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PAGE SIX.
j A Proclamation
Submitting a proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of Geor
gia to be voted on at the General
Election to bo held on Tuesday,
June 8, 1941, amending Article
7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of the
Constitution of Georgia so as to
mnthorit" the Claxton School Dis
trict of Evans County to incur a
bonded indebtedness in addition
to that heretofore authorised by
the Constitution and laws of Ueor
.gia for the purpose of refunding
and retiring a portion of its exist
ing bonded indebtedness and in
terest thereon due and unpaid as
of January 1, 1941, and which be
comes due up to and including
July 1, 1941 j to provide that
jthe funds raised from such addi
tional bonded indebtedness, shall
Ibe used exclusively for the retire
ment of said bonded indebtedness,
and interest thereon due and un
tpaid on January 1, 1941, or which
may become due up to and includ
'ing July 1, 1941; to provide for the
'submission of the amendment for
'ratification by the people, and for
fother purposes.
By His Excellency,
EUGENE TALMADGE,
Governor,
State of Georgia,
Executive Dept.,
March 28, 1941.
WHEREAS, The General As
sembly at its session in 1941 pro
posed an amendment of this State
as set forth in an act approved
March 6, 1941, to-wit:
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
CLAXTON SCHOOL DIS
TRICT, EVANS COUNTY.
S. B. 41 Gov. 143
AN ACT
To propose to the qualified vot
ers of Georgia an amendment to
article 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1,
of the Constitution of Georgia,
so as to authorize the Claxton
School District of Evans County
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 a portion
of its existing bonded indebted
ness and interest thereon due and
unpaid as of January 1, 1941,
and which becomes due up to and
including July 1, 1941; to provide
that the funds raised from such
additional bonded indebtedness
shall be used exclusively for the
retirement of said bonded indebt
edness, and interest thereon due
and on January 1, 1941,
or which may become due up to
and including July 1, 1941; to pro
vide for the submission of the
amendment for ratification by the
people, and for other purposes.
Section 1.
Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Georgia,
and it is hereby enacted by author
ity 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 anew paragraph, in
the following words, to-wit:
“And except that the Claxton
School District of Evans County
may issue refunding bonds not in
excess of the aggregate sum of
$22,000.00 for the purpose of re
funding and retiring any bonded
indebtedness and interest thereon
of said school District outstanding,
past due and unpaid on January
1, 1941, and any bonded indebted
ness and interest thereon of said
School District outstanding and
which becomes due up to and in
cluding July 1, 1941, and provide
for the assessment and collection
of an annual tax, sufficient in
amount to pay the principal and in
terest of said bonds as they fall
due; the proceeds of all such re
funding bonds so issued by the
Claxton School District of Evans
County to be used exclusively for*
the purpose of paying and retiring
said bonded indebtedness and in
terest thereon due and unpaid as
of January 1, 1941, and any bond
ed indebtedness and interest
thereon outstanding and which be
comes due up to and including
July 1, 1941, said refunding bonds
shall be issued when authorized by
a resolution of the Board of Trust
ees of Claxton School District,
and shall be validated as provided
by law.”
Section 2.
Be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, that when said
amendmont 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 td
the time for holding the next gen
eral at which proposed
amendments to the Constitution of
tma atate may oe voted on, and
shall at said general election be
submitted to the people for rati
firation. All persons voting at
said election in favor of adopting
the said proposed amendment to
the Constitution shall have written
or printed on their ballots the
words, “For ratification of amend
ment of Article 7, Section 7, Par
agraph 1, of the Constitution au
thorizing the Claxton School
District of Evans County to issue
refunding bonds," and all persons
opposed to the adopting of said
amendment shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words,
“Against ratification of amend
ment of Article 7, Section 7, Par
agraph 1 of the Constitution au
thorizing the Claxton School Dis
trict of Evans County, to is
sue refunding bonds.” And
if a majority of the electors
qualified to vote for members of
the General Assembly, voting
thereon shall vote for ratification
thereof, when the result shall be
consolidated as now required by
law in election for members of
the General Assembly, the - said
amendment 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 provid
ed by law.
Section 3.
All laws and parts of laws in
conflict herewith are hereby re
pealed.
Approved:
* EUGENE TALMADGE,
Governor.
This 6 day of Mar., 1941.
CHARLES D. REDWINE,
President of the Senate.
LINDLEY VV. CAMP,
Secretary of the Senate.
RANDALL EVANS, JR.,
Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
JOE BOONE. 3
Clerk of the House of
Representatives.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Eu
gene Talmadge, Governor of said
State, do issue this my proclama
tion hereby declaring that the pro
posed foregoing 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 Assem
bly at the General Election to be
held on Tuesday, June 8, 1941.
EUGENE TALMADGE,
Governor.
By the Governor: v ,
JOHN B. WILSON,
Secretary of State. j i
A Proclamation
(H.R. 33-1378-Gov. 11) *
WHEREAS, by the votes of two
thirds of the members elected to
each of the two Houses, the Gen
eral Assembly has proposed by a
resolution approved February 26,
1941, that Article 7, Section 7,
Paragraph 1 of the Constitution
of Georgia be amended by adding
thereto anew Paragraph in the
following words, to wit:
“And except that Sparks-Adel
Consolidated School District of
Cook County may issue refunding
bonds not in excess of the aggre
gate sum of $22,000.00, for the
purpose of refunding and retiring
any bonded indebtedness and in
terest thereon of said School Dis
trict outstanding, past due and un
paid on February 1, 1941, and any
bonded indebtedness and interest
thereon of said School District
outstanding and which becomes
due up to and including February
1, 1945, and provide for the as
sessment 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 refunding
bonds so issued by Sparks-Adel
Consolidated School District of
Cook County to be used exclusive
ly for the purpose of paying and
retiring said bonded indebtedness
and interest thereon past due and
unpaid as of February 1, 1941,
and any bonded indebtedness and
interest thereon outstanding and
which becomes due up to and in
cluding February 1, 1945. Said
refunding bonds shall be issued
when authorized by a resolution
by the Board of Trustees of
Sparks-Adel Consolidated School
District, and shall be validated as
provided by law.”
NOW, THEREFORE. I, EU
GENE TALMADGE, GOVERNOR
OF GEORGIA, DO PROCLAIM
AND ORDER:
1. That this proclamation be
published in one newspaper in eadh
Congressional District of the State
for two months previous to the
time of holding the next general
election, to wit, on Tuesday after
the first Monday in June, 1941. *
2. That at said general election
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEOP^” 1
said amendment to the Constttu*
tion be submitted to the people for
ratification or rejection.
3. At said election those desir
ing to vote in favor of ratifying
said amendment shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots the
words, “For ratification of the
amendment to Article 7, Section
7, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution
of Georgia by providing for the is
suance of refunding bonds by the
Sparks-Adel Consolidated School
District of Cook County.” Those
desiring to vote against the ratifi
cation.-of said amendment shall
have written or printed on their
ballots the words, “Against ratifi
cation of the amendment to Article
7, Section 7, Paragraph 1 of the
Constitution of Georgia by provid
ing for the issuance of refunding
bonds by the Sparks-Adel Consol
idated School District of Cook
County.”
4. The returns of said election
shall be certified to the Secretary
of State, who shall canvass the
same, ascertain the result of such
election and certify the same to
the Governor as provided by law.
In witness hereof I have here
unto set my hand at the State
Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia, on this
the 28th day of March, A. D.,
1941, and caused the Great Seal
of the State to be hereto affixed.
EUGENE TALMADGE,
o Governor.
By the Governor: $
JOHN B. WILSON,
Secretary of State.
A Proclamation
(S.R. 19—-Gov. 20)
WHEREAS, by the votes of
two-thirds of the members elected
'to each of the two Houses, the
General Assembly of Georgia has
proposed that Article 7, Section
,2, Paragraph 2 of the Constitution
of Georgia be amended by adding
at the end thereof the following
language:
“There is hereby exempted from
all taxation, state, county, muni
cipal, school district, and political
,or territorial subdivision of the
state having the authority to levy
taxes, all cooperative, non-profit,
membership corporations organiz
ed under the laws of this state for
the purpose of engaging in rural
electrification, as DEFINED IN
SUBSECTION 1 OF SECTION 3
OF THE ACT APPROVED
MARCH 30, 1937 PROVIDING
FOR THEIR INCORPORATION,
and all of the real and personal
property owned or held by such
corporations for such purpose. The
exemption herein provided for
shall expire twenty years from
January 1, 1942.” *
NOW, THEREFORE, I, EU
GENE TALMADGE, GOVERNOR
OF GEORGIA, DO PROCLAIM
AND ORDER:
1. That this proclamation be
published in one newspaper in
each Congressional District of the
State for two months previous to
the time of holding the next gen
eral election, to wit, on Tuesday
after the first Monday in June,
1941.
2. That at said general election
said amendment to the Constitu
tion be submitted to the people for
ratification or rejection.
3. At said election those de
siring to vote in favor of ratify
ing said amendment shall have
written or printed on their bal
lots the words, “For ratification of
the amendment to Article 7, Sec
tion 2, Paragraph 2 of the Con
stitution of Georgia by exempting
from all taxation all cooperative,
non-profit, membership corpora
tions organized under the laws of
this State for the purpose of en
gaging in rural electrification.”
Those desiring to vote against the
said amendment shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots the
words, “Against ratification of the
amendment to Article 7, Section 2,
Paragraph 2 of the Constitution
of Georgia by exempting from all
taxation all cooperative, non-pro
fit, membership corporations or
ganized under the laws of this
State for the purpose of engaging
in rural electrification.” t,
4. The returns of said election
shall be certified to the Secretary
of State, who shall canvass the
same, ascertain the result of such
election and certify the same to
the Governor as provided by law.
In witness hereof I have here
unto set my hand at the State
Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia, on this
the 28th day of March, A. D.,
1941, and caused the Great Seal
of the State to be hereto affixed.
EUGENE TALMADGE,
> ■ Governor.
By the Governor:
JOHN B. WILSON,
Secretary of State.
Almost every time we try to cook
up an excuse we get burned.
\ A Proclamation
f |(H. R. No. 9-2 A—Gov. No. 4)
WHEREAS, by the votes of
two-thirds of the members elected
to each of the two Houses, the
General Assembly of Georgia, by
a resolution approved February
13, 1941, has proposed that Arti
cle 5, Section 1, of the Constitu
tion of Georgia be amended by
striking Paragraph 2 of said Ar
ticle and Section in its entirety
and inserting in lieu thereof a
new Paragraph 2 which shall read
as follows:
“Paragraph 2. The executive
power shall be vested in a Gov
ernor, who shall hold his office
during the term of four years,
and until his successor shall be
chosen and qualified. After quali
fying for a four-year term, he
shall not be eligible to be reelect
ed for the next succeeding four
year term, or any part thereof. He
shall have a salary of seven thou
sand five hundred dollars per an
num (until otherwise provided by
a law passed by a two-thirds vote
of both branches of the General
Assembly), which shall riot be in
creased or diminished during the
period for which he shall have
been elected; nor shall he receive,
within that time, any other emolu
ment from the United States, or
either of them, or from any for
eign power. The State officers re
quired by this Constitution to be
elected at the same time, for the
same term, and in the same man
ner as the Governor shall also hold
office for four years. Provided,
however, that the provisions of
this Paragraph shall not apply to
the term of office or the salary of
any official elected at the General
Election of 1940.”
NOW, THEREFORE, I, EU
GENE TALMADGE, GOVERNOR
OF GEORGIA, DO PROCLAIM
AND ORDER: >
1. That this proclamation be
published in one newspaper in
each Congressional District of the
State for two months previous to
the time of holding the next gen
eral election, to-wit, on Tuesday
after the first Monday in June,
1941.
2. That at said general election
said amendment to the Constitu
tion be submitted to the people for
ratification or rejection.
3. At said election those desir
ing to vote in favor of ratifying
said amendment shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots the
words, “For ratification of the
amendment to Article 5, Section
1 of the Constitution of Georgia
providing for a four-year term for
the Governor and other constitu
tional officers.” Those desiring to
vote against the ratification of said
amendment shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words,
“Against ratification of the amend
ment to Article 5, Section 1 of the
Constitution of Georgia providing
a four-year term for the Governor
and other constitutional officers.”
4. The returns of said election
shall be certified to the Secretary
of State, who shall canvass the
same, ascertain the result of such
election and certify the same to
the Governor as provided by law.
In witness whereof I have here
unto set my hand at the State
Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia, on this
the 28th day of March, A. D.,
1941, and caused the Great Seal
of the State to be hereto affixed.
EUGENE TALMADGE,
<■ Governor.
By the Governor:
JOHN B. WILSON, e
Secretary of State.
% ;
A Proclamation
Submitting a proposed amend
ment tq the Constitution of Geor
gia to be voted on at the General
Election to be held on Tuesday,
June 3, 1941, amending Article
7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of the
Constitution of Georgia so as to
authorize School District No. 10
in the County of Jefferson, State,
of Georgia, to incur a bonded
indebtedness in addition to that
heretofore authorized by the Con
stitution and laws of Georgia for
the purpose of refunding and re
tiring its existing bonded indebt
edness and interest thereon due
and unpaid as of January 1, 1941,
and any bonded indebtedness due
up to and including March 1,
1951; to provide that the funds
raised from such additional bond
ed indebtedness shall be used ex
clusively for the retirement fe of
said bonded indebtedness and in
interest thereon due and unpaid
on January 1, 1941, and any bond
ed indebtedness which becomes
'due up to and including March 1,
1951: t? orovide for the submis
sion of the amendment for ratifV
cation by the people; and for oth
er purposes.
By His Excellency,
EUGENE TALMADGE,
Governor,
State of Georgia,
Executive Dept.,
** March 28, 1941.
WHEREAS, The General As
sembly at its session in 1941
proposed nn amendment to the
Constitution of this State as set
forth, to-wit:
PROVIDING FOR A BONDING
INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 10
H. R. No. 96-561 A-Gov. 28
A RESOLUTION
To propose to the qualified vot
ers of Georgia an amendment to
Article 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1,
of the Constitution of Georgia, so
as to authorize School District No.
10 in the County of Jefferson*
State of Georgia, to incur a bond
ed indebtedness in addition to that
heretofore authorized by the Con
stitution and laws of Georgia for
the purpose of refunding and re
tiring'jts existing bonded indebt
edness and interest thereon - due
and unpaid as elf January 1, 1941,
and any bonded indebtedness due
up to and including March 1,
1951; to provide that the funds
raised from such additional bonded
indebtedness shall be used exclu
sively for the retirement of said
bonded indebtedness and interest
thereon due and unpaid on Jan
uary 1, 1941, and any bonded in
debtedness which becomes due up
to and including March 1, 1951;
to provide for the submission of
the amendment for ratification by
the people; and for other purpos
es.
Section 1.
Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Georgia,
and it is hereby enacted by author
ity of same, that Article 7,- Sec
tion 7, Paragraph 1, of the Con
stitution - ,of Georgia which „ has
heretofore been amended, shall
be further amended by adding at
the end thereof anew paragraph,
in the following words, to-wit:
“And except that School Dis
trict No. 10, in the County of Jef
ferson, State of Georgia, may is-,
sue refunding serial bonds not in
excess of the aggregate sum of
$13,500.00, for the purpose of re
funding and retiring any bonded
indebtedness and interest thereon
of said School District, outstand
ing, past due and unpaid on Jan
uary 1, 1941, and any bonded in
debtedness of said School. Dis
trict outstanding and which be
comes 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 refunding'
bonds so issued by School District
No. 10 in the County of Jefferson,
State of Georgia to be used exclu
sively for the purpose of paying
and retiring said bonded indebted
ness and interest thereon that is
due and unpaid as of January 1,
T 941 and any bonded indebted
ness outstanding and which be
comes due up to and including
March 1, 1951.
The Board of Trustees of said
School District No. 10 in the
County of Jefferson, State of Geor
gia, are hereby authorized and
empowered by a majority vote of
the said Board to issue said bonds,
to fix the rate of interest, the date
of the issuance, the maturities and
all other details incident to the
issue and sale of said bonds. Said
bonds shall be validated as now
provided by law.”
Section 2.
! (
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
published in one newspaper in
each Congressional District of this
State for two months previous to
the time for holding the next gen
eral election, at which proposed
amendments to the Constitution of
this State may be voted on, and
a brief and concise summary of
this amendment, not to exceed
two hundred words, shall also be
published in the newspaper in
each county in which sheriffs ad
vertisements are published, twice
during the two weeks immediate
ly prior to the time of the hold
ing of the said next general elec
tion, and shall at said next gene
ral election be submitted to the
people for ratification. All per
sons voting at said election in fa
vor of adopting the said proposed
amendment to the Constitution
shall have written or printed on
their ballots the words, “For rati
fication of amendment of Article
7, Section 7, Paragraph TANARUS, of the
Constitution, authorizing School
THURSDAY, APRIL 10. 1941.
District No. 10, in the County ox'
Jefferson, State of Georgia, to is
sue refunding bonds,” and all per
sons opposed to the adopting of
•said amendment shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots the
words, “Against ratification of
amendment of Article 7, Section
7, Paragraph 1, of the Constitu
tion, authorizing School District
No. 10 in the County of Jefferson,
State of Georgia, to issue refund
ing bonds,” 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 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
proclamation 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 here
with are repealed.
RANDALL EVANS, JR.,
Speaker of the House.
JOE BOONE,
Clerk of the House. J
CHARLES D. REDWINE,
President of the Senate.
LINDLEY W. CAMP,
Secretary of the Senate.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Eu
gene Talmadge, Governor of said
State, do issue this my proclama
tion declaring that the proposed
foregoing amendment to the Con
stitution is submitted, for ratifi
cation or rejection, to the voters
of the State qualified to vote for'
members of the General Assem
bly at the General Election to be
held on Tuesday, June 3, 1941.
EUGENE TALMADGE,
Governor.
By the Governor: w j
JOHN B. WILSON,
Secretary of State. . I
A Proclamation
*
Submitting a proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of Geor
gia to be voted on at the General
Election to be held on Tuesday,
June 3, 1941, amending Article
7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of the
Constitution of Georgia, so as t 5
authorize the City of Stone Moun
tain to incur bonded indebtedness
in addition to that heretofore au
thorized by the Constitution and
laws of Georgia for the purpose of
refunding and retiring its ex
isting bonded indebtedness and
interest thereon past due and un
paid as of January 1, 1941, and
which becomes due up to and in
cluding January 1, 1950; to pro
vide that the funds raised from
such additional bonded indebted
ness, and interest thereon past
due and unpaid on January 1,
1941, or which may become due
up to and including January 1,
1950; to provide for the submis
sion of the amendment for ratifi
cation by the people, and for other
purposes.
6 By His Excellency, *
EUGENE TALMADGE, !
Governor.
State of Georgia,
Executive Dept.,
March 28, 1941.
WHEREAS, The General As
sembly at its session in 1941 pro
posed a resolution amending the
Constitution of this State as set
forth in this resolution, to-wit:
PROVIDING FOR A BONDED
INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE
CITY OF STONE MOUNTAIN.
H. R. No. 61-326 D—Gov. 29
A RESOLUTION e
To propose to the qualified vot
ers of Georgia an amendment to
Article 7, Section 7, Paragraph
'L of the Constitution of Georgia,
| so as to authorize the City of Stone
(Mountain to incur a bonded in
debtedness in addition to that
'heretofore authorized by the Con
stitution and laws of Georgia for
ithe purpose of refunding and re
tiring its existing bonded indebt
edness and interest thereon past
due and unpaid as of January 1,
1941, and which becomes due up
to and including January 1, 1950;
( to provide that the funds raised
from such additional bonded in
debtedness shall be used exclu
sively for the retirement of said
.bonded indebtedness, and interest
thereon past due and unpaid on
January 1, 1941, or which may
become due up to and including
January 1, 1950; to provide for
the submission of the amendment
for ratification by the people, "and
for other purposes.
<5 Section 1.
Be it enacted by the General
Assomblv of the State of Georgia.
(Continued of page seven)