Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-12
State OF Georgia.
Executive department,
Atlanta, September 8, 1918.
A PROCLAMATION

A PROCLAMATION
Submitting a proposed Amendment to
the Constitution of Georgia, to be
voted on at the general election to
be held on Tuesday, November 5th,
1918, said Amendment to amend the
Constitution of Georgia So as to
authorize municipalities containing
One Hundred and Fifty Thousand
inhabitants, or more, to incur bond
ed indebtedness under certain cir
cumstances.
By His Excellency,
HUGH M DORSEY, Governor.
WHEREAS, the General Assembly,
at its session in 1918, proposed an
Amendment to the Constitution of
this State as set forth in Resolution
approved August 10, 1918. to-wit
A RESOLUTION proposing to the
people Of the State an Amendment
to the Constitution of the State Of
Georgia
BE 1T RESOLVED by the House of
Representatives Of the State of Geor-
gia the Senate thereof concurring,
that this Amendment of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Georgia be and
the same is hereby proposed to the
people thereof. That is to say:
''Reserving to such municipal cor
porations the benefit of all provisions
of the Constitution of force in this
State and General assembly is here
by empowered to authorize any NUM-
Cital corporation within this State
having a population of One Hundred
and Fifty Thousand or more according
to the census of the United States
Government taken next preceding the
approvaI of any Act passed in pursu-
ance hereof, to incur bonded debt
or debts for the public purposes of
such municipality the said debt or
debts So to be incurred to be of such
sums and 10 tie secured after such
manner, and to be paid principal and
interest at such times and such places
and by such means, and upon such
terms, as the General Assembly may
prescribe.
PROVIDED, however, that no act
comforting the powers aforesaid or
any of them shall become operative
until the same shall have been ap-
proved at a general election held for
the election of Mayor and General
Council in such municipality by two
thirds of the qualified voters thereof
who may vote at said election. Such
two-thirds to constitute at least a ma
jority of ten qualified voters of such
municipality
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: 1t
shall be the duty of the Governor to
cause publication of this proposed
Amendment to be made in accordance
with the provisions of Article IS,
Section /, Paragraph l of the Con-
stitution of this State. the cost thereof
to be paid out of any moneys in the
Treasury of the State and not other
wise specifically appropriated
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED;
That at the next General Election to
he held in this STATE this proposed
Amendment shall be submitted to the
people Of this State for their app1bval
or rejection by causing to be printed
or written upon the ballots to e"cast
thereat the words, For the Consti-
tUtional Amendment authorizing the
General Assembly to confer upon
municipalities containing One Hun
bred and Fifty Thousand inhabitants
or more the power to incur bonded
debts" and the words, Against the
Constitutional Amendment authorizing
the General Assembly to confer upon
municipalities contining One Hundred
and Fifty Thousand inhabitants or
more the power to incur bonded
debts" and if the people shall ratify
such amendment by majority of the
electors qualified to vote for members
OF the General Assembly voting there
on such Amendment shall be and be-
core part of the Constitution of this
Stare and the Governor shall make
ProciarnatiCn accordingly.
NOW, THEREFORE,, I, Hugh M.
Dorsey, Governor of said State, do is
sue this my Proclamation hereby de-
claring that the FOREGOING proposed
Amendment to the Constitution is
submitted for ratification or rejection
to the voters of the State, qualified to
vote for members of the General AS
sembly at the general election to be
held On Tuesday, November 5, 1918.