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Text Of Amendment
Proposal_
Below Is the text of the act
drafted and sponsored by Rep. R.
A. Bell proposing to amend the
state constitution, to be voted on,
state-Wide, in the June 6th gene
ral election, which, if approved
by the voters of the state, author
izes Grady county by vote of its
fiscal authority to issue warrant
refunding bond? in sufficient
amount to retire the designated
warrant indebtedness, and Would
require the county’s fiscal author
ity to operate thereafter on a
“cash basis”: j
AN ACT
To to the qualified voters 1
propose
of Georgia an amendment to Article 7,
Section 7, Paragraph 1, of the Consti
tution of Georgia, to authorize !
so as
Grady county by vote of its fiscal au
thority to issue Warrant Refunding
Bond.? sufficient in amount to pay off
and retire the* designated warrant in- 1
debtednes sof said county; to provide :
in the event such warrant indebt-!
edness is paid off and retired that said
•county shall thereafter operate on a
strictly cash pasis and be prohibited
from issuing warrants or orders pay
able in the future; to provide that the
bills and claims of and against said
county and its Treasury shall be paid
by check and how such checks shall be 1
executed to authorize the fiscal au
thority of said county to thereafter
budget and limit the expenditures of
the various officers and departments
of said county other than the Courts
thereof; to provide how said bonds
shall be authorized, validated and is
sued; to require the fiscal authority
of said county to moke provisions for
paying off and retiring said bonds; to
provide that the proceeds of said
bonds shall be used exclusively for
paying off and retiring a designated
warrant indebtedness; to provide for
the submission of this amendment for
ratification or rejection by the peo
pie; and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General Assem
bly of the State of Georgia, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of the
same:
SECTION 1.
That Article 7, Section 7, Para
graph 1, of the Constitution of Geor
gia, which has heretofore been amend
ed, shall be further amended by add
ing thereto a new subparagraph in the
following Words and language, to-wit:
“Provided, however, that in addition
to the bonded indebtedness now or
hereafter authorized by this Consti
tution, Grady county is hereby
orized and empowered to issue bonds
sufficient in amount to refund, pay
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Vicksburg, Miss.—Fifteen persons
"-ere killed and eight others were in
jured late last week when a line of au
tomobiles plunged into Clear Creek
Bayou at Vicksburg, Miss., after a
off and retire the unpaid, outstanding
and existing warrant indebtedness of
said county, including interest due or
payable thereon, as the same appears
of record in the office of the Treasur
er or ex-officio Treasurer of said
County on the date as determined by
the Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues of said county, which
date shall be not less than ten days
and not more than thirty days
after the date of the proclamation of
the governor declaring this
ratified; said bonds to be known and
designated as “Warrant Refunding
B on ds” In the event the privilege
granted herein is exercised by the
said county, after said date as so de
termined by said Board, said
an( j th e authorities thereof are prohib
ec j f rom issuing warrants and defer
red payment orders on the Treasury of
said County, and said County shall
thereafter be operated on a cash basis
so that all bills and claims chargeable
to or against said county or payable
by the treasury of said County shall
be paid monthly or otherwise as deter
mined by the governing body of said
County or as promptly as possible by
checks , , drawn , the , depository , . de- ,
on or
positones holding the funds or said
county, and in no other way; no such
check to be issued until funds are on
deposit sufficient to immediately
same and all other checks then out
standing, and all such checks to be
signed by the Chairman of said Board
or Chief Executive officer of said
county and signed or approved in Writ
j n g by the Treasurer of said County;
with the right in said Board or equiv
alent county authority to borrow mon
ey to supply casual deficiencies in
revenue as heretofore authorized by
this Constitution; with the further
right hereby vested in said Board or
other equivalent fiscal authority to
budget, and limit the cost and expen
ditures of, the various officers and de
partments of said county, other than
the schools, and the Courts therof and
expenses of Courts; any existing pro-!
vision of this Constitution or any law, 1
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rule, or resolution of any othei boaid,^
commission authority to the con- 1
or
trary notwithstanding. No violation j j
of any provison of this amendment as j
to the conduct after the determined |
date aforesaid of the fiscal affairs of
said County shall in any wise affect or,
impair the validity of said Warrant
Refunding Bonds. Said refunding •
bonds shall have such terms and pro-|
visions as to maturity, rate of inter
est and otherwise, as may be fixed;
by the Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues of said County,
provided, however, that said bands,
mu? all mature within thirty years
from date of issuance. Provision shall
be made by the proper fiscal authority
by formal resolution for the assess
ment and collection of an annual tax
sufficient in amount to pay the prin
cipal and interest of said warrant re
funding bonds as they respectively !
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These animals grow on their backs the makings of the world’s
most costly overcoats. They are vicunas and are distinctly
camera-shy. Those accompanying the Dodge Good-Will Truck
were fortunate enough to catch this snapshot — with the aid of a
telescopic lens —before these rare animals scampered off into the
distance. This incident occurred in the Junin pampa at an eleva
tion of 13,000 feet.
THE CAIRO MESSENGER. FRIDAY, APRIL 7TH. 1939.
ed to adoptin of said amendment shall
have written or printed on their bal
lots the words, “Against ratification
| of amendment to Article 7,
7, Paragraph 1, of the
so as to authorize Grady County to
issue warrant refunding bonds, and for
other purposes.” And if a majority
of the electors qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly,
voting thereon, shall vote for ratifi
cation thereof as provided by
when the result shall be consolidated
as now required by law in elections
for members of the General Assem
bly, then said amendment shall become
a part of article 7, section 7, para
graph 1 of the Constitution of the
state of Georgia, and the
shall make proclamation therefor as
provided by law.
SECTION 3.
iBe it further enacted, that all laws
or parts of laws in conflict herewith
be, and the same are hereby repealed.
ROY V. HARRIS,
Speaker of the House
JOHN W. GREER, JR.
Clerk of the House
JOHN B. SPIVEY,
Pres, of the Senate
JOHN W. HAMMOND
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED:
E. D. RIVERS, Governor.
This 24th day of March, 1939.
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Mr. and Mi's. Marvin Sasser had as
their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. J.
R. Walden, and children.
Mrs. M. F. Merritt has been spend
ing several days with her daughter, I
Mrs. W. F. Sasser.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bishop, of 1 Lake
Talquin, are spending several days as
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bag
gett.
Messrs. Hiram and Herbert Bag
gett, Neal oumans, and Casey Jones,!
of Fort Benning, were the week-end'
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Bag-!
gett.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Merritt announ
ce the birth of a young daughter on
March 17th.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Harrison, and
family, were the Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Walden.
•Mr. and Mrs. Cullen Glover, of Bain
bridge, were the Sunday guests of Mr.
and’ Mrs. R. P. Ulmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Booth were the
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Berry j
Griffin.
Mis Alma •Fussell and Miss Amy
Herring left Saturday to enter col- i
lege at Statesboro.
Mrs. Eula Sholar is spending this;
week with Mi’s. Dora Gainous.
Some people miss a lot because they
aim too high.
The bone of contention is frequently
a thick skull.
bridge over the Big Black river was
washed away by floodwaters that un
dermined the bridge approach. Photo
shows rescue workers dragging for
victims.
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become due, and the proceeds of said
bonds shall be used exclusively for
the purpose of paying and retiring
the warrant indebtedness hereinabove
identified. Said Warrant Refunding
Bonds shall be issued under authority
hereof only when authorized by a vote
and resolution of the Board of Com
missioners of Roads and Revenues of
Grady County but without the neces
sity of an election as in the case of
original obligation bonds, and said
Warrant Refunding Bonds shall then
be validated in the manner and
the procedure, in accordance with
amendment, as is provided by law for
the validation of original obligation
bonds.”
SECTION 2.
Be it further enacted by the author
ity aforesaid, that when said amend
men j. s h a u be agreed to by two-thirds
vote of the members of each House,
with the “ayes” and “nayes” thereon,
the Goveimor is hereby directed to
have this proposal published in one or
more newspapers in each Congression
a \ district in this State for two months
previous to the time for holding the
next General Election at which pro
poS ed amendments to the Constitution
0 f this State may be voted on, and
shall at said election be submitted to
the people for ratification or rejection.
All persons voting at said detcion in
favor of adopting the said proposed j
amendment to the Constitution shall!
have written or printed on their bal- !
lots the words, “For ratification
of amendment to Article 7, Section
7, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution,
so as to authorize Grady County to j
issue warrant refunding bonds, and for j
other purposes” and all persons oppos-1
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