 413 Salaries of deputy sheriffs 2702 BARTOW COUNTY Compensation of clerk of superior court, etc. 2361 Compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues, etc. 2363 Compensation of ordinary, etc. 2359

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Compensation of sheriff, etc. 2365 Compensation of tax commissioner, etc. 2367 BETHLEHEM, TOWN OF New Charter 3412 BIBB COUNTY Assistant solicitor-general 439 BIBB COUNTY, STATE COURT OF Pleadings, etc. 2289 BLECKLEY COUNTY Compensation of ordinary 2554 Salary of commissioner of roads and revenues 2381 BLUE RIDGE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Additional judge 130 BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PRACTICAL NURSES ACT Amended 593 BONDS Revenue Bond Law amended 129 BOSTON, CITY OF Charter amended 2473 BROOKLET, TOWN OF Charter amended, referendum 2997 BROOKS COUNTY Salary of solicitor-general 9 BROOKS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Created 2097 BRUNSWICK, CITY COURT OF Compensation of deputy sheriffs 3469 Solicitor's salary 2636

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BRUNSWICK JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Additional judge 138 BRYAN COUNTY Compensation of solicitor-general and secretary 111 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SAFE GUARDS ACT Amended 792 BULLOCH COUNTY Clerical assistance for commissioners of roads and revenues 2926 Coroner placed on salary basis 2524 Sheriff's uniform allowance 2503 BURIAL OF PAUPERS Payments by counties 616 BURKE COUNTY Chief assistant solicitor-general 795 Superior court judges' supplement 496 BURKE, FELTON EUGENE Compensation for damages 3074 BUTTS COUNTY Compensation of clerk of superior court 2994 Compensation of ordinary and personnel 2710 Compensation of tax collector, etc. 3472 Salary and duties of treasurer 3294 Superior court judge's secretary 501 Treasurer to serve as clerk of commissioners of roads and revenues 3239 BYRON, CITY OF See also tabular index MunicipalitiesHome Rule Amendments. Elections 3128 C CAIRO, CITY COURT OF Name changed to Civil and Criminal Court of Grady County, etc. 2389

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CALHOUN COUNTY Compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 3141 Election of commissioners of roads and revenues 3068 CAMDEN COUNTY Additional judge of superior court 138 Authority of governing authority, proposed amendment to the Constitution 920 CAMDEN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Members, proposed amendment to the Constitution 922 CANDLER COUNTY Salaries of commissioners of roads and revenues 2952 CARROLL COUNTY Compensation, etc. of tax commissioner 3025 Compensation of clerk of commissioners of roads and revenues 2060 Water authority 2861 CARROLLTON, CITY OF Ad valorem tax rate 2738 Tax rate for education 2736 CATOOSA COUNTY Board of commissioners of roads and revenues, referendum 2207 Board of education, referendum 2225 Board of utilities commissioners 2251 Clerical assistance for tax commissioner 2232 Clerk of superior court and ordinary 2248 Compensation of coroner 2222 Compensation of sheriff, etc. 2235 CAUSEY, GEORGE M. Compensation for damages 3103 CENTERVILLE, CITY OF Charter amended 2521 CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL New name of Milledgeville State Hospital 594

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CHAMBLEE, CITY OF Corporate limits 2355 CHARLTON COUNTY Building codes, etc., proposed amendment to the Constitution 944 Clerk of superior court placed on salary basis 2730 CHATHAM COUNTY Taxation, proposed amendment to the Constitution 953 CHATSWORTH, CITY OF Corporate limits, referendum 2458 CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY Board of education, referendum 2530 Sheriff's salary 2532 Taxes for school purposes, proposed amendment to the Constitution 966 Trial of misdemeanor cases 2528 CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER BASIN Commission for development created 805 CHEROKEE COUNTY Additional judge of superior court 130 Clerical assistants for clerk of superior court and tax commissioner 2620 CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACT Amended, placement of children 772 CIGARS AND CIGARETTES Taxation 563 , 577 CITY COURT OF BRUNSWICK Compensation of deputy sheriffs 3469 Solicitor's salary 2636 CITY COURT OF CAIRO Named changed to Civil and Criminal Court of Grady County, etc. 2389

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CITY COURT OF ELLAVILLE Abolished 2884 CITY COURT OF FLOYD COUNTY Judge's salary 2977 CITY COURT OF LOUISVILLE Salaries of judge and solicitor 2321 CITY COURT OF REIDSVILLE Compensation of solicitor, clerk and sheriff 2040 Judge's salary 2045 CITY COURT OF RICHMONG Judge's salary 3062 Solicitor's salary 2699 CITY COURT OF SAVANNAH Judge's salary 2310 CITY COURT OF SWAINSBORO Name changed to County Court of Emanuel 2300 CITY COURT OF SOPERTON Judge's qualifications 3056 CITY COURT OF SYLVESTER Jurisdiction 2194 CITY COURT OF THOMASVILLE Judge's salary 2821 Solicitor's salary 2824 CITY COURT OF VALDOSTA Name changed to City Court of Lowndes County, etc. 2131 CITY COURT OF WALKER COUNTY Judge's expense allowance 2963 Solicitor's expense allowance 2720 CITY COURT OF WARNER ROBINS Name changed to State Court of Houston County 2564

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CITY COURTS Clerks in solicitors' offices in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 3031 Compensation of assistant solicitors in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 3030 Judges' secretaries in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 2986 CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURT OF GRADY COUNTY Name changed from City Court of Cairo, etc. 2389 CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURT OF GWINNETT COUNTY Jurisdiction, salaries, etc. 2377 CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURT OF TROUP COUNTY Compensation of judge and solicitor 2463 CIVIL COURT OF FULTON COUNTY Judges' salaries 2284 Salaries of clerk, marshal and deputies 2743 CLAIMS ADVISORY BOARD Compensation for damages resulting from attempts to prevent crimes 712 CLARKE COUNTY Ad valorem tax rate for school purposes, referendum 3215 AthensClarke County Charter Commission, referendum 2102 Board of education, referendum 2929 CLARKESVILLE, CITY OF Easement authorized 491 CLARKSTON, CITY OF New charter 3391 CLAY COUNTY Election of commissioners of roads and revenues 3489 CLAYTON COUNTY Commissioners of roads and revenues 3058 CLAYTON JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Additional judge 118 Solicitor-general 766

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CLERKS OF SUPERIOR COURTS See also named counties. Placed on salary basis in certain counties (7,370-7,400) 3227 CLINCH COUNTY Commissioners of roads and revenues, clerk and county attorney 2574 Part time deputy sheriff 2570 COBB COUNTY Authority to enact ordinances, etc., proposed amendment to the Constitution 914 Bonds, proposed amendment to the Constitution 927 Cobb CountyMarietta Water Authority Act amended 2051 Commissioners of roads and revenues 3182 Compensation of deputy commissioner of roads and revenues 2350 Sewage districts, proposed amendment to the Constitution 932 Street light districts, proposed amendment to the Constitution 918 COBB JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Investigators 776 Practice of law by solicitor-general 465 COLEMAN, CITY OF Elections 2834 Name changed from Town of Coleman 2845 COLQUITT, CITY, OF Corporate limits 2319 COLQUITT COUNTY Salary of clerk of superior court 2961 Salary of solicitor-general 9 COLUMBIA COUNTY Chief assistant solicitor-general 795 Superior court judges' supplement 496 COLUMBUS CITY OF See Tabular IndexMunicipalitiesHome Rule Amendments. COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR See also Labor, Department of. Building Construction Safeguards Act amended 792

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COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES See also Tabular IndexResolutions Authorizing Compensation. Attempts to prevent crimes 712 COMPTROLLER GENERAL Georgia Administrative Procedure Act 618 Georgia Safety Fire Commissioner Act amended 619 Salary 96 COMPUTERIZED RECORD CENTER Committee to study establishment reestablished 895 CONDEMNATION OF PRIVATE WAYS Procedure 143 COONER, MISS KATHLEEN A. Compensation for damages 3082 CONSTABLES Fees 610 CONTRACTORS LIENS Filing procedure 456 COOK COUNTY Board of education, referendum 2507 Officers placed on salary basis 2512 COOK, GLENN DOUGLAS Compensation for damages 3085 COPPER WIRE AND CABLE Records of dealers 603 CORONERS See also named counties . Compensation in certain counties (24,000-24,500) 411 Compensation in certain counties (34,100-34,300) 415 Compensation in certain counties (150,000-175,000) 293 Compensation, etc. in certain counties (250,000-500,000) 782 CORPORATIONS Joint tenancy of shares and securities 647

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COSMETOLOGY Georgia State Board of Cosmetology Act amended 727 COUNTY BOARDS OF HEALTH Health insurance for employees 738 COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERS See also named counties . Burial of paupers 616 Contractors' bonds 547 Election of governing authorities in certain counties (18,100-18,300) 559 Grants for tax equalization programs 467 Grants to counties 888 Street improvements within municipalities 732 Terms of commissioners of roads and revenues in certain counties (18,150-18,450) 2523 Uniform standards for audits 883 Vacancies on county boards of health 544 COUNTY COURT OF EMANUEL Name changed from City Court of Swainsboro 2300 COUNTY FUNDS Retention of county funds by employees of certain counties (500,000 or more) 3148 COUNTY MANAGERS Compensation in certain counties (500,000 or more) 3012 COURT OF APPEALS Appellate Practice Act of 1965 amended 220 Assignment of criminal cases to judges 538 COVINGTON, CITY OF Charter amended 3157 COWETA COUNTY Compensation of sheriff's deputies, etc. 2065 CRAWFORD, CITY OF Corporate limits 3208 CRAWFORD COUNTY Assistant solicitor-general 439 Treasurer's salary 2568

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CREDIT UNIONS Liquidation procedures 597 Regulation, deposits, etc. 595 CRENSHAW, JAMES E. Compensation for damages 3089 CRIMES Abandonment of children 453 Abuse of flag or national emblem 493 Defacing, etc. places of divine worship 457 Eavesdropping, peeping tom and invasion of privacy 844 Inciting to riot 250 Possession, etc. of fire bombs 452 Purchase of alcoholic beverages by or for minors 797 Unlawful Sunday sales 479 CRIMINAL COURT OF FULTON COUNTY Amended 2280 Appeals, proposed amendment to the Constitution 941 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Arrest records 839 Defense of indigents in certain counties (500,000 or more) 3014 Indictment of county officers 858 CRISP COUNTY Board of education, referendum 2691 CURRENT INCOME TAX PAYMENT ACT OF 1960 Amended, returns 780 D DADE COUNTY Commissioner of roads and revenues 2261 Sheriff's expense allowance 2264 Tax commissioner's allowance for clerical help 2266 DADE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Created, proposed amendment to the Constitution 907

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DALTON, CITY OF Charter amended, referendum 2277 Corporate limits 2198 Voter registration 2828 DASHER, TOWN OF Incorporated, referendum 2118 DAWSON COUNTY Additional judge of superior court 290 Salary of ordinary 2722 Salary of superior court court reporter 293 Solicitor-general placed on salary basis 785 DAWSONVILLE, CITY OF New charter 2748 DEATH CERTIFICATES Duties of Department of Public Health 617 DEEDS TO SECURE DEBTS Act regulating secondary security deeds amended 637 Transfers 737 DEEDS OF TRUST Powers of sale, etc. 735 DEKALB COUNTY Additional judge of superior court 134 Compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 3480 Salaries of named officers 2440 Zoning 3230 DENTISTRY Conditional licenses to practice dentistry 417 DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES Employees of Baldwin County department 777 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Appropriation of funds 471 Building Construction Safeguards Act amended 792

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DEPARTMENT OF LAW Assistant Attorneys General 102 Reimbursement of expenses of litigation 104 Salary of Attorney General 101 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Air Quality Control Act amended 581 Charges for certificates and records 541 Death certificates 617 Director's salary, etc. 26 Veterans in State institutions 546 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Director 3 Director's compensation 98 Reinstatement of operators licenses for business purposes 775 Uniform division 84 Weapons used in commission of crimes 749 DIAMONDBACK TERRAPINS Taking regulated 634 DIVINE WORSHIP Defacing, etc. places of divine worship 457 DIVORCE AND ALIMONY Attorney's fees 591 Pleadings in divorce actions 761 DIXON, LARRY Compensation for damages 3095 DODGE COUNTY Compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues and clerk 2079 Compensation of ordinary and clerk 2070 Compensation of sheriff and clerk of superior court, etc. 2072 Tax commissioner's clerical assistants 2081 DOOLY COUNTY Board of education, referendum 2922 Commissioners of roads and revenues 2586 Sheriff's salary 2344

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DOUGHERTY COUNTY Contracts with City of Albany to collect taxes 2856 DOUGLAS COUNTY Civil service system 2579 Civil Service System, proposed amendment to the Constitution 916 DRIVER EDUCATION VEHICLES Exempt from taxation 603 DRUGS State Pharmacists, Pharmacy and Drugs Act 296 DUBLIN, CITY OF Ad valorem taxation 2965 DYER, ERNEST Compensation for damages 3093 DYKES, HERMAN EDWARD Compensation for damages 2401 E EAST POINT, CITY OF Candidates for office of councilman 3039 Charter amended 2156 , 2204 Local advisory board 2200 Personnel board 2186 ECHOLS COUNTY Salary of solicitor-general 9 EDUCATION Instructions in nutrition, hygiene, etc. 34 Minimum Foundation Program of Education Act amended 757 , 759 , 770 Professional Teachers Practices Act 840 Taxation for school lunch purposes, proposed amendment to the Constitution 940

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ELBERT COUNTY Commissioners of roads and revenues 2054 ELECTION LAWS STUDY COMMITTEE Created 818 ELECTIONS County boards of elections in certain counties (500,000 or more) 3211 Election boards created in certain counties (250,000-500,000) 3280 Selection of polling places by ordinaries of certain counties (30,000-33,000) 3156 ELECTRICIANS Licensing in certain counties (500,000 or more 3124 ELIZABETH, TOWN OF Corporate limits 2230 ELLAVILLE, CITY COURT OF Abolished 2884 EMANUELCOUNTY COURT OF Name changed from City Court of Swainsboro 2300 EMINENT DOMAIN Advertising adjacent to certain highways 423 Condemning body defined under special master procedure 825 Dismissal of appeals after five years 557 Junkyard Control Act 433 EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA. Amended, employee defined, etc. 751 Amended, service in General Assembly 495 ETON, TOWN OF Charter amended 2739 EVANS COUNTY Compensation of solicitor-general and secretary 111 Secretarial assistant to tax commissioner 2318 EVERETT, JAMES R. Compensation for damages 3078

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F FAIRBURN, CITY OF Charter amended 2726 FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES Committee to study reorganization of State and county departments 821 Employees of Baldwin County department 777 FANNIN COUNTY Additional judge of superior court. 130 FAYETTE COUNTY Commissioners of roads and revenues 2773 FINCH, MRS. MATTIE, C. Compensation for damages 3082 FIRE BOMBS Possession, etc. a crime 452 FITZGERALD, CITY OF Board of education, referendum 2987 Charter amended 3187 FLINT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Judge's secretary 501 FLOYD COUNTY Act placing officers on salary basis amended 2971 Clerk typists in office of solicitor-general 482 Expense allowances for commissioners of roads and revenues 2975 Merit system 2253 Merit system, proposed amendment to the Constitution 930 Tax commissioner's employees 2561 FLOYD COUNTYCITY COURT OF Judge's salary 2977 FOREST FIRE PROTECTION Contracts with counties 29

Page 1026

FORSYTH COUNTY Additional judge of superior court 130 FRANKLIN COUNTY Office of treasurer abolished 2038 FULTON COUNTY Bonds, proposed amendment to the Constitution 938 Control of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, proposed amendment to the Constitution 969 Employees pension Act amended 2176 , 3143 Fulton CountyCity of Atlanta Education Commission 3220 Parks and recreational facilities 2166 Salary of solicitor-general 507 FULTON COUNTY CIVIL COURT OF Judges' salaries 2284 Salaries of clerk, marshal and deputies 2743 FULTON COUNTY, CRIMINAL COURT OF Amended 2280 Appeals, proposed amendment to the Constitution 941 G GABRELS, C. E., JR. Compensation for damages 2399 GAINESVILLE, CITY OF Runoff elections 2880 GAME AND FISH Regulations adopted under Motorboat Numbering Act 529 Shrimp for live bait 612 Taking of Diamondback Terrapins regulated 634 GENERAL Return of locomotive General to Georgia 418 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT Enacted 41

Page 1027

GENERAL ASSEMBLY Act requiring certain joint committee meetings repealed 750 Clerk of House of Representatives and Secretary of Senate 268 Compensation of members, etc. 39 Fiscal affairs subcommittees 722 Four years terms, proposed amendment to the Constitution 956 Legislative retirement system 259 Legislation requiring expenditure, etc. of funds 711 Location of new municipalities 718 Reapportionment of House of Representatives 187 Reapportionment of Senate 159 Service as credit under Employees' Retirement System of Georgia 495 GEORGIA ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT Amended, Comptroller General 618 Distribution of Rules by Secretary of State 893 GEORGIA ART COMMISSION Members 158 GEORGIA CIVIL PRACTICE ACT Amended 226 Effective date 8 GEORGIA COMMISSION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER BASIN Created 805 GEORGIA FARMERS MARKET AUTHORITY ACT Amended, bonds 652 Amended, name changed, etc. 866 GEORGIA HEALTH CODE Hospital Authorities Law amended 552 GEORGIA HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE CORPORATION ACT Amended 644 Insurance companies 460 Interest on loans 461 GEORGIA HIGHWAY AUTHORITY ACT Enacted 385

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GEORGIA INSURANCE CODE Amended, cancellation of automobile liability insurance 653 Amended, rates 684 Crop adjusters 630 Deposits by foreign and alien insurers 765 Investments 460 Uninsured motorists 463 GEORGIA LEGISLATIVE RETIREMENT SYSTEM Created 259 GEORGIA LIMING MATERIALS ACT OF 1963 Amended, definitions 287 GEORGIA MOTORBOAT NUMBERING ACT Confirmation of regulations 529 GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY ACT Amended, services of Georgia Building Authority 874 GEORGIA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1965 Amended 878 GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Compensation of members 95 Natural gas transmission facilities 650 GEORGIA RECREATION COMMISSION Compensation of members 613 GEORGIA SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER ACT Amended 619 GEORGIA SALES AND USE TAX ACT Amended, products used to reduce water and air pollution 286 Amended, sales of food to private secondary schols 282 Amended, sales of water 283 Amended, tax on lease personal property 284 GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY ACT Amended 727 GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF FUNERAL SERVICES Removal of members 811

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GEORGIA STATE SCHOLARSHIP COMMISSION ACT Amended 640 GIBSON, CITY OF Charter amended 2269 GILMER COUNTY Additional judge of superior court 130 Compensation of sheriff 2394 Ordinary placed on salary basis 2705 GILMER COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Created, proposed amendment to the constitution 958 GLENNVILLE, CITY OF Elections 2526 GLOVER, M. T. Compensation for damages 3086 GLOVER, PHILLIP T. Compensation for damages 3086 GLYNN COUNTY Additional judge of superior court 138 Board of commissioners of roads and revenues 2780 Sheriff's office 3053 GORDON COUNTY Fire districts, referendum 2898 GOVERNOR Compensation 106 GOVERNOR'S TRAFFIC SAFETY STUDY COMMITTEE Created 517 GRADY COUNTY, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURT OF Name changed from City Court of Cairo, etc. 2389 GRAND JURORS Number of jurors 590 Persons exempt from jury duty 725 Selection of jurors 251

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GREENE COUNTY Assistant solicitor-general 448 GREENSBORO, CITY OF Salaries of mayor and aldermen 2615 GREENVILLE, CITY OF New charter, referendum 2011 GREENWAY, EDDIE MAE Compensation for damages 3105 GRINSTED, WALKER Compensation for damages 3072 GUARDIAN AND WARD Guardian unnecessary in certain cases 720 Legal counsel 717 GWINNETT COUNTY, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURT OF Jurisdiction, salaries, etc. 2377 GWINNETT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Court reporter and secretaries 122 H HABEAS CORPUS ACT OF 1967 Enacted 835 HABERSHAM COUNTY Superior court terms 142 HALL COUNTY Additional judge of superior court 290 Civil service system 2556 Civil service system, proposed amended to the constitution 968 Salary of superior court court reporter 293 Solicitor-general placed on salary basis 785

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HALL, LESLIE Compensation for damages 3102 HAMILTON, CITY OF Compensation of mayor and councilmen 2716 HANCOCK COUNTY Assistant solicitor-general 448 HARRIS COUNTY Clerical assistance for clerk of superior court 2957 Clerical assistance for ordinary 2954 Clerical assistance for tax commissioner 2956 Uniform allowance for sheriff's department 2714 HARRISON, MRS. GENEVA J. Compensation for damages 3100 HAWKINSVILLE, CITY OF Codification of ordinances 2967 Compensation of commissioners 2550 School system, referendum 3463 HENRY COUNTY Compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 2566 Land conveyance authorized 486 Superior court judge's secretary 501 Water authority members 3388 HENRY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT Enacted 2291 HEALTH, COUNTY BOARDS OF Vacancies 544 HEALTH INSURANCE County boards of health 738 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Control of advertising adjacent to certain highways 423 Director's salary 151 Federal parkways 604 Georgia Highway Authority Act 385

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Junkyard Control Act 433 Lease rentals 382 Passenger carrying trucks 381 Use of Federal funds 421 HIGHWAY SAFETY COORDINATION ACT OF 1967 Enacted 708 HIRAM, TOWN OF Recorder's court 2095 HOGAN, E. E. Land conveyance authorized 510 HOGANSVILLE, CITY OF Recorder's court 2346 HOLIDAYS Time of performing required acts 579 HOME SOLICITATION SALES ACT Enacted 659 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION Exemptions for certain disabled veterans 813 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES See also General Assembly Compensation of Clerk 268 Fiscal affairs sub-committee 722 Legislative retirement system 259 Reapportionment 187 HOUSTON COUNTY Appointment of school superintendent, referendum 3241 Assistant solicitor-general 439 Board of education, referendum 3244 HOUSTON COUNTY, STATE COURT OF Name changed from City Court of Warner Robins 2564 HUSBAND AND WIFE Parental consent to underage marriages 31

Page 1033

HYSMITH, WILLIAM F. Compensation for damages 3090 I INCITING TO RIOT Crime 250 INDIGENTS Defense of indigents in certain counties (500,000 or more) 3014 INSURANCE See also Georgia Insurance Code. Crop adjusters 630 Municipal taxation of life insurance companies 631 J JACKSON COUNTY Compensation of superior court court reporter 413 JACKSON, ERNEST Compensation for damages 3073 JASPER COUNTY Assistant solicitor-general 448 JEFF DAVIS COUNTY Additional judge of superior court 138 Commissioners of roads and revenues 2697 JEFFERSON DAVIS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY Designated 511 JUNKYARD CONTROL ACT Enacted 433 JOHNSON COUNTY Ordinary placed on salary basis 3000 JOINT SECRETARY STATE EXAMINING BOARDS Orders and processes 294

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JOINT TENANCY Shares and securities of corporations 647 JONES COUNTY Assistant solicitor-general 448 Sheriffs deputies, etc. 2517 JONES, LARRY PAUL Compensation for damages 2400 JUDGES EMERITUS OF SUPERIOR COURTS Compensation in certain counties (45,400 - 47,100) 884 Compensation in certain circuits (72,200-74,000) 485 JUNK DEALERS Records 603 JURIES Persons exempt from jury duty 725 Selection in courts with countywide jurisdiction 747 Selection of grand and traverse jurors 251 JUSTICE, A. O. Land conveyance authorized 523 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE Fees 469 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE EMERITUS Office created in certain counties (500,000 or more) 2313 JUVENILE COURT LAW STUDY COMMITTEE Created 532 JUVENILE COURTS Judges' salaries in certain counties (500,000 or more) 3134 K THE KENDALL COMPANY Compensation for damages 3084 KENNESAW, CITY OF Corporate limits 3285

Page 1035

KNIGHT, MRS. MARJORIE K. Compensation for damages 3101 L LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF Appropriations of funds 471 Building Construction Safeguards Act amended 792 LABORERS LIENS Filing procedure 456 LAGRANCE, CITY OF Corporate limits 2338 , 2341 LAKE CITY, CITY OF Mayor and councilmen 2770 LAMAR COUNTY Superior court judge's secretary 501 LANDLORD AND TENANT Tenant may not dispute landlord's title 774 LANIER COUNTY Commissioners of roads and revenues 2577 LAW, DEPARTMENT OF Assistant Attorneys General 102 Reimbursement of expenses of litigation 104 Salary of Attorney General 101 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS Assistance 745 Witness fees in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 2820 Witness fees in certain counties (180,000-200,000) 615 LAW LIBRARIES Authorized in certain counties (23,500-24,000) 2942 Authorized in certain counties (31,500-33,000) 2089 Authorized in certain counties (43,500-43,600) 2374

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Authorized in certain counties, population figures changed (62,850-62,950) to (50,000-75,000) 2769 Compensation of librarians in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 2970 LAW SCHOOL LEGAL AGENCY ACT OF 1967 Enacted 153 LEDBETTER, A. W. A. W. Ledbetter interchange designated 820 LEE COUNTY Salary of superior court court reporter 270 LIAISON OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, D. C. Committee to study establishment 412 LIBERTY COUNTY Compensation of solicitor-general and secretary 111 LIENS Laborers, contractors and materialmen 456 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Compensation 106 LIMING MATERIALS ACT OF 1963 Amended, definitions 287 LINCOLN COUNTY Salary of chairman of commissioners of roads and revenues 3023 LONG COUNTY Compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 2330 Compensation of ordinary 2325 Compensation of solicitor-general and secretary 111 Sheriff's salary, etc. 2327 LOUISVILLE, CITY OF Compensation of mayor and councilmen 2324

Page 1037

LOUISVILLE, CITY COURT OF Salaries of judge and solicitor 2321 LOWNDES COUNTY Compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 2604 Salary of solicitor-general 9 Small claims court created 3197 LOWNDES COUNTY, CITY COURT OF Name changed from City Court of Valdosta, etc. 2131 LULA, CITY OF Bonded indebtedness 2712 LUMPKIN COUNTY Additional judge of superior court 290 Salary of superior court court reporter 293 Solicitor-general placed on salary basis 785 Mc McDONOUGH, CITY OF Charter amended 2980 McDUFFIE COUNTY Sheriff's office, referendum 2169 McINTOSH COUNTY Clerical assistance for tax commissioner 3003 Compensation of solicitor-general and secretary 111 M MACON, CITY OF Abandonment of street and deed ratified 3071 Charter amended 2180 Maximum working hours for firemen 2196 Streets and alleys 2286 MACON COUNTY Coroner's salary 2938 Salary of superior court court reporter 270 Sheriff's salary 2901

Page 1038

MACON JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Assistant solicitor-general 439 MADISON COUNTY Commissioners of roads and revenues compensation 2512 Personnel in sheriff's office 2940 MANSFIELD, TOWN OF Charter amended 3271 MARIETTA, CITY OF Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority Act amended 2051 Corporate limits 2136 School board 2590 MARRIAGE LICENSES Parental consent to underage marriages 31 MATERIALMEN'S LIENS Filing procedure 456 MERIWETHER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Created, proposed amendment to the Constitution 901 METROPOLITAN AREA WATER QUALITY CONTROL COMMISSION Reestablished 3096 METTER, CITY OF Salaries 2936 MILAN, CITY OF Corporate limits 2536 MILLEDGEVILLE STATE HOSPITAL Name changed to Central State Hospital 594 MILLEN, CITY OF Recorder's court 2572 MILLEN WAREHOUSE COMPANY Exchange of land, etc. authorized 524

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MILLER COUNTY Commissioners of roads and revenues 2386 Office of tax commissioner created 2332 MINIMUM FOUNTATION PROGRAM OF EDUCATION ACT Amended 757 759 770 MITCHELL COUNTY Terms of superior court 4 MONROE, CITY OF Land conveyance authorized 513 MONROE COUNTY Coroner placed on salary basis 2599 Deputy sheriffs 2602 Superior court judge's secretary 501 MORGAN COUNTY Assistant solicitor-general 448 Clerical assistants of tax collector 2617 Compensation of tax receiver 2992 MOTORBOAT NUMBERING ACT Confirmation of regulations 529 MOTOR VEHICLE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ACT Amended 450 451 MOTOR VEHICLE SALES FINANCE ACT Enacted 674 MOTOR VEHICLES Act requiring identification of motor vehicles and parts amended 113 Ad valorem taxation and license plates for 1967 157 Ad valorem taxation when owned by dealers 91 Cancellation of liability insurance 653 Driver Education vehicles exempt from taxation 603 License plates to disabled veterans 539 Owned vehicle defined for ad valorem tax purposes 459 Purchase of passenger carrying vehicles by Revenue Commissioner 764

Page 1040

Reinstatement of operators licenses for business purposes 775 Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways amended 542 MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Terms 142 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CITY OF Charter amended 3323 MUNICIPAL COURT OF AUGUSTA Salaries, court of record 3044 MUNICIPAL COURT OF SAVANNAH Associate judge 2483 MUNICIPALITIES See also Named Municipalities. Act permitting Social Security coverage for employees amended 832 Grants to municipalities 889 License fees for taxicabs in certain municipalities (300,000 or more) 2174 Location of new municipalities 718 Publication of financial statements 481 Railroads signals at crossings 458 Sale, lease, etc. of parks, playgrounds, etc. in certain municipalities (300,000 or more) 3022 Street improvements with county funds 732 Taxation of life insurance companies 631 Uniform standards for audits 883 Use of grants by State 882 MUSCOGEE COUNTY Compensation of tax commissioner 2858 Sheriff's compensation 2048 MUSCOGEE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Created, proposed amendment to the Constitution 947 MUTUAL WILLS Code 113-104 amended 718 N NATIONAL EMBLEM Abuse a crime 493

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NATIONAL GUARD Compensation of adjustant general 11 NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS Sections of Code of 1910 repealed 562 NEWBERRY, ALBERT T. Compensation for damages 3087 NEWINGTON, TOWN OF Terms of mayor and councilmen 2501 NEWNAN, CITY OF See Tabular IndexMunicipalitiesHome Rule Amendments. NEWTON COUNTY Additional judge of superior court 134 Board of education, referendum 2405 Clerk of superior court placed on salary basis 2418 Compensation of commissioner of roads and revenues 2431 Commissioners of roads and revenues, referendum 2784 Ordinary placed on salary basis 2411 Sheriff's salary, etc. 3290 Tax commissioner placed on salary basis 2414 NEWTON, DEWEY Compensation for damages 3091 NONRESIDENT MOTORIST ACT Amended, service of process 800 NORTHEASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Additional judge 290 Salary of court reporter 293 Solicitor-general placed on salary basis 785 NORTH FULTON HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR Designated as official State choir 509 O O'BRIEN, RAYMOND E. Compensation for damages 3092

Page 1042

OCEAN SCIENCE CENTER OF THE ATLANTIC COMMISSION Created 12 OCMULGEE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Assistant solicitor-general 448 OGLETHORPE COUNTY Board of education 2370 Development authority 3134 ORDINARIES See also Named Counties. Attorney's fees for representing ward's estate 717 Compensation in certain counties (2,750-3,250) 2852 May close office one day each week 731 Procedure for restoration to sanity 763 Qualifications in certain counties (110,000-120,000) 3020 Selection of polling places by ordinaries of certain counties (30,000-33,000) 3156 P PARENT AND CHILD Consent to adoption 107 Abandonment of children 453 PARKWAYS, FEDERAL Rights of way 604 PAULDING COUNTY County employees 2092 Water authority members 3478 PAUPERS Burial of paupers 616 PEACH COUNTY Assistant solicitor-general 439 PENDERGRASS, TOWN OF Charter amended 3474 PHARMACISTS, PHARMACY AND DRUGS Act regulating 296

Page 1043

PICKENS COUNTY Additional judge of superior court 130 Land conveyance authorized 528 Ordinary placed on salary basis 3277 PIEDMONT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Compensation of court reporter 413 PIKE COUNTY Board of education, referendum 3152 Office of tax commissioner created, referendum 2448 PLAINFIELD, TOWN OF Charter amended 3458 PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING BUREAU Established 252 PLANNING COMMISSION ACT OF 1957 Amended, definitions 611 PLANNING COMMISSIONS Membership on planning commissions 109 PLUMBERS AND STEAMFITTERS Examination, etc. in certain counties (500,000 or more) 3145 POLICE OFFICERS Assistance 745 POLK COUNTY Board of education, referendum 2718 Compensation, etc. of tax commissioner 3178 Veto power of chairman of commissioners of roads and revenues 2831 POLK COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY ACT Enacted 3108 POOLER, TOWN OF Charter amended 2034

Page 1044

PORTAL, TOWN OF Punishment for violating ordinances 2850 POWDER SPRINGS, CITY OF Charter amended 3163 PRACTICAL NURSES Board of Examiners of Practical Nurses Act amended 593 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Actions against uninsured motorists 463 Adoption Law amended 6 Adoption proceedings 778 Appellate Practice Act of 1965 amended 220 Attorney's fees in divorce and alimony cases 591 Civil Practice Act amended 226 Compensation claims from attempts to prevent crimes 712 Constables' fees 610 Dismissal of condemnation actions after five years 557 Effective date of Civil Practice Act 8 Fees when representing guardian and ward 717 Grand juries 590 Grantees bound by covenants in deeds 592 Habeas Corpus Act of 1967 835 Holidays, time of performing required acts 579 Joint tenancy of shares and securities of corporations 647 Law School Legal Agency Act of 1967 153 Liens of laborers, contractors and materialmen 456 Notices by certified mail 560 Pleadings in divorce actions 761 Powers of sale in deeds of trust, etc. 735 Restoration to Sanity 763 Service of process under nonresident motorist Act 800 U. S. Internal Revenue tax liens 549 Will or no will 28 PRIVATE WAYS Procedure for condenmation 143 PROBATION Statewide Probation Act amended 86 PROFESSIONAL TEACHING PRACTICES ACT Enacted 840

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PUBLIC HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF Air Quality Control Act amended 581 Charges for certificates and records 541 Death certificates 617 Director's salary, etc. 26 Veterans in State institutions 546 PUBLIC RECORDS Inspection 455 PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF Director 3 Director's compensation 98 Reinstatement of operators licenses for business purposes 775 Uniform division 84 Weapons used in commission of crimes 749 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION See Georgia Public Service Commission. PULASKI COUNTY Compensation of tax commissioner 2552 PULASKI SCHOOL SYSTEM Created, referendum 3463 PURCHASES, STATE SUPERVISOR OF Compensation 98 PUTNAM COUNTY Assistant solicitor-general 448 R RABUN COUNTY Clerk of superior court's secretary 2446 Ordinary's secretary 2775 Superior court terms 142 Tax commissioner's secretary 2445

Page 1046

RAILROADS Crossing signals in municipalities 458 RANDOLPH COUNTY Clerk of superior court placed on salary basis 2239 Tax commissioner placed on salary basis, referendum 2243 REAL PROPERTY Act regulating secondary security deeds amended 637 Grantees bound by covenants in deeds 592 Powers of sale in deeds of trust, etc. 735 Tax on transfers of real property 788 Tenant may not dispute landlord's title 774 Transfers of deeds to secure debt 737 REAPPORTIONMENT OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES House districts 187 REAPPORTIONMENT OF SENATE Senatorial districts 159 RECORDS, PUBLIC Inspection 455 RECREATION COMMISSION, GEORGIA Compensation of members 613 REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA See University System REIDSVILLE, CITY COURT OF Compensation of solicitor, clerk and sheriff 2040 Judge's salary 2045 RETAIL INSTALLMENT AND HOME SOLICITATION SALES ACT Enacted 659 RETIREMENT See Name of particular retirement system. REVENUE BOND LAW Amended 129

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RICHMOND, CITY COURT OF Judge's salary 3062 RICHMOND COUNTY Chief assistant solicitor-general 795 Officials authorized to close offices on Saturdays, etc. 3275 Superior court judge's supplement 496 RICHMOND COUNTY, CITY COURT OF Solicitor's salary 2699 RIVERS AND HARBORS DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Created 516 ROADSIDE MARKET INCENTIVE PROGRAM Enacted 476 ROCHELLE, CITY OF Corporate limits 3051 ROCKDALE COUNTY Additional judge of superior court 134 Chief deputy sheriff, etc. 2068 Compensation of tax commissioner, etc. 3149 Coroner placed on salary basis 2505 ROCKMART, TOWN OF Mayor and councilmen 2793 ROME, CITY OF Corporate limits, referendum 2163 Elections 3296 Sewer easement authorized 521 ROME JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Clerk typists in office of solicitor-general 482 ROSSVILLE, CITY OF Compensation of officials 2087 S ST. MARYS, CITY OF Charter amended 2436

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SANDERSVILLE, CITY OF City manager 2916 SAVANNAH BEACH, TYBEE ISLAND Elections 2308 SAVANNAH, CITY COURT OF Judge's salary 2310 SAVANNAH ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY Easement authorized 526 SAVANNAH, MUNICIPAL COURT OF Associate judge 2483 SAVANNAH PORTS AUTHORITY Terms of members 2062 SCHLEY COUNTY Clerk of superior court placed on salary basis 2707 Salary of superior court court reporter 270 SCHLEY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Created 2795 SCHOLARSHIPS Georgia State Scholarship Commission Act amended 640 SCHOOL DROP OUTS Committee to study problem of school drop outs 823 SCOTLAND, CITY OF Charter amended 2887 SECONDARY SECURITY DEEDS Act regulating, amended 637 SECRETARY OF STATE Distribution of rules, etc. printed under authority of Georgia Administration Procedure Act 893 Joint Secretary State Examining Boards 294 Salary 96

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SEMINOLE COUNTY Clerk of superior court placed on salary basis 2335 SENATE See also General Assembly. Apportionment, proposed amendment to the Constitution 913 Compensation of Secretary 268 Fiscal affairs sub-committee 722 Legislative retirement system 259 Reapportionment 159 SENOIA, CITY OF Land conveyance authorized 815 SHRIMP Taking of shrimp for live bait 612 SILOAM, TOWN OF Charter amended 2613 SMALL CLAIMS COURTS Created in certain counties (3,250-3,350) 2903 Created in certain counties (4,600-5,300) 2624 Created in certain counties (8,250-8,350) 2422 Created in certain counties (13,180-13,270) 3248 Act creating small claims courts in certain counties amended (33,300-34,056) 3309 SMITHVILLE, CITY OF Elections 2442 SMYRNA, CITY OF Corporate limits 3299 SOCIAL SECURITY Act permitting coverage for employees of political subdivisions amended 832 SOLICITORS-GENERAL Compensation in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 444 SOPERTON, CITY COURT OF Judge's qualifications 3056

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SOSEBEE, HOYT S. Compensation for damages 3075 SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Easement authorized 24 SOUTHERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Salary of solicitor-general 9 SOUTHWESTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Compensation of court reporter 270 STANDARD TIME ACT OF 1966 Enacted 881 STATE BOARD OF BARBERS ACT Amended, qualifications for registration 474 STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS ACT Amended, licenses 826 STATE COURT OF BIBB COUNTY Pleadings, etc. 2289 STATE COURT OF HOUSTON COUNTY Name changed from City Court of Warner Robins 2564 STATE EMPLOYEES Pay periods 125 STATE EXAMINING BOARDS Orders and processes 294 STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Control of advertising adjacent to certain highways 423 Director's salary 151 Federal funds 421 Junkyard Control Act 433 Lease rentals 382 Passenger carrying trucks 381 Rights of way for Federal parkways 604

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STATE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY ACT Amended, bonds 852 Amended, name changed, etc. 860 , 862 STATE OFFICE BUILDING AUTHORITY ACT Amended, name changed, etc. 856 STATE PENAL AND REHABILITATION AUTHORITY ACT Amended, bonds 810 Amended, name changed, members, etc. 864 STATE PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING BUREAU Established 252 STATE PROPERTIES CONTROL COMMISSION Lease of Western and Atlantic Railroad 515 STATE REVENUE COMMISSIONER Exchange of tax information authorized 537 Grants to counties for tax equalization programs 467 Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act amended 450 , 451 Motor vehicle license plates to disabled veterans 539 Purchase of passenger carrying vehicles 764 Taxation on cigars and cigarettes 563 , 577 STATE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY ACT Amended, name changed, etc. 871 STATESBORO, CITY OF Corporate limits, referendum 3483 STATESVILLE, CITY OF Reincorporated, referendum 3491 STATEWIDE PROBATION ACT Amended 86 STATHAM, CITY OF New charter, referendum 3326 STATIONARY ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN Board of examiners in certain counties (500,000 or more) 3126

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STEPHENS, BRYON A. Compensation for damages 3076 STEPHENS COUNTY Board of education, referendum 3005 Clerical assistance for sheriff 2357 Compensation of ordinary 2826 Fire protection districts, proposed amendment to the Constitution 925 Superior court terms 142 STEPHENS, MRS. ELIZABETH Compensation for damages 3077 STEWART COUNTY Salary of superior court court reporter 270 STOCKBRIDGE, CITY OF Charter amended 2593 Corporate limits, referendum 2595 STONE MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Additional judge 134 STONE MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION ACT Amended, bonds 794 STRIP MINING OPERATIONS Committee to study problems, created 519 SUMTER COUNTY Salary of superior court court reporter 270 Treasurer's compensation 2403 SUNDAY BUSINESS ACTIVITIES ACT Enacted 479 SUPERIOR COURT BAILIFFS Compensation in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 447 SUPERIOR COURT COURT REPORTERS Compensation in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 445

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SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES EMERITUS Compensation when serving in certain circuits (72,200-74,000) 485 SUPERIOR COURTS Duties of clerks in certain counties (3,000-3,250) 2485 Law assistants in certain counties (135,000-140,000) 3012 Location of offices of clerks 648 SUPERVISOR OF PURCHASES Compensation 98 SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATIONS ACT Enacted 18 SUTTON, LESTER L. Exchange of land authorized 534 SWAINSBORO, CITY OF Corporate limits 2383 SWAINSBORO, CITY COURT OF Name changed to County Court of Emanuel 2300 SYCAMORE, CITY OF Corporate limits 2694 SYLVESTER, CITY COURT OF Jurisdiction 2194 T TATTNALL COUNTY Clerk of superior court placed on salary basis 2723 Compensation of coroner 2043 Compensation of ordinary, etc. 2959 Compensation of solicitor-general and secretary 111 TAXATION Ad valorem taxation on motor vehicles, owned vehicles defined 459 Ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles owned by dealers 91

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Air and water pollution control facilities 629 Cigars and Cigarettes 563 , 577 Current Income Tax Payment Act of 1960 amended 780 Driver Education Vehicles 603 Exchange of tax information authorized 537 Homestead exemptions for certain disabled veterans 813 Motor vehicle ad valorem taxation and license plates for 1967 157 Registration of U. S. Internal Revenue tax liens 549 Return of property for taxation in certain counties (50,000-70,000) 885 , 886 Sales and use tax, leased personal property 284 Sales and use tax, products used to reduce water and air pollution 286 Sales and use tax, sales of food to private secondary schools 282 Sales and use tax, sales of water 283 School lunch purposes, proposed amendment to the Constitution 940 Suspension of certain sales taxes ratified 277 , 280 , 281 Suspension of certain use taxes ratified 277 Taxation of life insurance companies by municipalities 631 Tax on transfers of real property 788 Time of making tax returns in certain counties (170,000-200,000) 2435 TAYLOR COUNTY Deputy sheriff's compensation 2433 TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM ACT Amended 126 TELFAIR COUNTY Audits 2733 TERRELL COUNTY Compensation of tax commissioner 2003 THOMAS COUNTY Compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 2913 Salary of solicitor-general 9 Sheriff's salary 2477 THOMASTON, CITY OF Charter amended 2944

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THOMASTON OFFICE BUILDING AUTHORITY Name changed 3139 THOMASVILLE, CITY OF See also Tabular IndexMunicipalitiesHome Rule Amendments. Compensation of commissioners and mayor 2479 Easement authorized 489 Taxation for school purposes, referendum 2115 THOMASVILLE, CITY COURT OF Judge's salary 2821 Solicitor's salary 2824 TIFT COUNTY Sheriff deputies, etc. 2847 TOOMBS COUNTY Compensation of commissioners of roads and revenues 2588 TOWNS COUNTY Superior court terms 142 TRAFFIC COURTS Created in certain municipalities (300,000 or more) 3360 TRAFFIC SAFETY STUDY COMMITTEE Created 517 TRAVERSE JURORS Selection of jurors 251 TREASURER State treasurer's salary 96 TROUP COUNTY Compensation of coroner 2348 Compensation of named officers 2352 TROUP COUNTY, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURT OF Compensation of judge and solicitor 2463 TRUCK BROKERS IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS Act repealed 628

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TURPIN, BILLY E. Compensation for damages 2397 U UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS Act amended 542 Amended, blood tests in certain counties (50,000-75,000) 831 UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE Sections of Code of 1910 repealed 562 UNINSURED MOTORISTS Actions 463 UNION COUNTY Sheriff placed on salary basis, referendum 3064 Superior court terms 142 UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION Petition to propose amendment 894 UNITED STATES FLAG Abuse a crime 493 UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE LIENS Registration, etc. 549 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM Land conveyance authorized 37 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM BUILDING AUTHORITY ACT Amended, name changed, etc. 869 UPSON COUNTY Authority to sell described real estate 2948 Name of office building authority changed 3139 V VALDOSTA, CITY OF Absentee ballots 2466 Ad valorem tax rate 2818 Corporate limits 2803

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VALDOSTA, CITY COURT OF Name changed to City Court of Lowndes County, etc. 2131 VETERANS Civil Service Preference for Veterans, proposed amendment to the Constitution 935 Homestead exemptions for certain disabled veterans 813 Motor vehicle license plates to disabled veterans 539 Veterans in State institutions under jurisdiction of Department of Public Health, etc. 546 VIDALIA, CITY OF Corporate limits 2640 VIENNA, CITY OF Corporate limits, referendum 2467 VILLA RICA, CITY OF Gas board 2890 W WAKEFIELD, ROBERT Compensation for damages 3079 WALKER COUNTY Rural water and sewer authority 3370 WALKER COUNTY, CITY COURT OF Judge's expense allowance 2963 Solicitor's expense allowance 2720 WARNER ROBINS, CITY OF Corporate limits, referendum 2606 WARNER ROBINS, CITY COURT OF Name changed to State Court of Houston County 2564 WARREN COUNTY Compensation of named officials 2168

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WASHINGTON COUNTY Clerical assistants for tax commissioner 2072 Compensation of sheriff and deputies 2084 Compensation of warden of public works camp 2519 WAYCROSS, CITY OF Tax rate for education 2638 WAYNE COUNTY Additional judge of superior court 138 WEAPONS USED IN COMMISSION OF CRIMES Contraband, etc. 749 WEBSTER COUNTY Salary of superior court court reporter 270 WESLEY, ROBERT HAMMOND, SR. Compensation for damages 3106 WEST POINT, CITY OF Authority to sell described land 2853 WESTERN ATLANTIC RAILROAD Lease resubmitted to State Properties Control Commission 515 WHITE COUNTY Additional judge of superior court 290 Salary of superior court court reporter 293 Solicitor-general placed on salary basis 785 WHITEHALL TOWN OF Charter repealed 2934 WILKES COUNTY Sheriff's salary 2882 Terms of commissioners of roads and revenues 2499 WILKINSON COUNTY Assistant solicitor-general 448

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WILLIAMS, WILLIE Compensation for damages 3107 WILLIAMSON, TOWN OF Charter amended 2777 WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION ESTATES Adopted adults 803 Distribution of assets in kind 746 Income received during administration 438 Issue of will or no will 28 Mutual wills 718 WILSON, HOWELL S. Compensation for damages 3088 WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION Employees of boards of education of certain counties (less than 300,000 633 WORTH COUNTY Clerk of superior court placed on salary basis 3042 Office of tax commissioner created 2452 WORTH COUNTY Ordinary placed on salary basis 2456 Y YAUGHN, BERRY Compensation for damages 2275 YAUGHN, MRS. ETHEL ROBERTS Compensation for damages 2276

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POPULATION OF GEORGIA COUNTIES County 1960 1950 1940 1930 1920 Appling 13,246 14,003 14,497 13,314 10,594 Atkinson 6,188 7,362 7,093 6,894 7,656 Bacon 8,359 8,940 8,096 7,055 6,460 Baker 4,543 5,952 7,344 7,818 8,298 Baldwin 34,064 29,706 24,190 22,878 19,791 Banks 6,497 6,935 8,733 9,703 11,814 Barrow 14,485 13,115 13,064 12,401 13,188 Bartow 28,267 27,370 25,283 25,364 24,527 Ben Hill 13,633 14,879 14,523 13,047 14,599 Berrien 12,038 13,966 15,370 14,646 15,573 Bibb 141,249 114,079 83,783 77,042 71,304 Bleckley 9,642 9,218 9,655 9,133 10,532 Brantley 5,891 6,387 6,871 6,895 Brooks 15,292 18,169 20,497 21,330 24,538 Bryan 6,226 5,965 6,288 5,952 6,343 Bulloch 24,263 24,740 26,010 26,509 26,133 Burke 20,596 23,458 26,520 29,224 30,836 Butts 8,976 9,079 9,182 9,345 12,327 Calhoun 7,341 8,578 10,438 10,576 10,225 Camden 9,975 7,322 5,910 6,338 6,969 Campbell 9,903 11,709 Candler 6,672 8,063 9,103 8,991 9,228 Carroll 36,451 34,112 34,156 34,272 34,752 Catoosa 21,101 15,146 12,199 9,421 6,677 Charlton 5,313 4,821 5,256 4,381 4,536 Chatham 188,299 151,481 117,970 105,431 100,032 Chattahoochee 13,011 12,149 15,138 8,894 5,266 Chattooga 19,954 21,197 18,532 15,407 14,312 Cherokee 23,001 20,750 20,126 20,003 18,569 Clarke 45,363 36,550 28,398 25,613 26,111 Clay 4,551 5,844 7,064 6,943 5,557 Clayton 46,365 22,872 11,655 10,260 11,159 Clinch 6,545 6,007 6,437 7,015 7,984 Cobb 114,174 61,830 38,272 35,408 30,437 Coffee 21,953 23,961 21,541 19,739 18,653 Colquitt 34,048 33,999 33,012 30,622 29,332 Columbia 13,423 9,525 9,433 8,793 11,718 Cook 11,822 12,201 11,919 11,311 11,180 Coweta 28,893 27,786 26,972 25,127 29,047 Crawford 5,816 6,080 7,128 7,020 8,893 Crisp 17,768 17,663 17,540 17,343 18,914 Dade 8,666 7,364 5,894 4,146 3,918 Dawson 3,590 3,712 4,479 3,502 4,204 Decatur 25,203 23,620 22,234 23,622 31,785 DeKalb 256,782 136,395 86,942 70,278 44,051 Dodge 16,483 17,865 21,022 21,599 22,540 Dooly 11,474 14,159 16,886 18,025 20,522 Dougherty 75,680 43,617 28,565 22,306 20,063 Douglas 16,741 12,173 10,053 9,461 10,477 Early 13,151 17,413 18,679 18,273 18,983 Echols 1,876 2,494 2,964 2,744 3,313 Effingham 10,144 9,133 9,646 10,164 9,985 Elbert 17,835 18,585 19,618 18,485 23,905 Emanuel 17,815 19,789 23,517 24,101 25,862 Evans 6,952 6,653 7,401 7,102 6,594 Fannin 13,620 15,192 14,752 12,969 12,103 Fayette 8,199 7,978 8,170 8,665 11,396 Floyd 69,130 62,899 56,141 48,677 39,841 Forsyth 12,170 11,005 11,322 10,624 11,755 Franklin 13,274 14,446 15,612 15,902 19,957 Fulton 556,326 473,572 392,886 318,587 232,606 Gilmer 8,922 9,963 9,001 7,344 8,406 Glascock 2,672 3,579 4,547 4,388 4,192 Glynn 41,954 29,046 21,920 19,400 19,370 Gordon 19,228 18,922 18,445 16,846 17,736 Grady 18,015 18,928 19,654 19,200 20,306 Greene 11,193 12,843 13,709 12,616 18,972 Gwinnett 43,541 32,320 29,087 27,853 30,327 Habersham 18,116 16,553 14,771 12,748 10,730 Hall 49,739 40,113 34,822 30,313 26,822 Hancock 9,979 11,052 12,764 13,070 18,357 Haralson 14,543 14,663 14,377 13,263 14,440 Harris 11,167 11,265 11,428 11,140 15,775 Hart 15,229 14,495 15,512 15,174 17,944 Heard 5,333 6,975 8,610 9,102 11,126 Henry 17,619 15,857 15,119 15,924 20,420 Houston 39,154 20,964 11,303 11,280 21,964 Irwin 9,211 11,973 12,936 12,199 12,670 Jackson 18,499 18,997 20,089 21,609 24,654 Jasper 6,135 7,473 8,772 8,594 16,362 Jeff Davis 8,914 9,299 8,841 8,118 7,322 Jefferson 17,468 18,855 20,040 20,727 22,602 Jenkins 9,148 10,264 11,843 12,908 14,328 Johnson 8,048 9,893 12,953 12,681 13,546 Jones 8,468 7,538 8,331 8,992 13,269 Lamar 10,240 10,242 10,091 9,745 Lanier 5,097 5,151 5,632 5,190 Laurens 32,313 33,123 33,606 32,693 39,605 Lee 6,204 6,674 7,837 8,328 10,904 Liberty 14,487 8,444 8,595 8,153 12,707 Lincoln 5,906 6,462 7,042 7,847 9,739 Long 3,874 3,598 4,086 4,180 Lowndes 49,270 35,211 31,860 29,994 26,521 Lumpkin 7,241 6,574 6,223 4,927 5,240 McDuffie 12,627 11,443 10,878 9,014 11,509 McIntosh 6,364 6,008 5,292 5,763 5,119 Macon 13,170 14,213 15,947 16,643 17,667 Madison 11,246 12,238 13,431 14,921 18,803 Marion 5,477 6,521 6,954 6,968 7,604 Meriwether 19,756 21,055 22,055 22,437 26,168 Miller 6,908 9,023 9,998 9,076 9,565 Milton 6,730 6,885 Mitchell 19,652 22,528 23,261 23,620 25,588 Monroe 10,495 10,523 10,749 11,606 20,138 Montgomery 6,284 7,901 9,668 10,020 9,167 Morgan 10,280 11,899 12,713 12,488 20,143 Murray 10,447 10,676 11,137 9,215 9,490 Muscogee 158,623 118,028 75,494 57,558 44,195 Newton 20,999 20,185 18,576 17,290 21,680 Oconee 6,304 7,009 7,576 8,082 11,067 Oglethorpe 7,926 9,958 12,430 12,927 20,287 Paulding 13,101 11,752 12,832 12,327 14,025 Peach 13,846 11,705 10,378 10,268 Pickens 8,903 8,855 9,136 9,687 8,222 Pierce 9,678 11,112 11,800 12,522 11,934 Pike 7,138 8,459 10,375 10,853 21,212 Polk 28,015 30,976 28,467 25,141 20,357 Pulaski 8,204 8,808 9,829 9,005 11,587 Putnam 7,798 7,731 8,514 8,367 15,151 Quitman 2,432 3,015 3,435 3,820 3,417 Rabun 7,456 7,424 7,821 6,331 5,746 Randolph 11,078 13,804 16,609 17,174 16,721 Richmond 135,601 108,876 81,863 72,990 63,692 Rockdale 10,572 8,464 7,724 7,247 9,521 Schley 3,256 4,036 5,033 5,347 5,243 Screven 14,919 18,000 20,353 20,503 23,552 Seminole 6,802 7,904 8,492 7,389 Spalding 35,404 31,045 28,427 23,495 21,908 Stephens 18,391 16,647 12,972 11,740 11,215 Stewart 7,371 9,194 10,603 11,114 12,089 Sumter 24,652 24,208 24,502 26,800 29,640 Talbot 7,127 7,687 8,141 8,458 11,158 Taliaferro 3,370 4,515 6,278 6,172 8,841 Tattnall 15,837 15,939 16,243 15,411 14,502 Taylor 8,311 9,113 10,768 10,617 11,473 Telfair 11,715 13,221 15,145 14,997 15,291 Terrell 12,742 14,314 16,675 18,290 19,601 Thomas 34,319 33,932 31,289 32,612 33,044 Tift 23,487 22,645 18,599 16,068 14,493 Toombs 16,837 17,382 16,952 17,165 13,897 Towns 4,538 4,803 4,925 4,346 3,937 Treutlen 5,874 6,522 7,632 7,488 7,664 Troup 47,189 49,841 43,879 36,752 36,097 Turner 8,439 10,479 10,846 11,196 12,466 Twiggs 7,935 8,308 9,117 8,372 10,407 Union 6,510 7,318 7,680 6,340 6,455 Upson 23,800 25,078 25,064 19,509 14,786 Walker 45,264 38,198 31,024 26,206 23,370 Walton 20,481 20,230 20,777 21,118 24,216 Ware 34,219 30,289 27,929 26,558 28,361 Warren 7,360 8,779 10,236 11,181 11,828 Washington 18,903 21,012 24,230 25,030 28,147 Wayne 17,921 14,248 13,122 12,647 14,381 Webster 3,247 4,081 4,726 5,032 5,342 Wheeler 5,342 6,712 8,536 9,149 9,817 White 6,935 5,951 6,417 6,056 6,105 Whitfield 42,109 34,432 26,105 20,808 16,897 Wilcox 7,905 10,167 12,755 13,439 15,511 Wikes 10,961 12,388 15,084 15,944 24,210 Wilkinson 9,250 9,781 11,025 10,844 11,376 Worth 16,682 19,357 21,374 21,094 23,863 Total 3,943,116 3,444,578 3,123,723 2,908,506 2,895,832

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POPULATION NUMERICALLY LISTED ACCORDING TO 1960 CENSUS County Population Echols 1,876 Quitman 2,432 Glascock 2,672 Webster 3,247 Schley 3,256 Taliaferro 3,370 Dawson 3,590 Long 3,874 Towns 4,538 Baker 4,543 Clay 4,551 Lanier 5,097 Charlton 5,313 Heard 5,333 Wheeler 5,342 Marion 5,477 Crawford 5,816 Treutlen 5,874 Brantley 5,891 Lincoln 5,906 Jasper 6,135 Atkinson 6,188 Lee 6,204 Bryan 6,226 Montgomery 6,284 Oconee 6,304 McIntosh 6,364 Banks 6,497 Union 6,510 Clinch 6,545 Candler 6,672 Seminole 6,802 Miller 6,908 White 6,935 Evans 6,952 Talbot 7,127 Pike 7,138 Lumpkin 7,241 Calhoun 7,341 Warren 7,360 Stewart 7,371 Rabun 7,456 Putnam 7,798 Wilcox 7,905 Oglethorpe 7,926 Twiggs 7,935 Johnson 8,048 Fayette 8,199 Pulaski 8,204 Taylor 8,311 Bacon 8,359 Turner 8,439 Jones 8,468 Dade 8,666 Pickens 8,903 Jeff Davis 8,914 Gilmer 8,922 Butts 8,976 Jenkins 9,148 Irwin 9,211 Wilkinson 9,250 Bleckley 9,642 Pierce 9,678 Camden 9,975 Hancock 9,979 Effingham 10,144 Lamar 10,240 Morgan 10,280 Murray 10,447 Monroe 10,495 Rockdale 10,572 Wilkes 10,961 Randolph 11,078 Harris 11,167 Greene 11,193 Madison 11,246 Dooly 11,474 Telfair 11,715 Cook 11,822 Berrien 12,038 Forsyth 12,170 McDuffie 12,627 Terrell 12,742 Chattahoochee 13,011 Paulding 13,101 Early 13,151 Macon 13,170 Appling 13,246 Franklin 13,274 Columbia 13,423 Fannin 13,620 Ben Hill 13,633 Peach 13,846 Barrow 14,485 Liberty 14,487 Haralson 14,543 Screven 14,919 Hart 15,229 Brooks 15,292 Tattnall 15,827 Dodge 16,483 Worth 16,682 Douglas 16,741 Toombs 16,837 Jefferson 17,468 Henry 17,619 Crisp 17,768 Emanuel 17,815 Elbert 17,835 Wayne 17,921 Grady 18,015 Habersham 18,116 Stephens 18,391 Jackson 18,499 Washington 18,903 Gordon 19,228 Mitchell 19,652 Meriwether 19,756 Chattooga 19,954 Walton 20,481 Burke 20,596 Newton 20,999 Catoosa 21,101 Coffee 21,953 Cherokee 23,001 Tift 23,487 Upson 23,800 Bulloch 24,263 Sumter 24,652 Decatur 25,203 Polk 28,015 Bartow 28,267 Coweta 28,893 Laurens 32,313 Colquitt 34,048 Baldwin 34,064 Ware 34,219 Thomas 34,319 Spalding 35,404 Carroll 36,451 Houston 39,154 Glynn 41,954 Whitfield 42,109 Gwinnett 43,541 Walker 45,264 Clarke 45,363 Clayton 46,365 Troup 47,189 Lowndes 49,270 Hall 49,739 Floyd 69,130 Dougherty 75,680 Cobb 114,174 Richmond 135,601 Bibb 141,249 Muscogee 158,623 Chatham 188,299 DeKalb 256,782 Fulton 556,326

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GEORGIA STATE SENATE COUNTY Senatorial District Appling 6 Atkinson 7 Bacon 6 Baker 11 Baldwin 25 Banks 48 Barrow 48 Bartow 51 Ben Hill 13 Berrien 8 Bibb 26-27 Bleckley 19 Brantley 6 Brooks 9 Bryan 5 Bulloch 4 Burke 21 Butts 28 Calhoun 11 Camden 6 Candler 4 Carroll 30 Catoosa 54 Charlton 6 Chatham 1-2-3 Chattahoochee 14 Chattooga 53 Cherokee 51 Clarke 46 Clay 11 Clayton 44 Clinch 7 Cobb 32-33 Coffee 7 Colquitt 9 Columbia 24 Cook 8 Coweta 30 Crawford 18 Crisp 13 Dade 53 Dawson 49 Decatur 11 DeKalb 41,42,43 Dodge 19 Dooly 19 Dougherty 12 Douglas 31 Early 11 Echols 8 Effingham 4 Elbert 47 Emanuel 21 Evans 4 Fannin 50 Fayette 30 Floyd 52 Forsyth 49 Franklin 47 Fulton 34-40 Gilmer 50 Glascock 24 Glynn 5 Gordon 51 Grady 10 Greene 24 Gwinnett 48 Habersham 50 Hall 49 Hancock 25 Haralson 31 Harris 17 Hart 47 Heard 29 Henry 44 Houston 18 Irwin 13 Jackson 48 Jasper 45 Jeff Davis 6 Jefferson 21 Jenkins 21 Johnson 20 Jones 25 Lamar 28 Lanier 8 Laurens 20 Lee 13 Liberty 5 Lincoln 24 Long 5 Lowndes 8 Lumpkin 49 Macon 17 Madison 46 Marion 17 McDuffie 24 McIntosh 5 Meriwether 29 Miller 11 Mitchell 10 Monroe 28 Montgomery 20 Morgan 45 Murray 54 Muscogee 15-16 Newton 45 Oconee 46 Oglethorpe 46 Paulding 31 Peach 18 Pickens 50 Pierce 6 Pike 28 Polk 31 Pulaski 19 Putnam 45 Quitman 14 Rabun 50 Randolph 14 Richmond 22-23 Rockdale 44 Schley 17 Screven 4 Seminole 11 Spalding 28 Stephens 47 Stewart 14 Sumter 14 Talbot 17 Taliaferro 24 Tattnall 4 Taylor 17 Telfair 19 Terrell 14 Thomas 10 Tift 9 Toombs 20 Towns 50 Treutlen 20 Troup 29 Turner 13 Twiggs 18 Union 50 Upson 17 Walker 53 Walton 45 Ware 7 Warren 24 Washington 25 Wayne 6 Webster 14 Wheeler 20 White 50 Whitfield 54 Wilcox 19 Wilkes 24 Wilkinson 25 Worth 13

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MEMBERS OF THE SENATE OF GEORGIA ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED ACCORDING TO NAMES, WITH DISTRICTS AND POST OFFICES FOR THE TERM 1967-1968 Name District Post Office Abney, Billy Shaw 53rd P. O. Box 607, LaFayette 30728 Adams, Billy 26th Springdale Dr., Macon 31204 Adams, Ronald F. 5th P. O. Box 857, Brunswick 31521 Andrews, Robert E. 49th 310 Brenau Ave., N. E., Gainesville 30501 Bateman, Oliver C. 27th 247 Candler Dr., Macon 31204 Broun, Paul C. 46th 520 W. Cloverhurst, Athens 30601 Carter, Hugh A. 14th P. O. Box 97, Plains 31780 Chapman, Cyrus M. (Cy) 32nd 698 Kennesaw Dr., Smyrna 30080 Coggin, Frank E. 35th 301C International Office Park, 1001 Virginia Avenue Hapeville 30054 Conway, H. McKinley, Jr. 41st 3272 Inman Dr., N. E., Atlanta 30319 Cox, Jay Carroll 21st P. O. Box 37, Twin City 30471 Dean, Roscoe Emory, Jr. 6th 612 Cherry St., Jesup 31545 Eldridge, Frank, Jr. 7th P. O. Box 1141, Waycross 31501 Fincher, Jack C., Sr. 51st 60 Muriel St., Canton 30114 Fincher, W. W., Jr. 54th Box 149, Chatsworth 30705 Flowers, William Howard, Jr. 10th Merrily Plantation, Thomasville 31792 Gardner, Jay D. 1st 15 Drayton St., Savannah 31401 Gillis, Hugh M. 20th Soperton 30457 Gregory, I. William Bill, Jr. 15th 1259 Owsley Ave., Columbus 31906 Hall, J. Battle 52nd P. O. Box 1267, Rome 30161 Hensley, Sam P. 33rd Rt. 4, Marietta 30060 Hill, Render 29th Greenville 30222 Holley, R. Eugene 22nd Commerce Building, Augusta 30902 Holloway, A. W. Al 12th P. O. Box 588, Albany 31702 Johnson, Ben F. 42nd Emory University Law School, Atlanta 30322 Johnson, Leroy R. 38th 372 Larchmont Dr., N.W., Atlanta 30318 Kennedy, Joseph E. 4th 206 New Drive, Claxton 30417 Kidd, Culver 25th Milledgeville 31061 Kilpatrick, Thomas Kenneth 44th 102 North Cheryl Dr., Morrow 30260 Knight, John Steverson 16th 2518 Country Club Road, Columbus 31902 Lee, Robert E., Jr. 47th Box 548, Elberton 30635 London, Maylon K. 50th Box 325, Cleveland 30528 MacIntyre, Dan I., III 40th 363 Valley Green Dr., N.E., Atlanta 30305 McGill, Sam P. 24th Tignall Rd., Washington 30673 McKenzie, John T. 17th P. O. Box 271, Montezuma 31063 Miller, Frank G. 43rd 3361 Rainbow Dr., Decatur 30032 Minish, Dr. J. A. 48th Commerce 30529 Moore, Albert F. 31st P. O. Box 207, Cedartown 30125 Noble, Roy V. 19th R.F.D. 3, Vienna 31092 Padgett, Michael J. 23rd Rt. 2, McBean 30908 Pennington, Brooks, Jr. 45th Crawford St., Madison 30650 Plunkett, Lamar R. 30th 50 Morris St., Bowdon 30108 Rowan, Robert A. (Bobby) 8th Enigma 31749 Searcey, William A. 2nd 2017 Colonial Dr., Savannah 31406 Shea, Bart E. 3rd P. O. Box 593, Savannah 31401 Smalley, Robert Harris, Jr. 28th P. O. Box 116, Griffin 30223 Smith, W. Armstrong 34th 1405 DeLowe Dr., S.W., Atlanta 30311 Smith, Stanley E., Jr. 18th 810 Forest Hill Dr., Perry 31069 Spinks, Ford Belmont 9th Rt. 1, Tifton 31794 Stephens, Jack L. 36th 2484 Macon Dr., S.E., Atlanta 30315 Ward, Horace T. 39th 859 Hunter St., N.W., Atlanta 30314 Webb, Julian 11th P. O. Box 277, Donalsonville 31745 Wesberry, James P., Jr. 37th Box 8087, Atlanta 30306 Young, Martin 13th Rt. 2, Rebecca 31783

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MEMBERS OF THE SENATE OF GEORGIA BY DISTRICTS IN NUMERICAL ORDER AND POST OFFICES FOR THE TERM 1967-1968 District Name Address 1. Gardner, Jay D. 15 Drayton St., Savannah 31401 2. Searcey, William A. 2017 Colonial Dr., Savannah 31406 3. Shea, Bart E. P. O. Box 593, Savannah 31401 4. Kennedy, Joseph E. 206 New Drive, Claxton 30417 5. Adams, Ronald F. P. O. Box 857, Brunswick 31521 6. Dean, Roscoe Emory, Jr. 612 Cherry St., Jesup 31545 7. Eldridge, Frank, Jr. P. O. Box 1141, Waycross 31501 8. Rowan, Robert A. (Bobby) Enigma 31749 9. Spinks, Ford Belmont Rt. 1, Tifton 31794 10. Flowers, William Howard, Jr. Merrily Plantation, Thomasville 31792 11. Webb, Julian P. O. Box 277, Donalsonville 31745 12. Holloway, A. W. Al P. O. Box 588, Albany 31702 13. Young, Martin Rt. 2, Rebecca 31783 14. Carter, Hugh A. P. O. Box 97, Plains 31780 15. Gregory, I. William Bill, Jr. 1259 Owsley Ave., Columbus 31906 16. Knight, John Steverson 2518 Country Club Road, Columbus 31902 17. McKenzie, John T. P. O. Box 271, Montezuma 31063 18. Smith, Stanley E., Jr. 810 Forest Hill Dr., Perry 31069 19. Noble, Roy V. R.F.D. 3, Vienna 31092 20. Gillis, Hugh M. Soperton 30457 21. Cox, Jay Carroll P. O. Box 37, Twin City 30471 22. Holley, R. Eugene Commerce Building, Augusta 30902 23. Padgett, Michael J. Rt. 2, McBean 30908 24. McGill, Sam P. Tignall Rd., Washington 30673 25. Kidd, Culver Milledgeville 31061 26. Adams, Billy Springdale Dr., Macon 31204 27. Bateman, Oliver C. 247 Candler Dr., Macon 31204 28. Smalley, Robert Harris, Jr. P. O. Box 116, Griffin 30223 29. Hill, Render Greenville 30222 30. Plunkett, Lamar R. 50 Morris St., Bowdon 30108 31. Moore, Albert F. P. O. Box 207, Cedartown 30125 32. Chapman, Cyrus M. (Cy) 698 Kennesaw Dr., Smyrna 30080 33. Hensley, Sam P. Rt. 4, Marietta 30060 34. Smith, W. Armstrong 1405 DeLowe Dr., S. W., Atlanta 30311 35. Coggin, Frank E. 301C International Office Park, 1001 Virginia Avenue, Hapeville 30054 36. Stephens, Jack L. 2484 Macon Dr., S. E., Atlanta 30315 37. Wesberry, James P., Jr. Box 8087, Atlanta 30306 38. Johnson, Leroy R. 372 Larchmont Dr., N.W., Atlanta 30318 39. Ward, Horace T. 859 Hunter St., N.W., Atlanta 30314 40. MacIntyre, Dan I., III 363 Valley Green Dr., N.E., Atlanta 30305 41. Conway, H. McKinley, Jr. 3272 Inman Dr., N.E., Atlanta 30319 42. Johnson, Ben F. Emory University Law School, Atlanta 30322 43. Miller, Frank G. 3361 Rainbow Dr., Decatur 30032 44. Kilpatrick, Thomas Kenneth 102 North Cheryl Dr., Morrow 30260 45. Pennington, Brooks, Jr. Crawford St., Madison 30650 46. Broun, Paul C. 520 W. Cloverhurst, Athens 30601 47. Lee, Robert E., Jr. Box 548, Elberton 30635 48. Minish, Dr. J. A. Commerce 30529 49. Andrews, Robert E. 310 Brenau Ave., N.E., Gainesville 30501 50. London, Maylon K. Box 325, Cleveland 30528 51. Fincher, Jack C., Sr. 60 Muriel St., Canton 30114 52. Hall, J. Battle P. O. Box 1267, Rome 30161 53. Abney, Billy Shaw P. O. Box 607, LaFayette 30728 54. Fincher, W. W., Jr. Box 149, Chatsworth 30705

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GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COUNTY House District Appling 74 Atkinson 97 Bacon 91 Baker 78 Baldwin 47 Banks 17 Barrow 23 Bartow 14 Ben Hill 72 Berrien 96 Bibb 107-109 Bleckley 71 Brantley 84 Brooks 99 Bryan 65 Bulloch 64 Burke 50 Butts 45 Calhoun 78 Camden 98 Candler 63 Carroll 32 Catoosa 2 Charlton 98 Chatham 113-116 Chattahoochee 56 Chattooga 7 Cherokee 15 Clarke 29 Clay 78 Clayton 35 Clinch 97 Cobb 101-103 Coffee 82 Colquitt 94 Columbia 41 Cook 96 Coweta 33 Crawford 52 Crisp 69 Dade 1 Dawson 10 Decatur 89 DeKalb 117-119 Dodge 70 Dooly 69 Dougherty 79 Douglas 27 Early 86 Echols 97 Effingham 65 Elbert 25 Emnauel 54 Evans 63 Fannin 4 Fayette 35 Floyd 13 Forsyth 10 Franklin 18 Fulton 120-141 Gilmer 9 Glascock 40 Glynn 85 Gordon 8 Grady 90 Greene 38 Gwinnett 22 Habersham 11 Hall 16 Hancock 39 Haralson 26 Harris 100 Hart 19 Heard 33 Henry 36 Houston 59 Irwin 81 Jackson 24 Jasper 46 Jeff Davis 91 Jefferson 49 Jenkins 50 Johnson 48 Jones 46 Lamar 44 Lanier 97 Laurens 60 Lee 67 Liberty 76 Lincoln 31 Long 75 Lowndes 95 Lumpkin 5 Macon 58 Madison 17 Marion 57 McDuffie 40 McIntosh 76 Meriwether 43 Miller 87 Mitchell 88 Monroe 45 Montgomery 61 Morgan 38 Murray 3 Muscogee 110-112 Newton 37 Oconee 30 Oglethorpe 30 Paulding 21 Peach 52 Pickens 9 Pierce 84 Pike 44 Polk 20 Pulaski 71 Putnam 39 Quitman 66 Rabun 6 Randolph 66 Richmond 104-106 Rockdale 117 Schley 58 Screven 55 Seminole 87 Spalding 34 Stephens 12 Stewart 56 Sumter 68 Talbot 100 Taliaferro 31 Tattnall 75 Taylor 57 Telfair 73 Terrell 67 Thomas 92 Tift 93 Toombs 62 Towns 6 Treutlen 61 Troup 42 Turner 81 Twiggs 53 Union 5 Upson 51 Walker 1 Walton 28 Ware 83 Warren 40 Washington 48 Wayne 77 Webster 56 Wheeler 61 White 6 Whitfield 3 Wilcox 73 Wilkes 31 Wilkinson 53 Worth 80

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MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED ACCORDING TO NAMES, WITH DISTRICTS AND POST OFFICES Name District Post Office Adams, G. D., Jr. 125 532 St. Johns Ave., S.W., Atlanta 30315 Alexander, William H. 133 859 Hunter St., N.W., Atlanta 30314 Anderson, John H., Jr. 71 Anderson Road, Hawkinsville 31036 Ballard, W. D. 37 405 Haygood St., Oxford 30267 Barber, Mac 24 Commerce 30529 Barfield, H. M. 95-Post 2 Hahira 31632 Battle, Joseph A. (Joe) 116-Post 2 2308 Ranchland Dr., Savannah 31404 Bennett, Jim, T., Jr. 95-Post 3 R.F.D., Smithbriar Dr., Valdosta 31601 Berry, C. Ed 110-Post 1 P. O. Box 1422 Columbus 31902 Berry, Jack K. 113-Post 2 P. O. Box 115, Savannah 31402 Black, J. Lucius 56 Preston 31824 Blalock, D. B. (Brack) 33-Post 1 40 Nimmons St., Newnan 30263 Bond, Julian 136 823 Drummond St., S.W., Atlanta 30314 Bostick, Henry 93 P. O. Box 94, Tifton 31794 Bowen, Rooney L. 69-Post 2 Box 323, Vienna 31092 Branch, E. O. (Gene) 74 Rt. 3, Baxley 31513 Brantley, Haskew H., Jr. 139 6114 Riverside Dr., N. W., Atlanta 30328 Brantley, Hines L. 63 Metter 30439 Bray, Claude A., Jr. 43 111 Mayes Way, Manchester 31816 Brown, Benjamin D. 135 196 Napoleon Dr., S.W., Atlanta 30314 Brown, Clayton, Jr. 34-Post 2 550 S. Hill St., Griffin 30223 Buck, Thomas B., III 112-Post 3 P. O. Box 196, Columbus 31902 Busbee, George D. 79-Post 1 1205 3rd Avenue, Albany 31701 Caldwell, Johnnie Lafayette 51 720 S. Church St., Thomaston 30286 Carnes, Charlie L. 129 1131 Custer Ave., S.E., Atlanta 30316 Cates, Goodwyn Shag 123-Post 3 3234 Roswell Rd., N.W., Atlanta 30305 Cato, Anthony Wallace 89-Post 2 1508 Botts St., Bainbridge 31717 Chandler, Philip M. 47-Post 2 P. O. Box 806, Milledgeville 31061 Cheeks, Donald E. 104-Post 2 754 Metcalf St., Augusta 30904 Clarke, Harold G. 45 Forsyth 31029 Cole, Jack H. 3-Post 1 1802 Elaine Way, Dalton 30720 Collins, John F. 62 Box 407, Vidalia 30474 Collins, Marcus 88 Rt. 1, Pelham 31779 Colwell, Carlton 5 Box 133, Blairsville 30512 Conner, James L. Jimmy 91 P. O. Box 632 Hazlehurst 31539 Cook, Rodney M. 123-Post 1 3495 Valley Rd., N.W., Atlanta 30305 Cooper, Bill 103 Rt. 5, Powder Springs Rd., Marietta 30073 Cooper, J. Robert 16-Post 2 P. O. Box 119, Gainesville 30501 Cox, Dr. William J. 127 324 E. Paces Ferry Rd., N.E., Atlanta 30305 Crowe, William J. 1-Post 2 P. O. Box 481, LaFayette 30728 Crowe, W. J. 80 Sylvester 31791 Dailey, J. T. (Jake) 66 312 College St., Cuthbert 31740 Daugherty, J. C. 134 202 Daugherty Bldg., 15 Chestnut St., S.W., Atlanta 30314 Davis, Walt 119-Post 1 3782 Snapfinger Rd., Lithonia 30058 Dean, Nathan D. 20-Post 2 4009 Third Ave., Rockmart 30153 DeLong, R. Luke 105-Post 1 2137 Balfour St., Augusta 30906 Dent, Richard A. 104-Post 1 2043 Rosalie St., Augusta 30901 Dickinson, Kent 27 Rt. 2, Douglasville 30134 Dillon, Tom 128 2528 Linda Lane, S.E., Atlanta 30315 Dixon, Harry D. 83-Post 2 1303 Coral Rd., Waycross 31501 Dodson, Carr Glover 107 3795 Bonita Place, Macon 31204 Dollar, Hubert 89-Post 1 1805 Douglas Dr., Bainbridge 31717 Dorminy, A. B. C. (Brad) 72 701 W. Central Ave., Fitzgerald 31750 Doster, Norman B. 73 Rochelle 31079 Douglas, Dubignion (Dub) 60-Post 2 1408 Edgewood Ave., Dublin 31021 Edwards, Ward 57 Butler 31006 Egan, Michael J., Jr. 141 1500 1st Nat. Bank Bldg., Atlanta 30303 Fallin, Billy Gene 94-Post 1 2021 S. Main St., Moultrie 31768 Farmer, Leon, Jr. 29-Post 1 414-415 Southern Mutual Bldg., Athens 30601 Farrar, Robert H. 118-Post 2 2996 Majestic Cir., Avondale Estates 30002 Fleming, William M., Jr. 106-Post 1 1700 C Valley Park Ct., Augusta 30902 Floyd, James H. Sloppy 7 Box 521, Trion 30753 Funk, Arthur J. 116-Post 3 7 Grimball River Rd., Savannah 31406 Gary, Arch 35-Post 2 626 Valley Hill Rd., Riverdale 30274 Gay, Carlus D. 60-Post 1 1823 Pine Forest Cir., Dublin 31021 Gaynor, Alan S. 114-Post 1 P. O. Box 566, Savannah 31401 Gignilliat, Arthur M., Jr. 113-Post 1 P. O. Box 949, Savannah 31402 Grahl, Daniel K. 52 P. O. Box 591, Fort Valley 31030 Grier, Rev. J. D., Jr. 132 596 Glen Iris Dr., N.E., Atlanta 30308 Hadaway, John H. 46 Hillsboro 31038 Hale, Maddox J. 1-Post 1 Trenton 30752 Hall, H. Goodwin 67 RFD 2, Leesburg 31763 Hamilton, Mrs. Grace T. (Mrs. H. C. Hamilton) 137 582 University Pl., N.W., Atlanta 30314 Harrington, J. Floyd 47-Post 1 Glenhaven Milledgeville 31061 Harris, Joe Frank 14-Post 1 1 Valley Dr., Cartersville 30120 Harris, J. Robin 118-Post 1 250 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur 30030 Harris, Reid Walker 85-Post 1 P. O. Box 460, Brunswick 31520 Harrison, Robert Ward, Jr. 98 P. O. Box 207 St. Marys 31558 Henderson, Dr. J. H. Jack, Jr. 102-Post 2 1290 Gresham Rd., Marietta 30060 Higginbotham, Joe S. 119-Post 4 3147 Robindale Rd., Decatur 30030 Hill, Guy 121 1074 Boatrock Rd., Atlanta 30331 Holder, Dr. Frank P., Jr. 70 Drawer 569 Eastman 31023 Hood, John 124 1163 Windsor St., S.W., Atlanta 30310 Howard, G. Robert (Bob) 101-Post 1 206 Roswell St., Suite 202, Marietta 30060 Howell, William Mobley 86 P. O. Box 348, Blakely 31723 Hutchinson, Richard S. (Dick) 79-Post 3 915 - 6th Ave., Albany 31705 Irvin, Thomas T. 11 Rt. 1, Mt. Airy 30563 Jenkins, L. F. 119-Post 2 1953 Boulder Hills Dr., Ellenwood 30049 Johnson, Dr. A. S., Sr. 25 302 Heard St., Elberton 30635 Johnson, Bobby W. 40 P. O. Box 122, Warrenton 30828 Joiner, Francis A. 48-Post 1 P. O. Box 151, Tennille 31089 Jones, Charles M. 76 206 E. Court St., Hinesville 31313 Jones, Milton 112-Post 2 908 - 2nd Ave., Columbus 31901 Jordan, George 82 Box 175, Douglas 31533 Jordan, W. Harvey 78 Leary 31762 Kaylor, Howard 4 Box 145, McCaysville 30555 Kirksey, Donald R. 87 Rt. 5, Box 222 Colquitt 31737 Knapp, G. Ed 109-Post 2 4435 Pio Nono Ave., Macon 31206 Laite, W. E. Bill, Jr. 109-Post 1 2948 Crestline Dr., Macon 31204 Lambert, Ezekiel Roy 38 104 Washington St., Madison 30650 Lambros, Nick G. 130 P. O. Box 13422, Atlanta 30324 Land, A. T., Sr. 53 Allentown 31003 Lane, Dick 126 2704 Humphries St., East Point 30044 Lane, W. Jones 64-Post 1 Box 484, Statesboro 30458 Lee, Wm. J. Bill 35-Post 1 RFD 1, Forest Park 30050 Lee, William S. (Billy) 79-Post 4 Royal Building Pine Jackson, Albany 31701 Leggett, Homer 21 13 Center St., Hiram 30141 Leonard, Gerald H. 3-Post 3 Box 246, Chatsworth 30705 Levitas, Elliott H. 118-Post 4 1352 Jody Lane, N.E., Atlanta 30329 Lewis, Preston B. 50-Post 1 Forest Dr., Waynesboro 30830 Longino, Young Hugh 122 P. O. Box 37, Fairburn 30213 Lovell, Fulton 6 Clayton 30525 Lowrey, Sidney 13-Post 1 Rt. 7, Rome 30161 Magoon, Harry 19 410 E. Franklin St., Hartwell 30643 Malone, W. B. 117-Post 3 5397 New Peachtree Rd., Chamblee 30005 Mason, James D. 22-Post 2 Rt. 1, Oak Rd., Snellville 30278 Matthews, Chappelle 29-Post 2 116 Shackleford Bldg, Athens 30601 Matthews, Dorsey R. 94-Post 2 Moultrie 31768 Mauldin, A. T. 18 P. O. Box 87, Carnesville 30521 Maxwell, Regnald, Jr. 106-Post 2 909 Marion Bldg., Augusta 30902 Melton, Quimby, Jr. 34-Post 1 Griffin Daily News, Griffin 30223 Merritt, Janet S. (Mrs. Samuel M.) 68-Post 2 234 W. Dodson St., Americus 31709 Miller, Mitch 108 3859 Mathis St., Macon 31206 Minge, Jerry Lee 13-Post 2 519 E. 11th St., Rome 30162 Mixon, Harry 81 P. O. Box 145, Ocilla 31774 Moate, Marvin E. 39 608 Rabun, Sparta 31087 Moore, Don C. 12 RFD 4, Toccoa 30577 Moore, John Harvey 20-Post 1 503 N. Cave Spring St., Cedartown 30125 Moreland, C. C. 28 969 Holly Hill Rd., Monroe 30655 Mullinax, Edwin G. (Ed) 42-Post 2 611 S. Piney Woods Dr., LaGrange 30240 Murphy, Thomas B. 26 Box 163, Bremen 30110 McClatchey, Devereaux F. 138 1045 Hurt Bldg, Altanta 30303 McCracken, J. Roy 49 312 Broad St., Avera 30803 McDaniell, Hugh Lee 101-Post 2 1231 Pebble Creek Rd., S. E., Marietta 30060 Nash, Norris J. 22-Post 1 P. O. Box 6, Lilburn 30247 Nessmith, Paul E., Sr. 64-Post 2 Rt. 4, Statesboro 30458 Newton, Albert Sidney 50-Post 2 RFD 4, Box 244, Millen 30442 Nimmer, S. D. 84 Blackshear 31516 Northcutt, Lamar Dailey 35-Post 3 5340 W. Fayetteville Rd., Rt. 2, College Park 30022 Odom, Colquitt Hurst 79-Post 2 1218 - 3rd Ave., Albany 31705 Oglesby, Jamie W. 92-Post 1 119 Parkway Dr., Thomasville 31792 Otwell, James A., Jr. 10 Cumming 30130 Pafford, Robert C. (Bobby) 97 Box 415, Lakeland 31635 Palmer, Tom 117-Post 2 3800 Montford Dr., Chamblee 30005 Paris, James W. 23 Winder 30680 Parker, Clarence A. 68-Post 1 Rt. 4, P. O. Box 1308, Americus 31709 Parker, H. Walstein 55 Rt. 6, Sylvania 30467 Parrish, Allen LaRue, Sr. 96 301 E. 4th St., Adel 31620 Peterson, David C. 59-Post 2 Kathleen 31047 Phillips, Glen S. 41 Harlem 30814 Pickard, Mac 112-Post 1 Box 1657, Columbus 31906 Poss, Edwin Carroll 17 RFD, Hull 30646 Potts, George W. 33-Post 2 Rt. 2, Newnan 30263 Ragland, Joe F. 109-Post 3 724 Forest Lake Dr., S., Macon 31204 Rainey, Howard H. 69-Post 1 201 - 8 St., S., Cordele 31015 Reaves, Henry L. 99 Rt. 2, Quitman 31643 Richardson, Willis J. (Dick), Jr. 116-Post 1 P. O. Box 158, Savannah 31402 Roach, Thomas A. 15 Ball Ground 30107 Townsend, Kiliaen V. R. 140 120 North Ave., N.W., Atlanta 30313 Tucker, Ray M. 36 P. O. Box 469, McDonough 30253 Turner, Cecil 123-Post 2 1779 Merton Rd., N.E., Atlanta 30306 Tye, J. Robert (Bob) 115-Post 1 15 Redwood Cir., Wilshire Estates, Savannah 31406 Underwood, Joe C. 61 Mt. Vernon 30445 Vaughan, David N., Jr. 14-Post 2 P. O. Box 534, Cartersville 30120 Vaughn, Clarence R., Jr. 117-Post 1 McDonough Rd., Conyers 30207 Walling, Robert H. 118-Post 3 1001 Oxford Rd., N.E., Atlanta 30306 Wamble, Burton M. 90 Rt. 1, Box 119, Cairo 31728 Ward, Bert 2 P. O. Box A, Ringgold 30736 Ware, J. Crawford 42-Post 1 17 Taliaferro Dr., Hogansville 30230 Wells, Hubert H. 30 P. O. Box 11, Watkinsville 30677 Westlake, James R. 119-Post 3 3930 West Side Pl., Ellenwood 30049 Whaley, George W., Jr. 115-Post 2 P. O. Box 197, Pooler 31322 Wiggins, William J. 32-Post 1 202 Tanner, Carrollton 30117 Williams, W. M. (Bill) 16-Post 1 710 Brenau Lane, Gainesville 30501 Wilson, Joe Mack 102-Post 1 306 Northcutt St., Marietta 30060 Wilson, Roger Wesley 109-Post 4 2975 King Alfred Dr., Macon 31204 Winkles, Fred L. 120 878 Falcon Dr., S.W., Atlanta 30311 Wood, Joe T. 16-Post 3 P. O. Box 303, Gainesville 30501

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MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY DISTRICTS AND POST OFFICES FOR THE TERM 1967-1968 District Representative Post Office 1-Post 1 Maddox J. Hale Trenton, 30752 1-Post 2 William J. Crowe P.O. Box 481, LaFayette, 30728 1-Post 3 Wayne Snow, Jr. Rt. 2, Chickamauga, 30707 2 Bert Ward P.O. Box A, Ringgold, 30736 3-Post 1 Jack H. Cole 1802 Elaine Way, Dalton, 30720 3-Post 2 Virgil T. Smith 609 Murray Hill Dr., Dalton, 30720 3-Post 3 Gerald H. Leonard P. O. Box 246, Chatsworth 30705 4 Howard Kaylor Box 145, McCaysville, 30555 5 Carlton Colwell Box 133, Blairsville, 30512 6 Fulton Lovell Clayton, 30525 7 James H. Sloppy Floyd Box 521, Trion, 30753 8 Tom L. Shanahan P.O. Box 427, Calhoun, 30701 9 Howard Simmons Ellijay, 30540 10 James A. Otwell, Jr. Cumming, 30130 11 Thomas T. Irvin Rt. 1, Mt. Airy, 30563 12 Don C. Moore RFD 4, Toccoa, 30577 13-Post 1 Sidney Lowrey Rt. 7, Rome, 30161 13-Post 2 Jerry Lee Minge 519 E. 11th St., Rome, 30162 13-Post 3 Richard L. (Dick) Starnes, Jr. 1001 Terrace Dr., Rome, 30161 14-Post 1 Joe Frank Harris 1 Valley Dr., Cartersville, 30120 14-Post 2 David N. Vaughan, Jr. P.O. Box 534, Cartersville, 30120 15 Thomas A. Roach Ball Ground, 30107 16-Post 1 W. M. (Bill) Williams 710 Brenau Lane, Gainesville, 30501 16-Post 2 J. Robert Cooper P.O. Box 119, Gainesville, 30501 16-Post 3 Joe T. Wood P.O. Box 303, Gainesville, 30501 17 Edwin Carroll Poss RFD, Hull, 30646 18 A. T. Mauldin P.O. Box 87, Carnesville, 30521 19 Harry Magoon 410 E. Franklin St., Hartwell, 30643 20-Post 1 John Harvey Moore 503 N. Cave Spring St., Cedartown, 30125 20-Post 2 Nathan D. Dean 4009 Third Ave., Rockmart, 30153 21 Homer Leggett 13 Center St., Hiram, 30141 22-Post 1 Norris J. Nash P. O. Box 6, Liburn, 30247 22-Post 2 James D. Mason Rt. 1, Oak Rd., Snellville, 30278 23 James W. Paris Winder, 30680 24 Mac Barber Commerce, 30529 25 Dr. A. S. Johnson, Sr. 302 Heard St., Elberton, 30635 26 Thomas B. Murphy Box 163, Bremen, 30110 27 Kent Dickinson Rt. 2, Douglasville, 30134 28 C. C. Moreland 969 Holly Hill Rd., Monroe, 30655 29-Post 1 Leon Farmer, Jr. 414-415 Southern Mutual Bldg., Athens, 30601 29-Post 2 Chappelle Matthews 116 Shackelford Bldg., Athens, 30601 30 Hubert H. Wells P. O. Box 11 Watkinsville, 30677 31 Ben Barron Ross Sunrise Drive, Lincolnton, 30817 32-Post 1 William J. Wiggins 202 Tanner St., Carrollton, 30117 32-Post 2 Jack E. Threadgill 404 Oak Ave., Carrollton, 30117 33-Post 1 D. B. (Brack) Blalock 40 Nimmons St., Newnan, 30263 33-Post 2 George W. Potts Rt. 2, Newnan, 30263 34-Post 1 Quimby Melton, Jr. Griffin Daily News, Griffin, 30223 34-Post 2 Clayton Brown, Jr. 550 S. Hill St., Griffin, 30223 35-Post 1 Wm. J. Bill Lee RFD 1, Forest Park, 30050 35-Post 2 Arch Gary 626 Valley Hill Rd., Riverdale, 30274 35-Post 3 Lamar Dailey Northcutt 5340 W. Fayetteville Rd,. Rt. 2, College Park 30022 36 Ray M. Tucker P. O. Box 469, McDonough, 30253 37 W. D. Ballard 405 Haygood St., Oxford, 30267 38 Ezekiel Roy Lambert 104 Washington St., Madison, 30650 39 Marvin E. Moate 608 Rabun, Sparta, 31087 40 Bobby W. Johnson P. O. Box 122, Warrenton, 30828 41 Glenn S. Phillips Harlem, 30814 42-Post 1 J. Crawford Ware 17 Taliaferro Dr., Hogansville, 30230 42-Post 2 Edwin G. (Ed) Mullinax 611 South Piney Woods Dr., LaGrange, 30240 43 Claude A. Bray, Jr. 111 Mayes Way, Manchester, 31816 44 J. R. Smith 498 Rose Ave., Barnesville, 30204 45 Harold G. Clarke Forsyth, 31029 46 John H. Hadaway Hillsboro, 31038 47-Post 1 J. Floyd Harrington Glenhaven, Milledgeville, 31061 47-Post 2 Philip M. Chandler P. O. Box 806 Milledgeville, 31061 48-Post 1 Francis A. Joiner P. O. Box 151, Tennille, 31089 48-Post 2 Emory L. Rowland 150 Bradford St., Wrightsville, 31096 49 J. Roy McCracken 312 Broad St., Avera, 30803 50-Post 1 Preston B. Lewis Forest Dr., Waynesboro, 30830 50-Post 2 Albert Sidney Newton RFD 4, Box 244, Millen, 30442 51 Johnnie Lafayette Caldwell 720 S. Church St. Thomaston, 30286 52 Daniel K. Grahl 1011 First St., Fort Valley, 31030 53 A. T. Land, Sr. Allentown, 31003 54 Geo. L. Smith II Swainsboro, 30401 55 H. Walstein Parker Rt. 6, Sylvania, 30467 56 J. Lucius Black Preston, 31824 57 Ward Edwards Butler, 31006 58 Carl Preston Savage, Sr., M.D. P. O. Box 32, Montezuma, 31063 59-Post 1 Paul Stalnaker 112 Patti Dr., Warner Robins, 31093 59-Post 2 David C. Peterson Kathleen, 31047 60-Post 1 Carlus D. Gay 1823 Pine Forest Cir., Dublin, 31021 60-Post 2 Dubignion (Dub) Douglas 1408 Edgewood Ave., Dublin, 31021 61 Joe C. Underwood Mt. Vernon, 30445 62 John F. Collins Box 407, Vidalia, 30474 63 Hines L. Brantley Metter, 30439 64-Post 1 W. Jones Lane Box 484, Statesboro, 30458 64-Post 2 Paul E. Nessmith, Sr. Rt. 4, Statesboro, 30458 65 Jack W. Shuman R.F.D. 1, Pembroke 31321 66 J. T. (Jake) Dailey 312 College St., Cuthbert, 31740 67 H. Goodwin Hall RFD 2, Leesburg, 31763 68-Post 1 Clarence A. Parker Rt. 4, P. O. Box 1308, Americus, 31709 68-Post 2 Janet S. Merritt (Mrs. Samuel M.) 234 W. Dodson St., Americus, 31709 69-Post 1 Howard H. Rainey 201-8 St., So., Cordele, 31015 69-Post 2 Rooney L. Bowen Box 323, Vienna, 31092 70 Dr. Frank P. Holder, Jr. Drawer 569, Eastman, 31023 71 John H. Anderson, Jr. Anderson Road, Hawkinsville, 31036 72 A. B. C. (Brad) Dorminy 701 W. Central Ave., Fitzgerald, 31750 73 Norman B. Doster Rochelle, 31079 74 E. O. (Gene) Branch Rt. 3, Baxley, 31513 75 Dewey D. Rush Rt. 4, Box 262, Glennville, 30427 76 Charles M. Jones 206 E. Court St., Hinesville 31313 77 Glenn Thomas, Jr. 166 Groveland St., Jesup, 31545 78 W. Harvey Jordan Leary, 31762 79-Post 1 George D. Busbee 1205 3rd Avenue, Albany, 31701 79-Post 2 Colquitt Hurst Odom 1218-3rd Avenue, Albany, 31705 79-Post 3 Richard S. (Dick) Hutchinson 915 6th Ave., Albany, 31705 79-Post 4 William S. (Billy) Lee Royal Building, Pine Jackson, Albany, 31701 80 W. J. Crowe Sylvester, 31791 81 Harry Mixon P. O. Box 145, Ocilla 31774 82 George Jordan Box 175, Douglas, 31533 83-Post 1 Ottis Sweat, Jr. 710 Baltimore Ave., Waycross, 31501 83-Post 2 Harry D. Dixon 1303 Coral Rd., Waycross, 31501 84 S. D. Nimmer Blackshear, 31516 85-Post 1 Reid Walker Harris First Natl. Bank Bldg., P. O. Box 460, Brunswick, 31520 85-Post 2 Richard Morgan Scarlett P. O. Box 190, Brunswick, 31522 86 William Mobley Howell P. O. Box 348, Blakely, 31723 87 Donald R. Kirksey Rt. 5, Box 222, Colquitt, 31737 88 Marcus Collins Route 1, Pelham, 31779 89-Post 1 Hubert Dollar 1805 Douglas Dr. Bainbridge, 31717 89-Post 2 Anthony Wallace Cato 1508 Botts St., Bainbridge, 31717 90 Burton M. Wamble Rt. 1, Box 119, Cairo, 31728 91 James L. Jimmy Conner P. O. Box 632, Hazlehurst, 31539 92-Post 1 Jamie W. Oglesby 119 Parkway Dr., Thomasville, 31792 92-Post 2 Henry P. Russell, Jr. Rt. 1, Boston, 31626 93 Henry Bostick P. O. Box 94, Tifton, 31794 94-Post 1 Billy Gene Fallin 2021 S. Main St., Moultrie, 31768 94-Post 2 Dorsey R. Matthews Moultrie, 31768 95-Post 1 B. Jack Sullivan 2411 Westwood Dr., Valdosta, 31603 95-Post 2 H. M. Barfield Hahira, 31632 95-Post 3 Jim T. Bennett, Jr. R.F.D., Smithbriar Dr., Valdosta, 31601 96 Allen LaRue Parrish, Sr. 301 E. 4th St., Adel, 31620 97 Robert C. (Bobby) Pafford Box 415, Lakeland, 31635 98 Robert Ward Harrison, Jr. P. O. Box 207, St. Marys, 31558 99 Henry L. Reaves Rt. 2, Quitman, 31643 100 William Burton Steis Hamilton, 31811 101-Post 1 G. Robert (Bob) Howard 206 Roswell St., Suite 202, Marietta, 30060 101-Post 2 Hugh Lee McDaniell 1231 Pebble Creek Rd., S.E., Marietta, 30060 102-Post 1 Joe Mack Wilson 306 Northcutt St., Marietta, 30060 102-Post 2 Dr. J. H. Jack Henderson Jr. 1290 Gresham Rd., Marietta, 30060 103 Bill Cooper Rt. 5, Powder Springs Rd., Marietta, 30073 104-Post 1 Richard A. Dent 2043 Rosalie St., Augusta, 30901 104-Post 2 Donald E. Cheeks 754 Metcalf St., Augusta, 30904 105-Post 1 R. Luke DeLong 2137 Balfour St., Augusta, 30906 105-Post 2 John H. Sherman, Jr. P. O. Box 1063, Augusta, 30903 106-Post 1 William M. Fleming, Jr. 1700-C Valley Park Ct., Augusta, 30902 106-Post 2 Regnald Maxwell, Jr. 909 Marion Bldg., Augusta, 30902 107 Carr Glover Dodson 3795 Bonita Place, Macon, 31204 108 Mitch Miller 3859 Mathis St., Macon, 31206 109-Post 1 W. E. Bill Laite, Jr. 2948 Crestline Dr., Macon, 31204 109-Post 2 Ed Knapp 4435 Pio Nono Ave., Macon, 31206 109-Post 3 Joe F. Ragland 724 Forest Lake Drive, South, Macon, 31204 109-Post 4 Roger Wesley Wilson 2975 King Alfred Dr., Macon, 31204 110-Post 1 C. Ed Berry P. O. Box 1422, Columbus, 31902 110-Post 2 Albert William Thompson 210 Ninth St., Columbus, 31901 111-Post 1 I. Lawrence Shields 2506 Techwood Dr., Columbus, 31906 111-Post 2 Roscoe Thompson 1725 Stark Ave., Columbus, 31906 112-Post 1 Mac Pickard Box 1657, Columbus, 31906 112-Post 2 Milton Jones 908 - 2nd Ave., Columbus, 31901 112-Post 3 Thomas B. Buck, III P. O. Box 196, Columbus, 31902 113-Post 1 Arthur M. Gignilliat, Jr. P. O. Box 949, Savannah, 31402 113-Post 2 Jack K. Berry P. O. Box 115, Savannah, 31402 114-Post 1 Alan S. Gaynor 902 Liberty Bank Bldg., P. O. Box 566, Savannah, 31401 114-Post 2 W. Lance Smith 17 East York St., Savannah, 31401 115-Post 1 J. Robert (Bob) Tye 15 Redwood Circle, Wilshire Estates, Savannah, 31406 115-Post 2 George W. Whaley, Jr. P. O. Box 197, Pooler, 31322 116-Post 1 Willis J. (Dick) Richardson, Jr. P. O. Box 158, Savannah, 31402 116-Post 2 Joseph A. (Joe) Battle 2308 Ranchland Drive, Savannah, 31404 116-Post 3 Arthur J. Funk 7 Grimball River Rd., Savannah, 31406 117-Post 1 Clarence R. Vaughn, Jr. McDonough Rd., Conyers, 30207 117-Post 2 Tom Palmer 3800 Montford Dr., Chamblee, 30005 117-Post 3 W. B. Malone 5397 New Peachtree Rd., Chamblee, 30005 117-Post 4 George W. Smith 2218 Deer Ridge Dr., Stone Mountain, 30083 118-Post 1 J. Robin Harris 250 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur, 30030 118-Post 2 Robert H. Farrar 2996 Majestic Circle, Avondale Estates, 30002 118-Post 3 Robert H. Walling 1001 Oxford Rd., N.E., Atlanta, 30306 118-Post 4 Elliott H. Levitas 1352 Jody Lane, N.E., Atlanta, 30329 119-Post 1 Walt Davis 3782 Snapfinger Rd., Lithonia, 30058 119-Post 2 L. F. Jenkins 1953 Boulder Hills Dr., Ellenwood, 30049 119-Post 3 James R. Westlake 3930 West Side Place, Ellenwood, 30049 119-Post 4 Joe S. Higginbotham 3147 Robindale Road, Decatur, 30030 120 Fred L. Winkles 878 Falcon Drive, S.W., Atlanta, 30311 121 Guy Hill 1074 Boatrock Rd., Atlanta, 30331 122 Young Hugh Longino P. O. Box 37, Fairburn, 30213 123-Post 1 Rodney M. Cook 3495 Valley Road, N.W. Atlanta, 30305 123-Post 2 Cecil Turner 1779 Merton Rd., N.E., Atlanta, 30306 123-Post 3 Goodwyn Shag Cates 3234 Roswell Rd., N.W., Atlanta, 30305 124 John Hood 1163 Windsor St., S.W., Atlanta, 30310 125 G. D. Adams, Jr. 532 St. Johns Ave., S.W., Atlanta, 30315 126 Dick Lane 2704 Humphries St., East Point, 30044 127 Dr. William J. Cox 324 E. Paces Ferry Rd., N.E., Atlanta, 30305 128 Tom Dillon 2528 Linda Lane, S.E., Atlanta, 30315 129 Charlie L. Carnes 1131 Custer Ave., S.E., Atlanta, 30316 130 Nick G. Lambros P.O. Box 13422 Atlanta, 30324 131 William A. (Bill) Sims, Jr. 715 Courtenay Drive, N.E., Atlanta, 30306 132 Rev. J. D. Grier, Jr. 596 Glen Iris Dr., N.E., Atlanta, 30308 133 William H. Alexander 859 Hunter St., N.W., Atlanta, 30314 134 J. C. Daugherty 202 Daugherty Bldg., 15 Chestnut St., S.W., Atlanta, 30314 135 Benjamin D. Brown 196 Napoleon Dr., S.W., Atlanta, 30314 136 Julian Bond 823 Drummond St., S.W., Atlanta, 30314 137 Mrs. Grace T. Hamilton (Mrs. H. C. Hamilton) 582 University Pl., N.W., Atlanta, 30314 138 Devereaux F. McClatchey 1045 Hurt Bldg., Atlanta, 30303 139 Haskew H. Brantley, Jr. 6114 Riverside Dr. N.W., Atlanta, 30328 140 Kiliaen V. R. Townsend 120 North Avenue, N.W., Atlanta, 30313 141 Michael J. Egan, Jr. 1500 1st Nat. Bank Bldg., Atlanta, 30303

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STATUS OF REFERENDUM ELECTIONS FOR THE YEARS 1953 THROUGH 1966 Georgia Laws Referendums Proposed Status Unknown Not Held Final Result 1953 (Jan./Feb.) 14 1 2 11 1953 (Nov./Dec.) 21 4 17 1955 17 1 1 15 1956 39 4 1 34 1957 24 1 23 1958 46 3 1 42 1959 35 1 34 1960 47 3 44 1961 27 1 26 1962 38 1 2 35 1963 39 1 5 33 1964 36 2 3 31 1964 Ex. Sess. 9 2 1 6 1965 23 3 20 1966 25 2 23 TOTALS 440 22 24 394

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REFERENDUM ELECTIONS1953-1965 The Act, approved March 4, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. sess., page 523), provides that the results of all referendum elections which are provided for by any local or special law enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia shall immediately be certified, by the authority holding such election, to the Secretary of State. In addition thereto, the citation of the Act involved and the purpose of such election shall be sent to the Secretary of State at the same time. Georgia Laws 1953, January-February session: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Carroll 3012 Town Mt. Zion 3-21-53 For 55 Agn 30 Chatham 2538 Taxation Not held DeKalb 3249 County Commissioners 5-13-53 For4445 Agn8483 Franklin 3030 County Commissioners 11- 2-54 For1152 Agn 565 Gilmer 3103 City of Ellijay 6- 1-53 For 69 Agn 151 Gilmer 588 City of Ellijay 6- 1-53 For 69 Agn 151 Gwinnett 3187 City of Lawrenceville 6-27-53 For 55 Agn 61 Irwin 2495 Tax Commissioner 11- 2-54 For 568 Agn 694 Mitchell 2577 City Treasurer of Camilla Not held Murray 2458 Town of Spring Place 5-19-53 For 36 Agn 48 Murray 2340 City of Chatsworth Status unknown Murray 2444 Tax Commissioner 4-21-53 For 553 Agn 261 Troup 2276 City of West Point 4- 1-53 For 250 Agn 112 Whitfield 2128 City Court of Dalton 3-26-53 For 210 Agn2613

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Georgia Laws 1953, November-December session: This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Burke 2049 County Commissioners 9- 8-54 For1833 Agn 648 Cherokee 2668 Certain county officers on salary basis 11- 2-54 For 913 Agn 674 Clayton 2855 City of Forest Park Status unknown Clayton 2029 City of Lake Tara 12- 9-53 For 64 Agn 229 Clayton 2064 City of Lake Tara Status unknown Coweta 2040 City of Newnan 2- 6-54 For1406 Agn 603 Crisp 2407 City of Cordele 10- 5-54 City vote: For202; Agn132 County vote: For 23; Agn252 Decatur 2197 City of West Bainbridge 1-11-54 For 200 Agn 527 DeKalb 2578 City of Decatur 10-21-54 For 466 Agn 827 Early 2282 City of Blakely 4-19-54 For 45 Agn 82 Elbert 2987 City of Elberton 3-23-54 For 958 Agn 248 Forsyth 2674 County indebtedness for building purposes Status unknown Greene 2455 County Commissioners 3-23-54 For1637 Agn1807 Habersham 2745 City of Clarkesville 2-16-54 For154 Agn 164

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Georgia Laws 1953, November-December session: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result McDuffie 2584 City of Thomson 3-12-54 For 253 Agn 290 Miller 2814 City Court of Miller County 9-8-54 Status unknown Richmond 2610 City of Augusta Status unknown Richmond 2476 City of Augusta 11-17-54 For 259 Agn 189 Sumter 2972 Tax Millage 1-12-54 For 382 Agn 431 Troup 2858 City of West Point 1-27-54 City vote: For140; Agn 6 Outside city vote: For 64; Agn 53 Twiggs 2570 County Commissioners 11-2-54 For 161 Agn 626 Georgia Laws, 1955: *Special election held May 31, 1955 and 2 additional members elected. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Baldwin 2830 County Commissioners 4-20-55* For1079 Agn 716 Clarke 3057 Merger city and county school systems 5- 4-55 For1124 Agn 564 Clayton 2781 City of Morrow 4-16-55 For 75 Agn 30 Clayton and Fulton 2884 City of College Park 5-14-55 For 46 Agn 13

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Georgia Laws, 1955: This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result DeKalb 2806 Form of government 5-18-55 (1) Single Com. for 750 Multiple Com. For5013 (2) Co. Exec. For2728 Co. Manager For2733 Elbert 2117 City Court of Elberton 3- 7-56 For4471 Agn 522 Fulton 2650 City of Hapeville Status unknown Gwinnett 3163 City of Lawrenceville 3-19-55 For 25 Agn 89 Hall 3040 Tax Commissioner 11-28-55 For2163 Agn 775 Hall 2627 Certain county officers on salary basis 11-28-55 For2144 Agn 826 Houston 2093 City of Warner Robins 4- 5-55 For 234 Agn 547 Jackson 2853 City of Commerce Not held Laurens 2620 City of Dublin 5-10-55 For 582 Agn1327 Lumpkin 2892 County Commissioners 4-13-55 For 337 Agn 109 Rockdale 2428 Certain county officers on salary basis 4-16-55 For 610 Agn 877 Tift 2344 City of Tifton 4-27-55 For 764 Agn 270 Wayne 2858 City of Jesup 4-27-55 For 383 Agn 206

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Georgia Laws, 1956: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Baldwin 2725 County Commissioners 4-3-56 For1394 Agn1385 Baldwin (1 of 2) 2865 City of Milledgeville 7-18-56 For107 Agn58 Baldwin (1 of 2) 2865 City of Milledgeville 10-15-56 For463 Agn243 Baldwin 3003 City of Milledgeville 7-18-56 For12 Agn51 Banks 2056 Supplemental salary for Sheriff 3-14-56 For1054 Agn1378 Barrow 3100 City of Winder 5-4-56 For13 Agn103 Carroll 2797 Judge, City Court of Carrollton 11-6-56 For1305 Agn2344 Carroll 2877 Police court of Whitesburg Status unknown Chattooga 2899 County Commissioner 9-12-56 For2142 Agn1167 Clayton (1 of 2) 2040 City Manager, City of Forest Park Status unknown Clayton (1 of 2) 2040 City of Forest Park Status unknown Clayton 2518 City of Mountain View 3-24-56 For341 Agn44 Clayton 2744 City of College Park 4-28-56 For28 Agn22 Colquitt 2399 Certain County officers on salary basis 2-28-56 For3864 Agn2411 Colquitt 2403 Tax Commissioner 2-28-56 For3939 Agn2540

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Georgia Laws, 1956: This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Colquitt 2830 City of Moultrie 10-1-56 * * City vote: West Moultrie Area: For1986; Agn169 Colonial Heights Area: For2002; Agn159 Crestwood Gardens Area: For2005; Agn167 East Moultire Area: For2004; Agn165 Tifton Highway Area: For1989; Agn173 Sylvester Drive Area: For1976; Agn175 Area vote: Area 1-West Moultrie Area: For99; Agn57 Area 2-Colonial Heights Area: For145; Agn83 Area 3-Crestwood Gardens Area: For27; Agn87 Area 4-East Moultrie Area: For41; Agn147 Area 5-Tifton Highway Area: For29; Agn107 Area 6-Sylvester Drive Area: For78; Agn144 DeKalb 2932 City Court of Decatur 5-16-56 For 12,520 Agn 5,846 DeKalb (1 of 2) 3237 Multiple commission form of government 5-16-56 For 18,393 Agn 2,001 DeKalb (1 of 2) 3237 Commission Chairman 5-16-56 For:(a) 4,743 For:(b) 15,300 Fayette 2022 Tax Commissioner 2-25-56 For 292 Agn 37 Glascock 3507 Traveling expenses for Sheriff 3-14-56 For 498 Agn 227 Gwinnett 2502 Tax Commissioner 11-6-56 For 3,383 Agn 1,641 Hall 3166 City of Lula 3-27-56 Belton vote: For64; Agn2 Lula vote: For35; Agn3

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Georgia Laws, 1956: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Houston 2510 City of Warner Robins 5-8-56 For215 Agn30 Jackson 2887 City Court of Jefferson 9-12-56 For972 Agn1556 Laurens 3267 City of Dublin Not held Miller 2799 Voting machines 9-12-56 For231 Agn580 Murray 3476 Chatsworth 8-25-56 For77 Agn109 Muscogee 2386 City of Columbus 9-12-56 City vote: For6179; Agn2356 Outside city vote: For516; Agn2070 Newton 2507 City of Covington 5-1-56 For109 Agn90 Richmond 2406 Sale of Allen ParkCity of Augusta 4-18-56 For7769 Agn3734 Spalding 2412 City of Griffin 4-17-56 City vote: For948; Agn595 Affected area For365; Agn400 Thomas 3159 Certain county officers on salary basis 4-24-56 For902 Agn939 Thomas 3510 Tax Commissioner 4-24-56 For876 Agn957 Troup 2827 City of Hogansville 7-18-56 City vote: For216; Agn117 Outside city vote: For41, Agn159

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Georgia Laws, 1956: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Troup 3078 City of Hogansville 7-18-56 For257 Agn276 Troup 3423 City of North West Point 4-25-56 For34 Agn111 Walker 2995 Town of Linwood Status unknown Whitfield 2093 City of Dalton 3-15-56 For985 Agn1831 Georgia Laws, 1957: This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. Bartow 2048 City of Cartersville 3-12-57 For1010 Agn314 Bulloch 2877 City of Statesboro 7-26-57 Area 1: For312; Agn14 Area 2: For312; Agn14 Area 3: For313; Agn13 Chatham 2003 City of Port Wentworth 3-20-57 For422 Agn128 Clarke 2033 City of AthensMayor and City Council 2-27-57 For617 Agn2112 Clarke 2036 RecorderCity of Athens 2-27-57 For714 Agn2047 Cobb 3020 City of Acworth 5-4-57 For73 Agn181 Coffee 2833 City Commissioners of City of Douglas 5-29-57 For485 Agn99

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Georgia Laws 1957: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Colquitt 2205 City of Moultrie 3-11-57 For 25 Agn 53 Cook 3253 County Commissioners 5-8-57 For 227 Agn 364 Dougherty 2595 City of Albany 5-20-57 For325 Agn 720 Douglas 2358 City of Douglasville 5-3-57 City vote: For50; Agn 53 Affected area: For 2; Agn164 Emanuel 3317 City of Swainsboro 10-14-57 City vote: For: Area 1 and 2 Outside city vote: For: Area 2 Agn: Area 1 Gwinnett 2669 City of Lawrenceville 3-23-57 For 27 Agn 4 Hancock 2341 City of Sparta Not held Henry 2121 County Commissioners 4- 6-57 For 784 Agn 924 Miller 2194 County Commissioners 4- 2-57 Majority vote for $5 per meeting Pickens 2332 Town of Jasper 4-17-57 City vote: For78; Agn 12 Outside city vote: For15; Agn213 Pickens 2400 Town of Jasper 4-17-57 For 75 Agn 10 Polk 2185 City of Cedartown 5- 8-57 For 656 Agn 934

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Georgia Laws 1957: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Pulaski 3353 City of Hawkinsville 4-30-57 For 115 Agn 266 Spalding 2809 City of Griffin 4-30-57 For 552 Agn 317 Twiggs 3002 County Commissioners 5-22-57 For 156 Agn 174 Walker 2419 Town of Linwood 4-27-57 For 71 Agn 29 Wilkinson 2383 Town of McIntyre 5-25-57 For 49 Agn 18 Georgia Laws, 1958: This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. Bacon 3378 City of Alma 7- 2-58 For 206 Agn 197 Baldwin 3302 County Commissioner 11- 4-58 For 932 Agn 717 Barrow 2338 City of Winder 6- 4-58 For 131 Agn 229 Bartow 2683 Tax Commissioner 9-10-58 For3590 Agn1254 Bartow 2866 Certain County officers on salary basis 9-10-58 For3462 Agn1356 Brooks 2859 City Commission of Quitman 5-27-58 For 173 Agn 74 Chatham 2617 Town of Thunderbolt 1-20-59 For 291 Ang 115 Chatham 3337 City of Savannah 5-27-58 For4024 Ang2283

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Georgia Laws 1958: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Chattahoochee 2554 Compensation of Sheriff 11- 4-58 For 55 Agn 30 Cherokee 2437 City of Canton 5- 7-58 For 119 Agn 483 Cherokee 2661 City of Canton 5- 7-58 For 223 Agn 37 Clayton 3022 City of Mountain View In litigation Clayton 3397 City of Forest Park Status unknown Clayton and Fulton 2309 City of College Park 5-19-58 For 2 Agn 0 Clayton and Fulton 2363 City of College Park 5-14-58 For 10 Agn 0 Colquitt 2441 City of Moultrie 7-14-58 (Area 6) For 53; Agn 1 7-21-58 (Area 7) For110; Agn79 7-28-58 (Area 8) For 31; Agn27 DeKalb 3318 City of Chamblee 5-10-58 City area vote: For 41; Agn 1 Affected area: For 91; Agn41 Dodge 2207 County Commissioners 3-18-58 For 571 Agn2997 Early 2829 City of Blakely 8-12-58 For 59 Agn 96

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Georgia Laws 1958: This is a summary of the result of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Emanuel 3143 City of Swainsboro 10-13-58 Parcel #1-City vote: For227; Agn15 Outside city: For143; Agn54 Parcel #2- City vote: For229; Agn15 Outside city: For 39; Agn40 Parcel #3- City vote: For230; Agn14 Outside city: For 24; Agn28 Fannin 3353 City of Blue Ridge 5-17-58 For 162 Agn 282 Franklin 2644 City of Carnesville 4-22-58 For 33 Agn 21 Fulton 2721 City of College Park 6- 3-58 For 738 Agn 340 Fulton Clayton 2453 City of College Park 5-19-58 For 2 Agn 0 Fulton Clayton 2854 City of College Park 5-14-58 For 0 Agn 0 Fulton Clayton 3212 City of East Point 7-16-58 For 63 Agn 28

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Georgia Laws 1958: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Gordon 2131 City of Calhoun 3-26-58 City vote: For234; Agn75 County vote: For203; Agn256 Hall 2279 Gainesville City Commission 4-1-58 For925 Agn169 Haralson 2820 Millage for education purposes. Not held as of 4-18-60 Henry 3127 Certain county officers on salary basis 5-21-58 For346 Agn206 Henry 3132 City of Stockbridge 4-30-58 City vote: For61; Agn75 Outside City: For16; Agn116 Henry 3200 City of Hampton 4-30-58 City vote: For92; Agn3 Outside City: For37; Agn9 Henry 3367 City of McDonough Status unknown Jasper 2922 City of Monticello 6-3-58 City vote: For147; Agn107 Outside City: For15; Agn50 Jeff Davis 3288 County Commissioners 4-19-58 For1025 Agn901 Lowndes 2624 City of Valdosta 4-14-58 For907 Agn243 Newton 2269 City of Covington 7-9-58 For151 Ang460 Polk 2468 Town of Van Wert 9-10-58 For7 Agn57

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Georgia Laws 1958: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Pulaski 2826 Tax Commissioner 11-4-58 For222 Agn235 Putnam 2980 City of Eatonton 6-11-58 For42 Agn257 Tift 2697 City of Tifton 5-7-58 For669 Agn48 Tift 2696 City of Tifton 4-30-58 For333 Agn286 Tift 2930 City of Tifton Commissioners 5-28-58 For338 Agn338 Ware 2763 City of Manor 5-17-58 For19 Agn100 Wilkes 2091 County Commissioners 11-4-58 For749 Agn98 White 3224 County Commissioners Not held Georgia Laws, 1959: This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of the Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. Bartow 2782 City of Cartersville 4-29-59 For79 Agn154 Bartow 2793 City of Cartersville 4-29-59 For3 Agn21 Bartow 2797 City of Adairsville 5-12-59 For77 Agn120 Bartow 2907 City of White (Sec. 2) 5-16-59 For7 Agn36 Bartow 2907 City of White 5-16-59 For27 Agn45

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Georgia Laws 1959: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Bartow 2920 City of Kinston 5-16-59 For49 Agn2 Catoosa 2161 County Commissioners 3-28-59 For718 Agn2430 Chattooga 2809 City of Summerville 5-23-59 For160 Agn462 Cherokee 2494 Certain County officers on salary basis 4-4-59 For1522 Agn509 Clayton Fulton 2499 City of College Park 5-18-59 For14 Agn38 Clayton Fulton 2508 City of College Park 5-18-59 For0 Agn0 Clayton Fulton 2516 City of College Park 5-18-59 For5 Agn0 Clayton Fulton 2521 City of College Park 5-18-59 For3 Agn0 Cobb 3142 City of AustellParcel #2 8-18-59 For7 Agn8 Cobb 3142 City of AustellParcel #3 8-4-59 For2 Agn11 Cobb 3142 City of AustellParcel #1 4-12-60 For5 Agn49 Colquitt 2397 TaxationCity of Norman Park 6-8-59 For50 Agn81 Dougherty 2091 County Commissioners 4-8-59 For755 Agn417 Dougherty 3064 City of Albany 5-25-59 For1413 Agn710 Douglas 2871 City of Lithia Springs 8-25-59 For241 Agn569

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Georgia Laws 1959: *See Cobb County1 of 4 elections held.**Certified copy of Order of Ordinary on file in this office, under date of January 5, 1960, declaring the election held August 11, 1959 to be null and void.This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Douglas 3142 City of AustellParcel#4* 8-11-59** For14 Agn15 Elbert 2627 County Commissioners 4-8-59 For804 Agn436 Elbert 2621 Tax Commissioner 4-8-59 For1041 Agn203 Elbert 2624 Certain County officers on salary basis 4-8-59 For1014 Agn228 Emanuel 2592 City of Twin City 5-4-59 For200 Agn162 Gwinnett 3161 City of Dacula 5-9-59 For82 Agn45 Habersham 2178 City of Cornelia 4-13-59 For102 Agn91 McDuffie 2568 County officials on salary system 6-30-59 For502 Agn75 Meriwether and Talbot 2534 City of Manchester 4-1-59 For109 Agn30 Newton 2780 City of Oxford 5-1-59 For30 Agn36 Polk 2171 City of Cedartown 5-19-59 City vote: For387; Agn75 County vote: For86; Agn291

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Georgia Laws 1959: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Polk 2732 Certain County officers on a salary basis 3-16-60 For4388 Agn1624 Toombs 2010 County Commissioners 4-8-59 For1510 Agn827 Turner 2575 County Commissioners Not held* Union 2053 County Commissioners 3-17-59 For810 Agn1629 Georgia Laws 1960: *Act declared unconstitutional by Turner Superior Court and no election held. Banks 3035 County Commissioners 9-14-60 For1197 Agn767 Berrien 3301 City of Nashville 11-8-60 For466; Agn418 Bibb 3223 Macon Bibb County incorporated 6-1-60 City vote: For1902; Agn4288 Outside City vote: For1902; Agn7368 Payne City vote: For 37; Agn 55 Chatham 2273 Town of Thunderbolt 1-17-61 For 151 Agn283 Chattooga 2715 Town of Trion 5-5-60 For 53 Agn 25 Clarke 2234 City of Athens 4-13-60 For270 Agn522 Cobb 2127 City of Smyrna Status unknown Coweta 3020 City of Newnan 4-30-60 For320; Agn146 Douglas and Cobb 2118 City of Austell 3-26-60 For 27 Agn 38

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Georgia Laws 1960: This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Dodge 2608 Town of Rhine 4-27-60 For 146 Agn 4 DeKalb 3158 City of Decatur 12- 7-60 Status unknown Emanuel 2360 County Commissioners 11- 8-60 For 877 Agn2080 Evans 2251 City of Claxton 5- 5-60 Proposed Area: For 32; Agn 62 Within City vote: For379; Agn107 Franklin 2143 County Commissioner Advisory Board 3- 9-60 For2296 Agn1038 Fulton Clayton 2849 City of College Park 5-14-60 For 6 Agn 0 Fulton Clayton 2854 City of College Park 5-16-60 For 21 Agn 15 Greene 3089 Tax Commissioner 4-28-60 For 801 Agn 823 Greene 3093 Certain County officers on salary basis 4-28-60 For822 Agn 835 Inside City vote: Henry 3297 City of McDonough 5-18-60 For61; Agn35 Outside City vote: Houston 2605 Tax Commissioner Agn 959 11- 8-60 For41; Agn83 Jefferson 2913 Town of Avera Status unknown For4057

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Georgia Laws 1960: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Lamar 2294 Certain County officers on salary basis 5-11-60 For 131 Agn 193 Liberty 2237 County Commissioners 3-30-60 For1096 Agn 573 Lowndes 3125 City of Valdosta 4-15-60 For 87 Agn 656 McIntosh 2888 Clerk Superior Court 5-28-60 Status unknown McIntosh 2893 Sheriff 5-28-60 Status unknown McIntosh 2899 Tax Commissioner 5-28-60 Status unknown McIntosh 2904 Ordinary 5-28-60 Status unknown Mitchell 2301 City of Camilla 4-27-60 City of Camilla For 45; Agn15 Mitchell County For8; Agn 1 Morgan 2518 Certain County officers on salary basis 3-15-60 For1894 Agn 332 Murray 3180 City of Spring Place Status unknown Polk 2111 City of Cedartown 3-22-60 For 74 Agn 50 Pulaski 2991 Clerk Superior Court 9-14-60 For 798 Agn 962 Pulaski 2995 Tax Collector 9-14-60 For 803 Agn 952 Pulaski 2998 Ordinary 9-14-60 For 805 Agn 949 Pulaski 3001 Sheriff 9-14-60 For 810 Agn 953 Pulaski 3009 Tax Receiver 9-14-60 For 777 Agn 952

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Georgia Laws 1960: This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Rabun 2417 City of Clayton 5-25-60 For 46 Agn 160 Rockdale 2028 City of Conyers 3-2-60 For 134 Agn 283 Stewart 2051 County Commissioner and creation of Advisory Board. 3-16-60 For 418 Agn 297 Walton 2056 Certain County officers on salary basis 3- 9-60 For3092 Agn 918 Walton 2063 County Commissioners 3- 9-60 For2748 Agn1117 Walton 2067 Tax Commissioner 3- 9-60 For3181 Agn 900 Wayne 2202 County Commissioners 3- 4-60 For 458 Agn1672 Whitfield 2003 County Commissioner 3- 2-60 For 955 Agn1042 Whitfield 2007 Certain County officers on salary basis 3- 2-60 For1272 Agn 746 Whitfield 2019 Tax Commissioner 3- 2-60 For1227 Agn 806

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Georgia Laws 1961: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Appling 2197 City of Baxley 4-18-61 For514 Agn292 Bartow 2782 City of Cartersville 6-10-61 For 6 Agn 44 Void 1 Bartow 3382 City of Cartersville 6-10-61 For 29 Agn 20 Void 3 Bartow 3469 City of Cartersville 6-10-61 For 205 Agn 159 Void 2 Bibb 2441 City of Macon 5-24-61 City vote: For1560; Agn 445 Outside City vote: For12269; Agn9037 Carroll 3118 City of Carrollton 5-20-61 For 267 Agn764 Void 7 Chatham 2969 City of Savannah 5-10-61 City of Savannah: For9176; Agn1679 Zone No. 1: For 886; Agn 759 Zone No. 2: For 123; Agn 277 Chatham 3072 Civil Service System 4-20-61 For 137 Agn 144 Chattooga 2658 City of Summerville 5-27-61 For 338 Agn 241 Colquitt 3041 City of Moultrie Not held

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Georgia Laws 1961: This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Early 2245 City of BlakelyNorth City Limits 6-13-61 For 61 Agn 56 Void 3 Early 2260 City of BlakelySouth City Limits 6-14-61 For 35 Agn 56 Void 1 Forsyth 2252 City of Cumming 4-1-61 City vote: For 108; Agn 26 Outside City vote: For 41; Agn 142 Gwinnett 2583 City of Norcross 5-20-61 City vote: For 45; Agn 25 Outside City vote: For 21; Agn 43 Gwinnett 3156 City of Suwanee 4-29-61 For 56 Agn 15 Laurens 2598 City of Dublin 8-2-61 For1077 Agn463 Meriwether 2760 City of Manchester 5- 3-61 For 614 Agn 322 Meriwether 3058 Creates Board County Commissioners 5-31-61 For 860 Agn 320 Meriwether 3223 Abolish office Treasurer 5-31-61 For 680 Agn 493 Meriwether 3416 Tax Commissioner compensation 5-31-61 For 940 Agn 243 Meriwether 3456 Certain County officers compensation 5-31-61 For 938 Agn 254 Monroe 2994 City of Forsyth 10- 4-61 For 668 Agn 245

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Georgia Laws 1961: *Result:City of RockmartFor: 669; Agn: 174Ward 1 For: 22; Agn: 36Ward 2 For: 0; Agn: 17Ward 3 For: 0; Agn: 0Ward 4 For: 6; Agn: 69Ward 5 For: 0; Agn: 1 County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Murray 3403 City of Spring Place 6-24-61 For 24 Agn 19 Pike 2704 City of Zebulon 5- 6-61 For 52 Agn 1 Polk 2931 City of Rockmart 12- 2-61 See below* Sumter 3251 City of Americus 5- 9-61 For 331 Agn 954 Void 6 Troup 2650 City of West Point 4-26-61 For 143 Agn 224

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Georgia Laws 1962: This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Bryan 2505 City of Richmond Hill 4- 4-62 For 153 Agn 119 Chatham 2707 Town of Pooler 4-26-62 For 110 Agn 114 Clarke 2677 City of Athens 5-23-62 For 643 Agn 521 Clarke 2751 City of Athens 4-25-62 For1228 Agn1361 Clayton Fulton 2592 City of College Park 5- 5-62 For 32 Agn 37 Clayton Fulton 2599 City of College Park 6- 1-62 For 214 Agn1061 Clayton Fulton 3084 City of College Park 5-26-62 For 4 Agn 160 Columbia 2713 City of Martinez 9-12-62 For 85 Agn 573 Emanuel 2359 Board of County Commissioners 11-6-62 For 450 Agn 484 Fulton 2473 City of East Point 5- 9-62 For 1 Agn 3 Fulton 2854 City of East Point 5- 9-62 For 1 Agn 6 Fulton 2861 City of East Point 5- 9-62 For 6 Agn 31 Fulton 3130 City of East Point 5- 9-62 For 25 Agn22 Gwinnett 2364 Unlawful to own and operate pinball machines, etc. 11- 6-62 For1737 Agn 638 Henry 2403 Town of Locust Grove 4-25-62 For 20 Agn 27 Jackson 2620 City of Jefferson Not held

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Georgia Laws 1962: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Jackson 2624 City of Commerce 12- 5-62 Inside City For385; Agn108 Outside City For 58; Agn237 Laurens 2528 Town of Dudley 3-28-62 For 29 Agn 4 Laurens 3052 Office of County Treasurer abolished Not Held Meriwether 2244 City of Manchester 3-28-62 For 234 Agn 66 Meriwether 2396 City of Manchester 3-28-62 For 251 Agn 47 Meriwether 2422 City of Manchester 3-28-62 For 224 Agn 67 Meriwether 2603 City of Manchester 3-28-62 For 231 Agn 76 Meriwether 2613 City of Manchester 3-28-62 For 227 Agn 57 Mitchell 2158 City of Camilla 4-24-62 For 15 Agn 0 Murray 2576 City of Chatsworth 6-23-62 For 143 Agn 183 Muscogee 2164 Columbus-Muscogee Board of Commissioners creation of 4-11-62 Muscogee County For6612; Agn9103 City of Columbus For5563; Agn6032 Newton 3072 City of Covington 4-25-62 For 550 Agn 167 Oglethorpe 3202 City Court of Lexingtonabolish 11- 6-62 For 392 Agn 180 Putnam 2440 Certain county officers, compensation 11- 6-62 For 626 Agn 129

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Georgia Laws 1962: This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Putnam 3048 Office of Tax Commissionercreated 11- 6-62 For 548 Agn 184 Terrell 2537 City of Dawson 7-11-62 Ext. 1Defeated Ext. 2Ratified Terrell 3186 City of Dawson Status unknown Upson 2074 City of Thomaston 4- 3-62 For 577 Agn 543 Warren 2981 Clerk Superior Court attend Court of Ordinary, when 11- 6-62 For281 Agn 313 Washington 3038 City of Tennille 5- 2-62 In proposed areas For 13; Agn44 In City Tennille For139; Agn58 Wayne 3110 Board of County Commissionerscreation of 11- 6-62 For 664 Agn 449 Wilkinson 2847 Town of McIntyre 4- 7-62 For 70 Agn 21

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Georgia Laws 1963: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Baker 2928 Tax Collector and Tax Receivercompensation 4-25-63 For 581 Agn 343 Baldwin 3035 Civil and Criminal Court of Baldwin County created 5-28-63 For 142 Agn 346 Bartow 2066 Sheriff's deputies and jailerscompensation 4-10-63 For 721 Agn 1170 Bartow 2070 Deputy Clerk of Superior Courtcompensation 4-10-63 For 545 Agn 1330 Bartow 2074 Clerical help in office of the Ordinarycompensation 4-10-63 For 666 Agn1230 Bartow 2078 Clerical help in office of the County Commissionercompensation 4-10-63 For 532 Agn1343 Bartow 2082 Deputy Tax Commissionerclerical helpcompensation 4-10-63 For 511 Agn1356 Bartow 2086 County to furnish sheriff's office with automobiles, equipment and uniforms 4-10-63 For 714 Agn 1172 Berrien 2627 Town of Enigma 6- 4-63 For 15 Agn 0 Bleckley 2382 Tax Commissionercreation of office 6- 5-63 For 209 Agn 436 Cherokee 2016 City of Canton 5- 1-63 For 45 Agn 29 Clayton 2723 Town of Lovejoy Not Held Clayton 2815 City of Riverdale Not Held Cobb 2781 Board of County Commissionerscreation of 1- 8-64 For2123 Agn4100 Colquitt 2203 City of Moultrie Status unknown DeKalb 3457 City of North Atlanta 7-11-63 For(1) 508 For(2) 55 For(3) 842

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Georgia Laws 1963: This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Dougherty 3630 City of Albany 7-29-63 For 1034 Agn1406 Emanuel 2583 City of Swainsboro 5-13-63 Inside City: For 243 A gn 44 Outside City: For 81 Agn 41 Fulton 2887 City of East Point Not Held Glynn 3249 City of Brunswick 10- 1-63 For 798 Agn 570 Hall 3552 Board of County Commissioners 9- 3-63 For1421 Agn1571 Henry 2609 Board of County Commissioners 5-15-63 For Sec. 1 669 For Sec. 2 624 Houston 3330 City of Warner Robins 5- 7-63 For 1127 Agn 776 Irwin 2602 Tax Commissionercreation of office For 91 Agn 279 Jackson 2575 City of Commerce 5-28-63 No Action Taken Meriwether 2332 City of Warm Springs No Action Taken Muscogee 2731 City of Columbus 6- 5-63 For3254 Agn1615 Newton 3017 Board of County Commissioners 5-15-63 For 333 Agn 669 Pulaski 3436 Tax Commissionercreation of office 6-18-63 For 354 Agn 321 Screven 2835 City of Sylvania 6- 4-63 For 160 Agn 79 Void 6

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Georgia Laws 1963: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Talbot 2185 Board of County Commissioners 5-22-63 For239 Agn295 Telfair 2482 City of McRae 5- 1-63 For130 Agn 3 Thomas 3402 City of Boston 5-20-63 For 45 Agn 126 Thomas 3405 City of Boston 5-20-63 For 52 Agn 127 Turner 2471 One member Board County Commissioner 4-24-63 For 249 Agn 603 Walton 2600 Tax Equalization Program 7-24-63 For1715 Agn1838 Ware 2237 Board of County Commissioners 5-30-63 For1727 Agn1373 Wilkes 2803 Certain County Officerscompensation 5-28-63 For1304 Agn 119 Wilkes 3447 Tax Commissionercompensation 5-28-63 For1281 Agn 130

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Georgia Laws 1964: This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Appling 2681 Sheriff, clerk superior court, tax collector and tax receivercompensation 6-17-64 For2543 Agn 848 Brooks 2776 City of Quitmancharter amendment Status unknown Chatham 2288 Town of Poolercharter amendment 4-15-64 For 124 Agn 61 Cherokee 2351 City of Woodstockcharter amendment Not held Cherokee 2431 City of Cantoncorporate limits 4- 8-64 For 174 Agn 394 Colquitt 2305 City of Moultriecharter amendment 10-20-64 For1174 Agn 613 Cook 2093 County Commissionersmethod of election 3- 4-64 For2003 Agn1612 Dodge 2954 City of Empirenew charter 6- 2-64 For 55 Agn 71 Fulton 2478 City of Union Citycharter repeal 5- 8-64 For 214 Agn 279 Gwinnett 2733 City of Suwaneenew charter 5-11-64 For 90 Agn 4 Hancock 2088 Sheriff, Ordinary and Clerk Superior Courtcompensation 4-22-64 For 251 Agn 64 Harris 2939 4-29-64 Inside: For 61 Agn 43 Outside: For 0 Agn 7 Hart 2028 Board of Financeelection members 9-9-64 Question A: 1,246 Question B: 873

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Georgia Laws, 1964 (continued) County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result McDuffie 2095 Board of county commissionerscreation of 4- 1-64 For 971 Agn1720 McDuffie 2104 Tax Commissionercreation of 4- 1-64 For 985 Agn1708 McDuffie 2107 Sheriffcompensation 4- 1-64 For 982 Agn1705 Meriwether 2154 Town of Greenvillecharter amendment Status unknown Meriwether 2412 City of Woodburycharter amendment 4-22-64 For 110 Agn 30 Monroe 2542 Board of county commissionersterms Not held Murray 2672 County Commissionercompensation 9- 9-64 For1868 Agn1763 Peach 2627 Board of county commissionerscreation of 4-29-64 (3 questions) For/Against approval of creation of board For 509 Agn 502 For election of board by people For 692 For election of board by Grand Jury Agn 93 Pickens 2066 Board of county commissionerscreation of 3- 4-64 For1822 Agn 144 Pickens 2078 City of Jaspercharter amendment 3-21-64 Inside City: For 43 Agn 3 Outside City: For 9 Agn 0 Thomas 2497 Sheriffcompensation 4-29-64 For1685 Agn 639 Tift 2208 City of Tiftoncommissioners powers 4-22-64 For 281 Agn 216 Tift 2361 City of Tiftoncharter amendment 4-22-64 For 136 Agn 368

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Georgia Laws, 1964 (continued) This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Tift 2900 Board of County Commissionersmembership 5-13-64 For1992 Agn1290 Tift 3069 Board of county commissionersprovide bids 5-13-64 For2592 Agn 738 Walker 2014 Ordinarycompensation 2-18-64 For4695 Agn 285 Walker 2018 Tax Commissionercreation of 2-18-64 For4673 Agn 251 Walker 2024 Clerk Superior Courtcompensation 2-18-64 For4655 Agn 298 Walker 2643 Fire prevention districtsestablishment 2-15-65 For 246 Agn 41 (Fire district commissionerselected) 3-22-65 For 3 member board 81 votes for each candidate Ware 2455 Tax Commissionercreation of Not held * * Ware CountyAct declared unconstitutional by court order and no election was held. Whitfield 2175 Board County Commissionerscreation of 3-20-64 For3817 Agn2807 Wilkinson 2314 Tax Commissionercreation of 11- 3-64 For 933 Agn 863

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Georgia Laws, 1964 (continued) County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Baker 2096 Sheriffprovide annual salary 7-15-64 For464 Agn529 Barrow 2347 City of Windercharter amendment 9-9-64 For507 Agn372 Cobb 2075 Board of county commissionerscreation of 7-8-64 For7297 Agn2791 Cobb 2179 City of Elizabethnew charter 10-6-64 Not certified Dooly 2052 City of Byromvillecorporate limits Not held Fulton 2342 City of Alpharettacorporate limits 8-22-64 For57 Agn104 Troup 2256 City of Hogansville(Ad valorem tax for school purposes) 9-2-64 For200 Agn410 Troup 2350 Small Claims and Committal Courtestablishment of LaGrange 11-3-64 ** ** Troup County: Vote not known; Ordinary advises that Act was not ratified. Worth 2116 City of Sylvesternew charter 12-2-64 For216 Agn32

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Georgia Laws, 1965: This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of the Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Appling 3142 Compensation of secretary of sheriff, tax commissions, etc. 11-8-66 For589 Agn556 Appling 3361 Providing for an annual audit, etc. 11-8-66 For733 Agn326 Baldwin 2306 City of Milledgevillecharter amendment 6-2-65 For544 Agn462 Baldwin 2316 Board of County Commissionersamended 4-7-65 For801 Agn1878 Brooks 3226 City of Quitmancharter amendment Status unknown Chatham 3181 Isle of Hopeprovide certain facilities Status unknown Crisp 2167 City of Cordelecharter amendment 4-28-65 Status unknown Decatur 2819 City of Bainbridgecharter amendment 4-7-65 For1148 Agn688 Decatur 3245 Small Claims Court of Decatur Countycreated 6-16-65 For447 Agn472 Dooly 2582 City of Unadillacharter amendment 7-20-65 For56 Agn115 Echols 3160 City of Statenvillecharter amendment 7-14-65 For72 Agn75 Fulton 3391 City of College Parkcharter amendments Status unknown Habersham 2727 City of Corneliacharter amendment 5-12-65 For92 Agn123 Houston 2650 City Court of Warner Robinscreation of, etc. 6-22-65 For1847 Agn1657 Jackson 3408 City of Jeffersoncharter amendments Status unknown

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Georgia Laws, 1965 (continued): REFERENDUM ELECTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1965 County Page No. SUBJECT Election Date of Result Liberty 3342 Town of Allenhurstcreation of 5-10-65 For51 For0 Madison 3068 Compensation of certain county officers 6-16-65 * * Creating Act provides that this Act shall become effective on the date which receives more than one half of the votes cast in such election. Eff. 1-1-66 For1384 Eff. 1-1-67 For422 McDuffie 2480 Changes compensation of coroner 5-12-65 For105 Agn58 Putnam 2862 Compensation of county commissioners 6-16-65 For183 Agn199 Thomas 2680 Creation of fire protection districts 6-16-65 ** ** Creating Act provides that the votes shall be tabulated separately for each respective Fire District. If more than one half of the votes cast in any Fire District, are for approval of the Act the Act shall become of full force in Fire District. Otherwise it shall be void and of no such effect in Fire District. Fire Dist. No. 1 For226 Agn49 Fire Dist. No. 2 For116 Agn46 Fire Dist. No.3 For364 Agn535 Tift 2541 Change compensation of ordinary 6-16-65 For953 Agn353 Tift 2608 Compensation of clerk superior court 6-16-65 For952 Agn381 Tift 2705 Compensation of tax commissioner 6-16-65 For943 Agn361

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Georgia Laws, 1966: This is a summary of the results of referendum elections which are of file and record in the office of the Secretary of State. Referral to the page number, indicated in the second column, will enable the reader to determine the results of the individual referendum elections. County Page No. SUBJECT Election Date of Result Appling 2754 Board of County Commissioners 11-8-66 For728 Agn479 Atkinson 2107 County Court of Atkinson County 11-8-66 For1004 Agn704 Bartow 2144 City of Adairsville 4-2-66 For167 Agn48 Bartow 2454 City of Adairsville 4-2-66 For210 Agn105 Bryan 2466 City Court of Pembroke 9-14-66 For368 Agn1148 Bulloch 2316 City of Statesboro 11-8-66 For265 Agn183 Fulton 3337 City of Atlanta 5-11-66 Sandy Springs For-2504 Agn-5173 Adamsville For-198 Agn-151 Floyd 3129 Floyd School District 4-12-66 For1459 Agn3759 Habersham 2404 City of Cornelia 4-27-66 For150 Agn115 Habersham 2625 City of Cornelia 4-27-66 For149 Agn114 Habersham 3102 City of Cornelia 4-27-66 For144 Agn118

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Georgia laws, 1966: County Page No. SUBJECT Date of Election Result Habersham 3144 City of Cornelia 4-27-66 For- 157 Agn- 105 Hall 3305 Recreating the Board of County Commissioners 11-8-66 For- 4842 Agn- 4335 Irwin 2472 Office of Tax Commissioner 4-27-66 For- 184 Agn- 387 Jackson 3025 City of Jefferson Not held Jeff Davis 2352 Creation of the City of Denton 4-6-66 For- 162 Agn- 58 Meriwether 2266 Compensation - Certain County Officers 11-8-66 For- 1495 Agn- 2994 Meriwether 2521 Town of Luthersville 5-7-66 For- 40 Agn- 19 Meriwether 3318 City of Woodbury 5-11-66 For- 27 Agn- 6 Meriwether 3403 City of Greenville 5-4-66 For- 24 Agn- 19 Miller 2867 City of Colquitt Not held Miller 3372 Small Claims Court of Miller Co. 5-4-66 For- 180 Agn- 153 Pike 3170 City of Zebulon 4-30-66 For- 89 Agn- 14 Stephens 2628 County Commissioners 11-8-66 For- 1443 Agn- 1554 Wayne 3099 City of Jesup 5-25-66 For- 1083 Agn- 603

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A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR: WHEREAS: Pursuant to the provisions contained in the proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the State of Georgia, an Executive Proclamation was issued and published as provided in said Acts and as required by the Constitution of this State, submitting the following proposed Amendments for ratification or rejection by the qualified voters of the State at the General Election held Tuesday, November 8, 1966, and the following are the votes received. FOR AGAINST 1. Amendment to authorize establishment of area schools and area school districts by local referendum including special schools such as vocational trade schools, schools for exceptional children, and schools for adult education, and for their organization, management, financing; and to authorize contracts between boards of education and expenditure of school tax funds for public education purposes; and to preserve special schools heretofore established. 351,547 124,061 (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1026) 2. Amendment to authorize the General Assembly to create public corporations with the power to issue revenue obligations for the purpose of developing industrial facilities and to empower the General Assembly to authorize the various counties, municipalities and political subdivisions to issue revenue obligations for such purposes. 194,117 262,333 (Ga. L. 1966 P. 991) 3. Amendment to provide for the payment for taking or damaging private property for public road and street purposes, in order to authorize the state to require the removal of existing outdoor advertising and the removal or screening of existing outdoor junk yards or other installations interfering with the natural beauty of the highway and surrounding landscape, so as to prevent the loss of large sums of Federal money. 305,819 158,332 (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1070) 4. Amendment to authorize the General Assembly to appropriate funds to any State department or other State Agency for the purpose of being used to obtain funds from the Federal Government for educational scholarships, educational loans and other educational purposes and to authorize such State departments and other State agencies to use the funds so appropriated and the funds received from the Federal Government for the purpose authorized and directed by the Federal Government in making such funds available. 294,201 134,321 (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1078) 5. Amendment to require notice of candidacy for write-in candidates. 276,135 162,637 (Ga. L. 1965 P. 765) 6. Amendment to provide a method whereby the manner of electing or appointing members of county boards of education and county school superintendents, their term of office, residence requirements, method of filling vacancies, and the number of members on county boards, may be changed by local or special law and local referendum thereon, and their qualifications, powers, duties and compensation be as provided by law. 309,983 138,368 (Ga. L. 1966 P. 761) 7. Amendment to authorize the General Assembly to provide for the exemption from taxation of all facilities installed for the primary purpose of reducing air or water pollution. 312,791 135,497 (Ga. L. 1966 P. 993) 8. Amendment to allow the General Assembly to set different residence requirements for persons to be eligible to vote in national elections and State elections. 262,009 184,113 (Ga. L. 1966 P. 995) 9. Amendment to provide home rule for counties 311,953 137,761 (Ga. L. 1965 P. 752) 10. CANCELLED 11. Amendment to authorize the Department of Industry and Trade to participate in the operation of certain facilities for the promotion of tourism in the State of Georgia. 309,756 129,789 (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1024) 12. Amendment to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for the indemnification with respect to death, personal injury or property damage sustained in preventing the commission of a crime against the person or property of another, in apprehending a criminal, or in materially assisting a peace officer in prevention of a crime or apprehension of a criminal. 329,792 106,880 (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1048) 13. Amendment to authorize the State Board of Vocational Education to accept and dispense Federal funds in accordance with the terms of the grant of such funds including disbursement thereof to non-profit corporations or associations engaged solely in vocational rehabilitation work. 303,885 136,820 (Ga. L. 1966 P. 998) 14. Amendment to declare public transportation of passengers for hire to be an essential governmental function and a public purpose for which the power of taxation of this State may be exercised and its public funds expended. 241,654 196,501 (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1080) 15. Amendment to provide that service at Gracewood State School and Hospital or any other facility operated by or under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Public Health shall be applicable service for the repayment of medical loans and scholarships and that such service shall be retroactive. 306,419 124,237 (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1082) 16. Amendment to change the provisions relating to the powers of county governments. 227,814 190,749 (Ga. L. 1965 P. 758) 17. Amendment to change the provisions relating to the powers of county governments. 233,034 176,894 (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1066) 18. Amendment to provide that superior court judges shall be elected only by the electors residing in the circuit in which the superior court judge is to serve. 351,820 112,482 (Ga. L. 1966 P. 819) 19. Amendments to provide that solicitors general shall be elected only by the electors residing in the circuit in which the solicitor general is to serve. 342,163 111,339 (Ga. L. 1966 P. 987) 20. Amendment to provide that the General Assembly may determine agricultural products affected with a public interest; provide for regulation of the handling, production and sale thereof; and may delegate to any Agricultural Commodity Commission or other State agency its powers with respect thereto and with respect to promotion of marketing and sale thereof. 168,793 256,668 (Ga. L. 1965 P. 738)

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THEREFORE: I, Carl E. Sanders, Governor of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim that general Amendments Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, having been ratified according to the Constitution of this State according to the results of the General Election, certified to me by the Secretary of State, are hereby declared to be a part of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, effective this date. Amendments Nos. 2 and 20, not having been ratified are hereby declared not to be a part of the Constitution of Georgia, effective this date. Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State of Georgia, in the City of Atlanta, this the twenty-eighth day of November 1966, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the One Hundred and Ninety-first.

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A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR: WHEREAS: Pursuant to the provisions contained in the proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the State of Georgia, an Executive Proclamation was issued and published as provided in said Acts and as required by the Constitution of this State, submitting the following proposed local amendments for ratification or rejection by the qualified voters of the State at the General Election held Tuesday, November 8, 1966, and the following are the votes received by each such local Constitutional Amendment in the particular County or Counties affected by each such local Amendment to-wit: FOR AGAINST APPLING COUNTY 1053 447 21. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Appling County Industrial Development Authority and to provide for powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedures connected therewith. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 797) BAKER COUNTY 236 37 22. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Baker County Industrial Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 697) BARROW COUNTY Barrow County School District 919 1,126 Independent School District of City of Winder 872 407 23. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Barrow County School System by merging the independent school system of the City of Winder and the county school system of Barrow County into one school district; to create a Board of Education of said System and to provide for a School Superintendent of said System. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1017) BARTOW COUNTY 1,870 753 City of Adairsville 275 88 24. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Adairsville Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 912) BERRIEN COUNTY 816 492 25. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the governing body of Berrien County to levy an annual ad valorem tax to be used in assisting, promoting and establishing new industries and the expansion of agriculture, trade and commerce therein. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 678) BIBB COUNTY 10,527 9,453 26. Amendment to the Constitution so as to empower the governing authority of Bibb County to adopt, revise, amend and modify pension, disability, and retirement plans and to levy a tax to pay therefor in whole or in part. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 881) BIBB COUNTY 10,862 9,200 27. Amendment to the Constitution so as to empower the governing authority of Bibb County to levy a tax or contribute to the payment of insurance premiums for group life insurance, as well as for group hospital, surgical and medical care for employees. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 835) BIBB COUNTY 9,095 9,563 28. Amendment to the Constitution so as to empower the governing authority of Bibb County to establish, maintain, alter and discontinue a system or systems of recreation and to levy a tax to pay the cost thereof. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 830) BLECKLEY COUNTY 733 204 City of Cochran 555 146 29. Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the Bleckley-Cochran Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1042) BROOKS COUNTY 1,898 546 30. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Brooks County Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 870) BULLOCH COUNTY 1,231 455 City of Statesboro 1,138 193 31. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Statesboro and Bulloch County Development Authority and to provide for powers, authority, limitations, funds, purposes, and procedures connected therewith and to authorize the Authority to issue its bonds and to provide the method and manner of such issuance and validation and the effect thereof. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1002) CAMDEN COUNTY 290 1,267 32. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Camden County Development Authority and to provide for powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedures connected therewith. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 884) CAMDEN COUNTY 56 165 City of Woodbine 33. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the City of Woodbine Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 845) CATOOSA COUNTY 1,409 2,099 34. Amendment to the Constitution so as to remove the authority of the board of tax administrators for Catoosa County to levy taxes. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 944) CATOOSA COUNTY 1,430 1,405 35. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Catoosa County Development Authority, and to provide for powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedure connected therewith. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 781) CHATHAM COUNTY 4,151 2,213 City of Savannah 6,733 3,104 36. Amendment to the Constitution so as to change the name of the Savannah District Authority to `Savannah Port Authority,' and to provide for an increase in the membership of such authority and confirm its corporate succession. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 675) CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY 103 35 37. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the governing authority of Chattahoochee County to assess and collect license fees and taxes upon businesses located in Chattahoochee County outside the limits of any incorporated municipality. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1063) CHATTOOGA COUNTY 1,732 356 38. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Chattooga County Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 804) CHEROKEE COUNTY 1,786 1,036 39. Amendment to the Constitution so as to change the provisions relating to elections for the members of the Cherokee County Board of Education and to change the provisions relating to the filling of vacancies on the Cherokee County Board of Education. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1075) CHEROKEE COUNTY 2,018 798 40. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Cherokee County Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 938) CLARKE COUNTY 1,386 647 City of Athens 4,956 954 41. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by local act for the creation of a Charter Commission to study all matters relating to the consolidation of the government of the Mayor and Council of the City of Athens and Clarke County and for the establishment of a successor government with powers and jurisdiction throughout the territorial limits of Clarke County and to draft a proposed charter to create such successor government, which proposed charter shall be submitted to the voters of Clarke County for approval or rejection in such manner as the General Assembly shall provide by said local act. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1050) CLARKE COUNTY Clarke County School District 5,961 2,337 42. Amendment to the Constitution so as to increase the membership of the board of education of Clarke County from nine to eleven members. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 834) CLAYTON COUNTY 4,933 6,224 43. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the governing authority of Clayton County to levy a tax not exceeding one-fourth mill on all of the taxable property in the county for the purpose of creating a fund to be used in assisting, promoting, and encouraging the location of industries in Clayton County, and to provide that said fund may be used to pay the expenses incidental to the above set forth purposes. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 875) COBB COUNTY 11,038 11,041 44. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize Cobb County to install, construct, extend, repair and improve sidewalks in the incorporated as well as in the unincorporated areas of Cobb County and to issue general obligation bonds in order to finance said projects. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 852) COBB COUNTY 11,716 9,554 45. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for a Zoning and Planning Commission for the unincorporated and/or incorporated areas of Cobb County and for various codes in connection therewith. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 877) COBB COUNTY Cobb County School District 7,625 10,387 46. Amendment to the Constitution so as to change the compensation of the members of the Board of Education of Cobb County. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1032) COBB COUNTYCity of Marietta 1,429 2,498 47. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the City of Marietta, in addition to all other debts which the city is authorized to incur and in addition to all debt limitations imposed upon said city, to incur additional indebtedness not to exceed seven percent (7%) of the assessed value of all taxable property located in said city for school purposes only. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 832) COBB COUNTY 7,942 11,615 48. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to establish a county manager form of county government, without regard to uniformity, for Cobb County. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 763) COBB COUNTY 2,217 1,666 49. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the City of Marietta to create additional indebtedness and levy additional taxes for educational purposes. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 680) COBB COUNTY 50. Amendment to the Constitution so as to prohibit the incorporation of any territory within the limits of Cobb County by any municipality, the major portion of which is located outside the territorial limits of Cobb County, without the approval of the voters of Cobb County. #Cobb County and every municipality within the State, the major portion of which is located outside of Cobb County. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 741) COLUMBIA COUNTY 848 364 51. Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the General Assembly may grant to the governing authority of Columbia County the right to construct and repair streets and sidewalks and to lay curbing, water and sewer mains in certain areas of Columbia County and to assess the costs thereof pro rata against the abutting property owners, provided the owners of 75% of the property abutting such improvements shall consent thereto. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 858) #See attached listing for Cobb County and municipality votes. COOK COUNTY 152 783 City of Adel 374 458 52. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Cook County Industrial Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 727) COWETA COUNTY 1,737 1,730 53. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Coweta County Development Authority and to provide for powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedure connected therewith. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1101) CRAWFORD COUNTY 248 678 54. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to consolidate and combine the offices of the clerk of the superior court and the ordinary of Crawford County into one office. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 795) CRAWFORD COUNTY(Except for any independent school system located therein) 196 723 55. Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the appointment of the county school superintendent of Crawford County by the Crawford County board of education. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 725) CRISP COUNTYCity of Cordele 1,258 459 56. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the City of Cordele to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of financing the costs of paving or otherwise repairing and constructing streets and sidewalks and the relocation and repairing of utility and drainage facilities and to assess the cost thereof against abutting property owners for the repayment of such bonds. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 750) DEKALB COUNTY 39,897 20,284 57. Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the establishment of sanitary districts and service charges for garbage disposal facilities within DeKalb County, DOUGLAS COUNTY 1,835 724 City of Douglasville (No Vote Shown) 58. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create a Douglasville-Douglas County Industrial Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 891) ECHOLS COUNTY 508 50 59. Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the appointment of members of the Echols County Board of Education on a district basis. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 750) ECHOLS COUNTY 399 53 60. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Echols County Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 710) ELBERT COUNTY 367 924 City of Elberton 803 954 City of Bowman 59 188 61. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Elbert County Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1034) ELBERT COUNTY 1,205 1,766 62. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize Elbert County to establish and maintain a program of recreation for the citizens of Elbert County. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1000) FANNIN COUNTY Fannin County School District 1,686 474 63. Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the election of the County School Superintendent of Fannin County by the people, and to provide for the filling of vacancies on the County Board of Education of Fannin County. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 762) FLOYD COUNTY 4,189 2,722 64. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize Floyd County, in unincorporated areas, to construct, pave, maintain and improve public streets, roads, curbing, guttering drainage, street lights and sidewalks and assess all or a portion of the cost of same against abutting property and the owners thereof with the approval of a majority of said abutting property owners. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 906) FLOYD COUNTY 4,035 2,844 65. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize and empower the governing authority of the County of Floyd to establish and administer water, sanitation, sewerage and fire protection districts, and to levy taxes, to issue bonds and have the power of eminent domain in connection therewith. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 752) FULTON COUNTY 52,424 15,251 66. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize Fulton County, in unincorporated areas, to operate sanitary landfills, and provide for the disposal of garbage, refuse and waste. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 925) FULTON COUNTY County 15,579 7,350 City 31,425 12,089 67. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize Fulton County to engage in recreational activities in cities of not more than 5,000 persons. #Fulton County and all municipalities therein with a population of 5,000 or less. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 924) FULTON COUNTY 47,048 19,272 68. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize Fulton County to regulate and license businesses in the unicorporated areas of Fulton County. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 909) GLYNN COUNTY 1,394 2,090 City of Brunswick 1,403 1,059 69. Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide additional definitions relating to the Brunswick and Glynn County Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 910) GLYNN COUNTYCity of Brunswick 1,704 1,196 70. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the governing body of the City of Brunswick to levy an annual ad valorem tax upon the taxable real property located within Downtown Brunswick and to provide for the powers, authority, funds, purposes, and procedure connected therewith. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 929) GLYNN COUNTY 1,665 2,479 City of Brunswick 1,943 896 * * See amended proclamation 71. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by local act for the creation of a Charter Commission to study all matters relating to the consolidation of the governments of the City of Brunswick and Glynn County and for the establishment of a successor government with powers and jurisdiction throughout the territorial limits of Glynn County and to draft a charter to create such government. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 823) GORDON COUNTY 1,204 443 72. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Gordon County Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1056) GWINNETT COUNTY 6,125 3,155 73. Amendment to the Constitution so as to empower the Clerk of the Superior Court of Gwinnett County to issue criminal warrants. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1062) GWINNETT COUNTY 5,054 5,282 74. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create a five-member Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Gwinnett County and to provide for a county manager form of government therein. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 970) GWINNETT COUNTY 6,599 3,089 75. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the governing authority of Gwinnett County to establish and administer fire protection districts and sewerage districts in said county. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 856) HABERSHAM COUNTYHabersham County School District outside of Independent School District of Tallulah Falls 1,107 713 76. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the County Board of Education of Habersham County to borrow funds and pledge certain building funds to the payment thereof. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 927) HALL COUNTYHall County School District outside of Independent School District of City of Gainesville. 2,027 4,589 77. Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the county school superintendent of Hall County shall be appointed by the Board of Education of Hall County. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 989) HANCOCK COUNTY 516 187 City of Sparta (No Vote Shown) 78. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Hancock County Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 809) HEARD COUNTY [Illegible Text] 360 79. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Heard County Development Authority and to provide for powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedures connected therewith. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 744) HENRY COUNTY Henry County School District [Illegible Text] 2,390 80. Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the appointment of the county school superintendent of Henry County by the Board of Education of Henry County. Ga. L. 1966 P. 922) HENRY COUNTY Henry County School District 2,141 1,282 81. Amendment to the Constitution so as to change the terms of office and provide for staggered terms for members of the Board of Education of Henry County and to provide for the election of the members of the Board by the voters of the entire county. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 919) HENRY COUNTY 2,173 1,121 82. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Henry County Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 853) LAURENS COUNTY Laurens County School District 1,908 3,601 Independent School District of City of Dublin 1,606 1,001 83. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Dublin-Laurens County School System by merging the independent school system of the City of Dublin and the county school system of Laurens County. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 872) LUMPKIN COUNTY Lumpkin County School District 402 955 84. Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the appointment of the county school superintendent of Lumpkin County by the Board of Education of Lumpkin County. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1058) MADISON COUNTY 675 234 85. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Madison County Industrial Development and Building Authority. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 718) MARION COUNTY Marion County School District 307 79 86. Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the election of the members of the Board of Education of Marion County by the people. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 742) MILLER COUNTY 130 816 87. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Miller County Development Authority, and to provide for powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedures connected therewith. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 690) MONROE COUNTY 826 198 88. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Monroe County Industrial Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 755) MONTGOMERY COUNTY 350 286 89. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Montgomery County Development Authority; to provide for the powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedure of such Authority; to provide for the levy of a tax of one mill in Montgomery County to provide funds for such Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 899) MONTGOMERY AND TOOMBS COUNTIES Montgomery County 331 346 Toombs County 361 303 City of Vidalia 994 176 90. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the Vidalia Development Authority to extend its activities into Montgomery County and to provide the procedure connected therewith. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 997) MORGAN COUNTY 605 268 91. Amendment to the Constitution so as to add two additional members to the Board of Education of Morgan County. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1060) MURRAY COUNTY 689 175 92. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Murray County Industrial Development Authority and to provide for powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedures connected therewith. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 963) MUSCOGEE COUNTY 2,066 1,199 City of Columbus 7,243 2,678 93. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Columbus and Muscogee County Building Commission and to provide for powers, authority, limitations, funds, purposes and procedures connected therewith and to authorize the Commission to issue its bonds and to provide the method and manner of such issuance and validation and the effect thereof. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 946) MUSCOGEE COUNTY 2,118 1,378 City of Columbus 7,394 2,287 94. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly by law to consolidate and combine the County of Muscogee and City of Columbus Boards of Tax Assessors into a single Board of Tax Assessors for said city and county. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 894) MUSCOGEE COUNTY 1,909 1,531 City of Columbus 7,554 2,563 95. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to consolidate the governing bodies of the County of Muscogee and the City of Columbus, Georgia into a single governing body for both Muscogee County and Columbus, Georgia. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 879) MUSCOGEE COUNTYMuscogee County and every municipality located therein. Muscogee County 2,103 1,220 City of Columbus 7,926 4,442 Bibb City 38 15 96. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly, after recommendation by the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Muscogee County and any municipality located within the limits of Muscogee County, to combine and consolidate administrative boards, bureaus, public agencies, offices, officers, or any other administrative departments of Muscogee County with administrative departments of any municipal corporation located in Muscogee County. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 817) MUSCOGEE COUNTY 9,852 3,355 97. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize Muscogee County to create a Columbus-Muscogee County Port Development Commission and to define the powers, authority, funds and other matters connected with the functioning of said Commission. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 702) OGLETHORPE COUNTY 838 678 98. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for the election of the members of the Board of Education of Oglethorpe County by the people and to provide for the procedure connected therewith and to provide for the appointment of the county school superintendent of Oglethorpe County by the Board. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 764) PICKENS COUNTYCity of Jasper 150 39 99. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the City of Jasper Industrial Development Authority; to provide for powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedure connected therewith; to provide for issuing revenue bonds and for the validation of such bonds. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1086) PIERCE COUNTY 1,070 172 100. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Pierce County Industrial Development and Building Authority. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 683) POLK COUNTY Polk County School District 1,724 597 Independent School District City of Cedartown 2,091 506 101. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Polk School District by merging the county school system of Polk County and the independent school system of the City of Cedartown. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 1092) PULASKI COUNTY 90 94 City of Hawkinsville 504 77 102. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Pulaski County-Hawkinsville Development Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 744) ROCKDALE COUNTY 839 485 103. Amendment to the Constitution so as to increase the debt limitation of Rockdale County. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 918) TATTNALL COUNTY Tattnall County School District 961 401 104. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide for the election of the members of the Board of Education of Tattnall County by the people. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 889) TERRELL COUNTY Terrell County School District 622 509 105. Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the election of members of the board of education of Terrell County by the people and for the election of the county school superintendent of Terrell County by the board of education of Terrell County. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 746) TIFT COUNTY 977 931 106. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize Tift County to levy a tax not to exceed two mills for the purposes of creating a fund to be used by the Tift County Development Authority to encourage the expansion of industry, agriculture, trade and commerce in Tift County. (Ga. L. 1965 P. 736) TOOMBS COUNTY 1,170 760 107. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Toombs County Development Authority; to provide for the powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedure of such Authority; and to provide for the levy of a tax of one mill in Toombs County to provide funds for such Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 787) TREUTLEN COUNTY 247 134 108. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Treutlen County Development Authority; to provide for the powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedures of such Authority; and to provide for the levy of a tax of one mill in Treutlen County to provide funds for such Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 838) WARE COUNTY Ware County School District outside of Independent School District of City of Waycross 678 271 109. Amendment to the Constitution so as to clarify the provisions relative to the filling of vacancies on the Board of Education of Ware County and the appointment of the County School Superintendent by the Board. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 896) WAYNE COUNTY 1,395 2,093 110. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the governing authority of Wayne County to levy a tax not to exceed one mill for industrial development purposes. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 821) WHEELER COUNTY 103 209 111. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Wheeler County Development Authority; to provide for the powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedure of such Authority; and to provide for the levy of a tax of one mill in Wheeler County to provide funds for such Authority. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 767) WHITFIELD COUNTY 2,082 903 112. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the governing authority of Whitfield County to license and otherwise regulate the hauling, dumping, burning and other related matters of materials in said county. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 867) WORTH COUNTY 1,333 291 113. Amendment to the Constitution so as to create the Worth County Industrial Development Authority and to provide for powers, authority, funds, purposes and procedures connected therewith. (Ga. L. 1966 P. 860)

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THEREFORE: I, Carl E. Sanders, Governor of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim that local Amendments Nos. 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 49, 51, 53, 56, 57, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 72, 73, 75, 76, 81, 82, 85, 86, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113 having been ratified according to the Constitution of this State according to the results of the General Election, certified to me by the Secretary of State, are hereby declared to be a part of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, effective this date. Amendments Nos. 23, 28, 32, 33, 34, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 52, 54, 55, 58, 61, 62, 69, 71, 74, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 84, 87, 90, 102, 110, 111, not having been ratified are hereby declared not to be a part of the Constitution of the State of Georgia effective this date. Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State of Georgia, in the City of Atlanta, this the 14th day of December, 1966, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the One Hundred and Ninty-First.

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Results of the Votes Cast in the 159 Georgia Counties in the November 8, 1966 General Election on Constitutional Amendment No. 50 FOR ratification of amendment to the Constitution so as to prohibit the incorporation of any territory within the limits of Cobb County by any municipality, the major portion of which is located outside the territorial limits of Cobb County, without the approval of the voters of Cobb County. AGAINST ratification of amendment to the Constitution so as to prohibit the incorporation of any territory within the limits of Cobb County by any municipality, the major portion of which is located outside the territorial limits of Cobb County, without the approval of the voters of Cobb County. To be voted on in Cobb County and every municipality in the state. County For Against Appling 70 102 Atkinson 0 2 Bacon No Vote Shown Baker 2 4 Baldwin 392 467 Banks No Vote Shown Barrow 153 139 BartowOn Consolidated County Return Ordinary advised, Unable to certify as to correctness on Amendment No. 50. Ben Hill 46 74 Berrien 66 46 Bibb 7,925 7,273 Bleckley 24 23 City of Cochran 22 22 Brantley No Vote Shown Brooks 375 333 Bryan 163 179 Bulloch 1,083 1,150 Burke 581 472 Butts No Vote Shown Calhoun 25 10 Camden 58 129 Candler 30 18 Carroll 668 825 Catoosa 409 327 Charlton 21 32 Chatham 4,944 4,043 Chattahoochee 10 8 Chattooga 419 407 Cherokee 151 204 Clarke 2,241 2,686 Clay No Vote Shown Clayton 670 926 Clinch 11 11 Cobb 16,324 7,012 Coffee No Vote Shown Colquitt 674 777 Columbia 93 101 Cook 171 343 Coweta 473 472 Crawford No Vote Shown Crisp 480 410 Dade No Vote Shown Dawson No Vote Shown Decatur 149 214 DeKalb 23,239 24,733 Dodge 188 166 Dooly 30 34 Dougherty 121 124 Douglas 176 219 Early 132 72 Echols No Vote Shown Effingham 481 638 Elbert 4 16 Emanuel No Vote Shown Evans 220 174 Fannin 19 12 Fayette 6 21 Floyd 1,340 890 Forsyth No Vote Shown Franklin No Vote Shown Fulton 25,531 32,380 Gilmer No Vote Shown Glascock 4 26 Glynn 251 243 Gordon 311 403 Grady 197 84 Greene No Vote Shown Gwinnett 843 1,096 Habersham 368 488

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Results of the Votes Cast in the 159 Georgia Counties in the November 8, 1966 General Election on Constitutional Amendment No. 50 (Continued) County For Against Hall 1,143 1,310 Hancock 26 27 Haralson 67 112 Harris 138 148 Hart No Vote Shown Heard 58 82 Henry No Vote Shown Houston 2,058 1,763 Irwin 23 7 Jackson No Vote Shown Jasper 91 134 Jeff Davis 125 116 Jefferson 280 282 Jenkins 252 213 Johnson 91 109 Jones 68 50 Lamar 50 73 Lanier 29 42 Laurens 250 195 Lee 27 11 Liberty No Vote Shown Lincoln 19 45 Long 7 17 Lowndes 280 250 Lumpkin 168 201 Macon 14 12 Madison 22 44 Marion 27 9 McDuffie 10 0 McIntosh No Vote Shown Meriwether 42 28 Miller 20 30 Mitchell 106 107 Monroe 67 39 Montgomery 87 125 Morgan No Vote Shown Murray 242 195 Muscogee 5,110 2,732 Newton 127 179 Oconee No Vote Shown Oglethorpe 152 147 Paulding 374 545 Peach 474 309 Pickens 27 28 Pierce 58 40 Pike 27 31 Polk City of Cedartown 618 750 City of Rockmart 284 355 Pulaski 85 49 Putnam 52 46 Quitman 1 1 Rabun No Vote Shown Randolph No Vote Shown Richmond 1,016 932 Rockdale 153 157 Schley No Vote Shown Screven 50 45 Seminole No Vote Shown Spalding 901 1,103 Stephens 529 350 Stewart No Vote Shown Sumter 61 39 Talbot 117 126 Taliaferro No Vote Shown Tattnall No Vote Shown Taylor 11 14 Telfair 267 205 Terrell 64 74 Thomas 353 687 Tift 598 689 Toombs 356 370 Towns No Vote Shown Treutlen 17 10 Troup 559 623 Turner 0 0 Twiggs No Vote Shown Union 461 436 Upson 121 122 Walker 285 353 Walton 89 69 Ware 915 385 Warren 17 39 Washington 65 344 Wayne 472 863 Webster 1 3 Wheeler 42 90 White No Vote Shown Whitfield 1,450 1,055 Wilcox 7 2 Wilkes 246 236 Wilkinson 20 9 Worth 33 37

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A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR: WHEREAS: Heretofore on December 14, 1966, a Proclamation was issued proclaiming the passage or defeat of certain local constitutional amendments according to the results of the General Election as certified to me by the Secretary of State; and WHEREAS: Based upon said certification, Amendment No. 71, pertaining to the creation of a Charter Commission to study all matters relating to the consolidation of the governments of the City of Brunswick and Glynn County, was proclaimed as not having been ratified; and WHEREAS: The Ordinary of Glynn County has advised the Secretary of State that an error was made by him (Ordinary) in computing the votes cast for said amendment in Glynn County; and WHEREAS: The Secretary of State has amended his certification as to the vote on said Amendment No. 71 to reflect the change in certification made by the Ordinary of Glynn County in certifying the results of the votes on said amendment; and WHEREAS: It appears from said certification made to me by the Secretary of State that said amendment was, in fact, ratified according to the Constitution of this State, as follows: FOR AGAINST GLYNN COUNTY 3,608 3,375 City of Brunswick 1,943 896 * * Amended proclamation 71. Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by local act for the creation of a Charter Commission to study all matters relating to the consolidation of the governments of the City of Brunswick and Glynn County and for the establishment of a successor government with powers and jurisdiction throughout the territorial limits of Glynn County and to draft a charter to create such government. THEREFORE: I, Carl E. Sanders, Governor of the State of Georgia, do hereby amend the Proclamation heretofore issued by me on December 14, 1966, by proclaiming local Amendment No. 71 as having been ratified according to the Constitution of this State and according to the results of the General Election, as certified to me by the Secretary

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of State, and said amendment is hereby declared to be a part of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, effective this date. Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State of Georgia, in the City of Atlanta, this the 29th day of December, 1966, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the One Hundred and Ninety-First.

For any information regarding these ACTS and RESOLUTIONS please contact: BEN W. FORTSON, JR. Secretary of State or JOE N. BURTON Assistant to Secretary of State