The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-09-19
MARIETTA ELECTION is
DELAYED BY COURT

city. the mayor of said city is not eli
gible to reelection as Mayor except
for one consecutive succeeding term
The present Mayor of said city is now
holding a second consecutive term and
under the provisions of the charter OF
said city, is not eligible to reelection
to succeed himself as such Mayor.
Fourth
Petitioners show that at the recent
session of the General Assembly of the
state, an amendment to said charter
was passed, subject to ratification, re-
pealing the aforesaid restriction OF
the right of the Mayor of said city
to succeed himself but once in said
office, and in lieu thereof providing
clause that such Mayor "shall not
be ineligible to reelection by reason
of previous service as such for any
number of terms or any part thereof"
The said amendment, however, did not
become operative and will not become
operative until ratified at an election
to be held for that purpose, the ratify-
! ing clause of said amending Act being
as follows:
"Section 2. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid that before
the provisions of this amending Act
shall become operative it shall be
submitted to a vote of the qualified
voters of the city of Marietta, and the
Mayor and Council Of said city shall
within ten days after the approval OF
this Act, or as soon thereafter as may
be practicable, order an election to be
held in said city for the ratification OF
this Act under the same rules and reg
ulations that govern elections in ana
for said city, and after first publishing
notices of said election once week
for four weeks in any newspaper hay
ing a general circulation in said city
prior to said election.
All persons qualified to vote under
the rules and regulations governing
elections in and for said city shall be
entitled to vote in the election herein
provided for, and those voting and de-
string to vote for the amendment IN
this Act provided for shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots for
amendment to charter then this Act,
upon the result being by resolution OF
the Mayor and Council Of said City
sperad upon the minutes so declared,
shall become Immediately operative
and of force and effect, but il a ma
iority of said voters should not vote
| for said amendment, then the same
shall be void"
Fifth
Petitioners show that the said May
or and Council of said city have given
notice that an election will be held IN
the city of Marietta on the 10th day
of September, 1919, for the submis-
sion to the qualified voters Of said city
the aforementioned Act, and the same
has been published in a local paper OF
said county. Notice as given by SAID
Mayor and Council is as follows:
"Notice is hereby given that an cleo
ton will be held in the City Of Mari
| eta on the 10th day Of September,
1919, for the submission to the quail
fed voters of said city an Act passed
at the last session Of the General As
sembly and approved by the Governor
August 4th, 1919, amending the char
ter of the caid city, so as to provide
that the Mayor of said city shall not
be ineligible to reelection by reason
of previous service of such official Tor
any number Of terms, which Act was
| passed subject to it's ratification by
majority of the voters Of said city vot-
ing at said election.
"All persons qualified to vote under
the rules and regulations governing
elections in and for said city shall be
entitled to vote at said election, and
those desiring to vote for the amend
ment provided for by said Act, shall
have written or printed on their bal
lots "FOR AMENDMENT TO CHAR
TER" and those desiring to vote
against the amendment shall have
written or printed on their ballots
AGAINST AMENDMENT TO
CHARTER" Said election will be
held under same rules and regulations
that govern elections in and for said
city"
"JIM r. BRUMBY, Mayor.
81. j. Black, T. L. Wallace, G. I.
Northcutt, Virgil McClsskey, E.
L. Robertson, Councilmen."
Sixth
BY the provisions Of said notice said
notice said Mayor and Council propose