Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-09-04

sy j m. Terrell, Governor of Said
State,
n. L. Lamar.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
STATE OF GEORGIA.

WHEREAS. / ne deU6IdI Assembly, |
at it's session in 1906, proposed an
amendment to the Constitution of this
State. as set forth in an Act approved
.uy 81 1906, to-Wlt:
6ifI to be entitled an Act to propose
fothp qualified electors of this State,
an amendment to paragraph 2 of sec
troD + of article II of the Constitution
of this State as amended by the rati- |
fcatiOn by the qualified voters of this
State of the Act approved July l9,
1904. and for other purposes.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Georgia, That the
following amendment is hereby pro.
posed TO paragraph 2, section I, article
n of the Constitution of this State, as
amended by the ratification by the
qualified voters of this State of the Act
Of July I9, 1904, to-wit, by adding to
said paragraph the following language:
provided however, that in addition
to the counties now proposed for by |
this Constitution, there shall be a new
county laid out from the counties of
Irwin and Wilcox, bounded as follows:
Beginning at the point where the
south line Of land lot No. l67 in the
third district of Wilcox county crosses
the Alapaha river, and running due
east along the said south line to the
northeast corner of land lot l59 in the
third district of Irwin county; thence
north to the northeast corner of land |
lot No. l72 in the third district of Viii
cox county: thence east to the north |
east corner Of land lot No. 174 in the
third district of Irwin county; thence
south to the northeast corner of land
lot No. l57 in the third district of Ir- !
win county, and thence east to the |
northeast corner of land lot 1876 in the |
third district Of Irwin county, and |
thence south to the northeast corner of
land lot No. 66 in the third district of |
Irwin county, thence east to the north
east corner of land lot 81 in the third |
district of Irwin county, and thence
south to the northeast corner of land
lot No. 32 in the third district of Irwin |
county; thence east to the southeast |
corner Of land lot No. 233 in the fourth |
district of Irwin county, and thence |
north to the southwest corner of land |
lot No. POS in the fourth district of Ir
win county, and thence east to the
southeast cerner of land lot No. 80 in
the fourth district of Irwin county, and |
thence north along the east line of land
lot No. 80 to the Ocmulgee river, and
thence IN a westerly direction along the
OcmuIgee river to the point where
House creek in Wilcox county empties |
INTO the Ocmulgee river, and thence in
a westerly direction along the said
House creek to the point where the
SAID House creek crosses the north line
OF land lot No. 255 in the third district
oI Wilcox county, and thence west
along the north line of said land lot 255
and the district lines between the first |
ana third districts in the said county of
Wilcox to the Alapaha river, and thence
IN a SOutherly direction along the said |
ALapaha river to the starting point.
That Fitzgerald shall be the county |
site Of said county.
SAID county shall be attached to the |
lmrd Congressional District, and to the |
Oeonee judicial circuit until another
circuit shall be established embracing |
the present county of Irwin, in which |
case 1t shall belong to the said new
circuit. and shall be attached to the
Fifteenth State Senatorial district.
That all legal voters residing in the
ltmlts Of said county of Ben Hill enti-
tied to vote for members of the Gen
eEal Assembly under the laws of GeOr-
gla shall on the first Tuesday in jan |
uaary, 1907, elect an ordinary, clerk of |
the supurior court, a sheriff, a coroner |
tax collector, a tax receiver, a coun- |
y surveyor, a county treasurer, and |
Jhfee commissioners of roads and reve- |
Aues Tor said county, said election to be |
HeLi at fitzgerald, the county site of |
said county
mat the superior courts of said |
county shall be held on the first Mon |
daE m April and October of each year. |
The limits of the said county, the
congressional and senatorial districts
ana the judicial circuit to which it is
attached the time of holding the terms
Oh lhe superior courts shall be as desig-
mated above until changed by law.
oEC :. Be 1t further enacted, That
NHeh TINS proposal amendment shall be
agreed to by two-thirds "a of the mem
"ers elected to the two Houses and
snail nave been entered on the Journal
ot each House with the ayes and nays
I@Aeh thereon, the Governor is hereby
Wfected to cause the said proposed
amendment to be advertised in at least
Two papers in each congressional dis
ltLtL at least two months before the
next general election, to be held on the
t'iSI w Wednesday in October, 1906, and
ne ShalI also provide for submission
vi Ihe proposed amendment at said gen
SIal election. And if a majority of the
electors shall ratify such proposed
amendment by a majority of the cleo
lyfs qualified to vote for members of
me General Assembly, such amend
Ilenl shall become a part of the Con-
sututlon of Georgia.
M, SEC. 3. Be it further enacted,
mat 1t shall be the duty of the Gov
efnor to submit said amendment to the
people at said election in the following
Lofm: That those voting in favor of
sald proposed amendment shall have
written or printed on their tickets, In
IaFor OF the Ratification of the Amend
L4eht to the Constitution Creating the
Gounty Of Ben Hill, with Fitzgerald as
lhe County Site, and those opposed to
l3e ratification of said amendment
sh&A have written or printed on their
Iickets, Opposed to the Ratification of
amendment to the Constitution Great
ing the County of Ben Hill with Fitz-
gerald as the County Site :"
~ Now, therefore, |, Joseph M. Terrell,
Governor of said State, do issue this
my proclamation hereby declaring that
Jhe foregoing proposed amendment to
the Constitution is submitted for ratifi-
catlon or rejection to the voters of the
state, qualified to vote for members of
The General Assembly, at the general
election to be held on Wednesday, Oc-
tober 3, 1906.
JOSEPH M. TERRELL,