The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-08

| 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 gen.
erai election in any of the said offices
S Sih De hlled as now provided by law
| Lhat said new county, when created
| small become part of the Twelfth con-
| Sresslonal district and Sixteenth senate.
RAJ district, and shall be included in the
| Cconce Judicial circuit, and a superior
| court for saia county is hereby crea Ted
| which court shall have the same jurisoie-
| tloa as now provided by the law for the
superior SUI, courts of this state; that the
SAID court until otherwise changed by
| law shall be held on the third Mondays of
| tebruary and August of each year hui
the 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 peaca
ana conStabl6S rGSiuing within the Terri
tory included within the new county of
IreutIen shall exercise the duties and
powers of their offices until new militia
districts are laid out for said county of
1reutIen as now provided by law That
tae provisions of chapter Is OF the code
OF 1911 are hereby made applicable to
sald proposed county of Treutlen, and
that all the general laws of this state
IN reference to holding elections for the
puI pose OF creating debt. and that the
sald proposed county Of Treutlen shall
When created, become in all respects n
statutory county, and shall be governed
py all laws now in force in this state re-
Sha1 pc subject to the legislative con-
troll OF this state, and the legislature of
th1s state is hereby given power to enact
laws III reference to said county in the
same manner and the same extent that
they nave the power to legislate as to
the other counties now existing in this
Slate; that the property of all taxpayers
included within the limits as herein de-
mned or the said proposed county Of
Treutlen 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
ties of the county for the purpose of
raising revenues for tne 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
taxable property included in the said
county of Treutlen at the time of the
ADOPTION OF this amendment to the CON
Stltutlon, in proportion to the value OF
the property left in the counties from
which the said county of Treutlen is tax
en-, snail determine the proportionsre
amount of the debt which shall be nut
upon the property of the taxpayers locat-
ca IN SAID proposed new county Author
lty is hereby given to the ordinary of tho
SAID county of Treutlen and to the Off
GERS OF the counties from which said ter
r1tory is taken who are charged with the
management of the business of the said
counties to 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
tne DUTY of the ordinary of said county
OF Treutlen when the amount of said
debt is SO ascertained to cause tax to
be levied upon all the propertv Withio
the limits of the said county of Treutlnn
OF such per cent. as will be sufficient to
discharge said debt; and in the event Of
me me Iallure 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 part to COM
PEI the ordinary of the county of Treut-
len TO perform the duty herein required
OF nm. In the event of the failure of
the authorities Of the said county of Ire
uIlen to ascertain the proportionate PAT
% saIu deot the said county Of TT, utlln
IS hereby required to pay, or in the event
the authorities of the counties fail t.
agree upon the amount Of said debt, then
| either of said counties may bring a suit
the superior court of said county for the
purpose of having the proportion of said
debt so assumed by the said county of
1fcutlen to be ascertained, and the said
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 g. That section SAG of the
| code OF 1910, in reference to the registra-
| ton of voters, is hereby expressly made
apphcable to said county, and in addi-
tlon 10 the provisions contained in said
! section, it is hereby made the duty of
! the ordinaries of the several counties in
! the 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 8. The governor is hereby Gi.
! 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 or
| Tuesday after the first Monday in Nov
| ember, 1913, 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 leas
| two months before said general election
If majority of the legally qualified vot-
! erS voting at said election shall ratify
! TINS proposed amendment then it shall
/ become a 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
| 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 writter
or printed on their ballots the words: IN
favor of the ratification of the amend
ment to paragraph 2, section l, article
IL, CT 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 ratifica-
! ton of the amendment to paragraph @
section l, article II, of the constitution,
creating the county of Treutlen"
NOW, THEREFORE,, I, Hugh M. Dor
sey, governor of said state, do issue this
my proclamation hereby declaring that
the foregoing proposed amendment to the
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.
BY the Governor:
H. B. STRANGE, Secretary of State.