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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1948)
VOLUME XLVIII. i:0\V. THEREFORE. I, M. E. 'FPCON, Acting Covernor of f Jrgta, da issue this my procla- I .:.i r. c .y declaring that the 3ed foregoing amendment to *• ‘ Constitution of Georgia is sub- t Led, for ratification or rejec- - ----- 0 1 ia VOiCi!> of U » h'.'.edified . to vote for members of L'-e Cenex.4 Assembly at the Gen¬ eral Election to he held on Tues- d. y, November 2. 1948. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I Lave hereunto set my hand, and l,, caused the Great Seal of the State to h do , c.u\ea, „r-; vn ,i at n , .. the „ n Capitol , . Up the City ritv nf of Atlanta, a 11nr*fa this the o=.u 25th day of August A. D., IDF'. I M. E. THOMPSON, * Acting Governor By the Acting Governor: -BEN W. FORTSON, JR. Secretary of State A Procania’iG;! i Submitting a proposed amend- r -'r.t to the Constitution of Geor- £ a, to be voted on at the General E'echon to be held on Tuesday, November 2, 1213, proposing to the qualified voters cf the State of Georgia an amendment to Para¬ graph I, Section V, Article VIII cf the Constitution cf Georgia of 1945 so as to provide for a county board of education for Polk County, Georgia, to be c. mposed of nine (9) members ar.d for four additional members should Cedar- i Vwn merge with Polk Ooun'y; to provide the qualification of the board members, their term of of- lice and the manner of their elec- j tion; to vest the county board of education with all powers and duties now exercised by county boards of education and local trustees; to provide for a county school superintendent and his election by the county board of education, to provide that the ter¬ ritory of Polk County outside of Independent systems »shall con- s.itute one school district; to pro¬ vide for a special school tax of two mills to be levied on all prop¬ erty of the county in addition to the fifteen mills provided for in j Paragraph 1. Section XII, Article VIII of the Constitution; and for other purposes. * , By His Excellency, | M. E. THOMPSON Acting , Governor, State of Georgia | WHEREAS, by the votes of two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses, the General Assembly at its 1947 Ses- eion proposed an amendment to the Constitution of this State, as set forth in a Resolution approved 1 on the 28th day of March, 1947, ! to-wit: Providing for a county board of education for Polk County, Georgia, to be composed of nine i (9) members and for four ad¬ ditional members should Cedar- town merge with Polk County; to provide the qualification of the board members, their term of office and the manner of their election; to vest the county board of education with nil powers and duties now exer¬ cised by eounty boards of educa¬ tion and local trustees; to pro¬ vide for a county school super¬ intendent and bis election by the county board of education, to provide that the territory of Polk County outside of inde¬ pendent systems shall constitute one school district; to provide for a special school tax of two mills to be levied on all property of the county In addition to the fifteen mills provided for in Paragraph I, Section XII, Ar¬ ticle VIII of the Constitution; and for other purposes. H. R. No. 90-445A R. A. No. 29 • A RESOLUTION Proposing to the qualified vot ers an amendment to Paragraph I. Section 5, Article 8 of the Con¬ stitution of Georgia of 1945 so a „ to provide for a county board of education for Polk County, Georgia, to be composed of nine (9) members and for four addi¬ tional members should Cedartown merge with Polk County, to pro¬ vide t!:e qualification of the board members, their term of office and the manner of their election; to vest the county board of education with all powers and duties now e. ereised by county boards ot ed¬ ucation and local trustees; to pro¬ ve '.e for a eounty school superin¬ tendent and his election by the county board of education, to pro¬ vide that the territory of Polk County outside of independent systems shall constitute one school district; to provide foi a special school tax of two mills to be levied on all property of the county in addition to the fifteen mills provided for in Paragraph 1, Section 12, Article 8 of the stitution; and for other BE IT RESOLVED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF STATE OF GEORGIA; 9 THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1948. risiicticn of the Polk Cou..ty Board r? Education of two m’l'i upon the dollar cf all taxable property located in the County of Polk, when such additional two mill tax is recommended by the Polk County Board of Education.’’ • SECTION 2. , BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT WHEN said amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds vote of the members of each House with the “ayes” and “nays” taken thereon, the proposed amendment shall be submitted to the people for ratification or re¬ jection at the next general elec¬ tion at which election members of the General Assembly are chosen, at which election every person shall be qualified to vote who is qualified to vote for the members of the General Assembly. Said amendment shall be published in or.e or mere newspapers in each congressional district for two months previous to the time of holding the election wherein said amendment is submitted for rat- if.eation or rejection. All persons u voting in said election in favor * « adopting . . the .. proposed _ amend- merit to the Constitution shall have written or printed on their ballots the words “For ratifica¬ tion of amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 5, Article 8 of the Con¬ stitution providing for nine (9) member Polk County Board of Education and the election of a County school superintendent by said Board”and all persons op¬ posed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words “Against ratification of amend¬ ment^ to Paragraph 1, Section 5, 1 Article 8 of the Constitution pro- v.dir.g for a nine (9) member Poik County Board of Education a d the election of a County school v superintendent by said Beard.” If a majority of the vot¬ ers ox the State qualified to vote for members of the General As- sur.b.’y voting tiieron, and if a majority cf the electors qualified to vote for members of the Gen¬ eral Assembly in the County of Polk voting life re on ratify such amendment, the same shall be¬ come a part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the c.ceticn shall be made in like (..manner as returns for members of the General Assembly, and it i'hall be the duty cf the Secretary of the State to ascertain the re¬ sult and to certify the result to ■ the Governor, who shall, if such , truer.dmer.t be ratified make proc¬ lamation thereof. I RED HAND Speaker of the Housi JOE BOONE Clerk of the House YVM. T. Dean Acting President of the Senate and President Pro Tem MRS HENRY NEVIN Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: M. E. THOMPSON Acting Governor This 28th clay of March, 1947 NOW, THEREFORE. I, M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor of Georgia, do issue this my procla¬ mation hereby declaring that the proposed foregoing amendment to the Constitution of Georgia is sub¬ mitted, for rati#eation or rejec¬ tion, to the voters of the State qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly at the Gen¬ eral Election to be held on Tues¬ day, November 2, 1948. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed, at the Capitol in the City of Atlanta, this the 25th day of August, A. D., 1948 M. E. THOMPSON By the Acting Governor: Acting Governor BEN W. FORTSON, JR. Secretary of State A Proclamation Submitting a proposed amend¬ ment to the Constitution of Geor¬ gia, to be voted on at the General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 2, 1948, proposing to the qualified voters of the State of Georgia an amendment to Ar¬ ticle VIII, Section VII, of the Constitution of the State of Geor¬ gia, said amendment to be known as Paragraph II of said Section, so as to provide that the General Assembly of Georgia shall be au¬ thorized to pass a special act or acts to merge the existing inde- 'pendent school system of the City of Columbus and the existing school district in the County of Muscogee lying outside the cor¬ porate limits of said city into one school district or system co-ex- tensive with the limits of said county; and for other purposes. By His Excellecy, • M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor, State of Georgia WHEREAS, by the votes of two-thirds of the members elected to eaeh of the two Houses, the SECTION 1. « That Paragraph 1, Section Article 8 of the Constitution ot i Georgia of 1945 be, and the samd is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof new paragraphs | as follows, to-wit: “All of Polk lying outside of independ- ent school systems now in exist¬ ence in said county shall compose one school district and shall be under the control and manage¬ ment of a county board of educa¬ tion. There shall be a Polk rn County ,„ Beard of f Education which . . , I sha11 consist of nine . < /A 9 > . members, , who shall serve without compen¬ sation. The judge of the supe¬ rior court of said county shall apoint the first board and three (3) of the members so appointed shall hold office for four years, three (3) for three (3) years, and three (3) for two (2) years. At the expiratioh of the terms of members of said board" so ap¬ pointed their successors shall be elected by the qualified voters of that portion of Polk County which in now or may hereafter be under tnc jurisdiction of the Polk County H Eoard r \n r a of f a/^mah education, and n /am for a « term of four years. The election for board members shall be held on tke second Tuesday in Decem- v> er at an election held for the exclusive purpose of electing members of the Polk County Board of education. All candi- dates for membership on the Polk County Eoard of Education shall register with the ordinary of said county at least ten days before '^ e election. The ordinary shall Provide for said election in the 3ame manner and at the same places as regular election and declare the results and certify to the proper authorities the duly elected members of said board. The new board of education pro¬ vided for in this amendment shall take office January 1, 1949 and the first election shall be held on the second Tuesday in December, 1950, and other elections shall ba held on said date each year there¬ after so that the terms of tha membership snail remain stag- f rcd - One member of the county board of education shall be elect¬ ed from each of the attendance areas of Antioch, Aragon, Bene¬ dict, Brewster, Cedar-Lake, Fish, Fite - and tvvo membe rs shall ba elcctcd from the elementary scko:d attendance area of Rock- mart - The membership of tha Polk Count y Board of Edl ‘ cation skad enlarged to thirteen, i . and when the independent school s >' stem of Ccdartown merges with Polk CoURt y Sch ° o1 s > stem and the four additional members shall be elected from the territory of the city limits of Ccdartown. All rights, powers, and duties now exercised by the county board of education and the district trustees are hereby vested in the Polk County Board of Education. Should a vacancy occur on said board by reason of death, resig¬ nation, or otherwise, the remain¬ ing members of the board shall by secret ballot elect a successor who shall hold office until the first election for members of the board as herein provided. No person shall be eligible to hold office as a member of the Polk County Board of Education who is not of good moral character, who has not at least a fair knowl¬ edge of the elementary branch of and English education, who is not favorable to the common school system, and who is not a voter qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly. No pub¬ lisher of school books or any agent for such publisher, or any person who shall have a pecuniary in¬ terest in the sale of school books shall be eligible for election as a member of said board of educa- 10r1, There shall be a county school superintendent who shall be elect- ! e d or appointed by the county board of education of Polk County. ! Before any person shall be elected oi appointed county school super¬ intendent he shall have all of the qualifications which are now, or which may hereafter be prescrib¬ ed by law for county school super¬ intendents of the State, except that any legal requirement es to local residence shall not be "p- plicable. - From and after the rat¬ ification of this amendment the voters of Polk County shall no longer elect a county school su¬ perintendent. That in addition io the tax of not less than five mills nor greater than fifteen mills, which the fiscal authority of the county is required to levy for the support and maintenance of education upon property located outside independent school sys¬ tems as provided for in Paragraph 1, Section 12, Article % of the Constitution, the fiscal author¬ ities of Polk County shall levy a tax, for the support and main¬ tenance of schools under the ju- boards, or commissions, or combi¬ nations thereof, in which said powers may be vested. Said pub¬ lic bodies, boards or commissions, or combinations thereof, shall have representation throughout said county. * The Act of the General Assem¬ bly providing for said school mer¬ ger may provide that all assess¬ ments of property made after the first day any January as a basis of taxation for said school sys'.am shall be effective as of the first day of January of that year; and in cases of all taxes levied for said school system after the first day of any January the tax lien shall date, rank and become fixed as of the first day of January of that year. The General Assembly may vest the powers relating to issuance of bonds, creation of debts, borrow¬ ing of money, making of con¬ tracts, acquisition, holding, leas¬ ing or sale of lands and other pro¬ perty, together with such other powers necessary or incidental to the support of said school system, in any public bodies, boards or commissions or combinations thereof having representation thereon throughout the County of Muscogee; or may create new public bodies, boards, or commis¬ sions, or combinations thereof, in which said powers may be vested. The General Assembly may vest said school system with all privi¬ leges held by other school systems and districts of this State, includ¬ ing the addition thereto of col¬ leges; and said school system shall be entitled to its pro rata portion of all educational funds now or hereafter provided by the State of Georgia and of the United States. The General Assembly shall provide for a board of education, to bear such name and have such powers as may be provided in said act, to administer said school sys¬ tem throughout said county; said board to elect or employ a super¬ intendent of education, and all teachers and employees necessary to the administration of said school system. • The board of education shall be : elected by such public body or bodies, having representation thereon throughout the county, as may be provided by the General Assembly. • The board of education shall consist of not more than fifteen (15) nor less than nine (9) mem¬ bers, on-third of the members of such board to be residents of Muscogee County outside of the corporate limits of the City of Columbus, and the remaining members of said board to be resi¬ dents of said city. The General Assembly may au¬ thorize the City of Columbus and the County of Muscogee to ap¬ propriate money from their gen¬ eral funds to the board of educa¬ tion so to be created, for educa¬ tional purposes, including a pub¬ lic library or libraries to be op¬ erated by said board of education. This power of appropriation shall alse exist upon the ratification of this amendment before the mer¬ ger of the existing city school system and the existing school dis¬ trict in said county and before the passage of an act by the General Assembly pursuant hereto, so as to permit said city to appropri¬ ate general funds to the existing city school system and to the ex¬ isting school district in said coun¬ ty outside the corporate limits of said city, and to permit said coun¬ ty to appropriate general funds to the existing city school sys¬ tem and the existing school dis¬ trict in said county outside the corporate limits of said city, e The General Assembly may from time to time enact special acts amending acts enacted pur¬ suant hereto; and may also pro¬ vide for amendments directly by the qualified voters of Muscogee Counly in referendums held for that purpose pursuant to general or special statutes of the State heretofore or hereafter enacted. The specification of certain powers herein is not intended to be exclusive, it being the inten¬ tion hereof that all powers here¬ by granted to the General As¬ sembly and all powers to be granted by the General Assem¬ bly pursuant hereto are to be liberally construed so as to ef fectuate .he general purpose of establishing and maintaining a comprehensive system of public education throughout the limits of Muscogee County. The powers hereby granted to the General Assembly and the powers to be granted by the Gen¬ eral Assembly to effectuate the purposes herein set forth shall exist notwithstanding other pro¬ visions of this Constitution, or the general or special laws of the State. m The original act to be enacted by the General Assembly pur¬ suant hereto, making provisions for the merging of the existing General Assembly at its 1917 Ses¬ sion proposed an amendment to the Constitution cf this State, as set forth in ; Resolution approved on the 23th day of March, 1947, to-wit: Providing that the General Assembly of Georgia shall be authorized*to pass a special act or acts to merge the existing independent school system of the City of Columbus and the existing school district i.i the County of Muscogee lying out¬ side the corporate limits of said city into one school district or system co-extensive with the limits of said county; and for other purposes. H. R. No. 92-465A R. A. No. 3( A RESOLUTION To propose to the qualified vot. ers of the State of Georgia ax amendment to Article VIII, Sec tion VII, of the Constitution ol the State of Georgia, said amend, ment to be known as Paragraph II. of said Section, so as to pro¬ vide that the General Assembly of Georgia shall be authorized to pass a special achor acts to merge the existing independent school system of the City of Columbus and the existing school district in the County of Muscogee lying out¬ side the corporate limits of said city into one school district or system co-extensive with the limits of said county. • SECTION 1 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that Article VIII., Sec¬ tion VII. of the Constitution of the State of Georgia shall be amended so as to add to ghid sec¬ tion a new Paragraph, to be known as Paragraph II., and to read as follows: “PARAGRAPH II. MERGER OF EXISTING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL SYSTEM OF CITY ( F COLUMBUS AND EXISTING SCHOOL DISTRICT IN MUS¬ COGEE COUNTY OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF SAID CITY INTO ONE SCHOOL DIS- TRIST OR SYSTEM. The Gen¬ eral Assembly of Georgia is here¬ by authorized to pass a special act or acts to merge the existing independent school system of the City of Columbus and the existing school district in the County of Muscogee outside the corporate limits of said city, as said cor¬ porate limits will exist on Decem¬ ber 31, 1948, or may be thereafter extended, so that tiae entire area of said county shall constitute one school district or system, the existing independent school sys¬ tem of said city and the existing school district in said county out¬ side corporate limits of said city being thereby abolished. The con¬ struction, equipment and opera¬ tion of a public library or libra¬ ries by said school system so to be created shall £>e held to be a part, of said school system.” The said act or acts of the Gen¬ eral Assembly shall authorize the levying of ad valorem taxes, uni¬ form throughout said county, with or without limitation of such rate, as the General Assembly may pro¬ vide, for the support of said school system. Property taxed for support of said school system shall not be subject to the privi¬ leges of the homestead exemption provided by Article VII., Section I. , Paragraph IV., of this Consti¬ tution. The General Assembly may provide either (1) For the fixing of the rate of the county-wide school tax by the Commission of the City of Columbus and the Board of Reads and Revenues of Muscogee County meeting in joint session; after which, at sep¬ arate meetings of said Commis¬ sion and said Board, said Commis¬ sion shall levy taxes, at the fixed rate, on property within the cor¬ porate limits of said city, and said Board shall levy taxes, at the fixed rate, on property in said county outside said corporate limits. Under this plan, returns for taxation of property located in the corporate limits shall be made to the city authorities, and assessments on said city property and all proceedings for collection of taxes thereon shall be had by the city authorities; while returns for taxation of property located in said county outside the corpor¬ ate limits of said city shall be made to the regular county au¬ thorities, and assessments on said property outside the corporate limits of said city and all pro¬ ceedings for collection of taxes thereon shall be had by the regu¬ lar county authorities. Or (2) In lieu of or in combination with the said plan, the General Assembly vest the powers of taxation, the making of provisions for tax and assessment of pro¬ and collection of taxes, to¬ with such other powers or incidental to the of said school system, in public body, board or com¬ or combinations thereof, may create new public bodiex, school system of said and the existing school dis¬ in said county outside the limits of said city, shall that said act shall not be¬ effective until a referendum be held throughout • the of Muscogee resulting in of said school merger. To end said act shall provide separate referendums, held on same day, to be had within City of Columbus and in the territory of Muscogee County out¬ side of said city, in which both a majority of the qualified voters of the city voting in said city referendum and a majority of the voters of the county out¬ side of said city voting in said referendum must vote in favor of said school merger before it becomes operative, the votes with¬ in and the votes outside the cor¬ porate limits of the city to be counted separately and not con¬ solidated. The specification of certain powers herein is not intended to be exclusive, it being the inten¬ tion that all provisions hereof are to be liberally construed so as effectively to execute the general purpose of extending the existing indepentent school system of the City of Columbus throughout the entire territory of Muscogee County. SECTION 2 BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the authority aforesaid, that whenever the above proposed amendment to the Construction shall have been agreed to by two- thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their Jour¬ nals, with the yeas and nays tak¬ en thereon, the Governor shall be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to cause such amendment to be published in one or more newspapers in each ! Congressional District of this State, said amendment also to be advertised In a newspaper pub¬ lished in the City of Columbus having general circulation throughout Muscogee County, for two months next preceding the time of holding the next general election at which members of the , Asscmbly chosen I are . SECTION 3. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the authority aforesaid, that the above proposed amendment shall be submitted for ratifica¬ tion or rejection to the electors of the State of Georgia at the next genera] election at which members of the General Assem¬ bly are chosen, to be had after the publications provided for in J Section 2 of this resolution, and in the various election districts of this State, at which election every person shall be qualified to vote who is qualified to vote for members of the General As¬ sembly. All persons voting at said election in favor of adopting the said proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "For ratification of amendment to Article VIII., Sec¬ tion VII., of the Constitution of Georgia, by adding a new para¬ graph authorizing the General As¬ sembly t# pass a special act or acts to merge the existing school ' system of the City of Columbus and the existing school district in the County of Muscogee lying outside the corporate limits of said city into or.e school district * or system co-extensive with the limits of said county,” and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have writ¬ ten or printed on their ballots the words: “Against ratification of amendment to Article VIII., Section VII., of the Constitution of Georgia, by adding a new para¬ graph authorizing the General Assembly to pass a special act or acts to merge the existing school system of the City of Co¬ lumbus and the existing school district in the County of Mus¬ cogee lying outside the corporate limits of said city into one school district or system co-extensive with the limits of said county.” If a majority of the electors qualified to vote voting thereon in the State as a whole, and also a majority of the electors quali¬ fied to vote voting thereon in Muscogee County, vote in favor of the ratification of said proposed amendment, then said proposed amendment shall become part of the Constitution of this State. The returns of the election shall be made in like manner as re¬ turns of elections for members of the General Assembly; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to ascertain the result and to certify the result to the Governor, who shall, if such pro¬ posed amendment be ratified, make proclamation thereof. FRED HAND ^ Speaker of the House JOE BOONE Clerk of the House / WM. T. DEAN 1 President Pro Tem and Acting President MRS. HENRY W. NEVIN Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor This 28th day of March, 1947. NOW THEREFORE, I. M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor of Georgia, do issue this my procla¬ mation hereby declaring that the proposed foregoing amendment to Constitution of Georgia is s initted, for ratification or reto¬ to the voters of the Sta 1 * to vote for members of the General Assembly at tl-.w <..• - eral Election to be he'd o.i Tu to¬ day, November 2, 191S. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of t e State to be affixed, at Ca;> . •! in the City of Atlanta, t is the 23t.i day of August, A. D... 1943. M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor By the Acting Governor: BEN W. FORTSON. JR. Secretary of State •A Proclamation Submitting a proposed amend¬ ment to the Constitution of Geor- to be voted on at the General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 2, 19-18, proposing to the qualified voters of the State of Georgia an amendment to Article VII, Section IV, Paragraph I, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, so as to provide that the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County shall have the right and power to assess and collect license fees and taxes from all persons, firms and corporations maintaining a place or places of business in any area of Fulton County outside the incorporated limits of municipal¬ ities; and the right and power to license and regulate taxicabs and cars for hire in such unir.corpo- rated areas, and the right and. power to classify business and business enterprises and to assess i different license fees and taxes I against different classes of busi- iness; ! and so as to provide that the Board of Commissioners of | Roads and Revenues of Fulton County shall also have the right and power to regulate all busi¬ nesses and business enterprises In ! any area of Fulton County out- j side the incorporated limits of ir.t- j nicipalities, in the interest of the j welfare of the citizens of Fulton | County, and to prescribe ru es ! and regulations concerning the same, and to provide that v.oia- tion of any regulation adv>p.tJ by the Board of Commissioners 'of Roads and Revenues of Folio* County or the failure to pay any license fee or tax prescribed for any business shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable upon, conviction thereof as prescribed by the general laws of the S:ate of Georgia; and for other pur- poses. By His Excellency, M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor, State of Georgia. WHEREAS, by the votes of two-thirds of the members elect¬ to each of the two Houses, the General Assembly at its 1947 Ses- tion proposed an amendment to the Constitution of this State, as set forth in a Resolution approved] Dn the 28th day of March, 1947, to-wit: Providing that the Board of Commissioner* of Roads and Revenues of Fulton Ceanty, shall have the right and power to assess and collect li¬ cense fees and taxes from ntl persons, firms and corporate is maintaining a place or places of business In any area of Fulton Codnty ontalde the Incorporated limits of municipalities; and the right and power to license and regulate taxicabs and cars for hire in such unincorporated areas, and the right and power to classify business and business enterprises and to assess differ¬ ent license fees and taxes against different classes of busi¬ ness; and so as to provide that the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County shall also have the right and power to regulate all busi¬ nesses and business enterprise# in any area of Fulton County outside the Incorporated limit* of municipalities, In the interest of the welfare of the citizen# of Fulton County, and to prescribe rules and regulations concera- the same, and to provide that violation of any regulation adopted by the Board of Com¬ missioners of Roads and Reve¬ nues of Fulton County or tho failure to pay any license feo or tax prescribed for any busi¬ ness shall constitute a aalade- meanor punishable upon convic¬ tion v .hereof as prescribed by the general laws of the State NUMBER 35.
