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JIoNMAT, SEPTEMBER *3, 1918.
State of Georgia,
Executive pepartment,
Atlanta, Aug. 24, 1918.
A PROCLAMATION
Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia, to be
voted on at the general election to
be held in Tuesday, November sth,
1918 said amendment to amend Part
1, Section 7, Article 7, of the Con
stitution or Georgia, so as to author
ize any county, municipal corporation
or political division of this State to
incur any new debt with the assent |
of two-thirds of the qualified voters,
voting an electing for that purpose.
By His Excellency,
HUGH M. DORSEY,
Governor.
Whereas, the General Assembly at
its session in 1918, proposed an
amendment to the Constitution of
this state „as set forth in an Act ap
pruved Au ,<;.-.t 20, 1918, to-wit:
Bond Elections; Number of Votes.
No. 4!)«.
An Ac to amend Paragraph 1, Sec. ‘
i, Arncie <, oi tne constitution m |
tn, ; isttite ot Georgia b> inserting t;e- !
tween tie word "thereof" and the
word ‘a*’ as they occur in the vent it
line of said paragraph, the following,
“voting.” so as to authorize any envn
tv. mtr < ipal corporation or politi
cal division of this state to incur
auv new debt with the assent of two
thirds o f the qualified voters of such
county, municipal corporation or po
litical div.hi.-n vi.Grg at an elei. cn
for that purpose, to be held as may
be prescribed by law.
Section 1. Be. it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
the same, That Paragraph 1, Section |
7, Article 7, of the Constitution of I
this state be, and the same is hereby I
amended by inserting the word
"thereof” and the word "at,” as they i
occur in the tenth line of said para- j
graph, the following, "voting, provided !
two-thirds so voting shall be a ma
jority of the registered voters, and
provided further that all laws, charter
provisions and ordinances heretofore
passed or enacted providing special
registration of the voters of counties,
municipal corporations and others po
litical divisions of this state, to pass
upon the issuance of bonds by such
counties, municipal corporations and
-other political divisions are declared
to be null and void, and the General
Assembly shall hereafter have no
power to pass or enact any law pro
viding for such special registration,
but the validity of any and all bond
issues, by such counties, municipal .
corporations or other political divis
ions made prior to January 1, 1918,
shall not be affected hereby,” so that
said paragraph when so amended
shall read as follows:
“Paragraph 1. The debt hereafter
incurred by any counly, municipal
corporation or political division of
this state, except as in this Constitu
tion provided for, shall not exceed
seven per centum of the assessed
value of all the taxable property
therein, and no such county, munici
pality or divisions shall incur any new
debt, except for a temporary loan or
loans to supply casual deficiencies of '
revenue, not exceeding one-fifth of
one per centum of the assessed value
of the taxable property therein, with
out the assent of two-thirds of the
qualified voters thereof voting at an
election for that purpose to be held as
prescribed by law, provided said two
thirds so voting shall be a majority
of the registered voters, and provid
ed further that all laws, charter pro
visions and ordinances heretofore
passed or enacted providing special
registrations of the voters of coun
ties, municipal corporations and other
political divisions of this state to pass
upon the issuance of bonds by such
counties, municipal corporations and
other political dlvisins are hereby de
clared to be null and void; and the
General Assembly shall hereafter
have no power to pass or enact any
law providing for such special regis
tration, but the validity of any and
all bond issues by such counties, mu
nicipal corporations or other political
divisions made prior to January 1,
1918, shall not be affected thereby,
but any city the debt of which does
®ot exceed seven per centum of the
assessed value of the taxable proper
ty at the time of the adoption of this
"Constitution may be authorized by
law t 0 increase at any time the
amount of said debt three per centum
■upon such noßwsed valuation.
Section 2. Be It further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That when
ever the above proposed amendment
to the Constitution shall have been
agreed to by two-thirds of the mem
bers elected to the two Houses of
the General Assembly and the same
has been entered on the Jrunals with
their ayes and nays taken thereon,
the governor shall cause said amend
ment to be published in at least two
newspapers in each Congressional
District of this state for a period of
two months next preceding the time
of holding the next general election.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid That the above
proposed amendment shell be subnui
ted for ratification to the electors
of this state at the next general elec- i
tion t 0 be held after the publication, i
as provided in the second section ofl
this Act, in the several election dis-:
tricts of this state, at which every
person shall be qualified to vote who
is entitled to vote for members of
the General Assembly. All persons
voting at said election in favor of'
j adopting, the said 'proposed amend- '
I met of the Constitution shall have ■
written or printed upon their ballots ’
the words, “For ratification of amend- j
ment to Paragraph 1, Section 7, Ar- i
tide 7, of the Constitution, so as to >
authorize any county, municipal corp- ■
ora: ion or political division of this!
state to incur any new debt with the •
assent of two thirds of the qualified
voters thereof voting at an election
for that purpose, to be held as may b?
prescribed by law," and all persons
opposed to the adoption of said
' amendment shall have written or
, printed on their ballots the words,
i “Against ratification of amendment
to Paragraph 1, Section 7, Article?,
of Hie Constitution, so as to authorize
any county, municipal corporation or
political division of this state to in
cur any new debt with the assent of
two thirds of the qualified voters
thereof voting at an election for that
purpose, to be held as may be pre
scribed by law; and if a majority
of the electors qualified to vote for
memebrs of the General Assembly
voting thereon shall vote for ratifica
tion as now required by law in elect
tions for members of the General As
sembly. and return thereof made to
i the Governor, then he shall declare
I said amendment adopted, and make
j proclamation of the result by publica
j tion of the result of said election by
j one insertion in one of the daily
; papers of this state, declaring the
: amendment ratified
Section 4. Be it it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That all
laws and parts of laws in conflict
with this Act may be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Approved August 20, 1918.
Now, Therefore, I Hugh M. Dorsey.
Governor of said state, do issue this
my proclamation hereby decltring
that the foregoing proposed amend
ment to the Constitution 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, November sth, 1918:
HUGH M. DORSE'f,
Governor.
■ By the Governor:
H. B. Strange,
Secretary of Stat n
State of Georgia,
Executive Department,
Atlanta, Aug. 24, 1918.
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 sth,
1918, said Amendment to amend Par.
I 2, Sec. 1, Art. 11, of the Constitution
of Georgia, so as to create a new
county from a portion of Berrien
county, to be known as Cook county
with Adel as the county seat.
By His Excellency,
HUGH M. DORSEY, Governor.
Whereas the General Assembly, at
its session in 1918, proposed an
amendment to the Constitution of this
State as set forth in an Act approv
ed July 30. 1918, to-wit:
Cook County, For Creating.
No. 292.
An Act to amend Paragraph 2, Sec
tion 1, Article 11, of the Constitu
tion of this State. The following
amendment is proposed by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives
of Georgia to Paragraph 2, Section
I, Article 11, of the Constitution of
this State.
Section 1. The General Assembly
of the State of Georgia hereby pro
poses to the people of Georgia an
amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1,
Article 11, of the Constitution of this
State, as follows: That in addition
to the Counties heretofore existing in
this State, created by the General As
sembly and those created by amend
ment to the above and foregoing par
agraph, section and article of the
Constitution of this State, there is
hereby created an additional County,
which County, when created, shall be
known as Cock County. The terri
tory for the formation of said Coun
ty of Cook shall be taken from th?
County of Berrien, and the territory
so taken for the formation of said
new County of Cook shall be included
within the following described boun
daries, to-wit:
Starting at a point where the W’ith
lacoochee River crosses the County j
line between the Counties of Berrien >
and Lowndes, thence running a nor- i
therly direction along the run of said 1
Withiacoochee River to where said
1 River intersects with New River; !
thence taking a northwesterly dlree- j
* tion up and along the run ot said
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
New River to where said New’ River
crosses the County line between the
Counties of Berrien and Tift; thence
! westward along what is now the
i County line between said Counties of
■ Berrien and Tift to where said Coun
;ty line crosses th e run of the Little
> River; thence a southerly direction
and southeasterly direction down and
i along the run of said Little River to
’ where the same reaches the County
. line between the Counties of Lowndes
■ and of Berrien; thence eastward along
1 said County line between the said
: Counties of Lowndes and Berribn to
■ where same crosses the run of said
I V/ithiacoochec River, that-being the
| starting point.
That when said County is created
‘ the County seat for the same shall be
[the Town of Adel, now in said Coun
ty of Berrien. That if the above and
foregoing amendment should be rati
fied by the people when the same is
submitted to them-for their ratifica
tion at tile next general election after
the adoption r,f the proposal to amend
the Constitution, there shall be, on
the first Wednesday in December af
ter the proposed amendment to the
Constitution is adopted, an election
for the County officers herein naemd,
in and for said new County, to be
held at the several election precincts
existing within the limits of said new
County at the time of the adoption of
the proposed amendment, during the
usual hours of holding elections, and
ail legally qualified voters residing
in said territory shall be qualied to
vote at said election; and the Ordi
nary of Berrien County, the County in
which said election precincts are lo
cated at the time of the adoption of
this amendment shall appoint the
election managers for. such precincts,
and the managers o£. the election
shall, on the day succeeding the elec
tion. meet at the city hall in the Town
of Adel and consolidate the vote for
the County officers; and the general
laws, now in force as to the consolida
tion of the votes, the return of the
election, and the commission of of
ficers, shall be applicable to officers
elected at such special elections here
in provided for; that the officers to be
elected at said special election herein
provided fo r shall -be an Ordinary,
Clerk of the Superior Court, Sheriff,
Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, Coroner,
County Surveyor, and County Treas
urer! that said officers shall be com
missioned as now required by law,
and all laws now in fcyce in this
Slate, to commission officers and for
boi.ds required of them, shall be ap
plicable to the officers so elected;
ihat the officers elected shall hold,
their offices until the next general
election for County’ officers through
out the State, and until their succes
sors are elected and qualified. The
General Assembly is hereby given
powe r to create any additional statu
tory offices in said County, or statu
tory courts, and to provide by law
for filling said offices. Any vacancies
that may occur before the next gen
eral election in any of the offices
created thus for said County may be
filled as now provided by law. The
said County of Cook shall be attach
ed to the Eleventh Congressional Dis
trict, the Southern Judicial Circuit,
and the Sixth Senatorial District;
but it shall be in the power of the
General Assembly at any time to
change the Judicial Circuit to which
said County of Cook is attached, and
the said General Assembly of Geor
gia is hereby given power to change
County of Cook in arranging
Congressional and Senatorial dis
tricts, as is now provided by law.
That the Superior Courts in said
bounty of Cook shall be held on the j
first Mondays in March and Septem- ■
be r of each year, but is shall be with-,
in the power of the General Assembly >
at any time by law to change the ■
time of holding court and the number .
of urns theieei. That the Justice!
of the peace and Constables residing >
in the teriltory included within the
new County of Cook shall exercise!
the duties and powers of their office ■
until new nvliria districts are laid ;
out in said County of Cook, as now ;
p.xvided by law That all the pro
visions of the law as contained in
Chapter Thntaen (13) of the Code
ot 19910, are hereby made applicable
to the said County of Cook whenever'
the same is created. That all of the
general laws in this State, in addi- j
tion to the above, having application !
U> the statutory Counties ° r this ;
State, are hereby made applicable to ;
the said County of Cook, especially *
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the law in reference to holding elec
tions for the purpose of creating a
debt for said County. That when this
amendment is adopted the said Coun-'
ty of Cook so created by the adop- ■
tion of this amendment, shall become !
in al] respects a statutory County,!
and shall be governed by all laws
now in force in this State regulating
pounty and County affairs.
Sec. 2. The Governor is hereby
required and directed that when the
proposed amendment shall be agreed
to by two thirds of the members elect
ed to each of the two Houses of this
General Assembly, and shall be en
tered on the Journals of each House,
with the ayes and nays recorded as
taken thereon, the Governor is here
by directed to cause the said propos
ed amendment to be advertised in at
least two papers in each Congression
al 'District of this State at least two
months before the next general elec
tion t 0 be held on Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1918, and
he shall also provide for a submis
sion of the proposed amendment to
the qualified voters of the State at
said general election. And if a ma
jority of said electors voting at said
general election shall ratify this pro
posed amendment to the Constitution
of this State by a majority of the
electors qualified to vote for members
of the General Assembly and voting
al- such elections, spid amendment
shall become a part of the Constitu
tion of Georgia when the fact is cer
tified to the Governor by the Secre
tary of State that a majority of the
qualified voters voting at said gen
eral election have voted in favor of
rhe adoption of said amendment to
the Constitution of the State, and
the Governor shall issue his procla
malion io such effect.
Sec 2. Be it furthe r enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the
County authorities or said County
shall have the right to create a debt
for and on behalf of said County to
defray the expenses of said County
for the first year, without submitting
the same to a vote of the qualified
voters ot said County.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the
Legislature is hereby authorized to
correct any mistake or mistakes, or
inaccuracies, that may occur, or may
nave occurred, in reference to the
line or lines of said proposed new
County.
Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the
Governor to submit said proposed
amendment in the following form:
That those voting in favor of said
projjosed amendment shall have writ
ten or printed on their ticket, “In fa
vor of the ratification of the amend
ment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Ar
ticle 11, of the Constitution, State
of Georgia, creating the CouMty of
Cook,” and those opposed to the rati
fication of said amendment shall have
written or printed on their ticket,
“Opposed to the ratification of the
amendment to Paragraph 2, Section
1, Article 11, of the Constitution, State
of Georgia, creating the County of
Cook."
Approved July 30, 1918.
Now’, Therefore, I, Hugh M. Dor
sey, Governor of said State, do issue
this my proclamation hereby declar
ing that the foregoing proposed
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 Gen
eral Assembly at the general elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, Novem
ber sth, 1918.
HUGH M. DORSEY,
Governor.
By the Governor:
j H. B. STRANGE,
Score; arv of State.
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published some ti .. - ; .
exception ot dry c’ i wiiich
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wash clean.
My wagon will make a trip ev
ery morning end aH calls
sunt in the day b .., n 0 it goes
to the camp ai d n nli> r six
o’ciuck, at which time all washes
in the city will be delivered.
You must recognize and com
ply with the following:
You must have a basket that will hoM your clothes
—ify ou haven’t one I will supply you one for $2, and
take it back any time and refund yr.ur money. You
must put a list of your clothes in your bundle and be
sure to put your full name and a dress on it and it will
come back to you in your basket. You must agree to
pay cash at the door for your laundry as soon as deliv
ered f r the driver will not have time for you to count
it, and if anything was wrong he could not stra? hten it
then. You must send your complaint back in the next
wash, or if you do not intend to send any more wash
you can phone or mail it.
1 am not prepared to handle stiff collars and if you
send them h re they will be done by hand which is not
satisfactory to me or you e then Ido washing by hand
in the o’d way and Ido not cater to nor solicit extra fine
garments that you are tired of and want me to damage
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and you would hear an awful lot of arguing before I paid
for it.
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six days and if myself or anyone else makes you a dif
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accepted for less than 50c.
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