The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-10
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

the entire length of the. eastern line Of
lot No. 81; thence east the entire length
of the southern line of lot No. 1Ol; theEce
north the entire length of the eastern
line of lot No. 1O1; thence east the. en-
tire length of the southern line OF lot
No. 125; thence north the entire length
of the eastern line of lot No l2o; thence
east the entire length of the southern
line of lot No. 131; thence north the en-
tire length of the eastern line of lot No;
1871; thence east the entire length of
the southern line of lot No. 159; thence
north the entire length of the eastern
fine of lot No. 159 thence east the entire
length of the southern line OF lot No:
161; thence north the entire length of
Nos. II, %, Al, 81, Il, 81, 101, 125, 131, 159
and 161 being in the tenth district of
Houston county, to the southwest corner
Of lot No 144 in the fifth district of
Houston county, thence north along the
western line of lots Nos. IA, 145, LAG, 147,
148 149, $50, ISL 152, 1873 and 154 to the line
thence westerly, along. the line between
the counties of Houston and Bibb, to
the point where the counties of Hous-
ton, Bibb and Crawford corner, the same
being the point or place of beginning"
THAT the said new County shall be
known as the County of Peach and the
City of Fort Valley shall be the county
site of the same"
THAT. irrespective of other provisions
of this Constitution, said County of
| Peach shall, upon its creation, be emit
! tied to one representative IN Lne ROUSE
of Representatives of this State, and said
/ County of Peach shall be entitled to one
Representative in the House of Repre-
sentatives of Georgia until the appoint
ment shall be changed by law, IN ac-
| cordance with the provisions of this
! Constitution.
That the said County of Peach shall
/ be attached to the same congressional
district, and to the same judicial cir
cult, and to the same State senatorial dis
trict as those to which the County of
fool dot Of he
ratification of this amendment.
That all legal voters residing in the
limits of the County Of Peach entitled
to vote for members of the General As
sembIy under the laws of Georgia, shall
on the first Wednesday in January fol-
lowing the ratification of this proposed
| amendment, elect a Representative in
the House of Representatives of this
State and an ordinary, a clerk of the
Superior Court, q sheriff, a coroner, a
tax collector, tax receiver, county
treasurer, and a county surveyor Said
Especial election shall be held at the sew
eral2 election precincts existing within
the limits of said Peach county at the
time of the adoption of this proposed
amendment; and the ordinary of Hous-
ton county shall appoint election mana
gers for such election precincts as may
be located In Houston county at the time
of the adoption of this proposed amend
ment; and the ordinary of Macon county
shall appoint election managers for such
precincts as may be located in Macon
county at the time of the adoption of
this proposed amendment. On the day
succeeding the holdimG of said election
the election managers shall meet at the
council chamber OF the mayor and city
council of the City of Fort Valley and
consolidate the vote for the officers nam
ed; and the general laws of this State
now in force as to elections. conSolida-
ton of the votes, the return of the cleo
ton and the commission of officers shall
be applicable to the officers elected at
the election herein provided for the Off
GERS elected at said election and the
Representative in the House of Repre-
sentatives shall not hold their offices
until the next general election for such
officers throughout the State, and until
their successors are elected and quail
fed. The General Assembly is hereby
| given power TO create any additional
statutory offices in said county or sta
tutory courts therein, and to provide for
filling said offices. Any vacancies that
may occur before the next general cleo
ton after the election as herein provid-
ed may be filled in the same manner as
such vacancies are .nOW filled under the
law. The justices of the peace and the
cuded within the limits of such County
of Reach shall exercise the duties and
lpowers of their offices until new militia
districts are laid out in said County
of Peach and constables thereof elected
! That the Superior Courts of said
Peach county shall be held on the first
Monday in March and the first Monday
in September of each year
THAT the congressional and senatorial
districts, the judicial circuit to which
said Peach county is attached, the times
of holding the terms of the Superior
Court, and the limits of the county shall
be as designated above until changed
by law.
Provided, that the laws applicable to
the organization of new counties az found
in section S29 to S4S inclusive of the Code
Of 1910 of Georgia, and in any other
Acts or sections having applicability. are
hereby made applicable to said County of
Peach, whenever the same may be Great
ed by the proposed amendment to the
Constitution, and that said county, when
created, shall become a statutory county
and shall be subject at all times to all
laws applicable to all other counties of
this State.
That the property of all tax payers
included within the limits of said Peach
! county as herein above desgna ted is
hereby made ratably chargeable with any
debt that may have been incurred by
either of the counties from which the
territory included in the new County of
Peach is taken by the legally constituted
authorities of the counties for the pur-
pose of raising revenues for the benefit
Of either of said counties, whether the
said debt is a bonded debt or one which
has been incurred for the benefit in any
way of either Of said counties. The value
Of the taxable property included within
the limits of said County of Peach at
the time of the adoption OF this amend