Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-07-14
PENSION FUND RELIEF WILL
BE GIVEN ACTIVE ATTENTION

assembly Of the state of Georgia, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority Of the same
That on and after the passage Of this acr,
it shall be the duty of the governor to have
printed certificate, in the following form,
tobe known as 1.-The States Emergency Pen
sion Certificates"
$.......... No. observation-disclosures. 1922.
-. -. . ...... (S......) dollars, and
this certificate will be received from the
holder for taxes due the state, and redeemed
at the state treasury, without discount,
when presented for redemption after jan
Not to be discounted at rate higher than
3 per centum.
By the governor; 49,.
Governor.
Comptroller General.
''V' State Treasurer.
Sec. .. Be it further enacted, by the au-
thority aforesaid, That the certificates pro-
vided IN Section 1 of this act, shall be print
ed in flee (5) denominations, to wit: In
five dollars. in ten dollars, in twenty dol.
lars, in fifty dollars, and in one hundred
dollars, and the total amount of the cert1fl-
Gates shall not exceed, in the aggregate,
three million ($3. 900 000) dollars.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, by the au.
thoiity aforesaid, That when said certifr
Gates shall have been printed they shall be
sighed by the governor, in behalf of the
safe, countersigned by the comptroller gon-
eral, and charged in his office to the state
treasurer. .
authority aforesaid, That the state treas
urer shall safely keep said certificates in
the vaults of the state treasury, and, when
the governor shall issue his warrant against
these certificates, the treasurer shall sign
such as he may use to pay the warrant,
and keep a book in which he shall charge
himself with the several denominat tons
signed and paid out, to whom and when
paid; and, when said certificates have been
returned to the treasurer, by tax collectors
and others, they shall be recharged on said
book until redeemed.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, by the
authority aforesaid, That when the general
assembly has made the annual appropriation
provided by law to pay the pensions, and
sufficient money has not been collected and
paid into the treasury to pay said pensions
due for the year for which the appropriation
was made to pay, the treasurer may use said
certificates in paying off the pSnsions, and
when the money has been collected and paid
into the treasury to meet the appropriation
as made, the treasurer shall use the money
to redeem the certificates issued against it.,
without discount, when presented for that
purpose.
Sec g. Be it further enacted, by the
authority aforesaid That when said certifi-
Gates have been paid out as provided here
in no bank or individual, firm, or cor.
poration shall take, accept or charge q
greater rate of discount than per centum,
when presented by the holders thereof.
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted, by the
authority aforesaid, That any person couD-
te-feiting. or attempting to counterfeit, anv
of said certificates, and put them into circl
lation, shall be guilty of felony and pun
ished accordingly.
Sec. s. 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,