Acts of the General Assembly of the state of georgía, passed in Milledgeville at an annual session in November and December, 1831 [volume 1]

Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Georgia Law, Georgia Georgia. Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia MILLEDGEVILLE: PRINCE RAGLAND, PRINTERS 18311100 English

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE State of Georga, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1831. 18311100 18311200 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. MILLEDGEVILLE: PRINCE RAGLAND, PRINTERS. [Illegible Text]

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE State of Georga. PASSED IN NOV. AND DEC. 1831. ACADEMIES. AN ACT to incorporate certain Academies, and to appoint trustees for the said Academies, and to authorise the Governor to pay over to the Trustees of the Stewart county Academy, the Academy fund coming to said county. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of [Illegible Text] of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it [Illegible Text] hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Vincent [Illegible Text] Thornton, William King, Robert Newson, James Pollard [Illegible Text] James Calton, be, and they are hereby appointed, and [Illegible Text] and their successors in office, are hereby declared to be [Illegible Text] corporate, by the name and under the title of the [Illegible Text] of the Thornton Academy, in the county of Greene. Sec. 2. And that William Hilliard, Bryan Bedingfield, [Illegible Text] Andolph, Benjamin H. Brown, Henry W. Jernigan,

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[Illegible Text] McS. Wadworth and Galby Mathews, and their [Illegible Text] in office, be, and they are hereby appointed and [Illegible Text] to be a body corporate, under the name and style of [Illegible Text] Trustees of Stewart Academy, in the county of Stewart. Sec. 3. And that Collier Foster, John Chambless, James [Illegible Text] Allen Martin and Shelman Durham, and their [Illegible Text] in office, be, and they are hereby appointed and declared [Illegible Text] be a body corporate, under the name and style of the [Illegible Text] of the Jackson Academy, in the county of Monroe. Sec. 4. And that Wilson Williams, Julius C. Alford, [Illegible Text] Broom, James Herring, John E. Gage, William A. Redd [Illegible Text] Joseph Poythress, and their successors in office, be, and [Illegible Text] are hereby appointed and declared to be a body [Illegible Text] under the name and style of the trustees of the La [Illegible Text] Female Academy, in the county of Troup. Sec. 5. And that Jacob King, James Birdsong, James [Illegible Text] Joseph M. Calloway and James Torbert, and their [Illegible Text] in office, be, and they are hereby appointed and [Illegible Text] to be a body corporate, under the name and style of [Illegible Text] trustees of the La Fayette Academy, in the county of [Illegible Text] Sec. 6. And that John D. Chapman, John Hill, Charles [Illegible Text] Sen'r. William Lumpkin, and John A. Jones, and [Illegible Text] successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed [Illegible Text] declared to be a body corporate, under the name and [Illegible Text] of the trustees of the Lyceum Academy, in the county Carroll. Sec. 7. And that Alexander Pearre, Samuel Crump, [Illegible Text] Meriwether, Humphrey Evans, William Jones, James [Illegible Text] and Archer Avery, and their successors in office, be, [Illegible Text] they are hereby appointed and declared to be a body [Illegible Text] under the name and style of the trustees of the Oak [Illegible Text] Academy, in the county of Columbia. Sec. 8. And that Thomas Anburg, Nathaniel Lipscomb, [Illegible Text] B. W. Dent, George W. Turrentine, and Thomas Pinkard, and their successors in office, be, and they are [Illegible Text] appointed and declared to be a body corporate, under [Illegible Text] and style of the Franklin Academy, in the county [Illegible Text] Sec. 9. And that Mariner Culpeper, William C. Redding, John Shockley, and their successors in office, be, and

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they are hereby appointed trustees and declared to be a body corporate, under the name and style of the Jefferson Academy, in Monroe county. Sec. 10. And that Timothy Mathews, J. G. Rains, James Phillips, Thomas Redding, and Frederick D. Wimberly, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees, and declared to be a body corporate, under the name and title of the County Line Academy, in Monroe county. Sec. 11. That Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Farish Carter, Seaton Grantland, James Bozeman, Green Jordan, Samuel Rockwell, and Thomas W. Baxter, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby appointed and declared to be a body corporate, under the name and style of the trustees for the Scottsboro' Male Academy, in the county of Baldwin. Sec. 12. That William A. Sharp, Elisha Davis, Jeremiah A. Sharp, William Davis, and Thomas Chappel, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the trustees of Stone Creek Academy, in the county of Twiggs. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That James W. Jones, be appointed one of the trustees of the Hall county Academy, and have full power to act accordingly. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That John Hunt, Joseph Joseph Thompson, Wm. Britt, be and they are hereby appointed as additional trustees to the Randolph Academy. Sec. 15. And that John McCall, David B. Halstead, Jacob Watson, Robert N. Taylor, and John Bozeman, be appointed trustees for the Hawkinsville Academy, in the county of Pulaski. Sec. 17. Each of said corporations shall have the privilege of using a common seal. Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That the several trustees in their corporate capacities, be, and they are hereby declared to be vested with the several rights, and immunities, and subject to the same regulations as are set forth and embodied in an act of the General Assembly, passed on the ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, entitled An act, to incorporate the Lawrenceville Academy, in the county of Gwinnett, and to appoint trustees for the same.

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Sec. 19. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so soon as this act shall go into operation, his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorized and required to cause to be paid over to a majority of the trustees of Stewart county Academy, on their order, whatever amount of the Academy fund that may be coming to the said Academy, so that the said Stewart county Academy may be placed on an equal footing with the other county Academies, in this State. Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to repeal the fourth section of an act, passed the twenty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty, to appoint eleven additional trustees of the University of Georgia, and to provide a permanent additional fund for the support of the same, and declare the number of trustees which shall be necessary to form a board, and to authorise a loan of ten thousand dollars to the board of trustees of said University, and to provide for the education of certain poor children therein mentioned. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the fourth section of the above recited act, which authorises the Justices of the Inferior court of the several counties in this State, to select from the poor of their county, one young man to partake of the benefits of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]

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be, and the said fourth section of the above recited act is hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to incorporate Harmony Academy, in the county of Henry, and to appoint trustees for the same. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That William Griffin, John Williams, Parker Eason, William Mosley, John Whitsel, Zadock Sawyer, and Samuel Wems, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees, they, or their successors in office shall be, and are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name, and the trustees of Harmony Academy, with the privilege of using a common seal. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and empowered to appropriate in the manner they think best calculated to promote the interest of the aforesaid institution, and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of literature, all moneys and specialties or other valuable effects whatsoever, belonging to, or in anywise appertaining to the said institution. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to make such by-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said Academy: Provided, such by-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, and the said trustees shall be instrusted with all manner of [Illegible Text] both [Illegible Text] and

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personal, all donations, grants, gifts, privileges and immunities whatsover, which may belong to said institution by virtue of this act, or hereafter be made, conveyed or transferred to them, or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same: Provided, That nothing in this act contained, shall operate to impair or destroy in anywise the superintendance and controul given in the law to the Senatus Academicus of this State, over the public schools instituted or supported by public money or funds of the same. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid, and their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be capable of using all other necessary and lawful means for securing and defending any property, debts or demands whatsoever, which they may claim or demand in right of said institution. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That should any [Illegible Text] happen by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, of any of the trustees of said Academy hereby authorised and established, it shall be filled in such manner as a majority of the remaining trustees may point out in their regulations, at their first meeting after the passing of this act, or at any meeting thereafter: Provided, it shall be the duty of said trustees to cause the same to be filled. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall have power to elect a Treasurer, who shall give bond with approved security, to the said trustees for the time being, and their successors in office, in the sum of two thousand [dollars,] for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against the true intent and meaning of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to repeal an act passed December the twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, to add the Academic funds of the county of Telfair, to the poor school funds of said county. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the above recited act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Thomas S. Swain, Lucius Church, James A. Rogers, Henry Simmons, Jun'r. and John Coffee, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners of said Academy. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831. AN ACT to authorise the payment to the trustees of the Crawford county Academy, of all arrears or dividends now due or to which said institution may be entitled, and to provide for the payment to the same, of all dividends that may hereafter be declared in favour thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorised and required to draw his warrant on the treasury in favor of the Crawford county Academy, for all [arrears] or dividends that may now be due or to which the said Academy may be entitled, and

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to pay the same to the trustees, or any of them of, the said institutionany law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to authorise William Smith, trustee of the poor school fund of Lowndes county, to loan out the said fund, and to collect any and all of the said fund that is already loaned out or otherwise due, on certain conditions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That William Smith, trustee of the poor school fund of Lowndes county, be, and he is hereby authorised to loan out all the poor school fund of said county, that he may have in hand, or that he may hereafter get in hand: Provided, the person or persons borrowing said fund, shall give good and sufficient security in small notes, due at twelve months after date, and with interest from the time of borrowing. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said William Smith, trustee aforesaid, be, and he is hereby authorised and required to collect all or any of the poor school fund that may be due at the time of the passage of this act, and also collect what may fall due hereafter. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said William Smith, trustee aforesaid, shall at all times make a shewing to the Inferior Court of Lowndes county, whenever they shall call upon him, for to make a shewing of his actings and doings as trustee of the poor school fund of Lowndeslikewise his annual reports to the Legislature

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through the Senator from said county of LowndesAny law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to alter and amend an act, passed on the twenty-second of December, one thousand eight hundred twenty-eight, so far as respects the poor school fund of Irwin and Telfair counties. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the Treasurer of the poor school fund of the counties of Irwin and Telfair, to loan out at the rate of eight per cent. interest, all of the money that he may have in possession of said poor school fund. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever the Treasury shall or does loan any money aforesaid, he shall take good security for the same, and in case he shall fail to take good security, he and his securities shall be held liable for the sum or sums so loaned. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer shall loan the money in the following manner, to-wit: For the term of six months or more, as will best promote the public good, as in his discretion shall seem proper. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to amend an act, entitled an act, to incorporate the county Academy, in the town of Greenville, in the county of Meriwether, and to appoint trustees for the same, passed December twenty-second, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, so far as to appoint two additional trustees for said Academyand also to appoint additional trustees for Randolph county Academy. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Benjamin Johnson, and Mathew Leverett, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of the Greenville Academy, in the county of Meriwether, in addition to those now acting as trustees of said Academy. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the number of trustees of said Academy shall be seven, who, and their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby declared a body corporate, with all the powers and privileges conferred on the trustees of said Academy, by an act of the General Assembly, approved the twenty-second day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, entitled an act, to incorporate the county Academy, in the town of Greenville, in the county of Meriwether, with others, and to appoint trustees for the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Starkey Collins, H. G. Ezell, and William H. Bartoh, be appointed trustees in addition to those already appointed, for the county of Randolph. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to alter and amend an act, passed the twenty-third December, eighteen hundred and thirty, so far as respects the free school fund of Emanuel county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, that it shall be the [Illegible Text] of the agent of the free school fund of the aforesaid [Illegible Text] to call on all persons indebted to said fund, to pay [Illegible Text] twenty per cent of the principal of what they may be [Illegible Text] with interest from the first Monday in March next, [Illegible Text] annually thereafter, until the whole of the debt is [Illegible Text] and said debtors shall give additional security if [Illegible Text] by the Inferior court. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the [Illegible Text] of the said agent, to pay over the money when collected [Illegible Text] the Inferior Court of said county, to be by them applied to [Illegible Text] educating of the poor children of said county. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any person who is [Illegible Text] to said [fund,] shall refuse or neglect to comply with [Illegible Text] above act, then, and in that case, the agent of said fund [Illegible Text] required to collect the amount due by such person [Illegible Text] personsAny law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. [Illegible Text] to, Dec. 19, 1831.

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AN ACT to incorporate the Oak Ridge Academy in the county of Talbot, and to appoint trustees for the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Norborne B. Powell, David Johnston, Abel Dimond, Thomas C. M'Dowell, and William Boswell, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of the Oak Ridge Academy of Talbot county, and constituted a body politic and corporate, having perpetual succession under the name and title of the trustees of the Oak Ridge Academy, and by that name and style, are hereby made able and capable in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess; enjoy and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, goods, chattles, of whatever nature or quality soever; and the same to sell, alien, demise or dispose of, for the benefit of the institution entrusted to their care, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and answer and be answered in Courts of record or other places; and also to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and revoke at pleasure; and also ordain, establish and execute such bye-laws, ordinances and regulations, as may by them be deemed necessary, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That when any vacancy shall happen, by death, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy may be filled by the said trustees, in such manner as they may deem properAny law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to add and consolidate the poor school and [Illegible Text] fund for the county of Bryan; and to appoint commissioners to examine the county Treasury of Crawford county. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the fund heretofore set apart as the Academy fund, for the county of Bryan, shall no longer be known as a fund for that purpose, but shall be attached to and become a part of the poor school fund for said county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of said Academy, to pay over all moneys or other effects belonging to said Academy, into the hands of the sole trustee for the poor school fund for said county, and by him to be applied to the education of the poor, agreeable to the law made and provided for their education. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid trustee shall make application and receive, from time to time, any moneys in the treasury which may be set apart for Academy purposes, for the county of Bryan. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That John Hannon, Lemuel D. Slatter, and Hiram B. Troutman, of the county of Crawford, be, and are hereby appointed Commissioners for the purpose of examining into the affairs of the county Treasurer of said county, at all times whenever they may deem such examination necessary, and shall have full power to count the money in the hands of said Treasurer at all times whenever either of said commissioners shall deem it necessary to do so; and if such commissioners shall find any irregularity in the management of said county funds by the said Treasurer, or any deficit in the amount of money that should be in said Treasurer's hands, upon examination, they or either of them, shall report the same forthwith to the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county aforesaid, and the said Treasurer shall at all times submit to the examination of the said commissioners or either of them, the whole of the county funds whenever required so to do. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, [Illegible Text]

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AN ACT to add that part of the funds heretofore set apart for the support of county Academies to the poor school fund, so far as respects the county of Crawford. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, that part of the undrawn funds heretofore set apart for the support of the county Academies, be added to, and become apart of the poor school fund, so far as respects the county of Crawford, subject in every respect to the laws now in force on the subjectAny law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831. AN ACT to remove the undisbursed funds of Smithville Academy in Early county, to the town of Fort Gaines, in said county. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, all the undisbursed funds of Smithville Academy in the county of Early, be, and the same is hereby withdrawn from said Academy, and to be placed in the hands of trustees, to erect an Academy in the town of Fort Gaines aforesaid. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Samuel Johnson, Thomas B. Peterson, Sen'r. Leonard

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P. McColloch, Ira Cushman, and James Buchannan, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of the Academy to be erected in the town of Fort Gaines, as aforesaid, with full power and authority to call on the trustees of the Smithville Academy aforesaid, for all the undisbursed funds of said Academy, and in case of refusal of the trustees of Smithville Academy, to pay over all the undisbursed funds of said Academy, to the trustees of the Academy to be erected in the town of Fort Gaines, aforesaid, they shall have full power and authority to recover the same in any court having jurisdiction of the sameAny law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to authorise the payment to the trustees of Laurens county Academy, or any one of them, of all arrears or dividends now due, or to which the said institution may be entitled, at the next division of the funds set apart by law, for Academical purposes, and also to authorise the payment of the poor school fund now due the county of Laurens, or which may fall due said county of Laurens, on the next division of the same, set apart by law for the purposes of education; to be paid over to the Inferior Court of Laurens county, or to the trustee of the poor school fund of said county; and to transfer the funds of Union Academy of Putnam county, to the management of certain persons herein named. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgin, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby required to draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of the Laurens

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county Academy, for all arrears or dividends that may now be due or to which the said Academy may be entitled, at the next dividend or distribution of the sum of money heretofore set apart by law for Academical purposes; and to pay the same over to the trustees of said Academy, or any one of themAny law to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That his Excellency the Governor, is hereby authorised and required to draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of the Inferior Court of Laurens county, or the trustee of the poor school fund of said county, for any money which is now due or which at the next dividend or distribution of the poor school fund of this State, may be found to be due said county as her proportionate part of said fund, and that the same be paid over to the said Inferior Court or their order, or to the trustees of the poor school fundAny law to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the funds remaining on hand of Union Academy, (of Putnam county) be, and is hereby placed under the control of William Turner, James M. Chambers, and William E. Adams, to be by them employed in erecting an Academy or maintaining a school in the vicinity of said Academy. Sec. 4. be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws that militate against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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APPORTIONMENT. AN ACT to apportion the Representatives among the several counties in this State, according to the sixth enumeration, in conformity to the seventh section of the first article of the Constitution. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That in future the representative [representation] of the respective counties, shall be apportioned in the following manner, to-wit: Appling one, Baker one, Baldwin two, Bibb two, Bryan one, Bulloch one, Burke three, Butts two, Camden two, Campbell two, Carroll two, Chatham three, Clark three, Columbia three, Coweta two, Crawford two, Decatur two, DeKalb three, Dooly one, Early one, Effingham one, Elbert three, Emanuel one, Fayette two, Franklin three, Glynn two, Greene three, Gwinnett four, Habersham three, Hall four, Hancock three, Harris two, Henry three, Houston three, Heard one, Irwin one, Jasper three, Jackson three, Jefferson two, Jones three, Laurens two, Lee one, Liberty two, Lincoln two, Lowndes one, Muscogee two, Madison two, McIntosh two, Marion one, Meriwether two, Monroe four, Montgomery one, Morgan three, Newton three,

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Oglethorpe three, Pike two, Pulaski two, Putnam three, Rabun two, Randolph one, Richmond three, Scriven two, Stewart one, Talbot two, Taliaferro two, Tattnall one, Telfair one, Thomas two, Troup two, Twiggs two, Upson two, Walton three, Ware one, Warren three, Washington three, Wayne one, Wilkes three, Wilkinson two ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. APPROPRIATIONS. AN ACT to appropriate monies for the support of Government, for the political year eighteen hundred and thirty-two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the following sums of money be, and they are hereby appropriated for the political year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, viz: The salary of his Excellency the Governor, shall be three thousand dollars per annum.

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The Secretaries of the Governor, (not exceeding three) one thousand dollars each, per annum. The Secretary of State, two thousand dollars. The Treasurer, two thousand dollars. The Comptroller, two thousand dollars. The Surveyor General, two thousand dollars. The Clerk of the House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate, six hundred dollars each per annum. Provided, That no warrant shall issue for the first quarter's salary of the Clerk of the House of Representatives and Secretary of Senate, until the Executive shall have satisfactory evidence, that the said Clerk of the House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate, have respectively made, or caused to be made, and attached to the journals of the present session, good and sufficient Indexes. The Judges of the Superior Courts, each twenty-one hundred dollars. The Attorney General and seven Solicitor Generals, two hundred and twenty-five dollars each per annum. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the printing fund, not exceeding twenty-thousand dollars, be, and the same are hereby appropriated and set apart as a contingent fund, subject to the order of the Governor, during the political year eighteen hundred and thirty-two. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the compensation of the members of the Legislature, four dollars each per day, during their attendance: ( Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorise any member of either branch of the General Assembly, to receive said four dollars after they have left the Legislature, for the remainder of the session:) be appropriated, and the sum of four dollars for every twenty miles in coming to, and returning from the seat of Government, and the sum of six dollars each per day to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, during their attendance, and the sum of four dollars for every twenty miles in coming [to,] and returning from the seat of Government. To the Clerk of the House of Representatives and Secretary of Senate, during the session of the Legislature, six dollars each per day, and the sum of sixty dollars for contingent expenses each. To two Engrossing Clerks and an Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives, and two Engrossing Clerks and an Enrolling Clerk in the Senate, six dollars each per day. To the Clerk of the Committee on the State of the Republic, one hundred dollars.

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To the Clerk of the Committee on Finance, one hundred dollars. To the Clerk of the Committee on Agriculture and Internal Improvement, the Judiciary, Public Education and Free Schools, one hundred dollars each. To the Clerk of the Joint Committee on the Penitentiary, one hundred dollars. To Messengers and Door-Keepers of the Legislature, four dollars each per day, during the present session. To Henry Darnell, the sum of one hundred dollars for airing, scouring and taking care of the Senate and Representative Chambers, and making fires on wet days. To Peter Fair, the sum of one hundred dollars for winding up the clock and keeping clear the stair cases, passages, c. And the sum of thirty thousand dollars as a road and river fund and contingencies incident thereto and to make provision for the last quarter of the last year. To the Inspectors of the Penitentiary, not exceding three, two hundred and twenty-four dollars [each,] per annum. And that the sum of seventeen dollars and eighty-seven and a half cents, be allowed David Delk, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Crawford county, for costs due on an execution in favor of the State against Elisha Tarver and Joseph Bennett. And that eleven thousand five hundred dollars, be appropriated to defray the expenses of taking the Census or enumeration for the present year. The sum of two hundred dollars to Stephen F. Miller, Esq. for services rendered the State as her agent in completing a settlement with the Commissioners of the Oconee river. And the sum of two thousand dollars, to enable the Inspectors to so far complete the Penitentiary edifice now began, as to make it answer the purpose intended. And that the Governor is hereby authorised to draw on the debts due the Penitentiary, an amount sufficient to support the institution for the ensuing year; should that source prove insufficient to effect the object, then his Excellency the Governor, is hereby authorised to draw on the Treasurer for a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars for the aforementioned purpose. To Henry Edwards of Hall county, the sum of thirty-eight dollars and eighty-seven and a half cents, to indemnify him from the loss he has sustained by the loss of Fraction No. one hundred and forty-eight, in the tenth district of Hall county, which said fraction he had purchased and paid the State for. The sum of ten thousand dollars be appropriated for the purchase of public hands to be placed upon Rail Road Creek, in pursuance of a concurred resolution

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Three hundred and forty-two dollars and seventy-three cents, for Joseph W. Jackson, Solicitor General of the Eeastern district, being five per cent on moneys collected by him and paid into the Treasury of the State, previous to this time. That the sum of forty dollars and twenty-five cents, be allowed Robert N. Taylor for services rendered to the commissioners of the Ocmulgee navigation as a Physician during the year 1828. To Seaton Grantland, twenty dollars and twenty cents, to reimburse him that amount paid by him as the first instalment for the Fraction number four hundred and fifty-five in the twenty-eighth district of Early county, sold under the erroneous belief that it had been forfeited by the original purchaser. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five hundred dollars be appropriated for the purpose of repairing the Government house and lot, and the purchase of some articles of furniture, necessary for the comfort and convenience of the Governor's family. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and twenty-thousand dollars, be, and the same is hereby appropriated as a land fund, and the sum of twenty thousand dollars for the protection of the gold mines, and the pay of the Guard in the Cherokee Territory, subject to the order of the Governor. And that the sum of two hundred and fifty-six dollars and twenty-five cents, to David Shelton, Adm'r of Thomas Dyer, agreeable to a concurred resolution. And [that] the sum of two hundred dollars be paid to Hutchins and Holt, attorneys at law, for professional services, in accordance with a concurred resolution. And the sum of seventy-five dollars to Isaac Porter, James Cantrell, and Allen Blake of Hall county, for pursuing, arresting and bringing to trial Isaiah Gaines, a fugitive from Justice. And that John Fort, late tax collector of Twiggs county, be allowed sixty-two dollars and twenty-three and a half cents, for tax over paid by him for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, agreeably to a concurred resolution. And that the sum of three hundred dollars be appropriated to employ an overseer to take charge of the public hands, hereafter to be purchased, for the improvement of Rail Road Creek near Brunswick, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and that the Governor is authorised to cause said hands, to be supported and the necessary utensils purchas ed out of the fund appropriated for the support of the public hands.

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And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, be, and the same is hereby appropriated as a contingent fund, subject to the order of the Governor. To John Wells, tax collector of Bryan county for the years eighteen hundred and twenty-three, and eighteen hundred and twenty four, the sum of twelve dollars and forty-nine cents. To George W. Moore, of Clark county, twenty-three dollars eighteen and three quarter cents. To William Williamson, the sum of twenty-two dollars thirty-five cents. To Richard L. Sims, late Solicitor General of the Flint Circuit, fifteen dollars and forty-seven and a half cents. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifteen dollars and fifty cents, be appropriated to Anson Runnels, Coroner of Carroll county, for holding an inquest upon the body of William Young, in that part of the Cherokee Territory attached to Carroll county. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1831.

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BANKS. AN ACT to incorporate a Banking Company, under the name of The Commercial Bank of Macon. Whereas, a number of the citizens of Macon, and its vicinity, have voluntarily associated themselves together, for the purpose of forming a Bank at Macon, the capital stock of which has already been subscribed for, and in the subscription of which no one individual or copartnership of individuals has been allowed to subscribe for more than one hundred shares: And whereas, the stock for said contemplated Bank has been subscribed for, under such restrictions, as utterly to prevent a monopoly of the stock of said Bank; and whereas, the subscribers for said stock, by their memorial to the Legislature, have prayed to be perpetuated, and brought into legal existence by being incorporated, and established by law, with perpetual succession, under the name of The Commercial Bank at Macon: And whereas, it is deemed expedient that the said company be incorporated under proper restriction; therefore, Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Thomas T. Napier, A. R. Freeman, J. Cowles, Wm. Cooke, Levi Eckley, E. L. Young, Jeremiah Pearson, H. Blair, William Barker, T. L. Smith, J. S. Smith, A. P. Patrick, A. Shotwell, John Martin, James Goddard, Benjamin H. Rced, Thomas M. Ellis, R. W. Fort, Nathan C. Munroe, John B. Wick, David Ralston, John L. Jones, L. H. Hamilton, C. S. Hamilton, William B. Cone, William Melrose, David Kidd, Geo. Smith, James Lamar, Charles Williamson, Carlton B. Cole, Charles Campbell, Thomas Napier, Oliver Sage, Jacob Shotwell, John Hollingsworth, James Williams, Geo. Jewett, M. Bartlett, Thomas Woolfolk, Thomas B. Ward, Lewis L. Griffin, J. T. Persons, John S. Childers, E. W. Wright, U. J. Bullock, Geo. B. Wardlaw, David Flanders, R. Turner, N. B. Thompson, John Carter, Benj. Fort, Lyman Burnap, Lewis P. Harwell, John L. Blackburn, Lewis Fitch, Wm. J. Rice, E. Calhoun, Samuel Griswold, H. H. Traver, Henry Solomon, Alford Clopton, Charles Collins,

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H. S. Cutter, R. Harvey, Randall Jones, Erastus Graves, Rufus R. Graves, Michael Kelly, George Wood, Edward D. Tracy, Roger McCarthy, L. Baldwin, Andrews Battle, M. Felton, Joseph S. Ellis, Scott Cray, Warren Phelps, with all such persons as may hereafter become stockholders in the said company, be, and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, by the name and style of The Commercial Bank at Macon, and so shall continue until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and by that name shall be, and are hereby made able and capable in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain to them, and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, and effects, of what kind, nature or quality soever, and the same to sell, grant, demise, alien or dispose of, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in courts of Record in this State, and also to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, and renew, at their pleasure; and also to ordain, establish, and put in execution, such bye-laws, ordinances, and regulations, as shall seem necessary and convenient for the government of the said corporation, not being contrary to the laws [Illegible Text] the constitution of this State or of the United States, or repugnant to the fundamental rules of this corporation, and generally to do and execute all and singular, such acts, matters, and things, which to them it shall or may appertain to do, subject nevertheless, to the rules, regulations, restrictions, limitations, and provisions, hereinafter prescribed and declared. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the subscribers to the capital stock of said Bank, be, and they are hereby required to pay five per cent. of the amount of their subscription by the tenth day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two; and twenty per cent. by the twentieth day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two; and the remainder of their subscriptions in such sums and at such times as the Board of Directors of said Bank, after they shall have organized, for the discharge of the duties devolving on them as such, shall require. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Oliver H. Prince, Myron Bartlett, and Carlton B. Cole, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners for receiving the amounts to be paid on the capital stock of said Bank at the times specified in the second section of this act, and the said commissioners are hereby authorised and required to assemble at Macon, at the times specified in the second section of this act, and to receive said sums from the subscribers

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to said stock in gold and silver coin, bills of the United States' Bank or its Branches, which are at par in this State, or bills of the State Banks, receivable at the Treasury for taxes, and to issue certificates for the said stock to the said subscribers on the payment of the said five per cent, which certificates may be exchanged for others to be issued by the President, and board of directors, or by such persons as they may authorise, and the moneys so received by the aforesaid commissioners, they are hereby required to pay over to the board of directors, immediately on their entering on their duties as such: Provided, That the directors of said Bank, shall not be authorised to issue any bills or notes, until the sum of one hundred thousand dollars in gold or silver coin, shall have been actually received on account of the subscriptions of the said stock, and deposited in said bank. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any subscriber or subscribers to the capital stock of the said Bank, shall refuse or neglect to comply with the stipulations specified in the second section of this act, then, and in that case, every and all such amounts of stock on which an instalment is due and unpaid, shall be forfeited to the company, and the board of directors shall immediately proceed to sell all such stock so forfeited to any person or persons, who may apply for the same: Provided, That it shall not be lawful for them, the said directors, to sell such stock to any person or persons, who are at the time of applying for the same, owners in their own rights of one hundred shares of the stock of said Bank. Nor shall it be lawful for the said directors to sell more than one hundred shares of the said stock to any one individual or copartnership. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the capital stock of said Bank, shall consist of four hundred thousand dollars, divided into four thousand shares of one hundred dollars each. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the well ordering of the affairs of the said Corporation, there shall be nine directors, who shall be elected annually on the first Monday of February of each year, by the stockholders, or the proprietors of the capital stock of said Corporation, when a majority of votes given in shall [be] required to make a choice. The first election to take place on the first Monday in February, eighteen hundred and thirty-twoAnd those who shall be duly chosen, shall be capable of serving as directors by virtue of such choice, until the end or expiration of the first Monday in February next ensuing the time of

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such election, and no longer; and the said directors at their first meeting after such election, shall choose one of their number President, and in case of his death, resignation, removal from the State or from the board of directors, the said directors shall proceed to fill the vacancy by a new election for the remainder of the year, and in case it should at any time happen that an election of directors should not be made upon any day, when pursuant to this act, it ought to have been made, the said Corporation shall not for that cause, be deemed to be dissolved, but it shall be lawful on any other day, to hold and make an election of directors, in such manner as shall have been regulated by the rules and bye-laws of the said corporation: And provided, That in case of the death, resignation, absence from the State, or removal of a director, his place may be filled by a new choice for the remainder of the year, by the remaining directors. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the board of directors for the time being, shall have power to elect a Cashier and such other officers and clerks under them, as shall be necessary for executing the business of the company, and to allow them such compensation for their services respectively as they may deem reasonable; and shall be capable of exercising such other powers and authorities, of making, revising, altering or annulling, all such bye-laws and regulations for the government of the said company, and that of their officers and affairs, as they or a majority of them, shall from time to time think expedient, not inconsistent with law, and to use, employ, and dispose of the joint stock, funds, or property of the company (subject only to the restrictions herein contained) as to them or a majority of them shall seem expedient. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Cashier, before he enters on the duties of his office, shall be required to give bond with two or more securities to the satisfaction of the directors, in such sum as they may by their bye-laws order and direct, from time to time, with condition for the faithful performance of his duties; and the President, Cashier, and other officers of the Bank, shall take the following oath on entering on the duties of their respective offices: I, A. B. do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of President, Cashier, or other officer, (as the case may be) of the Commercial Bank at Macon, which oath shall be subscribed and entered on the minutes. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following rules, regulations, limitations, and provisions,

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shall form and be fundamental articles of the Constitution of the said Corporation. Rule 1st. The number of votes, in electing directors, to which each stockholder shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares he shall hold, each share to be entitled to one vote, from one, to one hundred shares. But no stockholder shall be entitled to more than one hundred votes, and no share or shares (after the first election) shall confer a right of suffrage, which shall not have been holden by the person in whose name it appears, at least three Calendar months previous to the day of election, and unless it be holden by the person in whose name it appears, absolutely and bona fide in his own right, or in that of his wife, and for his or her sole use and benefit, or as Executor, Administrator, or Guardian, or in the right and use of some copartnership, corporation, or society, of which he or she may be a member, and not in trust for or to the use of any other person; any stockholder being absent, may authorise, by power of attorney under seal, any other stockholder to vote for him, her or them. Rule 2d. A fair and correct list of the stockholders shall be made out at least two weeks before any election of directors, to be submitted to the inspection of any stockholder, who shall require to see the same, to the end that public information may be given to the parties concerned of their co-proprietors and stockholders, and to prevent a division of shares in order to obtain to the person or persons so dividing them, an undue influence, the managers of elections for directors, shall cause to be administered to every stockholder offering to vote, the following oath: You, A. B. do solemnly swear, (or affirm) that the stock you now represent is, bona fide, your property, that you are a citizen of the United States, and that no other person or persons is or are concerned therein; and to any person voting by proxy, or for a minor, or in right, or in trust for any other person entitled to vote, the following oath: You, A. B. do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the stock of C. D. whom you now represent, is to the best of your knowledge and belief the property of the said C. D. and that he is a citizen of the United States and that no other person or persons is or are concerned therein; any stockholder refusing to take such oath or affirmation, shall not be allowed to vote at such election. Rule 3d. None but a stockholder entitled in his own right to fifty shares, and being a citizen of this State, and not being a director of any other Bank, shall be eligible as a director,

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and if any one of the directors, after being elected, shall at any time, during the term for which he shall have been chosen, cease to be a stockholder, his seat shall thereupon become vacated; and the remaining directors or a majority of them, shall at their next meeting pass an order, declaring him no longer to be a director. Rule 4th. The stockholders shall make such compensation to the President for his services, as shall appear to them reasonable. Rule 5th. Not less than five directors shall constitute a board for the transaction of business, of whom the President shall always be one, except in case of sickness or necessary absence, in which case, his place may be supplied by any director, appointed by the board of directors present for that purpose. Rule 6th. Any number of stockholders representing five hundred shares or upwards, shall have power at any time to call a meeting of the stockholders for purposes relative to the institution, giving at least sixty days notice in a public gazette, at Macon, Milledgeville, Augusta, and Savannah, specifying in such notice the object or objects of such meeting. Rule 7th. The lands, tenements, and hereditaments which it shall be lawful for the said Corporation to hold, shall be only such as shall be requisite for its immediate accommodation, in relation to the convenient transaction of business, and such as have been bonafide, mortgaged to it as security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted, in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgments which shall have been obtained for such debts. Rule 8th. The total amount of the debts which the said Corporation shall at any time owe, whether by bond, bill, note, or other contract, shall not exceed three times the amount of their stock paid in, over and above the amount of monies actually deposited in their vaults for safekeeping; in case of excess the directors under whose administration it shall happen, shall be liable for the same in their individual, natural, and private capacities, and an action of debt may in such case be brought against them or any of them, their, or any of their heirs, executors or administrators in any court of record in the United States, having competent jurisdiction, or either of them by any creditor or creditors of the said Corporation, and may be prosecuted to judgment and execution,

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any condition or covenant or agreement to the contrary notwithstanding. But this shall not be construed to exempt the said Corporation, or the lands, tenements, goods, and chattels of the same, from being also liable for and chargeable with the said excess, and such of the said directors, who may have been absent, when the said excess was contracted or created, or who may have dissented from the resolution or act, whereby the same was so contracted or created, shall be liable as other directors for said excess. But such directors may be entitled to recover out of the directors assenting to such excess, by action of debt or on the case, the amount which they may have been compelled to pay. Rule 9th. The directors shall have power to issue to the subscribers their certificates of stock; and no transfer of stock in this company shall be considered as binding upon the company, unless entered in a book or books, kept for that purpose by the company, by personal entry of the stockholder, his legal representative or attorney, duly authorised by special power for that purpose. Provided, That no stockholder, indebted to the Bank, shall transfer his or her stock, until all debts, due said Bank by such stockholder, shall be paid. Rule 10th. The company shall in no case directly or indirectly, be concerned in Commerce or Insurance, or Importation or Exportation, Purchase or Sale, of any goods, wares, or merchandise, whatever, (bills of exchange, notes, and bullion only excepted,) except, such goods, wares and merchandise, as shall be truly transferred, conveyed, or pledged to them, by way of security for money actually loaned, and advanced, or for debts due, owing or growing due to the said Corporation, or to effect insurance on the property that may belong or be thus pledged to the said Corporation for its security. Rule 11th. The bills obligatory, and of credit, notes and other contracts whatever, on behalf of the said Corporation, shall be binding and obligatory upon the said company: Provided, the same be signed by the President, and countersigned or attested by the Cashier of the said Corporation, and the funds of the Corporation shall in no case be held liable for any contract or engagement whatever, unless the same shall be so signed and countersigned or attested as aforesaid: And the books, papers, and correspondence, and the funds of the company, shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the board of directors and stockholders, when convened according to the provisions of this act.

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Rule 12th. No instalment shall be required by the board of directors to be paid on the capital stock of the said Corporation, without giving the stockholders notice thereof by publishing the resolution of the said directors, calling for the same, in one of the public gazettes in Macon, Milledgeville, and Augusta, at least sixty days before the day on which the said instalment is made payable. Rule 13th. Dividends of the profits of the Corporation or of so much thereof as shall be deemed expedient and proper, shall be declared and paid half yearly (the first half after the Bank shall have been in operation excepted) and the said dividends shall from time to time be determined by a majority of the directors, at a meeting to be held for that purpose, and shall in no case exceed the amount of the nett profits actually acquired by the Corporation, so that the capital stock thereof shall never be impaired. Rule 14th. The directors shall keep fair and regular entries in a book to be provided for that purpose, of their proceedings; and on any question when two directors shall require it, the yeas and nays of the directors voting, shall be duly inserted on their minutes; and those minutes be at all times, on demand, produced to the stockholders, when at a general meeting the same shall be required. Rule 15th. The persons and property of the stockholders in the Commercial Bank at Macon, shall at all times be pledgeed and bound in proportion to the amount of the value of share or shares that each individual or company hold, possess, are interested in, or entitled to in the said Commercial Bank at Macon, for the ultimate redemption of all notes or bills issued, or that may be hereafter issued by and from the said Commercial Bank at Macon, in the same manner as in common commercial cases, or simple actions of debt. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 22, 1831.

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AN ACT to incorporate the Insurance Bank of Columbus. Whereas, Insurance companies properly conducted are heneficial to society, by dividing among many losses which would otherwise fall heavily on few: And whereas the good of this State would be promoted by keeping within it, the large sums of money which are now annually sent to the North, to pay Insurance on Southern property: And whereas, an Insurance Bank located at Columbus, willing for a reasonable premium to take risks on buildings and merchandize, is much desired by the merchants and others of that and the neighboring towns. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That James Boykin, George Granbury, William H. Harper, James Wadsworth, James C. Watson, Wilkins Hunt, John Milton, Springer Gibson, Farish Carter, James B. Caswell, Thomas W. Baxter, Allen Lawhon, Hugh W. Ector, John Martin, Felix Lewis, wiley Jones, Charles Phillips, Barkley Martin, George H. Paddock, John W. Gordon, Williams Rutherford, Henry H. Lowe, Daniel McDougald, Norborne B. Powell, William D. Lucas, William L. Wynn, Thomas L. Jackson, Lewis C. Allen, Shadrach Perry, Edward Featherston, and such others as may hereafter become associated with them, be, and they are hereby declared a body corporate and politic, by, and under the name and style of The Insurance Bank of Columbus, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any Court of law or equity in this State, or elsewhere, having competent jurisdiction; and shall enjoy perpetual succession of officers and members, may have and use a common seal, and make and ordain and establish such bye-laws, rules and regulations, as they may deem expedient and necessary to carry into effect the objects of the institution: Provided, such bye-laws, rules and regulations, be not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State or of the United States. And be it further enacted, c. That the capital stock of said Insurance Bank of Columbus, shall be three hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into three thousand shares, of one hundred dollars each; with the privilege of increasing

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said capital stock to six hundred thousand dollars, whenever at any time hereafter a majority of the stockholders may deem the same prudent and necessary. And be it further enacted, c. That for the well ordering of the affairs of said corporation, there shall be five directors, who shall be elected by the stockholders of said Insurance Bank, so soon as the sum of sixty thousand dollars of the capital stock of said Corporation shall have been actually received and paid in, and said five directors so elected, shall be capable of serving as such, until the first Monday in January of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, and no longer; on which day, and in each and every year thereafter, the directors shall be chosen by the stockholders or proprietors of the capital stock of said Corporation, when a plurality of the votes given in shall be required to make a choice; and the said directors at their first meeting after each election, shall choose one of their own members as President, and in case of his death, resignation, or removal from the State, or from the board of direction, the remaining directors shall proceed to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the year: Provided always, and be it further enacted, That so soon as the aforesaid sum of twenty per cent. shall have been received, due notice shall be given through the gazettes of Columbus, Macon and Milledgeville, at the distance of thirty days from the date of said notification, to the stockholders of said Corporation of the intended election for directors: And provided further, That in case [Illegible Text] should happen that no election for directors should be made on the day, when pursuant to this act it should have been made, the said Corporation shall not for that cause be deemed to be dissolved, but it shall be lawful on any other day to make and hold an election of directors, in such manner as shall have been regulated by the rules and bye-laws of said Corporation: And provided, That in case of the death, resignation, absence from the State, or removal of a director, his place may be filled up by a new choice, made by the remainder of the directors for the residue of the year. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the directors for the time being, shall have full power and authority to require the payment of the residue of the sums owing on the amount of stock originally subscribed for, or held, at such times and by such instalments as to them may seem reasonable and proper, sixty days notice being first given through the public gazettes, of such requirement; and if there should be any failure in the payment of any sum or sums subscribed by any person, copartnership or body politic,

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when the same is required by the directors to be paid, the share or shares upon which said failure shall happen or accrue, shall be for such failure forfeited, and may be again sold or disposed of in such manner as the directors shall order or provide, and the proceeds from such sale, together with the sum or sums which may have been paid thereon, shall enure to the benefit of said Corporation. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the directors for the time being, shall have power and [Illegible Text] to appoint such officers and clerks under them, as shall be necessary for executing the business of the said Corporation, and to allow them such compensation for their services respectively, as to them shall appear reasonable. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Insurance Bank shall be permitted and they are hereby authorised to issue bills or notes of credit, payable to bearer on demand, signed by the President, and countersigned or attested by the Cashier, but the total amount of debts which the said Corporation shall at any time owe, whether by bond, bill, note or other contract, shall not exceed three times the amount of their capital stock paid in, over and above the amount of specie actually deposited in their vaults for safe keeping, and in case of excess, the directors under whose administration it shall happen, shall be liable for the same, in their individual, natural and private capacities, and an action of debt may in such case be brought against them, or any of them, their or any of their heirs, executors, or administrators, in any court of record in the United States, having competent jurisdiction, or either of them, by any creditor or creditors of the said Corporation, and may be prosecuted to judgment and execution, any condition, covenant, or agreement to the contrary notwithstanding: but this shall not be construed to exempt the Corporation or the lands, tenements, goods, and chattels of the same, from being also liable for, and chargeable with, said excess; and such of the said directors, who may have been absent when said excess was contracted; or created, or who may have departed from the resolution or act, whereby the same was so contracted or created, may respectively exonerate themselves from being so liable by having their dissent if present entered on the minutes of said Corporation. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Corporation when organized as aforesaid, shall have full power and authority to insure property and effects of every

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nature and description, against losses by fire or water and all other accidents, dangers and casualties for which Insurance Companies are usually established, or to buy or sell life annuities. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Insurance Bank shall be bound to pay all losses on property or other assurances made by them within six months after the happening thereof; and in all cases where the claimant shall be compelled to institute a suit for the recovery of such losses, the same shall stand in order for trial at the first term, and the amount recovered shall be on interest from and after the expiration of the said six months; and if the said company shall neglect or refuse to pay such losses within the said six months (if the same be demanded) where there is no dispute as to the amount claimed, or within ten days after a final recovery against them in cases disputed, this charter may be declared null and void. And be it further enacted be the authority aforesaid, That the said company shall have power to receive, hold, purchase, and possess any property, real or personal, for the use, benefit or advantage of the said Corporation, and to sell and dispose of the same; and they are hereby declared to be vested with all the powers, advantages, privileges, and [Illegible Text] of an association of persons incorporated for the intentions and purposes aforesaid. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following shall form and be fundamental articles of the Constitution of said Corporation. 1st. The number of votes to which each stockholder shall be entitled, at any meeting or election, shall be according to the number of shares he shall hold, each share to be entitled to one vote: Provided, That no share or shares shall confer a right of suffrage, unless the same shall have been holden three Calendar months previously to the day of election, and unless it be holden by the person in whose name it appears, absolutely and bona fide in his own right [Illegible Text] in that of his wife, and for his or her sole use and benefit, or as executor, administrator or guardian, or in the right of some co-partnership, corporation or society of which he or she may be a member, and not in trust for, or to the use of any other person; any stockholder being absent, may authorise by power of attorney under seal, any other stockholder to vote for him, her, or them.

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2nd. None but a stockholder entitled in his own right to fifty shares, and being a cititizen of the State, and not being a director of any other Bank, shall be eligible as a director, and if any one of the directors after being elected shall at any time during the term for which he shall have been chosen, cease to be a stockholder, his seat shall thereupon become vacated. 3rd. The stockholders shall make such compensation to the President as shall to them appear reasonable. 4th. A number of stockholders not less than twenty, who, together, shall be proprietors of two hundred shares or upwards, shall have power at any time to call a meeting of the stockholders for the purposes relative to the institution, by giving at least sixty days notice in the public gazettes, specifying the object or objects of such meeting. 5th. The Cashier of the Bank for the time being, before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall give bond with two or more securities to the satisfaction of the directors in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, with condition for his good behaviour and the faithful discharge of his duties. 6th. The directors shall have power to issue to the subscribers their certificates of stock, which shall be transferable on the books of the Cashier only, by personal entry of the stockholder, his legal representative or attorney, duly authorised by special power for that purpose. 7th. The bills obligatory and of credit, notes and other contracts whatsoever, on behalf of the said Corporation, shall be binding and obligatory upon the said company: Provided, the same be signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier of the said Corporation, and the funds of said Corporation shall in no case be held liable for any contract or engagement whatever, unless the same be so signed and countersigned as aforesaid; and the books, papers and correspondence, and the funds of the company shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the board of directors and stockholders when convened, according to the provisions of this act. 8th. Dividends of the profits of the Corporation or so much thereof, as may be deemed expedient and proper, shall be declared and paid half yearly, (the first half after the Bank shall be in operation excepted,) and the said dividends shall be determined from time to time, by a majority of the directors

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at a meeting to be held for that purpose, and shall in no case exceed the amount of the nett profits actually acquired by the Corporation, so that the capital stock thereof, shall never be impaired. 9th. The directors shall keep fair and regular entries in a book to be kept for that purpose, of their proceedings, and these minutes be at all times on demand produced to the stockholders when at a general meeting the same shall be required. 10th. The persons and property of the stockholders; shall be pledged and held bound in proportion to the amount of the value of the shares that each individual or company may hold in said Bank, for the ultimate redemption of the bills or notes issued by or from said Bank, in the same manner as in common commercial cases or simple actions of debt. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Insurance Bank shall be at liberty to establish branches or offices of discount and deposit and Insurance, not exceeding three in number, at such places and at such times as a majority of the stockholders may deem suitable and proper, and at their option to discontinue the same. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Corporation shall exist and continue for the term of thirty years from the passage of this act, unless the same should be forfeited according to the provisions thereof. And be it further enacted, That the real and personal property, of each stockholder, who is now or may hereafter at any time become stockholders, either by original subscription or transfer, shall be held and deemed liable for all Insurances or debts made or due by said Bank. And be it further enacted, That said Bank shall not commence issuing bills or notes, or take Insurance on property until fifty per cent. of its capital stock shall be paid in, in specie; and upon refusal of said bank to pay specie for its bills or notes when demanded, shall pay at, and after the rate of ten per cent. damages per annum, upon the amount so refused payment, over and above the lawful interest accruing thereon, and the same shall be sued for, and recovered in any court having jurisdiction of the same. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to Incorporate a Banking Company in the Town of Hawkinsville. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same it is hereby enacted, That a Bank shall be established in the Town of Hawkinsville, the Capital stock whereof, shall be two hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; and also, with the privilege of increasing the said Capital at any time thereafter as the stockholders may desire, to the sum of Four hundred thousand dollars to be divided into shares as aforesaid. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Subscriptions for constituting the Capital of said Bank, shall be opened on the first Tuesday in February next, in the Town of Hawkinsville under the superintendence of Robert N. Taylor, Delamar Clayton, and David B. Halsted, for Eight hundred Shares. In the Town of Perry, under the superintendence of Abner Wimberly, Carlton Welborn, and Arthur A. Morgan, for four hundred shares. In the Town of Marion, under the superintendence of Ira E. Dupree, Larkin Griffin, and William Solomon, for four hundred shares. In the Town of Dublin, under the superintendence of Eli Warren, Charles S. Guyton, and John Louther, for two hundred shares. In the Town of Berrien, under the superintendence of David Graham, James Powell, and Thomas H. Key, for two hundred shares. A majority of whom at each place shall be competent to the discharge of their duties, and the books of subscription shall be kept open for the space of two days at each place, (unless the number of shares allotted to each place shall be sooner subscribed for, in which event it shall be the duty of the Commissioners to close the books) during which time, it shall and may be lawful for any person being a citizen of the United States in person only and not by proxy, to subscribe for any number of shares not exceeding Fifty.

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Provided, That if the whole number of shares be not taken up as aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for any person, or copartnership, corporation, or body [Illegible Text] (Banking Institutions excepted,) to subscribe for any number of shares unsubscribed for as aforesaid, and the sums subscribed for shall be payable in manner following: Five per cent at the time of subscribing, and Twenty per cent at the expiraration of three months thereafter, and the balance of Seventy-five per cent, at such times as the same shall be required by the directors. Provided, That Sixty days notice of the time at which such payment is required to be made, be given in one of the Public Gazettes of Macon and Milledgeville, and Provided, That no payment shall be required to be made on stock at any time between the first day of July and the first day of November, in any one year. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if there shall be any failure in the payment, for any of the shares subscribed for by any person, copartnership, or body politic, when required according to the provisions of this act, the said share or shares for the failure aforesaid, shall become forfeited and may be again sold or disposed of as the directors shall order and provide, and the proceeds of the sale, and the sum or sums which may have been paid thereon, shall revert to the benefit of said corporation. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all those who shall become subscribers for the shares in said Bank, their successors and assigns shall be, and they are hereby created and constituted a body Politic by the name and style of the Bank of Hawkinsville; and by that name shall be and are hereby made able and capable in Law, to have, purchased, receive, possess, enjoy, and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, and effects, whatsoever kind, nature, or quality the same may be, and the same to sell, grant, demise, alien, or dispose of, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended in Courts of Record, or in any other place whatsoever; and also, to make and have a Common Seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure, and also, to ordain, establish, and put in execution such Bye Laws, Rules and Regulations, as shall be necessary and convenient for the Government of said Corporation: Provided, they be not repugnant to the Laws and Constitution of this State or of the United States. Sec. 5. That for the well ordering of the affairs of the said Corporation, there shall be seven directors, who shall

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be elected as soon as Gold and Silver Coin to the amount of Fifty thousand dollars of the subscription for the said stock, shall have been received: And in each and every year thereafter, the Directors shall be chosen by the stockholders or proprietors of the Capital Stock of said Corporation, a plurality of votes being required to make a choice, and those who shall be chosen at any such election, shall be capable of serving as such directors until the first Monday in November next thereafter, and shall be eligible to re-election, and the said directors at their first meeting after each election, shall choose one of their own members as President, and in case of his death, resignation, removal from this State, or from the Board of Directors, the said Directors shall proceed to fill the vacancy by a new election for the remainder of the year: Provided, always, and be it further enacted, that as soon as the sum of Fifty thousand dollars, as aforesaid, shall actually have been received by the Commissioners at the several places, where the books of subscription may have been opened on account of said stock, said sums constituting the same, shall immediately thereafter be transmitted to the Commissioners in Hawkinsville, whose duty it shall be on the receipt of the amounts so transmitted, to give notice thereof, in one of the Gazettes of Macon and Milledgeville, and at the same time in like manner, notify a time and place within the Town of Hawkinsville, at the distance of thirty days at least from the date of such notification for proceeding to the election of directors. And it shall be then and there lawful for the election to be made and the persons who shall then there be chosen, shall be the first directors, and shall receive from the Commissioners the money which may have been received by them, and shall be capable of acting by such choice until the end or expiration of the first Monday in November, Eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and shall forthwithe thereafter commence the operations of the said Bank, in the said Town of Hawkinsville; and Provided further, That in case it should happen that an election for Directors should not be made upon any day, when pursuant to this act, it ought to have been made, it shall be lawful on any other appointed day to hold and make an election of directors in such manner as shall have been pointed out by the rules and regulations of the said corporation: And Provided That in case of the death, resignation, or absence from the State of a director, his place may be filled up by a new choice, made by the remaining directors for the remainder of the year. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the directors for the time being, shall have power and authority to appoint such officers and clerks under them, as shall be necessary for

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executing the business of the said Corporation, and allow them, together with the President, such compensation as shall be reasonable, and shall be capable of exercising such other powers and authorities for the well governing and ordering the affairs of said Corporation, as to them shall appear conducive to the interest of the Institution. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the following rules, regulations, limitations, and provisions shall form and be fundamental articles of the Constitution of said Corporation. 1st. The number of votes to which each stockholder shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares he shall hold; each share to be entitled to one vote: Provided, That no share or shares shall confer a right to suffrage which shall not have been holden three Calendar months previously to the day of election, and unless it be holden by the person in whose name it appears absolutely and bona fide in his own right or in that of his wife, and for his or her sole use and benefit, or as executor, administrator or guardian, or in the right and use of some copartnership, corporation or society of which he or she may be a member and not in trust for, or to the use of any other person; any stockholder being absent, may authorize any other citizen of the United States by Power of Attorney under Seal to vote for him or her. 2d. None but a stockholder entitled in his own right to Ten shares and being a citizen of the State, and not being a director for or stockholder in any other Bank, shall be eligible as a director, and if any one of the directors after being elected, shall at any time during the time for which he shall have been chosen, cease to be a stockholder, his seat shall thereupon, become vacant, and the remaining directors or a majority of them, shall at their next meeting pass an order declaring him no longer to be a director, and immediately proceed to fill the vacancy. 3d. Not less than four directors shall constitute a Board for the transaction of business, of whom the President shall always be one, except in case of sickness or necessary absence, in which case his seat may be supplied by any director appointed by the board of directors present for that purpose. 4th. A number of stockholders not less than fifteen, who together shall be proprietors of Four hundred shares, or upwards,

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shall have power at any time to call a meeting of stockholders, for purposes relative to the Institution, giving at least sixty days notice in one of the Public Gazettes of Macon and Milledgeville, specifying in such notice the object of such meeting. 5th. The Cashier of the Bank, before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall give bond with two or more Securities to the satisfaction of the directors, in a sum not less than Twenty thousand dollars, with condition for his good behaviour and the faithful discharge of his duties, and the Clerk or Clerks, if any in said Bank, shall give bond, with like condition and in such sum, and with such Security as shall be satisfactory to the directors. 6th. The Lands and Tenements which it shall be lawful for the said corporation to hold, shall be only such as shall be requisite for its immediate accommodation in relation to the convenient transaction of business, and such as shall have been bona fide mortgaged to it as Security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgments, which shall have been obtained for such debts. 7th. The total amount of debts which the said corporation shall at any time owe, either by bond, bill, note or contract, shall not exceed three times the amount of their Capital Stock paid in, over and above the amount of specie actually deposited in their vaults for safe keeping. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the persons and property of the stockholders for the time being in said Bank, shall be pledged and bound in proportion to the amount of shares that each individual or company may hold in said Bank, for the ultimate redemption of the Bills or notes, issued by or from said Bank, during the time he, she, or they may hold such stock, in the same manner as in common commercial cases, or simple cases of debt. The directors shall have power to issue to the subscribers their certificates of stock, signed by their President, and countersigned by their Cashier, which shall be transferrable on the books of the Cashier only, by personal entry of the stockholder, his legal representative or attorney, duly authorized by special power for that purpose. The Bills obligatory, and of credit notes, and other contracts whatever, on the behalf of the said corporation, shall

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be binding and obligatory upon the said company: Provided the same be signed by the President and countersigned or attested by the Cashier of the said corporation, and the funds of the said corporation shall, in no case, be liable for any contract or engagement, whatever, unless the same shall be so signed countersigned or attested as aforesaid, and the books, papers and correspondence, and the funds of the company shall at all times, be subject to the inspection of the Board of Directors and stockholders when convened according to the provisions of this act. Dividends of the profits of the corporation, or of so much thereof, as shall be deemed expedient and proper, shall be declared and paid half yearly, (the first half after the Bank shall have been in operation excepted) and the said dividends shall, from time to time, be determined by a majority of the directors at a meeting to be held for that purpose, and shall in no case, exceed the amount of the nett profits actually acquired by the corporation, so that the capital stock thereof, shall not be impaired. The directors shall keep fair and regular Minutes of their proceedings, and on any question, when two directors shall require it, the years and nays of the Directors voting shall be inserted on the Minutes. The corporation shall exist and continue until the first Monday in November, Eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and immediately after the dissolution of the same, the last acting directors shall close the concerns of the company, and divide the Capital and profits among the stockholders according to their respective interests. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That no stockholder shall borrow money from the said Bank upon the faith or pledge of their stock. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That any Bank or the branches thereof, who may make a demand of Specie from said Bank, shall be compelled to receive either the Bills of the said original Bank or any of its Branches in payment. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1831.

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AN ACT to amend in part the ninth Section of an act to establish a Bank at Milledgeville to be called and known by the name and style of the Central Bank of Georgia, to appropriate Moneys, Bank Stock, and other Securities, to form the Capital Stock of said Bank, and to incorporate the same, so far as regards the salary of the Cashier of said Bank. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, the Cashier of the Central Bank of Georgia, shall receive for his salary the sum of two thousand dollars per annum, which salary shall be payable quarter yearly. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act, to charter the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company, passed on the twenty-sixth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and

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after the passing of this act, the Augusta Insurance Banking Company shall be permitted, and they are hereby authorised, to issue bank bills or notes, payable to bearer on demand, signed by the President and countersigned or attested by the Cashier, to double the amount of the capital stock paid, or which shall hereafter be paid in by the stockholders. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of the act passed on the twenty-sixth day af December, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, creating the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company, be, and the same is hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831. BRIDGES, DAMS AND FERRIES. AN ACT to authorise Larkin Wilson to erect a toll bridge across the Towaliga river in Monroe county, on the road leading from Forsyth to McDonough, at the place now known as Wilson's ferry, and to regulate the rates of toll for the same. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, it shall and may be lawful for Larkin Wilson, to erect a toll bridge across the Towaliga river, in Monroe county, on the road leading from Forsyth to McDonough, at the place now known as Wilson's

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ferry; Provided, the same be built on his own land, or with the consent of any other person or persons, on whose land it may be built. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Larkin Wilson, after the completion of said bridge, shall be, and he is hereby authorised to receive the following rates of tollFor every loaded wagon and team of four horses twenty-five cents; for each empty wagon and team, of four horses, eighteen and three-fourth cents; for each cart, or wagon, with team of less than four horses, twelve and a half cents; for each four wheel pleasure carriage twenty-five cents; for each Jersey wagon, eighteen and three-fourth cents; for all other carriages and wheeled vehicles, twelve and a half cents; for each man or man and horse, six and a quarter cents; each loose or lead horse or mule; three cents; and for each head of neat cattle, sheep, goats, and other stock, one cent: Provided, the foregoing rates of toll shall be subject to be changed and altered, and other rates fixed by the Inferior Court of Monroe county; And provided also, That the said Larkin Wilson shall not receive toll until the said bridge shall be adjudged secure and fit for passing by the Inferior Court of Monroe county, or commissioners by said court appointed, and until the said Larkin Wilson shall have entered into bond with good security to the said Inferior Court, to keep said bridge in good and sufficient repair, and to ensure the safety of all persons and property crossing upon the same. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 21, 1831.

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AN ACT to authorise Robert Ligon, to erect a toll bridge across the Chestatee river, and to regulate the rate of toll for the same. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, Robert Ligon, of Hall county, is fully authorised to construct a bridge across the Chestatee river, near Leathers fordBeginning on his own land, and extending the same to the West Bank of said river, and to keep said bridge up until said bank is disposed of by law. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Robert Ligon be allowed to demand and receive for crossing on said bridge, the following toll, to-wit: For each loaded wagon and team of four horses, thirty-seven and a half cents; for each empty wagon and team of four horses, twenty-five cents; for each loaded wagon and team of two horses, twenty-five cents, for each empty wagon and team of two horses, eighteen and three-fourth cents; for all four wheel pleasure carriages, thirty-seven and a half cents; for each loaded ox cart, twenty-five cents; for each empty ox cart, eighteen and three-fourth cents; for all other two wheel carriages, (except horse carts, which shall be at the same rate as empty ox carts) twenty-five cents; for each man and horse, six and a quarter cents; for each foot passenger, five cents; three cents for each loose horse, and one cent per each head of cattle, hogs or sheep. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831.

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AN ACT to permit John Finch, of Monroe county, to continue his mill dam across a part of the Ocmulgee river. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for John Finch, to continue his mill-dam across that part of the Ocmulgee river, on his own land, known by the name of the Bull SluiceAny law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831. AN ACT to authorise Joseph Collins, Jr. of Tattnall county, to build a mill-dam across the Ohoopie river, upon his own land. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Joseph Collins, Jr. of Tattnall county, be and he is hereby authorised and empowered to erect a dam across the Ohoopie river, upon his own land: Provided, That in the erection thereof, he shall leave open, a sluice of the river, sufficient for the free passage of fish: And provided further, That he construct upon the Ohoopie river, at said dam, a lock, with gates, adequate to the free passage of such rafts as may navigate that stream.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, so far as they militate against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to authorise Andrew F. Woolley to keep up his mill-dam across the Chestatee river, in the county of Hall. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for Andrew F. Woolley, to keep up his mill-dam across the Chestatee river, in the county of Hall, until the land on the west side of said river be disposed of by the State: Provided, the said Andrew F. Woolley shall make or cause to be made, a slope in the dam sufficient for the free passage of fishAny law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to provide for granting to certain persons therein named, a portion of the town common of Milledgeville, with the privilege of diverting a portion of the water of the river into a canal, to propel such manufacturing machinery as may be erected by them, upon certain conditions. Whereas, Farish Carter, Joel Crawford, Seaton Grantland and Tomlinson Fort, by their petition, stating their intention to erect machinery for the manufacture of cotton and woollen cloth, and other articles from the growth and productions of this State, have asked of the General Assembly, a grant of such portion of the town common of Milledgeville, near the Oconee river, as may be necessary for that purpose; also the privilege of taking from said river, at or near a place called Tom's [Illegible Text] by a canal or mill-race, sufficient water to propel said machinery: And whereas, the policy of encouraging enterprise of this character, has been sanctioned by the practice of most civilized nations: Sec. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of his Excellency the Governor, on application of said petitioners, to direct such portion of the town common of Milledgeville, lying between said place called Tom's Shoal and Fishing Creek, as said petitioners may deem necessary for their said purposes; not exceeding a space corresponding in length with the requisite canal or mill-race, and in breadth not exceeding two hundred and twenty feet on each side of said canal or mill-race, to be accurately surveyed and marked; together with such additional surface or space for the site of factory buildings not exceeding six acres, at such place and in such form as said petitioners may designate. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That his Excellency the Governor shall appoint one or more suitable person or persons, to examine the soil on said town common and assess the true value thereof, which value or price shall be paid into the Treasury before the same be granted to said petitioners. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the quantity of land thus to be surveyed and laid out for the purposes aforesaid, it shall be the duty of his Excellency

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the Governor to issue a grant in the usual form, under the great seal of the State, to said petitioners and their heirs, to hold as tenants in common and not as joint tenants. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said petitioners and their heirs shall have power and authority to divert such portion of the water of the Oconee river into their said mill-race, as may be necessary at all times to propel or drive all such manufacturing machinery as may be erected or placed on said mill-race or canal: Provided always, That in making and using said canal or mill-race, said petitioners and their heirs shall not, obstruct or impede any public road or high-way across said canal, but keep up suitable and safe bridges for the public use, and without expense to passengers. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That for the carrying into effect the foregoing provisions of this act, it shall be lawful to erect across the Oconee river, a dam sufficiently high to throw into the race herein provided for, as much of the water of said river as may answer the purposes of said establishment: Provided said dam shall be so construed as to admit of opening through or passing by it, such boats as may at any time hereafter be used to navigate the [Illegible Text] and that any damage done the property of individuals, shall be paid for by the company: Provided, nevertheless, That nothing herein contained, shall be so construed as to [Illegible Text] the erection of a grist mill upon any part of the land hereby authorised to be conveyed, or to injure or in any way affect the water power heretofore conveyed to Peter J. Williams, by an act passed twenty-fourth day of December eighteen hundred and twenty-one, entitled an act to convey to Peter J. Williams one acre of ground on the bank of the Oconee river, for the purpose of erecting a mill. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to authorise James G. Salisbury, to establish a ferry across the Chattahoochie, in Randolph county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, James G. Salisbury, be, and he is hereby authorised to establish a public ferry on the Chattahoochie, at his own landing in Randolph county, where the said James G. Salisbury now lives; and that the ferry be under the same rules and regulations, and receive the same rates for ferriage, that other ferries do, that have been heretofore established on said Chattahoochie river below Columbus. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831. AN ACT to authorise Thomas S. Swain, to establish a ferry on his own land opposite Jacksonville, on the Oakmulgee river, in the county of Telfair. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Thomas S. Swain, be, and he is hereby authorised to establish a public ferry on the Oakmulgee river, on his own land, opposite Jacksonsville, in the county of Telfair, and that he be authorised to demand and receive from all persons crossing said river at such ferry, the usual rates of toll at other ferries, on said river. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Thomas S. Swain, shall be held responsible

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for all losses or damages, which may be sustained in consequence of negligence or improper conduct at said ferry. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 21, 1831. AN ACT to authorise and empower Daniel McLeod, of Stewart county, to establish a ferry across the Chattahoochie river, on his own land. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, Daniel McLeod of the county of Stewart, be, and he is hereby fully authorised and empowered to establish a ferry across the Chattahoochie river, on his own land: Provided it does not interfere with the rights of any other person. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Daniel McLeod, his heirs and assigns, be fully authorised and empowered to demand and receive the same rates of ferriage which has been allowed to other owners of ferries on said riverAny law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to establish certain ferries therein mentioned. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That a public ferry be established across Savannah river, at Singleton W. Allen's landing, (formerly known as Tucker's landing) in Elbert county, and the right of said ferry, thence across said river to the South Carolina side, be, and the same is hereby vested in the said Singleton W. Allen, his heirs and assigns, and that said ferry be under the same rules and regulations, and receive the same rates for ferriage that other ferries do, that have heretofore been established on said Savannah river, above Augusta. Sec. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a public ferry be established across Broad river, at the confluence of the North and South forks of said river, at Martin Deadwiler's landing, in Elbert county, and the right of said ferry across the North fork, to the point on the Madison county side, also from his landing across said river below the forks to the [Illegible Text] county side, be vested in the said Martin Deadwiler, his heirs and assigns, and that said ferry be under the same rules and regulations, and receive the same rates for ferriage, that other ferries do, that have heretofore been established above Webb's ferry on said river. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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CENSUS. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of the County of Gwinnett to have the Census of said County perfected, by requiring the persons by them appointed to take the same, to make an additional enumeration and return of such persons, in said County, as they have failed to take and return heretofore. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of the County of Gwinnett, be authorized and instructed to require the persons by them heretofore appointed, to take the Census of said County, to make out and returnwithin Twenty days from and after the passage of this actthe enumeration of all such persons, resident in said County, as are not included in the returns by them made and forwardedunder the same rules, regulations and [Illegible Text], as by an act passed December, eighteen hundred and thirty, they were required to have done the sameand to make return thereof, within twenty days from the passage of this act, under the like rules provisions, as are by said act pointed out for said returns to be certified and forwarded. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said person or persons, so appointed to take the Census, shall receive for their additional enumeration and return, the same compensation for each family, as by said act they were entitled to receive, had they done the same heretofore. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby requested to have a copy of this act forwarded to said Justices immediately after the same shall have received his assent. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same is bereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor Assented to, Nov. 17, 1831.

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CHURCHES. AN ACT to Incorporate the Baptist Church at Holly Springs, on Rockey Creek, in the County of Laurens, and the Baptist Churches at Mount Zion, and Bethel, in Hancock County, and appoint Trustees for the same; also, to incomporate the Baptist Church at Hartford, in the County of Pulaski, and the Trustees of the Methodist Church, at Hawkinsville, in the county of Pulaski. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Robert Higdon, James Barlow, Samuel Montgomery, Archibald Griffin and Bennet Whitehead, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Baptist Church, at the Holly Spring, on Rocky Creek, in the county of Laurens, with power to hold any property, either real or personal, which may now belong to, or be hereafter acquired by the said Church, whether by purchase, gift, or bequest, with all the privileges immunities thereunto belonging, for the use and benefit of the said Church, and they are hereby declared capable of suing and being sued, and of using all legal means for defending and recovering any property whatever, which the said Trustees or their successors in office may hold, claim or demand. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Barnabas Shivers, James Barnes, John G. Gilbert, Absalom E. Reeves, Thomas Neal, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Baptist Church at Mount Zion, in the county Hancock, with power to hold any property, either real or personal, which may now belong to, or which may hereafter be acquired by said Church, whether by purchase, gift, or bequest, with all the privileges immunities, thereunto belonging, for the use and benefit of the said Church, and they are hereby declared capable of suing and being sued, and of using all legal means for defending or recovering any property whatever, which they, the said Trustees

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and their successors in office, may hold, claim, or demand. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Jesse Lockhart, William Barksdale, William Dixion, William Harrel, Samuel Ewing, Stephen Roe, and Bird W. Brassil, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby, declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Baptist Church, at Bethel, in the county of Hancock, with power to hold any property, either real or personal, which may now belong to, or which may hereafter be acquired by the said Church, whether by purchase, gift, or bequest, with all the privileges and immunities, thereunto belonging, for the use and benefit of the said Church, and they are hereby, declared capable of suing and being sued, and of using all legal means for defending and recovering any property whatever, which they, the said Trustees and their successors in office, may hold, claim, or demand. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the above named trustees of the Holly Spring Church, at Rocky creek, in the county of Laurens, shall continue in office until the Saturday, preceding the third Sabbath in May next, and those of the Church at Mount Zion, until the Saturday preceding the fourth Sabbath in November next, and those at Bethel, until the Saturday preceding the third Sabbath in November next, when the male members of the said Churches, or a majority of them, shall at their usual places of worship, proceed to the election of five Trustees for the year thence ensuing; on the above named days, in the above named months of each succeeding year, an election shall be held in like manner, any member of the board of Trustees being re-eligible, and in the event there may be a failure to hold an election at the time above directed, an election may be held any day thereafter, written notice being put up at the door of the church [by] any one or more of the members of the last board of Trustees, at least ten days previous to the day fixed on for such election. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees, or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority to appoint such officers, and to make and ordain such by-laws and regulations, as they may deem necessary and proper for the carrying into effect, the provisions of this act, and for the management of the temporal affairs of the said Churches. Provided such by-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution and Laws of this State.

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Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That Furney F. Gatlin, Stephen Mitchell, Wight Lancaster, Michal K. Singletory and John Wallace, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby, declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Baptist Church, at Hartford, in the county of Pulaski, with power to hold any property, either real or personal, which may now belong to, or may hereafter be acquired by the said Church, whether by purchase, gift, or bequest, with all the privileges thereunto belonging, for the only use and benefit of the said Church, and they are hereby, declared capable of suing and being sued, and of using all legal means for defending and recovering any property whatsoever, which they, the said Trustees, may have a claim or demand. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That John Bozeman, Samuel B. Webb, Abraham F. Bird, Washington Lancaster, John M'Coll, and successors in office, be, and they are hereby, declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Methodist Church, at Hawkinsvill, in the county of Pulaski, with power to hold any property, either real or personal, which may now belong to, or may hereafter be acquired by the said Church, whether by purchase, gift, or otherwise, with all the privileges thereunto belonging, for the only use and benefit of the said Church, and they are hereby, declared capable of suing and being sued, and of using all legal means for defending and recovering any property whatsoever, which they, the said Trustees, may hold, claim, or demand. And be it further enacted, That when any vacancy or vacancies may occur, in the board of Trustees, by death, removal, resignation, or otherwise, such vacancy or vacancies may be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the said Board. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to incorporate the Meeting House near Hardwick, in the County of Bryan. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That John J. Maxwell, Thomas Clay, Richard J. Arnold, Edward Footman, and George W. M'Allister, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be, a body corporate, by the name and style of the trustees of the Meeting House, on the neck road, near Hardwick, in the county of Bryan, and as such shall be capable in law, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, and of using all legal and necessary steps for recovering and defending any property whatever, which the said Church may hold, claim, or demand. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees, and their successors in office, shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities, whatsoever, which may now belong to the said Church, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transmitted to them, or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper use and benefit of said church, Provided the same do not interfere with the rights of any person whatsoever. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees shall hold their office for, and during the term of one year, from and immediately after the passing of this act, and until their successors are appointed; and on some convenient day in each year after the passing of this act, the contributors to this church shall assemble there-at, ten days notice having been previously given, and proceed by ballot to elect from their own body five persons as trustees for one year, as aforesaid, from and after their said election, and for the same purposes as above mentioned. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees of said church, or a majority of them, shall have the power to fill any vacancy which may happen in their board by death, resignation, or otherwise, and to appoint such officers, and to make and ordain such bye-laws and regulations as they may deem necessary and proper for

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carrying into effect the provisions of this act, and for the management of the temporal affairs of the said church: Provided such bye-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the State. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831. AN ACT to authorize the Governor to issue a grant to the Roman Catholic Church of St. Philip and St. James, for a lot in the Town of Columbus, for religious purposes. Whereas, the Commissioners for laying out the Town of Columbus, have set apart four lots for religious purposes, the Roman Catholic church of St. Philip and St. James, have selected lot D in said Town: Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That his Excelleucy the Governor, be, and he is hereby, authorized and required upon application, to issue a grant for said lot to the trustees or commissioners of said Roman Catholic church, in said Town of Columbus, free of charges, to be held by them, or sold and conveyed, and the proceeds applied to the use of said church or society for religious purposes. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to authorize such [each] of the religious Societies of Milledgeville, to rent or sell their parsonage lot. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That each and every religious Society owning a parsonage lot in Milledgeville, be, and they are hereby, authorized to rent or sell such lotany law to the contrary, notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 21, 1831. AN ACT to vest a certain lot in the Town of Macon, in the Episcopal Church thereof, and to repeal a part of the fifth Section of an Act entitled An act to amend the several acts for the incorporation and government of the Town of Macon, and to vest a certain lot in the Town of Macon, in the Episcopal Church thereof, passed the twenty-second day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives [Illegible Text] the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby, enacted by the authority of the same, That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to issue a grant to the wardens and vestry of the Protesatnt Episcopal Church in Macon, for lot number five, in square number forty-one, in said Town of Macon, in lieu of lot number six, in the thirty-ninth square of said town, which had been reserved to said church, but sold for the use of the State through mistake by the commissioners.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the fifth section of an act entitled An act to amend the several acts for the incorporation and government of the Town of Macon, and to vest a certain lot in the town of Macon, in the Episcopal church thereof, passed the twenty-second day of December. one thousand eight hundred and thirty, as authorized the Governor to issue a grant to the wardens and vestry of the Protestant Episcopal in Macon, for lot number five, in the fifty-first square, in the town of Maconbe, and the same is hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to incorporate the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Philip and Saint James, in the town of Columbus, and county of Muscogee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That William Mullally, James A. Berthelot, Roger McGrath, Simon Fegan, and Patrick Brady, and their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Philip and Saint James, in the town of Columbus, and county of Muscogee, and the said Trustees are hereby authorised to have and use a common seal, and they are hereby made capable in law, of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and to have, hold and enjoy, real and personal property, for the use of said Church, and for the support of a minister of said Church. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Trustees or vestrymen of said Church, shall be elected

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on the first Sunday in January in each year, by the members qualified to vote in said Church. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 19, 1831. AN ACT to authorise the building of a meeting house by the Baptist denomination, worshipping at a place known by the name of the Double Branches, in the county of Lincoln, and to make permanent the location of the same, on that spot of land heretofore set apart by one James Ware, of said county, and to secure the right of religious worship in said building to said denomination, so far as not infringe on the rights of other religious denominations, who may hereafter wish to build a house of religious worship at said place, and to appoint commissioners for the same; also to incorporate the Presbyterian Church of Newnan, Coweta county, under the name and style of the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of the town of Newnan; also to incorporate the Methodist Episcopal Church of Newnan, Coweta county, under the name and style of the trustees of Newnan Methodist Episcopal Church; also to appoint trustees for the Baptist Church in the town of Cuthbert, Randolph county, with certain powers. Sec. 1. Whereas, James Ware did reserve one acre of ground on his own land in said county, including the privilege of the spring, known at this time as the Double Branch meeting house, for religious purposes: And whereas, the Baptist denomination worshiping at said place, prays this Legislature to give them the privilege of building a house for religious worship, at said place, on said spot of land for [Illegible Text] use of their denomination, and to incorporate the same.

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Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the Baptist denomination worshipping at the place known as the Double Branches, shall be, and is hereby permitted and authorised to build a house for religious worship on that spot of land heretofore set apart for religious purposes by the aforesaid James [Illegible Text] and they be entitled to such use of the spring as may be necessary for their use and comfort as a religious worshipping people. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That Thomas Ayres, David Kinder, Randolph Davy, Robert Searls, and Wylie Jeter, and their successors in office shall be a body corporate, and shall be known as the trustees of the Double Branch Baptist meeting house, in the said county, and their successors in office, are declared to be a body corporate, and capable of suing and being sued, and using all legal means in protecting the Baptist denomination in the prileges herein granted. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That when any vacancy shall happen, [the persons] composing the Baptist denomination, at said place [shall] have the power of filling the same: Provided, nothing herein contained, shall be so construed as to preclude any other religious denomination worshipping at said place from erecting a house of worship, for the accommodation of their society, on the aforesaid spot of land. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That Jonathan Fielding, Anthony Story, David McLin, and James Hutcheson, Elders of the Presbyterian Church, in the town of Newnan, Coweta county, and their successors in office; and also any additional Elders of said Church, that may hereafter be duly constituted and ordained, and their successors in office, shall be, and they hereby are declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style ofthe Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of the town of Newnan: And they the said Jonathan Fielding, Anthony Story, David McLin, and James Hutcheson, Elders and trustees as aforesaid, and their successors in office, and the additional Elders to be elected, and

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their successors in office, shall be invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, all moneys due or that may become due, gifts, grants, hereditaments, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said religious society, under the said denomination, or which may hereafter be made or transferred to them, the said Elders, and their successors in office, to have and to hold the same, for the proper use and benefit, and behoof of the said Presbyterian Church. And the said Elders and their successors in that office, in the name and by the style aforesaid, shall be, and they hereby are declared to be capable of suing and being sued, and of using all necessary and legal means for recovering and defending any property whatever, which the said society may hold, claim or demand, and to receive in the name of themselves and successors in office, fee simple or other titles, to any estate or personality, which has been sold, or may hereafter be conveyed to said Church. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should the Eldership in said religious society, become extinct by death, removal or other cause, then, in that event the right to the property aforesaid, shall vest in the membership of said Church, whenever such contingency shall happen. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Church in Newnan, Coweta county, now known as the Methodist Church, shall be known and called by the name of Newnan Methodist Episcopal Church, and that Michael Durr, William Mitchell, Joseph Williams, George Scott, and Ernest L. Wittich, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of Newnan Methodist Episcopal Church, and as such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations, as may be necessary for the government of said Church: Provided, such bye-laws are not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, and for the purposes aforesaid, may have and use a common seal, appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove the same from office for improper conduct or neglect of duty. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees, shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which may now belong to the said Church, or which may hereafter be

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conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper use, benefit and behoof of said Church. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That any vacancy which may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of the Trustees of said Church, the survivors or a majority of them, shall fill the same in such manner as shall be pointed out by the by-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. Sec. 9. And it is hereby enacted by authority aforesaid, That Elisha Mosley, Stephen Lunday, Emelius Jourdan, Hyram Adair, and Jonah Mosley, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of the Baptist Church, in the town of Cuthbert, and county of Randolph, who shall have and make such by-laws for the regulation and government of said Church, not contrary to the laws and Constitution of this State. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831. COUNTIES. AN ACT to remove the county site of Baker county, from Byron, to Lot number one hundred and seventy-two in the eighth district of said county, it being near the centre of said county, and to appoint commissioners for that purpose Whereas the county site of Baker county, is within one mile of the Lee county line, and voters, jurors, and other

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persons of that county, compelled to visit that place, are required to travel a great distance to reach it: And whereas, it is nothing but an act of justice to those who are citizens of said county, that all should partake equally of the advantages and [Illegible Text] afforded by the location of the seat of public justice in the county, inasmuch as they all equally bear the expenses thereof. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, the scite of the public buildings for the county of Baker, known as Byron, shall be removed to lot number one hundred and seventy-two, in the eighth district of said county, formerly Early county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Joel L. Scarboro, Henry B. Nelson, William Thomas, James Chance, and Green Tinsly, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, and they or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to lay off said lot of land into half acre lots, and to dispose of the same, at public outcry on such terms as they may think fit, and to cause to be built a court house and jail on said scite; and that such scite so selected, shall be made the permanent seat of public buildings in said county. And all the public records of said county, shall be kept at the place to which the scite may be removed. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall have the power to give such name to the county seat as they may think proper. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the aforesaid commissioners or a majority of them, be, and they are hereby authorised to sell the present court house, jail and public square on which they stand, in the event of the removal of the seat of justiceand the proceeds of such sale shall be applied to the uses of said county. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to prohibit the practice of horse racing on the public high-ways, in the county of Chatham. Whereas, the commissioners of roads in the county of Chatham, have, by their memorial to the General Assembly, represented that the practice of race-running on the public highways, in the county of Chatham, is dangerous and ought to be suppressed: Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any person or person whomsoever, for money, gain, pleasure or otherwise, to ride or drive any race or races whatsoever, with horses or other animal, upon or near any public highway in the county of Chatham. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That any person or persons whomsoever, who shall, from and after the passing of this act, violate the provision of the first section thereof, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, to be recovered by an action of debt, to be instituted in the name of the commissioners of public roads of the county [Illegible Text] Chatham, in any court of competent jurisdiction in said county, one half of said penalty to be paid to the informer for his own use, and the other half to be paid to the commissioners of public roads in the county of Chatham, to be employed in the improvement and good order of said roads. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That nothing in this act contained, shall be so construed as to prohibit horse-racing on roads not established by the said commissioners as public roads, or on race-paths now existing, or which may hereafter be located, at the distance of at least one hundred yards from such public highways. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1831.

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AN ACT to authorise and compel John R. McNeal, who was Treasurer of Randolph county, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty, to pay over to the Justices of the Inferior Court of Stewart county, any money which he held or now holds, arising from the sale of lots in the town of Lumpkin, that was not otherwise disposed of, previous to the division of Randolph county. Whereas, the General Assembly, at its last session formed a new county by dividing the county of Randolph, to be called Stewart county; and whereas the town of Lumpkin, formerly the public scite of Randolph county, was included in that portion of Territory now called Stewart county; and whereas, John R. McNeal the Treasurer of Randolph county previous to its division, held and passed, [possessed] as county Treasurer all the money arising from the sale of said lots not otherwise disposed of, and who in consequence of said division was left a citizen of Randolph county and who continues to hold the money arising from said lots as treasurer of said county, and whereas, said town is actually in the county of Stewart. Sec. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said John R. McNeal, treasurer of Randolph county, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, be and he is hereby authorized required to pay over to the Justices of the Inferior court of Stewart county, all money which he held as treasurer or otherwise, arising from the sale of lots in the town of Lumpkin, then in Randolph county, which was not otherwise appropriated previous to the division of the same, and that the said John R. McNeal make his return on oath to said Justices. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the said John R, McNeal should fail or refuse to make his return agreeable to the foregoing act, the aforesaid Justices are hereby authorised to proceed against him and his securities in an action at law on the case for the recovery of the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of Wilkes county, or a majority of them, to hire or purchase negroes, for the improvement of the Roads and Bridges in said county; also, to authorise said Court to levy an extra tax for the purpose of carrying the same into effect. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the Justices of the Inferior court, or a majority of them, shall be, and they are hereby authorised and empowered, to purchase or hire negroes, and all necessary horses, mules, tools, and implements, and the same to employ, at their discretion, in the improvement of the public Roads and Bridges of said county, or such parts, or portions thereof, as said court may deem proper, to make any and all contracts, necessary or conducive to the improvement of said roads and bridges in said county, and to employ such person or persons to oversee or superintend the same as in their judgment may seem best. Sec. 2. A nd be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said court shall have the same power to alter, lay out, and to construct roads in said county, as is given to superintendents of roads and rivers of this State. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said court as aforesaid, shall have power, and they are hereby authorised to levy an extra tax (provided the county funds shall not be sufficient) on the citizens of said county liable to be taxed, not to exceed seventy-five per centum, should they deem it necessary to carry said object into effect, which tax shall be collected by the collector of said county, in the same manner as other taxes are collected, first giving bond and security for the faithful performance and payment of said taxes to the Inferior court of said county. Sec. 4. A nd be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to add a certain lot of land in Randolph county to the county of Stewart. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, that lot number eighteen in the twentieth district of originally Lee but now Randolph county, is hereby added to and become a part of the county of Stewartany law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to add a part of Carroll county to Heard county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, and it is enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, that so much of the county of Carroll, known by fraction number one, one hundred and sixty-two, and one hundred and sixty-three, in the fourth district, be, and the same are hereby added to, and shall form a part of Heard county; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to make permanent ths site of public buildings in the town of Lumpkin, Stewart county, and to incorporate the same. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the public buildings in the town of Lumpkin, in the county of Stewart, be, and the same is hereby declared the permanent seat of Justice for said county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That on the first Saturday in February, eighteen hundred and thirty two, and on the first Saturday in every year thereafter, all free white male persons in the corporate limits of said town Lumpkin, as hereafter prescribed, who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall assemble at the court house in said town, and by ballot elect five Commissioners, who shall continue in office for one year, or until their successors are elected, at which election one or more magistrates shall preside, and in case of resignation, removal or death of any of said Commissioners, the remaining Commissioners shall have power to fill such vacancy for the time being. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the corporate authority and jurisdiction of said Commissioners shall be extended to and exercised over all lots which now are, or which may hereafter be laid out within said town. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have power and authority to pass all by laws and ordinances which they or a majority of them may deem necessary and expedient for the well government and good order of said town, to lay and collect a tax for the support of said town, and do all other things as body corporate which may not be repugnant to the constitution of this State, or of the United States or the laws thereof. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That if said elections for Commissioners on the first Saturday in February next, or on the first Saturday in every subsequent year thereafter, should not take place as prescribed by this act, it shall be lawful for said election to be held on any other day, ten days

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notice of the same being given by a Justice of the Peace or one of the Commissioners. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to lay out and organize a new county, to be comprised of all the lands lying west of the Chattahoochee river and north of Carroll county line, within the limits of Georgia, and to attach the same to the Western Circuit. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all the territory lying west of the Chattahoochee River and north of Carroll county, within the limits of Georgia, and which is now attached to and forms part of the several counties of Carroll, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall, and Habersham, shall form one county, to be called Cherokee. That on the first Monday of February next, the persons who may be in said county, and who may be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, may meet together at the house of Ambrose Harnage, and under the authority and superintendance of three Justices of the Peace, elect five Justices of the Inferior Court for said county, a Clerk of the Superior Court, a Clerk of the Inferior Court, a Sheriff, a Coroner, a Receiver of Tax Returns, a Tax Collector, and a county Surveyor. Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That said Justices shall certify, under their hands, to the Governor, the persons so elected, who shall thereupon be commissioned to hold their respective offices until the next election for like offices throughout the State; Provided, that nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to affect any commission heretofore issued to any officer now residing in said Territory.

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Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said Justices of the Inferior Court, as soon as practicable, shall fix on a site for the necessary public buildings, and shall have erected thereat such temporary public buildings as in their judgment may be for the public interest, and such as the public interest may require. And said Justices shall, as soon as practicable, lay off said county into Captains' districts; not more than two to be formed of each sectionand when the same shall be defined, they shall give fifteen days notice of the time and place, in each district, for holding an election for Justices of the Peace, [and Constables, and one of said Justices or a Justice of the Peace,] and two other persons resident in the district, shall superintend said election, and certify the result of said election to his Excellency the Governor, who shall proceed to cause commissions to issue to the Justices elect, which said commissions shall continue until the time of election for Justices throughout the State. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Peace in each district, after they shall have been commissioned as aforesaid, to advertise in their respective districts the election for captains and subaltern officers, according to the Militia Laws of this State, and the captains after they are so elected and commissioned, shall as early as practicable, make out a complete roll of all persons in their respective districts liable to do militia duty, and return the same to the Inferior Court of said county, and the captains and justices shall proceed to advertise and superinend elections for field officers, according to the militia laws now of force in this State. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court, shall proceed to draw grand and [Illegible Text] as directed by the laws now of force. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the time of holding the Superior Court of said county, shall be on the fourth Monday in March and September, and the time of holding the Inferior Court shall be on the fourth Monday in June and December. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the place of [Illegible Text] the Superior and Inferior Courts, shall be at the house of Ambrose Harnage. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That said county be added to and made part of the Western Judicial Circuit, and

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shall form part of the first brigade of the seventh division of the militia of this State. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to divide the county of Lee, and form a new county therefrom, to be called the county of Sumter. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the county of Lee shall be divided as hereinafter pointed out, viz: by a line commencing on Flint River at the point where the line dividing lot number two, from lot number three in the fifteenth district of Lee county, strikes said river; thence westwardly, to where the line dividing lot number two, from lot number three, in the seventeenth district of Lee county, strikes the line dividing Randolph county from Lee county; thence northwardly up said last mentioned line to the Marion county line; thence [Illegible Text] on said last mentioned line to where it strikes the Flint river; thence down said river to the place of beginning. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the territory aforesaid shall form and constitute a new county to be known and called Sumter. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all officers, civil and military, who are by this act detached from the county of Lee and embraced in the county of Sumter, shall hold their respective commissions in the same manner as if commissioned for the county of Sumter. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Sumter county be included in the Chattahoochee Circuit,

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and form a part of the second brigade of the ninth division of Georgia Militia. Sec. 5. A nd be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Martin G. Mims, Hiram D. Youngblood, Lovet B. Smith, Samuel Faust, and Joseph Jackson, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners, with authority to superintend the election of Justices of the Inferior Court and other county officers, and to appoint the times and place of holding said elections, and select the place of holding the Superior and Interior Courts, and to do and perform all other acts preparatory to the organization of said county. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That Daniel Richardson, Robert Ford, Daniel [Illegible Text], Alexander McCook, and Joshua Mercer, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners on the part of the county of Lee, a majority of whom may select a site for holding the Superior and Inferior Courts for said county, and they are hereby authorised to purchase a lot for said purpose out of the county funds, and divide the same into lots, in such manner as they may deem best, and sell such lots upon such terms as may be most judicious. The proceeds of such sale shall be applied to the [Illegible Text] of a court House and Jail. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners appointed by the fifth section of this act, for the county of Sumter, shall have power to purchase a lot of land for a scite for the seat of justice in said county, to divide such lot in such manner as may be deemed advisable, and sell the same, the proceeds of such sale to be applied to the building of a Court House and Jail in said county, and the times of holding the Superior Courts in said county of Sumter, shall be Wednesday, after the fourth Monday in February and August of each year, and the Inferior Courts of said county, shall be the first Monday in June and September, of each and every year. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That until other provisions be made under authority of the preceding sections of this act, the Inferior and Superior courts for the county of Le, shall be held at the house of John Slappy, in the fourteenth district of said county, and the Inferior and Superior Courts for the county of Sumter shall be held at the house of John Kimmy, in the twenty seventh district of said county, formerly Lee county.

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Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this law, be, and they are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to authorise the planters and inhabitants of Skidaway Island, in the county of Chatham, to erect a bridge across Skidaway Narrows, under certain restrictions herein contained. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the STate of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the planters and inhabitants of the Island of Skidaway, in the county of Chatham, to erect, at their own expense, a bridge for the purpose of connecting the said Island with the main land, Provided the same is executed with the consent of the Commissioners of the Roads in said county aforesaid. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Bridge shall be deemed a public way free for all persons travelling over the same. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws, militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to add a part of Oglethorpe county to the county of Madison. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, all that part of Oglethorpe county lying north and west of a line commencing at the [Illegible Text] of Beaverdam Creek, where the same empties into the south fork of Broad River; thence up said creek to the [Illegible Text] of Mill Shoal Creek; thence a direct line to the fork of Mill Shoal Creek; thence up the south fork of said creek to the Madison county lineshall be added to and become a part of the county of Madison. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec 26, 1831. AN ACT to make permanent the site of the public buildings in and for the county of Randolph, at the town of Cuthbert, and to incorporate the same. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the public buildings in and for the county of Randolph, shall, and the same are hereby declared to be permanently fixed on lot of land number seventy six, in the sixth district of Lee county, as formerly, now the county of Randolph, which said public site shall be called and known by the name of Cuthbert, in honor of John A. Cuthbert, of Baldwin county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first Monday in February next, and on the first

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Monday in February in every year thereafter, it shall be lawful for all persons inhabitants within the corporate limits of said town, entitled to vote for members of the Legislature, to assemble at the court house in said town, and under the superintendance of two or more Justices of the Peace or Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, to elect by ballot five Commissioners, who shall continue in office for one year, and until their successors are elected, and if it shall so happen that such election shall not take place on the day before appointed, it shall be lawful for the same to be held on any other day in the manner and form before prescribed by this act, upon ten days notice being given thereof in two or more public places in said town, and in case of the death, removal or resignation of any of said Commissioners, those remaining shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, until the next annual election. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforementioned Commissioners and their successors in office, shall have full power and authority to pass all laws and regulations and all other matters of police as shall seem to them conductive to the peace and well being of the inhabitants thereof: Provided, the same is not repugnant to the laws now in force of this State. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners shall be authorised to issue executions for any tax, fines and penalties which may be assessed by them in conformity to the provisions of this act, and the same shall be collected as magistrates executions. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act be, and the same is hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Courts of Madison, Jasper, Burke, Walton, Butts, and [Illegible Text] counties, or a majority of them, to loan out the county funds at interest. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the Justices of the Inferior Courts of Madison, Jasper, Burke, Walton, Butts, and Scriven counties, or a majority of them, and their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby authorised and empowered to loan out, at lawful interest, from time to time, upon good security, all or any part of the county funds; to collect the same by suit or otherwise, as the Courts may deem proper; and all previous loans of money made heretofore by said Courts, is hereby made legal, and come within the provisions of this act; any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to make permanent the public site in the county of Irwin, and to name and appoint Commissioners for the same. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first Tuesday in April next, the public site in the county of Irwin, shall be, and it is hereby permanently fixed and located on lot number thirty nine, in the third district of said county.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said public site be, and the same is hereby named Irwinsville. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That John Polk, John Henderson, John Domony, Lconard G. Jackson, and Redding Hunter, Esq. be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for said town of Irwinsville, with full power and authority to lay off that part of said lot on which the town is situate, into lots, and expose the same to public sale, in such manner and under such restrictions as they in their judgment deem best calculated to promote the interest of the county and town aforesaid. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the aforesaid Commissioners, or a majority of them, to apply the proceeds of the sale of said lots, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to defray the expense of a Court House and Jail, in the town of Irwinsville in said county. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners aforesaid, or a majority of them, shall proceed, as soon as the said lots in the town of Irwinsville are sold, to let the building of a Court House and Jail, in said town, in the county aforesaid, for the use and benefit of said county. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the place of holding the Superior and Inferior Courts, and elections, for the county of Irwin, shall be held at the usual place of holding the Superior and Inferior Courts and elections for said county, until a suitable building is erected for that purpose at the said town of Irwinsville: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to alter any election district in said county, except the one at the present place of holding the Superior and Inferior Courts of said county. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 22, 1831.

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AN ACT to make permanent the site of the public buildings in and for the county of Heard at the town of Franklin, and to incorporate the same. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the public buildings in and for the county of Heard, shall and the same are hereby declared to be permanently fixed on lot number three hundred and eighty-two in the third district formerly Coweta, which said public site shall be called and known by the name of Franklin. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That John Caldwell, Canady P. Lee, Alpheus Slay, John A. Porter, and [Illegible Text] H. Tailor, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners for the town of Franklin, and shall continue in office until successors are appointed, according to the provisions of this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the second Tuesday in January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and on the second Tuesday in January every year thereafter, it shall be lawful for all persons inhabitants within the corporate limits of said town, entitled to vote for members of the legislature, to assemble at the Court House in said town, and under the superintendance of two or more of the Justices of the Peace, or Justices of the Inferior court of said county, to elect by ballot five commissioners, who shall continue in office for one year, and until their successors are elected, and if it shall so happen, that such election shall not take place on the day before appointed, it shall be lawful for the same to be held on any other day, in the manner and form before prescribed by this act, upon ten days notice being given thereof, in two or more public places in said town, and in case of the death, or removal, or resignation of any of said commissioners, those remaining shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies until the next annual election. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforementioned commissioners and their successors in office, shall have full power and authority to pass all laws, rules, or regulations, and all other matters of police, as shall seem to them conducive to the health, peace, and well-being of the inhabitants thereof: Provided, the same is not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State and of the United States, and shall have full power and authority to appoint

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such officers as may be necessary to carry into effect and execute such rules and regulations, as may appear to them necessary. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners and their successors in office, shall have corporate jurisdiction over the lot of land on which the said town is situated, and all other public lots that may be hereafter laid out in said town, and shall have exclusive government of and control of all patrols and persons liable to work on the roads within the same. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners and their successors in office, or a majority of them, shall have power to levy a poll tax on the inhabitants and property of said town, Provided the poll tax shall not exceed one dollar, and other taxes shall not exceed that required by the State. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners shall be authorised to issue execution for their tax, fines, and penalties, and the same shall be collected as magistrates executions. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to alter and amend the second section of an act to make permanent the public site in the county of Carroll; to name, incorporate and appoint commissioners for the same; passed 22d December, 1829, and to establish an election district in said county. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met,

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and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, that on the first Saturday in January, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and on the first Saturday in January in each year thereafter, all the free white male persons, who have resided in the town of Carrollton ten days immediately preceding said first day of January, who are entitled to vote for the members of the General Assembly, shall assemble at the Court House in said town, and by ballot elect five commissioners, who shall continue in office one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified, at which said election one magistrate or Justice of the Inferior Court of said county shall preside, and the five persons having the highest number of votes shall be elected, and in case of death, resignation, or removal, of any of said commissioners, the remainder of said commissioners shall have power and authority to fill said vacancy for the time being. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the said election should not take place on the day provided by this act, it shall and may be lawful for it to be held on any other day, ten days notice of the same being given by a Justice of the Peace for said county, or one or more of said commissioners. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful to hold all elections for Governor, Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, Members to Congress, Members of the Legislature, and for all county officers, at the House of William G. Springer, or the place of holding Justices Court [Illegible Text] the fourth district of Carroll county, which elections shall be held at the times pointed out by law, and superintended in the manner pointed out in the act establishing election districts in the county of Carroll, passed the nineteenth day of December, 1829and any person or persons violating the provisions of said act shall be subject to all the pains and penalties therein expressed. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831.

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COUNTY OFFICERS. AN ACT to compel the Clerks of the Inferior Courts of the different counties in this State to claim estrays when levied on by execution. Whereas, there is a [Illegible Text] prevailing in many of the counties in this State, with plaintiffs in execution, to hunt out estrayed property, and have their executions levied on the same; and, whereas, there is no provision by law for any person to claim said property for the benefit of the county where the same may occurfor remedy whereof Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Peace Constable or Constables, of each Captain's district in every county in this state, to notify the Clerk of the Inferior court of the county wherein they reside, whenever it comes within their knowledge, or when they have any reason to believe, that any execution has been levied on estrayed property. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where the clerks of the Inferior Courts of the different counties in this state, shall receive the information aforesaid, and also, where the fact may come within their own knowledge, for them to hand a written notice to the Constable or Sheriff, as the case may be, (who may have levied on any estrayed property, stating that he claims the said property for the benefit of the County as an estray; which said notice shall be sufficient to compel the Constable or Sheriff, as the case may be, to return the said fi fa or fi fas, and notice, to the next Justice's Court of the district wherein the levy may have been made, if the said fi fas issued from a Justice's Court, or if the same issued from an Inferior or Superior Court, then and in that event to the next Inferior or Superior Court, of the county wherein the levy may have been made. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That when any notice with the execution as aforesaid shall be returned to any of the courts aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the court, to cause

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an issue to be made up, between the said Clerk of the Inferior Court and the plaintiff in execution, which shall be tried in the [Illegible Text] manner as all other claim cases, the burden of proof resting on the plaintiff in execution. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where the issue shall be determined against the Clerk, the county shall pay the cost. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to repeal the first section of an act entitled an act to make Constables elective by the people, and the mode of taking their Bonds, and to point out their duties [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] cases, passed twenty-second December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, so far as [Illegible Text] said act regulates the mode of electing said Constables in the county of Chatham. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the first section of the above recited act, passed the twenty-second December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, so far as the said act regulates the election of constables for the county of Chatham, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the constables for the county of Chatham, shall be elected by the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county for three years, and in manner pointed out by the act of the General Assembly of this state passed the sixteenth of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, entitled an act for the appointment of county officers, or as they were elected prior to the act passed the twenty-second December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, above referred to.

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Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831. AN ACT to compel the Justices of the Peace of the 535th district of the Georgia Militia in the county of Dooly, and their successors in office, to preside together, and to [Illegible Text] their offices for refusing to do the same. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That hereafter when any difficulty shall arise between the present Justices of the Peace and their successors in office, in the 335th [535th] district of the Georgia Militia, in the county of Dooly, as regards the place of holding their courts as required by the law now in force: It shall be the duty of one or both of the Justices, presiding in said district, to give twenty days notice by advertisement to be placed up at the place of holding the company muster in the district, to all male persons liable to sue and be sued in the same, to meet at the time and place required by said notice, for the purpose of designating by ballot, a place in said district at which the Justice's court shall be holden. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if either or both of the Justices in said district shall refuse to hold their court together and at the place designated by the vote of the district, as contemplated in the first section of this act, such Justice of the Peace, thus refusing, shall be, subject to an indictment for mal-practice in office, and upon conviction, shall be subject to the same pains and penalties now in force in relation to mal-conduct of Justices of the Peace.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to provide for the payment of one of the presiding magistrates of each election district in the county of Telfair, for attending at the court house of said county on the day after each election has been held for a Governor, Senator or Representatives in this State, for the purpose of consolidating all returns of such elections. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That one of the presiding officers at each of the elections as aforesaid, shall be allowed and receive out of the county Treasury, the sum of two dollars each, for their trouble in attending as aforesaid at the court house to consolidate the returns of the same. Which sums shall be paid said Justices of the Peace by the county Treasurer, as before expressed, and these receipts shall in all such cases be allowed him on his regular returns of disbursements of county fundsany law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to compel all County Officers holding public monies to keep books of record of the receipts and expenditures of the same. Sec. 1. As the public money is the property of the people, they have a right at all times to know how it is expended: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and and after the passing of this act, all county officers in each county in this state, in whose hands any money belonging to the county or state shall come, shall prepare and keep a fair, good and substantial leather bound book, in which they and each of them shall enter in a regular and distinct manner, all monies, by them received on account of the state or county, or from any other public source, in such a way, as may be seen how much and at what time the said money was received, in like manner how the same has been expended or disbursed, with the items of each expenditure, and at the expiration of every three months, the debit and credit side of such account shall be struck, so that the state of the account may be known. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the county treasurer, or if none has been appointed, then the clerks of the Superior or Inferior Courts, acting as such, shall at every second term in each county, lay before the Grand Jury a fair abstract from said book. Sec. 3. A nd be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case of neglect or failure of any of the aforesaid persons to perform the duties hereby assigned them, then and in such case, they shall be liable to a fine of twenty dollars for each offence; to be recovered in any court of record having competent jurisdiction: the whole penalty to go to the person prosecuting the party offending. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That during the legal office hours, all persons shall have access to and a right to inspect the aforementioned books, and to take extracts therefrom, and the person keeping the same shall be entitled to receive twenty-five cents

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for each inspection: and should any of the aforesaid officers refuse any citizen an inspection of said books, such officer so offending, shall be liable to the penalty and prosecution as prescribed in the above named section. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to amend an act passed the twenty-second of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, making constables elective by the people, and to raise their fees, so far as respects the county of Camden. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Peace for the county of Camden in their respective, districts where there is no candidate for constable, to make out a list of all the persons liable to serve as constables and draw for at least two, who shall serve the term of one year. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the fees of constables in the county of Camden, shall be raised in addition to their former fees twenty-five per cent. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Justices of the Peace in the aforesaid county shall have the power of appointing constables to act at any time when there is no regular constable to be hadany law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 21, 1831.

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COURTS. AN ACT to alter and fix the time of holding the Superior Courts for the county of Muscogee, and to make all cases returned at the last Superior Court for November term in the county of Thomas, stand for trial at the next Superior Court for said county. Whereas, owing to the failure of the Judge of the Superior Court of the Southern Circuit to attend the late term of the Superior Court of Thomas county in November, the appearance docket of said Court was not ealled: And whereas, considerable inconvenience and delay will result from that cause; for remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all cases which were made returnable to November term, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, of the Superior Court of Thomas county, shall stand for trial at the next Superior Court to be held in [Illegible Text] for said county, under the same rules and restrictions as if there had been no failure of a Court, and that said cases had been regularly called at the appearance term, and that all pleas and answers which shall have been filed on or before the first day of said Court, shall be legal and valid, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the time of holding the Superior Court for the county of Muscogee, shall be on the first Monday in February and August of each year, and that all writs, subp[oelig]nas and other papers, [processes] which stand returnable to the terms of said Court as heretofore regulated, [shall be considered and held as returnable] to the terms thereof, as regulated by this actAny law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to amend the several acts regulating the Courts of Common Pleas, for the city of Augusta. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, in all cases brought in said court, wherein no plea shall be filed, the court shall award judgment upon proof of the Plaintiffs demand. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this act, in case either party shall be dissatisfied with any verdict rendered in any cause in said court, an appeal shall be allowed to such party, upon compliance with the law now of force regulating appeals; but the said appeal shall not be transmitted to the Superior Court as heretofore, but shall be tried as is hereinafter directed. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That [Illegible Text] after the passing of this act, and every second term thereafter, it shall be the duty of the Judges of said court, with the aid of the clerk and sheriff of said court, to select from the list of tax returns made to the city council of Augusta, fit and proper persons to serve as special jurors in said court, who shall reside in said city, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of said court, to make out tickets with the names of the persons so selected, which tickets shall be put in a box to be provided by the clerk, which box shall have two apartments, marked number one and two, and the clerk shall immediately after receiving such list fairly enter the same in a book to be provided by him for that purpose, which said box shall be locked and sealed up by the Judge and placed in the care of the clerk, and the key in the care of the sheriff, and no jury shall be drawn and empannelled, but in the presence of the Judge in open court, and it shall be the duty of the Judge in open Court at each time, to unlock and break the seal, and cause to be drawn out of the apartment of the said box marked number one, twenty-three names to serve as special jurors at the next term of said court, which names so drawn out, shall after an account is taken of them at each time of drawing, be deposited in the other apartment of such box marked number two: and when all the names shall be drawn out of the apartment number one as aforesaid, they shall commence drawing from number two and placing in number one, and so on alternately.

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And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the twenty three persons whose names shall be drawn as aforesaid, shall be summoned in the same manner as petty jurors now are in said court, and in case of failure of any of them to attend, each of them so failing shall be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty dollars. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, When any appeal cause in said court, shall be called for trial, it shall be the duty of the clerk to furnish list of the special jurors in attendance, and a jury of twelve shall be struck in the same way and manner as is now required by law in the Superior Courts; and in case a sufficient number of special jurors should not attend, the court shall have power to attach and bring in those who are in default or to summon tales jurors or both. And on all special jury trials in said court, the jury shall have the same power to assess damages, as special juries have in the Superior Court, and shall be sworn; well and truly to try the causes submitted to them, and true verdicts to give according to law and evidence. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any application shall be made to said court by any insolvent debtor or debtors, for the benefit of the act for the relief of honest debtors; and a suggestion of fraud or concealment or both, shall be made by the creditor or creditors of said debtor or debtors, the said suggestion shall be tried before the special jury. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all appeal causes in said court, the same costs shall be taxed as are taxed in the Superior Court in such cases; and all the expenses of furnishing record books, dockets, fire wood for clerks office, and stationary for the use of said court, shall be paid out of the money that may be collected for jury fines, and the balance remaining at each term after paying said expenses, shall be paid to the city Council of Augusta. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever bail shall be required in any case about to be instituted in said court, it shall be lawful and sufficient to serve the defendant with a priss [process] and copy of the affidavit as in cases of bail pending the action, and at the term to which the said process is returnable, the plaintiff shall file his declaration, and the subsequent proceedings shall be as in other cases; and whenever such process with a copy of the affidavit annexed and a copy or copies of such process and affidavit, shall be placed in the hands of the sheriff of said

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court, it shall be the duty of said sheriff to arrest the defendant or defendants, to serve him, her or them, with a copy or copies of said process and affidavit, and to deal with him, her or them, as is now required by the laws of force in this State, regulating cases where bail is required. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That in the absence of the [Illegible Text] of said court by indisposition or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the clerk or sheriff of said court to open and adjourn the same from day to day, as circumstances may require. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same is bereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to alter and fix the time of holding the summer session of the Superior Court of Wilkes county. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the time of holding the summer session of the Superior Court of Wilkes county, shall be on the fourth Monday in July [in] each and every year, instead of the first Monday in July, as heretofore. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons summoned, subp[oelig]naed, or bound as suitors, witnesses or jurors or in any other capacity to attend said courts, at the time which by the laws now in force are holden, shall be bound by virtue of said summons, subp[oelig]na or other

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process heretofore issued, to attend said courts, as altered by this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, precepts or processes of any kind [Illegible Text] nature whatsoever, shall be made returnable to the term heretofore recited. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this, be, and the same is hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 21, 1831. AN ACT to authorize the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer for the city of Savannah [Illegible Text] hold special or extraordinary courts for the summary trial of causes therein enumerated, and to empower the Mayor of the city of Savannah, also to hold such special or extraordinary courts, and to regulate Seamen or Mariners, and to prevent them from being harboured or running in debt. Whereas, masters and commanders of vessels, trading to the city of Savannah, are often greatly distressed by the neglect or desertion of their seamen, which is in general occasioned by the practices of keepers of taverns and tippling houses, and ill disposed persons, to the great detriment and hindrance of the trade of said city: And Whereas, the provincial act of one thousand seven hundred and sixty-six, is found to be inoperative for the want of a court of summary jurisdiction; for remedy whereof, Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall and may

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be lawful for the Judge of the court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer for the city of Savannah, and also for the Mayor of the city of Savannah, upon the petition made to either of them by any ship master, supercargo, owner or consignee of any vessel, or any articled seamen, who shall have any dispute or difference with any person touching any contract, agreement, sale, promise, debt or demand whatsoever, or shall be charged with any assault or assault and battery; or trespass to the person; not punishable with death or imprisonment in the Penitentiary, setting forth [in] such petition the nature of his, her or their case, and at the same time making oath that he, she or they cannot, without great inconvenience and danger [damage] to him, her or them wait the determination of such matter in difference, or the trial of such charge, by the ordinary and usual course of proceeding in the courts of the state; to order, and the said Judge or the said Mayor, is hereby required and directted to order and appoint a special or extraordinary court, to be held within forty-eight hours after the grant of such order for the trial of any such cause, matter in difference, charge or trespass. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That at the time and place which the said Judge or Mayor shall appoint, the parties being duly notified by twelve hours previous notice of such time and place, shall attend personally, or by attorney, before the said Judge or Mayor, and the said Judge or Mayor, shall then hear the parties, and shall in a summary summary manner proceed to judge and determine such cause, and shall forthwith by the usual process of said Court, execute the judgment of said Court in such cause, unless exceptions to such judgment shall be taken by either party on the pronouncing said judgmentand if either party shall so except to any such judgment, it shall be his duty forthwith to apply to the Judge of the Superior Court of the eastern district for a certiorari founded on such exception, which if allowed by the Judge of said district within twenty-four hours after the rendition of such judgment, shall be a supersedeas thereofand in case of the absence of the Judge of said district, then time shall be allowed to the party making such exception, until the return of said Judge, the said party giving good bond and [Illegible Text] to the other party in the sum of two hundred dollars, conditioned to abide the final decision of the cause. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Judge or Mayor shall at such special or extraordinary courts, have full power to try each cause in which captains or commanders of vessels or articled seamen are concerned as parties; in the most summary and speedy manner, and to compel the

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attendance of witnesses by the most summary process that can be devised, and that no more delay shall occur in the trial of such causes than such as are indispensable to the due administration of Justice. Sec. 4. And for the purpose of avoiding vexations arrests and fraudulent detention of articled seamen, be it further enacted that it shall not be lawful for any keeper of a tavern or tippling house, or any other person, when an articled seaman shall have been committed to jail by his Captain, owner or consignee, to lodge a detainer under the pretence of civil process founded on a debtbut that in such case, when an articled seaman [or seamen] shall have been committed to jail by any captain, owner or consignee of a vessel, it shall be the duty of the jailor to surrender such seamen upon the requisition of such captain, owner or consignee so committing him, notwithstanding any detainer which may or shall have been lodged against such seamen founded on civil process. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any sheriff, constable or other officer, to arrest any articled seaman on civil process within twenty-four hours next immediately before the time which shall have been designated by advertisement for the sailing of such vessel, or after the lapse of such time, if such vessel shall have been detained beyond that time by adverse winds or other causesand in case of any such arrest within such time, the said. Judge or Mayor shall have full power and authority to discharge such seamen instantly on the application of the captain, owner, or consignee, shewing that such arrest was made after the time in this section prohibited, and further, that the officer making such arrest shall be punishable by indictment in the said court, and on conviction, shall be sentenced by the said court to affine not exceeding one hundred dollars. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Provincial Act of Assembly, entitled An act to punish seamen or mariners neglecting or deserting their duty on board their respective ships or vessels, and for preventing seamen and mariners from being harbored or running in debt, passed sixth March, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-six, shall be, and is hereby declared to be, in full force, and that the said judge or the said mayor shall in the summary manner aforesaid, exercise all the powers, jurisdiction and authority by that act vested in Justices of the Peace, and that the said Judge or Mayor shall be and hereby is fully empowered to carry into effect the provisions of that act as fully and to all intents and purposes, as Justices of

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the Peace could have done immediately after the passage of said act. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That if any articled seamen shall after the passage of this act, be arrested under civil or criminal process, issued by any Justice of the Peace or Justice of the Inferior court, the Captain, owner or consignee of the vessel, to which such seaman shall be under articles at the time of such arrest, shall be entitled to apply to the said Judge or Mayor for a summary hearing and determination of such cause of arrest in the manner in the first and second sections of this act prescribed, and the said Judge or Mayor shall have full power and authority to take jurisdiction and cognisance of such cause, and finally to decide the same,; and it shall be the duty of the officer making such arrest and of the Justice from whom the process emanated, on the requisition of the said Judge or Mayor, to transmit to the said Judge or Mayor all documents and papers in relation thereto. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the sheriff and clerk of the said court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer for the city of Savannah, shall in person or by deputy attend such special or extraordinary courts, and shall be entitled to the same fees that by law they are now entitled in ordinary cases; and that it shall be the duty of the clerk of said court to require of the plaintiffs in such cause the sum of three dollars, which shall be paid to him for the use of said city, to be taxed in the bill of costs against the losing party. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to alter and fix the times of holding the Superior courts in the county of Wilkinson. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and

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after the passing of this act, the time of holding the superior courts of said county, shall be on the first Monday in April Tuesday after the first Monday in October in each year, and all writs, bills, declarations, recognizances, precepts, processes and notices of any description, whatsoever, returnable to either of said terms as heretofore established, shall be made returnable to the terms above specified. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all suitors, jurors and witnesses required to attend the said courts as heretofore, are required to attend at the times created by this actany law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to change the time of holding the winter session of the Inferior Court of Fayette county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the time of holding the winter session of the Inferior Court of Fayette county, shall be on the second Monday in January in each and every year, instead of the third Monday in December as heretofore. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all persons summoned, subp[oelig]naed or bound as suitors, witnesses, jurors, or in any other capacity, to attend said court, at the time which by law now in force are holden, shall be bound, by virtue of said summons, subp[oelig]na or other process heretofore issued, to attend said court as altered by this act.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 19, 1831. AN ACT to alter the times of holding the Superior Courts in some of the counties in the Southern Circuit. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the regular times of holding of the Superior Courts in some of the counties in the southern circuit, shall be as follows, to wit: In the county of Lowndes on the fourth Mondays in May and November; in the county of Thomas on the Thursday thereafter; in the county of Decatur on the Mondays thereafter; in the county of Early on the Mondays after the said courts in the said county of Decatur; in the county of Baker on the Monday after the court in Early; and in the county of Dooly on the Monday after the court in Baker county. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons summoned, subp[oelig]naed, or bound as suitors, jurors, witnesses, or in any other capacity whatever, to attend said courts at the times which by the law now in force are holden, shall be bound by virtue of said summons, subp[oelig]na, or other process heretofore issued, to attend said courts as altered by this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate WILSON LUMPKIN, [Illegible Text] Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to alter and fix the time for holding the Inferior Courts in the counties of Stewart and Randolph. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Inferior Court for the county of Stewart shall hereafter be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in January and July in each and every year. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, Thay the Inferior Court of the county of Randolph, shall hereafter be held on the Thursday after the first Monday in January and July, in each and every year. Sec. 3. A nd be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, precepts, and processes of any kind or nature whatsoever, shall be made returnable to the terms aforesaid. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws militating against this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 21, 1831. AN ACT to authorise the Judge of the Superior Court of the Southern Circuit, to hold an extra term of said court, in the county of Decatur. Whereas, it is manifest from the unavoidable failure of the superior court for November term, for the county of Decatur, results in sundry inconvenience to the citizens of said county:

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Sec. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the Judge of the Superior Court, and he is hereby required to hold an extra term of said court, at the place of holding the superior courts, in the town of Bainbridge, in the county of Decatur, on the fourth Monday in January next. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all jurors and witnesses that were legally compelled to attend the regular term of said court, shall be hereby compelled to attend the extra term of said court as contemplated by this act, under all the pains and penalties, as are contemplated by the laws now of force in this State, in such cases made and provided. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons either plaintiffs or defendants, or other persons concerned in the business of said court, are hereby required to attend, and abide the rules and order of Court at the said extra term, as is herein contemplated, as fully and effectually as they would have done, in the event that the regular term of said [courts] had been held in conformity to the laws of force in this State, regulating said court. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event there should not have been any jurors drawn and summoned to attend the regular term of said Court, that it shall and may be lawful for the Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, with the Clerk of the Inferior Court and Sheriff of said county; and they are hereby required immediately after the passage of this act, (or as soon thereafter as convenience will admit,) to proceed to the drawing of grand and petit jurors, from the jury boxes of said county in regular order, as is contemplated by the laws now of force in this State. And the sheriff of said county is also hereby required, to summons the jurors thus drawn to attend, at the time and place aforesaid, giving them legal notice previous to the sitting of said Court: and the list of the jurors thus drawn by the Inferior Court aforesaid, shall be turned over to the Clerk of the Superior Court, whose duty it shall be to make out the venire of said lists, and turn them over to the sheriff, agreeable to the law now of force: and the sheriff of said county is hereby required to make his return to said court, agreeable to the law now regulating the return of sheriffs in such cases.

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Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to sue out, serve and return writs and other processes to said extra term, in the same manner and under the same regulations and provisions as if the same were for a regular term of said court. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 22, 1831. AN ACT to alter and change the times of holding the Inferior Courts in the county of Butts. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the Inferior Court of Butts county, shall be held on the second Monday in January and July, in each year, and that all writs and processes returnable to the aforesaid Court, shall be taken, considered, and held to be returnable to the aforesaid Court, at the times herein specified, and that all persons subp[oelig]naed or recognised to appear at the aforesaid Court, shall be liable to appear at the times herein specifiedany law, usage, or custom to the contrary, notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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DIVORCES. AN ACT to separate and divorce Rebecca T. Warner and Leonard T. Warner, her husband. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract of marriage, made and entered into between Rebecca T. Warner and Leonard T. Warner, her husband, be, and the same is hereby annualled, set aside and dissolved as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes, as if no such contract had ever been made, or entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Rebecca T. Warner and Leonard Warner her husband, shall be held in future as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any union, or civil contract whatever, heretofore entered into between them. Read the third time and passed, 23d Dec. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read the third time and passed, 5th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. AN ACT to separate and divorce Betsey Andersou and Abram Anderson, her husband. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from

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and immediately after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract of marriage, made between Betsey Anderson and Abram Anderson, her husband, shall be and is hereby completely annulled, set aside, and dissolved, as fully, and as effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and cntered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Betsey Anderson and Abram Anderson, her husband, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union, or civil contract, whatsoever, at any time heretofore made or entered into by or between them. Read third time and passed, 13th Dec. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 17th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. AN ACT to separate and divorce John Canning and Elizabeth Canning, his wife. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the matrimonial connection and civil contract of marriage heretofore entered into between John Canning and Elizabeth Canning, his wife, shall be, and the same is hereby completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been entered into between the parties. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said John Canning and Elizabeth Canning, his wife, shall in future be held as seperate and distinct persons, altotogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract

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of marriage whatever, at any time heretofore entered into between the parties. Read third time and passed, 29th Nov. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 19th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. AN ACT to seperate and divorce Jackson Grizzard and Nancy Grizzard, formerly Nancy Kitchens, his wife. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract of marriage heretofore made and entered into between Jackson Grizzard and Nancy Grizzard, formerly Nancy Kitchens, his wife, shall be, and the same is hereby completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Jackson Grizzard and Nancy Grizzard, his wife, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union, or civil contract whatsoever, at any time heretofore made and entered into between them. Read third time and passed, 13th Dec. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed 19th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate.

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AN ACT to separate and divorce Lucinda Strange and Colman Strange, her husband. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives [ of the State of Georgia ] in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract of marriage heretofore made and entered into between Colman Strange and Lucinda Strange, shall be, and the same is hereby completely annulled, set aside and dissolved as fully and effectually, as if no such contract had ever been entered into between the parties. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Colman Strange and Lucinda Strange, his wife, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatever, at any time heretofore entered into between them. Read third time and passed, 17th Nov. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 19th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. AN ACT to separate [Illegible Text] divorce John Walrup and Cynthia Walrup, his wife. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That from and after the passing of this act, the matrimonial contract or civil contract of marriage heretofore made and entered into between John Walrup and Cynthia Walrup, his wife, shall be, and the same is hereby annulled, set aside and dissolved,

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as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said John Walrup and Cynthia Walrup, his wife, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by civil marital contract heretofore made and entered into between them. Read third time and passed, 17th Nov. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 19th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. AN ACT to separate and divorce Jacob Weaver and Catharine Weaver, his wife. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract of marriage made and heretofore existing, between the said Jacob Weaver and Catharine Weaver, his wife, shall be completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them. Read third time and passed, 9th Dec. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 19th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate.

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AN ACT to separate and divorce Maryann Foard and John Foard, her husband. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract of marriage heretofore made and entered into between Maryann Foard and John Foard, her husband, shall be and the same is hereby completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Maryann Foard and John Foard, her husband, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatever, at any time heretofore made and entered into between them. Read third time and passed, 9th Dec. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 19th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. AN ACT to separate and divorce Nathaniel Ray and Mary Ray, his wife. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General A ssembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract of marriage, made between

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Nathaniel Ray and Mary Ray, his wife, shall be as fully and completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as if no such contract had ever been entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Nathaniel Ray and Mary Ray, his wife, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union, or civil contract whatever, heretofore entered into between them. Read third time and passed, 9th Dec. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 19th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. AN ACT to separate and divorce Fanny Thompson and Richard G. Thompson, her husband, and Maryann Caroline Turner, and Robert Turner, her husband. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract of marriage made between Fanny Thompson and Richard G. Thompson, shall be completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever heretofore been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Fanny Thompson and Richard G. Thompson, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatsoever, at any time heretofore made or entered into between them.

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Sec. 3. A nd be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the marriage contract heretofore made between Maryann [Caroline] Turner and Robert Turner, be hereby set aside and annulled as though said marriage had never been solemnized or made. Read third time and passed, 28th Nov. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 19th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. AN ACT to separate and divorce Sally Smith from Washington Smith, her husband. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the S tate of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the matrimonal connection or civil contract of marriage, made and entered into between the aforesaid Sally Smith and her husband Washington Smith, shall be completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever before been made or entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Sally Smith and Washington Smith, shall in future be held and considered as distinct and separate persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatever heretofore made and entered into between them. Read third time and passed, 17th Nov. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 19th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate.

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AN ACT to separate and divorce Nathaniel Perritt and Sally Perritt his wife. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract of marriage made between Nathaniel Perritt and Sally his wife, shall be as fully and completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as if no such contract had ever been entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Nathaniel Perritt and Sally, his wife, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatsoever, heretofore entered into between them. Read third time and passed, 6th Dec, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and Passed, 23d Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. AN ACT to divorce and separate William Branon, and Elibeth Branon, his wife. Sec. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract of marriage heretofore existing between William Branon and Elizabeth Branon, his wife, is hereby set aside, and dissolved as fully and effectually, as if

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no such contract had ever been made or entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said William Branon and Elizabeth Branon, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatsoever, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Read third time and passed, 29th Nov. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 19th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS President of the Senate. AN ACT to separate and divorce Andrew Oneal and Delpha Oneal, his wife. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connection and civil contract of marriage made and entered into between the said Andrew Oneal and Delpha Oneal, his wife, be, and the same is hereby annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually, as if no such contract had ever been made or entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Andrew Oneal and Delpha Oneal, his wife, shall be held in future as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any union or civil contract whatever at any time heretofore entered into between them. Read third time and passed, 15th Dec. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 21st Nov. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate.

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AN ACT to separate and divorce Lewellen M. Robinson and Amelia E. Robinson, his wife. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the matrimonial contract of marriage heretofore existing between the said Lewellen M. Robinson and Amelia E. Robinson, his wife, is hereby set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made or entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Lewellen M. Robinson and Amelia E. Robinson, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons altogether unconnected by any mystical union of civil contract whatsoeverAny law to the contrary notwithstanding. Read third time and passed, 9th Dec. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 19th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. AN ACT to separate and divorce Theophilus Gailor and Mary Gailor, his wife. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the matrimonial

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connection or civil contract of marriage heretofore made and entered into between Theophilus Gailor and Mary Gailor, his wife; shall be and the same is hereby completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Theophilus Gailor and Mary Gailor, his wife, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any matrimonial union or civil contract whatever, at any time heretofore made and entered into between them. Read third time and passed, 17th Nov. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 19th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. AN ACT to separate and divorce Mary Cox and Thomas J. Cox, her husband. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract of marriage made between Mary Cox and Thomas J. Cox, her husband, shall be, and is completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually, as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. A nd be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mary Cox and Thomas J. Cox, her husband, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract

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whatsoever, at any time heretofore made or entered into by or between them. Read third time and passed, 9th Dec. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 19th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. AN ACT to separate and divorce Burwell Kendrick and his wife, Lucy Kendrick. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract of marriage made and entered into between Burwell Kendrick and Lucy Kendrick his wife shall be and the same is hereby completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually, as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Burwell Kendrick and Lucy Kendrick his wife, shall be held in future as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any union or civil contract whatever, at any time heretofore made and entered into between them. Read third time and passed, 15th Dec. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 21st Nov. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate.

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AN ACT to separate and divorce Sarah Freeman and Caven Freeman her husband. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract of marriage, heretofore made and entered into between Sarah Freeman and Caven Freeman her husband, shall be, and the same is hereby completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Sarah Freeman and Caven Freeman her husband, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatever, at any time heretofore made and entered into between them. Read third time and passed, 15th Dec. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 21st Nov. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. AN ACT to separate and divorce Polly Patterson and Chesley R. Patterson her husband, and to change the name of said Polly Patterson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract of marriage, made and entered into between Polly

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C. Patterson and Chesley R. Patterson her husband, be, and the same is hereby annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made or entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Polly C. Patterson and Chesley R. Patterson her husband, shall in future be held and considered as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatever; at any time heretofore entered into between them. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the said Polly C. Patterson, be known in law by the name of Polly C. Fitzgerald, being her name prior to such her marriage with said Chesley R. Patterson. Read third time and passed, 9th Dec. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 19th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. AN ACT to separate and divorce Maria Augustine and John T. Augustine her husband. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract of marriage made between Maria Augustine and John T. Augustine, shall be completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually, as if no such contract had ever heretofore been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Maria Augustine and John T. Augustine, shall

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in future he held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatsoever, at any time heretofore made or entered into between them. Read third time and passed, 28th Nov. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 19th Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. AN ACT to divorce and separate Ariana B. Drumans and John S. Drumans her husband. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract of marriage, made between Arianna B. Drumans and John S. Drumans her husband, shall be and is completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said Arianna B. Drumans and John S. Drumans her husband, shall be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatsoever, at any time heretofore made of entered into by or between them. Read third time and passed, 15th Dec. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 21st Nov. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate.

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AN ACT to separate and divorce Elizabeth Myers and John Myers her husband. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the matrimonial connection and civil contract of marriage, made and entered into between Elizabeth Myers and John Myers her husband, shall be completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Elizabeth Myers and John Myers, shall in future, be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatsoever, heretofore entered into between them. Read third time and passed, 15th, Dec. 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read third time and passed, 23d Dec. 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. ELECTIONS. AN ACT to alter and amend an act, passed the twenty-third December, 1830, prescribing the manner of holding elections in the several election districts in the several counties of this State, [and to punish those who may defeat or violate the election laws of force in this State,] so far as respects the county of Liberty. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it

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is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the magistrate or freeholder who shall preside at the election held at the Court House in Liberty county, and who shall attend at the Court House on the day after the election for the purpose of consolidating the election returns from the several district elections, shall be allowed for his trouble the sum of three dollars, to be paid out of the treasury of said county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831. AN ACT to establish three election districts in the county of Baker. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That in addition to the present place of holding elections in the county of Baker, there shall be one election district on lot number one hundred and seventy-two (172) in the eighth (8) district of said county, (formerly Early) one election district at Concord meeting-house, in the third district of said county, and one at Byron, at which places all elections for Governor, Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, Members of Congress, Senator and Representatives in the General Assembly, and for all officers of the county of Baker, may be held in conformity with an act passed the twenty-third day of December, 1830, entitled an act to prescribe the manner of holding elections at the several election districts in the several counties of this State, and to punish those who may defeat or violate the election laws of force in this State.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and they are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to repeal an act to establish election districts in Camden county, so far as respects the Spanish Creek district in said county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the act, passed on the nineteenth day of December, 1822, establishing an election district at the house of Scott and Bailey in said county, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, that all elections for Governor of the State of Georgia, Members of the State Legislature, Electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Members to Congress, and all county officers, shall be held at a place in said county, on Spanish Creek, known as Lloyd's Cross Roads in said District, which said elections shall be superintended in the same manner as other elections in said countyany law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 19, 1831.

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AN ACT to regulate the future elections of members of Congress in this State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so soon as his Excellency the Governor shall obtain the law of Congress, fixing the ratio of representatives to be elected for the National Legislature, agreeably to the late census, it shall be his duty to issue his proclamation, announcing the number of Representatives this State is entitled to. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the next annual election for members of the Legislature, and every two years thereafter, until altered by law, the citizens of this State shall be entitled to elect such number of Representatives to Congress as shall be announced by the proclamation of his Excellency the Governor, agreeably to the foregoing section. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831. AN ACT to establish an additional election district in the county of Rabun. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the general elections for members to Congress, Governor, Electors for President and Vice President, members of the Legislature, and all county officers, may be held at Captain Higembottom's Muster Ground, in the fifth district of said county, in addition to and

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under the same regulations and restrictions of those already established in said countyany law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to establish election [Illegible Text] or districts in the several counties hereinafter named, in addition to those already established, at the several places therein specified, and to punish those who may attempt to violate the provisions of the same: viz. the counties of Twiggs, Washington, Franklin, Habersham, Madison, Henry, Stewart, Newton, Early, Jones, Marion, Lincoln, Talbot, Meriwether, Hancock, Decatur, DeKalb, Fayette, Laurens, Coweta, Carroll, Randolph, Heard, Greene, Bulloch, Clark, Campbell, and Hall; and to repeal in part an act passed the nineteenth December, 1828, entitled an act to establish and regulate district elections in the county of Talbot. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall be lawful to hold elections in the several counties hereinafter named, and at the places therein severally specified: viz. for Governor, Electors of President and Vice President, members of the Legislature, members of Congress, and county officers. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the places of holding elections in the county of Twiggs, shall be at Marion, the Court-House of said county, as heretofore; also, at the house of Hartwell H. Tarver, the place of holding court in Capt. Rainey's district, and at the house of Benjamin B. Smith, the place of holding Justices Court in Capt. Bostick's district; and at the house of Samuel M. Granbury, or the place of holding Justices Court in Captain Samuel Strutman's district.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the place of holding the elections in the county of Washington, shall be at the Court-House and Muster Ground, in the ninety-fourth Company District, Georgia Militia, they now being established at the store of Wm. P. Hardwick, commonly called Davisborough, and that the same be established in lieu of the election ground heretofore established at the house of Robert Whitfields, in Capt. Whitfields' district. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the place of holding the election in the county of Franklin, shall be at the place of holding the Justices Court in Captain Royston's militia district in said county. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the place of holding the election in the county of Habersham, shall be at the place of holding the Justices Court on lot number forty-four, in the fifth [first] district in said county. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the place of holding the election in the county of Madison, in addition to that already established at the court-house, shall be at the place of holding Justices Court in that part of said county that lies north of the north fork of Broad River, which shall be considered to form one election district in said county. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the places of holding elections in the county of Henry, shall be at the house of William Brown, in the district commanded by Capt. Kellum, in said county, and at the house of Francis Miller the district commanded by Capt. Colquham, in said county; also at the house of John Anderson in Capt. Smith's district; and at the place of holding Justices Court in Capt. House's district, in addition to the others already established in Henry county. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the places of holding elections in the county of Stewart, shall be at the house of Galby Mathews, in the twenty-fifth district of formerly Lee now Stewart county; and also at the town of Roanoak, in the twenty-second district of said county; and at the court-house in said county of Stewart. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the places of holding elections in the county of Newton, shall be at the store house of Robert Leeks, in the four [five] hundred and forty-sixth district, and at the house of John Thomasons in the five hundred and sixty-seventh district, and at the house of James E. Todd, in the four hundred and twentieth district, G. M. in addition to the places already designated by law.

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Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the place of holding the election in the county of Jones shall be at the house of Luke Roberts, in captain Winter's militia district in said county. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the place of holding the election in the county of Early, shall be at the town of Fort Gaines in said county. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the two additional places of holding elections in the county of Randolph, shall be, one at the house of Tilman S. White, and the other at the house of Lee Jeffers, in said county. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the place of holding the election in the county of Heard, in addition to the one at the court-house, shall be at the place of holding Justices Court on the west side of the Chattahoochee, in the fourteenth district formerly Carroll now Heard county, or at some place as said Court may hereafter sit in said district, the same being established by the commanding officer of the militia district. Sec. 14. A nd be it further enacted, That there shall be another election district in the county of Greene, in addition to that held at Greenesborough in said couty, viz. at the house of Littlebury Stovall, in the one hundred and forty-fifth militia district in said county. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That there shall be another additional election district in the county of Bulloch, at the place of holding Justices Court in the forty-fourth militia district in said county. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That the places of holding elections in the county of Clark, shall be at the court-house as heretofore, and at the store-house of E. L. Newton, in the town of Athens. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That elections as aforesaid shall be held at the following places in Marion county and no other, to wit: at the house of Thomas Taylor in the first district of said county, and at the house of Moses Hill in the second district of said county; at the store of Wesley Williams, in the fourth district of said county; at the house of Eli Brewer, in the thirty-second district of said county; at the store of David and McIver in said county, and at the court [house] in said county.

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Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That the place of holding the election in the county of Campbell shall be at the place of holding Justices Courts in the fifth district in said county, in place of the house of Wm. Morgan. Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the general elections for Governor, members to Congress, Electors for President and Vice President of the United States, members of the Legislature, Militia Officers, and county Officers, to be held at the following places in the county of Lincoln, to wit: at the store-house of John McDowell, in the village of Goshen; at the court-house in [Illegible Text], of said county, and at the store-house of William Curry, under the superintendance of two Justices of the Peace, two Justices of the Inferior Court, or two freeholders, or a majority of them, under such regulations and provisions as have been prescribed by an act entitled an act to prescribe the manner of holding elections at the several election districts in the several counties of this State, and to punish those who may defeat or violate the election laws of force in this State, passed on the 23d day of December, 1830. Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That the additional places of holding elections in the county of Talbot shall be at the house of William Brooks, the place of holding magistrates Courts in captain Dupree's district, of said county; also at the house of Gardner H. Davis, on lot number one hundred and eighty-one in the fifteenth district of originally Muscogee now Talbot county; also at the house of William Rushin, on lot number one hundred and thirty-five in the twenty-fourth district of originally Muscogee now Talbot county; also at the house of Caleb M. Norwood's, in captain Young's district in said county. Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the election precinct in the county of Hall, formerly held at the house of Pleasant Hulsey, shall in future be held at the fork store of Patrick J. Murray, in said county, under the same laws, rules, and regulations as govern all precinct elections in said county. Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That the places of holding elections in the county of Meriwether, in addition to those already provided, shall be at the house of Mr. Lanier, in formerly the ninth district of Troup; and also at the place of holding Justices Courts in the first district of said county.

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Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That an election district be, and the same is hereby established in the town of Powelton, in Hancock county, and that elections for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, of Governor, members of the General Assembly, and county Officers, and members of Congress, shall be held at the house of Charles W. Callier, in the town of Powelton, and that the elections held in said district, shall be held, superintended, returned, and directed, according to the provisions of an act passed the twenty-third December, 1830, to prescribe the manner of holding elections in the several election districts in the several counties of this State, and to punish those who defeat and violate the election laws of this State; and that all the penalties prescribed in said act, are hereby declared to be in full force, so far as relates to the violation of this law, in said district. Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for an additional election district to be formed, and held at the house of Lyman Shepherd, in the twenty-first district of originally Early now Decatur county, under the rules and regulations of the general election laws for said county now of force. Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That an additional election district be, and the same is hereby established at the house of James Dearmonds, in Rockbridge district, in the county of DeKalb, for the like purposes, and subject to the same rules and restrictions as provided for in the establishment of other election districts of said countyany law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That there shall be two additional election districts in the county of Fayette, one at the house of Wright Martins, in captain Lambert's district, and one at the place of holding Justices Courts in captain Crook's district. Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That an additional election district shall be established at the house of James Lee, in the third district of Coweta county, or the place of holding Justices Court in Captain Adkinson's district in said county, under the same rules and regulation that govern other election districts in the county of Coweta. Sec. 28. And be it further enacted, That so much of an act passed the nineteenth of December, 1828, entitled an act to establish and regulate district elections in the county

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of Talbot, as creates an election district at the house of [Illegible Text] Cormack's, or the place of holding Justices Courts in Capt. John [Illegible Text] district, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 29. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, there shall be one additional election district in the county of Carroll, at the place of holding the Justices Courts in the ninth district of Carroll county, and all elections held at said place shall be governed by the same rules and regulations that now are in force regulating elections in said county of Carroll. Sec. 30. And be it further enacted, That the elections held at the places designated in the counties in the foregoing sections, shall be superintended and conducted in the same manner as provided by an act passed on the twenty-third of December, 1830, to prescribe the manner of holding elections at the several election districts in the several counties of this State, and to punish those who may defeat or violate the election laws of force in this State. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. JUDICIARY. AN ACT defining the liability of purchasers of real and personal estate, at executors, administrators, guardians and [Illegible Text] sales, when they refuse or fail to comply with the terms of such sales. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and

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after the passage of this act, any individual who may become the purchaser of any real or personal estate at any sale which shall hereafter be made at public outery by any executor, administrator, guardian, or sheriff, and shall fail or refuse to comply with the terms of such sale when required so to do, shall be liable for the amount of such purchase money, and it shall be at the option of such executor, administrator, guardian, or sheriff, either to proceed against such purchaser, for the full amount of the purchase money, or to resell such real or personal estate, and then to proceed against the first purchaser, for the deficiency arising from such resale, and in case of sheriffs sales, such suit may be brought in the name of the sheriff for the use of the defendant or plaintiff in execution, or any other person in interest, as the case may be. Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That no note or memorandum in writing, shall be necessary to charge such purchaser at such sale, and who shall become such by reason of such real or personal estate being knocked off to him, as the highest bidder. Sec. 3. A nd be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831. AN ACT to legalize and make valid the official acts of James C. Martin, deputy clerk of the Inferior Court and Court of Ordinary, of the county of Gwinnett. Whereas, James C. Martin, deputy clerk of the Inferior Court and Court of Ordinary, of the county of Gwinnett, failed to take the oath prescribed against duelling; And wheras, doubts have arisen as to the legality of his official acts, in [Illegible Text] thereof.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all the official [Illegible Text] of the said James C. Martin, [Illegible Text] done by him as deputy clerk of the Inferior Court and Court of Ordinary, of the county of Gwinnett, be, and the same are hereby declared to be as legal and valid as if the said James C. had taken and subscribed the oath against duelling. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831. AN ACT prescribing the manner of taking testimony in cases where any person intends contesting the seat of any member returned as elected a Senator or Representative of the Legislature of this State. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That when any person hereafter intends to contest the seat of any person returned as elected a member of the House of Representatives or of the Senate, the person intending to contest or object to the seat of the member or members of the House of Representatives or of a Senator who may have been returned as elected, shall give the adverse party five days notice in writing with the name of the witness or witnesses, and the place where he intends to take the testimony, so that he may appear at the time and place, to put cross questions if he thinks proper; and the person returned as elected, shall, where he intends to take testimony, give the other party notice in like manner: Provided, nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent eitheir party from attending in person or by attorney. Sec. 2. A nd be it further enacted, That where either party intends to take testimony, going to prove the legality or

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illegality of a vote given to either, or the constitutionality of his qualifications, the same shall be taken in manner aforesaid, and within twenty days after the election, and not after that time. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the person intending to contest the seat of any member of either branch of the General Assembly of this State, or object to the same, shall before he proceeds to take any testimony, give five days notice to the member or members of the House of Representatives, or member of the Senate, in writing, of his intentions of contesting their seat or seats, and the testimony taken in manner aforesaid, shall be taken and acted upon in such manner as either branch of the Legislature may deem best calculated to insure justice to the parties. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or in anywise destroy the operation of the several laws now in force regulating the election of members to the General Assembly of this State. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1831. AN ACT to alter and amend an act, entitled an act, to define the liability of securities on appeal, on stay of execution, and for the protection of bail, on recognizance, bond, note or other contract. Whereas, doubts exist, whether the security or securities, against whom judgment has been rendered, and [Illegible Text] has issued accordingly, upon any contract, bond or note, since the passage of the above recited act, can [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the controul of the [Illegible Text] where the same has been paid off by such security or securities, and they have neglected to make special defence at the trial, to indemnify themselves out of the property of the principal; For remedy whereof,

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for any person or persons, who have heretofore become security on any note, bond or other contract, and not interested in the consideration thereof, and judgment has been rendered against them, and execution issued accordingly, and such security or securities have been heretofore compelled to pay off such judgment or execution, he, she or they, shall be entitled to to the controul of the same for the purpose of remunerating him, her or them, out of the property of the principal or principals: Provided always, That it shall be made satisfactorily appear to the Court from whence the execution issued, that such person or persons assuming to have the controul of any judgment or execution as aforesaid, were bona fide security or securities, only upon the original bond, note or contract, which was the foundation of the judgment and execution. And be it further enacted, That where any security or secuties as aforesaid, shall fail at the trial of the note, bond, or other instrument upon which, he, she or they, were security or securities, to make special defence thereof, it shall be lawful for such security or securities to take controul after payment thereof, of the said fi fa, after complying with the requisitions of the first section of this act, and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, are, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to make uniform the proceedings against bail in criminal cases. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, when any person or persons shall enter into any recognizance, or obligation, for the appearance of another, to answer any indictment, information or presentment of a grand jury for any offence committed against the laws of this State, or who shall be bound in any recognizance, bond or obligation, to prosecute or to answer to any criminal charge, or to give evidence in any criminal case whatever, and shall fail to produce the body of his, her or their principal or principals, at the Court, according to the tenor and effect of said recognizance, bond or obligation, when required so to do, then, and in that case, it shall be the duty of the Solicitor General or prosecuting officer to the several courts of this State, to which said recognizance, bond or obligation shall be returnable, to forfeit said recognizance, bond or obligation in the manner heretofore practised in this State. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the clerks of the several Superior Courts aforesaid, to issue a scire facias on all forfeited recognizances, bonds or obligations, against the principal security, which shall be served by the sheriff or his deputy, under the same rules which govern service of writs in civil cases, returnable to the next court from whence the scire facias issued, and if no sufficient cause shall be shewn to the contrary, judgment shall be entered up by motion against the principal and security for the penalty mentioned in said recognizance, bond or obligationIf good cause be shewn at that term, but not such cause as amounts to an entire discharge of the principal or his security, the scire facias shall stand to be answered to in like manner at the next term, and if sufficient cause be not then shewn, judgment shall be entered up against principal and security, after which the parties to said [Illegible Text], hoad or obligation, shall become [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That security shall be at liberty to surrender their principal in vacation to the sheriff, or in open court in discharge of themselves from their liability.

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Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT declaring and making certain the law defining the liability of endorsers, and securities to promissory notes and other instruments, when the holder thereof shall fail to proceed to collect the same after notice. Whereas, the Legislature of this State, did on the twenty-sixth of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, pass an act, entitled an act, to define the liability of endorsers of promissory notes and other instruments, and to place them upon the same footing with securities, by the second section of which act, it is provided that any security or endorser may whenever he thinks proper, after the note or instrument becomes due, require the holder to proceed to collect the same, and if he should not proceed to do so within three months, the endorser or security shall be no longer liable; And whereas the constitutionality of said second section is doubted, by reason of its departure from the title of said bill; For remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in every case which may hereafter arise, where the security or endorser of any promissory note or other instrument, after the same has or shall become due, has required or shall hereafter require the holder thereof to proceed to collect the same, and the said holder has not proceeded or shall not proceed to

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do so, within three months after such notice or requisition, the endorser or security shall be no longer liable. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to amend the Judiciary law of seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, in relation to bail, and also, to amend an act entitled an act to amend the Judiciary law of this State, passed the sixteenth day of February, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, so far as to authorise the issuing of bail process in certain cases, passed the eighth day of November, eighteen hundred and twenty, so far as to authorise agents, attorneys in fact or at law, to hold to bail in all civil cases. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for any agent, attorney in fact or at law, to hold to bail in all civil cases, and under the same rules and restrictions as are pointed out in the before recited acts on that subject. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to amend and alter the oath of Bailiffs, who take charge of Special and Petit Juries, and for other purposes. Whereas, the oath now administered to Bailiffs require them to keep the Juries without meat, drink, or fire, candle light and water only excepted; and whereas it often happens that in cases of much litigation, juries are unable for a great length of time to agree upon a verdict, and are thereby exposed to cold and hunger: for remedy whereof, Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the following shall be the oath to be administered to all bailiffs, sworn to take charge of special and petit juries in the Superior and Inferior Courts of this State, to wit: You shall take this jury and all others committed to your charge, during the present term, to the jury room or some other private and convenient place, where you shall keep them without meat, drink or fire, candle light and water only excepted, (unless otherwise directed by the Court.) You shall not speak to them yourself (nor suffer others to speak to them) unless it be by leave of the Court, to ask them if they have agreed upon a verdict or are likely to agree. All this you shall do to the best of your skill and power so help you G od. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever it shall so happen that the jury is confined in the investigation of any case, for a length of time, which exposes them to hunger or cold, or both, the Court may, on application from said jury, direct them to be furnished, at their own expense, with such nourishments as in his own judgment may seem just and proper; and permit them to have provisions and fire, or either, if circumstances should, in the judgment of the Court, require it. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Bailiffs shall receive from the county Treasurer, or Clerk of the Court, where there is no Treasurer, of each county, one dollar per day in addition to their present fees, for each day the said Bailiffs shall serve in attendance on the juries. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to authorize the clerks, sheriffs and other officers of the county of DeKalb, to insert their advertisements in one of the gazettes published in Milledgeville. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General A ssembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts and Courts of Ordinary, Sheriffs, Coroners and other Officers of the county of DeKalb, to publish their advertisements in one of the Gazettes published at Milledgeville. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 21, 1831. AN ACT to make null and void all contracts made and entered into, in writing or otherwise, between party or parties plaintiff or defendant, and attorney or attornies at law, where the attorney shall fail or neglect to attend to the suit or suits, which he or they contracted to do, in person, or by some competent attorney, until the rendition of a judgment. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, all contracts made and entered into between party or parties plaintiff or defendant, and attorney or attornies at law, in writing or otherwise, shall be held and deemed null and void, whenever the said

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attorney or attornies, shall fail to attend in person, or by some competent attorney, to the suit or suits which he or they contracted to do until the rendition of a judgment. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any attorney or attornies at law, as aforesaid, shall transfer any note, or notes, obligation or obligations, in writing, taken or received for his or their services as attorney or attornies as aforesaid, and shall fail to attend to the suit or suits, in person or by some other competent attorney, until the rendition of a judgment, he or they shall forfeit and pay to the person or persons, whom the same was taken from, double the amount so transferred, recoverable in any court having jurisdiction of the same. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT for the recovery of costs in Justices Courts, in certain cases. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, in all cases carried up by writ of certiorari, from a Justices Court, to the Superior Court, and the said certiorari shall be sanctioned [sustained] by the said Court, and the proceedings in the Court below set aside, without further order; and in all cases carried up in like manner from a Justices Court, to the Superior Court as aforesaid, and the writ of certiorari shall be sustained, and a new trial ordered, the plaintiff in certiorari, provided he finally succeeds in his cause, shall recover of the defendant all cost that he or she may have been compelled to pay and lay out before a certiorari could be granted. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of Justices of the Peace in all such

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cases, as are mentioned in the foregoing section, to issue execution in the name of the prevailing party, for all costs that may have accrued in the said case. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. LAND. AN ACT to alter and amend an act to authorise a survey and disposition of the lands within the limits of Georgia, in the occupancy of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, and all other unlocated lands within the limits of said State, claimed as Creek land, and to authorise the Governor to call out a military force, to protect surveyors in the discharge of their duties, and to provide for the punishment of persons who may prevent, or attempt to prevent, any surveyor from performing his duties as pointed out by this act, or who shall wilfully cut down and deface any marked trees, or remove any landmark, which may be made in pursuance of this act, and to protect the Indians in the peaceable possession of their improvements, and of the lots on which they may be situated, passed on the twenty-first day of December, 1830, and to order the immediate survey, distribution, and occupancy of the Territory. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met,

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and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so much of the thirteenth section of the above recited act, as requires a residence of four years within the organized limits of this State, immediately preceding the time his Excellency the Governor shall issue the notification, be, and the same is hereby repealed; and that all persons possessing the other qualifications contained in said act, who have been inhabitants within the organized limits of this State, three years immediately preceding the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two shall be entitled to a draw or draws as contemplated by said act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the fifteenth section of said act be, and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of the thirty-fifth section of said act, as declares and in the event that the President of the U. States shall at any time during the ensuing recess of the Legislature, succeed in executing the compact between the United States and the State of Georgia, in relation to the Cherokee lands, that the Governor shall order the district surveyors to proceed to the discharge of their duties, and to the completion of the survey of the districts, as required by this act, and to the occupancy of said territory, otherwise the survey of the districts shall be suspended until the meeting of the next General Assembly, and until further enactment for this pur-purpose, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first day of April next ensuing, the Governor is hereby required to order out the district surveyors for completing the surveys of said territory, with as little delay as possible, and when the survey shall be completed, and returns thereof made in conformity with the provisions of said act, it shall be the duty of the Governor, in case he shall deem it for the interest of the State, to cause the Lottery Commissioners to assemble at Millegedgeville, to commence the drawing of the Lottery as contemplated by this act. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 22, 1831.

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AN ACT to alter and amend the fourth section of an act assented to December twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, entitled an act to authorise the survey and disposition of lands within the limits of Georgia, in the occupancy of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, and all other unlocated lands within the limits of said State, claimed as Creek Lands, and to authorise the Governor to call out a military force to protect surveyors in the discharge of their duties, and to provide for the punishment of persons who may prevent or attempt to prevent any surveyor from performing his duties, as pointed out by this act, or who shall wilfully cut down and deface any marked trees, or remove any landmark which may be made in pursuance of this act, and to protect the Indians in the peaceable possession of their improvements and of the lots on which the same may [be] situate. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so much of the fourth section of the above recited act, as requires superintending magistrates for district surveyors, to transmit a return of said elections, under their seals, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the election held on the first Monday in February, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, for district surveyors, as contemplated by said section, be, and the same is hereby legalized and made valid, so far as respects the omission of the seals of the presiding magistratesany law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to reduce the fees on head right grants, and to repeal all laws militating against the same. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the fees hereafter to be paid into the Treasury of this State on headright grants, shall be as follows: On every tract of fifty acres and under, shall be two dollars and fifty cents; on all tracts over fifty acres and under three hundred, shall be three dollars, and all other grants under one thousand acres and over three hundred, shall be four dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws repugnant to, and militating against the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to alter and amend an act, passed the twenty-second day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty, entitled an act to provide for the temporary disposal of the improvements and possessions purchased from certain Cherokee Indians and residents, and certain other improvements. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the person appointed by the Governor as agent, to rent all the improvements and possessions lying within the territorial limits of Georgia, and which have been purchased from Cherokee and Creek Indians, and residents, under the provisions specified

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in the act of which this is amendatory, shall be authorised and compelled by the provisions of this act, to commence at [Illegible Text], in Carroll county, on the sixteenth day of January, 1832, [and continue] until he shall have performed the duties required of him in the above recited act, after having given the notice required by said act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said agent shall be authorised to rent said improvements for the term of eleven months from the first day of February next, and no person renting the same, shall be authorised by the provisions of this act, to hold possession longer than the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-three. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said agent, to rent to the highest [Illegible Text], for eleven months from the first day of February next, the public ferry-landings on the west bank of the river Chattahoochie, and the agent shall be fully authorised to give possession to the person renting the same, on the first day of February next, or when demanded, and the person renting shall give his note with good security, payable to his Excellency the Governor, and his successors in office, on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, for the payment of the rent; and all other persons renting any of said improvements, shall give their notes in like manner. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all other improvements in said territory, not in the immediate possession and [Illegible Text] of Indians or their descendants, shall be rented by said agent for the same term of time. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be [Illegible Text] for any Indian, proposing to enrol himself for emigration, by and with the consent of the State's agent, to deliver to any citizen of this State for the year, or the residue of the year, eighteen hundred thirty-two, the occupancy of his improvements; whereupon, the State's agent may let said citizen have the same, rent free, for the year. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor [Illegible Text]

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AN ACT to authorise the sheriff of Stewart county, to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of land number two hundred and twenty, in the twenty-second district of originally Lee, now Stewart county. Whereas, the said lot of land number two hundred and twenty, in said twenty-second district of Lee county, has been condemned as [Illegible Text] drawn, by the judgment of the Superior Court of Randolph countyAnd whereas, the informer cannot get partitioners to agree in the division of said lot of land between himself and the StateTherefore, Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforsaid, That the [Illegible Text] of Stewart county, be, and he is hereby required, to advertise the said lot of land for sale, giving thirty days notice thereof, in some public gazette, in the [Illegible Text] Circuit, and the said sheriff shall sell said lot, and pay one half of the amount said lot of land sells for, into the Treasury of Stewart county, within two months of the sale, and the other half to the informer, after retaining his usual fees, as in other cases. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said sheriff, by virtue of this act, is authorised and required to make titles to the purchaser of said lot of [Illegible Text] any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to alter and amend the sixth section of an act entitled an act, to sell and dispose of the State's interest in lots of land which have been or may hereafter be condemned as fraudulently drawn, in the counties of Lee, Muscogee, Marion, Harris, Talbot, Troup, Meriwether, Coweta, and Carroll, passed the twentieth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriffs of the above named counties, as well as of such other counties as may have been or may hereafter be formed within the limits of the territory last acquired from the Creek Nation of Indians, shall be entitled to [Illegible Text] in their hands, as a compensation for their services, in selling the State's interest in the lots of land which have been or may hereafter be [Illegible Text] as fraudulently drawn, out of the money received by them from the purchaser or purchasers of said interest, five per cent. on the amount of each and every sale made in compliance with, and in conformity to, the act above mentioned. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any sheriff shall hereafter refuse or neglect to make his return to the Treasury of this State, and pay over all monies in his hands, for which he is bound to account, within forty days after the day of sale, as is required by the said sixth section of the above recited act, then, and in that case, the said sheriff shall not be entitled to any compensation whatsoever, for his said services, and the Treasurer shall immediately cause such proceedings to be instituted in some court of competent jurisdiction in this State, as may be necessary to compel said sheriff to pay over the sum or sums of money by him withheld. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws contravening this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831.

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AN ACT to dispose of fraction number four hundred and two, in the fourth district of formerly Baldwin, now Morgan county. Whereas, fraction number four hundred and two, in the fourth district of formerly Baldwin, now Morgan county, has been sold, by the sheriff of Morgan county, in pursuance to a law directing the sale of fractions in said county; and whereas, the purchaser of said fraction [failed] to comply with the terms of sale, and the same was forfeited to the State, therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so soon as practicable, after the passage of this act, the sheriff of Morgan county, shall give notice in the public gazettes at Milledgeville, thirty days; and after the expiration of said time, shall offer for sale, in the town of Madison, [fraction] number four hundred and two, in the fourth district of formerly [Illegible Text] now Morgan county, [and] shall sell the same to the highest bidder; and he is hereby authorised and empowered to make titles for the same, as in ordinary cases of sheriff sale: Provided, That such title shall not be made until the purchaser shall have [Illegible Text] and deposited in the Central Bank of Georgia, his note with good security for the amount of the salesdeducting the sheriffs fees and the expenses for advertisingand shall retain for selling the same, such commissions and fees as are allowed him by law, in case of sales by executionand shall pay over to the directors of the Central Bank, the amount [of] such salesand all laws militating against this act, are hereby repealed. ASBURY [Illegible Text] Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to extend the time for [Illegible Text] drawers in the Land Lotteries of eighteen hundred and eighteen, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and eighteen hundred and twenty-one, to take out their grants. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General A ssembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all and every person who was a [Illegible Text] drawer, in the land lottery, by authority of the act passed the fifteenth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen, and by authority of the act passed the sixteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and nineteen, shall have until the twenty-fifth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, to take out his, her, or their grant or grants, for the land drawn by him, her, or them, and that the grant or grants, shall issue to him, her, or them, for the same, according to the provisions of the twenty-fifth section of said acts, on paying into the Treasury of this State the sum of Five dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all and every person who was a [Illegible Text] drawer in the said land lottery, by authority of the act passed on the fifteenth day of May, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-one, shall have until the twenty-fifth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, to take out his, her, or their grant or grants, for the land drawn by him, her, or them, for the same, according to the provisions of the twentieth section of the said act of eighteen hundred and twenty-one, on paying into the Treasury of this State the sum of Five dollars. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 19, 1831.

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LOTTERIES. AN ACT to authorise certain Commissioners therein named, to raise by Lottery, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, for the purpose of building an Academy in the town of Fort Gaines. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That John Dill, Edward Delony, Solomon V. Wilson, James Buchanan, and George W. Prescott, be, and they are hereby authorised to raise by lottery, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, for the purpose of building an Academy in the town of Fort Gaines. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners are hereby authorised to divide said Lottery into as many separate schemes or drawings, as in their judgment shall best suit the interest of said Academy: and any sum or sums of money, which may be raised by [Illegible Text] aforesaid, shall be by the Commissioners aforesaid, applied for the purpose aforesaid, within twelve months after the completion of said Lottery. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to authorise a Lottery, for the purpose of raising within a certain time, the sum of two thousand dollars, to be approdriated to the building of a Bridge in the county of Hall, and the keeping the same in good order, and to appoint Commissioners to carry the said act into effect. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the S tate of Georgia in General Assembly met,

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and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners [Illegible Text] named, to [Illegible Text] of this act, to raise the [Illegible Text] of two thousand dollars, under such scheme and regulations as they, or a majority of them may deem necessary and proper, for the purpose of building and keeping in good repairing, a Bridge over the Chattahoochee River, at or near Stringer's Ford, in the county of Hall. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That James W. Jones, John M. McAfee, John Whelchell, Edward Cowen, and Severe Clark, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to carry the aforesaid Lottery into full effect. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any vacancy may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of the Commissioners aforesaid, the surviving or remaining Commissioners, shall fill the same in such manner as they, or a majority of them, may deem proper. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the said Lottery shall be completed, the said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall proceed to have said Bridge built under such plan as may be best calculated to promote the public good as contemplated by this actany law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec 26, 1831.

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MEDICAL. AN ACT to alter and amend an act entitled an act to regulate the licensing of physicians, to practise in [Illegible Text] State, passed the twenty-fourth day of December, 1825. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That wherever the Board of Physicians may have doubts as to the qualifications of any applicant for license, they may proceed to examine such candidate, notwithstanding [Illegible Text] may exhibit a diploma from a Medical College, and either grant or refuse a license, as they may find him on such examination qualified, or otherwise, for the discharge of the duties of the profession. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Physicians have authority, and it shall be their duty, to prescribe such course of reading as in their opinion may be necessary and proper to those who intend to pursue the study of medicine, under private instructors, in this State, which course of reading they shall cause to be published in two or more of the public gazettes of this State, and which shall be obligatory on all who may apply to the Board for license after the expiration of two years from the time of such publication. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be law-ful for the Board of Physicians to license any person who shall not produce satisfactory testimonials of a good moral character. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That should a [Illegible Text] of the Board of Physicians not be in attendance on the day appointed by law for its meeting, those present may adjourn from day to day, until a board can be formed: Provided, that any number not under four may proceed with the business of the board. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act of which this act is amendatory, as militates against the provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831.

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MILITARY. AN ACT to organize a Volunteer company of [Illegible Text], to be known and incorporated under the name of the Glynn County [Illegible Text], and to supply the same with arms. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, that so soon as any number of the citizens of Glynn county, liable to [Illegible Text] duty, shall associate themselves together to the number of twenty or more, first having chosen their officersand notify the commanding officer of the regiment to which they are liable to perform militia duty, that it is their desire to form a Volunteer company, it shall become the duty of said commanding officer to [Illegible Text] to his Excellency the Governor, the number of men [Illegible Text] said [Illegible Text], together with the names of persons chosen as officers and their respective grandesWhereupon, it shall be the duty of Governor to issue his commission to the officers, to command the Volunteer Company of Cavalry, for said county, to be known by the name of the Glynn County Hussars, and by and under that [Illegible Text], to be invested with all corporate powers, to pass all by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of said company, not contrary to the constitution of this State, or the laws thereof. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor shall be authorised and required to furnish each member of the [Illegible Text] County Hussars, with a sword [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text], upon the application of the [Illegible Text] officer of said company; and [Illegible Text] a bond with good and sufficient security to the [Illegible Text] or his successor, conditioned to be forfeited if the said Captain or his successor shall fail to deliver said arms, within thirty days after the same may be [Illegible Text] for, by the Governor of this State. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws, militating [Illegible Text] this act, [Illegible Text], and the same are here-by repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to authorise the establishment of a Volunteer company of Cavalry in the county of [Illegible Text], and for the equipment of the same. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the Volunteer company in Crawfordville, Taliaferro county, commanded by Captain Archibald G. Jones, are hereby incorporated under the title of the Taliaferro Guards, and the members thereof, are hereby authorised and empowered to form such rules, and regulations, and pass such by-laws for their own government as they may think proper, which rules, regulations and by-laws, when formed and passed, shall be binding on such company to all intents and purposes, and in the same manner as if they were particularly mentioned within this act: Provided, That such rules, regulations and by-laws, shall not be inconsistent with the laws of this State, or of the United States. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the same privileges which are extended to the company of Darien Volunteer Guards, in section fifty-eight of the militia laws of this State, shall be, and the same are hereby extended to the Taliaferro Guards, and that said company be permitted to continue under the like privileges. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said company are hereby permitted to take every fifth man from any of the militia companies of said county, to form said company. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, the Captain shall report [Illegible Text] company to his Excellency the Governor, who is hereby authorised and instructed to deliver to the Captain of said company, or to his order, the necessary arms for the use of the company: Provided, the Captain of the said company, shall give bond and security in a sum equal to the value of said arms, conditioned to be returned when required by his Excellency. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against the operation of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831.

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AN ACT to authorise the citizens of Mallorysville, (Wilkes county) and its vicinity, to raise a Volunteer Rifle Company, to be known by the name and style of the Mallorysville Rifle Company, and to extend to it certain privileges there in named. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the citizens of Mallorysville and its vicinity, shall be, and they are hereby authorised to form a Volunteer company, to be known by the name and style of the Mallorysville Rifle Company, and that they be authorised to elect therefrom the following officers, (to-wit.) A Captain, one First Lieutenant, one Second Lieutenant, one Ensign, and that they be allowed to raise said company from the two regiments in said county: Provided, they do not exceed every sixth man, and said company not to exceed sixty members, nor to be permitted to continue with less than forty. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That said company be permitted to pass such by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of said company, as may be conducive to the interest of said company: Provided, That such by-laws, rules and regulations, be not repugnant to the laws of this State, or of the United States. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831.

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AN ACT to incorporate a Volunteer Patrol Association in the county of McIntosh, under the name and style of the Corps of Vigilance. Whereas, a regular and energetic performance of Patrol duty is essential to the defence and protection of the inhabitants in all parts of the State, and more [Illegible Text] in those counties where the white population is comparatively small, and experience has proved that the present laws are insufficient for this purpose: and whereas, a Volunteer Patrol As sociation has been formed in the county of McIntosh, having for its object, the efficient discharge of Patrol duty, in said county. Sec. 1. Be it therefore enacted, That the several persons now members of the said association, and others who shall hereafter become members thereof, and their successors, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of the Corps of Vigilance of McIntosh county, with power to make, [Illegible Text], change, and amend such rules, regulations and by-laws, for their own government, as may be agreed on by the members: Provided, such laws and regulations be not contrary to the laws of this State. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the officers of the said Corps, consisting of a Captain, a First, Second and Third [Illegible Text], shall be elected by the said Corps, a Justice of the Inferior Court, or of the Peace, and one Freeholder presiding, and such officers shall be commissioned by the Governor. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the exclusive right to appoint and regulate Patrols, in all that part of McIntosh county lying East of a line to be drawn from the Alatamaha river, West of the plantation of Col. William A. Dunham, to a point on South Newport river, three miles West of the Savannah road, and including the Islands in the Alatamaha river East, which the several acts now in force confer on Justices of the Peace, or Military Officers, shall be, and belong to the said Officers of the Corps of Vigilance, who shall have respectively the same powers and authority within the district aforesaid, and be subject to the same penalties as such Justices or Military Officers now are, by the laws in force. And that the officers of the said Corps shall have power to inflict penalties for any refusal or neglect of duty

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by the members of the said Corps, which fines shall be levied by warrant under the hand of the commanding officer of said Corps, such warrant to be levied by any non-commissioned officer of the Corps or a Constable, by distress and sale of the offenders goods, and the amount collected to be paid over to the commanding officer for the use of the Corps: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed in any manner, to repeal or [Illegible Text] the act authorising the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Darien to establish a night guard. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised, to issue the necessary swords and pistols for the said Corps of Vigilance, and it is expressly provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to exempt any of said officers or members from the performance of militia duty. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831. AN ACT to incorporate a Volunteer company in the town of Washington (Wilkes county) to be known by the name of the Washington Guard, and to extend to it certain privileges, c. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Volunteer Company in Washington Wilkes county, commanded by Captain Thomas A. Pasteur, is and are hereby incorated under the title of the Washington Guard, and that the members thereof, are hereby authorised and empowered, to form such rules and regulations, and pass such by-laws, for their own government, as they may think proper, which rules and regulations and by-laws when formed and passed, shall be binding on such company to all intents and purposes,

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in the same manner as if they were particularly mentioned within this act: Provided, That such rules and regulations and by-laws, shall not be inconsistent with the laws of this State, or of the United States. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the same privileges which are extended to the company of Darien Volunteer Guard, of section fifty-eight of the militia law of this State, shall be, and the same are hereby extended to the Washington Guard, and that the said company be permitted to continue under the like privileges. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said company are hereby permitted to enlist a larger proportion of men from the district in which it is located, than that which is provided in the twenty-sixth section of the militia laws of this State. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all offences, not criminal, which may be committed by any member or members of said company, shall be tried and determined by a Court Martial, to be composed of two commissioned officers, one non-commissioned officer, and two privates, the majority of whom shall determine, which court shall be appointed by the Captain of said company from time to time. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the commissioned officer highest in rank, shall preside over said Court, and he is hereby authorised and vested with full power to issue execution against each and every member found guilty of offences in like manner, as those issued by Justices of the Peace, which when issued, are hereby declared to be valid and of like dignity, of those issued by a Justice's Court. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the presiding officer of said Court shall direct all executions to a sergeant of the company to execute, which sergeant is hereby authorised and required to execute the same in like manner, and under the same regulations that Constables are required to execute those issuing from a Justice's Court; and said sergeant shall be entitled to the same fees that Constables are. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That all sales made in pursuance of an execution issued by the presiding officer of the Court Martial aforesaid, shall take place at the Court house in Washington on the first Tuesday in January, March, May, July, September and November, and that the sergeant holding the same, shall be, and he is hereby required to make returns of all executions placed in his hands for collection at

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the next company Court Martial, which may be holden after a sale shall take place, under the penalty of forfeiting double the amount of the whole proceeds of such sales. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the members of said company be, and they are hereby declared to be entitled to all the privileges extended to the members of any Volunteer company, in the first Bridge of the first Division, of the militia of this State, and in the county of Richmond; embraced in an act entitled an act, for the encouragement of Volunteer companies of militia in this State, assented to on the twenty-second December, eighteen hundred and thirty. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws which militate against the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby declared to be repealed, and made void. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 21, 1831. AN ACT amendatory of the fifteenth, twenty-second and twenty-fourth sections of an act passed on the nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighteen, entitled an act to revise, and consolidate, the militia laws of this State, and to repeal the cavalry laws now in force, and to regulate the number of reviews. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the fifteenth, twenty-second, and twenty-fourth sections of an act, passed on the nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighteen, entitled an act to revise and consolidate the militia laws of this State, shall be in the words following: viz.

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Sec. 15. The commanding officers of volunteer companies of every description, shall muster their companies at least four times in each year, at such times as may be ordered by the commanding officer of said company, and at such place as shall have been established by the members of said company, or a majority thereof, as the muster ground of said company; and the commanding officers of companies of every description, shall once in each year, by order of the commanding officer of the regiment [Illegible Text] of the battalion in counties containing but one battalion, take an exact account of the arms and accoutrements in possession of his company, designating public from private, and also the number of each particular description of arms and accoutrements, and the number of effective men composing his command as well those absent as they who are present, at the time of taking said [Illegible Text] and shall make a true return thereof to the commanding officer of the regiment or battalion, as the case may be, in such form as they may receive from the commanding officer, or adjutant, which returns shall be ready on the days of review and inspection, and handed to the inspector, on his arriving at the head of each company, for his use, during the inspection, and then to be handed to the commanding officer of the battalion or regiment, or their adjutant, for consolidation, which consolidated return shall be handed or forwarded to the Brigade Inspector, to which the regiment or battalion belongs. Sec. 22. There shall be regimental, battalion, and volunteer company Courts of Inquiry, to be appointed and ordered by the commanding officers of regiments, batalions, and companies, under the following rules and regulations: Regimental Courts of Inquiry, shall be held within sixty days after each review or regimental muster, to consist of at least seven and not more than eleven of the commissioned or brevetted officers of the regiment. Battalion Courts of Inquiry shall be held within thirty days after each battalion muster or review, in counties containing but one battalion, to consist of at least five and not more than seven of the commissioned or brevetted officers of the battalion, which officers in both cases shall be regularly detailed by the commanding officer of the battalion or regiment, as the case may be, and notified thereof on the day of muster or review, or by a citation under his hand, delivered by the adjutant, or left at their place of abode, two days previous to the sitting of the Court, and designating the time and place of holding such Court, and the officer highest in rank, shall preside; but in case of equality of rank, senority shall give a preference; and the several regimental and battalion Courts of Inquiry, when

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convened at the time and place appointed shall have power to assess fines on all delinquent officers and soldiers within their regimental or battalion districts; and all defaulters at regimental or battalion musters or reviews, shall be tried at the Courts which may next happen. Volunteer company Courts of Inquiry shall be held within twenty days after each muster, or on the next muster day, to be composed of at least three of the commissioned or brevetted officers of said company, and the officer highest in rank shall preside, and may have a clerk, who shall keep a record of their proceedings, and receive the fines that any delinquent may voluntarily pay within ten days after each court, without cost, and after the expiration of ten days, he shall issue execution against all persons on whom fines may have been assessed, who have failed to pay the same, and shall be allowed to charge twenty-five cents cost for issuing the same, directed to any constable within the bounds of said company, to execute and return, signed by himself and countersigned by the presiding officer of said court, and the fund thereby created, shall by the direction of the officers be applied to the equipment of said company: and the Courts of Inquiry of regiments and battalions, in counties containing but one battalion, shall also have power to order the issuing of execution against delinquent Provost Martials or other officers charged with the collection the funds of the regiment or battalion, for such sum or sums as they may, when required, fail to account for, directed to the sheriff (or his deputy) of the county, whose duty it shall be collect and pay over the same to the paymaster of the regiment or battalion. Sec. 24. The commissioned officers of the respective regiments and of battalions, in counties containing but one battalion, shall at their first convention, after the first day of March next, that may be occasioned by brigade, regimental, (or battalion as above provided) orders, shall proceed under the superintendence of three or more of the officers of the battalion or regiment, to the election of a clerk and provostmartial, and after ascertaining the persons elected, grant to each of them a certificate of the same, and the persons thus elected shall attend the regimental or battalion court of inquiry, which may next happen within their respective districts, and on producing the certificate herein before directed to be given, the presiding officer shall administer, or cause to be administered, the following oath or affirmation: viz. I, A. B. do solemnly swear, (or affirm) that I will faithfully discharge the duties of clerk (or provost-martial) of the (insert the number of the) regiment (or battalion) Georgia Militia, to the best of my understandingso help me God.

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Which oath shall be entered on the minutes of said court, and subscribed by the persons taking the same, and when thus qualified they may continue to discharge the duties assigned them during their residence within the regimental or battalion district for which they may have been elected, unless removed by the concurrence of two thirds of the members of any regimental or battalion court of inquiry, on a charge and proof of mal-practice; and it shall be the duty of said clerks to attend all the battalion and regimental courts of inquiry thereafter to be held in their respective districts, and to keep a fair record of the proceedings of said courts, and within ten days after each court make out a list of all [Illegible Text] assessed thereat, designating the districts in which each delinquent resides, and also of the appropriations made by said court, and forward it to the paymaster of the regiment or of the battalion, in counties containing but one battalion, who is authorised to receive and receipt for the fines that any delinquent may voluntarily pay. And the commanding officer of regiments or battalions, upon receiving the affidavit of any delinquent, (previous to the issuing of execution) properly attested by any officer authorised to administer the same, and showing good cause why he should not have been [Illegible Text], may direct the clerk to stay the issuing of execution until the sitting of the succeding court, when said [Illegible Text] shall be laid before the court, who may upon the merits thereof [Illegible Text] or continue said fine, and direct that it be collected [Illegible Text]and the clerk shall immediately after the expiration of thirty days issue execution against each detinquent, who has failed to pay the fine assessed against him, or to file the affidavit herein before required; signed by himself and countersigned by the presiding officer of the court, or in his absence by any other officer who was a member of the court, and directed to the provost-martial of the regiment or battalion, or any lawful constable, within the said regiment or battalion, which executiont shall be by the clerk delivered to the provost-martial (and take his receipt thereof, which shall be by the clerk given to the paymaster) who may distribute the same to the several constables within the regimental or other district for collection, or proceed to collect the same under the same rules and regulations in regard to constable's sales generally, and such executions shall have the same dignity as though they had been issued by a Justice of the Peace, and the same costs awarded the clerks and provost or constable collecting, as in cases of equal dignity in Justices Courts, and the provost-martial shall be required, within six months from the time of receiving the executions from the clerk, to pay all moneys which may have came into his [Illegible Text], through the collection thereof,

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to the paymaster of the regiment, and to return such executions as cannot be collected, with the truth of the case endorsed on the back thereof, and all such as have been collected by the clerk. Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed, as to authorise more than one annual reviewany law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That in counties having but one battalion, the court of inquiry in said battalion shall be authorised to lay out, form or alter company or Justices districts in said county. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831. AN ACT to alter and amend the thirty-eight section of an act entitle an act to revise and consolidate the militia laws of this State, and to repeal the cavalry laws now in force, passed December nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, so far as respects the appointment of Judge Advocates. Whereas by the aforesaid section there is but one Judge Advocate appointed for each division, who is required to attend all courts martial in the division for which he may be appointed; and whereas that mode of appointment has failed to secure the attention of such officer on the courts martial aforesaid; for remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, it is hereby made the duty

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of the colonel commandant of each regiment of the militia, to nominate and appoint one fit and proper person, who shall bear the title of [Illegible Text], to act as judge advocate, whose duty it shall be to attend all courts martial held in the regiment for which he may be appointed, and to any other court-martial in the division, on which he may be detailed, who shall be considered as part of the Colonel's staff. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 21, 1831. MINES. AN ACT to lay out the gold region in the lands at present in the occupancy of the Cherokee Indians, into small lots, and dispose of the same by separate lottery. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That districts number one, two, three, four, five, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen, in the first section; districts number one, two, three, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, and twenty-one, in the second section; districts number one, two, three, four, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, and twenty-one, in the third section; and districts number one, two, three, sixteen, and seventeen, in the fourth section; shall, by the surveyors heretofore pointed out by law, be subdived into lots of forty acres each, by lines running parallel with the district lines, at the distance of twenty

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chains apart, and crossed by other lines, at right angles, and of the like distance from each other, marked and numbered according to the plan prescribed by the Surveyor General. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following shall be the description and qualification of persons entitled to a draw under this act, to wit: every white male person of the age of eighteen years and upwards, being a citizen of the United States and an inhabitant within the organized limits of this State three years, immediately preceding the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, including such as shall be absent on lawful business, shall be entitled to one draw; but no person shall be entitled to a draw under this act who has a family residing out of this State, or whose family has not resided in this State for three years as aforesaid, except officers in the army or navy of the United States, provided said person has had a family so long. All widows with like residence shall be entitled to one draw. All families of orphans of like residence except such as may be entitled in their own right shall have one draw. And all heads of families one additional draw in consideration of their families. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That separate lists of persons entitled to a draw under this act, shall be made out and returned by the same persons authorised to take in names of persons entitled to draws by an act entitled an act to authorise the survey and distribution of the lands within the limits of Georgia, in the occupancy of Cherokee tribe of Indians, and all other unlocated lands within the limits of said State, claimed as Creek land, and to authorise the Governor to call out a military force to protect surveyors in the discharge of their duties, and to provide for the punishment of persons who may prevent, or attempt to prevent, any surveyor from performing his duties as pointed out in this act, or who shall wilfully cut down and deface any marked trees, or remove any land mark which may be made in pursuance of this act, and to protect the Indians in the peaceable possession of their improvements, and of the lots on which the same may be situate, approved the twenty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty. And the person or persons taking in names as aforesaid, shall administer to all applicants for draws under this act, other than widows, guardians or next friend of orphans, the following oath: viz. I do solemnly swear, (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States and have resided in this State three years immediately preceding the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, except absent on lawful

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business, and am an inhabitant of the same, that I am eighteen years of age, that I have not given in my name for any draw in the present contemplated land lottery of the Gold region, in any other part of the State, and that I did not directly or indirectly, evade the service of this State or the United States in the revolutionary war, or in the late wars against Great Britain or the Indians, so help me God. And the following oath shall be administered to all widows: I do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) that I am a widow, that I have resided in this State three years, immediately preceding the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, except absent on lawful business, and am now a resident of this district, that I have not given in my name for any draw in the present contemplated land lottory of the Gold region, in any other part of the State, so help me God. And all guardians, or next friends of orphans, shall take the following oath: I do solemnly swear, (or affirm) that the orphan or family of orphans, whom I return, is or are entitled to a draw under this act to the best of my knowledge, so help me God; and the persons authorised to take in the names of those who are entitled to a draw under this act, shall receive twenty-five cents from such applicant for each draw; and the following oath shall be administered to all heads of families: I. A. B. do solemnly swear that I am a married man, with a family, so help me God. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That as soon as said lists are made out and returned as aforesaid, his Excellency the Governor, for the purpose of carrying the lottery into effect, shall cause the names of persons entitled to draws, together with other designatory remarks of residence, c. to be placed on tickets as nearly similar as possible, which shall be deposited in one wheel, and the prizes on tickets of the like description, shall be deposited in another wheel, which prizes shall consist of all square lots of forty acres each, lying in the above named districts, and from each wheel as nearly at the same time as may be, a ticket shall be drawn, and delivered to the superintending managers, and so on, until the whole number of prizes are drawn out in manner prescribed by the above recited act. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the land pointed out in this act, shall be drawn by a separate lottery, from the one contemplated in the above recited act, and shall be conducted by the same commissioners and under the same rules and regulations, as pointed out in said act, and other services required to be done by this act not particucarly spesified, shall be done by the same officers, and in the same

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manner as said act prescribes, that all persons who may draw land by authority of this act, shall in like manner receive a grant for the same, on payment of the ten dollars, and also that fraudulent [Illegible Text] shall be subject to the same forfeitures, and prosecuted in the same manner as pointed out in the above recited act. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained, shall be so construed, as to authorise the survey or lottery of the land pointed out in this act, until the time that the above recited act is authorised to be carried into effect, by authority of the State. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against this act, shall be and are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1831. PATROL. AN ACT amendatory of the act passed the twentieth December, eighteen hundred and thirty, which vests the appointment of the Patrols in the Justices of the Peace, so as to allow them compensation for certain services, and for other purposes, so far as relates to the counties of Liberty, Glynn, Bryan, Morgan, McIntosh, Effingham, Chatham and Camden; with the exception of the city of Savannah, and the hamlets thereof, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That for the services required by said act of eighteen

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hundred and thirty, to be performed by the Justices of the Peacethe Justices of the Peace of the counties aforesaid, shall receive the fees following, to wit: For issuing every patrol commission, the sum of thirty-one and a quarter cents; for the trial of every defaulter, the sum of thirty-one a quarter cents; for issuing every execution, the sum of thirty-one and a quarter cents, to be paid out of the funds of the county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all moneys collected from defaulters under the Patrol laws, shall be annually paid into the county Treasury for county purposes. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the failure of any Justice of the Peace to discharge the duties assigned him in the above act, he shall be dealt with in the same manner as for neglect to discharge the other duties of his office: Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no Justice of the Peace shall be entitled to any of the compensation, before specified, unless he shall in writing have made oath to the account he renders against the county for the services required to be performed by him, which account so sworn to, and subscribed by the Justice rendering it, shall be filed by the clerk of the Inferior Court in his office. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That each Captain of Patrol in the counties aforesaid, is hereby allowed to Patrol within any district in said counties, whenever it may appear necessary to said Captain of Patrol, and it shall be obligatory upon each individual designated to do Patrol duty whenever so required, to obey the command of the Captain of Patrol under pain of being returned as a defaulter. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Captain of Patrol shall in every instance, return in writing and under oath, to the magistrate issuing the Patrol commission, every individual who has failed to perform the Patrol duty required of him: Provided, That he shall in no case be bound to return as a defaulter, any person who has furnished a good and competent substitute. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831.

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AN ACT to amend the Patrol law of this State, so far as respects the county of Camden. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the Justice or Justices of the Peace, shall have full power to commission Captains of Patrol in an adjoining district, where there is no Justice of the Peaceall laws to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 21, 1831. PENAL. AN ACT to abolish Penitentiary Imprisonment in this State, except in certain casesTo change the mode of punishment for crimes and misdemeanors, and for other purposes. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful to confine or imprison any person or persons within the Penitentiary of this State, for any crime or misdemeanor which he or they may hereafter commit against the laws of this State. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That when any person or persons, shall hereafter commit any offence against the

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laws of this State, which now is punished by cenfinement or imprisonment in the Penitentiary, such person or persons, so offending, and being thereof duly convicted, shall be [Illegible Text] in the manner prescribed for the punishment of said offences by the laws in force in this State on the eighteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixteen. Sec. 3. That in all cases where any person or persons shall hereafter commit any offence which would by the laws now of force in this State, subject him or them to confinement in the Penitentiary, and which said offences were created by statute since the said eighteenth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and sixteen, such person or persons so offending, and being thereof duly convicted, shall be punished by whipping on the bare back, not exceeding nine and thirty lashes, and fined at the discretion of the court. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where any offences may heretofore have been committed against the laws of this State, which would on conviction subject the offender to confinement in the Penitentiary, such person or persons, having already so offended, but not yet tried and sentenced, shall on conviction therefor be imprisoned in the Penitentiary in obedience to the law now in force. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any offences shall hereafter be committed for which the offender would upon conviction be imprisoned in the Penitentiary of this State, and for which no punishment is prescribed by this act, the same shall hereafter be punished by fine or whipping or imprisonment at the discretion of the Court. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the operation of this act, shall not repeal all or any of the enactments of the last Legislature, respecting the protection of the gold region in the Cherokee Country, as well as the punishment of offenders against the same, but all such offences shall be punished in the Penitentiary as if the said act had never passed, and after the occupation of said Cherokee lands, this section shall cease and have no effect. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1831.

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AN ACT to regulate the transportation of gunpowder, and to authorise the forfeiture of such as shall be transported in violation of the provisions of this act. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of all owners, agents and others, who may or shall have any gunpowder, exceeding in quantity five pounds, transported upon the waters or within the limits of this State, to have the word gunpowder marked in large letters upon each and every package which may or shall be so transported. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all gunpowder exceeding five pounds in quantity, which shall hereafter be transported or engaged for transportation upon any of the waters or within the limits of this State, without being mark ed as directed in the first section of this act, shall be liable to seizure and forfeitureone half to the informer, the other for the use of the Volunteer companies most convenient or contiguous to the place of seizure or forfeiture. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this law, be, and they are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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POOR. AN ACT to authorised the Justices of the Inferior Court of Jefferson county to establish an institution for the relief of the invalid poor of said county, and to invest in said court corporate powers for the government of the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the Justices of the Inferior Court of Jefferson county, to wit: John H. Newton, Asa Holt, Jonathan Roberson, John Clements, Littleberry Bostick, (and their successors in office) be, and they are hereby invested with full and sufficient power to establish an institution in said county, for the relief of the invalid poor of said county, and that they are hereby authorised to appropriate one half of the tax reserved to said county, for the purpose of erecting said institution: Provided, however, That the said Justices shall not be compelled to proceed to carry into effect this act, until they or a majority of them shall deem it to be expedient so to do. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Justices and their successors in office shall be, and they are hereby constituted and appointed a corporate body for the purpose aforesaid, with full power to pass such by-laws and regulations not contrary to the laws and Constitution of this State, as they may deem to be necessary for the governmentof the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Justices be, and they are liable to sue and be sued, in the name of the Commissioners of the Poor House of the County of Jefferson. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 19, 1831.

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RELIEF. AN ACT to change the names of certain persons. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the name of Jefferson Smith shall be called and known by the name of Jefferson Jennings; the name of Hardin T. Allen to that of Hardin T. Smith; the name of Jefferson Mashburn to Jefferson Mathews; of Philip Griffin to that of Philip McKenzie; the name of Lemuel La Fayette to that of Lemuel La Fayette Hover; the name of William Anderson Todd, William Anderson Beasly. Be it further enacted, That the names of Amanda Howard, Clementine Howard, Simeon H. Howard, and Freeman W. Howard, be, and the same are hereby changed to that of Amanda Smith, Clementine Smith, Simeon H. Smith, and Freeman W. Smith. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831. AN ACT to legitimatise and change the name of Martha-ann Chastain to that of Martha-ann Atkison, and the name of Sarah-ann Chastain to that of Sarah-ann Atkison, and Shadreck Chastain to that of Shadreck Atkison, and Henry Chastain to that of Henry Atkison, to inherit and receive property both real and personal, by virtue of

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the statute of distributions of this State, and to legitimatize and change the names of other persons therein named. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the name of Martha-ann Chastain be ohanged to that of Martha Ann Atkison, and Sarah-ann Chastain to that of Sarah-ann Atkison, and Shadreck Chastain to that of Shadreck Atkison, and Henry Chastain to that of Henry Atkison; and they are hereby completely and fully legitimatized, and entitled to all the rights and [Illegible Text] that they would have had if they had been born in lawful wedlock, and capable of inheriting and receiving all manner of property by virtue of the statute of distribution of this State, as far as relates to the estate both real and personal, of their reputed father Hiram Atkison, of Decatur county: Provided, nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorise the aforesaid persons to inherit to the exclusion of other children of the reputed father, who have been, or may hereafter be born in lawful wedlock. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Milbrough-ann Mallerd, be changed to that of Millbrough Drew, and that of George M. Mallerd to that of George M. Drew, and Mary Mallard to that of Mary Drew, and that they are hereby completely and fully legitimatised, and entitled to all the rights and privileges that they would have had if they had been born in lawful wedlock, and capable of taking and inheriting, and receiving all manner of property, by virtue of the statute of distribution of this State, as far as relates to the estate both real and personal, of their reputed father Thomas Drew, of Emanuel county: Provided, nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorise the aforesaid persons to inherit to the exclusion of other children of their reputed father who have been or may hereafter be born in lawful wedlock. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Lodoiska Rich is hereby changed to that of Lodoiska Douglass, and Tersia Rich to that of Tersia Douglass, and Sarah Rich to that of Sarah Douglass, [and Sarah Rich to that of Sarah Douglass] and Martha Rich to that of Martha Douglass, and William R. Rich to that of William R. Douglass; and they are hereby completely and fully legitimatised and entitled to all the rights and privileges that they woald have had if they had been born in lawful wedlock, and capable of inberiting and [Illegible Text] all manner of property

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by virtue of the statute of distribution of this State, as far as relates to the estate both real and personal, of their reputed father William Douglass, of Emanuel county: Provided, nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorise the aforosaid persons to inherit to the exclusion of other children of their reputed father, who have been or may hereafter be born in lawful wedlock. Sec. 4. And it is also enacted by the authority of the same, That Tabitha Newbern is legitimatised and her name changed to that of Tabitha Sweat, and that she is hereby completely and fully legitimatised and entitled to all the rights and privileges that she would have had if she had been born in lawful wedlock, and capable of inheriting and receiving all [Illegible Text] of property, by virtue of the statute of distribution of this State, as far as [Illegible Text] to the estate of her reputed father James Sweat, of Ware county: Provided, nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorise the aforesaid person to inherit to the exclusion of other children of their reputed father, who have been or may hereafter be born in lawful wedlock. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the name of Elishea Jerrel be changed to that of Elishea Wilkersonany law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831. AN ACT to alter and change the name of Mary Deavenporte to Mary Queen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of [Illegible Text] State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby [Illegible Text] by the authority of the same, That from and after the [Illegible Text] of this act the said Mary Deavenporte [shall] be called

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and known by the name of Mary Queenany law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831. AN ACT to pardon Isaiah Gaines, of Hall county. Whereas at the last March term of Hall Superior Court, Isaiah Gaines, of Hall county, was convicted of the crime of murder, committed on the body of one Elijah Deaton, and has been reprieved by the Governor until the sixteenth day of December next, Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the said Isaiah Gaines be, and he is hereby declared to be free, fully, and entirely pardoned, exonerated, and discharged from the pains and penalties of his said conviction and sentence, as fully, freely, and entirely, as if such conviction and sentence had never taken place, or the offence been committed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 5, 1831.

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AN ACT to alter and change the name of Thomas Kettle to the name of Thomas Young, to sanction the use, heretofore by the said Thomas Kettle, of the name of Thomas Young, in contracts made by and with him, and for other purposes. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the name of Thomas Kettle shall be, and the same is hereby altered and changed to that of Thomas Young. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all and every contract and agreement made and entered into by and with the said Thomas Kettle, under the name of Thomas Young, since the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and all and every contract and agreement which may be hereafter made and entered into by and with him by the name of Thomas Young, shall be as binding and effectual in law, as if the said Thomas Young had applied for and obtained the passage of an act of the General Assembly to authorise his change of name, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, or at any time before the passing of this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all and every devise and bequest of property, real or personal, which has been made since the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, to the said Thomas Kettle, by the name of Thomas Young, shall be deemed and held as good and valid in law and equity, to all intents and purposes, as if the name of the said Thomas Kettle had been, by act of the General Assembly, altered and changed to that of Thomas Young before any such devise or bequest. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all deeds and other instruments of writing, which have at any time heretofore been subscribed as a witness, by the said Thomas Kettle, under the name of Thomas Young, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be as duly attested or [Illegible Text] as if an act of the General Assembly had been passed before the attestation of any such deed, authorising the name of Thomas Kettle to be changed to that of Thomas Young. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 21, 1831.

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AN ACT for the relief of Joseph R. Saltar. Whereas an act passed the tenth of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, authorising the building of a new court house in the county of Wayne; and whereas, the commissioners appointed by virtue of said act, did let the building of said court house to the lowest bidder; and whereas Joseph R. Saltar was the lowest bidder to build said court house, according to the provisions of said act; and whereas the act passed the twentieth of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, repealing the above recited act, and breaking the contract there entered into according to the provisions of the above recited act. Be it enacted by the Scnate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the Justices of the Inferior Court in the county of Wayne, shall be authorised to make settlement with Joseph R. Saltar, according to the contract entered into between said Saltar and the commissioners appointed by law to contract for building said court houseAny law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT for the relief Julia-ann Miller. Whereas, at a Superior Court in and for the county of Monroe, at March term, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, a judgment was obtained against Julia-ann Miller, as Executrix in her own wrong on the estate of William S. Miller, her deceased husband, at the instance of the State of Georgia,

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for the use of the Central Bank, on two notes given by the said William S. Miller in his life time, for the rent of two fractions in the county of Troup, one of the notes for the sum of two hundred and twenty dollars, and the other for seventy-seven dollars, both notes bearing date, twenty-fifth December, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act, the said Julia-ann Miller, be, and she is hereby exonerated from the payment of the said judgment founded upon the notes aforesaid. The said Julia-ann Miller first paying all costs that have accrued in said case; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT for the relief of John Burgess of Franklin county. Whereas, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixteen, one Lewis Burgess, then of the county of Franklin, a minor, purchased of the Trustees of the University of Georgia, a tract or lot of land situate in the said county of Franklin, in the five thousand acre tract of land belonging to the Trustees of said University, on Shoal Creek, and known and distinguished in the said tract by the number thirty-seven; and whereas the said John Burgess, the father of the said Lewis, became his security for the purchase money of the said tract of land, and the said Lewis having departed this life whilst a minor, and having paid no part of said purchase money; and whereas the said John Burgess has paid to the Trustees aforesaid, the full amount of the purchase money for the said tract of land, and inasmuch as the said Trustees are not authorised to make or cause to be made a deed to the said John Burgess, for the tract of land aforesaid.

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Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Trustees of the University of Georgia, be authorised and required to make or cause to be made to the said John Burgess, a deed in fee simple to and for the aforesaid tract of land; any law to the contrary notwitstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT for the relief of Daniel Gray, of Upson. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Upson county, be, and they are hereby authorised (if they deem it proper so to do) to release Daniel Gray of said county from the penalties of a bond, which he has incurred by neglecting to produce James Armstrong, agreeable to his recognizance, at the February Term of Upson Superior Court, for eighteen hundred and [Illegible Text] on paying all the costs of the proceedings upon said bond. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Solicitor General of the [Illegible Text] Circuit, is authorised and required to stay all further proceedings on said bond, and deliver the same over to the inferior Court for the above purpose. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS. President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT for the relief of Edmund Puckett. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of [Illegible Text] of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Edmund Puckett, be, and he is hereby released from the payment of a certain fi fa, in favor of the State of Georgia, against the said Edmund Puckett, in the Superior Court of Baldwin county, founded on a bail bond, where the said Puckett was bail for one Morton Gray: Provided, the said Edmund Puckett shall pay all Court cost of said case. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to remit a forfeiture incurred by Thomas H. White and William McCraven, of the county of Columbia. Whereas, Thomas H. White and William McCraven, of the county of Columbia, became jointly liable on a recognizance bond, executed in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, for the appearance of Green J. Sanders, at the Superior Court of said county, ensuing, to answer for an alleged assault and battery in and upon Pierson Pettit: and whereas, the said Green J. Sanders, did appear at the said term of the said Court, and caused to be entered on the indictment, the plea of guilty; whereupon, the Court did not immediately proceed to pass the sentence of the law, as is customary in such cases, but gave the said Green J. Sanders until the next term of said Court, to file exculpatory affidavits, previous to which said term, the said Green J. Sanders absconded

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beyond the limits of this State, and still remains in parts unknown to the said Thomas H. White, and William McCraven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Columbia, or a majority of them, the commissioners of the Columbia county Academy, or a majority of them, and all others having any interest in, or authority concerning the same, be, and they are hereby authorised to remit the whole or any part of said forfeiture against said Thomas H. White and William McCraven, should they deem it expedient: Provided said relief shall not be granted until it shall appear to said Justices of the Inferior Court, or others having any interest in, or authority concerning the same, by certificate, that all costs that have accrued in said case, have been fully discharged and satisfied. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831. AN ACT for the relief of Augustin Harris. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General A ssembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Augustin Harris of the county of Baldwin, his heirs and representatives, after the passage of this act, shall be fully and entirely released and exonerated from the payment of a judgment recovered against him in the Superior Court of Baldwin county in favor of the Central Bank of the State of Georgia, on a bond given by him for the purchase money of lot number two, in squarethirty-four, in the town of Milledgeville, in [Illegible Text]

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year eighteen hundred and six: Provided, the said Augustin Harris, his heirs or representatives, shall first pay all costs, which have accrued thereon. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT for the relief of William R. Russle, fo Upson county, and for other purposes. Whereas, on the third day of October, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, William R. Russel purchased of the State's agent, the East half of lot number two hundred and thirty-four, in the eleventh district of formerly Monroe, then Pike county, at the price of two hundred and forty-nine dollars, and paid the State the first instalment, amounting to the sum of sixty-two dollars, twenty-five cents: And whereas, after making many valuable improvements upon said land, and being put to great waste of time, and money, to sustain his title to said land; and whereas, the said land has been by the judicial authority of the country, awarded to another individual, who was not the purchaser of said land by virtue of a grant issuing from the State to said individualFor remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Treasurer is authorised and required, immediately after the passage of this act, to pay to the said William R. Russel, the sum of three hundred dollars, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, and the Governor is hereby authorised and required to draw his warrant upon the Treasury for the same. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Solicitor General of the Flint Circuit is hereby authorised

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and required to institute a legal investigation in the premises, and have the State's grant for said land to Roger McCall, set aside, if it shall appear to have issued [Illegible Text] or by mistake. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Baldwin to remit a forfeiture incurred by Robert Reynolds. Whereas Robert Reynolds, heretofore became bound for the appearance of Samuel Gregory, against whom there was a true bill found at Baldwin Superior Court, for the offence of larceny from the house, and the said Samuel Gregory failing to appear, his recognizance was forfeited for the sum of five hundred dollars. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Baldwin, be, and they are hereby authorised and empowered to remit the whole or any part of said forfeiture, so incurred by the said Robert Reynolds on the failure of the said Samuel Gregory so to appear: Provided, that the said Robert [Illegible Text] shall in no case be exonerated until he shall have paid all costs that accrued in said case. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT for the relief of John [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and John Head, Jun. Nathan McLeroy, Moses Butts, and James Head, jr. Whereas the said John Head, [Illegible Text] and John Head, jun. were each entitled to two draws in the last land lottery, and [Illegible Text] in and drew [Illegible Text] one lot to their names, and whereas there is no distinction to their names, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the said John Head, sen. and John Head jun. shall be entitled to give in their names for one draw [each] in the approaching lottery, by taking the oath prescribed for other inhabitants, with the exception of swearing that they have not drawn a tract of land in any of the former lotteries. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Nathan McLeroy and Moses Butts, be each entitled to two draws, and James Head, jun. to one draw, upon complying with the provisions of this act. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to authorise John L. Shelby, Frederick Bridgman, and Daniel B. Searcy to pratice physic in this State. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That from and after the passage of this act, the said John L. Shelby, Frederick Bridgman, and Daniel B. Searcy, be, and they are hereby anthorised to practice medicine and surgery

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in all its branches, in this Stateany law or usage to the contrary notwithsanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT for the relief of William Quinn of the county of Lincoln. Whereas William Quinn, of the county of Lincoln, entered himself as security for the appearance of one William Hopkins, to the Superior Court of said county, and the said William Hopkins failing to appear, a judgment was, at April term of the Superior Court, in eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, entered up against the said William Quinn, for the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, the amount of his recognizance. And whereas, the said William Quinn, together with a number of citizens of Lincoln county, have petitioned this Legislature to exonerate the said William Quinn from all liability to said judgment. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the said William Quinn, shall be, and he is hereby exonerated from all liability to said judgment: Provided he pays al cost in said case, to which he is liableany law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented, to, Dec. 21, 1831.

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ROADS, RIVERS AND CANALS. AN ACT to authorise the formation of a company for constructing a Rail Road, or Turnpike, from the city of Augusta to Eatonton, and thence westward to the Chattahoochee River, with branches thereto, and to punish those who may injure the same. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the company incorporated and authorised, shall and may direct and confine their first efforts and enterprise, to the formation and completion of a railroad, or turnpike communication from the city of Augusta to the town of Eatonton, and from thence westward to any point on the Chattahoochee River, which the stockholders or a majority of them may think proper, in the manner hereinafter mentioned, and when such communication shall have been completed, or before, if the said company shall find it practicable and advantageous, they shall have power and authority to lay off and construct branches thereof, to any points they may think fit and proper; and the right to make, keep up and employ such rail-roads or turnpikes, shall be vested in the company herein and hereby incorporated exclusively. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the stock of the company authorised and incorporated by this act, shall consist of ten thousand shares, of one hundred dollars each share, and the said company to be formed on that capital: but that the said company shall be at liberty to enlarge their capital, as in the progress of the undertaking they may find necessary, and that either by additional assessments on the original shares, not to exceed the amount of such original share, or by opening books for enlarging their capital, by new subscriptions, in shares of not more than one hundred dollars, and the number of such shares not exceeding ten thousand; so as to make their capital adequate to the work they may undertake, and also prescribe the terms and conditions of new subscriptions. And it shall be lawful for the company, from time to time, to invest so much or such parts of their capital, or of their profits, as may not be required for immediate use, and until it may be so required, in public stock of the United States, or of this State, or of any incorporated

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bank, and draw and apply the dividends, and when, and as they shall see fit, sell and transfer any parts or portions thereof. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That books for subscription to the stock of the company hereby authorised, shall be opened at Eatonton, under the superintendence of Thomas Hoxey, Benjamin Fort, and L. W. Hudson; at Milledgeville, under the superintendence of Peter J. Williams, William Carnes, and Richard K. Hines; at Sparta, under the superintendence of [Illegible Text] Crawford, William Terrell, and Nathan C. Sayre; at Warrenton, under the superintendence of Gray A. Chandler, John Moore, and Thomas Gibson; at Monticello, under the superintendence of Fleming Jourdan, Benj. F. Ward, and William V. Burney; at Madison, under the superintendence of John W. Porter, Stewart Floyd, and John Wingfield; at Greenesborough, under the superintendence of Charles Redd, James. S. Park, and Yelverton P. King; and at Augusta, under the superintendence of William Cumming, Samuel Hale, and P. H. Smead. And the books shall [Illegible Text] opened in each of said places, on the same day, which is hereby fixed on the first Monday of June next; and the different sets of Commissioners shall advertise the time and place of subscription, in the public gazette or gazettes of the places respectively, and if no gazette be published at any of the places, those commissioners shall advertise in the gazettes of Milledgeville; and each set of commissioners shall cause such time and place of subscription to be published in the Georgia Journal, as well as in the gazette of such place of subscription, and such advertisements shall be inserted for at least three weeks prior to the day fixed for the opening of the books: Provided, that if any one of the Commissioners, at the time of opening the books, shall be sick or unable to attend, the other two commissioners may choose a proper and [Illegible Text] person to supply his place. And if any of the Commissioners before named, shall, after the passing of this act, renounce or decline acting, his Excellency the Governor, upon being notified thereof, is hereby requested to nominate and appoint fit and proper person or persons, to supply the vacancy of him or them so declining to act. Upon the books being opened as aforesaid, the Commissioners shall receive from individuals, subscriptions for so many shares as they see fit to subscribe for, not to exceed three hundred shares, on condition [Illegible Text] at the time of subscribing there shall be paid down to the Commissioners, two dollars and fifty cents, on each share subscribed; for which they shall give a receipt, and so soon as possible deposite the money in some of the banks of this State, of solvent

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character, and most contiguous to such place of subscription, subject to the joint cheek of the Commissioners, for such [Illegible Text] as may be referred [refunded] to subscribers upon adjustment, made in the case of over subscription to the stock of the company; the residue to remain subject to the order or draft of said company, by its President or Board of Directors, after the company shall be organised. Sec. 4. The books shall be kept open at each place for four days, between the hours of nine in the morning and three in the [Illegible Text] and being closed on the last day, each set of Commissioners shall transmit to the Commissioners at [Illegible Text] a list of the subscribers, designating on such list, as in the subscription books, the days on which the persons respectively subscribed, with the number of shares and sums paid, set opposite to each name, with a certificate at the bottom of each list, to be signed by each Commissioner, that the money has been paid, and has been deposited or is ready to be deposited in Bank, conformably to this act, naming the bank: and thereupon the Commissioners shall, from all the lists of subscribers, make out one general list; specifying the days, respectively, on which each subscribed, so that on summing up the whole, it may appear whether the stock is filled up or falls short, or exceeds the aforesaid capital. If the number of shares subscribed, and two dollars and fifty cents each paid thereon, shall fall short of the ten thousand shares, but amount to three thousand five hundred, the said company may be formed thereon, and for the residue of the original number of shares, the said corporation when organised, may cause books to be opened by the directors, under sixty days notice of the time and place of subscription, and receive such additional subscriptions as can be obtained, on the same terms as aforesaid, of two dollars and fifty cents being paid on each share, at the time of subscription,; and may keep the books open until the whole number of ten thousand shares shall be subscribed: but if the number of shares which shall be subscribed for at the first opening of the books, before the Commissioners aforesaid, shall exceed ten thousand shares, then the shares shall be reduced to that number ratably, or in the same ratio of per centage: Provided, no subscription of five shares or less shall be reduced thereby. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That on subscriptions of shares in the stock of the company, to any amount exceeding the number of three thousand five hundred as aforesaid, being made, or in case of [Illegible Text] of subscriptions, upon the number being reduced to ten thousand in manner aforesaid,

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the said company shall be considered as formed, and this act of incorporation shall and may attach and become effectual, and the corporation may take measures to become organized. For this purpose the Commissioners in Eatonton shall appoint a fit and convenient time and place for the meeting of the stockholders, which they shall cause to be advertised in one or more of the gazettes at Milledgeville, for five weeks in succession, previously to the day; at which time and place, the subscribers may attend in person, or be represented and vote by proxy: (and no one but a subscriber shall be capable of being a proxy, and the appointment shall be in writing, signed by the appointing member, and duly authenticated by the oath of a subscribing witness, endorsed thereon, or annexed thereto by a lawful magistrate,) and the meeting being assembled, the proxies examined and admitted, and a proper registry made of all the subscribing members, by person or by proxy, who may be present, the Eatonton Commissioners, or a majority of them, attending, shall present a balloting box, in which the subscribers may vote for officers, by ballot: and the presiding Commissioners shall count the ballots, enter the same, and declare the result of the election, of which they shall make and deliver proper certificate or certificates, under their hands. The officers to be elected shall consist of a President and twelve Directors, to serve for one year, and until a new election be made. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That in the said election for President and Directors, the vote shall be taken by the fallowing scale: The owner of one or two shares shall be entitled to one vote; the owner of not less than three shares nor more than four shares, shall be entitled to two votes; the owner of not less than five shares nor more than six shares, shall be entitled to three votes; the owner of not less than seven shares nor more than eight shares, shall be entitled to four votes; the owner of not less than nine shares, nor more than eleven shares, shall be entitled to five votes; the owner of not less than twelve shares nor more than fifteen shares, to six votes; the owner of not less than sixteen shares nor more than twenty shares, to seven votes; the owner of not less than twenty-one shares nor more than twenty-six shares, to eight votes; the owner of not less than twenty-seven shares nor more than thirty-three, to nine votes; the owner of not less than thirty-four shares nor more than forty shares, to ten votes; and the owner of every ten shares over forty, shall be entitled therefor to one vote. Any person being a subscriber or stockholder, who may offer to

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vote as a proxy, may be required by any subscriber or stockholder, to swear that he has no interest directly or indirectly in the stock on which he so offers to vote as proxy. A trustee of stock shall not vote on shares held by him in trust expressed or declared, where the cestui que holds other shares either in his own name or in the name of another trusted. But the cestui que trust may vote on all shares owned by him, whether legally or equitably, according to the scale aforesaid. And on all future elections of President and Directors, in making, altering, or repealing of by-laws, in determining on measures involving the general interests of the Company, at any stated or occasional corporate meeting, the votes shall be governed by the above scale, and the rules and regulations above mentioned. Sec. 7 And be it further enacted, That the election of President and Directors shall be made annually, according to a by-law to be made for that purpose; and in case any vacancy occur in the Board, between two periods of general election, the Board of Directors or a majority of them, at any regular or stated meeting of the Board, may elect by ballot, from amongst the stockholders, a person to fill the vacancy so occurred, until the next general election of Directors. But if it should so happen, that the day of annual election of President and Directors should pass without an election being effected, or any of them, the corporation shall not thereby be dissolved, or be deemed to be discontinued, but it shall be lawful on any other day, to hold and make such election in such manner as may be prescribed by the by-laws of the corporation, subject always to the scale and regulations of the sixth clause of this act. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid company, to be organised as aforesaid, shall be called The Augusta and Eatonton Turnpike and Rail-Road Company, and have perpetual succession of members, who may make and have a common seal, and break or alter it at pleasure; and by their corporate name aforesaid, may sue, and be sued, answer and be answered unto, in all courts of law or equity, or judicial tribunals of this State: and shall at all times be capable of making and establishing, altering and revoking, all such regulations, rules and by-laws, for the government of the Company, and its direction, as they may find necessary and proper for effecting the ends and purposes intended by the association and contemplated in this act: Provided, such regulations, rules, and by-laws shall not be repugnaut to the laws or constitution of this State.

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Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said Augusta, [Illegible Text], and Western Turnpike and Rail Road Company, shall have power and capacity to purchase, and have and hold in [Illegible Text], or for years, to them and their successors, any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, that they may find necessary for the site, on and along which, to locate, run, and establish the aforesaid rail-road or rail-roads, turnpike or turpikes, or any branches thereof, or to vary or alter the plan or plans, and of such breadth and dimensions through the whole course of the road and roads, turnpike or turnpikes, as they may see fit; and also in like manner, any lands, contiguous, or in the vicinity of the rail-road and rail-roads, turnpike and turnpikes, hereby authorised, that they may find necessary for the procuring, and from time to time, readily obtaining all necessary or proper materials of what kind soever, for the constructing, repairing, and adequately guarding and sustaining the said rail-road or rail-roads, turnpike or turnpikes, and in like manner to purchase all private rights of way on land, and all necessary privileges in water or watercourses, that may lie on or across the route through which the said rail-road or rail-roads, turnpike or turnpikes, may pass, and also all lands contiguous thereto, that may be found necessary for the erecting of toll-houses, store-houses, workshops, barns, stables, residences, and accommodations for servants or agents, or mechanics, and for the stationing and sustaining all animals for labor. And the said Company shall have power, if need be, to conduct their turnpike or rail-road across any public road, and by suitable bridges, over and across all or any rivers, creeks, waters or watercourses, that may be in the route; or if they should find it more convenient and suitable, may pass carriages, using the road, by convenient boats across the same, or through canals connecting different parts of the rail-road or turnpike: Provided, the said Company shall not obstruct the navigation thereof. And provided, that the said Company shall so construct their rail-road across all public roads as not to obstruct or injure the same. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said turnpike and rail-road company, shall at all times have the exclusive right of transportation or conveyance of persons, merchandise, and produce, over the turnpike and turnpikes, rail road and rail-roads, to be by them constructed, while they see fit to exercise the exclusive right: Provided, that the charge of transportation or conveyance shall not exceed fifty cents per hundred pounds, and twenty-five [Illegible Text] per cubic foot on articles of measurement, for every one hundred miles, and six cents per mile for every passenger: Provided always, That

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the said Company may, when they see fit, rent or farm out all or any part of their said exclusive right of transportation or conveyance of persons, merchandise, or produce, on the rail-road or rail roads, turnpike or turnpikes, with their privileges, to any individual or individuals, or other Company, and for such term as may be agreed upon, subject to the rates above mentioned: and the said Company, in the exercise of their right of carriage or transportation, of persons or property, or the persons so taking from the Company the right of transportation or conveyance, shall, so far as they act in the same, be regarded as common carriers. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for said Company to use or employ any sections of their intended rail-road or rail-roads, turnpike or turnpikes, subject to the rates before mentioned, before the whole shall be completed, and in any part thereof, which may afford public accommodation, for the conveyance of persons, merchandise, or produce: and also, to lay off and construct, and put in operation and use, any branches of the said rail-road or turnpike, so as to communicate with any of the navigable water-courses of the State, subject to the aforesaid rates of transportation: and the said company shall have power to take, at the store-houses they may establish, on, or annexed to their rail-road, all goods, wares, merchandises, and produce, intended for transportation or conveyance, prescribe the rules of priority, and charge such just and reasonable terms and compensation for storage and labor, as they may by rules establish, (which they shall cause to be published,) or as may be fixed by agreement with the owners: which compensation shall and may be distinct from the aforesaid rates of transportation. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons, shall intrude upon the said rail-road or rail-roads, turnpike or turnpikes, or any part thereof, by any manner of use thereof, or of the rights and privileges connected therewith, without the permission, or contrary to the will of said Company, he or they shall forthwith [Illegible Text] to the Company, all the vehicles, articles, and animals which may be so intrusively introduced and used thereon, and the same may be seized by the Company or its agents, or recovered by suit at law: and moreover the person or persons so [Illegible Text], shall and may be indicted as for a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, fined and imprisoned by the sentence of the Superior Court of the county. And if any person shall wilfully and maliciously destroy, or in any manner hurt, damage, injure or obstruct, or shall wilfully and maliciously,

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cause, or aid and assist, or counsel and advise any other person or persons, to destroy, or in any manner to hurt, damage, or injure, or obstruct the said rail-road, or turnpike, or any branch thereof, or any bridge, boat, or canal, connected therewith, or any vehicle, edifice, right or privilege granted by this act, and constructed for use under the authority thereof, such person so offending, shall be liable to be indicted, and on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned not more than six nor less than one month, and pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than twenty dollars, at the discretion of the Court, before which such conviction shall take place, and shall be further liable to pay all the expenses of repairing the same. The one half of all such fines to go to the informer and the other half to the Company. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That whenever the company aforesaid, shall see fit to farm out as aforesaid, to any other person or persons, or body corporate, any part of their exclusive right of conveyance and transportation, or shall deem it expedient to open the said rail road or turnpike or any part thereof, to public use, they shall and may adopt and enforce all necessary rules and regulations, and have power to prescribe the construction and size or burthen of all carriages and vehicles, and the materials of which such shall be made, that shall be permitted to be used or to pass on the said rail road, and the locomotion [locomotive] power that shall be used with them. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the right to make, use and keep up the rail-roads or turnpikes, and transportations thereby authorised by this act, shall be vested in said company, its representatives and assigns forever, and that during the first period often years, the stock of said company, and the real estate which may be purchased by them, and connected with, and be subservient to the works herein authorised, shall be exempted from taxation. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That after the President and Directors, shall be elected as aforesaid, it shall always be in the power of said Directors and President, at a meeting of the board, or a majority being present, to nominate and appoint a Secretary, Treasurer and all other officers, agents and servants, that they may deem necessary, as may be prescribed in the by-laws of the said company, removable at the pleasure of the board of directors; and also require and take from all the officers, agents and servants, such bond or bonds, and security, as the board or by-laws may prescribe, for securing the fidelity, obedience

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and accountability, and correct conduct of the officers, agents or servants, so appointed, and their punctually surrendering up all monies and property, on their being removed or displaced, or resigning, or the term of their appointment expiring. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the President and Directors, by an order signed by the President, shall have power to draw from all and every one of the Banks (and the several boards of commissioners shall, and are hereby directed to co-operate with, and aid the direction in so doing, if need be,) all such monies as may have been received by the different sets of commissioners, for the first payments by subscribers on their subscriptions of stock as before provided, except the sums for such shares, if any, as may be cancelled and thrown out by the reducing of the whole number of shares subscribed, in the event of over subscriptions as aforesaid, the money on which shares thrown out, shall be paid to the subscribers by the commissioners, in whose books such persons subscribed, immediately on the surplus shares being ascertained and notified to the commissioners; who shall advertise for such subscribers to call and receive their money. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted by the aforesaid authority, That every person who shall be a subscriber to or holder of stock in the said company, shall pay [to] the company the instalment of ten dollars on each and every share in such periods of not less than sixty days, as shall be subscribed [prescribed] and called for by the directors, until one half or fifty dollars on each share shall be paid up: after which the directors may call for the further moiety of each share, in payments not exceeding fifteen dollars per share, in periods of not less than sixty-days; of which periods of payment by instalments on the shares, and the sums required, the board of directors shall cause public notice to be given for at least four weeks previously to the day of payment, by advertising the same in one or more of the public gazettes in Milledgeville and Augusta, and failure to pay up any one of the instalments so called for, as aforesaid, shall induce a forfeiture of share and shares, upon which default shall be so made, and all past payments made thereon, and the same shall vest in and belong to the company, and may be appropriated as they shall see fit: Provided, That no instrument [instalment] shall be called for at any time between the first day of July and the first day of November, of any year. It shall be the duty of the company, as soon as may be, after they are organized, or of the board of directors, to issue scrip to each

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[Illegible Text] for the shares he holds, and deliver the same at the time of the second payment: on which [Illegible Text] convenient and practicable, receipts for the instalments paid, and that may successively be paid, may be endorsed; and the serip issued may be made assignable and transferable in person or by attorney, at the office and on the books of the company; and the said corporation shall and may, in and by their by-laws, rules and regulations, prescribe the mode of issuing the evidences of shares of stock, and the terms and conditions, as also the times and manner in which shares in the company may be transferred; which by-laws, rules and regulations, the said company shall make known by publication for three weeks, in one or more of the public gazettes in Milledgeville and Augusta. Sec. 18. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whensoever the said company shall find occasion hereafter to increase their capital by additional assessments on the original shares, as before mentioned in the second section of this act, within the [Illegible Text] therein mentioned, the said further sum on each share shall not be called for in less than three instalments, at similar periods, and with like notices as are mentioned and provided in the immediately preceding section; nor shall the said further sum on each share be called for at any time between the first day of July, and the first day of October, of any year, and failure to pay up such [Illegible Text] assessments, shall, as in like manner therein provided, induce a forfeiture to the company, of the share or shares of stock on which default shall be so made. Sec. 19. The President and Directors shall be styled the `Direction of the Corporation,' and shall make all contracts and agreements in behalf thereof, and have power to call [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] all dividend of profits, and to do and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] all other lawful acts and deeds, which by the bylaws of the corporation they may [be] empowered or required to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] perform: and the acts of the direction or their contracts, [Illegible Text] by the signatures of the President and Secretary, shall be binding on the corporation, without seal[Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] shall be kept for all meetings of the direction, and of the acts there done; and the direction shall not exceed in their contracts the amount of the capital of the corporation; and in case they shall do so, the President and Directors who are present at the meeting at which the contract or contracts so exceeding the capital, shall be made, shall be jointly and severally liable for the amount of the excess, both to the contractor or [Illegible Text], and to the corporation: Provided, That any one may discharge himself from

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such liability by voting against such contract or contracts, and causing such vote to be rendered [recorded] on the minutes of the direction, and giving such notice thereof to the next general meeting of the stockholders. The direction shall and in every year at least, make a full report on the state of the corporation and of its affairs, to a general meeting of the stockholders, [and oftener if so directed by the bylaws: and shall have power to call a general meeting of the stockholders] when the direction shall deem it expedient; and the corporation may provide in their by laws for occasional meetings being called, and prescribe the mode thereof. Sec. 20. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all or any case, where lands or private rights of way, may be required by the said company for the purposes aforesaid mentioned, and the same cannot for want of the agreement of the parties as to price, or for any other cause, be purchased from the owner or owners, the same may be taken at a valuation, to be made by commissioners or a majority of them, to be appointed by the Superior Court of the county where any part of the land, or right of way, may be situated. And the said commissioners, before they act, shall severally take an oath before some justice of the peace, faithfully and impartially to discharge the duty assigned them. In making the said valuation, the commissioners shall take into consideration the loss or damage which may [Illegible Text] to the owner or owners in consequence of the land being taken, or the right of way obstructed, and also the benefit and advantage [Illegible Text], she, or they, may receive from the establishment of said [the rail] road or [Illegible Text]; and shall state [Illegible Text], the nature and amount of each: and the excess of loss and damage over and above the benefit and advantage, shall form the measure of valuation of the said land, or right of way. The proceedings of the said commissioners, [Illegible Text] with a full description and plat of the said land, [Illegible Text] returned under the hands and seals of a majority of [Illegible Text] commissioners, to the court from which the [Illegible Text] issued, there to remain of record. In case either [Illegible Text] to the proceedings shall appeal from the said [Illegible Text] to the [Illegible Text] session of the court granting the commission and give ten days notice to the opposite party of said [Illegible Text], the court, upon satisfactory proof that the appellant has been [Illegible Text] by the said valuation, shall order a new valuation to be made by a jury of twelve men, who shall [Illegible Text] charged therewith in the same term, and their verdict shall be fixed and [Illegible Text] between the parties, unless a new trial shall be granted; and the [Illegible Text] or rights of way, so [Illegible Text] by the commissioners or jury, shall vest in the said company in fee simple, so soon as the

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valuation thereof may be paid, or when refused, may be tendered. Where there shall be an appeal as aforesaid, from the valuation of commissioners, by either of the parties, the same shall not prevent the works intended to be constructed from proceeding: but where the appeal is made by the company requiring the surrender, they shall be at liberty to proceed in their work, only on condition of giving to the opposite party a bond with good security, to be approved of by the clerk of the court, where the valuation is returned, in a penalty equal to double the said valuation, conditioned for the payment of the said valuation and interest, in case the same be sustained: and in case it be reversed for the payment of the valuation to be made by the jury, and confirmed by the court. Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall prevent the State from uniting to the said rail road, any road or canal or other public work which may be necessary for the benefit of the citizens thereof, but it shall at all times be in the power of the Legislature to open any other rail road or canal, or pass any public work to or across the said rail road or roads, whenever it shall be deemed necessary for the general good: Provided, the same does not obstruct or impede the free use of the said rail road or roads. Sec. 22. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this act contained, shall be so construed as in any degree to interfere with the rights and powers of the constituted authorities of this State, or any county thereof, appertaining to the public high-ways which are or hereafter may be established or sanctioned by legal authority. Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed, as to prevent the alteration or repeal of any part of this act, should any subsequent General Assembly deem such alteration or repeal expedient. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831.

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AN ACT to repeal the several acts passed, granting and extending the charter of incorporation to the Ogechee Navigation Company. Whereas, the conditions of the aforesaid charter, have not been complied with, and the persons to whom said charter was granted, have forfeited all rights under said charter, by neglecting to improve the navigation of the river Ogechee. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, that the act passed December the fifth, eighteen hundred and one, granting a charter of incorporation to a company known as the Ogechee Navigation Company, together with all acts subsequently passed in renewal or extension of the privileges of said company, be, and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the charter of incorporation, granted to said company, together with all powers conferred by the same, or by any subsequent act, passed for that purpose, be, and the same are hereby declared to be rescinded and made null from the passage of this act; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to alter and amend an act [entitled an act] to incorporate the Savannah, Ogechee and Alatamaha Canal Company, passed on the twenty-sixth December, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, to authorize the said company to extend the proposed canal to the waters of the [Illegible Text] and Chattahoochie rivers, and an increase of the capital of the Company; and to vest the debt now due by the Company to the State in the stock of the said Company. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the capital stock of the Savannah, Ogechee and Alatamaha Canal Company, may be extended [increased] to a sum not exceeding two millions of dollars, whenever such increase is deemed expedient by a majority of the board of directors of the said company, for the time being, which additional stock may be disposed of in the same manner as is prescribed by the act of which this is amendatory. Sec. [Illegible Text]. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Corporation, be, and they are hereby authorised and empowered, whenever the board of directors may deem it expedient so to do, to extend, construct and maintain a canal or slack water navigation, of suitable [Illegible Text], depth, and dimensions, from such point on the Alatamaha river or its branches, the Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers, to such point on the [Illegible Text] or Chattahoochie rivers or their waters, as the said board of directors of the said Corporation shall judge [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] like conditions, provisions, reservations and restrictions, and with the same privileges, rights, emoluments and [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] are prescribed and granted to the company in the [Illegible Text], constructing and maintaining the proposed canal [Illegible Text] the Ogechee river to the Alatamaha river and its [Illegible Text], the Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers, by the act of which this is amendatory. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the time allowed to the said corporation by the act of which this is amendatory, to complete and finish the canal, thereby proposed from the Ogechee to the Alatamaha river or its branches, the [Illegible Text] or Ocmulgee, shall be, and is hereby extended to eight years, from and after the passage of this act, and the said corporation shall complete and finish the said canal, from the Alatamaha river or its branches, the

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Oconee or Ocmulgee, to the Flint or Chattahoochee rivers, within ten years after the passage of this act, and on failure thereof, shall forfeit all the rights, immunities and privileges herein and hereby given, so far as the same are especially applicable to the canal not completed within the time specified as above. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the debt now due by the said corporation to the State of Georgia, be vested in the stock of the said Corporation, and that upon the board of directors of the said company executing and delivering into the Central Bank of Georgia, certificates of stock in the said Corporation, equal in amount to the said debt, at par, that the directors of the said Bank, be, and they are hereby authorised and required to deliver up the bond of the said Corporation made to secure the said debt, to the said Corporation to be cancelled. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled an act to provide for the improvement of the roads and rivers in this State, passed, eighteenth December, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of the public roads who has charge of the public hands, placed at Savannah, Milledgeville and Augusta, to cause that portion of the public hands which are now working on the road leading from Augusta to Athens,

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and Gainesville, to work on said road by way of Jefferson, in the county of Jackson; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1831. AN ACT to appoint cemmissioners to survey and lay out a public market road from Columbus, on the Chattahoochee, to St. Mary's, in Camden county. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Isaac Bailey, William G. Henderson, and J. R. McCook, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to survey and lay out a public market road, upon the most direct and eligible route, from the town of Columbus, on the Chattahoochee river, to the city of St. Mary's, in Camden county. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall furnish to his Excellency the Governor, on or before the first Monday in November next, a map or chart of the said road, representing accurately the water courses, and other obstructions lying in its way, together with a full report, representing what will be the probable expense attending the cutting out and opening of the said road, the benefit that would result from the same to the people of the State, by affording facilities to market, and the general nature of the country, through which it will pass. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, shall take an oath before some judicial officer of the State, for the faithful performance of their duty, previous to their entering upon the performance of the same. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall receive (for the performance

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of the duties hereby required of them) such compensation as the next Legislature may think proper to give; and that all laws and parts of laws which militate against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to authorise John Bailey and Robert Collins, of the county of Bibb, to make and construct a Causeway or Turnpike road on their own land, through the Tobesofka Swamp, and to charge and receive toll at the same, and to annual an order of the Inferior Court of the county aforesaid, establishing a toll bridge over the Tobesofka Creek, on the road leading from the town of Macon, to Perry in the county of Houston, with certain privileges. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, John Bailey and Robert Collins, of the county of Bibb, their successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby authorised to make and construct a Causeway or Turnpike Road on their own land through the Tobesofka Swamp in the county aforesaid, and to charge and receive the same rates of toll as are received for crossing the Macon Bridge, without the exceptions there allowed: Provided, nothing herein contained shall be construed or interpreted as to authorise the aforesaid John Bailey and Robert Collins, to place any hindrance or obstructions in the road now established by law, leading from the town of Macon to the town of Perry, in the county of Houston, known as the Perry road: And it is also provided, That all persons residing or cultivating land in the five hundred and twentieth militia district, known as Rutland's district, and all persons residing on or within a line four miles distant from, and running

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seven miles parallel with the aforesaid Tohesofka Swamp, from its intersection with the Ocmulgee Swamp, be, and they are hereby authorised to pass the before mentioned toll gate, at all times, with their waggons, carts, carriages, horses, mules, [Illegible Text] stock of all kinds, and footmen, free of all toll, change or hindrance; any law, [Illegible Text] or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this act, the order of the Inferior Court of the county of Bibb, authorising John to erect a toll gate at the bridge [Illegible Text] the Tohesofka [Illegible Text] on the Perry road, and to charge and receive toll at the same, be, and the said order is hereby set aside and annulled: Provided, nothing herein contained shall be so construed or interpreted as to prevent the aforesaid John Bailey from receiving remuneration for the money and labour expended in repairing the Causeway and Bridges, under and by authority of the before recited order, in such sum and manner as the Inferior Court of the county aforesaid, may adjudge and direct; And it is also provided, That in event of the Inferior Court aforesaid, refusing to remunerate the aforesaid John [Illegible Text] he the said John Bailey, be, and he is hereby authorised to charge and receive toll as specified by the order of the Inferior Court of the county aforesaid, granted on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, he the aforesaid John Bailey rendering an account on oath of the amount of toll received, to the Clerk of the Inferior Court, until he shall have received an amount equal to the sum expended in money and labor on the Causeway and Bridges in the repairs before recited, the same to be estimated and adjudged by such persons as the Inferior Court may appoint, save and except the Inferior Court aforesaid, shall otherwise order payment to be made or refuse to comply with the provisions in this act, then, and in either case, the order granting the toll gate with all its benefits and privileges, is to be forthwith set aside and annulled; any law, or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding, ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, [Illegible Text]

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AN ACT to alter and amend the road laws of this State, so far as respects the county of Camden. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That John H. McIntosh, Henry R. Sadler, and Isaac N. Chappelle, be, and they are hereby appointen Commissioners for the first district of post-roads in Camden county; and that Willis Lang, Thomas McKindree, and C. M. Caldwell, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for the [Illegible Text] district of Post Road, in said county; and that Robert Paxton, G. C. Dunham, and Isaac Lang, be, and they are hereby appoited Commissioners for the third district of Post Road, in said county; and that Alexander Holzendorf, Richard Floyd, and Henry Jones, be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for the fourth district of Public Road, in said county; and that Y. L. Robinson, G. W. Thomas, and David Mizells, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for the road leading from Jefferson to Colerain; and that Archibald Clark, Israel Barber, and John King, jun. be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for the road leading from Hogan's Bridge, on St. Mary's River, by the way of Clark's Mills and Colerain, and intersecting the Post Road near Crooked River Bridge. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall be the duty of the several Commissioners hereinbefore named, to assemble in the town of Jefferson, on the second Monday in September next, and annually thereafter, with liberty to adjourn to such other times as the Board may direct: and a majority of the Commissioners so convenced, shall form the General Board of Road Commissioners for the county of Camden; and the Board when so convened shall be competent for the trial of an offence committed by one of their own body, and also to impose and cause to be collected any [Illegible Text] not exceeding thirty dollars; and they are hereby vested with full power to make and establish such rules and regulations for the government of themselves as a majority of the quorum convened may agree on: Provided, the rules and regulations shall not be repugnant to this law, and such parts of the road laws as are not repealed by this law. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty, and it is hereby required of the Commissioners of each of the several districts of Post and Public Road aforesaid, or any one of them, to render to the General Board of Commissioners

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at their annual meetings, written reports showing the extent of their respective districts, the number of slaves, as well as persons liable to perform road duty, the condition of the Roads, what labour has been performed on them the preceding year, and what monies have been collected for default of duty, and what has been expended for the building or repair of bridges, or removing casual obstructions or other purposes relating to the repair of the road within their several districts. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the General Board of Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall, and it is hereby made their duty, at their annual meetings, to fill all vacancies of Commissioners, that may occur in the several districts: to grant at their discretion written applications for laying out bye-roads, or permission, on the written petition of individuals, to work the whole or any part of their own slaves on private or bye-roads: Provided, that such privileges be not granted to the injury of the constant repairs of the post or district roads now established. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That each and every Commissioner hereinbefore appointed or who may be hereafter appointed, who shall after accepting such appointment, neglect or refuse to attend the General Board of Commissioners at its regular annual meetings, or shall neglect or refuse to perform the duties required of him by this act and all other road laws which are of force in said county, and which are not repealed by this act, such Commissioner or Commissioners, shall at the discretion of the Board of Commissioners, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding thirty dollars. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all slaves and persons liable to perform road duty, and who have heretofore performed such duty, in the several districts of Post and Public Roads heretofore designated, shall continue to do and perform road duty, in their said several districts under the Commissioners hereinbefore named, except the slaves which are liable to do road duty, belonging to Y. L. Robinson, G. W. Thomas, and the estate of Joseph Thomas, deceased, who shall, and they are hereby made liable to do and perform road duty, upon the road leading from Jefferson to Colerain, together with all male white persons, liable to perform militia duty, who reside south of Rose Creek and within two miles of said road, shall perform said dity upon said road, when required of them by the Commissioners hereinbefore named, and except also that all the hands liable to perform road duty west of the cross swamp and north of the

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great Sattilla River, in said county, shall do and perform such duty upon the third district of Post Road. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the General Board of Commissioners and the Commissioners in their several districts shall, and they are hereby vested with full power and authority, to carry into full effect all the road laws now of force in Camden county, and which are not repealed by this act. And whereas it has been found that the inhabitants of Cumberland Island, are subject to great inconvenience from their remote situation from the main public road, by which they are evidently exposed to a dangerous water passage, and much loss of time in going to and returning from the same, Sec. 8. Be it therefore enacted, That Robert Stafford, P. M. Nightingale, and Thomas Bunkley, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners of the roads of Cumberland Island; and all the inhabitants of said Island shall be compelled to work on all the roads of said Island, under the command of the Commissioners above named, for said Island, subject to all the laws now of force regulating roads in said county: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to compel the said Island Commissioners to meet and report to the General Board of Commissioners: And provided further, that the hands upon said Island liable to perform road duty, shall not be compelled to perform such duty for a greater time than three days in each year upon the roads of said Island. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for the owners of all slaves on the Island of Cumberland in said county, and all other persons living on said Island, liable to do road duty, either to perform road duty, in conformity to the laws now in force, upon the first district of Post Road, or to commute for the performance of the same, by paying to the Commissioners of the said district of Post Road, for each slave liable to work on the roads, one dollar and fifty cents per year, and all other persons living on said Island, liable to perform road duty, by paying annually a like sum each: Provided always, that nothing herein contained, shall be so construed as to prevent the said Island Commissioners from ordering out all the hands upon said Island liable to do road duty, to do and perform such duty upon the roads of said Island, not exceeding three days in each and every year.

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Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831. AN ACT to extend to the county of Bibb all the benefits and privileges of the sixteenth section of an act, entitled an act to amend the several acts regulating [Illegible Text] in this State, so far as respects the operation of said acts in the counties of Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn, Camden, and Wayne. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, all the benefits and privileges provided for in the sixteenth section of an act, entitled an act to amend the several acts regulating roads in this State, so far as respects the operation of said acts in the counties of Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn, Camden, and Wayne, [Illegible Text] December the eighth, one thousand eight hundred and six, be, and the same are hereby extended to the county of Bibb: Provided nevertheless, nothing herein contained shall be so construed or interpreted, as to deprive the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Bibb, from serving and acting as Commissioners of the roads in said county, as now provided by law; and that the Justices aforesaid be, and they are hereby authorised to be the sole and exclusive judges of the fitness, justice, and propriety of all such applications as are provided for in this act. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831.

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AN ACT to amend the road laws of McIntosh County. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the road known as King's Road, running from or near Turkey Camp to the Sand Hills, shall be considered as one of the public roads of said county, until such time as the Board of Commissioners of Roads of said county shall otherwise determine. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of said road as a public road, the Board of Commissioners of Roads of McIntosh county, shall appoint the usual number of Commissioners on said road, and from time to time apportion such a number of hands as they shall deem necessary and proper to keep the said road in good repair. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831. AN ACT to compel persons to serve as Commissioners of Public Roads, in the county of Chatham, who may be appointed hereafter in conformity with the road laws now of force in said county. Whereas, the Commissioners of Public Roads in the county of Chatham, have represented to the General Assembly, that the power to fill vacancies occurring in their body, granted to them by the first section of an act, passed on the tenth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and three,

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has become ineffectual by reason of persons appointed refusing to serve; and pray for remedy of this evil; Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That if any person or persons, who may be hereafter appointed a commissioner, or commissioners, of the public roads of the county of Chatham, in conformity with the provisions of the road laws now of force in said county, shall refuse or neglect to serve as such, it shall be lawful for the said commissioners to cause the person or persons, refusing or neglecting to serve, to be summoned to appear before them at the next regular meeting of the board of commissioners; and after [upon] such person or persons, having been summoned, refusing or neglecting to appear, or having appeared, refusing or failing to give a satisfactory excuse upon oath, it shall be lawful for the said commissioners, or a majority of them, to fine any such person or persons each, in a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars, which shall be recovered by warrant of distress and sale to be issued by the [said] commissioners, or a majority of them, under their hands and seals. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of any constable of Chatham county, to levy such warrant upon the goods and chattels of the person or persons who shall be fined as aforesaid, and having advertised the same for thirty-days, at three public places in said county, to sell the same, unless the fine be paid with costs, at public sale, to the highest bidder. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the fine when collected, shall be paid over to the commissioners, to be employed by them for the improvement of the public roads in Chatham county; and in case of a sale, the purchase money, after paying the line and Constable's cost, allowed by law on executions from Magistrates Courts, shall be returned to the person or persons, refusing or neglecting to serve as aforesaid. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. [Illegible Text], 1831.

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AN ACT to alter and amend the road laws of this State, so far as respects the counties of Emanuel, Pulaski, Telfair, and Laurens. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the duty of the road commissioners shall be vested in the Justices of the Peace, of each district in said counties. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all defaulters in working on roads shall be hereafter returned by the Overseer, to the first Justice's Court in said district, where such default takes place, and it shall be the duty of such Justice or Justices, to have the excuse of such defaulter, and if insufficient, such Justice or Justices shall proceed to assess such fine, not exceeding two dollars per day, as to him or them may seem just and right, and issue execution for such fine, and have the same collected by the Constable, as in other cases of debt in their Court. And when the money assessed shall be collected, shall be turned over to one of the Inferior Court, in one month after being collected, for the improvement of roads and bridges of the district where such defaulter resides. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against said act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to authorise and direct the Superintendents of the public hands at Columbus, [to open and construct a road from Columbus] to Franklin in Troup county; and also to work and improve the road from Columbus by the way of La Grange, to the old McIntosh Reserve, in Carroll county; and also the road from Greenville, in Meriwether county, to Newman, in Coweta county. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforsaid, That the Superintendent having charge of the public hands in the vicinity of Columbus, be, and he is hereby authorised and directed, immediately after the first of January next, to proceed with said hands to open construct a good market road, thirty feet wide, on the best and most convenient route, from the town of Columbus to Franklin in Troup county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so soon thereafter as the above mentioned road shall have been completed, the said Superintendent is hereby authorised and directed, to proceed with said hands, to the improvement of the road leading directly from said town of Columbus by the way of La Grange, to the old McIntosh Reserve, in Carroll county. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so soon thereafter as said last above mentioned road, shall have been completed, the said Superintendent is hereby authorised to proceed with said hands to open and construct a good market road, thirty feet wide, on the best and most convenient route, (such as may be selected by the Justices of the Inferior Courts of the counties of Meriwether and Coweta, respectfully,) from Greenville, in Meriwether county, to Newnan in Coweta county. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831.

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AN ACT to alter and amend the several acts passed to prevent obstructions to the free passage of Fish in the Oakmulgee river, and its branches, passed in the years eighteen hundred and twenty-one, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, and eighteen hundred and twenty-nine; also for the better regulations of fishing with seines in the said river and its branches. Whereas, great inconvenience has and will be experienced, in effectually carrying into operation the above recited acts; for remedy whereof, Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Allen Stephens, of the county of Bibb, David Howard, and Thomas S. Milton, of the county of Monroe, Baalam Peters, Michael M. Healy, of the county of Jones, Augustus Lane, and William Barkley, of the county of Jasper, John M. Pearson, of the county of Butts, William R. Henry, of the county of Newton, and Jethrew Barnes, of the county of Henry, be, and the same are hereby appointed commissioners of the Oakmulgee river and its branches, above Macon, with full power to carry into effect the provisions of this act. And should it so happen that either of the persons above named as commissioner, should fail or refuse to serve, it shall be the duty of the Inferior Court of the county where such vacancy may happen, to appoint some fit and proper person to fill such vacancy. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners as aforesaid, shall, before they proceed to the duties required of them by this act, take the following oath or affirmation, (to-wit:) I, A. B. do solemnly swear that I will to the best of my ability discharge the duties required of me in terms of this act, as a commissioner of the Oakmulgee river, and its branches, and faithfully execute the trust resposed in me, without favor or affection, so help me God. And said commissioners or a majority of them, so qualified, shall on the fifteenth February, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, or so soon thereafter as may be convenient, proceed to survey, lay off and define the main channel of said river and its branches, in the following manner to-wit: Allen Stephens, of the county of Bibb, David Howard, and Thomas S. Milton, of the county of Monroe, Baalam Peters and M. M. Healy,

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of the county of Jones, Augustus Lane, and William Barkley, of the county of Jasper, are hereby required, of a majority of them, to commence at Macon, and continue up said Oakmulgee river, to the place where the Alcofahatchee river, intersects the same, and no farther. And John M. Pearson, of the county of Butts, William R. Henry, of the county of Newton, and Jethrew Barnes, of the county of Henry, are hereby required or a majority of them, to commence their labors at the above last mentioned place, and continue up said river and its branches to the following places, up the South river to the Snapping Shoals, up the Yellow river to the Cedar Shoals, and up the Alcofahatchie river to Water's mills.And the commissioners as aforesaid, are hereby empowered and required to open or cause to be opened, ninety feet in said river from Macon to the place where the Alcofahatchie intersects said Oakmulgee river, and forty feet up the same to the Snapping Shoals on South river, and forty feet up the Yellow river to the Cedar Shoals, and forty feet up the Alcofahatchie river to Water's mill, for the free passage of fish, and in each river the main sluice or channel shall be included. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That wherever there is an island or islands situated in said river, it shall be the duty of the commissioners as aforesaid, to lay off and define a public channel on each side of said island or islands, as nearly proportioned to the width of the river on each side as is possible, including the deepest channel on the shoal in each case, both channels together not to exceed ninety feet in width in the Oakmulgee, and forty feet in width in the South Yellow and Alcofahatchie rivers. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, It shall not be lawful for any person [or] persons, their agent or agents, slave or slaves, to fish with two seines at the same landing or beach or opposite landing or beach, within one hour of each haul, nor shall it be lawful to fix, locate or situate in said rivers, any seine, gil net, or other obstruction across the main channel, so as to prevent the free passage of fish, and any person or persons so offending by themselves or agents, shall be liable to indictment for a common nuisance, and on conviction shall be liable to pay a fine of two hundred dollars for each and every such offence, one half of which shall go to the informer and the other half to the county in which the offender or offenders reside at the time of their conviction, and if any slave or slaves, without the coercion of his, her, or their owner, or overseer, shall offend against the provisions of this section, or if any free person of color shall violate the same, he, she, or they, on proof before any Justice of the Peace or Justice

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of the Inferior Court, shall receive thirty-nine lashes, on his, her or their bare back for every such offence. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners as aforesaid, or a majority of them, shall have complete power to call to their assistance such number of the free white citizens of the respective counties, opposite to which any obstruction may be found, as they may deem necessary to remove the same, and if any person or persons so summoned, shall fail or refuse to assist such commissioners, after one day's notice so to do, such person or persons so offending or refusing, shall on proof and conviction before any Justice of the Peace, in the district in which such offender resides, be liable to pay five dollars per day, for each day he shall fail or refuse to serve, provided, that in no case more than three days service shall be required of any individual or individuals at any one time, nor more than six days in any one year. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, Whenever the above recited streams shall have obstructions to the passage of fish, placed in them, contrary to the provisions of the second section of this act, the person or persons so offending, shall be liable to indictment for a common nuisance before any court having cognizance of the same, and on conviction thereof, shall be subject to pay a fine of two hundred dollars per day, for every day such nuisance shall remain unremoved, one half of such fine to go to the informer, and the other half to the county in which the offender or offenders may reside at the time of their conviction, and no notice shall be necessary, but such offender or offenders may be prosecuted forthwith, according to the provisions of this act. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That whenever said commissioners shall have laid off, marked out and defined the channels in said rivers, agreeably to the provisions of this act, for the free passage of fish, beginning at Macon and extending up to the before mentioned places, they shall make out a fair statement of the number of days they were actually engaged in said business, and present the same to the Inferior Court of the county in which they respectively reside, and on examination and approval by said court, they shall issue an order to pay the same at not more than three dollars per day for each day said commissioner was so employed, to be paid out of the county funds: Provided, they shall not receive pay for more than ten days in any one year. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That whenever any individual or individuals, may be called on by any of

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the commissioners above named, for the purpose of removing obstructions in said rivers, they shall be allowed one dollar per day for each day they are actually so employed, to be paid by the county, in which they respectively reside; Provided, the individual claims [claiming] compensation for services rendered, produces a certificate from one of the commissioners aforesaid, setting forth the number of days such person was so employed. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to place a part of the public hands on a road to commence on the Turnpike road leading from Augusta to Washington, near Wrightshoro, and pass through Wrightsboro, Crawfordsville, Greensboro, Madison, Covington, and on to Decatur, for the improvement of the same. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Superintendent of that portion of the public hands, at present at work on the road leading from Sparta to Milledgeville, by way of Samuel Devereux's, shall as soon as said road shall be completed to Milledgeville, transfer and place all of said hands on a road to commence on the Turnpike road leading from Augusta to Washington, near Wrightsboro, and pass through Wrightsboro, Crawfordsville, Greensboro, Madison, Covington, and on to Decatur, for the improvement of the same.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to prevent itinerant or unauthorised persons from locating themselves on or near the river Savannah, under the pretence of fishing, and to prevent obstructions to the passage of fish up the said river, and farther to prohibit trading with slaves, and to extend the powers of civil officers, and patrols. Whereas, the Savannah river in the neighborhood of the city of Savannah, is infested by a number of evil disposed persons, inhabiting huts, or camps, arks or floating houses, who under the pretence of being engaged in fishing, are in the habit of trading with negroes, to the great injury of their owners, and to the corruption of the morals of the slaves; and whereas, the mode of taking fish adopted by these persons, is one calculated to impede the passage of fish up the river, and lessens the value of lands on and near the said river; for remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any one, other than the proprietors of the shores and bars of the said river, (or such persons as shall by any such proprietor be duly authorised) to catch or take fish or attempt to do so, with seines, nets, or other contrivances of the kind, on any part of said river, or the waters communicating therewith, within

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twenty miles next immediately above the said city of Savannah. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any persons to inhabit, occupy or reside in any ark, flat or floating house on the said river, or the waters thereof, or on the [Illegible Text] communicating therewith, which shall not be engaged in the lawful commerce of said river, in the carriage or transporting goods or produce to or from market, and that no ark, flat or floating house, other than such as are engaged in the lawful commerce of the said river, shall be allowed to be at anchor or be fastened to the shores of said river, within the distance aforesaid of said city. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all offences against the provisions of the foregoing sections of this act, shall be punished if committed by a white person, for each offence, by a fine of not less than four hundred dollars, and by imprisonment in the common jail, for not less than three months, and if committed by a slave or free person of colour, by whipping, not less than thirty-nine lashes for each offence. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That nothing heretofore contained shall be construed to prevent the owners of the lands on the said river or the waters thereof, or the creeks emptying therein, or his, or her lessee, from taking fish in any manner he or they may choose, in the river opposite to his or their banks: Provided, That all and every lease or leases of a fishery, shall be duly recorded within ten days after the date thereof. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for patrols or any civil officer at all times to visit such huts, houses, arks or camps, as are now or shall hereafter be erected or established on or near the banks of said river, or on or near the banks of waters communicating therewith, and to search the same, and if upon such visit or search, any rice in the rough state or clean, or Indian corn or pease, exceedin in quantity one peck, shall be found therein, or in the actual or virtual possession of any occupant of such house, hut, or camp, or any spirituous liquors exceeding in quantity one gallon for each occupant of such hut, house or camp, it shall be evidence against the inhabitant or inhabitants, occupant or occupants, of such hut, house or camp, of trading by him, her or them, with negroes without a ticket from the owner, and shall be punished according to the provisions of the act of nineteenth December, eighteen hundred and eighteen,

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entitled an act, to alter and amend an act, to prohibit slaves from selling certain commodities therein mentioned. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to authorise the Inferior Court of Hancock county, to improve the public roads of said county. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Inferior Court of the county of Hancock, be, and is hereby authorised to purchase or hire negroes, horses, cattle, tools, implements, and the same to employ at their discretion, in the improvement of the roads and bridges of said county, and on such parts thereof, as said Court may deem proper, and to make any and all contracts necessary to the improvement of the roads and bridges of said county; and all contracts heretofore made by the said Court in relation to the improvement of said roads, are hereby confirmed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Inferior Court is hereby empowered to appoint three persons in each Captain's district, which persons shall have power to lay out and superintend the improvement of all roads that the Inferior Court may order to be improved in said district by the labour of labourers owned by the said county, and the Inferior Court shall pay all demands [damages] that may accrue on account of any alteration that may be made in said roads, by the persons so appointed by the said Court, to be assessed in the manner pointed out by the road laws now in force in this State. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Court of said county may appropriate so much of the county funds

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of said county, as it may deem proper, to the improvement of said roads and bridges. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT amendatory of and supplemental to an act to lay off, define, and keep open the main channel of Savannah River, from Angusta to the mouth of Lightwood Log Creek, in Elbert county, so as to prevent the obstruction of navigation, and the free passage of fish therein, and to punish those who may obstruct the same, and to appoint Commissioners to carry the provisions of this act into effect, and to point out the mode of their compensation, passed the twenty-second December, 1829, and also the act passed December 22, 1830, to amend the said recited act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That nothing in the acts contained to which this act is amendatory and supplemental, shall be so construed as to preclude the Commissioners of that part of Savannah River, between Augusta and the mouth of Lightwood Log Creek, in the county of Elbert, or a majority of them, from reserving and keeping open for the free passage of boats and fish, the one third part of said river in width, including the main sluice or sluices, channel or channels thereof, at each and every place or part of said river, between the two points or places aforesaid, more particularly the Stump sluice and Bool sluice. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall remove or displace, or shall cause to be removed or displaced any corner or corners, beacon or beacons,

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which have been or shall be made, reared or designated, to carry into effect the purposes contemplated by the acts to which this act is amendatory and supplemental, shall be liable to indictment for a misdemeanor, before the Superior Court having jurisdiction of the case, and on conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of two hundred dollars for every such offence, the one half of such fine shall go to the informer, and the other half to go to the county in which such conviction is had. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the superintendent of the Roads and Rivers in the Eastern Division, be, and he is hereby authorised, should he consider it not injurious to the public service, to detail from such of the companies of public hands as he may deem expedient, a sufficient number of said hands to make the company at this time working on the road from Augusta via Goshen, Petersburg, Elberton, Carnesville, and Clarkville, to Clayton, in Rabun county, amount to twenty hands. And the said superintendent is hereby authorised and required to cause the said hands to work on the Savannah River at any time when he shall be directed so to do by a majority of the Commissioners of Savannah River, between Augusta and the mouth of Lightwood Log Creek, in the county of Elbert: Provided, that nothing in this act contained, shall be so construed as to authorise the said superintendent to cause the said hands to work on said part of Savannah River for a period of time exceeding two months in any year. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to alter and amend the road laws of this State, so far as respects the county of Dooly. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for the overseer of the roads, in any of the districts of said county of Dooly, to call out the persons subject to perform road duty therein, exceeding three days at any one time of working: Provided always, that whenever it shall be made satisfactorily appear to the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county of Dooly, that the building of any bridge across any of the water-courses in said county, cannot be done by the road hands within three days, it shall and may be lawful for said Justices of the Inferior Court aforesaid, to appoint Commissioners and proceed as is already prescribed by the laws now of force in this State, except that the contractor for the building of any bridge shall give bond and security to the said Justices of the Inferior Court and their successors in office, instead of the Governor, for the faithful performance of their duty. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against the true intent and meaning of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the improvement of the roads and rivers of this State, passed the eighteenth of December, 1829. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it

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is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the superintendents of the public hands of this State, shall have the entire power of appointing all overseers provided for by said act, which overseers shall be subject only to their contract, [control] and by said superintendents, subject at any time to be removed from service: which overseers shall be paid as formerly, agreeable to the time they may have been in actual service. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same is hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. SLAVES. AN ACT to regulate slaves in the town of Milledgeville, and to punish their owners or managers, in certain cases. Whereas much evil exists in the town of Milledgeville, in consequence of the owners and managers of slaves permitting them to hire their time, and to live separate and apart, from owners and managers; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of January next, it shall not be lawful for any owner or manager of any slave in the town of Milledgeville, to permit such slave to hire his or her time, or to live upon a lot separate and apart from his or her owner or manager; nor shall it be lawful for any owner or manager in the town

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of Milledgeville, to hire such slave to any other person with the intent that said slave shall be allowed to live upon a lot separate and apart from his owner or manager; and that any owner or manager offending against this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to indictment for the same, and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any one or more freeholders or the marshal of the town of Milledgeville, may, whenever they know of any slave or slaves living separate and apart from their owner or manager in the town aforesaid, take said slave or slaves, to the keeper of the common jail of the county of Baldwin, who shall receive them and safely keep them, until their owners or managers shall have paid all jail fees, and given bond and security to abide the judgment of the Court, on any indictment, which may be instituted under this act, and which jail fees shall be the same as in all other cases, for the imprisonment of slaves: Provided, that the jailer shall not be authorised to receive any slave or slaves from said freeholder or freeholders, or town marshal, until one freeholder or freeholders, or the town marshal aforesaid, shall file an affidavit that said slave or slaves has been apprehended under the provisions of this act, or for its due enforcement. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831. AN ACT to exempt from road duty, on certain conditions, all male slaves on the Island of St. Catharine. Whereas all male slaves on the Island of St. Catharine are required to perform road duty, on the main; and whereas,

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by such requisition, they are not only subjected to much inconvenience, but exposed to great hazard. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for all owners of male slaves on the Island of St. Catharine, either to perform road duty in conformity to the laws now in force, or to commute for the performance of such duty, by paying for each male slave liable to work on the public roads the sum of three dollars per annum. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the owners or managers of such slaves shall be summoned in the manner pointed out by the law regulating roads in the county of Liberty, and on refusing to deliver to the person summoning a list of such slaves, or neglecting to perform the duty enjoined, or to commute for their labor, shall be subjected to all the pains and penalties which the existing road laws inflict. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all fines which may be incurred under this act, shall be paid into the hands of the Commissioners of the road district where the labor of such slave may be apportioned, to be by them applied to the use of such road districtany law to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to be entitled an act to manumit and set free from slavery Sophia, a person of colour, the property of Eli Fenn, and to give her a name. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and

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after the passage of this act, Sophia, a person of colour, now the property of Eli Fenn, shall be manumitted and set free from slavery, and shall be entitled to all the rights, immunities, and privileges, as though she had been born free. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in future the said Sophia shall be called and known by the name of Sophia Fenn. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 19, 1831. AN ACT to regulate slaves in the county of Burke, and Jefferson and Seriven, and to punish their owners or managers, in certain cases. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of January next, it shall not be lawful for any owner or manager of any slave or slaves, in the counties of Burke, Jefferson, and Scriven, to allow him or them to hire his or their own time, to live on a separate town lot from his owner or manager or to hire themselves on any farm or plantation, or hire any slave or slaves to any other person, to the intent that said slaves may be allowed to live separate and apart from their owner or manager, or to be allowed to furnish victuals for sale or the accommodation of any person or persons whatsoever; and that any owner or manager offending against this act, shall be deemed and considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to indictment for the same, and on eonviction, shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any two or more freeholders may, whenever they know of any slave or slaves living separate and apart from their owner or manager, in

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the counties aforesaid, and doing any act which manifest to them that they are allowed to act for themselves, or furnish victuals for any persons whatsoever, for pay or emolument, take said slave or slaves to the keeper of the common jail of said county, who shall receive them and safely keep them until the owner or manager shall have paid all the jail fees, and given bond and security to abide the judgment of the court, on any indictment which may be instituted under this act, and which jail fees shall be the same as in all other cases for the imprisonment of slaves: Provided, that the jailor shall not be authorised to receive any slave from said freeholders until one or more of them shall file an affidavit that said slave or slaves were apprehended with a view to the enforcement of this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any person purchasing of any slave any poultry, without a written authority from the owner or manager of said slave, shall be held and deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty dollars. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. TAX. AN ACT to impose, levy, and collect a tax for the political year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, on property real and personal, and to [Illegible Text] penalties for neglecting or failing to comply with the provisions thereof. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it

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is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the act passed the eighteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, together with all acts and parts of acts, which said act revived and continued in force, together with the act passed the twenty-third day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be revived and continued in force, as the tax act for the political year eighteen hundred and thirty-two. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the one half of the tax of each county so directed to be levied, shall be paid into the Treasury of this State, as heretofore, and the other half to the Inferior Court of the respective counties, for county purposes, to be placed by them in the hands of the County Treasurer, where there are Treasurers, and where none, the Clerks of the Inferior Courts, for safe keeping, to be appropriated by said Courts to the building court houses and jails, and to the building of bridges, the improvement of public roads, and for the support of the poor, for the education of youth, as said courts may severally direct as most expedient; any law, usage or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all brokers, private bankers, or exchange merchants, or firm or firms of brokers, private bankers, or exchange merchants, and their agents in this State, shall, during the month of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, respectively return on oath, to the receivers of tax returns of the respective counties of this State, where he or they shall reside, or do business, the maximum amount of Capital which he or they employ or intend to employ in their said business, at any time during said year, and the said brokers, private bankers or exchange merchants, or firm or firms of brokers, private bankers, exchange merchants or their agents, shall pay a tax of forty cents, on every hundred dollars of capital so returned, to be levied and collected by the tax collectors of the respective counties, as in other cases: Provided, That in all cases under this section, where a firm shall be required to make a return as above specified, that a return by one member for and in behalf of the firm to which he belongs, shall be deemed sufficient. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons, (except incorporated Banks of this State,) shall be found after the first day of February next, and during said year of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, doing the business of a broker, private banker or exchange merchant, or as their agent, without having made the return required by the third section of this act, it shall be the duty of the receiver

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of tax returns for the county where said broker or brokers, private banker or bankers, exchange merchant or merchants, or his or their agent or agents, may reside or do business, to return said broker or brokers, private banker or bankers, exchange merchant or merchants, or his or their agent or agents, as defaulters, who shall pay a tax for said year of five thousand dollars, to be levied and collected by the tax collector, as in other cases, or by a capias ad satisfaciendum. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the taxes to be levied by the provisions of this act, shall be reduced at and after the rate of twenty-five per cent. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to alter and amend an act to impose an additional tax on Pedlers and other Itinerant Traders, passed ninth December, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, and to punish such traders for illegal trading with slaves. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That from and after the passage of this act, the tax required of Pedlers and other Itinerant Traders, who may carry about their wares and merchandize in wagons or other vehicles drawn by horses or mules, or packed upon horses or mules or other animals of draught or burthen, shall be two thousand dollars for each license; which license shall be limited to one county only in this State, and which shall not authorise trading beyond the limits of such county. And that the tax required of those Pedlers or Itinerant Traders who may carry about their wares and merchandize on foot, and without the aid of horses or mules or other animals, shall be annually one thousand dollars, subject to the same restrictions and limitations

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as above specified: Provided, That traders in Tin, Stone, Earthen and Iron wares, actually manufactured in this State, shall not be subject to the tax imposed by this act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the fines which may be imposed under the third section of the act, of which this is amendatory, shall not be less than three thousand dollars, nor more than ten thousand dollars. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any Pedler or Itinerant Trader, whether carrying his wares merchandize in a wagon or otherwise, shall at any time either buy or sell, or otherwise trade with any slave or slaves, unless it be with the permission, and in the presence of the master, or overseer or other person having charge of such slave or slaves, such Pedler or Itinerant Trader shall be indicted, and on conviction thereof, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, one half to the person prosecuting, and the other half to the county where the offence was committed. Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, which may militate against the provisions of this act, be, and they are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 22, 1831.

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TOWNS AND CORPORATIONS. AN ACT to be entitled an act to remove obstructions in the streets of the town of Petersburg, in this State, and to keep open the same. Whereas sundry persons have obstructed and closed up some of the public streets in the town of Petersburg in this State, to the inconvenience and injury of the owners of property and others [Illegible Text] in said town. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That upon complaint and information given to any one or more of the Commissioners of roads of the district in which the said town of Petersburg is situated, by any free male citizen or citizens over the age of twenty-one years, that any public street or streets of said town, is or are obstructed or closed up, and stating the name or names of the person or persons so obstructing or closing up the same, and asking that the same may be opened and cleared out, it shall be the duty of the said Commissioner or Commissioners as aforesaid, forthwith to notify the person or persons so complained of, for obstructing or closing up said street or streets, and direct that he immediately open the same from all obstructions: and in the event of said person or persons non-compliance, and a second application being made as aforesaid, then it shall be the duty of the said Commissioner or Commissioners to direct the overseer of the main road in said district, leading to said town, to proceed to open and clear out such street or streets. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each and every person so complained of for closing up or obstructing said street or streets, as set forth in the first section of this act, and who upon being notified thereof and directed to clear out and remove the same, as specified in said section, shall refuse or neglect so to do, shall for each and every day's refusal or neglect, pay a fine of two dollars, to be recovered and appropriated in the same manner as is prescribed in the act entitled an act, to alter and amend the road laws of this State, passed December nineteenth, 1818.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That each and every Commissioner or Commissioners and overseer or [of] roads, as contemplated by this act, who shall upon due information and notice given, refuse or neglect to comply with its provisions, shall be proceeded against, fined, and the fine appropriated, in the same manner, as is prescribed by the laws already in force in this State, for a breach or non-performance of their dutiesand that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to loan to the town of Columbus a sum of money, for the construction of a Bridge across the Chattahoochee River, at the said town, to provide for the payment of said loan, to make permanent said Bridge, and for other purposes. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That as soon after the passage of this act as they may think proper, it shall be lawful for the Intendant and Commissioners of the town of Columbus, to receive from the Treasury of this State, by way of loan, out of any moneys therein, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of sixteen thousand dollars, for the purpose of building a Bridge across the Chattahoochee River, at the ledge of rocks, terminating the falls of said River, between Crawford and Thomas streets, in said town, the said amount to be drawn by said Intendant and Commissioners at such times and in such sums as may be necessary for carrying on and completing said Bridge. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, c. That it shall be the duty of said Intendant and Commissioners to let out the building

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of said Bridge, at the place aforesaid, to the lowest bidder, and upon the best possible terms, and to have the same finished at as early a day as practicable; and said Intendant and Commissioners, before they receive the said sum of money, or any part thereof, shall give bond in their representative capacity, payable to the Governor and his successors in office, in the sum of thirty-two thousand dollars, for the payment of the amount drawn from the Treasury, in pursuance of this act, together with interest, in such instalments as are hereinafter allowed and provided; and for the prompt and faithful application thereof to the purposes aforesaid, and the discharge of their duties in the building of said Bridge. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, c. That said loan shall bear interest at and after the rate of six per cent per annum, upon the sum or sums actually drawn from the Treasury, from the time of drawing the same, and until the same shall be refunded, according to the provisions of this act. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, c. That the whole sum drawn from the Treasury, for the purpose aforesaid, shall be refunded and paid back to the State, together with interest as aforesaid, in ten equal annual instalments, the first instalment to be paid within one year from the first day of January, 1833. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, c. That said Bridge shall at all times be subject to the payment of said debt so due for the same, and every part thereof in performance [preference] to any andall other demands, or liens, upon the same; nor shall any sale or transfer thereof defeat the State from this lien on the same; and whenever said town of Columbus shall fail to pay any of the instalments due the State, according to the provisions of this act, the Governor shall have power both to sue on the bond of the Intendant and Commissioners given according to the provisions of this act, and also to have an execution issued against said town by the Comptroller General, for the whole amount due, and proceed with the same against said Bridge, and all other property belonging to said town of Columbus. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, c. That when said Bridge shall be completed and received by the corporate authorities of said town, the same shall vest in the said town of Columbus, to be held, [used] and enjoyed by the corporate authorities thereof, in trust for the perpetual benefit and advantage of said town, subject to the lien heretofore imposed, and to such regulations as may hereafter be adopted.

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Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, c. That the Inferior Court of the county of Muscogee, shall have power to fix the rates of toll to be charged for crossing said Bridge; but nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorise the proprietors of said Bridge to demand, have, or receive any toll for any waggon or other vehicle carrying any agricultural productions to market in said town of Columbus, or in returning from the same. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That no person or persons whatsoever, shall be authorised to erect a toll Bridge on said river, within three miles of the site pointed out in the foregoing part of this act. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to incorporate the town of Franklin, in the county of Troup, and to authorise the trustees of the Franklin Academy, to erect their Academy building on lot number two hundred and eighty-three in the fifth district of said county. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Charles R. Pearson, William Adkins, Robert M. Richards, Thomas Erwin, and John C. Webb, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for the town of Franklin in the county of Troup, and shall continue in office until their successors are appointed, agreeably to the provisions of this act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first Monday in April, eighteen hundred and thirty-two; and on the first Monday in April in each and every year thereafter, it shall be lawful for all persons inhabitants within the corporate limits of said town, entitled to

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vote for members of the Legislature, to assemble at some public place, previously designated, by advertisement, in said town, and under the superintendence of two or more Justices of the Peace, of said county, to elect by ballot, five Commissioners for said town, who shall continue in office for one year and until their successors are elected; and if it shall so happen that such election shall not take place on the day before appointed, it shall be lawful for the same to be held on any other day, in the manner and form before prescribed by this act, upon ten days notice being given thereof, in two or more public places in said town; and in case of the death, removal, or resignation of any of the said Commissioners, those remaining shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies until the next annual election. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforementioned Commissioners, and their successors in office, shall have full power and authority to pass all laws, rules and regulations, in relation to the police of said town as shall seem to them conducive to the health, peace, and well-being of the inhabitants thereof: Provided, the same be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United Statesand they shall have full power and authority to appoint such officers as may be necessary to carry into effect and execute such rules and regulations. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Commissioners and their successors in office, shall have jurisdiction over the fraction number three hundred and eighteen, and lot number two hundred and eighty-three in the fifth district of said county. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Commissioners and their successors in office, shall have power to levy a poll tax on the inhabitants and a tax on all property in said town: Provided, the said poll tax, shall not exceed one dollar, and the tax on property shall not exceed that required by the State. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Commissioners shall be authorised to issue executions for their taxes, fines and penalties, and the same shall be collected as magistrates executions. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Trustees of the Franklin Academy be, and they are hereby authorised to erect their academy building on said

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lot number two hundred and eighty-threeany provision in this act of incorporation to the contrary, notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to authorise the Intendant and Commissioners of the town of Columbus to lay off and lease any water lots in said town, below Thomas street, for the term of twenty years, for the use of the wharves only. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the Intendant and Commissioners of the town of Columbus and their successors in office, are fully authorised to lay off and lease any water lots in said town below Thomas strect, for the purpose of building wharves only, for any number of years as they may think proper, not exceeding twenty, for use and benefit of said town. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to incorporate the town of Thomasville in the county of Thomas, and to appoint Commissioners for the same. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act the corporate authority and jurisdiction of the limits of the town of Thomasville, shall be extended to, and be exercised over, all lots which now are or may hereafter be laid out for said town. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Isaac P. Brooks, Edward Pennington, [Remmington] Malcom Ferguson, James Kerksey, and Murdock McAwley, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for the town of Thomasville, and they, or a majority of them, or their successors in office, shall have full power and authority at any time, to convene and to pass all by-laws, rules, and regulations which may be necessary for the good order and government of the same, and shall have full power and authority to appoint such officers as they may deem necessary to carry said by-laws, rules, and regulations into effect, Provided, such by-laws, rules, and regulations, be not repugnant to the laws and constitution of this State. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall continue in office until the first Saturday in January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, or until their successors are elected, on which day and on the first Saturday in January annually thereafter, all free white males within the corporate limits of said town, who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall assemble at the court-house in said town, and choose by ballot, five Commissioners, who shall continue in office for one year, or until their successors are elected, and shall be re-eligible, and that said election shall be held by any of the Justices of the Peace or Justices of the Inferior Court of Thomas county; and on counting out the votes given, those having the highest number of votes shall be the Commissioners of said town, agreeably to the provisions of this act. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in the event that there shall be no election held on the day and manner pointed out by this act, the Commissioners of said town, or any two of them, may, and they are hereby empowered to order

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an election for Commissioners, to be held in the court-house, or at some convenient place in said town, at any time, ten days notice, by advertisement, being given of said election, upon the court-house door, and some other public places of said town, and all vacancies which may occur in said Board of Commissioners shall be filled in like manner, agreeable to the provisions of this act. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners and their successors in office shall be, and they are hereby empowered to use a common seal, and to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity in this State. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That said Commissioners shall have the entire control of the persons and hands within the limits of said corporation, so far as it regards road duty, and may apportion and assign said hands to work on all the streets in said town in such manner as they make think proper, agreeable to the road laws in force in this State: Provided, that said hands shall not be liable to perform any road duty out of the corporate limits of said town. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to alter and amend an act to incorporate the town of Monroe, in the county of Walton, and to extend the corporate limits of said town. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That five Commissioners being residents of said town of Monroe, shall be elected by ballot, at the court-house in said town, on the first Saturday in January, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and

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on the second Saturday in January, in every succeeding year thereafter, all the free white male citizens of the said town, who shall have given in their taxable property, and who shall be entitled to vote for members to the General Assembly, shall assemble at the court-house in said town, and by ballot elect five Commissioners, who shall continue in office one year, and until their successors are elected, at which election any two magistrates of said county shall preside, and in case of the death, removal, or resignation, [of any] of said Commissioners, the remaining commissioners shall have power to fill the vacancy, to continue until the next election; the Commissioners and all others appointed by this act, shall be re-eligible. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of said town, and their successors, shall have full power and authority to pass such by-laws and regulations as they may deem necessary for enforcing and collecting all poll and other taxes upon the taxable property in said town: Provided, any poll tax shall not exceed one dollar on each person. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any of said Commissioners so elected or appointed, to enter on the duties of his office, until he shall have taken and subscribed the following oath: I, A. B. do solemnly swear, (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I will well and truly perform the duties of a Commissioner by adopting such measures as shall in my judgment be best calculated to promote the general good of the citizens of the town of Monroe; said oath to be administered by any Justice of the Peace, or Justice of the Inferior Court. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall have full power and authority to appoint such officers as they may deem necessary, for the purpose of enforcing and collecting such taxes, and for the purpose of discharging such other duties as may be requisite. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners shall have power and authority to make any by-laws and regulations they may deem necessary, requiring the citizens of said town to return, on oath, to the officer to be appointed as aforesaid, the amount of taxable property and stock in trade by him or them possessed in said town; and in case of refusal, to cause the tax to be assessed and collected in such manner as they may prescribe. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall have full power and authority to impose a tax on

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all shows, exhibitions, and showmen, performing in said town for the purpose of gain, and also upon all gaming tables and games of hazard, as may be established, opened, or played in said town, for the purpose of gain, and to collect and receive the same in such manner as they may prescribe by the by-laws of said town: Provided, the by-laws of said town do not exceed the tax imposed upon shows and showmen, shall not exceed five dollars for each day's exhibition or performance: that the tax to be imposed on gaming tables and games of hazard, shall not exceed ten dollars for each day that the same shall be established, opened, or played in said town: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorise the keeping of any such table or tables, or practising any such game, not authorised by the laws of this State, within the corporate limits of said town. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case any person or persons, who are liable for the same, shall refuse to pay any tax to be imposed by any by-laws or regulations of said town, in pursuance of the authority of this act, then and in that case, the Commissioners of said town, or a majority of them, shall, and they are hereby authorised to issue their warrant, directed to any officer, to be by them appointed, requiring him to levy and sell of the goods and chattels of the person or persons so refusing, to make the amount of tax imposed; and said officer shall receive such fees as are allowed by law to Justices of the Peace and constables in similar cases: Provided, that all sales to be made by virtue of such warrant, shall be advertised at least ten days, at the court-house door in said town. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners of said town have power and authority to pass and ordain any by-laws and regulations, necessary to cause to be establiseed a strict patrol either by day or by night, within the limits of said town, and in case of neglect or refusal in any citizen of said town, to comply with the by-laws and regulations to be by said Commissioners ordained and established upon this subject, that the said Commissioners or a majority of them, may proceed to fine such citizens, and collect such fine as is herein before prescribed for the collection of taxes: Provided, that the fines to be imposed, in virtue of the power derived under the power of this act, shall not exceed two dollars for each case of neglect or refusal. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall have power and authority to pass all by-laws and

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regulations necessary to compel the citizens of said town, and other persons resident therein, and liable by the laws of this State to work on the public roads, to labour on the public spring, streets and square of said town, and in such manner and at such times as may be prescribed, for the improvement, repair, and prosecution [preservation] thereof, and in case of refusal or neglect in any citizen or other persons so liable as aforesaid, the said Commissioners or a majority of them, may proceed to impose a fine upon such citizens or other persons, (or in case of slaves, upon the owner or employer of such slave or slaves,) and to collect such fine in the manner prescribed in this act: Provided, any such fine to be imposed by virtue of this section, shall not exceed two dollars for each case of neglect or refusal. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners do, and they are hereby authorised to appropriate all taxes and fines imposed, assessed, and collected, by virtue of any by-laws or regulations adopted in pursuance of the authority given in this act, to the repair and improvement of the public spring, square and streets of said town, and to the preservation of the houses of said town from fire, in such manner as they or a majority of them shall deem most conducive to the interest and safety of the citizens. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners of said town, shall have power to appoint their own marshal, for the purpose of carrying into execution, any by-laws and regulations ordained and established by them. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners, shall have power to remove, or cause to be removed, any building, post, or step, or other obstructions and nuisances in the public streets, or squares of said town. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of said town, shall have full power and authority to pass such by-laws and regulations, as they may deem necessary for the preservation of the health of the citizens of said town, the security of the public buildings from fire and other accidents, and for erecting and repairing fences and pailings in said town. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said corporation shall include all the inhabitants resident within one quarter of a mile of the court-house, in said town of Monroe; that no person shall be elected a Commissioner

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or an officer of said town, who shall not reside within those limits, Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That in case of failure to hold the election for Commissioners, on the day herein before specified, it shall be the duty of the Inferior Court or any two of them, to give at least ten days notice, by advertisement, at three of the most public places in said corporation, of such election. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners shall keep a regular Journal of all their proceedings, and any member of the Board calling for the yeas and nays on the passage of any by-law, ordinance on imposing any tax on the inhabitants, they shall be recorded. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That all by-laws, together with the Journals, shall be subject to inspection by any person interested therein. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. AN ACT to amend the several acts which have been passed, in relation to the powers and privileges of the corporation of the town of Athens. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the commissioners of the town of Athens, and each and every one of them, shall be vested with the powers of justice of the peace, so as to enable them or any one of them, within the corporate limits of the town of Athens, to suppress riots, or breaches of the peace, arrest, confine, or bind over offenders against the laws of the State, to answer for such offence before the proper tribunal.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of said town, shall have power to raise by a poll tax, upon all white male persons of twenty-one years old and upwards, not to exceed one dollar per head, and on all real and personal property within the corporate limits, not to exceed twelve and a half cents, upon every hundred dollars value, any sum or sums of money necessary for the use and good government of said town, in all matters of internal police and general safety, and to enforce the collection of such assessment and taxes by the proper officers in such manner as the taxes of the State are collected and enforced. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That no person shall be allowed to retail spirituous liquorsTo exhibit shows, or to keep a Billiard Table within said town corporation, but in pursuance of a license from the commissioners aforesaid, which license they or a majority of them shall have authority to grant to applicants upon the payment of such amount as such commissioners may deem proper. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall have power to pass all ordinances, rules and regulations necessary for the government of slaves and free persons of colour within the corporate limits of the said town. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all the corporate rights of the town of Athens as now existing and of full force and effect according to the laws of the State, be, and the same are hereby confirmed. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid, be and they are hereby authorised and empowered to build a market house in the said town of Athens, and to make and pass such rules and regulations for the government and management of the same as they may think proper. Provided, That said rules and regulations do not conflict with the Constitution and laws of this State. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to amend the several acts, incorporating the town and city of Darien. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the election of Aldermen for the city of Darien, shall take place on the fourth Monday in November next, and on the fourth Monday in November, in each year thereafter. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said elections for Aldermen shall be superintended by two magistrates or three freeholders of said city of Darien, the said freeholder or freeholders, shall, before entering on their duties, take the following oath: I, A. B. do solemnly swear (or affirm as the case may be) that I will well and truly superintend the election of Aldermen this day, and just and true return make of said election, so help me God. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever the vote of any person shall be objected to, the said person shall take the following oath, viz: I, A. B. de solemnly swear (or affirm as the case may be) that I am twenty-one years of age, and that I am a citizen of the United States, and of this State, and that I am now a resident of the city of Darien and that I have resided in said city six months, that I have not voted out of McIntosh county, for the last six months, except for Governor or members to Congress, of this State, and that I have paid all taxes to the said State; which I am liable for, and which I have had an opportunity of paying agreeably to law, so help me God. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the Mayor and Aldermen now in office or who shall be elected, to fill any vacancy, shall be entitled to serve until the fourth Monday in November next. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831.

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AN ACT to empower the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah and hamlets thereof, to purchase land for the erection of a Lazaretto, and give them jurisdiction over the same. Whereas, the preventing the propagation and spreading of small pox and other contagious diseases, is a subject of deep interest to the State generally, and that any expense incurred, should be borne by the citizens at large; and whereas, the said disease and others of a contagious character are more liable to occur in the principal seaport of the State, than in any other section, whereby the commerce and intercourse with other sections thereof, may be greatly impaired, and soon destroyed, to the injury and detriment of the citizens, and the revenue of the State: for remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, and the [Illegible Text] thereof, to purchase for the use of said city, as much land in the county of Chatham as may be deemed by them necessary for the erection of a Lazaretto, or suitable building, wherein persons infected with, or labouring under small [Illegible Text] or any contagious disease, shall be detained and kept, in pursuance of the Quarantine laws of this State, until relieved or permitted to leave the same by the Mayor and Aldermen aforesaidand that the said Mayor and Aldermen shall have the same powers and like jurisdiction over the land so purchased, as they now have within the jurisdictional limits of the city of Savannah, as at present limitted, so long as the same shall be used for the purposes herein contemplated. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to regulate the town of Jefferson in the county of Camden. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That John Bailey, Stephen McCall, and Robert Lang, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners of the said town, and they or a majority of them, and their successors in office, shall have, and they are hereby vested with full power and authority, to pass all by-laws and ordinances which they or a majority of them, may think necessary for the inforcement [improvement] and keeping in repair and good order the streets of the said town, and for other purposes: Provided, nothing herein contained be repugnant to the laws and constitution of this State, and of the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid commissioners or a majority of them, and their successors in office, shall have full power to tolerate the lot holders of said town, to fence in and cultivate such streets as in their opinion are at this time not necessary for the use of said town. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the power and authority vested in the said commissioners shall not extend to the passing any by-laws or ordinances which may require corporal punishment to be inflicted, neither shall the said commissioners be authorised to impose any poll tax upon the citizens of the said town, which shall exceed the sum of two dollars in the term of one year. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall continue in office until the first Saturday in January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, on which day, and on the first Saturday in January, every year thereafter, between the hours of ten o'clock in the foreneon and three o'clock in the afternoon of that day, all the free male white citizens of said town, who shall have given in their taxable property, and are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall assemble at the court house of said county, and by ballot elect three commissioners who shall continue in office for the term of one year, at which election any one or more Justices of the Peace, or Justice of the Inferior Court of said county, shall preside: Provided, That the said commissioners, after having served the term of one

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year, shall be, and they are hereby re-eligible to the said appointment. ASBURY, HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831. AN ACT to authorise the corporation of the town of Columbus to establish a Fire Company, and to exempt the members of said company from certain duties therein specified. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the corporation of the town of Columbus shall have power and authority, and they are hereby empowered and authorised, to hominate, select and appoint certain individuals, being free white persons, and not exceeding one hundred in number, and who, when so appointed, shall be known as the Fire Company of Columbus. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said company, when formed, to take charge of the fire-engine, hooks, ladders, c. and manage the same in cases of fire, within the town of Columbus. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so soon after the passage of this act, as a sufficient number of individuals may consent to become members of said Fire Company, as may be necessary to render it effectual, it shall be the duty of said corporation to convene said individuals, and recommend the adoption of such constitution, rules, and regulations, as said company or a majority of them may deem necessary and proper for their government and conduct, which, when so adopted by the company, and approved by the corporation aforesaid, shall be binding on each member of said company.

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Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said one hundred persons so selected and organized, shall not be liable during their continuance as members of said Fire Company, to perform militia duty, except in cases of invasion, war or insurrection. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 27, 1831. AN ACT giving the Intendant and members of Council of the town of St. Mary's, authority to act as Justices of the Peace in certain cases. Whereas, many diffidulties and inconveniences arise for want of Justices of the Peace, in the twenty-ninth district Camden county, as no person will accept said office [Illegible Text] to remedy said difficulty, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the Intendant and members of Council for the town of St. Mary's, or any one them, shall have power and authority, to issue writs of attachment returnable to either the Superior or Inferior Courts, and power and authority to take all affidavits necessary, to hold to bail, and also to act in all cases, in suits commenced, or about to be commenced, in either of the above Courts, or in any corporation Court, as Justices of the Peace, except holding of Justices Courts, in the said twenty-ninth district, and the said Intendant and members of council, or any, or either of them, shall have full power and authority to superintend and make returns of all elections which may be hereafter held in the election district of St. Mary's in said county, upon the same footing, and in the same manner as Justices of the Peace of said

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county; all laws and parts of laws militating against this law, to the contrary notwithstanding. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 22, 1831. AN ACT to incorporate the trustees of the Masonic Hall in the town of Milledgeville. Whereas, by an act of the General Assembly of this State, passed on the ninth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, certain persons therein named, were constituted commissioners and authorised to raise by Lottery the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be appropriated to the building of a Masonic Hall in the town of Milledgeville; And whereas, it is made known to this Assembly, that in pursuance of said act, said commissioners have raised a certain sum of money by Lottery; And whereas, it was the intention of said act, that the Hall [Illegible Text] to be built, should be for the benefit of all the Masonic Institutions now in said town, some of which are not incorporated. Sec. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, Seaton Grantland, R. K. Hines, George W. Murray, Thomas Ragland, F. V. Delaunay, William J. Davis, Iverson L. Harris, S. Rockwell, and William Y. Hansell, and their successors, shall be, and they are hereby constituted and created a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Masonic Hall in the town of Milledgeville. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the parties so incorporated as aforesaid, and their successors, shall be, and they are hereby authorised to have and use a common seal,

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and to alter the same at pleasure, and by their corporate name aforesaid to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any court of law or equity, and also to ordain, establish, and alter at pleasure, such by-laws, rules and regulations, as may seem necessary and convenient, for the government of said corporation, or the management of the property thereof: Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations be not contrary to the constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of the Milledgeville Masonic Hall Lottery, shall, so soon as the business of said lottery is finally closed, pay over to the persons hereby incorporated, or their successors, the nett proceeds of said lottery remaining in their hands, and the parties so incorporated and their successors, shall be, and they are hereby authorised and empowered to have, hold, use and enjoy, purchase, receive, possess, and alien or dispose of at pleasure, lands, houses, rents, goods and other property, both real and personal. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said persons so incorporated as aforesaid, and their successors in office, shall be required when the intended Masonic Hall shall have been completed, to account annually, on or before the first day of December, in each year, with the several Masonic Institutions now existing in said town of Milledgeville, and known as Benevolent Lodge number six, Temple Chapter number six, and Georgia Council, for all rents and profits received from said Masonic Hall, or other property, belonging to said corporation, and after deducting all necessary expenses for repairs, insurance, taxes, improvements, or other incidental expences, [charges] shall pay over to the respective treasurers of said institutions, such several proportions of the balance of such rents and profits as may be from time to time fixed on by a majority of said institutions. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the parties so incorporated as aforesaid, and their successors, shall be required to appropriate a suitable part of said Hall to the accommodation and use of all the Masonic Institutions now existing in the town of Milledgeville. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That should all or eitheir of said Masonic Institutions become extinct, or forfeit their or either of their charter or charters, the interest which they or either of them have in the property, either real or personal, or in the dividends annually to be made; which said property is hereby vested in said Trustees; shall not be forfeited

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to the Grand Lodge, the Grand Chapter, the Grand Council, or to any person or persons, institution or institutions, incorporation or incorporations, but the same shall remain vested in the said Trustees, to be disposed of as hereinafter enacted. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That in the event of the extinction of one or more of said Masonic Institutions, or of the forfeiture of their or either of their charters; the property, right or interest which said institution or institutions, had to the dividends arising from the rents or profits of said Masonic Hall, shall be paid over to the Treasurer of the remaining Masonic Institution or Institutions. And should all of said Masonic Institutions become extinct, the property hereby vested in said Trustees, or the rents and profits thereof, shall be disposed of as directed by a majority of the master masons then residing within the county of Baldwin, duly called together for that purpose, and who shall at the time be in regular standing as such: Provided, nevertheless, That the Trustees as aforesaid. shall give ten days notice in one of the public gazettes published in Milledgeville, of the time and place of said intended meeting. Sec. 8. That whenever any vacancy or vacancies in the board of Trustees created by this act, shall occur, by death, resignation, removal from the State or otherwise, the said board of Trustees after due notice thereof, to each member of said board, shall proceed by ballot to fill the same, and the person or persons having a majority of the votes shall be declared elected, and shall become after his or their acceptance under said election a member or members of said board of Trustees: Provided, That no person shall be eligible to such election, unless he be a master mason. Sec. 9. And it is hereby further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831.

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AN ACT to amend an act, entitled an act, to amend and consolidate the several acts which have been passed, in relation to the powers and privileges of the corporation of the city of Savannah, and the hamlets thereof, and for the purposes herein mentioned, passed twenty-fourth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and for other purposes herein mentioned. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah and hamlets thereof, to pass such laws and ordinances as they may consider fit and proper, for the purposes of carrying fully into effect the plan and system for reducing to and keeping in a state of dry culture the low or swamp lands, situate around and lying about the city of Savannah and the hamlets thereof, and also to remove such nuisances or causes of disease, which may affect the citizens thereof, or in any wise injure their health: Provided, the said laws and ordinances so passed as aforesaid, be not contrary to or in violation of the constitution of the United States or of this State. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831.

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RESOLUTIONS WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE SENATE. IN SENATE, Nov. 18, 1831. The Committee appointed to report on so much of the Governor's communication as acknowledges the receipt of the laws of Indiana, report the following resolution: Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be requested, and he is hereby authorized to transmit to the Governor of the State of Indiana, copies of the digested and compiled laws of this State, bound in a neat and handsome manner, with a proper acknowledgment of the Legislature, for the manner in which the laws of Indiana have been presented to the Executive Department of this State. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, IVERSON L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives. Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831. IN SENATE, 19th Nov. [Dec.] 1831. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the Surveyor

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General, be, and he is hereby authorised and required to call on his Excellency the Governor to examine which counties that was provided by an act of the last Legislature, to be entitled to two district surveyors, have returned the smallest number of Repretentative population agreeable to the Census lately taken. And be it further Resolved, That when said Surveyor General has procured such information, he shall, by publishing the same, make known to the surveyor in each of said counties, who was declared elected and who did receive the lowest number of votes, that his services will not be wanting, there not being as many districts as surveyors elected: Provided, nevertheless, That in any case of vacancy by death, resignation or otherwise, the said three surveyors shall have preference to any other person, on the same principle as heretofore provided. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, IVERSON L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831. IN SENATE, Nov. 24, [Dec. 12,] 1831. Many of our fellow citizens throughout the United States, either by their Legislatures or by assemblies of the people, having already expressed their views, as regards the Presidential election; and satisfied that we are able to declare the opinions and wishes of the people of Georgia, on this interesting subject. Resolved, That our confidence in the ability, fidelity and zeal of Andrew Jackson, remains undiminished; and that the people of this State, anxiously look to his re-election, as eminently

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calculated to promote the general interest and prosperity of our country, and the harmony of the Union. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831. IN SENATE, Nov. 25, 1831. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby requested to send with the Laws and Journals of the present session, six copies of Prince's Digest, and six copies of the Georgia Justice, to the county of Telfair, for the use and benefit of the Justices of the Inferior Court, and Justices of the Peace, of said county. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831. IN SENATE, November 30, 1831. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the sum of

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five thousand dollars, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid to any person or persons who shall arrest, bring to trial and prosecute to conviction under the laws of this State; the editor or publisher of a certain paper called the Liberator, published in the town of Boston, and State of Massachusetts; or who shall arrest, bring to trial prosecute to conviction under the laws of this State, any other person or persons who shall utter, publish or circulate within the limits of this State, said paper called the Liberator, or any other paper, circular, pamphlet, letter or address of a seditious character. And that his Excellency the Governor is hereby authorised and requested, to issue his warrant upon the Treasurer, for said sum of five thousand dollars, in favor of any person or persons, who shall have arrested and brought to trial and prosecuted to conviction, under the laws of this State, the editor or publisher of the Liberator, or who shall have arrested and brought to trial or prosecute to conviction, under the laws of this State; any other person or persons, who shall utter, publish or circulate, within the limits of this State, said paper called the Liberator, or any other paper, circular, pamphlet, letter or address of a seditious character. And that these resolutions be inserted in the appropriation act. And resolved further, That his Excellency the Governor cause the foregoing resolutions, to be published in the public journals of this State, and such other papers as he may think proper, and pay for the publication thereof, out of the contingent fund. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831.

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IN SENATE, December 1, 1831. Whereas, it is represented to the General Assembly, by the Commissioners of the Brunswick Rail Road Company, that the improvement of the navigation of a short branch of the Alatamaha river, in Glynn county, called Rail-Road Creek, (which is about one mile in length,) will be indispensably necessary, so as to admit the passing and repassing of Steam Boats, Pole-Boats, c. c. as preparatory to the commencement of the work of their Rail-Road, from the head of said Creek to the town of Brunswick; and whereas, the opening of that superior port, to the middle and western counties of this State, is deemed of great importance to a large portion of the people of Georgia, which being the primary object of the said Rail-Road Company And whereas, no Legislative aid having heretofore been bestowed upon the improvement of the navigation, towards opening the port of Brunswick, which is represented as being far superior to any other in Georgia, and at the same time situated centrally upon the sea-coast of this State. Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That ten thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby set apart as a fund, and to be placed in the bill of the general appropriation; to be vested in the purchase of able bodied negro men, between eighteen and twenty-five years of age, and to be added to the present number of public hands employed upon the roads and rivers; the said negro men to be purchased within this State, for, and on account of the State, under the direction and approbation of his Excellency the Governor, in the same manner as pointed out by the act of eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, for the purchase of public hands for the improvement of the roads and rivers of this State. Be it further resolved, That the aforesaid additional public hands, herein directed to be purchased, be placed at, and in the neighborhood of Brunswick, for the term of one year, to open and improve the navigation of Rail-Road Creek, for the purpose aforesaid, and to cut out a road to the Alatamaha Swamp. And be it further resolved, That said hands shall at the expiration of one year, be applied to construct a road from Fort Barrington, on the Alatamaha, through Bull-Town Swamp,

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to Samuel Jones' in Liberty county: Provided, they are not employed for a longer term of time than eight weeks. And be it further resolved, That after the term of one year and eight weeks, the said public hands may be transferred to such other [Illegible Text] or rivers, as the next Legislature may deem proper to direct. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 19, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 23, 1831. IN SENATE, Dec. 1, 1831. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby requested to transmit to the county of Dooly, with the Laws and Journals of the present session, four copies of Prince's Digest, and four of the last edition of Clayton's Georgia Justice. To the counties of Tattnall, Montgomery and Henry, respectively, six copies each, of said books, for the use of the Inferior Courts and Justices of the Peace in said counties, who have not been furnished with them. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831,

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IN SENATE, Dec. 5, 1831. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorised to deliver to Michael F. Boisclair, and his associates, (under the style and name of the Richmond Light Dragoons,) fifty Cavalry Swords, and fifty pair of Pistols, for the use of said Company of Light Dragoons, provided they comply with the law provided for in such cases. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 8, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 10, 1831. IN SENATE, Dec. 9, 1831. The committee to whom was referred the communication of his Excellency the Governor, transmitting to the General Assembly, the copy of a paper purporting to be signed by Henry Baldwin, Esq. one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and to be a citation to the State of Georgia, to appear in the Supreme Court, on the second Monday in January next, to shew cause before that tribunal, why two several judgments should not be set aside, which have lately been rendered in the Superior Court of the county of Gwinnett, against Samuel A. Worcester and Elizur Butler, for a violation of an existing law of the State, committed within its jurisdictional limits; also of a paper, purporting to be a notice, signed by William Wirt and John Sergeant, as counsel for Samuel A. Worcester and Elizur Butler, informing his Excellency the Governor, of an intended application to the Supreme Court for a hearing on writs of error filed by said Worcester and Butlerbeg leave to recommend

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to the General Assembly the adoption of the following resolutions, viz: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the act of the last Legislature, making it penal to reside within the limits of the lands belonging to the State, in the occupancy of the Cherokee Indians, without having taken a license from the Governor, and without taking the oath to support the constitution and laws of Georgia, under which Samuel A. Worcester and Elizur Butler, were convicted at the sitting of the last Superior Court of Gwinnett county; is not in violation of either the letter or the spirit of the Federal Constitution. That the State has right of civil and criminal jurisdiction over the whole of the lands within her chartered limits, and that her jurisdiction, does of right, extend to the persons and things within these limits. That the powers not delegated by the Constitution to the United States, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectivelyAnd that a right to interfere with and controul the criminal jurisdiction of the States, has not been delegated by the Constitution to the United States, or its Courts; nor is the right of exclusive and final jurisdiction in all criminal cases, prohibited by the Constitution to the States. That by the Constitution of the State of Georgia, final and conclusive jurisdiction in criminal cases, is vested in the Superior Courts of the several counties of the State, and when these Courts have pronounced the sentence of the law, no Court has the right to re-hear, over-rule and reverse their decisions, or in any way impede the execution of their decrees. That any attempt to reverse the decision of the Superior Court of Gwinnett county, in the case of Samuel A. Worcester and Elizur Butler, by the Supreme Court of the United States, will be held by this State, as an unconstitutional arbitrary interference in the administration of her criminal laws, and will be treated as such. That the State of Georgia, will not compromit her dignity as a Sovereign State, or so far yield her rights as a member of the Confederacy, as to appear in, answer to, or in any way become a party; to any proceedings before the Supreme Court, having for their object a revisal or interference with the decisions of the State Courts in criminal matters.

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That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he every other officer of this State, is hereby authorised and requested to disregard any and every mandate, order, process, or decree, that has been or shall be served upon him or them, purporting to proceed from the Chief Justice, or any associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, for the purpose of arresting or impeding the execution of the sentence of the State Courts in criminal cases. That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorised and required with all the force and means placed at his command by the Constitution and Laws of this State, to [resist and] repel any and every invasion from whatever direction it may come, upon the administration of the criminal laws of this State. Read and unanimously agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Unanimously concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831. IN SENATE, Dec. 12, 1831. Whereas Joseph V. Bevan, by concurred resolution of the 18th December, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, there was an appropriation made in his favor, of four hundred dollars, for which he engaged to do certain things therein specified, and he was to give a bond for the performance of the same, and whereas the said Joseph V. Bevan hath departed this life, without realizing the object for which the said money was advanced. Be it resolved, That his excellency the Governor be requested to cause the aforesaid bond to be placed in the hands of the Solicitor General of the Eastern district, with directions to recover the said four hundred dollars, from the

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executors or administrators of the said Bevan's estate, the State not having received the consideration for which it was advanced. Read and agreed to, Dec. 12, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831. IN SENATE, Dec. 13, [1831.] The Committee to whom was referred the memorial of David Shelton, administrator of Thomas Dyer, Report, that they have had the subject matter of the memorial under consideration, and have ascertained that by the resurvey ordered by the Legislature of the fractions on Flint River, in the first district of Dooly, he, the said Thomas Dyer or his heirs or representatives, have lost seven hundred and fifty acres of land, that was included in those fractions at the time of sale, and we deem it but justice to the heirs of the said Thomas Dyer, that they should have the purchase money refunded, with interest, or have the lands, as purchased, restored to them. They therefore recommend that the sum of one hundred and ninety dollars and twenty-five cents, the original purchase money, with the further sum of ninety-one dollars thirty-two cents, of interest, accruing from the time the same was paid into the treasury, be refunded to the said David Shelton, as administrator of Thomas Dyer, upon the surrender of his certificates of purchase and signing a deed of relinquishment to the State; and that the same be placed in the appropriation act. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. P. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831.

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IN SENATE, Dec. 14, 1831. The committee on Agriculture and Internal Improvements, to whom was referred the memorial of sundry inhabitants of the county of [Illegible Text], have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report, that the county of [Illegible Text] has, as appears from the documents submitted to them, been at more expense in the erection of bridges [and] causeways than equitably falls to their share, and the said county not having hitherto been benefitted by the monies expended by the State, for the improvement of the roads, it is but just and reasonable that they should be aided by the State in such works and repairs in relation to causeways and bridges, as may be necessary to be done hereafter in that county: they would therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That the superintendent of roads of the eastern section, examine the several passways over Brier Creek within the county of Burke, and report to the next Legislature what labor is necessary to render passable that Creek at all necessary points, so that provision may be made for executing the work. And be it further resolved, That the superintendent of public hands of the western division be required to examine into and report as aforesaid, the expediency and probable expense of building a bridge across Flint River, at the Flat Shoals. Be it further resolved, That the superintendent of the southern section, examine the roads from the different public ferries on the Alatamaha, across the swamp only, and report to the next Legislature. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 20, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 23, 1831.

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IN SENATE, Dec. 14, 1831. The joint committee on Agriculture and Internal Improvement, to whom was referred the petition of a number of the citizens of the county of Baker, on the subject of the navigation of the Itchawanotchaway Creek, in said county, beg leave to recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Whereas, the Creek Ichawanotchaway, a large tributary of the Flint River, which traverses the county of Baker, is represented to this General Assembly as navigable for a considerable distance. And whereas it is highly important to the good citizens of the said county, that said Creek be fully examined and its condition improved if the same, as is represented, be practicable. Be it therefore resolved, That Wm. McDaniel, Benjamin Johnston, and Richard Lofton, or a majority of them, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to examine into and report to the next Legislature of this State, upon the condition of said Creek, and what measures will best conduce to the improvement of the navigation of said Creek: Provided, the county of Baker make them compensation for their services, if they should demand such compensation. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor Approved, Dec. 26, 1831. IN SENATE, Dec. 14, 1831. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested, and he is hereby authorised to have the several portraits and other ornamental hangings in the Senate and Representative

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Chambers so secured by transparent veils, as will preserve them from dust or other detrimental causes, and that he pay for the same out of the contingent fund. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Appeoved, Dec. 26, 1831. IN SENATE, Dec. 15, 1831. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby resolved, That from and after the passage of this resolution, Achols Daniel, of the county of Crawford, be, and he is hereby relieved from the operation of any execution or other process which may be had against him, in consequence of his having failed to pay his tax in the county of Crawford, he having paid the same in the county of Monroe. Read and agreed to. THOMS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives. Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831.

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IN SENATE, Dec. 15, 1831. The committee on Finance, to whom the Governor's communication concerning a report of Col. Joseph Jackson, agent for the State, to inquire into and report on the actings and doings of the Commissioners of Pilotage, for the port and city of Savannah, (there being no other documents submitted,) have had the same under consideration, from which it appears, that the said Commissioners have deviated from Legislative enactments, and as no explanation has been rendered by them, with a view to justify the course they have pursued, your committee offer the following resolution: Resolved, That the prosecuting officer of the State, for the Eastern Circuit, proceed to a judicial investigation of the conduct of the Commissioners of Pilotage for the city of Savannah, and report the result when the business is completed. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives. Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831. IN SENATE, Dec. 15, 1831. The committee to whom was referred so much of his Excellency the Governor's communication, as relates to the enforcement of the law, making it penal under certain restrictions, for white persons to reside within the limits of the Cherokee Nation: together with the documents in relation to that subject; have bestowed upon the subject, such reflection, and given it such investigation, as its importance merits. It does not appear to your committee, so far as the people of Georgia are concerned, at all necessary, to enter into a defence of this measure of the Government. Our people with

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one accord, your committee believe, approve both the policy of the law and the manner of its enforcement. The policy of the State toward the Cherokee tribe of Indians, in regard to the unsettled lands within her limits, and particularly in reference to the missionaries who have made themselves obnoxious to the penalty of the act of the last Legislature; has been and still is already [abroad] the subject of misrepresentation, and the theme of vituperation. We have been represented, as usurping rights, which belong to the Indians, as exercising dominion over a people, free and independent, and as disregarding the sacred character and holy functions of the missionaries of the Cross. A regard to the moral sense of the people of the Union, and a just respect to the character of the State, your committee believe, require, that, upon this subject facts should be exhibited, and the principles of action, which have governed the State should be well understood. By a law of the State, passed at the last session of the General Assembly, all white persons, except agents of the United States, are prohibited from residing within its territory, occupied by the Cherokees, unless authorised by license from the Governor or his agent, upon taking an oath to support the constitution and laws of this State. The right of the State to pass this law, results as a necessary consequence, to the right which she has to the soil and jurisdiction, over the Cherokee landsHer right of jurisdiction is co-extensive with her chartered limits and embraces the persons and things, within those limits. No enlightened jurist of the present day, no one familiar with the custom, which has governed all the states of the Union, who have had Indian tribes within their limits, or who is conversant with the policy of the Federal Government, since the administration of Mr. Monroe, will for a moment doubt, the right of the State, to extend her criminal laws over the whole of her chartered limits: this is not a vexed question: at all events, its elucidation does not constitute a part of the duty of your committee upon the present occasion. The reason and necessity of the law, are as obvious as the right to enact it. A leading object with the General Government has been, for many years, the removal of the Cherokee Indians West of the Mississippi. This has been held by the most benevolent, and also the most distinguished of our statesmen, the only means left to the Government to save the [Illegible Text] remnants of this once numerous and powerful nation, from moral [Illegible Text] as individuals; and total extinction as a tribe. Year after year, the tribes within the states, have been seen to decrease in numbers, and to sink lower and lower

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in crime, depravity, and sin. The parental arm of the Government has been extended to their relief, and the Federal and State Governments, have united their efforts to remove them from their present habitations and locate them beyond the Mississippi. There, under the protection of the Government, and free, alike from the crimes and the [Illegible Text] of the white man, to live in their own peculiar way, the happy and lordly masters of the Forest. It was an object of peculiar interest to Georgia, to acquire a speedy possession of her Cherokee lands. Too long had the Government delayed to liquidate the Indian possession. She had become justly jealous of her rights, and her people had become impatient of the restraints imposed by the delay of the Federal Government to fulfil her treaty obligations. The Cherokee tribe had assumed the attitude of an independent nation, with government and laws distinct from, and independent of the State authority. The discovery of immense mineral wealth, within the limits of the nation, acting upon the avarice and cupidity of men, had brought into the territory, a numerous body of men, lawless, abandoned, and hostile to the policy of the State. These circumstances imperiously asked of the State decisive and prompt action, and on these [Illegible Text] she enacted laws, abrogating the Cherokee Government, making it penal to dig gold, and punishing a resident within the territory, unless the resident would take an oath to observe the constitution and laws of the state. The exclusion of all white persons from the Cherokee lands, was the dictate of policy and necessity. It was well ascertained that the efforts of whites resident in the nation, were directed to a prevention of the removal of the Indians. They dissuaded the Indians from emigrating, encouraged them in their ideas of independence, misrepresented the policy and intents of the Government, and thwarted, by all the means within their power, the views of the state. It became necessary, therefore, that the state should abandon her policy and cease her efforts to remove the Indians, or rid herself of the selfish and corrupt whites, who had settled among them.Hence the passage of the act, making it penal to reside within the limits of the land occupied by the Cherokees, without a license, and without taking an oath to observe the constitution and laws of the state. The oath and the license, it was thought, would be a sufficient protection of the policy of the state, from any attempts to defeat it, by such as might think proper to remain. To such as were well disposod to the benevolent views of the State, the oath would be no stumbling block, whilst it would exclude such as were hostile to her interests and her policy. And the [Illegible Text] of permitting a

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residence there, upon such terms, proves conclusively that the law was intended to operate upon such only as were defeating the [Illegible Text] objects of the state. Removal of the whites was not so much desired, as the destruction of that influence, which was at war with the interest of Georgia. It is worthy of remark, that the Federal Government, acting in loco parentis to the Indians, delegated to her Indian agents more power over whites, resident in the nation, than Georgia seeks to exercise, in the enforcement of her law. They were instructed, by order from the War Department in the following words: You are to allow no white person to enter and [Illegible Text] on the Indian lands within your agency, who shall not on entering present to you, approved testimonials of his good character for industry, honesty, and sobriety; nor then, without the consent of the Indians. And if, after permission is given under such testimonials, the person or persons to whom it is given, shall become lazy, dishonest, intemperate, or in any way setting vicious examples before the Indians, exciting them against each other, or inflaming their jealousy and suspicion against the General Government, or any of its acts towards them, or attempting to degrade in their eyes the agents of government, thereby destroying their influence over the Indians by false accusations or otherwise, you will forthwith order such person or persons out of the Indian country.It is here seen, that Georgia in her sovereign character, and in the exercise of an indubitable right, has scarcely assumed as much power over these persons, as the Federal Government thought proper to commit to her agents, who were to a great extent irresponsible. Both governments had mainly in view the same object, in the suppression of any influence among the Indians, adverse to their benevolent designs towards them, and yet not a few of those who admit and justify the measures of the General Government, condemn and reprobate the law of this state. Your committee are of opinion that when this matter is understood, it will be admitted that all which Georgia has done, was made necessary in order to effect the removal of the Indians. Let those too who clamor so much about Indian rights, and who weep so much over Indian sufferings, know, that this law was necessary to the protection of the persons and property of the Indians from the violence, the intrigues, and the corruptions of the whites. Here it is well understood, that white men are the greatest enemies to the Indians, whether in the character of the selfish, avaricious and ambitious resident within their limits, or the character of the political

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knave, or canting fanatic without their limits. At no time have Indian rights been [Illegible Text] protected, and at no time has the Cherokee tribe exhibited more evidence of peace, quiet, and protection, than since the extension of our laws over them. The Georgia jurisdiction has been their shield. Not only so, but the law exeluding the whites, was intended to extend, and does now extend, protection to those who are willing to evade its penalties, by complying with its terms. The laws and character of the state, are a guarantee to such, of more right, than they ever enjoyed there. By a strange perversion of principle, or a wretched ignorance of facts, a mild and benevolent policy has been corrupted into the veriest despotismand that law, which created a right for the white man in the Cherokee country, which he had not before, and protected him in the enjoyment of it, has been denounced as arbitrary, unjust, and unholy. At no time, under the intercourse laws, have the Indians been so effectually protected, and at so little cost as under the laws of Georgia. Your committee have said, that the act of the General Assembly was necessary to carry into effect the benign policy of the State, in reference to the Indians, that it operated as a protection to them, from the rapacity and violence of the whites, and that so far from its being an unwarrantable proscription of them, it actually conferred privileges which, of right, they have not before possessed. The latter position is made manifest by adverting to the fact, that before the passage of the act, no white citizen could claim his residence there as a matter of right; but the moment he complied with the reasonable requisitions of the law, he became [Illegible Text] facto entitled to such residence and all the benefits it conferred. It is true, that many were upon the soil at the moment of passing the act, but their residence was assumed, and only tolerated by the State: they were only residents at the sufferance of the State. The missionaries themselves will not deny but that their condition, in the Cherokee nation, under the jurisdiction of Georgia, was greatly preferable to what it was under the dominion of the agents of the United States. The law which has excited so much feeling among our brethren of the eastern states, is not partial or exclusive in its operation. The first citizen of Georgia, the most abandoned of the refugee adventurers for gold, as well as the meek and law abiding Moravian missionary, are within its provisionsall classes, all grades, and all professions are alike liable to its penalties. Our law in this, as well as all [other] cases, aims at no individual or individuals, and recognises no exemptions. And had the most talented, or the

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most dignified of our sons, [Illegible Text] within the [Illegible Text] of our lands in the possession of the Cherokee Indians, without having taken the oath; the law would have been administered upon such an one, with unsparing rigor and [Illegible Text] severity. Your committee, therefore, declare that no objection can be urged against the state, with any propriety, upon the score of its [Illegible Text], for the state made all men equal under the law. The law of the last Legislature, herein adverted to, did not, according to its provisions, take effect immediately.The commencement of its operation was fixed, at a time sufficiently remote to put all persons interested upon their guard; and [Illegible Text] opportunity was afforded, for a knowledge of its existence and of its provisions. No man was entrapped, and all who offended against it sinned against the authority of the state, with a perfect knowledge of the consequences. Most of those persons who were residents of the Cherokee country either removed from the state or submitted to the requirements of the law. The Board of Directors of the United Brethren's mission at Salem, believing that the object of their mission to the Cherokees, under the [Illegible Text] circumstances of the state, and the Indians, could not be effected, instructed their missionaries to remove from the country. Acting, as your committee believe, from a sense of respect to the laws and authorities of Georgia, they were unwilling to interfere with her laws or her policy. In the conduct of these [Illegible Text] and devoted missionaries of the Cross, is exhibited in bold relief the pure and sublime principles of our [Illegible Text] religion. Some there were, however, who refused to remove from our limits and who refused to comply with the conditions of residence prescribed in the law. These individuals were either missionaries or persons who were under their influence and acted under their advisement. The most conspicuous and talented of these individuals, are the Rev. S. Worcester and Dr. E. Butler, missionaries of the American Board of Foreign Missions. These persons had long been conversant with the policy of the General Government, and with the rights as well as the laws of Georgia. The law, to whose penalty they became obnoxious, was known to them. The law had raised within their hearing, its warning voice, and admonished them of their duty; but the Governor of the State, reluctant to enforce upon them, the penalty of the law, respecting their sacred profession, and respecting still more the most holy cause in which they were engaged; kindly and politely, and

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in the spirit of forbearance, warned them, yet again of their crime and invited them away from their own ruin. A personal address was made to each of them by his Excellency, and ten days given for their removalall this did not avail. They not only persisted in their illegal residence, but ventured upon justification of their crime in an address to the Executive of the State. Orders were then given to arrest them, that they might [Illegible Text] the full penalty of our laws since such was their voluntary choice. They were arrested, tried and convicted, and now inmates of the State-Prison, they suffer the melancholy doom which their perverse obstinacy, or misguided zeal has brought upon them. What reproach could be cast upon the State for their conviction, and what justification or extenuation can be had for their violation of the laws of the State? None. No man would hesitate to pronounce them the wilful perpetrators of their own misfortunes. If it be said that they were residents upon those lands by permission of the United States Government, and therefore the State had no right to punish them; your committee answer, that the Government of the United States, has no power to bestow a right, which is adverse to the rights of Georgia, and that this permission was good to them so long as the State acquiesced in it, and no longer; and the enacting of the law, making the residence criminal, is a declaration of the State's dissent to it. If it is [Illegible Text] that their residence was by permission of the Indians and therefore the State could not make it penal,your committee answer; the Indians, it is true have a right of occupancy; but this right of occupancy is personal to themselves, and cannot be by them delegated, to any person whatever: therefore their consent to a residence is no justification. The ultimate fee to the lands, is in Georgia, and so far as Georgia and all the world (except the Indians) is concerned, she is the alsolute, unqualified owner.As your committee before remarked, the right of jurisdiction is in Georgia, and of consequence there is no limit to her right of penal enactment. The state owned the lands, and it was perfectly competent for her, to prescribe such terms to residence upon them, as she deemed fit and expedient. It will not be denied that the State has the right to prescribe such conditions to a residence, upon the state-house square in the town of Milledgeville, as she may think fit. So far as all the world, except the Indians, is concerned, there is no difference between the title, which the State has to her state-house square, and her title to the Cherokee lands. In either case the grant is in her, and can never be divested but by her own act. If it. is said that the State did require the Missionaries to take an oath, which in

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conscience they could not take, or suffer the penalty of the law; your committee answer, that the State involved the Missionaries in no such desperate dilemma. If the oath was taken, it was a voluntary act, and the oath could have been avoided by removal from our limits. If the penalty was suffered, it was a voluntary act; which might have been avoided either by taking the oath, or removing from the limits. The Missionaries were left free to choose between the oath the penalty of the law, and removal, and they choose the penalty of the law. Why then should the State be censured for an act, which was the result of choice, on the part of the missionaries? and which your committee fear was sought by them, either for the purposes of political effect, or to exhibit themselves to a sympathising fraternity, as [Illegible Text] for righeousness' sake? They surely cannot claim for themselves exemption from the operation of the laws of the State, by reason of their profession or their vocation. The laws of Georgia interfere not with the religious privileges, or conscientious opinions of menand the State lends her aid to all efforts, for the dissemination of the truths of revelation, she is the auxiliary of the missionary, in teaching the Heathen, the great truths of Christianity; and her constitution and laws are based upon the principles and doctrines of him who spake as never man spake. Still the law is no respecter of personsand he who violates it, whether Jew or Gentile, Christian or [Illegible Text], Mahometan or Pagan, must expect to meet its sanctions and feel its penalties. It is for the missionaries to reconcile their precepts with their practice, and to prove to the world, that the religion which they profess allows, much less encourages, disobedience to laws, insubordination, and resistance to the powers that be It remains for them to show, that resistance to rightful [Illegible Text] authority is either a Christian duty, or a Christian privilegethat things which are C[aelig]sar's, are not to be rendered to C[aelig]sar, and that conscientious scruples can defeat the operation of laws, or stay the hand of Government. If the opinion of every subject, as to the constitutionality of the laws under which he lives, can exempt him from their operation, then is Government a mockery, and lawgivers, Judges and Governors, the merest toys to be sported with according to the whims and caprices of individuals. In the letters of these individuals to the Governor, the reason of their refusal to obey the laws of Georgia, is assigned to be, that they did not believe the State had the right of jurisdiction over the country, and believing as they did, they could not do violence to their consciences by taking the oath. Your committee believe, that scruples as to the oath, should

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have removed all scruples as to their duty to remove. They cannot deny the right of all men, to judge for themselves, of the constitutionality, or propriety of any law; but it is a new idea, that the law as to such an one so judging, is to fail of its effect and become a nullity. Those who do assume this original, natural right, and act upon it, as the missionaries have done, must expect to suffer as they are suffering, the consequences of their rash judgment. The Rev. Samuel A. Worcester and Dr. Elizur Butler, were warned of the existence of the law they have violated. They were politely invited to remove and time given for their removal. They resisted the authority of the State, and repelled with disdain, the kind offices of the Governor in their behalf. They were arrested, defended by enlightened counsel, tried before a court distinguished for its legal wisdom and its benevolent feeling, and convicted and sentenced. Still the authority of the State followed them with anxious solicitude to relieve them, still kindness and mercy and forbearance, would have stayed the execution of the sentence. At the Gate of the Penitentiary, they were met with the offer of pardon, upon the easy terms of removal from the territory, or taking the oath. This offer they repelledThese overtures of mercy they heeded not, and entered the Penitentiary, a living monument of fanaticism, political knavery, or egregions folly.Notwithstanding all these things, Georgia has been ranked among the Despotisms of the East, and her late benevolent, honest and talented Governor, placed among the Neros, Dionysiuses and Dracos of infamous memory. From the enlightened, the candid and the pious of all parties and all creeds, the State must receive a judgment not only of acquital of error or crime, but of high commendation. Resolved, That this committee recommend, and do hereby recommend to the General Assembly, the printing of forty copies of this report, for each member of the State Delegation in Congress, and that his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby requested to forward to our Delegation in Congress, forty copies each of the report. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. [24,] 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831.

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IN SENATE, Dec. 16, 1831. Resolved, That both branches of the Legislature will convene in the Representative Chamber, on Thursday next, at three o'clock, P. M. for the purpose of electing five directors for the Bank of Darien, two for the Planters' Bank, and four for the Bank of the State of Georgia. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 21, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 21, 1831. IN SENATE, Dec. 16, 1831. The committee on Agriculture and Internal Improvement, to whom was referred the report of Stephen F. Miller, the agent appointed under a resolution of the last Legislature, to effect a full settlement with the commissioners of the Oconee river below Milledgeville, together with the accompanying documents, have had the same under their attentive consideration, and ask leave to submit the following Report: The agent has properly, in the opinion of the committee, limited his investigation, to the period between the second December, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, at which time the funds and property of the association were ascertained, and a satisfactory report made thereon to the Legislature, and the creation of the new board by the act of twenty-sixth December, eighteen hundred and twenty-six. By the account current accompanying the report, it appears, that the Commissioners have had in disposable funds, including Bank

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Stock, thirteen thousand nine hundred and one dollars and forty-two cents, and that they have expended thirteen thousand four hundred and ninety-eight dollars and thirty-seven cents, leaving a balance in the hands of the Commissioners, of four hundred and three dollars and five cents. The agent remarks, that the balance against the Commissioners, consists chiefly in notes, accounts and attorney's receipts, mostly on insolvent persons, and all barred by the statute of limitations, and that he was informed by Col. Blount, that no part of the same had been collected. The agent also states, that he has inspected a list of these debts, a copy of which is appended to his report, marked number thirty, that they correspond in amount and description with those mentioned in the report of eighteen hundred and twenty-four, that they are in his opinion the same, and that they are the only bad debts which accumulated in the hands of the commissioners during their service. Admitting that the commissioners have done all that could have been reasonably expected of them, in the collection of these debts, there would be a balance in their favor, of one hundred and forty eight dollars and forty-two cents, but this they do not even assert, nor does it appear that all of the above mentioned debts were bad, so that the committee cannot assume the settlement to be complete until those evidences of debts are more satisfactorily accounted for, and in no event in the opinion of the committee could the commissioners rightfully charge the State more than the amount of the funds placed in their hands, though it is the opinion of the committee under the circumstances as they are presented in the report of the agent, that a further prosecution of the settlement with the Commissioners would only result in expense to the State, without any corresponding benefit. The public hands under the control of the Commissioners, have been accounted for to the satisfaction of the committee. It appears by the report of Mr. Hines, made to the late Governor, and acted on by the last Legislature, that Col. Blount believed he had omitted to charge Gen. Blackshear with five hundred dollars paid him by Mr. Rowland, it now appears that the transaction took place previous to the settlement acted on by the Legislature, in eighteen hundred and twenty-four, and consequently in the opinion of the committee must have been accounted for in that settlement. The committee in conclusion, respectfully recommend the adoption of the following resolution:

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Resolved, That the further interference of the Legislature, in regard to the settlement with the Commissioners of the Oconee river, is unnecessary. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831. IN SENATE, Dec. 17, 1831. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be authorised and requested to employ a competent Engineer, to examine and report to the next General Assembly, upon the practicability and probable expense of rendering the Chattahoochee river navigable from West Point in Troup county, to to the town of Columbus. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831.

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IN SENATE, Dec. 17, 1831. The committee on Finance, to whom was referred the communicatins of his Excellency the Governor, on the subject of the conduct of John Kelly, Commissioner of the Locust Stake Road, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to report the following resolution: Resolved, That that Solicitor General of the Western Circuit, be, and he is hereby instructed to settle with the said John Kelly, by suit or otherwise, and report his actings and doings thereon to the proper department. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831. IN SENATE, Dec. 21, 1831. Whereas, the register of names, of the Land Lottery of eighteen hundred and nineteen, now in the Executive Office, is much injured and torn, and many parts entirely defaced or lost. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorised, to employ some fit and proper person to transcribe and make an entire new register of the names of fortunate drawers in the counties of originally Irwin, Early, Walton, Gwinnett, Hall, Habersham and Rabun;

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and that his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorised to pay for the same from the contingent fund. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831. IN SENATE, Nov. 22, 1831. The joint committee on printing, Report, that in conformity with the duties they were appointed to perform, they issued proposals to the several printers of Milledgevile, and such other persons as might wish to offer for the printing of the State, for the present session, have received and accepted of Messrs Camak Ragland, proposals to print the Laws and Journals, which are upon the same terms as last year; to be delivered as follows: the laws by the middle of January and the journals by the middle of February. The committee also accept of the proposals of Messrs. Polhill and Cuthbert, which are also upon the same terms as last year, for the job printing of the present session. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 20, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 23, 1831.

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IN SENATE, December 22, 1831. The joint committee on Banks, to whom was referred the annual statement of the condition of the Central Bank, respectfully report, that they have thoroughly investigated the offices [affairs] of that institution, the result of which has been entirely satisfactory. The evidences of debt to the Bank; the bills of other banks owned by the Central Bank; the bills of that Bank, and the amount of specie in its vault, were all found to correspond with the report referred to your committee. The issues of the bank have been within the established limits; the discounts have been properly distributed to the several counties of the State, and the sums allowed to individuals have not exceeded the amounts authorised by law. The ability, intelligence, industry and zeal, of the Directors and officers of the bank, have been every where manifested in their several departments, and in the discharge their various, arduous and responsible, and frequently delicate duties. Whatever may be the difference of opinion prevailing, as to the policy of such an institution, all who will make themselves acquainted with the manner in which the complicated and diversified duties that by law have devolved upon the Central Bank, have been discharged, must accord to those who have directed its affairs, an entire approbation. Whilst the Central Bank shall be conducted in the same [Illegible Text], and managed with the same ability that have characterised its present administration, the public, for whose use it has been established must feel that much will be done in the collection of the public revenue, and the [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text] sound currency, at the same time that a large addition will be made to the annual income of the State. The notes of the Central Bank in circulation, amount to one hundred and eleven thousand nine hundred and ninety-six dollars. To meet these there has been provided a fund consisting of eighty thousand six hundred and fifty-six dollars in specie, fifty thousand eight hundred and five dollars in bills of the United States Bank and Branches, and one hundred and eight thousand six hundred and fifty-three dollars in the notes of the State Banks. It is respectfully represented by your committee that the salary of the Cashier is wholly inadequate to his services, duties, and responsibilities. There is no economy more efficient and judicious than that which declares the labourer worthy of his hire; and which gives a full reward that a full

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service may be exacted. A resolution is [Illegible Text] authorising an increase of the pay of this officer. There are in possession of the the Central Bank a number of notes, given by individuals, for the purchase of fractions, at varlous periods, whose places of residence are unknown. If some efficient measure be not adopted, these notes cannot be collected. It has been thought that if they were authorised to be placed in the hands of some proper agent, who should be allowed a liberal [Illegible Text] for searching out the principals and securities, and collecting the amounts due, that something might yet be collected which otherwise must be lost to the State. A resolution giving that power to the Directors of the Central Bank, is herewith submitted. There are in possession of the Central Bank mutilated bills of its own amounting to five thousand dollars, which your committee recommend be burned: for that purpose a resolution is herewith submitted. Resolved, That the salary of the cashier of the Central Bank be raised to two thousand dollars. Resolved, That the Directors of the Central Bank be authorised to place in the hands of competent agents, for collection, such notes as they may have, whose drawers and securities, or whose places of residence are unknown; and that such per cent. be allowed upon all monies that may be collected from such persons as to the said Directors may appear proper. Resolved, That the mutilated notes of the Central Bank, now in its possession, be burnt, in the presence of the committee on banks or its sub-committee. The committee on banks, has the honor to report that, on an examination of the annual report of the President of the Marine and Fire Insurance Company, it appears that the affairs of the institution have been managed judiciously, and with a due regard to the interest of the stockholders. The amount of specie and funds, which may be converted into specie, are ample, and would meet any demand which could be made upon the bank. The committee is satisfied with the state of the institution, and believe it fully entitled to the confidence of the public. The following report of the bank committee on the condition of the Darien Bank, to wit: That the statement of the Bank of Darien shows a sound and healthy condition; it has [Illegible Text] semi annual dividends, which have lately brought

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into the coffers of the State, the sum of twenty-one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars. The steady course which it has pursued for some years part, has had a tendency to redeem its former character, and place it amongst the cherished institutions of the State; more especially as it now possesses the confidence of the public and shares its patronage. The joint committee to whom was referred the annual statements of the condition of the Bank of the State of Georgia, of the Darien Bank, of the Savings Bank of Augusta, and of the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company, Report: That the statement of the Bank of the State of Georgia, as exhibited by the accompanying account current, shows the said Bank and its branches to be in a sound condition, and that they deserve a continnance of that full confidence hitherto placed in them by the public. The report of the Augusta Saving Bank, from the commencement of its business to the present time, gives a detailed statement of its operations. This differs from ordinary banks: its object is essentially charitable, and with its benevolence it affords to the improvident practical lessons on economy; it holds out no invitation to the capitalist or office holder [hunter.] The management of this institution reflects honour upon its philanthropic directors; and in confirmation of the disinterestedness with which it has been managed, it is shown that its expenses, from the commencement of its operations to the present time, nearly three years, amount to only twenty two dollars and seventy four cents. The statement of the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company exhibits available means, on brief notice, adequate to all current demands. The promptitude with which it settled [its] late uncommon losses, entitle it to the highest praise. As the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company, under the privileges of its charter, both issues bills and insures on property, the committee would have been better satisfied, if its statement had been accompanied with the amount of its risks on insurance; for in addition to its bank liabilities, it is equally bound to meet losses on insurances. The committee on banks, to whom was referred the annual statement of the Bank of Augusta, beg leave to report, That on a careful and minute examination of the exhibits, they find such evidence of the ability with which the affairs of the bank have been conducted, and of its sound and stable

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condition, that notwithstanding the great depreciation in the real estate belonging to that institution, of about twenty-nine thousand dollars, and in doubtful and bad debts to the amount of twenty-four thousand [dollars;] yet your committee are of opinion that this bank is in a prosperous and flourishing condition, and without, [withal] that the ability and fidelity with which its affairs have been managed, meets the approbation of your committee, and as such is entitled to the entire confidence of the Legislature and of the people of Georgia. The committee on banks, to whom was referred the annual statement and condition of the Planters Bank of the State of Georgia, respectfully Report, That after a mature and careful examination into the fiscal concerns of said Bank, your committee are fully of opinion that the condition of said institution, and the management thereof, as to its pecuniary concerns, is highly satisfactory to your committee, and deserves the confidence of the Legislature and the public at large. The committee on banks, to whom was referred the report of the bank of Columbus, beg leave to report, That after a due examination on the condition of said bank, they find nothing in the management of the affairs of said institution, which does not warrant your committee in saying that the institution has been well conducted, and in a sound condition, and is entitled to the fullest confidence of the Legislature and of the people of Georgia. The committee to whom was referred the annual exhibit of the condition of the Merchants and Planters Bank of Angusta, respectfully report, That after such an examination into the condition furnished by said bank, your committee are of the opinion that the affairs of that institution, as to its pecuniary concerns, is entirely sound, and merits the confidence and patronage of the Legislature and the public generally. The joint committee on banks, to whom was referred an extract of the minutes of the Central Bank of Georgia, in relation to the claim of Col. Seaborn Jones, beg leave respectfully to report, That they have had the same under consideration, and from all the information that they have been enabled to collect upon the subject, they cannot but believe that the course pursued by the officers of the Central Bank, with regard to this subject, is perfectly correct. Your committee, from information, find that Col. Seaborn Jones received

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the appointment of the States's agent, to settle a contract entered into between the State and Col. Bedney Franklin, relative to the collection of certain debts, then due the state, and that Col. Jones received the sum of forty-four thousand four hundred and ninety-three dollars, seventy-five and three-fourth cents, and paid into the treasury forty-two thousand four hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty one cents, retaining as his fee two thousand and forty one dollars twenty-four and three-fourth cents, which your committee believe to be ample compensation for the services rendered, and therefore believe the claim of Col. Jones to be unreasonable and ought not to be granted. The joint committee on banks, giving the utmost credit to those who manage the Macon Bank, and placing the most liberal construction on their annual statements, feel authorised to say the institution is able to redeem all the bills it has in circulation, and its issues in bills do no not exceed the amount which strict banking principles allow. Read and agreed to. In the House of Representatives, THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives. Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831. IN SENATE, Dec. 22, 1831. The Committee on Public Education and Free Schools have examined the several subjects referred to them, which consist of a portion of the Governor's communicationthe annual report of the President and Trustees of Franklin College to the Senatus Academicusthe reports of each of the Senators of the State, and condition of the schools within his peculiar county, and a reference from the Representative branch of the Legislature. A detailed report on these several subjects would involve the committee in a prolixity

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incompatible with legislation. Some consideration is deemed necessary to each, and the more especially, as occasional notices of the condition of the literature of the State, as provided by law, may awaken an increased zeal in the community at large on the important subject of education. In our country every man ought to prepare himself for taking a part in her public busines. Should be never aspire to a seat in her State or National Councils, he yet owes it as a duty to himself and his posterity, to let any talent he may possess appear at least in her primary assemblies. If this view of our duty be correct, and it is believed it cannot be controverted, the committee feel warranted in considering the subject of education, the noblest and most im portant that can engage the attention of the lawgiver, it lies, in truth, at the basis of the whole social system. It affects not only the individual happiness, the character and the usefulness of those who are its objects, but it exerts a most powerful and irresistible influence upon the government, the laws, and the liberties of communities. No nation when the majority of the people is well educated, can remain enslaved; no nation when the great mass is ignorant can retain its freedom. In proportion to the general intelligence will be the force, the wealth, and the influence of a State, and it will be respected in the exact ratio of the instructed talent it can bring into its negociations. The committee regret to say, that they have seen strong indications of a belief that more of learning than will suffice for the pursuits prescribed by parents and guardians, or than is absolutely demanded in the contemplated profession, is worse than useless. Divines have deprecated the use of mere human learning in their noviciatesPhysicians sneered at by their fellows, because they were Chemists and ZoologistsLawyers less patronized because they were scholarsMerchants who refused liberally educated men as clerks; and parents who have prohibited the study of the ancient languages and Mathematics to boys intended for the counting-house. The great cry in considering systems of education is, where is the good? The ends are always mistaken for the means; and it seems almost universally to be forgotten, that elementary education is far less intended to qualify for any specific pursuit; than to give that development of mental powers and energy, which may lead to usefulness in any, and lay the foundation of greatness in that for which the peculiar bent of the genius is calculated. Objections like these are too common to be disregarded, and can be removed only by a general diffusion of intelligence. No one who has [Illegible Text] studied Mathematics can fail to have remarked the improvement

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of those of his powers which are adapted to mercantile life. The whole subject of compound interest. The compensation of chances on which every species of insurance is founded. The real principles of stock operations. The arbitration of exchanges may be treated mathematically, and in this way alone any valuable and practical result can be derived. The last of these is not yet an object of business in this country; but the time is approaching, when [in] intelligent hands it will be the surest and safest mode of employing capital. No one who has watched the manner in which duty is performed, by those who are in possession of mental resources to fill the hours of idleness, and by those who must for a want of other objects of interest apply their waste time to dissipation, would hesitate between an educated and an ignorant clerk. Who that has compared the close and pertinent reasoning of the well education [educated] and learned Barrister would hesitate, which to choose for his counsel? Who that knows the powerful effects of Chemical affinities upon the substances employed as remedies, and the vast complexity of the human machine, would intrust his life to the Physician who could not judge for himself of the chemical, physical, and even mechanical principles on which the success of his practice depends? What harm will he not do to the cause of religion, whose diction is barbarous and inelegant, whose taste is gross from a want of acquaintance with classick models, who will oppose his own interpretation of a text, or even that of his church, to the facts which the study of the great book of nature is every day bringing to the confirmation and support of revealed religion? Franklin College, the fondly cherished Institution, should continue to receive the fostering aid of the Legislature. Notwithstanding the many reverses which have visited the institution, it has now an organization which promises to fulfil most of the purposes of a solid and extensive education. The committee have the most satisfactory assurances, the contributions and appropriations from time to time made by the Legislature, have been faithfully and profitably expended. The College edifice destroyed by fire is nearly rebuilt, a new library and mathematical and philosophical apparatus has been supplied to answer the exigencies of the institution. The committee notice with great gratification the zeal with which the patrons of the College afford a real, as well as an incidental patronage. The most sanguine friends of the College must have anticipated that the embarrassment occasioned by the destruction of one of the college edifices, would

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have deterred many young men from matriculating. Yet it is true that no year since the foundation of the institution has there been a greater number of scholars than at present. It is also an additional satisfaction that the committee are assured that with the progressive state of the repairs of the College edifice, all the professorships are now filled with able and efficient professors. The fastidious schoolman will now cease to find cause of derision, and the pride of the Georgian may escape mortification. The committee would respectfully ask one other consideration of the Legislature. The subjects which are now, and have hitherto been taught in Franklin College though extensive and solid, are purely elementary. Intelligence cannot be conceived to exist, without the acquisition of a greater part of them. An education afforded by a College or University, should not stop at mere elements. Higher studies should be introduced to occupy the time that [Illegible Text] between youth and manhood, between the years when parental caution would exclude the Pupil from too close a contact with the world, and those in which a professional noviciate can be entered upon with advantage, or the society of men enjoyed. Among such studies stand pre-eminent Grecian Literature and the higher branches of Mathematics. The former opens the door to the most perfect Literature the world has ever known, to the finest models of style, and exquisite instances of taste.The latter are boundless in their applications, and so much a matter of liberal knowledge, that an acquaintance with them may fairly be considered indispensable in every scheme of finished education. In adverting to these higher studies, the Committee do not intend to ask at present for the creation of suitable professorships for them. The spirit of improvement which so laudably and enthusiastically actuate the community, will eventually discover their importance, and the single suggestion of their intimate connection with comprehensive intelligence and the philosophy of motion, will insure such an investigation of their usefulness, among the guardians of the literature of the State, as to carry conviction to the mind of every one not predetermined to oppose it, that such professorships are essentially necessary for the more complete organization of the College. The Committee beg leave respectfully to suggest the importance of [a] thorough acquaintance of the higher branches of Mathematics to the single subject of Internal Improvement, a subject in which we should all be concerned. We

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should feel an interest in the investigation of any and every scheme calculated to monopolize any of the advantages resulting from great undertakings, which may tend to defraud us of our just proportions of their advantages. In the application of science to the researches of this character, the advantages ultimately to be derived from machines whether propelled by animal, by steam or any other power, on railways, ordinary roads, canals or other water courses:the subject for investigation, as in all other departments of science, is the accurate ascertainment of the relation which must always exist between an effect, and the cause producing it; in this enquiry must be ascertained the relation existing between the mass to be transported over a certain distance in a given time, and the cause producing that effect. Various circumstances may modify these results, and these circumstances no less than the general principles themselves, can be estimated with any accuracy and precision by mathematical science alone. Your Committee are not unapprised of the great value arising from a fixed or permanent system of education in our State, where all orders and ranks of society may be equally entitled to a participation in this blessing. It is believed by your Committee, the plan recommended by the board of Trustees is not one well calculated to enlist the good feelings of the people. That it is a plan very invidious in its policy, cannot be denied, and wholly violative of the great principles of equality. Therefore, in every appearance well calculated to sow seeds of strife and contention in every part of our State. It is, nevertheless the fact, the State has heretofore made liberal endowments for the education of indigent youth of our State, by patronizing schools of almost every discription, in every section of the State. It is confidently believed by your Committee that novelty is that kind [of] attraction which too often supersedes merit. And it would be more congenial to the spirit of our institutions to keep down monopolies of every description, by studiously endeavoring to avoid creating undue as well as unnecessary distinctions among our fellow-citizens. Your Committee have no hesitancy in believing the plan recommended by the Board of Trustees, is well calculated to impair the confidence of public opinion in our county Academies and schools predicated on the poor school plan. Your Committee furthermore believe that the public funds of the State, which is undeniably the property of all, should not be taken and appropriated exclusively to such an [Illegible Text]

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extent, to the benefit of any one institution, located in any section of our community to the disparagement of other institutions equally meritorious. Your Committee have no hesitancy in giving it as their opinion, that well regulated Academies, accompanied with the present advantages of the poor school plan, is one, if persevered in, will redound in incalculable advantages to society at large. Therefore, your Committee most respectfully recommend the following resolutions: Resolved, That the sum recommended to be set apart as an annual permanent endowment for the education of one poor boy from each county in this State, be withheld, and if any further appropriations be necessary to extend the principles of education to the poorer classes of our fellow-citizens, that it be based on the principles of equality, and not those of mere selection or distinction. A tabular statement, hereto annexed, will exhibit the amount of dividends yielded by the academic and poor school funds, the proportions in which they have been distributed, the extent to which each county has heen endowed, and the number [of] beneficiaries, so far as could be ascertained by the returns from each county. The view here exhibited, although imperfect, will enable the enquirer to calculate prospectively the reliance which his county has upon the munificence of the State for time to come. The Committee are persuaded that no difference of opinion can exist as to the importance of the primary schools in the State, and a strict accountability in the disbursement of the poor school fund. A uniform method of conducting, managing and instructing, cannot fail to give increased usefulness and permanency to the primary schools, and insure that accountability which they consider vitally important to sustain and extend the munificent intentions of the Legislature. They recommend the adoption of the resolutions hereto annexed. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint three suitable persons to form a system of academic and poor [free] school instruction as nearly uniform as practicable throughout the State, report to the next meeting of the Legislature, for their adoption or rejection, as to them may seem proper. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorised to appoint a suitable person to complete [compile,] have published in pamphlet form all the laws and resolutions now in force in this State, on the subject of public education free schools, the number of pamphlets to be sufficient

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to furnish each member of the present Legislature one, one for the Inferior Court, and one for each Justice of the Peace in each county. The reference from the Representative branch of the Legislature, requesting an enquiry into the expediency of establishing a State Library at the seat of Government, has been under the consideration of the Committee. The convenience, benefit and usefulness of an extensive and well selected library at the seat of Government, seem too obvious to admit of doubt. The want of one, is a reproach which should no longer exist. Profitable, useful and efficient legislation can only obtain where the law makers are intimately acquainted with the operation of the laws, and the objects to be attained by them. The first is the result of experience, the latter by a careful examination of the enactments of cotemporaries and predecessors, the last can be acquired alone by the legends of memory or the records of history. The morality of men changes as circumstances and occasions vary. Wise and successful legislation must not only be controlled by these circumstances, but also by an intimate acquaintance with all the principles involved in these [their] circumstances. In a government like ours, dependent for its permanency and freedom on the moral sentiment of the governed, it does seem to be a position self-evident, that the Legislators and the Governors should always be in the possession of the means which can carry into operation most beneficially those principles of human action, which foster and protect the common weal. This object can be materially advanced by a well selected library; which would not [only] afford facility and fitness in legislation, and the Executive part of the Government, but likewise a beneficial amusement to the Legislators and other officers of the government. It is believed that Georgia is the only one of the original confederacy, and the only one except three, of the twenty-four States, which does not profit by the benefits and facilities of a State Library, or an institution of equivalent advantages. The Committee report a bill to establish a State Library. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831.

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IN SENATE, Dec. 23, 1831. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives, That his Excellency the Governor be requested and authorised to send with the laws and journals of the present session, to send to the county of Rabun four copies each Prince's Digest, and Georgia Justice, for the use of the Justices of the Peace of said county. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. IVERSON, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831. IN SENATE, Dec. 24, [16,] 1831. The committee to whom was referred the Governor's communication, covering an act of the State of New-York, presenting to this State a map and Atlas of New-York, and also three sets of a compilation of her laws, have had the same under consideration, and with a view that Georgia may carefully [cheerfully] reciprocate the attention of a sister state, on an occasion like the present, they beg leave to offer the following: Be it resolved; That his excellency the Governor be requested to have selected two of the best, largest and latest maps of the State, together with three sets each, of Prince's and Foster's Digest, and Dawson's Compilation of the laws of this State, of the best editions, and cause the same to be transmitted to the Executive of the state of New-York, at the expense of this State. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested, to direct the Secretary of State, to accompany the same with a copy of these resolutions, expressing the gratification

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of this State for the attention of the State of New-York, and a disposition on our part, cordially to reciprocate on all similar occasions. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives, Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831. IN SENATE, Dec. 24, 1831. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to cause to be constructed, under the superintendence of the Secretary of Senate, at the Penitentiary, such cases for the records and papers of the office of the Secretary, and also such tables as may be necessary for the convenience thereof. Read and agreed to. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. In the House of Representatives. Concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831.

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RESOLUTIONS WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 12, 1831. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the Treasurer of this State transmit immediately, to the officers of the Central Bank, all bonds and notes which may now be in his office, given for the rent of the improvements in the Cherokee nation of Indians, by authority of an act passed the twenty-second December, 1830. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, [concurred in, Nov. 16, 1831.] THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 26, 1831. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 15, 1831. Resolved, That the Comptroller General be requested to make out a list, shewing the amount of taxes paid by each county in this State, and that the same be attached to the

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list of [the] census and printed in alphabetical order, for the use of the members of the General Assembly. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Nov. 16, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Nov. 18, 1831. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 15, 1831. Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly convene in the Representative Chamber, on Friday next, at the hour of eleven o'clock, to proceed to the election of the following officers, to wit: Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller General and Surveyor General. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Nov. 16, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Nov. 18, 1831, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 30, 1831. Whereas, it appears that William Williamson, has been improperly returned, as a defaulter and charged with double tax, in the county of Madison, for the year 1830, when in truth he was at that time an inhabitant of Clark county, and made his return and paid his tax in said county:

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Therefore be it resolved, That the sum of twenty-two dollars thirty five cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated to William Williamson, and that it be inserted in the appropriation act of the present session. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, [concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831.] THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831. The committee to whom was referred the petition of Richard L. Simms, late Solicitor General of the Flint Circuit, find that he has collected and paid into the Treasury the sum of one hundred and sixty-four dollars and sixty-two cents, and that he has also paid to the sheriff of Houston county seven dollars and fifteen cents for cost against the State. They recommend the following resolution: Resolved, That the sum of fifteen dollars forty-seven and a half cents be allowed the said Richard L. Simms, late Solicitor General of the Flint Circuit, for collecting and paying into the Treasury the sum above named, and also for cost actually expended for the State, and that the same be inserted in the appropriation law of the present session. Read and agreed to, in the House of Representatives, Nov. 30, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, IVERSON L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831.

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 22, 1831. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised and requested to furnish stationary to the officers of both branches of the Legislature, for the use of the General Assembly. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 23, 1831. The select committee, to whom was referred the memorial of Dr. Alexander Jones, after maturely considering the same, beg leave to make the following report: They believe a correct history of the State, from its earliest habitation to the present time, both important and desirable. Although Georgia has been settled near one hundred years, yet no full and connected history of her diversified events has ever appeared. It is true, an imperfect history has been published by a Mr. McCall; but from his want of access to the records, respecting our colonial history, and which are only to be found in the Board of Trade in London, his work presents us with few materials for a long period of years anterior to our revolutionary war. All of our historical annals of the time, intervening between the first landing of General Oglethorpe, in Georgia, in 1733, and the declaration of Independence, (a space of near half a century,) are yet locked up in the Colonial Offices of London: and unless the Legislature takes some steps to have them transcribed, for the use of the State, these interesting records, may, by fire or mutilation, or by political

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revolutions in Europe, be finally lost to the State, and our long colonial history become a blank. If the State ever designs that these records should be transcribed, it can never be done on better terms than is proffered by Dr. Jones. Other states have discovered the important necessity of a similar course, and during the past year, the Governor of South Carolina directed a Mr. Cruger, (who went to London on private business,) to inspect the various Colonial Offices, and ascertain the amount of records to be transcribed, relative to the colonial history of that state. The information obtained by Mr. Cruger, was forwarded to the Governor, and tansmitted by him to the Legislature, with a recommendation for them to employ an agent to procure copies of the same. Some of the New-England states, have supplied the same defect, in their histories, by a similar proceeding. Impressed with these views, and with a sense of the importance of the subject, your committee, in conclusion, recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, and it is hereby resolved by the authority of the same, That the sum of fifteen hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to pay the expenses of Dr. Alexander Jones to London, for the purpose of transcribing the records, now in the Board of Trade and other Colonial Offices of that city, which relate to our early Colonial history: Provided, the said Jones first gives security in a bond of an equal amount, to the Governor of this State, for a faithful discharge of his duty, and for the safe return of the money to the Treasury, in the event the records are not procured. And be it further resolved, That the said Alexander Jones shall be required to keep a correct account of all his expenditures, while engaged in the above mission, and when he returns, he shall present a copy of the Colonial records obtained, with a list of his expenses, during his absence, to a future committee on Finance of the Legislature, who shall estimate the necessary time required to transcribe the records presented, for the use of the State, and only pay for the necessary time employed in doing the same, and travelling to and from London. Should that estimate require less than fifteen hundred dollars, the said Jones, or his security, shall be held bound to the state for the surplus amount; and should the time estimated require more than the above sum, the same shall be allowed out of any money not otherwise appropriated: Provided, neversheless, That the said Alexander

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Jones, first deposites in the Executive Office, a copy of all the historical records obtained from the foreign Colonial offices. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 2, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 6, 1831. The committee to whom was referred the petition of Joseph W. Jackson, Solicitor of the Eastern District, praying compensation for professional services rendered the State, report the following resolution: Resolved, That the sum of three hundred and forty-two dollars and seventy-three cents, be, and is hereby appropriated for the payment of Joseph W. Jackson, Esq. Solicitor of the Eastern District, the said amount being five per cent. on six thousand eight hundred and fifty four dollars twenty-three cents, collected and paid into the treasury of the State by him, and that the said amount of three hundred and forty-two dollars, twenty-three cents, be placed in the appropriation bill. Read and agreed to, in the House of Representatives. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831.

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Whereas, it appears from the certifiate of the Comptroller General of this State bearing date the twenty-first day of of Nov. 1831, that John Fort, Tax Collector of the county of Twiggs, for the year 1829, has from an error in the digest of tax returns of said county, overpaid sixty-two dollars twenty-three and a half cents: Therefore be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the Treasurer be and he is hereby authorised and required to refund to John Fort, tax collector as aforesaid, the sum of sixty-two dollars twenty-three and a half cents, it being the amount so improperly paid and received into the treasury. Read and agreed to, in the House of Rep. Dec. 7, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, [concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831.] THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 14, 1831. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, or his successors in office be, and he is hereby authorised and empowered, to furnish to the different volunteer companies of this State with the necessary arms, on its appearing that they are full and complete. Resolved, That the commanding officer of each volunteer company shall, at the time of receiving such arms, give a bond with security, to the Governor, to be approved by him and his successors in office, in a sum equal to double the estimated value of such, to return the same in good order, when the company is dissolved, or required by the Governor

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for the time being: Provided, that the Governor do always retain in each arsenal such amount of arms as he may deem expedient and prudent. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 15, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 16, 1831. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 14, 1831. The committee to whom was referred the Report of Washington Poe, Esq. agent appointed to settle with the Commissioners of the Ocmulgee River below Macon, have examined the same, and beg leave to make the following Report: It appears from the communication of the agent, that in obedience to a resolution of the last Legislature, he called upon the commissioners for a statement of the actual condition of the State's property and funds in their hands; to which call they have not thought proper to pay any other attention than simply to refer him to their agent for carrying on the boating business, who has also failed to make any report to him. It further appears from said report, that, in the opinion of the agent, the State is left remediless, for that if a suit be instituted against the Commissioners, nothing more than nominal damages may be recovered. The amount of losses sustained by the boating-business, appears to be $4,565. Who the Commissioners were under whose superintendence these losses were sustained, does not appear from said report. If the opinion given by the States's agent be correct, your committee are of opinion, that actions against the Commissioners had better not be commenced: and therefore recommend the following resolution: Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby requested not to cause suits to be instituted against

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the Commissioners of the Ocmulgee River below Macon; unless in his opinion there be a prospect of recovery to be had. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 19, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 20, 1831. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 14, 1831. The committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Moore, of Clark county, report, That from an examination of the documents accompanying said petition, they find him unjustly charged with a double tax for the year 1830, which tax he has been compelled to pay: they therefore offer the following resolution: Resolved, That George W. Moore be allowed the sum of twenty-three dollars eighteen and three-quarter [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] placed in the appropriation act of the present session. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. THOMAS STOCKS, President. In Senate, [concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831.] Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831.

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 17, 1831. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, That Jesse Harris, of Dooly county, be appointed a Commissioner of the public hands below the Federal Road, in the place of Thomas E. Ward, removed. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 20, 1831. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, furnish six copies of Prince's Digest, for the use of the Justices of the Peace of the several districts in DeKalb county, and twelve copies of the Georgia Justice, and Prince's Digest, for the county of Decatur. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831.

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Whereas, John Wells, tax collector of the county of Bryan, for the years 1823 and '24, stands charged upon the books of the Comptroller General, as in default to the amount of $52 28 cts.; and whereas, by a resolution of the Legislature of 1825, the said John Wells was directed to refund to Thomas S. Clay, for the estate of Joseph Clay, dec'd. the sum of $40 33 cts. said estate having been over assessed to the amount; and whereas, it does appear by a statement of the Comptroller General, taken from his books, that the said John Wells overpaid the sum of $20, and that his insolvent list amounting to $4 24 cts. was not allowed on his settlement with the Comptroller General at that time. The whole amount with which he was not credited in the office of the Comptroller, amounts to $64 57 cts.; and whereas, it appears when the said John Wells is credited with the whole amount paid over, there is due him the sum of $12 49 cts. Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the Comptroller General, be, and he is hereby directed to credit the said John Wells on the books of his office with the sum of $52 28 cts, and that the Treasurer is hereby authorised and directed to pay to the said Wells the sum of $12 70 cts. as the balance due the said Wells, out of any money not otherwise appropriated. Read and agreed to, Dec. 20, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, [concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831.] THOMAS STOCKS President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 21, 1831. The Joint Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred the Governor's communication upon the subject of the Banks

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claiming a reduction of twenty-five per cent. in their settlement with the Treasury, under the act passed 23d December, 1830, to raise a tax for the support of government, for the political year 1831, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to make the following report. By the tax law of 1817, the several Banks in the State were required annually to pay into the Treasury free from cost or deduction, thirty-one and a quarter cents, on every hundred dollars worth of Bank Stock employed or in circulation. The tax act first above mentioned, reduces the tax to be levied by said act, at and after the rate of twenty-five per cent. [and under this act, the Banks claim a reduction of twenty-five per cent.] in their settlement with the Treasury, and the Treasurer refuses to settle with the Banks and allow them the twenty-five per cent. deduction, because the act of 1817, required the Banks to pay their tax into the Treasury free from cost or deduction. It is true that the tax required from Banks was to be paid into the Treasury free from cost, c. and if there was no subsequent act contravening the act of 1817, in that particular, the Banks would be required to settle with that department free from cost to the State. But your Committee considers that the 6th section of the said act of 1830, authorising a reduction of twenty-five per cent. upon all taxes levied, if not directly, it virtually repeals so much of the said act of 1817, as requires the Banks to pay their tax into the Treasury free from cost or deduction, and that all taxes required by the tax law of 1830, are subject to the twenty-five per cent. reduction, as authorised by said act. Be it therefore resolved, That the Treasurer settle with the Banks, at and after the rate of twenty-five per cent. reduction upon the amount of tax required of them, and that where any Bank has already settled the full amount of the tax with the Treasury, that the Treasurer, be, and he is authorised and required to refund to the said Bank, the amount so overpaid by the said Bank. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831.

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 21, 1831. The Committee to which was referred the petition of Mrs. Eliza Mackay, beg leave to make the following report: That they have examined the subject matter of the petitioner, and find the following to be the facts of the caseThat Robert Mackay, the husband of the petitioner, in the year 1813, purchased of Peter Deveaux, a plantation called Grange, in the county of Chatham, for the sum of $13,000, of which he paid in cash $5,000, and gave his bonds for the balance, payable in one and two years, with interest at five per cent. from the date. That afterwards the said plantation was levied on by the State, as the property of the said Peter Deveaux, for arrearages due by him as tax collector of Chatham county, and sold on the 2d November, 1813, at which sale the said Robert Mackay, again became the purchaser for the sum of $8,100, for which purchase money, he gave his two bonds to the Governor of the State of [Illegible Text] and a mortgage on the property; one bond for the sum of $4,218 66 cts. payable on 1st January, 1814, and the other bond for the sum of $4,218 68 cts. payable the first January, 1815, which amounts included the principal and the interest on the principal sums, up to the time the said bonds were made payable. That the said Robert Mackay, died suddenly in the year 1816 without will, leaving the petitioner a widow with eight young children, the oldest not exceeding 14 years of age, and with but limited means for the proper maintainance [and support] of such a family. That the purchase was made when property of that description was highthat the petitioner in the year 1828, paid into the hands of the Solicitor General of the Eastern district, the [Illegible Text] of $8,450, being the amount not only of the principal of such purchase money, but the interest thereon included in the said bond, which sum of money, after deducting the Solicitor's fees and other expenses, was paid by him into the Treasury on [Illegible Text] 3d of Nov. 1828, leaving the estate of the said Robert, still liable to the State, not only for the interest at the rate of 8 per cent. on the said purchase money from the time the same [became] payable, but for the interest at like [Illegible Text] on the interest included in the said bonds, and in fact, if the said payment was not passed to the credit of the principal of the said debt, to the interest, on the whole interest, as such payment, if applied according to law, would not have more than extinguished the interest then due.

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[Illegible Text] Committee have no means of ascertaining precisely the value of the estate of Robert Mackay, but from the best information they can obtain, they believe that it would ruin the estate if said debt is exacted in its full extent. In consideration of these circumstances, and in reference to others stated in the petition, and which your Committee believe to be trueYour Committee believe that the said petitioner is entitled to relief. The State has already received the principal of the purchase money, with one year's interest on the half of such principal, and two years interest on the other half. Your Committee therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That the Solicitor General of the Eastern Circuit of the State, be, and he is hereby directed to settle the claim which the State has against the estate of Robert Mackay, late of Chatham county, dec'd. above referred to, on the following conditions, viz: Interest to be calculated on eight thousand dollars, the original purchase money from the time the same fell due, until the third day of November, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, at and after the rate of five per centum per annum, and when final payment may be made agreeable to the terms offered in this resolution, the said Solicitor General shall be, and he is hereby authorised to have satisfaction entered on said claims. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 21, 1831. Whereas, there are arms and ammunition belonging to the State, in the county of Thomas, which were left in the possession of Thomas J. Johnston, by the commanding officer of

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the expedition which went to guard the Florida Frontiers against the attack of Indians, who had committed murders in the said county, and from the exposed situation of the settlers of said county for the want of arms and ammunition, the commanding officer did leave muskets and ammunition for the use of said citizens. Be it therefore resolved by the General Assembly, That the said Thomas J. Johnston turn over to the Colonel of the Regiment in Thomas county the said arms and ammunition aforesaid for the use of any Volunteer Company that may be formed in the county of Thomas, to be under the direction and in the care of the Colonel of said county, or some person appointed by him. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 21, 1831. The joint military committee, to whom the several communications from the present Executive and ex-Governor, have had the same under their consideration, and make the following report: First, on that part of the correspondence between his Excellency, the ex-Governor and the military store keeper at Savannah, Mr. F. M. Stone, report, that they have had under their consideration the correspondence from the fourteenth January to the fifth February, 1831, between his Excellency Governor Gilmer and the military store keeper at Savannah on the subject of the land on which the magazine was built during the late war, in the city of Savannah, and as there appears to be no definitive measures

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entered into by them, your committee recommend that the magazines be sold, as they are at this time of no public utility to the State: Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested and authorised to instruct the military store keeper in Savannah, to have sold any magazines which now may be remaining on any lands not now the property of the State, on such terms as he may deem most profitable to the interest of the State, and that he transmit a copy of his proceedings to his Excellency the Governor, for the time being, with the amount of sales, and cash or notes that said magazines may be sold for. And be it further resolved, That his Excellency the Governor pay said military store keeper such sum as he may deem reasonable and just for his services, out of the proceeds of the sales of said magazines. Your committee would further report, that they have had under their consideration the two resolutions, one from the Governor of the State of New-York, and one from the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the subject of a more perfect organization of the militia of the several States of the Union, and are of opinion from the different local situations of the several States, that at this time they deem it inexpedient for Congress to establish any uniform system on the subject: your committee therefore recommend the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby resolved by the authority of the same, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested and authorised to transmit to the Governor of the State of New-York, and the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, copies of the foregoing report, and of this resolution. Your committee would further report, that they have had under their consideration, the correspondence between his Excellency the ex-governor G. R. Gilmer, and Col. G. Bumford, on the subject of the balance of the arms that were then due the State by the United States, by which correspondence your committee have ascertained that the whole of the arms that were then due the State have been forwarded to the care of Mr. F. M. Stone, military store keeper at Savannah.

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Your committee would further report, that they have had under their consideration, the communication of his Excellency the Governor, on the insecure state of the arsenal and magazine at this place, and on examination of the buildings find that the doors and windows of the arsenal are very weak and under considerable decay, and that the roof and door of the magazine are also much decayed and insecure: your committee therefore recommend the following resolution: Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised and required to employ some fit and proper person, to make new doors to the arsenal in this place, out of sound oak plank, confined on the inside with iron bolts and bars, and one of the outer doors secured with two good stock locks, and all of the windows of the lower story to be secured with good iron grates and substantial wood shutters, and the windows of the upper stories to be also covered with substantial wood shutters, and confined with iron bolts on the inside. And be it further resolved, That his Excellency do also employ some fit and proper person to re-cover the magazine, with good heart pine shingles, and pitch or paint the same, and have such other repairs made on the door or any other part of the building as he may deem proper: and your committee would further recommend, that there be an additional number of guard added to the guard already in the State House, so that there may always be one sentinel posted in full view of the arsenal and magazine, or [passing] from and to the other in the night time, and that the expense for the work and guard be paid out of the contingent fund. Your committee further report that they have had a resolution from the House of Representatives, requesting them to take under their consideration the repeal of so much of the militia law, as authorises the appointment of sutlers by the commanding officers of companies: your committee deem the repeal of the same unnecessary. Your committee further report, that they have had under their consideration a communication from his Excellency the Governor, accompanied by a letter from Major General W. W. Montgomery, commanding the second division Georgia Militia, and report, that they consider the application for remuneration for expenses incurred in furnishing the Mayor of Augusta with arms, accoutrements, and ammunition, from the United States' arsenal, during the late excitement in the city of Augusta, relative to our slave population,

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and deem the same just and reasonable; but your committee having no data before them, from which to estimate the amount of expenses incurred, your committee are unable to recommend any specific appropriation, they therefore recommend the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised to pay Major Gen. W. W. Montgomery, or his order, out of the contingent fund, such sum as his Excellency may deem reasonable and just, for cleaning, returning, and boxing up of the arms thus furnished. Resolved, further, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised to pay out of the contingent fund for all similar expenses, such sums as he may deem reasonable and just. Your committee would further report, on the same correspondence between his Excellency and Major General W. W. Montgomery, which relates to the propriety of erecting an arsenal in the city of Augusta: your committee are of opinion that it would be expedient to have an arsenal built in that place, as the arsenal of the United States is at least three miles from the centre of the city, and in case of an insurrection, great injury might be sustained [before arms could be obtained] from the United States arsenal: your committee therefore recommend the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised and requested to open a correspondence with such gentlemen in the city of Augusta, and with General Montgomery, to ascertain what should be the dimension of the building, and the probable expense, and that he lay the same before the next Legislature. Your committee further report, that they have carefully examined the arms, accoutrements and munitions of war, in the arsenal and magazine in this place, consisting of Two six pounders, well mounted, in good order, Two Howitzers, unmounted, do do 195 boxes muskets, 20 each, do do Cartouch boxes and bayonets for the same, 15 boxes rifles, 20 each, and implements, in good order, 5 do sabres, number not known, 108 kegs of powder, in good order, 5540 lbs. lead, 12 kegs oz. balls, 39 boxes ball cartridges, in good order,

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Also, various other implements of war. One hundred muskets, returned by volunteer companies, not fit for service; also a considerable number of horsemen's pistols, unfit for service; also a quantity of old sabres, unfit for service. Your committee further report, that they have carefully examined the schedule of the arms and munitions of war deposited in the arsenal in the city of Savannah, under the charge of F. M. Stone, military store keeper, all of which is arranged in excellent order. Your committee would further report, that it is with considerable reluctance that they are constrained to observe, that from the inertness of the commanding officers of regiments, battalions, and companies, that our militia system has so much degenerated from what should be the pride of our common country. Your committee would recommend the attention of the commanding officers of regiments, battallions and companies, have strict adherence to that part of the militia law which requires that all non-commissioned officers and privates, to appear at all parades, by the hour of eleven o'clock, armed with a good firelock of some description, and on their failing to comply with this provision of the law, it should be the indispensable duty of the officers, in all such cases to enforce the law, unless satisfactory excuse can be rendered: for remedy whereof, Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised and requested to forward to the respective Colonels or commanding officers of regiments in this State, a copy of this resolution, with the foregoing preamble, so that a copy of the same may be presented to the respective commanding officers of battallions, and companies, by the Colonels of the several regiments of the State. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, [concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831.] THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831.

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 21, 1831. The committee, to whom was referred sundry resolutions from the State of Delaware, in relation to the Tariff of 1828, have given to those resolutions their careful attention, and beg leave to recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met. That the Tariff of 1828, does not accord with the spirit of the Constitution of the United States, but (when the object and effect of the act is considered,) is a palpable violation of it. That it is inexpedient, oppressive, unequal, and destructive to the great leading interests of the South, pecuniary and political. That each State in the confederacy, is in the full exercise of all rights of sovereignty, except such rights as have been granted to the United States in the Federal Constitution. That the right to impose duties upon articles of trade, for the protection of Domestic industry, has not heen granted to the Federal Government, by the States, in the Federal Constitution. Nor will such right be yielded so far as the people of Georgia are concerned. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, IVERSON L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 27, 1831. The committee to whom was referred the communication of his Excellency the Governor, with its accompanying documents, in relation to the claim against the State, of N. L. Hutchins and Hines Holt, jun. for professional services, have

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had the same under consideration, and beg leave to make the following report: It appears to the committee from the facts submitted, that there was great difficulty experienced by the State's agent, for that part of the Cherokee nation attached to the several counties bordering on it, to enforce the laws against offenders on that territory, and to enable him more effectually to execute his duty in that regard, he employed the said Hutchins and Holt to render legal assistance, for that purpose, promising they should receive such reasonable compensation as the State would allow. If further appears to your committee, that they [did] render important professional services in bringing to trial and punishment many offenders against the laws of the State, and in a manner entirely satisfactory to the State's agent. The charges made are, in the opinon of your committee reasonable and just, and ought to be paid: your committee therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the sum of two hundred dollars be allowed Nathan L. Hutchins and Hines Holt, jun. in full satisfaction for their claim against the State, for professional services, and that the said be paid out of any money not otherwise appropriated. Read and agreed to, in House of Rep. Dec. 22, 1831. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 22, 1831. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby requested to purchase and forward with the Laws and Journals of the present session, to the county of Walton, eight copies of the late edition of the Georgia Justice, by Lamar, and six copies of Prince's Digest, to be directed

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to the Inferior Court of said county, to be distributed among the Justices of the Peace, who may be destitute of said copies. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, Concurred in, Dec. 23, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 23, 1831. The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the communication of his Excellency the Governor, on the subject of a deficit in the funds set apart by the United States, for the payment of spoliations committed by Creek Indians on the property of the citizens of this State, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to report the following resolution: Resolved, That the Solicitor General of the Ocmulgee Circuit, be, and he is hereby required to commence suit agrainst Everitt Hamilton Pierce, for the amount he may be in arrears as the last disbursing officer of the Executive Department, and that his Excellency the Governor, be requested to furnish said Solicitor with the original, or copies of any papers which may be necessary to the prosecution of said suit, or to make such other arrangements for the collection of the same, as his Excellency may deem expedient. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831.

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 23, 1831. Resolved, That the Senators and Representatives of this General Assembly, shall each be supplied with a copy of the Laws and Journals of the present session, when printed, the copies to be delivered to them by the proper officers of their respective counties. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. [Illegible Text], 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 23, 1831. Whereas, the Joint Committee on printing, made a contract with Messrs. Camak Ragland, in the early part of the present session, in which the contractors agreed to print and deliver the laws of the present session, by the 15th of January, and the Journals by the 15th of Feb. 1832, which contract was reported to the Senate and agreed to by that body shortly thereafter, but owing to the great multiplicity of business before this branch of the General Assembly, the said contract was not taken up and agreed to, until more than a month after the same was agreed to by the Senate. Be it therefore resolved, That Messrs. Camak and Ragland be allowed one month longer than the time specified in their contract for the printing and delivery of the laws and Journals of the present session. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831.

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 21, 1831. Resolved by the General Assedbly, That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby required to cause to be published without delay, in the Georgia Journal, and Georgia Reporter, the act passed this session, to authorised the holding of an extra Court in the county of Decatur. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, [concurred in, Dec. 24, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 24, 1831. Resolved by the Senate and House of Represenatives in General Assembly met, That three of the districts contemplated by the act to provide for the survey of the gold region into lots of forty acres each, be set apart to, and divided under the direction of the Surveyor General, between the two surveyors, who may have been elected from the counties which may only be entitled to one surveyor, under a joint resolution passed during the present session of the General Assembly. Read and agreed to. ASBURY HULL, Speaker. Attest, W. C. DAWSON, Clerk. In Senate, concurred, in, Dec. 24, 1831. THOMAS STOCKS, President. Attest, I. L. HARRIS, Secretary. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. Approved, Dec. 24, 1831.

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LIST OF TITLES. Academies, 3 Apportionment, 19 Appropriations, 20 Banks, 25 Bridges, Dams and Ferries, 46 Census, 56 Churches, 57 Counties, 67 County Officers, 86 Courts, 92 Divorces, 105 Elections, 121 Judiciary, 130 Land, 141 Lotteries, 150 Medical, 152 Military, 153 Mines, 164 Patrol, 167 Penal, 169 Poor, 172 Relief Laws, 173 Roads, Rivers and Canals, 187 Slaves, 223 Tax, 227 Towns and Corporations, 231 Resolutions of Senate, 253 Resolutions of the House of Representatives, 293

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A. ACADEMIES. Thornton Academy, in Greene county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 3 Stewart Academy, in Stewart county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 4 Jackson Academy, in Monroe county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 4 La Grange Female Academy, in Troup county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 4 La Fayette Academy, in Upson county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 4 Lyceum Academy, in Carroll county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 4 Oak Hill Academy, in Columbia county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 4 Franklin Academy, in Heard county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 4 Jefferson Academy, in Monroe county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 5 County Line Academy, in Monroe county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 5 Scottsboro' Male Academy, in Baldwin county, incorporated and Trustees appointed, 5 Stone Creek Academy, in Twiggs county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 5 James W. Jones, appointed one of the Trustees of Hall county Academy, 5 Additional Trustees appointed for Randolph county Academy, 5 Additional Trustees appointed for Randolph county Academy, 12 Trustees appointed for Hawkinsville Academy, in Pulaski county. 5 Trustees of Stewart Academy, authorised to receive a proportionate share of the Academy Fund. 6

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The 4th section of the act of 1830, respecting the University of Georgia, repealed, 6 Harmony Academy, in Henry county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 7 Academy fund of Telfair county, added to the Poor School Fund, 9 Dividends authorised to be paid to the Trustees of Crawford county Academy, 9 Trustee of the Poor School Fund of Lowndes county, authorised to loan out the fund, 10 Treasurers of the Poor School fund of Telfair and Irwin counties, authorised to loan out the fund at interest, 11 The act incorporating Greenville Academy, in Meriwether county, amended, so as to appoint two additional Trustees. 12 An act concerning the Free School Fund of Emanuel county, 13 Oak Ridge Academy, in Talbot county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 14 The Poor School and Academy funds of Bryan county, consolidated, 15 Commissioners appointed to examine the county Treasury of Crawford county, 15 Undrawn Academy fund added to the Poor School Fund of Crawford county, 16 The undisbursed funds of Smithville Academy, in Early county, transferred to Fort Gaines, for the erection of an Academy, 16 Arrears of dividends authorised to be paid to the Trustees of Laurens county Academy, 17 The funds of Union Academy of Putnam county, transferred to the management of certain persons, 17 Franklin Academy, in Troup county, Trustees authorised to erect Academy building on lot No. 283, 234 APPORTIONMENT, of Representatives among the several counties, 19 APPROPRIATIONS Act appropriating moneys for the support of government for the political year 1832, 20 Augusta Insurance and Banking Company, charter amended, 45 Augusta. The act regulating the Court of Common Pleas, amended, 93

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Augusta and Eatonton Rail Road and Turnpike Company. incorporated, 187 Allen, Singleton W. authorised to establish a ferry across Savannah River, 55 Anderson, Betsey and Abraham, divorced. 105 Augustine, Maria and John T. divorced, 119 Augusta Bank, report and resolution on, 282 Attorneys in fact or at law, authorised to hold to bail, 137 Contracts made with them, null and void when they fail to attend to the suits entrusted to them, 139 Agents, authorised to hold to bail, 137 Allen, Hardin T. his name changed to Hardin T. Smith, 173 Athens, the acts of incorporation amended, 242 Arms, in the county of Thomas, resolution respecting them, 306 B Baldwin county, Scottsborough Male Academy incorporated and Trustees appointed, 5 Fraction No. 402, now in Morgan county, disposed of, 148 Bryan county, Poor School and Academy funds consolidated, 15 Meeting House near Hardwicke, incorporated 60 The act vesting the appointment of patrols in the Justices of the Peace, amended as respects this county, 167 BANKS. The Commercial Bank of Macon incorporated, 25 The Insurance Bank of Columbus incorporated, 33 A Banking Company in Hawkinsville incorporated, 39 The act incorporating the Central Bank, amended by the increase of the Cashier's salary, 45 The charter of the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company amended, 45 Report and resolutions respecting the Banks in this State, 280 Central Bank, report on, 280 Marine and Fire Insurance Company, report on, 281 Darien Bank, report on, 281 Bank of the State of Georgia, report on, 282 Savings Bank of Augusta, report on, 281 Augusta Bank, report on, 282 Planters Bank, report on. [Illegible Text] Bank of Columbus, report on, [Illegible Text]

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Merchants and Planters Bank of Augusta, report on, 283 Macon Bank, report on, 284 Report on the claim of Seaborn Jones, 283 Report and resolution respecting a reduction of tax paid for 1831, 303 Insurance and Banking company, report and resolution on, 282 BRIDGES, DAMS, FERRIES. Larkin Wilson, authorised to erect a toll bridge across Towaliga River, in Monroe county, 46 Robert Ligon authorised to erect a toll bridge across the Chestatee River, 48 John Finch permitted to continue his mill dam across the Ocmulgee River, 49 Joseph Collins, jun. of Tattnall county, authorised to build a mill-dam acros the Ohoopee River, 49 Andrew F. Woolley authorised to keep up his mill-dam across the Chestatee River, 50 Farish Carter, Joel Crawford, Seaton Grantland, and Tomlinson Fort, authorised to use a part of the town commons of Milledgeville and of the Oconee River, for a mill race, 51 James G. Salisbury authorised to establish a ferry across the Chattahoochee River. 53 Thomas S. Swain authorised to establish a ferry on his own land, opposite Jacksonville, on the Ocmulgee River, 53 Daniel McLeod, of Stewart county, authorised to establish a ferry across the Chattahoochee River, 54 Singleton W. Allen authorised to establish a ferry across Savannah River, 55 Martin Deadwyler authorised to establish a ferry across Broad River, 55 Bethel Baptist Church, in Hancock county, incorporated, 57 Baptist Church in Cuthbert, Randolph county, trustees appointed, 64 Baker County. Public site removed from Byron to lot number 172, in the eighth district, 67 Three election districts established. 122 Burke County. The Inferior Court authorised to loan the county funds at interest, 81 Slaves regulated in this county, 226 Report and resolution respecting [Illegible Text] and causeways, 263

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Report and resolution for examining [Illegible Text] Creek, 264 Butts County. The Inferior Court authorised to loan out the county funds at interest, 81 Time for holding the Inferior Court altered, 104 Branon, William and Elizabeth, divorced, 113 Bulloch County. Election district established, 127 Bail, on recognizance, bond, note, or other contract, protected, c. 133 The proceedings against bail in criminal cases made uniform, 135 Agents and attorneys in fact or at law, authorised to hold to bail, 137 Bailiffs, charged with special and petit juries, their oath altered, 138 Burgess, John, relieved, 179 Butts, Moses, relieved, 185 Bailey, John, and Robert Collins, authorised to construct a causeway or turnpike through Tobesaufky swamp, 203 Bridgman, Frederick, authorised to practice physic, 185 Bibb county. The benefits of an act regulating roads, extended to this county, 208 Brunswick Rail Road Company. Resolution for appropriating $10,000 for purchasing negroes to work on Rail Road Creek, 257 Bevan, Joseph V. Resolution respecting the appropriation formerly made in his favor for compiling the history of Georgia, 261 Bank Directors, resolution for the election of, 275 Bonds and Notes. Resolution for transmitting to the Central Bank, the bonds and notes given for the rent of Cherokee improvements, 293 C. Carrol County. Lyceum Academy incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 4 Part added to the county of Heard, 72 The act making permanent the public site in this county amended, and an election district established, 84 Election districts established, 130 An act respecting land fraudulently drawn in this county, amended, 147 Columbia County. Oak Hill Academy incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 4 County Line Academy, in Monroe county incorporated and Trustees appointed, 5 Crawford County. Dividends authorised to be paid to the trustees of the Academy, 9

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Commissioners appointed to examine the county treasury, 15 The undrawn academy fund added to the poor school fund, 16 Commercial Bank of Macon, incorporated, 25 Central Bank, act of incorporation amended for the increase of the Cashier's salary, 45 Report and resolution respecting this bank, 280 Collins, jun. Joseph, authorised to build a mill-dam across the Ohoopee River, 49 Carter, Crawford, Grantland, and Fort, authorised to use the town commons of Milledgeville, and the [Illegible Text] River, for a mill race, 51 Census. The Justices of the Inferior Court of Gwinnett county authorised to take another census, 56 CHURCHES. Baptist church at Holly Springs, Laurens county; Baptist churches at Mount Zion and Bethel, Hancock county; Baptist church at Hartford, Pulaski county; Methodist church at Hawkinsville, Pulaski county; incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 57 Meeting House near Hardwicke, Bryan county, incorporated, 60 A grant to issue for a lot in Columbus, to St. Philip and St. James' Church, 61 Religious Societies in Milledgville, authorised to rent or sell parsonage lots, 62 Lot in Macon vested in the Episcopal church, 62 Roman Catholic Church of St. Philip and St. James, in Columbus, incorporated, 63 Meeting House at the Double Branches, in Lincoln county, authorised to be built, 64 Presbyterian Church in Newnan, Coweta county, incorporated, 64 Methodist Church in Newnan, Coweta county, incorporated, 64 Trustees appointed for Baptist Church in Cuthbert, Randolph county, 64 Coweta County. Presbyterian Church in Newnan incorporated, 64 Methodist Church in Newnan incorporated, 64 Election districts established, 129 Act respecting land fraudulently drawn in this county, amended, 147 Cuthbert Baptist Church, Trustees appointed, 64 Public site of Randolph county made permanent in, 79

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COUNTIES. The county site of Baker county removed from Bryon to lot number 172, in the 18th district, 67 Horse-racing on the public highways in Chatham county, prohibited, 69 John R. McNeal authorised and compelled to pay over money in his hands to the Inferior Court of Stewart county, 70 The Inferior Court of Wilkes county authorised to hire or purchase negroes for the improvement of the roads, 71 A certain lot of land of Randolph county, added to the county of Stewart, 72 A part of Carroll county added to Heard county, 72 The public site in Lumpkin, Stewart county, made permanent, 73 A new county organised to be named Cherokee, 74 The county of Lee divided, and the county of Sumter formed, 76 The erection of a bridge across Skidaway Island, in Chatham county, authorised, 78 A part of Oglethorpe county added to Madison county, 79 The public site in Cuthbert, Randolph county, made permanent, 79 The Justices of the Inferior Courts of Madison, Jasper, Burke, Walton, Butts, and Scriven, authorised to loan out the county funds at interest, 81 The public site in Franklin, Heard county, made permanent, 83 The public site in Irwin county made permanent, 81 The act making permanent the public site in Carroll county, amended, and an election district established, 84 Chatham County. Horse-racing on the public highways prohibited, 69 A bridge across Skidaway Island authorised to be erected, 78 The first section of the act making constables elective by the people, repealed, as regards this county, 87 The act vesting the appointment of patrols in the Justices of the Peace, amended as regards this county, 167

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Persons appointed Commissioners of Roads compelled to serve, 209 The Corporation of Savannah authorised to purchase land for the erection of a Lazaretto, 245 The acts incorporating Savannah, amended as respects dry culture, 252 Cherokee County, organised, 74 COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerks of the Inferior Courts in this State, compelled to claim estrays when levied on by execution, 86 The act amended making constables elective by the people, as concerns Camden county, 91 The first section of the act making constables elective by the people, repealed as regards Chatham county, 87 The Justices of the Peace of the 535th district, in Dooly county, compelled to preside together, 88 One of the presiding magistrates at elections in the county of Telfair, to be paid for attending at the court-house, 89 County officers compelled to keep books of record of receipts and expenditures, 90 Camden county. The act amended making constables elective by the people, as respects this co. 91 An election district established on Spanish Creek, 123 The act vesting the appointment of patrols with the Justices of the Peace, amended, as respects this county, 167 Road laws amended, 205 The town of Jefferson regulated, 246 The Intendant and members of Council of St. Mary's, authorised to act as Justices of the Peace, 248 The patrol laws amended as respects this co. 168 COURTS. Time for holding the Superior Court of Muscogee county, altered and fixed, 92 All cases returned at the Superior Court of Thomas county, in November term, made returnable to the next term of the Court, 92 The acts regulating the Court of common Pleas for the city of Augusta, amended, 93 The summer session of the Superior Court of Wilkes county, altered and fixed, 95 The Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer for the city of Savannah, and the Mayor of that city, authorised to hold special or extraordinary Courts, 96

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The time for holding the Superior Court in the county of Wilkinson, altered and fixed, 99 The time for holding the winter session of the Inferior Court of Fayette county, changed, 100 The time for holding the Superior Courts in some counties of the Southern Circuit altered, 101 The time for holding the Inferior Courts in the counties of Stewart and Randolph, altered and fixed, 102 An extra term of the Superior Court of Decatur county, authorised to be held, 102 The time for holding the Inferior Court in the county of Butts, altered and changed, Resolution for publishing the act authorising an extra term of the Superior Court of Decatur county, to be held, 316 Canning, John and Elizabeth, divorced, 106 Cox, Mary and Thomas J. divorced, 116 Caven, Sarah and Freeman, divorced, 118 Congress, Election of members regulated, 124 Clark county. Election districts established, 127 The acts incorporating Athens amended, 242 Campbell County. Election districts established, 128 Costs, in Justices Courts, manner of recovering, 140 Cherokee Territory. The act of 1830 for its survey and disposition, altered and amended, 141 Report and resolution respecting the penalty for residing in that territory without taking the oath, 266 Cherokee Improvements. The act of 1830 for their disposition amended, 144 Resolution for transmitting to the Central Bank, the bonds and notes given for the rent of the improvements, 293 Chastain, Martha-ann, Sarah-ann, Shadrach, and Henry, names changed to Martha Ann, Sarah-ann, Shadrach, and Henry Atkison, 174 Columbus. A sum of money to be loaned to the corporation for the erection of a bridge, 232 The corporation authorised to lay off and lease water lots for wharves 236 The corporation authorised to establish a fire company, 247 Columbus Bank. Report and resolution on, 283

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Chattahoochee River. Resolution authorizing the Governor to appoint an engineer to examine and survey this river, 277 Creek Indians. Resolution respecting the spoliations of those Indians, 314 D Delk, David, appropriation in his favour, 22 Deadwyler, Martin, authorised to establish a ferry across Broad River, 55 Double Branches, in Lincoln county, meeting house authorised to be erected there, 64 Dooly County. The Justices of the Peace of the 535th district, compelled to preside together, 88 The road laws altered as regards this county, 222 Resolution for supplying this county with the laws, 258 Decatur County. Judge of the Superior Court authorised to hold an extra term, 102 Election districts established, 129 Resolution for supplying the county with copies of the laws, 302 Resolution for publishing law authorising an extra term of the Superior Court to be held, 316 DIVORCES. Rebecca T. Warner and Leonard T. Warner, divorced, 105 Betsey Anderson and Abraham Anderson divorced, 105 John Canning and Eliz. Canning, divorced, 106 Jackson Grizzard and Nancy G. divorced, 107 Lucinda Strange and Colman Strange, divorced, 108 John Walrup and Cyntha Walrup, divorced. 108 Jacob Weaver and Catharine Weaver, divorced, 109 Mary-ann Foard and John Foard, divorced, 110 Nathaniel Ray and Mary Ray, divorced, 110 Fanny Thompson and G. R. Thompson, divorced, 111 Mary-ann Caroline Turner and Robert Turner, divorced, 111 Sally Smith Washington Smith, divorced, 112 Nathaniel Perrit and Sally Perritt, divorced, 113 Wm. Branon and Eliz. Branon, divorced, 113 Andrew Oneal and Delpha [Illegible Text], divorced, 114 Lewellen M. Robinson and Amelia E. Robinson, divorced, 115

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Divorces. Theophilus Gailor and Mary Gailor, divorced, 115 Mary Cox and Thomas J. Cox, divorced, 116 Burwell Kendrick Lucy Kendrick divorced, 117 Sarah Freeman and Caven Freeman, divorced, 118 Polly Patterson and Chesley R. Patterson, divorced, 118 Maria Augustine and John T. Augustine, divorced, 119 Ariana B. Drumans and John T. Drumans, divorced, 120 Elizabeth Myers and John Myers, divorced, 121 DeKalb County. Election districts established, 129 Clerks, Sheriffs, and other officers, authorised to publish in Milledgeville, 139 Resolution for supplying the county with the laws, 302 Drumans, Ariana B. and John S. divorced, 120 Deavenporte, Mary, her name changed, 175 Darien. The acts of incorporation amended, 244 Darien Bank. Report and resolution on, 281 Daniel, Achols, Resolution in his favor, 265 Delaware, Report and resolution on the report and resolution of that State on the Tariff, 312 E. Emanuel county. The agent of the free school fund required to collect speedily the amount due by individuals to said fund, 13 The road laws amended as regards this county, 211 Early county. The undisbursed funds of Smithville Academy, transferred to Fort Gaines, for the erection of an Academy, 16 Election district established, 127 A lottery authorised for building an Academy at Fort Gaines, 149 Edwards, Henry, appropriation in his favor, 22 Episcopal Church in Macon, a lot to be granted to it, 62 Election District established in Carroll county, 84 Endorsers, their liability defined and made certain, 136 Effingham county. The act vesting the appointment of Patrols in the Justices of the Peace, amended, 167 Elbert county. Obstructions in the streets of Petersburg, to be removed, 231 Education, PublicReport and resolutions on, 284 ELECTIONS. Election laws altered as respects Liberty county, 121

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Three election districts established in Baker county, 122 Election district on Spanish Creek, Camden county, established, 123 Election of members of Congress regulated, 124 An additional election district established in Rabun county, 124 Election districts established in the counties of Twiggs, Washington, Franklin, Habersham, Madison, Henry, Stewart, Newton, Early, Jones, Marion, Lincoln, Talbot, Meriwether, Hancock, Decatur, DeKalb, Fayette, Laurens, Coweta, Carroll, Randolph, Heard, Greene, Bulloch, Clarke, Campbell and Hall, 125 F. Franklin Academy, in Heard county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 4 Fort Gaines, the undisbursed funds of Smithville Academy, transferred to Fort Gaines, for the erection of an Academy, 16 A lottery authorised for the building of an Academy, 149 Fort, John, appropriation in his favor, 23 Resolution in his favor, 299 Finch, John, permitted to continue his mill-dam across the Ocmulgee river, 49 Ferries. James Salisbury authorised to establish a ferry across the Chattahoochee river, 53 Thomas S. Swain authorised to establish a ferry across the Ocmulgee river, 53 Daniel McLeod, authorised to establish a ferry across the Chattahoochee river, 54 Singleton W. Allen authorised to establish a ferry across Savannah river, 55 Martin Deadwyler authorised to establish a ferry across Broad river, 55 Franklin, public site of Heard county, incorporated, 83 Fayette county. Time for holding the winter session of the Inferior Court changed, 100 Election districts established, 129 Foard, Mary-ann and John, divorced, 110 Franklin county. Election districts established, 126 Franklin in the county of Troup, incorporated, 234 Franklin Academy, in Troup county, Trustees authorised to erect their building on lot No. 283, 234

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G. Greene county. Thornton Academy incorporated, and Trustees appointed 3 Election districts established, 127 Greeneville Academy, in Meriwether county, the act incorporating the Academy, amended by the appointment of two additional Trustees, 12 Grantland, Seaton, appropriation is his favor, 23 Gwinnett county. Inferior Court authorised to perfect the Census, 56 The official acts of J. C. Martin, deputy Clerk of the Inferior Court and Court of Ordinary, legalized, 131 Grizzard, Jackson and Nancy, divorced, 107 Gailor, Theophilus, and Mary divorced, 115 Glynn county, a company of Hussars incorporated, 153 The actvesting the appointment of Patrols with Justices of the Peace, amended as regards this county, 167 Gold Region, in the Cherokee Territory, laid out in small lots for a separate lottery, 164 Gun Powder, its transportation regulated, 171 Griffin, Philip, his name changed to Philip McKenzie, 173 Gaines, Isaiah, pardoned, 176 Gray, Daniel, relieved, 180 H. Heard county. Franklin Academy incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 4 Part of Carroll county, added to this county, 72 Public site made permanent at Franklin, and incorporated, 83 Election districts established, 127 Holly Springs Church, in Laurens county, incorporated, 57 Hall County Academy. J. W. Jones appointed Trustee, 5 Hawkinsville Academy. Trustees appointed, 5 Harmony Academy, in Henry county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 7 Henry county. Harmony Academy incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 7 Election districts established, 126 Resolution for supplying this county with the laws of Georgia, 258 Hutchins and Holt, appropriation in their favor, 23 Resolution in their favor, 312 Hawkinsville Bank, incorporated, 39

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Hancock [Illegible Text]. Mt. Zion and Bethel Baptist Churches incorporated, 57 Election districts established, 129 Inferior Court authorised to improve the roads of the county, 219 Hartford Baptist Church, in Pulaski county, incorporated, 57 Hawkinsville Methodist Church, in Pulaski county, incorporated, 57 Hardwick Meeting House, in Bryan county, incorporated, 60 Horse Racing, on the public highways of Chatham county, prohibited, 69 Habersham county. Election districts established, 126 Hall county. Election districts established, 128 A lottery authorised for the building of a bridge, 149 Head Right Grants, fees reduced, 144 Harris county. The act concerning land fraudulently drawn, amended, 147 Howard, Amanda, Clementine, Simeon H. and Freeman W. names changed to Amanda, Clementine, Simeon H. and Freeman W. Smith, 173 Harris, Augustin, relieved, 182 Head, Sen'r. John, John Head, Jun'r. and James Head Sen'r. relieved, 185 Harris, Jesse, resolution appointing him Commissioner of the public hands, 302 I. Irwin county. Treasurer of the Poor School Fund, authorised to loan out the fund at interest, 11 Public site made permanent at Irwinsville, 81 Insurance Bank of Columbus, incorporated, 33 Irwinsville, Public site of Irwin county, made permanent and Commissioners appointed, 81 Indiana. Resolution authorising the Governor to transmit copies of the laws of Georgia to that State, 253 Insurance Banking Company, Report and resolution on, 282 J. Jackson Academy, in Monroe county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 4 Jefferson Academy, in Monroe county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 5 Jones, James W. appointed Trustee of Hall county Academy, 5 Jackson, Joseph W. appropriation in his favor, 23

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Report and resolution respecting his agency in inquiring into the doings and actings of the Commissioners of Pilotage of Savannah river, 266 Resolution for an appropriation in his favor, 298 Jasper county. The Inferior Court authorised to loan out the county funds at interest, 81 Jones county. Election districts established, 127 Juries. Oath of the bailiff changed, who takes charge of special and petit Juries, 138 Justices Courts. Manner of recovering costs in, 140 Judge Advocates. An act respecting their appointment, 163 Jefferson county. The Justices of the Inferior Court authorised to establish an institution for the poor, 172 Slaves regulated, 226 Jefferson, in Camden county, regulated, 246 Jackson, Andrew, resolution expressing a desire for his re-election to the Presidency, 254 Jones, Seaborn, report and resolution respecting his claim, 283 Jones, Alexander, report and resolution on his memorial, 296 Journals and Laws. Resolution for supplying every member of the Legislature with a copy, 315 JUDICIARY. Liability of purchasers of real and personal estate at executors sales, c. defined, 130 The official acts of J. C. Martin, deputy Clerk of the Inferior Court and Court of Ordinary of Gwinnett county, legalized, 131 Manner of taking testimony in a contested seat for Senator or Representative, 132 Liability of securities on appeal on stay of execution, defined, 133 Proceedings against bail in criminal cases made uniform, 135 The law defining the liability of endorsers and securities to promissory notes, c. declared and made certain, 136 Agents and attorneys in fact or at law, authorised to hold to bail, 137 The oath of bailiffs who take charge of special and petit juries, altered, 138 Officers of DeKalb county, authorised to advertise in Milledgeville, 139 Contracts made with attorneys who fail to attend to the suits intrusted to them, made null and void, 139

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Manner of recovering costs in Justices Courts. 140 K. Kendrick, Burwell and Lucy, divorced, 117 Kettle, Thomas, his name changed to Thomas Young, 177 Kelly, John, report and resolution respecting him as Commissioner of Locust Stake Road, 278 L. La Grange Female Academy, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 4 La Fayette Academy incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 4 Lyceum Academy, in Carroll county, incorporated and Trustees appointed, 4 Lowndes county. Trustee of the Poor School Fund, authorised to loan out the fund, 10 Laurens county. Arrears of dividends authorised to be paid to the Trustees of the Academy. 17 Holly Springs Church incorporated, 57 The road laws amended as regards this county, 211 Lincoln county. Meeting House at the Double Branches authorised to be built, 64 District elections established, 128 Ligon, Robert, authorised to construct a bridge across the Chestatee river, 48 Lumpkin, in Stewart county, the public site made permanent in, 73 Lee county. Divided and Sumter county formed, 76 Act concerning land fraudulently drawn in, 147 Liberty county. Election laws altered as respects this co. 121 The act vesting the appointment of Patrols with Justices of the Peace, amended as respects this county, 167 Legislature. The manner of taking testimony in a contested seat for Senator or Representative, prescribed, 132 LAND. The act of 1830, for the survey and disposition of the Cherokee Territory, amended, 141 Fees on head right grants reduced, 144 The act providing for the disposition of Cherokee improvements amended, 144 Sheriff of Stewart county authoised to sell lot of land No. 220, 146 An act concerning land fraudulently drawn in Lee, Muscogee, Marion, Harris, Talbot, Troup, [Illegible Text], Coweta, and Carroll counties, 147

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Fraction No. 402, in formerly Baldwin, now Morgan county, disposed of, 148 Time extended for fortunate drawers in land lotteries of 1818, 1819, and 1821, to take out their grants, 149 La Fayette, Lemuel, name changed to Lemuel La Fayette Hover, 173 LOTTERIES. Lottery authorised for building an Academy at Fot Gaines, 149 Lottery authorised for building a bridge in Hall, 149 Land Lotteries of 1818, 1819, and 1821, time extended for taking out grants, 149 Laws of Georgia Resolution for supplying Telfair county, 255 Resolution for supplying Dooly, Tattnall, Montgomery and Henry counties, 258 Resolution for supplying Rabun county, 291 Resolution for supplying Decatur and DcKalb counties, 302 Resolution for supplying Walton county, 313 Resolution for supplying every member of the Legislature, 315 Liberator. Report and resolution offering a reward for the apprehension of the editor, 255 Library, Public, report and resolution respecting it, 290 M. Monroe county. Jackson Academy incorporated and Trustees appointed, 4 Jefferson Academy incorporated and Trustees appointed, 4 County Line Academy incorporated and Trustees appointed, 5 Meriwether county. The act incorporating Greenville Academy amended, by the appointment of two additional Trustees, 12 Election districts essablished, 128 The act concerning land fraudulently drawn amended, 147 Miller, S. F appropriation in his favor, 22 Report and resolution respecting his agency in settling with the Commissioners of the [Illegible Text] river, 275 Moore, G. W. appropriation in his favor, 24 Resolution in his favor, 301 McLeod, Daniel, of Stewart county, authorised to establish a ferry across the Chattahoochee river, 54

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Mill-Dams. John Finch authorised to continue his milldam across the Ocmulgee river, 49 John Collins, Jun. authorised to build a milldam across the Ohoopie river, 49 Andrew F. Woolley authorised to keep up his mill-dam across the Chestatee river, 50 Mill-Race. Farish Carter, Joel Crawford, Seaton Grantland and Tomlinson Fort, authorised to use the town commons of Milledgeville, and the Oconee river, for a mill-race, 51 Mount Zion Baptist Church, in Hancock county, incorporated, 57 Methodist Church, in Newnan, Coweta county, incorporated, 64 McNeal, John R. Treasurer of Randolph county, authorised and compelled to pay money in his hands arising from sale of lots in Lumpkin, to the Inferior Court of Stewart county, 70 Madison county. Part of Oglethorpe county added to this county, 79 Inferior Court authorised to loan out the county funds at interest, 81 Election districts established, 126 Muscogee county. Time for holding Superior Court altered and fixed, 92 Act concerning land fraudulently drawn, amended, 147 A sum of money to be loaned to the town of Columbus for the erection of a bridge, 232 The corporation of Columbus authorised to lay off and lease water lots for wharves, 236 The corporation of Columbus authorised to establish a fire company, 247 Myers, Elizabeth and John, divorced, 121 Marion county. Election districts established, 127 Act concerning land fraudulently drawn, amended, 147 Martin, J. C. deputy Clerk of the Inferior Court and Court of Ordinary of Gwinnett county, his official acts legalized, 131 Morgan county. Fraction No. 402 disposed of, 148 The act vesting the appointment of Patrols with Justices of the Peace, amended, 167 MEDICAL. The act regulating the licensing of Physicians amended, 152 John Shelby, F. Bridgman and D. B. Searcy, authorised to practice Physic, 285

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MILITARY. The Glynn county Hussars organized and incorporated, 153 The Taliaferro Guards established, 154 The Mallorysville Rifle Company organized, 155 The Corps of Vigilance of McIntosh county, incorporated, 156 The Washington Guard of Wilkes county, incorporated, 157 The Militia Laws amended and the number of reviews regulated, 159 An act concerning Judge Advocates, 163 Report of the Military Committee, 307 Mallorysville Rifle Company, organized, 155 McIntosh county. The Corps of Vigilance incorporated, 156 The acts vesting the appointment of Patrols with Justices of the Peace, amended, 167 The road laws amended as respects this county, 209 The acts incorporating the city of Darien, amended, 244 Mashburn, Jefferson, his name changed to Jefferson Matthews, 173 Mallerd, Milbrough Ann, name changed to M. A. Drew, 174 Mallerd, G. M. name changed to G. M. Drew, 174 Mallerd, Mary, name changed to Mary Drew, 174 Miller, Julia-ann, relieved, 178 McCraven, William relieved, 181 McLeroy, Nathan, relieved, 185 Milledgeville. Slaves regulated, 223 The Trustees of the Masonic Hall incorporated, 249 Monroe, Walton county, the act of incorporation amended, 238 Masonic Hall in Milledgeville, the Trustees incorporated, 249 Montgomery county. Resolution for supplying the county with the Laws of Georgia, 258 Missionaries. Resolution respecting the citation of the Supreme Court of the U. States. 259 Report and resolution respecting their confinement in the Penitentiary and their refusal to take the oath, 266 Marine and Fire Insurance Bank. Report and resolution on, 281 Merchants and Planters Bank of Augusta. Report and resolution on, 283 Macon Bank. Report and resolution on, 284 Mackay, Eliza, report and resolution in her favor, 305

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N. Newnan. Presbyterian Church incorporated, 64 Methodist Church incorporated, 64 Newton county. Election districts established, 126 Newbern, Tabitha, legitimatized and her name changed, 175 New York. Report and resolution respecting a Map and Atlas of that State, 291 O. Oak Hill Academy, in Columbia county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 4 Oak Ridge Academy, in Talbot county, incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 14 Oglethorpe county. Part of this county added to Madison county, 79 Oncal, Andrew and Delpha, divorced, 114 Ogechee Navigation Company. Charter repealed, 199 Ocmulgee River. The act as regards obstructions to the navigation and free passage of fish, amended, 213 Report and resolution respecting the settlement of W. Poe with the Commissioners, 300 Oconee River. Report and resolution respecting the settlement of S. F. Miller with the Commissioners, 275 P. Putnam county. The funds of Union Academy, authorised to be transferred to the management of certain persons, 18 Porter, Isaac, appropriation in his favor, 23 Pulaski county. Baptist Church at Hartford, and Methodist Church at Hawkinsville, incorporated, 57 The road laws amended as regards this co. 211 Presbyterian Church, in Newnan, Coweta county, incorporated, 64 Perritt, Nathaniel and Sally, divorced, 113 Patterson, Polly and Chesley R. divorced, 118 Purchasers of Real and Personal Estate, at executors sales, c. their liability defined, 130 PATROL. The act vesting the appointment of Patrols with Justices of the Peace, amended as respects Liberty, Glynn, Bryan, Morgan, McIntosh, Effingham, Chatham, and Camden counties, with the exception of Savannah, 167 The Patrol laws amended as respects [Illegible Text] county, 169

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PENAL. Penitentiary imprisonment abolished, 169 The transportation of Gun-Powder, regulated, 171 Itinerant or unauthorised persons forbidden to locate themselves on or near the Savannah river, 217 POOR. The Justices of the Inferior Court of Jefferson county, authorised to establish an institution for the Poor. 172 Puckett, Edmund, relieved, 181 Pedlers. The act imposing an additional tax on Pedlers, amended, 229 Penitentiary, imprisonment in it abolished, 169 Petersburg. Obstructions in the streets of that town to be removed, 231 Presidential Election. Resolution expressing a desire for the re-election of Andrew Jackson to the Presidency, 254 Pilotage. Report and resolution respecting the enquiry of J. W. Jackson into the doings of the Commissioners of Pilotage for the [Illegible Text] of Savannah, 266 Printing. Report and resolution on the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] for printing the Laws and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] job work, 279 Resolution for extending the time of [Illegible Text] of the Laws and Journals, 315 Planters Bank. Report and resolution on, [Illegible Text] Poe, Washington, report and resolution concerning his settlement with the Commissioners of the Ocmulgee river, [Illegible Text] Q. R. Quinn, William, relieved, [Illegible Text] Randolph County Academy, Trustees appointed, 5 Additional Trustees appointed, 12 Runnels, Anson, appropriation in his favor, [Illegible Text] Roman Catholic Church of St. Philip and St. [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] Columbus, a grant for a lot of [Illegible Text] to issue, 61 Incorporated. 63 Religious Societies in Milledgeville, authorised to rent [Illegible Text] sell parsonage lots, 62 Randolph county. Trustees appointed for Baptist Church in Cuthbert, 64 A part of this county added to Stewart county, 72 Public site made permanent at Cuthbert, 79 Time for holding Inferior Court altered and fixed, 102 Elections districts established, [Illegible Text]

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Ray, Nathaniel and Mary divorced, 110 Robinson, Lewellen M. and Amelia E. divorced, 115 Rabun county. An additional election district established, 124 Resolution for supplying this co. with the laws, 291 Rich Lodoiska, name changed to Lodoiska Douglass, 174 Rich, Tersia and Sarah, names changed to T. S. Douglass, 174 Rich, Martha and W. R. names changed to M. W. R. Douglass, 174 Russell, William R. relieved, 183 Reynolds, Robert, relieved, 184 Richmond Light Dragoons. Resolution for supplying the Company with arms, 259 Register of names. Resolution respecting the transcribing and making a new register of names of fortunate drawers in the land lottery of 1819, in the counties of Irwin, Early, Walton, Gwinnett, Hall, Habersham, and Rabun, 278 RELIEF LAWS. The names of certain persons changed. 173 The names of certain persons changed, and other persons legitimatised, 173 The name of Mary Deavenporte changed to Mary Queen, 175 Isaiah Gaines pardoned, 176 The name of Thomas Kettle changed to Thomas Young, 177 Joseph R. Saltar relieved, 178 Julia-Ann Miller relieved, 178 John Burgess relieved, 179 Daniel Gray relieved, 180 Edmund Puckett relieved, 181 Thomas H. White and Wm. McCraven relieved, 181 Augustin Harris relieved, 182 W. R. Russel relieved, 183 Robert Reynolds relieved, 184 John Head, c. relieved, 185 John Shelby, F. Bridgman and D. B. Searey, authorised to practice Physic, 185 William Quinn relieved, 186 ROADS, RIVERS CANALS. The Augusta and Eatonton Turnpike and Rail Road Company incorporated, 187 The Charter of the Ogechee Navigation Company repealed, 199 The act incorporating the Savannah, Ogechee and Alatamaha Canal Company amended, 200

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The act providing for the improvement of the roads and rivers of the State amended, 201 A market road from Columbus to St. Mary's, to be surveyed and laid out, 202 John Bailey and Robert Collins, authorised to construct a causeway or turnpike road through the Tobesaufky Swamp, 203 The road laws amended as regards Camden county, 205 The benefits and privileges of the several acts regulating roads extended to the county of Bibb, 208 The road laws of McIntosh county amended, 209 Persons hereafter appointed commissioners of roads in Chatham county, compelled to serve, 209 The road laws amended as respects Emanuel, Pulaski, Telfair, and Laurens counties, 211 The superintendent of the public hands at Columbus authorised to open a road to Franklin, in Troup county, 212 The laws preventing obstructions in the Ocmulgee River altered and amended, 213 Part of the public hands to be placed on a road to commence on the turnpike road leading from Augusta to Washington, Wilkes county, near Wrightsborough, 216 Itinerant or unauthorised persons forbidden to locate themselves on or near the River Savannah, 217 The Inferior Court of Hancock county authorised to improve the roads, 219 The act laying off, defining and keeping open the main channel of Savannah river, to the mouth of Lightwood Log Creek, amended, 220 The road laws amended as respects Dooly county, 222 The act providing for the improvement of the roads of the State, amended as respects the appoointment of overseers, 222 Representative and Senate Chambers. Resolution respecting veiling the portraits in, 264 S. Stewart County. Stewart academy incorporated and Trustees appointed, 4 Trustees of the academy authorised to receive a proportion of the academic fund, 6 A part of Randolph county added to this co. 72

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Time for holding Inferior Court altered and fixed, 102 Election districts established, 126 The Sheriff authorised to sell lot No. 220, 146 Public site made permanent in Lumpkin, 73 Scottsborough Male Adademy, incorporated and Trustees appointed, 5 Stone Creek Academy, in Twiggs county, incorporated and Trustees appointed, 5 Smithville Academy, in Early county, undisbursed funds transferred to Fort Gaines for the erection of an Academy, 16 Shelton, David, appropriation in his favor, 23 Resolution for an appropriation in his favor, 262 Sims, R. L. appropriation in his favor, 24 Resolution in his favor, 295 Salisbury, James G. authorised to establish a ferry across the Chattahoochee River, 53 Swain, Thomas S. authorised to establish a ferry across the Ocmulgee, on his own land, 53 St. Philip and St. James' Church, in Columbus, a grant for a lot of land to issue, 61 Incorporated, 63 Sumter County, formed by the division of Lee county, 76 Skidaway Island, in Chatham county, a bridge authorised to be erected across, 78 Scriven County. Inferior Court authorised to loan out the county funds at interest, 81 Slaves regulated, 226 Savannah. The Judge of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, and the Mayor, authorised to hold special and extraordinary courts 96 The corporation authorised to purchase land for the erection of a Lazaretto, 245 The acts of incorporation amended as respects dry culture, 252 Report and resolution respecting the inquiry of J. W. Jackson into the doings of the Commissioners of Pilotage, 266 Southern Circuit. Time for holding the Superior Courts in some counties altered, 101 Strange, Colman and Lucinda divorced, 108 Smith, Sally and Washington, divorced, 112 Securities, their liability on appeal on stay of execution, explained, 133 To promissory notes, c. their liability defined and made certain, 136 Smith, Jefferson, name changed to Jefferson Jennings, 173

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[Illegible Text], Joseph R. relieved, 178 Shelby, John L. authorised to practice physic, 185 Searcey, D. B. authorised to practice physic, 185 Savannah, Ogeechee, and Alatamaha Canal Company. Act of incorporation amended, 200 Savannah River. Itinerant or unauthorised persons prevented from locating on or near the river, 217 An act laying off and defining the main channel of the river, to the mouth of Lightwood Log Creek, amended, 220 SLAVES. Regulated in the town of Milledgeville, 223 Male slaves on the Island of St. Catharine exempted from road duty, c. 224 Sophia made free, 225 Slaves in the counties of Burke, Jefferson, and Scriven, regulated, 226 St. Catharine Island. Male slaves exempted from road duty on certain conditions, 224 Sophia, a person of colour, made free, 225 St. Mary's. The Intendant and members of Council authorised to act as Justices of the Peace, 248 Surveyors, Resolution respecting the Surveyors elected by the counties to survey the Cherokee territory into lots, 253 Resolution authorising the division of three districts of the gold region between the two surveyors left out according to a previous resolution, 316 Senate and Representative Chambers. Resolution respecting the [Illegible Text] of the portraits in, 264 Savings Bank of Augusta. Report and resolution on, 282 Secretary of Senate Office. Resolution for constructing cases for the preservation of records and papers, 292 State House Officers. Resolution for their election, 294 Stationary. Resolution for furnishing both branches of the General Assembly, 296 Supreme Court of the U. States. Resolution respecting the citation in the case of the missionaries in the Penitentiary, 259 T. Troup County. La Grange Female Academy incorporated and Trustees appointed, 4 The act concerning land fraudulently drawn aamended, 147 The town of Franklin incorporated, 234 The Trustees of Franklin Academy authorised to erect their building on lot No. 283, 234 Twiggs County. Stone Creek Academy incorporated, and Trustees appointed, 4 Election districts established, 125 Thornton Academy incorporated and Trustees appointed, 4 Telfair County. Academy funds added to the poor school fund, 9 Treasurer of the poor school fund authorised to loan out the fund at interest, 11

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One of the presiding magistrates at elections to be paid for attending at the court-house, [Illegible Text] The road laws amended as respects this county, 211 Resolution for supplying the county with the laws, 255 [Illegible Text] County. Oak Ridge Academy incorporated and Trustees appointed, 14 Election districts established, 129 Act respecting land fraudulently drawn amended, 147 Taylor, Robert N. appropriation in his favor, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] County. Cases returned at the last Superior Court for November term, made returnable at the next term, 92 The town of Thomasville incorporated, 237 Resolution respecting public arms, 306 Thompson, Fanny, and R. G. divorced, 111 Turner, Mary-ann Careline and Robert, divorced, 111 Testimony. Manner of taking testimony when the seat of a Senator or representative is contested, prescribed, 132 Taliaferro County. The Taliaferro guards established, 154 Todd, William A. his name changed to W. A. Beasley, 173 TAX. Act for the political year 1832, 227 Thomasville, incorporated, 237 Tattnall County. Resolution for supplying the county with the laws, 258 Taxes. Resolution requiring the Comptroller General to make out a list of the amount of taxes paid by the counties of the State separately, [Illegible Text] TOWNS AND CORPORATIONS. Obstructions in the streets of Petersburg to be removed, [Illegible Text] A sum of money to be loaned to the town of Columbus for the construction of a Bridge, [Illegible Text] The town of Franklin in Troup county incorporated, and the Trustees of Franklin Academy authorised to erect their building on lot No. 283, 234 The corporation of Columbus authorised to lay off and lease water lots for wharves, 236 The town of Thomasville, in Thomas county, incorporated, 237 The act incorporating the town of [Illegible Text] to Walton county, amended, 238 The act incorporating the town of Athens, [Illegible Text]. 242 The act incorporating the city of [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] The corporation of Savannah authorised to [Illegible Text] land for [Illegible Text] Lazaretto, 245 The town of Jefferson in Camden co. regulated, 246 The corporation of Columbus authorised to establish a Fire Company, 247 The Intendent and members of Council of St. Mary's authorised to act as Justices of the Peace, [Illegible Text] The Trustees of the Masonic Hall in [Illegible Text], incorporated, [Illegible Text] The acts incorporating the city of Savannah amended as respects dry culture, 252 [Illegible Text]. Report and resolution upon the communication of the State of [Illegible Text] respecting the Tariff, [Illegible Text]

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U. V. Upson County. Lafayette Academy incorporated and Trustees appointed, 4 University of Georgia. The fourth section of the act of 1830, which authorised the selection of one poor young man from each county, to be educated at Franklin College, repealed, 6 Union Academy. The funds to be placed under the control of certain persons, 18 [Illegible Text] Companies. Resolution for supplying them with arms, 299 W. Wells, John, appropriation in his favor, 24 Resolution in his favor, 303 Williamson, W. appropriation in his favor, 24 Resolution in his favor, 294 Wilson, Larkin, authorised to erect a toll bridge across Towaliga River, in Monroe county, [Illegible Text] Woolley, Andrew F. authorised to keep up his mill-dam across the Chestatee Eiver, 50 Wilkes County. Inferior Court authorised to purchase or hire negroes for the improvement of the roads, 71 The time for holding the summer session of the Superior Court altered and fixed, 95 The Mallorysville Rifle Company organised, 155 The Washington Guard incorporated, 157 Walton County. Inferior Court authorised to loan out the county funds at interest, 81 The act incorporating the town of Monroe amend. 238 Resolution for supplying the county with the laws, 313 Wilkinson County. The time for holding the Superior Court altered and fixed, 99 Warner, Rebecca T. and Leonard T. divorced, 105 Walrup, John and Cynthia, divorced, 108 Weaver, Jacob and Catharine, divorced, 109 Washington County. Election districts established, 126 Washington Guard, of Wilkes county, incorporated, 157 White, Thomas H. relieved, 181