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[A PROCLAMATION.
F Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia to be
voted on at the General election to be
held on Tuesday, November 4th, 1924,
said amendment to Paragraph 2, Sec
tion 1, Article 11, of the Constitution
of the State of Georgia, for the craation
Os PEACH COUNTY.
• By His Excellency,
Clifford Walker, Governor,
State of Georgia,
Executive Department,
! August 21, 1924.
; WHEREAS, The General Assembly
at its session in 1924 proposed an
amendment to the Constitution of this
State as set forth in an Act approved
July 18, 1924, to-wit:
•4
CQITNTY OP PEACH; CREATION OF.
b No. 274.
An Act to propose to the qualified elec
i tors of this State an amendment to
i Paragraph 2. Section 1, Article 11. of
' the Constitution of the State of Oeor
i Sla a a amended by the rat
ification of the qualified elec
tors Os this State of the sev
era! Acts approved, respectively. on
JjJf I®. 1904. July 31, 1906, July 24.
J® 12 - August 14. 1912, July T. 1914, July
,V' 19 K July 27. 1914. August 11. 1914.
August 15, 1917, August 21. 1917; July
so. 1918, August 11. 1919. July 8. 1920.
August 7, 1930, August 14, 1920. and
August 17. 1920, end for other pur
! poses.
Section 1. Be It enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Georgia,
and it Is hereby enacted by the authority
Os the same, that the following amend
ment Is hereby proposed to Paragraph 2,
Section 1. Article 11. of the Constitu
tion of the State of Georgia, as amend
ed by tho ratification of the qualified
voters of said State of the several Acts
approved, respectively, on July 19, 1904,
July 31. 1900. July 30, 1912. August 14.
1912, July 7, 1914. July 17, 1914, July 27,
1914, August 11, 1914, August 15. 1917,
August 21, 1917. July 30. 1918, August 11,
1919, July 8. 1920, August 7. 1920, August
14. 1920. and August 17. 1920, to-wlt:
By adding to said paragraph the fol
lowing language:
“Provided, however, that In addition to
the counties now provided for by this Con
stitution there shall be a new county laid
out and created from the territory now
composing Houston and Macon Counties,
to be made up and composed of all that
part of tho territory of Houston and Ma
con Counties described and contained
within the boundaries as follows;”
w "Beginning at the point where the
Counties of Bibb, Houston and Crawford
corner, running thence along the line be
tween the Counties of Houston and
Crawford to the point whero the Coun
ties of Houston. Crawford and Macon
comer; thence In a southwesterly direc
tion along the line between the Counties
of Crawford and Macon to the middle of
the run of Flint River; thence In a
southerly direction along the middle of
mp run. of .Flint Rlve£ tp the south
€rn Tin o' oT fractional loc num
her 151 In the Bth district of Macon
County; thence east along the southern
line of lots 151. 138 and 119 to the south
west comer of lot number 106 in the Btn
district of Macon County; thence north
along the western line of lot number
106 to the southwest corner of lot num
ber 105 in tho Bth district of Macon
County; thenco east along the south line
of lots 105 and S 8 to the northwest cor
ner of lot 74 in the Bth district of Ma
con Countv; thence south along the west
ern line of lot 74 to the southwest cor
ner of lot 74: thence east along the
southern line of lots 74, 55. 42 *
the southwest corner of lot number 10
In the Bth district of Macon County;
thence north alcng the west lino of lot
number 10 to where said western line in
teracts with tho public road leading
west from tho Dixie Highway between
Mirshallvllle and Fort Valley to the old
K- iV plantation; thence along the saul
public road to the center of the said
I.ivip Highway leading from Marshall-
Vilie to Fort Valley; thence in a south
erly direction along the center of said
D,X i i e er l v S of Y D *C gtrothm and C. Z
ff Arthur in lot 13 in the Bth district
M STne ty oi e e n prop“U°f n D. th C e
6 M^t n em C Tne y; of th lo n t C s e ‘and^Ts!
to the southwest comer of lot number
251 in the 9th district of Macon County;
thence east along the south line of lots
251 and 230 to the middle of the run
of 1 BUT Indian Greek; thence in a gen
erally southeasterly ; n " c ‘ 10 1 % a '° n ?.
middle of the rur. of Big Indian Creek
tn she point where the western line of
ot 96 rn the 9th district of Houston
County intersects the run of Big In
riian Creek; thence south along
ule wStern line of lots 96 and
11 In the 9th district of Houston
County and let 22 in the 14th district of
Houston County to the northern line of
the public road leading from Marshall
ville to Perry; thence east along the
northern line of the public road leading
from Marshallville to Perry to the west
ern line of the public road leading from
Small Academy to Fort Valley via Nor
wood Springs: tbence north along the
western line of the public road leading
from Small Academy to Fort Valley via
Norwood Springs to the southwest corner
of lot 12 In tho 9th district of Houston
County- thence east along the south line
of lots 12 and 13 to tho southwest corner
of lot 11 In the 9th district of Houston
County; thence north along the western
line of lots 14. 33. 34, 3.i, 36 and 37,
in the 9th district of Houston County;
to the Bouthwest corner of lot 38
In the 9th district of Houston County;
thence east along the south line of lot
38 to the southwest corner of lot 27;
thence north along the west lino of lots
27 and 26 to the southwest comer of lot
25- thence east along the southern line
of lot 25 to the northwest corner of lot
7 In the 9th district of Houston County;
thence -south along the western line of
lot 7 to the southvveet comer of lot 7;
thence east along the south line of lot
7 In the 9th district and lots 10 and 23
in the 10th district of Houston County
to the southwest comer of lot 42 In the
10th district of Houston County; thence
north along the western line of lots 42,
41 and 40 In the 10th district of Houston
County to the run of Mossy Creek;
thence southeasterly along the run of
Mossy Creek to the bridge over said
Mossy Creek on the National Highway
In Houston County and to the western
line of the National Highway; thence
north along the western line of the Na
tional Highway to the south line of lot
69 In- the sth district of Houston County;
thence west along the southern line of
said lot number 69 to the southwest cor
ner thereof; thence north along the west
ern line of lots numbered 69 , 70 and
71 to the southwest comer of lot num
ber 72 In the sth district of Houston
County; thence west along the southern
line of lot number 59 to the southwest
comer of lot number 69; thence north
along the western line of lots numbered
69 and 56 to the southwest comer of
lot 57 In the sth district of Houston
County; thence east along the southern
line of lots numbered 67 and 74 to the
western line of the National Highway;
thence north along the western line of
the National Highway to the run of
Echeeconnee Creek: which Is the divid
ing line between Bibb and Houston Coun
ties; thaioe wdbt'along the line between
the Counties of Houston and Bibb to
the point where Houston. BlblAod -Craw
ford comer, same beta* the point or place
of beglnrrtng.* *
"That tbe said now county shaft be
known as Pvaeto County and the aty
of For*. Fnfldyteafl be the ocmnty rite
of the same.-
‘That Irv—foettas of other prurritrw
of this Ci«rifc»riiin> arid P«Mh Canity
ohaJl. upon Its creation be entitled to one
Representative In the House of Represen
tatives of this State, and said Peach
County shall be entitled to one Repre
sentative In the House of Representa
tives of Georgia until the apportionment
shall be changed by law, In accordance
with tho provisions of this Constitution."
"That the said Peach County shall he
attached to the same congressional dls
trlct, and to the same Judicial circuit
and to tho same State Senatorial district
as those to which the County of Hous
ton is attached at the date of the rati
fication of this amendment."
"That all legal voters residing In the
limits of Peach County entitled to vote
for members of the General Assembly
under the Laws of Georgia shall on tho
first Wednesday In January following the
ratification of this proposed amendment,
elect a Representative In the House of
Representatives of this State, and an or
dinary, a clerk of tho Superior Court,
a sheriff, a coroner, a tax collector, a
tax receiver, a county treasurer and a
county surveyor. Said special election
shall be held at the several election pre
cincts, existing within the limits of said
Peach County at the time of the adop
tion of this proposed amendment and the
ordinary of Houston County shall nppoint
managers for such election precincts os
may be located In Houston County at
the time of the adoption of this proposed
amendment. On the <lay succeeding the
holding of said election, the election man
agers shall meet at the council chamber
of the Mayor and Council of thp City of
Port Valley and consolidate the vote for
the offlcera named; and the general laws
of this State now In force as to elec
tions. consolidation of the votes, the
return of the election and the commis
sion of officers shall be applicable to
the offlcera elected at the election here
in provided for The officers elected
at said election and the Representative In
she House of Representatives shall hold
their offlceis until the next general elec
tion for such officers throughout the
State, and until their successors are
elected ar.d qualified. Tho General As
sembly Is hereby given power to cre
ate any additional statutory offices In
said county or statutory courts therein,
and to provide for filling said offices.
Any vacancies that may occur before
the next general election after the elec
tions as herein provided may be filled
in the same manner ns snch vacancies
are now filled under the law. The Jus
tices of tho peace and constables resid
ing In the territory included within the
limits of said Peach County shall ex
ercise the duties and powers of their
offices until new militia districts are laid
out in said Poach County and Justices
of the peace and constables thereof
elected."
“That the Superior Courts of said
Peach County‘shall be held on tho first
Monde.y In March and the first Monday
In September of each year."
"That the congressional and senatorial
districts, the Judicial circuit to which
said Poach County Is attached, the times
of holding the terms of the Superior
Court, and the limits of the county shall
bo as designated above until changed by
law.”
"Provided, that the laws applicable to
tho organization of new counties as found
In Sections 829 to 848, Inclusive, of the
Code of 1910 of Georgia, and In any other
Acts or sections having applicability are
hereby mado applicable to said Peach
County, whenever the samo may be cre
ated T-she proposed amendment to tho
Constitution and that said county, when
created, shall become a statutory county
and shall be subject at all times to all
laws applicable to all other counties of
this State.”
"That the property of all taxpayers In
cluded within the limits of said Peach
County as herein above designated is
hereby made ratably chargeable with any
debt that may have been incurred by
either of the counties from which tho
territory Included in the new Peach Coun
ty is taken by the legally constituted au
thorities of the counties for the purpose
of raising revenues for the benefit of
either of said counties, whether the said
debt Is a bonded debt or one which
has been Incurred for the benefit in any
way of either of said counties. The
value of the taxable property Included
within the limits of said Peach County
at the time of the adoption of this amend
ment to the Constitution In proportion
to the value of the property in the coun
ties from which the said Peach County
is taken shall determine the proportion
r.te amount of the indebtedness which
shall be borne by the property of the tax
payers located within the limits of said
roiosed Peach County."
"Authority is hereby given the ordi
nary of said Peach County and to the
officers of the counties from which said
territory la taken who are charged with
the management of the business of said
counties to settle end agree upon an
amount of said Indebtedness that shall
be assessed against and paid by the
said Peach County; and it Is hereby
made the duty of the ordinary of the
3ald Peach County when the amount of
said Indebtedness with which the sail
Peach County Is chargeable is so ascer
tained to cause a tax to be levied upon
all the property within tho limits of the
said Peach County sufficient to pay off
and discharge tho proportionate part of
he lndetbedncss duo by said Peach
ounty."
"In the event of tho failure or refusal
of the ordinary of Peach County to
levy such a tax. It shall be the duty
of the Judge of the Superior Court of
the circuit to which the said Peach
County is attached to compel the ordinary
of said Peach County to perform tho
duty herein required of him. In tho
event of the failure of the authorities
of the counties from which the said
Peach County is created and the ordinary
of the said Peach County to ascertain
and agree upon tho amount of said ln
debtodnos, then either of said coun
ties may bring a suit against tho said
County of Peach in the Superior Court
of Peach County for the purpose of hav
ing the proportion of said debt bo as
sumed by the said Peach County ascer
tained; and the said Superior Court Is
hereby given authority and power to en
force whatever Judgment may be had
as the result of such trial by compelling
the ordinary of said Peach County to
levy a tax sufficient for the payment
of the Indebtedness found to bo due by
the said Peach County; cause tho same
to be collected and paid to the consti
tuted authorities of tho county or coun
ties from which said Peach County Is cre
ated entitled to receive the same."
"It Is especially provided that all ad
valorem and special taxes and all other
revenues realized for the year in which
this amendment Is adopted or ratified
by the qualified voters of this State
shall be applied to any indebtednees, ex
cept bonded Indebtednees due and ow
ing by either of the counties from which
the said Peach County Is created; it
being the purposo of this provision to
fix the basis of settlement between the
counties Involved upon their financial
condition on the 31st day of December
next following the ratification of this
amendment." *
“Sec. 2. Be It further enacted by the
authority aforesaid and It la hereby en
acted by authority of same, That when
ever the proposed amendment to the
Conetlteitlon shall be agreed upon by two
thirds |of the members elected to each
of the two House* of the General As
sembly and the same has been entered
on their Journals, with .the yoas and nays
taken thereon, the Governor shall be,
and he Is, hereby authorised and In
structed to cause the above proposed
amendment to be published In at least
two newspapers In each oon'gqpsslonal
district, of this Btate, for the period
it two months next preceding the time
of hotdlqg the next general '-lection,
and the Governor Is further authorised
and directed to provide lor the sub
mission of the amendment proposed for
ratification «r rejection to the electors
of this State at the next general elec
tion to be held after audit publication,
at which eteetton every person shall bs
qu*Boed-to Trite who Is entitled’ to Tots
fsr**iassibers <* Assembly.
Ait parses* voting St ssfd eierxioii (a ts
rsr of adopting tho sM pvopoasdstnsod-
Mt shall haws written * printed on
Walker County Messenger, Setember 12, 1924. '
their ballot tha xroris: ‘For fim»n'lment
to the Constitution creating Peach Coun
ty,' and all persons voting at said elec
i tion against the adoption of said pro
posed amendment shall have written or
printed on their ballot the words ‘Against
the amendment to the Constitution cre
ating Peach County.’ ”
“If a majority of the electors qualified
to vote for members of the General As
sembly voting thereon shall vote for the
ratification of said proposed amendment,
then the said Peach County shall have
been duly created, and the Governor may,
when he ascertains the result from the
Secretary of State, to whom the returns
of said election shall be referred In the
manner ns In cases of elections of mem
bers of the General Assembly to count
and ascertain the results. Issue his proc
lamation for one Insertion In one dally pa
per of this State, announcing such re
sult. and declaring tho amendment rati
fied.”
Sec. S. “De It further enacted, That all
laws and parts of laws in conflict with
this Act. be. and the same arc, hereby
repealed.”
NOW, THEREFORE, I. Clifford
Walker, Governor of said State, do
Issue this my proclamation hcroby de
claring that tho proposed foregoing
amendment to the Constitution Is sub
mitted for ratification at rejection to
the voters of the Stats guallfled to
vote for members of ths General As
sembly at the General election to be
held on Tuesday, November fth, I>Z4.
CLIFFORD WALKER,
Oovwnor.
By the Governor.
S. G. McLendon,
Secretary of Stato.
SHERIFF'S SALE
Georgia, Walker County.
Will be sold before the courthouse
door in the town of LaFayette, said
state and county on the First Tuesday
in October next, being October 7,
11)24, within the legal hours of sale to
the highest and best bidder for cash,
the following described property to
wit: All that tract or parcel of land
lying and being in the 9th District
and 4th Section of Walker County,
Georgia, and being a part of original
land lot No. twenty-six and more par
ticularly described as follows: Lots
Nias. 1,2, 9, 10, and 16, of the Mor
rison Heights located about one mile
east of Kossville, Georgia, as shown
by plat of said Morrison Heights, said
lots comprising an area of 4.97 acres
more or less, and being bounded on
the north by Georgia Street, on the
east by Crown Point road; and being
bounded on the west by Pine Street
and Ringgold Road; and on the south
by Lot. No. 22, all of which being
shown on said plat.
The above described property has
been, levied on as the proimriy of and
in possession of E. G. Henderson to
satisfy four certain executions each
of which are issued from the Superior
Court of said county in favor of Thos.
W. Hardwick, Governor of Georgia
and against Dave Ellis, J. 11. Graham
J. A. Elliott, and E. G. Henderson, all
of said executions having been levied
upon said land and said Henderson,
the owner thereof, notified;
Date of levy July 18th, 1922.
Also at the same time and place
within the legal hours of sale, will
be, sold the following described lands
to-wit: 20 acres, more or less, of lot
of land No 114 in the 9th district and
4th section of Walker county, Geor
gia, same being the east half of the
north forty acres of the south half of
said lot, and being the east half of
those lands conveyed to Geo. W. and
Mary Dils, by R. M. Myers et al, on
the 15th day of July, 1879, which deed
of conveyance is recorded in Book 2,
Page 146, record of deeds of said
county, levied on as the property of
and in the possession of J. A. Elliott
to satisfy four certain executions each
of which arc issued from the Superior
Court of said county in favor of Thos.
W. Hardwick, Governor, and against
Dave Ellis, J. H Graham, J. A. El
liott, E. G. Henderson, all of said ex
ecutions having been levied upon said
land and said Elliott, the owner there
of notified.
L. W. HARMON, Sheriff.
Walker County, Georgia.
SHERIFF’S SALE
Georgia, Walker County.
Will be sold before the courthouse
(her in the town of LaFayette, said
tale and county on the First Tuesday
in October next, being October 7,
1924, within the legal hours of sale to
the highest and best bidder for cash,
the following described property to
wit: An undivided 7-30 interest in
land lying and being in Walker coun
ty, Georgia and bounded on the north
by Veler’s, on the east by Lee Fillers’,
on the south and west by T. C. Glad
den’s. Said lands levied on and to be
sold as the property of Willie Mitchell
to satisfy an execution issued from
the Justice Court of the 871st. Dis
trict, G. M. in favor of W. M. Petti
grew; also at the same time and place
will be sold an undivided 1-15 inter
est in said property described above,
said land levied on and to be sold as
the property of Scottie Mitchell to
satisfy the same execution as above.
Levy made by J. S. Tate, Deputy
Sheriff, and returned to me this 2nd.
day of Sept. 1924.
L. W, HARMON, Sheriff.
ROAD NOTICE
Georgia, Walker County.
W. W. Baker et al having petition
ed for the establishment of a public
road as hereinafter described and the
commissioners appointed to mark out
and report upon the advisability of the
establishment o» said road having re
ported that the establishment of said
public road will be of public utility if
no good cause is shqwn to the contra
ry the public road as follows to-wit,
commencing at W. T. Travis’ house,
running north about a quarter of a
mile to the old W. K. Sholl place;
thence east to Mission Ridge road,
about 1-2 mi. in all will be established
as a public road at a meeting of the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenue of said county on the
First Tuesday in October, 1924.
| Board of Commissioners, Roads and
Revenue Walker County, Ga.
| CLAUDE CLEMENTS, Clerk.
t WALKER COUNTY TAX LEVY
1924
; Georgia, Walker County.
. I It appearing to the Board of Com
missioners of Roads and Revenue of
I said county that tho taxable values of
. the real and personal property of sai l
1 1 county, as same appears on the digest
I for the year 1924, aside from the cor
porations which make returns direct
i to the Comptroller General is $7,239,-
| 811.00, and it further appearing to
said Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenue of said county that :t
will require, in addition to the tiixes
received from said corporations, the
sum of $117,646.93 to pay the neces
sary running expenses and the obliga
tions of the county for the year 1924,
it is therefore ordered that a tax of
sixteen and one fourth (16 1-4) mills,
or sixteen dollars and twenty five
cents ($16.25) on the one thousand
dollars be, and the same is hereby,
levied on every species of taxable
property, both real and personal, to
pay the necessary running expenses
and the obligations of the county for
the year 1924.
It is hereby ordered by the Board
of Commissioners of Roads and Reve
nue of said county that the tax levied
as aforesaid be, and the same is here -
by levied for the following specified
purposes:
To pay the legal indebtednes of the
county due or to become due during
the year ,to-wit: Interest on bonded
indebtedness of $380,000.00, and to
retire $10,000.00 of said bonds, Four
and one fourth (4 1-4) mills, or four
dollars and twenty five cents on the
one thousand dollars of taxable prop
erty estimated to raise $30,769.20.
To repair courthouse, jail etc: One
fifth of one mill or twenty cents on
the one thousand dollars of taxable
property, estimated to raise $1,447.96.
To build and repair bridges: Two
mills or two dollars on the one thous
and dollars of taxable property, esti
mated to raise $14,479.62.
To pay Sheriff’s, jailor’s or other
officer’s fees that they may be legally
entitled to out of the county: Sixty
five one hundredths of one mill, or six
ty five cents on the one thousand dol
lars of taxable property, estimated to
raise $4,705.88.
To pay coroners all fees that may
be due them by the county for holding
inquests: Two one hundredths of one
mill, or two cents on the one thousand
dollars of taxable property, estimated
to raise $144.80.
To pay the expenses of the county
for bailiffs at court, non resident wit
nesses in criminal cases, fuel, servant
i hire, stationery and the like: Three
■ fifths of one mill, or sixty cents on
the one thousand dollars of taxable
property, estimated to raise $4,343.89.
To pay expenses incurred in sup
! porting the poor of the county, and
1 as otherwise prescribed by the code:
, One mill, or one dollar on the one
thousand dollars of taxable property,
estimated to raise $7,239.81.
To pay jurors a per diem compensa
tion: Sixty five one hundredths of one
; mill, or sixty five cents on the one
J thousand dollars of taxable property,
estimated to raise $4,705.88.
For the working and improvement
of the public roads of said county,
I same, together with the commutation
j tax, to be known as the “Public Road
Fund,” and to be used and expended
| for the purpose of paying the salaries
| and wages of employees engaged in
working,, repairing and improving the
I public roa<l3, and the support of tho
' cha ingang while engaged in work up
j on the public roads of
i said county:— Six Mills
or six dollars on the one thousand
j dollars of taxable values, estimated to
raise $43,438.85.
To pay any other lawful charge
against the county: Twenty-three one
hundredths of one mill, or twenty
three cents on the one thousand dol
lars of taxable property, estimated to
raise of $1,665.16.
The County Board of Health having
certified to Board of Commissioners
of Roads and Revenue that it will re
quire a minimum sum of $5,000.00 for
the purposes of sanitation and quar
antine and for the purpose of paying
the salaries of the Commissioner of
Health and the Sanitary Inspector: A
tax of sixty-five one hundredths of
one mill, or sixty-five cents on the one
thousand dollars of taxable property
is hereby levied to pay the expenses
of sanitation and quarantine for Said
county, the salaries of the Commis
| sioner of Health and Sanitary lnspec
■ tor and other exp" .f the Board ol
1 Health incident t A carrying out of
! the Act of 1914, commonly known as
I t»fie Ellis Health Law, estimated to
raise $4,705.88.
Be it further ordered by the Board
of Commissioners of Roads and Rev* -
j nue of said county, that, in addition
j to the taxes hereinbefore levied and
1 assessed, a tax of three and one half
i mills, or three dollars and fifty cents
lon the one thousand iollars of taxable
• property, is her i. levied and assess
ed in accordant • h the Acts of the
General Assembly, approved August.
18th, 1919, amending Paragraph 1,
Section 4, Artick of the Constitu
tion of the State of Georgia, on every
species of taxable property, both real
and personal, in said county, except
within the corporate limits of the
town of Linwood aryl the City of
1 Chickamauga, for the support of the
1 public schools of said county. Said
1 levy for the support of the public
' schools of said county is made in ac
cordance with and upon the recom
j mendation of the Board of Education
! of said county, to be distributed equi
i tably according to the school popula
tion, tax values, number of teacher r
and grade license, among the public
schools of said county, outside of the
independent systems now excepted in
t town of Linwood and City of
C hickamauga.
. j Be it further ordered that in accord
I ance with the act of the General A»-
: sambly of Georgia of 1920, and in com
I pfiance with the reoomnaeodatioa qrf
j the Board of Educatioa of aaM coan-
ty, the tax of one fourth of one mill
or twenty five cents on the one thou
sand dollars of taxable property, is
hereby levied and assessed on all of
the taxable property, both real and
personal, within the limits of said
county, for the purpose of paying the
salary of the County Agricultural
Agent. It is ordered that the tax col
lector collect said tax for the purpose
of paying the salary of the County
1 Agricultural Agt. and pay over to tho
Board of Education of said county, to
be used in payment of said salary of
said county Agricultural Agent.
Be it further ordered by the Board
' of Commissioners of Ronds and Reve
i nue of said County that in addition to
! the taxes hereinbefore levied and as
| sessed, the following taxes are hereby
levied and assessed in accordance with
the Act of 1906, for educational pur
poses within the school districts here
inafter specified, the Board of Trus
tees of said school districts having in
each instance determined the amount
necessary to be raised by local tax on
all of the property in each of said
districts as will raise the necessary
amount to be collected, to-wit:
On all the taxable property, both
real and personal, within the LaFay
ette School District: Five mills, or
five dollars on the one thousand dol
| lars of taxable property, to be used
in the support and maintenance of
! the public schools within said I>aFay
ette School District, and the further
\sum of six mills, or six dollars on tho
, one thousand dollars of taxable prop
erty, to pay the interest on the bond
ed indebtedness of said LaFayette
.School District and to provide a sink
ling fund for payment of the bonded
indebtedness of said LaFayette School
I District.
I On all the taxable property, both
; real and personal, within tho Rossville
' Consolidated School District: Five
' mills, or five dollars on the one thous
and dollars of taxable property, to he
used in the support and maintenance
of the public schools within said Ross
ville Consolidated School District, and
the further sum of six mills, or six
dollars on the one thousand dollars of
taxable property, to pay the interest
on the bonded indebtedness of said
Rossville Consolidated School District
and to provide a sinking fund for the
payment of the bonded indebtedness
■ of said Rossville Consolidated School
District.
On all the taxable property, both
! real and personal, within the Cedar
1 Grove Consolidated School District:
I Five mills, or five dollars on the one
j thousand dollars of taxable property,
; to be used in the support and mainte
nance of the public schools within
: said Cedar Grove Consolidated School
District, and the further sum of five
I mills, or five dollars on tho one thou-
I sand dollars of taxable property, to
j pay the interest on the bonded indobt
.! edness of said Cedar Grove Consoli
, i dated School District, and to provide
l a sinking fund for the payment of
. 'the bonded indebtedness of said Cedar
, Grove Consolidated School District.
I I On al! the taxable property, both
I real and personal, within the West
j Armuchee Consolidated School Dis
trict: Four mills, or four dollars on
I the one thousand dollars of taxable
; property, to be used in the support
and maintenance of the public schools
within said West Armuohee Consoli
'dated School District, and the further
jsum of five mills, or five dollars on the
j one thousand dollars of taxable prop
erty, to pay the interest on tho bonded
j indebtedness of said West Armuchee
Consolidated School District, and to
• provide a sinking fund for the pay
t ment of the bonded indebtedness of
said West Armuchee Consolidated
School District.
On all the taxable property, both
real and personal, within Lakeview
School District: Five mil,s or five dol
lars on tho one thousand dollars of
taxable property.
On all the taxable property, both
real and personal, within Flintstone
School District: Four mills, or four
; dollars on the one thousand dollars of
taxable property.
tin all the taxable property, both
real and personal, within Wesley
Chapel School District: Two mills, or
two dollars on the one thousand dol
lars of taxable property.
On all the taxable property, both
real and personal, within Kensington
School District: Four mills, or four
| dollars on the one thousand dollars of
1 taxable property .
On all the taxable property, both
i real and personal within Naomi
School District: Five mills, or five
, dollars on the one thousand dollars of
J taxable property.
On all the taxable property, both
real and personal, within Mt. Carmel
School District: Four mills, or four
dollars on the one thousand dollars
j of taxable property.
On all tho taxable property, both
1 real and personal within Warren
School District: Four mills, or four
, dollars on the one thousand dollars of
( taxable property.
On all the taxable property, botli
real and personal, within Chattooga
School District: Five mills, or five
dollars on the one thousand dollars of
taxable property.
On all the taxable property, both
real and personal, within lam School
District: Three mills, or three dollars
on the one thousand dollars of tax
able property.
On all the taxable property, both
real and personal, within Ridgeway
1 School District: Three mills, or three
dollars on the one thousand dollars of
taxable property.
On all the taxable property, both
real and personal, within Wallacevillc
School District: Five mills, or fivo
! dollars on the one thousand dollars of
taxable property.
On all the taxable property, both
real and personal, within Mission
Ridge School District: Fivo mills, or
five dollars on Che one thousand dol
lars o t taxable property.
Ob all the taxable property, both
rMLaad peraooal, wttjl Lxi Spring
Consolidated School District: Five
Mills, or five dollars on the one thou
sand dollars of taxable property.
It is ordered that the tax collector
of said county collect said taxes here
in levied in and for the school districts
hereinbefore specified, and pay over
said taxes to the proper authorities of
the aforesaid school districts.
Passed in regular session, this 2nd.
day of September, 1924.
M. A. McCONNELL, Chairman.
CLAUDE CLEMENTS
S. P. HALL
W. S. ABERCROMBIE
j. r. McFarland
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenue of Walker County, Ga.
TRUSTEE'S SALE
State of Georgia, Walker County.
Under power pf sale in deed from
John R. Rea to Colonial Trust Com
pany, Trustees dated April 1, 1924,
recorded in Deed Book 44, page 123,
of Walker County Records, the un
dersigned will sell to the highest bid
der for cash, on the first Tuesday in
October, 1924, before the Courthouse
door in Walker County, Georgia, be
tween the legal hours of sale, the fol
lowing described property to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land ly
ing and being in land lot number 46,
in the 7th district and 4th Section of
Walker County, Georgia, being a part
of the S. W. Fariss Addition to the
City of LaPayctte, Georgia, and being
all of lot Number 3 and 15 feet off the
East side of lot No. 2 in Block A of
said addition, as shown by plat made
by 11. A. Branner, Surveyor, recorded
in Book of Deeds No. 27, pages 639
and 419, and more specifically describ
ed as follows: Beginning at the north
east corner of lot number 3 of Block
A of said addition the same being 150
feet west of the corner of Maple and
Villanow (Armuchee) Streets, run
ning thence North 87 degrees West
65.2 feet; thence South 2 degrees
East 197 feet and 2 inches; thence
South 89 degrees East 65 feet; thence
North 2 degrees West 194 feet; and
8 inches to the point of beginning, as
shown by plat made by Julius Rink,
and recorded January 18, 1924, in
plat book 1 at page 48 in tho Office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court of
Walker County, Georgia.
Said deed being to .secure the pay
ment of 120 promissory notes of
$20.00 each, dated April 1, 1924 and
due monthly thereafter, given by the
said John R. Rea to Colonial Trust
Company, Trustee; all dated April 1,
1924, payable monthly; said notes
providing that in the event of a de
fault in the payment of any note of
the scries the remaining notes of the
series shall become due and collectible
regardless of their maturity dates;
and obligating the borrower to pay
the additional amount of 10 per cent
of the amount of principal and inter
[ est due ns attorneys fees, in the event
of tho foreclosure of said notes or tha
! collection of same through process of
. law; plus all cost and expenses of
collection; said notes bearing 8 per
cent interest after maturity; and pay
ment of same being in default, tha
power of sale conferred in said deed
has become operative. The Colonial
Trust Company, Trustee, being the
duly qualified and acting trustee, un
der and by virtue of the terms, con
ditions, and provisions of the contract
and deed of trust, dated September 1,
1914, and recorded Book WW page
306, Cobb County Records; and the
amendments thereto made; and, also,
contract and agreement between Ses
sions Ixian and Trust Company and
Colonial Trust Company dated March
30, 1922.
The proceeds of said sale will be
applied first to the payment of said
indebtedness, Principal $1555.63;
$2.89 interests; plus all costs and ex
penses of this proceeding; and the
balance, if any, to be paid to John R.
Rea.
COLONIAL TRUST CO., Trustee,
By M. M. SESSIONS
W. M. REYNOLDS,
Sept. 4, 1924. Attorneys.
SALE NOTICE
Georgia, Walker County.
Will be sold at the courthouse door
in said county on the first Tuesday in
October, 1924, within the legal hours
of sale the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
7 J-2 shares of Bank Stock in the
Bank of LaFayette, of the par value
of SIOO.OO each, and being evidenced
by certificate numbers 83 for 6 1-4
shares and 71 for 1 1-4 shares.
Said bank stock levied on as the
property of J. I’. McWilliams to sat
isfy an execution issued on the 24th
day of May, 1921, from the District
Court of the United States for the
Northwestern Division of the North
ern Dietf' t of Georgia, in favor of
the United States against John B.
McAllister as principal, and J. P. Mc-
Williams as surety.
This 27th day of August, 1924.
WALTER A KERMAN,
9 26 United States Marshal.
By—R. P. HUFSTETLER,
Deputy United States Marshal.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE
Petition for Divorce in Walker Supe
rior Court, November term, 1924.
Mrs. 11. T. Aldridge vs 11. T. Al
dridge.
To the defendant, 11. T. Aldridge:
You are hereby commanded to be
and appear at the next term of the
Superior Court of said county to be
held on the first Monday in Novem
ber, 1924 and make answers in the
above-named and stated case, as re
quired by order of said oourt.
Witness the Hon. Moses Wright,
Judge of the Superior Court.
This 19th day of August, 1924.
THOS. W. BRYAN,
Clerk Superior Court,
CoMa C«im Ort* ami Infhwma
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