Facsimile of the 1861 Ordinance of Secession signed by 293 delegates to the Georgia Secession Convention at the statehouse in Milledgeville Georgia January 21 1861. . 5.6.1.2 India Uganda (10) Georgia recognizes all local units of government as cities so every incorporated town is legally a city Georgia does not provide for townships or independent cities though there have been bills proposed in the Legislature to provide for townships; it does allow consolidated city-county governments by local referendum All of Georgia's second-tier cities except Savannah have now formed consolidated city-county governments by referendum: Columbus (in 1970) Athens (1990) Augusta (1995) and Macon (2012) (Augusta and Athens have excluded one or more small incorporated towns within their consolidated boundaries; Columbus and Macon eventually absorbed all smaller incorporated entities within their consolidated boundaries.) the small town of Cusseta adopted a consolidated city-county government after it merged with unincorporated Chattahoochee County in 2003 Three years later in 2006 the town of Georgetown consolidated with the rest of Quitman County.
Legislative authority resides in the General Assembly composed of the Senate and House of Representatives the Lieutenant Governor presides over the Senate while members of the House of Representatives select their own Speaker the Georgia Constitution mandates a maximum of 56 senators elected from single-member districts and a minimum of 180 representatives apportioned among representative districts (which sometimes results in more than one representative per district); there are currently 56 senators and 180 representatives the term of office for senators and representatives is two years the laws enacted by the General Assembly are codified in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, 13 Notes 68/20 82/28 Croatia (84), Austria (72) Atlanta Georgia business directory The introduction of the Bessemer process enabling steel to be made inexpensively led to the era of great expansion of railways that began in the late 1860s Steel rails lasted several times longer than iron Steel rails made heavier locomotives possible allowing for longer trains and improving the productivity of railroads the Bessemer process introduced nitrogen into the steel which caused the steel to become brittle with age the open hearth furnace began to replace the Bessemer process near the end of the 19th century improving the quality of steel and further reducing costs Thus steel completely replaced the use of iron in rails becoming standard for all railways. Sun 22nd Richard H Anderson CEO and President 27 Austin Riley Injury icon 2.svg Outside of isolated sections of Mexico the southernmost limits of this climate zone in North America lie just north of South Florida and around southern coastal Texas Cities at the southernmost limits such as Tampa and Orlando and along the Texas coast around Corpus Christi down toward Brownsville generally feature warm weather year-round and minimal temperature differences between seasons in contrast cities at the northernmost limits of the climate zone such as New York Philadelphia and Louisville feature hot humid summers and chilly winters These areas have average winter temperatures at the coldest limit of climates classed as humid subtropical.
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