The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-12

consolidate the vote LOT lhe OillSSiS ite'it
ed: and the general laws of this state
now in force as to elections, consonda-
ton of the votes, the return OF the eieG,,
ton and the commission of ofhcers Shali
the election herein provided for the 9TH
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 sucn
officers throughout the state ana untll
their successors are elected and quail
fed The General Assembly is hereby
given power to create any addltlonal
statutory offices in said county or sta
tutory courts therein, and to provide Tor
filling said Offices Amy vacancies that
may occur before the next general elec-
ton after the election as herein proVld-
ed may be filed in the same manner as
such vacancies are now filled under tle
law The justices of the peace and the
constables residing in the territory IN
cluded within the limits of such County
Of Peach shall exercise the duties and
powers of their offices until new militia
districts are laid out in said County
of Peach and constabes 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 as fouhd
i'm section 500 to S48 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 De Great
ed by the proposed amendment to the
Constitution, and that said county, when
created, shall become statutory county
and shall be subject at all times 10 al.
laws applicable to all other counties OF
That the property of all tax. payers
included within the limits of said Peach
county as herein above designated 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 puf-
pose of raising revenues for the benent
of either of said counties, whether the
said debt is a bonded debt or one when
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
ment to the Constitution in proportion
to the value of the property in the
counties from which the said County OF
Peach is taken shall determine the pro-
portionate amount of the Indebtedness
which shall be borne by the property
of the tax payers located within the
limits of said proposed new county 49,
Authority is hereby given to the
ordinary of said County of Peach and to
the officers of the counties from when
said territory is taken who are charged
with the management OF the business
an amount of the said indebtedness that
shall be assessed against and PAD by
the said County Of Peach; and 1t is mere
by made the duty of the ordinary OF the
oh Nrrl,.,y =
Of said Indebtedness with which the SAID
County of Peach is chargeable is so as
certained to cause a tax to be levied upon
all the property within the limits OF the
said County of Peach sufficient to pay
off and discharge the proportonate part
of the indebtedness due by said Peach
county sI
of the ordinary of Peach county to levy
such a tax, it shall be the duty of the
Judge of the Superior Court OF the CIR
cult to which the said County of Peach Is
attached to compel the ordinary OF the
said Peach County to perform the duty
herein required of him. In the event OF
the failure of the authorities, OF the
counties from which the sald fet tGa
county is created and the ordinary OF the
said Peach county to ascertain ana agree
upon the amount of said indebtedhess,
then either of said counties may brlhS
a suit against the said County OF Peacn
in the Superior Court of said County OF
Peach for the purpose of having the
proportion of said debt so assumed by
the said County of Peach ascertalned;
and the said Superior Court is hereby
given power to enforce whatever judg-
ment may be had as the result OF such
trial by compelling the ordinary OF sald
Peach county to levy a tax sufficient
found to be due by the County of Peach;
cause the same to be collected aha paIu
to thee constituted authorities of the
county or counties from which sald
Ipnach County is created entitled to re-
ceiVe the same.
1T is especially provided that all ad-
valorem and special taxes ana an ol LnGr
revenues realized for the year in which
this amendment is adopted or ratified
by the qualified voters of this State shall
be applied to any indebtedness, except
bonded indebtedness due and owning by
either of the counties from which the
said Peach county is created; it being the
purpose of this provision to fix the basis
Of settlement between the countes IN
volved upon their financial condition on
the 31st day of December next following
the ratification of this amendment"
Sec. 2 BE it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid and it is hereby
enacted H55t l. by authority of same, That
whenever the above proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be agreed
upon by two-thirds of the members tiI5
General Assembly, and the same has
been entered on their journals, with the
yeas and nays taken thereon the Gov
ernOr shall be, and he is, hereby apIhor-
lied and instructed to cause the above
proposed amendment to be published in
at least two newspapers IN each con
gressional district Of this State. for the
period of two months next preceding
the time of holding the next general
election and the Governor is further
authorized and directed to provide for
the submission of the amendment pro-
electors of this State at the next gen
nral election to be held after such pub