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THE LAGRANGE REPORTER
FRIDAY MORNING, OCT. 9,
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-
<«y, November 3, 1914, said amend
ment providing for the creation of the
county of Candler.
By Hie 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-vrit:
An act to amend paragraph 2,
tion 1, article II, of the constiti
ef this state.
sec-
constitution
superior court ip 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 following amendment is pro
posed by the house of representatives
and the senate of Georgia to para-
E iph 2, section 1, article 11, of the
nstitution of this state.
SECTION 1. The general assemb
ly of the state of Georgia hereby pro
poses to the people of Georgia an
amendment to paragraph 2, section
X article 11, of the Constitution of
mis state, as follows:
That, in addition to the counties
heretofore existing in this state,
created by the general assembly, and
those crested 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
iating boundaries, to-wit:
Starting at the south of Ten-Mile
' where it empties into Caroo-
River, running In a northerly
oa pp said river to Excelsior
hence in a northerly direc
tion'straight course to Lott’s Creek
to a point one-quarter of a mile above
Nbw Bridge; thence along the line
«f Lott’s Creek to DeLoach’s Pond,
leaving DeLoach’s Pond running in a
northwesterly direction, crossing the
Bulloch and Emanuel county lines
Intersecting with the Swainsboro and
public road at D. B. Johnson’s place;
thence in a southwesterly direction
to Union School House; thence in a
southwesterly direction to Cowart’s
Mill Pond; thence in a direct line to
the Leo Collins crossing on the Cen
tral of Georgia Railroad; thence in a
southwesterly course to Griffin’s
Ferry Bridge on the Ohoopee River
(crossing line of Emanuel and Tatnall
counties), a southerly course to the
point where the counties of Emanuel
apd Tatnall meet on the Ohoopee Riv
er; thence a direct line east to Ken
nedy’s Bridge on the Caroochee River.
That when said county is erected tne
county-seat of the same shall be the
town of Metter, now in the oounty of
Bulloch; that if the above and fore
going »amendment should be ratified
by the people when the same is sub
mitted to them for their ratification
at the next general election after the
loption of this proposal to amend
e Constitution, there shall be, on
_ie first Wednesday in December af
ter the proposed amendment to the
Constitution is adopted, an election
for the county officers herein named
in and for said new county, to be held
at the several election precincts exist
ing within the lim'ts of said new
county at the time of the adoption
ot the proposed amendment, during
the usual hours of holding elections,
and all legally qualified voters resid
ing in said territory shall be qualified
to vote at said election and the ordi
naries of the several counties in which
Baid election precincts are located at
tihe time of the adoption of this
amendment shall each appoint the
election managers for the precincts
La the counties in which he shall ex
ercise jurisdiction of ordinary and the
managers of the election Bhall on the
day succeeding the election meet at
the town of Metter, the place desig
nated as the county-seat of the new
county, and consolidate the vote for
the county offices, at such place with
in the limits of the town of Metter
as shall be designated by the judge
•f the superior court of the middle
circuit, whose duty it is hereby made
to designate the place of meeting of
ffnlA election managers within the
corporate limits of said town of Met
ter, and the general laws now in force
aa to the consolidation of the votes,
the return of the election and theR
commission of officers shall be ap
plicable to officers elected at such
special election herein provided for;
that the officers to be elected at said
special election herein provided for
shall be an ordinary, a clerk of the
superior oourt, 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 general election in any of the of-
fices created by said oounty 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 change said
comity of Candler in arranging con
gressional and senatorial distorts ai
jg provided by law. That the
the power of the general assembly at
any time by law to change the time
of holding the courts and the number
of terms to- reof. That the justices
of the peace and constables residing
in toe territory included within toe
new county of Candler shall exercise
the duties and powers of their office
until new militia 1 districts are laid out
iif 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 19JQ are
hereby made applicable to toe said
county of Candler whenever the same
is created; that all of the general laws
in this state, in additibn to the above,
having application to the statutory
oounties of this state are hereby
made applicable to the said county of
Candler, especially the law in refer
ence to holding elections for the pur
pose of creating a debt for said coun
ty; that when this amendment is
adopted, the said county of Candler so
created by the adoption of this
amendment, shall become in all re
spects a statutory county and shall be
governed by all laws now in force in
this state regulating 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 bo en
tered on the journal of each houso
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-
a of the electors voting at said
)B shall ratify this proposed
amendment to the Constitution of this
state by a majority of the electors
qualified to vote for members of the
general assembly and voting at such
election, said amendment shall be
come a part of the Constitution of
.Georgia 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 of said
proposed amendment shall have writ
ten or printed on their tickets, “In
favor of the ratification of the amend
ment to paragraph 2, section 1,
article 11 or the Constitution of Geor
gia, creating the county of Candler,"
and those opposed to the ratification
of the amendment shall have written
or printed on their tickets, “Opposed
to the ratification of the amendment
to paragraph 2, section 1, article 11
of the Constitution of the state of
Georgia creating the county of Can
dler.” »
Now, therefore, I, John M. Slaton,
governor of said state, do issue this
my proclamattion hereby declaring
that the foregbing proposed amend
ment to the Constitution is submitted
for ratification or rejection to the
voters of the state qualified to vote
for members of the general assembly
at the general election to be held on
Tuesday, November 3, 1914.
JOHN M. SLATON.
Governor.
By the Governor:
PHILIP COOK,
Secretary cf State.
That the
who were elected at the General Elec
tion for members of the General As
sembly in the ysur 1912.”
Ana the Governor of the State is
hereby required and directed to caus
the above and foregoing amendmei
to be published in ut least two news
gapers in each congressional district
months
ing the
the submission of this amendment to
the General Assembly, and ahall at
the next General Election to be held
after the submission of this amend
ment to the people for their ratifica
tion cause the same to be voted on,
and the form in which the same shall
be submitted to the people shall be
as follows: “For ratification of
amendment Paragraph 1, Section 4,
Article 8, 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
until the convening of the succeeding
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 snid 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 COOR,
Secretory of State.
Oct. 80th
NOTICE.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 1st, 1914
The regular annual meeting of the
Stockholders of the Atlanta & West
Point Railroad Company will be held
at the office of the company, room No.
9, Atlnnta Terminal Station, Atlanta,
Go., at 12 o’clock noon on Tuesday,
October 20th, 1914.
W. H. BRUCE,
Secretary.
Oct 17
A PROCLAMATION.
Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia, to be
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
General Assembly of the State until
the time fixed by law for the conven
ing of the next General Assembly.
By HiB Excellency,
JOHN M. SLATON, Governor.
State of Georgia,
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
ust 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
f roposed by the Senate and House of
;epresentotives 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
fixed by law for the convening of
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 provisions 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
foHows: “The members of the Gene
ral Assembly shall be elected for too
years and shall serve uptil the time
nixed by law for the convening cf the
GEORGIA, Troup County—
Office of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues of Troup County.
At the regular meeting of the
board of commissioners of roads and
revenues of Troup county held or
September the 7th, 1914 the follow
ing tax levy was made for said coun
ty for the year 1914.
(1) To build and repair public build
ings and bridges, 1 1-4 mills, or $1.25
per one thousand dollars of taxable
property.
(2) To maintain and support prison
ers, 1-4 mill or twenty-five cents per
one thousand dollars of taxable
property.
(3) Expenses of courts, payment of
jurors, bailiff and coroners, payment
of public officers, litigation and quar
antine, 1 mill or $1.00 per thousand
of taxable property.
(4) Public roads, 3 mills, or $3.00
per thousand of taxable property.
(5) Paupers, 1-4 mill, or twenty-
five cento per thousand of taxable
property.
(6) Interest and sinking fund for
the bonded indebtedness of the coun
ty, 1 3-4 mills, or $1.76 cento per one
thousand dollars of taxable property.
This September the 7th, 1914.
Board of Commissioners of i.oads
and Revenues of Troup County,
By W. T. TUGGLE, Clerk.
ADMINISTRATION.
GEORGIA, Troup County—
Ordinary’s office, October 6, 1914,
To all whom it may concern:
W. T. Tuggle has in due form
applied to the undersigned for per
manent letters of administration on
the estate of Mrs. Fannie Ferguson,
deceased, and I will paBS upon said
application on first Monday in No
vember next.
Witness my official signature.
H. T. WOODYARD, Ordinary.
YEAR’S SUPPORT.
GEORGIA, Troup County—
Ordinary’s office, October 6, 1914.
To all whom it may concern:
AH persons interested are hereby
notified to appear at my office on
‘first Monday in November next, and
file objections to report of commis
sioners, setting apart a year’s sup
port to Mrs. Sallie Hogg, widow, and
six minor children of N. J. Hogg,
deceased, else it will be admitted of
record.
Witness my official signature.
H. T. WOODYARD, Ordinary.
Statement of the ownership, man
agement, circulation, etc., of The La-
Grange Reporter, Published weekly
at LaGrange, Ga., required by the
Act of Aujpist 24, 1912.
Editor, J. A. Perry, LaGrange, Ga.
Business Manager and Publisher,
H. D. McKay, I-aGrange, Ga.
Owners, J. A. Perry and Fuller E.
Callaway, LaGrange, Ga.
Known bondholders, mortgagees,
and others security holders, holding
one per cent or more of total amount
of bonds, mortgages, Or other securi
ties’ : None.
(Signed) J. A. PERRY, Editor.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 1st day of October, 1914.
(Seal) (Signed) O. M. Andrews,
Notary Public, Troup County, Ga.
My commission expires March 9,
1918.
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