The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-08-25

In c0mpIlanCe Will several requests
from subscribers, the Journal is ia
king. occasion to reproduce herewith
the proposed act to abolish the pres
emit Board of County Commissioners
and to create in their stead, one
Commissioner of Roads and Revenue.
The Bill follows:
"An act to repeal an Act approved
August %, 1907, creating a Board
of Commissioners of Roads and Rev
enue for Cobb County, Georgia, and
prescribed their duties and powers
and for other purposes, and to Gre
ate in lieu thereof the Office of Com
missioner of Roads and Revenue for
the County of Cobb, Georgia, to con-
sist of one member, to prescribe the
duties, qualifications and powers of
the Commissioner of Roads and Rev.
enue for Cobb County, Georgia, to
fix his salary, provide for his election.
to fix and define his term of office
and the election of his successor and
the filling of any vacancy; to provide
for an act to create a Bond Commits
sion for Cobb County, Georgia, to
consist of twelve members, one of
whom shall be the Commissioner of
Roads and Revenue of Cobb County.
Georgia, who shall be the Chairman
Of said Bond Commission by virtue
of his Office as Commissioner of Roads
and Revenue for Cobb County, Geor-
gia, to serve with the Commissioner of
Roads and Revenue for Cobb County.
Georgia, to provide for the member
ship of said Commission, their term
of office, to prescribe their duties and
powers and their compensation, and
to provide for the filling of any va
cancy that may occur on said Bond
Commission; to provide for the SUBJ
mission of this Act to the people of
Cobb County for ratification, that the
same shall not become effective until
so ratified and for other purposes"
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Georgia, and it
is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same, that an Act approved
August %, 1907, creating Board of
Commissioners of Roads and Reve-
nue., and for other purposes, be and
the same is hereby repealed.
Section 2. Be it enacted by the au-
thority aforesaid that from and after
the passage of this act there is crea-
ted in and for Cobb County, Georgia,
the Office of Commissioner of Roads
and Revenue to be composed of one
Commissioner who shall hold office
for the term of four years from Janu-
airy /, 1922, and who shall be elected
by the qualified voters of Cobb Coun-
ty, Georgia, at an election to be held
for that purpose on the goth day of
October, 1921, and there is hereby
created to serve with and in conjunc-
ton with the Commissioner of Roads
and Revenue for the period of time
herein set out, a Bond Commission in
and for said County to be composed
of twelve members consisting of the
Commissioner of Roads and Revenue
and one member of said Commission
to be selected and chosen by the di-
rectors of each of the eleven Banking
Institutions in the said County of
Cobb, to-wit: The First National Bank,
Marietta, Ca, Marietta Trust &
Banking Co., Marietta, Ga, Mer-
chants & Farmers Bank, Marietta, Ga,
S. Lemon Banking Co., Acworth, Ga,
Bank of Acworth, Acworth Ca, Bank
of Powder Springs, Powder Springs,
Co., Bank of Smyrna, Smyrna, Ca
Austell Bank, AusteIl, Ca, Citizens
Bank of Roswell, Roswell, Ca, Bank
of Roswell, Roswell, Ca, and kenne-
saw State Bank, Kennesaw, Ga.
Section 8. That the Commissioner
Of Roads and Revenue of Cobb Coun-
ty shall be member of said Bona