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PROCLAMATION T I
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ExcUlency, Hoke Smith, Gov- i
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ornor. ecutive Department.
Atlanta, Ga., August 1, 1908.
Whereas. t j,o General Assembly, at
hi 1908 proposed an
tS Imcnt to the Constitution Act of
as set forth in an ap
Ms August 1st, 1908, to wit:
rov . d amend the Constitution
t t0
gtal , of Georgia by repealing
lf th !, article 2 of the Constilu
ef,I ° 1 i of
of this State and inserting in
[ion thereof a new section, consisting
lieu paragraphs, prescribing the
if nine for electors; providing
i U alific at i ons
the registration of voters, and for
or
lt 'her purposes. it. enacted by the
Section 1. He
jeneral Assembly of the State of
Seorgia. and it. is hereby enacted by
.
Y authority of the same, i
section one of article two
tha : Constitution of this State be, |
, the
P , the same is, hereby repealed, and
r rj following section, consisting of j
e paragraphs, be inserted in said
icle in lieu thereof: |
After the year 1908 1
paragraph 1. people shall be by
elections by the : ;
ibailot, 'he and only those persons shall j
allowed to vote who have been :
first registered in accordance with
t l, e requirements of law.
Par 2 Every male citizen of this
State who is a citizen of the United
States, twenty-one years old or up¬
disabiiffies wards,' not laboring under article, any of the
named in this and
possessing the qualifications provid
ed by it. shall 136 an elector and en
tided to register and vote at any
election by the people; provided,
that no soldierr sailor, or marine in
the military or naval services of the
United States shall acquire the rights
of an elector by reason of being sta
tioned on duty in this state.
Par. 3. To entitle a person to reg
ister and vote at any election by the
people, be shall have resided in the
[State one year next preceding the
election, and in the county in which
I he offers to vote six months next pre
‘ ceding the election, and shall have
paid all taxes which may have .been
required of him since the -adoption
of the Constitution of Georgia of 1877
that he may have had an opportunity
of paying agreeably to law. Such
payment must have been made at
least six months prior to the election
at which he offers to vote, excepl
when such elections are held within
six months from the expiration of the
time fixed by law for the payment of
such taxes.
Par. 4. Every male citizen of this
State shall be entitled to register a«
an elector and to vote in all elections
in said State who is not disqualified
under the provisions of section 2 of
article 2 of this Constitution, anJ
who possesses the qualifications pre
scribed in paragraphs two and three
of this section or who will possess
them at the date of the election oc
during next after his registration,
and who in addition thereto comes
within either of the classes provided
for in the five following sub-divisions
of this paragraph.
1. All persons who have honorably
served in the land or naval forces of
the United SiAtes in the Revolution
ary war, or in the war of 1812, or in
the war with Mexico, or in any war
with the Indians or in the war be
tween the States, or in the war wjth
Spain, or who honorably served in
the land or naval forces of the Con
federate States, or of the State of
Georgia in the war between the
S,ates ’ or
2. All persons lawfully descended
from those embraced in the classes
enumerated in the sub-division next
above ’ or
3. All persons who are of good
character, and understand the duties
and obligations of citizenship under
a Republican form of government, or
4. All persons who can correctly
the English language any par¬
agraph of the Constitution of the
I’nited States or of this State and
jJlj tnghsn ’ language "ihl* when the same read to in them the
b F any one of the registrars, and all
Persons who solely, because of pfiys
Ral disability are unable co comply
w 'tb the above requirements, .but who
understand and give a reason
«' inter,,retation ot any paragraph
the CoMUtutloa ot the United
ot lhls mat may he
ht>m b> ' any ° Ue ° f th ® feSiS '
trars- or
J - Aliy person who is the owner
! n c<)e ' i f^ith in his own right of at
,? ibis ast State, fov, y acres *of land situated in
is the upon which he resides, or
owner in good faith in his own
Property, situated in this
J u an<1 assessed for taxation at the
'•J* .. 01 lhe hundred right to dollars. ister under
suhm rR S
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Vlfil0ns onR and (wo of para
Ir 1 , 1 four shall continue only until
Januar DvpaVarosfer 1 of
shall ""ho lster allTersons
an <l two ’ under subdivisions one
of paragraph four, and shall
ret urn thi
of the same to the clerk’s office
<£ Superior Court of their coun
cl r s
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and Pc '3,,
ters. regi: '- XTa 6 , heerf once
divisio under either of the sub
one or two of paragraph
four shall thereafter ,be permitted to
vote : provided, he meets the require
merits . of .
paragraphs two and three of
this section.
Par - 6 - Any person to whom the
ri S ht of registration is denied by the
registrars upon the ground that he
tacks the qualifications set forth in
the five sub-divisions of paragraph
four . sh all have the right to take an
appeal, and any citizen may enter an
appeal from the decision of the regis¬
trars allowing any person to register
under said subdivisions. All appeals
must be filed in writing with the reg¬
istrars within. io days from the date
of the decision complained of and
shall be returned by the registrars
to the office of the clerk of the Superi¬
or Court to be tried as other appeals.
Par. 7. Pending an appeal and UP
til the final decision of the case, the
judgment of the registrars shall re¬
main in full force.
Par. 8. No person shall be allowed
to participate in a primary of any po
litical party or a convention of any
political party in this State who is
not a qualified voter.
Par. 9. The machinery provided by
law for the registration of force Oc
tober 1st, 1908, shall be used to carry
out the provisions of this section, ex
cept where inconsistent with same;
the Legislature may change or amend
the registration laws from time to
time, but no such change or amend
ment shall operate to defeat any of
the provisions of this section,
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
whenever the above proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be
agreed to by two-thirds of the mem
hers elected tp each of the two
houses of the General Assembly, and
the same has been entered on their
journals with the ayes and nays tak
en thereon, the Governor shall cause
said amendment to be published in at
least two newspapers in each Con
gressional District in this State for
the period of two months next preced
ing the time of holding the next geu
eral election.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That
the above proposed amendment shall
be submitted for ratification or re
jection to the electors of this State
at the next general election to be
held after publication, as provided in
the second section of this Act in the
several election districts of this
State, at which election every per
son shall be qualified to vote who is
! entitled to vote for members of the
general Assembly. All persons vot
j U g a t said election in favor or adopt
mg t.he proposed amendment to tbs
Constitution shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words
"F or amendment of Constitution, pro
viding qualifications of voters,” and
a q persons opposed to the adoption
0 f sa j(j amendment shall have writ¬
ten or printed on their ballots the
words, '‘Against amendment of Con
stitution providing qualifications of
voters.”
Sec 4 Be it further enacted, That
the Governor -be, and he is, hereby
aut horized and directed to provide
for the submission of the amendment
, p rop0 sed in this Act tt> a vote of the
peoi) i e> as required by the Constitu
’
Uon of this stale in paragraph one of
seclion 0 ne of article thirteen, and if
j ratlfle d the Governor shall, when he
ascertains such ratification from the
Secretary of State, to whom the re
' referred in the
turns g^n be man
ner as j n ca ses of elections for mem
j t, ers of the General Assembly, result, issue to
cp U!1 t and ascertain the
iq 3 proclamation for one insertion
ln cne 0 f the daily papers of this
state, announcing such result and
j d ec i a ring the amendment ratified,
Now, therefore, I, Hoke Smith, Gov
ernor of i*aid State, do issue this my
proclamation, hereby declaring that
Ble foregoing proposed amendment
tQ the Constitution is submitted for
ratification or rejection tb the voters
o) , t he g ta te qualified to vote for
mem bers of the General Assembly at
■ genera i election to be held on
1 October 7th, 1908.
Wednesday,
HOKE SMITH, Governor.
By the Governor:
PHILIP COOK,
of State.
SPORTING BREVITIES.
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to 6 i^
w j clothier defeated R. D. Lit
tl e in straight set? in the National
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The Nottinghamshire eleven won
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Tw» eight
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t] thirteenth round at Sydney,
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APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.
Georgia, Newton Countv.
To tlie Superior Court ot said County :
The petition of J. N. C. Coggin, Grant
Wiley, W. A. Morris, It. F. Wright T.
M. Swann, John Bass, P. C. Coleman,
J. C. Traylor, C. L. W. Gunn and T. M.
Anderson, all of Newton county; J. W.
Queen and J. T. Porston, of Henry
county; J. T- Hines and Charlie Brooks,
of Campbell county, respectfully shows
the following:
(U That they desire that they, their
associates and successors shall be incor¬
porated for a period of 20 years, with
the right of renewal at the expiration of
that time, as a fraternal beneficiary as¬
sociation under the act of the General
Assembly as the State of Georgia, ap¬
proved on the 17th day of December,
1900, and that said corporation shall
have the corporate of INDEPENDENT
ORDER OF WOODMEN.
(2) Said association shall have no
capital stock, but shall be organized and
operated for the benefit of its members
and beneficiaries, having a representa¬
tive form ot government and lodge or
council system with ritualistic form of
of work for the meeting of its lodges,
councils and subordinate branches.
(3j The funds from which payment
of benefits is to be made and the funds
from which expenses shall be borne,
are to be derived from assessments,
dues and other mutual payments collec¬
ted from the members of the association
as may be provided by the Constitution
or by-laws of the association, the same
to be framed in accordance with An Act
of the General Assembly above men¬
tioned.
(4J It is desired that said association
shall have power to make provisions for
(he payment of benefits in the case of
death, sickness, temporary or perma¬
nent physical disability, either as a re¬
sult of sickness, accident or old age, and
also to accumulate, maintain and dis¬
burse among its membership a reserve,
emergency, mortuary or other fund as
may be provided in its Constitution or
by-laws.
(5) All disbursements of benefits as
contemplated bv the said Act of the
General Assembly shall be made by and
through a Supreme Camp through the
officers of the same, oomposed of a Vice- Su¬
preme Banker, First and Second
Supreme Bankers respectively, a Secre¬
tary and Treasurer and such othtr offi¬
cers as may he necessary for the proper
conduct and management of the busi¬
ness of the association.
(6j The home office of the association
shall be located in Covington, Newton
county, business Georgia, and the principal place
of shall be in said city, but the
privilege is prayed of organizing and es¬
tablishing subordinate branches, lodges
or councils of said association through¬
out the Slate of Georgia and in other
States and Territories of the United
States as may be necessary or beneficial
to the association.
(7) The right is prayed to sue fend be
sued under said corpovted name, to plea
and be impleaded with; to haue and to
use a corporate seal; to make and adopt
a Constitution and bylaws and regula¬
tions, from time to time as may be ad¬
visable for the carrying on of the busi
uses of the association; to provide a
board of directors such other offi¬
cers as may be necessary for the conduct
of the business; to own, hold or lease
real or personal property; to lend or
borrow money and secure same by
mortgage, trust, deed or otherwise; and
to do all such things as may be proper
or necessary, in the conduct of its busi
ness, and to have, enjoy and exercise
all the rights, privileges and powers
which are usually granted to which corpora¬
tions ot like character, and are
not inconsistent with the laws of the
land. right and
(8) Petitioners desire the
privilege of investing reserve funds of
the association, which may be mutually
contributed by its members, in solvent
securities for the mutual protection and
benefit of those contributing to said
fund and their beneficiaries.
(9) Petitioners pray that this required appli
cation be filed and published be as granted by
bv law, and that an order
the Court incorporating petitioners, under the
their associates and successors
name and style aforesaid.
And petitioners will ever pray.
A. H. FOSTER,
Attorney for Petitioners.
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Fairfax L. Cartwright, the British
minister at Munich, has been appoint¬
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Eighty-eight thoroughbred 'race¬
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and James B. Haggin were shipped
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follow the evacuation of Cuba by
American troops next winter.
At a banquet in honor of his forty
rears as a bishop and sixty years as a
priest, Bishop McQuaid, of Rochester,
N. Y., was prostrated, but revived.
Chancellor Mundelein, of the
Brooklyn diocese, was made a doctor
of sacred theology by the Roman
College of the Propagation of the
Faith.
Count Zeppelin announced, at
Friedrichshafen, Germany, that out
of the surplus of S750.000 given him
to replace his destroyed airship he
would found an aeronautic institute.
Governor Magoon, of Cuba, accom¬
panied by Captain J. A. Ryan, of the
Fifteenth Cavalry, has left Havana
fo;- New York, to visit President
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Sir Edward Grey, the British For¬
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cause Winston Spencer Churchill and
David Llovd-George have discussed
questions within the sphere of the
Foreign Office.
David Bennett Hill, former Gov¬
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United States has been postponed
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