The statement explained that under the Georgia Constitution and state law, tax-exempt status is granted to educational institutions only if they are segregated.

Mikheil Saakashvili resigned from the position of the President on November 25, 2007 as the Constitution of Georgia requires the president stands down at least 45 days before the next election to be eligible for retaking part him / herself.

* 1788 – Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.

* 1957 – The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U. S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th & 15th Amendments to the U. S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U. S. state of Georgia.

* January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the fourth U. S. state under the new government.

Named after King George II of Great Britain, Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788.

After the war, Georgia became the fourth state of the Union after ratifying the Constitution on January 2, 1788.

* Georgia Constitution Web Page, Carl Vinson Institute of Government at The University of Georgia ( includes historical Constitutions of Georgia )

While living in Georgia, Zinn wrote that he observed 30 violations of the First and Fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution in Albany, Georgia, including the rights to freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and equal protection under the law.

Richmond County was established in 1777 by the first Constitution of the ( newly independent ) State of Georgia.

As the Georgia State Constitution forbids banishment beyond the borders of the state, officials instead ban the offender from 158 of Georgia's 159 counties, with Echols remaining as their only option.

The county is named for Abraham Baldwin, a signer of the United States Constitution, U. S. congressman representing Georgia, and the founder of the University of Georgia.

The 1992 law of Georgia, reiterated in the 1995 Constitution, grants Abkhaz the status of second official language on the territory of Abkhazia, along with Georgian.

The 1799 constitution contained, for the first time, the power of the governor to veto legislation ; this power was substantially similar to, and probably based upon, that found in the 1792 New Hampshire Constitution and the 1798 Georgia Constitution.

He served in the Georgia state legislature, and in 1777 he wrote the original draft of Georgia's first State Constitution.

A resolution to amend the Georgia Constitution to ease the political path for resurrection the county was reintroduced by the area's legislators in the 2009 session.

Instead of following the process provided for in the Georgia Constitution for consolidating or dividing counties, HR 21 and SR 392 seek to amend the Constitution to allow only voters in those areas of Fulton County that propose to secede from Fulton County to approve or disapprove such a division.

Nor in South Georgia, where the summer sun shines warmly and gives early life to the things growing in the flat fields.

* March 21 – Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy, gives the infamous Cornerstone Speech in Savannah, Georgia, in which he declares that slavery is the natural condition of blacks and the foundation of the Confederacy.

The back of the album cover contains an essay of biographical information of Stevens from his youth in his hometown of Clarkdale, Georgia to the time of this album's release and gives brief descriptions of all the songs on the album.

A Georgia historic marker on the courthouse square gives a brief biography of the General and states he is the namesake for the county.

Long-time Georgia radio announcer Larry Munson's legendary call of the play ( which still gives old fans of both schools the shivers, though for opposite reasons ) gave the game its name:

" Moreover, the powers the Constitution gives the Assembly include land use restrictions to protect and preserve the environment and natural resources ; the creation, use and disciplining through court martial of a state militia which would be under the command of the Governor of Georgia acting as commander-in-chief ( excepting times when the militia is under Federal command ); The power to expend public money, to condemn property, and to zone property ; The continuity of state and local governments during times of emergency ; state participation in tourism.

A plaque at Fort Mountain State Park in Georgia recounts a nineteenth-century interpretation of the ancient stone wall that gives the site its name.

He leaves High School before graduation and gives up a scholarship to Georgia Tech to join the Marine Corps when the war breaks out ; goes through Boot Camp and becomes a member of 2nd Battalion's radio squad.

Elections in Georgia gives information on elections and election results in Georgia.

An African-American man gives a piano lesson to a young African-American woman, in 1899 or 1900, in Georgia ( U. S. state ) | Georgia, USA.

Dr. Woodie Flowers gives his signature thumbs up at the 2006 FIRST Robotics Competition in Atlanta, Georgia.

While the film gives the impression that Loyless was no longer active in newspapers at the time of Roosevelt's visits, he was in fact still involved with the Columbus, Georgia Ledger ( of which Loyless owned a percentage ).

# Family Affair-Doctor Sivana, Georgia Sivana, and Sivana Jr. end up meeting an alien who gives them an amulet that gives them superpowers.

** Ninety-Day Notice ( July 2, 2007 ): Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. gives notice of its intent to discontinue its service between Macon, Georgia, and Atlanta, Georgia after October 1, 2007.

* Caucaz ( September 16, 2005 ), " Georgia gives green light to construction of Kars-Tbilisi Railroad ".

The Georgia Legislature will wind up its 1961 session Monday and head for home -- where some of the highway bond money it approved will follow shortly.

Pelham pointed out that Georgia voters last November rejected a constitutional amendment to allow legislators to vote on pay raises for future Legislature sessions.

Captain William Butler, native of Virginia, previous member of Georgia Legislature and captain of Georgia militia, came to Butler County in search of adventure, but was soon killed by native Americans near Butler Springs on the morning of 20 March 1818.

In 2001 the Georgia Legislature passed a resolution, to designate the Earl T. Shinhoster Interchange at the junction with Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Savannah in honor of Earl Shinhoster, who was a Black civil rights activist.

In 2003 the Georgia Legislature passed a resolution to designate Interstate 16 in honor of James L. Gillis, Sr., a Democrat who served as a State Representative, State Senator and Director of the Georgia Department of Transportation, as the Jim Gillis Historic Savannah Parkway.

Taliaferro County was formed by an act of the Georgia Legislature meeting in Milledgeville on December 24, 1825.

Henry County, Georgia was created by the Georgia State Legislature in 1821 from land acquired from the Creek Indian Nation by the First Treaty of Indian Springs.

A historic marker in front of the Harris County Courthouse erected in 1954 by the Georgia Historical Commission reads as follows: " This county, created by Acts of the Legislature December 14, 1827, is named for Charles Harris, eminent Savannah jurist.

Columbia County, the 12th county formed in Georgia, was created by an act of the Legislature of Georgia on December 10, 1790 from Richmond County.

In February 1776, the Georgia Legislature created a county from St. Phillip's parish.

Bibb County was created by act of the Georgia Legislature on December 9, 1822, with Macon to be incorporated in December 1823 ; designated the county seat.

Colquitt County became the 115th county in Georgia by an act of the Legislature on February 25, 1856.

The City of Grovetown was chartered by the Georgia Legislature and officially incorporated in 1881.

The town was rebuilt after the war and in 1881 the city of Millen was incorporated by an act of the Georgia State Legislature, becoming the county seat of the newly-created Jenkins County in 1905.

Colquitt is the county seat of Miller County, a role it has held since just after Miller County was created by the Georgia Legislature in 1856.

Founded in 1828 by an act of the Georgia Legislature, Columbus was situated at the beginning of the navigable portion of the Chattahoochee River and on the last stretch of the Federal Road before entering Alabama.

SNCC, under the local leadership of Bill Ware, engaged in a voter drive to promote the candidacy of Julian Bond for the Georgia State Legislature in an Atlanta district.

On March 16, 1864, Stephens delivered a speech to the Georgia Legislature that was widely reported in both the North and the South.

Douglas and Black also disagreed in Fortson v. Morris, the 1967 decision which cleared the path for the Georgia State Legislature to choose the governor in the deadlocked 1966 race between Democrat Lester Maddox and Republican Howard Callaway.

The Legislature designated Louisville the " permanent seat " of Georgia government.