Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-05
A Proclamation

Submitting proposed Amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia to be
voted on at the general election to be
held on tuesday. November 9TH, 1922,
said amendment to article f, Section Is
Paragraph l, of the Constitution of the
State OF Georgia, in reference to sup
plementing the salary of the Judge.
By His Excellency
Thomas w. Hardwick, Governor
State of Georgia
Executive Department,
August 18th, 1922.
WHEREAS, the General Assembly
at it session OF 1922 proposed an
Amendment to the Constitution of this
State as set forth in an Act, approved
August 1ith, 1922, to wit:
Richmond County; Judges Salary
No. 367
An act to amend paragraph l, of
section IS, of article g, OF the Consti-
| tuition OF the State of Georgian so
far as said paragraph relates to
the salary of the judge of the
Superior Court OF the judicial circuit
in which is located the County of
Richmond, so as to require the coun-
ty authorities of Richmond County,
from the treasury of said county, to
supplement the salary of such Judge
in such amount as when added to the
amount received by him out of the
State Treasury will amount to seven
thousand dollars per annum.
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
authority of the same. That paragraph
! of section Is of article OF the
Constitution be amended as follows
(a) By striking out the word Rich
mond" wherever it appears in para
graph |.
(b) By adding at the end of sec
ton l of said paragraph the following:
and provided, further, that the board
of county commissioners of the Coun-
ty of Richmond, or such other board
or person as may from time to time
exercise the administrative powers OF
said county, shall supplement from
said county's treasury the salary of
the judge of the Superior Court of the
Circuit of which the said County of
Richmond is a part, by such sum as
may be necessary with salaries paid
such judge from the State Treasury
to make a salary for said Judge of
81 10000 per annum; and such pay
ments are declared to be a part of the
court expenses of said county, and
such payment shall be made to the
Judge now in office, as we'll as to his
successors. The provisions of this
amendment shall take effect and the
salaries herein provided for shall be-
gin from the ratification of this amend
ment, as provided in the second sec
ton thereof, and shall apply to the in
cumbent in office, as well as his sue
ceSSorS.
SECTION 2 Be it further enacted
that if this amendment shall be agreed
to by twothirds of the members OF
the General Assembly of each House,
the same shall be entered on their
journals, with the ayes and nays taken
thereon, and the Governor shall cause
the amendment to be published in one
or more of the newspapers in each
congressional district for at least two
months Immediately preceding the
next general election and the same
shall be submitted to the people at the
next general election, and all persons
voting at said election in favor of adop-
ting the proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words
For ratification of amendment to par
agraph | of section IS of article 6 of
the Constitution fixing the salary of
the Judge of the Superior Court of the
Augusta Circuit;' and all persons OPP
posed to the adoption of said amend
ment shall have written or printed on
their ballots the words. Against rati-
tication of amendment to paragraph |
of section Is of article Of the Consti-
tuition fixing the salary of the Judge of
the Superior Court of the Augusta
Circuit" and if a majority of the
electors qualified to vote for the mem
bers of the next General Assembly
voting shall vote in favor of the ratifi-
cation as shown by the consolation
and by the returns made as nov pro-
vided by law in election for members
of the General Assembly. thu en- said
amendment shall become part of par
agraph | of section IS of apticIe of
the Constitution of this State and the
Governor shall make proclamation
thereof.
SECTION 3. Be it further enacted,
that all laws and parts OF laws in con-
tl1ct herewith are repealed
Approved August II ! 1922.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Thomas
w. Hardwick, Governor of said State
DO issue this my proclamation hereby
declaring that the foregoing proposed
"mendmcnt to the Constitution is sub
nitted for qualification or rejection to
ne voters q the State qualified to
vote for memNcr@ of the General AS
sembly at the general election to be
held on Tuesday, November 7, 1922.
Thomas w. Hardwick,
BY the Governor: Governor.
S. G.. McLendon,
Secretary Of State Nova