The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-19

General Assembly of Georgia.
Terms of superior court In said county
shall be held on first Mondays in March
and September, in each year, untn
changed by the General Assembly.
Justices of the Peace and constables
cut off into the new county shall exer-
else the duties and powers OF their Of
fices until new militia districts are laid
out in said new county as provided by
law and until their successors are elect
ed and qualified.
The voters of said new county quail
fled to vote for members of the General
Assembly, under the laws of Georgia,
shall, on the first Wednesday in De-
cember, 1920, elect an Ordinary, Clerk of
Superior Court Sheriff, Coroner, Tax
Collector, Tax Receiver. County Survey
or, County Treasurer, Representative.
and County School Superintendent who
shall hold office until the next general
election for county officers shall be held
in the state of Georgia, and until their
said election shall be held at the usual
voting places heretofore established,
within the territory of said new county,
and shall be conducted in the manner
now prescribed by law for holding cleo
lions for county offices; and the off1cers
elected therein shall qualify, give bond
and take oath as prescribed by law, and
enter upon the discharge of their re-
spective duties on the first day of jan
uary, 1921.
Sec. q The provisions of Sections S29
to S4S, inclusive of the Code are here
by made applicable to said new county;
and said county, when created, shall be
a statutory county" and subject to all
general laws applicable to counties of
this state.
Sec. 8. The county authorities of said
new county shall have the right to Gre
ate a debt for and on behalf of said
county to defray the public expenses
thereof for the first year, without sub
hitting the same to vote of the quail
fled voters thereof.
Sec. 4. Said new county, when created,
shall be entitled to one representative
in the lower house of the General AS
sembly of Georgia, and the membership
of the said house shall be increased by
one, so as to admit of representation
therein for said new county.
Sec. s. Whenever the constitutional
amendment hereby proposed shall be
agreed to by two-thirds of the members
of both houses of the General Assem-
bly, and the same entered on their jour-
nails, with the Yeas" and the Mays
taken thereon, the governor shall cause
said proposed amendment to be pub
Iished in at least two newspapers in
each congressional district In this state,
for a period of two months next pre-
ceding the next general election; and
the governor shall provide for the sub
mission of this proposed amendment to
the electors of this state at the next
general election to be held therein, for
their ratification or rejection. All per-
sons voting in said election in favor
of said proposed amendment shall have
written or printed on their ballots the
words. For the amendment to the
constitution creating the +, county sna Of
have written or printed on their bal
lots the words, Against the amend
ment to the constitution creating coun-
ty of Long" The returns of said election
shall be made to the Secretary of State,
who shall certify the result thereof to
the governor. and if said proposed
amendment be ratified by a majority Of
the voters voting in said general cleo
ton. the governor shall issue his proc
lamation to said effect. Approved Aug
ust IA, 1920.
NOW, THEREFORE,, I, Hugh M.
Dorsey, governor of said state, do issue
this my proclamation hereby declaring
that the foregoing proposed amendment
to the constitution is submitted for rat
ification or rejection to the voters of
the state qualified to vote for members
of the General Assembly at the general
election to be held on Tuesday, Novem-
HUGH M. DORSEY, Governor.
BY the Governor:
S. G. McLENDON. Sec'y Of State.