Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-26


for filling said offices. Any vacancies
that may occur before the next gen
eral election in any of the Offices
created thus for said County may be
filed 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 Comfy of Cook in arranging
Congressional and Senatorial dis
trjcts, as is now provided by law.
That the Superior Courts in said
County of Cook shall be held on the
firsc Mondays in March and Septem-
Der Of each year, but is shall be with
in the power of the General Assembly
at any time BY law to change the
time of holding court and the number
Of Carlas thereof. That the Justice
of the Peace and Constables residing
in the territory included within the
new County &C Cook shall exercise
tn 5ptio, av,5 ,,omore ~ 4ba;r oAsoo
until new militia districts are laid
out in said County of Cook, as now
provided by Law. That all the pro-
visions Of the law as contained in
Chapter Thirteen 13) of the Code
of 1910, are hereby made applicable
to the said County of Cook whenever
the same is created. That all of the
general laws in this State, in addi
ton to the above, having application
to the statutory Counties of this
State, are hereby made applicable to
the said County of Cook, especially
the law in reference to holding cleo
lions for the purpose of creating a
debt for said County. That when this
amendment is adopted the said Coun-
ty of Cook So created by the adop-
ton of this amendment, shall become
in all respects a statutory County,
and shall be governed by all laws
now in force in this State regulating
County and County affairs.
Sec. 2. The Governor is hereby
required and directed that when the
proposed amendment shall be agreed
to by two thirds of the members elect
ed to each of the two Houses of this
General Assembly, and shall be en-
tered on the Journals of each House,
with the ayes and nays recorded as
taken thereon, the Governor is here
by directed to cause the said propos-
ed amendment to be advertised in at
least two papers in each Congression-
al District of this State at least two
months before the next general cleo
ton to be held on Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1918, and
he shall also provide for a submits
sion of the proposed amendment to
the qualified voters of the State at
said general election. And if ma
jority of said electors voting at said
general election shall ratify this pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution
Of this State by a majority Of the
electors qualified to vote for members
Of the General Assembly and voting
al such elections, said amendment
shall become a part of the Constitu-
ton of Georgia when the fact is GER
tilted to the Governor by the Secre-
tary of State that majority of the
qualified voters voting at said gen
cral election have voted in favor of
The adoption of said amendment to
the Constitution of the State, and
the Governor shall issue his procla-
nation to such effect.
Sec, 9. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the
County authorities of said County
shall have the right to create a debt
for and on behalf of said County to
defray the expenses Of said County
for the first year, without submitting
the same to a vote of the qualified
voters of said County.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the
Legislature is hereby authorized to
correct any mistake or mistakes, or
inaccuracies, that may occur, or may
nave occurred, in reference to the
line or lines of said proposed new
County.
Sec. {. It shall be the duty of the
Governor to submit said proposed
amendment in the following form;
That those voting in favor of said
proposed amendment shall have writ
ten or printed on their ticket, "In IA
vor Of tho ratification of the amend