Veto, 86. 
  Vice-president, 125, 190, 193, 194. 
  Village, 56, 57. 
  Voters, 29, 32, 33, 39, 60, 67, 68, 175, 182. 
  Voting, 175, 176, 181, 183.

  War, declaration of, 114. 
  Ward convention, 195. 
  Warrants, 34, 45. 
  Water works, 59, 60. 
  Wills, 49, 53, 54. 
  Works, electric, 59.
      gas, 59.
      public, 57, 59, 60.
      water, 57. 
  Writs, serving of, 35.

SUPPLEMENT.

BY HON.  HOKE SMITH, U.S.  SENATOR,

Formerly President of the Board of Education, Atlanta, Ga.

GEORGIA SUPPLEMENT.—­PETERMAN’S CIVIL GOVERNMENT.

Copyright, 1901, 1908, 1914, by AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY,

THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

In the people of Georgia is vested the power of government and with them lies the supreme authority in the State, except in this:  the people of Georgia can pass no law which conflicts with the provisions of the Constitution of the United States.  As a safeguard and for the better administration of their affairs, the people of Georgia have established a Constitution.  The present Constitution was adopted by delegates selected from Senatorial districts.  The delegates met in convention and adopted the present Constitution in 1877.  All laws in Georgia must be made in accordance with the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Georgia.  They must also be executed according to the provisions of these Constitutions.  The Constitution of Georgia can be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members of each branch of the General Assembly, but the action of the General Assembly in amending the Constitution must be ratified by the voters at the next election of members of the General Assembly; or, a new Constitution can be made by another constitutional convention, which can be called only by two thirds of the members of each house of the General Assembly.

The Constitution of Georgia places the administration of the civil government of the State in three departments, the Legislative, the Executive, and the Judicial.

LEGISLATIVE.—­The Legislative department consists of two bodies, namely, the Senate and the House of Representatives.  The Senate is composed of forty-four members, one from each Senatorial district.  The Senatorial districts consist of three or more counties.  No one can be elected a State Senator who is not a citizen of the United States, who has not attained the age of twenty-five years, and who has not been a resident of the State four years.

The House of Representatives consists of one hundred and eighty-six members, apportioned among the different counties according to population.  The six counties having the largest population have three representatives each; the twenty-six counties having the next largest population have two representatives each; the remaining one hundred sixteen counties have one representative each.  A member of the House of Representatives must be twenty-one years of age, and must have resided in the State four years, and in the county from which elected one year.  The members of the Legislature are elected biennially on the first Wednesday in October.