The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-09-06
A Proclamation.

Submitting a proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of Georgia,
to be voted on at the general cleo
ton to be held on Tuesday, Nov. 7,
1916, said amendment to amend Ar
ticle II, Section 1, Paragraph 2, of
the Constitution of this State, in ref
erence to the amendment creating
the County of Bacon. By His Excel
lency, NAT E. HARRIS, Governor.
State of Georgia, Executive De-
partment, August %, 1916.-Where-
as, the General Assembly at it's ses-
sion in 1916 proposed an amendment
to the Constitution of this State as
set forth in an act approved August
18, 1916, to wit:
The following amendment to Ar
ticle II, Section /, Paragraph 2, of
the Constitution of Georgia, is here
by proposed to the people of Georgia
by the House of Representatives of
the General Assembly of the State of
Georgia.
The amendment is proposed to
that portion of said section, para
graph and article which creates the
County of Bacon, and is as follows:
"That said County of Bacon is
hereby declared to be a statutory
county, the General Assembly of the
State of Georgia is hereby given the
power by legislation to create local
offices and local courts i'll the said
county other than those provided for
in this Constitution; and it is further
declared that the General Assembly
shall have the same power to legis-
late in reference to said County of
Bacon that it is now as to other
counties in the State. That all laws
applicable to the counties in this
State are hereby made to apply to
the said County of Bacon. That said
County of Bacon is hereby author
lied to create a bonded debt not to
exceed one hundred thousand dol
lars $100,000) for public improve
ments in said County of Bacon, by
the consent of the majority of the
regular qualified voters of said Coun-
ty of Bacon voting at an election for
that purpose. That said election to
create said debt shall be held under
law now in force for creation of the
debt"
Sec. 2. The Governor is hereby
required and directed that when this
proposed amendment shall be agreed
to by the General Assembly as re-
quired by the Constitution, to sub
NIT this proposed amendment to the
Constitution to the voters of this
State at the next general election, to
be held on Tuesday after the first
Monday in November next, and shall
cause this amendment to be adver-
tised in at least two papers in each
Congressional district in this state
at least two months before said next
general election, and if the majority
of qualified voters of this state vot-
ing at said election shall, by their
votes, ratify this proposed amend
ment of Constitution said amendment
shall become part of Constitution of
this state.
Sec. 8. That it shall be the duty
of the Secretary of the State to GER
tify the results of the votes on this
amendment to the Governor; when
said vote is so certified that it shall
appear by majority of qualified vot-
ers voting at said election voted in
favor of this amendment the Gov
ernor shall issue his proclamation to
such effect.
Sec. 4. That the form of submis-
sion of this proposed amendment
shall be as follows: Each voter shall
have written or printed on his ticket
the following words, 'In favor of the
ratification of amendment of Para
graph 2, Section 1, Article II, of the
Constitution of Georgia, amending
that portion of paragraph 2 Great
ing the County of Bacon" and those
opposed to the ratification of this
amendment shall have printed or
written on their ticket, Opposed to
ratification of amendment to Para
graph 2, Section l, Article II, of
Constitution amendment paragraph
2, in reference to the County of Ba-
con-"
Now, therefore, l, Nat E. Harris,
Governor of said State, do issue this
my proclamation hereby declaring
that the Constitution is submitted
for ratification or rejection to the
voters of the State qualified to vote
for members of the General Assem-