The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-27

by the Supreme Court, or the Court
of Appeals. or the Supreme Court,
as the General Assembly may from
time to time in its discretion provide
or authorize. Any Court so establish
ed shall not be subject to the Rules
of uniformity laid down in Paragraph
/, Section 8, Article 6, of the Consti-
tuition of Georgia" So that said Sec
ton when amended shall read as fol-
lows: sThere shall be in each Mill
tia District one Justice of the Peace
whose official term except when elect
ed to fill an unexpired term, shall be
four years: Provided, however, that
the General Assembly may in it's dis
erection abolish Justice Courts and the
office of Justice of the Peace and of
Notary Public, ex-Officio Justice of the
Peace in any city of this State having
a population of over twenty thousand.
except the City of Savannah and in
establish in lieu thereof such Court
or system of Courts as the General
Assembly may in its discretion deem
necessary, comforting upon such new
Court or Courts, or system of Courts
so established the jurisdiction as to
subject matter now exercised by JUS
tice Courts and by the Justices of
the Peace and Notaries Public Elk
Oficio Justices of the Peace, togeth-
er with such additional jurisdiction,
either as to amount or subject matter
as may be provided by law, whereof
some other court has not exclusive
jurisdiction under this Constitution,
together also with such provisions as
to rules and procedure, in such courts
and as to new trials and the
correction of errors in and by
said courts, and with such further
provisions for the correction OF
errors by the Superior Courts, or
Court of Appeals, or the
Supreme Court, as the General AS
sembly may from time to time in it's
discretion provide or authorize. Any
court so established shall not be sub
ject to the rules of uniformity laid
down in Paragraph 1, of Section 8, of
Article 6 of the Constitution of Geor-
gia."
Section 2. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid that when
said amendment shall be agreed to
by two-thirds of the members elected
to each house, it shall be entered
upon the journal of each house with
the ayes and nays thereon and pub
lished in one or more newspapers in
each congressional district in said
State for two months previous to the
time for holding the next general cleo
ton and shall, at the next general
election, be submitted to the people
for ratification. All persons voting at
said election in favor of adopting said
proposed amendment to the Consti--
tuition shall have written or printed
on their ballots the words, For Rat
ifcation of Amendment to Article 6,
Section of the Constitution ,authori-
zing the establishment of other courts
in certain cities in lieu of Justice
courts, and all persons opposed to
the adoption of said amendment shall
have written or printed on their bal
lots the words. against ratification
of amendment to Article 6, Section
of the Constitution, authorizing the
establishment of other courts in GER
tain cities in lieu of justice courts"
and If the majority of electors quail
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al Assembly voting thereon, shall be
consolidated as now required by law
in elections for members of the Gen.
eral Assembly and return thereof
made to the Governor, then he shall
declare said amendment adopted and
make proclamation OF the result by
publication of the results of said cleo
ton by one insertion in one of the
daily papers of this State declaring
the amendment ratified.
Section 8. Be it further enacted,
that all laws and parts of laws in con-
flict with this act be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Now, therefore, I. Joseph M. Brown,
Governor of said State do issue this
my proclamation, hereby declaring
that the foregoing proposed amend
ment to the Constitution is submitted
flor ratification or rejection to the vo-
tiers of the state qualified to vote for
members Of the General Assembly at
the general election to be held on
| Wednesday, October 2, 1912.
JOSEPH NJ. Brown,
Governor
lBy the Governor