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PROCLAMATION.
STATE or GEORGIA,
. = II UT VIVHNIAf
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT..


GEORGIA.--BY HENRY ID. mcdaniel,
Governor of said state.
Whereas, the General Assembly, at its last
session passed the following Acts, to-wit;
An A CT to amend the Constitution # the State
of Georgia 6y striking ttereJrODt Dardgraph
10, tectiOR z, article 8.
SEC, l. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly OF the state of Georgia, and IL is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, That the
Constitution of the State be amended by
striking theretrom paragraph 10 of section
seven a., article three l3l, which reads as fol-
lows, to wit: Paragraph NN.-All special or
local bills shall originate in the House of Rep
resentatives, The Speaker OF the House Of
Representatives shall, within five DAYS from
the organization OF the General Assembly,
appoint committee, consisting of one from
each Congressional District, whose duty 1t
shall be to consider and consolidate all special
and local bills, on he 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 IA two-thlrds vote: and no
blll shall be considered or reported to the
House by said committee, unless the same
snail have be- n land before II within fifteen
days after the organization of the General
Assembly, except bya two thirds vote.
SEC, ii. Be it further enacted, hat when
ever the above proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be agreed TO by two
thirds OF the members elected to each OF he
two Houses of the General Assembly, the
0ONernOr hHdll, anu ne Is hereby authorized
andinstructed TO cause said amendment TO lie
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.
SEC. III. BE it further enacted, That the
above proposed amendment shall be submit
tel for ratification or rejection to the electors
of this State at the next general election to he
held disqualification, az provided or IN u 0
second section of this Act. in the several cleo
ton districts in this state, at which election
every person shall be entitled to vote who Is
entitled to vote for members of the General
Assembly3 All persons voting at said election
in faV0n of adopting the proposed amendment
to the Constitution shall write, or have print
cd on their ballots he word: "FOr ratinca-
ton of the amendment striking paragraph Is
of section I, article 3, from the CONSTITUTIONS
and all persons opposed TO the adoption of the
aforesaid proposed amendment shall write or
have printed IN their ballots the word
Against ratification of the amend ment slrlk-
lug paragraph 10, OF section :. article 3, from
the Constitution"
SEC. ~. BE it further enacted, That the
Governor be, and he is hereby authorized aud
directed to provide for the submission of The
amendment proposed in the nrst section OF
this ACT TO ii vote OF the people, as required
bv the Constitution in this State in unra-
graph |, section /. OF article IS, aud by this
Act. and I ratified. the Governor shall, when
he asceTtalns such ratification from the Sec
Rotary of State, to whom the returns shah be
referred IN the same manner as in cases of
election for members of the General Assem-
bly,, to count and assertion the result, issue
his proclamation for the period of thirty days
announcing such result and declaring the
amendment ratified.
SEC. V. Be IT further enacted. That all laws
and parts of laws in conflict with tins Act be,
and the same are hereby repealed
Approved September 81, 1885.
an Act to amend the Inst sentence If Article 2,
Section I, PdrdgrdDh If tile Constitution
Of b77.
SIC /. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, OF the State Of Georgia, That the asst
sentence of article 7, section ]. paragraph ], OF
the Constitution OF 1877 be, and the same IL
hereby amended by adhing thereto a. the end
of said sentence tho following words: And
to make suitable provision for such Confeder-
ate soldiers as may have been permanently
injured in such service" so that said sem
tence when so amended shall read as follows:
ITO supply the soldiers who lost limb or
limbs In the military service OF the CGnfeder-
ate States with suitable artificial limbs during
life, and to make ultaGle provisions for such
Confederate soldiers az may have been per-
manenty injured in such SERVICE
SEC. III. And be lJ further enacted, That il
this amendment shall be agreed 60 by two-
thirds of the members elected TO each OF the
two Houses, the same shall be entered on their
journals with the a YES and nays taken there
on; and the Governor shall cause said amend
menJ to be published In one or more newspa-
peFs in each Congressional District Tor two
months previous to the next general election;
and the same shall he submitted TO the people
at the next general election; and the legal
voters at said next general election shall
have inscribed or printed on their tickets the
words "ratIication' or ''non-ratihcation,n
as they may choose to vote; and IL amaiority
OF the voters qualified TO vote FIR members
OF the General Assembly, voting thereon,
shall vote in favor OF ratification, then this
amendment shall become q part of SAID arti-
Gle 7, section !, paragraph ], of the Constitu-
tion of the State, and the Governor shall make
proclamation thereof.
SEC. III. BE 1t 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, 1885.
Now, therefore, |, Henry ID. 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 to be held on Wednesday, October
6, 1885, for ratification or rejection OF said
amendments or either of them) as provided
in said Acts respectively.
Given under my hand and the seal OF the
Executive Department, this 9lst day OF July
1895. HENRY ID. MCDANIEL,
BY the Governor, Governor.
j. W. WARREN. Sec. Elk. Dept.