The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-13

the creation of the County OF Evans.
By His Excellency,
JOHN NJ. SLATON, Governor.
State of Georgia, Executive De-
partment, August II, 1914.-Where-
as, the General Assembly at its ses-
sion in 1914 proposed an amendment
to the Constitution of this State as
set forth in an Act approved August
IL, 1914, to-wit;
An Act to propose to the qualified
electors of the State of Georgia an
amendment to Paragraph 2, of Sec
ton 1, of Article II, OF the Constitu-
ton of this State, as amended by the
ratification by the qualified voters OF
this State of the AcJs approved July
10, 1904; July 81, 1906; July 80,
1912; and August IA, 1912, same
being AN Act to lay out and create
new county from portions of Bull
loch and Tattnall counties, to be
named and be known as Evans coun-
ty, with the city of Claxton as the
county site, and for other purposes"
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State OF
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same, that the
following amendment is hereby pro-
posed to Paragraph 2, Of Section l,
of Article IL, of the Constitution OF
this State, as amended by the ratiti-
cation by the qualified voters OF this
State of the Acts approved July ~,
1904, and July 81, 1906; July 80,
1912, and August IA, 1912, to-wit:
by adding to said paragraph
the following language to-Wlt:
provided, however, that in addition
to the counties now provided for by
this Constitution there shall be a
new county laid out and created from
portions of the Counties of Bulloch
and Tattnall and embraced within
the following boundary lines, COM
mencing at a point known as john
sons Old Ferry on the CarOochee nv
er and running thence in south
westerly direction along the bound
ary line between Liberty and TAFT
nall Counties 20 a point known as
the Ford, or CaroOchee creek; thence
in a westerly direction, straight line
to Jennie; thence westerly dlrec- !
ton a straight line to Rogers Cross |
ing, at the intersection OF the Bell |
Vile and ReidsYille roads; thence in |
nOrtherly direction in a straight
line to a point on the Seaboard Air
Line Railway, half way between the |
towns of Bellville and Manassas; |
thence northerly in the same direc-
ton in a straight line until it inter |
sects the line of the proposed Coun- |
ty Of Gambler; thence along said line |
to the CarOochee river; thence in a |
southerly direction down the CARGO |
chez river to Kennedy's Bridge;
thence in an easterly direction along |
the public road leading from Ken |
nedys Bridge to Ada Belle on the |
Register and Chenille Railroad; |
thence in an easterly direction along |
the old Dublin Road to the right-ot-
way of the old Dublin Railroad bed; !
thence in southeasterly direction !
down said right-of-way to Scott's
Greek; thence in the same direction |
down SCOTS Creek to its mouth in |
Lofts Creek; thence in southerly !
direction down Lofts Creek to its |
mouth into Caroochee River, and |
from thence down CaroOchee River |
in a southeasterly direction to the /
starting point at JohnsOn's Ferry.
That the territory embraced in |
the foregoing boundary lines shall be |
known as and be named Evans Coun- |
ty and the city of Claxton shall be |
the county site of same.
That said proposed county shall
be attached to the First Congression-
al District, to the Atlantic Judicial /
Circuit and to the Second Senatorial |
District. That all legal voters resid- /
ing within the limits of said proposed /
County of Evans, entitled under the
laws Of Georgia to vote for members
Of the General Assembly, shall, on
the first Wednesday in January fol-
lowing the ratification by the people |
of this proposed amendment, elect |
the following officers for the said |
county of Evans: An Ordinary, a |
clerk of the Superior Court, sheriff, !
a coroner, a tax collector, tax re-
ceiver, a county treasurer, county /
surveyor a county superintendent OF /
public schools and three commission