The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-08-17

tuition provided for, shall not ex-
coed seven per centum of the as
sessed value of all the taxable prop
erty therein, and no such county,
municipality or division shall incur
any new debt, except for a temporary
loan or loans to supply casual de-
ficiencies of revenue, not to exceed
One-ffth of one percentum of the
assessed value of taxable property
therein, without the assent of two
thirds of the qualified voters there
of, at an election for that purpose,
to be held as may be prescribed by
law; but any city, the debt of which
does not exceed seven per centum
of the assessed value of the taxable
property at the time of the adoption
of this Constitution, may be author
lied by law to increase, at any time,
the amount of said debt, three per
centum upon such assessed vaIua-
ton; except that the City Council
of Augusta, from time to time, as
necessary, for the purpose of prOtec-
ton against floods, may incur a
/ bonded Indebtedness upon its power
producing canal and municipal wa
terworks, in addition to the debts
hereinbefOre in this paragraph al
| lowed to be incurred, to an amount
in the aggregate not exceeding fifty
per centum of the combined value
of such properties, the valuation of
such properties to be fixed as may be
prescribed by law, but said valuation
not to exceed a figure five per cent. |
on which shall represent the net rev.
enue per annum produced by the
two properties together at the time
OF said valuation, and such indebt- |
edness not to be incurred except with
the assent of two-thirds of the quail
fed voters of such city, at an cleo
ton or elections for that purpose to
be held as may be now, OF may be
hereafter, prescribed by law for the
mourning of new debts by said the
City Council of Augusta. ~
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That when
ever the above proposed amendment
to the Constitution shall be agreed
to by twO-thirds of the members
elected to each of the two houses of
the General Assembly, and the same
has been entered on their journals.
!
/ on, the Governor shall. and he is
hereby authorized and instructed to
cause said amendment to be pub
lished in at least two newspapers in
each Congressional district in this
State for the period of two months
next preceding the time of holding
the next general election.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the
above proposed amendment shall be
submitted for ratification or rejec-
ton to the electors of this State at
the next general election to be held
after publication as provided for in
| the second Section of this Act, in
! the several election districts of this
State, at which election every per-
son shall be qualified to vote who
! is entitled to vote for members of
/ the General Assembly. All persons
voting at such election in favor of
adopting the proposed amendment
TO the Constitution shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots the
words For amendment allowing
Clty OF Augusta to increase it's bond
ed Indebtedness for flood protection, "
and all persons opposed to the adop-
ton of the amendment shall have
written or printed on their ballots
the words: Against amendment
allowing City of Augusta to increase
its bonded Indebtedness for flood pro-
lection
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the
Governor be and he is hereby au-
thorized and directed to provide for
the submission of the amendment
proposed in the first Section of this
Act to vote of the people as re-
CURED by the Constitution of this
State in paragraph one of Section
one OF article thirteen, and by this
Act and if ratified, the Governor
snail, when he ascertains such rati-
II ncatlon from the Secretary of State.
10 whom the returns shall be re-
ferred in the manner as in cases of
election for members of the General
Assembly to count and ascertain the
results, issue his proclamation for
, one insertion in one of the daily pa
! pers of this State, announcing such
result and declaring the amendment
ratified.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted nv
the authority aforesaid, That all
laws and parts of laws in conflict
with this Act be, and the same are.
hereby repealed.
Now, therefore, I, Joseph NJ.
Brown, Governor of said State. do
issue this my proclamation, hereby
declaring that the foregoing proposed
amendment to the Constitution is
, submitted for ratification or reiec-
ton to the voters of the State quail
fed to vote for members of the Cen
eral Assembly at the general cleo
ton to be held on Wednesday. Octo-
, Der 9Th. 1910.
JOSEPH NJ. BROWN, Governor.
! BY the Governor.