The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20

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mouth into Caroochee River, and
from thence down Caroochee River
in a southeasterly direction to the
starting point at Johnson's Ferry.
THAT the territory embraced in
the foregoing boundary lines shall be
known as and be named Evans Coun-
ty and the city of Claxton shall be
the county site of same.
That said proposed county shall
be attached to the First COMPRESSION
al District, to the Atlantic Judicial
Circuit and to the Second Senatorial
District That all legal voters resid-
ing within the limits of said proposed
County of Evans, entitled under the
laws of Georgia to vote for members
of the General Assembly, shall, on
the first Wednesday in January fol-
lowing the ratification by the people
of this proposed amendment, elect
the following officers for the said
county of Evans: An Ordinary, a
clerk of the Superior Court, a sheriff,
a coroner, a tax collector, tax re-
ceiver, county treasurer, county
surveyor a county superintendent OF
public schools and three commission
ers of roads and revenues, said cleo
ton to be held at ClaXton, the coun-
ty site, according to law. That the
superior courts of said county of Ev-
ans shall be held on the fourth Mon
days of January, March, June and
October, of each year, and that the
grand jury for said county of Evans
shall serve at the January and June
terms of said court, each year, pro-
thof fbA ICrn Of
the Superior Court may, in his dis
erection, cause the grand jury of said
county to be summoned at any term
or said Superior Court. That the
limit of said county of Evans, the
Congressional and State Senatorial
Districts, the Judicial Circuit to
which said county of Evans is hereby
attached, the terms of the Superior
Court of the same shall be so desig-
mated herein until changed by law;
provided that the laws applicable to
new counties, and not inconsistent
or in conflict with the provisions of
this Act as found in Sections S29 to
S48 inclusive of the Code of Georgia
1910, are hereby made applicable to
said county of Evans, whenever said
county is created, and that said coun-
ty shall be subject to all laws appli-
cable to all other counties of this
state.
Section 2. Be. it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That
whenever the above proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of this State
shall be agreed to by two-thirds of
the members elected to each of the
two Houses of the General Assembly,
and the same has been entered upon
their journals, with the yeas and
nays taken thereon, the Governor
shall, and he is hereby authorized
and instructed to cause the above
proposed .mendment to be published
in one or more newspapers in each
Congressional District in this State
for the period of two months, next
preceding the time of holding the
next general election; and the Gov
ernor is further authorized and di-
rected to provide for the submission
of the amendment proposed for rati-
fication or rejection to the electors
of this state, at the next general cleo
ton to be held after said publication,
at which election every person shall
be qualified to vote who is entitled
to vote for members of the General
Assembly. All persons voting at
said election in favor of adopting the
said proposed amendment shall have
written Or printed on their ballot the
words, For amendment to the Con-
StitutiOn, creating the County of Ev-
ans" and all persons opposed to the
adoption of said proposed amend
ment shall have written or printed
on their ballots the words, Against
the amendment to the Constitution,
creating the county of Evans" If
majority of the electors qualified
to vote for membe of the General
Assembly voting thereon shall vote
for ratification of said proposed
amendment then the Governor shall,
when he ascertains same from the
Secretary of State, to whom the re-
turns from said election shall be re
ferred, in the manner as in cases of
election for members of the General
Assembly to count and ascertain the
result, issue his proclamation for one
insertion in one daily paper OF the
State announcing such result and de-
claring the amendment ratified.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That all
laws and parts of laws in conflict
with this Act be, and the same are,
hereby repealed.
Now, therefore, I, John NJ. SIaton,
Governor of Said State, do issue this
my proclamation hereby declaring
that the foregoing proposed amend
ment to the Constitution is submitted
for ratification or rejection to the
voters of the State qualified TO vote
for members of the General Assem-
bly, at the General Election to be
held on Tuesday, November 3, 1914.
JOHN NJ. SLATON, Governor.
By the Governor; Philip Cook,
Secretary of State.