The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-22


and create a new county from por-
lions of Coffee and Clinch counties,
/ to be known as Atkinson county, with
the city of Pearson as the county
seat.
By His EXcellency,
HUGH M. DORSEY, Governor.
I Whereas, the general assembly at
/ It's session in 1917, proposed an
amendment to the constitution of this
state as set forth in an act approved
} August Is. 1917. TO wit:
An act to propose to the qualified
electors of this state an amendment
to paragraph 2, section |, article II,
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. IA, 1912, July 7, II, 81 and
August IL, 1914, and for other pur-
poses.
SECTION 1. 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 l, 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 IA, 1912, July 7, II, 27, and
August II, 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 in Coffee
and Clinch 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
OF Wlllachoochee creek, then follow
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.
l6, IN the sixth land district of COT
fee 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 Satllla river; thence, in a south
easterly direction along the run of
the. said Satllla river to where the
same interesects the northern boun-
Diary 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 CD land district of Clinch
county; thence directly westward
along along the land line lot Of land
No. 234 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 WilIachoo-
+ 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,
clerk of the superior court, sheriff,
| coroner, tax collector, tax receiver,
county surveyor and county treasur-
err 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 a term of two years or
until their successors shall be duly
/ elected and qualified. That the su-
perlor courts of said Atkinson coun-
| ty shall be held on the fourth Mon
days in January and June of each
year. That the congressional and
senatorial districts, the judicial cir
cult 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
as designated above until the same
shall be law, Provided, That the laws
I shall be charged by law, Pro-
vided, That the laws applicable
to the organization of new coun-
ties, found in sections 829 to
848 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 ap-
plicable to all the other counties in
this state.
SECTION 2. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That,
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