The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-10-02

VI lHlS state 10 grant charters to
private companies in vacation.
BY His Excellency.
JOS. NJ. BROWN, Governor.
State of Georgia,
Executive Department,
August gath, 1912
Whereas, the General Assembly at
its present session in 1912 propose
an amendment to the Constitution
this State as set forth in an Act ap
proved August 18th, 1912, to-wit:
An Act to amend article 8, section
Z, paragraph IS, of the Constitution
of the State of Georgia embraced in
Section $3.50 of TIE 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 l. 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 Z, Article 3 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
10 grant corporate powers and priyi-
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; ii
may confer this authority to grant
corporate powers and privileges to
private companies to the judges of the
ton. 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
rotary of State should be disqualified
to act in any case, then in that event
the Legislature shall provide by gen
eral laws by what person such char
tiers 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 haen entered on their
Journals, win tne ayes ana nays TAX
en- thereon, the Governor shall cause
said amendment to be published in at
oast two newspapers in each Con-
gressional District Of this state for
the period of two months next proceed
ing the time of holding the next gem
eral election.
Section 8. 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 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 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 Constitu-
ton Of this State in Paragraph ] of
Section 1 Of Article 10, and IL rati-
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
asteI tain the result, issue his procla-
mat'on for one insertion in ono Of the
1aily papers of this state, announcing
srch result and declaring the amend
,1ent ratified
Section 5. Be it further enacted,
That all laws and parts Of laws in
conflict with this Act be. and the