The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-22
A PROCLAMATION.


the county of Joe Wheeler. BY His
Excellency, Joseph M. Brown, Gov
ernor.
State OF Georgia, Executive De-
partment, August "a, 1912.-Where-
as, the General Assembly at it's ses-
sion in 1912 proposed an amendment
to the Constitution of this State as
set forth in an Act approved August
14th, 1912, towit:
An Act to propose to the qualified
| electors of this State an amendment
to Paragraph of Section 1 of Ar
ticle IL of the Constitution of this
State as amended by the ratification
by the qualified voters of this State
of the Act approved July 18th, 1912,
and as further amended by the rati-
fication of the qualified voters of this
State of the Act approved July 31st,
! 1906, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
| General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
authority of the same, that the fol-
lowing amendment is hereby propos-
ed to Paragraph 2, Section /, Ar
ticle IL, of the Constitution of this
State as amended by the ratification
by the qualified voters of this State
of the Act approved July S1st, 1906,
to wit: by adding to said paragraph
the following language: Provided,
however, that in addition to the
counties now provided for by this
constitution there shall be new
county laid out from the county of
Montgomery and bounded as follows:
Commencing at a point on the west
ern bank of the Oconee river where
the Laurens county line intersects
with said river, thence down the
western bank of the said river to the
mouth of the said river, thence up
to the northern bank of the Ocmul-
gee river to the mouth f the Little
Ocmulgee river, thence up the said
Little Ocmulgee river to the line of
Dodge county, thence east along said
line of Dodge county and Laurens
county to the western bank of the
Oconee river to the starting point.
That said new county, the bounda-
ries of which are described herein,
shall be called and knoTn by the
name of Wheeler, and shall be at
tached to and become a part of the
! Twelfth Congressional District, the
Fifteenth State Senatorial District,
and the Oconee Judicial Circuit, and
! the county site of the said new coun-
| ty shall be the town of Alamo. That
all legal voters residing in the limits
as herein described of said proposed
new county of Wheeler entitled to
vote for members of the General AS
sembly under the laws of Georgia
shall on the first Tuesday in Janu-
airy, 1918, elect an Ordinary, Clerk
of Superior Court, Sheriff, a Coro-
ner, a Tax Collector, Tax Receiver,
a County Surveyor, County Treas
urer and three Commissioners of
Roads md Revenues for said county,
said election to be held at town Of
Alamo, the county site of said new
county. That the Superior Court OF
said county shall be held on the hrst
Mondays in March and on the first
| Mondays in September of each year.
The limits of the said county, the
! Congressional and the Senatorial dis
tricts Ind the judicial circuit to
which it is attached, AM the time OF
holding the terms of the Superior
Courts SNall be as designated above
until changed by law, provided that
the laws applicable to the organiza-
ton of new counties as found in Sec
tions 829 to S48 inclusive of the
Code of 1911 are hereby made appl1-
cable to said county of wheeler
whenever he same may be created
by the proposed amendment to the
Constitution and that said county
when created shall become a statutory
county and shall be at all times sub
iect to all laws applicable to all 9TH
er counties in this State.
Section 2. Be it further enacted
that when this proposed amendment
shall be agreed to by two-thirds OF
| the members elected to each Of the
tive houses composing the Legisla
ture of the State of Georgia such
proposed amendment shall be enter
ed on the Journal of each house with
the yeas and nays thereon; and the
! Governor is hereby directed to cause
the said proposed amendment to be
published in one or more newspapers
in each Congressional district at
least two months before the time of
holding The next general election to
be held on Tuesday after the first
Monday in November of the year
1912, ard he shall also provide for a
submission OF the proposed amend
ment at said general election. And
if the people shall ratify such amend
ment by a majority of the electors
qualified 10 vote for members of the
| General Assembly voting thereon,
such amendment shall become part
of the Constitution of Georgia.
Section 8. Be it further enacted
that it shall become the duty of the
Governor to submit such amendment
to the people at said election in the
following form:
That those voting in favor of said
proposed amendment shall have writ
ten or printed on their tickets, I'm
favor of the ratification of the
amendment to the Constitution Gre
atfng the county of Wheeler, with
the town of Alamo as the county
Site" And those opposed to the rati-
fication of said amendment shall
nave written or printed on their tick
cts, Opposed to the ratification of
/ the amendment to the Constitution
creating the county of Wheeler, with
the town Of Alamo as the county
site;" which votes cast at said cleo
ton shall be consolidated as now
required by law in elections for mem
bers of the General Assembly and re-
turns thereof made to the Governor;
and if majority of the electors quail
flied to vote for members of the Cen
eral Assembly shall vote in favor of