Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-23

New River to where said New River
crosses the County line between the
Counties of Berrien and Tiff; thence
I westward along what is now the
| County line between said Counties of
Berrien and Tiff to where said Coun-
t ty line crosses the run of the Little
River; thence a southerly direction
and southeasterly direction down and
along the run of said Little River to
where the same reaches the county
line between the Counties of Lowndes
and of Berrien; thence eastward along
said County line between the said
Counties Of Lowndes and Berrien to
where same crosses the run of said
TithIacoochee River, that being the
starting point.
That when said County is created
the County seat for the same shall be
/ the Town Of Abel, now in said Coun-
1 ty Of Berrien. That if the above and
foregoing amendment should be rati-
fed by the people when the same is
submitted to them for their ratifca-
ton at the next general election after
the adoption Of the proposal to amend
the Constitution, there shall be, on
the first Wednesday in December az
ter the proposed amendment to the
Constitution is adopted, an election
for the County officers herein naemd,
in and for said new County, to be
held at the several election precincts
existing within the limits of said new
County at the time Of the adoption Of
the proposed amendment, during the
usual hours of holding elections, and
all legally qualified voters residing
in said territory shall be qualied to
vote at said election; and the Ordi-
nary of Berrien County, the County in
which said election precincts are To-
Gated at the time of the adoption of
this amendment shall appoint the
election managers for. such precincts,
and the managers ofs the election
shall on the day succeeding the cleo
ton, meet at the city hall in the Town
of Abel and consolidate the vote for
the County officers; and the general
laws now in force as to the consolida-
ton of the votes, the return of the
election, and the commission of Of
fcers, shall be applicable to officers
elected at such special elections here
in provided for; that the officers to be
elected at said special election herein
provided for shall be an Ordinary,
Clerk of the Superior Court, Sheriff,
Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, Coroner,
County Surveyor, and County Treas
urer! that said officers shall be COM
missioned as now required by law,
and all laws now in force in this
State, TO commission officers and for
Dor DIS required of them, shall be APP
lplicable to the officers so elected;
that the officers elected shall hold.
their offices until the next general
election for County officers through
out the State, and until their success
sors are elected and qualified The
General Assembly is hereby given
power to create any additional statu-
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tory courts, and to provide by law
for filling said offices. ANY vacancies
I that may occur before the next gem
eral election in any of the offices
created thus for said County may be
Tailed as now provided by law. The
said County of Cook shall be attach
ed to the Eleventh Congressional Dis
trict the Southern Judicial Circuit,
and the Sixth Senatorial District;
but it shall be in the power Of the
General Assembly at any time to
| change the Judicial Circuit to which
said County of Cook is attached, and
the said General Assembly of Geor-
sia is hereby given power to change
said County of Cook in arranging
Congressional and Senatorial dis
tricts, as is now provided by law.
That the Superior Courts in said
County of Cook shall be held on the
first Mondays in March and Septem-
Der o; each year, but is shall be with
in tie power of the General Assembly
at any tire BIZ law to change the
time of holding court and the number
Of tariHs thelecI. That the Justice
of the Peace ana Constables residing
in the territory included within the
new County G: Cook shall exercise
the duties and powers of their office
until new militia districts are laid
out in said County of Cook, as now
ptcIided by Law That all the pro-
visions Of the law as contained in
ChapfeT Thirteen (13) of the Code