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A Proclamation
Submitting a proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of Georgia
to be voted on at the General Elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, June
3, 1941, amending Article 7, Section
7, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution
of Georgia so as to authorize Chat
tooga County by vote of its fiscal
authority to issue, in addition to all
other bonds, Funding Bonds suf
ficient in amount to pay off and
retire the designated warrant in
debtedness of said County; to pro
vide that in the event such war
rant indebtedness is paid off and
retired that said County shall
thereafter be operated on a strict
ly cash basis and be prohibited from |
issuing warrants or orders payable
in the future; to provide that the
bills and claims of and against sai
county and its Treasury shall be
paid by check and how such checks
shall be executed; to authorize the
fiscal authority of said County to
thereafter budget and limit the ex
penditures of the various officers
and departments of said County
other than the Courts thereof; to
legalize tax levies and to authorize
the levy and collection of a tax in
the current year for use, all or in
part, for the operation of said
County for the ensuing year; to
provide how said bonds shall be
authorized, validated and issued,
to require the fiscal authority of
said County to make provision for
paying off and retiring said bonds;
to provide that the proceeds of said
bonds shall be used exclusively for
paying off and retiring a designat
ed warrant indebtedness; to pro
vide for the submission of this
amendment for ratification or re
jection by the people, and for oth
er purposes.
By His Excellency,
EUGENE TALMADGE,
Governor,
State of Georgia,
Executive Dept.,
March 28, 1941.
WHEREAS, The General Assem
bly at its session in 1941 proposed
an amendment to the Constitution
of this State as set forth in a res
olution approved February 24, 1941,
to-wit:
FUNDING BONDS FOR
CHATTOOGA COUNTY
H. R. 40 l9B A— Gov. 6
A RESOLUTION
To propose to the qualified voters
of Georgia an amendment to Arti
cle 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of
the Constitution of Georgia, so as
to authorize Chattooga County by
vote of its fiscal authority to issue,
in addition to all other bonds,
Funding Bonds sufficient in amount
to pay off and retire the designat
ed warrant indebtedness of said
County; to provide that in the
event such warrant indebtedness
is paid off and retired that said
County shall thereafter operate on
a strictly cash basis and be prohib
ited from issuing warrants orders
payable in the future; to provide
that the bills and claims of and
against said County and its Treas
ury shall be paid by check and how
such checks shall be executed; to
authorize the fiscal authority of
said County to thereafter budget
and limit the expenditures of the
various officers and departments of
said County other than the Courts
thereof; to legalize tax levies and
to authorize the levy and collection
of a tax in the current year for
use, all or in part, for the operation!
of said County for the ensuing
year; to provide how said bonds
shall be authorized, validated and
issued; to require the fiscal au- j
thority of said County to make pro
vision for paying off and retiring
said bonds; to provide that the
proceeds of said bonds shall be used
exclusively for paying off and re
tiring a designated warrant in-|
debtedness; to provide for the sub-1
mission of this amendment for rat-1
ification or rejection by the peo-1
pie, and for other purposes: , |
BE IT ENACTED by the Generali
Assembly of the State of Georgia,!
and it is hereby enacted by author
ity of same:
Section 1.
That Article 7, Section 7, Para
graph 1, of the Constitution of
Georgia, which has heretofore been
amended, shall be further amended:
by adding thereto a paragraph ini
the following words and language, I
to-wit:
Provided, however, that in addi- ■
tion to the bonded indebtedness I
now or hereafter authorized by this i
Constitution, and without restric-1
tion as to the limitation of taxable |
values of property for bond pur
poses, Chattooga County is hereby
authorized and empowered to issue
bonds sufficient in amount to re
fund, pay off, and retire all unpaid,
outstanding and existing warrant i
indebtedness of said County, in
cluding interest due or payable
thereon, as the same appears of
record in the office of the Treas- .
urer of said County on the date as!
determined by the governing au
thority of said County, which date
shall be not earlier than 10 days
and not more than 60 days next
after the date of the proclamation |
of the Governor declaring this j
amendment ratified; said bonds to
be known and designated as “Fund
ing Bonds.” 11
In the event the privilege grant- i
ed herein is exercised by said Coun- j
ty after said date as so determined
by said governing authority, said 11
I County and the governing author!- i
ty thereof are prohibited from is
suing warrants and deferred pay
ment orders on the Treasury of
I said County, and said County shall
hereafter be operated on a cash
basis, so that all bills and claims
chargeable to or against said Coun
ty or payable by the Treasury of
said County shall be paid monthly
or otherwise as may be determined
by the governing authority of said
County, by checks drawn on the
depository or depositories holding
the funds of said County, and in
no other way; no such checks to be
issued and delivered unless funds
are on deposit sufficient to imme
diately pay same and all other then
outstanding checks, all such checks
to be signed by the Chief Execu
tive Officer of said governing au
thority, and countersigned by the
Clerk of said County, with the right
in said governing authority to bor
row money to supply casual defici
encies in revenue as heretofore au
thorized by this Constitution; with
the further right hereby vested in
said Board or other equivalent
fiscal authority to budget and limit
the cost and expenditures of, the
various officers and departments of
said County, other than the Schools,
and the courts thereof and ex
penses of courts; any existing pro
vision of this Constitution of any
law, rule, or resolution of any oth
er board, commission or authority
to the contrary notwithstanding.
All tax levies for lawful County
purposes heretofore made and made
in the year 1941, and in each year
thereafter by the governing au
thority charged with the duty of
managing said County’s affairs
shall be legal, with the express
power and authority in said gov
erning authority to levy and col
lect taxes for lawful County pur
poses for the then current year for
use all or in part in the operation
of said County for the next ensu
ing year. No violation of any pro
vision of this amendment as to the
conduct of the fiscal affairs of said
County after the date determined
by the governing authority for the
issuance of Funding Bonds shall
in any wise affect or impair the
validity of said Funding Bonds.
Said Funding Bonds shall have
such terms and provisions as to
maturity, rate of interest, and oth
erwise as may be fixed by the gov
erning authority of said County,
provided, however, that said bonds
must all mature within thirty years
from date of issuance. Provision
shall be made by the governing
authority by resolution for the as
sessment and collection of an an
nual tax sufficient in amount to
pay the principal and interest of
said Funding Bonds as they re
spectively become due, and the pro
ceeds of said bonds shall be used
exclusively for the purpose of pay
ing and retiring the warrant in
debtedness and interest thereon of
said County, as may be determined
by the date set by the governing
authority of said County. Said
Funding Bonds shall be issued un
der the authority hereof when au
thorized by a majority vote and
resolution of the governing author
ity of Chattooga County, but with
out the necessity of an election as
in the case of original obligation
bonds of said County, and shall
then be validated in the manner
and under the procedure as is pro
vided by law for the validation of
original obligation bonds.
Section 2.
Be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, that when said
amendment shall be agreed to by
I two-thirds vote of the members of
each House, with the “ayes” and
“nays” thereon, the Governor is
hereby directed to have this pro
posal published in one or more
newspapers in each Congressional
| District in this State for two
j months previous to the time for
holding the next general election
I at which proposed amendments to
| the Constitution of this State may
be voted on, and shall at said elec
tion be submitted to the people for
ratification or rejection. All per
sons voting at said election in fa
vor of adopting the said proposed
amendment to the Constitution
shall have written or printed on
their ballots the words, “For rati
| fication of amendment to Article
7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of the
■ Constitution, so as to authorize
1 Chattooga County to issue Fund
ing Bonds, and thereafter to op-
I erate on a cash basis, and for oth
ier purposes” and all persons op
| posed to the adoption of said
! amendment shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words,
I Against ratification of amendment
to Article 7. Section 7, Paragraph
1, of the Constitution, so as to au
thorize Chattooga County to issue
Funding Bonds, and thereafter to
I operate on a cash basis, and for
| other purposes.” And if a majority
of the electors qualified to vote for I
members of the General Assembly, i
voting thereon, shall vote for rati
fication thereof as provided by. law,
when the result shall be consoli
dated as now required by law’ in
elections for members of the Gen
eral Assembly, then said amend
ment shall become a part of Ar
ticle 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of
the Constitution of the State of
Georgia, and the Governor shall
make proclamation therefor as
provided by law. *
Be it further enaeted, that all
laws or parts of laws, in conflict
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i herewith be, and the same are,
hereby repealed.
Approved:
EUGENE TALMADGE,
Governor.
This 24 day of Feb., 1941.
RANDALL EVANS, JR.,
Speaker of the House.
JOE BOONE,
Clerk of the House.
CHARLES D. REDWINE,
President of the Senate.
LINDLEY W. CAMP,
Secretary of the Senate.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Eugene
Talmadge, Governor of said State,
do issue this my proclamation here
by declaring that the proposed fore
going amendment to the Constitu
tion 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, June 3, 1941.
EUGENE TALMADGE,
Governor.
By the Governor:
JOHN B. WILSON,
Secretary of State.
PERTINENT FACTS
By DR. GUS W. DYER,
For 30 Years Professor of Econom
ics, Vanderbilt University, Nash
ville, Tenn.
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SMALL
TOWN
The history of transportation is
the history of industrial progress.
Little progress was made in busi
ness from the First century to the
Eighteenth century. Industrial pro
gress has to wait for an efficient
transportation system. This came
with the steam railroad. Work on
the first railroad built in America
was begun in 1827 in the courag
eous state of South Carolina, with
the development of this new, rev
olutionary system of transporta
tion, business moved forward with
a speed never seen before.
The railroad proved to be a great
centralizing force. Under this new
system of transportation the line of
economic advantage always led to
the centers. The bigger the city the
greater the opportunities for busi
ness. As a result of this economic
advantage in centralization, great
cities, great industrial centers, and
great financial and commercial in
stitutions developed rapidly at the
expense of the small towns and
rural sections. Values in the cen
ters advanced by leaps and bounds,
while values in the small towns
and rural sections declined.
Today, we are in the midst of a
new industrial revolution, brought
about by a new power in transpor
tation, this is the gasoline-electric
revolution. The steam revolution
drove business and population to
the centers, the gasoline-electric
revolution is driving industries and
population out of the centers. The
steam revolution was a centraliz
ing force, the gasoline-electric rev
olution is a decentralizing force.
This means that new industries in
the future will seek location in the
small towns and rural sections, be
cause the line of economic advan
tage has reversed itself. Values in
the great centers will decrease rel
atively and values in the “sticks”
will advance relatively. The oppor
tunities for success in the future
will be in the small towns, rather
than in the big cities. The big city
has “shot its bolt,” the little town
is loading for big game.
A GOOD FIGHT
By Rev. Steve Cloud, Pastor, Menlo
Baptist Church.
Paul, standing on the threshold
of eternity, looked upon his past
career and affirmed that he had
“fought a good fight.” What did he
mean? The answer is found in that
remarkable Ephesian passage in
which Paul described the warrior,
his armor, and his foes.
Our battle, today, is not against
human beings but against Satan
and his demons. We need to “put
on the whole armor of God” in or
der “to stand against the wiles of
the devil.” Paul knew the tricks of
tiie (‘evil and could say, “We are
not ignorant of his devices.” Many
Christians are ignorant of Satan's
devices and do not recognize him
when he approaches as an angel of
of light.
What are the wiles of the devil
that make it necessary ror the be
liever to put on the whole armor?
The answer found in Eph. 6:18 is
the climax of that warrior passage:
“Praying always with all prayer
and supplication in the spirit, and
watching thereunto with all pres
everance and supplication for all
saints.” The subtlety of the adver
sary is directed to keep us in a
state of prayerlessness; we, there
fore, need the whole armor in or
der to be victorious in the prayer
I closet. Satan endeavors to cause
i doubt concerning the importance
I and efficacy of prayer in order that
we might be induced to neglect
prayer. When we do enter into the
labor of prayer, he seeks to distract
or interrupt that w’ork. Satan re
alizes the potency of prayer and
fears the effect of our prayer min
istry.
A prayerless Christian is a de
feated and an impotent man; a
praying Christian is a victorious I
.and powerful’man. . ; j
Paul was a man of prayer. He
was clothed with the whole armor
Bit Os Good News
BY HUBERT DODD
“Woman, behold thy son” . . . . ;
“Behold thy mother.”
This is a third word which Jesus ;
uttered from the Cross, and it shows •
us the Divine way of meeting hu- :
man needs. It is to get strength ;
and need together. Each of these I
two people, Mary and John, had ;
their/points of strength. Mary was ■
a mother and possessed the won- '
derful strength of mothering. John •
possessed the strength which be- I
longs to a young man. “The glory ;
of young men is their strength.” I
But, on the other hand, both were ;
so very weak and desolate. Each <
had what the other needed. John ;
needed what Mary could give, while •
Mary needed a son. Jesus brought ”
them together and left them there. /
Strength and need were left in com- I
munion with one another.
It is a serious thing to go the I
way of a cross. The person who ;
does so is bound to suffer. But per- ■
haps the most serious thing about ;
going to a cross is that its shadow ■
falls on so many people. Jesus went I
to the cross. It was His cross, and
nobody else could take his place
there. But because He went there,
others were gathered close around
it and suffered much beneath its
shadow. Mary and John were in
that shadow, and there is no telling
how many others besides.
A preacher might more easily
take his stand for Christ and right
eousness even at the cost of losing
his pulpit and living, if he were the
only one to suffer. But is there not
a wife, and are there not children,
who will suffer too?
John Bunyan went to Bedford
Gaol. That was his cross. But his
wife and blind daughter were left
to a hard and cold world. They
went down into the shadow of the
cross!
While Jesus felt that he must
die for the Cause, even though
Mary and John and others must
also be made to suffer as a result,
he did not leave them without
comfort and strength. He bound
them together in Christian unity
and fellowship that each might.
supply the other’s need.
This is the Christian task still: I
To get strength and need together.!
As long as there is need in the
world, or suffering, or sorrow, or
greed, or war, and “if there be any
consolation in Christ, if any com
fort of love, if any fellowship of the
Spirit, if any hearts and mercies,”
the Christian task will be to get the
two together. And at last the joy
of Christ will be fulfilled and there,
will be a human society “having the j
same love, being of one accord, of
one mind.”
Feeding at night is easy with
good light. Various lighting in and
outside the barn pays dividends in
this manner.
of God.” He consequently overcame
the false philosophy concerning
prayer which intimates that pray
er has no effect upon God but only
a reflex value upon the one who
prays. Paul was victorious in his
prayer life; therefore, he was vic
torious in every sphere of life. When
Paul prayed, something happened,
for the spirit of God indicted and
energized his prayers. He prayed
for his companions, his converts,
and the churches he had establish
ed. He believed in prayer, he asked
for the prayers of others, and he
taught his converts the importance
of prayer. Because of his steady
walk with God he could view his
years of fellowship with the Lord i
and say, “I have fought a good
fight; I have been a prayer war- :
rior.”
When we come to the end of
life’s journey and stand at the i
judgment seat of Christ, we shall ■
regret that we have been negligent/
in prayer. I •
Shall we not recognize the place II
of prayer in the program of God! \
and give ourselves more to prayer I ■
in order that we may be able to ;
say at the end of the journey, “I •
have fought a good fight”?
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