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Brantley Enterprise Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, October 18, 1962
Brantley Enterprise
Published weekly on Thursday at Nahunta, Georgia
Official Organ of Brantley County
Carl Broome «... Editor and Publisher
Mrs. Carl Broome Associate Editor
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Address all mail to Nahunta, Georgia.
LEGAL NOTICE
Resolution Act No. 203
House Resolution No. 420-875
A RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the
Constitution, so as to disqualify a
write-in vote candidate unless he
announced his intention or can
didacy ten (10) or more days
prior to the election; to provide
the method of announcing his
candidacy; to authorize the Gen
eral Assembly to enact other reg
ulations pertaining to holding
public office; to provide for the
submission of this amendment
for ratification or rejection; and
for other purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY O F
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1
Article 11, Section IV, of the
Constitution, relating to persons
disqualified to hold office is here
by amended by adding a new
paragraph at the end thereof, to
read:
“No person elected on a write
in vote shall be eligible to hold
office unless notice of his inten
tion or candidacy was given ten
(10) or more days prior to the
election by the person to be a
write-in candidate, or by some
other person or group of persons
qualified to vote in the subject
election, as follows: In a state
general election, to the Secretary
of State and by publication in a
paper of general circulation in
the state; in a general election of
county officers, to the Ordinary
of the County in which he is to
be a candidate and by publication
in the official organ of the same
County; in a municipal general
election, to the Mayor or similar
officer thereof and by publica
tion in the official gazette of the
municipality holding the election.
The General Assembly may enact
other reasonable regulations and
require compliance therewith
as a condition of eligibility to
hold office in this State.”
SECTION 2
When the above proposed a
mendment to the Constitution
shall have been agreed to by two
thirds of the members elected to
each of the two branches of the
General Assembly, and the same
has been entered on their journ
als with the “Ayes” and “Nays”
taken thereon, such proposed a
mendment shall be published and
submitted as provided in Article
XIII, Section I, Paragraph I of
the Constitution of Georgia of
1945, as amended.
The ballot submitting the above
proposed amendment shall have
written or printed thereon the
following:
“For ratification of amendment
to the Constitution so as to dis
qualify write-in candidates un
less they have given notice of
candidacy ten (10) days prior to
election and to authorize the Gen
eral Assembly to enact other reg
ulations.
“Against ratification of amend
ment to the Constitution so as to
disqualify write-in candidates un
less they have given notice of
candidacy ten (10) days prior to
election, and to authorize the
General Assembly to enact other
regulations.”
All persons desiring to vote in
favor of adopting the proposed
amendment shall vote for ratifi
cation of the amendment, and all
persons desiring to vote against
the adoption of the proposed a
mendment shall vote against rati
fication.
If such amendment shall be
ratified as provided in said Para
graph of the Constitution, it shall
become a part of the Constitution
of this State. The returns of the
election shall be made in like
manner as returns for elections
for members of the General As
sembly, and it shall be the duty
of the Secretary of State to as
certain the result and certify the
result to the Governor, who shall
issue his proclamation thereon.
GEO. L. SMITH II
Speaker of the House
GLENN W. ELLARD
Clerk of the House
GARLAND T. BYRD
President of the Senate
GEORGE D. STEWART
Secretary of the Senate 11-1
LEGAL NOTICE
Resolution Act No. 228
House Resolution No. 575-1110
A RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Geor
gia, as heretofore amended, by
adding at the end of Article VII,
Section IV, Paragraph I thereof a
new paragraph to be appropria
tely numbered to grant to the
General Assembly the power to
delegate to any county the right
to levy a tex to build, acquire,
maintain and operate and to par
ticipate with other counties,
municipalities, public or private
corporations in building, acquir
ing, maintaining and operating
a system or systems of public
transportation, including the pay-
ment of preliminary investigative
expenses, the payment of all or
any part of the principal of and
the interest on any obligations is
sued to finance the construction
or acquisition of any such public
transportation system or systems
and to establish and maintain rea
sonable reserves in connection
with the issuance of any such
obligations and reasonable re
serves for the future operation,
development, improvement and
expansion of such facilities, and
to declare that the construction,
acquisition, maintenance and op
eration of public transportation
systems is an essential govern
mental function undertaken for
public purposes for which the
powers of taxation and eminent
domain may be exercised and
public funds expended; and for
other purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia, and it
is hereby resolved by the author
ity aforesaid, as follows:
SECTION 1
The Constitution of the State of
Georgia as heretofore amended,
is hereby further amended by
adding at the end of Article VII,
Section IV, Paragraph I thereof a
new paragraph to be appropria
tely numbered, reading as fol
lows:
To build, acquire, maintain and
operate and to participate with
other counties, municipalities,
public or private corporations in
building, acquiring, maintaining
and operating a system or sys
tems of public transportation,
including the payment of preli
minary investigative expenses,
the payment of all or any part of
the principal of and the interest
on any obligations issued to fin
ance the construction or acquisi
tion of any such public transpor
tation system or systems and to
establish and maintain reasonable
reserves in connection with the
issuance of any such obligations
and reasonable reserves for the
future operations, development,
improvement and expansion of
such facilities. The construction,
acquisition, maintenance and ope
ration of public transportation
systems is hereby declared to be
an essential governmental func
tion undertaken for public pur
poses for which the powers of
taxation and eminent domain may
be exercised and public funds
expended.
SECTION 2
When this resolution shall have
been agreed to by two-thirds
(2/3) of the members elected to
both houses of the General Assem
bly of Georgia, the same shall be
entered on their journals with
the yeas and nays taken thereon
and shall be submitted to the
people for ratification or reject
ion at the next general election
for members of the General As
sembly as provided by the Con
stitution of the State of Georgia.
At said general election, those
desiring to vote in favor of said
amendment shall have written
or printed on their ballot the
words “For ratification of amend
ment to the Constitution of the
State of Georgia, authorizing the
General Assembly to delegates to
counties the right to levy taxes
for public transportation, and
declaring the same to be an es
sential governmental function."
Those desiring to vote against
ratification of said amendment
shall have written or printed on
their ballots the words “Against
ratification of amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Geor
gia, authorizing the General As
sembly to delegate to counties
the right to levy taxes for public
transportation, and declaring the
same to be an essential govern
mental function.”
SECTION 3
This proposed amendment shall
be published before said general
election as now provided by law.
If at said general election the
majority of qualified voters vot
ing thereon as provided in the
Constitution of the State of Geor
gia, as amended, vote in favor of
the ratification of this amendment
the same shall, upon the result
thereof being ascertained, con
solidated and certified as provid
ed by law, become a part of the
Constitution of this State, and
the Governor shall make procla
mation thereof as provided by
law.
GEO. L. SMITH II
Speaker of the House
GLENN W. ELLARD
Clerk of the House
GARLAND T. BYRD
President of the Senate
GEORGE D. STEWART
Secretary of the Senate 11-1
Legal Advertising
Resolution Act No. 201
House Resolution No. 424-891
A RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the
Constitution so as to increase and
change the provisions relating to
the authorized payment for the
bringing in of the first com-
mercial oil or gas well in this
State; to provide for the sub
mission of this amendment for
ratification or rejection; and for
other purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY O F
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1
Article VII, Section I, Paragra
ph II of the Constitution is here
by amended by striking said
paragraph in its entirety and in
serting in lieu thereof a new
Paragraph II to read as follows:
“The General Assembly shall
not by vote, resolution, or order,
grant any donation or gratuity in
favor of any person, corporation
or association. The General As
sembly is authorized to provide
by law for the payment of five
hundred thousand dollars ($500,-
000) to the first person, firm or
corporation, or combination there
of, which puts down and brings
in the first commercial oil or
gas well in this State. Such well
must be a commercial producing
well for a period of 30 days and
the determination as to whether
a well qualifies is hereby vested
in the Director of the State De
partment of Mines, Mining and
Geology, who shall seek the ad
vice of experts on this subject.
Such law shall provide for the
distribution of said amount in any
manner which the General As
sembly may provide.”
SECTION 2
When the above proposed a
mendment to the Constitution
shall have been agreed to by two
thirds of the members elected to
each of the two branches of the
General Assembly, and the same
has been entered on their journ
als with the “Ayes” and “Nays”
taken thereon, such proposed a
mendment shall be published
and submitted as provided in Ar
ticle XIII, Section I, Paragraph
I of the Constitution of Georgia
of 1945, as amended.
The ballot submitting the above
proposed amendment shall have
written or printed thereon the
following:
“For ratification of amendment
to the Constitution so as to in
crease and change the provisions
relating to the payment authoriz
ed for bringing in the first com
mercial oil well.
“Against ratification of amend
ment to the Constitution so as to
increase and change the provi
sions relating to the payment
authorized for bringing in the
first commercial oil well.”
All persons desiring to vote in
favor of adopting the proposed
amendment shall vote for ratifi
cation of the amendment, and all
persons desiring to vote against
the adoption of the proposed a
mendment shall vote against rati
fication. v
If such amendment shall be
ratified as provided in said Para
graph of the Constitution, it shall
become a part of the Constitution
of this State. The returns of the
election shall be made in like
manner as returns for elections
for members of the General As
sembly, and it shall be the duty
of the Secretary of State to as
certain the result and certify the
result to the Governor, who shall
issue his proclamation thereon.
GEO. L. SMITH II
Speaker of the House
GLENN W. ELLARD
Clerk of the House
GARLAND T. BYRD
President of the Senate
GEORGE D. STEWART
Secretary of the Senate 11-1
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Resolution Act No. 200
House Resolution No. 364-763
A RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to
Article VII, Section VII, Paragra
ph V of the Constitution of the
State of Georgia to authorize any
county, municipal corporation or
political subdivision of the State
to issue and sell revenue bonds
subject to and in accordance with
the terms and provisions of the
Act of the General Assembly of
the State of Georgia approved
March 31, 1937, known as the
Revenue Bond Law of 1937, as a
l mended, and as the same may
hereafter be amended, and to re
fund any such bonds to provide
funds for the purpose of carrying
out slum clearance and rede
velopment work, including the
acquisition and clearance of areas
which are predominantly slum or
blighted areas, the preparation of
such areas for re-use, and the
sale or other disposition of such
areas to private enterprise for
private uses or to public bodies
for public uses, and to provide
that the issuing body may pledge
to the payment of the principal
of and the interest on any such
bonds and to create reasonable
reserves in connection therewith,
as well as to establish a fund for
future work, all or any part of
the taxes received (except such
taxes which by law are required
to be used only for specific pur
poses) by such body from any
real property involved in any
slum clearance or redevelopment
work, including work heretofore
or hereafter done, together with
any or all other revenues from
any such work and to the extent
that such taxes and revenues so
pledged are insufficient to pay
the principal of and the interest
on such revenue bonds and to
create reasonable reserves in
connection therewith such issuing
body may pledge the full faith
and credit of such issuer to make
up any deficit and the issuance
of any such bonds and the pledge
of the full faith and credit of the
issuer shall be an authorized in
debtedness but no vote of the peo
ple shall be required prior to in
curring the same nor shall such
bonds or such pledge be consider
ed as an indebtedness in deter
mining the limitations on indebt
edness imposed by the provisions
of Article VII, Section VII, Para
graph I of the Constitution as
now or hereafter amended; and
provided further that
any county, municipal
corporation or political sub
division other than the issuer
benefiting from any such slum
clearance or redevelopment work
may contract with the issuer of
any such revenue bonds and a
gree to pay to such issuer all or
any part of the taxes received
(except such taxes which by law
are required to be used only for
specific purposes) by such body
from any real property involved
in any slum clearance or rede
velopment work, including work
heretofore or hereafter done, so
that the same may be pledged
to the payment of the principal
of and the interest on such bonds |
and to create reasonable reserves
in connection therewith, as well j
as to establish a fund for future i
work; to provide for the submis
sion of this amendment for rati
fication; and for other purposes.;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY O F
GEORGIA, and it is hereby re-
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that:
SECTION 1
Article VII, Section VII, Para
graph V of the Constitution of
the State of Georgia, as hereto
fore amended, is hereby further
amended by adding thereto the
following proviso:
Provided that any county, mu
nicipal corporation or political
subdivision of the State shall be
authorized to issue and to sell
revenue bonds subject to and in
accordance with the terms and
provisions of the Act of the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of
Georgia approved March 31, 1937,
known as the Revenue Bond Law
of 1937, as amended, and as the
same may hereafter be amended,
and to refund any such bonds, to
provide funds for the purpose of
carrying out slum clearance and
redevelopment work, including
the acquisition and clearance of
areas which are predominantly
slum or blighted areas, the pre
paration of such areas for re-use,
and the sale or other disposition
of such areas to private enter
prise for private uses or to pub
lic bodies for public uses. As se
curity for the payment of the
principal of and the interest on
any such bonds and to create
i reasonable reserves in connection
therewith, as well as to establish
a fund for future work, the issuer
। may pledge all or any part of
the taxes received (except such
taxes which by law are required
to be used only for specific pur
poses) by such body from any
real property involved in any
slum clearance or redevelopment
work, including work heretofore
or hereafter done, together with
any or all other revenues from
any such project and to the ex
tent that such taxes and revenues
so pledged are insufficient to pay
the principal of and the interest
on such revenue bonds and to
create reasonable reserves in con
nection therewith, as well as to
establish a fund for future work,
such issuing body may pledge the
full faith and credit of such is
suer to make up any deficit
which may exist. The issuance of
any such bonds and the pledge of
the full faith and credit of the
issuer shall be an authorized in
debtedness but no vote of the peo
ple shall be required prior to in
curring the same nor shall such
bonds or such pledge be consider
ed as an indebtedness in determin
ing the limitation on indebtedness
imposed by the provisions of Ar
ticle VII, Section VII, Paragraph
I of the Constitution, as now or
hereafter amended. Provided fur
ther that any county, municipal
corporation or political subdivi
sion other than the issuer bene
fiting from any such slum clear
ance or redevelopment work may
contract with the issuer of any
such revenue bonds and agree to
pay to such issuer all or any part
of the taxes received (except such
taxes which by law are required
to be used only for specific pur
poses) by such body from any
real property involved in any
slum clearance or redevelopment :
work, including work heretofore |
or hereafter done, so that the
same may be pledged to the pay- j
ment of the principal of and in- ■
terest on such bonds and to cre
ate reasonable reserves in con-'
nection therewith, as well as toi
establish a fund for future work.
SECTION 2
When this resolution shall have
been agreed to by two-thirds
(2/3) of the members elected to
both houses of the General As
sembly of Georgia, the same shall
be entered on their journals with
the yeas and nays taken thereon
and shall be submitted to the
people for ratification or rejection
at the next general election for
members of the General Assem
bly as provided by the Constitu
tion of the State of Georgia. At
said general election, those desir
ing to vote in favor of said a
mendment shall have written or
printed on their ballot the words:
“For ratification of amendment
to Article VII, Section VII, Para
graph V of the Constitution of
the State of Georgia, as amended,
authorizing any county, munici
pal corporation or political sub
division of the State to issue and
sell revenue bonds and to refund
any such bonds to provide funds
for the purpose of carrying out
slum clearance and redevelop
ment work and to pledge certain
taxes for that purpose.’’ Those
desiring to vote against ratifica
tion of said amendment shall have
written or printed on their ballot
the words: “Against ratification
of amendment to Article VII,
Section VII, Paragraph V of the
Constitution of the State of Geor
gia, as amended, authorizing any
county, municipal corporation or
political subdivision of the State
to issue and sell revenue bonds
and to refund any such bonds to
provide funds for the purpose of
carrying out slum clearance and
redevelopment work and to pled
ge certain taxes for that purpose.”
SECTION 3
This proposed amendment shall
be published before said general
election as now provided by law.
If at said general election the
majority of qualified voters vot
ing thereon as provided in the
Constitution of the State of Geor
gia, as amended, vote in favor of
the ratification of this amendment
the same shall, upon the result
thereof being ascertained, con
solidated and certified as provid
ed by law, become a part of the
Constitution of this State, and
the Governor shall make procla
mation thereof as provided by
law.
GEO. L. SMITH II
Speaker of the House
GLENN W. ELLARD
Clerk of the House
GARLAND T. BYRD
President of the Senate
GEORGE D. STEWART
Secretary of the Senate 11-1
Georgia, Brantley County
Court of Ordinary
October 10, 1962
The appraisers upon applica
tion of Mrs. Sarah McCloud, wid
ow of Cecil McCloud, for a twel
ve month’s support for herself
and three minor children, having
filed their return; all persons
concerned hereby are cited to
show cause, if any they have, at
the next regular November term
of this court, why said applica
tion should not be granted.
Claude A. Smith, Ordinary.
Gibson and McGee,
Attorneys. 11-1
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Georgia, Brantley County
By virtue of an order of the
Ordinary of said State and Coun
ty, there will be sold at public
outcry, on the first Tuesday in
November, 1962, at the court
house door in Brantley County,
Georgia, between the legal hours
of sale, to the highest bidder for
cash, all of the lands of the es
tate of Mamie King Orser.
The sale will continue from
day to day between the same
hours until all of said property
is sold.
This the Ist day of October,
1962. »
|s| R. L. Orser
AS ADMINISTRATOR OF
THE ESTATE OF MAMIE
KING ORSER,
DECEASED. 11-1
Georgia, Brantley County
Aleph C. Shriver,
Vs.
Thomas Ross Shriver.
In Brantley Superior Court
Suit for Divorce.
Thomas Ross Shriver, Is here
by commanded to appear, in per
son or by attorney, at said Court,
within sixty days from Sept. Bth,
1962, same being the date of or
der for publication, there to ans
wer said complaint, else the
Court will proceed as justice shall
appertain.
Witness Hon. Ben Hodges,
Judge of said Court. This the
Bth day of Oct. 1962.
D. F. Herrin, Clerk
Brantley Superior Court
C. Winton Adams,
Plaintiffs Atty. 11-8
Georgia, Brantley County
Court of Ordinary
October 10, 1962
The appraisers upon applica
tion of Mrs. Esther Highsmith,
widow of said W. O. Highsmith,
for a twelve months support for
herself and three minor children,
having filed their return; all
persons concerned hereby are
cited to show cause, if any they
have, at the next regular Novem
ber term of this court, why said
application should not be grant
ed.
Claude A. Smith, Ordinary.
Gibson and McGee,
Attorneys. 11-1
Georgia, Brantley County
WHEREAS, Owen G. Lee, Jr.,
Administrator of Owen G. Lee,
Sr., represents to the Court in
his petition, duly filed and en
tered on record, that he has fully
administered Owen G. Lee, Sr.’s
estate: This is, therefore, to cite
all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if
any they can, why said Administ
rator should not be discharged
from his administration, and re
ceive Letters of Dismission, on
the first Monday in November,
1962.
Claude A. Smith, Ordinary,
Gibson and McGee,
Attorneys. 11-1
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