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

ment to the Constitution in proportion
to the value of the property In the
counties from which the sald county ol
portionate amount of the indebtedness
which shall be borne by the property
Of the tax payers located within the
limits of said pr6p oUsSu new Even 9ou To the
ordinary of said County of Peach ana 70
the officers of the counties from Whlc1
said territory is taken who are charged
with the MANAGEMENT OF the business
Of said counties to settle and agree upon
an amount of the said indebtedness that
shall be assessed against ana Palu w
the said County of Peach' anu II Is fe tbe
said County of Peach when the amount
of said indebtedness with which the salu
County of Peach is chargeable is so as
certained to cause a tax to be levled upon
All the property within the limits of the
said County Of Peach sufficient to pay
off and discharge the proportionate part
of the indebtedness due by said Peach
I'm the event of the failure or refusal
of the ordinary of Peach county to levy
such a tax, it shall be the duty. OF the
judge of the Superior Court OF Ihe GU,
cult to which the said County of Peach IS
attached to compel the ordinary OF tne
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 said Peach
county is created and the ordinary of the
said Peach county to ascertain and agree
upon the amount OF SAID ndeptedness,
then either of said counties may bring
a suit against the said County OF Peach
in the Superior Court of said County OF
Peach for the purpose OF having the
proportion of said debt SO assumed 4y
and the said Superior Court is hereby
given power to enforce whatever Jud$-
ment may be had as the result of such
trial by compelling the ordinary of SAID
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for the payment of the Indebtedness
found to be due by the County of Peach
cause the same to be collected and pald
to the constituted authorities OF the
county or counties from which said
Peach County is created entitled to re-
ceve the same
1T is especially, provided that all , al
valorem and special taxes and all other
revenues realized for the year in which
this amendment is adopted or ratlned
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; 1t being the
purpose of this provision to fix the basis
of settlement between the counties 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 by authority of same, That
whenever the above proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be agreed
upon by tWo-thirds of the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the
/ 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 author
/ 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-
posed for ratification or rejection to the
electors of this State at the next gen
eral election to be held after such pub
location at which election every person
shall be qaulihed to vote who is entitled
to vote for members of the General As
semby. All persons voting at said cleo
ton in favor Of adopting the said pro-
posed amendment shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words For
amendment to the Constitution Great
ing the County of PEACH" and all per-
sons voting, at said election against the
adoption. of said proposed amendment
shall have written or printed on their
ballots the words Against the amend
ment to the Constitution creating the
County of Peach"
/ If a majority of the electors qualified
to vote for members of the General As
sembly voting thereon shall vote for the
ratification OF said proposed amendment
certains the same from the Secretary
Of State. to whom the returns of said
election shall be referred in the manner
as in cases Of elections for members
Of the General Assembly to count and
ascertain results issue his proclamation
for one insertion in one daily paper of
this State, announcing such results, and
declarin1 the amendment ratified.
Sec. g Be it further enacted, That all
laws and parts of laws in conflict with
this Act be, and the same are, hereby re-
pealed
Approved August 15 1922
NOW, THEREFORE,, Thomas W.
HardWick, Governor of said State, do is
sue this my proclamation hereby declar-
ing that the foregoing proposed amend
ment to the constitution is submitted for
ratification or rejection to the voters
of the state qualified to vote for mem
bers of the General Assembly at the
general election to be held on Tuesday,
November T. 1929.
Thomas w. Hardwick, Governor.
BY the Governor:
s G. McLendon, Secretary of State.
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