Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-10-30

SuDmlttln9 proposed dHeHuiheht
to the Constitution of the State OF
Georgia. to be, voted on at the General
election 10 be held on Tuesday, NO
We 1ber 5th, 1912, said amendment pro-
vidiHg for authorizing and empower
ing judges of Superior Courts of this
State to grant charters to private
Companies in Vacation.
BY His EIcellencey, Joseph NJ
BROWN, Goverbo
Executive Department,
August gath, 1912.
Whereas, the General Assembly a.
its session in 1912 proposed an
amendment to the Constitution of this
State as set forth in an Act approved
August 18th, 1912, to-wit:
( An Act to amend Article 3, Section
IA, Paragraph IS, of the Constitution Of
the State of Georgia, embraced in Sec
ton $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 l. Be it enacted by the Cen
oral Assembly of the State of Geor-
9 a. and it is enacted by the authority
of the same. That Paragraph is, Sec
ton T. Article of the Constitution
of this State embraced in Section $3.50
of the Civil Code of Georgia. be, and
tie same is hereby amended by adding
after the word courts" IN the sixth
line thereof, the following words: ut
may confer this authority to grant cor
porate powers and privileges to pri-
vate companies to Judges of the Su-
perior Courts of this State in vaca-
ton" SO that said Section and Para
graph, as aforesaid, when amended,
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,
rGr 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; 1t
may confer this authority to grant
corporate powers and privileges to pri-
yate companies to the Judges of the
Superior Courts of this State in vaca-
cation. All corporate powers and
privileges to banking, insurance, rail
road, canal navigation, express and
telegraph companies, shall be issued
and granted by the Secretary of State
in such manner as shall be prescrib-
/ ed by law, and if in any event the
Secretary of State should be disquali-
fled to act in any case, then in that
event the Legislature shall provide by
general laws by what person such
charters shall be granted"
Section 2 Be it Iurther enacted,
/ That whenever the above proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall
be agreed to by twO-thirds of the men,
bers elected to each of the two Houses
of the General Assembly, and the
same has been entered on their Jour
nails with the yeas and nays 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.
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 en-
titled to vote for members
of the Genera Assembly. All
persons voting at said election in favor
of adopting the proposed amendment
to the Constitution shall have written
or printed on their ballots the words,
For amendment of Constitution, au-
thorizing 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 ballots 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, hereby
authorized and directed to provide for
the submission of the amendment pro-
posed in this Act to a vote of the peo-
pie, as required by the Constitution Of
this State in Paragraph / of Section
/ of Article 10 and if ratified the Gov
ernor shall, when he ascertains such
ratification from the Secretary Of
State, to whom the returns shall be
referred in the manner as in cases of
elections for members of the General
Assembly to count and ascel ,-lin the
result. issue his proclamation for one
insertion in one of the daily papers of
this state, announcing such result anC
declaring the amendment ratified.
Section 5. Be it further enacted,
That all laws and parts of laws in
conflict with this Act be, and the same
are, hereby repealed.
No". therefore, |, Joseph NJ. Brown.
Governor of said State, 90 issue this
my proclamation hereby declaring that
the foregoing proposed amendment Q
the Constitution is submitted for rati-
fcation or rejection to the voters OF
the State qualified to vote for mem
bers of the General Assembly at the
general election to be held On Tuesday.
/ November 9Th, 1912.
JOSEPH NJ. BROWN,
Governor.
4 By the Gov ernCr:
PHILIP COOK, Secretary of State.