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PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF GEORGIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
ATLANTA Ga Any 1900 a

STATE OF GEORGIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 8, 1890.
WHEREAS, The General Assembly of 1889
passed the following act, in accordance with
the requirements of the constitution, to wit:
IAN act to amend Art = Par. l. 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.
SECTION !. Be it Enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of Georgia That the Act of
1885, approved Oct. 10, 1885, amending article :,
section l, paragraph I, 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 or 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 were married at the
| time of such service ard have remained IN
married since the death of such soldier hus-
| band, so that said article :, section / paragraph
| l, of the Constitution of 1877, and the act
| amendatory thereof, shall read as follows: ITO
| supply the soldiers who lost limb OF limbs in
| the military service of the Confederate States
with substantial artificial limbs during life, and
| to make suitable provision for such Confederate
| 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 as we're married at the time Of the
service and have remained unmarried since the
death of such soldier husband.
I SEC. 2. 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 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 CO 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 at 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 majority of the electors qualified
to vote for members of the General Assembly
voting therein snail vote in favor of 'Ratifca-
ton, then this am 9ndment shall become part
of said article :, section /. paragraph l. 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, 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 sub
mitted for ratification rejection to the voters
of the State at the general election, to be held
on WEDNESDAY, Oct. !, 1880 as provided in
said act.
| By the Governor:
J. B. GORDON, Governor.
| J. w. WARREN, Sec Elk Dept