Williams v. Cox

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

1. Georgia Laws 1958, p. 3022 requires that the referendum therein provided for be conducted under the provisions of Code Chapter 69-1, as amended, if it is in effect. That chapter was not in effect when the referendum was held, the pertinent sections thereof having-been repealed by Georgia Laws 1958, p. 200. The above charter-repealing act provides that, if the provisions of Chapter 69-1 “shall not be in effect,” then the municipal authorities “shall within ten days from the date this Act is approved by the Governor call an election to be held within 30 days from the…