The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-22


as, the General Assembly 1t is session
1910 proposed an amendment to hi
Constitution Of This State, AZ sea forth i
an Act approved August 9th, f0I0, TO
wit:
AN ACT
To be entitled an act TO amend Para
graph l Of Section 10 Of article 8 Of the
Constitution OF the State Of Georgia re-
glllating the salaries Of the Judges Of the
Supreme and Superior Courts BY prOvid.
ing for the payment from the County
Treasures OF Chatham, Fulton aiad Rich
mond Counties to the Judges OF Che SUI
perior Courts Of the Circuits to which
said Counties belong, and to the Judge
of the Stone Mountain Circuit, or the
Judge ofsuch other circuit as may hero
after be required to regularly preside in
Fulton Superior Court, of additional
compensation, and to ratify, validate and
confirm the original and aInendat0ry
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 $4,000 inhabitants, &C.
cordilig to the United States Census Of 1900
as heretofore enacted, and the Act of the
General Assembly regulating the CONE
pensatiOn Of Judges OF the Superior Court
for services rendered outside of their own
circuits in those judicial circuits Of the
State having therein population of not
less than 900 inhabitants, according
to the Census of 1900. Section /. Be it
hereby enacted by authority Of tile Gem
eral Assembly Of Georgia that Paragraph
Of Section. IL Of Article 6 Of the Consti.
tuition OF the State Of Georgia be amend.
ed by adding to such paragraph Of said
Section the following proviso:
Provided, however, that the Counties
of Chatham, Fulton and Richmond shall
pay from their respective County treas
uries to the Superior Court Judges Of the
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
4
al services rendered in the Superior
Courts OF Fulton County, such sums IS
will with the salries paid each Judge
from the State Treasury make . gasaRys
of 100000, per annum to each Judge;
and said payments are declared "a be
part Of the Court expenses of such Conn
ties, such payments to be made to the
Judges now in Office as well as theiesuc.
cessors. V
The Act Of the General Assembly of
1904 entitled "An Act to regulate the
salaries OF Judges of Che Superior Conrts
OF all judicial Circuits Of this State bav-
ing or that may hereafter have, therein .
City with population Of not less than
81, 900, nor more than IS, O0Oinhabitants
and for other purposes with the Acts
of the General Assembly Of 1905 and 1908
entitled San Act to regulate the Com.
pensation of Judges of the Superior
Courts for services rendered outside OF
their own circuits in those judicial cir
cults Of the State having therein a City
of not less than $4,000 inhabitants ac-
cording to the Census of 1900 and for
other purposes" which Acts provide for
the payment form the Treasures Of
the Counties containing said Cities to the
Judges aforesaid Of part of their salaries
are ratified, validated and confirmed as
to the dates of said respective enact
ments.
Section 2. Be it further enacted BY
the authority aforesaid, that when the
above and foregoing amendment has
been agreed to by two thirds Of the mem
beFs of each House of the present Gener-
al Assembly, it shall be the duty of the
Governor and he is hereby directed ia
cause the same to be published In one Oh
more newspapers in each Congressional
district in this state, two months before
the next General election; and the Gov.
ernor of this State is further required
and directed, after having said amend.
ment so published as aforesaid to submit
the same to the people at the next Gen.
eral election for the ratification or rejec.
ton. The form Of such submission shall
be as follows, to-wit:
'For ratification of amendments tc
Paragraph Section Is Article Of the
Constitution.
against ratification of Paragraph
Section Is Article s of the Constitution. =
Now, therefore, !, 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 rejection to the voters OF the Statt
qualified to vote for members OF the Gen
eral Assembly at the General election Il
be held on Wednesday, October 9Th
1910.
JOSEPH NJ. BROWN,
GovERNOR.
By the Governor
Philip Cook
IA