The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-29

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and senate of Georgia to paragraph two
! %, section one %. article eleven ny
OF the constitution of this state: the same
oelhg an act to lay out and create a new
county from portions of MONTGOMERY
ana Emanuel counties to be named and
known as Treutlen county with the town
OF { E3@9TiG2T as tn, the county seat
| SECI1ON /. The general assembly Of
! the state OF Georgia hereby PROMISES to
the people Of Georgia an amendment 10
! paragraph two (2, section one IN arti
C!e eleVeh I'D OF the constitution of this
! state as follows: That in addition 10 the
/ counties heretofore existing in this state
created by the general assembly. and
nose nose created by. amendments to the
aD3 apo ana foregoing paragraph. section
! ana artlcle of the constitution of this
| state, there is hereby created an addi-
! tlonai county, which county when Great
99, snail be known rs Treutlen county
1 Inc territory for the formation of tbe
sald county of Treutlen shall be taken
from the counties of MONTGOMERY and
emanuel and the said territory so taken
LOT Ine FORMATION of said county of Treut-
zen shail be included within the following
described boundaries, to wit: Starting af
a point on the east side of the Oconee
river river where Red Bluff creek empties into
Pa f3te qRS1o 1ie river and running up said
req Bun creek to a point where the
river road crosses Red Bluff creek
thence on straight line in ., north
| easteTly direction to Wixtrums bridge
on Pendleton creek, said PendIet0n
creek being the present line between
montgomery and Emanuel counties
thence in northerly direction from Wix,
rum bridge on Pendleton creek to
MQore's bridge on the Ohoopee river: the
pubic road from Wixtrum's bridge lead
ing TO SWainsbOro, being tho line to said
Moore Moore bridge on the Ohoopee river;
f fnemce 3 up the run of the Ohoopee river
from Moore's bridge to McLemore's
| bridge where the Savannah and Dublin
puDllc road crosses the Ohoopee river.
eGhence IN a westerly direction along said
! savannah and Dublin public road to
Mhere sald public road crosses the county
lihe between Laurens and Emaneul cOIn-
ties, thence in a southwestern direction
! along the. county line between the pres
GiI counties or Emanuel and Laurens to
| Pendleton creek; thence along the conn
| " Ilne between Laurens and MONTGOMERY
counties to MERGERS creek: thence down
t mercer creek IN a southwesterly direc-
tloh TO where MERGERS creek empties in
70 the Oconee river; thence down the
Oconee river to the mouth of Red Bluff
creek; at the starting point. That if the
| SAID county is created the county seat
ShalI be at the town of Soperton now in
the county of Montgomery That if this
amendment Shall be ratified bv the peonin
Mhen the same is submitted to them for
thelr ratification, then, on the first Wed
nesday in December. 1918 an election
| snail be held for the election of county
oIlcers herein named to serve in and for
Sald new county; that said election shall
! be at the said election precincts existin,r
/ Wlthln the limits of said proposed new
county at the time this amendment shall
take erect, and he held during the hours
/ nov IHed by law for holding elections
! ana all legally qualified voters residing
IN the territory included in the limits of
%aIu proposed new county shall be quail
/ ied TO vote at said election for said Of
/ IcerS, ana the ordinarieS of the several
counties in which the election nrecincte
/ are located within the limits of the said
proposed new county at the fine
/ TINS amendment is to take effect shall
! ha l1I
/ the precincts in the county i'm which he
. exercises jurisdiction as ordinary. and
Sald managers shall take and subscribe
/ the oath now prescribed bv law. ana tbo
elecIlon mana gers shall on the dav sue
/ CeedlnG tPe election meet at the town of
/ oopGrtoh the place wherein DESIGNATED
! as the county seat Of said proposed new
/ county, and consolidate the vote cast a
/ said election at such place within the
limits of said town of Soperton as shall
/ be designated by the Judge of the sumo
/ tot courts OF the OcOnee circuit whose
/ DUTY 1t is hereby made to designate 2
/ meeting place for said election managers
/ Witnln the corporate limits of said town
/ OF Soperton; and the general law of this
500 C no" IN force as to the consolidation
! OF votes, the return of the election, and
! the commission of the officers shall he
] applicable to such special election herein
provided for. The officers to be elected
at Salu election shall be an ordinary
clerk of the superior court sheriff tav
. collector tax receiver, coroner county
surveyor, county treasurer, county super
! lntendent of education and member Of n
general assembly; that the persons who
shall be elected to fill said of: ees at said
erection ShaIl be commissioned as now
required by law, and the laws now in
| force in this state in regard to commits
sions for officers and the bonds required
OF them shall be applicable to the officers
so elected, and they shall hold their off
ces uilllI me next general election 70.
county officers and until their successors
H. B. STRANGE, Sec'y of state
are elected and qualified. The general
assenpiN Is hereby given power to create
any statutory Offices or statutory courts
ana provide for filling the same Vacan-
cies that may occur before the next gen
! efal election in any of the said offices
SInLall De hlled as now provided by law
mat Salu new county, when created
ShaH become a part Of the Twelfth con-
/ SreSslonal district and Sixteenth senato-
RAJ district, and shall be included in the
! Oconee judicial circeit and a suDerior
! court for said county is hereby created
/ which court shall have the same iurisdic-
| ton as now provided by the law for the
superior courts of this state; that the
Sald court until otherwise changed by
law shall be held on the third MONDAYS of
FEBRUARY and August of each year, but
the general assembly is hereby expressly
given the power to change the terms of
sald 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
| powers of their offices until new militia
districts are laid out for said county Of
! Ireutlen 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
! in reference to holding elections for the
purpose of creating debt, and that the
! said proposed county of Treutlen shall,
| when created, become in all respects a
statutory county, and shall be governed
by all laws now in force in this state re-
| latlng 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
laws IN reference to said county in the
! same manner and the same extent thai
! they nave the power to legisate as to
/ the other counties now existing in TIN
state; that the property of all taxpayers
included within the limits as herein de-
lined 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 TIC
| territory included in the new county is
taken by the legally constituted authori-
! ties OF the county for the purpose or
| raising revenues for the benefit Of either
or said counties, whether the said del.
! IS bonded debt or one which has bee
incurred for the benefit in any way of
| either Of the counties. The value of the
taxable property included in the said