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SECTION 4
Be It further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws
In conflict with this Act, be and the same
are hereby repealed.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
MBS. 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 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 Elec¬
tion 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 .the
Capitol in the City of Atlanta this the
2oth day of August A. I)., 1948.
M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor
By 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 at
on Tuesday, November 2, 1948, proposing
to the qualified voters of the State of
Georgia an amendment to repeal the
amendment amending Paragraph II, Sec¬
tion VI, of Article VII of the Constitution
of the State of Georgia of 1877, approved
March 9, 1945, to enact laws to authorize
the General Assembly to create a retirement
fund and/or system of pension or re¬
tirement pay for any and all county em¬
ployees and officers of Bibb County, Geor¬
gia ; 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 it.s
1947 Session proposed an amendment to
the Constitution of this State, as set forth
in a Resolution approved on the 28th day
of March, 1947, to-wit:
Proposing to the qualified voters of the
State of Georgia an amendment to repeal
the amendment amending Paragraph II,
Section VI, cf Article VII of the Constitu¬
tion of the State of Georgia of 1877, ap¬
proved March 9, 1945, to enact laws to
authorize the General Assembly to create
a retirement fund and/or system of pen¬
sion or retirement pay for any and all
county employees and officers of Bibb
County, Georgia; and for other purposes.
H. It. No. 70-338 R. A. No. 17
A RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Article 7, Section 4, Para¬
graph 15 of the amended Constitution of
Georgia of 1945 provides authority ample
to provide retirement or pension funds for
officers and employees of any County;
and
WHEREAS, the Constitutional amend¬
ment designated as Bibb Retirement Sys¬
tem set forth in the Acts of 1945 of Geor¬
gia, Pages 106 to 108, and ratified by the
people in the general election of 1945 as
an amendment to the Constitution of 1877,
Is merely cumulative and Is unnecessary
to the setting up of a retirement and/or
pension fund for Bibb County; and,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA,
ANI) IT IS HEREBY ENACTED BY AU¬
THORITY OF THE SAME :
SECTION 1
That the amendment amending Para¬
graph II of Section VI of Article VII of
the Constitution of the State of Georgia
of 1877, approved March 9, 1945, and au¬
thorizing the General Assembly to enact
laws to create a retirement fund and/or
system of pension or retirement pay for
any and all county employees and officers
of Bibb County, Georgia, and for other
purposes, and reading as follows:
“The General Assembly shall have au¬
thority, however, to enact laws authorizing
the County of Bibb, in the sole discretion
of its governing authority, to create and
contribute to a retirement fund and/or
system of retirement pay, either by direct
contribution to such a fund or by pay¬
ment of insurance premiums, or by a com¬
bination of such methods, for all or any
•employees and officers who are compen¬ their
sated by Bibb County, and who hold
offices or positions either by election or
appointment, to levy taxes for these pur¬
poses, and to enact laws establishing rules
for tenure of office foi such officers and
employees and for other purposes consis¬
tent therewith
Be, and the same is, hereby repealed and
stricken in its entirety.
SECTION 2
Be it further resolved by the authority
aforesaid that whenever the above pro¬
posed resolution repealing said amend¬
ment 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 upon their
Journal, 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 newspapers in each Congressional
district for two months previous to the
time of holding the next general election.
SECTION RESOLVED 3 that this
BE IT FURTHER
resolution shall be submitted, as one
single amendment to the Constitution, to
the people for ratification or rejection in
the next general election. Those voting
in favor of the ratification of The amend¬
ment herein proposed shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words, “For
the amendment relating to Bibb County
repealing the amendment to the Constitu¬
tion set out in Acts of 1945, Pages 106-
108 adopted in the general election of
1945." Those voting against the ratifica¬
tion of the proposed amendment shall have
written or printed on their ballots the
words, “Against the amendment relating
to Bibb County repealing the amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia set out in
Acts of 1945, Pages 106 - 108 , adopted in
the general election of 1945.” If a majority
of those voting vote for this amendment
herein proposed, when the results are cer¬
tified to the Governor, he shall proclaim
the amendment adopted. the House
FRED HAND, Speaker of
JOE BOONE, Clerk ofthe 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 dav of March. 1947.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, M. E. THOMP¬
SON, Acting Governor of Georgia, do is¬
sue this my proclamation hereby declar¬
ing that the proposed foregoing amend¬
ment to the Constitution of Georgia is sub¬
mitted, for ratification or rejection, to the
voters of the State qualified to vote tir
members of the General Election to te
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 the
Capitol in the City of Atlanta, this the
25th day of August, A. D.. 1948.
M. E. Thompson, Acting Governor
By the Acting Governor:
BEN W. FORTSON, JR.,
Secretary of State
A PROCLAMATION
tiic buDmitting a proposed amendment to
Constitution of Georgia, to be voted
on at the General Election to be held
un Tuesday, November 2, 1948, proposing
Jo the qualified voters of the State of
Georgia an amendment to Article VII,
erection IV Paragraph I of the Constitu
■ ion of the State of Georgia of 1945 so
;ls t0 extend coverage on the pension
rjstem authorized by the Constitution for
county employees in Pulton County, so as to
provide that the benefits of said pension sys¬
tem shall be available to all state, state
and county and county officers, deputies
and employees and the deputies of such
officers whose salaries or wages are paid
in whole or in part by the Treasurer of
lulton County or out of funds of Fulton
( ounty, so as to ratify pensions hereto¬
fore granted to public employees in Ful¬
ton County and their beneficiaries; and
for other purposes.
By His Excellency,
M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor,
State of Georgia
the WHEREAS, by the votes of two-thirds of
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
;i Resolution approved on the 27th day of
March, 1947, to-wit;
Extending coverage of the pension sys¬
tem authorized by the Constitution for
county employees in Fulton County, so
as to provide that the benefits of said
pension system shall be available to all
state, state and county and county of
ficers, deputies and employees and the
deputies of such officers whose salaries
or wages are paid in whole or in part by
the Treasurer of Fulton County or out
of funds of Fulton County, so as to ratify
pensions heretofore granted to public em¬
ployees in Fulton County and their bene¬
ficiaries; and for other purposes.______
S. R, No. 13 R. A. No. 10
A RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Paragraph
i of Section 4 of Article 7 of the Constitu¬
tion of the State of Georgia of 1945 so as
to extend coverage of the pension sys¬
tem authorized by the Constitution for
county employees in Fulton County, so as
to provide that the benefits of said pen¬
sion system shall be available to all state,
state and county and county officers,
deputies and employees and the deputies of
such officers whose salaries or wages are
paid in whole or in part by the Treasurer
of Fulton County or out of funds of Ful¬
ton County, so as to ratify pensions here¬
tofore granted to public employees in
Fulton County and their beneficiaries; and
for other purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEOR¬
GIA;
SECTION 1
The present Constitution of the State
of (ieorgia which was ratified in the year
1945 is hereby amended as follows, to
wit :
By adding to Paragraph 1 of Section 4
of Article 7 thereof the following words,
to-wit:
“All state, state and county or county
officers, deputies and employees, and the
deputies of such officers and County em¬
ployees whose salaries or wages are paid
in whole or in part by the Treasurer of
Fulton County or out of funds of Fulton
County, all officers and employees of the
County Welfare Department of Fulton County
the Executive Secretary or the Treasurer of
any Pension Board or Board of Trus¬
tees administering a pension system in
which public employees of Fulton County
or employees of the Board of Education of
Fulton County participate, and the widows
and minor children of all such persons,
are authorized to participate in any re¬
tirement and pension fund or system of
retirement pay established by law for
county employees of Fulton County upon
terms and conditions now or hereafter
provided by the General Assembly for their
participation. All pensions heretofore grant¬
ed by any of said pension authorities in
Fulton County are ratified and confirmed,
and shall be paid in accordance with the
judgement of the Pension Board of Trus¬
tees authorizing same."
SECTION II
Whenever the above proposed amendment
to the Constitution shall have been agreed
to by two-thirds (2/3) 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 ayes
and nays taken thereon, the Governor
.'•hall 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,
and also in the newspaper wherein the
Sheriff’s advertisements of Fulton County
are published, to be published in each such
newspaper for two (2) months next pre
ceeding the time of holding the next gen¬
eral election at which election members of
the General Assembly are chosen.
SECTION in
The above proposed amendment shall be
submitted for ratification or rejection to
the electors of this state at the next
general election at which election members
of the General Assembly are chosen 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 election every person shall be qual¬
ified to vote who is qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly. All per¬
sons voting at said election in favor of
adopting said amendment to the Constitu¬
tion shall have written or printed on their
ballots the words, “for ratification of the
amendment defining the persons who may
participate in the pension systems estab-
11 shed in Fulton County,” and all persons
opposing the adoption of said amendment
shall have written or printed on their bal¬
lot the words “against ratification of the
amendment defining the persons who may
lished participate in the pension systems estab¬
in Fulton County.” If the people
ratify such amendment by a majority of
the electors qualified to vote for members
of the General Assembly voting thereon
and also if a majority of the electors
r lalified to vote voting thereon in Fulton
County shall ratify said amendment by
voting in favor thereof, said amendment
• hall become a part of the Constitution
of this state. The returns of the election
<hall be made in like manner as returns
r members of the General Assembly, and
it shall be the duty of the Secretary of
Sta e to ascertain the result and to certify
the result of such election to the Governor
who shall, if such amendment be ratified,
make proclamation thereof.
SECTION IV
Any and all provisions of law or resolu¬
tions and parts of law in conflict with
this amendment are hereby repealed.
WM. T. DEAN. President Pro Tem and
Presiding Officer
MRS. HENRY W. NEVIN, Secretary of
the Senate
FRED HAND. Speaker of the House of
Representatives of the House of Repre¬
.TOE BOONE, Clerk
sentatives THOMPSON,
APPROVED: M. E. Acting
Governor
This 27th day of March, 1947.
NOW THEREFORE, I. M. E. THOMP¬
SON, Acting Governor of Georgia, do Is¬
sue this my proclamation hereby declar¬
ing 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 on Tues¬
day, 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 the
Capitol in the City of Atlanta, this the
25th day of August, A. D., 1948.
M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor
By 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
Tuesday, November 2, 1948, proposing to
the qualified voters of the State of Georgia
an amendment to Paragraph I, Section V,
Article VIII of the Constitution of Geor¬
gia of 1945 so as to provide for a county
board of education for Polk County,
Georgia, to be composed of nine (9) mem¬
bers and for four additional members
should Cedartown merge with Polk County ;
to provide the qualification of the board
members, their term of office arid the
manner of their election; to vest the coun¬
ty board of education with all powers
and duties now exercised by county boards
of education and local trustees; to pro¬
vide for a county school superintendent
and his election by the county board of
education, to provide that the territory of
I’olk County outside of independent sys¬
tems 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 pro¬
vided for in 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
Session proposed an amendment to the
Constitution of this State, as set forth in
a Resolution approved on the 28th day of
March, 1947, to-wit:
Providing for a county board of edu¬
cation for Polk County, Georgia, to be
composed of nine (9) members and for
four additional members should Cedartown
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 edu¬
cation with all powers and duties now
exercised by county boards of education
and local trustees; to provide for a coun¬
ty school superintendent and his election
by the county board of education, to pro¬
vide that the territory of Polk County out¬
side of independent systems shall con¬
stitute 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, Article VIII of
the Constitution; and for other purposes.
H. R. No. 90-445A R. A. No. 29
A RESOLUTION
Proposing to the qualified voters an
amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 5,
Article 8 of the Constitution of Georgia of
1915 so as to provide for a county board
of education for Polk County, Georgia, to
be composed of nine (9) members and for
four additional members should Cedar¬
town merge with Polk County; to provide
the qualification of the board members,
iheir term of office and the manner of
their election; to vest the county board of
education with all powers and duties now
exercised by county boards of education
and local truestees ;to provide for a coun¬
ty school superintendent and his election
by the county board of education, to pro¬
vide that the territory of Polk County out¬
side of independent systems shall constitute
one school district; to provide for a spe¬
cial school tax of two mills to- be levied on
all property of the county in addition to
the fifteen mills provided for in Para¬
graph 1, Section 12, Article 8 of the Con¬
stitution ; and for other purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEOR¬
GIA :
SECTION 1
That Paragraph 1, Section 5., Article 8 of
the Constitution of Georgia of 1945 be, and
the same is hereby amended by adding at
the end thereof new paragraphs as follows,
to-wit: “All of Polk County lying outside
of independent school systems now in exis¬
tence in said county shall compose one
school district and shall be under the con¬
trol and management of a county board
of education. There shall be a Polk County
Board of Education which shall consist of
nine (9) members, who shall serve with¬
out compensation. The judge of the su¬
perior court of said county shall appoint
the first board and three (3) of the mem¬
bers so appointed shall hold office for
four years, three (3) for three (3) years,
and three (3) for (2) years. At the ex¬
piration of the terms of members of said
board so appointed their successors shall
be elected by the qualified voters of **«t
portion of Polk County which is now
or may hereafter be under the jurlsd’ction
of the Polk Comity Board of education,
and for a term of four years. The election
for board members shall be held on the
second Tuesday in December at an elec¬
tion held for the exclusive purpose of elect¬
ing members of the Polk County Board of
education. All candidates for membership
on the Polk County Board of Education
shall register with the ordinary of said
county at least ten days before the elec¬
tion. The ordinary shall provide for said
election in the same manner and at the
same places as regular election and de¬
clare the results and certify to the pro¬
per authorities the duly elected members
of said board. The new board of educa¬
tion provided for in this amendment shall
take office January 1, 1949 and the first
election shall be held on the second Tues¬
day in December, 1950, and other ‘lec¬
tions shall be held on said date each year
thereafter so that the terms of the mem¬
bership shall remain staggered. One mem¬
ber of the county board of education shall
be elected from each of the attendance
areas of Antioch, Aragon, Benedict, Brews¬
ter, Cedar-Lake, Fish, Fite, and two mem¬
bers shall be elected from the elementary
school attendance area of Rockmart. The
membership of the Polk County Board of
Education shall be enlarged to thirteen,
if and when the independent school sys¬
tem of Cedartown merges with Polk Coun¬
ty School system and the four additional
members shall be elected from the territory
of the city limits of Cedartown. AH rights,
powers, and duties now exercised by the
county board of education and the dis¬
trict trustees are hereby vested in the Polk
County Board of Education. Should a
vacancy occur on said board by reason of
death, resignation, or otherwise, the re¬
maining 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
knowledge 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 mem¬
bers of the General Assembly. No publisher
of school books or any agent for such pub¬
lisher, or any person who shall have a pe¬
cuniary interest in the sale of school books
shall be eligible for election as a member
of ^aid board of education.
There shall he a county school super¬
intendent who shall be elected or ap¬
pointed by the county board of educa¬
tion of Polk County. Before any person |
shall be elected or anp^inted county school
superintendent he shall have all of the
qualifications which are now, or which
may hereafter be prescribed by law for
county school superintendents of the State,
except that any legal requirement as to
local residence shall not be applicable.
From and after the ratification of this
amendment the voters of Polk County
shall no longer elect a county school su¬
perintendent. That in addition to the tax
of not less than five mills nor greater
than fifteen mills which the fiscal au¬
thority of the county is required to levy
for the suppport and maintenance of edu¬
cation upon property located outside in¬
dependent school systems as provided for
in Paragraph 1, Section 12, Article 8 of
the Constitution, the fiscal authorities of
Polk County shall levy a tax, for the
support and maintenance of schools un¬
der the jurisdiction of the Polk County
Board of Education of two mills upon the
dollar of 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 ratifi¬
cation or rejection at the next general
election 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 mem¬
bers of the General Assembly. Said amend¬
ment shall be published in one or more
newspapers in each congressional district
for two months previous to the time of
holding the election wherein said amend¬
ment is submitted for ratification or re¬
jection. All persons voting in said election
in favor of adopting the proposed amend¬
ment to the Constitution shall have writ¬
ten or printed on their ballots the words
“For ratification of amendment to Para¬
graph 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 opposed
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, Article
S of the Constitution providing for a nine
(9) member Polk County Board of Edu¬
cation and the election of a County school
superintendent by said Board.” If a ma¬
jority of the voters of the State qualified
to vote for members of the General As¬
sembly voting thereon, and if a majority
of the electors qualified to vote for mem¬
bers of the General Assembly in the Coun¬
ty of Polk voting thereon ratify such
amendment, the same shall become a part
of the Constitution of this State. The re¬
turns of the election shall be made in like
manner as returns for members of the
General Assembly, and it shall be the duty
of the Secretary of the State to ascertain
the result and to certify the result to the
Governor, who shall, if such amendment
be ratified make proclamation thereof.
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 IIEVIN, 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 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 Elec¬
tion 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 the
Capitol in the City of Atlana, this the 2oth
day of August, A. D., 1948.
M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor
By 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 VII, Section VII,
Paragraph V, of the Constitution of Geor¬
gia as amended August 13, 1945, so as
to provide that revenue anticipation ob¬
ligations may be issued by the City of At¬
lanta, Fulton or DeKalb County, or either
of them or by any public corporation cre¬
ated by them or either of them, to pro¬
vide funds for the construction in whole
or in part of grandstands and stadiums or
either of them, or to provide funds to ex¬
tend, repair or improve such existing facili¬
ties, to provide such revenue anticipation
obligations shall be payable, as to principal
and interest, only from revenue preduced by
such facilities, and shall not be deemed
debts of or to create debts against, the is¬
suing political subdivision within the mean¬
ing of the Constitution as amended; and no
such issuing political subdivision shall ex¬
ercise the power of taxation for the pur¬
pose of paying the principal or interest of
any such revenue anticipation obligations
or any part thereof; and for other pur¬
poses.
By His Excellency,
M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Gover¬
nor, 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
Constitution of this State, as set forth in
a Resolution approved on the 28th day of
March, 1947 to-wit:
Providing that revenue anticipation
obligations may be issued by the City
of Atlanta, Fulton or DeKalb County,
or either of them or by any public cor¬
poration created by them, or either of
them, to provide funds for the construc¬
tion, in whole or in part of grandstands
and stadiums or either of them, or to
provide funds to extend, repair or im¬
prove such existing facilities; to provide
such revenue anticipation obligations
shall be payable, as to principal and in¬
terest, only from revenue produced by
such facilities, and shall not be deem¬
ed debts of or to create debts against,
the issuing political subdivision within
the meaning of the Constitution as
amended; and no such issuing political
subdivision shall exercise the power of
taxation for the purpose of paying the
principal or interest of any such revenue
anticipation obligations or any part
thereof.
H. R. No. 67-336 R. A. No. 26
A RESOLUTION
Proposing to the people of the state of
Georgia an amendment to Article VII.
Section VII. Paragraph V, of the Consti¬
tution of Georgia as amended August 13,
1945.
BE IT RESOLVED BY' THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA :
SECTION 1
That the General Assembly of the State
of Georgia proposes to the people of Geor¬
gia that Article VII, Section VII, Para¬
graph V of the Constitution of Georgia as
amended August 13. 1945, be further
amended by adding the following paragraph
at the end of said Section V:
Provided further, that revenue anticipa
W
tion obligations may be issued by the City
of Atlanta, PuRon County or DeKalb Coun¬
ty, or either of them or by any public
corporation created by them or either ot
them, to provide funds for the construc¬
tion, in whole or in part of grandstands
ana stadiums or either of them, or to pro¬
vide funds to extend, repair or improve
such existing facilities. Such revenue an¬
ticipation obligations shall be payable, as
to principal and interest, only from rev¬
enue produced by such facilities, and shall
not be deemed debts of or to create debts
against the issuing political subdivision
within the meaning of the Constitution as
amended ; and no such issuing political
subdivision shall exercise the power of
taxation for the purpose of paying the
principal or interest of any such revenue
anticipation obligations or any part there¬
of.
SECTION 2
All persons voting at said election in
favor of adoption of said proposed amend¬
ment to the Constitution shall have writ¬
ten or printed on their ballots the words,
“For ratification of the amendment to Ar¬
ticle VII, Section VII, Paragraph V, so as
to authorize the issuance of revenue cer¬
tificates.” All persons opposed to the adop¬
tion of said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall have written or print¬
ed on their ballots the words, “Against
ratification of the amendment to Article
VII, Section VII, Paragraph V, so as to
authorize the issuance of revenue cer¬
tificates.”
SECTION 3
If a majority of electors qualified to
vote thereon shall vote in favor of the
ratification of said amendment, when the
returns shall be consolidated as now re¬
quired by law in such elections, and re¬
turn thereof be made to the Governor,
then he shall declare said amendment
adopted and make proclamation of the
result thereof, and said amendment shall
be and become a part of Article VII, Sec¬
tion VII, Paragraph V, of the Constitu¬
tion of the State of Georgia, as amended.
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. Thompson,
Acting Governor of Georgia, do issue this
my proclamation hereby declaring that the
proposed foregoing amendment to the Con¬
stitution of Georgia is submitted, for rati¬
fication 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 the
Capitol in the City of Atlanta, this the 25th
day of August A. D., 1948.
M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor
By 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
Tuesday. November 2, 1948, proposing to
the qualified voters of the State of Geor¬
gia an amendment to Paragraph IV, Sec¬
tion I, of Article VII of the Constitution
of the State of Georgia so as to authorize
and provide that the County Board of Edu¬
cation of DeKalb County may levy a tax
for school purposes on all property located
in said County not included in any in¬
dependent school system located therein,
and to provide that the exemption granted
in this paragraph shall not apply to the
levy made by said Board of Education for
school purposes; and for other purposes.
By His Excellency,
M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Gover¬
nor, 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
Constitution of this State as set forth
in a Resolution approved on the 28th day
of March, 1947, to-wit:
Authorizing and providing that the
County Board of Education of DeKalb
County may levy a tax for school pur¬
poses on all property located in said
County not included in any independent
school system located therein, and to
provide that the exemption granted in
this paragraph shall not apply to the
levy made by said Board of Education
for school purposes; and for other pur¬
poses.
H. R. No. 98-483A R. A. No. 34
A RESOLUTION
Georgia Proposing to the qualified voters of
an amendment to Paragraph IV,
Section I, of Article VII of the Constitu¬
tion of Georgia so as to authorize and pro¬
vide that the County Board of Education
of DeKalb County may levy a tax for
school purposes on all property located in
said County not included in any indepen¬
dent school system located therein, and to
provide that the exemption granted in this
paragraph shall not apply to the levy
made by said Board of Education for school
purposes: and for other purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA ;
SECTION 1
That paragraph IV, and Section I, of
Article VII of the Constitution of Georgia
be and the same is hereby amended by
adding at the end thereof a provision to
read as follows:
“Provided, however, that the exemption
herein granted shall not prevent the Coun¬
ty Board of Education of DeKalb County
from levying a tax for school purposes on
all property located in DeKalb County not
included in any independent school system
located therein, including such property as
may be exempted from State and County
Taxation by reason of the homestead ex¬
emption herein provided for. The said
Board of Education of DeKalb County is
hereby authorized and empowered to levy for
school purposes a tax on all of the pro¬
perty located in said county not included
in any independent school system located
therein, including the property which may
be exempted from State and County tax¬
ation by virtue of this paragraph of the
Constitution.”
SECTION 2
Be it further resolved by the authority
aforesaid that when the above proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall have
been agreed to by two-thirds of the mem¬
bers elected to each of the two Houses of
the General Assembly and the same has
been entered on their Journals with the
ayes and nays taken thereon, the Gov¬
ernor shall be and he is hereby authoriz¬
ed and instructed to cause such amend¬
ment to be published in one or more news¬
papers in each Congressional District of
this State, for two months next preceding
the time of holding the next general elec¬
tion, at which general election the above
proposed amendment shall be submitted for
ratification or rejection to the electors of
this State, at which election every person
shall be qualified to vote who is qualified
to vote for the members of the General
Assembly. All persons voting at said elec¬
tion in favor of adopting the proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall have
written or printed on their ballot the words,
“For ratification of Amendment to Para¬
graph IV, Section I of Article VH of tho
Constitution on providing that the exemp-