The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-08-06
Atlanta, July 80, 1912.

Whereas, the General Assembly
at its session in 1911 proposed an
amendment to the Constitution OF
this State as set forth in an act ap-
proved August ~, 1911, to-wit;
An Act prop sing an amendment
to the third Section of the seventh
Article of the Constitution by
striking therefrom the W o r d S
Casual Deficiencies of Revenue"
and substituting therefor the words
''such temporary deficit as may
exist in the Treasury in any year
from necessary delay in collecting
the taxes of the year," and by
striking the words 1.-TWO Hundred
Thousand Dollars" and substitu-
ting in lieu thereof Give Hun
dred Thousand Dollars, and any
loan made for this purpose shall
be repaid out of the taxes levied
for the year in which the loan is
haade."
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly, that y shall be
and is hereby proposed to amend
the Constitution of Georgia in the
third Section of the seventh Artf-
Gle SO as to strike from Paragraph
one the words Casual Deficiencies
of Revenue" and substituting in
lieu thereof the words, "such tenn
porary deficit as may exist In the
Treasury in any year from neces-
sary delay in collecting the taxes
Of that year" and by further strik-
lrg from said Section the words
"Two Hundred Thousand Dollars"
and substituting in lieu thereof,
GIVE Hundred Thousand Dollars
and any loan made for this purpose
shall be-repaid out of the taxes
levied for the gEar in which the
loan is made" SO that the first
Paragraph of said Section when.
amended shall read as follows:
"No debt shall be contracted by
or on behalf of the State, except
to supply such temporary deficit
as may exist IN the Treasury in
any year from necessary delay in
collecting the taxes of that year,
to repel invasion, suppress insur-
rection, and defend the State in
time of war, or to pay the exist
ing public debt; but the debt Great
ed to supply Deficiencies in revenue
shall not exceed, IN the aggregate,
Five Hundred thousand Dollars,
and any loan uGd6 for this purpose
shall be repaid out of the taxes
levied for the year in which the
loan is made"
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted,
That whenever the above proposed
amendment to the Constitution
shalt be agreed to by two-thirds
OF the members elected to each OF
the two Houses of the General
Assemble and the same has beene
tered upon their Journals with
the hayes and the hayes taken
thereon, the Governor shall cause
said amendment to be published in
at least two newspapers IN each
Congressional District in this State
for the period of two months next
preceding the time of holding the
next general election.
Sec 3 BE it further enacted,
That the above, proposed amend
menr shall be submitted for rati-
fication or rejection to the electors
Of this State at the next general
election to be held after publica-
ton, as provided in the second
Section of this Act in the several
election districts of this State, G.
which election every person shall
be qualified to vote who is entitled
to vote for members of the gener-
al Assembly. All persons voting
at said election IN favor of ADOPT
ing the proposed amendment to
the Constitution shall have1wfttten
or printed on their ballots the
words, ssFor amendment to Con-
stitution authorizing temporary
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