Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-10-20
PACE SEVEN
BY SWAN

General Assembly OF the State of
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same. That Ar
ticle 3, Section 2, Paragraph l Of Tho
Constitution of the State of Georgia,
be, and the same is hereby amended
as follows:
(a} BY striking out the words
''fifty-one" wherever said words oc.
cur IN said section as amended and
inserting in lieu thereof the words
"lifty-two."
(b) SO that when SO amended
that part of said Article contained in
Paragraph l so amended shall read
as follows:
consist of fifty two members. There
shall be fifty-two Senatorial Dis
trict5 as now arranged by counties.
Each District shall have one sena-
tor"
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by
authority aforesaid That said Art-
Gle 3, Section 2, Paragraph /, Of tie
Constitution of the State Of Georgia
be, and the same is, hereby further
amended as follows: That until
changed in the manner provided by
law, the Sixth Senatorial District
shall be composed of the counties of
Echols, Lown3es and F. ooks; that
the Seventh Senatorial District shah
be composed Of the counties Of
Thomas, Grady and Decatur; the
Eighth Senatorial District shall be
composed of the counties Of Miller,
Mitchell and Seminole. and the Fifty
second Senatorial District shall be
comp0seG>a of the counties of Cock,
Bellieu And Lanier
Sec b Be it further enacted BY
authority aforesaid, That for the
purpose of creating and arranging
the Senatorial District hereinbefore
named and set out in Section of this
Act, the counties composing ths.
same are hereby transferred from the
district to which they have been
heretofore attached to the new dis
tricts hereby created
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by
authority aforesaid, That if this Con-
stitutional Amendment shall be
agreed to by two-thirds of the mem.
bers Of, each House of the General
Assembly, the same shall be entered
on their Journals with the ayes and
nays taken thereon, and the Gov
ernor shall cause the amendment 10
be published ia one or more newspa-
pers in each Congressional District
for two months Immediately preced-
ing the next general election, and
the same shall be submitted to the
people at the next general election.
Al. persons voting at said election in
favor of the ratification Of the pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution
of this State shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words
For ratification of Amendment Of
Article 3, Section z, Paragraph /, OF
the Constitution Of this State pro
viding for and creating one new sena-
toral District; and all persons vot-
ing against the ratification of the
proposed Amendment shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots the
words: Against ratification of
Amendment Of Article 3, Section 2,
Paragraph l, of the Constitution of
this State providing for and creating
one new Senatorial District" IL
majority Of the electors qualified to
vote for members OF the General As.
aembly, and voting in said general
election, slfau vote in favor of tha
ratification Of said proposed Ain,.lt..-
mcnt, then said Amendment shall be-
come part of Article 3, Section 2,
Paragraph /, of the Constitution OF
this State, and the Governor shall
qnake proclamation, thereof and shall
call a special election in ethe 'new
Fifty-second Senatorial District so
created for the election of a Senator
for said new District in the next
General Assembly as is provided by
law for the filing of vacancies caus-
ed by death or resignation. 90
Approved August Is, 1921.
Now, therefore, /, Thomas w.
Hardwick, Governor of said State, do
issue this my proclamation hereby de-
claring that the foregoing proposed
amendment to the Constitution is sun.
mitted for ratification or rejection to
the voters of the state qualified to
vote for members of the General AS
sembly at the general election to ba
held on Tuesday, November 7, 1922.
THOMAS w. HARDWICk,
Governor.
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