The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-10-03

GcuCIdl Assembly OF tUe Sld
Georgia, and it is enacted by TIL
thority of the same. That Paw
is, Section Z, Article 3 of ~
sttution of this State euf
Section $3.50 of the civil Cd
gia be. and the same is hs
ed by adding after The
in the sixth line thereof
words cit may confer TIM
F. grant corporate powers a7IGs
yes to private companies to III
ii the superior courts Of this stat6N
'acation," so that said section IS
paragraph, as aforesaid, when ameLd-
q, shall read is follows:
77sAR General Assembly shall have
lr TO grant corporate powers
ileges to private companies,
or change election precincts,
Establish bridges or ferries,
change names Of legitimate
ts1ren. but it shall prescribe by law
rhe manner in which such powers
shall be- exercised By the courts; il
may confer this authority to grant
.5g CRATE powers and privileges to
private companies TO he judges Of the
superior courts Of this state IN yaca-
on All corporate powers and priv
llegeg to banking. insurance railroad,
canal, navigation, express and tele-
raph companies, shall be issued and
granted by the Secretary Of State in
such manner as shall be prescribed
by law, and IL in any event the Sec
rotary 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
ters shall be granted"
Section ,. BE It further enacted,
That whenever the above proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall
be agreed to by 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, the Governor shall cause
said amendment TO be published in at
cast 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 1t 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
efal election districts of this State, at
which election every person shall be
I qualified to vote who is entitled to
. vote for members Of the General AS
semhly 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
4 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
lots the words, Against amendment
Of Constitution authorizing judges Of
superior courts to grant charters in
vacation"
Section L. Be it further enacted
that the governor be, and he is here
by authorized and directed to provide
for the submission Of the amendment
proposed in this Act to a vote Of the
people, as required by the Constitu-
ton of this state in Paragraph ] Of
Section I 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 to count and
asrrl tain he result, issue his procla-
MAJOR for one insertion in ono Of the
1aily papers of this state, announcing
slch result and declaring the amend
-dent ratified
Section s. Be it further enacted,
That all laws and parts Of laws in
conflict with this Act he. and the
same are. hereby repealed
Now, therefore, I, Joseph NJ. Brown,
governor of said state, do issue this
my proclamation hereby declaring
that the foregoing proposed amend
ment to the Constitution is submit
j ted for ratification or rejection to the