The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-10-08
PROCLAMATION

submitting a proposed amendment ia
the Constitution Of the State Of Georgia
to De voted on at the General State eles.
tlon to be held on Tuesday, November
Srd, 1914, said amendment providing fo,
abolishing Justice Courts so as to inclndA
savannah, By His Excellency,
John M. Slaton, Governor.
State OF Georgia,
Executive Department,
August 8, 1914.
Whereas, the General Assembly at its
session in 1914, proposed an amendment
to the Constitution Of this state as set
forth IN an Act approved July 20, 1914,
to-wit
An Act to amend Paragraph !, OF sec
ton I, Of the Constitution 81 the State Of
!. Georgia, providing for one Justice f,the
Peace in each Militia District OF theSta-
e. and for the General Assembly in its
discretion to abolish Justice Courts and
the Office Of. Justice Of tile Peace and Of
Notary Public and ex-ofIieio Justice Of
the Peace in any city Of this State having
a population of over 10000, except the
City Of Savannah and to establishin lieu
thereof such court or courts or system of
courts as the General Assembly may in
its discretion deem necessary, by striking
therefrom the portions Of the proviso of
said paragraph, which excerpts ther ity
OF Savannah from the privilege :. sing
the General Assembly abolish Justice
Courts in said City and establish such
other Court or Courts or system of Courts
as the General Assembly may in its dis
cretion deem necessary, and for ether
purposes.
Section. l. Be it enacted by the Gene
raj Assembly Of the State Of Georgia, and
it is hereby enacted by authority OF same !
That Paragraph One ~, ofsectionsev-
en- ~, Of Article Six CO.., Of the Consti-
tuition OF the State Of Georgia, asamend-
ded by the Act OF theGeneral Assembly,
approved July 80, 1912, and duly ratified |
by the people according to law, be and |
thesa is hereby amended by striking
from the proviso contained in said. a. !
mendmeut the words, except the City
of Savannah" where they Immediately |
follow the words having population |
Of over twenty thousand" SO that pro- !
viso SO amended by this amendment
shall read as follows Provided, how
ever, that the General Assembly may in
its discretion abolish Justice Courts, and /
the office OF Justice of the Peace and oil
Notary Public and ex-ohicio Justice of
the Peace in any city in this State, hav
a population of over twenty thousand,
and establish in lieu thereof such court
or courts or system OF courts as the Gen
eraI Assembly may, in its discretion deem
necessary comforting upon such court or
courts or system OF courts when so es.
Established, the jurisdiction as to subject
matter now exercised by Justice Courts
and by Justices of the Peace and NotaIies
Public ex-ofieio Justices ofthe Peace, to-
gether with such additional jurisdiction,
either as to amount or to subject matter,
as may be provided by law, whereof
some other court has not exclusive jurs-
diction under this Constitution; together
also with such provision 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
provision for the correction of error by
the Superior Court, or the Court OF APP
peals, or the Supreme Court, asthe zen
eral Assembly may from time to time in
its discretion, provide or authorize. ANY
court so established shall not be subject
to the rules of uniformity laid down in
l, dissection 9, of Article 6,
of the Constitution of Georgia.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That if