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Notice of election

How Counties, Municipalities, etc,, may incur Bonded Debt.

SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed,

Approved August 23, 1879.

HOW COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES, ETC., MAY INCUR BONDED

DEBT.

No. 263.

An Act to carry into effect paragraphs 1 and 2, section 7, article 7 of the Constitution, with reference to creating bonded debts for counties, municipalities and divisions, and to prescribe the manner in which elections shall be held, and to authorize the same, and for other purposes.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and it is hereby Municipal enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, when any county, municipality or division shall desire to incur any bonded debt, as prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 2, section 7, article 7 of the Constitution of 1877, the election required shall be called and held as follows, to-wit: The officers charged with levying taxes, contracting debts, etc., for the county, municipality or division, shall give notice for the space of thirty days next prehow and by ceding the day of election in the newspaper in which the sheriff's advertisements for the county are published, notifying the people (qualified voters) that on the day named an election will be held to determine the question whether bonds shall be issued by the county municipality or division. In said notice he shall specify what amount of bonds are to be issued, for what purpose, what interest they are to bear, how much principal and interest to be paid annually, and when to be fully paid off.

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SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said election shall be held at all the voting or election precincts within the limits of the county, municipality or division, and shall be held by the same persons and in the same manner, under the same rules and regulations that elections for officers of said county, municipality or division are held, and the returns shall be made to the officers calling or order. ing the election, who shall, in the presence and together with the several managers (who bring up the returns), consolidate said. returns and declare the result.

SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That when said notice is given Two-thirds and said election held in accordance with the preceding section, if decide affir- the requisite two-thirds of the voters of the county, municipality or division at said election vote for bonds, then the authority to issue the bonds in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2, section 7, article 7 of the Constitution is hereby given to the proper officers of said county, municipality or division.

SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in

To supply Maimed Soldiers with Artificial Limbs.

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determining the question whether or not two-thirds of the qualified voters in said county, municipality or division voted in favor of Bonds, by the issuance of said bonds, the tally sheets of the last general issued. election held in said county, municipality or division shall be taken as a correct enumeration of the qualified voters thereof.

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SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the owners of said bonds, Payment of when due, may, if necessary, enforce the collection thereof by suit enforced. in the proper court.

SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Approved October 14, 1879.

[52 Ga., 621. Picquett vs. Augusta, September Term, 1879.]

TO SUPPLY MAIMED SOLDIERS WITH ARTIFICIAL LIMBS.

No. 131.

An Act to carry into effect the last clause of paragraph 1, section 1, article 7, of the Constitution of 1877.

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SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Artificial Georgia, That any person now a bona fide resident of this State, sons ent.tl'd who enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States, or to. of this State, who, while engaged in said military service, lost a limb, or limbs, may furnish to the Governor of this State proof that such applicant has supplied himself with such needed artificial limb, or limbs, and the Governor, on reception of such proof is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of this State in favor of such applicant for either amount hereinafter mentioned, to-wit: For a leg extending above the knee, one hundred dollars. For a leg not extending above the knee, seventy five dollars. For an arm extending above the elbow, sixty dollars. For an arm not extending above the elbow, forty dollars. Provided the said amounts of money may be allowed to any one entitled to the benefits of this Act who may prefer to supply himself with the said artificial limb.

SEC. II. Be it further enacted by said authority, That such appli- Proof. cation shall contain proof of such applicant's being entitled to the benefits of this Act, and shall further state whether arm or leg has been supplied. If an arm, whether extending above the elbow, Warrant. or not. If leg, whether extending above the knee, or not, and the Governor shall decide the sufficiency of the proof submitted.

SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the said authority, That no appli-Application cant shall receive the sum allowed under this Act oftener than once years. in five years.

SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all

Mode of Transferring Boundary Lots to another County.

laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

Approved September 20, 1879.

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MODE OF TRANSFERRING BOUNDARY LOTS TO ANOTHER

COUNTY.

No. 259.

An Act to carry into effect paragraph 3, section 1, article 11, of the
Constitution of this State.

SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, When Ordi- That any citizen owning land adjacent to the boundary line of any county in this State who may desire, for the necessity or convenience of performing the duties of citizenship, to have such lands transferred to an adjoining county, such citizen shall petition the Ordinary of the county in which the land is situated for an order to Reasons to have such transfer perfected, and it shall be the duty of such citizen to fully set forth in said petition the reasons for such transfer. SEC. II. It shall be the duty of the Ordinary, after giving sixty Ordinary to day's notice of such application, by publication in the newspaper of applica- in which the county advertisements are published, and by posting tion. a written notice at the court house and at the court ground in the How notice militia district from which said territory is proposed to be taken, to empanel a jury of twelve men to be obtained from the list of Jury to try grand jurors drawn for the ensuing term of the Superior Court, by striking from said list all but the twelve; and it shall be the duty and privilege of the Ordinary and the applicant for the change, to strike alternately until only twelve remain, who shall compose the jury, and whose duty it shall be, after hearing the evidence, to find, by recommendation for or against the change, that on the may file ob- day or before the hearing of said application, as herein provided, Jury shall any citizen of said county may file with the Ordinary his written. try. objections to such change, which shall go to make up the leadings Applicant in said case, and the applicant in each case shall be liable to pay all cost.

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SEC. III. The jurors, before hearing the evidence, shall have administered to them the following oath, to-wit: You, and each of you, do solemnly swear that you shall make such verdict and recommendation as in your judgment shall best subserve the best interest of this county, as well as the interest and convenience of this applicant: so help you God.

SEC. IV. Should said jury find for the applicant, and recommend that said transfer be made, the same shall be submitted to a jury of twelve from the county to which the above named territory is is to be at proposed to be attached, under the same provisions and regula

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Insurance Companies to make semi-annual Reports to the Governor.

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lations as is provided in section 2 of this Act; and, if said jury tached to be should concur in the recommendation of said transfer, it shall then be the duty of the Ordinary to appoint three commissioners who shall, with the County Surveyor, make a careful survey of the county line so affected, giving the courses, bearings and distances, and return a certified copy of the same to said Ordinary to be filed with the records of his office, after the same shall have been recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county.

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SEC. V. It shall be the duty of said Ordinary to transmit a cer- shall transtified copy of all proceedings, with the seal of his office thereto mit certified attached, to the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county to Must be rewhich said land has been transferred, who shall enter the same on Clerk's the records of his office, and file said copy as other papers record.

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SEC. VI. It is further enacted, That the findings of the jury, as Verdicts herein provided, shall be final and conclusive upon the question submitted.

SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved October 14th, 1879.

INSURANCE COMPANIES TO MAKE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS TO
THE GOVERNOR.

No. 204.

An Act to carry into effect paragraph 5, section 12 of article 3, of the

Constitution of Georgia.

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SECTION I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That from Semi-an'ual and after the passage of this Act, all insurance companies in this statement State, or doing business therein, shall, through their chief officer to Gov'r. or agent, residing in this State, make to the Governor semi-annual reports on the first day of January and July of each year, or within sixty days thereafter; which said reports shall contain a full and exact statement of their condition on the thirtieth day of June and When to be thirty-first day of December then next preceding, to wit: The amount of the capital stock of the company; what part of the same has been paid up in cash, and what part in notes of the stockholders, and how such notes are secured; also, the assets of the company, specifying of what they consist, with the actual cash. market value thereof; also, the liabilities of the company, specifying of what they consist, with proper classifications and details; also, the full and entire income and expenditures of the company for the preceding six months, with proper details of the same, and also any other facts pertaining to the business or condition of the

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Mode of Changing County Sites Prescribed.

company, which the Governor may require to be set forth in said Statement report; which said reports shall be sworn to by the officer or under oath. agent making the same, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.

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SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That at the time such report is made to the Governor, each company shall publish, at its expense. a duplicate thereof in a newspaper of general circulation, published in the town or city in this State where the office of the company, or agent making said report, is located.

SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That should any one of such inFailure for-surance companies fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this Act, it shall, by such failure or refusal, forfeit its right to do business in this State; and, on such failure or refusal, the Comp troller-General shall at once recall and cancel the license of such delinquent company.

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SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved October 3, 1879.

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MODE OF CHANGING COUNTY SITES PRESCRIBED.

No. 229.

An Act to carry into operation paragraph 4, section 1, article 11, of the
Constitution.

SECTION I Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, whenever two-fifths of the poll-tax payers (as shown by the Tax Receiver's Digest last made out) of any county in this State shall petition the Ordinary of any county for the removal or change of the county-site of said county, said Ordinary shall at once grant an order directing an election to be held at the various election precincts in said county, not less where held. than forty nor more than sixty days hence, notice of which election shall be published weekly for four weeks in the newspaper in which the Sheriff publishes his legal notices, previous to the day Who may of said election, at which election all persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly are hereby declared qualified to vote at said election.

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SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said election shall be held and conducted, and returns made thereof, as and returns is provided by law for members of the General Assembly of this

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SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That at said election all voters in favor of removal, and to what place, shall

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