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The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Oct. 17, 1968
Brantley Enterprise
Published weekly on Thursday at Nahunta, Georgia
Official Organ of Brantley County
Carl Broome Editor and Publisher
Mrs. Carl Broome Associate Editor
Second class postage paid at Nahunta, Ga.
Address all mail to Nahunta, Georgia 31553
LEGAL NOTICES
Resolution Act No. 137
House Resolution No. 6-1
A RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to
the Constitution, so as to pro
vide for a run-off election for
Governor in the event no can
didate receives a majority of
the votes cast in the general
election; to provide the proce
dure connected therewith; to
provide for the submission of
this amendment for ratifica
tion or rejection; and for other
purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1
The Constitution is hereby
amended by striking in their
entirety Paragraphs 111, IV
and V of Article V and sub
stituting in lieu thereof Para
graphs 111, IV and V to read
as follows:
“Paragraph 111. Transmis
sion, Canvassing and Publish
ing Election Returns. The re
turns of each election district
in a gubernatorial election
shall be sealed up by the sup
erintendent thereof separate
ly from other returns and
shall be transmitted to the
Secretary of State. On the
Tuesday next following the
general election, unless the
date thereof shall be changed
by law, the Secretary of State
shall transmit said returns to
a Constitutional Officers Elec
tion Board which shall be com
posed of the Speaker and
Clerk of the House of Repre
sentatives, the President Pro
Tempore and the Secretary of
the Senate, and the chairman
of all standing committees of
the General Assembly. Such
Board shall open and publish
the returns, and the person
having the majority of the
whole number of votes shall
be declared duly elected Gov
ernor of this State. Each can
didate for Governor shall be
entitled to designate one per
son to be present at the open
ing of the returns.
“Paragraph IV. Run-off E
lection. In the event no gub
ernatorial candidate receives a
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majority of the whole number
of votes cast in the
general election, the Con
stitutional Officers Elec
tion Board shall continue the
gubernatorial election by im
mediately calling a run-off e
lection and designate as candi
dates therein the two persons
who received the highest num
ber of votes, who continue in
life and have not declined to
continue as a gubernatorial
candidate. This runoff election
shall be held on the third
Tuesday immediately follow
ing the general election unless
the date thereof shall be
changed by the General As
sembly. The run-off election
shall be a continuation of the
general election and only the
electors who were entitled to
vote in the general election
shall be entitled to vote there
in; and only those votes cast
for the two persons designated
shall be counted in the tabula
tion and canvass of the votes
cast. The provisions relating to
the transmission of the re
turns in the general election,
the opening of the returns,
their tabulation, canvassing
and publication, shall apply to
the run-off election. On the
Tuesday next following the
run-off election, the Constitu
tional Officers Election Board
shall convene, open, canvass,
tabulate and publish the re
turns of the run-off election.
The person having the highest
number of votes entitled to
be counted in the run-off e
lection shall be declared the
duly elected Governor of this
State.
“Paragraph V. General As
sembly may Provide Addition
al Procedures. The General As
sembly may provide by law
for any additional procedures
or requirements connected
with any subject matter em
braced within Paragraphs 111
and IV and in connection with
any contested election, provid
ed such laws are not inconsis
tent with the provisions there
in.” ,
SECTION 2
When the above proposed a
mendment to the Constitution
shall have been agreed to by
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two-thirds of the members e
lected to each of the two
branches of the General As
sembly, and the same has been
entered on their journals with
the “Ayes” and “Nays” taken
thereon, such proposed amend
ment shall be published and
submitted as provided in Ar
ticle XIII, Section I, Paragraph
I of the Constitution of Geor
gia of 1945, as amended.
The ballot submitting the a
bove proposed amendment
shall have written or printed
thereon the following:
“Shall the Constitution be
amended so as to provide for
a run-off election for Gover
nor in the event no candidate
received a majority of the
votes cast in the general e
lection?”
YES ( ) NO ( )
All persons desiring to vote
in favor of ratifying the pro
posed amendment shall vote
“Yes”. All persons desiring to
vote against ratifying the pro
posed amendment shall vote
“No”.
If such amendment shall be
ratified as provided in said
Paragraph 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 mem
bers of the General Assembly,
and it shall be the duty of the
Secretary of State to ascer
tain 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
GEO. T. SMITH
President of the Senate
Hamilton McWhorter,
Secretary of the Senate
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Resolution Act No. 133
House Resolution No. 489-1060
A RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to
the Constitution, so as to pro
vide that the Lieutenant Gov
ernor-Elect shall succeed to
the Governorship in the event
of the death of the Governor-
Elect; to provide for the sub
mission of this amendment for
ratification or rejection; and
for other purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1
The Constitution is hereby
amended by adding to the
third sentence in Article V,
Section I, Paragraph VII, be
tween the words “Lieutenant
Governor” and “shall exercise”
the following:
“and in case of the death or
resignation of the Governor-
Elect, the Lieutenant Gover
nor-Elect, who shall be deem
ed to be the Governor’s suc
cessor, upon becoming the
Lieutenant Governor,”
and by striking therefrom the
following: “for members of
the General Assembly”, so that
when so amended said sen
tence shall read;
“In case of the death, resig
nation or disability of the
Governor or the Governor-E
--lect, the Lieutenant Governor
or the Lieutenant Governor-
Elect upon becoming the
Lieutenant Governor shall ex
ercise the executive power and
receive the compensation of the
Governor until the next Gen
eral Election, at which a suc
cessor to the Governor shall
be elected for the unexpired
term; but if such death, resig
nation, or disability shall oc
cur within thirty days of the
next General Election, or if
the term will expire within
ninety days after the next
General Election, the Lieuten
ant Governor shall exercise
the executive power and re
ceive the compensation of the
Governor for the unexpired
term.”
SECTION 2
When the above proposed a
mendment to the Constitution
shall have been agreed to by
two-thirds of the members e
lected to each of the
two branches of the General
Assembly, and the same has
been entered on their journals
with the “Ayes” and “Nays”
taken thereon, such proposed
amendment shall be published
and submitted as provided in
Article XIII, Section I. Para
graph 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:
“Shall the Constitution be
amended so as to provide that
the Lieutenant Governor-Elect
shall succeed to the Governor
ship in the event of the death
of the Governor-Elect?”
YES ( ) NO ( )
All persons desiring to vote
in favor of ratifying the pro
posed amendment shall vote
“Yes”. All persons desiring to
vote against ratifying the pro
posed amendment shall vote
“No”.
If such amendment shall be
ratified as provided in said
Paragraph 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 re
turns for elections for mem
bers of the General Assemblv.
and it shall be the duty of the
Secretary of State to ascertain
the result and certify the re
sult to the Governor, who
shall issue his proclamation
thereon.
GEO. L. SMITH II
Speaker of the House
GLENN W. ELLARD
Clerk of the House
GEO. T. SMITH
President of the Senate
Hamilton McWhorter,
JR.
Secretary of the Senate
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Resolution Act No. 8
Senate Resolution No. 46
A RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to
the Constitution, so as to pro
vide for the apportionment of
the Senate; to provide for the
submission of this amendment
for ratification or rejection;
and for other purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
Section 1. Article 111, Sec
tion 11, Paragraph I of the
Constitution is hereby amend
ed by striking said paragraph
in its entirety and inserting in
lieu thereof a new Paragraph
I to read as follows:
“I. Apportionment of Sen
ate. The Senate shall consist
of not less than fifty-four (54)
and not .more than fifty-six
(56) members. Each Senator
shall be elected from and rep
resent one Senatorial District.
The General Assembly may
create, rearrange and change
Senatorial Districts as it deems
proper, except that each Sena
torial District shall be com
posed of one or more counties
or may be composed of a por
tion of one county, but not
otherwise. The apportionment
of the Senate shall be changed
by the General Assembly, if
necessary, after each United
States decennial census be
comes official.”
Section 2. 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 branches of the Gen
eral Assembly, and the same
has been entered on their jour
nals with the “Ayes” and
“Nays” taken thereon, such
proposed amendment shall be
published and submitted as
provided in Article XIII, Sec
tion 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:
“Shall the Constitution be
amended so as to provide for
the apportionment of the Sen
ate?”
YES ( ) NO ( )
All persons desiring to vote
in favor of ratifying the pro
posed amendment shall vote
“Yes”. All persons desiring to
vote against ratifying the pro
posed amendment shall vote
“No”.
If such amendment shall be
ratified as provided in said
Paragraph 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 mem
bers of the General Assembly,
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 proclama
tion thereon.
GEO. T. SMITH
President of the Senate
Hamilton McWhorter,
JR.
Secretary of the Senate
GEO. L. SMITH II
Speaker of the House
GLENN W. ELLARD
Clerk of the House 10-31
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Resolution Act No. 236
House Resolution No. 628-1373
A Resolution
Proposing an amendment to
the Constitution so as to create
the Brantley County Develop
ment Authority; to provide for
the submission of this amend
ment for ratification or rejec
tion; and for other purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA;
SECTION 1
Article VII, Section VII,
Paragraph V of the Constitu
tion is hereby amended by
adding at the end thereof the
following:
“There is hereby created a
body corporate and politic to
be known as the ‘Brantley
County Development Author
ity’ which shall be deemed to
be an instrumentality of the
State of Georgia and a public
corporation, its scope and ju
risdiction to be limited to the
territory embraced by Brant
ley County. The County
of Brantley may contract with
the Authority as a public cor
poration as provided by the
Constitution of Georgia.
“The Authority shall consist
of eight members who shall
have such control, duties, pow
ers and authority as are here
by conferred and as may be
prescribed or provided for by
the General Assembly of Geor
gia, and such additional pow
ers as may be delegated to the
Authority by the County of
Brantley. Members of the
Authority shall be residents
of Brantley County. The first
appointments shall be for
terms of one, two, three and
four years. Thereafter all
terms and appointments, ex
cept in case of a vacancy shall
be for four years. The General
Assembly shall provide for
appointment of members of
the Authority. The Authority
shall elect a chairman, vice
chairman and a secretary
treasurer. The secretary
treasurer shall not be requir
ed to be a member of the Au
thority.
“All lands and improve
ments thereon the title to
which is vested in the Author
ity, and all debentures and
revenue-anticipation certifi
cates issued by the Authority,
shall be exempt from State
and local taxation. The tax
exemption herein provided
shall not include an exemp
tion from sales and use taxes
on property purchased by the
Authority or for the use of the
Authority.”
“Said Authority is created
for the purpose of developing
for the public good and gener
al welfare industry, agricul
ture, commerce, natural re
sources, and vocational train
ing and the making of long
range plans for the coordina
tion of such development, pro
motion and expansion, withir
its territorial limits. The Au
thority shall not be empow
ered or authorized in any man
ner to create a debt as against
the State of Georgia, or the
County of Brantley. The Au
thority is created for non
profit purposes and all pro
perty acquired by the Author
ity and any funds realized by
the Authority shall be used
continually and exclusively
for the purpose for which the
Authority is created.”
SECTION 2
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
branches of the General As
sembly, and the same has been
entered on their journals with
the “Ayes” and “Nays” taken
thereon, such proposed amend
ment shall be published and
submitted as provided in Arti-
cle XIII, Section I, Paragraph
I of the Constitution of Geor
gia of 1945, as amended.
The ballot submitting the a
bove proposed amendment
shall have written or printed
thereon the following:
“Shall the Constitution be
amended so as to create the
Brantley County Develop
ment Authority?”
YES ( ) NO ( )
All persons desiring to vote
in favor of ratifying the pro
posed amendment shall vote
“Yes”. All persons desiring
to vote against ratifying the
proposed amendment shall
vote “NO”.
If such amendment shall be
ratified as provided in said
Paragraph 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 election for mem
bers of the General Assembly,
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 proclama
tion thereon.
GEO. L. SMITH II
Speaker of the House
GLENN W. ELLARD
Clerk of the House
GEO. T. SMITH
President of the Senate
Hamilton McWhorter.
JR.
Secretary of the Senate
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