The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-19

council chamber of the mayor and city
council of the City of Fort Halley anu
consolidate the vote for the olnGeIs G Itdt
ed; and the general laws of this state
| now in force as to elections, conSoIlua-
! ton of the votes, the return OF the eLeGI
! ton and the commission or onlceFS SHalt
the election herein provided for the OH PHI
GERS elected at said election ana tue
Representative in the House OF HePre-
sentatives shall not hold thelr Offices lSoI
until the next general election for such
officers throughout the State, ana uhLil
| their successors are elected ana QUAIL
! fled. The General Assembly is herepy
| Given power to create any addlllolal
STATUTORY offices in said county or sta
| tutOrV courts therein, and to proVlue lof
/ filling said offices. Any vacancies tnaI
| may occur before the next general eleG-
ton after the election as herein proVlu-
ed may be filled in the same manner as
such Vacancies are now filled under the
law. The justices of the peace ana the
cluded within the limits of such County
| of Peach shall exercise the duties ana
bowers of their offices until new militia
districts are laid out in sald county
of Peach and constables Thereon elecIeu,
"Tbat 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.
."'hat the congressional and senatorial
districts, the judicial circuit to Whlch
of holding the terms of the superior
Court and the limits of the county shall
be as designated above until changed
by law -,.,,,. -
the organization of new counties as round
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 statutory county
and shall be subject at all times 10 all
laws applicable to all other counties OF
this State.
included within the limits of said Peach
county as herein above designated Is
hereby made ratably chargeable with any
debt that may nave 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 pehe EN-
of either of said counties, whether the
said debt is a bonded debt or one Whlch
has been incurred for the benefit IN any
way of either of said counties. The value
Of the taxable property included Wlthln
the limits of said County of Peach at
the time of the adoption of this amend
ment to the Constitution in proportion
counties from which the said County of
Peach is taken shall determine the pro
n0rtionate amount of the Indebtedness
which shall be borne by the property
of the tax payers located within the
limits of said proposed new county.
''Authority is hereby given to the
ordinary of said County of Peach ana 10
the officers of the counties from which
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 and PAID by
the said County of Peach; and it is here
bv made the duty of the ordinary OF the
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 LEVIED upon
all the property within the limits OF the
said County of Peach sufficient to pay
off and discharge the proportloi.l5alG pal
of the indebtedness due by said Peach
I'm the event of the failure or refusal
of the ordinary of Peach county TO leyy
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 said Peach
county is created and the ordinary OF the
/ said Peach county to ascertain ana agree
upon the amount of said indebtedness
! then either of said counties may bring
a suit against the said County OF Peacn
/
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 tax Sulncleht
| 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 me
county or counties from when sald
! Peach County is created entitled to re-
ceive the same.
1T is especially provided that all ad
valorem and special taxes and all otner
revenues realized for the year in which
| this amendment is adopted or ratlhed
| by the qualified voters of this State shall
| be applied to any Indebtedness, except
! bonded Indebtedness due and owning by
Ictther of the counties from which the
said Peach county is created; it beng the
purpose of this provision to fix the paSlS
of settlement between the counties m
volved upon their financial condition on
| the 3lst 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
! 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
eraI election to be held after such pub
LEGATION at which election every person
shall be qualified to vote who is entitled
to vote for members of the General As
Isembly. 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
sembIy voting thereon shall vote for the
ratification of said proposed amendment
then the Governor shall, when he as
certainS the same from the Secretary