The Brunswick news., 1912-09-14
Legal Advertisements
A PROCLAMATION.

eral election to be helo on Tuesday
November ), 1912, said amendment
providing for authorizing ald en-
powering judges OF superior courts
OF this state to grant charters to
private companies a vacation.
BY His Exeellency,
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 18th, 1912. to-wit
An Act to amend article 3, section
7. 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 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the state cf
Georgia, and it is enacted by the au-
thority Of the same, That Paragraph
is, Section z, Article 8 of the Con-
sttuton of this State embraced in
Section 57S0 Of the Ciyi 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 1t may confer this authority
TO grant corporate powers and priFi-
leges to private companies 70 JUDGES
of the superior courts OF this state i'm
vacation" so that said section and
paragraph, as aforesaid, when amend
ed shall read as follows
THE General Assembly shall have
no over 10 grant corporate powers
and privileges to private companj1,
to make or change election precincts,
nor to establish bridges or ferries,
nor to change names of legitimate
children but it shah prescribe by law
the manner In which such powers
shall be exercised by the courts, il
may confer this authority to grant
corporate powers and privileges TO
private companies to the judges of the
superior courts Of this state in yaca-
tion. All corporate powers and priv
fleges 10 banking, insurance. railroad,
canal, navigation, express and tele-
graph companies, shall be issued and
granted by the Secretary of State in
such manner as shah 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 gen
eral laws by what person such char
tiers shall be granted"
Section ,. BE It further enacted,
That whenever the above proposed
amendment to the Constitution snail
be agreed to by twothirds 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
eraI election districts q this State, at
which election every pAson shall be
qualified to vote who u entitled to
vote for members Of the Mineral AS
sembly All persons vot4 4g at said
election in favor Of adop4hg the pro-
posed amendment to thF Constitution