The Brunswick news., 1912-09-04
A PROCLAMATION.

QTONlulnS lOr authorizing alU en-
powering judges of superior courts
of this state to grant charters to
private companies in vacation.
BY His Excellency,
JOS. NJ. 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 10Th, 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 /. 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
1S, Section T. Article 3 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 court"
in the sixth line thereof the following
words: ut may confer this authority
to grant corporate powers and privi-
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
sleges to banking, insurance. railroad,
canal, navigation, express and tele-
graph companies, shall be issued and
such manner as shall be prescribed
by law, and if in any event the Sec
retary of State should be disqualified
to act in any case, then in that event
the Legislature shall provide by gem
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 3. 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 / OF Article 13, and If 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
ascertain the result, issue his procla-
maj for one insertion in one of the