Lobbying

“Lobbying” is defined to be any personal solicitation of a member of a legislative body during a session thereof, by private interview, or letter or message, or other means and appliances not addresseil solely to the judgment, to favor or oppose, or to vote for or against, any bill, resolution, report, or claim pending, or to be introduced by either branch thereof, by any person who misrepresents the nature of his interest in the matter to such member, or whois employed for a consideration by a person or corporation interested in the passage or defeat of such bill, resolution, report, or ciaim, fer the purpose of procuring the passage or defeat thereof. But this does not inelude such services as drafting petitions, bills, or resolutions, attending to the tuking of testiraony, collecting facts, preparing arguments and memorials, and submit fees of like character, intended to reach the reason of legislators. Code Ga. 1882, § 4486 L’obligation sans cause, ou sur une fausse cause, ou sur cause illicite, ne peut avoir aucun effet. An obligation without consideration, or upon a false consideration, (which fails,) or upon unlawfal consideration, cannot have any effect.

Code Uivil, 3, 8, 4; Chit. Cont. (11th Amer. Ed.) 25, note.