Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-09-08

Gle 8, Section 2, Paragraph /, of the
Constitution of the State of Georgia
be, and the same is, hereby further
amended as follows: That until
changed in the manner provided by
law, the Sixth Senatorial District
shall be composed of the counties of
Echols, Lowndes and Brooks; that
the Seventh Senatorial District shall
be composed of the counties of
Thomas, Grady and Decatur; the
Eighth Senatorial District shall be
composed Of the counties of Miller,
Mitchell and Seminole, and the Fifty
second Senatorial District shall be
composed of the counties Of Cook,
Berrien and Lanier.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted toy
authority aforesaid, That for the
purpose of creating and arranging
the Senatorial District hereinbcfore
named and set out in Section of this
Act. the counties composing the
same are hereby transferred from the
district to which they have been
heretofore attached to the new dis
tricts hereby created.
Sec. a. Be sit further enacted by
authority aforesaid, That if this Con-
stitutional Amendment shall be
agreed to by two-thirds Of the mem
bers of each House Of the General
Assembly, the same shall be entered
on their Journals with the ayes and
nays taken thereon, and the Gov
iernor shall cause the amendment 70
be published in one or more newspa-
pers in each Congressional District
for two months Immediately prcced-
ing the next general election, and
the same shall be submitted to the
people at the next general election.
All persons voting at said election in
favor of the ratification of the pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution
of this State shall have written OF
printed on their ballots the words {:
"For ratification of Amendment Of
Article 8, Section 2, Paragraph l, on
the Constitution of this State pro
viding for and creating one new sena-
torial District; and all persons vot-
ing against the ratification OF the
proposed Amendment shall have writ
ten or printed Oh their ballots the
words: against ratification of
Amendment of Article 8, Section 2,
Paragraph /, of the Constitution OF
this State providing for, and creating
one new Senatorial District" IL a
majority of the electors qualified to
vote for members of the General As
ocmbly. end voting in said gene"al
election, shall vote in favor Of the
ratification of said proposed Am,"iG-
ment, then said Amendment shall be-
come a part of Article 3, Section 2,
Paragraph /, of the Constitution of
this State, and the Governor shall
make proclamation thereof and shall
call special election in the new
Fifty-second Senatorial District 50
created for the election of Senator
for said new District in the next
General Assembly as is provided by
law for The filling of vacancies caus-
ed by death or resignation.
Approved August Il, 1921,
Now, therefore, |, Thomas W.
Hardwick, Governor of said State, do
issue this my proclamation hereby de-
claring that the foregoing proposed
amendment to the Constitution is sub
mitted for ratification or rejection to
the voters of the state qualified to
vote for members Of the General As
sembly at the general election to be
held on Tuesday, November 7, 1922.
THOMAS w. HARDWICK,
Governor.
By the Governor:
S. G. McLendon,
Z Secretary Of State.