The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-01

any statutory offices or statutory courts
and provide for filling the same. Vacan-
cleS that may occur before the next gen.
eral election in any of the said offices
shall be filled now provided by law
That said new county, when created,
shall become part of the Twelfth ,con-
gressionaI district and Sixteenth senate
rial district and shall be included in the
Oconee judicial circuit and a superior
court Tor said county is hereby created,
which court shall have the same jurisdic-
ton rs now provided by the law for the
superior courts of this state; that the
said 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
gwen the power to change the terms of
said court and to increase the number
thereof; that the justices of the peace
and constables residing within the terri
tory included within the new county of
Ireutlen shall exercise the duties and
powers of their offices until new militia
districts are laid out for said county of
Ireutien 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-
Iaung to counties and county affairs and
snail be subject to the legislative con-
troll of this state, and the legislature of
this state is hereby given power to enact
laws in reference to said county in the
same manner and the same extent that
they have the power to legislate as to
the other counties now existing in this
state; that the property of all taxpayers
included within the limits as herein de-
| fined of 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
taken by the legally constituted authori-
TIES Of the county for the purpose of
f9lsih& revenues for the benefit Of either
OF sad counties, whether the said debt
Is bonded debt or one which has been
incurred for the benefit in any wav 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-
SLtuuon, IN proportion to the value of
| the property left in the counties from
| which the said county of Treutlen is tax
en-, shall determine the proportionate
amount Of the debt which shall be put
| upon the property Of the taxpayers locat-
ed IN said proposed new county Author
| lty IS hereby given to the ordinary of the
| said county of Treutlen and to the Off
GERS OF the counties from which said ter
rltory 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
the duty of the ordinary of said county
or Treutlen when the amount of said
debt is so ascertained to cause a tax to
be levied upon all the property within
the limits of the said county of Treutlen
OF such per cent as will be sufficient to
| discharge said debt; and in the event of
the failure or refusal of the ordinary of
Treutlen county to levy such tax it shall
| pc the duty of the judge of the superior
! court of the circuit of which the said
| county OF Ireutlen forms a part, to COM
| pei the ordinary of the county Of Treut-
| len to perform the duty herein required
| or MN. In the event of the failure of
| the authorities of the said county of Ire
utlen to ascertain the proportionate part
| Oh said debt the said county of Treutlen
| Is hereby required to pay, or in the event
| the authorities of the counties fail to
| agree upon the amount of said debt, then
| either of said counties may bring a suit
| against the said county of Treutlen in
| the superior court of said county for the
purpose OF having the proportion of said
| Gept SO assumed by the said county of
| Ifeutlen to be ascertained, and the said
! court IS hereby given power to enforce
Whatever judgment may be had as the
result of said trial by compelling the
| the payment Of said debt.
| SECTION 2. That section SAG of the
| code OF 1910, in reference to the registra-
! ton of voters, is hereby expressly made
applicable to said county, ana in add
| ton to the provisions contained in said
| section, it is hereby made the duty of
| the ordlnaries 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 g. The governor is hereby di-
| rccted and required to submit this Dro-
| posed amendment to the people of this
| state for their ratification or rejection at
the next general election to be held on
| tuesday after the first Monday in Nov
| ember, 1918, 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 least
| Two months before said general election.
| If majority of the legally qualified vot-
| ers voting at said election shall ratify
| this 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
| majority of the legally qualified voters
| voting at said election have voted in
| favor of its adoption and the governor
| shall issue his proclamation to that eff
| feet.
SECTION A. 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 written
! or printed on their ballots the words: I'm
| favor of the ratification of the amend
| ment to paragraph 2, section l. article
| II, Of 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 ratifca-
ton of the amendment to paragraph 2,
section l, article Il, of the constitution,
creating the county of Treutlen."
NOW, THEREFORE,, 1, Hugh NJ. 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 S, 1918
HUGH NJ. DORSEY, governor.
BY the Governor:
H. 3. STRANGE. Secretary of State