Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-10-15

be part of the court expenses of
said county. Provided further, That
the Board ,of County Commissioners
of the Counties of Clarke, Floyd,
Sumter, Bibb and Richmond, or such
other board or person as may from
time to time exercise the admins
trative powers of said several coun-
ties, may supplement from their re-
spective county's treasures the sal
aries of the Judges of the circuits of
which they are a part by such sum
as may be necessary with salaries
paid each of said judges from the
State Treasury to make salary OF
$6,000.00 each per annum of such
judges; and such payments are de-
clared to be part of the court ex-
penses of said counties, and such
payments shall be made to the judges
now in office as well as to their sue
cessors. Provided further, That the
County of Fulton may supplement
the salary of the Judges of the Stone
Mountain Circuit, or the judges OF
such other circuit as may be here
after required to regularly preside
therein, for additional services rem
dered in the Superior Court of said
county, such sums as will, with the
salary paid such judge from the State
Treasury, make salary of $6,000.0 90
per annum; said payments are de-
clared to be a part of the court ex-
penses of Fulton County, such pay
ments to made to the judge now in
office, as well as to his success or.
The provisions of this amendment
shall take effect and the salaries
herein provided for shall be-
gin from the ratification of
this amendment, as provided in the
second section hereof, and
shall apply to the incumbents in the
several offices, as well as their sue
cessors.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that
if this amendment shall be agreed
to by two-thirds of the members of
the General Assembly of each House,
the same shall be entered on their
Journals, with the Ayes and Nays
taken thereon, and the Governor
shall cause the amendment to be pub
hshed in one or more of the news
papers in each Congressional Dis
trict for at least two months i'm
mediately preceding the next general
election, and the same shall be sub
mitted to the people at the next gen.
eral election, and all persons voting
at said election in favor of adopting
the proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution shall have written or print
ed in their ballots the words: "F
or ratification of amendment to
Paragraph 1 of Section 13, of Article
6, of the Constitution fixing the sal
aries of the Justices of the Supreme
Court, and of the Judges of the
Court of Appeals, and of the Judges
of the Superior Courts" and all per-
sons opposed to the adoption of said
amendment shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words:
Against ratification of amendment
to Paragraph 1, of Section 10. of Ar
ticle 6, of the Constitution hiking
the salaries of the Justices of the Su-
preme Court, and of the Judges of
the Court of Appeals, and of the
Judges of the Superior Courts" and
if majority of the electors quail
fled to vote for the members of the
next General Assembly voting shall
vote in favor of the ratification as
shown by the consolidation and by
the returns made as now provided by
law in elections for members of the
General Assembly, then said amend
ment shall become a part of Para
graph /, Section Is, of Article 6, of
the Constitution of this State, and
the Governor shall make proclama-
ton thereof.
Sec. Be it further enacted, That
all laws and parts of laws in con-
fict herewith are repealed.
NOW, Therefore, l Hugh M. Dor
sey, Governor of said state do issue
this my proclamationhereby declaring
that the foregoing proposed amend
ment to the Constitution is submitted
for ratification or rejection to the
voters of the State, qualified to vote
for members of the General Assem-
bly, at the General Election to be
held on Tuesday, November End,
1920.
HUGH M. DORSEY,
By the Governor: Governor.
S. G. McLendon,
Secretary of State.