The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-17
By His Excellency,
HUGH NJ. DORSEY, Governor.

4 et1AAS AANAIACAlI 10 IllG CONSTITUTION OIL JIlS
state as set forth in an act approved
| August l 5. 1917, to wit:
An act to propose to the qualified
electors of this state an amendment
to paragraph 2, section /, article Il,
Of the constitution OF the state Of
Georgia, as amended by the ratifca-
ton by the qualified voters of this
state of the acts approved July 10,
1904, July 81, 1906, July 80 and
Aug. "A, 1912, July 7, II, 81 and
august II, 1914, and for other pur-
! poses.
! SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
| general assembly of the state of
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
| the authority of the same, that the
following amendment is hereby pro-
! posed to paragraph 2, section |, arti-
Gle IL, of the constitution of the
state of Georgia, as amended by the
ratification by the electors of said
/ state of the acts approved July 10,
1904, July 81. 1906, July 80 and
August A, 1912, July 7, II, 27, and
August IL, 1914, to wit: By adding
to said paragraph the following Ian
guage: provided, however, That in
addition to the counties now provided
for by this constitution, there shall
be new county laid out and created
| from territory embraced ia Coffee
and Cllnch counties within the fol
| lowing boundary lines: Beginning at
the point where the southern boun-
! Diary line of lot of land No. 1874, in
the fifth land district of Coffee coun-
| ty interesects the middle of the run
] nf To- IL Il q
said land line directly east to the
| southeast corner of lot of land No
! Is, in the sixth land district of COT
fee county; thence south along the
eastern boundary Of lot of land No.
Is, in the sixth land district of COT
Zee county to the southwest corner
of said lot of land; thence along the
land line directly east to where it
interesects the middle of the run of
the Satilla river; thence, in a south
eastecly direction along the run Of
the said Satilla river to where the
same interesects the northern b6un-
dairy of lot of land No. $50, in the
sixth land district, thence directly
east along said line to where it in
teresects the Ware county line
thence in a southerly direction along
the Ware county line to the south
east corner of lot of land No. 234, in
the seventh GU land district of Clinch
county; thence directly westward
along along the land line lot of land
No. PA on the south, to where it in
tersects the middle of the run Of
Alapaha river; thence in a northerly
direction along the middle of the run
of the Alapaha river to the mouth of
WlllachOOchee creek; thence along
the middle of the run of Willachoo-
chez creek to the point of beginning.
That said new county shall be known
as Atkinson county," and the Getty
of Pearson" shall be the county seat
thereof. That said Atkinson coun-
ty' shall be attached to the Eleventh
congressional district, the Waycross
judicial circuit and the Fifth sena-
tOrial district. That all the legal vot-
ers residing within the limits of the
county of Atkinson, entitled to vote
for members of the general assembly
under the laws of Georgia, on the
first Wednesday in December follow
ing the ratification of this proposed
amendment shall .elect an ordinary,
a clerk of the superior court, sheriff,
coroner, tax collector, tax receiver,
county surveyor and county treasur-
er for said new county, said election
to be held at the militia district court
houses at Willachoochee Pearson and
Arson, in the manner now provided
by law for holding elections for cOun-
ty officers, and said county officers
shall qualify and enter upon the dis
charge of their respective duties on
the first day of January following
their election, and shall hold their
offices for term of two y2a-a or
until their successors shall dllv
elected and qualified. That taa su-
periOr courts of said Atkinscn com
ty shall be held on the fourth Mon
days in January and June o. each
Eear. That the congressiona. I'D
-aEtorial districts, the judicial cir
1T to which said county of Atkin-
son is attached, the time of holding
the terms of the superior courts and
The limits of the county, shall remain
rs lssignated above until the same
shall be law, Provided, That the laws
/ 9ha: be charged by law Pro-
viGcl hat the laws applicable
/ t. the organization of new coun-
;,ca, found in sections 829 to
o48 inclusive, code of 1911, are
hereby made applicable to the county
of Atkinson whenever the same may
be created by the proposed amend
ment to the constitution, and that
said county, when created, shall be-
come statutory county," and shall
be at all times subject to all laws APP
plicable to all the other counties in
this state.
SECTION 2. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That,
whenever the proposed amendment to
the constitution shall be agreed to by
two-thirds of the members elected to
each of the two houses of the gener-
al assembly, and the same has been
entered on their journals, with the
yeas and nays taken thereon the gov
ernor shall and he is hereby author
lzed and instructed to cause the pro-
posed amendment to be published in
at least two newspapers in each con-