§ 8-110. Referendum on the charter.

(a)

Not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after receipt of the certified copy of the proposed charter and after receipt of approval by the Department of Justice of such proposed charter, it shall be the duty of the Quitman County election superintendent shall election for approval or rejection of the proposed charter. The election superintendent shall set the date of the election for a day not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days after the issuance of the call. The election superintendent shall cause the date and purpose of the election to be published once a week for two calendar weeks immediately preceding the date thereof in the official legal organ of Quitman County. The ballot shall have written or printed thereon the following:

"( ) YES—-Shall the charter unifying the governments of the City of Georgetown and Quitman County and creating a single county-wide government to

( ) NO supersede and replace those governments be approved?"

(b)

All persons desiring to vote for approval of the charter shall vote "YES," and those persons desiring to vote for rejection of the charter shall vote "NO." If more than one-half of the votes cast by the qualified voters of Quitman County residing within the corporate limits of the City of Georgetown are for approval of the charter and if more than one-half of the total votes cast by all the qualified voters of Quitman County are for approval of the charter, then the charter shall become effective. Otherwise, it shall be void and of no force and effect. The expense of such election shall be borne equally by the City of Georgetown and Quitman County.

(c)

The special election shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., the "Georgia Election Code," except to the extent specifically provided otherwise by this Charter.

(d)

A qualified voter, as used herein, shall mean a voter of Quitman County qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of Georgia. The election superintendent shall certify the returns to the Secretary of State. The election superintendent shall also furnish a certified copy of the charter to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall issue a proclamation showing and declaring the result of the election on the approval or rejection of the charter. One copy of the proclamation shall be attached to the copy of the charter certified to the Secretary of State. One copy of the proclamation shall be delivered to the clerk of the governing authority of the City of Georgetown who shall attach the same to the copy of the charter previously certified to him or her. One copy of the proclamation shall be delivered to the clerk of the governing authority of Quitman County who shall attach the same to the copy of the charter previously certified to him or her.

(e)

Whenever a charter for the unification of the governments of the City of Georgetown and Quitman County has been accepted, the above-certified copies thereof, with the proclamation of the Secretary of State of Georgia attached thereto, shall be deemed duplicate original copies of the charter of the unified government for all purposes. The certified copy of the charter and proclamation deposited with the clerk of the governing authority of the City of Georgetown and the certified copy of the charter and proclamation deposited with the clerk of the governing authority of Quitman County shall subsequently be delivered by them to the successor government. The successor government may issue certified copies of the charter and any copy so certified shall be deemed a duplicate original copy of the charter of the unified government for all purposes. The Secretary of State is authorized to issue certified copies of the charter on file, and copies so certified shall be deemed duplicate original copies of the charter of the unified government for all purposes.

Duly approved and adopted by a majority vote of the members of the Georgetown-Quitman County Charter and Unification Commission, this date, May 16, 2006.

/s/         David Kinsey, Chairman

Georgetown-Quitman County Charter and Unification Commission

Certified true and correct copy, this date, May 16, 2006.