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PAGE SIX.
! A Proclamation
•
Submitting a proposed amend*
.merit 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 to
authorize the Claxton School Dis
trict of Evans County to incur a
bonded indebtedness in addition
to that heretofore authorized by
the Constitution and laws of Geor
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 tl, 1941; to provide that
jthc funds raised from such addi
tional bonded indebtedness, shall
(be used exclusively for the retire
’jinent of said bonded indebtedness,
( and interest thereon du6 and
{paid 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
other purposes. s
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 c
AN ACT
To propose to the qualified vot
rs 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 f* bonded indebtedness
shall be used exclusively for the
•retirement of said bonded indebt
edness, and interest thereon due
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
nd 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
{522,000.00 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
iue; 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
kaid 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
amendment shall be agreed to by
two-thirds vote of the members of
ach 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 gen
eral •election, at which proposed
amendments to the Constitution of
tma state may oe voted on, and
shall at said general election be
submitted to the people for rati
fication. 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 W. CAMP,
Secretary of the Senate.
RANDALL EVANS, JR.,
Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
JOE BOONE. o
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 3, 1941.
EUGENE TALMADGE,
■v Governor.
By the Governor:
JOHN B. WILSON,
Secretary of State.
A Proclamation
(H.R. 83-1378-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 each
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 ireneral election
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
said amendment to the Constitu*
tion be submitted to the people for
ratification or rejection.
3. At Raid 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 tho
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
cationrof 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: t
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,” w
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 s 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.
Rural women and girls learn much
that is cultural as well as practical
through home demonstration work.
jT A Proclamation
[ (H. R. No. 9-2 A—Gov. No. 4)
WHEREAS, by the votes of
Ko-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 not 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 ar.y 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: v
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, cfn 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, H
Secretary of State.
f 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 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 *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: to Drovide for the submis
sion of the amendment for ratiiV
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 an 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. 96-551 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
an 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 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 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,
1941 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 the
issue and sale of said bonds. Said
.bonds shall be validated aa now
provided by law.”
• Section 2.
m
• -When said amendment ia 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, arid 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, MAY 22
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Jefferson, State • i
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issued by i
and paits of law- conflic
with are repealed.
RANDALL EYA\ft, jr._ WM
Speaker of the House. HH
JOE BOONE, |H
Clerk of the House.
CHARLES It. KEIiUINF, j 99
President of the Si nate. fl|
LINDLEY W. CAMP, S
Secretary of the Senate. BH
NOW, THEREFORE, I,
gene Talmadge, Coyer ,r
State, do issue this my ; •■■
tion declaring that the p S 9
foregoing amendment • • A-TOB
stitution is submitted, for
cation or rejection, to the
of the State qualified to vot-ftiH
members of the General
bly at the General Election
held on Tuesday, June 3,
EUGENE TAI.MADgBI
Govern
By the Governor:
JOHN B. WILSON, '|H
Secretary of State.
A Proclamation
Submitting a proposed
ment to the Constitution of
gia to be voted on at the
Election to be held on
June 3, 1941, amending
7, Section 7, Paragraph 1,
Constitution of Georgia, so
authorize the City of Stone
tain to incur bonded
in addition to that
thorized by the Constitution
laws of Georgia for the purposes®*
refunding and retiring its
isting bonded indebtedness
interest thereon past due
paid as of January 1, 1941,
which becomes due up to
eluding January 1, 1050; to
vide that the funds raised
such additional bonded
ness, and interest thereon
due and unpaid on
1941, or which may become
up to. and including
1950; to provide for the
sion of the amendment for ra^^B
cation by the people, and for
purposes. m
and By His Excellency, 11
EUGENE TALMADG^B
State of Georgia, M
Executive Dept., -m
March 28, 1941. K
WHEREAS, The General i-|
sembly at its session in 1941
posed a resolution amending V 1
Constitution of this State H
forth in this resolution,
PROVIDING FOR A
INDEBTEDNESS
CITY OF STONE MOUNTA|
H. R. No. 61-326D— Gov. !■
A RESOLUTION
To propose to the qualified
,ers of Georgia an amendmen |
Article 7, Section 7,
J 1 '•of the Constitution of Georj* |
iso as to authorize the City °
! Mountain to incur a bonded p |
idebtedness in addition
•heretofore authorized by tw r
'stitution and laws of eor 3|
,the purpose of J
tiring its existing bonded md—
edness and interest
'due and unpaid as of- fl
1941, and which becomes
,to and including January . *
to provide that the un
'from such additional bon
debtedness shall be use
•sively for the retirement o
bonded indebtedness ■
• thereon past due and unpai
January 1, 1941, or wh,c “, n B
January 1, 1 KOI to ’
the submission of the V
for ratification by the people. V
for other purposes.
Section L
• Be it enacted by *
yiaaflmblv of the State of j
(Continued of PS e => I