The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-12

the amount of other outstanding debts
or bonds of said municipality. sixth,
these bonds not to be issued except In
case such pavement or requirement. has
been petitioned for in writing by the
owners of more than fifty per cent of
the property abutting on the street or
portion of street paved or repaved."
Sec. 2. Be 1t further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. That whenever the
above proposed amendment to the con-
stitution shall have been agreed to by
two-thirds of the members elected to
the two houses of the General Assem-
bly,, and the same has been entered on
their Journals. with the Ayes and Nayes
thereon the governor shall cause said
amendment to be published in at least
two newspapers in each congressional
district in this state for a period of two
months next preceding the time of hold
ing the next general election
Sec. g. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. That the above pro-
posed amendment shall be submitted for
ratification to the electors of this state
at the next general election to be held
after the publication, as provided in
the second section of this act, in the
several election districts of this state,
at which every person shall be quail
fled to vote who is entitled to vote for
members of the General Assembly. All
persons voting at said election in favor
OF adopting the said proposed amend
ment of the constitution shall have
written or printed upon their ballots
the words, For ratification of amend
ment to Paragraph 1, Section T. Article
z, of the constitution so as to authorize
any municipality having population
of 10000 or more to issue street i'm
provement bonds upon a two-thirds
vote of the members Of it's governing
body, provided such bonds shall not run
for exceeding ten years and shall be
limited to the amount assessed by such
municipality upon each improvement and
shall be issued only for the grading and
paving or repaving Of streets or por-
tons of streets and the interest thereon
shall not exceed six per centum per an
mum; Furthermore. these bonds to be is
sued without regard to the amount of
other outstanding bonds of such munich
pality," and all persons opposed to the
adoption of said amendment shall have
written or printed on their ballots the
words, Against ratification of amend
ment to Paragraph l, Section Z, Article
7, of the constitution so as to authorize
any municipality having a population of
100000 or more to issue street improve
ment bonds upon a two-thirds vote OF
the members of its governing body, pro-
vided such bonds shall not run for eX-
ceeding ten years and shall be limited
to the amount assessed by such munich
pality upon each improvement, and shall
be issued only for the grading and paw
ing or repaving of streets or portions
of streets and the interest thereon shall
not exceed six per centum per annum;
Furthermore, these bonds to be issued
without regard to the amount of other
outstanding bonds of such municipali-
ty;" and if a majority of the electors
qualified to vote for members of the
General Assembly voting thereon shall
vote for ratification thereof when the
returns shall be consolidated as now re-
quired by law in elections for members
of the General Assembly and return
thereof made to the governor, then he
shall declare said amendment adopted,
and make proclamation of the result by
publication of the result of said election
by one insertion in one of the daily pa
pers of this state, declaring the amend
ment ratified.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid That all laws and
parts of laws in conflict with this act
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved August II, 1920
NOW, THEREFORE,, 1. 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-
Der 2, 1920.
HUGH M. DORSEY Governor
BY the Governor:
S. G. McLENDON. Sec'y of State.