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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 50 - State Government (Chs. 1 — 40)
Chapter 3 - State Flag, Seal, and Other Symbols (Arts. 1 — 8)
Article 8 - Original 33 Memorial (§§ 50-3-130 — 50-3-131)

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Effective date.

This article became effective July 1, 2025.

Editor's notes.

Ga. L. 2025, p. 205, Preamble/HB 303, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “WHEREAS, in 1868, 33 African Americans, the Original 33, were elected to the General Assembly of Georgia: Senators Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, Tunis Campbell, Sr., and George Wallace, and Representatives Thomas M. Allen, Eli Barnes, Thomas Beard, Edwin Belcher, Tunis Campbell, Jr., Malcolm Claiborn, George H. Clower, Abram Colby, John T. Costin, Madison Davis, Monday Floyd, F. H. Fyall, Samuel Gardner, William A. Golden, William Guilford, William Henry Harrison, Ulysses L. Houston, Philip Joiner, George Linder, Robert Lumpkin, Romulus Moore, Peter O’Neal, James Ward Porter, Alfred Richardson, James M. Simms, Abraham Smith, Alexander Stone, Henry McNeal Turner, John Warren, and Samuel Williams; and

“WHEREAS, these men were some of the first Black state legislators in the United States; and

“WHEREAS, in September of 1868, the Original 33 were expelled from the General Assembly of Georgia; and

“WHEREAS, it is only fitting that the Original 33 be honored and recognized for their pioneering work and suffering for attempting to integrate the General Assembly of Georgia.”

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Membership and apportionment of General Assembly, § 28-1-1.

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O. C. G. A. Title 50


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O.C.G.A. Title 50, Ch. 3, Art. 8
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