The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-08-14

STATE OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DEPT.

CIA1E VI UEOkGIA-lIAE DEP 1.
ATLANTA, GA, August 4, 1890.
Whereas, the general assembly of 1899 passed
the following act, in accordance with the require
ments OF the constitution, to-wit can act to
amend Art Z, Sec. l. Par. l. of the constitution Of
1877, and the act of 1888, amendatory thereof so
to include widows OF Confederate soldiers in the
aid therein extended, and for other purposes.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the general assem-
bly, of the state of Georgia, That the act of 1885
approved October 49, 1855, amending article Z,
section first paragraph l, of the constitution OF
1877, be and the same is hereby amended by adding
thereto and at the end of said act the following
words: "And for the widows OF said Confederate
soldiers may have died in the service of the
Confederate states, or since from wounds received
therein or diseases contracted in the service pro-
Vlded that this act shall only apply to such per-
sons as were married at the time OF such service
and have remained unmarried since the death of
sue soldier husband, that said article :, section
l. paragraph l, of the constitution OF 1877 and the
act amendatOry thereof, shall read as follows:
ITO supply the soldiers who lost limb or limbs
in the military service OF the Confederate States
with substantial artificial limbs during life, and
to make suitable provision for such Confederate
soldiers as may have otherwise been disabled or
permanently injured in such service; and for the
widows OF such confederate soldiers as may have
died in the service of the confederate states, or
since from wounds received therein, or disease
contracted in the service.
Provided That this act shall only apply to such
widows married at the time of the service
and have remained unmarried since the death
OF such soldier husband.
sec. Il anu ne III IuTtner enacted, mat 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 yeas
and nays taken thereon and the governor shall
cause said amendments to be published in one or
more newspapers in each congressional district for
two ~ months previous to the next general cleo
ton, and the same shall be submitted to the peO-
pie at the next general election, and the legal
voters at the next said general election shall have
inscribed printed on their tickets the word
Justification" or decentralization" as they may
choose to vote, and if majority of the electors
qualified to vote for members of the general as
semby voting therein shall vote in favor of "rati-
fcation," then this amendment shall become
part of said article T. section paragraph of the
constitution of the state, and the said acts OF
1883, amendatory thereof, and the governor shall
make proclamation thereof"
Section B. BE it further enacted, That all laws
and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and
the same are hereby repealed"
Approved November /, 1889"
Now, therefore, l, John b. Gordon, governor of
said state, do issue this, my proclamation, hereby
declaring that the foregoing proposed amendment
to the constitution is hereby submitted for ratiti-
cation or rejection to the voters of the state at the
general election TO be held on Wednesday October
l, 1890, provided in said act.
BY the Governor:
J. b. GORDON Governor.
J. W. WARREN, Sec. Elk. Dept.