The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-09-03
PROCLAMATION

Submitting proposed amendment
20 the constitution of the state OF
ieorgia, to be voted on at the gener-
al state election to be held on Tues
lay, Nov. 3, 1914, said amendment
providing for salary of the judge OF
the superior court of Bibb county,
BY His Excellency,
John NJ. Slaton, Governor
State of Georgia,
Executive Department,
August 3, 1914.
Whereas, the General Assembly at
ITS session in 1913 proposed an
amendment to the constitution of this
state, as set forth i'll an act approved
August 16, 1913, to-wit:
An Act to amend Paragraph l, of
Section 10, of Article of the Consti-
tuition Of the State of Georgia, regu-
atng the salaries of the judges of
he Supreme and Superior Courts by
providing for the payment from the
county treasury OF Bib County to the
Judge of the superior court of the cir
uit of which the said county is a
part of additional compensation.
Section /. BE it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Georgia,
That Paragraph /, of Section 10, of
Article s, of the Constitution of the
State Of Georgia, as amended by the
Act of the General Assembly, APPROX
I'd August 3, 1910, and duly ratified
oy the people according TO law, be and
the same is hereby amended by m
sorting the word ''llibb" in the proviso
contained in said amendment between
the words the counties Of and the
word Chatham so that said pro
viso so amended by this amendment,
shall read as follows:
Provided, however, That the Coun-
ties of Bib, Chatham Fulton and
Richmond, shall pay from their re-
spective county treasures to the SUI
perior Court judges of the circuit of
which they are part, and the
County of Fulton to the judge
of the Stone Mountain circuit,
or the Judge of such other circuit as
may hereafter be required to regu-
larry preside therein for additional
services rendered in the Superior
Court of Fulton County, such sums
as will with the salaries paid each
judge from the State Treasury,
make salary of $4,000 per annum
to each Judge; and said payments
are declared to be part of the
court expenses of such counties.
such payments to be made to the
judges now in office as well as their
uccessors.
Sec. ,. BE it further enacted. That
if this constitutional amendment
shall be agreed to by two-thirds of
the members of the General Assem-
bly, of each house, the same shall
be entered on each Journal, with the
ayes and nays taken thereon, and
the governor shall cause the amend
ment to be published in one or more
of the newspapers in each Congress
sional District for two months, i'm.
mediately preceding the next gener-
a. election, and the voters thereat
shall have written or printed on
THEFT ticket For ratification of
Amendment to Paragraph /. Section
Is, Article 6, OF the Constitution"
providing for additional compensa-
ton of the Superior Court Judge in
Bibb Superior Court or Against
ratification of Amendment to Para
graph /. Section Is, Article 6. Of
the Constitution" against providing
additional compensation for the SUI
perior Court Judge in Bib Superior
CourD as they may choose, and If
majority of the electors qualified TO
vote for members of the next Gener-
al Assembly voting. shall vote in ia.
vor of ratification. then said amend
ment shall become part of Article
:. Section Us, Paragraph l. of the
Constitution OF this State, and the
Governor shall make proclamation
thereof.
Be it further enacted. That all
laws and parts of laws in conflict
with this Act, be, and the same are