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

, the city of Pearson as the county
7 seat.
BY His Excellency,
HUGH NJ. DORSEY, Governor.
Whereas, the general assembly at
its 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 l, article IL,
of the constitution of the state of
Georgia, as amended by the ratifica-
ton by the qualified voters of this
state of the acts approved July IS,
1904, July 81, 1906, July 80 and
Aug. IA, 1912, July 7, II, 81 and
August II, 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 II, 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 30 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-
dairy line of lot of land No. 1874, in
the fifth land district of Coffee coun-
ty interesects the middle of the run
of WillachOochee 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.
1G, 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 Satilla river; thence, in a south
easterly direction along the run of
the said Satilla river to where the
same interesects the northern boun-
dairy of lot of land No. $50, in the
sixth land district, thence directly
east along said line to where it in
Z teresects the Ware county line
thence in a southerly direction along
the Ware county line to the south
p, east corner Of lot of land No. 234, in
the seventh % land district of Clinch
"
along along the land line lot of land
/ No. 234 on the south, to where it in
J, tersects the middle of the run of
! Alapaha river; thence in a northerly
= direction along the middle of the run
Y of the Alapaha river to the mouth of
/. Willachoochee creek; thence along
Y the middle of the run of Willachoo-
4 chez creek to the point of beginning.
- That said new county shall be known
e as Atkinson county," and the Getty
! of Pearson" shall be the county seat
f thereof. That said "Atkinson coun-
\ ty" shall be attached to the Eleventh
: congressional district, the Waycross
judicial circuit and the Fifth sena-
t tOrlal 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
f under the laws of Georgia, on the
t first Wednesday in December follow
ing the ratification of this proposed
n amendment shall elect an ordinary,
/ a clerk of the superior court, sheriff,
. coroner, tax collector, tax receiver,
e county surveyor and county treasur-
= er for said new county, said election
/ to be held at the militia district court
houses at Willachoochee, Pearson and
t Arson, IN the manner now provided
2 by law for holding elections for coun-
2 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
7 offices for a term of two years or
until their successors shall be duly
elected and qualified. That the su-
perior 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
5 shall be charged by law, Pro-
t 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
j., be at all times subject to all laws ap-
! pllcable to all the other counties in
this state.
: SECTION 2. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That,
whenever the proposed amendment to
the constitution shall be agreed to by
= two-thirds of the members elected to
= each of the two houses of the gener-