The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-22

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| and senate of Georgia to paragraph two
J u, section one %, article eleven QD,
! OF the constitution of this state; the same
| oelnS an act to lay out and create new
| county from portions of Montgomery
| and Emanuel counties to be named and
known as Ireutlen county with the town
! or Sopefton as the county seat
| SECTION / The general assembly of
! the state OF Georgia hereby proposes to
| the people of Georgia an amendment to
! paragraph two (2), section one ID arti-
| Gle eleven (lD, of the constitution of this
! state as follows: That in addition to the
! counties heretofore existing in this state
! created by the general assembly and
those created by amendments to the
! ABOVE ana foregoing para graph, section
| and article OF the constitution of this
state. there is hereby created an addi-
! tlonal county, which county when Great
| ed shall be known rs Treutlen counfv
! The territory for the formation of the
| said county of Treutlen shall be taken
from the counties of Montgomery and
Emanuel, and the said territory so taken
| for the formation of said county of Treut-
len shall be included within the following
| described boundaries, to wit: Starting at
a point on the east side of the Oconee
| river where Red Bluff creek empties into
tne Oconee river and running up said
Red Bluff creek to a point where the
river road crosses Red Bluff creek,
Themes ne1as1, on "a straight line in 9 north
on Pendleton creek, said Pendleton
creek being the present line between
I Montgomery and Emanuel counties
thence In a northerly direction from WIKI
trum's bridge on Pendleton creek, to
! Moore bridge on the Ohoopee river: the
public road from WiXtrums bridge lead
ing to Swainsboro, being tho line to said
Moore's bridge on the Ohoopee river:
| thence up the run of the Ohoopee river
! from Moore's bridge to McLemore's
! bridge where the Savannah and Dublin
public road crosses the Ohoopee river;
thence in westerly direction along said
| savannah and Dublin public road to
where said public road crosses the county
line between Laurens and Emaneu coun-
tles, thence in southwesterly direction
| along the county line between the pres
ent counties of Emanuel and Laurens to
! Pendleton creek; thence along the coun-
| " line between Laurens and Montgomery
counties to MERGERS creek; thence down
MERGERS creek in a southwestery direc-
| ton to where MERGERS creek empties in
| to the Oconee river; thence down the
Oconee river to the mouth of Red Bluff
/ creek; at the starting point. That if the
said county is created the county seat
! snail be at the town of Soperton now in
the county of Montgomery. That if this
amendment shall be ratified by the people
! when the same is submitted to them for
! their ratification, then, on the first Wed
! nesday in December, 1913 an election
| snail be held for the election of county
! officers herein named to serve in and for
! said new county; that said election shall
be at the said election precincts existing
| within the limits of said proposed new
SOuilIy 1T the time TINS amendment shall
| take effect, and he held during the hours
now fixed by law for holding elections.
ana all legally qualified voters residin 9
IN the territory included in the limits of
SalQ proposed new county shall be quail
ned to vote at said election for said Of
hcers, and the ordinaries of the several
counties in which the election precin cts
are located within the limits of the said
proposed new county at the time
| this amendment is to take effect shall
each appoint the election managers for
| the precincts in the county in which he
| exercises jurisdiction as ordinary and
said managers shall take and subscribe
the oath now prescribed by law; and the
election managers shall on the day sue
eeedlng the election meet at the town of
oopefton' the place wherein designated
as the county seat of said proposed new
county, and consolidate the vote cast at
S.i. ELECTION at such place within the
! limits or said town of Soperton as shall
be designated by the Judge of the sumo
rlor courts of the OcOnee circuit whose
DUTY 1t is hereby made to designate a
meeting place for said election managers
Wlthn the corporate limits of said town
OF Soperton; and the general law of this
state now in force as to the consolidation
OF votes, the return of the election. and
the commission of the officers shall he
applicable to such special election herein
provided for, The officers to be elected
at said election shall be an ordinary
cleTk OF the superior court, sheriff, tax
collector, tax receiver, coroner county
surveyor, county treasurer, county super-
intendent of education and member of the
general assembly that the persons who
shall be- elected to fill said Offices at said
election shall be commissioned as now
required by law, and the laws now in
force IN this state in regard to commits
SONS Ior ofncers and the bonds required
OF them shall be applicable to the officers
so elected, and they shall hold their Off
ces until the next general election for
county officers and until their successors
H. 3. STRANGE Sec'y of State
are elected and qualified. The general
assembly is hereby given power to create
any statutory offices or statutory courts
ana PROVIDE Tor filling the same. Vacan-
cles that may occur before the next gen
erai election in any of the said offices
snail be filled as now provided by law
Ihat SAID new county, when created
snail become part of the Twelfth con-
gresslonal district and Sixteenth senate
rial district, and shall be included in the
| Oconee Judicial circait and a superior
court Tor said county is hereby created,
! ton as now provided by the law for the
| superior courts of this state; that the
SAID court until otherwise changed by
law snail be held on the third MONDAYS of
FEBRUARY and August of each wear but
the general assembly is hereby expressly
given the power to change the terms of
Sald court and to increase the number
thereof; that the justices of the peace
ana conStables residing within the terri
! tory included within the new county of
Ireutlen shall exercise the duties and
districts are laid out for said county of
| Ireutlen as now provided by law. That
! the provisions of chapter ID of the code
OF 1910 are hereby made applicable to
said proposed county of Treutlen, and
! that all the general laws of this state
in reference to holding elections for the
| purpose Of creating debt, and that the
! said proposed county of Treutlen shall
when created, become in all respects a
| statutory county, and shall be governed
! by all laws now in force in this state re-
| lating to counties and county affairs, and
| shall be subject to the legislative con-
| troll of this state, and the legislature of
| this state is hereby given power to enact
laws in reference to said county in thn
| same manner and the same extent that
! they have the power to legislate as to
! the other counties now existing in tho
state; that the property of all taxpaycr.;
! included within the limits as herein de-
! fined of the said proposed county #
| Treutlen is hereby made chargeable with
! any debt that may have been incurred
! by any Of the counties from which the
! territory included i'm the new county is
taken by the legally constituted authori-
| TIES Of the county for the purpose OF
raising revenues for the benefit of either
! or said counties, whether the said debi
! IS bonded debt or one which has beer
| incurred for the benefit in any Way Of
| either of the counties voi,,a - 81.