The Brunswick news., 1912-09-13
Legal Advertisements
A PROCLAMATION.

Georgia, 10 be voted on at the Gen.
eral election to be held on Tuesday
November 8, 1912, said amendment
providing for authorizing aad en-
powering judges OF superior courts
of this state to grant charters m
private companies in vacation
By His Excellency.
JOS. M. BROWN, Governor
State of Georgia.
Executive Department.
August oath, 1912
Whereas, the General Assembly at
its present session in 1912 proposed
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 8, section
Z, paragraph 18, 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
psnies in vacation, and for other pur-
poses.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
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 OF Geor-
gia be, and the same is hereby amend.
ed by adding after the word courts"
in the sixth line thereof the following
words 1T may confer this authority
to grant corporate powers and prlvi-
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 legitimate
children, but it shall prescribe by law
the manner in which such powers
shall be exercised by the courts; it
may confer this authority to grant
corporate powers and privileges to
private companies to the judges of the
superior courts of this state IN vaca-
tion. All corporate powers and priv
ileges to banking, insurance, railroad,
canal, navigation, express and tele-
graph companies, shall be issued and
granted by the Secretary of State in
such manner as shall be prescribed
by law, and if in any event the Sec
retary of State should be disqualified
the Legislature shall provide by gen
eral laws by what person such char
ters shall be granted
Section 2. Be It further enacted,
That whenever 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, with the ayes and nays TAX
en- thereon, the Governor shall cause
said amendment to be published in at
least two newspapers in each Con-
gressional District of this state for
the period of two months next preced-
ing the time of holding the next gen
eral election.
Section g. Be it further enacted,
That the above proposed amendment
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 10
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 III
vacation"
Section 4. Be it further enacted,
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 a vote OF the
people, as required by the Constltu-
tion of this State in Paragraph l OF
Section 1 of Article 13, and if ratl-
fed 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
ascel tain the result, issue his procla-
mat'on for one insertion in one of the