The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-10-23
PROCLAMATION

voted on at the General Election to
be held on Tuesday, November 8.
1914, said amendment providing for
in the House of Rep
for counties not now
provided for, and for other purposes.
By His EXcellency,
John M. SIaton, Governor
State OF Georgia,
Executive Department,
August u, 1914.
Whereas, the General Assembly at
its session in 1914, proposed an
mendment to the Constitution of
this state as set forth in an Act APP
proved August 8, 1914. to-wit:
An Act to amend Paragraph l, OF
Section 3, of Article 3, of the Con
stitution of the State of Georgia
by striking the figures 49, there
from and inserting in place there
of the figures 1879. so as to provide
for representation in the House OF
Representatives for coulties not
now provided for, and further by
striking from said paragraph the
names of the counties therein set
out and inserting in place thereof
the names of the counties mention
Ell in the re-apportionment act of
the general assembly of 1911,
so that said paragraph will cou-
form to said e-apportionment,
and for other purposes.
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted b,
authority of the same, that Para
graph /, of Section 3, of Article 8, O.
the Constitution be, and the same j
hereby amended by striking from the
second line of said paragraph the f.
ures "1S4" and inserting in lieu there
of the figures '1S9," and further by
striking therefrom the names of al
counties therein specified, and in
sorting in place of six counties there
in named as being entitled to tire,
each the following
Fulton Chatham, Richmond, Bib
Floyd and Muscogee' and inserting
in place Of the twenty-s!X counties
therein specified as being entitled to
two representative each the follow
ing: 'Laurens, Carroll, Jackson, sum
ter, Thomas, Decatur, Gwinnett. Cow
eta, Cobb, Washington, DeKalb
Burke, Bulloch, Troup, Hall, Walton.
Barlow, Meriweather, Emanuel
Lowndes, Ebert, Brooks, Houston
Wilkes, Clark and Ware" and fur
Their by adding at the end of said pa
agraph after the words, and to tn
remaining counties one represents
tive each,' the following: and 4 the
event of the ratification of this amend
ment to the Constitution, the countie:
of Bleckley ahu Wheeler shall be en-
titled to representation in the Gener
al Assembly of Georgia for the SEES
sion of 1915-1e; and in the event this
amendment and the amendment ere
ating the counties of Barrow, Cand
Ter and Bacon shall be ratified, Their
the three said last named counties
shall also be entitled to representa-
ton in the sessions of the General
Assembly for the years 1916; and
elections in said counties shall be
held on the first Tuesday in January
1915, under the law now governing
similar elections for the election OF
members of the general assembly &c
serve during the session 1886 in
accordance with this amendment" Sc
that when said paragraph is 81
it will read as follows:
Paragraph 1. NAlmber of represen
tatives. The House of Representa-
tives shall consist of not more thar
1889 representatives apportioned
among the several counties as fol
lows to-wit To the six counties having
the largest population, viz: Fulton
Chatham, Richmond, Bib, Floyd and
Muscogee, three representatives each
to the twenty-six counties having the
next largest population, viz: Laurens
Carroll, Jackson, Sumter, Thomas
Decatur, Gwinnett, Coweta, Cobb
Washington, DeKalb, Burke, Bulloch
Troup, Hall Walton, Barlow, Meri
wether, Emanuel, Lo1ndes, Elbert.
Brooks, Houston Wilkes, Clarke and
Ware, two representatives each; and
to the remaining counties one repre-
sentative each; and in the event oil
the ratification of this amendment tc
the Constitution. the counties OF
Bleckley and Wheeler shall be en-
titled to representation in the Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia for the SEES
sion of 1876; and in the event this
amendment and the amendment ere
ating the counties of Barrow, Cand
Ter and Bacon shall be ratified, ther
the three said last named counties
shall also be entitled to representa-
ton in sessions of the genera assem-
bly, for the years 915-16; and elections
in said counties shall be held on the
first Tuesday in January, 1915, un
der the law now governing similar
elections for the election of members
of the General Assembly to serve
during the session of 1856 in &C
cOrdance with frs amendnoanf