The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-08-27
PROCLAMATION

Submitting proposed amendment to
the Constitution Of the State OF Georgia,
to be voted on at the General State ele,,.
ton to he held on Tuesday, November
3rd, 1914, said amendment providing for
abolishing Justice Courts so as to include
Savannah. BY His Excellency,
John NJ. Slaton, Governor.
State OF Georgia,
Executive Department.
August 3, 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 Z, 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 oil
Notary Public and ex-offieio Justice OF
the Peace in any. city OF this State having
a population Of over 20 except tie
City OF Savannah and to establishin lien
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 II having
the General Assembly abolish Justice
Courts in said City and establish such
Other Court or Courts or system ofCourts
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 Cd, dissection Sew
en- (7), OF Article Six (6), OF the Corsti-
tuition OF the State of7Georgia, asamend-
ded by the Act of the General Assembly,
approved July 80, 1912, and duly ratified
by the people according to law, be and
the same is hereby amended by striking
from the proviso contained in said a
mendmtut 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- otficio Justice of
the Peacein any city in this State llav-
population of over twenty thousand,
and establish in lieu thereof such court
or courts or system OF courts as the Gen
eral Assembly may in its discreto OH Deem
necessary conierring upon such couit 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 Notalies
Public ex -officio Justices oftlie Peace, to-
gether with such additional jurisdiction,
either as to amount or to subject matter,
as may be provided by law, whereof
some othercourt 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 len
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 /, of Section 9, OF Article 6,
of the Constitution OF Georgia.
Sec. .. Be it further enacted, That if