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Senate Resolution No. 5 ^
Resolution No. 26
• A Resolution
Proposing to the qualified vot
ers of the State of Georgia an
amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Georgia by adding to
Paragraph IV of Section IX of
Article VII, a new sub-paragraph
to be numbered (b) to read as
follows:
(b) To defray the cost of all
activities incident to providing
and maintaining an adequate
system of public roads and
bridges in this State as author
ized by laws enacted by the
General Assembly of Georgia,
and for grants to counties for
aid in county road construction
and maintenance as provided by
law authorizing the State treas
ury to make such grants, the
General Assembly of Georgia
shall in each General Appro
priation Act make the aggre
gate of the fixed appropriations
j for highway purposes an
amount not less than the total
Motor Fuel and Motor Vehicle
License taxes received by the
State Treasury for the immedi
ately preceding fiscal year, less
the amount of refunds, rebates,
and collection costs authorized
by law. The expenditure of the
appropriations made in conform
ity with this provision shall be
subject to all the rules, regula
tions and restrictions imposed
on the expenditure of appro
priations by provisions of this
State Constitution and other
laws enacted by the General
Assembly. Said funds are here
by allocated to the Highway
Department and shall be utiliz
ed for highway improvement
including construction and
maintenance. In the event of a
general war in which the United
States of America is involved
said funds shall be held to the
credit of the State Highway De-
of invasion of this stats by
land, sea, or air, said funds may 1
be utilized on the executive ^
order of the Governor for de- I
fense purposes.” f j
and so that Paragraph IV of Sec
tion IX of Article VII of the Con
stitution of the State of Georgia,
when so amended shall read as
follows:
“(a) The appropriation for
each department, officer, bu
reau, board, commission, agen
cy, or institution for which ap
propriation is made shall be for
a specific sum of money, and
no appropriation shall allocate
to any object, the proceeds of
any particular tax or fund or
a part of percentage thereof.”
“(b) To defray the cost of
all activities incident to pro
viding and maintaining an ade
quate system of public roads
and bridges in this State as au
thorized by laws enacted by the
General Assembly of Georgia,
and for grants to counties for
aid in county road construction
and maintenance as provided by
law authorizing the State treas
ury to make such grants, the
General Assembly of Georgia
shall in each General Appropri
ation Act make the aggregate
of the fixed appropriations for
highway purposes an amount
not less than the total Motor
Fuel and Motor Vehicle License ■
taxes received by the State
Treasury for the immediately -
preceding fiscal year, less the
amount of refunds, rebates, and
Collection costs authorized by
law. ^)The expenditure of the
appropriations made in con
formity with this provision shall
be subject to all the rules,
regulations and restrictions im
posed on the expenditure of ap
propriations by provisions of
this State Constitution and oth
er laws enacted by the General
Assembly. Said funds are hereby
allocated to the Highway De
partment and shall be utilized
parlment until such time as the
road building program can be
continued and materials obtain
ed for said purpose, ) "luring
any such period of time all the
funds, which cannot be used for
highway purposes, shall be in
vested in bonds of the United
States of America or securities,
the payment of the principal
and interest of said securities
being guaranteed by the Uni
ted States of America. In the
event of invasion of this state
by land, sea, or air, said funds
may be utilized on the execu
tive order of the Governor for
defense purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
C“">RGIA:
^ SECTION 1.
Upon the approval of this reso
lution in the manner hereinafter
provided that Paragraph IV of
Section JX of Article VII of the
Constitution of the State of Geor
gia be amended by adding a new
sub-paragraph to be numbered
(b) to read as follows:
"(b) To defray the cost of
all activities incident to provid
ing and maintaining an ade
quate system of public roads
and bridges in this State as au
thorized by laws enacted by the
General Assembly of Georgia,
and for grants to counties for
aid in county road construction
and maintenance as provided by
law authorizing the State treas
ury to make such grants, the
General Assembly of Georgia
shall in each General Appro
priation Act make the aggre
gate of the fixed appropriations
for highway purposes an
amount not less than the total
Motor Fuel and Motor Vehicle
License taxes received by the
State Treasury for the immedi
ately preceding fiscal year, less
the amount of refunds, rebates,
and collection costs authorized
by law. The expenditure of the
appropriations made in con
formity with this provision shall
be subject to all the rules, regu
lations and restrictions imposed
on the expenditure of appro
priations by provisions of this
State Constitution and other
laws enacted by the General As-
scmbly. Said funds are hereby
0 ocated to the Highway De
partment and shall be utilized
for highway improvement in
cluding construction and main
tenance. In the event of a gen
eral war in which the United
States of America is involved
said funds shall be held to the
credit of the State Highway
Department until such time as
the road building program can
be continued and materials ob
tained for said purpose. Dur
ing any such period of time all
the funds, which cannot be used
for highway purposes, shall be
invested in bonds of the United
States of America or securities,
the payment of the principal
and interest of said securities
being guaranteed by the United
States of America. In the event
for highway improvement in
cluding construction and main
tenance. In the event of a gen
eral war in which the United
States of America is involved
said funds shall be held to the
credit of the State Highway De
partment until such time as the
road building program can be;
continued and materials obtain- 1
ed for said purpose. During
any such period of time all the i
funds, which cannot be used for
highway purposes, shall be in
vested in bonds of the United
States of America or securities, |
the payment of the principal ]
and interest of said securities j
being guaranteed by the United
States of America. In the event
of invasion of this state by land, |
sea, or air, said funds may be
utilized on the executive order
of the Governor for defense '
purposes.
SECTION 2.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
BY THE AUTHORITY AFORE
SAID, that whenever the above
proposed amendment to the Con
stitution shall have been agreed
to by two-thirds of the members '
elected to each of the two houses J
of the General Assembly, and the
same has been entered on their
Journals, with the “yeas” and
“nays” taken thereon, the Gover
nor shall be and he is hereby au
thorized and instructed to cause
such amendment to be published
in one or more newspapers in each
Congressional District of this
State, for two nfonths next pre
ceding the time of holding the
next General Election.
SECTION 3.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
BY THE AUTHORITY AFORE
SAID, that the above proposed
amendment shall be submitted for
ratification or rejection by the
electors of this State at the next
General Election to be held after
the publication as provided for in
the second section of this resolu
tion, in the several election dis
tricts of this State, at which elec
tion every person shall be quali
fied to vote who is qualified to
vote for members of the General
Assembly. All persons voting at
said election in favor of adopting
the said proposed amendment to
the Constitution shall have written
or printed on their ballots the
words: (
“For ratification of the amend
ment to Paragraph IV of Section
IX of Article VII of the Consti
tution, to provide for the appro
priation of funds for highway
purposes”.
And all persons opposed to the
adoption of said amendment shall
have written or printed on their
ballots the words: ,
“Against the ratification of the !
amendment to Paragraph IV of
Section IX of Article VII of the
Constitution, to provide for the
appropriation of funds for high
way purposes.” f*
If the people ratify such amend
ment by a majority of the electors
qualified to vote for members of
the General Assembly voting
TH E BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA^ OCTOBER 23, 1952.
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thorcon such amendment shall be
come a part of the Constitution
of this Slate. The returns of the
election shall be made in like man
ner as returns for members of
ti e General Assembly, and it shall
be the duty of the Secretary of
State to ascertain the result and
to certify the result to the Govern
nor, who shall, if such amendment
be ratified, make proclamation
th°reof .
■* SECTION 4. 9
That any and all provisions of
law and parts of laws, in conflict
herewith be, and the same v are
hereby repealed.
S. MARVIN GRIFFIN
President of the Senate
GEORGE D. STEWART
Secretary of the Senate
FRED HAND
Speaker of the House
JOE.BOONE (*
Clerk of the House
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Resolution Act No. 62
S. R. No. 22
A Resolution 1
Proposing to the qualified vo
ters an amendment to Article VII,
Section I, Paragraph II, Subsec
tion 3 of the Constitution of the
State of Georgia, so as to change
the levy of taxes permitted on
property for any one year by the
General Assembly for all pur
poses, except to provide for re
pelling invasions, suppressing in
surrections, or defending the State
in time of war, from five (5)
mills on each dollar of the value of
the property taxable in the State,
to one-fourth (%) mill on each
dollar of the value of the proper
ty taxable in the State; provided,
however, that until some other
method permitted by the laws of
the United States for the taxation
of national banking associations
or corporations is enacted by the
General Assembly for the taxa
tion of the shares of stock of bank
ing corporations and other monied
capital coming into competition
with such banking corporations,
such property may be taxed at a
rate not exceeding five (5) mills
on each dollar of the value there
of; and for other purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA, and it is hereby re
solved by authority of the same:
SECTION 1.
That upon the approval of this
Resolution in the manner herein
after provided, Article VII, Sec
tion I, Paragraph II, Subsection 3
of the Constitution of the State
of Georgia be and the same U
hereby amended by striking all
said subsection three and adding
in lieu thereof a new subsection
three, which shall read as follows:
“The levy of taxes on property
for any one year by the General
Assembly for all purposes, except
to provide for repelling invasions,
suppressing insurrections, or de
fending the State in time of war,
shall not exceed one-fourth (Vi)
mill on each dollar of the value of
the property taxable in the State;
provided, however, that until some
other method permitted by the
laws of the United States for the
taxation of national banking as
sociations or corporations is en
acted by the General Assembly
for the taxation of the shares of
stock of banking corporations and
other monied capital coming into
competition with such banking
corporations, such property may
be taxed at a rate not exceeding
five (5) mills on each dollar of
the value thereof.”
SECTION 2.
Be it further resolved by the
authority aforesaid, that when the
above proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall have been
agreed to by two-thirds of the
members elected to each of the
two houses of the General Assem
bly and the same has been entered
on their journals with the “Ayes”
and “Nays” taken thereon, the
Governor jhall be and he is hereby
authorized and instructed to cause
such amendment to be published
in one or more newspapers in each
Congressional District of this
Slate, for two months next pre
ceding the time of holding the next
general election, at which general
election the above proposed
amendment shall be submitted for
ratification or rejection to the
electors of this State, at which
election every person shall be
qualified to vote who is qualified
to vote for the members of the
General Assembly. All persons
voting at said election in favor of
adopting the proposed amendment
to the Constitution shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballot the
words: “For amendment to Article
VII, Section I, Paragraph II, Sub
section 3 of the Constitution of
the State of Georgia, so as to
change the levy of taxes permitted
on property for any one year by
the General Assembly for $11 pur
poses, except to provide for re
pelling invasions, suppressing in
surrections, or defending the State
4n time of war, from five (6) mills
on each dollar of the value of the
property taxable in the State, to
one-fourth (V4) mill on each dol
lar of the value of the property
taxable in the State; provided,
however, that until some other
method permitted by the laws of
the United States for tho taxa ion
of national banking associations
or corporations is enacted by the
General Assembly for the taxaUon
of the shares of stock of bankmg
corporations nnd other mor.ied
capital coming into competition
with such banking corporations,
such property may be taxed at a
rate not exceeding five (6) mills
on each dollar of the value there- j
of.” All persons opposing the ;
adoption of said amendment shall
have written or printed on their i
ballots the words/ “Against;
amendment to Artic'c VII, Section
I, Paragraph II, Subjection 3 of
the Constitution of the State of
Georgia, so as to change the levy
of taxes permitted on property for
any one year by the General As
sembly for all purposes, except to
[provide for repelling invasions,
: suppressing insurrections, or do-
J fending the State in time of war,
: from five (5) mills on each dollar
; of the value of the property tax-
! able in the State, to one-fourth
I (M) mill on each dollar of the
| value of the property taxable in
j the State, provided, however, that
j until some other method permit-
I ted by the laws of the United
! States for the taxation of national
| banking associations or corporc-
j tions is enacted by the General
i Assembly for the taxation of the
j shares of stock of banking corpor
ations and other monied capital
coming into competition with such
: banking corporations, such prop
erty may be taxed at a rate not
'exceeding five (5) mills on each
dollar of the value thereof.” If
the people shall ratify such amend-
,ment by a majority of the electors
■ qualified to vote for members of
the General Assembly voting
i thereon, such amendment shall
become a part of the Constitution
of this State. The returns of the
i election shall be made in like man-
! ner as returns for elections of
[.members of the General Assem
bly, and it shall be the duty of the
Secretary of State to ascertain the
result and to certify the result to
;the Governor, who shall, if such
; amendment be ratified, make
'proclamation thereof.
SECTION 3.
; That all laws and parts of laws
; in conflict with the provisions of
| this Act be and the same are here-
; by repealed.
jS. MARVIN GRIFFIN
i President of the Senate
(GEORGE D. STEWART
/Secretary of the Senate
FRED HAND
Speaker of the House
JOE BOONE
Clerk of the House
APPROVED:
HERMAN E. TALMADGE
i Governor
This 21 day of Jan. 1962.
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House Resolution No. 17-89h
Resolution No. 31
A Resolution
Proposing to the qualified vot
ers of the State of Georgia an
amendment to the Constitution of
this State by striking therefrom
Paragraph XV of Section VII of
Article III in its entirety, and in
serting in lieu thereof a new para
graph providing for notice of in
tention to apply for local legisla
tion to be advertised in the news
paper in the locality affected; to
provide for method of changing
'term of office or abolishing an
'office during the term for which
a person has been elected; and
to provide for the method of in
creasing the membership of any
municipal or county governing au
thority; and for other purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
■ Upon the approval of this Reso-
. lution in the manner hereinafter
provided, that Paragraph XV of
; Section VII of Article III be and
the same is hereby repealed by
striking m its entirety all of said
Paragraph XV ~f Section VII of
Article III, which reads as fol
lows: •
'“Paragraph XV. Notice of in
tention to ask local legislation
necessary.
No local or special bill shall be
passed, unless notice of the in
tention to apply therefore shall
have been published in the news
paper in which the Sheriff’s ad
vertisements for the locality af
fected are published, once a week
for three weeks during a period
of sixty days immediately preced
ing its introduction into the Gqji-
j eral Assembly. No local or spe
cial bill shall become law unless
j there is attached to and made a
part of said bill a copy of said
notice certified by the publisher,
oi accompanied by an affidavit
of the author, to the effect that
said notice has been published aa
provided by law. No office to
whidh a person has been elected
shall be abolished, nor the term
of the office shortened or length
ened by local or special bill dur
ing the term for which such per
son was elected unless the same
be approved by the people of the
jurisdiction affected in a referen
dum on the question. Where any
local law shall add any member
or members to any municipal or
county governing authority, the
members of which are elected by
the people, such local law must
provide that the member or mem
bers so added must be elected by
a majority vote of the qualified
voters of the political subdivision
affected”, and that in lieu there
of a new paragraph be substitut
ed, to be known as Paragraph XV
of the Section VII of Article III
of the Constitution of the State of
Georgia, and which shall read as
follows:
“Paragraph XV. Notice of in
tention to ask local legislation
necessary.
No local or special bill shall be
passed, unless notice of the in
tention to apply therefor shall
have been published in the news
paper in which the Sheriff’s ad
vertisements for the locality af
fected are published, once a week
for three weeks during a period
of sixty days immediately preced
ing its, introduction into the Gen
eral Assembly. No local or special
bijl shall become law unless there
is attached to and made a part
of said bill a copy of said notice
certified by the publisher, or ac
companied by an affidavit of the
author, to the effect that said
notice has been published as pro
vided by law. No office to which
a person has been elected shall
be abolished, nor the term of the
office shortened or lengthened by
local or special bill during the
term for which such person was
elected unless the same be ap
proved by the people of the juris
diction affected in a referendum
on the question. When any local
law shall add any member or
members to any municipal or
county governing authority, the
members of which are elected by
i the people, such local law must
| provide that the member or mem-
; bers so added must be elected by
the qualified voters of the politi
cal subdivision affected under
■ such rules as the General Assem-
■ bly may in said law provide.”
! SECTION 2.
j Be it resolved by the General
, Assembly of Georgia that when
this amendment shall have been
agreed to by two-thirds of the
members elected to each of the
two houses of the General As
sembly the same shall be entered
on their journals with the “Ayes”
and “Nays” taken thereon and
shall be published and submitted
, to the people for ratification or
rejection as one single amendment
to the Constitution at the next
general election in 1962, as pro
vided by law. If a majority of
the electors qualified to vote for
members of the General Assem
bly, voting thereon, shall vote for
the ratification thereof, when the
returns shall be consolidated as
now required by law in election
for members of the General As
sembly, the returns thereof made
to the Governor, then he shall de
clare said amendment adopted,
land make a proclamation of the
I result thereof, and said amend
ment shall become a part of the
Constitution of the State of Geor
gia.
FRED HAND
Speaker of the House
S. MARVIN GRIFFIN
President of the Senate
JOE BOONE
Clerk of the House
GEORGE D. STEWART
Secretary of the Senate
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Act No. 442—Acts 1961
Senate Bill No. 46 ^
I ** An Act
■P To propose to the qualified vot
ers of Georgia an amendment to
Article 13, Section 1, Paragraph
1, of the Constitution of Georgia
so as to authorize the submission
of amendments to the Constitu
tion that affects only a county or
counties, or a municipality, to be
submitted only to the voters of
such county or counties, munici
pality or municipalities, that are
to be affected by the amendment;
to provide a method of submis
sion; to provide for the submis
sion of this amendment for ratifi
cation by the people; and for
other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE STATE OF GEORGIA; and
it is hereby enacted by authority
of *he same, as follows:
^ SECTION 1. ’
Tnat Article 13, Section 1,
Paragraph 1, shall be amended by
adding at the end thereof a new
Paragraph in the following words,
to-wit: J ^
^/‘Provided, however, that pro-
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
FOR GUARDIANSHIP*
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
B. M. Montgomery, guardian of
Mrs. Eva J. Barfield, incompetent,
having rendered his resignation as
such guardian and Clarence Bar-
field of said county having agreed
to accept such guardianship. This
is to notify all concerned that said
application will be heard by me on
the First Monday in November next
and if no valid reason is shown to
the conntrary said resignation will
be accepted and Clarence Barfield
appointed guardian of said incom-
potent.
This October 6, 1952.
J. R. LUNSFORD, Ordinary.
PIANO TUNING
C. W. SMITH
SALES & SERVICE
720 Thaxton Ave.
Phone 4538 Thomaston, Ga.
posed amendments to the Consti
tution which only affect or apply
to one or more counties, or one or
more municipalities, shall only be
submitted to the voters of the
county or counties or to the vot
ers of the municipality or munici
palities, which the proposed
amendment affects or applies. If
the amendment affects more than
one county or more than one
municipality the total vote of the
area shall be consolidated and a
majority of the whole vote shall
be required as a condition pre
cedent to ratification. Such pro
posed amendment shall be publish
ed in one newspaper in the county
or counties affected, or of the
county or counties in which the
municipality affected is located,
for two months previous to the
time of holding the next general
election, and shall be submitted
to the people in such county or
counties or municipality or muni
cipalities at the next general elec
tion and if ratified by a majority
of the electors qualified to vote
for members of the General As
sembly, voting thereon, such
amendment shall become a part of
this Constitution.
“Provided, however, that where
the corporate limits of any muni
cipality extend into two or more
counties, no amendment to the
Constitution affecting such coun
ties shall be ratified unless such
amendment to the Constitution
shall have received the required
majority of votes cast in each of
the counties affected, nor shall
this amendment alter or amend
the provisions of Paragraph 4,
Section 1 of Article XI of the
Constitution of the State of Geor
gia of 1946”.
SECTION 2.
BE IT FURTHER ENACTED
BY THE AUTHORITY AFORE
SAID, that when said amendment
shall be agreed to by two-thirds
vote of the members of each
House, with the “ayes” and
“nays” thereon, and published in
one or more newspapers in each
Congressional District in this State
for two months previous to the
time for holding the next general
election, at which proposed amend
ments to the Constitution of this
state may be voted on, and shall
at said general election be submit
ted to the people for ratification.
All persons voting at said election
in favor of adopting the said pro
posed amendment to the Consti
tution, shall have written or print
ed on their ballots the words, “For
ratification of amendment to Arti
cle 13, Section 1, Paragraph 1,
of the Constitution providing for
the submission of amendments to I
the Constitution that affect only
a county or counties, municipality
or municipalities”, and all persona
opposed to the adopting of said
amendment shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words
“Against ratification of amend
ment to Article 13, Section 1,
Paragraph 1, of the Constitution
providing for the submission of
amendments to the Constitution
that affect only a county or coun
ties, municipality or municipali
ties”, and if a majority of the
electors qualified to vote for mem
bers of the General Assembly,
voting thereon, shall vote for the
ratification thereof, when the re
sults shall be consolidated as now
required by law in election for
members of the General Assem
bly, the said amendments shall
become a part of Article 13, Sec
tion 1, Paragraph 1, of the Con
stitution of the State, and the
Governor shall make a proclama
tion therefor, as provided by law.
SECTION 3.
All laws and parts of laws in
conflict herewith are hereby re
pealed. V
S. MARVIN GRIFFIN
I President of the Senate
' GEORGE D. STEWART
Secretary of the Senate
I FRED HAND
Speaker of the House
JOE BOONE
Clerk of the House