The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11


as, the General Assembly at its session
1910 proposed an amendment to the
Constitution Of this State, as ret forth II
an Act approved August 9th, 1910, to
wit:
AN act
To be emitted an aetto amend Tara
graph / Of Section Is Of article 8 Of tn
Constitution Of the State Of Georgia re
gulating the salaries Of the Judges Of the
Supreme and Superior Courts by provid-
ing for the payment from the County
Treasures of Chatham, Fulton and Rich
mond Counties to the Judges Of the Su
perior Courts of the Circuits to which
said Counties belong, and to the judge
of the Stone Mountain Circuit, or the
Judge Of such other circuit as may here
after be required to regularly preside IN
Fulton Superior Court, of additional
compensation, and to ratlfy, validate and
confirm the original and amendatory
Acts of the General Assembly regulating
the salaries of Judges of the Superior
Courts of all judicial circuits of the State
having therein City with population
OF not less than 81, 900 inhabitants, ac-
cording tothe United States Census OF 1900
as heretofore enacted, and the Act OF the
General Assembly regulating TIE COM
pensation Of Judges oil the Superior Court
for services rendered outside Of tleir own
circuits in those judicial circuits of the
State having therein a population Of not
less than 5000 inhabitants, according
to the Census OF 1900 Seton |. Be it
hefeoy enacted by authority Of the Cen
eral Assembly OF Georgia that Paragraph
! OF Section 10 Of Article 6 OF the Coasts
triton Of tie State OF Georgia he amends
ell by adding to such paragraph Of said
Section the following proviso:
Provided, however, ti1at the Counties
Of Chatham, Fulton and Richmond slall
pay from their res e tive q unity treas
ufies to the Superio4 Court Judges Of Jlle
Circuit Of which they are part, and
the County of Fulton to the Judge Of the
Stone Mountain Circuit, or to the Judge
OF such other Circuit as may hereafter be
required to preside therein, for addition
al services rendered in the Superior
Courts of Fulton County, such sums as
will with the salr,es paid each Judge
from the State Treasury make salary
of $5,092.00, per annum to each Judge;
and said payments are declare | to be a
i art of tie Court expenses Of such Coun-
ties, sucn payments to be made to the
Judges now in Office as well. as their sue
cessors.
The Actof the General Assembly of
1904 entitled AN Act to eoulate the
salaries of Judges Of the Superior Courts
of all Judicial Circuits OF this State hay
ing or that may hereafter have, therein a
City with population Of not less than
81, 900, nor more than 75,O inhabitants
and for other purposes" with the Acts
of the General Assembly of 1905 and 1906
entitled can Act to regulate the Com
pensation OF Judges Of the Superior
Courts for services rendefed outside OF
their own circuits in those judicial cir
cults Of the State having therein a CITY
Ike, ~ fne,s, fkn,a f1fA0 s,Db,
coriing to the Census Of 1900 and for
other purposes, which Acts provide for
the payment form the Treasures OF
the Counties containing said Cites to the
Judges aforesaid OF pattoftheir salaries
are ratified, validated and confirmed as
to the dates Of said respective enact
ments.
Section 2. Be it further enacted by
the authority &'oresaid, that whea the
above and foregoing amendment has
been agreed to by two thirds of the mem
hers of each House OF the piesent Gener-
al Assembly, it shall be the duty of tie
Governor and he is hereby directed to
cause the same to be published in one on
more newspapers in each Congressional
district in this state, two months before
OtAC AiC-AO dtNt bllC nov
ernor of this State is further required
and directed, after having said amend,
meat so published as aforesaid to submit
the same 70 tie people at the next Gen.
eral election for the ratification or reiec.
ton. The form Of such submission shall
be as follows, to-wit:
For ratification Of amendments tC
Paragraph Section Is Article 6 of tho
Constitution /"
Against ratification Of Paragraph
Section l3 Article 6 of the Constitution. .
Is Now, therefore, I, Joseph NJ. Brown
Governor of said State, do issue this m,
proclamation, hereby declaring that the
foregoing proposed amendment to til,
Constitution is submitted for qualification
or rejection to the voters of the Stat,
qualified to vote for members of the Gen
eral Assembly at the General election t.
be held on Wednesday, October 9Th
1910.
JOSEPH M BROWN,
GOVERNOR
By the Governor
p hilip Cook