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PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF GEoRGIA,l

STATE OF GEoRGIA,l
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. !
GEORGIA.--BY HENRY d. Mcdaniel,
Governor Of said state,
Whereas, the General Assembly, at its last
session passed the following Acts, to-wit:
An a ctto amend the Consultation Of the Stats
OfGeoF0iG By striking thereJT0Dl paragraph
I 10, section 2, article 8.
/, SEC. l. Be IL enacted by the General AS
'semblg of the State of Georgia, and !: is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, That the
Constitution of the State be amended by
striking therefrom paragraph 10 Of section
seven l7l, article three 49,, which reads as fol-
Lowe, to.Wit: Paragraph XV,--All special OF
local bills shall originate inthe House Of Rep
resentatives, The Speaker OF the House Of
Representatives shall, within five days from
The organization of the General Assembly,
appoint u committee, consisting Of one from
shall be to consider ana conA0ldate all special
and local bills, on the eamesubject, and report
the same to the House; and no special or local
bill shah be read or considered by the House
until the same has been reported by che COM
mittee, unless by two-thirds vote; and no
bill shall be considered or reported to the
House by said committee, unless theLsame
shall have been lad before IL within fifteen
days after the organization of the General
Assembly, except by a two thirds vote.
SEQ, ii. BE it further enacted, That when
ever the above proposed amendment 70 the
Consultation shall be agreed to by two
thirds OF the members elected 60 each OF the
two Houses of the General Assembly, the
Governor shah, and he, Is hereby authorized
and instructed 10 cause satd amendmentto no
published in at least two newspapers IN each
Congressional DietFioftn this State for the
period OF Two months ueKt preceding the time
of holding the next General election
above proposed 'ameDdfnent hai be submit
ted forratffcgtton or REJECTION to the electors
of thiaState at the next general election TO he
held after publication, as provided rof in the
second section, of this Act, In the several cleo
tioh districts in this state, at which election
every person elia1l be entitled to vote who Is
entitled 20 vote FOR mem Oers of the General
Assembly. All rersons voting ut said election
in favor of adopting THO proposed amendment
to the Constitution shall write, or have print
ed on their ballots the words: "F0r ratf1ca-
ton of the amendment striking paragraph 10
Of section Z, article 8, from the FConstitntion;"
aRd all persons opposed to the adoption Of the
aforesaid proposed anne ndment shall write, or
have printed on their ballots the woffs:
Against ratification Of the amendment stFik-
ing paragraph Is, dissection Z, article 3, from
SIC. " Be it farther enacted, That the
Governor be, and he ~ Hereby authorized an d
directed to provide for the submission of che
amendment proposed in the first section of
this Act to a vote OF the people, as required
by the Constitution in this State, in para
graph l, section l. of article "a, and by this
Act, and Is ratified. the Governor shall, when
be ascertains sncb ratification from the Sep
rotary of State, 10 whom the returns shall be
referred In the same manner as IN cases a
election for members of tho General Assem-.
bly,, TO count and Ascertein the result, isane
his proclamationf0f the period OF thirty days
announcing sudh result and declaring the
SEo. V. Be il further enacted, That all laws
and parts OF 10 VS. in conflict with this Act be,
and the sa me are hereby repealed.
Approved September "a, 1885.
An A &C TO end the L1st sentence Of ATtfcle q,
Section Z, PngaGrdDA Of the Constitution
!. $40, IA Re 1t enacted by the General Assem-
iDly Of tho State Of Georgia, That the last
,eentence Of artIcle7, section i,iparagraph ], OF
the Consultation OF 1877 be, and the same Is
hereby amended by AIDING thereto 81 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 50 toat said sem
tence when 50 smended sheA read as followss
''To supply the sold1ers who Loaf limh or
limbs 10 the military service ofthe Confeder-
ate States with suitable artificial limbs during
life, ana to make suitable provisions for such
Confederate soldiers as pay have been per
SEC. II. And be IL further enacted, That IL
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 ayes and nays taken there
on; and the Governor shall cause said amend
ment 70 be published in one or more newspa-
pers in each Congressional District for two
:
and the same shall be 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 "ratIheatiop" or ''non-ratihoation,p
as they may choose to votey and II amaloriey
OF the voters qualified 20 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 7, section l. paragraph /, Of the Co1stltn-
tion of the state, antthB Governor shall make
proclamation thereof.
SEC. III. Be 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 -, 1885.
Now, therefore l, Henry ID. AIeDauIel, Gov
ernor of said State, do iseue CHS my procfB-
nation. hereby declaring that the foregoing
proposed amendments are submitted to the
qualified votersof the State, at the general
election to he held on Wednesday, October
u 1885, for ratt6cation or rejection Of said
amendments or either Of them al provided
in said Acts respectively.
Given under my hand and the seal Of the
Executive Deparl ment, this 8lst day OF July
1895. HENRY ID. MCDANIEL,
BY the Governor. Governor.
J. W. WARRRN. Sec. Elk. Dent.
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