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Proclamation
i
Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Geor
gia, to be voted on at the General State
election to be held on Tuesday, Nov
ember 3, 1914, said amendment provid
ing for the creation oi the County of
Candler.
By His Excellency,
John M. Slaton, Governor.
State of Georgia,
Executive Department.
Augustß, 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 July
IT, 1914, to-wit:
An Act to amend Paragraph 2, Sec
tion 1, Article 11, of the Constitution
of this State.
The following amendment is propos
ed by the House of Representatives and
the Senate of Georgia to Paragraph 2,
Section 1, Article 11, of the Constitu
tion of this State.
Section 1. The General Assembly of
the State of Georgia hereby proposes to
the people of Georgia an 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, crea
ted by the General Assembly, and those
created by amendments to the above
and foregoing paragraph, section and
article of the Constitution of this State,
there is hereby created an additional
county, which county when created
shall be known as Candler County.
The territory for the formation of said
County of Candler shall be taken from
the Counties of Emanuel, Bulloch and
Tattnall, and the said territory so taken
for the formation of said new County
of Candler shall be included within the
following boundaries, to-wit:
Starting at the south of Ten-Mile
Creek where it empties into Canoochee
River, running in a northerly direction
upsaid riverto Excelsior Bridge; thence
in a northerly direction straight course
to Lott’s Creek to a point one-quarter
of a mile above New Bridge; thence
along the line of Lott’s Creek to De-
Loach’s Pond, leaving DeLoach’s Pond
running in a northwesterly direction,
crossing the Bulloch and Emanuel
county lines, intersecting with the
Swainsboroand Statesboro public road
at D. B. Johnson’s place; thence in a
southwesterly direction toUnionSchool
House: thence in a soutb westerly di
rection to Cowart’s Mill Pond; thence
in direct line to the Leo Collins cross
ing on the Central of Georgia Railroad;
thence in a southwesterly course to
Griffin’s Perry Bridge on the Ohoopee
River (crossing line of Emanuel and
Tattnall counties), a southerly course
to the point where the counties ol
Emanuel and Tattnall meet on tha
Ohoopee River; thence a direct line
east to Kennedy’s Bridge on the Ca
noochee River. That when said county
is erected the county-seat of the same
shall be the town of Metter, now in the
county of Bulloch; that if the above
and foregoing amendment should be
ratified by the people when the same
is submitted to them for their ratifica
tion at the next general election after
the adoption of this proposal to amend
the Constitution, there shall be, on the
first Wednesday in December after the
proposed amendment to the Constitu
tion is adopted, an election for the
county officers herein named in and for
said new county, to be held at the sev
eral election precincts existing within
the limits of said new county at the
time of the adoption of the proposed
amendment, during the usual hours of
holding elections, and all legally qual
ified voters residing in said territory
shall be qualified to vote at said elec
tion and the ordinaries of the sever
al counties in which said election pre
cinctsare located at the time of the
adoptiou of this amendment shall each
appoint the election managers for the
precincts in the counties m which he
shall exercise jurisdiction of ordinary
and the managers of the election shall
on the day succeeding the election meet
at the town of Metter, the place desig
the county-seat o( the new
county, and consolidate the vote for
the county offices, at such withm
the limits of the town of Metter as
shall be designated by the judge of the
luperior Court of the Middle Circuit,
whose duty it is hereby made to de
signate the place of meeting of said
election managers within the
limits of said town of Metter, and tne
general laws now in force as to the con
sohdationof the votes, the return of
the election and the commrssion of of
ficers shall be applicable 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 Court, a sheri f, c
: a receiver, a coroner,
tax collector, a tax receiver, a coroner,
a county surveyor and a county treas
urer; that said officers shall be commis
sioned as now required by law, and all
laws no win force in this State tocomrnis
!?on officers and for bonds required of
said general eiecuu , e i ec tion
f„rcoun?“ offlcefi'.,!-til ,uc-
Ce rhe S General i Assembly!'' hereby elv
tory courts, andl to P vaca nciesthat
filling sald wore general elec
niay occur before ™ x c l r f aled b y said
county "may be filled as now provided
b! Thv aUI County of Cndl -hall be
> i tn the First Congressional
n'Trict the Middle Judicial Ciremt
•„d he -ieveuteenth *„atorial Diamct
but it ■‘* ll l l f l " tt l pt S < 'SS
ty of Candler is attached, and the Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia is hereby giv
en power to change said county of Can
dler in arranging congressional and
senatorial districts as is now provided
by law. That the Superior Court in
said county of Candler shall be held on
the third Monday in February and Au
gust months of each year, but it. shall
be within the power of the General
Assembly at any time bylaw to change
the time of holding the courts and the
number of terms thereof. That thejus
tices of the peace and constables resid
ing 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 Chap
ter 13 of the Code of 1910 are hereby
made applicable to the said county of
Candler whenever same is created; that
all of the general laws in this State, in
addition to the above, having applica
tion to the statutory counties of this
State are hereby made applicable to the
said county of Candler, especially the
law in reference to holding elections
for the purpose of creating a debt for
said county; that when this amend
ment 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.
Section 2. The Governor is hereby
required 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 As
sembly, and shall be entered on the
journal of each house with the ayes and
nays taken thereon, the Governor is
hereby directed to cause the said pro-
posed amendment to be advertised in
at least two papers in each congression
al district at least two months berore
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 gen
eral election. And if a majority of the
electors voting at said election 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 amend
i ment shall become a part of the Con
stitution of Georgia when the fact is
■ certified to the Governor by the Secre
tary of State, that a majority of the
qualified voters voting at said general
election have voted in favor of the adop
tion of said amendment to the Consti
tution of the State, and the Governor
shall issue his proclamation to such
J effect.
j Section 3. It shall be the duty of
I the Governor to submit said proposed
i amendment in the following form:
That those voting in favor of said pro-
posed amendment shall have written
or printed on their tickets, “In favor
of the ratification of the amendment to
Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11 of
the Constitution of Georgia, creating
the County of Candler,” and those op
posed to the ratification of the amend
ment shall have written or printed on
their tickets, “Opposed to the ratifica
tion of the amendment to Paragraph
2, Section 1, Article 11 of the Constitu
tion of the State of Georgia creating
the County of Candler.”
Now, therefore, I, John M. Slaton,
Governor of said State, do issue this
my proclamation hereby declaring that
the foregoing proposed amendment to
the Constitution is submitted for rati
fication 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 of State.
Proclamation
Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia, to bevo
ted on at the General Election to be he and
on Tuesday, November .5, 1914, sam
amendment providing for representa
tion in the House of Representatives
for counties not now provided for, and
for other purposes:
By His Excellency,
John M. Slaton, Governor.
State of Georgia,
Executive Department,
August 12, 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 August
(4. 1914, to-wit: _ , „ ,
An Act to amend Paragraph 1, of
Section 3, of Article 3, of the Constitu
tion of the State of Georgia by striking
the figures 184 therefrom and inserting
in place thereof the figuaes 189, so as
S provide for representation in the
House of Representatives for counties
not now provided for, and further >\
striking from said paragraph the names
of the counties therein set out ami in
serting in place thereof the names of
the counties mentioned in the re-ap
nortionment act of the General Assem
bly of 1911, so that said paragraph will
conform to said re-apportioment and
for other purposes.
Section 1. Re it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the .-date of Georgia,
and it is hereby enacted by authority
SfTbP same, that Paragraph 1, of sec
tion 3, of Article 3, of the Constitution
be and the same is hereby amended by
striking from the second line of said
paragraph the figures “184 and insert;
, P ng in lieu thereof the figures “189,
Lnd further by striking therefrom the
names of all counties therein specified,
and inserting in place of six counties
therein named as being entitled
to three representatives each
the following: “Fulton, Chatham,
Richmond, Bibb, Floyd and Mus
cogee” and inserting in place of
the twenty-six counties therein speci
fied as being entitled to two represen
tatives each the following: “Laurens,
Carroll, Jackson, Sumter, Thomas, De
catur, Gwinnett, Coweta, Cobb, Wash
ington, DeKalb, Burke, Bulloch, Troup,
Hall, Walton, Bartow, Meriwether,
Emanuel, Lowndes, Elbert, Brooks,
Houston, Wilkes, Clarke and Ware,”
and further by adding at end of said
paragraph after the words, “and to the
remaining counties one representative
each,” thefollowing: “and in the event
of the ratification of this amendment
to the Constitution, the counties of
Bleckley and Wheeler shall be entitled
to representation in the General Assem
bly of Georgia for the session 1915-16;
and in the event this amendment and
the amendments creating the coun
ties of Barrow, Candler and Bacon shall
be ratified, then the three said last
named counties shall also be entitled
to representation in the sessions of the
General Assembly for the years 1915-16;
and elections in said counties shall be
held on the first Tuesday in January,
1915, under the law now governing sim
ilar elections for the election
of members of the General As
sembly to serve during the ses
sion 1915-16 in accordance with tins
amendment,” so that when said Para
graph is so amendment it will read as
follows:
Paragraph 1. Number of Represen-
The House of Representatives
shall consist of not more than 189 rep
resentatives apportioned among the
several counties as follows, to-wit: To
the six counties having the largest pop
ulation, viz. : Fulton, Chatham, Rich
mond, Bibb, Floyd and Muscogee, three
representatives each; to the twenty-six
counties having the next largest popu
lation, viz. : Laurens, Carroll, Jackson,
Sumter, Thomas, Decatur, Gwinnett,
Coweta, Cobb, Washington, DeKalb,
Burke, Bulloch, Troup, Hall, Walton,
Bartow, Meriwether, Emanuel, Elbert,
Lowndes, Brooks, Houston, \\ ilkes,
Clarke and Ware, two representatives
each; and to the remaining counties
one representative each; and in the
event of the ratification of this amend
ment to the Constitution, the counties
of Bleckley and Wheeler shall be enti
tled to representation in the General
Assembly of Georgia for the session of
1915-16; and in the event this amend
ment and the amendment creating the
counties of Barrow, Candler and Bacon
shall be ratified, then the three said
last named counties shall also be enti
tled to representation in the sessions of
the General Assembly for the years
1915-16; and elections in said counties
shall be held on the first Tuesday in
January, 1915, under the law now gov
erning similar election for the election
of members of the General Assenffily
to serve during the session of 1915-16 in
accordance with this amendment.
Section 2. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That when said
proposed amendment shall be agreed
to by two thirds of the members elected
to each House of the General Assem
bly, it shall be entered upon the Jour
nal of each House with the yeas and
nays thereon and published in one or
more newspapers in each Congressional
District in said State for two months
previous to the time for holding the
next general election in said State; and
shall at said next general election lie
submitted to the people for ratification
in the following form, to-wit: ror
ratification of an amendment to I ara
graph 1, of Section 3, of Article 3, of |
the Constitution (for providing for rep- 1
resentatives in the House of Represen
tatives of the State of Georgia for coun
ties not now provided for),”or “Against
ratification of an amendment to lara
graph 1, Section 3, of Article 3, of the
Constitution (or against providing for
representatives in the House of Repre
sentatives of the State of Georgia for
counties not now provided for), ana
if the majority of the electors qualified
to vote for members of the General As
sembly voting thereon shall vote for
ratification, having written or printed
on their ballots the preceding forms,
which votes cast at said election shall
be consolidated as now required by law
in elections for members of the General
Assembly and return thereof made to
the Governor, then he shall declare
said amendment adopted and make
proclamation thereof in the manner
now provided by law. .
Sec 3. Be it further enacted that all
laws and parts of laws in conflict with
this Act be, and they are, hereby re-
therefore, I, John M. Slaton,
Governor of said State, do issue this
my proclamation hereby declaring that
the foregoing proposed amendment to
the Constitution is submitted for rati
fication or rejection to the voters of the
State qualified to vote for members of
the General Assembly at the General
Kelection to beheld on Tuesday, .No
vember 3, 1914.
John M. Slaton,
Governor.
By the Governor:
Philip Cook,
Secretary of State.
LEGAL ADVERTISE
MENTS
for dismission
Georgia—Butts County.
Whereas, < . A, Pittman and Z. T.
Buttrill, executors of the last will of
Mrs. S. T. Moore, represent to the court
in their petition duly filed and entered
on record, that they have fully admin
istered Mrs. S. T. Moore's estate. This
is therefore to cite all persons conceri.-
ed, kindred and creditors, to show cause
if any they can why said Executors
should not be discharged from their ad
ministration and receive letters of dis
mission on the first Monday in Octo
ber, 1914.
J. H. Ham, Ordinary.
FOR ADM INISTUATION
Georgia—Butts County.
To Whom it may Concern:
Mrs. Sallie Hodges having made ap
plication to me in due form to be ap
pointed permanent administratrix up
on the estate of George W. Heard, late
of said county, notice is hereby given
that said application will be heard at
the regular term of the Court of Ordi
nary for said county to be held on the
first Monday in October, 1914. Witness
my hand and official signature, this 7th
day of September, 1914.
J. 11. Ham, Ordinary.
FOR LEAVE TO SELL
Georgia— Butts County
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has applied to the Ordinary
of said county for leave to sell land be
longing to the estate of 1. B. Carmi
chael for the payment of debts and for
the purpose of distribution. Said ap
plication will be heard at the regular
term of the Court of Ordinary for said
county to be held on the tirst Monday
in October, 1914. This 7th day of Sep
tember, 1914.
B. G. Carmichael,
Admr. Estate 1. B. Carmichael.
Notice of Tax Levy 1914
County Commissioners Office,
September Term 1914.
It is hereby ordered by the Commis
sioner of Roads and Revenues of Butts
county that there be levied and there
is hereby levied an advalorem tax on
all the real and personal property with
in the county of Butts for the sup
port and maintenance of the coun
ty’s business for the year 1914 in the to
tal sum of 13 mills on the dollar, the
several purposes for which levied being
as follows, to-wit:
1. For public road fund $ 4.00
2. For pauper fund I*^6
3. For bridges and public build
ing fund
4. For coroners fund -00
5. For sheriffs and other officers,
etc., - b(H)
(i. For jurors fund
7. For litigation fund -^0
a. For other lawful charges
against county
$13.00
J. O. Gaston.
Commissioner Roads and Revenues,
Butts County, Georgia.
[SHERIFF’S SALE.
Georgia—Butts County.
Will be sold, on the first Tuesday in
October next, at public outcry at the
court house in said county, within the
legal hours of sale to tne highest bidder
for cash, certain property of which the
following is a full and complete de-
scription: Two bales of lint cotton
bound in bagging and ties, one weigh
ing f>l7 pounds and one weighing 508
pounds. Said projierty levied on as the
property of Ed Cole to satisfy a distress
warrant issued from the Justice Court
of the 612th district G. M. of said coun
ty in favor of Mrs. Belle Hoard against
Kd Cole and J. W. Holloway. Said
property being in possession of Ed Cole
and J. W. Holloway. Levy made by
W. W. Wilson, sheriff, the 30th day of
Bept., 1909. This 10th day of Sept. 1914.
L. M. Cnaw kokii, HheOiff.
SHERIFF’H HALE.
Georgia—Butts County.
Will be sold, on the first Tuesday in
October next, at public outcry at the
court house in said county, within the
legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, certain property of which the
following is a full and complete de
scription: Nine acres of land, more or
less, lying and being in the 613th dis
trict G. M. Butts county, bounded as
fol Tows: On the west by lands of A.
W. Lane, south by lands ofW. M.
Taylor, east by lands of W. M. Taylor,
north by lands of A. W. Lane. Levied
on as the property of Columbus Price,
to satisfy an execution issued from the
Superior Court of said county in favor
of J. R. Sams against said Columbus
Price, said property being in possesson
of Columbus Price. This the 10th day
of September, 1914.
L. M. Chawfoij, Sheriff.
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Go to Kinard’s for sliced and
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peaches.
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