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PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF GEORGIA. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
ATLANTA GA Aug 5, 1890.

STATE OF GEORGIA, EXECUTIVE Department,
ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 5, 1890
WHEREAS The General Assembly Of 1889
passed the following act, in accordance with
the requirements of the constitution, to wit:
An act to amend Art. T. Par. /, of the Consti-
tuition of 1877, and the act of 1885, amendatory
thereof. so as to include widows of Confederate
soldiers in the aid therein extended, and for
other purposes.
SEcrIoS l. Be it Enacted by the General AS
sembly Of the State of Georgia. That the Act Of
1885, approved Oct. 10. 1885, amending article z,
section l, paragraph /, 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 as may have died IN the
service of the Confederate States, or since, from
wounds received therein, or diseases contracted
in the service provided, that this act shall only
apply to such persons as were married at the
time of such service and have remained IN
married since the death of such soldier hus-
band, so 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
tates, or since, from wounds received therein,
or disease contracted in the service.
Provided, That this act shall only apply to
such widows as were married at the time of she
service and have remained unmarried since the
death of such soldier husband.
SEC. 2. And Be it Further Enacted, That if
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 (2) months pre-
vious to the next general election, and the same
shall be substituted to the people at next gen
eral election, and the legal voters the next
said general election shall have inscribed or
printed on their tickets the word Ratification
or Non Ratification as they may choose to
vote, and if a majority of the electors qualified
! to vote for members of the General Assembly
voting therein shall vote in favor of Ratifica-
ton, then this am sndment shall lbecome part
of said article Z, section 1. paragraph 1, of the
Constitution of the State, and the said acts OF
1885, amendatory thereof. and the Governor
shall make proclamation thereof"
SEC. g. Be it Further Enacted, That all laws
and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Approved Nov. 4. 1859.
Now, therefore, I, JOHN B. GORDON, Governor
= of said State, do issue this. my proclamation,
! hereby declaring that the foregoing proposed
amendment to the Constitution is hereby sub
mitted for ratification or rejection to the voters
I of the State at the general election, to be held
on WEDNESDAY, Oct. !. 1890, as provided in
| said act.
| By the Governor:
JB. GORDON. Governor.
| j. W WARREN, Sec Ex Dept