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PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF GEORGIA,
. n T II U u VItu A.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
GEORGIA.--BY HENRY d, MCDANIEL,
Governor of said State.
Whereas, the General Assembly, at its last
session passed the following Acts, to-wt:
An CT TO amend the Constitution eF the State
Of GeOr0ia 6V striking tAegefronp gpasa0tGDA
Is, section 2, article s. a..
SEC. 1. Be it enaoted byethe General As
sembly of the State ofGeorgia, and IL is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, That the
Constitution of the State be amended by
striking therefrom paragraph Is Of section
seven ~, article three 10y, which reads as fol-
lows, to wit: Paragraph XE.-All special or
local bills shall orr gipate inthe House Of Rep
resentatfves,, The Speaker OF, the House Of
REPRESENTATIVES shall, within five DAYS from
the organization of the General Assembly,
appoint a committee, consisting of one from
each Congressional District, whose duty it
shall be to consider and consolidate all special
and local bills, on the same subject, and report
the same to the House; and no special or local
bill shall be read or considered by the House
until the same has been reported by the COM
mittee, unless by two-thirds vote; and no
bill shall be considered or reported to the
House by said committee, unless the same
snail have been LAID before 1t within fifteen
days after the organization of the General
Assembly, except by two thirds vote.
SEC, III. Be it further enacted, That when
ever the above proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be agreed to by two
thirds of the members elected to each OF the
two Houses of the General Assembly, the
Governor shall, and he is hereby authorized
and instructed to cause said amendment to be
published in at least two newspapers in each
Congressional District in this State for the
period OF two months next preceding the time
of holding the next general election.
SEQ. III. Be it further enacted, That the
above proposed amendment shall be submit
TED for ratification or rejection to the electors
of this State at the next general election 10 be
held after publication, as provided Tor in the
second section of this Act, in the several cleo
n1atTInfa RlaPfinn
every person shall be entitled TO vote who is
entitled 70 vote Tor MEMBERS Of the General
Assembly. All persons voting at said election
in favor of adopting the proposed amendment
to the Constitution shall write, or have print
ed on their ballots the words: For ratlfica-
tion of the amendment striking paragraph 10
of section Z, article from tho Constitution
and all persons opposed 10 the adoption OF the
aforesaid proposed amendment shall write, or
have printed ON their ballots the words :
against ratification Of the amendment strik-
ing paragraph Is, OF section z, article 3, from
the Constitution"
SEC. " BE it further enacted, That the
Governor be, and he is hereby authorized and
directed to provide for the subm isson of the
amendment proposed in the first section of
this Act 10 a vote Of the people, as required
by the Constitution in this State, in para
graph /, section |, Of article 10, and by this
Act and Il ratified, the Governor shall, when
he ascertains such ratification from the Sec
rotary Of State, to whom the returns shall be
referred in the same manner as in cases of
election for members OF tho General Assem-
bly,, to count and ascertain the result. issue
his proclaim alton for the period of thirty days
announcing such result and declaring the
amendment ratified.
SIC. V. Be 1t further enacted, That ali avs
and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be-
and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved September "A, 1885.
An a ct 10 amend hs last sentence of article z,
Section /, PdrG0raDh II the Constitution
oIfs77.
bly, of the State Of Georgia, That the asst
sentence of article 7, section ], paragraph !, OF
the Constitution OF 1877 be, and the same Is
hereby amended by adding thereto at the end
OF said sentence the following words: And
to make suitable provision for such Confeder-
ate soldiers as may have been permanently
injured In such service" so that said SEN
tence when so amended shall read as follows:
ITO supply the soldiers who lost limb or
limbs in the military service OF the COnfeder-
ate States with suitable artificial limbs during
life, ana TO make suitable provisions for such
Confederate soldiers as may have been per-
manently injured in such service"
SEC. ii. And be 10 further enacted, That IL
this amendment shall be agreed TO by two
thirds OF the members elected TO each CT the
two Houses, the same snail be entered on their
journals with the ayes and nays taken there
on; and the Governor shall cause said amend
ment TO be published in one or more newspa-
pers in each Congressional District Tor two
months previous to the next general election;
and the same shall be submitted 10 the people
at the next general election; and the legal
voters at said next general election shall
nave inscribed or printed on their tickets the
words qualification" or ''non-ratilcation,"
as they may choose 10 vote; and u majority
OF the voters qualified 10 vote for members
OF the General Assembly, voting thereon,
shall vote in favor OF ratification, then this
amendment shall become part OF SAID arti-
Gle Z, section ], paragraph !, Of the Constitu-
ton OF the State, and the Governor shall make
proclamation thereof.
SEQ. III. BE IL further enacted, That all
laws and parts OF laws initiating against the
provisions Of this Act be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
Approved October 10, 1886.
Now, therefore, /, Henry d. Mcdaniel, Gov
ernor Of said State, do issue this my procla-
nation, hereby declaring that the foregoing
proposed amendments are submitted TO the
qualified voters OF the state, at the general
election 70 be held on Wednesday, October
8, 1885 for ratification or rejection OF said
amepdmente or either OF them) as provided
in said Acts respectively.
Given under my hand and the seal of the
Executive Department, this 91st day of July
1885. HENRY ID. MCDANIEL.
BY the Governor, Governor.
J. w. WARREN. Sec. Ex. Dent.