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Sanitary services respectively; to provide
for tlie submission of the amendment for
ratification by the people; and for other
purposes. Excellency,
By His
M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor,
State of Georgia of
WHEREAS, by the votes of two-thirds
the members elected to each of the two
Houses, the General Assembly at its 1947
Session proposed an amendment to the
Constitution of this State, as set forth in
a Bill approved on the 25th day of March
1947, to-wit: City of Atlanta to is¬
Authorizing the of
sue revenue certificates for the purpose
making repairs and improvements in its
Water Works System and Sanitary Depart¬
ment; to provide for the payment of cer¬
tificates out of the revenues derived from
water or sanitary service charges; to au¬
thorize the setting aside in special funds
a sufficient sum to retire the revenue cer¬
tificates; to provide the manner, form and
method of issuing certificates; certificates
to be issued by a maiority vote of the
Mayor and General Council and validated;
to provide for the allocation of anticipated
receipts; to provide that certificates shall
not be a debt or liability upon the city of
Atlanta and shall be payable from and
charageable only upon the revenue de¬
rived from Water or Sanitary services re¬
spectively; to provide for the submission
of the amendment for ratification by the
people; and for other purposes.
S. B. No. 70 R- A. No. 150
an act
To propose to the qualified voters of
Georgia au amendment to Article 7, Sec¬
tion 7. Paragraph 1 of the Constitution
of Georgia, so as to authorize the City of
Atlanta to issue revenue certificates for
the purpose of making repairs and im¬
provements in its Water Works System
and Sanitary Department: to provide for
the payment of certificates out of the
revenues derived from water or sanitary
service charges; to authorize the setting
aside in special funds a sufficient sum to
retire the revenue certificates; to provide
the manner, form and method of issuing
certificates; certificates to be issued by a I
majority vote of the Mayor and General
Council and validated; to provide for the
allocation of anticipated receipts; to pro¬
vide that certificates shall not be a debt
or liability upon the City of Atlanta and
shall be the payable from derived and chargeable from Water only or j
upon revenue
Sanitary services respectively: to provide;
for the submission ef the amendment for '
ratification by the people; and for other •
purposes. ENACTED BY THE GENERAL
BE IT
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
and it is hereby enacted by authority of
the same as follows:
SECTION 1
That Article 7. Section 7. Paragraph 1.1
of the Constitution of Georgia, which has
heretofore been amended shall be further j
amended by adding at the end thereof a j
new paragraph in the following words, \
to-wit :
"And. except that the City of Atlanta for j
the purpose of (a* improving, repairing, ;
constructing and reconstructing, making
additions, extensions, alterations, or im- ;
provements. In its Water Works System, <
and acquiring the necessary property purchas- there- j j
for : and (b) improving, repairing, incinerators j
ing. installing and construcing
or crematories for the disposal of garbage,
refuse and waste by its Sanitary Depart¬
ment. and acquiring the necessary pro¬
perty therefor, either or both, may, from
time to time issue interest solely bearing revenue of the j ]
certificates to be paid cut
revenues derived from Water or Sanitary ;
service charges respectively, and to pro- (
vide for the payment of said revenue cer- !
tificates, by setting “Water aside Works in special Department funds j j
to be known as
Revenue Fund’ Fund. - and sufficient “Sanitary Department to j j
Revenue a sum. not
exceed twenty <2007?) per cent of the an- j
r.ual charges, fees and taxes received from i
the water and sanitary service charges ,
respectively, to retire the certificates. Said!
percentages shall be based upon the total
annual receipts from each’of said services
for the year previous to the issue. Said
certificates may be issued in one or more ;
series, bearing such date or dates, mauir- j
ing at such (20) time or from times their not respective; exceeding j
twenty years
dates : with interest at such rate or rates. ;
not exceeding five ($<* per centum per
annum, payable at such time or times,
and in such medium of payment at such
place or places, and in such denomination
or denominations and term, either coupon
or registered, and may carry such regis- -
trail on, conversion and exchangeability j
privileges, and may be subject to such
terms of redemption with or without pre- j
mium. and to become due before the ma¬
turity date thereof, and be executed in
such manner and contain such terms.!
covenants, assignments and conditions as
the resolution authorizing the issuance of
such certificates may provide. Said cer¬
tificates shall not be sold for less than
par value. Said certificates shall be ne- ;
go liable for ail purposes and shall be non
taxahle for any and all purposes. They
shall be issued when authorized by a ma¬
jority rote of the Mayor and General Coun- :
cil, and signed by the Mayor and Comp¬
troller of the City of Atlanta, and validat¬
ed pursuant to the existing laws for vali¬
dation of bonds and when so validated
thereunder shall be forever incontestable
and conclusive. Before issuing any such
revenue certificates the Mayor and Gen¬
eral Council shall provide by resolution
for the allocation of a percentage of the
anticipated receipts necessary to pay said
certificates as they mature from the par¬
ticular service from which the certificates
are to be paid for the year in which they
mature, and as said funds are received
they shall be deposited in said special
funds, without deduction, for the benefit
of any other department or fund of the
City of Atlanta ana used solely for pay¬
ment of the principal and interest of said
certificates. Said revenue certificates shall
not be payable from or charged up-on any .
funds other than the revenue pledged ::
the payment thereof, nor shall the City of
Atlanta be subject to any pecuniary liability
thereon, nor shall any such certificates ‘
constitute a charge, lien or incumbrance
upon any ;f property. The obligation
created by said certificates shall not be
construed as a debt within the restriction
as to deb: limit of this paragraph.
SECTION 2
BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the tu
thority aforesaid, that when said amend¬
ment shall be agreed to by two-thirds
vote of the members of each House, with
the --Ayes’' and ’Nays thereon, and pub¬
lished in one or more newspapers in each
Congressional District in this State for
two months previous to the time of hold¬
ing the next general eletrdon. at which
proposed amendments to the Constitution
of this State may be voted on. and shall
at said cert general election he submitted
to the people for ratification. All persons
voting at said election in favor of adopt¬
ing the said proposed amendment t: the
Constitution shall have written or printed
or. their ballots the werds “Tor ratifica¬
tion of amendment of Article 7. Section 7
Paragraph 1. of the Onstitntdcr. authoriz¬
ing the City of Atlanta to issue revenue
certificates from time t* time for the bene¬
fit of '.is water works system and sari
tary department. and providing for the
payment of said certificates out of a per¬
centage of revenues, derived from water'
or sanitary charges respectively ” and i
al! persons opposed to the adapting of
said amendment shall . have written or
printed on their ballots the words, “Against
ratification of amendment of Article 7,
Section 7. Paragraph 1, of the Constitu¬
tion, authorizing the City of Atlanta to
issue revenue certificates from time to
time for ihe benefit of its water works
system and sanitary department, and pro¬
viding for the payment of said certificates
out of a percentage of revenues derived
from water or sanitary charges respective¬
ly," and if a majority of the electors
qualified to vote for members of the Gen¬
eral Assembly, voting thereon, shall vote
for ratification thereof, when the results
shall be consolidated as now required by¬
law in election for members of the Gen¬
eral Assembly, the said amendments shall
become a part of Article 7, Section 7,
Paragraph l. of the Constitution of the
State, and the Government shall make a
proclamation therefor, as provided by law.
SECTION 3
All laws and parts of laws in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
\YM. T. DEAN. President Pro Tern and
Presiding Officer
.MRS. HENRY W. NEVES’, Secretary of
the Senate
FRED HAND. Speaker of the House of
Representatives of the House Re¬
,10E BOONE. Clerk of
presentatives E. THOMPSON, Acting
APPROVED: M.
Governor
This 25th day of March, 1947.
NOW. THEREFORE, I. M. E. THOMP¬
SON. Acting Governor of Georgia, do is¬
sue this my proclamation hereby declaring
that the proposed foregoing amendment to
the Constitution of Georgia is submitted,
fo rratification 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
"’in* •i }945
WITNESS WHEREOF. I have here¬
unto 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., 194S.
M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor
Bv the Acting Governor
BEN W. FOKTSON. JR.
Secretary of State
A PROCLAMATION
Submitting a proposed amendment to
the Constitution of Georgia, to be voted
on at the General Election to be held on
Tuesday. November 2, 194S, proposing to
the qualified voters in the State of Geor¬
gia an amendment to Article VIII. Section
VII. of the Constitution of the State of
Georgia, said amendment 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 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 lying outside the corporate limits
of said county : 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 Aassembly at its
1947 Session proposed an amendment to
the Constitution of this State, as se: forth
in a Resolution approved on the 28th day
of March. 1947. to-wit:
Providing that the General Assembly of
Georgia shall be authorized to pass a spe¬
cial act or acts to merge the existing in¬
dependent 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 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, 30
A RESOLUTION
To propose to the qualified voters of to! j
the State of Georgia an amendment
Article YHI. Section VII, of the Consiitu- ;
t on of the State of Georgia, said amend¬
ment to be known as Paragraph II of said
Section, so as to provide that the General
Assembly of Georgia shall be authorized
to pass a special act or acts to merge the j
existing independent 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 | j
into one school district or system co-ex
tensive with the limits cf said county.
SECTION 1
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that Article
VIII Section VII of the Constitution of;
the State of Georgia shall be amended so j
as to add to said section a new Paragraph, j
to be known as Paragraph II, and to read
as follows:
PARAGRAPH II MERGER OF EXIST¬
ING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL system
OF CITY OF COLUMBUS AND EXIST¬
ING SCHOOL DISTRICT IN MUSCOGEE
COUNTY OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF SAID CITY INTO ONE
SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SYSTEM. The
Genera* Assembly of Georgia is hereby au¬
thorized to pass a special act or acts to |
merge the existing independent school sys- j
tern of the City rf Columbus and the ex¬
isting school district In the County of j
Muscogee outside the corporate limits cf i
>a:d city, as said corporate limits will }
exist on December 31. 194$, or may be I
thereafter extended, so that the entire;
area of said county shall constitute one j ]
•ohO'Ol disteir: or system, the existing in
impendent school system of said city and
he existing schorl district in said county J
utsi.ee corporate limits cf said city being I
hereby abolished. The construction, eqoip
".ent and operation of a public library or ;
rraries by said srhoel system so to be; j
rested shall be held to be a part of said
; ohool system."
The sa:d a:: t acts cf the General As
raibly shall authorize the levying of ad
"aTrctn taxes, uniform throughout said:
unty. with or without limitation of such;
rate, as the General Assembly may pro-;
ie f:r the support cf sard school system !
Pr;perry taxed for support cf said school; J
-vstem shall not re subject to the privileges
'f the homestead exemption provided by !
title VII Section I Paragraph TV, of
this Constitution.
The General Assembly may provide either
For the fixing of the rate of the conn- j
•y-wide school tax by the Commission of!
"he City -f Columbus and the Board of ;
Roads and Revenues of Muscogee County:
ttfvring ;r. joint session :after which, at ;
• ..rate meetings of said Commission and ’
- id Brand said Commission shall levy i
axes the at the fixed rate, on property with- j
corporate limits of said city, and
- i Board shall levy taxes, at the fixed;
"ate on property in said county outside I
-Mb c-r-rporste limits. Under this plan, re-'
"urns for taxation of property located in
.
corporate limits shall be made to the
"tty aut.h--rit.es. and and all assessments proceedings for on said] col
"7 pr't • rty
i -r f taxes thereon shall be had by
it— authorities: while returns for
tixatrir of property located in said coun-'
outside -he corporate limits of said,
shall be made ’
uty to the regular county
'-uh-cities, and assessments on said pro--.
"orry outside the corporate limits of said
-ity and a” re adings for collection of
' V 65 thereon shall be had by the regular
“urty authorities Or -2- ir. lieu of or
is combi r. a tier, with the said plan, the
eneral Assembly may vest the powers of
taxation the making of provisions for tax
return? and assessment of property and
-• '-Berrien of taxes., together with such
‘■'her powers necessary or incidental to
the support of said school system, in any
public body, board or commission or com¬
binations thereof, or may create new pub¬
lic bodies, boards, or commissions, ox com¬
binations thereof, in which said powers
may be vested. Said public bodies, thereof, boards
or commissions, or combinations
shall have representation throughout said
county. General
The Act of the Assembly pro¬
viding for said school merger may provide
that all assessments of property made after
the first day any January as a basis of
taxation for said school system 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 pow¬
ers relating to issuance of bonds, creation
of debts, borrowing of money, making of
contracts, acquisition, holding, leasing or
sale of lands and other property, together
with such other powers necessary or inci¬
dental to the support of said school system,
in any public bodies, boards or commis¬
sions or combinations thereof having re¬
presentation thereon throughout the County
of Muscogee: or may create new public
bodies, boards, or commissions, or combi¬
nations thereof, in which said powers may
be vested.
The General Assembly may vest said
school system with all privileges held by
other school systems and districts of this
State, including the addition thereto of col¬
leges : and said school system shall be en¬
titled to its pro rata portion of all edu¬
cational funds now or hereafter provided United
by the State of Georgia and of the
States.
The General Assembly shall provide for
a board of educaiipn, to bear such name
and have such powers as may be provid¬
ed in said act to administer said school
system throughout said county; said board
to elect or employ a superintendent 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 re¬
presentation thereon throughout the county,
as may be provided by the General Assem¬
bly. consist
The board of c-ducation shall of
not more than fifteen (15) nor less than
nine (9) members, one-third of the mem¬
bers of such board to be residents of Mus¬
cogee County outside of the corporate
limits of the City of Columbus, and the re¬
maining members of said board to be resi¬
dents of said city.
The General Assembly may authorize the
City of Columbus and the County of Mus¬
cogee to appropriate money from their gen¬
eral funds to the board of education so to
be created, for educational purposes, in¬
cluding a public library or libraries to be
operated by said board of education. This
power of appropriation shall also exist up¬
on the ratification of this amendment be¬
fore ihe merger of the existing city school
system and the existing school district in
said county and before the passage of an
act by the General Assembly pursuant
hereto, so as to permit said city to appro¬
priate general funds to the existing city
school system and to the existing school
district in said county outside the cor¬
porate limits of said city, and to permit
said county to appropriate general funds
to the existing city school system and the
existing school district in said county out¬
side the corporate limits of said city.
The General Assembly may from time
to time enact special acts amending acts
enacted pursuant hereto; and may also
provide for amendments directly by the
qualified voters of Muscogee County in
referendums held for tha: purpose pur¬
suant to general or special statutes of the
State heretofore or hereafter enacted.
The specification of certain powers here¬
in is no; intended to be exclusive, it be¬
ing the invention hereof that all powers
hereby granted to the General Assembly
and all powers to be granted by the Gen¬
eral Assembly pursuant hereto are to be
liberally construed so as :o effectuate the
general purpose of establishing and main¬
taining a comprehensive system of public
education throughout the limits e! Musco¬
gee County.
The powers hereby granted to the Gen¬
eral Assembly and the powers to be grant¬
ed by the General Assembly to effectuate
the purposes herein set forth shall exist
notwithstanding other provisions of this
Constitution, or the general or special laws
of the State.
The original act to be enacted by the
General Assembly pursuant hereto, mak¬
ing provisions for the merging of the ex¬
isting independent school system of said
city and the existing school district In
said county outside the corporate limit sof
said city, shall provide that said act shall
no: become effective until a referendum
shall be throughout the County of
Muscogee *•*— 1 'ring in favor of said school
merger. To mat end said act shall provide
: r separate referendums. held c-n the
same day. to re had within the City of
Columbus and is the territory of Musco¬
gee County outside of said city, is which
both a majority :f the qualified voters of
the city voting in said city referendum and
a majority of the qualified voters of the
c’-unty outside f said city voting in said
trf rendum must vote in favor of said
school merger lefore it becomes operative,
the rotes within and I he rotes outside the
corporate limits of the city to be counted
separately and not consolidated.
The specifics::'n of certain powers here¬
in is not intended to be exclusive, it be¬
ing the intention that all provisions hereof
are to he liberally construed so as effec¬
tively to execute the general purpose of
extending the existing independent school
system of the City of Columbus through
the entire territory of Muscogee Coun¬
ty.
SECTION 2
BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the au¬
thority aforesaid, that whenever the above
:r .-rosed amendment to the Constitution
shall have been agreed to by two-thirds
•f the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, and the
same has been entered -on their Journals
with the yeas and nays, taken thereon, the
Governor shall be and he is hereby autho¬
rized and instructed to cause such amend¬
ment to be published in one or m:re news
* apers in each Congressional District of
'1- ; State, said amendment also to be ad¬
vertised In a newspaper published In the
Tty cf Columbus having general dreula
ti’n throughout Muscogee County, for two
months next proceeding the time of hold¬
ing the next general election a; which
members of the General Assembly are cho¬
sen.
SE TTOX 3
BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the su
thority aforesaid. that the above proposed
.mendmen: shall be submitted for raMflea
nzn or reject; on to the electors of the
State of Georgia zt the next genera! elec¬
tion i: which menders of the General As
sembly are chosen, to be had after the pub-
11 rations provide i for in Section 2 of this
resolution, and in the various election dis
trims ef this State a: which election every
person shall be : tariffed to vote who is
V-talifted to vote for members cf the Ger
mai Assembly Ail persons voting at said
fleet: on is favor of adopting the said pro¬
posed amendment to the Cc-nstirutio- shall
have written or printed on their ballots the
words: T or ratifi cation of amend: rent to
Art:ole TUI. Semite YU. of the Constitu
of Georgia by adding a new paragraph
authorizing the General Assembly to pas
a special act or acts to merge the existing
school system cf the City of Columbus aac
shall have written or printed on their bal¬
lots the words, “For ratification of amend¬
ment of Article 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1,
of the Constitution authorizing the Mayor
and Council of Wrightsville, Johnson
County, to issue refunding bonds." and if
a majority of electors qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly, voting
thereon, shall vote for ratification thereof
when the result shall be consolidated a3
now reulred by Jaw in election for mem¬
bers of the General Assembly the said
amendment shall become a part of Article
7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of the Con¬
stitution of the State, and the Governor
shall make a proclamation therefor, as
provided by law.
SECTION 3
All laws and parts of laws in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
FRED HAND, Speaker of the House
JOE BOONE, Clerk of the House
WM. T. DEAN, Acting President of the
Senate and President Pro Tem
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. THOMP¬
SON, Acting Governor of Georgia, do
issue this my proclamation hereby de¬
claring that the proposed foregoing amend¬
ment to the Constitution of Georgia 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 §n Tues¬
day, November 2, 1948.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here¬
unto set my hand, and caused the Great
Seal of the State f6 be affixed, at the
Capitol in the City of Atlanta, this the
25th day of August A. D., 1948.
M . E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor
By the Governor
BEN W. FORTSON, JR.
Secretary of State
A PROCLAMATION
Submitting a proposed amendment to
the Constitution of Georgia 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 Article XI, Section I,
Paragraph VI, of the Constitution of Geor¬
gia, so as to authorize the City of Macon
and Bibb County, separately or jointly, to
adopt rules and regulations or to delegate
such authority to agencies or to an agency,
for zoning and planning; to provide for the
submission of the amendment for ratifica¬
tion by the people; 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
Session proposed an amendment to the Con¬
stitution of this State, as set forth in a
Bill approved on the 28th day of March,
2947, to-wit :
Authorizing the City of Macon and
Bibb County, separately or jointly, to adopt
rules and regulations or to delegate such
authority to agencies or to an agency, for
zoning and planning; to provide for the
submission of the amendment for ratifica¬
tion by the people; and for other purposes.
H. B. No. 389 R. A. No. 334
AN ACT
To propose to the qualified voters of
Georgia and to the voters In the area di¬
rectly affected, an amendment to Article
XI, Section I, Paragraph VI, of the Con¬
stitution of Georgia, so as to authorize the
city of Macon and Bibb County, separately
or jointly, to adopt rules and regulations
or to delegate such authority to agencies or
to an agency, for zoning and planning; to
provide for the submission of the amend¬
ment for ratification by the people; and
for other purposes.
SECTION 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
and it is hereby enacted by authority of
the same, that Article XI, Section I, Para¬
graph VI, of the Constitution of Georgia,
and as the same has heretofore or con¬
temporaneously been amended, revised, or
changed, shall be further amended by add¬
ing at the end thereof a new paragraph
as follows:
“And except that the City of Macon and
Bibb County may, through their respective
governing authorities, separately or joint¬
ly. promulgate zoning and planning laws,
rules and regulations, and administer the
same, for and/or appoint agencies or agency
adopting zoning and planning laws,
rules and regulations, and for administer¬
ing the same, the governing authorities or
their designated agencies being authorized
to condition the application of any zoning
and planning and the administration of
the same according to any presently ex¬
isting zoing or planning law. any that may
hereafter be enacted or according to any
that may be resolved or ordained by either
or both or by their designated agency or
agencies."
SECTION 2
BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the au¬
thority aforesaid, that whenever the above
proposed amendment to the Constitution
shall have agreed to by two-thirds (2/3 , s)
of the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, and the
same has been entered on their Journals,
with the yeas and nays taken thereon,
the Governor shall be and he is hereby
authorized and instructed to cause such
amendment to be published in one or more
newspaper in each Congressional District,
for two months previous to the time of
holding the next general election, at which
election members of the General Assembly
are chosen, and In like manner cause the
said amendment to be advertised in the
City of Macon. Countv of Bibb.
SECTION 3
BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the
authority aforesaid, that the above pro¬
posed amendment shall be submitted for
ratification or rejection to the electors of
the State and of the area directly affected
thereby at the next general election to be
held after the publication, as provided for
In the second section of this Act, in the
several election districts of this State, at
which every person shall be qualified to
vote who is qualified to vote for members
of the Genera; Assembly. All persons vot¬
ing at said election In favor of adopting
the said proposed amendment to the Con¬
stitution shall have written or printed
on their ballots the words :
"For ratification of amendment to Para¬
graph VI of Section I of Article XI of the
Constitution nof Georgia, authorizing the
City of Macon and Bibb County separate¬
ly or jointly, to establish zoning and plan¬
ning rules, regulations, and commissions";
and all persons opposed to the adoption of
said amendment shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words:
Against ratification eff amendment to
Paragraph VI f Section 1 of Article XI.
of the Constitution of Georgia, authorizing
the City of Macon and County of Bibb,
separately or jointly, to establish zoning
and planning rules, regulations, and com¬
missions.” If the people In the State, as
a whole, and in the City of Macon. County
of Bibb, ratify such amendment by a
majority of the electors qualified to vote
f : members of the General Assembly vot¬
ing thereon, such amendment shall become
& part of the Constitution of this State.
The^ in like returns of the election for shall members be made of
manner as returns
the General Assembly, and it shall be the
duty of the Secretary of State to ascer¬
tain the result and to certify the result to
the Governor, who shall. If such amend¬
ment be ratified, make proclamation there¬
of.
the existing school district Id the Countj
of Muscogee lying outside the corporate
limits of said city into one school district
or system co-extensive with the limits of
said county and all persons opopsed to the
adoption of said amendment shall have writ¬
ten or printed on their ballots the words :
“Against ratification of amendment to Ar¬
ticle VIII, Section VII, of the Constitution
of Georgia, by adding a new paragarph
authorizing the General Assembly the existing to pass
a special act or acts to merge Columbus and
school system of the City of
the existing school district in the County
of Muscogee lying outside the corporate
limits of said city Into one school district
or system co-extensive with the limits of
said county." qualified
If a majority of the electors
to vote voting thereon in the State as a
whole, and also a majority of the electors
qualified to vote voting thereon in Musco¬
gee County, vote in favor of the ratifica¬
tion of said proposed amendment, then
said proposed amendment shall become
part of the Constitution of this State.
Fife returns of the election shall be
made in like manner as returns of elec¬
tions for members of the General Assem¬
bly ; and it shall be the duty of the Sec¬
retary of State to ascertain the result and
to certify the result to the Governor, who
shall, if such proposed amendment be rati¬
fied, make proclamation thereof.
FRED HAND, Speaker of the House
JOE BOONE, Clerk of the House
WM. T. DEAN, President Pro Tem and
Acting President
MRS. HENRY W. NEVIN, Secretary of
the Senate
APPROVED: M. E. THOMPSON, Acting
Governor
This 2Sth day of March, 1947.
NOW THEREFORE, I. M. E. THOMP¬
SON, Acting Governor of Georgia, do is¬
sue this my proclamation hereby declaring
that the proposed foregoing amendment to
the Constitution of Georgia 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
2 ’ 1948.
In WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here¬
unto set my hand, and caused the Great
Seal of the State to be affixed, at Capitol
in the City of Atlanta, this he 25th day
of Augus, A. D., 1948.
M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor
Bv the Acting Governor;
BEN W. FORTSON, JR.,
Secretary of State
A PROCLAMATION
Submitting a proposed amendment to
the Constitution of Georgia to be voted on
at the General Election to be held on Tues¬
day, November 2. 1948, proposing to the
qualified voters of the State of Georgia
an amendment to Article 7, Section 7,
Paragraph I. of the Constitution of Geor¬
gia, so as to authorize the Mayor and
Council of Wrightsville, Johnson County,
to incur a bonded indebtedness In addition
to that heretofore authorized by the Con¬
stitution and laws of Georgia, for the
purpose of refunding and retiring a portion
of the existing bonded indebtedness and
interest thereon up to and including De¬
cember 1, 1949, to provide that the funds
raised from such additional bonded In¬
debtedness shall be used exclusively for
the retirement of said bonded indebtedness
and interest thereon, which may become
due up to and including December 1,
1949. to provide for the submission of the
amendment for ratification by the people;
and for other purposes.
By His Excellency,
M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor
State of Georgia
WHEREAS, by the votes of two-thirds of
ihe members elected to each of the two
Houses, the General Assembly at its 1947
Session proposed an amendment to the
Constitution of this State, as set forth
in a Bill approved on the 28th day of
March. 1947, to-wit:
Authorizing the Mayor and Council of
Wrightsville. Johnson County, to incur a
bonded indebtedness in addition to that
heretofore authorized by the Constitution
and laws of Georgia, for the purpose of
refunding and retiring a portion of the
existing bonded indebtedness and interest
thereon up to and including December I.
• 949. to provide that the funds raised
from such additional bonded indebtedness !
shall be used exclusively for the retire- in-1 f
ment of said bonded indebtedness and
terest thereon, which may become due up
to and including December I, 1949, to
provide for the submission of the amend¬
ment for ratification by the people; and
for other purposes.
H. B. No. 443 R. A. No. 338
AN ACT
To propose to the uqalified voters of
Georgia an amendment to Article 7, Sec¬
tion 7. Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of
Georgia, so as to authorize the Mayor
and Council of Wrightsville, Johnson Coun¬
ty. to incur a bonded indebtedness in ad¬
dition to that heretofore authorized by the
Constitution and laws of Georgia, for the
purpose of refunding and retiring a por¬
tion of the existing bonded indebtedness
and interest thereon up to and including
December 1, 1949, to provide that the
funds raised from such additional bonded
indebtedness shall be used exclusively for
the retirement of said bonded indebted¬
ness and interest thereon, which may be
come due up to and including December
1 1949. to provide for the submission of
the amendment for ratification by the
people, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL
.ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEOR- j !
GlA. and it is hereby enacted by authority
of the same, that Article 7. Section 7.J
Paragraph 1. of the Constitution of Geor-j
gta which has heretofore been amended.!
shall he further amended by adding at j
the end thereof a new paragraph, in the!
f:;: - win g words. t: -wit:
And except that the Mayor and Coun¬
cil of Wrightsville. Johnson County, may
issue refunding bonds not in excess’of the'
aggregate sum cf S25.000.00 for the pur- :
T-'se of refunding and retiring any bond- '
ed indebtedness and interest thereon off
sail -V:e. The and May:: bonded and Council indebtedness of Wrights-1
T any and
interest thereon of said The Mayor and
Council cf Wrightsville and which be- !
c'-mes due up to anc including Decern
' IzUL and preride for the assess- ■
men: and ccUection of an annual tax suf- :
: the proceeds of »S! such refua.
ds so by The Msytr ted Ct
t Wrightsville. Johnson County, t:
used ex . fer the purpose of pa;
and retiring '-aid bonded indebtedness ’
trtrs: there'n -uisundtn? and which
-- due nr -- and including Deces
Said Refunding Bends shall
d when authorized by & resclutiot
Mayer and Council cf WrightsT
and shall oe validated ** provided
law
aft-resal-d that when said amendment
^ screed by £ tw:-thirds vote :-f
members of each House, with the “a
and nays" thereon and published in
more newspapers in each Congress
District in this State for rare a--nths
v-.-os to the time f-r holding the
general elect!-*n. at which proposed am
merts to the C'nr.tnnior cf this :
may vrted to ? a ate shall a: said g«
al election be submitted to the people
ratirioafcon. A3 persons voting at
eieorrir in fav:r f adopting
proposed amendment the