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W. A. SINGLETON, Editor &. Pro’p.
VOLUME 11.
lAUT r THE SlfW COHSTI
niTiN.
BILL of RIGHTS.
PREAMBLE.
To perpetuate ttic principles of
free government) insure justice to all,
preserve ponce, promote the interest,
anil happiness of the citizen, and
transmit to posterity the enjoyment
of liberty, we, the people ul Oeoigla,
retying upon the protection and
guidance of Almighty God, do ordain
and establish this Constitution.
ARTICLE I.
Sec. 1. Par. 1. All government,
of right, originates with the people,
is founded upon their will only, and is
instituted solely lor the good of the
whole. Public officers are the trus
tees and servants of the people, and,
ut all times, amenable to them.
Par. 2. Protection to porson and
property is the paramount duty of
government, and shall bo impaitial
and complete.
Par 3. No person shall be de
prived of life, liberty, or property,
except by due process of law.
Par. 4. No person shall be dc
piived of the right to prosecute or de
fend Ids owh cause in any of the
courts of this State, in person, by
attorney, or both.
Par. 5. Every person charged
With an off uise against the laws of
this Slate shall have the privilege and
benefit of counsel; shall be furnished
on dem nd, with a copy of the accu
sation, and a list of witne'sses on
whose testimony the charge against
Lim is founded; shall have compul
sory process to obtain the testimony
of his own witnesses ; shall be con
fronted with the witnesses testifying
against him; and shall have a public
mid speedy tafia i by an impartial jury,
Par. 0. No person shall be com
pclled to give testimony tending in
any manner to criminate hiinsell.
Par. 7. Neither banishment be
yond the limits of the State, nor
whipping, as a punishment for crime,
shall bo allowed.
Par. 8. No person shall be put in
jeopardy of life or liberty, r*tore than
once for tho same offense, save on
his, or her, own motion for anew
trial after conviction, or in case ol
mistrial.
Par. 9. Excessive bail shall not be
required, nor excessive fines imposed,
nor cruel and unusual punishments
inflicted ; nor shall any poison be
abused in being a: rested, w hile under
arrest, or in prison.
Par. 10. No person shall bs com
pelled to pay costs except after con
viction on final trial.
Par. 11. The writ of 7tabcas cor
2ms shall not be suspended.
I’ar. 12. All men have the natural
and inalienable right to worship God,
each according to the die tates of his
own conscience, and no human au
thority should, in any ca*e, control
or interfere with such right of con
sconce.
Par. 13. No inhabitant of this
State shall be molested in person or
property, or prohibited from bolding
any public office, oi trust, on account
ol his religious opinions; but the
right of liberty of conscience shall
not be so construed as to excuse acts
of licentiousness, or justify practices
inconsistent with the peace and
safety of the State.
Par. 14. No inonoy shall ever be
taken from the public Treasury, di
rectly or indirectly, in aid of any
church, sect, or denomination of re
ligic#iists, or of any sectarian institu
tion.
Par. 15.' No law shall ever be
passed to curtad, or restrain, the
liberty of speech, or ot the press;
any person may speak, write, aud
publish, his sentiinen's, on all subjects
joeing responsible for the abuse of
that liberty.
Par. 1(5. The right of the people
to be secure in their persons, houses,
papers, and elfects, against unrea
sonable searches and seizures, shall
not be violated ; and no warrant
(shall issue except upon probable
cause, supported by oath, or affirma
tion, particularly describing the
place, or places to be searched, aud
the persons or things to be seized.
Par. 17. There shall be within
the State of Georgia neither slavery
nor involuntary servitude, save as a
punishment for crime after legal con
viction thereof.
Par. 18. The social status of the
citizen shall never be the subject of
legislation.
Par. 19. The civil authority shall
be superior to the military, and no
soldier shall, in time of peace, be quar
tered in any house, without the con
sent of the owner, nor in time of war,
except by the civil magistrate, in such
maimer as may be provided by law
Par. 20. Tho power of tho courts
to punish for contempt shall be lim
ited by legislative acts
Par. 21. There shall be no impris
onment for debt.
, par. 22. The right of the people to
keep and bear aims shall not be in
fringed, but the General Assembly
JiiflMlil Dull
, shall have power to prescribe tho man
ner in whicli arms may bo borne.
Par. 23. The legislative, judicial
and executive powers shall forever
remain separate and distinct, and no
person discharging the duties of one,
shall, at the same time, exercise the
functions of either of the others, ex
cept ns herein provided.
Pm- 9J. Tho people have the
right-to assemble peaceably for their
common good and to apply to those
vested with the powers ol govern
ment for redress of grievances by pe
tition or remonstrance.
Par. 25 All citizens of the United
States, resident in this Stale, are
hereby declared citizens of this State,
and it .shall be the duty of the General
Assembly to enact such laws as will
protect them in the full enjoyment of
the rights, privileges ami immunities
due to such citizenship.
SECTION r.
Par. 1. In all prosecutions cr in
dictments for libel the truth may be
given in evidence; and the jury in
all criminal cases, shall bo the judges
of the law and the facts. The power
of the judges to grant new trials in
cases ot conviction is preserved.
Par. 2. Treason against the State
of Georgia shall consist in levying
War against her; adhering to her
enemies ; giving them aid and com
lort. No person shall be convicted
of treason, except on the testimony
of two witnesses to the same overt
act, or confession in open court.
Par. 3. No conviction shall work
corruption of blood, or forfeiture of
estate.
Par. 4. All lotteries and the sale
of lottery tickets are hereby prohib
ited ; and thi3 prohibition shall be
enforced by penal laws.
Par. 5. Lobbying is declared to
be a crime, and the General Assembly
shall enforce this provision by suit
able penalties.
Par. 6. The General Assembly
shall have the power to provide for
the punishment of fraud ; and shall
provide by law lor reaching property
of the debtor concealed from the
creditor.
SECTION nr. ‘
Par. 1. In case of necessity, pri
vate ways may be granted upon just
compensation being first paid by tin
applicant. Private property shall
not be taken or damaged, for public
purposes, without just and adequate
compensation being first paid.
Par. 2. No bill of attainder, ex
post facto law, retroactive law, or law
impairing the obligation of contracts,
or making irrevocable grant of spe
cial privileges or immunities, shall be
passed.
Par. 3. No grant ol special privi
leges or immunities shall be revoked,
except in such manner as to work no
injustice to the corporators or cred
itors of tlie incorporation.
SECTION IV.
Par. 1. Laws of a general nature
shall have uniform operation through
out the State, and no special law
3hall be enacted in any case for which
provision has been made by an exist
ing general law. No general law
affecting private rights shall be varied
in any particular case, by special
legislation, except with tho free con
sent, in writing, of all persons to be
affected thereby; and no person
under legal disability to contract is
capable ol such consent.
Par. 2. Legislative acts in violation
of this Constitution, or the Constitu
tion of the United States, are void,
and the Judiciary shall so declare
them.
section v.
Tar. 1. The people of this State
have the inherent, sole and exclusive
right of regulating their internal
government, and the police thei’eof,
and of altering and abolishing their
Constitution whenever it may be
necessary to their safety and happi
ness.
Par. 2. The enumeration of rights
herein contained, as a part of this
Constitution, shall not be construed
to deny to the people any inherent
rights which they may have hitherto
enjoyed.
ARTICLE 11.
ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
SECTION i.
Par. 1. In all elections by the
people, the electors shall vote by
ballot.
Par. 2. Every male citizen of the
United States (except as hereinafter
provided), 21 years of age, who shall
have resided in this State one year
next preceding the election, and shall
have resided six months in the
county in which he offers to vote, and
shall have paid all taxes which may
hereafter be required of him, and
which he may have had an opportu
nity of paying, agreeably to law, ex
cept for the year of,the election, shall
be deemed an elector : Provided,
that no soldier, sailor or marine in
tho military or naval service of the
United States, shall acquire the rights
of an elector, by reason of being sta
tioned on duty in this State ; and no
BUENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1877.
person shall vote who, if challenged,
shall rctuse to take the following oath,
or affirmation: “I do swear, or
affirm, that l am 21 years of age, have
resided in tins State one year, and in
this county six months, next preced
ing this election. I have paid all
taxes which, since the adoption of
the present Constitution of this State,
have been required of me previous to
this year, and which I ha ve had an
opportunity to pay, and that I have
not voted at this election.”
section II
Par. 1. The General Assembly
may provide, from time to time, for
the regisiration of all electors, but
the following classes of persons shall
not be permitted to register, vote or
hold any office, or appointment of
honor or trust in this State, to-wit':
Ist. Those who shall have been con
victed in any court of competent ju
risdiction of treason against the State,
of embezzlement of public funds,
malfeasance in office, bribery or lar
ceny ; or of any crime involving moral
turpitude, punishable by the laws of
this State, with imprisonment in the
penitentiary', unless such person
shall have been pardoned. 2d. Idiots
and insane persons.
section hi.
Par. 1. Electors shall, in all cases,
except for treason, felony, larceny,
and breach of the peace, be privileged
from arrest during t icir attendance
on elections, and in going to and re
turning from the same.
SECTION IV.
Par. 1. No person who is the
holder of any public money, contrary
to law, shall be eligible to any office
in this State, until the same is ac
counted for and paid into the Trcas
ury.
Par. 2. No person who, after the
adoption of this Constitution, being a
resident of this Statu, shall have
been Convicted of fighting a duel in
this State, or convicted of sending, or
accepting a challenge, or convicted Ol
aiding or abetting such duel, shall
hold "office in this State, unless he
shall have been pardoned ; and every
such person shall, also, he subjected
to such pnuifilim-’nt as may be pre -
scribed by Jaw.
SECTION V.
Par. 1. The General Assembly
shall, by' law, forbid the sale, distri
bution, or furnishing of intoxicating
drinks within two miles ol election
precincts, on days of electi >n —Si ate,
county or municipal —and prescribe
punishment fer any violation of the
bam ■.
SECTION VI.
Tar. 1. Returns of election for all
civil officers elected by the people,
who are to be commissioned by the
Governor, and also for the members
of the General Assembly, shall be
made to the Secretary of State, un
less othenvise provided by law.
ARTICLE ill.
LEGISLATIVE department.
SECTION I.
Par. 1. The legislative power of
the State shad bo vested in a General
Assembly which shall consist of a
Senate and House of Representatives.
section ii.
Par. 1. The Senate shall consist
ot 44 members. There shall be 44
Senatorial Districts, as now arranged
by counties. Each district shall
hare one Senator.
Par. 2. The first senatorial dis
trict shall bo composed of the coun
ties of Chatham, Rryan and Effing
ham.
2d. Liberty, Tatnall and Mcln
tosh.
3d. Wayne, Pierce and Appling.
4th. Glynn, Camden, Charlton.
sth. Coffee, Ware, Clinch.
6 th. Echols, Lowndes, Berrien.
Ith. Brooks, Thomas, Colquitt.
Bth. Decatur, Mitchell, Miller.
9th. Early, Calhoun, Baker.
10th. Dougherty, Lee, Worth.
11th. Clay, Randolph, Terrell.
12th. Stewart, Webster, Quitman.
13th. Sumter, Schley, Macon.
14th. Dooly, Wilcox, Pulaski, and
Dodge.
15th. Montgomery, Telfair. Irwin.
16th. Laurens, Emanuel, Johnson.
17th. Screven, Bulloch, Burke.
18th. Richmond, Glasscock, Jeffer
son.
19th. Taliaferro, Greene, Warren.
20th. Baldwin, Hancock, Washing
ton.
21st. Twiggs, Wilkinson, Jones.
22d. Bibb, Monroe, Pike.
23d. Houston, Cruwfoid, Taylor.
24th. Muscogee, Marion, Chattaa
hoochce.
25th. Harris, Upson, Talbot.
26th. Spalding, Butts, Payette.
27th. Newton, Walton, Clarke, Oco
nee, Rockdale.
28th. Jasper, Putnam, Morgan.
29th. Wilkes, Columbia, Lincoln,
McDuffie.
30th. Oglethorpe, Madison, Elbert.
31st. Hart, Habersham, Franklin.
32d. White, Dawson, Lumpkin.
33d. Hall, Banks, Jackson.
The Thirty-fourth Senatorial District
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shall be composed of the counties of
Gwinnett, DeKalb and Henry.
The Thirty-fifth Senatorial District
shall be composed of the counties of
Clayton. Cobb and Fulton
The Thirty-sixth Senatorial District
shall be composed of the counties of
Campbell,Coweta,Meiiweihcr and Doug
lass.
The Thirty-seventh Senatorial Dis
trict shall bo composed of the counties of
Carrol, Heard and Troup.
The Thirty-eighth Senatorial District
shall be composed of the counties of
Haralson, Polk and Paulding.
The Thirty-ninth Senatorial District
shall he composed of the counties of
Milton, Cherokee and Forsyth.
The Fortieth Senatorial District shall
bo composed- of the counties of Union,
towns and Rabun.
The Forty-first Senatorial District
shall he composed of the counties of
Pickens, Fannin and Gilmer.
The Forty-second Senatorial District
shall be composed of the counties of
Barlow, Floyd and Chattooga.
The Forty-third Senatorial District
shall be composed of the counties of
Murry, Gordon and Whilefield.
The Forty-f >urth Senatorial District
shall be composed of the counties of
Walker, Dade and Catoosa.
Pat. 3. The General Assembly may
change these districts a(te>' each census
of the United States: Provided, Thai
neither the number of tho district
nor the number of Senators from each
district shall he increased.
SECTION’ ill.
The House of Representatives shall
consist, of one hundred and seventy five
Representatives, apportioned among the
several counties as follows, to-wit: To
the six c unties having the largest pop
ulation, vis: Chatham, Richmond,
Burke, Houston, Bibb and Fulton, three
Representatives each; to the twenty
six other counties having the next largest
population, vis : Bartow, Coweta, De
catur, Floyd, Greene, Gwinnett, Harris,
Jefferson, Meriwether, Monroe, Musco
gee, Newton, Stewart, Sumpter, Thomas,
Troup, Washington Hancock, Cairo 1 ,
Cobb, Jackson, Dougherty, Oglethorpe,
Macon, Talbot Wilkes, two Representa
tives fiaCli, and to the remaining one
hundred and five counties, one Repre
sentative each.
Par. 2. The above apportionment
shall be changed by the General As.em
clv at its first session after each census
taken by the United States government,
so as to give to ihe six counties having
the largest population three Representa
tives each ; and the twenty-six counties
having die next largest population two
Representatives each ; but in no event
shall the aggregate number of Repre
sentatives be increased.
SECTION IV.
Par. 1. The member! of the General
Assembly shall be elected f>r two years,
and shall serve until their successors are
elected.
Par. 2. The first election for mem
bers of the General Assembly, under
this Constitution, shall be held on the first
Wednesday in December, 1877. The
second election for the same shall be
held on the first Wednesday, in October,
1880 ; and subsequent elections, bien
nially, on that day, until the day is
changed by law.
Par. 3. The first meeting of the
General Asssembly, after the ratification
of this Constitution, shall be on the first
Wednesday in November, 1878, and
subsequent meetings bieniallv thereafter,
on the* same day, until the day shall be
changed by law. But nothing herein
contained 'sha'l be constructed to pre
vent the Governor from calling an extra
session of the General Assembly before
the first Wednesday in 1878, if in his
opinion, the public good shall require
it.
A majority of each house shall con
stitute a quorum to transact business ;
but a smaller number may adjourn from
,|ay to <la}' and compel the presence of
its absent members, as each house may
provide.
Par. 5. Each Senator and Repre
sentative, before taking his seat, shall take
the following oath or affirmation, to-wit:
“1 will support the Constitution of this
State, and of the United States, and on
all questions and measures which may
come before me, I will so conduct my
self, as will, in my judgment, be most
conducive to the interest and prosperity
of this State.
Par. 6. No session of the General
Assembly shall continue longer than
forty days, uuless ky a two-thirds vote
ol the whole number of each house.
Par. 7. No person holding a milli
tary commission, or other appointment,
or office, having any employment, or
compensation annexed thereto, under
this State, or the United States, or either
of them, except Justice of the Peace and
officers of the militia, nor any defaulter
for public money, or for any legal taxes
requirod of him, shall have a seat in
either house; nor shall any Senator, or
Representative, after his qualification as
such, be elected by the General Assem
bly, orappointed by the Governor, either
with or without the advice and consent
of the Sonate, to any office or appoint-
ment having any evolution annexed
thereto during the lima for which he
shall have been elected.
Par. 8. The scat of a member of
either house shall be vacated on his re
moval from the district or county from
which he was elected.
SECTION v.
The Senators shall be citizens of the
United States, who have attained the
age of twenty-five years, and who shall
have been citizens of ibis State for four
years, and for one year residents of the
district from which elected.
Par. 2. The presiding officer of the
Senate shall be styled the President of
the Senate, and shall he elected via
voice from the Senators.
Par. 3. The Senate shall have the
sole power to try impeachments.
Par. 4. When sitting for that purpose
the members shall he on oath, afliima
ton, and shall he presided over by the
Chief of Justice, or the presiding Justice
of the Supreme Court. Should the
Chief Justice be disqualified, the Senate
shall select the Judge of the Supreme
Court to preside. No person shall be
convicted without the concurence of
two-thirds of the members present.
Par. 5. Judgements, in cases of
impeachment, shall not extend fur
ther than removal from office, and dis
qualification to and enjoy any office
of honor, trust, or profit, within this
State; but the party convicted shall,
nevertheless, be liable, and subject
to indictment, trial, judgement, and
punishment according to law.
SECTION VI.
Pa v . 1. Th > representatives shall be
citizens of the United States who have
attained the age of twenty-one years,
and who shall have been citizens of
this State for two years, and for one
year residents of the county from
which elected.
Par. 2. The presiding officer of
the House of Representatives shall be
styled the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and shall be elected
viva voce from the body.
Par. 3. The House of Representa
tives shall have the sole power to
impeach all persons who shall have
been, or may be, in office.
SECTION VII.
Par. 1. Flaclt house shall be the
judge of the election returns and qual
ifications of its members, and shall
have power to punish them for dis
orderly behavior, or misconduct, by
by censure, fine, imprisonment, or ex
pulsion; but no member shall be ex
pelled except by a vote of two-thirds
of' the house to which he belongs.
Par. 2. Each house may punish
imprisonment, not extending beyond
the session, any person, not a member,
who shall be guilty of a contempt, by
any disorderly behavior in its presence
or who shall rescue, or attempt to res
cue, any person arrested by order of
either house.
Par. 3 The members of both houses
shall be free Iroin arrest during their
attendance on the General Assembly,
and in going thereto, or returning
therefrom, except for treason, feloiiy,
larceny, or breach of the peace; and no
member shall be liable to answer in
any other place for anything spoken
in debate in either house.
Par. 4. Each house shall keep a
journal of its proceedings, and pub
lish it immediately after its adjourn
ment.
Par. 5. The original journal shall
be preserved after publication, in the
office ol the Secretary of State, but
there shall be no other record there
of.
Par. 6. Tiro yeas and nays on any
question shall, at the desire of one
fifth of the members present, be en
tered on the journal.
Par. 7. Every bill, before it shall
pass, shall be read three times, and
on three separate days, in each house,
unless in cases of actual invasion or
insurrection.
Par. 8. No law' or ordinance shall
pass which refers to more than one
subject matter, or contains matter
different from what is expressed in
the title thereof.
Pur. 9. The general appropriation
bill shall embrace nothing except ap
propriations fixed by previous laws,
the ordinary expenses of the execu
tive, legislative, and judicial depart
ments of the government, payment
of the public debt and interest there
on, and for support of the public in
stitutions and educational interests
of the State. All other appropria
tions shall be made by separate bills,
each embracing but one subject.
Par. 10. All bills for raising reve
nue, or appropriating money, shall
originate in the House of Representa
tives, but the Senate may propose,
or concur in amendments, as in other
bills.
Par. 11. No money shall be
drawn from, the Treasury except by
appropriation made by law, and a
regular statement and account of the
receipt and expenditure of all public
money shall be published every three
months, and, also, with the laws
passed by each session of the General
Assembly.
Par. 12. No bill or resolution ap
propriating money shall become a
law, unless upon its passage, the yeas
and nays, in each house are recorded.
Par. 13. AH acts shall be signed
by the President ol the Senate and
the Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives, and no bill, ordinance or
resolution, intended to have the effect
of a law, which shall have been re
jected by either house, shall be again
proposed during the same session,
under the same or any other title,
without the consent of two-thirds of
the house by which the same was re
jected.
Par. 14. No bill shall become a
law unless it shall receive a majority
of the votes of nil the members elected
to each house of the General Assembly
and it shall, in every instance, so ap
pear on the journal.
Par. 15. All special or local bilk
shall originate in the House of Rep
resentatives. The Speaker of the
House of Representatives shall, with
in five days from the organization of
the General Assembly, appoint a
committee, consisting of one from
each Congressional District, whose
duty it shall be to consider, and con
solidate all special ami local bills, on
the same subject, and report the same
to the House ; and no special or local
hill shall be read or considered by the
House until the same has been reporled
by said committee, unless by a two
thirds vote. And no bill shall he con
sidered or reported to the House, by
said committee, unless the same shall
have been laid before it within fifteen
days after the organization of the Gen.-
eral Assembly, except by a two thirds
vote.
Par. 10. No special bills shall
be passed, unless notice of the intention
to apply therefor shall have been pub
lished in the locality where the matter,
or thing to he effected,.may be situated,
which notice shall be given at least
thirty days prior to the introduction of
such bill into the General Assembly,
and in the manner to be prescribed by
law. The evidence of such notice hav
ing b'en published, shall be exhibited
in the General Assembly before such act
shall be passed.
Par. 17. No law, or section of the
Code, shall be amended or lepealed by
mere reference to its title, or to the
number of the section of the Code, but
the amending, or repealing act, shall
distinctly describe the law to be amended
or repealed, as well as the alteration to
be made.
Par. 18. The General Assembly shall
have no power to grant corporate
powers and privileges to private com
panies, except banking, insurance, rail
road, canal, navigation, express and tel
egraph companies ; nor to make or
change election precincts ; nor to estab
lish bridges or ferries; nor to change
the names of legitimate children ; but
it shall prescribe by law the manner in
whmh such powers sha'l be exercised
by the couris.
Par. 19. The General Assembly shall
have no power to relieve principals or
securities upon forfeited recognizances,
from the payment thereof, unless the
principal in the recognizance shall have
been apprehended and placed in the cus
tody of the proper officer.
Par. 20, The General Assembly shall
not authorize the construction of any
street passenger railway within the lim
its of any incorporated town or city,
without the consent of the corporate
authorities.
Par. 21. Whenever the Constitution
requires a vote of two-thirds of either or
both houses for the passing of an act or
resolution, tbo yeas and nays ou the
passage thereof shall be entered on the
journal.
Par. 22. The General Assembly shall
have power to make a 1 ! laws and ordi
nances consistent with this Constitution,
and not repugnant to the Constitution
of the United States, which they shall
deem necessary and proper for the wel
fare of the State.
Par. 23. No provision in this Consti
tution, for a two-thirds vote of both
houses of the General Assembly, shall
be construed to waive the necessity for
the signature of the Governor, as in any
other case, except in the case of the
two-thirds vote lequired to override the
veto, and in case of prolongation of a
session of the General Assembly.
Par. 24. Neither house shall adjourn
for moie than three day, or to any other
place, without the consent of tho other,
and in case of disagreement between
the two houses, on a question of ad
journment, the Governor may adjourn
either, or both of them.
SECTION VIII.
Par. 1. The officers of the two houses
other than tho President aud Speaker,
shall be a Secretary of the Senate and
Clerk of the House of Representatives
and such assistants as they may ap
point ; but the clerical expenses of the
Senate shall not exceed sixty dollars per
day, for each session. The Secretary of
the Senate and Clerk of the House of
Representatives shall be required to
give bond and security for the faithful
discharge of their respective duties.
Annual Subscription $ 200
SECTION IX.
Par. 1. Tho per diem of members of
the General Assembly shall not exceed
four dollars ; and mileage shall not ex
ceed ten cents for each mile traveled,
by tho nearest practicable route, ; n go
ing to, and returning from the Capitol ;
but the President ot the Senate and ifie
Speaker of the House ot Representatives
shall each receive not exceeding seven
dollars per day. - .
SECTION 7.
Par. 1. All elections by tho General
Assembly shall he viva voce , and the
volo shall apppear on the journal of tho
House of Representatives. When tho
Senate, and House of Representatives
unite feft the [impose of elections, they
shall meet in the Representative Hall,
and the President ot tho Senate shall,
in such cases, preside and declare the re
sult.
section xr.
Par. 1. All property of the wife at
the time o? her marriage, and all proi*
erty given to, inherited or acquired by
her, shall remain her separate property,
and not he liable for the debts of Lor
husband.
SECTION XII.
Par. 1. AH life insurance compa
nies now doing business in this S.tate,
or which may desire to establish agen
cies and do business in the State of
Georgia, chartered by other States of
the Union, or foreign States, shall show
that they have deposited with the
Comptroller General of the State in
which they are chartered, or of this
State, the Insurance Commissioner, or
such other officer as may be au
thorized to receive it, not less than
SIOO,OOO, in such securities as may
he deemed by such officer equiva
lent to cash, subject to bis order,
as a guarantee fund for the security
of policy holders. #
Par. 2. When such showing is
made to the Comptroller General
of the State of Georgia by a proper
certificate from the State official
having charge of the fund go de
posited, the Comptroller General of
the State of Georgia is authorised
to issue to the company making
such showing, a license to dfo busi
ness in the State upon paying ie.s
rquired by law.
Par. 3. All life insurance com
panies chartered by the State of
Georgia, or which may hereafter
be chartered by the State ot Geor
gia, shall, before doing business,
deposit with the Comptroller Gen
eral of the State of Georgia, or
with some strong corporation,
which may be approved by said
Comptroller General, one hundred
thousand dollars, in such security
as may be deemed by equiv
alent to cash, to be subject to his
order, as a guarantee fund for tho
security of the policy holders of
the company mailing such deposit,
all interest and dividends arising
from such securities to be paid,
when due, to the company so de
positing. Any Such securities as
may be needed or desired by the
company may be taken from said
department at any time by replac
ing them with other securities
equally acceptable to the Comp
troller General, whose certificate
for the same shall bo furnished to
the company.
(to Be continued)
A woman in a French village who was
quite ill and confined to her bed, ona
evening in her husband’s absence, was
shocked by tho sudden appearance of a
masked burglar at her bedside. He de
manded her money and threatened to
kill Lor if she cried out. She said: "You
see I am unable to move, I am so ill;.but
the money is in the cellar. In tho cellar
floor yon will find a moveable stone;
raise it and underneath is a bag of mon
ey.’ The robber desoened uOo the cel
lar Without hesitation,while she, spring
ing from her bed, shut tho bolt of tha
door and gave an alarm. The neighbors
rushed in and the man was secured
A Republican caucus in the town of
Etna, Maine, has resolved that “R. R.
Hayes is a traitor to his party, to his
country, and his God," and declares „hat
“we will not give him or his iniquitous
policy any support, either political or
moral.” Etna’s eruption is like the fife a
of a Chinese Cracker.
Twenty minutes in the smoke of wool 1
or woolen cloth, will take the nain out of
the worst case of inflamation arSing from
any wound. No one need die from the
lockjaw if this simple remedy is raaorted
to. m |
The working men of B;
pursuing the
pressure un^gijn
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