The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-24

are elected and qualified. The general
! assembly is hereby given power to create
any statutory offices or statutory courts
and provide for filling the same Vacan-
| cleS that may occur before the next gem
erai election in any of the said offices
shall be filled as now provided by law
That said new county. when created.
snail become part of the Twelfth con-
gressional district and Sixteenth senate
RAJ district, and shall be included in the
/ Oconee Judicial circuit. and a superior
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 nv
| law shall be held on the third MONDAYS of
February and August of each year but
I me 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
ana conStableS residing within the terri
tory included within the new county of
| IfeutIen shall exercise the duties and
powers OF their offices until new militia
districts are laid out for said county of
| Lfeutlen as now provided by law That
| the provisions of chapter 10 of the code
| OF 1910 are hereby made applicable to
/ SAID proposed county of Treutlen, and
that all the general laws of this state
| ~ reference to holding elections for the
purpose or creating debt, and that the
said proposed county of Treutlen shall
~hen created, become in all respects a
statutory county, and shall be governed
py all laws now in force in this state re-
Iaung to counties and county affairs and
shau be subject to the legislative con-
troll OF this state, and the legislature of
TINS state is hereby given power to enact
avs IN reference to said county in the
same manner and the same extent that
theE nave the power to legislate as to
the other counties now existing in this
state that the property of all taxpayers
lncluded within the limits as herein de-
nned of the said proposed county of
Ireutlen is hereby made chargeable with
any debt that may have been incurred
by any OF the counties from which the
territory included in 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
OF SAID counties, whether the said debt
Is bonded debt or one which has been
incurred for the benefit in any way of
either of the counties The value of the
laNaDle property included in the said
county of Treutlen at the time of the
adoption of this amendment to the con-
SIltuuon, IN proportion to the value Of
the property left in the counties from
winch the said county of Treutlen is TAX
en-, shall determine the proportionate
amount of the debt which shall be nut
upon the property of the taxpayers locat-
eu IN SAID proposed new county. Author
NY is hereby given to the ordinary of the
said county of Treutlen and to the Off
GERS of the counties from which said ter
rltory is taken who are charged with the
management of the business of the said
counties p settle and agree upon an
amount of the said Indebtedness that
snail be assumed and paid by the said
county of Treutlen; and it is hereby made
the duty of the ordinary of said county
Oh 1reutlen when the amount of said
debt is so aScertained to cause a tax to
/ pc levied upon all the property within
tne limits of the said county of Treutlen
OF such per cent. as will be sufficient to
dlscharSe said debt; and in the event of
the failure or refusal of the ordinary of
Ireutlen county to levy such tax it shall
be the duty of the judge of the superior
court OF the circuit of which the said
county of Treutlen forms a part to COM
pei the ordinary of the county of Treut-
len to perform the duty herein required
+ OF him. In the event of the failure of
| the authorities of the said county of Ire
utlen 10 ascertain the proportionate part
/ or said debt the said county of Treutlen
| Is hereby required to pay, or in the event
| the authorities of the counties fail to
! agree upon the amount of said debt. then
either OF said counties may bring a suit
| against the said county of Treutlen in
| the superior court of said county for the
| purpose of having the proportion of said
| debt so assumed by the said county of
! Treutlen to be ascertained, and the said
/ court is hereby given power to enforce
, Whatever judgment may be had as the
result of said trial by compelling the
/ ordinary of said county to levy a tax for
| the payment of said debt.
! SECTION 2. That section SAG of the
| code of 1910, in reference to the registra-
ton of voters, is hereby expressly made
| applicable to said county, and in addi-
| ton to the provisions contained in said
! section, 1t is hereby made the duty of
| the ordlnarieS of the several counties in
me territory included in said county to
| furnish to the election managers the
| names of all persons legally registered
| and who reside in the territory included
| in the said county of Treutlen and who
are qualified to vote according to the
! laws of this state
| SECTION 3. The governor is hereby di-
| rected and required to submit this pro-
posed amendment to the people of this
| state for their ratification or rejection at
the next general election to be held on
| Tuesday after the first Monday in Nov
ember, 1918 and it shall be his duty to
cause this proposed amendment to be adj
vertised in at least one paper in each
congressional district in the state at least
two months before said general election
II majority of the legally qualified Vot-
erS voting at said election shall ratifY
this proposed amendment, then it shall
become part of the constitution of this
| state when the vote is certified by the
secretary of state to the governor that a
majority of the legally qualified voters
| voting at said election have voted in
favor of its adoption and the governor
shall issue his proclamation to that eff
| feet.
SECTION 4. The form in which this
proposed amendment shall be submitted
to the people for their ratification or re-
lection shall be as follows Those voting
for this amendment shall have written
or printed on their ballots the words: I'm
favor of the ratification of the amend
ment to paragraph 2, section l. article
IL, Of the constitution, creating the
county of Treutlen," and those opposed
to the ratification of this amendment
shall have written or printed on their
ballots the words: Against the ratifca-
ton of the amendment to paragraph @
section l, article II, of the constitution,
creating the county of Treutlen"
NOW, THEREFORE,, l, Hugh M. Dor
| sey, governor of said state, do issue this
my proclamation hereby declaring that
constitution is submitted for RATIFICATION
or rejection to the voters of the state
qualified to vote for members of the gen
| eral assembly at the general election to
| be held on Tuesday, November 5, 1918
HUGH NJ. DORSEY, governor.
| RV the GOVerDor