Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-27
State of Georgia,
Executive Department,
Atlanta, Aug. "a, 1918.
A PROCLAMATION.


OF Georgia, SO as to create a new
county from portion of Berrien
county, to be known as Cook county
with Abel as the county seat.
By His Excellency,
HUGH M. DORSEY, Governor.
Whereas the General Assembly, at
its session in 1918, proposed an
amendment to the Constitution of this
State as set forth in an Act APPROX
ed July 80, 1918, to-wit:
Cook County, For Creating.
No. 292.
An Act to amend Paragraph 2, Sec
ton 1, Article II, of the Constitu-
ton of this State. The following
amendment is proposed by the SEN
ate and House of Representatives
of Georgia to Paragraph 2, Section
l, Article II, of the Constitution of
this State.
Section l. The General Assembly
of the State of Georgia hereby pro-
poses to the people of Georgia an
amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1,
Article II, of the Constitution of this
State, as follows: That in addition
to the Counties heretofore existing in
this State, created by the General AS
sembly and those created by amend
ment to the above and foregoing par
agraph, section and article of the
Constitution of this State, there is
hereby created an additional County,
which County, when created, shall be
known as Cook County. The terri
tory for the formation of said Coun-
ty of Cook shall be taken from the
County Of Berrien, and the territory
so taken for the formation of said
new County Of Cook shall be included
within the following described boun
daries, to-wit:
Starting at point where the With
lacoochee River crosses the County
line between the Counties of Berrien
and Lowndes, thence running nor
therly direction along the run of said
Wlthlacoochee River to where said
River intersects with New River;
thence taking a northwesterly direc-
ton up and along the run of said
New River to where said New River
crosses the County line between the
Counties of Berrien and Tiff; thence
westward along what is now the
County line between said Counties of
Berrien and Tiff to where said Coun-
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
Withlacoochee 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-
ty of Berrien. That if the above and
en-o oo;~-~ ov,ond1,ont chouId bo rafi-
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 af-
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 Of 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,