The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-31
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
A PROCLAMATION.

Tuesday, November 7th, 1922 said amend
ment to Paragraph 2, Section l. Article
Georgia, for the creation of" Peach
BY HIS EXCELLENCY, Thomas w.
Executive Department, August 2S. 1922.
Whereas, the General Assembly at
it's session of 1922 proposed an Amend
ment to the Constitution of this State
as set forth in an Act approved August
l'' PEACH llG7 { CoUNTY, CREATION OF.
No. 400
An Act to propose to the qualified electors
of this State an amendment to para
Constitution Of the State Of f. georgia ga
as amended by the RATIFICATION OF the
several Acts approved, respectively, on
July 10, 1904, July 81, 1906, July 80; lSdz ~
August IA, 1872, July Z, l9lE i JG7y q,
gust q, 1917, July 30, 1918, August L.
1918, July s, 1920. and August H. 1920
and for other purposes.
! Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Georgia, and
! it is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same, That the following amend
ment is herby proposed to paragraph 2,
section l, article IL. of the Constitution
of the State Of Georgia, as amended by
the ratification of the qualified voters of
said State of the several Acts approved,
1905, July 80 1912, August IA. 1912, July
| I, 1914, July q, 1914, August II, 1914, Au-
gust Is, 1917, August q, 1917, July 80, 1918,
August H. 1919 July 8. 1920, and August
BY adding to said paragraph the fol-
lowing language:
provided however, that. in addition
| to the counties now provided for by TINS
Constitution there shall be a new county
! laid out and created from the territory
now comprising Houston and Macon
counties, to be made up and composed
of oil hot rt Of "a TO of HOl1S-
| ton and Macon counties described and
contained within boundaries as follows:
Beginning at the point where, the
counties of Bib. Houston and Craw-
ford corner; running thence along the
line between the counties of Houston and
Crawford, to the point where the coun-
corner; thence; in ,southwesterly d.
rection along the line between the coun-
ties of Crawford and Macon, to the mid
die of the run of Flint River; thence. in
southerly direction, down the middle OF
the run of Flint River to the southern
line of fractional lot No. 149 in the eighth
district of Macon county; thence east
along the southern line of lots Nos. 149.
14O, III, 1OS, IS, 76, So, A and q in the
eighth district of Macon county to the
southwest corner of lot No. Il in the
eighth district, of Macon county: thenee'
south, along the western line of lot No.
13 in the eighth district of Macon county,
to the southwest corner of said lot No
10 in the eighth district of Macon county:
said lot No. Is, in the eighth district of
Macon county, to the southwest corner
of lot No 253 in the ninth district of
Macon county; thence south along the
western line Of lots Nos. 254, 255, and
256 in the ninth district of Macon county,
and the western line of lots Nos L, 81.
70, Ga and 65 in the fourteenth district of
Macon county to the southwest corner
Of said lot No. IS; thence east along the
southern line of lots Nos g. Sc and 81 in
he fourteenth district of Macon county
10 the southwest corner of lot No. 6o
in the fourteenth district of Macon coun-
ty; thence south, along the western line
Of lot No. SO in the fourteenth district
of Macon county to the southwest corner
Of lot No. SO in the fourteenth district of
| Macon county; thence east along the
southern line of lots Nos. SO, 80, 81, 80,
50 and IS in the fourteenth district of
Macon county to the southwest corner of
lot No. 81 in the fourteenth district of
Houston county, thence continuing east
along the southern line Of lots Nos. 81,
Sc, 50 and 81 In the fourteenth district OF
Houston county to the southwest cor
ner of lot No. SO in the fourteenth dis
rict of Houston county. thence north
along the western line of lots Nos. 50,
rs. 81, 46, 10 and IA in the fourteenth
district of Houston county to the south
west corner of lot No. SO in the ninth
district. of Houston county: thence north n
and "a in the ninth district of Houston
county to the southwest corner of lot No.
80 in the ninth district of Houston coun-
south line of said lot No. IS; thence
north the entire length OF, the east
line of said lot No. So; thence east
the entire length of the south line Of
lot No %; thence north the entire length
of the east line of lot No. 20; thence east
the entire length of the southern line of
lot No. !, (said lots Nos. IS, % and be
ing in the ninth district Of Houston
county, to the line between the ninth
and tenth land district of Hous-
ton county; thence north along said
OF lot No. II in said tenth district, thence
east the entire length of the southern
line of lot No. Il, thence north the en-
tire length of the eastern line of lot No.
H. thence east the entire length of the
southern line of lot No %: thence north
the entire length of the eastern line of
lot No. %; thence east the entire length
of the southern line of lot No. Al; thence
north the entire length of the eastern
line of lot No. Al; thence east the entire
length of the southern line of lot. Nc:
the eastern line of lot No. 81; thence
east the entire length of the southern
line of lot No. II; thence north the en-
= tire length of the eastern line of lot No.
Il; thence east the entire length of the
southern line of lot No. 81; thence north
; the entire length of the eastern line Of
lot No. 81: thence east the entire length
, Of the southern line of lot No. 101; thence
north the entire length of the eastern
line of lot No. 1O1; thence east the en-
tire length of the southern line of lot
Of the eastern line of lot No. 125; thence
east the entire length of the southern
. line of lot No. 1871; thence north the en-
tire length of the eastern line of lot No.
. l3l; thence east the entire length of
the southern line of lot No. 159; thence
north the entire length of the eastern
line of lot No. 159; thence east the entire
, length of the southern line of lot No.
16l; thence north the entire length of
the eastern line of lot No. 1G1 (said lots
Nos. H. %, Al, 81, Il, 81, 1O1 125, 131, 159
and l6f being in the tenth district OF
Houston county, to the southwest corner
Of lot No. IA in the fifth district of
Houston county, thence north along the
western line of lots Nos. IA u.s. LAG. 147,
las, 149, $50, Isl, 1872, 153 and 154 to the line
between Houston and Bibb counties;
thence westerly, along the line between
| the counties of Houston and Bibb, to
{ the point where the counties of-Hous-
ton, Bibb and Crawford corner the same
Being the point or place of beginning"
! THAT the said new County shall be
known as the County of Peach and the
/ City Of Fort Valley shall be the county
site of the same
That. irrespective of other provisions
Of this Constitution, said County of
Peach shall, upon its creation, be ent1-
tied to one Representative in the House
Of Representatives OF this State and said
% County of Peach shall he entitled to