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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DQUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA Friday, October 22. -wm.
LEGAL ADS.
of Georgia, Executive
• partment
A PROCLAMATION
Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia to be
voted on at the general election to be
held in November, 1920, to amend
Paragraph 1, Section 7, Article 7, of
the Constitution of this State by add
ing thereto the following words:
Provided any municipality having a
population of 150,000 or more can
issue and sell ‘ Street improvement
bonds, without the said assent of two-
thirds of the qualified voters at an
election called thereon, but upon two
thirds vote of the members of it*
the taxable property therein, without
the assent of two-thirds of the quali
fied voters thereof voting at an
election for that purpose, to be held
as prescribed by law, provided said
two-thirds so voting shall be a ma
jority of the registered voters, and
provided further that all laws, charter
provisions and ordinances heretofore
passed be enacted providing special
registration of the voters of the
counties, municipal corporations and
other political divisions of this State to
pass upon the issuance of bonds of
such counties, municipal corporations
and political divisions are hereby de
clared to be null and void; fnd the
General Assembly shall thereafter
have no power to pass or eyiact any
law providing for such special regis
tration, but the validity of any and
all bond issues by such countie:
governing body, with these limiui
tions; First,-the terms of such bonds municipal, corporations o other poli-
shall in no case .exceed ten year.-:.I tical divisions made prior to January
Second, the amount of each issue isi* 1918, shall not be affected here-
shall be limited to the amount asses
sed by such municipality upon each
improvement. Third, these bonds
shall be issued only for the grading
and paving or repaving of streets or
portions of streets. Fourth, the in
terest thereon shall not exceed six per
centum per annum. Fifth, these
bonds can be issued without regard
to the amount of other outstanding
debts or bonds of such municipality.
Sixth, these bonds not to be issued
except in case such pavement or re
pavement has been petitioned for in
writing by the owners of more t’tan
fifty per cent of the property abutt
ing on the street or portion of street
paved or repaved.
By His Excellency
HUGH M. DORSEY, Governor.
Whereas: The General Assembly
%t its session in 1920 proposed
amendment to the Constitution of this
State, as set forth in an act approved
August 17, 1920—to-wit:
MUNICIPAL STREET IMPROVE
MENT BONDS
NO. 813.
An Act to amend Paragraph 1,
Section 7, Article i y of the Constitution
of the State by adding thereto the fol
lowing words: Provided any munici
pality having a population of 150,00 or
more can issue and sell “street im
provement bonds, without the said
assent of two-thirds of the qualified
voters at an election called thereon,
by, but any city the debt of which
Goes not exceed seven per centum of
assessed value of the tasable
property at the time of the adoption
of this Constitution may be author
ized by law to increase at any time
the amount of said debt three per
centum upon such assessed valuation
Provided, any municipality having a
population of 150,000 or more can
issue and sell “street improvement
bonds” without the said assent of two*
thirds of the qualified voters at an
election called thereon, but upon a
two-thirds vote of the members of
its governing body, with these limi
tations: First, the term of such
bonds shall in no case exceed ten
years. Second, the amount of eacn
issue shall be limited to the amount
assessed by such municipality upon
each improvement. Third, these
Ponds shall be issued only for the
grading and paving or repaving of
streets or portion of streets. Fourth,
the interest thereon shall not exceed
six per centum per annum. Fifth,
these bonds can be issued without r
gard to the amount of other out
standing debts or bonds of said muni
cipality. “Sixth, these bonds not to
be issued except in case such pave
ment or repavement has been pe
titioned for in writing by the ow
of more than fifty per cent of the
property abutting on the street or
portion of street paved or repaved.”
bee. 2. Be it further enacted by
J&=5
ing bonds of such municipality;” and
if a majority of the electors qualified
to vote for members of the General
Assembly voting thereon shall vote
for ratification thereof when the re
turns shall be consolidated as now
equired by law in elections for mem-
>ers of the General Assembly and re
turn thereof made to the Governor,
then he shall declare said amendment
adopted, and make proclamation of
the result by publication of the re
sult of said election by one insertion
in one of the daily papers of this
State, declaring the amendment rati
fied.
Sec. 4. Be it furthur enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That all laws
and parts of laws in conflict with
this Act be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Approved August 17, 1920.
Now, Therefore, I, Hugh M. Dor
sey, Governor of said state, do issue
this my proclamation hereby, declaring
that the foregoing proposed amend
ment to the Constitution is submitted
for ratification or rejection to the
voters of the state, qualified to vote
for members of the General As
sembly at the general election to be
held on Tuesday, November 2nd, 1920.
HUGH M. Dorsey, Governor.
By the Governor:
s. g. McLendon,
Secretary of State.
ties; and thence south and southeast
along the county line between Pierce
and Ware Counties to the Charlton
County line; and thence eastwards
along the county line between Pierce
and Charlton to the southeast corner
of Pierce County,/the point of be
ginning aforesaid:”
The county site of said new county,
Brantley, shall be Hoboken, Georgia.
Said county shall be attached to
the Eleventh Congressional District,
to the Waycross Judicial Circuit; and
to the Third Senatorial District, un-
claring that the foregoing proposed
amendment to the Constitution is
submitted for ratification or rejection
■to the voters of the state, qualified
to vote for members of the General
Assembly at the General Election to
be held on Tuesday, November 2nd,
1920.
HUGH M. DORSEY, Governor.
Tty the Governor:
s. g. McLendon,
Secretary of State.
GEORGIA—Dquglas County,
hanged by the General Assembly To All Whom It May Concern:
State of Georgia, Executive
partment
A PROCLAMATION
De-
Suhmitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia to be
voted on at the general election to be
held in November, 1920, to amend
Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11,
of the Constitution of this State, so
as to lay out and create a new county
from portions of Pierce, Chailton and
Wayne counties, to be known as
Brantley County, with the town of
Hoboken as the county seat.
By His Excellency,
HUGH M. DORSEY, Governor.
Whereas, the General Assembly at
its session in 1920, proposed an
amendment Ito the Constitution of
this State, as set forth in an act ap
proved August 14th, 1920, to-wit:
BRANTLEY COUNTY, CREATION
OF
NO. 026.
but upon a two-thirds vote of the
members of its governing body, with 1 Lne authority aforesaid, That when-
these limitations: First, the terms J uver the above proposed amendment
of such bonds shall in no case exceed] 10 the Constitution shall have been
ten years. Second, the amount of| a » 5 ’ c ''^ to hy two-thirds of tin* mem-
each issue shall be limited to the ]hers eiecied to the two Houses oi the
amount assessed by such municipality I General Assembly, and the same has
upon each improvement. Third, these
bonds shall be issued only for the
grading and paving or repaving of
streets or portions of streets. F<
An Act to propose an amendment
to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11
of the Constitution ol‘ the State of
Georgia.
The General Assembly of the State
of ‘ Georgia hereby proposes to the
been entered on their Journals, with qualified electors of said State an
the Ayes and Nays thereon, the Cov-j amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1,
ernor shall cause said amendment to Article 11 of the Constitution of th
oe published in at least two news- j State of Georgia, as heretofore amcn-
the interest thereon shall not exceed j each Congressional Dis- ] (led, so as to provide for the creation
six per centum per annum. Fifth, 1 ir,ct in this State for a period of two
these bonds can be issued without months next preceding the time of
regard tu the amount of other out- holding the next general election,
standing debts or bonds of such muni-j ^ ec> **• it further enacted by
cfpality. Sixth, these bonds not to be the authority aforesaid, that the
issued except in case such pavement above proposed amendment shall be
or repavement has been petitioned for (submitted for ratification to the
in writing by the owners of more than j electors of this State at the next
fifty per cent of the property abutt- general election to be held after the
ing on the street or portion of street publication, as provided in the second
paved or repaved;” and for other action of this Act, in the several
purposes. I districts of this State, at
Be it enacted by the General As-(which every person shall be qualified
sembly of the State of Georgia, and! t0 v °t“ who entitled to vote for
it is hereby exacted by authority of | members of the General Assembly,
the same us follows: I Ail persons voting at said election in
Section 1. That Paragraph 1, Sec
tion 7, Article 7, of the Constitution
of this State be amended by adding
thereto the following proviso:
Provided, any municipality having
^ population of 150,000 or more can
issue and sell “street improvement
bondS,” without the said assent of
two-thirds of the qualified voters at
an election called thereon, but upon
a two-thirds vote of the members of
its governing body, with these limi
tations: First, the time of such
bonds shall in no case exceed" ten
of adopting the said proposed
amendment of the Constitution shall
have written or printed upon their
ballots the words, “For ratification
of amendment to Paragraph 1, Sec
tion 7, Article 7, of the Constitution so
a-s to authorize any municipality hav
ing a population of 150,000 or more to
issue ‘street improvement bonds/ upon
a two-thirds vote of the members of its
authorize any municipality having a
population of 150,000 or more to issue
‘street improvement bonds/ upon a
two-thirds vote of the members of its
years. Second, the amount of each : governing body, provided such bonds
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issue shall be limited to the amount
assessed by such municipality upon
each improvement. Third, these
bonds shall be issued only for the
grading and paving or repaving of
streets or portions of streets. Fourth,
the interest thereon shall not exceed
six per centum per annum. Fifth,
these bonds can be issued without re
gard to the amount of other out
standing debts or bonds of said muni
cipality. Sixth, these bonds not to
be issued except in case such pave
ment or repavement has been peti
tioned for'in writing by the owners
of more than fifty per cent of the
property abutting on the street or
portion of street paved or repaved;
*o that said paragraph, when so
imended, shall read as follows: Para
graph 1. The debt hereafter in
curred by any county, municipal cor
poration or political division of this
State, except as in the Constitution
provided far shall not exceei seven
ycr centum of the assessed value of
ai. the taxable property therein, anl
no such county, municipality or d-
vn.tn shall incur any no*/ der c, ex
cept for a temporary loan or loans
to supply casual deficiencies of reve
nue, not exceeding one-fifth of one
per centum of the assessed value of
shall not run for exceeding ten years
and shall be limited to the amount as
sessed by such municipality upon
each improvement and shall be issued
only for the grading and paving or
repaving of streets or portions of
streets and the interest thereon shall
not exceed six per centum per annum;
furthermore, these bonds to be issued
without regard to the amount of other
outstanding bonds of such munici
pality,” and all persons opposed to the
adoption of said amendment shall
have written or printed on their bal
lots the words, “Against ratification
of amendment to Paragraph 1, Sec
tion 7, Article 7, of the Constitution
so as to authorize any municipality
having a population of 150,000 or
more to issue ‘street improvement
bonds’ upon a two-thirds vote of the
members of its governing body, pro
vided such bonds shall not run for
exceeding ten years and shall be lim
ited to the amount assessed by such
municipality upon such improvement,
and shall be issued only for the grad
ing and paving or repaving of streets
or portions of streets, and the in
terest thereon shall not exceed six
per centum per annum; furthermore,
these bonds to be issued without re
gard to the amount of other outstand-
of a new county to be known
Brantley, and for other purposes.
Section 1. In addition to the coun
ties now provided for by the Con
stitution of Georgia, as amended,
there shall be organized, by this fur
ther amendment to Paragraph 2,
Section 1, Article 11, another new
county to be known as Brantley, the
same to be laid out from therCoun-
ties of Pierce, Charlton and Wayne
and shall include all of the territory
embraced within boundaries as fol
lows, to-wit: “Beginning at the
Southeast corner of Pierce County, at
the southeast corner of lot of land
number three hundred (300) *in the
9th District of Pierce County, -and
thence northwards along the line be
tween Pierce and Charlton Counties
to the southwest comer of land lot
number thirteen (13), in the 2nd
District of Charlton County; thence
eastwards along the south line of
land lots numbers thirteen (13),
fifty-two (52), seventy-seven (77),
one hundred and sixteen (116), one
hundred and forty-one (141), one hun-
died and eighty (180), two hundred
and five (205), and fractional lot two
hundred and forty-four (244), and
thence continuing in a straight line
to Buffalo Creek, and thence east
wards along the line between Coun
ties of Charlton and Wayne to the
Big Satilla River and the western line
of Camden County; thence north
wards along the line between Wayne
and Camden Counties to the Glynn
County line; thence further north
wards along the line between the
Counties of Wayne and Glynn to a
point on said county line one mile
north of the main line of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic Railway;
thence westwards along a line one
mile north of and parallel with the
aforesaid main line of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic Railway to
the Little Satilla River, and the line
til
of Georgia.
Terms of Superior Court shall be
two in number, held on the first Mon
day in June, and on the fourth Mon
day in November, in each year, until
the number of said terms and time
of holding the same shall be changed
by the General Assembly.
Justices of the Peace and Con
stables cut off into the new county
shall continue to exercise the duties
and powers of their respective offices
until new militia districts are laid
off in sad new county, and until their
successors are elected and qualified.
The voters of said new county
qualified to vote for members of the
General Assembly under the laws of
Georgia shall, on the second Wednes
day in December, 1920, elect an Or
dinary, Clerk of Superior Court, Sher
I iff, Coroner, Tax Collector, Tax Re
ceiver, County Treasurer, County
Surveyor, County school Superinten
dent, and Representative in the Gen
eral Assembly, who shall hold office
until the next general election for
county officers shall be held in the
State of Georgia, and until their suc
cessors are elected and qualified, and
said officers shall qualify, give bond,
and take oath as prescribed by law.
Said election shall be held at the
schoolhouse at Hoboken, the county
seat of said county, by managers ap
pointed by the Ordinary of Pierce
County for said purpose, or by three
freeholders in event the managers so
appointed fail or refuse to hold said
election; and said election shall be
held under the laws now of force re
lating to the manner of holding elec
tions for county officers. The of
ficers elected at said election shall
enter upon the discharge of tneir r
pective duties on the 1st day of Jan
uary, 1921.
I The ordinaries of the counties from
which said new county is laid out
| shall furnish the managers of said
| election with a list of the legal voter
I registered in their respective counties
| who reside within the territory in
cluded in said new county.
•Sec. 2. The provisions of Sections
829 to 848, inclusive, of the Code are
hereby made applicable to said new
county; and said new county, when
created, shall be a “statutory county,”
and subject to* all general laws of
this State applicable to the counties
H. F. White having, in proper form
applied to me for Permanent Letters
of Administration on the estate of
Wyly White, late of said County, this
is to cite all and singular the credi
tors and next of kin of Wyly White,
to he and appear at my office within
the time allowed by law, and show
cause, if any they can, why Perma
nent Administration should not be
granted to II. F. White on Wyly
White’s estate.
Witness my haul and official signa
ture, this 4th day of October, 1920.
J. H. McLARTY, Ordinary.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
By virtue cf an order granted by
the Ordinary of Cobb County, I will
sell before the court house door at
Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., on the
First Tuesday in November, next,,
during the legal hours for sales, a
house and 4 acres of land, more or
less, and being a ppart of land lot No.
324, in the 18th District and Second
Section of Douglas County, Georgia,
and bounded on the East by property
of Union Grove Baptist Church'; on
North b,^ property of Mr. Edwards,
West and South by property of
Harper, and known as the H. M.
Adair house and lot. Sold for th©
purpose of rpaying debts and
tribution among the heirs. Terms,
cash. This October 4th, 1920.
MRS. H. M. ADAIR,
Admx. on the Estate of II. M. Adair,
Deceased.
ADMINISTRATOR,S SALE
GEORGIA—Douglas County.
By virtue of an order of the Court
of Ordinary of said County, regularly
granted at the June Term, 1920, of
said Court, will be sold at public oi t-
cry, on the first Tuesday in November,
1920, at the Court-house door in said
County, between the legal hours of
sale, the following lands, to-wit: All
that tract or parcel of land situated,
lying and being in the First (1st)
District and Fifth (5th) Section of
originally Carroll but now Douglas
County, Georgia, being parts of land
lots numbers Ninety Two (92), Ninety
Five (95), Ninety six (96) and Ninety
Seven (97), and bounded as follows:
On the North by the lands of John
and Joeseph Humphries; on the East
by formerly the Dower of Mrs. M. M
Whitley now T. It. Whitley’s lands;
on the South by the Chattahoochee
River and on the West by lands of C.
D. Hardage and A. A. Fowler and
known as the Mrs. V. A. Brown home
place, containing Two Hundred (200)
acres, more or less.
Sold as the property of Mrs. V.'A.
Brown for the purpose of distribution
among the heirs at law of Mrs. V. A.
Brown, deceased.
Terms Cash.
This 4th day of October, 1920.
T. F. BROWN,
Administrator of Mrs. V? A. Brown.
APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO
SELL LAND
Douglas Court of Ordinary, Octo
ber Term, 1920.
Dr. G. W. Wallis, administrator of
the estate of Mary A. Morrow, late of
Douglas county, deceased, having duly
appled by petition for leave to sell the
lands belonging to said estate.
Said applicaton will be heard at the
reguar term of the Court of Ordinary
for said county, to be held on the first
Monday in November, 1920.
This 4th day of October, 1920.
J. H. McLARTY, Ordinary.
Will You Spend 50c On Rat-Snap to
SAVE $1.00
One 65c pkg. can kill 65 rats. The
average rat will rob you of $10 a yeec
in feed, chicks and property destruc
tion. RAT-SNAP is deadly to rats..
Cremates after killing. Leaves no
pass up meat, grain, cheese to feast
smell. Comes in cakes. Rats will
on RAT-SNAP. Three sizes, 35c, 65c
$1.25. 1
Mr. Vaughan, Farmer Tells How He
Lost All His Prize Seed Corn.
CITATION—APPLICATION . FOE
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
GEORGIA—Doulglas County.
To All Yhom It May Concern:
H. K. Forsyth having, in proper j
form, applied to me for Permanent
Letters of Administration on the es- j
tate of J. E. Forsyth, late of said
County, this is to cite all and singular j
the creditors and next kin oi .
Forsyth to be and appear at my of-;
fice within the time allowed by law, i
and show cause, if any they can, why ;
permanent administration should not 1
be granted to H. K. Forsyth on J. E. j
Forsyth’s estate.
Witness my hand and official sig-\
nature, this 4th day of October, 1920. 1
J. H. McLARTY, Ordinary.
, 4,1 Some time ago ^ent away for
some pedigreed seed corn. Put it in
a gunney sack and hung it on a rope
j suspended from roof. Rats got it
! all—how beats me, but they did be-
! cause. I got 5 dead whoppers in the
| morning after trying RAl’-SNAP.
Three sizes, 35c, 05<^ and $1.25.
| Sold and guaranteed by Alinand &
] McKoy, Joe C. McCarley, and Harding
I Supply Company.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
Sec. 3. The county authorities of
said new county shall have the right
tq create a debt for and on behalf of
said county to defray the public ex
penses thereof for the ,first year
without submitting the same to a
vote of the qualified voters thereof.
Sec. 4. Said new county, when
created, shall be entitled to one rep
resentative in the Lower House of
the General Assembly of Georgia,
and the membership of said House
shall be increased by one, so as to ad
mit of representation therein for said
new county.
Sec. 5. The General Assembly is
authorized to correct any mistake or
mistakes, or inaccuracies, in refer
ence to the boundaries of said new
county.
S'ec. 6. Whenever the constitu
tional amendment hereby proposed
shall be agreed to by two-thirds of
the members of the two Houses of
the General Assembly, and the same
entered on their Journals, with the
‘ Yeas” and “Nays” taken thereon,
the Governor shall cause said pro
posed amendment to be published in
at least two newspapers in each Con
gressional District in this State for
a period of two months next preced
ing the next general election; and the
Governor shall provide for the sub- ,
mission of this proposed amendment' Holland ' latl! of sald count y' deceased,
to the electors of the State at the! f °*' ^ Purpose of paying debts and
next general election to be held
therein, for their ratification or re
jection. All persons voting in said
election in favor of said proposed
DR. R. A. RAINER
DENTIST
Telephone 175
Office in Hutcheson Building.
J. R. HUTCHESON
Attorney-at-Law
Office in Hutcheson Building.
GEORGIA—Carroll County.
By virtue of an order of the Court
of Ordinay of said county, granted at
the October Term, 1920, will be sold
at public outcry, to the highest bid
der for cash, within the legal hours of
sale, before the court house door of
said county, on the first Tueesday in
November, 1920, the following real
estate, to-wit:
Fifty (50) acr&s of land, more or
less, situated in the southwest corner
of lot of land No. 198, of originally
Carroll, now Douglas County, Georgia.
Sold as the property of James H.
amendment, shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words,
“For the amendment to the Constitu
tion creating the new County of
Brantley;” and those opposed thereto
shall have written or printed on their
ballots the words, “Against the
between the Counties of Wayne and j amendment to the Constitution creat-
Pierce: thence southeast along the| in £ the new County of Brantley,
channel of the Little Satilla River toi The returns of said election shall be
the southwest comer of land lot num- to the Secretary of State, w o
distribution am^ng the heirs at law
of said deceased. This October 4th,
1920.
T. W. HOLLAND, Administrator
de bonis non, cum testamento
annexo, of the estate of James
H. Holland.
APPLICATION FOR LEAVE
SELL LAND
ber one (1) in the 3rd District of
Wayne County; thence southwards
along the west lines of land lots num-
ber.4 thirty-twp (32) and thirty-one
(31), in the 2nd District of Pierce
County, to the Aannel of the Big Sa
tilla River; thence westwards up the
channel of the Big Satilla River,
through Pierce County, to the county
line between Pierce and Ware Coun-
shall certify the result thereof to
the Governor; and if said proposed
amendment be ratified by a majority
of the voters voting in said general
election, the Governor shall issue his
proclamation to said effect.
Approved August 14, 1920.
Now, therefore, I, Hugh M. Dor
sey, Governor of said state, do issue
this my proclansation hereby de- ‘
Douglas Court of Ordinary, October
Term, 1920.
T. L. Pittman, administrator de
bonis non of the estate of Jackson S.
Smith, late of Douglas county, de
ceased, having applied by petition for
lease to sell the lands belonging to
said estate. Said application will be
heard at the regular term of the
Court of Ordinary for said county to
be held on the first Monday in Novem.
ber, 1920.
This 4th day of October, 1920.
J. H. McLARTY, Ordinary.
R. H. Peole C. V. Vansant
DRS. POOLE & VANSANT
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