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PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF GEORGIA,


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 OF to amend the Constitution IF the State
of Georgia on striking thereIrOal pdFd0Fdph
10, section 2, article s.
SEC. /. BE it enacted by the General As
sombly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, That the
Constitution OF the State be amended by
striking thereIrom paragraph is of section
seven "a, article three 49,, which reads US fol-
lows, to-wit: Paragraph XV.-All special or
local bile 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 IL
shall be to consider and consolidate all special
and local bills, on the same subject, and report
the came 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 n two-thirds vote: and no
bill shall DO considered or reported to the
House by said committee. unless the same
snail have been lald before II within fifteen
days after the organization of the General
Assembly, except by a two thirds vote.
SEC. IL. BE it further enacted, That whom
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
Governor ehall, and he il hereby authorized
and instructed to cause said amendment 10 he
published in at least two newspapers in each
Congressional District In this State for the
period OF two m0nths next preceding the time
OF no ding the next general election
SEC. Ill. Be it further enacted, That the
above proposed amendment shall be submit
ten for ratification or rejection to the electors
Of this State At the next general election TO be
held after publication, rs provided or IN TIC
second section of this Act. in the several cleo
tion distrlcts In this State, mt which election
hall Ia le.A
entitled TO vote for memUers of the General
Assembly. A II persons voting at said election
in favor Of adopting tine proposed amendneat
TO the Constitution shall write, or have print
ed on their ballots The words: "F0r raJihca-
ton Of the amendment strikiug paragraph IL
of section 7. article 3, from the Constitution;"
and all persons opposed TO the adoption OF the
aforesaid proposed amendment shall write, or
have printed on their ballots the woTdU
against ratification of the amendment strik-
log paragraph Is, OF section z, article 8, from
the Constitution"
SEC. ~. Be IL further enacted, That the
Governor be, and hs 10 hereby authorized aud
directed to provide for the submission of The
amendment proposed in the hrst section OF
this A ct to vote OF the people, as required
by the Constitution In this State, in para
graph ]. section /, of article 10, aud by this
Act and Il ratified. the Governor shall, when
he asceFtalns such ratification from the sec
Rotary of state, TO whom the returns shall lie
referred IN the same manner nv in cases of
bly, to count and ascertain the result, issue
his proclamation fOI the period OF thirty days
announcing such result and declaring the
Observation-Disclosures.
SIC. V. BE itfurther enacted, That all laws
end parts of laws in conflict with this Act be,
and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved September "a, 1855.
An Act TO dmrad the Ast sentence If Article z,
Section 1, Pard0TdDh l Of the Consultation
sEo. /. Be 1t enacted by the General Assem-.
bly, OF the State of Georgia, That the last
sentence Of article I, section !. paragraph J, OF
the Constitution or 1877 be, and the same "
hereby amended by aduinR thereto at the end
of said sentence the following words: Aud
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 40 follows:
ITO supply the soldiers who lost limb or
limbs in the military service OF the COnfeder-
ate States with suitable artificial II m bs turing
life, and TO make suitable provisions for sucn
Confederate soldiers as may have been per-
manently injured in such service"
SEC. IL. Aud be IL further enacted, That II
this amendment shall be agreed to by two
thirds OF the members elected to each OF the
two Houses, the same shall be entered on their
journals with the a es and nays taken there-
on; and the Governor shGll 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 lie submitted to the people
at the next general eieCblOui anu lHo itRdl
voters ut said next general election shall
nave inscribed or printed on their tickets the
words ''ratlhcatlon" or GENERALIZATION"
as they may choose to vote; aud II amaiority
of the voters qualified TO vote for members
OF the General Assembly, voting thereon,
shall vote in favor Of rathcation, theu this
amendment shall become part OF said arti-
Gle Z, sc Ion !, paragraph ], OF the Constitu-
ton Of the state, and the Governor shall make
proclamation thereof.
SIC. III. Belt further enacted, That all
laws and parts Of lava initiating against the
provisions Of this Act be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
Approved october 10, 1885.
Now, therefore, l, 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
dualifed voters OF the State, at the general
election 20 DO held on wednesday, October
g, 1885, for ratification or rejection OF said
amendment 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
1885. HENRY ID. MCDANIEL,
BY the Governor, Governor.
j. w. WARREN. Sec. Ex. Dept.