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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1914)
Proclamation 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 8, 1914, said amendment provid ing for the creation of the County of Candler. By His Excellency, John M. Slaton, Governor. State of Georgia, Executive Department. August 3, 1914. Whereas, the General Assembly at its session in 1914 proposed an amend ment to the Constitution of this State as set forth in an Act approved July 17, 1914, to-wit: An Act to amend Paragraph 2, Sec tion 1, Article 11, of the Constitution of this State. The following amendment is 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 river to 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 Swainsboro and Statesboro public road at D. B. Johnson’s place; thence in a southwesterly direction to UnionSchool House: thence in a southwesterly 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 Ferry Bridge on the Ohoopee River (crossing line of Emanuel and Tattnall counties), a southerly course to the point where the counties oi Emanuel and Tattnall meet on Ilia 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 cincts are located at the time of the adoptiou of this amendment shall each appoint the election managers for the precincts in the counties in 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 nated as the county-seat of the new county, and consolidate the vote for the county offices, at such place w ithin the limits of the town of Metter as shall be designated by the judge of the Superior Court of the Middle Circuit, whose duty it is hereby made to de signate the place of meeting of said election managers within the corporate limits of said town of Metter, and the treneral laws now in force as to the con solidation of the votes, the return of the election and the commission of of ficers shall be applicable to officers elected at such special election herein provided for: that the officers to ire elected at said special electmn herein provided for shall be an ordinary, a clerk of the Superior Court, a sherifl, a fax collector, a tax receiver, a coroner, •i county surveyor and a county treas ;S??Sat said officers shall be commis sioned as now required by law, and all 1 a ws no w in force in t his State to com mis sion officers and for bonds required of them shall be applicable to the officers sn elected- that the officers elected at said gerferal election shall hold their until the next general election for county offices and until their suc cessors are elected and qualified. The General Assembly is hereby gn en power to create any additional stat frto?v'officers in said county or statu- Sfy couTts, and to provide by law for L.i- . -oiH nttirps Any vacancies that miv occur before''the next general elec . r tv,** crested by ssid comi 1 ty a may be filler! as now provided b The said County of Candler shall lie attached to the First Congressional DiMrict, the Middle Judicial Circuit and the Seventeenth Senatorial District said coun 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 pow-ers 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 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 effect. Section 3. It shall be the duly of the Governor to submit said proposed 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 be vo ted on at the General Election to be held on Tuesday, November .5, 1914, said amendment providing for representa tion in the House of Representatives for counties not now provided for, ana 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 6. 1914, to-wit: An \ct to amend Paragraph 1, of Section 3, of Article 3, of the Constitu tion of the ritate of Georgia by striking the figures 184 therefrom and inserting in place thereof the figuaes 189, so as to provide for representation in the House of Representatives for counties not now provided for, and further by striking from said paragraph the names of the counties therein set out and in serting in place thereof the names of the counties mentioned in the re-ap portionment act of the General Assem bly of 1911, so that said paragraph \ul conform to said re-apportioment and '“sSSX'KS enacted <*- eral Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority o the same, that Paragraph 1, of sec tion 3, of Article 3, of the Constitution be and the same is hereby amended >y striking from the second line of said paragraph the figures “184” and insert; jTn in lieu thereof the figures “189, and 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 this amendment,” so that when said Para graph is so amendment it will read as follows: Paragraph t. Number of Represen tatives. 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, Wilkes, 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 Assembly 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 be submitted to the people for ratification in the following form, to-wit: “For ratification of an amendment to I ara grapli 1, of Section 3, of Article ■>, oi the Constitution (for providing for rep 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 l 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), and 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- I>C \ow, therefore, I, John M. Slaton, Governor of said State, do issue this mv 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 Eelection to be held on Tuesday, No vember 3, 1914. John M. Bi.aton, Governor. By the Governor: Philip Cook, Secretary of State. LEGAL ADVERTISE MENTS FOR ADMINISTRATION Georgia —Butts County. To Whom it may Concern: J. C. and W. C. Redman, having made application to me in due form to be ai>- pointed permanent administrators up on the estate of W. T. C. Redman, of said county who died 28th day of May 1887. Notice is hereby given that said As Your Daily" Delivery Wagon” -t" ust because yew are located 40 to ll'il 00 miles from i-ie city is no reason why you are out of reach of the city t: vp consumer or the city stores. Early ~ 7.8 morning trains and our city delivery service will put you on an equality with any suburban trucker, poultry £ - farm, orchard or dairy. l We will deliver for you. You can tp j order city bargains shipped to you dr t by Express C. O. D., and this and brings the bargains to your very dt ~k door. tjl ip Carriage Charges Lovj IJS SERVICE Satisfactory Jf K Insurance up to 350 Free j hj NO CHARGE FOR DELIVERY Southern Express Company .0 |g "Serve the Public” ,L v —-Jbf • application will be heard at the regu lar term of the court of Ordinary for said county, to be held on the first Monday in November, 1914. Witness my hand and official signa ture, this sth day of Oct. 1914. J. H. Ham, Ordinary. NOTICE OF SALE. Georgia—Butts County By virrue of an order from the Court of ordinary of said County, will be sold at public outcry on the first Tuesday in November, 1914, at the Court house door in said county, lietween the legal hours of sale, the following real estate, to-wit: That tract or parcel of land lying and being in 010th district, G. M., Butts County, Ga., bounded north by lands of Mrs. I. B. Carmichael, east by lands of J. L. Carmichael, south by lands of Mrs. Ada Lou Spencer and Towaliga river, west by Towaliga river containing fifty acres more or less. Also one acre of land in the 010th dis trict, G. M., bounded north and east by Mrs. Sallie A. Darkness, south by S. J. Foster, west by Mrs. Ada Lou Spencer. Terms Cash. This sth day of October, 1914. B. G. Cakmic'H A HI., Adrnr. of Estate of I. 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 lie levied and there is hereby levied an advalorern 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 ori the dollar, the Treat your appetite to an F. F. V. ham, none better. Kinard’s, rihone 8. MISS EUNICE MOSS PASSED AWAY FRIDAY Miss Eunice Moss, aged 15, died at the home of her brother, Mr. H. E. Moss, near Cork, last Friday. She had been an invalid for many years and death resulted from a complication of diseases. The funeral took place Satur day afternoon at Sandy Creek, with short services at the grave. Miss Moss is survived by her brothers, a sister and other rela tives. Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won’t Cura. The worst cases, no matter of howlong standing, are cured by the wonderf’il, old reliable Dr, Porter's Antiseptic Healinjr Oil. It reliever Pain and Heals at the same time. 25c. 50c, $1 U* For the best flour try a sack of Sweet Violet or Franklin and you will have it. Kinard’s, phone 8. several purposes for which levied being as follows, to-wit: 1. For public road fund $ 4.00 2. For pauper fund 1.25 3. For bridges and public build ing fund . - 5.50 4. For coroners fund DO o. For sheriffs anti other officers, etc., 1-00 For jurors fund 75 7. For litigation fund.. .20 8. For other lawful charges against county. -25 $13.00 J. O. Gaston. Commissioner Roads and Revenues, Butts County, Georgia.
