The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-03


semblv under the laws of Georgia, shall
on the first Wednesday in January fol-
lowing the ratification of TINS proposes
amendment elect RepreschtatlVe III
the House of Representatives OF TINS
state and an ordinary, clerk OF the
Superior Court, a sheriff, coroner, a
tax collector, tax receiver, county
treasurer, and a county surveyor. oalu
special election shall be held at the sew
eral election precincts existing Wlthh
the limits of said Peach county at the
time of the adoption of TINS proposed
amendment: and the ordinary OF HouS-
fon county shall appoint election mana
gers for such election precincts as may
be located in Houston county at the tlIne
of the adoption of this proposed amend
ment; and the ordinary of Macon county
shall appoint election managers for such
precincts as may be located in Macon
county at the time of the adoption OF
this proposed amendment: ON the Gay
succeeding the holding OF Sald election
the election managers shall meet at the
council chamber of the mayor ana CITY
council of the City of Fort Valley ana
consolidate the vote for the oIncers nam
ed; and the general laws OF TINS State
now in force as to elections, consollda-
ton of the votes, the return OF the elec-
ton and the commission OF o1hcers shaIi
be applicable to the ottlcers eleGted az
the election herein provided for the Off
GERS elected at said election ana the
Representative in the House of Repre-
sentatives shall not hold their oflces
officers throughout the State, and until
their successors are elected and quall-
fed. The General Assembly is nerepy
given power to create any auuluonal
statutory offices in said county or sta
tutory courts therein and to provide for
filling said Offices ANY vacancies IhaI
may occur before the next general elec-
ton after the election as herein pfoVld-
ed may be filled in the same manner as
such vacancies are now filled under the
law. The justices of the peace and the
constables residing in the territory m
cluded within the limits OF such County
of Peach shall exercise the duties and
powers of their offices until new militia
districts are laid out in said County
of Peach and constables thereon elected;
That the snpHr6r Coy C14r Us t GL frsf
Monday in March and the first Monday
in September of each year
That the congressional and senatorial
districts, the judicial circuit to which
said Peach county is attached, the times
of holding the terms of the superior
Court and the limits of the county shall
be as designated above until changed
provided, that the laws applicable to
the organization of new counties as found
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 a statutory county
and shall be subject at all times to 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 have been incurred Ply
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 benefit
of either of said counties, whether the
said debt is a bonded debt or one which
has been incurred for the benefit in any
way of either of said counties The value
of the taxable property included Wlthm
the limits of said County of Peach at
the time of the adoption of this amend
ment to the Constitution in proportion
to the value of the property in the
counties from which the said County of
Peach is taken shall determine the pro-
portionate 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 and to
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 pald by
by made the duty of the ordinary of the
said County of Peach when the amount
of said Indebtedness with which the said
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 proportiOnate part
of the Indebtedness due by said Peach
county.
IN the event of the failure or refusal
of the ordinary of Peach county to levy
such 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 and agree
upon the amount of said indebtedness,
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 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 said
Peach county to levy a tax suthclent
for the payment of the Indebtedness
found to be due by the County, OF Peach;
cause the same TO be collected and PAID
to the constituted authorities OF the
county or counties from which said
Peach County is created entitled to re-
ceive the same.
1T is especially provided that all ad
ValOrem ana special taxes and all other
revenues realized for the year in which
this amendment is adopted or ratified
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; it 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