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PROCLAMATION.State ok GpoiiGiA-Exeeutive De’pt Ati.anta, Ga., Aug. 4, 1 fc’OO. Whereas, The general assembly (*r 1w»tt passed the following ad, Inuccor-(Innw with (In? requirements of tin* foils!itiitlnfiy to-wlt: •‘An net toamend Art. 7, Hw, 1st, of the const it ill ion of J«77, anti the act of 18*5, amendatory thereof, ho as to include widows of confederate soldiers In tin* aid therein extended, nml for other purposes.Section 1. He it enacted hy the general assembly of the state of Georgia, That the net of 1885, approved October MI, 1885, amending nrliele 7, section (Ir*»t, paragraph 1, of the eoiiMltoion of 1877, he and the same |» hereby amended hy adding thereto and at the end of said net the following words, “And for the widows of said Confederate soldiers as may have died in tile servlee of the Confederate states, or si nee from wounds received therein or diseases contracted in the servlee: provided, that lids ad shall only apply to Mieh persons us were married at the time of sucli service; and have remained unmarried since the death of sorb soldier husband, so that said article 7, section 1, paragraph 1, or the constitution of 1877, and the act amendatory thereof, shall read n» follows: “To supply the soldiers who lost a limb or liuibs in the military service, of the Confederate states with substantial artificial limbs during life, and to make suitable provision for such confederate soldiers as may have been otherwise disabl'd or permanently Injured in sueh service; and lor the widows of such confederate soldiers as may have died in the service of tin* confederate states, or since from wounds received therein, or disease contracted In the service.Provided, that this act .-ballonly apply to such widows as were married at the lime of the service and have remained unmarried since the dentil of mieh soldier husband.see. 2. “And be it further enacted, That, if tills amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds-.of the members elected to each of two houses, the same shall tie entered on their journals with yeas and nays taken thereon and the governor shall cause said amendments to be published in one or more newspapers In em li congressional district for two (2) months previous to llu* next general election, and the same shall be substituted to the people at next gereral election, and the legal voters at tlie next said general election shall have inscribed or printed on their tickets the word “Jlatilientinn,” or “Non-rat Miration” as they may choose to vote, and if a majority of the electors qmiiilicd to vote for members of the general assembly voting therein shall vote In favor of “ratideation*’ then this amendment shall become a part of said article 7, section 1, paragraph 1, of the constitution of the state, aiul the said nets of lss., amendatory thereof, and the c.fivoniov shall make proclamation thereof.” section 8. He it further enacted. That, all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act he and the fame are hereby repealed.*’Approved November I. ix**!i.”Now, therefore. I, John It. flordon, governor of said state, do issue Ibis, my proclamation, hereby declaring that the foregoing proposed amendment ro the constitution Is hereby *nl-mittcd for rat Mien (ion or reject ion to the voters of the stale at the general election to be held on Wednesday, October 1,18510, ns provided in said act.Hy the governor:J. H. Uounox, t«o\er:ior.
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Fayetteville News
Fayetteville, Georgia, US
Fri, Sep 19, 1890
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