The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-03

uel counties to be known as Treutlen
county, with the town of Soperton as the
| county seat
BY His Excellency,
HUGH NJ, DORSEY, Governor.
| WHEREAS, the General Assembly at
ment to the constitution of this state as
set forth in an act approved August 81,
1917. to wit:
An act to propose to the qualified cleo
tors OF thls state an amendment to para
e gITapn t TI0 e. section one ~, article
eieven I'D, OF the constitution of this
state; The following amendment is pro-
| posed by the house of representa- tives
and senate Of Georgia to paragraph two
| " section one %. article eleven QN.
OF the constitution of this state; the same
ceing an act act to lay out and create a new
county E from portions of Montgomery
ana Emanuel counties to be named and
KNOWN as Treutlen county with the town
81 ss sSPsT199 as the the county seat
the state OF Georgia hereby proposes to
the people OF Georgia an amendment to
paragraph pa a9aad two g., section one a. arti-
ete eieVeR %, of the constitution of this
state as follows: That in addition to the
couhtles heretofore existing in this state,
created by the general assembly, and
oIlose created by amendments to the
above and foregoing paragraph. section
and article of the constitution of his
state, there is hereby created an addi-
elohai county, which county, when Great
/ nan NC hIONn rs IfeutieD
me territory for the formation of the
| said county of Treutlen shall be fslFan
| from the counties of Montgomery and
Emanuel. and the said territory so taken
! iof the formation of said county Of Treut-
! len snail be included within the FOLLOWING
| described boundaries. to wit: Starting AT
| d point on the east side of the Oconee
tttVef Owhere Red Bluff creek empties into
! Ine, QGonee river and running up said
| ked Bluff creek to q point where fLe
! +tLLEet Ioaa crosses Red Bluff creek
onehcg on straight line in & north
| easterly direction to Wixtrum's hriI~a
on Pendieton creek, said Pendleton
| creek being the present line between
| MontSomery and Emanuel counties
tmenCe IN hortherly direction from Wix-
| STuIn bridge on Pendleton creek to
moore s bridge on the Ohoopee river. the
| puplle ROAD from WiXtrums bridge lead
1 R1 TO SWalnsboro, being the line to said
| Shehce up the run of the Ohoopee river
from Moore's bridge to McI.emore's
bridge where the Savannah and Dublin
! public road crosses the OhooDea river.
| thence in a westerly direction along said
savannah and Dublin public road to
| where said public road crosses the county
| Inc between Laurens and EmaneuI coun-
| ties, thence in a 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
| GQuhtles to MERGERS creek; thence down
mercer creek IN a sOuthwesterly direc-
| ton to where MERGERS creek emDties in
! 70 the Oconee river; thence down the
Oconee river to the mouth of Red Bluff
! creek; at the starting point That if the
sald county is created the county seat
shail be at the town of Soperton now in
| the county of MONTGOMERY That if this
! amendment shall be ratified by the peoDle
| when the same is submitted to them for
| thelr ratification, then, on the first Wed
hes1ay IN December, 1918, an election
| shall be held for the election of county
ot!cers herein named to serve in and for
SAID new county; that said election shall
De at the said election precincts existing
| Wlthln the limits of said proposed new
county at the time this amendment shall
take effect and he held during the hours
now hXed by law for holding elections
| and all legally qualified voters residing
| IN the territory included in the limits Of
SAID proposed new county shall be quail
| fed to vote at said election for said Of
ncers and the ordnaries of the several
counties IN which the election precincts
are located within the limits Of the said
proposed new county at the time
| TINS 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
| ceedlng the election meet at the town of
| Soperton, the place wherein designated
| as the county seat of said proposed new
| county, and consolidate the vote cast at
| Sald election at such place within the
| limits of said town of Soperton as shall
! De designated by the judge of the supe-
! rlor courts Of the Oconee circuit whose
| duty it is hereby made to designate a
| meeting place for said election managers
| within the corporate limits of said town
| OF Soperton; and the general law of this
| state now in force as TO the consolidation
| or votes, the return of the election and
! the commission of the officers shall be
! applicable to such special election herein
| provided for. The officers to be elected
! at. said election shall be an ordinary
! clerk of the superior court sheriff tax
| collector tax receiver, coroner, county
| surveyor county treasurer, county super
! lhteNGent OF education and member of the
| general assembly; that the persons who
| shall be elected to fill said offices at said
| election snail be commissioned as now
| required by law, and the laws now in
! force in this state in regard to commits
| slons for officers 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 70,
! county officers and until their successors
| are elected and qualified. The general
| assembly is hereby given power to create
! any statutory offices or statutory courts
and provide for filing the same. Vacan-
cles that may occur before the next gem
erai election in any of the said offices
snail be filled as now provided by law.
Ih2t said new county, when created,
shall become part of the Twelfth con-
eressional district and Sixteenth senate
rial district. and shall be included in the
| court for said county is hereby created
which court shall have the same jurisdic-
ton as now provided by the law for the
superior courts of this state that the
| said court until otherwise changed by
law shall be held on the third Mondays of
February and August of each year but
the general assembly is hereby expressly
given the power to change the terms Of
| SAID court and to increase the number
thereof: that the. justices of the peace
and constabes residing within the terri
Will, ,txr Of
Treutlen shall exefcise the duties and
powers Of their offices until new militia
districts are laid out for said county of
Treutlen as now provided by law. That
the provisions Of chapter 70 Of the code
said PROPOSED coEntY l''' Of TrelntIen 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-
latn@ to counties and county affairs, and