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DAWSON, - GEORGIA ,
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THE CONSTITUTION.
A DOPTEI) Bl r Tftl K pi'opi p
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11l Allauia, August 25, 1577.
SECTION XVIII.
I ar. 1, ihe right of trial bv jurv,
except where it is otherwise provided
in tfi 13 Constitution, shall remain ir.-
i v ’ilate, but the General Assembly
may prescribe any number, not less
titan five, to constitute a trial or tra
verse jury in courts other than the
buperior and City Courts.
provide by law for the selection* of
the most experienced, intelligent and
upright men to serve as grand jurors,
and intelligent and upright tnen to
serve as traverse jurors. Neverthe
less, the grand jurors shall be compe
ted to serve as traverse jurors.
Bar. 3. It shall be the duty of the
General Assembly, by general laws,
to proscribe the manner of fixing com
pemntion of jurors in all counties in
this State.
6ECTIOE XIX.
Par. 1. The General Assembly shall
have power to provide for the crea
tion of County Commissioners in such
counties as may require them, and to
define thir duties.
section sx.
Par. 1. AH courts not specially
mentioned by name, in the fir st sec
tion of this article, may be abolished
in any county, at the diseret' u of the
General Assembly.
section sxr.
Par. 1. The costs in the Supreme
Court shall not exceed teu debars,
until otherwise provided by law.—
Plaintiffs in error shall not he requir
ed to pay costs in said court when llie
usual pauper oath is fi ed in tbe court
below
ARTICLE VII.
FINANCE, TAXATION AND PUBLIC DEBT
s: ction i.
Par. 1, The powers of taxation
over the whole Sia'e shall heexercisvd
by tbe General Assembly for the follow
ing purposes only:
For the support of ti e State gov
ernment and the public institutions
For educational purposes, in instruct
ing children in the elementary bran
ches of an English education only.
I o pay the interest >n the public
debt.
To suppress insurrection, to repel
invasion, and defend the Slate in time
of war.
To supp'y the soldiers who lost a
limb, or limbs, in the mi itaiy ser
vice of the Confederate States, with
suhstancial artificial litnhs during life.
SECTION 11.
Par 1 All taxation shall be uni
form upon the same cla.-s of subjects,
and advalorem on ad property subject
t" be taxed within the territorial lim
it- of the authority levying ’he tax,
smd shat! tie levied and col lent, and un
der general iaws. The Generul As- j
-embly may, liowevi r, impose a tax
upon such dome-tie anim-1.- as, from
their nature and habits, are destruc- |
rive of other property.
Pa. 2. The General Assembly may,
l v law, exempt from taxation all pub
lic p operty, places oi leligi ns wo -
ship or t urial ; all institutions of pure
ly public rliari'y; all buildings erec
ted for end u.-ed as a coll'go, iucnipo
uted academy, or other seminary of
learni g; the teal and pm-enal estate ]
of any public library, and tht of any
other literary association, use'i by or
connected with such library; ah books
mid philosophical apparatus; and a'l
paintings and statuary of any compa
ny or asso iation, kept in a public hall,
and not held as merchandise, or for
purposes of sale or gain; rrovded, th
property so exempted oe not used for
purposes of private, or corporate piol
it or income:
Par. 3. No poll tax shall be levied
except for educational purposes, and
such tax shall not exceed one dollar,
annually, upon each poll.
Par. 4. All laws exempting prop
erty from taxation, o her than the
property harem enumerated, shall lie
void.
pci. 5. The power to tax corpora
tioDS and corporate ( ropeity shah not
be surret del ed or suspended by any
contract or grant to which the State
shall be a pat ty.
section ni-
Par, 1. No debt shall be ccntr acted
bv, or on behalf of the State, except
to supply casual deficiencies!of revenue,
to repel invasion, suppress insuriec
tion and defend the Stat 6 in time of
war, or to pay the existing |u lie
debt; but the debt created to supply
deficiencies in levenuo shall not ex
ceed, iu the aggregate, two hundred
thousand dollars.
SI CTION IV.
Par. 1. All laws authorizing the
borrowing of money by, or on behalf
of, the State, shall specify the purpo
;es lot which the mtu cy is to be used,
and the mouev so obtained shall be
used lor the purpose specified, and for
no other.
SECTION V.
Par. 1. The credit of the State
shall not he pledged or loaned to any
individual, company, corporation or
association, and the -Mate sha 1 not t e
coiue a joint owner or stockholder in
any company, t-ssociatioti, or corpora
tion.
SECTION VI.
Par. 1. Ihe General Assembly
shall not antic rize any county, muni
cipal corporation, or politics* division
ot this State, lo become a vtockhoHor
in any company, corporation, or asso
ciation, or to appropriate money lor,
DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 1877.
| or to loan its credit to any corpora
tion, company, association, institution,
or individual, except for purely chari
table purposes. This restriction shad
not iq eiate to prevent thesuppoit of
schools by municipal corporations
within their respective limits : prodded,
that if any municipal forpoiatiorr shall
offer to the State any property for lo
cating or building a capital, and the
State accepts such offer, the corpora
tion may comply with such offer.
Par. 2. The General Assembly
shall not have power to delegate to
any county tbe tight to levy a tax for j
any purpose, except for educational
purposes in instructing children in the
elementary branches of any English
education only ; to build and n pair
the public buildings and bridges; to
maintain and support prisoners; to
pay jurors and coteners, and for liti
gation, quarantine, roads and expen
ses of couits; to support paupers and
pay debts heretofore existing.
SECTION VII.
Par. 1. The debts hereafter incur
red by auy county, municipal corpoia
tion, or political division, of this State,
except as in this Constitution provided
for, shall Lever exceed seven per
centum of the assessed value of ail the
taxable property therein, and uo such
county, municipality or division, shall j
incur any r.ew debt, except for a tern- j
porary io-.n or loans, to supply casual
deficieuces of revenue, not to exceed
one fifth of one per centum of the as
sesed va ue of taxable property there- 1
in without tbe as-ent ot two-thirds of \
Die qualified voters thereof, at an elec- j
tion for that purpose, to be held as j
may he presetibed by ’aw; but any j
city, t:ie debt of which does not ex
ceed seveu per centum of the assessed
value ot the taxable property at the .
time 1 1 tbe adoption ot this Coustitu
tion, may tie authorized by law to in
crease, at any time, the amount of
said debt tfnee per centum upon such
asses-ed valuation.
Par. 2. Any county, municipal cor
poiation, or political division of this
State, which sha 1 incut any bonded
indebtedness uuder the provisions of
this Constitution, shall, nt ot before
tbe time of so doing, provide for the
a-sessment aid collection of an annual
tax sufficient id amount to pay the
principal and interest of sail debt
with u thirty years from ttie dat° of
the iticuriing of said indebtedness.
SECTION VIII.
Par. 1 The State shall not assume
the debt nor any part thereof, of any
county, municipal corporation or po
litical division of the State, unless
such debt st all he contiacton to ena
ble the Sum to repel invasion, him -
p ess insurrection, or defend itself in
time of war.
SECTION IX.
f’ar. 1. The receiving, directly or
indirectly, by any ■ fficer ot State or
county, ' r ...emher, or officer of the
General Assembly, of any interest,
profits, or porqtiisi e, arising from
the use or oau of public funds in his
hands, or moneys to be raised through
his agency for State or county purpo
ses, shall be deemed a felony, and
punishab'e as o ay be prescribed by
taw, a part of which punishment shall
be a disqualification from holdiug
office.
SECTION X.
Par. 1. Municipal co potations shall
not incur any debt until provi-iotiß
therefor shall hum been made by
the municipal government.
SECTION XI
par 1. The Genet a! Assembly
shall have no authoiity to appropriate
money either dir-ctiy or indnectly, to
pay ti e who e, or any pa t, of the
principa l , tit interest, ot tho bonds, or
other obligations which have been
pi nounced i legal, null and void, by
the Genetl Assembly, aid the consti
tutional amendments ratified by a
vo e ot the people on the fi et day ot
May, 1877 : in i shall t e General
Assembly have authuii’y to pay any
of he oh igatioo crea ed by the Stato
under laws passed during the late war
be twee . tie Slates, n>• any of the
bonds, poles, or obligations made and
entered into during the existence of
said war, the 'ime f r the payment of
which wa- lived ntiei tli-t i ufica'iou
ot a treaty of peace between the Uni
ted States anil tbe Confederate States;
lior shall the General Assembly pas
an\ law, or the G veinor, or other
State official, enter in’o any contract,
or agreement, wh-iehy the .'•tste
snail be made a party t< any suit iu
any couit of this State, or of the Uni
ted States, ms lUited to test the valdi
ty ot any such bonds or obligations.
SECTION XII
Par. 1. The bonded debt of the
State shall never be increased, ■ xcept j
to rrqiel invasion, suppress insurrec
tion, or defend the i s tate in lime of
war.
SEC-ION XIII
Par. 1. The proceeds of the sale of
the AN estern and Atlantic, Macon and
Brunswick, or o her ailroads, held by
the Stare, and any nth- r proper’y
owned Gy the S'ate, whenever the
Geneial Assembly may authoiize tbe
sale of the wh de, oi any pat t thereof,
shall !>e applied to the payment of the
bonded debt oi the State, and shall
not be used for auy other purpi-se
whatever, so long as 'lie " tate has any
existing bonded debt; Prodded, that
the proceeds ot the sale of the West
ern and Atlantic Railroad shall be ap
plied to the pavm nt of the bonds for
which said railroad ha 6 been mort
gaged, in preference to all other
bends.
SECTION XIV-
Par. 1. The General Assembly
shall raise, by taxation, each year, iu
addition to the sum requested to pay
the public expenses aud interest on
•be public debt, the sum of one hun
; dred thousand dollars, which shall bo
! held as a sinking fund, to pay off and
retire the bonds of the State which
hsve not yet matured, and shall he ap
plied to no other purpose whatever.
If the bonds cannot at anytime be
purchased at or below par, thou tha
sinkit g fund herein provided for may
be loaned by the Governor and Treas
urer of the State: Provided , the securi
ty which shall ho demanded for said
loan shall consist on’y of the valid
bonds of the State; Gut this section
shall not take effect until the eight
per cent, currency bonds, issued uu Jer
the act of Februuiy 19, 1873, shall
have been paid.
SECTION XV.
Par. 1. The Comptroller General
and Treasurer shall each make to the
Governor a quarter!y report of the
financial condition of the State, which
report shall include a sta ement of the
asse’s, liabilities and income of tbe
State, and expendituies therefor, for
the three r< ontlia preceeding; audit
shall be the duty of the Governor to
carefully examine the same by him
self, or through competent persons
connected with his depurtmeut, aud
cuuse an abstract thereof to be pub
lished for the into! motion of the peo
ple, which abstract shall be endorsed
by him as having beer examined.
SECTION XVI.
Par. 1. The General Assembly shall
not, hv vote, resolution or order grunt
any donation, or gratuity, in favor of
any person, corpoiate>n or association.
Par. 2. The General Asserutdy sha J
not grant or authorize extra compeu
satiuu to auy public officer, agent or
contractor alter the service bus been
rendered, or the contract eutered iuto.
SECTION XVIL
Par 1. Toe office of the State Prin
ter shall ct-ase v. h'.'.ii the oxpirutiori of
the term of the present incumbent,
and the General Assembly snail pro
vide, by law, fow letting the public
piinting to the lowest responsit le bid
der, or bidders, viilo shall give ade
quate and satisfactory security for the
faithful performance thereof. No
member ot th General Assembly, or
othei public officer, shall be interest' and,
either directly or indirectly, in any
such contract.
ARTICLE VIII.
EDUCAT'ON
SECTION 1
Par. 1. There shall be a thorough
system of emmon ech o's for the ed
ucation of children in the elementary
branches of an English education on
’v, as neary uniform as practicable,
the sxjn nses of which sha'l he provi
ded for by taxation, rr otherwise.—
The schools slial he free to all chi'-
dren of the Sta'e, but separate schools
shall be provided for the white and
colored races.
SECTION 11.
Pur. 1. ’’hero shall be a S*at
School Commissioner, appointed by
the Gove nor, and confirmed Gy the
Senate, whose term ot office shall ho
two years, and until his successor is
appointed and qualified. H : a office
shall he t the seat of government,
snd he shall he paid a salary not to
. xeoed two thousand dollars t er an
num. The Geneial Assembly may
substitute for the State School Com
missioner such officer or officers as
tr ay be deemed necessary to perfect
the svaten' of public education.
s MOTION ll'.
Par. 1. The no 1 tax, any education
s' fund now belonging to the State
(except the endowment of and debt
due to the University of Georgia), a
special tax on shows and exhibitions,
and on tbe sale ot spi'ituoiis and malt
liquors—which the General \ssemhiy
is hereby authorized to assess and
the procei ds of any commutation tax
for military service, aid all taves that
may he assessed on such domestic an
ima'e as, from their nature and l abile,
are destructive to other property, are
hereby se* - part and devoted to the
support of common schools.
SECTION IV
Par. 1, Authority may !>e granted
to cuntieg, upon the recommendation
of the corporate authority, to establish
and main aiu public schools in tfieir
respective limits, bv ’octal taxation ;
but no such local laws shall take
effect until the same shall have been
submitted to \ vote of the qualified
voters in each county or municipal
corporation, aid approved by a two
third- vo'e of persons quaufied to vote
at Midi election ; and the General As
sembly r nv prescribe who thall vote
on such question.
SECTION V.
Pir. 1. Existing local school systems
shall not tie effected t y th s Constitu
tion. Nothing contained in section
fi st of this at tide shall t.e constru
ed to deprive schoo s io this Btate,
not common schools, from participa
tion in the educntji>n| fund of the
Mate, a to a'l pupils therein taught
in the elementary branches of an lv -
g ish educa'ion.
SECTION VI.
Par. 1. The trustees of the Univei
sity cf Georgia may accept h. quests,
donations and grants of land, or other 1
properiv, for the use of said U ivei
eity. It. addition to tho payment of
the annua! iu'erest on the debt due
fry the State to the University, the
Oeueral A-seuihiy may, from time to
time, make such derations there to
as tlie condition of the Treasury will
authorize. And the General Assem
bly may also, from time to time, make
such npropriations of money as tho
condition of the Treasury will autlu
rxe to any College or Uaiveisiiy (tu t
exceeding one in number) now cstal-
fished, or hereafter to ho established,
in this State for the education of per
sons of color.
ARTICLE IX
HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS.
SECTION I.
Par. 1. There shall he exempt
from levy and sale by virtue of any
process whatever, under the laws of
the State, except as hereinafter excep
ted, of the property of every haed of
a family, or guardian, or trustee of a
family of minor children, or evety
aged or infirm person, or persons
having the care and support of de
pendent females of any age, who is
not the fiead of a family, realty, or
peisoualty, or both, to the value in
the aggregate of sixteen hundred dol
lars.
SECTION 11.
Par. 1. No court or ministerial of
ficer in this State shall ever have ju
ridiction or authoiity to enfoice any
judgment, execution or decreo against
the propeitv set apart for such pur
pose, including such improvements as
may he made thereon, from time to
time, except for taxes, for the purchase
money of the saico, for labor done
thereon, for material furnished there
for,or for the retnov. lof encumbrances
thereon.
SECTION 111.
Par. 1, Thedobtor shall have pow
er to waive or renounce, iu writing,
his right to the benefit of the exemp
tion provided for in this article, except
as to wearing apparel, and uot ex< eed
ing three hundred dollars worth of
household and kitchen furniture, and
provisions for one year, to lie -elected
by himself aud his wife, if any ; and
lie shall not, after it i- set apnrt, ali
enate or encumber the property so ex
empted, but it may Go bold by tie
debtor and his wife, if any, join l ly,
with the sanction of the Judge of the
Superior Court of the county wlieie
the debtor resides, or the land is situ
ated, the proceeds to be reinvested uj -
on the same uses.
SECTION IV.
Par, 1. The General Assembly shall
provide by law, as early as nraticuhle,
for the suiting paitand valuation ol
said proper y, but nothing in this arti
cle shall be construed to affect or re
peal tile exis ing laws fur exemption
of property trum sale, coii'ainuil in
the present Ci no of this S ate, in
pamgraphs 2040 o 2049, inclusive,
and the acts amendatory thereto It
may he i ptiunal with the applicant to
take either, but uot both ol such ex
emptions
SECTION V.
Par. 1. The debtor shall have au
thority to waive or renounce, iu writ
ing; his right to tile iienafii of the ex
emption provided for iu section lour,
except as excepted in section three if
this article.
section vr
Par. 1. The applicant shall, at any
time, have the ight t supplement hie
exemption by adding o ill] amount al
ready set apart, v hicn is ies- than the
whole amount of exemption herein
allowed, a suffieeney to make his ex
emption equal to the whole amount.
SECTION VII.
Par. 1. Homesteads, and exemp
tions • f peisonal property which have
ii'Si heretofore set apart bv virtue of
the pi visions ol the existing Cons i
Union ol this State, and in accord
ance with the laws for the onforC'-
in—nt thereof, or which may be here
afier so Set apart, i t any time, shall
lie aud remain valid as against all
debts and liabilities existing at the
time of the adoption of thi- Constitu
tion, to the same extern that they
would have been had said existing
Constitution not been revised,
SECTION via.
Par 1. Rights which have become
vested under pieviou-ly exis ing nws
shall not be eff. c'ed by anv thing here
in contiined. In all oases in which
homesteads have been set npait under
the Colour iitioii of 1808, and the laws
made in pursuance thereof, and a lona
fide sale of such pmperly has been
subseqiien’ly made, and the full pur
chase price thereof has been paid, a I
right of exemption in such property by
reason of having been mi set npait,
shall cease in so far asit affect the tight
of the } uichaser. In uli such casss
| where a rrait on y of the purchase
price has been paid, such transaction
| shall be governed by the laws uow o(
ioiceiu this State, in so lar as they
| affect the lights of the purchaser, as
: tiro, gh said property had not been
■ set apart.
SECTION IX
Par. 1. Parties who have taken a
homestead ot realty under the law of
18G8 shall have the light to cell said
homestead and re-invest th puce-ds
of ihe sale of the game b* older of the
Judge of the Superior Couits uf this
Stato.
ARTICLE X.
XII.ITIA.
SECTION I.
Par, 1. A well n gula'ed militia lin
ing essential to the pi-ce uud security i
of the State, the General Assembly
shall have authority to provide by
law how the mititia ot this State shall
be organized, officered, trained, armed
and equipped; au i of whom it shall
consist.
Par. The General Assembly shall
have power to authorize the formation
of volunteer companies, and to pro
vide for ihoir orgunizotion into battal
ions, regiments, brigades, divisions and
c.irp- with sueh restrictiousas may be
prescribed by law, and shall have au
thority to arm and equip the same.
Par 3. The officers and tueuof the
militii and volunteer foroea shall not
be entitled to receive any pay, rations
or emoluments, when not in active
service by authority of tha State.
ARTICLE XL
COUNTIES AND COUNTS' OEFICEHS
SECTION I.
Par. 1, Each county shall he a body
corpoi ate, with Mich power and limi
tations as may he prescribed by law.
All suits fy, oragain-t, a county, shall
he in the name thereof; and the motes
and bounds of the several counties
shall remain as now prescribed by
law, unless changed as hereinafter
provided.
Par 2. No now county shall be cre
ated.
Par. 3. County lines shall not he
changed, unless under the operation of
a creneral law for the* purpose.
Par. 4. N. county sit > shall be chan p
ed or removed, exept by u two-thirds
vote "f th qualifiul voters of the
county, voting at an election held for
that purpose, and a two-thirds Vote of
the Geneial Assembly.
Par. 5. Any oouuty organization
may !e dissolved and merged with
contiguous counties, hy a two-thirds
vote of the qualified electors of such
county, voting at an election hold for
that purpose.
SECTION 11.
Par. 1. The county officers shall he
elected hy the q thfied voters of theii
respective counties, or districts, and
shall hold their offi tes for two years.
They shall h- removed on conviction
for malpractice in office, and no per
son shall he eligible to any of the offi
ces referred to in this paragrap , unless
he shall have been u resident of the
county for two years, and is a quali
fied voter.
SECTION 111.
Par. 1 Woatever tribunal, or rffi
cets, may hereaf'erbe ci anted by the
General Assembly for tbe transaction
of county mutters, shall be uniform
throughout tbe State, and of the same
name, jurisdiction and remedies, ex
cept that the General Assemh'y may
provide for the appointment of erru
missioners of roads and revenue in any
county.
ARTICLE XLI.
THE E'.WS OF OENKUAE OFEItATION IN
FOItCE IN TUI. STATE.
Par 1. The laws of general opera
tion in this State are, first, as the m
prerne law; tbe Constitution, of the
United S'at's, tbe laws of 'lie United
Bttes in pursuance thereof, and all
treaties mada under the authority ol
the United Htate.
Par. 2 Second. As next in author -
ty thereto; This Constitution.
Par. 3, Third, In subordination to
the foregoing: Ail laws now of force
in this Stn'e, not inconsistent with
this Oonstitu'iou un i tlieordinancesof
tins Convention, shall remain of farce
until the same me mo lifted or repeal
ed by the Gem ral Assembly, 'lax
ac's and apptopiiation acts passed at
the session of the General Assembly
ol 1877, and approved by the Gover
nor of the State and not consistent
with the Constitution, are hereby con
tinu and in force until altered by law.
Par. 4 L .ua! and private acts pass
ed fur the benefit of counties, cities
towns, corporations uud private per
sona, not in insistent with the su
preme law, nor with this Constitution,
and which hu.e not erpirod nor been
repealed, shall have the L rceof statue
law, subjict ft judicial dccisii n t-.s to
their validity when passed, aid to any
limitations iingpsed by the.r own
terms.
Par. 5- All lights, privileges and
immunities wh ch luay have vested in,
or accrued to, any person or persons,
ci corpoi utiou, in his, her, or their
own right, or in any fiduciary capaci
ty, under, aud iu virtue of, any net if
the Gei eia! A semply, or any judg
ment, decree, or older, or other pro
ceeding nt any court of competent ju
ri-diction, in this State, heretofore
rendered, -hull le he'd inviolate by all
courts t-efoie which they may he
brought in question, unless atiacked
for fi aud.
Par. 9. Al! judgm mi's decrees, or
ders and other proceedings, of the
several courts of this Mute, heretofore
made, within the limits of their s<-vei
ul j; i isdicious, are hereby ratified
and affirmed, sulj*ct only to revarsnl
hy motion for new trial, appeal, bill
of review, or other proceeding, in con
formity with the iuw of force when
they were made.
Par. 7. The officers of toe govern
ment now ej is iiig shall continue in
the exercise of \b-,ir several functions
until heir succe s-os >e du v elected,
or nppoin ed and qualified. But noth
ing herein is to apply to any officer
whose iHi e uo-y be abolished by
this Constitution.
Pai. 8. The oidtnanees of this con
vention shall have tt e force of laws
until otherwise provided ly tbe Gen
eral Assemble, except the ordinances
in reference to submitiing the homo- ;
stead and aapi al questions to a vote
of tub people, which oidiauces, alter
I being voted on, shill have the effect
1 of constitutional provisions.
ARTICLE XIII.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONST!-
’4 ION.
SECTION I.
Par. 1. Any amendment or amend
ments to this Constitution may be pro
posed in ‘ha Bena'e or House of Rep
resentatives, and it the same shah be
agreed to by two-thirds of the mem
bers elected lo each oi the two houses,
such proposed amendment or umend
uo'uts shall be entered uu their jour
nals, with the yeas aud niy- taken
; thei eon; aid the General Assmbiy
slm'lcause such amendment or uunud
ments to be published iu one or more
newspapers iu each Congressional
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District, for two months | revious to
tho time of holding ttie next general
election, uud shall also provide for a
submission of such proposed amend
ment or amendments to the peop'e at
said next geneial olootiun ; and if tho
people stin'l ratify such amendment or
amendments, by a majority of theelec
tors qua'ified to vote for mernbeis of
General Assemb'y, voting there >n,
such amendment 01 amendment, shall
become a past of this constitution.—
When more than one amendment is
submitted, at the same time, they
shall t>e so submitted as to enable the
nlectois to vote ou each amendment
Sop irately.
Par, 2. No convention of the peo
p!o shall tie ca led by the Geneial
Assembly to revise, amend, or change
this Couati'u’ion, unless bv the con
currence of two-thirds ol all the mem
bers ot ouch house of the General As
sembly. The representation in said
convention shall he based on popula
tion as near ns practicable.
SECTION 11.
Pur. 1. - This Constitution shall be
submitted for ratification or injection
to the eb ct >rs of the Siate, at an elec
tion to ho held on the first Wednesday
of December, one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-seven, in the sever
al election districts of this State, at
which election every person shall be
entitled to vote who iseu'itled to vote
for the members of the Geucral A;-
sembly under the Constitution and
laws of foice at tho date of such eltc
-1 ion ; said election to he held and eon
due ed as is now provided by law ter
holding elections lor members of the
Geneial Assembly. AJi ] ersons vot
ing at said election in favor of adopt
ing this CVnstitu ion shall write or
t>ave printed on tl eir ballots the
words “FOR RATIFICATION:” and
all persons oppi sed to the adoption of
this Constitution shall write or have
piinted <m titer ballots the worda
“AGAINST RATIFICATION.”
Par. 2 The votes cast at said elec
tiou shall be con so idated in each of
tho counties of this Stale, as is now
required by law in elections for mem
bers of the General Assembly, and
returns thereof made to the Governor;
and should a majority of all the votes
cast at said election be in fa vor of rati
fi-ation, ho shall declare tlie said
Constitution adopted, and make proc
lamation of the result of.said electisu
by publica inti in one or more news
papers in each Congressional District
of the State; hut should a majority
of tli3 votescast beagatnst ratification,
lie shall iu the same manner proclaim
the said Cufistitutiou rejected.
ORDINANCE.
SUIIMITTING THJS CHOICE OF
HOMESTEAD TO THE PEOPLE;
The following :s the crdianoe pass
ed by tiie Convei tion for the submis
sion ol the humesiead question to the
people;
Be it ordained by the people of Oiorym
in Count ion assembled, and it i hereby
ordairud by authority of the same , (1).
That the uitide adopted by the con
vention on the subject of homestead
and exemptions shall not form a part
of this Constitution, except as herein
after provided.
(2) At the election held for the
ratification or rejection of this Cons'i
tution, it shn-l be lawful tor each vot
er to have written nr printed cii his
ballot the words “HOMESTEAD OF
1877,” tr the wotds “HOMESTEAD
OF 1863 ”
(3) In the even* that a majority of
the ballets go cast have etidomed up
on them the winds, “HOMESTEAD
OF 1877,” then said article, adopted
hy this Convention, shall form a part
ol the constitution submitted, if the
same is ratified; bat in the event that
said Constitution, so submitted, shall
not be ratified, tl en the article on
humesteud aud exemptions so adopted
as atoresaid by this convention, shall
supersede article sovonth of the Con
st.tution of 1868 ou the subject of
houies’ead and exemptions, aud form
a patt of that Constitution.
(41. If a majority of the hallotg so
cas*, as aforesaid, shall have endor ed
upon them the words, “Homestead of
1868,” then article seventh of the
Constitii'ion ol 1868 shall supersede
the article on homestead ami exemp
tions adopted by this convention, and
shall he incorporated in and fotm a
part of Constitution so submitted and
ratified.
“HOMESTEAD OF 1868.”
Sec. 1. Each bead of a lamily, or
guaidiaii or tiusieeol a family dr min
or children, sliaill be entiled to a home
stead of realty to the value of two
thousand dollars in specie and persou
ai properly to the value of oue thous
and dollars in specie, both to be val
ued at the time that they are set
apart.
See. 2. And no court or u.inisterial
officer iu tins 8t?to shall ever have
jurisdiction or authority toenforceapy
judgment, decree or execution agaiust
said propery so set apart, including
such improvements us may be made
thereon Iroin time to time, except for
taxes, money borrowed and expended
iu the improvement of the homestead,
or lor the purchase m..ney of thesante,
and lor labot dene therefor, or mate-
rial furnished therefor, or removal of
encumbrances H ereon.
Sec. 3. And it shall be the duty of
the General Assembly, as early as
practicable, to provide by law for the
setting apart and valuation of sai l
property, and to enact laws for tl.a
lull ami compbte protection Fed secu
rity nt tl e snrna to the s-’le use and
benefit of said families us aforesaid.
Sec. 4. Ail property of the wife, in
her possession at the time of her uiar
liige, and all property given to, inher
i t or uoquiied by her, shall remain
Concluded on fairth paje.