Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-16


tory offices in said County, or statu
tory courts, and to provide by law
for filling said offices. Any vacancies
that may occur before the next gen.
eral election in any of the offices
created thus for said County may be
filed as now provided by law. The
said County of Cook shall be attach
ed to the Eleventh Congressional Dis
trict, the Southern Judicial Circuit,
and the Sixth Senatorial District;
but it shall be in the power of the
General Assembly at any time to
change the Judicial Circuit to which
said County of Cook is attached, and
the said General Assembly of Geor-
4 sia is hereby given power to change
said Comfy of Cook in arranging
Congressional and Senatorial dis
tricts, as is now provided by law.
That the Superior Courts in said
County of Cook shall be held on the
firsC Mondays in March and Septem-
Der Of each year, but is shall be with
in tue power of the General Assembly
at any TIME BY law to change the
time of holding court and the number
of CerIas theIecf. That the Justice
of the Peace and Constables residing
in the territory included within the
new County c. Cook shall exercise
the duties and powers of their Office
until new militia districts are laid
out in said County of Cook, as now
Iptcvided by law. That all the pro-
visions Of the law as contained in
Chapter ThIieen 13) of the Code
of 1910, are hereby made applicable
to the said County of Cook whenever
the same is created. That all of the
general laws in this State, in addi-
ton to the above, having application
to the statutory Counties of this
State, are hereby made applicable to
the said County Of Cook, especially
the law in reference to holding cleo
tions for the purpose Of creating
debt for said County. That when this
amendment is adopted the said Coun-
ty of Cook SO created by the adop-
ton of this amendment, shall become
in all respects statutory County,
and shall be governed by all laws
IN L., fnn0o n f6iz 70 LOT Sr1cr
County and County affairs.
Sec 2. The Governor is hereby
required and directed that when the
proposed amendment shall be agreed
to by two thirds of the members elect
ed to each of the two Houses of this
General Assembly, and shall be en-
tered on the Journals of each House,
with the ayes and nays recorded as
taken thereon, the Governor is here
by directed to cause the said propos-
ed amendment to be advertised in at
least two papers in each Congression-
J al District of this State at least two
months before the next general cleo
ton to be held on Tuesday after the
} first Monday in November 1918, and
: he shall also provide for submits
sion of the proposed amendment to
!, the qualified voters of the State at
said general election. And if ma
, jority of said electors voting at said
general election shall ratify this pro-
, pcsed amendment to the Constitution
of this State by majority .. of the
, Of the General Assembly and voting
: at such elections, said amendment
shall become a part of the Constitu-
ton of Georgia when the fact is GER
titled to the Governor by the Secre-
tary of State that a majority of the
: qualified voters voting at said gen
cral election have voted in favor OF
rhe adoption of said amendment to
the Constitution of the State, and
} the Governor shall issue his procla-
/ nation TO such effect
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by
) the authority aforesaid, That the
J County authorities of said County
: shall have the right to create a debt
{ for and on behalf of said County to
; defray the expenses of said County
| for the first year, without submitting
; the same to a vote of the qualified
} voters of said County.
: Sec. &. Be it further enacted by
4 the authority aforesaid, That the
= Legislature is hereby authorized to
t correct any mistake or mistakes, or
inaccuracies, that may occur, or may
!, nave oeeOIYGd, In TGlsfencs@h the
line or Ilnts Of GsId PROPOSED ssW
County.
Sec. &. II shalI be The duty oil the
Governor to submit said proposed
/ amendment in the following form:
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