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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1938.
A PROCLAMATION
Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia to be
voted on at the General Election to
be held on Tuesday, November 8,
1938, amending article 7, section 7,
paragraph 1, of the Constitution of
the State of Georgia, incorporated
In the Code of 1933 as section 2-
6501, authorizing the City of Savan
nah to incur a bonded indebtedness
in addition to that heretofore au
thorized by the Constitution and
laws of Georgia. For the purpose
of refunding and retiring its exist
ing bonded indebtedness due and un
paid as of November 1, 1937, and
that becomes due up to and includ
ing January 1, 1939, to provide that
the funds raised from such addition
al bonded indebtedness shall be used
exclusively for the retirement of
said bonded indebtedness that is or
may become due and unpaid as of
January 1, 1939; to authorize the
City of Savannah to issue bonds for
the payment and retirement of all
notes and other liquidated or un
liquidated demands outstanding and
unpaid as of January 1, 1939, for
which the City of Savannah may be
liable as principal, gurantor or oth
erwise, and to provide that funds
raised from such additional bonded
indebtedness shall be used exclus
ively for the payment and retire
ment' of the indebtedness and obli
gations for which they are issued;
to authorize the assessment and col
lection of an annual tax sufficient to
pay principal and interest of said
bonds as they become due; to au
thorize the fixing of the rate of in
terest, the date of issuance and oth
er details incident to the issue and
sale of said bonds; to provide for
validation; to provide for submis
sion of the amendment for ratifica
tion by the people; and for other
purposes.
By His Excellency,
E. D. RIVERS, Governor,
State of Georgia, Executive Dept.,
September Ist, 1938.
WHEREAS, The General Assem
bly at the 1937-38 extraordinary
session proposed an amendment to
the Constitution of this set
forth in a resolution approved De
cember 10, 1937, relating to the
bonded debt of Savannah, to-wit:
AN ACT
No. 9.
An Act to propose to the qualified
voters of the State of Georgia an
amendment to article 7, section 7,
paragraph 1, of the Constitution of
the State of Georgia, incorporated
in the Code of 1933 as section 2-
5501, so as to authorize the City of
Savannah to incur a bonded indebt
edness in addition to that hereto
fore authorized by the Constitution
and laws of Georgia. For the pur
pose of refunding and rearing its
existing bonded indebtedness due
and unpaid as of November 1, 1937,
and that becomes due up to
and including January 1, 1939.
to provide that the funds raised
from such additional bonded indebt
edness shall be used exclusively for
the retirement of said bonded in
debtedness that is or may become
due and unpaid as of January 1,
1939; to authorize the City of Sa
vannah to issue bonds for the pay
ment and retirement of all notes
and other liquidated or unliquidated
demands outstanding and unpaid as
of January 1, 1939, for which the
City of Savannah may be liable as
principal, guarantor or otherwise,
and to provide that funds raised
from such additional bonded indebt
edness shall be used exclusively for
the payment and retirement of the
indebtedness and obligations for
which they are issued; to authorize
the assessment and collection of an
annual tax sufficient to pay princi
pal and interest of said bonds as
they become due; to authorize the
fixing of the rate of interest, the
date of issuance and other details
incident to the issue and sale of said
bonds; to provide for validation; to
provide for submission of the
amendment for ratification by the
people; and for other purposes.
Section 1.
Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Georgia and
it is hereby enacted by the authori
ty of the same, that article seven
(7), section seven (7), paragraph
one (1), of the Constitution of
Georgia, incorporated in the Code
of 1933 as section 2-5501 which has
heretofore been amended, shall be
further amended by adding at the
end thereof anew paragraph to be
worded as follows, to-wit: “And
except, that the City of Savannah,
in addition to the bonded indebted
ness heretofore authorized by the
Constitution and laws of Georgia,
may issue refunding serial bonds
not in excess of the aggregate sum
of three hundred forty-five thousand
($345,000.00) dollars for the pur
pose of refunding and retiring any
bonded indebtedness of said City
outstanding, past due and unpaid as
of November 1, 1937, and any bond
ed indebtedness of said City, which
becomes due up to and including Jan
uary 1, 1939, and shall provide for
the assessment and collection of an
annual tax sufficient in amount to
pay the principal and interest of
said refunding bonds as they become
due. Said serial bonds so issued
shall mature in twenty-five (25) an
nual equal amounts beginning five
(5) years from the date of issuance
and maturing each year thereafter
for a period of twenty-five (25)
years. The proceeds of all such re
funding bonds so issued by the City
of Savannah shall be used exclusive
ly for the purpose of paying and re
tiring said bonded indebtedness that
is or may become due and unpaid as
of January 1, 1939. Said refunding
bonds shall be issued and validated
when authorized by a majority
vote of the Mayor and the Board
of Aldermen of the City of Savan
nah, who are hereby authorized and
empowered to fix the rate of inter
est, the date of issuance and all
other details incident to the issue
and sale of said bonds.”
“And except, that the City of Sa-
vannah in addtion to the bonded in
debtedness heretofore authorized by
the Constitution and laws of Geor
gia, may issue serial bonds not in
excess of the sum of six hundred
fifty-five thousand ($655,000.00)
dollars for the payment and retire
ment of the deficit and current in
debtedness of the City of Savannah,
the same being represented by
judgments, notes, open accounts
and other liquidated or unliquidated
demands for which said City of Sa
vannah may be liable as principal,
guarantor or otherwise, outstanding
and unpaid as of January 1, 1939;
and shall provide for the assessment
and collection of an annual tax suf
ficient in amount to pay the princi
pal and interest of said bonds as
they become due. Said serial bonds
so issued shall mature in twenty-five
(25) annual equal amounts begin
ning five (5) years from the date
of issuance and maturing each year
thereafter for a period of twenty
live (25) years. The proceeds of
such bonds shall be used exclusively
for the purpose of paying and re
tiring said outstanding and unpaid
notes, judgments, open accounts and
other liquidated or unliquidated de
mands as of January 1, 1939, far
which said City of Savannah may be
liable as principal, guarantor or
otherwise. Said bonds shall be is
sued and validated when authorized
by a majority vote of the Mayor and
the Board of Aldermen of the City
of Savannah, who are hereby au
thorized and empowered to fix the
rate of interest, the date of issuance
and all other details incident to the
issue and sale of said bonds.”
Section 2.
Be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid that, when said
amendment shall be agreed to by a
two thirds vote of the members
elected to each of the two Houses,
said amendment shall be entered on
their journals, with the “ayes” and
“nays” thereon, and shall be pub
lished in one or more newspapers in
each Congressional District in the
State of Georgia fo rtwo (2) months
previous to the time of holding the
next general election, and said
amendment shall, at the next gener
al election, be submitted to the peo
ple for ratification. All persons
voting at said election in favor of
adopting the said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall have
written or printed on their ballots
the words, “For ratification of
amendment to article 7, section 7,
paragraph 1, of the Constitution,
authorizing the City of Savannah to
issue refunding bonds, to issue bonds
for the retirement of indebtedness
due and unpaid as of January 1,
1939,” and all persons
the adoption of said amendlA
shall have written t>r printed on
their ballots the words, “Against
ratification of amendment to article
7, section 7, paragraph 1, of the
Constitution, authorizing the City of
Savannah to issue refunding bonds,
to issue bonds for the retirement of
indebtedness due and unpaid as of
January 1, 1939;” and if a majority
of the electors, qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly,
voting thereon, shall vote for rati
fication thereof, when the result
shall be consolidated as now requir
ed by law in election of members of
the General Assembly, the amend
ment and its provisions shall become
a part of article 7, section 7, para
graph 1, of the Constitution of the
State of Georgia, and the Governor
of the State of Georgia shall make a
proclamation thereof, as provided by
law. >
Section 3.
Be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid that all laws or
parts of laws in conflict herewith be
and the same are hereby repealed.
Joe Boone,
CLERK OF THE HOUSE.
John W. Hammond,
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE.
Roy V. Harris,
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
Jno. B. Spivey,
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.
Approved:
E. D. RIVERS,
GOVERNOR.
This 10th dav of December, 1937.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, E. D. Riv
ers, Governor of said State, do is
sue this my proclamation hereby de
claring that the proposed foregoing
amendment to the Constitution is
submitted, for ratification or re
jection, to the voters of the State
qualified to vote for members of the
General Assembly at the General
Election to be held on Tuesday, No
vember 8, 1938.
E D. RIVERS,
GOVERNOR.
BY THE GOVERNOR:
JOHN B. WILSON,
SECRETARY OF STATE.
A PROCLAMATION
Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia to
be voted on at the General Election
to be held on Tuesday, November 8,
1938, amending article 7, section 7,
paragraph 1, of the Constitution of
the State of Georgia, authorizing
the City of Macon to make tempo
rary loans, to, limit the aggregate
amount of said loans outstanding
at any one time, and to provide that
said loans must be paid out of reve
nues received by the City of Macon
in the year in which said loans are
made; to authorize the City of Ma
con to issue notes or debts certifi
cates for the retirement and pay
ment of the deficit and current in
debtedness of the City of Macon and
to provide the terms of their issue;
to provide for the submission of
the amendments for ratification by
the people: and for other purposes.
By His Excellency,
E. D. RIVERS, Governor,
State of Georgia, Executive Dept.,
September Ist, 1938.
WHEREAS. The General Assem
bly at the 1937-38 extraordinary
session proposed an amendment to
the Constitution of this State as set
forth in a resolution approved Jan-
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
uary 10, 1938, relating to Macon
Temporary Loans, to-wit;
AN ACT
No. 129.
An Act to propose to the qualified
voters of Georgia amendments to
article 7, section 7, paragraph 1, of
the Constitution of Georgia, so as to
authorize the City of Macon to make
temporary loans, to limit the ag
gregate amount of said loans out
standing at any one time and to
provide that said loans must be paid
out of revenues received by the City
of Macon fn the year in which said
loans aro made; to authorize the
City of Macon to issue notes or debt
certificates for the retirement and
payment of the deficit and current
indebtedness of the City of Macon
and to provide the terms of their is
sue; to provide for the submission of
the amendments for ratification by
the people; and for other purposes.
Section 1.
Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Georgia, and
it is hereby enacted by authority of
the same, that article 7, section 7.
paragraph 1, of the Constitution of
Georgia, which has heretofore been
amended, shall be further amended
by adding at the end thereof new
naragraphs in the following words,
to-wit:
“And except that the City of Ma
con, in addition to the debts here
inbefore allowed, may make tempo
rary loans between January 1, and
December 31 of each year, to be
paid out of the revenues received by
the City in that year; said loans to
be evidenced by promissory notes
signed by the Mayor and Treasurer
of the City of Macon and previously
authorized by resolution approved
by a majority vote of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City of
Macon at regular meeting and en
tered on the minutes of the Coun
cil. The aggregate amount of said
loans outstanding at any one time
shall not exceed fifty (50%) per
cent of the total gross receipts of
the City of Macon from ad valorem
taxes in the preceding year and no
new loans shall be made in any year
until all loans made in previous
years, have been paid in full, pro
vided, the failure to pay said loans
out of the revenues received by the
City in the year the loan is made
shall pot affect the obligation of the
City to pay the same.
“And except also that the City
of Macon by a majority vote of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of
the City, may issue notes or debt
certificates to be executed by the
Mayor and Treasurer for the retire
ment and payment of the deficit and
current indebtedness of the City of
Macon as the same may be at the
date of such issues, provided such
issues be on or before January 1,
1939, and otherwise in an amount
not exceeding the said deficit and
current indebtedness outstanding on
January 1, 1939. Such notes or
debt certificates may be issued in
such denomination, bearing such in
terest and falling due at such times
as the Mayor and Board of Aider
men may fix and determine, but not
to exceed five (5) years from the
date of their issue.”
Section 2.
Be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, that when said
amendments 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 elec
tion, at proposed amendments
to the Constitution of this State may
be voted on, the amendments shall
at said general election, be sub
mitted separately to the people for
ratification.
All persons voting at said election
in favor of adopting the said pro
posed amendment to the Constitution
authorizing the City of Macan to
make temporary loans shall have
written or printed on their ballots
the words, “For ratification of
amendment of article 7, section 7,
paragraph 1, of the Constitution,
authorizing the City of Macon to
make temporary loans,” and all per
sons opposed to the adoption of said
amendment authorizing the City of
Macon to make temporary loans
shall have written or printed on
their ballots the words, “Against
ratification of amendment of article
7, section 7, paragi-aph 1, of the
Constitution, authorizing the City of
Macon to make temporary loans,”
and if a majority of electors quali
fied to vote for members of the Gen
ei-al Assembly voting thereon, shall
vote for ratification thereof, when
the result shall be consolidated, as
now required by law in elections for
members of the General Assembly
the said amendment shall become a
part of article 7, section 7, para
graph 1, of the Constitution of the
State, and the Governor shall make
a proclamation therefor as provided
by law, and the City of Macon,
without further legislation, author
ity or vote, than that provided here
in, shall be authorized to perform
the act or acts embraced in such
amendment.
All persons voting at said election
in favor of adopting the said pro
posed amendment to the Constitu
tion authorizing the City of Macon
to retire current deficit shall have
written or printed on their ballots
the words, “For ratification of
amendment of article 7, section 7,
paragraph 1, of the Constitution, au
thorizing the City of Macon to re
tire deficit and pay current indebt
edness,” and all persons opposed to
the adoption of said amendment au
thorizing the City of Macon to re
tire current deficit shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots the
words, “Against ratification of
amendment of article 7, section 7,
paragraph 1, of the Constitution,
authorizing the City of Macon to
retire deficit and pay current in
debtedness,” and if a majority of
electors qualified to vote for mem
bers of the General Assembly vot
ing thereon, shall vote for ratifica
tion thereof, when the result shall
be consolidated as now required by
law in elections for members of the
General Assembly, the said Amend
ment shall become a part of article
7, section 7, paragraph 1, of the
Constitution of the State, and the
Governor shall make a proclamation
therefor as provided by law, and the
City of Macon, without further leg
islation, authority or vote, than
that provided herein, shall be au
thorized to perform the Act or Acts
embraced in such amendment.
Section 3.
Be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid that all laws, or
parts of laws, in conflict herewith
shall be, and are hereby, repealed.
Roy V. Harris,
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
Jno. B. Spivey,
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.
Joe Bo*ne,
CLERK OF THE HOUSE.
John W. Hammond,
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE.
Approved:
E. D. RIVERS,
GOVERNOR.
This 10th day of January, 1938.
NOW, THEREFORE, 1. E. D. Riv
ers, Governor of said State, do is
sue this my proclamation hereby de
claring that the proposed foregoing
amendment to the Constitution is
submitted, for ratification or rejec
tion, to the voters of the State
qualified to vote for members of the
General Assembly at the General
Election to be held on Tuesday, No
vember 8, 1938.
E. D. RIVERS,
GOVERNOR.
BY THE GOVERNOR:
JOHN B. WILSON,
SECRETARY OF STATE.
A PROCLAMATION
Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia to
be voted on at the General Election
to be held on Tuesday, November 8,
1938, amending article 8, section 4,
paragraph 1, of the Constitution of
the State of Georgia, authorizing
the board of education of the Coun
ty of Brantley to levy a school tax
not exceeding five mills, in addition
to the five mills now authorized by
law; also authorizing the county
board of education to levy sufficient
tax millage to pay interest and pro
vide sinking-fund for school bonds
voted by school districts of Brant
ley County; to provide that Brant
ley County shall constitute one
school district under the supervision
and control of the county board of
education; to abolish existing school
district lines in Brantley County;
to authorize the Brantley County
Board of Education to appoint
school trustees; to provide county
wide election for making amend
ment mandatory; and for other pur
poses.
By His Excellency,
E. D. RIVERS, Governor,
State of Georgia, Executive Dept.,
September 1, 1938.
WHEREAS, The General Assem
bly at the 1937-38 extraordinary
session proposed an amendment to
the Constitution of this State as set
forth in a resolution approved Feb
ruary 18, 1938, relating to Brant
ley County school tax, to-wit:
A RESOLUTION
No. 46.
A Resolution proposing to the
qualified voters of the State of
Georgia an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Georgia,
authorizing the board of education
of the County of Brantley to levy a
school tax not exceeding five mills,'
in addition to the five mills now au
thorized by law; also authorizing
the county board of education to
levy sufficient tax millage to pay
interest and provide sinking-fund
for school bonds voted by school
districts of Brantley County; to
provide that Brantley County shall
constitute one school district under
the supervision and control of the
county board of education; to abol
ish existing school-district lines in
Brantley County; to authorize the
Brantley County Board of Educa
tion to appoint school trustees; to
provide county-wide election for
making amendment mandatory; and
for other purposes.
Be it resolved by the General As
sembly of the State of Georgia:
SECTION 1.
That article 8, section 4, para
graph 1, of the Constitution of
Georgia, as heretofore amended,
shall be further amended by adding
at the end thereof anew sub-para
graph as follows, to-wit:
“The Board of Education of
Brantley County is hereby authoriz
ed to recommend to the tax levying
authorities, and said authorities au
thorized and directed, upon such
recommendation, to levy for educa
tional purposes a tax not exceeding
five mills on all property in said
county, said tax to be in addition to
the five mills school tax now au
thorized by law.
“The tax-levying authorities of
Brantley County, upon the recom
mendation of the Brantley County
Board of Education, shall levy a suf
ficient rate of taxation on all pro
perty in Brantley County, to pay
the interest and provide sufficient
amount of sinking-fund to retire
school bonds now outstanding or
hereafter issued in accordance with
the law governing same in Brantley
County, whether said bonds were or
shall be voted by the county as a
whole or by school districts.
“All territory within the County
of Brantley shall constitute one
school district under the supervision
and control of the county board of
education; school districts as now
established or as may be established
by authority of the law contained in
section 32-1101, Georgia Code 1933,
are abolished.
“The board of education of
Brantley County shall have authori
ty to appoint trustees for any or all
of the several public schools in
Brantley County, the number of
trustees and the length of term to
be in the discretion of said county
board of education.
“Upon the ratification of this
amendment, it shall be the duty of
the Ordinary of Brantley County to
call an election to determine wheth
er or not the provisions of this con
stitutional amendment shall become
operative in Brantley County and
mandatory upon the officers herein
named to exercise the powers herein
granted. Said election shall be held
under the general laws governing
special elections in this State, ex
cept as herein provided. Notice of
said election shall be published by
the Ordinary in the official county
organ once a week for four consecu
tive weeks before said election is
held. All persons voting at said
election in favor of making the pro
visions of this amendment manda
tory upon said officers shall have
written or printed on their ballots
the words: “For establishing in
Brantley County a county-unit
school system” and all persons op
posed thereto shall have written* or
printed on their ballots the words:
"Against establishing in Brantley
County a county-unit school sys
tem.” The returns of said election
shall be made to said Ordinary, and
the result declared by' him. If a
majority of the qualified voters of
Brantley County voting in said elec
tion shall vote in favor of making
this amendment operative in Brant
ley County and requiring the offic
ers herein named to exercise the
powers herein granted, as expressed
by their votes “For establishing in
Brantley County a county-unit
school system,” the provisions of
this amendment shall become oper
ative in Brantley County when said
result is declared by the Ordinary,
and it shall become mandatory upon
the officers herein named to exer
cise the powers granted under this
amendment.”
SECTION 2.
Whenever this proposed amend
ment shall be agreed to by two
thirds of the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the Gen
eral Assembly, and the same shall
have been entered on their journals,
with the “ayes” and “nayes” taken
thereon, the Governor is hereby au
thorized and directed to cause said
amendment to be published in at
least one newspaper in each Con
gressional District in this State for
the period of two months previous
to the time of holding the next gen
eral election to be held on Tuesday
after the first Monday in November,
1938. The ballots to be used in
said election shall have written or
printed- thereon the words: “For
amendment to article 8, section 4,
paragraph 1, of the Constitution
creating in Brantley County a coun
ty-unit school system,” and “against
amendment to article 8, section 4,
paragraph 1, of the Constitution,
creating in Brantley County a coun
ty-unit school system.” All persons
voting in said election in favor of
adopting said proposed amendment
shall have written or printed on
their ballots the words: “For estab
lishing in Brantley County a county
unit school system.” All persons
opposed to the amendment shall
have written or printed on their bal
lots the words: “Against establish
ing in Brantley County a county
unit school system.” Should a ma
jority of the electors qualified to
vote for members of the General
Assembly, voting thereon, vote “For
establishing in Brantley County a
county-unit school system,” the re
turns of said election shall* be con
solidated as now required by law in
elections for members of the Gen
eral Assembly, and it shall be the
duty of the Secretary of State to
certify the results of the vote on
this amendment to the Governor,
and such vote is so certified, and it
shall appear that a majority of the
qualified voters voting in said elec
tion voted in favor of said amend
ment, then the Governor shall issue
his proclamation declaring that said
amendment was ratified, and the
same shall become a part of article
8, section 4, paragraph 1, of the
Constitution.
Roy V. Harris,
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
Jno. B. Spivey,
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.
Joe Boone,
CLERK OF THE HOUSE.
John W. Hammond,
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE.
Approved:
E. D. RIVERS,
GOVERNOR.
This 18th day of February, 1938.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, E. D.
RIVERS, Governor of said State,
do issue this my proclamation here
by declaring that the proposed fore
going amendment to the Constitu
tion is submitted, for ratification 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, No
vember 8, 1938.
E. D. RIVERS,
GOVERNOR.
BY THE GOVERNOR:
JOHN B. WILSON,
SECRETARY OF STATE.
A PROCLAMATION
Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia to be
voted on at the General Election to
be held on Tuesday, November 8,
1938, amending article 7, section 7,
paragraph 1, of the Constitution of
the State of Georgia, authorizing
the trustees of the Pineview-James
town Consolidated School District of
Ware County, Georgia, to incur a
bonded indebtedness in addition to
that heretofore authorized by the
Constitution and laws of Georgia
for the purpose of refunding and re
tiring its existing bonded indebted
ness due and unpaid as of March 1,
1934, March 1, 1935, March 1,
1936, March 1, 1937, and which be
comes due up to and including
March 1, 1951; to provide that the
funds raised from such additional
bonded indebtedness shall be used
exclusively ft>r the retirement of
said bonded indebtedness that is or
may become due and unpaid as of
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March 1, 1951; to provide the terms
of their issue; to provide fot the
submission of the amendment for
ratification by the people; and for
other purposes.
By His Excellency,
E. D. RIVERS, Governor,
State of Georgia, Executive Dept.,
September Ist, 1938.
WHEREAS, The General Assem
bly at the 1937-38 extraordinary
session proposed an amendment to
the Constitution of this State as set
forth in a resolution approved Jan
uary 26, 1938 relating to the bonded
debt of Pineview-Jamestown School
District, to-wit:
AN ACT
No. 250.
An Act to propose to the qualified
voters of Georgia an amendment to
article 7, section 7, paragraph 1, of
the Constitution of Georgia, so as
to authorize the trustees of the Pine
view-Jamestown Consolidated School
District of Ware County, Georgia,
to incur a bonded indebtedness in
addition to that heretofore authoriz
ed by the Constitution and laws of
Georgia for the purpose of refund
ing and retiring its existing bonded
indebtedness due and unpaid as of
March 1, 1934, March 1, 1935,
March 1, 1936, March 1, 1937, and
which becomes due up to and includ
ing Mnrch 1, 1951; to provide chat
the funds raised from such addition
al bonded indebtedness shall be used
exclusively for the retirement of
said bonded indebtedness that is or
may become due and unpaid as of
March 1, 1951; to provide the
terms of their issue; to provide for
the submission of the amendment for
ratification by the people; and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Georgia:
Section 1.
Article 7, section 7, paragraph 1,
of the Constitution of Georgia, is
hereby amended by adding at the
end thereof anew paragraph in the
following words, to-wit:
“And except that the Pineview-
Jamestown Consolidated School Dis
trict of Ware County, Georgia, may
issue refunding serial bonds not in
the excess of the aggregate sum of
$25,000.00, for the purpose of re
funding and retiring any bonded in
debtedness of said school district,
outstanding, past due and unpaid on
March 1, 1937, and any bonded in
debtedness of said school district
outstanding and which becomes due
up to and including March 1, 1951,
and provide for the assessment and
collection of an annual tax sufficient
in amount to pay the principal and
interest of said bonds as they fall
due; the proceeds of all such refund
ing bonds so issued by the said Pine
view-Jamestown Consolidated School
District of Ware County, to be used
exclusively for the purpose of pay
ing and retiring said bonded indebt
edness that is or may become due
and unpaid as of March 1, 1951.
Said refunding bonds shall be issued
I when authorized by a vote of the
trustees of the said Pineview-James
town Consolidated School District
and shall be validated.”
Section 2.
When said amendment is agreed
to by two thirds vote of the mem
bers of each House, with the “ayes”
and “nays” thereon, it shall be pub
lished in one or more newspapers in
each Congressional District ,in this
State for two months previous te
the time for holding the next gener
al election, at which proposed
amendments to the Constitution of
this State may be voted on, and shall
at said next general election be sub
mitted to the people for ratification.
All persons voting at said election
in favor of adopting the said pro
posed amendment to the Constitu
tion shall have written or printed on
their ballots the words, “For ratifi
cation of amendment of article 7,
section 7, paragraph 1, of the Con
stitution authorizing the Pineview-
Jamestown Consolidated School Dis
trict of Ware County to issue re
funding bonds,” and all persons op
posed to the adoption of said amend
ment shall have written or printed
on their ballots the words, “Against
ratification of amendment of article
7, section 7, paragraph 1, of the
Constitution, authorizing the Pine
view-Jamestown Consolidated School
District of Ware County to issue re
funding bonds,” and if a majority
of the electors qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly,
voting thereon, shall vote for ratifi
cation thereof, when the results
shall be consolidated as now requir
ed by law in election for members of
the General Assembly, the said
amendment shall become part of
article 7, section 7, paragraph 1, of
the Constitution of the State, and
the Governor shall make a procla
mation thereof, as provided by law.
Section 3.
When said amendment has been
ratified and proclamation has been
issued by the Governor, all laws and
parts of laws in conflict herewith
are repealed.
Roy V. Harris,
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
Jno. B. Spivey,
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.
Joe Boone,
CLERK OF THE HOUSE.
John W. Hammond,
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE.
Approved:
E. D. RIVERS,
GOVERNOR.
This 26th day of January, 1938.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, E. D. Riv
ers, Governor of said State, do is
sue this my proclamation hereby de
claring that the proposed foregoing
amendment to the Constitution is
submitted, for ratification or rejec
tion, to the voters of the State quali
fied to vote for members of the
General Assembly at the General
Election to be held on Tuesday, No
vember 8, 1938.
E. D. RIVERS,
GOVERNOR.
BY THE GOVERNOR:
JOHN B. WILSON,
SECRETARY OF STATE.