Scope and Contents This series consists of bills and resolutions introduced into both the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Georgia General Assembly. Records include original bills and resolutions, vetoes since 1969, and engrossed acts since 1989-1990. The General Assembly usually convenes for two-year sessions divided into annual sittings of not more than 40 days each. Most recently, the first sitting occurs in odd-numbered years and the second in even-numbered year. Bills introduced in the...

Scope and Contents When seats of members of the General Assembly are contested, notification of contest, grounds and evidence are forwarded immediately by the Governor to the presiding officer of the House where the contest lies or the papers may be sent directly to the presiding officer. (Ga.L. 1894, p. 41.) This officer then refers the case to the appropriate committee of the General Assembly for deliberation and recom­mendations. Included in this series are notices of intention to contest, evidence...

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Series consists of original enrolled acts and resolutions of the General Assembly.

Scope and Contents This series is composed of brochures which present information concerning the General Assembly. This information includes a brief essay depicting the procedure in which legislation is enacted in each branch of the General Assembly, pictures of the officers and each house, the counties they represent, their seating arrangement in each house and other pertinent information of a similar nature. The publication also includes a list of committees and a list of the members of each committee. The...

Scope and Contents Veto messages are in the form of letters from the Governor to the Speaker of the House or the President of the Senate, depending on whether the vetoed bill or resolution is a House or a Senate bill. The message cites the bill by number and gives the Governor's reasons for the veto. Usually, the veto numbers are given also. The records of vetoes are photocopies of "Record of Acts Delivered to the Governor," a record series found in the Governor's Office records. It shows: veto number; House...

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This series contains the audio tapes generated during various sessions of the Georgia House of Representatives. In most cases the House Calendars can be used as a finding aid for the tapes. The tapes are on 7" reels and have been recorded at 1 7/8 speed. There are no transcriptions.

Scope and Contents This series contains original volumes of records of the House of Representatives of the Georgia General Assembly. The legislative power of the State is vested in the General Assembly which consists of the House and Senate. Within these important volumes are the bills and resolutions that eventually may become the laws of the State. Both houses of the legislature produce legislation in the form of bills and resolutions and these volumes trace their movement from one chamber to the other. At...

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Series includes miscellaneous correspondence.

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This series consists of the daily record of proceedings of the Georgia House of Representatives. Kept by the Clerk of the House, the journals have entered into them the appointments and actions of committees, introduction of bills and resolutions, motions, votes, etc. in order of their occurrence. House Journals from 1781 through 1970 (some years missing) are available on microfilm in the Reference Room.

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This series contains newsletters which report summaries of the legislative activities of the Georgia House of Representatives for the previous week. Most of the information is related to the status of legislation currently before the House. In referring to this legislation, this publication includes a very brief summary of the provisions of each bill or resolution considered on a particular legislative day.

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Series consists of computer punch cards (data and program cards) from the 1963 session of the General Assembly.

Scope and Contents These various published booklets are designed to aid the legislators in the performance of their duties. Though the content varies from year to year and in some years several volumes are published supplementing and even duplicating information presented, most often the manuals contain: rosters of members of the Senate and House and their respective constituencies; the standing committees and their members; the rules of each chamber; and the Constitution of the State of Georgia. The manuals...

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This series is composed of newsletters which give a summary of the Senate's activities for the previous week. Most of the information is related to the status of legislation currently before the Georgia General Assembly. In referring to such legislation, the publication includes a very brief summary of the provisions of each bill or resolution.

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Includes bound and loose oaths of allegiance, mostly from 1870.

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Series includes various petitions to the General Assembly regarding matters of state and local government.

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Series includes miscellaneous publications, Constitution booklets, handbooks for legislators, and Georgia legislative manuals.

Scope and Contents This series contains original volumes of records of the Senate of the Georgia General Assembly. The legislative power of the State is vested in the General Assembly which consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Within these important volumes are the bills and resolutions that eventually may become the laws of the State. Both houses of the legislature produce legislation in the form of bills and resolutions and these volumes trace their movement from one house to the other....

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Series contains journals of Senate executive sessions.

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This series is composed of photographic prints, negatives, contact sheets, and slides, most of which were taken by the Senate photographer. Some biographical information, news clippings and a very few audio recordings are also included. Photographs show Senators at work in the chamber, Senator portraits, and groups posed with Senators. Also included are images of Joe Frank Harris, Jimmy Carter, Lester Maddox, Zell Miller, Capitol employees, Senate staff, interns and pages.

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This series consists of the daily record of proceedings of the Georgia Senate. Kept by the Clerk of the Senate, the journals have entered into them the appointments and actions of committees, introduction of bills and resolutions, motions, votes, etc. in order of their occurrence. Unlike bound journals, these records generally consist of unbound oversized legal paper onto which the proceedings have either been typed and/or had other documents attached (generally with staples).

Scope and Contents This series consists of correspondence and other records which vividly document the manner in which the Speaker of the House of Representatives and his staff work with other members of the General Assembly, other government officials and citizens of the State in preparing legislation and offering same to the House for its deliberation. Much of the Speaker's correspondence with other House members is of an informal and miscellaneous nature dealing with committee assignments, committee...

Scope and Contents One of the provisions of the Georgia Constitution of 1798 was that the local officials of each county in the state would take a census of their respective counties every seven years beginning in 1799. Each justice of each county inferior court was to appoint persons to take the census in every militia district in the county. The collected figures would be turned over to the various clerks of the superior court who would in turn transmit them to the Governor. The Governor would next lay the...