The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-09-10
PROCLAMATION

Submitting proposed amendment to
the Constitution of'the State of Georgia
70 be voted on at the General State elea.
ton TIE held on Tuesday, November
ora, 1914, said amendment providing for
apolishing Justice Courts 20 as TO include
savannah, By His ExcelIency,
John M. Slaton, Governor.
State Of Georgia,
Executive Department.
August 3, 1914.
Whereas, the General Assembly at it's
session in 1914, proposed ain amendment
to theConstitntion Of this state as set
forth in an Act approved July %, 1914,
to,wit:
An Act to amend Paragraph |, of Sec
ton Z, Of the Constitution Of the State Of
Georgia, providing for one Justieeof 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 exsotficio Justice OF
the Peace in any city Of this State having
population Of over 90 90, except the
City OF Savannah and toestablish III lieu
thereof such court orcourts or system oil
courts as the General Assembly may in.
its discretion deem necessary, by striking
therefroln the portionof the prosiso oil
said paragraph, wh ch excerpts tie city
OF Savannah from the privilege ii 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. 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 "a, ofsectionsev-
en- (7), of Article Six t6), 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 i'll said a
mendmrut the words, except the City
OF Savannah, where they Immediately
followsthe words having population
of over twenty thousand, so that pro-
yiso 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-officio Justice Of
the Peace IN any city in this State hav-
population of over twenty thousand,
and establish in lieu thereof such court /
or courts or system OF courts as the Cen /
eral Assembly may, in itsdiscret on deem |
necessary comforting upon such court or !
courts or system OF courts when SO es-
stablished, the jurisdiction as to subject +
matter now exercised by Justice Courts
and BY Justices cfthe Peace and N otaies
Public ey-oficio Justices 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 iuris-
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 Ap-
peals, or the Supreme Court, asthc ien-
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 lald down lin
1, dissection 8, of Article s,
Of the Constitution Of Georgia.
Sec. ?. Be it further enacted, That if i