The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-10-23
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A PROCLAMATION.

JOS. N. BLOWN, Governor
State of Georgia,
Executive Department,
August gath, 1872
Whereas, the General Assembly at
its present session in 1912 propose
an amendment to the Constitution
this State as set forth in an Act ap
proved August 10th, 1912, to-wit;
An Act to amend article 3, section
Z, paragraph Is, CT the Constitution
of the State Of Georgia embraced in
Section $3.50 of the Civil Code of this
State, authorizing ard empowering
Juages of the Superior Courts of this
State to grant charters to private com
panies in vacation, and for other pur-
poses.
Section L. Be 1t enacted by the
General Assembly of the State CT
Georgia, and it is enacted by the au-
thority of the same, That Paragraph
Is, Section Z, Article 3 of the Con-
stitution of this State embraced in
Section $3.50 Of the Civil Code o2 Geor-
gia be, and the same is hereby amend
&C b. adding after the word "cOurts"
in the sixth line thereof the following
words: ut may confer this authority
o grant corporate powers and priYi
leges to private companies to judges
Of the superior courts of this state in
vacation" 50 that said section and
paragraph, as aforesaid, when amend
ed, shall read IS fellows:
THE General Assembly shall have
no power to grant corporate powers
and privileges to private companies,
% make OR change election precincts,
hor to establish bridges or ferries,
nor to change names of legitimate
children, but it shall prescribe by law
the manner in which such powers
may confer this authority to grant
corporate powers and privileges to
private companies to the judges of the
superior courts of this state in vaca-
ton. All corporate powers and priv
ileges to banking. insurance railroad.
canal, navigation express and tele-
graph companies, shall be issued and
granted byethe rSsdretary of State in
such manner as shall be prescribed
by law, and if If any event the Sac
rotary of State should be disqualified
to act in any case, then in that event
the Legislature shall provide by gen
eral laws by Whateperson such char
tiers shall be granted"
Section D. Be 1t further enacted.
That whenever the above proposed
amendmeat TO the Constitution shall,
be agreed to sby@two-thirds 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, thesGoyernor' shall cause
said amendment to be published in at
| east two newspapers in each, Con-
gressional District of this state for
the period of two months next proceed
ing the time of holding the next gen
eral election
Section g. 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 III the
Second Section of this Act in the sew
eral election districts of this State, at
which election every person shall be
| Qualified tn Iuhn l., nnfif1nd IN
vote for members Of the General As
sembly. All persons voting at said
election in favor of adopting the pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution
shall have written or printed on their
ballots the words. "For amendment
of Constitution authorizing 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 bal
of Constitution authorizing judges OF
superior courts to grant charters in
vacation"
Section A. Be it further enacted,
that the governor be, and he is here
by authorized and directed to provide
for the submission of the amendmen
proposed in this Act to a vote of the
people, as required by the Constitu-
ton of this state in Paragraph l Of
Section / Of Article 10, and If rati-
fed the governor shall, when he as
certains such ratification from the
Secretary of State, to whom the re-
turns shall be referred in the manner
as in cases Of elections for members
Of the General Assembly t. count and
ascertain. the result, issue his procla-
MAG Oh for one insertion in one Of the
daily papers of this state, announcing
src1i result and declaring the amend
nent 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 ~
q. Now, therefore, ], Joseph M. Brown,
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