The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-09-24
PROCLAMATION


Submitting a proposed amendment 20
the Constitution 81 the State of Georgia,
to be vote8oa at the General State elcs.
ton 10 he field on Tuesday, November
srd. 1911, said amendment providing for
aboli hing Justice Courtsso as toinclude
Savannah. By His ExcelIency,
John Nj. Slaton, Govcrnor.
State Of Georgia,
Executive Department.
Augusta, 1914
Whereas, the General Assembly at its
session ia 1914, proposed al amendment
to the Constitution Of this state as set
forth in-an Act approved July 70, 18Th
to-wit:
An Act to amend Paragraph /, Of Sec
ton Z, Of the Constitution q the State Of
Georgia, providing for one Justice OF the
Peace in each Militia District Of theSta-
e, aad for the General Assembly in its
discretion to abolish Justice Courts and
the office OF Justice Of the Peace and OF
Notary Public and ex-oiiicio Justice Of
the Peace in any city Of this State having
population Of over 20,t00, except the
CITY of Savannah and toestablishin lieu
thereof such court or courts or system Of
courts as the. General Assembly may IN
its discretion deem necessary, by striking
therefrom the portion of the proviso Of
said paragraph, which excerpts the city
OF Savannah from the privilege 9f having
the General Assembly abolish Justice
Courts in said City and establish such
othtr Court or Courts or system Of Courts
as the General Assembly may in its dis
cretion deem necessary, and for ether
purposes.
Section. /. 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- (7), OF Article Six 10y, OF the Consti-
tuition OF the State Of Georgia, asamend-
ded by the Act OF the General Assembly,
approved July 30, 1912, and duly ratified
by the people according to law, be and
thesame is hereby amended by striking
from the proviso contained i'll said a.
mendmeut the words, except the City
OF Savannah, where they Immediately
follow the words having a 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
it's discretion abolish Justice Courts, and
the office OF Justice OF the Peace and of
Notary Public and ex-otficio Justice Of
the Peace in any city i'll this State hav-
a population of over twenty thousand,
and establish in lieu thereof such court
OF, courts or system OF courts as the Gen
eral Assembly in its discretondeem
necessary conferring upon surh count 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-officio Justices OF the 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 juris-
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, asthc 3en-
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
Paragraph /, dissection Q, of Article 6,
OF the Constitution of Georgia.
Sec. ?. Be it further enacted, That if