- Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
- Title:
- Constitution of the State of Georgia, 1877
- Date of Original:
- 1877-12-05
- Subject:
- Constitutions--Georgia
Civil rights--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- documents
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "Constitution of the State of Georgia, Ratified by a vote of the people, at and election held on the fifth day of December, 1877."
A convention to rewrite the constitution of 1868 assembled in Atlanta in July 1877. The 115-page constitution written by this convention was approved by the voters and went into effect December 21, 1877. Included here are the Preamble, the Bill of Rights (Section I), and nine pages of signatures. - Metadata URL:
- http://vault.georgiaarchives.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/adhoc/id/8275/rec/9
- Rights Holder:
- Users may download the images for personal or educational use
- Original Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
Enrolled Acts and Resolutions, House and Senate, Legislature, RG 37-1-15, Georgia Archives - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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