The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-09-03

Submitting proposed amendment to
the Constitution Of the State of Georgia;
to be voted on at the General State elee.
tion to be held on Tuesday, November
3rd, 1914, said amendment providing for
abolishing Justice Courts 50 as to include
Savannah. BY His Excellency,
John NJ. saton, Governor.
State OF Georgia,
Executive Departments
~ August 5, 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 OF the State of
Georgia, providing for one Justice Of the
Peace in each Militia District of the Sta
e, and 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-officio Justice OF
the Peace in any city of this State having
population of over 20,t00, except the
City of Savannah and to establish i'll 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 81 having
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
gral Assembly of the State OF Georgia, and
it is hereby enacted by authority of same
That Paragraph One ~, dissection Sew
en- ~, of Article Six (6), of the Consti-
tuition of the State of Georgia, as amend-
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 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 of
Notary Public and ex-oficio Justice of
the Peace in any city in this State haS- |
population ofsover twenty thousand,
and establish IN lieu thereof such court
or courts or system Of courts as the Gen
eral Assembly may, in its discretion deem 7
necessary comforting upon such court or
courts or systenl ofeeurts when SO es-
established, the jurisdiction as to subject
matter new exercised by Justice Courts
and by justices Of the Peace and Notaiies
Public ex-oficio 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 othercnurt 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.erors in and
by said courts and with such further
provision for the correction of error 10y
the Superior Court, or the Court Of APP /
peals, or the Supreme Court, asthe sem
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 Land down in
/ dissection 8, Of Article 8,
of the Constitution Of Georgia.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That III