Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-06
MARRIAGE LICENSE BILL
IS PASSED BY SENATE
Requires Applicant to Give Or
binary Five Days Notice
to Be Posted

The senate Monday morning passed
by vote of "a to ., Senator Walter An
drews' bill to regulate the issuance of
marriag elict nSes IN this state.
Under the bill, before a marriage Ii
cense can be issued the ordinary must
have a five days notice or application.
This he must post in his office and any
person who knows any reason why the
license should not be granted has the
right to appear before the ordinary and
present proof In case of emergency,
thoroughly proven TO the ordinary, tho
five days notice is not necessary.
Both parties must be identified, and
no license shall be issued unless one of
the parties resides in the county. EX-
ception is noted in case of non-res:dents
Of the state.
No girl under IA and no boy under
a shall be granted a license under any
circumstances and in case of a female
between the ages of Il and IS, and a
male between II and p the consent of
a parent or guardian must be received.
Eloquent appeals for the passage of
the bill were made by Senators Andrews
Carswell, Dawson, Brown and Denny.
Senator Dawson stated that il the SEN
ate did nothing else put pass this bill
they could go home confident they had
done the state a great service.
A Case in Point
Senator Carswell stated that the bill
would protect the childhood and woman
hood of the state. He cited an instance
of where a very young girl in Macon
met a soldier in a moving picture show
and married him and lived with him
for about a week, after which he lett
her and her whole life was wre 'ked
by it.
"Apr eanotor. Oh o,,ld no maud =, ahol-
ish the infamous common Jaw mar
riageS," said Senator Andrews. "MaP-
riage is the most sacred relation in the
world. BY making ii harder to get mar
ried and harder to get divorces the Seri-
BUSINESS and sacredness of the relation
will be brought home to the people"
Senator Merry opposed the bill. He
said the policy of Georgia had always
Deen to throw no restraints around get
ting married. He thought the bill
would do this and he voted against it
A bill was introduced in the senate
Monday morning by Senators Moore,
Hopkins Dickerson aud Elders TO eStab-
lish an agricultural experiment station
and experiment farm to be known as the
Georgia State Coastal Plains Expert
ment station and to be located at d place
to be designated by the trustees of the
University of Georgia within thirty days
after the passaae 81 the bin.
Senator Skeletons bill 10 amend the
code so that during the war defendant
in a criminal suit cannot demand a
speedy trial and discharge when the
states material witnesses are in the
military or naval service, failed to pass,
because it lacked the necessary constitu-
tional majority. So
President Olive, of th9 senate. took
the floor against the bill, declaring that
1t would put in, jeopardy one of the most
sacred CONSTITUTIONAL privileges. of a
citizen. .''f'' '+" '''-.-''.. -.-.'
An important bill by Senator Cars
well was passed by the senate. 1t COM
pels public utilities corporations to
make their annual returns to the rail-
road commission instead of to the
comptroller general. Senator. Carswell
stated ii would mean an increase of
thousands of dollars to the state in
taxes, because the railroad commission,
having experts on such matters, would
know when the property was under
valued.