Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-05
in salaries of Judges OF Supreme
Court, Court of Appeals, and Superior
Court
By His Excellency,
HUGH M. DORSEY,

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 21st, 1917, to-wit:
An Act to amend paragraph /, of
section Is, of article 6, of the Con-
stitution of Georgia, in so far as the
same relates to salaries of the JUS
tees of the Supreme Court and of the
Judges of the Court of Appeals, and
of the Judges of the Superior Courts,
so as to fix the salaries of the JUS
tees of the Supreme Court at $5,000.-
90 each per annum, and the salaries
of the Judges of the Court of Appeals
at 100000 each per annum, and the
salary of the Judges of the Superior
Courts at 100000 each per annum,
provided that the Counties of Clarke,
Floyd, Sumter, Muscogee, Bibb, Cha
than, Fulton and Richmond shall sup
plement the salaries of the judges of
the circuits embracing said counties
as is now provided in the Contsitu-
ton and provided further, that the
County of Fulton shall supplement
the salary of the Judge of the Stone
Mountain Circuit, or the judge of any
other circuit who may hereafter be
required to regularly preside in Full
ton County ,as is now provided in the
Constitution; and to provide for the
submission of the amendment to the
qualified voters of the State for rati-
fication, and, if ratified, that the sal
aries of the officers thereby fixed
shall begin from and after the ratii-
cation Of the amendment, and for
other purposes.
SECTION /. Be 1t enacted by the
| General Assembly cf the State of
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
authority of the same That paragraph
l of section 13, Of article 6, of the
Constitution of the State of Georgia,
relating to salaries OF the Justices of
the Supreme Court and of the Judges
cf the Court of Appeals, and of the
JJdges CT the Superior Courts, be and
the same is hereby amended by strik-
ing therefrom all provisions fixing
the amount of salaries Of the Justices
of the Supreme Court, and the sal
aries of the Judges of the Court of
Appeals and of the salaries of the
Judges of the Superior Courts, and
the words "but the provisions of this
section shall not affect the salaries of
those now in office" and providing in
lieu thereof as follows: "The Justices
of the Supreme Court each shall have
out of the Treasury of the State SAL
aries Of 100000 per annum; the
Judges of the Court of Appeals each
shall have out of the Treasury of-fhe
State salaries of 100000 per annum;
the judges of the Superior Courts
each shall have out of the Treasury OF
the State salaries of 100000 per an
mum, provided, however, that the
counties of Clarke, Floyd, Sumter,
Muscogee, Bib, Chatham, Fulton, and
Richmond shall supplement from their
respective county treasures the sal
aries OF the judges of the circuits of
which thew are a part by such sum as
will be necessary, with salaries paid
each of said judges from the State
Treasury, to make a salary of S.
0npOO each per annum of such judges;
and such payments shall be made to
the judges now in Office as we'll as TO
their successors Provided further,
that che County of Fulton shall sup
plement the salary of the Judge of
the Stone Mountain Circuit or he
Judge of such other circuit as may be
hereafter required to regularly pre-
side therein, for additional services
rendered in the Superior Court of
said county, such sums as will, with
the salary paid such judge from the
State Treasury, make salary of $5,
100000 per annum; said payments are
declared to be a part of the court ex-
penses of Fulton County, such pay
ments to be made to the judge now in
Office as we'll as to his successors.
The provisions of this amendment
shall become effective and the salar-
les herein provided for shall begin
from the ratification of this amend
ment as provided in the second sec
ton hereof, and shall apply to incum-
bents in the several offices as well as
to their successors.
SECTION 2. Be it further enacted,
That if this amendment shall be
agreed to by two-thirds of the mem
bers of the General Assembly of each
House, the same shall be entered on