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tlon from fixation of the homestead
res,denis shall not apply in the County of
DeKalb as against levies of taxes for scnopl
uurnoses by the County Board of Dekalb
County,” and all persons opposing the
adoption of said Amendment shall have
wriuen or printed on their ballot the words,
“Against ratification of Amendment to
Paragraph IV', Section 1 of Article VII oi
the constitution providing that the exemp¬
tion from taxation of the homestead ot
residents shall not apply in the County of
Delxalu as against levies of taxes for
school purposes by the County Board of
DeKalb County.” If the people shall ratify
such amendment by a majority of the
electors qualified to vote for members of
the General Assembly voting thereon, such
amendment shall become a part of tat
Constitution of this State. The returns of
the elections shall be made in like manner
returns for elections of members of the
as Assembly and it shall be the duty
General of State to ascertain the
of the Secretary result to the Gov¬
result and to certify the be
ernor who shall, If such amendment
ratified, make proclamation thereof.
Be it further resolved that all laws and
parts of laws in conflict with this resolu¬
tion be and the same are hereby repealed.
FUEL) HAND, Speaker of the House
JOB BOONE, Clerk of the House
WM T DEAN, Acting President of tne
Senate and President Pro Tem
MBS HENRY W. NEVIN, Secretary of
APPROVED^ M. E. THOMPSON, Acting
Governor of March, l?**
This 28th day I, M. E. THOM!
NOW THEREFORE of Georgia, do is¬ -
SON Acting Governor hereby declaring
sue this my proclamation foregoing men f“™ t t 0
that the proposed of Georgia a is . submitted, te d
the Constitution rejection, to the votys
for ratification, nualified or to vote for mem
of the State Assembly at the Gen
bers of the General Tuesday, Nov
eral Election to be held on
eD r WHEREOF, I have here¬
IN WITNESS caused ‘he Great
unto set my hand, and the
Seal of the State to be affixed, at 2oth
Capitol In the City of Atlanta this the
dav J of August A. XI., 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 lues
day, November 2, 1918, proposing to the
Qualified voters of the State of Georgia an
amendment to Article \ II Section IV,
Paragraph II of the Constitution of Geor¬
gia of 1945 to provide that the Gen¬
eral Assembly may grant to the governing
authority of DeKalb County the right to
construct or repair streets and sidewalks
and to lay curbing, water and sewer mains
and to assess the costs thereof pro-rata
against the abutting property owners, pro¬
vided the owners of 51% of the property
abutting such improvements shall consent
thereto and to provide for the issuance
and enforcement of execution for the col¬
lection of such assessments and for tne
creation of liens thereby against such abut¬
ting property ; and for other purposes.
By His Excellency, Governor
M. E.' Thompson, Acting
State of Georgia of two-thirds
WHEREAS, by the votes
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 2Stn day
of March, 1947, to-wlt: Assembly
Providing that the General
may grant to the governing authority or
DeKalb County the right to construct or
repair streets and sidewalks and to lay
curbing, water and sewer mains and to
assess the costs thereot pro-rata a-jainst
the abutting property owners, provided
the owners of 51% of the property abut
tinn such improvements shall consent
thereto and to provide for the ,ssua "°®
and enforcement of execution for the
collection of such assessment and tor
the creation of liens thereby against such
abutting property; and for other pur
H*°R?'no, 35-I30B RESOLUTION R- A ■ No - 23
A voters of
To propose to the qualified
Georgia an amendment to Article 'll, bec
tion IV, paragraph II of the Constitution of
Georgia of 1945 to provide that the Genera]
Assembly may grant to the governing au¬
thority of DeKalb County the sidewalks right to con¬ and
struct or repair streets and
to lay curbing, water and sewer mains
and to assess the costs thereof pro-rata
against the abutting property owners, pro¬
vided the owners of 51% of the property
abutting such improvements shall consent
thereto and to provide for the Jf sUa ““J lad
enforcement of execution for the collection
of such assessments and for the creation
of liens thereby against such abutting pro¬
perty and for other purposes.
SECTION I
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Georgia that Article: VII,
Section IV, Faragraph II of the Constitu¬
tion of Georgia of 1945 be amended by
adding thereto the following: to
“The General Assembly may grant
the governing authority of DeKalb County
the right to construct or repair streets and
sidewalks and to lay curbing, water and
sewer mains and to assess the costs there¬
of pro-rata against the abutting P™P er ‘Y
owners, provided the owners of 51% or
the property abutting such improvements provide: for
shall consent thereto and to
the issuance and enforcement of execution
for the collection of such assessments and
for the creation of Hens thereby against
such abutting property." Provided, how¬
ever, that any act of the General Assembly
adopted pursuant hereto shall restrict the
authority to those areas of said county
where the property has h A® n
to lots having one hundred , fifty (150)
of street frontage or less.
SECTION 2
BE IT FURTHER ENACTED that when
this amendment shall have been agreed to
by the requisite two-thirds of the members
of each house, with the “Ayes” and Nays
entered thereon, it shall be published and
submitted to the qualified voters of Geor¬
gia for ratification or rejection at the next
general election, at which constitutional
amendments may be voted on. Ali persons
voting at said election in favor of adopting
the said proposed amendment to the Con¬
stitution shall have written or printed ratifica- on
their ballots the words, For the
tion of the amendment to Article Vn, Sec
tion IV, Paragraph II, of the Constitution
authorizing the General Assembly ‘o DeKalb per¬
mit the governing authority of
County to construct streets and provide
other public improvements and to assess
the costs against the abutting Property
owners,” and all persons °PP os « d to
adoption of said amendment shall ,, have
written or printed on their ballots the
words “Against ratification of the amend¬
ment to Article VII, Section TV, Para¬
graph II of the Constitution authorizing
the General Assembly to permit the govern¬
ing authority of DeKalb County to con¬
struct streets and provide other public im¬
provements and to assess the costs agalmst
the abutting property owners. If adopted,
the result shall be declared and said
amendment shall become a P art ® f Article
VII, Section TV, Paragraph u of the con¬
SECTION 4
All laws and parts of laws in conflict
with this Act be and the same are hereby
repealed. Speaker of the House „
FRED HAND,
JOE BOONE, Clerk of the House
WM. T. DEAN, President Pro Tem and
Acting President
MRS. HENRY W. NEVIN, Secretary of
the Senate THOMPSON, Acting
APPROVED: M. E.
Governor 1947
This 28th day of March,
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. have here¬
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
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 Tues¬
day, November 2, 1948, proposing of to the
qualified voters of the State Georgia
an amendment to Article XI, Section I,
Paragraph VI, of the Constitution of Geor¬
gia, so as to authorize Bibb County and
the City of Macon to regulate the health
of the county and city by and through a
joint City-County Board of Health, and
to ratify, validate, and confirm the original
and amendatory acts of the General As¬
sembly with respect to a joint City-Coun¬
ty Board of Health for the City of Macon
and Bibb County, including an Act of
the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1923, P.
735-738) arid sections 119, 120, 121, 122,
123, 124, 125 and 126 of an Act of the
General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1927, l*.
1350, 1351, 1352, and 1353) and Act of
the General Assembly of Georgia (Ga.
Laws 1943, P. 265-266) and all rules and
regulations promulgated pursuant to the
authority therein contained; to provide
for the submission of the amendment for
ratification by the people; and for other
purposes. Excellency,
By His
M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor
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 the Con¬
stitution of this State, as set forth in a
Bill approved on the 28th day of March,
1947, to-wit:
Authorizing Bib County and the City of
Macon to regulate the health of the county
and city by and through a joint City
County Board of Health, and to ratify,
validate, and confirm the original and
amendatory acts of the General Assembly
with respect to a joint City-County Board
of Health for the City of Macon and Bibb
County, including an Act of the General
Assembly (Ga. Laws 1923, P. 735-738) and
sections 119, 120, 121, 122, (23, 124, 125,
and 126 of an Act of the General Assem¬
bly (Ga. Laws 1927, P. 1350,, 1351, 1352,
and 1353) and an Act of the General As¬
sembly of Georgia (Ga. Laws 1943, P. 265-
266) and all rules and regulations pro¬
mulgated pursuant to the authority therein
contained; to provide for the submission
of the amendment for ratification by the
people; and for other purposes.
H. B. No. 388 R. A. No. 378
AN ACT
To propose to the ualified voters of
Georgia and to the voters in the area
directly affected an amendment to Article
XI, Section I, Paragraph’ VI/ of tne Con¬
stitution of Georgia, so as to authorize
Bibb County and the City of Macon to
regulate the health of the county and
city by and through a joint City-County
Board of Health, and to ratify, validate,
and confirm the original and amendatory
acts of the General Assembly with respect
to a joint City-County Board of Health
for the City of Macon and Bibb County
including an Act of the General Assembly
Ga. Laws 1923. P. 735-738) and sections
119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, and 126,
of an Act of the General Assembly (Ga.
Laws 1927, P. 1350. 1351, 1352, and 1353)
and an Act of the General Assembly of
Georgia (Ga. Laws 1943, P. 265-266) and
all rules and regulations promulgated pur¬
suant to the authority therein contained ;
to provide for the submission of the amend¬
ment for ratification by the people; and
for other purposes.
SECTION 1
1 IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL
A i '/MBLY OF THE STATE OF GEOR
L ( nd it is hereby enacted by authority
of - e same that Article XI, Section I,
Paragraph VI of the Constitution of Geor¬
gia, and as the same has heretofore been
amended, revised or changed, shall be
further amended by adding at the end
thereof a new paragraph as follows:
“And except that the County of Bibb
and the City of Macon may regulate the
health of the County and City-by and
through a joint board of health created
and existing under and by virtue of an
Act of the General Assembly of Georgia
(Ga. Laws 1923, P. 735-739) entitled ‘An
Act to Amend the Charter of the City of
Macon, and an Act approved February 6th
1873, creating a Board of County Com¬
missioners of Bibb County, to create a
Board of Health in and for the City of
Macon and County of Bibb, defining their
jurisdiction, rights, powers and privileges,
and for other purposes,’ and Section 119-
126, both inclusive, of an Act of the Gen¬
eral Assembly of Georgia (Ga. Laws 1927,
P. 1283-1357) entitled ‘An Act to Re¬
enact the Charter of the City of Macon
contained in the Act approved August 17,
1914, together with the Acts amending
same, passed since 1914, with certain
changes in said Acts; to consolidate into
one Act, with such changes as may have
become necessary or proper, all the Acts
constituting the Charter of the City of
Macon and relating to the rights, powers,
and duties of said corporation; to amend
the said Act of 1914 and the acts amend¬
atory thereof; and for other purposes, and
which Act and any and all Acts amenda¬
tory thereof, together with all rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder are
ratified, validated and confirmed as of the
respective dates of such enactements, rules
and regulations;" and an Act of the
General Assembly of Georgia (Ga. Laws
1943 p. 265-266) entitled ‘An Act amend¬
ing Chapter 88-2 of the Code of Georgia of
1933, which chapter is a codification of
Georgia Laws of 1914, pages 124 to 134,
inclusive, and refers to County Boards of
Health, by adding to said Chapter a new
section to be known as “Section 88-207”,
and providing that there be excepted from
the provisions of this chapter those coun¬
ties and municipalities in the State of
Georgia which have heretofore provided
or which may hereafter provide, pursuant
to Acts of the General Assembly, for com¬
bined county and city health departments,
or county-wide health departments, whet¬
her or not such acts refer to the provisions
of this chapter or to the Act from which
it is codified and providing that they be
authorized to maintain and operate such
health departments pursuant to said re¬
spective acts, and upon a budget first ap¬
proved by both the municipal and county
taxing authorities of the cities and coun¬
ties 90 combining and by the county tax¬
stitution of the State of Georgia, and the
uoveruoi sua.i w;Ue a pruciamauuu there¬
for, as provided by law.
SECTION 3
All laws and parts of laws in conflict
with this Act be and the same are hereby
repealed. HAND, Speaker of the , House _
FUEL) of the House
JOE BOONE, Clerk
YVA1 T. DEAN, Acting President of the
Senate and President Pro Tem
MRS. HENRY W. NEVIN, Secretary of the
Senate THOMPSON, Acting
APPROVED: M. E.
Governor March, 1947.
This 28th day of
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. THEREOF, A have hereun¬
IN WITNESS the Great Seal
to set my hand, and caused
of the State to be affixed, at the Capitol In
the City of Atlanta, this the 25th day of
August, A. 1)., 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 Article VIII, Section
V. Paragraph I of the Constitution of
Georgia of 1945, providing that the Gen¬
eral Assembly shall have authority to cre¬
ate and establish in DeKalb County, Geor¬
gia, Districts from which the members or
the’ County Board of Education the of DeKalb of
County shall be elected by voters
such districts: The number of such dis¬
tricts and the boundaries thereof, the
terms of such members and the time, place
and method electing such members to be
provided for by the General Assembly: and
to amend Article VIII, Section VI, Para¬
graph I of the Constitution of Georgia of
1945. to provide that the General Assem¬
bly shall have the authority to make pro¬
vision for the election or selection of the
county school superintendent of DeKalb
County by the board of education; 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-wlt: General Assembly
Providing that the
shall have authority to create and es¬
tablish in DeKalb County, Georgia, Dis¬
tricts from which the members of the
County Board of Education of DeKalb
County shall be elected by the voters of
such districts: The number of such dis¬
tricts and the boundaries thereof, the
terms of such members and the time,
place and method of electing such mem¬
bers to be provided for by the General
Assembly: and to amend Article VIII,
Section VI. Paragraph I of the Constitu¬
tion of 1945, to provide that the Gen¬
eral Assembly shall have the authority
to make provisions for the election or
selection of the county school super¬
intendent of DeKalb County by the
board of education; and for other pur¬
poses. R. A. No. 22
H, R. No. 34-130
A RESOLUTION
To propose to the Qualified voters of
Georgia an amendment to Article VIII,
Section V, Paragraph I of the Constitution
of Georgia, of 1945, to provide that the
General Assembly shall have authority to
create and establish in DeKalb County,
Georgia, Districts from which the members
of the County Board of Education of De¬
Kalb County shall be elected by the voters
of such districts: The number of such
districts and the boundaries thereof, the
terms of such members and the time, place
and method of electing such members to
he provided for by the General Assembly:
and to amend Article VIII, Section VI,
Paragraph I of the Constitution of Geor¬
gia of 1945, to provide that the General
Assembly shall have the authority to make
provision for the election or selection of
the county school superintendent of De¬
Kalb County by the board of education
and for other purposes.
SECTION 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Georgia that Article VIII.
Section V, Paragraph I of the Constitution
of Georgia of 1945 be amended by adding
thereto the following:
“The General Assembly shall have au¬
thority to create and establish districts in
DeKaib County from which the members
of the County Board of Education of De¬
Kalb County shall be elected by the voters
of such districts, and shall have authority
to provide for the number of such districts
and fix the boundaries thereof and to fix
the terms of such members and the time,
place and method of electing such mem¬
bers."
SECTION 2
BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the au¬
thority aforesaid that Article VIII, Sec¬
tion VI, Paragraph I of the Constitution
of Georgia of 1945 be amended by adding
thereto the following;
“The General Assembly shall have an
thority to make provisions for the election
or selection of the County School Superin¬
tendent of DeKalb County by the Board of
Education of said County."
SECTION 3
BE IT FURTHER ENACTED that when
this amendment shall have been agreed
to by the requisite two-thirds of the mem¬
bers of each house, with the “Ayes" and
“Nays" entered thereon it shall be pub¬
lished and submitted to the qualified voters
of Georgia for ratification or rejection at
the next general election, at which con¬
stitutional amendments may be voted on.
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
the ratification of the amendment to Ar¬
ticle VTII, Section V, paragraph 1 and to
Article VIII, Section VI, Paragraph I of
the Constitution authorizing the General
Assembly to provide for the election of
members of the County Board of Educa¬
tion and the election of the County School
Superintendent of DeKalb County 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 the amend¬
ment to Article VIII. Section V, Paragraph
I and to Article VIII, Section VI, Para¬
graph I of the Constitution authorizing
the General Assembly to provide for the
election of members of the County Board
of Education and the election of the
County School Superintendent of DeKalb
County by said Board." If adopted, the
results shall be declared and said amend¬
ments shall become parts of Article VIII,
Section Y, Paragraph 1 and Article VIII,
Section VI, Paragraph I of the Constitu¬
tion of the State of Georgia, and the Gov¬
ernor shall make a proclamation therefor,
as provided by law.
ing authorities of the counties operating
a county-wide health department; provid¬
ing for ratification of all such acts hereto¬
fore enacted by the General Assembly, pro¬
viding that such combined or county-wide
health departments shall, in all other re¬
spects conform to Chapter 88-2 of the
Code of Georgia of 1933, and operate un¬
der the control of the State Department of
Public Health and for other purposes,
‘which acts, as amended, together with all
rules and regulations prescribed and pro¬
mulgated pursuant to such authority are
ratified, approved and confirmed as of the
respective dates of their enactment and
adoption." SECTION 2
BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the au¬
thority aforesaid that whenever the above
proposed amendment to the Constitution
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 taken there¬
on, the Governor shall be and he is here¬
by 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,
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 and County of Bibb.
SECTION 3
BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the au¬
thority aforesaid, that the above proposed
amendment shall be submitted for ratifica¬
tion 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 the for
in the second section . of this Act, in
several election districts of this State, at
which every person shall be qualified to
vote who is qualified to vote for members
of the General 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 of 1945, authorizing a Joint
Board of Health for the City of Macon and
County of Bibb/- and all persons opposed
to the adoption of said amendment shall
have written or printed on their ballots
the words:
“Against ratification of amendment to
Paragraph VI, of Section I of Article XI
authorizing a Joint Board of Health for the
City of Macon and County of Bibb.-’
If the people in the State as a whole,
and in the City of Macon and County
of Bibb, ratify such amendment by a ma¬
jority of the electors qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly voting
thereon, such amendment shall become a
part of the Constitution of this State. The
returns 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 State to ascertain
the result and to certify the result to the
Governor, who shall, if such amendment
be ratified, make proclamation hereof.
SECTION 4
BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the au¬
thority aforesaid, that all laws and parts
of law’s 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
MRS. HENRY W. NEVIN, Secretary of
the Senate
APPROVED M. E. THOMPSON, Acting
Governor
This 28th day of March, 1948.
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
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 voted to
the Constitution of Georgia to be 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 Article XI, Section
I. Paragraph VI of the Constitution of
the State of Georgia, as the same has
heretofore been amended, revised or chang¬
ed, so as to provide that the Department
of Health of the City of Columbus, Geor¬
gia may be combined with the Department
of Health of Muscogee County, Georgia to
be known as “Muscogee County Department
of Public Health," said Muscogee County
Department of Public Health to be ad¬
ministrated by a governing body to be
known as "County Board of Health,” whose
jurisdiction shall extend throughout Mus¬
cogee County, including the City of Co¬
lumbus and other incorporated area lying
within said County; 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 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
Resolution approved on the 28th day of
March, 1947, to-wit:
Providing that the Department of Health
of the City of Columbus, Georgia may be
combined with the Department of Health
of wuscogee County, Georgia, to be known
as “Muscogee County Department of Pub¬
lic Health," said Muscogee County De¬
partment of Public Health to be adminis¬
trated by a governing body to be known juris¬
as “County Board of Health," whose
diction shall extend throughout Muscogee
County, including the City of Columbus
and other incorporated area lying within
said County; and for other purposes.
H. R. No. 105-516A R. A. No. 35
A RESOLUTION
To propose to the qualified voters of
the State of Georgia an amendment to Ar¬ the
ticle XI, Section I, Paragraph VI of
Constitution of the State of Georgia, as
the same has heretofore been amended,
revised or changed, so as to provide that
the Department of Health of the City of
Columbus, Georgia may be combined with
the Department of Health of Muscogee
County. Georgia to be known as “Muscogee
County Department of Public Health," said
Muscogee County Department of Public
Health to be administrated by a governing
body to be known as “County Board of
Health," whose jurisdiction shall extend
throughout Muscogee County, including the
City of Columbus and other incorporated
area lying within said County.
SECTION 1
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEOR¬
GIA that Article XI, Section I, Paragraph
VI of the Constitution of the State of
Georgia, as the same has heretofore beeB
amended, revised or changed, shall be
further amended by adding at the end
thereof a new paragraph to provide as
follows;
“Notwithstanding the provisions of % Para
graph VI, Section I, Article XI of the
Constitution of the State of Georgia, or
any other provision of said Constitution,
the County of Muscogee, Georgia and the
City of Columbus, Georgia, shall regulate
the health of said County and of said
City through the “Muscogee County De¬
partment of Public Health," to be ad¬
ministered by a governing body to be
known as ‘County Board of Health, whose
jurisdiction shall extend throughout Mus¬
cogee County including the City of Co¬
lumbus and other incorporated areas lying
within said County, created and existing
under and by virtue of an Act of the Gen¬
eral Assembly of Georgia (Ga. Laws 1941,
pages 937-947) entitled ‘An Act to com¬
bine the Department of Health of the City
of Columbus with the Department of Health
of Muscogee County, and said combined
departments to be known as ‘Muscogee
County Department of Public Health/ to
be administered by a governing body to
be known as “County Board of Health,
, shall extend throughout
whose jurisdiction including the City of
Muscogee County, incorporated
Columbus, and other areas;
to provide for a Commissioner of Health
and assistant personnel; and for other
purposes/ which Act and any and $11 rules Acts
amendatory thereof together with all
and regulations promulgated thereunder
he and the same hereby are ratified, vali¬
dated and confirmed as of the respective
dates of such enactments and the adop¬
tion of such rules and regulations; and
the Act of the General Assembly of Geor¬
gia (Ga. Laws 1943, pages 265-266) entitled
'An Act Amending Chapter 88-2 of the
Code of Georgia of 1933, which chapter is
a codification of Georgia Laws of 1914,
pages 124 to 134 inclusive, and refers to
County Boards of Health by adding to
said Chapter a new section, to be known
as ‘Section 88-207’, and providing that
there be excepted from the provisions of
this chapter those counties and municipali¬
ties in the State of Georgia which have
heretofore provided or which may hereafter
provide, pursuant to Acts of the General
Assembly, for combined county and city
health departments, or county-wide health
departments, whether or not such acts re¬
fer to the provisions of this chapter or to
the Act from which it is codified and pro¬
viding that they be authorized to maintain
and operate such health departments pur¬
suant to said respective acts, and upon a
budget first approved by both the munici¬
pal and county taxing authorities of the
cities and counties so combining and by
the county taxing authorities of the coun¬
ties operating a county-wide health de¬
partment; providing for ratification of all
such acts heretofore enacted by the Gen¬
eral Assembly; providing that such com¬
bined or county-wide health departments
shall, in all other respects conform to
chapter 88-2 of the Code of Georgia ot
1933, and operate under the control of
the State Department of Public Health and
for other purposes/ and any jfid all Acts
amendatory thereof, together with all rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder be
and the same hereby are ratified, validat¬
ed and confirmed as of the respective dates of
of such enactments and of the adoption
such rules and regulations."
SECTION 2
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
when ever the above proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Geor¬
gia 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
respective Journals with the Yeas and
Nays taken thereon, the Governor shall
be and he he hereby is authorized and in¬
structed 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, at which election mem¬
bers of the General Assembly are chosen,
and in like manner to cause the said
amendment to be published in a news¬
paper having general circulation among
the citizens of the City of Columbus, and
of the County of Muscogee.
SECTION 3
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the
above proposed amendment shall be sub¬
mitted for ratification or rejection to the
uqalified voters of the State of Georgia
and of the area directly affected thereby,
at the next General Election to be held
after the publications provided for in
Section 2 of this Resolution, in the sev¬
eral election districts of this State, at
which every person shall be qualified to
vote w T ho is qualified to vote for mem¬
bers of the General Assembly. All persons
voting at said election in favor of adopt¬
ing the said proposed amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Georgia shall
have written or printed on their ballots
the words, “For ratification of amend¬
ment to Paragraph VI of Section I of
Article XI of the Constitution of the State
of Georgia, 1945, authorizing the health
of Muscogee County and the City of Co¬
lumbus to be regulated by ‘Muscogee Coun¬
ty Department of Public Health/ through
a governing body known as ‘County Board
of Health/ whose jurisdiction shall extend
throughout Muscogee County including the
City of Columbus, and other incorporated
areas lying within said County."
And all persons opposed to the adoption
of said amendment shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words:
"Against ratification of amendment to
Paragraph VI of Section I of Article XI
of the Constitution of the State of Georgia,
1945, authorizing the health of Muscogee
County and the City of Columbus to be
regulated by “Muscogee County Depart¬
ment of Public Health/ through a govern¬
ing body known as ‘County Board of
Health/ whose jurisdiction shall extend
throughout Muscogee County including the
City of Columbus and other incorporated
areas lying within said County."
If said qualified voters in the State of
Georgia as a whole, and in the City of
Columbus and the County of Muscogee
ratify such amendment by a majority of
the voters qualified to vote for members
of the General Assembly voting thereon,
such amendment shall become a part of
the Constitution of the State of Georgia.
The returns 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 State to ascei
tain the result and to certify the result
to the Governor, who shall, tf such amend¬
ment be ratified, make promulgation there¬
of.
FRED HAND, Speaker ot 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
then Senate
APPROVED: M. E. THOMPSON, Acting
Governor
This 28th day of March, 1947.
NOW THEREFORE, I, M. E. THOMP¬
SON, Governor of Georgia, do issue this
ray proclamation hereby declaring that the
proposed foregoing amendment to the Con¬
stitution of Georgia is submitted, for rati¬
fication or rejection, to Uhe voters of the
State qualified to vote for members of
the General Assembly at the Genmal 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 25tb
day of August A. D., 1948.
M. E. THOMPSON, Acting Governor,
By the Acting Governor
BEN W. FORTSON, JR.,
Seoretary of State