The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-09-24
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an amendment to the Constitution OF
this State as set forth in an Act ap-
proved August 18th, 1912, to-wit:
An Act to amend article 3, section
z, paragraph Is, of the Constitution
of the State of Georgia embraced in
Section $3.50 of the Civil Code of this
State, authorizing and empowering
Judges of the Superior Courts of this
State to grant charters to private com
panies in vacation, and for other pur-
poses.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State CT
Georgia, and it is enacted by the au-
thOrity of the same, That Paragraph
IS, Section 7, Article of the Con-
stitution of this State embraced in
Section $3.50 of the Civil Code o. Geor-
gia be, and the same is hereby amend
ed by adding after the word courts
in the sixth line thereof the following
words: ut may confer this authority
to grant corporate powers and priv
I-leges to private companies to judges
of the superior courts of this state in
vacation so that said section and
paragraph, as aforesaid, when amend
ed shall read as follows:
"The General Assembly shall have
no power to grant corporate powers
and privileges to private companies
to make or change election precincts
nor to establish bridges or ferries
nor to change names of legitimat
children, but it shall prescribe by la
the manner in which such power
shall be exercised by the courts;
nay confer this authority to graz
corporate powers and privileges
private companies to the Judges of til
superior courts of this state IN Vacf
ton. All corporate powers and pri
leges to banking, insurance railrOa
canal, navigation, express and tel
graph companies, shall be issued al
granted by the Secretary of State
such manner as shall be prescrib
by law, and if in any event the Sc
Rotary Of State should be disqualif
to act in any case, then in that eve
the Legislature shall provide by &c
eral laws by what person such CHI
tiers shall be granted"
/ I Section 2. Be it further enact
.Fhat whenever the above propo
amendment. to the Constitution 81
be, agreed to by two-thirds of
members elected to each of the
houses of the General Assembly,
the same has been entered on t.
Journals, with the ayes and nays
en- thereon, the Governor shall C;
said amendment to be published
least two newspapers in each
gressional District of this state
the period of two months next pre-
ing the time of holding the next
.eral election.
Section 3. Be it further ena
That the. above proposed amends
shall be submitted for ratification or
rejection to the electors of this State
at the next general election to be held
after publication, as provided in the
Second Section of this Act in the sew
eral election districts of this State, at
which election every person shall be
qualified to vote who is entitled to
vote for members of the General AS
sembly. All persons voting at said
election in favor of adopting the pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution
shall have written or printed on their
ballots the words. "For amendment
Of Constitution authorizing judges of
superior courts to grant charters in
vacation" and all persons opposed to
adoption of said amendment shall
have written or printed on their bal
lots the words, against amendment
of Constitution authorizing judges of
superior courts to grant charters in
vacation"
Section a. BE it further cnG cted,
that the governor be, and he is here
by authorized and directed to provide
for the submission of the amendment
proposed in this Act to vote of the
people, as required by the Constitu-
ton of this State in Paragraph ! Of
Section ! Of Article 10. and If rati-
fled the governor shall when he as
certains such ratification from the
Secretary of State, to whom the re-
turns shall be referred in the manner
/ as in cases Of elections for members
OF the General Assembly to count and
acct tain the result, issue his procla-
major for one insertion in one Of the
caiiy papers Of this state, announcing
srch result and declaring the amend
( ydent ratified.
! Section 5. BE it further enacted,
That all laws and parts Of laws in
conflict with this Act he, W'W
same are, hereby repealed.
Now, therefore, ], joseph
: governor Of said state, do
my proclamation hereby
that the foregoing propose #
ment to the Constitution
ted for ratification or rejection to the
voters Of the state qualified 70 vote
! for members Of the General Assembly
ct the general election to be held on