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THE LAGRANGE REPORTER.
FRIDAY MORNING. SEPT. 4, 191*.
GERMAN ARTILLERY AT LIEGE
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PROCLAMATION.
Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the state of
Georgia, to be voted on at the gene
ral state election to be held on Tues
day, November 3, 1914, said amend
ment providing for the creation of the
county of Candler.
By His Excellency.
JOHN M. SLATON, Governor.
State of Georgia,
Executive Department.
August 3, 1914.
WHEREAS, the General Assembly
at its session in 1914 proposed an
amendment to the Constitution of this
state as set forth in an act approved
July 17, 1914, to-wit:
An act to amend paragraph 2, sec
tion 1, article 11, of the constitution
of this state.
The following amendment is pro
posed by the house of representatives
and the senate of Gieorgia to para
graph 2, section 1, article 11, of the
Constitution of this state.
SECTION 1. The general assemb
ly of the state of Georgia hereby pro-
h.oses to the people of Georgia an
Tinwarvrnnll 9 Oftpi inn
amendment to paragraph 2, section
1, article 11, of the Constitution of
this state, as follows:
That, in addition to the counties
heretofore existing in this state,
created by the general assembly, and
those created by amendments to the
above and foregoing paragraph, sec
tion and article of the Constitution of
this state, there is hereby created
an additional county, which county
when created shall be known as Can
dler county. The territory for the
formation of said county of Candler
shall be taken from the counties of
Emanuel, Bulloch and Tatnall, and
the said territory so taken for the for
mation of said new county of Can
dler shall be included within the fol
lowing boundaries, to-wit:
Starting at the south of Ten-Mile
Creek where it empties into Caroo-
chee River, running in a northerly
direction up said river to Excelsior
superior court, a sheriff, a tax collec
tor, a tax receiver, a coroner, a coun
ty surveyor and a county treasurer;
that said officers shall be commis
sioned as now required by law, and
all laws now in force in this state to
commission officers^and for bonds re
quired of them shall be applicable to
the officers so elected; that the of
ficers elected at said general election
shall hold their offices until the next
general election for county offices and
until their successors are elected and
qualified.
The general assembly is hereby
given power to create any additional
statutory officers in said county or
statutory courts, and to provide by
law for filling said offices. Any va
cancies that may occur before the
next genera] election in any of the of
fices created by said county may be
filled as now provided by law.
The said county of Candler shall be
attached to the First Congressional
District, the Middle Judicial Circuit
and the Seventeenth Senatorial Dis
trict, but it shall be in the power of
the general assembly at any time to
change the judicial circuit to which
said county of Candler is attached,
and the general assembly of Georgia
is hereby given power to cnange said
county of Candler in arranging con
gressional and senatorial districts as
is now provided^ by law. That the
superior court in said county of Can
dler shall be held- on the third Mon
day in February and August months
of each year, but it shall be within
the power of the general assembly at
any time by law to change the time
of holding the courts and the number
of terms thereof. That the justices
of the peace and constables residing
in the territory included within the
new county of Candler shall exercise
the duties and powers of their office
until new militia districts are laid out
in said county of Candler as now pro
vided by law; and that all of the pro
visions of the law as contained in
chapter 13 of the Code of 1910 are
hereby made applicable to the said
voted on at the General Election to
be held on Tuesday, November 3,
1914, said amendment to amend Ar
ticle 3, Section 4, Paragraph 1, of the
Constitution of Georgia, by extend
ing the term of members of the
g eneral Assembly of the State until
le time fixed by law for the conven
ing of the next General Assembly.
By His Excellency,
JOHN M. SLATON, Governor.
State of Gteorgia,
Executive Department.
August 24, 1914.
Whereas, the General Assembly at
its session in 1914 proposed an amend
ment to the Constitution of this State,
as set forth in an Act approved Aug-
iust 14th, 1914, to-wit.:
An Act to amend Article 3, Section
4, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution
of Georgia, by extending the term of
members of the General Assembly of
the State until the time fixed by law
for the convening the rext General
Assembly.
The following amendment is hereby
proposed by the Senate and House of
Representatives to the people of
Georgia to Article 3, Section 4, Para
graph 1, of the Constitution of Geor
gia. «
Amend said Paragraph 1, of said
Section 4, of Article 3, as follows:
By striking from said Paragraph 1
the words “until their successors are
elected,” and inserting in lieu of said
words in said Paragraph 1, the follow
ing words, to-wit.: “Until the time
Bridge; thence in a northerly direc- „
lion straight course to Lott’s* Creek | <> oun ty 0 f Candler whenever the same
Bo a point one-quarter of a mile above ! j 8 created; that all of the general laws
Blew Bridge; thence along the line j n this state, in addition to the above,
of Lott’s Creek to DeLoach’s Pond, j having application to the statutory
leaving DeLoach’s Pond running in a | counties of this state are hereby
northwesterly direction, crossing, the. made applicable to the said county of
Bulloch and Emanuel county lines, j c an dler, especially the law in refer-
intersecting with the Swainsboro and • ence to holding elections 9hr the pur-
public road at D. B. Johnson’s place; p^e c f creating a debt for said coun-
thence in a southwesterly direction' ty . that when this amendment is
to Union School House; thenee in a adopted, the said couaty of Candler so
aoatbwesterly direction to Cowart’s crt . a ted by the adoption of this
Mill Pond; thence in a direct line to amendment, shall become in all re-
the Leo Collins crossing 6n the Cen- B p e cts a statutory county and shall be
fral of Georgia Railroad; thence to a
south westerly course to Grtfnn s
Ferry Bridge on the Ohoopee River
ferossing line, of Emanuel and Tatnall
counties), a southerly course to the
point where the counties of Emanuel
and Tatnall meet on the Ohoopee Riv-
«•; thence a direct line east to Ken
nedy’s Bridge on the Caroochee River.
That when said county is erected tne
•ounty-seat of the same shall be the
town of Metter, now in the county of
Bulloch; that if the above and fore-
coin# amendment should be ratified
bv the people when the same is sub
mitted to them for their ratification
at the next general election after the
adoption of this proposal to amend
the Constitution, there shall be, on
the first Wednesday in December af-
ier the proposed amendment to the
CAnstitution is adopted, an election
foi the county officers herein named
Ui and for said new county, to be held
at the several election precincts exist-
governed by all laws now in force in
this state regijating counties and
county officers.
Sec. 2. The governor is hereby re
quired and directed that when this
proposed amendment shall be agreed
to by two-thirds of the members
elected by the two houses of this
general assembly, and shall be en
tered on the journal of each house
with the ayes and nays taken there
on, the governor is hereby directed to
cause the said proposed amendment
to be advertised in at least two pa
pers in each congressional district at
least two months before the next
general election, to be Held on the
first Tuesday in November, 1914, and
he shall also provide for a submis
sion of the proposed amendment to
the qualified voters of the state at
said general election. And if a ma
jority of the electors voting at said
election shall ratify this proposed
amendment to the Constitution of this
fcig vHthin the limits of said new. ^te by a majority of the electors
eounty at the time of the adoption j qualified to vote for members of the
at the proposed amendment, during .general assembly and voting at snch
the usual hours of holding elections
and all legally qualified voters rand-
in » in said territory shall be qualified
to vote at said election and the ordi-
aaries of the several counties in wtuch
■aid election precincts are located at
the time of the -adoption of this
(amendment shall each appiomt the
election managers for the precincts
to the counties in which he shall ex
ercise jurisdiction of ordinary and the
Managers of the election shall on tne
day succeeding the election mert at
the town of Metter, the place desig
nated as the county-seat of the new
eounty, and consolidate the vote for
the county offices, at such place witn-
election, said amendment shall be
come a part of the Constitution of
Gieorgia when the fact is certified to
the governor by the secretary of
state, that a majority of the qualified
voters voting at said general election
have voted in favor, of the adoption
of said amendment to the Constitu
tion of the state, and the governor
shall issue his proclamation to such
effect.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the
governor to submit said proposed
amendment in the following form:
That those voting in favor pf said
proposed amendment shall have writ-
. „ ten or printed on their tickets, In
„ the limits of the town of Metter i f aT#r 0 f the ratification of the amend-
as shall be designated by the judge mell t to paragraph 2, section 1,
of the superior court of the middle j^eie 11 of the Constitution of Geor-
eircuit, whose duty it is hereby made creating the county of Candler,”
to designate the place at meeting of those opposed to the ratification
said election managers within the the amendment shall have written
corporate limits of said town of Met- or printed on their tickets, “Opposed
ter..and the general laws now in foree ^ the ratification of. the amendment
as to the consolidation of the votoB, ^ paragraph 2, section 1, article 11
toe return of the election aad the of the Constitution of the state of
commission of officers shall be ap- Georgia creating the county of Can-
plicflble to officers elected at such ^er. m
dertlim hereto provided for: Now, therefore, I, John M. Slaton,
thatthe officers to be elected at said governor of said state, do issue this
apodal election herein provided for m7 prodamattion hereby declaring
sftal he Mt ordtoaiy, a cleric of **-ttu* the foregoing proposed axnoad-
fixed by law for the convening
the next General Assembly.”
Amend further by adding to said
Paragraph 1 of said section and ar
ticle the following words, to-wit.:
That the previsions of this paragraph,
section and article shall apply to the
terms of the members of the General
Assembly, who are elected at the gen
eral election for members of the
General Assembly in the year 1912.
When amended said Paragraph 1 of
said section and article shall read as
follows: “The members of the Giene.
ral Assembly shall be elected for two
years and shall serve until the time
fixed by law for the convening of the
next General Assembly. That the
provisions of this paragraph, section
and article shall npply to the term of
the members of the General Assembly
who were elected at the General Elec
tion for members of the General As
sembly in the year 1912.”
And the Governor of the State is
hereby required and directed to caus
the above and foregoing amendment
to be published in at least two news
.papers in each congressional district
in this State for a period of two
months previous to the time of hold
ing the next General Election after
the submission of this amendment to
the General Assembly, and shall at
the next General Election to be held
ment to the Constitution is submitted after the submission of this amend
for ratification or rejection to the ment to the people for their ratifica
voters of the state qualified to vote tion cause the same to be voted on,
— . - , and the form in which the same shall
for members of the general assembly ^ submiUe(1 to the p( , ople sha n be
at the general election to be held on
Tuesday, November 3, 1914.
JOHN M. SLATON,
Governor.
By the Governor:
PHILIP COOK,
Secretary of State.
A PROCLAMATION.
follows: “For ratification of
amendment Paragraph 1, Section 4,
Article 3, of .the Constitution, which
extends the term of office of members
cf the General Assembly until the
convening of the succeeding General
Assembly,” and, “Against the ratifica
tion of amendment Paragraph 1, Sec
tion 4, Article 3, of the Constitution,
which extends the term, of office of
members of the General Assembly
Submitting a proposed amendment until the convening of the succeeding
to the Constitution of Georgia, to be General Assembly.” And shall cause
the returns of said election to be
transmitted to the Secretary of State,
whose duty it shall be to consolidate
the same and the Governor shall issue
his proclamation, declaring the result,
if a majority vote in favor of said
amendment, and by said proclama
tion shall declare said amendment
has become a part of the Constitution
of the State.
. Now, therefore, I, John M. Slaton,
Governor of said State, do issue this
my proclamation hereby declaring
that the foregoing; proposed amend
ment to the Constitution is submitted
for ratification or rejection to the vot
ers of the State qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly at
the, General Election to be held on
Tuesday, November 3d, 1914.
JOHN M. SLATON,
Governor.
By the Governor:
PHILIP COOK,
Secretary of State.
Oct. 30th.
Heredity.
Who knows what seeds each man
living on earth leaves behind him,
which are only destined to come up
after his death? Who can say by
what mysterious bond a man’s fate is
bound up with his children’s, his de
scendants’, how his yearnings are re
flected In them, and how they are pun
ished for bio errors?—Ivan Turgenief.
J. T. CARTER, LaGrange, Ga.
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