The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-15

Tuesday, November s. 1918, said amend
ment to amend article l, section @ para
graph 1, of the constitution of Georgia
so as to create additional senatorial dis
! tricts.
BY His Excellency,
HUGH NJ. DORSEY, Governor.
| WHEREAS. the general assembly at it.
session in 1913, proposed an amendment
! to the constitution of this state as sci
! forth in an act approved August II, 1918
| to wit:
An act to amend article 8. section 2
! paragraph l, of the constitution of the
! state of Georgia, which relates to the
number OF senators, the number OF SEN
atorial districts, and the composition OF
! such districts, so as to increase the num-
/ Der of senators and senatorial districts
! from forty-four to fifty-one, and to Gre
ate seven new senatorial districts, as fol-
lows: Forty-fifth, FOrty-sixth, Forty-seY-
enth, Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, F'iftieth
and Fifty-frst, out of certain counties,
and for other purposes.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the gen.
| eral assembly OF the state of Georgia,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same, that article l. section 2.
paragraph l, of the constitution of the
state of Georgia be and the same is here
by amended as follows:
A. BY striking out the. words forty
four" wherever said words occur in the
second line thereof.
B. BY substituting in lieu of the words
so stricken out wherever the same occur
the words "fffty-one."
of said paragraph preceding the sub
sections of said paragraph and article,
will read as follows:
Paragraph / The senate shall consist
Of fifty-one members. There shall be fifty
one senatorial districts as now arranged
by counties. Each district shall have one
senator"
SEC. 2 Be it further enacted by the au-
~ of hot fiRla
ton 2, paragraph l, of the constitution
of this state be, and the same is hereby
further amended as follows;
A. BY adding seven new sub-sections
IS. The forty-ffth senatorial district
shall be composed of the counties of r.
win, Ben Hill and Telfair.
46. The forty-sixth senatorial district
shall be composed of the counties of
Bacon Pierce and Coffee.
AZ. The forty-seventh senatorial district
shall be composed of the counties of Col
quit. Tiff and Turner.
A. The forty-eighth senatorial district
shall be composed of the counties OF
Crisp. Wilcox and Dodge.
4S. The forty-ninth senatorial district
shall be composed of the counties OF
Bulloch. Gambler and Evans.
So The fiftieth senatorial district shall
be composed of the counties Of Clarke
Oglethorpe and Wilkes.
81, The fifty-first senatorial distric
Gwinnett, Milton and Forsyth.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That article 8, sec
ton 2, paragraph l. of the constitution Of
further amended as follows:
4; BY striking all of sub-sections Is, q
80, "a, IS and 80.
B. BY substituting in lieu of the sub
sections so stricken out new subsection
49,, n, 30 a. IS and 80, respectively, a.
follows
Is. The fifteenth senatorial district shall
be composed of the counties of Wheeler
Montgomery and Toombs.
q. The twenty-seventh senatorial dis
trict shall be composed OF the countie
of Barrow, Walton and Oconee.
30. The thirtieth senatorial district shall
| be composed of the counties of Ebert
Madison and Hart
"a. The thirty-fourth senatorial distric
shall be composed of the counties .
DeKalb, Rockdale and Newton.
35. The thirty-flfth senatorial distric
shall be composed of the counties of Full
ton. Clayton and Henry.
| 80. The thirty-ninth senatorial distric
shall be composed of the counties O
Cherokee, Cobb and Douglas
| SEC 4. Be 1t further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid. That for the purpose o
creating the senatorial districts hereinbe
| fore named and set out In subsection Al
| act, the counties composing the same ar
| hereby transferred from the districts I
! which they have been heretofore attach
| ed to the new districts hereby created.
| SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by tn
authority aforesaid. That If this consti
/ tutional amendment shall be agreed to b
| tWo-thirds of the members of each hous
| of the general assembly the same sam
! shall be entered on their Journals wit
! the ayes and nays taken thereon, an
| the governor shall cause the amendmen
| to be published in one or more newspa
pers in each congressional district 70
two months imn0p6i1fplV
! next general election, and the same shall
| be submitted to the people at the mex
! general election All persons voting a
| said election in favor of the ratification
of the proposed amendment to the con
stitution of this state shall have writer
| or printed on their ballots the words "Fo
| ratification of amendment of article
| section z, paragraph l, of the constitution
! Of this state, providing for and creatin
! seven new senatorial DISTRICTS" and al
! persons voting against the ratification o
! the proposed amendment shall have writ
| ten or printed on their ballots the words
| Against ratification Of amendment of ar
! ticle 3, section 2, paragraph l, of the con
stitution of this state, providing for AM
| creating seven new senatorial districts
| If a majority of the electors qualifiet
| to vote for members of the general as
| sembly and voting in said general cleo
| ton shall vote in favor of the ratification
| Of said proposed amendment, then SAT-
amendment shall become a part of arti
Gle 3, section 2 paragraph l, OF the con
stitution of this state, ana the governo
shall make proclamation there, and shall
| call special elections in each Of the nev
! senatorial districts so created for tn
! election Of a senator for each of said dis
| tricts in the next general assembly, as
| provided by law for the filing OF vacan
| cies caused by death or resignation.
/ Approved August IT. 1918
! NOW, THEREFORE,, I Hugh NJ Dor
| sey, governor of said said state, do issu
| this my proclamation hereby declaring
! that the foregoing proposed amendmen
| to the constitution is submitted for rati
| fication or rejection to the voters of tn,
! state qualified to vote for members o
| the general assembly at the general cleo
| ton to be held on Tuesday, November S
| 1918
HUGH NJ. DORSEY, Governor.
| BY the Governor:
| H. B. STRANGE, Sec'y of State
| STATE OF GEORGIA