Acts of the state of Georgia, 1843 [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: WILLIAM S. ROGERS 18430000 English

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ACTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 1843 . 18430000 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. MILLEDGEVILLE: WILLIAM S. ROGERS, STATE PRINTER.

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, Passed in November and December, 1843. GEORGE W. CRAWFORD, GOVERNOR. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, President of the Senate. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker, and ROBERT B. ALEXANDER, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. AN ACT to alter and amend the thirty-first section of an act, entitled an act to appropriate money for the support of government for the political year eighteen hundred and forty-two. 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 words seventy-eight dollars and sixty cents be struck out of the said section, and twenty-eight dollars and sixty cents be inserted in place thereof. Sec. 2. 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by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, President of the Senate, GEORGE W. CRAWFORD, Governor. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT appropriating money for the support of Government for the political years eighteen hundred and forty-four and eighteen hundred and forty-five. SECTION 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 sums of money be, and the same are hereby appropriated for the support of government for the political years eighteen hundred and forty-four and eighteen hundred and

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forty-five, to wit: For the pay of the salary of his Excellency the Governor, three thousand dollars per annum, for each year. For the pay of the salaries of the Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller General, and Surveyor General, sixteen hundred dollars each per annum, for each year. For the pay of the salaries of the Secretaries of the Governor, not exceeding three, one thousand dollars each per annum for each year. For the pay of the salaries of the Attorney General and the Solicitors General, two hundred and twenty-five dollars each per annum for each year. For the pay of the salaries of the Judges of the Superior courts of the Northern, Western, Middle, Southern, Eastern, Oakmulgee, Flint, Chattahoochee and Cherokee Circuits, the sum of eighteen hundred dollars each per annum for each yearand for the pay of the salaries of the Judges of the South-Western and Coweta Circuits, the sum of twenty-one hundred dollars each per annum for the year eighteen hundred and forty-four, and for the pay of their salaries for the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, the sum of eighteen hundred dollars each per annum. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be appropriated as a contingent fund for the year eighteen hundred and forty-four, and the sum of twenty thousand dollars as a contingent fund for the year eighteen hundred and forty-fiveand that the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be appropriated to the payment of the arrearages chargeable to the contingent fund of eighteen hundred and forty-three. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of six thousand dollars be appropriated as a military fund for the year eighteen hundred and forty-four, and for the payment of arrearages chargable to that fund for the year eighteen hundred and forty-three; and the sum of three thousand dollars be appropriated as a military fund for the year eighteen hundred and forty-five. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the sum of eighteen thousand dollars be appropriated as a printing fund for the year eighteen hundred and forty-four, and the sum of five thousand dollars for the year eighteen hundred and forty-five. SEC. 5. That the sum of four thousand dollars be appropriated for the support of the Lunatic Asylum for the years eighteen hundred and forty-four, and eighteen hundred and forty-five. Provided, That such appropriation be applied only to repairs of said building and for the pay of the officers and support of its inmates. SEC. 6. That the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars be paid to Henry Darnall, for winding up the Clock and keeping the same in repairfor sweeping the staircase

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and gutters of the State House, and for drying, scouring, airing and taking care of the Senate and Representative Chambers, for the years eighteen hundred and forty-four, and eighteen hundred and forty-five. SEC. 7. That the sum of six dollars each per day, to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, during the present session of the General Assembly, and the sum of four dollars for every twenty miles in going to and returning from the seat of governmentthe sum of four dollars each per day to the members of the General Assembly, during their attendance, and the sum of four dollars for every twenty miles in going to and returning from the seat of government. Provided, that no member shall receive said sums of money after he shall have left for the remainder of the session, nor for the time he shall be absent without leave of the branch of the General Assembly of which he is a member. SEC. 8. The Clerk of the House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate, five hundred dollars each per annum, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-four. Provided, that no warrant shall issue for the first quarter's salary of either until his Excellency the Governor shall have satisfactory evidence that they have respectively made and attached to the Journals of the House to which they belong, a good and sufficient index, and have filed away all reports of the standing committees and resolutions passed by either House. The sum of six dollars each per day to the Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and Assistant Clerk, during the session of the General Assembly, and the sum of fifty dollars to the said Secretary and Clerk each, for contingent expenses of their respective offices. The sum of five dollars each per day to the Enrolling and Engrossing Clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives, during the time they may be actually employed in their respective offices, which money shall only be allowed and paid them upon the certificate of the Clerk or Secretary that their services were necessary, and that they have actually served the time therein charged. SEC. 9. The sum of four dollars each per day during the present session of the General Assembly, to the Messengers and Door-Keepers of both branches thereof. SEC. 10. The sum of five hundred dollars for each of the years eighteen hundred and forty-four and eighteen hundred and forty-five, as the salary of the Inspector of the Penitentiary. For the pay of James Gardner, late Attorney General, for his services in prosecuting certain criminals in the county of Muscogee, three hundred dollars. That the balance of the appropriation made to Mrs. Amanda Taylor be returned to the [Illegible Text], and that the same be repealed.

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That his Excellency the Governor draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of Charles W. Howard, of Cass county, for the tax paid by him on his bank stock in the Bank of Milledgeville, in eighteen hundred and forty-one, upon the production of sufficient evidence to him that the tax on said stock has been paid by the said Bank for the said year.And that the sum of ninety dollars sixty-two and a half cents be paid to Charles William Rogers, of Bryan county, being the amount of a tax on bank stock paid by him through mistake, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-one; and that his Excellency the Governor be authorised to draw his warrant on the Treasure, in favor of Alfred M. Horton, for eight dollars and nineteen cents, it being extra tax levied and raised by the Tax Collector of Baldwin county, over and above what he was required to pay under the law for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated to Noah Philips and John Persall, of the county of Newton, the sum of fifteen dollars and seventy-seven cents, to reimburse them for that amount paid into the Treasury illegally assessed as a tax raised upon the value of a Cotton and Wool Factory, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-one. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two dollars and fifty cents be appropriated to John Gardner, of Walton county, it being the amount paid in the Treasury through mistake for a wrong Grant. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the additional sum of one dollar per day be allowed the Messengers and Door-Keepers for the disbursement of extra expenses attending the discharge of their duties. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated to the Military Store Keeper at Savannah, three hundred dollarsand to the Military Store Keeper at Milledgeville, one hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid out of the Military fund hereby appropriated. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the sum four hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated to the purchase of necessary furniture for the Executive Mansion. SEC. 16. That the sum of thirty-nine dollars be paid to William P. McConnell, of Liberty county, and thirty-nine dollars to John M. McAffee, of Lumpkin county, being the balances due them as Senators, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-two; and the sum of four hundred and thirty-two dollars be paid to Thomas Hoxey, for that amount recovered against him in an action in the Territory of Florida, by James Y. Smith, for arms taken by said Hoxey during the Creek war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, for the use of certain troops employed in that war; and the sum of twenty-seven

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dollars to William Morris, a member of the House of Representatives in the last General Assembly, from Burke county; and that the sum of seventy-five dollars be appropriated to Newnan McBain, in pursuance of the report of the committee on Finance. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of John V. Mitchell, Clerk of the Superior court of Pulaski county, for the sum of sixty dollars, cost due him as Clerk of said court, in the case of the State of Georgia vs the Hawkinsville Bank, scire facias to repeal charter, and a bill in equity founded thereon. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars be appropriated to compensate William Jones, of the county of Lowndes, for his services, expenses, and the loss of his horse in pursuing, arresting and bringing to justice, Jacob Timberlin, of the State of Alabama, now under sentence in the Penitentiary, for the crime of murder; and also the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars to compensate R. P. Hutchinson, A. J. Clyatt and James Young, for their services and expenses in pursuing into Florida, and arresting Tarlton Swain, who had aided and abetted the aforesaid Jacob Timberlin in breaking the jail and escaping from confinement, in the county of Lowndes. SEC. 19. And that his Excellency the Governor draw his warrant upon the Treasury, in favor of M. H. McAllister, Esq. for the sum of three hundred dollars, for professional services rendered the State, at the instance of the late Governor, in the suit brought against the securities on the bond of the late Thomas Haynes, Treasurer of the State. SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five dollars be appropriated to Spencer Riley, for Grant to lot number thirty-nine, in the fourteenth District of Irwin county, which has been twice granted. SEC. 21. And be it further enacted, That the Governor draw his warrant on the Treasury, in favor of Augustus Reese, Esq. for the sum of three hundred dollars, for services rendered the State, in the cases of the State against the securities of the late Thomas Haynes, and also the case of the State against the securities of Sinclair on his bond as Commissioner of the indigent Deaf and Dumb. SEC. 22. The sum of two dollars and fifty cents be paid to Henry Starkes, of Henry county, the same having been paid by him for a wrong grant. The sum of two dollars and fifty cents to Jesse L. Baker, which was paid for a wrong grant. The sum of two dollars and fifty cents to William Wyatt, the same having been paid by him for a wrong grant. SEC. 23. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorised and required to pay the usual mileage and per diem pay to the Electors of

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President and Vice President, to assemble in this place in eighteen hundred and forty-four, from any money not otherwise appropriated, in the Treasury. SEC. 24. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the Estate of Oliver H. Prince, and payable to Washington Poe, his administrator, for ten copies of Prince's Digest, received by the State, for which payment has never been made. SEC. 25. That his Excellency the Governor be authorised to draw his warrant upon the Treasury for the expense which may be incurred in repairing the Capitol under a resolution of the Senate. SEC. 26. And be it further enacted, That the sum of forty-nine dollars and nineteen cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated to Andrew J. Nichols to indemnify him for a grant fee and expense incurred in maintaining his rights to a tract of land for which he held a grant from the State. SEC. 27. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents be appropriated to Frederick Canup, Tax Collector of Habersham county, it being the sum overpaid by him into the Treasury, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-one. SEC. 28. And be it further enacted, That the sum of nineteen dollars and fifty-six cents be appropriated to F. Canup, Receiver of Tax Returns of Habersham county, for eighteen hundred and forty-one, being the commission due him on his default list, not allowed by the Comptroller. And that his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of Matthew Wright, for sixty-four dollars, being a balance due him for collecting, by order of the Executive, public arms which were seattered through the counties of Randolph, Stewart and Muscogee. SEC. 29. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five dollars be paid to Charles Dodson, of Cass county, for a grant issued to him through mistake. SEC. 30. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-two dollars and twelve cents be paid to Nathan Jester, former Tax Collector of Lee countysaid amount having been paid over by a miscalculation of the former Comptroller General, for the tax of the year eighteen hundred and forty-two. SEC. 31. That his Excellency draw his warrant on the Treasury for ninety-five dollars in favor of Frederick Smith, for recording three hundred and eighty Head Right surveys, during the past year, in accordance with the act of eighteen hundred and thirty-five. That the sum of two dollars and fifty cents be refunded to A. B. Bostick, for money paid for a wrong grant. SEC. 32. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five

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dollars be appropriated to Silas Bowentwo dollars and fifty cents to David Williamstwo dollars and fifty cents to William B. Williams, for grants improperly issuedto be paid to Peter Cone; and two dollars and fifty cents to Thomas Davis, of Muscogee county, for a grant taken out by mistake. SEC. 33. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty dollars be appropriated to Samuel Beck, to indemnify him for expenses incurred in maintaining his right to a seat in the Senatorial branch of the General Assembly. SEC. 34. And be it further enacted, That the sum of nineteen dollars and eighty cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated to Charles McDowell, administrator of William McDowell, late of Jasper county, deceasedthe same being the amount of double tax on said estate for the year eighteen hundred and forty-one, before any legal representative was appointed. That Daniel Hollen be relieved from paying fifteen dollars, through mistake of the Tax Receiver of Twiggs county, and that the Governor be authorised to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the relief of the said Daniel Hollen. SEC. 35. And be it further enacted, That the Governor draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of the Georgia Rail Road and Banking company, for the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars and seventy-five cents, according to a joint resolution of the last General Assembly; and that the Treasurer, in paying the same, deduct and retain the sum of seven thousand one hundred and ten dollars and eighty-three cents, due by said company for taxes to the State. SEC. 36. And be it further enacted, That the sum of thirty-two thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to pay the debts due by the Penitentiary of this State to individuals, and that the Governor draw his warrant upon the same in favor of said creditors, upon the proper certificates from the Inspector of said Penitentiary being furnished; and also, nine thousand dollars for the year eighteen hundred and forty-four, and nine thousand dollars for the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, for rebuilding the [Illegible Text] and the pay of officers and subsistence of convicts. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to amend an act to organize the Lunatic Asylum of the State of Georgia, and to provide for the government of the same, and to appropriate a sum of money for the same, passed December 10th, 1841. SECTION 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 pauper lunatics, epileptics, or idiots, having a residence in this State, shall be supported in the said Asylum at the public expense, on certificate of lunacy and poverty from the Justices of the Inferior court of the county where such lunatic, idiot, or epileptic may have resided; and the Governor is hereby authorised, on the application of the Trustee of said Asylum, to draw from the Treasury, a sum not exceeding fifty dollars per annum for the support of each and every such lunatic. SEC. 2. 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. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money for the payment of William C. Derry, for extra services as Inspector of the Penitentiary. SECTION 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 Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised and required to pay Wm. C. Derry the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, which he has already received, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as a full compensation for his services as Inspector for the Penitentiary for the year eighteen hundred and forty-two. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and they are hereby repealed. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to compensate James L. Daniel for property destroyed by the Indians, in the year 1836, whilst engaged in the service of the State of Georgia, at Roanoke, in Stewart county. WHEREAS Captain J. U. Horne pressed into the service of the State of Georgia, at Roanoke, property belonging to James L. Daniel, and the same was captured by the Indians, and thereby lost to the said Daniel. SECTION 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 sum of sixteen hundred and sixty dollars be, and the same is

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hereby appropriated to James L. Daniel, as compensation for the loss of property destroyed by Indians at Roanoke, in Stewart county, whilst in the service of the State of Georgia, and for bacon furnished to soldiers in service of the State. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to appropriate to Nathaniel S. Glover money for expenses incurred by him as the agent of the State, in going after and bringing Samuel W. Courson, a fugive from justice, from the State of Alabama, to Jones county, Georgia, on a demand made by the Governor of this State on the Governor of Alabama. SECTION 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 sum of one hundred and nine dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to Nathaniel S. Glover, for expenses incurred by him as the agent of the State, in going after and bringing Samuel W. Courson (a fugitive from justice) from the State of Alabama, to Jones county, Georgia, on a demand made by the Governor of this State on the Governor of Alabama; and that the Governor draw a warrant on the Treasurer in favor of said Glover for said sum of money. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise the President, Directors and company of the Bank of Augusta to reduce the capital 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 it shall be lawful for the Board of Directors of said Bank, when thereto instructed by a vote of the Stockholders, to reduce the capital of said Bank to any sum, not less than six hundred thousand dollars, and that when so reduced, it shall not be again increased without authority from the Legislature. Assented to, 12th December, 1843. AN ACT to change the name of the Bank of Hawkinsville. WHEREAS in pursuance of an act of the last Legislature, the Bank of Hawkinsville was removed from the town of

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Hawkinsville to the city of Macon, and it being proper that the present location should be indicated by the nametherefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represntatives 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 and style of the Bank of Hawkinsville may be changed to the Merchants Bank of Macon, and by that name and style be entitled to all the rights and privileges and be subject to all the penalties and liabilities to which they are now entitled or subject to, under their present name Provided, that nothing in this act shall relieve said Bank from any forfeiture heretofore incurred, and that said Merchants Bank of Macon shall continue liable for the existing liabilities of said Bank of Hawkinsville. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, c. That all laws and parts of laws militating against the same, be and are hereby repealed. Assented to, December 15th, 1843. AN ACT to extend the Charter of the Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of the State of Georgia, and to continue the rights granted by existing acts to the said Bank. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatatives of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Charter of the Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of the State of Georgia, is hereby prolonged and extended for, and to the end of twenty years from the day before the expiration of its present charter. Sec. 2. All and every the act and acts of the General Assembly of this State, relating to the said the Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of the State of Georgia, are hereby continued and declared to be in force for and during the said extended charter. Assented to, 9th December, 1843. AN ACT to provide for taking the Census of the State of Georgia, in pursuance of the requirements of the twenty-fifth section of the first Article of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. 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 Justices of the Inferior court for the several counties of this State, or any three of them in each county respectively, on the first Monday in January eighteen hundred

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and forty-five, or within sixty days thereafter, to appoint one or more persons in each county, not to exceed one to each Battalion District in each county, whose duty it shall be to take a full and accurate census, or enumeration of all free white persons, and of color, residing therein on the first day of April, eighteen hundred and forty-five. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the person so appointed as aforesaid, to keep a book, in which shall be recorded the names of each head of a family, together with the number of persons returned by each head of family, as belonging to his or her family, distinguishing therein, in separate columns, the free white persons from those of colorthe slaves from citizensall deaf and dumb, and lunatics, in a separate column; all white male children between the age of six and sixteen years, in a separate column, and all female white children between the age of six and fifteen, in a separate column; and it shall be their duty to return the same to the Clerk of the Superior court of their respective counties, certified under their hands and seals, on or before the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. Sec. 3. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it, shall be the duty of the Justices of the Infoerir court of the several counties of this State, or any one of them, before issuing an order to any person or persons to take the census of their respective counties, to administer to such person or persons the following oath, to wit:I, A B do solemnly swear, (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will, to the best of my ability, do and perform all the duties required by law, as taker of the census for the county of and faithfully and duly execute the trust confided to meso help me God. Sec. 4. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Clerks of the Superior courts of the several counties of this State, on or before the first day of November, eighteen hundred and forty-five, to transmit to his Excellency the Governor, the returns to them made by the takers of census for their counties respectively, under their hands and seals, to be by him laid before the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, at its next session. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case the Justices of the Inferior court of the several counties, or any of them of this State, shall on any account fail to make the appointment of a person or persons, to take the census or enumeration of the county, agreeable to the first section of this act, then and in that event, the Justices of the Peace presiding over the District in which the Court House is situated, together with any two or more of the Justices of the Peace of said county, shall have and exercise

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like powers respecting the appointing of a person or persons for taking the census of such county, as are herein given to the Justices of the Inferior court. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the census or enumeration of any county shall not be taken and returned according to the provisions of this act, then and in that event, such county shall be entitled to but one representative in the Legislature, until the census of such county shall have been taken and returned in conformity to the constitution of this State. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons appointed to take the census of any Battalion District, of, or in any county of this State, under the provisions of this act, are hereby authorised and required to administer to all heads of families or others, before receiving his return of census, or the number of his or her family, the following oath:I, A B do solemnly swear, (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will give in as members of my family, only such as belong to my family, either present or absent, in the character of wife, children, slaves and boarders and free persons of color, on the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each person appointed to take the census under the provisions of this act, shall receive as compensation, the sum of twenty-five cents for each family taken in by him. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the person or persons appointed under this act, to return the name of any person except in conformity with the provisions of this act, and that any violation of this section shall be punished, on conviction, by fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to alter and amend the seventh section of the first Article of the Constitution 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 whenever this act shall have passed in accordance with the requirements of the constitution of this State, the following shall be adopted in lieu of the said seventh section:Each county of this State shall have one Representative, and no county shall have more than two Representatives.Thirty-seven counties, having the greatest population, counting all free white persons, and three-fifths of the people of color, shall have two Representativesand if any new county shall be hereafter

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formed, said new county shall be entitled to one Representative; and the apportionment shall be made by the General Assembly at the session at which this section shall be adopted as an alteration of the constitution, by an act to be introduced after the adoption thereofand a new apportionment shall be made at the session next after each future enumeration of the inhabitants of this State, made under the constitution and laws thereof, but at no other time. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to alter and change the third and seventh sections of the first article of the Constitution. WHEREAS, the third section of the first article of the Constitution of this State, declares, that the Senate shall be elected biennially, on the first Monday in November, until such day of election be altered by law, and shall be composed of one member from each county, to be chosen by the electors thereof; and whereas, the seventh section of the first article of the Constitution of this State, declares, that the House of Representatives shall be composed of members from all the counties which now are, or hereafter may be included within this State, according to their respective numbers of free white persons, and including three-fifths of all the people of color, the actual enumeration shall be made within two years, and within every subsequent term of seven years thereafter, at such time and in such manner as this convention may direct. Each county containing three thousand persons, agreeably to the foregoing plan of enumeration, shall be entitled to two members; seven thousand to three members; and twelve thousand to four members; but each county shall have at least one, and not more than four members; the representatives shall be chosen annually on the first Monday in November, until such day of election, be altered by law. Until the aforesaid enumeration shall be made, the several counties shall be entitled to the following number of Representatives, respectively; Camden two, Glynn two, Liberty three, McIntosh two, Bryan one, Chatham four, Effingham two, Scriven two, Montgomery two, Burke three, Bulloch one, Jefferson three, Lincoln two, Elbert three, Jackson two, Richmond three, Wilkes four, Columbia three, Warren three, Washington three, Hancock four, Greene three, Oglethorpe three and Franklin two; and whereas, the said recited sections require alteration; to the end therefore, that said sections may be altered: SECTION 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 as soon as this bill shall be passed, agreeably to the requirements of the Constitution, the following shall be adopted in lieu of the sections above recited, to wit: in lieu of the third section of the first article of the Constition aforesaid, the Senate shall be elected biennially on the first Monday in October, and shall consist of forty-seven members, and shall be composed of one member from each senatorial district, which district shall be composed of two contiguous counties, not including the county with the largest representative population, which shall constitute a separate district; which districts shall be arranged and organized by the General Assembly, at the session when this shall be adopted, and if any new county shall be hereafter formed, it shall be annexed to one of the districts from which it was taken; and that in lieu of the seventh section of the first article of the Constitution, the following shall be adopted: the House of Representatives shall be composed of one hundred and thirty members; each county shall have one representative, and no county shall have more than two Representatives; thirty-seven counties having the greatest population, counting all free white persons, and three-fifths of the people of color, shall have two Representatives; the said apportionment shall be made by the General Assembly, at the session at which this section shall be adopted as an alteration of the Constitution, by an act to be introduced after the adoption thereof, and a new apportionment shall be made at the session next after each future enumeration of the inhabitants of this State, made under the Constitution and laws thereof, but at no other time. Assented to, 27th December, 1842. Assented to, December 5, 1843. AN ACT to alter the third section of the fourth Article of the Constitution of this State, so far as to authorise the people to elect the General Militia officers 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 from and immediately after this act shall have passed in conformity with the Constitution of this State, it shall and may be lawful for all Major Generals, and Brigadier Generals to be elected by the people of the respective Divisions and Brigades; and all persons subject to militia duty shall be entitled to vote for the same only. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 26th December, 1842. Assented to, 8th December, 1843. AN ACT to carry into effect the alterations and amendments made at this session of the General Assembly, in and to the third and seventh sections of the first Article of the Constitution of this State. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly met, That from and after the passage of this act, the following counties, being the thirty-seven counties having the greatest population, counting all free white persons and three-fifths of the people of color, shall have two members each in the House of Representatives, to wit: The counties of Chatham, Muscogee, Meriwether, Monroe, Troup, Harris, Henry, Talbot, Upson, Gwinnett, Jackson, Newton, Richmond, Burke, DeKalb, Elbert, Houston, Clark, Columbia, Coweta, Franklin, Greene, Jasper, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Stewart, Walton, Warren, Washington, Wilkes, Bibb, Habersham, Hall, Hancock, Jones, Morgan and Pike. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Senate shall consist of forty-seven members, to be elected, one from each of the Districts herein after mentioned, to wit: The first, to consist of the county of Chatham. The second, to be composed of the counties of Bryan and Liberty. The third, to be composed of the counties of McIntosh and Glynn. The fourth, to be composed of the counties of Wayne and Camden. The fifth, to be composed of the counties of Ware and Lowndes. The sixth, to be composed of the counties of Appling and Montgomery. The seventh, to be composed of the counties of Tatnall and Bulloch. The eighth, to be composed of the counties of Effingham and Scriven. The ninth, to be composed of the counties of Burke and Emanuel. The tenth, to be composed of the counties of Laurens and Wilkinson. The eleventh, to be composed of the counties of Telfair and Irwin.

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The twelfth, to be composed of the counties of Decatur and Thomas. The thirteenth, to be composed of the counties of Baker and Early. The fourteenth, to be composed of the counties of Randolph and Stewart. The fifteenth, to be composed of the counties of Lee and Sumter. The sixteenth, to be composed of the counties of Muscogee and Harris. The seventeenth, to be composed of the counties of Houston and Macon. The eighteenth, to be composed of the counties of Talbot and Marion. The nineteenth, to be composed of the counties of Pulaski and Dooly. The twentieth, to be composed of the counties of Twiggs and Bibb. The twenty-first, to be composed of the counties of Washington and Jefferson. The twenty-second, to be composed of the counties of Richmond and Columbia. The twenty-third, to be composed of the counties of Warren and Talliaferro. The twenty-fourth, to be composed of the counties of Hancock and Baldwin. The twenty-fifth, to be composed of the counties of Putnam and Jones. The twenty-sixth, to be composed of the counties of Monroe and Pike. The twenty-seventh, to be composed of the counties of Crawford and Upson. The twenty-eighth, to be composed of the counties of Meriwether and Coweta. The twenty-ninth, to be composed of the counties of Troup and Heard. The thirtieth, to be composed of the counties of Carroll and Campbell. The thirty-first, to be composed of the counties of Fayette and Henry. The thirty-second, to be composed of the counties of Butts and Jasper. The thirty-third, to be composed of the counties of Newton and Walton. The thirty-fourth, to be composed of the counties of Morgan and Greene. The thirty-fifth, to be composed of the counties of Wilkes and Lincoln. The thirty-sixth, to be composed of the counties of Elbert and Franklin.

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The thirty-seventh, to be composed of the counties of Oglethorpe and Madison. The thirty-eighth, to be composed of the counties of Clark and Jackson. The thirty-ninth, to be composed of the counties of Gwinnett and DeKalb. The fortieth, to be composed of the counties of Paulding and Cass. The forty-first, to be composed of the counties of Cobb and Cherokee. The forty-second, to be composed of the counties of Forsyth and Hall. The forty-third, to be composed of the counties of Habersham and Rabun. The forty-fourth, to be composed of the counties of Lumpkin and Union. The forty-fifth, to be composed of the counties of Gilmer and Murray. The forty-sixth, to be composed of the counties of Walker and Dade. The forty-seventh, to be composed of the counties of Floyd and Chattooga. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the managers of elections in the several counties in this State, shall be required to meet at their several Court Houses, as now prescribed by law, and count up the votes polled for Senator at the several election districts in their respective counties, and transmit a return of the same to the Governor, who shall examine said returns, and the person having the highest number of votes, shall be declared Senator in the manner above pointed out, and the Governor shall give notice of the same by proclamation. SEC. 4. 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. Assented to, December 23d, 1843. AN ACT to be entitled an act to amend the first section of the third Article of the Constitution of this State. WHEREAS the above section, amongst other things, provides that in cases of joint obligors, or joint promissors residing in different counties, the suit may be brought in either county, and a copy of the petition and process served on the party residing out of the county in which the suit may be commenced, shall be deemed sufficient service under such rules and regulations as the Legislature have or may direct And Whereas by the existing laws of this State,

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the maker and indorsers of promissory notes, residing in the same county, may be sued together in the same action, but when they reside in different counties it has been ruled by the Courts that they cannot be joined, upon the ground that they are not joint obligors, nor joint promissors, in the sense and meaning of the above recited clause of the constitution, and therefore, in such cases, parties are compelled to bring separate actions at a great increase of [Illegible Text] and expenses, both to plaintiffs and defendants And Whereas the said first section of the third Article requires amendment: 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 so soon as this act shall have passed agreeably to the requisitions of the Constitution, the following shall form a part of the said first section of the third Article of the Constitution of this State, and to be inserted therein immediately after the clause above recited, to wit: And in case of a maker and indorser or indorsers of promissory notes residing in different counties in this State, the same may be sued in the county where the maker resides, and a copy of the petition and process served on the indorser or indorsers residing out of the county in which the suit may be commenced, shall be deemed sufficient service under the same rules and regulations as the Legislature have or may direct, in the case of joint obligors and joint promissors. Assented to, 28th December, 1842. Assented to, December 22d, 1843. AN ACT to amend the act incorporating the Georgia Rail Road and Banking Company; and to authorize the Directors of the Georgia Insurance and Trust Company to reduce the capital stock of said Company. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it [Illegible Text] hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That said company shall be authorised to purchase and receive their own [Illegible Text], or real or personal estate in payment of debts due to said company: Provided always, that the capital of said company shall not by the purchase of their own stock, be reduced below two millions of dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said company shall have power to purchase and hold any tract or tracts of land, through which their road must or may hereafter run. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That when any stockholder in said company shall fail to pay any debt or demand

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for which he or she may be liable to said company, it shall and may be lawful for the President or Cashier thereof, to make affidavit in writing of the amount of the principal and of the interest due on such debt, on demand before the Judge of the Superior Court of the Middle District, or before any Justice of the Inferior Court of Richmond; in which affidavit shall also be stated the number of shares of stock in said company, owned by such stockholder; upon which affidavit execution shall be issued by the Clerk of the Superior or Inferior Court of Richmond county, (as the affidavit may be made before the Judge of the Superior, or a Justice of the Inferior Court,) and the same proceedings shall be had thereon as is provided by law in cases of the foreclosure of mortgages of personal property. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Directors of the Georgia Insurance and Trust Company shall be authorized to reduce the capital stock of said company, to the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, whenever the stockholders in general meeting, shall so determine. Assented to, 9th December, 1843. AN ACT to amend an act to compel the several banks of this State to redeem their liabilities in specie and to provide for the forfeiture of the charter or charters of such as may refuse; assented to on the 18th December, 1840; and an act for the relief of certain banks which have suspended specie payments, against which judicial proceedings have been instituted for the forfeiture of their charters, assented to on the 10th December, 1841, and also to amend an act amendatory of the before recited acts, assented to on the 13th December, 1842. WHEREAS under the provisions of the several before recited acts, Judicial proceedings were instituted against the Bank of Columbus, the Planters and Mechanics Bank of Columbus, and the Chattahoochie Rail Road and Banking company of Georgia, which resulted in decrees of [Illegible Text] of their several charters, as provided for and contemplated by said acts: And [Illegible Text] prior to said decrees of forfeiture, each of said Banking Institutions had regularly made assignments of all their property, real and personal, and all their debts, credits and effects, for the benefit of all their creditors and stock-holders And whereas under the provisions of the said act, assented to on the 13th December, 1842, no receivers have been appointed, and no person can be found willing and competent to act as suchtherefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is

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hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the assignments severally made by the said Banking Institutions aforesaid, by the Planters and Mechanics Bank to Robert B. Alexander, by the Bank of Columbus to Edward Cary, and by the Chattahoochie Rail Road and Banking company to John Bethune, which assignments conform to the act of the last General Assembly, and are of record in the Clerk's office of the Superior court of Muscogee county, shall be taken, held and considered valid for all purposes, both in law and in equity. SEC. 2. And be it futher enacted, That said assignees shall, have power and authority to proceed forthwith to the settlement, collection and payment of the debts due to and from said Banking Institutions, according to the provisions of the said several deeds of assignment. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said assignees shall upon motion, to any court in which suit is or may be pending, for or against said Banking Institutions, and notice of said motion to all the parties to said suit served upon them personally, or upon their attorney at law of record, be made parties to said suits, and that they shall have full power to sue and be sued in their said character as assignees, for any demand due to and from said Banking Institutions. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said assignees shall be subject to the same duties, responsibilities, pains and penalties, as are provided for receivers in the act of the last General Assembly of this State. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT amendatory of the act providing for the publication of the Bank Reports. 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 law requiring the returns of the Banks to be published at the expense of the State, be and the same is hereby repealed; and hereafter the several Banks shall be, and they are hereby required to publish their respective reports in some public gazette, at their own expenseany law to the contrary, notwithstanding. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the bills of any Bank failing to publish its return as aforesaid, within thirty days after making the same, shall not be received in payment of taxes, or at the Treasury of the State. Assented to, 22d December, 1843.

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AN ACT for the relief of certain Corporations therein named. WHEREAS executions have been issued by the Comptroller General against the Mechanics Bank, the Augusta Insurance and Banking company, and the President, Directors and company of the Bank of Augusta, for certain taxes alledged to be due by them respectivelyand it being made to appear that said corporations fully paid said taxes to Thomas Haynes, late Treasurer of this State: SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said `the Mechanics Bank,' `the Augusta and Insurance and Banking company,' and `the President, Directors and company of the Bank of Augusta,' be and they are hereby severally released and discharged from all liability on account of said taxes, and that said executions issued for the same, be and the same are hereby stayed from further proceeding. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to exempt the Justices of the Inferior courts from the duty of working on Roads, so far as relates to the county of Troup. 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 Judges of the Inferior court of the county of Troup, and their successors in office, are and shall be exempt from the duty of working on Roads. Sec. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise the Justices of the Inferior court of Troup county, to sell and dispose of a certain portion of land, containing half acre of land, more or less, it being in the town of LaGrange. 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 of Troup county be, and they are hereby empowered to sell and dispose of a lot of land containing one half acre, more

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or less, in the town of LaGrange, adjoining the lands of Thomas Davis, R. A. T. Ridley and others, known and designated as the old Academy lot. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the said Justices shall advertise the sale of said lot of land in one or more of the public gazettes of the State, two months immediately before said sale, and that the proceeds of the sale of said lot of land be appropriated to the poor school or academic fund for said county. Sec. 3. All laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 9th December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise the Judges of the Inferior court of Lowndes county, to employ some fit and proper person to transcribe so much of the records of the Superior court of said county, as in their judgment they may deem necessary. 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 Judges of the Inferior court of Lowndes county be fully authorised and allowed to appoint some fit and proper person, to transcribe the records of the Superior court of said county, or so much thereof as they may, in their judgment, deem necessary, in well bound books, and allow for such books and service, a fair and reasonable compensation, to be paid out of any money in the county Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so soon as said records shall have been fully and fairly copied, examined and approved of by the Judges aforesaid, such copy record shall be taken, held, and received as a part of the original records of said Superior court of Lowndes county; and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 9th December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise the citizens of Wayne county in each Magistrate's District, respectively, to elect two Commissioners from each of said Districts, who shall have full power and authority to remove the Court House in said county of Wayne to some more suitable place. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly [Illegible Text], and it

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is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the citizens in Wayne county who may be entitled to vote for members to the Legislature, of each Magistrate's District respectively, shall have full power and authority to meet on the first Saturday in July next, at the several places of holding elections in said Districts, and elect from each of said Districts, two Commissioners, who shall have full power and authority to remove Wayne Court House from its present locality to such place as they may agree upon, in the room of [Illegible Text], in said county Provided, all of said Commissioners shall agree upon such removal. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to meet at the place now known as Wayne Court House, on the fourth Saturday in July next, or at such other time as said Commissioners may appoint, within the months of August or September of eighteen hundred and forty-four, and agree or disagree to said removal. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That provided the aforesaid Commissioners shall agree to remove Wayne Court House to the town of Wayneville, then and in that case all Superior and Inferior courts thereafter to be held for the county of Wayne, shall be held at the aforesaid town of Wayneville in the aforesaid county. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That it shall be lawful to hold court in the Academy in the said town of Waynesville, if said Commissioners think proper to remove said Court House, till one can be built in said town of Waynesville. Sec. 5. 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. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise and require the Trustee of the common school fund for the county of Walker, to pay over all money in his hands belonging to said common school fund, to the Trustees of the poor school fund in said county of Walker, to be by them applied to the education of the poor children of said county, and for other purposes 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 the Trustee of the common school fund in Walker county be, and he is hereby authorised and required to pay over all money in his

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hands belonging to said common school fund, to the Trustees of the poor school fund of said county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Trustees of the poor school fund as aforesaid, shall apply said money to the schooling the poor children of said county, in strict conformity to the laws of this State, now of force on that subject, either in payment for those that may have been taught heretofore, or that may be taught hereafter. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That such amount of the poor school fund of the years 1840 and 1841, now in the hands of the commissioners of said fund, in the county of Jackson be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the payment of such teachers as taught poor children for said years in said county, to be appropriated under the act of eghteen hundred and forty. 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. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise the Clerk of the Superior and Inferior courts of Wayne county, to keep the offices at his place of residence. 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 Clerk of the Superior and Inferior courts of Wayne county be, and he is hereby authorised to keep said offices at his place of residence. Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to change the line between the counties of Floyd and Cass, so as to add Lot number 210, 16th District, 3d Section of the county of Cass, to the county of Floyd, 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, the line between the counties of Floyd and Cass, be and the same is hereby altered, so as to add Lot number two hundred and ten, sixteenth district, third section, of the county of Cass, to the county of Floyd. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the residence of Luke Padget be added to the county of Wilkinson.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws be, and the same are hereby repealed, so far as they militate against the provisions of this act. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act, entitled an act to add Levi Philips, now of the county of Campbell, to the county of Coweta, assented to December 10, 1841, and to change the residence of certain persons therein named. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 act entitled an act to add Levi Philips, of the county of Campbell, to the county of Coweta, assented to on the 10th day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-one, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the residence of Thomas Brand shall be declared to be in the county of Walton; and that Lot number seventy-two, in the 28th District, originally Wilkinson, now Jones county, the residence of Alexander Patten, be added to the county of Bibb. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise the Justices of the Inferior court of Richmond county, to have the District lines in said county resurveyed and plainly markedto fix the compensation of certain Magistrates, and to grant certain privileges and exemptions to an Engine company in Augusta. 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 Richmond county, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorised to have the lines separating the Militia Districts in said county resurveyed, and plainly marked, and a map or plat of said district recorded in the Clerk's office of the Superior court of said county, a certified copy of which shall be legal evidence in any court of law or equity in this State. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Magistrates superintending precinct elections in Richmond county, and attending at the Court House to consolidate the returns, shall be entitled to the same compensation as the Magistrates superintending the election at the Court House in the city of Augusta.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the members of the Engine company in the city of Augusta, known as Number Sir, (not exceeding twenty in number) be and they are hereby authorised to exercise and enjoy all privileges and exemptions that other Fire companies in said city exercise and enjoy under existing laws. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise the commissioners of the poor school fund of the county of Heard, to pay to Peyton Lane, a teacher in said county for certain poor children, by him taught, who were not returned in said county for the year 1841 and 1842and for the relief of John E. Jones, of Morgan 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 commissioners of the poor school fund for the county of Heard be, and they are hereby authorised to cause the Treasurer of the poor school fund for said county, to pay over to Peyton Lane, a teacher of certain poor children in said county, for the years eighteen hundred and forty-one and eighteen hundred and forty-two, for all children by him taughtnotwithstanding said children were not returned according to law regulating the same Provided there is sufficient funds to discharge the same in the hands of the Treasurer, and provided the commissioners shall be satisfied of the justness of his claim. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That John E. Jones, of the county of Morgan, be authorised to receive pay for any amount due him for teaching poor children in said county for the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, upon his producing satisfactory evidence of the correctness of his accounts, just as though proper Trustees had been appointed for his school, and the examinations required by law had. 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. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to be entitled an act to authorise his Excellency to draw his warrant on any funds not otherwise appropriated, for the benefit of the poor school fund for the county of Cass. WHEREAS, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-one, the returns of the commissioners of the poor school fund for

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the county of Cass, were regularly made out and returned to the Senatus Academicus for that year, by the Senator elect from said county for said year And Whereas, by some means, the said returns were lost or mislaid, by some of the officers of the Senate, by means of which the usual amount of money due the county of Cass, as her poor school fund for said year, was entirely lost to said county: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 his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised and required to draw his warrant on any funds not otherwise appropriated for the amount of money due said county, as her poor school fund for the said year eighteen hundred and forty-one, whenever the commissioners shall make out and forward to his Excellency the Governor a correct return for said year, and that either of the Representatives of said county be authorised to receive the same, to be paid over to the commissioners aforesaidany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to add the residence of John Persall, on lot number sixteen, in the eleventh district of Henry county, to the county of Newton, and to change the residence of certain 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, all that portion of Lot number sixteen, in the eleventh district of Henry, that lies on the East side of South river, that contains the residence of John Persall, now in the county of Henry, be and the same is hereby detached from the county of Henry and added to and made a part of the county of Newton. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the lot of land number four hundred and fifteen, in the fourth district of Ware, being the residence of Samuel M. Pearson, and lot number four hundred and sixty-nine, in the fourth district of Ware, being the residence of Asbury Sylvester, and lot number three hundred and eighty-three, in the ninth district of Ware, being the residence of Russel Raulerson, and lot number three hundred and eighty-seven, in the ninth district of Ware, being the residence of Daniel Herrin, be and they are hereby added to the county of Wayne, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the residence of

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Richard Stilwell, of the county of Henry, be and the same is hereby added to the county of Butts. 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. Assented to, December 22d, 1843. AN ACT to define the office of the Clerk of Land Courts, so far as respects 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 from and after the passage of this act, the Clerk of the Inferior court shall be the Clerk of the Land Courts, so far as respects the county of Bryan. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the proceedings of the Land Courts of Bryan county, be valid, as though the act, assented to on the 27th December, 1842, had not been passed. Sec. 3. 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 are hereby repealed. Assented to, December 15th, 1843. AN ACT to authorise the Governor to reduce the number of officers in the Central Bank, and to prescribe the mode of payment of the Bonds issued by that 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 his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised to discharge, from time to time, such officers in the Central Bank, whose services may be dispensed with, without detriment to the public interests, and to fix and allow to those who may be retained, such compensation as their services may be worth Provided, that the compensation to be allowed, shall not exceed that now allowed by law to such officers for similar services. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all bonds which may hereafter be issued by the Central Bank, under the authority of an act assented to on the twenty-third day of December, eighteen hundred and forty, shall be first redeemed out of the available means of said Bank. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, December 22, 1843.

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AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to require the Sheriffs and Clerks of the county of Coweta, to insert their advertisements in the public Gazette of the town of Newnan, so long as the paper shall be continued in the Circuit, assented to on the twenty-eighth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-two. 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 act entitled an act to require the Sheriffs and Clerks of the county of Coweta, to insert their advertisements in the public Gazette of the town of Newnan, so long as the paper shall be continued in the Circuit, assented to on the twenty-eighth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-two, be and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, 7th December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise the Sheriffs, Clerks and Coroners of Fayette county, to advertise all sales of said county in any one of the public Gazettes 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 from and immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for the Sheriffs, Clerks or Coroners of the county of Fayette, to advertise all sales by them to be made, in any one of the public Gazettes of this State. Sec. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with, or militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 9th December, 1843. AN ACT for the relief of the Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, and other officers of the State of Georgia. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Gerogia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That whenever any officer shall arrest a defendant on a capias adsatisfaciendum, and said defendant shall make his escape, and said officer shall be compelled to pay the amount due on said capias, by reason of said escape, the Sheriff, Coroner, Constable, or other officer, as the case may be, shall have the control of the fieri facias issued, or to be issued on the judgment upon which said capias ad satisfaciendum is founded, for the

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purpose of reimbursing himself out of the property of defendant; and the said Sheriff, Coroner, Constable or other officer, as the case may be, shall control said fieri facias in as full and ample a manner, for the purpose of said reimbursement, as the plaintiff in said fieri facias might or could do, or could have done, had said capias ad satisfaciendum not have issued; or had the money due on said judgment not have been paid by said Sheriff, Coroner, Constable or other officer Provided, that the court by whose order or judgment such officer shall be required to pay the amount due, shall pass an order giving such control. Sec. 2. 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. Assented to, 9th December, 1843. AN ACT to regulate the election and pay of county Treasurers for the counties of Bibb and Upson, and to render ineligible any of the Justices of the Inferior court of said counties to said appointment. 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 Monday in January next, it shall not be lawful for the county Treasurers of the counties of Bibb and Upson to receive as a compensation for their services, more than two and a half per cent. for receiving, and two and a half per cent. on all sums of money which may come to their hands and paid out by them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the county Treasurers of said counties of Bibb and Upson, shall be elected on the first Monday in January next, and annually thereafter, in the manner and form prescribed for the elections of Sheriffs and other county officers; and that no acting Justice of the Inferior court of said counties of Bibb and Upson shall be eligible to said appointment. Sec. 3. 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. Assented to, 9th December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise the Sheriffs of Gwinnett county to advertise their sales in some paper published at Milledgeville or at Athens. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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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 the Sheriffs of the county of Gwinnett shall advertise their Sheriff sales in some one of the public newspapers published in Milledgeville or at Athensthe Sheriffs having their choice. SEC. 2. 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 are hereby repealed. Assented to, 9th December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act to consolidate the office of the Clerk of the Inferior court, and the office of County Treasurer, in the county of Monroe, assented to 25th December, 1837. SECTION 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 several sections and provisions embraced in the above recited act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to point out and define the duties of the Commissioners of the Poor School fund, so far as relates to the county of Marion. SECTION 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 Commissioners of the Poor School fund in and for said county of Marion, shall not appropriate to the education of any child more than the pro rata share of such child, and that no child to whose education such pro rata has been appropriated, shall be entitled to any further participation in said funds until all such children as are entitled, shall have had their pro rata appropriated to their education, or it shall evidently appear to said commissioners that the parents of any of those returned as being entitled, refuse or decline the benefit of the funds appropriated, then and in such case, the pro rata of such child or children shall be considered as having reverted, and may be appropriated equally for the education of the remaining number of poor children entitled to a participation in the Poor School fund. 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. Assented to, 22d December, 1843.

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AN ACT to reduce the Sheriffs bonds of this State, so far as relates to the counties of Walker, Lumpkin and Paulding. SECTION 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 Sheriffs hereafter in the counties of Walker, Lumpkin and Paulding, shall only be required to give security in the sum of ten thousand dollars for the faithful performance of their duty, in place of twenty thousand dollars as heretofore required. SEC. 2. 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. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to abolish the office of Treasurer, for the county of Burke, and to make it the duty of the Tax Collector to perform the duties of said office. SECTION 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 office of Treasurer for the county of Burke, shall be abolished. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all duties devolved upon the Treasurer for the county of Burke, by laws heretofore enacted, shall from and after the passage of this act, be discharged by the Tax Collector of said county, without commission on any sum or sums of money that shall be paid out under an order of the Inferior court of said county. 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. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise the Treasurer of the Poor School of the county of Wayne, to pay Francis Harrison and other teachers who taught school in the year 1841, under act of common school. SECTION 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 Treasurer of the Poor School of the county of Wayne be, and

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he is hereby authorised to pay Francis Harrison and others who taught Poor School in the county of Wayne, in the year 1841. SEC. 2. 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. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to be entitled an act to alter and fix the time of holding the Superior courts of the county of Muscogee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Superior court for the county of Muscogee shall be held on the fourth Monday in May and November, of each year, and that all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 5th December, 1843. AN ACT to change the times of holding the Superior Courts of the counties of Crawford, Upson, Pike, and Monroe, in the Flint circuit, and to authorise the Judge of said circuit to draw two pannels of Grand and Petit Jurors for said counties, and the counties of Newton and Henry, respectively; and to authorise the Justices of the Inferior courts of said counties to draw Juries as hereinafter prescribed. 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 times of holding the Superior courts in the counties of Crawford, Upson, Pike, and Monroe, in the Flint circuit, shall be as following: In the county of Crawford, on the first Mondays in February and August. In the county of Upson, on the second Mondays in February and August. In the county of Pike, on the third Mondays in February and August. In the county of Monroe, on the first Mondays in March and September. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, precepts, and processes of any nature or kind whatever, shall hereafter be made returnable to the terms of said courts respectively heretofore cited. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That all persons summoned, [Illegible Text], or bound as witnesses, suitors or jurors, or in any other capacity to attend the courts of said counties, at the times at which they are now holden, shall be bound to attend said courts to which they are respectively summoned, at the times fixed by this act. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Judge of the Superior courts of said counties, and of the counties of Newton and Henry, shall have power and authority to draw two pannels of Grand and Petit Jurors for said counties respectively, to be designated as pannels number one and two; pannels number one to serve the first week of the terms of said courts, to which they may be respectively summoned, and pannels number two, the second week. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Justices of the Inferior courts of said counties of Pike, Monroe, Henry and Newton, shall meet at their respective Court Houses, by the 15th day of January next, and proceed to draw from their respective jury boxes, additional pannels of Grand and Petit Jurors, to be designated as pannels number two, to serve the second week of the next ensuing terms of the Superior courts of said counties respectively, and to be summoned as the pannels regularly drawn. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to alter and fix the time of holding the Inferior courts of the county of Randolph. 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 time of holding the Inferior courts of the county of Randolph, shall be the second Monday in January and July, in each year; and that all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, December 7th, 1843. AN ACT to alter and change the times of holding the Spring term of the Inferior court of Clark county, and the holding the terms of the Superior courts of Macon 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

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the passage of this act, the Spring term of the Inferior court of the county of Clark, shall be held on the fourth Monday in April, of each year, instead of the second Monday in May, as now prescribed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, precepts and processes whatever, issued returnable to the next May term of said court, be and the same shall be considered returnable to the April term next of said court; and all jurors summoned to attend at the May, shall attend at the April term, as provided for by this actany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Superior courts for the county of Macon, shall be hereafter held on the first Monday in April and October of each year. Assented to, 9th December, 1843. AN ACT to alter and fix the time of holding the Inferior courts of the county of Decatur. 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 time of holding the Inferior courts of the county of Decatur, shall be the first Monday in April and October, in each year; and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 18th December, 1843. AN ACT to alter and fix the time of holding the Court of Ordinary and Land Courts, in the several counties in this State, from the first to the second Monday in January, annually. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, 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 forty-five, the court of Ordinary and Land courts of the several counties of this State, shall be held on the second Monday in January annually, in place of the first Monday of said month. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all business transacted in said courts which may be held on the second Monday in January, shall be deemed as legal as if the same had been transacted on the first Mondayany law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 23d December, 1843.

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AN ACT to alter and amend the several acts relating to the Court of Common Pleas and of Oyer and Terminer for the city of Savannah. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, where either party in any case before the courts of Common Pleas and of Oyer and Terminer for the city of Savannah, shall demand a jury trial, the said cause shall be tried at the term of the court to which it is returnable Provided, that if either of the parties should be unprepared for the trial of such cause, the court may continue the same, under the same rules and regulations by which suits are now continued. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case either party shall be dissatisfied with the verdict of the Jury, then and in all such cases, either party may, within four days after the adjournment of the court in which such verdict was obtained, enter an appeal in the Clerk's office of such court as matter of right Provided, the person or persons so appealing, shall, previous to obtaining such appeal, pay all costs which may have arisen on the former trial, and give security for the eventual condemnation money, except executors and administrators, who shall not be liable to give such security. If on hearing such appeal, it shall appear to the jury that the appeal was frivolous, and in intended for delay only, they shall assess damage to the party aggrieved by such delay, not exceeding twenty-five per cent. on the principal sum which they shall find due, and such damages as shall be assessed, shall be specially noted in the verdict of such jurors, and no person shall be allowed to withdraw an appeal after it shall be entered, but by the consent of the parties. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases where an appeal shall have thus been entered, the cause shall be tried at the next term of the court of Common Pleas and of Oyer and Terminer of the city of Savannah (unless good cause be shown for a continuance to the court) by a special jury, who shall be taken from the Grand Jury list of the said court, and struck in the presence of the court in the following manner:The Clerk shall produce a list of the Grand Jurors present and there impannelled, from which the parties Plaintiff and Defendant, or their attorney, may strike out one alternately, untill there shall be but twelve jurors left, who shall forthwith be impannelled and sworn as special jurors to try the appeal cause; and in all cases the appellants shall strike first, and in case of refusal in either to strike such special jurors, after due notice given for the purpose, and proof thereof, the Judge before whom

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such notice is given for such special jury to be empannelled, shall in behalf of such absent party, or his attorney, proceed in the same way and manner as if the party absent or refusing had been present or consented to the same. Sec. 4. 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. Assented to, 25th December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act, assented to 28th December, 1842, to create and establish a free system of education in the county of Bryan, by Common Schools, and to establish a system of education by Poor Schools, so far as relates to the county of Bryanto appoint the Judges of the Inferior court of the said county of Bryan, the commissioners of the said Poor Schoolto provide for the distribution of the funds of the said Poor School systemto authorise the commissioners to loan out at lawful interest, any surplus fundsto receive any bequest or donation, and add the same to the aforenamed Poor School fund. 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 funds heretofore known as the Common School funds of the county of Bryan, be and the same are hereby changed, and shall in future be known as the Poor School funds of Bryan county, under the direction and control of a board of Commissioners, which shall be composed of the Judges of the Inferior court of Bryan county, a majority of whom shall be authorised to transact any business hereinafter pointed out. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the Judges of the Inferior court of Bryan county, shall be known as a body corporate of the Poor School of Bryan county, capable of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded; and the said Commissioners are hereby required to assemble at Bryan Court House, or a majority of them, as soon as practicable after they are legally informed of the passage of this act, and appoint a Treasurer, who shall also act as Secretary, and shall keep a book of record, in which shall be recorded all the proceedings of said board relative to the Poor School of said county, the amount of funds in hand, the amount of those indebted and their securities, the amount paid out, and to whom, and for what purpose; and the said Treasurer shall be authorised to retain in his hands two per cent on all monies paid out and received

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in hand, belonging to said institution, which amount shall be full compensation for his services. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the resignation of the Secretary shall be made to a majority of the commissioners, who shall not accept of the same until a successor in office is chosen and qualified; and the Treasurer before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath faithfully to discharge all the duties of Treasurer and Secretary as required by this act, and shall be filed in the Clerk's office of the Inferior court of said county; he shall also give bond with such security as a majority of the commissioners shall approve, which bond shall be in double the amount of money belonging to the said Poor School, and shall be made payable to the commissioners of the Poor School of Bryan county, and be received in the Clerk's office of the Inferior court of the said county of Bryan. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the Treasurer is hereby authorised, with the consent of a majority of the commissioners of the said Poor School, to land out at lawful interest, any funds belonging to the Institution not needed for the current year, and the money loaned by the Treasurer, shall be for note or notes, with approved security, and made payable to the commissioners of the Poor School of Bryan county. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted b the authority of the same That all amounts for teaching poor children shall be sworn to by the teacher before some Justice of the Peace or Judge of the Inferior court, and shall set forth the age, sex, and name of the students, with the number of days taught; and no teacher shall receive more than one dollar per month out of the Poor School funds for any one scholar. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all Justices of the Peace shall make an annual return to the commissioners of the Poor School, of all free white persons between the ages of six and sixteen years of age, that in their judgment require to be schooled by the public; each Justice of the Peace reporting from his own district, for which returns he shall receive such remuneration as the said commissioners shall think necessary, out of the Poor School funds; and it shall be the duty of the commissioners of the Poor School to have an annual meeting to consolidate the number of persons that in their judgment are entitled to the provisions of this act; and it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to transmit a copy of the said returns through their Secretary, to his Excellency the Governor of this State, on or before the third Monday in November annually, whose duty it shall be to make the annual dividend, agreeable to the said return. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same,

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That the board of commissioners shall meet as often as they think practicable; and the said commissioners of the Poor School are hereby authorised to receive and add to the Poor School fund of said county of Bryan, any bequest or donation that has been or may hereafter be given in fee simple to said institution, and apply the same to the purposes herein pointed out for the disbursement of the Poor School fund. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all teachers having taught School under the Poor or Common School law, previous to this act, shall receive their pay at the rate above mentioned, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the before recited act, so far as it relates to the county of Bryan, together with all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, December 14, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate a Wesleyan Female College, to be located in the city of Macon, Georgia. 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, James O. Andrews, John W. Talley, Lovic Pierce, George F. Pierce, Alfred T. Mann, John P. Duncan, William Parks, James E. Evans, Samuel Anthony, Peyton P. Smith, William H. Ellison, William Scott, William H. Reynolds, Thomas Hardeman, James Dean, Peter Solomon, Thadeus G. Holt, Abner F. Holt. N. B. Powel, John Rawls, H. A. Haralson, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name of the Wesleyan Female Collegesaid board of Trustees shall consist of twenty-one members, eleven of which shall be travelling preachers of the Methodist Episcopal church. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees and their successors in office, under the name and style aforesaid, may use a common seal, and shall be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded; also, to have, take, possess and acquire by gift, grant, or purchase, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels and other estates, and the same to use, have, improve and convey in fee simple. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees aforesaid be empowered to receive all gifts, grants, legacies, privileges and immunities which may be made or bequeathed to it under this act, and no misnomer of the corporation or

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other technical error shall prevent its rights from vesting, when it may appear or shall be ascertained that it was the intention of the party or parties to give, grant, or bequeath any property, real or personal, or any rights or interest to the said corporation. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees aforesaid and their successors in office, shall have power and authority to negotiate loans or enter into any contract or contracts which they or a majority of them, shall deem necessary for the use of said College, and to secure said contracts, loans or other negotiations by pledging or mortgaging the property of said institution; the College building and the lot or lots on which it shall be situated, shall be exempt; and after the board of Trustees of the said Wesleyan Female College shall have purchased the lot or lots and College building, and after having paid for said lot or lots and College building, said board of Trustees shall never encumber nor dispose of said lot or lots and College building by any act of theirs. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, shall have power and authority to make all such laws, rules, and regulations for the government of said College as they may deem fit and proper Provided, nothing in said by-laws, rules and regulations be repugnant to the constitution and laws of the State of Georgia or United States. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees aforesaid, in their corporate character and name, shall have perpetual succession, and where any vacancy shall occur in said board of Trustees, by death, resignation or otherwise, the remaining Trustees, or a majority of them, shall have the power of filling such vacancies. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees or a majority of them, shall have the power of appointing a President, Professors, Secretary, Treasurer, and Steward, and all other officers they may think necessary for said College, and the same or any of the same to discontinue and remove when they may think fit Provided, a majority of the board of Trustees concur in such removal. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees shall prescribe the course of studies to be pursued and taught in said College, and fix the salaries of the different officers, establish the rate of tuition, adjust the expenses and adopt such regulations not otherwise provided for as the good of the College may require. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the President of the College, by and with the consent of the Trustees, shall have power to confer all such honors, degrees and license as are usually conferred in Colleges or Universities, and shall preside at all the public exercises of the College. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That all meetings of

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the board of Trustees shall be held in the city of Macon, and a majority of the Trustees living, shall at all times be competent to transact any busines appertaining to the College, and to exercise all powers, privileges and duties herein before conferred on the board of Trustees. Assented to, 19th December, 1843. AN ACT to provide for the education of the `Poor. SECTION 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 be lawful for the Justices of the Inferior courts of the several counties in this State, and they are hereby authorised to levy and collect an extra tax in their respective counties, sufficient, together with such funds as may be received from other sources, to educate the poor children of their respective counties Provided, such tax shall not be levied without the recommendation of the Grand Jury of the first court in each year, and that said fund shall be kept separate from all other county funds and used for no other purpose whatsoever. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Justices of the Inferior court are hereby authorised and empowered to require the Justices of the Peace, or other persons in the several militia districts of their respective counties, to furnish them, at such times as they may require with a list of such children between the ages of eight and sixteen, in their several districts, as may need total or partial assistance in obtaining their education; to apportion the funds among them at their discretion according to their respective necessities; to appoint commissioners or such other persons as they may deem proper, without compensation, to superintend the proper application of the fund and the education of the poor; and to pass and enforce such rules and regulations as they may deem best calculated to promote the objects of this act Provided, the same are not repugnant to the laws of this State. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of aiding in the education of the poor as herein before provided, seventeen hundred and thirty-three shares of the capital stock of the Bank of the State of Georgia, eight hundred and ninety shares of the Bank of Augusta, and all of the available assets of the Central Bank after the payment of its debts, be and the same are hereby set apart and appropriated as a permanent education fund, the annual income whereof shall be distributed to the several counties of this State, and paid to the Justices of the

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Inferior courts thereof rateably, in proportion to the number of poor children therein, as herein set forth. And the script for the Bank Stock aforesaid shall be delivered to the Treasurer of the State, and said Stock shall henceforth be under his management and control for the purposes aforesaid. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That to facilitate the distribution contemplated in the preceding section, it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Inferior courts of each county to report to his Excellency the Governor, on or before the first Monday in November of each year, the number of poor children in their respective counties, between the ages of eight and sixteen years, whose parents are unable to educate them, to be ascertained in the manner pointed out in the second section of this act; and it shall be the duty of his Excellency the Governor to make the said distribution before the first day of January thereafter, among the counties whose Inferior courts actually make returns as aforesaid before such distribution shall take place. The distributive share of each county may be paid to any person presenting a certified copy of an order of the Inferior court authorising such payment. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Justices of the Inferior courts of each county, shall as soon as practicable, ascertain the amount due to teachers of poor children in their respective counties for services rendered in the year 1842 and 1843, in strict compliance with the act assented to on the 10th December, 1840, regulating that subject, and report the same to his Excellency the Governor, who shall cause the same to be paid as soon as practicable out of the proceeds of the sales of public lands that revert to the State, which payments shall be made by the agency of the Justices of the Inferior courts' in the several counties. The said Justices of the Inferior courts may in their discretion apply the funds received under and by virtue of the third section of this act, to the extinguishment of any such claims which shall be reimbursed in the manner pointed out in this section. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Judges of the Superior courts of this State, at the first term of the Superior court of each county in each year, to give this act in charge to the Grand Jury. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so soon as this act shall have passed, there shall be one hundred and ten copies thereof printed at the expense of the State, and one copy shall be forwarded to the Justices of the Inferior courts of each county, by the Senator or one of the Representatives, and one copy shall be forwarded to each Judge of the Superior court. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts

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of laws heretofore passed, be and the same are hereby repealed, so far as they conflict with the provisions of this act. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to repeal an act, entitled an act to establish a general system of education by common schools, assented to the 26th day of December, 1837; also, an act to amend an act to establish a general system of education by common schools, assented to the 29th day of December, 1838; also, to change the common school fund of the State of Georgia to that of a poor school fund, and to provide for distributing the same; also, to amend an act to authorise the commissioners of the poor school fund in the several counties of this State, to pay out of said fund arrearages due teachers for teaching poor children in the years eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, so far as respects the county of Laurens. WHEREAS it is provided by the second section of the first above recited act, that the Justices of the Inferior court in the several counties of this State, or a majority of them, shall on the first Monday in February, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-one, and on the first Monday in January in each and every year thereafter, by an order to be entered on their minutes, appoint five fit and proper persons of their county to act as commissioners of the poor school fund in their respective counties. And Whereas it is provided by the first section of the second above recited act, that the commissioners of the poor school fund in each and every county in this State, be and they are hereby authorised and required to pay out of the poor school fund, which has been or may hereafter be received for their respective counties, all arrearages due teachers of poor children for the years eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight and eighteen hundred and thirty-nine Provided, the teachers aforesaid present their accounts in due form on or before the first Monday in October, eighteen hundred and forty-two. And Whereas the Justices of the Inferior court of the county of Laurens, neglecting to comply with the requirements of the said second section of the first above recited act, failed to appoint commissioners on the first Monday in February, eighteen hundred and forty-one, and did not appoint the same until the first Monday in January, eighteen hundred and forty-threeBy reason whereof the accounts

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of teachers of poor children for the years eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight and eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, could not be presented in compliance with the terms of the said first section of the second above 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 the commissioners of the poor school fund of the county of Laurens, be and they are hereby authorised and required to pay out of the poor school fund which has been or may hereafter be received for said county, all arrearages due to teachers of poor children for the years eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight and eighteen hundred and thirty-nine Provided, the teachers aforesaid present their accounts in due form on or before the first Monday in March eighteen hundred and forty-four. Sec. 2. 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. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act to compensate one Justice of the Peace for carrying up the returns from the several precinct elections in the county of DeKalb, assented to on the 24th of December, 1836. 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, that the above recited act be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. 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 are hereby repealed. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the election of a public Printer, and to regulate the printing required to be performed by the Legislature, approved December 23, 1836, and to provide for the continuance of officers whose election is required to be annual. 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

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who shall be elected public Printer at a regular session of the General Assembly, shall be elected for the term of two years, commencing on the first Monday of November, 1845, and until a successor shall be elected and qualified, and that all officers whose election by the General Assembly is required by existing laws to be made annually, shall hold their offices or appointments for two years ensuing their elections, and that vacancies therein shall be filled as directed by the constitution. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the public Printer shall not print any documents with the acts or journals, unless directed so to do by resolution of the General Assembly. Assented to, 21st December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal the several acts establishing election precincts in the county of Irwin, so far as relates to elections being held at the house of Thomas Gibbs, Reuben Gay, William Fussell, Howell's Store, and Manassa Henderson, in said county of Irwin. 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 election precincts established at the house of Thomas Gibbs, Reuben Gay, William Fussell, Howell's Store, and Manassa Henderson's, in the county of Irwin, be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 2. 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. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to establish an additional election precinct at the Store House of Miles Jones, in the sixth district of the county of Coweta, and also, to remove another from the house of Allen Summers, in the 475th district of Newton 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, there shall be an additional election precinct at the Store House of Miles Jones, in the sixth district of Coweta county, for the purpose of holding all elections prescribed by law in establishing

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other election precincts in said county heretofore, and to be governed by the same rules and regulations. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the election precinct of the 475th district, Newton county, be removed from the house of Allen Summers to the house of Henry Guthries, at the place of holding Justice's court in said district. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to compensate one of the Justices of the Peace who may be superintendent of the elections at either of the election precincts in the county of Jackson. 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 above recited act be, and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to change the election precinct now held at the place of holding Justice's courts in the seven hundred and forty-first district, Georgia Militia, in the county of Macon, to the house of John Moulton in 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 election precinct now established by law at the place of holding Justice's courts, in the seven hundred and forty-first district, Georgia Militia, in Macon county, be and the same is hereby changed to the house of John Moulton, in said county. Sec. 2. 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. Assented to, December 28, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate the Baptist Church and Camp Ground, called Cannon's Meeting House, in the county of Franklin. 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, William B. Cheek, Washington

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Hunt, Rowland Cheek, Job Bowens, and John B. McMillion, be and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Baptist Church and Camp Ground at Cannon's Meeting House, in the county of Franklin. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees and their successors in office, shall be invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, all donations, gifts and privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may now belong to said Church, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them, or their successors in officeto have and to hold the same for the proper use and benefit of said Church. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That said Trustees may have and use a common seal, and pass all necessary by-laws for the government of said Church and Camp Ground Provided, such by-laws be not repugnant to the constitution of this State and the United States. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to establish, abolish, remove and revive Election Precincts in certain counties therein named, and to regulate 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, there shall be an additional election precinct at the house of Gillis Ryals, in the eighty-sixth district of the county of Laurens; and there shall be an additional election precinct at the house of John Langston, in the county of Columbia; and there shall be an additional election precinct at the usual place of holding Justice's courts in the district known as Col. James Roberts' district, in the county of Hall; and there shall be an additional election precinct at the School House near Stephen Swain's, in the 1005th district, Georgia Militia, in the county of Decatur. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may hereafter be lawful to hold at each of the aforesaid election precincts, elections for all county officers, members to the Legislature, Governor, Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, and members to Congress; that all elections held at each of the aforesaid precincts, shall be governed by the same rules and regulations which now govern other precinct elections in this State.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election precinct heretofore established at the house of Thomas Slack, in the county of Monroe, be and the same is hereby removed to the house of Wilson Darden in said county. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election precinct heretofore established and known as the High Shoals precinct, in the county of Hall, be and the same is hereby removed to the usual place of holding Justice's court in twelfth district. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election precinct heretofore established at the house of Seaborn J. Harber, in the fourth district of the county of Coweta, be and the same is hereby removed to Lodi, the usual place of holding Justice's courts in said district. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the precinct heretofore established at the house of John Kiser's, in the county of Campbell, be and the same is hereby removed to the House of Henderson Buffington, in the 734th district, Georgia Militia, of said county. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the precinct heretofore established at the house of Bennett Lawrence, in the county of Floyd, be and the same is hereby removed to the usual place of holding Justice's courts in the 962d district, Georgia Militia, in said county. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election precinct heretofore established at the house of Terrence Conner's, in the county of Richmond, be and the same is hereby removed to the Poor House in said county. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election precinct heretofore established in the 649th district, Georgia Militia, in the county of Carroll, be and the same is hereby removed to the usual place of holding Justice's courts in said district. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the twenty-fourth section of an act entitled an act to alter, change, and abolish certain election precincts in certain counties therein named, assented to 27th December, 1842, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election precinct heretofore established at the Store House of J. C. Gwinn, in the county of Stewart, be and the same is hereby abolished. Assented to, 9th December, 1843. AN ACT to abolish the election precinct established at the house of Anson Asbill, in the county of Sumter. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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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 election precinct heretofore established at the house of Anson Asbill, in the county of Sumter, shall be and the same is hereby abolished; and that all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, December 28th, 1843. AN ACT to change the time of closing the Polls at the several election precincts, in the several counties in 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 from and after the first day of February next, the time of closing the Polls at the several election precincts in the several counties in this State, be changed from six o'clock to the hour of five in the afternoonany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to remove the precinct in the 839th district, G. M. of Paulding, from where it is now situated, to lot of land number 698, in the nineteenth district of originally Cherokee, now Paulding 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 precinct now held in the 839th district, G. M. of Paulding county, be removed from where it is now situated, to lot of land number 698, in the nineteenth district of originally Cherokee, now Paulding. Sec. 2. 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. Also, to establish an election precinct at the town of Jonesborough, in the 709th district, G. M. in the county of Fayette. Also, an election precinct, at the house of Allen Jennings, in the 624th district, G. M. in the county of Fayette, the place of holding Justice's courts in said district; also, to remove the election precinct from the Store House of Westbrook, in the 549th district, G. M. in the county of Fayette,

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to the house of William Watson, the place of holding Justice's courts in said district, in the county of Fayette. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to establish and remove election precincts in certain counties hereinafter named, and to regulate the same, and to change the places of holding certain Justice's courts. 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, there shall be an additional election precinct established in the 687th district, Georgia Militia, at the usual place of holding Justice's court in the county of Lee. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may hereafter be lawful to hold at the aforesaid election precinct, all elections for all county officers, members of the Legislature, Governor, Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, and members to Congress, and that all elections held at the aforesaid precinct shall be governed by the same rules and regulations which now governs other precinct elections in the State. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election precinct heretofore established, near the Walton county line, at the house of William L. Born, in the county of Gwinnett, be and the same is hereby removed to the house of Hiram Thomaston, the usual place of holding Justice's court. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be lawful to hold an additional election precinct in the county of Chattooga, at the house of Wesley Shropshire, in the nine hundred and fortieth district, Georgia Militia, of said county of Chattooga, and that said election precinct shall be governed by the rules and regulations governing other precincts in said county. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all the territory East of the Federal Road, in the county of Murray, from the residence of Robert McCamey's to the Tennessee line, except the residence of Clark T. Cockburn, which shall continue in and be attached to the Militia district where he now resides, shall be added to and become a part of the 1011th district, G. M.; that the place of holding Justice's court in and for said district, shall hereafter be held at the Mills of Dennis Carroll, on lot of land number 312 in the 27th district of the second section; and all elections prescribed by law to be held under the laws of force in this State, shall

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hereafter be held for said district at the place of holding Justice's court as above designated. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the election precinct heretofore established at the dwelling house of James Gaddis, in the county of Union, be removed to the place of holding Justice's courts in the same district. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That there shall be an additional election precinct established at the house of Nathaniel Duncan, in the county of Elbert. Assekted to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to prescribe the mode of choosing the Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, to which this State is entitled by the constitution of the United States, passed December 18th, 1824. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Governor on the 18th day after said election shall have taken place, to make out a consolidated return of the number of persons voting for Electors, the names of the persons voted for, and the number of votes received by each, and immediately to notify those persons who may have received a number of votes amounting to a majority of the persons who shall have voted for Electors, of their election, and require their attendance at the time and place required by law, to vote for a President and Vice President of the United Statessaid consolidated return, when so made out, shall be laid before the General Assembly, if in session. Sec. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event that a majority of the number of Electors to which this State may be entitled at any election for President and Vice President, shall not have received a majority of the votes polled as aforesaid, and there being no General Assembly in session, it shall be the duty of the Governor to convene the General Assembly, which when assembled, shall proceed by joint ballot to the election of Electors for President and Vice President of the United States; but in the event that at least a majority of the whole number of Electors to which this State may be entitled, shall be elected in manner aforesaid, then and in that case, it shall be the duty of the Electors so elected, or a number of them amounting at least to a majority of the whole number to which this State may be entitled, to fill by ballot, at the time and place appointed by law for the meeting of the Electors, any vacancy that may exist in their body, either by non-election of the

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full number, resignation, failure to attend, refusal to act, [Illegible Text] from any other cause whatever. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event that at least a majority of the whole number of Electors to which the State may be entitled, at any election shall be elected in manner aforesaid, and from any cause whatever a majority of said whole number shall not attend at the time and place appointed by law for casting their votes for President and Vice President of the United States to fill vacancies in their body, and cast their votes as aforesaid, or when a majority of said Electors shall not be elected, it shall be the duty of his Excellency the Governor forthwith, to convene the General Assembly, who shall by joint ballot proceed to fill any vacancy or vacancies which may have occurred, in any manner whatever, in their body. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to lay off and divide the State into eight Congressional districts; and to point out the mode of electing members to Congress in each district; and to provide against illegal voting. 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 State of Georgia shall be laid off into eight Congressional districts, in the following manner, to wit: SEC. 2. That the counties of [Illegible Text], Glynn, Wayne, McIntosh, Liberty, Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Bulloch, Montgomery, Tatnall, Appling, Ware, Laurens, [Illegible Text], Lowndes, Telfair, and Thomas, shall compose the first district. That the counties of Houston, Decatur, Early, Baker, Lee, Randolph, Stewart, Sumter, Dooly, Muscogee, Marion, Macon, Irwin, and Pulaski, shall compose the second district. That the counties of Harris, Talbot, Crawford, [Illegible Text], Upson, Monroe, Bibb, and Pike, shall compose the third district. That the counties of Troup, Meriwether, Heard, Coweta, Fayette, Campbell, Carroll, Henry and Newton, shall compose the fourth district. That the counties of Dade, Walker, Chattooga, Floyd, Cass, Paulding, Murray, Gilmer, Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett, and Forsyth, shall compose the fifth district. That the counties of Union, Lumpkin, Habersham, Rabun, Franklin, Hall, Jackson, Madison, Elbert, Clark, and Walton, shall compose the sixth district.

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That the counties of Morgan, Green, Taliaferro, Putnam, Jasper, Butts, Jones, Baldwin, Wilkinson, and Oglethorpe, shall compose the seventh district. And that the counties of Wilkes, Lincoln, Columbia, Richmond, Burke, Scriven, Jefferson, Warren, Hancock, and Washington, shall compose the eighth district. Sec. 3. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons residing in each of the Congressional districts aforesaid, entitled under the laws of this State to vote for members to Congress, shall be entitled to vote for one member to represent the district in which he may reside, in the Congress of the United States, and no more. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible to represent any of the said Congressional districts, who does not at the time of his election, reside within the said district; nor shall any person be entitled to vote for a member to Congress, in any district other than the one in which he resides. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all elections for a member to Congress shall be held at the time prescribed by existing laws, for members to Congress, and shall be held at the places or election precincts in each county composing said districts as are or may hereafter be established by law for holding elections, for members to the State Legislature, and conducted and returned in the same manner as is now prescribed by law for the election of members to Congress. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the person having the highest or greatest number of votes in each of their respective districts, shall be declared by proclamation from the Governor, duly elected and commissioned accordingly under the provisions of the laws of this State, touching the election and qualification of members to Congress. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That when any vacancy may happen in any or either of said districts, by death, resignation, or otherwise, for a member to Congress, such vacancy shall be filled by the persons of the district entitled to a vote agreeable to the provisions of the ninth section of this act. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event that the members now elected to the twenty eighth Congress, from this State, shall be declared by the House of Representatives, to have been duly and legally elected, then and in that case, all vacancies which may happen in the present delegation to Congress, from this State, shall be filled by general ticket, under the laws of force before the passage of this act; but in the event that the House of Representatives should decide that the present members of Congress from this State, have not been duly and legally elected, then and in that case, an election for eight members

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of Congress shall take place according to the provisions of this act. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall vote for a member of Congress, under this act, in any other district than the district in which he may reside at the time of voting, or may be legally entitled to vote, or shall vote more than once in his own district, at the same election, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act approved on the 11th day of February, 1799, as provides in the second section thereof, that no certificate or commission shall issue to or for any such person so elected until satisfactory proof is produced that the tax of such person has been regularly paid, and that he has actually had the residence therein prescribed, be and it is hereby repealed. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, December 23d, 1843. AN ACT to alter the time for the election of the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah; to reduce the number of Aldermen; to make the Mayor elective by the people, and to prescribe his duties; and to provide for the election of certain officers 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 the board of Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah and hamlets thereof, shall hereafter consist of the Mayor and twelve Aldermen, to be chosen by those entitled to vote at said election; and that the next election shall be held on the first Monday in December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and annually thereafter on the first Monday in December; and that the present and all future boards of Mayor and Aldermen shall hold their offices until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and the Aldermen shall be separately designated on the ticket; the candidate for Mayor receiving a majority of the votes for that office, shall be declared elected; and the twelve who shall receive the highest number of votes for aldermen, shall constitute the board of Aldermen: Provided, that should any portion of the twelve receive an

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equal number of votes with others, not elected, then from these having the highest number of votes, the board of Alderman on its first meeting, and after the members shall have been qualified, shall elect the number necessary to constitute twelve. And should no one of these voted for as Mayor, have received a majority of votes, then the board of Aldermen, after having completed its own organization, as herein provided, shall elect the Mayor from the five who have so received the greatest number of votes. And in case of a vacancy in the office of Mayor, by death, resignation, or otherwise, the board of Aldermen shall elect from their own body, a Mayor for the remainer of the term. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the newly elected mayor and aldermen shall meet on the first Monday thereafter for organization; and each alderman shall take the following oath: I, (A. B.) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the duties of an alderman of the city of Savannah, according to the laws of the State, and the ordinances of the city, to the best of my ability and understandingSo help me God. The same oath shall be administered to the mayor, substituting the word mayor, for an alderman. When organized according to the provisions of this act, the board shall elect a chairman who shall in case of the absence, death, or resignation of the mayor, be vested with all his power and authority, and execute all the duties pertaining to the office; and in the absence of both, a chairman, pro tem., with like powers and authority, shall be chosen by the board. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor shall examine the powers now vested in the mayor of the city of Savannah, and which may hereafter be conferred upon him by the ordinances of the city, shall exercise all the rights and powers of an alderman, shall preside at all meetings of this board, shall be entitled to vote on all elections or appointments; a quorum for business shall consist of seven aldermen and the mayor or presiding chairman, except in the months of July, August, September, and October, when a majority of the aldermen in the city shall suffice. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the health officer, and all such other officers of the city, or appointments, as by law are required to be held in December, shall be held at such times as the mayor and aldermen shall prescribe. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Treasurer of the city of Savannah, the Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent of the city watch, the marshal of the city, and the city constables, shall be elected at the first meeting of council, in January next, for the term of two years, and regularly thereafter, at the expiration of the said terms of office, and shall hold their offices during that

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period, unless sooner removed by Council, for misconduct or faithlessness in the discharge of their duties. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sexton shall be elected at the first meeting of council, in January next, and who shall hold his office during good behavior. Sec. 8. 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. Assented to, December 25th, 1843. AN ACT to amend the law authorising Executors, Administrators and Guardians to make annual returns. 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 annual returns of administrators executors and guardians may be verified by the affidavit of the security of the same, when the said executor, administrator, or guardian shall reside beyond the limits of this State, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to explain an act passed on the 10th day of December, 1812, entitled an act to alter and amend an act for the more effectually securing the probate of wills, limiting the time for executors to qualify, and widows to make their election, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 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 second section of said act shall be so construed as to compel executors who are not compelled by the existing laws of this State, to give security, to give such security upon removing their proceedings from one county to another under the provisions of this act. Assented to, December 28th, 1843. AN ACT to authorise Earnest L Wittich, of the county of Morgan, to charge and be allowed extra compensation as Administrator, with the will annexed, on the estate of George L. Bird, late of said county, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

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the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That upon condition that Earnest L. Wittich, of the county of Morgan, do administer the estate of George L. Bird, late of said county of Morgan, deceased, in pursuance of the last will and testament of said deceased, he be allowed, over and above the commissions now allowed by law, the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars annually, and in that proportion for a shorter period than one year. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to amend the several laws now in force in relation to free persons of color, and to exonerate and discharge certain free persons of color from all pains, penalties, and forfeitures heretofore incurred and to which they are subject and liable. 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 free persons of color who have resided in this State from the first day of June, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and who have failed to have their names registered in conformity to law, shall be and they are hereby declared to be exonerated and discharged from all pains, penalties, and forfeitures to which they were thereby subjected Provided, that this act shall not extend to any case where there has been a prosecution and conviction thereon Provided, that this act shall not operate in favor of any free negro of the age of fourteen years, unless he or she shall on or before the first day of August next, and once a year in each year thereafter, have his or her name registered in compliance with the statutes of this State. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That free persons of color under the age of fourteen years, shall not be subject to the pains and penalties of the laws against free persons of color, neglecting and omitting to have their names registered Provided, that this act shall not be construed to authorise any free negro under the age of fourteen years, or other age, to come into this State. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any free negro of the age of fourteen years, shall hereafter neglect to have his or her name registered agreeable to law, he or she shall not be compelled to depart this State, but shall nevertheless be subject to be arrested, tried, convicted and fined, and be compelled to pay the same agreeable to the provisions of the second section of an act approved December the twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and

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thirty-five, until he or she shall have caused his or her name to be registered agreeable to the laws of this State. Sec. 4. 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. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to alter and amend the Penal Code of this State, so far as relates to the sentence of persons convicted of offences subjecting them to Penitentiary imprisonment. 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 shall be convicted in any court in this State, of a crime or misdemeanor hereafter to be committed, which shall subject him, her or them to imprisonment and labor in the Penitentiary of this State, the Judge before whom such trial and conviction may be had, shall sentence the person so convicted to hard labor for such period of time as he is authorised by the Penal Code of this State, in the Penitentiary of this State, or at such other place or places as the Governor of the State may thereafter direct. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal the first section of an act assented to 24th December, 1836, to authorise George Aikins to estab-a Ferry across Tugaloo river, on his own land. SECTION 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, be and it is hereby repealed, so far as relates to George Aikinsany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise William Miller to erect a Bridge across Spring creek, on his own land, in the county of Decatur. 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, that the said William

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Miller be, and he is hereby authorised to erect and establish a Toll Bridge across Spring creek, on his own land, in the county of Decatur. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said William Miller shall be entitled to demand and receive such rates of toll for crossing at said Bridge, as are usual and customary for crossing at the Bridge below said Bridge on said creek. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise and empower certain citizens of the county of Crawford, to erect and keep up a Ferry across Flint river, for their own use, on certain conditions therein mentioned, and to provide a remedy for a breach thereof. SECTION 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 B. H. Gray, C. F. Fickling and Nathan Jones, and the citizens of the county of Crawford residing on the West side of Flint river, be and they are hereby authorised and empowered to erect and keep up at their own expense and for their own use, a Ferry across Flint river, about one mile below the Ferry of Walpole and Saltmarsh, on said riverthe same to land on the West side of said river on lands vested in Samuel P. Carben for that purpose, and on the East side on lands conveyed to said citizens as a Ferry landing. And provided further, that said Ferry shall not be used for public accommodation and travel, with or without rates of toll; and that no wagon or vehicle of any description, or property of any kind other than such as may belong to the said Gray, Fickling and Jones, or the citizens of said district lying and being on the West side of Flint river, in said county; and no person other than such last mentioned citizens as aforesaid, shall be crossed at said district Ferry; and in the event of a violation of this act, or any of the provisions thereof, any person or persons injured and aggrieved thereby, shall be entitled to a remedy by judicial proceedings instituted for that purpose against the said Gray, Fickling and Jones, the keeper of said district ferry and the citizens of said district who may avail themselves of the privileges of this act, as in other cases of violations of chartersany law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided, that nothing in this act shall authorise any other persons to cross at said Ferry, other than the said B. H. Gray, C. F. Fickling, and Nathan Jones and their families, and the citizens of said county residing on the West side of

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said river, and those that may hereafter reside in said county on said West side of said river, and those only so long as they may reside in said county on said West side of said riverany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise Baylis R. Crosby to establish a Ferry across the Chattahoochee river, on his own land, in the county of Heard, and to regulate the ferriage on 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, [Illegible Text] R. Crosby be, and he is hereby authorised to establish a Ferry across the Chattahoochee river, on his own land, in the county of Heard, and that he be authorised to charge and receive the same rates of ferriage as the established rates at the ferry at the town of Franklin, in said county. SEC. 2. 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. Assented to, 26th December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise Nathan L. Hutchins to establish a Ferry or erect a Toll Bridge across the Chattahoochee river, on his own land, in the counties of Gwinnett and Forsyth; and also, to authorise Joseph Wilson to establish a Ferry across the Coosawattie river, on his own land, on lot number one hundred and six, in the seventh district, third section of originally Cherokee county. SECTION 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, Nathan L. Hutchins be, and he is hereby authorised and empowered to establish a Ferry or erect a Toll Bridge across the Chattahoochee river, on his own land, in the counties of Gwinnett and Forsyth, and that the said Nathan L. Hutchins, his heirs and assigns, be and they are hereby authorised and empowered to demand and receive the usual rates of ferriage or tolls as is usual at ferries or bridges above or below, on said river. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Joseph Wilson be authorised to establish a Ferry across the Coosawattie river, on his own land, on lot number one hundred and six, in the

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seventh district, third section of originally Cherokee county, and that he be authorised to charge the same rates of toll as are provided for in this bill. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this law, be and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, December 28th, 1843. AN ACT to authorise Leah Rice to keep up a Ferry across the Chattahoochee river, at or near Campbellton, in the county of Campbell. 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 Ferry belonging at present to Leah Rice, near Campbellton, in the county of Campbell, on the Chattahoochee river, is hereby made and declared to be a public Ferry; and that the said Leah Rice, her heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, be and they are hereby authorised and empowered to demand and receive the same rates of ferriage as are received at other established ferries across the Chattahoochee in said county Provided, that the said Leah Rice do keep a good flat or ferry-boat for the conveyance of passengers, and give due attention to the sameany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to establish John W. Spain's bridge across the Withlacoochee river, on his own land, in the twelfth district of Lowndes county, and rate the ferriage for the same; and to authorise Seaborn B. Grimmett to construct a turnpike on his own land, in Early 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, John W. Spain shall be entitled to ask and receive toll from all persons who may hereafter cross the Withlacoochee on his bridge, at and after the following rates, to wit: For each loaded wagon with four horses, mules, or oxen, fifty cents; for each empty road wagon and team, thirty-seven and a half cents; for each four wheeled pleasure carriage, fifty cents; for each barouche, buggy and carryall, twenty-five cents; for each sulky or gig, twenty-five cents; for each horse-cart or ox-cart, twelve and a half cents; for each man and horse, twelve and a half cents; for each lead horse or mule, three cents; for each loose horse

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or mule, three cents; for each head of neat cattle, two cents; for each head of sheep, goats, or hogs, one cent, SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That if any person or persons shall damage, destroy or injure the said bridge aforesaid, they shall be subject to indictment in the Superior court of the county of Lowndes, and be subject to a fine at the discretion of the court. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Seaborn B. Grimmett be authorized to construct a turnpike on lot number sixty-three, in the third district of originally Lee, now Early county; and to charge such rates of toll as the Inferior court of Baker county may allow. Sec. 4. 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. Assented to, December 28, 1843. AN ACT to authorise Henry H. Waters, to ask and receive toll for crossing his bridge, erected over the Etowah river, in the county of Cherokee; and William A. Caar to establish a ferry across the Okelocknee river, on his own land, on the line between the counties of Thomas and Decatur, and to fix the rates of toll and ferriage of the same; and to authorise John Higginbotham to establish a ferry across the Oustanaulee river in Cass county; and to authorise Deverix Jarrett to demand and receive toll for crossing over his bridge over Tugaloo river, in the county of Habersham, in 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 from and after the passage of this act, Henry H. Waters is hereby authorised to demand and receive the following rates of toll, for crossing over his bridge, which he has erected over the Etowah river, in the county of Cherokee, to wit: For all loaded four or six horse wagons, fifty cents; for all empty four or six horse wagons, thirty-seven and one half cents; for every two horse pleasure carriage, fifty cents; for every buggy, gig, or sulky, twenty-five cents; for every jersey wagon, or cart, twenty-five cents; for each horse and rider, six and one quarter cents; for every loose horse or mule, six and one quarter cents; for all cattle, two cents per head; for all goats, sheep, or hogs, two cents per head. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Henry H. Waters, his heirs, or assigns, shall be bound, and are hereby held responsible for all damages or losses which may be sustained by the neglect of keeping

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said bridge in good order, any law, custom, or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That William A. Caar be, and he is hereby authorised to establish a ferry across the Okelocknee river, on his own land, at the place known as Elkins' ferry, on the line between the counties of Thomas and Decatur, on the road leading from Thomasville to Quincy, Florida, and to demand and receive the following rates of ferriage for crossing the same, to wit: For every loaded road wagon, fifty-cents; for all empty road wagons, thirty-seven and one half cents; for every two horse pleasure carriage, fifty cents; for every sulky, gig, jersey wagon, or cart, twenty-five cents; for horse and rider, six and one quarter cents; for every footman, six and a fourth cents; for every two horse buggy or barouche, thirty-seven and one half cents; for cattle, two cents per head; for sheep, hogs or goats, two cents per head. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said William A. Caar, his heirs or assigns, shall be compelled to keep a good ferry boat, or flat, at said ferry, and be held responsible for all damages or losses which may be sustained by negligence, mismanagement, [Illegible Text] other improper conduct of the said William A. Carr, or his ferryman at said ferry; any law, usage or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That John Higginbotham be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a ferry across the Oustanaulee river, on lot of land No. 152, in the 14th district of the third section, in Cass county; and that the said John Higginbotham, his heirs and assigns, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to demand and receive the following rates of toll, to wit: For each six, five, or four horse wagon and team, fifty cents; for each three horse wagon and team, thirty-seven and a half cents; for each two horse wagon and team, twenty-five cents; for each one horse wagon, eighteen and three quarter cents; for each ox-cart drawn by two oxen, twenty-five cents; for each two horse four wheeled pleasure carriages, thirty-seven and a half cents; for each two wheeled vehicle of pleasure, twenty-five cents; for each man and horse, twelve and a half cents; for each horse or mule, led or driven, four cents; for each head of neat cattle, three cents; for each head of sheep, goats or hogs, one cent. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said John Higginbotham shall be bound to make good any damage that may be sustained at said ferry, by his neglect or mismanagement. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Deverix Jarrett is hereby authorised to demand and receive the following rate of toll, for crossing over his bridge

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over the Tugalo river, in the county of Habersham, viz: For all loaded four or six horse wagons, fifty cents; for all empty four or six horse wagons, thirty-seven and one half cents; for every two horse pleasure carriage, fifty cents; for every buggy, gig or sulky, twenty-five cents; for every jersey wagon or cart, eighteen and three-fourth cents; for each horse and rider, twelve and a half cents; for each loose horse or mule, four cents; for each head of sheep, hogs, or goats, two cents. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Deverix Jarrett, his heirs or assigns, shall be bound and are hereby held responsible, for all damages or losses, which may be sustained by the neglect of keeping said bridge in good order; any law, usage, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to authorize the construction of a bridge in the county of Newton, and to fix the rate of toll for crossing the same. SECTION 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 Newton county, be and they are hereby authorized to contract with Robert Mathers, for the construction of a bridge across the Yellow River, in said county, at the place called Wood's Bridge, and that said Robert Mathers, when said bridge shall be completed and agreed to be received by the said Justices of the Inferior court, shall be authorized to receive for and during the term of four years after said completion and agreement, the following rates of toll for crossing said bridge: Provided, he keep the same in good repair, to wit: For six horses and wagon, fifty cents; for five horses and wagon, forty-five cents; for four horses and wagon, forty cents; for two or three horses and wagon, twenty-five cents; for one horse cart, twenty cents; for two horse carriage on springs, thirty-seven and a half cents; for one horse carriage on springs, twenty-five cents; for one horse and rider, ten cents; for drove horses, per head, three cents; for drove cattle, per head, two cents; for drove hogs, per head, one cent. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said toll shall be all the compensation the said Robert Mathers shall receive for the construction of said bridge; and that at the end of said term of four years, he shall give up the said bridge to the Justices of the said Inferior court, in good order and repair; and the same shall thenceforth be a public bridge without any toll being paid for crossing the same.

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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. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to extend the time for fortunate drawers in all the land and gold lotteries, to take out their grants, assented to in December, 1841, and to limit the time for fortunate drawers in said lotteries to take out their grants; and to provide for the disposition of the same if not granted within the limitation; and to provide for taking out the grants on head rights, assented the 28th December, 1842; and to extend the time for granting 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 an act entitled an act to extend the time for the fortunate drawers in all the land and gold lotteries, to take out their grants, excepting the counties hereinafter excepted, assented to the tenth December, 1841, and the act above recited and assented to the twenty-eighth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-two, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the fortunate drawers in the land lottery of eighteen hundred and twenty-one embracing the counties of originally Dooly, Houston, Monroe, Henry and Fayette; and the fortunate drawers in the land lottery of eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, embracing the counties of Lee, Muscogee, Troup, Coweta, and Carroll; and the fortunate drawers in the land and gold lottery of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, embracing the county of originally Cherokee, but now Cherokee, Forsyth, Cobb, Cass, Lumpkin, Gilmer, Murray, Walker, Paulding, Dade, Chattooga, Union, and Floyd, shall take out their grants on or before the first day of October, eighteen hundred and forty-four, or the same shall be forfeited and considered as reverted to the State: Provided, always, that the operation of this act shall not apply to orphan or orphans, until twenty-one years shall have expired after the drawing of such orphan or orphans, nor to illegitimate person or persons, lunatic, deaf and dumb, or blind persons. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said first day of October, eighteen hundred and forty-four, any person, a citizen of this State, by paying into the Treasury the sum of two thousand dollars, shall be entitled to receive from this State, in his, her or their name, to any ungranted lot of land, in the counties aforesaid;

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from and after the first day of November thereafter, by paying into the Treasury the sum of fifteen hundred dollars; from and after the first day of December thereafter, by paying into the Treasury the sum of one thousand dollars; from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-five, the sum of five hundred dollars; from and after the first day of May thereafter, by paying into the Treasury the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars; from after the first day of July thereafter by paying into the Treasury one hundred dollars; from and after the first day of September, by paying into the Treasury the sum of twenty-five dollars; from and after the first day of January thereafter, by paying the sum of five dollars. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That should two or more persons apply for the same lot at the same time, the Surveyor General shall place each name of all the applicants, in a hat, and the first name drawn out shall be entitled to the grant on paying into the Treasury the sum before recited, unless one of them should be the drawer or tenant in possession; then, in that case the original drawer should have the preference, the tenant in possession next: Provided, that no one individual who shall have received a grant under this act, shall be privileged to draw with others, for any other lot; nor any individual who shall have been fortunate in having his or her name drawn as before stated. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That after the passage of this act, any person making application for grants, shall make affidavit that the application is made as the friend of the drawer, in good faith, and for the benefit of such drawer as creditor or friend of a creditor of the drawer, and for the purpose of selling the same under fi. fa. against the drawer; or that he is bona fide the owner of the land for which the grant is sought. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this law, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 21st December, 1843. AN ACT assenting to and confirming a purchase which is about to be made, or may be made by the United States of a piece of land situated near Augusta, Georgia, and for ceding the jurisdiction over 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 the consent of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, is hereby granted and given to a purchase which the United States are about

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to make, or may hereafter make of and from the administrator of the late John Forsyth, of a certain tract of land, situate in the county of Richmond, about three miles above the city of Augusta, containing sixteen acres three roods and one pole, and adjoining the present scite of the United States Arsenal, on its eastern boundary; the same being intended as an addition to the ground now occupied by said arsenal; and that the jurisdiction over the said tract is hereby ceded to the United States: Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, so as to impede or prevent the execution of any process, civil or criminal, under the authority of this State; and that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to cede the jurisdiction of this State over said lot of land if said purchase shall not be completed as contemplated. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to authorize his Excellency, the Governor, to have issued to Edmond M. Winn, of Habersham county, a grant for Fraction, No. 221, tenth district, Habersham county. Section 1. Be it enacted 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 authorized to have issued to Edmond M. Winn, of Habersham county, a grant for fraction No. 221, in the tenth district of Habersham county, on sufficient evidence being shown that said Edmond M. Winn is the legal owner of said fraction; any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the Surveyor General to issue grants to certain lots of land therein specified, to certain persons therein mentioned: Section 1. Whereas, it is provided by the first section of the above recited act, that grants shall issue to certain persons therein named, for certain lots of lands, and amongst others to Josiah Barrow, of Burke county, for lot number four hundred and ninety-four, in the fifth district of Irwin: And Whereas, it appears by satisfactory information, that by the name of Josiah Barrow, contained in said act, is designed that of Isaiah Barrow: Sec. 2. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so much

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of the above recited act as refers to Josiah Barrow, and the lot of land authorized by said act to be granted to him, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That immediately after the passage of this act, the Surveyor General shall issue a grant to Isaiah Barrow, for lot of land, number four hundred and ninety-four, in the fifth district of Irwin, on his paying into the Treasury the sum of five dollars, and filing an affidavit in the Surveyor General's office, that he is the real and proper owner of said lot of land. Sec. 4. 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. Assented to, December 22d, 1843. AN ACT to authorise the Grant to issue to Gabriel Finch, of Franklin county, for lot of land number seventy-three, (No. 73,) in the fifteenth district of Irwin county; and to refund to Benjamin S. Jordan, of Baldwin county, the fees paid by him for a Grant to said lot; and to declare such Grant issued to him null and void, and to require the same to be cancelled on the records of the State offices; also, to vest the title to lot No. 42, in the second district of Dooly county, in the orphans of Joseph Griffin, formerly of Elbert county, deceased. 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 Plot and Grant shall issue from the proper offices to said Gabriel Finch, as the drawer of said lot of land, from and immediately after the passing of this act, upon his filing his affidavit in the Surveyor General's Office, showing that he is the real owner and drawer of said lot, and paying into the Treasury the sum of five dollars, for the fees for the Grant thereof. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the Grant heretofore issued as aforesaid, to said Benjamin S. Jordan be declared null and void, and the records and entries thereof be erased and cancelled in the offices of the Surveyor General, Treasurer, Comptroller, Secretary of State's and Executive Department. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested and directed to draw his warrant on the contingent fund for the amount of fees which have been paid by said Benjamin S. Jordan, for the Grant to him for said lot of land, upon his delivering said Grant to be cancelled, and receipting

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therefor And provided also, that nothing in this act contained shall be of force until the said Benjamin S. Jordan shall deliver up his Grant. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the title to lot number forty-two, in the second district of Dooly county, drawn and granted in the name of William Griffin's Orphans, be and the same is hereby vested in the orphans of Joseph Griffin (living at the time the same was drawn) formerly of Elbert county, deceased, who were the persons really entitled, a mistake having been made in making returns of persons entitled to draws in the Land Lottery, by returning William Griffin's orphans instead of Joseph Griffin's orphans. Assented to, 23d November, 1843. AN ACT to grant to Henry Dillon the right of building a Bath House upon the Reserve, at the Indian Springs, in the county of Butts. SECTION 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 right of building a Bath House upon the Reserve at the Indian Springs, in the county of Butts, is hereby granted to and invested in Henry Dillon. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the said Henry Dillon shall have the exclusive right of using the same, for and during the term of twenty years. 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. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise and require the Surveyor General to issue a Grant for fraction No. 627, in the second district of Appling county, to Timothy B. Kingsbury and the heirs of Mary Mann. WHEREAS the said Fraction was sold by the State of Georgia, in pursuance of law, by an agent appointed for that purpose, and the different instalments of the purchase money paid, the certificates thereon have been lost or destroyed, so that the said Timothy B. Kingsbury and the heris of Mary Mann have been unable to obtain a grant for the same on application to the Surveyor General: SEC. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of

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Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Surveyor General be authorised to issue a Grant to Timothy B. Kingsbury and the heirs of Mary Mann to fraction No. 627, in the second district of Appling county, by their paying the usual fees. Assented to, December 23d, 1843. AN ACT to authorise the proper officers to issue an alias Grant to a certain lot of land, on payment of the usual fees, and to correct an error made in issuing the original Grant to 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 proper officers be and they are hereby authorised and required to issue an alias Grant to lot of land number forty-two, in the second district of Dooly county, upon the payment of the usual fees, and that they be authorised and required to correct an error made in issuing or registering the original Grant to said lot of land, so as to make the said alias Grant conform to the books of the Executive and Surveyor General's office Provided, that satisfactory evidence be produced that the name of such person was duly given in, and that they were the proper drawers. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said alias Grant, when so issued, shall be taken in lieu of the original Grant, and is hereby declared to be legal, valid, and of the force and effect in law and equity, as though it was the original Grant to the said lot of land. 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. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT authorising his Excellency the Governor to cause a Grant to be issued to William Riley, of the county of Bibb, to lot number two, in square fifty-nine, in the city of Macon. 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 Excellency the Governor cause a Grant to issue to William Riley, of the county of Bibb, known by number two, in square

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fifty-nine, lying and being in the city of Macon, upon his paying of the customary grant fee. 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. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise his Excellency the Governor to correct any error which may accrue by the issuing two grants for the same lot or number of land to two different persons, and for other purposes. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatatives 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, when it is manifestly shown that through the oversight of any of the officers of the Executive Department, where two Grants shall have been issued, or may hereafter be issued to two persons for the same number or lot of land, to have the error corrected, and set aside the grant thus improperly issued, and to correct such other errors as he may deem expedient, when Grants have been improperly issued. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of his Excellency, and he is hereby authorised to draw his warrant on the contingent fund, in favor of the persons to which said Grant improperly issued, for the amount paid for the same. Assented to, December 28, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate a Volunteer Company of Infantry, in the county of Clark, to be called the Watkinsville Independent Blues, and to authorise the Governor to furnish arms for said company, 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 several persons and members of the Volunteer Company of the county of Clark, called the Watkinsville Independent Blues, commanded by Capt. Augustus Alden, and such other persons as may hereafter become members thereof, and their successors and officers, be and they are hereby made a body corporate, by the name and style of the Watkinsville Independent Blues, and by said name shall have perpetual succession of office and members, with power to make, alter, change and amend such by-laws and regulations as may be

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agreed upon by the officers and members of said company; Provided, such by-laws and regulations be not contrary to the constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That his Excellency the Governor be authorised and required to furnish, for the use of said company, sixty muskets and equipments, upon the officers of said company giving bond with sufficient security for the return of said arms Provided, said company shall pay the expense of carrying and returning said arms from and to the Arsenal, whenever the State shall require them, or said company shall be dissolved, or immediately after the expiration of this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall be and remain in full force for the space of five years, from and after the passage of this act, and no longer. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in any wise militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 21st December, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate the Baptist Church in the county of Randolph, under the name and style of Benevolence. 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 Muse, Wiley G. Williams, Thomas Douglass, Ansel M. Albritton, and William L. Crawford, shall be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Trustees of Benevolence Church, in the county of Randolph; and that the Trustees as aforesaid, and their successors in office, shall be invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, which they may acquire or be possessed of by gift, grant or purchase, and all privileges and immunities whatever, which may belong to said Trustees of said Church, or which may hereafter be made or transferred to them the said Trustees, and their successors in office; to have and to hold the same for the proper use benefit and behoof of the Church; and the said Trustees and their successors in office, in the name and by the style aforesaid, shall be and they are hereby declared to be capable of suing and being sued, and of using all necessary and legal steps for recovering and defending any property whatever which the said Trustees may hold or claim. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Trustees, or a majority of them, shall have

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full power and authority to make all by-laws and ordinances necessary for the government of the temporal affairs of said Church, not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State; and also, to appoint such officers as they may deem necessary for the conducting the business of said corporation. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Trustees or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority to fill all vacancies which may happen or occur in said board of Trustees, by death, resignation or otherwise, in such manner as they may point out in the bylaws of their corporation. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to incorporte the Eatonton Camp Ground, in the county of Putnam, and 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 E. Adams, Thomas Johnston, Thomas F. Cowles, William Turner, Bushrod W. Johnston, Stephen B. Marshall, and Nathan Bass, and their successors in office, are hereby appointed Trustees for the Eatonton Camp Ground, in the county of Putnam. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees aforesaid and their successors in office be, and they are hereby invested with the power of using a common seal, of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in the several courts of law and equity in this State, of making all necessary by-laws for their government, and for filling all vacancies that may accrue in their board, holding titles to and conveying real and personal estate, and of doing all other things, and of enjoying all other immunities not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State, which may be necessary to the well being of said corporation, and of filling any vacancy that may take place in their body. 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. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Ellejay Turnpike company, and to grant certain privileges to the same, and to allow the said company a further time for the completion of said work. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the proprietors of the said Ellejay Turnpike company shall be allowed until the first day of January, 1845, to complete the work already commenced on said Turnpike road. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, December 23, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate the Lowndes county Hussars, with exemptions 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 from and immediately after the passage of this act, the Lowndes county Hussars, the members thereof, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and empowered to form such rules and regulations, and pass such by-laws for their government as they may think proper, which rules and regulations and by-laws, when formed and passed, shall be binding on said company to all intents and purposes, and in the same manner as if they were particularly mentioned in this act Provided, such rules, regulations and by-laws shall not be repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Lowndes county Hussars be, and they are hereby exempted from all militia duty excepting such as may be required of them as members of said corps; such exemptions not to exonerate them from drills and inspections ordered by the Commander in Chief. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the above exemptions are not to be claimed or extended to said corps of Lowndes county, during the time of any war, invasion or insurrection. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate the Line Creek Academy, in the county of Sumter. 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 Josiah Scrutchin, James Hay, John B. Hodges, Mitchel A. Morgan and

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James K. Daniel, be and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Line Creek Academy, of Sumter county, and constituted a body politic and corporate, having perpetual succession, under the name and title of the Trustees of the Line Creek Academy, and by that name and title, 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, chattels 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 and 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 by-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. Assented to, 26th December, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate the Savannah Port Society. WHEREAS a number of persons in the city of Savannah, in this State, have associated themselves together under the name and style of the Savannah Port Society, having for their object the temporal, moral, and religious improvement of Seamen frequenting the Port of Savannah And Whereas they are desirous for the better effecting of these objects, that the said Society shall be incorporated. 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 Crabtree, John Lewis, Asa Hulf, Joseph Felt, Joseph George, William W. Wash, R. M. Goodwin, William Duncan, John Ingersol, J. Ives, W. A. Carruthers, Thomas Clarke, H. O. Wyn, B. Snider, S. Goodall, R. A. Lewis, S. Thilbrick, with all other persons as are now, or may become hereafter members of said Society, be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, by the name and style of the Savannah Port Society, with the privilege of using a common seal. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Society, by the name and style aforesaid, shall be and they are hereby made able and capable in law, to hold, purchase, receive and enjoy lands and tenements, goods

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and chattels and effects of what name or nature soever; and the same to grant, alien and dispose of; to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded in courts of record; and also, to ordain and put in execution such by-laws and regulation as shall seem necessary and convenient for the government of the said corporation Provided nevertheless, that the said by-laws and regulations are not contrary to the laws and constitution of this State and the United States. Assented to, December 22d, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act to incorporate the town of Fort Gains, in Early county, and to repeal all former laws incorporating said town, assented to December 28th, 1842. 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 above recited act be, and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, 26th December, 1843. AN ACT to alter and amend an act, entitled an act to incorporate the Lookout Turnpike, and Racoon Turnpike companies, and to grant certain privileges to the same, assented to, December 11th, 1841. 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 time allowed for the completion of said Turnpike, specified in the eleventh section of the above recited act, be and the same is hereby extended for and during the term of two years, from and after the time therein specified for the completion of the same. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the proprietor or proprietors of said Turnpike Road, be and they are hereby authorised to charge toll on the said Road, according to the provision of the eighth section of the above recited act. 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. Assented to, December 26th, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate certain Churches and Camp Grounds therein named, and appoint trustees for the same. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That William R. May, William Sanders, Zachariah Taber, William Smith and George R. Hunter, be and they are hereby appointed trustees for the Knoxville Methodist Church, in the county of Crawford; and Jesse Wade, James Huff, Mitchell P. Varnell, Seaborn Spann, and Levi Brotherton, trustees for the Mount Olive Methodist Episcopal Church, in the county of Murray; and Western Hardy, Robert H. Patton, George S. Black, James Milner, and Hawkins F. Price, trustees for the Cassville Presbyterian Church, in the county of Cass; and Thomas H. Brewer, George W. Brewer, John M. Lucas, Isaac Conner, and David Morton, trustees for the Little Ogechee Baptist church, in the county of [Illegible Text]; and Legrand Guerry, Jacob J. Swearingen, Jordan F. Howard, Daniel B. Rhodes, Thomas Marshall, Stephen Hawkins, and Thomas H. Crumpler, trustees for the Snow Spring Methodist Episcopal Camp Ground, in the county of Dooly; and Thomas R. Hines, John R. Morgan, John B. Berry, George R. Wright, and Emanuel Shearhouse, trustees for the Effingham Camp Ground, in the county of Effingham; and John Pace, James G. Burt, L. M. Biggers, John H. Dent, and P. J. Biggers, trustees for the Philadelphia Methodist Camp Ground, in the county of Muscogee, shall be, and they and their successors in office are hereby declared severally bodies corporate and politic, by their several names mentioned in this section; and the trustees as aforesaid, and their successors in office, shall be invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, which they may acquire or be possessed of by gift, grant, or purchase, and all privileges and immunities whatever, which may belong to said trustees of the said aforenamed churches and camp grounds, or which may hereafter be made or transferred to them the said trustees and their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper use, benefit and behoof of the aforenamed churches and camp grounds; and the said trustees and their successors in office, in the names and by the style aforesaid, shall be and they are hereby declared to be capable of suing and being sued, and of using all necessary and legal measures for recovering and defending any property whatever, which they the said trustees may hold or claim. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees, or a majority of them, shall have power and authority to make all by-laws and ordinances necessary for the government of the temporal affairs of the several aforementioned churches and camp grounds, not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees, or a majority of them, shall have power and authority to fill all vacancies which may occur in

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their several boards, by death, resignation, or otherwise, in such manner as they may point out in their by-laws of their several corporations. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That David C. Barrow, William Blanton, Thomas R. Moreton, William J. Ogilvie, and Charles G. Hargrove, be and they are hereby appointed trustees of the Cherokee Corner Camp Ground, in the county of Oglethorpe. Sec. 5. And that the Deacons of Poplar Spring Baptist Church, in Washington county, are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, with such privileges, and under such restrictions as churches are usually incorporated with; and that Daniel Hightower, William H. Pitts, John Roper, Tarply H. Holt, and Daniel James, be and they are hereby appointed trustees of Uchee Camp Ground, in the county of Macon. Sec. 6. And that Nicholas Reddick, John S. Culpepper, Arthur A. Morgan, J. Howell Swearingen, Benjamin Oliff, and Jonathan Platt, be and they are hereby made a body corporate, and appointed trustees of the Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Camp Ground in the county of Dooly. Sec. 7. 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. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to alter and amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Congregational Church, at Jonesville, in the county of McIntosh, and to appoint trustees for the same; also, to incorporate Central Methodist Camp Ground, in the county of Habersham, and to appoint trustees for the same: SECTION 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 Congregational Church, at Jonesville, in McIntosh county, shall be known by the name of the Jonesville Congregational Church; and that Nathaniel Varnedoe, William Jones, and Moses L. Jones, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and incorporate, by the name and style of the trustees of Jonesville Congregational Church; and as such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and the said trustees or their successors, shall be invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, all moneys due, or to grow due, gifts, grants hereditaments, privileges and immunities whatsoever,

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which may belong to the said church, to have and to hold the same for the proper use, benefit and behoof of the said Congregational Church. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That said trustees shall hold their offices until the second Wednesday in June annually thereafter, the stockholders in said church shall convene therein, and elect from among the stockholders three fit and discreet persons as trustees, who shall be and are hereby declared to be invested with all necessary powers to carry the purposes intended by this act, fully into effect. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors in office, by and with the advice and consent of the stockholders, or a majority of them, shall be empowered and required to make such by laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said church: Provided, such by-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That William W. Alley, John J. Chetwood, John L. Richardson, Thomas Fayette, Jehu Starrett, of the county of Habersham, 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 Central Methodist Camp Ground. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees and their successors in office, shall be invested with all manner of property, real or personal, all monies due or to become due, donations, gifts, grants, purchases, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which shall or may belong to the said Central Methodist Camp Ground, at the time of passing this act, including the tract of land whereon the said camp ground is situate; and also all property which may be hereafter conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same to the proper use, benefit and behoof of said Central Camp Ground; and also, that the said trustees shall, and they are hereby declared to be capable of suing and being sued, plead and be impleaded, and of using all proper and necessary steps for recovering or defending any property whatever, which said Camp Ground may hold, claim or demand; and also for recovering rents, issues and profits of the same. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any vacancy may happen in the board of trustees, by death, resignation, or otherwise, that a majority of the trustees in office shall, and are hereby required to fill any and every such vacancy or vacancies from time to time. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees have full power to make all by-laws and regulations in relation to the property of said Camp Ground, and for the preserving good order and quiet during

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the public worship of God, at any and every meeting, as they, or a majority of them, may deem proper, and which are not inconsistent with the laws and Constitution of this State, or of the United States. Sec. 8. 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. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to amend an act, passed in 1838, incorporating the town of Springfield, in Effingham county, so as to authorize the Commissioners of said town to collect such fines as they may inflict under said act, and to repeal a part of the sixth section 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 commissioners of said town of Springfield shall be and are hereby empowered to collect, by execution to be issued by them, and levied by such officer as they may direct, all fines, forfeitures, and fees, which they may assess or inflict under the provisions of said act: Provided however, that where any specific sum is named in said act, as a fine or forfeiture, the same shall be construed to mean not exceeding the sum specified; and the commissioners may, in their discretion, assess or inflict a less sum, according to the nature of the offence; any thing in said act to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Grand Jury of the said county of Effingham, shall be and are hereby authorized to remove from office, any or all of the trustees of the Effingham Academy, when they shall believe the interest of the institution requires it, and appoint others in their place: Provided, no trustee shall be removed unless he is notified of such intended removal ten days before the time of such removal; nor shall any such removal be made without the concurrence of at least fifteen of such jurors, each of whom shall sign a certificate of such removal and appointment, which shall be entered on the minutes of the court at which said removal shall be made: And provided further, that nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to change the mode of filling vacancies in said board of trustees, when they occur in any other way than by removal as above authorized. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of said act as exempts persons residing in said town, from road duty, be and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, 22d December, 1843.

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AN ACT to authorize the trustees of the Masonic Hall, in the city of Milledgeville, or a majority of them, to borrow money. WHEREAS, the trustees of the Masonic Hall, in the city of Milledgeville, are indebted for the erection and completion of said Hall: And Whereas, the Masonic Institutions interested in said Hall, have assented that the trustees may in their corporate name, borrow a sum of money sufficient to discharge all the liabilities of the trustees, by the pledge or mortgage of said Masonic Hall: 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 Seaton Grantland, Iverson L. Harris, Thomas Ragland, William J. Davis, Francis V. Delaunay, William S. Rockwell, John W. L. Daniel, and Charles D. Hammond, trustees of the Masonic Hall, in the city of Milledgeville, and their successors in office, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered in their corporate name or capacity, to borrow a sum of money sufficient to pay off and discharge all sum or sums of money due for the erection and completion of said Hall. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That to secure the payment of any sum or sums of money, borrowed by authority of the first section of this act, the said trustees or a majority of them, shall be and are hereby authorized to pledge or mortgage the building known as the Masonic Hall, in the city of Milledgeville, together with the lot upon which it is erected, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between them and the party loaning the money. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said trustees, or a majority of them, shall be and are hereby authorized, in their corporate capacity, to make, execute and deliver any and all instrument or instruments of writing, conveying said before described property, so as to carry into effect the true meaning and intent of this act. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate the town of Marthasville, in the county of DeKalb, and to appoint commissioners for the same; and for other purposes 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 from and after the passage of this act, L. V. Ganong, John Baley, Willis Carlisle,

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John Kile, senior, and Patrick Quin, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners for the town of Marthasville, in the county of DeKalb, situated at the south-eastern terminus of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road; and they, or a majority of them, and their successors in office, shall have power and authority to pass all by-laws and ordinances which they, or a majority of them, may deem expedient and necessary for the improvement and benefit of the internal police of said town: Provided nevertheless, that said by-laws be not repugnant to the constitution of the United States, and the constitution and laws of this State. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have full power to convene at any time, and at any place, within the corporate limits of said town, after the passage of this act, and proceed to the election of a clerk, and such other officers as they, or a majority of them, may deem necessary to carry this act into execution. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, and their successors in office, shall have corporate jurisdiction to the extent of the boundary lines of the present town lots, and to the extent of the boundary lines of any and all other town lots that may hereafter be added to said town, or on all sides of said town; and that the said commissioners shall continue in office until the first Monday in March, eighteen hundred and forty-five; on which day, and on the first Monday in March in every subsequent year thereafter, the citizens of said town, who are qualified to vote for members of the Legislature, and who have paid corporation taxes that have been required of them, shall meet at some place designated by said commissioners, and shall elect by ballot, five persons to succeed the former commissioners of said town; and they are hereby vested with full powers and authority, to make such by-laws and regulations, and inflict such penalties for the violation of the same; and to do all other corporate acts, which in their judgment may seem right and conducive to the good order, correct morals, and good government of said town. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That should there be no election of commissioners on the day pointed out by this act, it shall not be varied, but an election may be held by the citizens aforesaid, on any other day within three months thereafter; the same commissioners remaining in office, and exereising all the rights and powers herein granted, until their successors shall be elected and qualified as aforesaid: Provided, the same commissioners are eligible to re-election. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, December 23d, 1843.

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AN ACT to incorporate the Meriwether county Volunteers, and Morgan Ritles; and to furnish arms to sundry volunteer corps. 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 Meriwether county Volunteers are hereby incorporated, under the name and style of the Meriwether county Volunteers; the members thereof, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized and impowered to form such rules and regulations, and to pass such by-laws for their government as they may think proper; which rules and regulations and by-laws, when formed and passed, shall be binding on said company to all intents and purposes, and in the same manner as if they were particularly mentioned in this act: Provided, such rules and regulations and by-laws shall not be repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Meriwether county Volunteers be, and they are exempted from all militia duty, except such as may be required of them as members of said corps; such exemptions not to exonerate them from drills and inspections as other militia ordered by the Commander-in-Chief. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the above exemptions are not to be claimed or extended to said corps of Meriwether Volunteers, during the time of war, invasion, or insurrection. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the names of the officers commanding said corps of Meriwether Volunteers, be transmitted to his Excellency the Governor, who is hereby authorized and requested to grant commissions to the same. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the officers and members of the volunteer company of the county of Morgan, called Morgan Rifles, commanded by Charles Whiting, and such other persons as may hereafter become members thereof, and their successors, be and they are hereby made a body corporate, by the name and style of Morgan Rifles, and by that name shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, with power to make, alter, change, and amend, such by-laws and regulations as may be agreed upon by the officers and members of said company: Provided, such by-laws and regulations be not contrary to the Constitution and laws of this State. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency, the Governor, be required to furnish for the use of said company, sixty stand of rifles, with accoutrements, upon the officers of said company giving bond with sufficient security for the

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return of said arms: Provided, said company shall pay the expense of carrying and returning said arms from and to the arsenal whenever the State shall require them, or said company shall be dissolved. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That forty swords and forty brace of pistols be furnished to the Liberty county Independent Troup, on the commanders' giving the usual bond. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency, the Governor, cause to be delivered to the officer commanding the Clark county Guards, in the county of Clark, fifty stand of [Illegible Text], with the [Illegible Text], under the provisions of the sixth section of this act. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That forty swords be delivered to the officers of the Light Horse Company of Harris, upon giving the usual [Illegible Text]. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That fifty sets of holsters and pistols, and fifty swords, be furnished to the [Illegible Text] county Cavalry, under the same rules and regulations extended by the provisions of this act; and forty swords and forty brace of pistols, with holsters, to the Elbert county Hussars. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That sixty swords and sixty pair of pistols be furnished to the Newton Guards. Sec. 12. And be it further [Illegible Text], That all other counties in this State, which have not volunteer companies in their counties, be and they are hereby authorized to organize themselves, and call on the Executive for the necessary arms for their equipment. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal the fourteenth section of an act to incorporate certain Academies therein named, and to appoint Trustees for the same; and to confer certain powers and privileges upon the same, passed the twenty-second days of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and to repeal all laws heretofore passed, so far as relates to the appointment of Trustees of the Walton county Academy, and to appoint Trustees for said Academy, and to appoint three additional Trustees for the Dublin Academy, in the county of [Illegible Text]. 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 fourteenth section of an act to incorporate certain Academies therein named, and to appoint Trustees for the same, and to confer certain powers, rights and privileges upon the same, assented to [Illegible Text]

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twenty-second of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws heretofore passed appointing Trustees for the Walton county Academy, be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That Waters Briscoe, Orion Stroud, A. H. Palmer, Peter G. Morrow, and Jesse H. Arnold, be and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Walton county Academy, with all the powers, rights and privileges heretofore conferred on the Trustees of said Academy, are hereby conferred on and vested in the Trustees appointed by this act. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Freeman H. Rowe, John G. Fondren, and Andrew A. Fuqua, be and they are hereby appointed additional Trustees for the Dublin Academy, in the county of Laurens; and that from and immediately after the passage of this act, they are authorised to transact any business in relation to the aforesaid Academy as though they had been appointed in the original act of incorporationany law the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to incorporte certain Academies therein named, and 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 Aaron Johnson, Randolph Johnson, James Johnson, Harrison Reese, and William G. Johnson, be and they are hereby appointed Trustees, and they and their successors in office are declared a body corporate by the name and style of the Union Hill Academy, in the county of Warren; that Albert G. Quin, Middleton Brooks, Richard A. Story, Charles A. Heard, and Hugh McDonald, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared a body corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of the Island Town Academy, in the county of Chattooga. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Trustees aforesaid be, and they are hereby vested with full power of filling all vacancies that may occur in said boards of Trustees, respecting of using a common seal, of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in the several courts of law and equity in this State, of holding title to and conveying real or personal estate, of making all

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by-laws necessary for their own government, not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this Stateto appoint to and remove from office such officers as they or a majority of them may think proper. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That Robert A. Allen, Jeremiah Winter, Edward A. Eve, Samuel B. Clark, Alexander C. Walker, Middleton Sego, and Alfred Sego, and their associates, be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic by the name and style of the Spirit Creek Academy, in Richmond county, with power to make all by-laws and regulations, and to hold real and personal property necessary to carry into effect the objects of their associations. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the same persons above named are hereby appointed Trustees of said Spirit Creek Academy, of whom four shall be a quorum for the transaction of business, and in case any vacancy shall at any time occur, the same shall be filled by the election of some one of the associates or stockholders, in general meeting of them, called for that purpose. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, December 23d, 1843. AN ACT to establish and fix the name of the Male School at Talbotton, in the county of Talbot, and to incorporate the same and appoint the Trustees thereof, and to appoint Trustees for the Mayfield Academy in the county of Warren. 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 Male School at Talbotton, in the county of Talbot, shall be called and known by the name of the Talbotton Male School, and that Joseph Pose, James Perryman, James C. Leonard, Jeremiah Beall, John Neal, William Stalling, and Thomas H. Persons, and their successors in office, be and the same are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Talbotton Male School, and as such body politic and corporate, shall be capable of doing all acts which may be necessary for the complete execution of the trust confided to them; that they shall be invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, which shall be acquired by gift, grant, purchase, or otherwise for the use and benefit of said School; shall be capable of suing and being sued, of having and using a common seal, and they (the said Trustees) and their successors in office, or a majority

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of them, shall have the privilege of making their own by-laws Prorided, they contain nothing repugnant to the constitution or laws of this State, and of filling all vacancies in their own board which may be occasioned by death, resignation or otherwise. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Thomas Whaley, Anthony Jones, Sterling J. Pate, Thomas L. Latimer and William Harris are hereby appointed Trustees for the Mayfield Academy in the county of Warren. Assented to, December 26th, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate Eutaw Academy, in the county of of Randolph, and Antioch Academy in the county of Randolph, and appoint Trustees for the same and for other purposes therein named. SECTION 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 Rev. Isaac Martin, John Martin, John Ferguson, Matthew Bailey and John Porter, be and they are hereby appointed Trustees, and they and their successors in office are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of Eutaw Academy, in the county of Randolph. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Ephraim H. Ellis, George W. Wheeler, William York, William Hopkins and S. W. J. Ellis, be and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Antioch Academy, in the county of Randolph. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees aforesaid and their successors in office be, and they are hereby invested with the power of using a common seal, of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in the several courts of law and equity in this State, of making all necessary by-laws for their government, of holding titles to and conveying real and personal estate, and of doing all other things, and of enjoying all other immunities not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State which may be necessary to the well being of said corporation, and of filling all vacancies that may take place in their body. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Augusta Ware House Company, incorporated by the last General Assembly, be authorised to exercise all the privileges conferred on them, (as owners of the lot on the corner of McIntosh and Reynold streets, in the city of Augusta, instead of the lot on the North East corner of Jackson and Reynold streets, as mentioned by mistake, in said act of incorporation)and that the proper officers of said company be authorised to issue Scrip to each Stockholder for the number of shares of stock

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he or she may own in said companywhich stock shall only be transferable on the books of said company, and which transfer shall be sufficient to pass his or her interest in said lot of land and appurtenances, as well as in any other property of said association. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 26th December, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate the Methodist Episcopal Central Camp Ground, in the county of Habersham, 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 from and after the passage of this act, the Methodist Episcopal Camp Ground in the county of Habersham, shall be known by that name, and that William W. Ally, John J. Chitwood, John J. Richardson, Thomas Heath, Robert McKerney and Thomas Fayette, 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 the Central Camp Ground, 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 by-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said Camp Ground Prorided, such by-laws are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State and the United StatesAnd provided, such by-laws are not repugnant to the discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church and for the purposes of keeping good order at said Camp Ground, and to have and use a common seal, and appoint such officers as they may from time to time think necessary and proper, and to remove the same from office for improper conduct or neglect of duty. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the said Trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, and all donations, gifts, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which may now belong to said Trustees, or which may hereafter be conveyed to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of said Trustees, to be applied to the use of said Camp Ground. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any vacancy may happen by death, resignation,

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or otherwise of any of the Trustees of said Camp Ground, the successors, 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. Assented to, 26th December, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate certain Academies therein named and to appoint Trustees for the same, and to appoint Trustees to fill vacancies, and additional Trustees to certain other Academies therein named. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Geergia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Green Dozier, John W. Dozier, Albert Dozier, Hezekiah Boyd, and James M. Dorsey, be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees for the Shiloah Academy, in the county of Columbia; and that Bryan Bateman, James W. Hardison, and Joseph Harper, be and they are hereby appointed Trustees for the Republican Academy of the sixth district of the county of Houston. Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Trustees of the several Academies, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, and are hereby invested with full power of using a common seal, and shall be capable in law of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in the several courts of law and equity in this State, and of making all necessary by-laws for their government, of holding titles to and conveying real or personal estate, of appointing to and removing from office such officers as they may think proper. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforesaid Trustees of the above named Academies, shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, all gifts, donations, grants, rights, privileges and immunities whatever, which may belong to said institution, or which may be hereafter conveyed to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper use, benefit and behoof of said Academies. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That when any vacancy shall occur by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any one or more of the Trustees of the aforesaid Academies, their survivors, or a majority of them, shall have authority to fill such vacancy or vacancies. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That Samuel Fariss, Madison E. Rhodes, Albert W. T. Clendennon, George S.

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Coleman, James Park, and Richard A. Lane, be and they are hereby appointed additional Trustees for the Chattooga Male Academy, in the county of Walker, and that they be and are hereby authorised to transact any business in relation to said Academy as though they had been appointed in the original act of incorporation, any law to the contrary not withstanding. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That Benjamin J. Parham, Joseph Duncan and William T. Crawford, be and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the White Sulphur Springs Academy, in the county of Meriwether, to fill vacancies. Assented to, December 26th, 1843. AN ACT to amend an act assented to on the 20th day of December, 1834, entitled an act to repeal the 7th section of an act, entitled an act to define the duties and authority of the Commissioners of the town of Washington, Wilkes county, passed 7th day of December, 1821, together with so much of the 5th section thereof as relates to town limits; and to extend said limits and the duties and authority of the Commissioners imposed and conferred to be exercised therein, to the corporate limits mentioned in said act, and to make the phrases corporate limits and town limits, wherever occurring in said act of equivalent import. 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 nothing in the above recited act extending the corporate limits of the town of Washington, to the town limits, shall be so construed as to extend said corporate limits for any other purpose than for the exercise of the power conferred by law on the commissioners of the town of Washington. 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. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to be entitled an act to incorporate the Wardens and Vestry of Emanuel Church, in Athens. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Richard D. Meore, Fielding Bradford, Woodsey Nichols, Philip Clayton

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and Howell Cobb, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, under the name and style of the Wardens and Vestry of Emanuel Church in Athens, and as such be capable and liable in law to sue and to be sued, plead and be impleaded, and may receive and hold any property conveyed to them, and transfer and sell the same, and have and use a common seal, and make and enter into any contract for the benefit of the said Church, and may make all such by-laws and regulations, not inconsistent with or contrary to the laws of this State, as they or a majority of them may deem expedient; and that they may appoint all necessary officers to execute such by-laws and regulations, and at their pleasure remove them from office and appoint others in their place. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to alter and amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Manual Labor School, near Talbotton, denominated the Collinsworth Institute, assented to on the 29th day of December, 1838. WHEREAS sundry subscriptions, gifts and bequests, intended for the use and benefit of said Manual Labor School, were made payable to the Trustees of the donation of forty thousand dollars, made by Josiah Flournoy, Esq. for the endowment of a literary and scientific institution called the Collinsworth Manual Labor School; and whereas doubts are entertained whether said Collinsworth Institute can, under said act, sue for and recover the samefor remedy whereof SECTION 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 Trustees of said Collinsworth Institute, and their successors in office, shall have power to receive, sue for, and recover in their corporate name, all gifts, bequests, and subscriptions intended for the use and benefit of said Manual Labor School, whether the same be payable to the Trustees of the donation of forty thousand dollars made by Josiah Flournoy, Esq. for the endowment of a literary and scientific institution called the Collinsworth Manual Labor School, or whether the same be payable in any other manner whatsoever, in as full and ample a manner as if this act had been a part of said original act of incorporation. Assented to, 28th December, 1843.

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AN ACT to incorporate the town of Cassville, in the county of Cass, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts appertaining to the incorporation of the same; to make certain the corporate limits of the same; to point out the duties of the commissioners to be appointed for the government of said town; and for the appointment and regulation of patrols; and for the preservation of public property, shade trees, and so forth, and for the prevention of encamping; and for the prevention and removal of nuisances; to regulate the working of public streets; for the suppression of fights, affrays, riots, and disturbances of the public peace; for the appointment of a Marshal; Marshal to arrest affrays, and so forth; fines and penalties to be paid into the town treasury; for the appointment of a Treasurer; for the regulation of the residence of slaves; and for taxing shows and exhibitions; and for the taxing itinerant traders, and to prevent their stopping in said town for the purpose of disposing of their goods, wares, and merchandise, unless paying a tax therefor; requiring commissioners to make a report at the end of each year. 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 Samuel Morgan, William Latimer, Thomas A. Sullivan, George B. Russell, and Julius M. Patton, and their successors in office, shall be and they are hereby made commissioners of the town of Cassville, and shall have full power and authority to pass all by-laws, rules and regulations which may be necessary for the government of said town, the good order and health of the same. Sec. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall continue in office until the second Monday in January, eighteen hundred and forty-five; on which day, and on the second Monday in January annually thereafter, all the free white citizens of said town, who shall be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall assemble at the Court House in said town, and by ballot elect five other commissioners, who shall continue in office one year, and shall be re-eligible; and that said election shall be held by any Justices of the Peace, or Judges of the Inferior Court, or one of each, or one of either, together with a freeholder in said town: Provided, that in the event of there being no election of commissioners of said town, in the manner and at the time herein pointed out, the commissioners elected for the preceding year shall continue in office and remain the commissioners of said town until their successors are elected: And provided also, that in the event there shall be no election held at the time and in the manner pointed out, the commissioners of said town may,

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and they are hereby impowered to order an election for commissioners, to be held in the Court House, in said town, at any time, upon five days notice being given of said election, upon the door of the Court House. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the jurisdiction of the commissioners of said town shall extend in such manner as to include a distance of four hundred yards in every direction from the Court House, in said town of Cassville; and said commissioners are hereby authorized to act as commissioners of all roads and streets in said town, to the distance aforesaid. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all white persons residing in said town on the first day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-four, and on the same day in each year succeeding, who are subject by the laws of this State, to the payment of a poll-tox, shall pay a poll-tax to said town, of fifty cents, every year; and all owners of slaves, held or employed in said town, and all owners of other taxable property, of every description, in said town, shall pay a tax on the same to the said town, equal in amount to one-third of the State tax upon the same; and all free persons of color residing, or who may hereafter reside in said town, over the age of twenty-one years, shall in like manner pay a town tax of two dollars: Provided nevertheless, that if at any time the commissioners of said town shall think the monies arising from this taxation will be more than sufficient to defray the necessary expenses of said incorporation, it shall be their duty, and they are hereby authorized and required to lessen the same by abating in an equal proportion from the amount of tax required to be paid by each individual by this act. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners are hereby invested with authority to appoint a person to act as tax collector and receiver of tax returns for said town, and to make a reasonable compensation for his services, to be paid out of the treasury of said town; and the said collector and receiver of tax returns shall be appointed annually; and before entering upon the duties of his office, he shall be sworn, faithfully to execute and discharge the same; and give bond and security for the same to said commissioners, and their successors in office, for five hundred dollars. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid, shall appoint from their number, a treasurer, who shall hold his office during the time that he may remain commissioner, and shall at the close of each year make out and return to the body a full and correct return of all his actings and doings as treasurer aforesaid. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all persons who are by this act made subject to the payment of tax, shall, at some time between the first day of February and the first day of March, in each year, make a true and just return under

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oath of all the taxable property held by them in the said corporate jurisdiction, with the fair valuation of the same, and of all their liability to taxation, to the receiver of tax returns and tax collector, who shall proceed to collect the tax on the same, after the tenth day of March, all of which shall be paid to him before the first day of April; and if any person who is required by this act to pay tax, shall neglect or refuse to pay the same, or to make the return to the said receiver and collector, that they are required by this act to do, within the time specified in this act for doing the same, they shall be subject to the same penalties that they would by law be subject to for refusing or neglecting to make a return of their taxable property to the county receiver of tax returns, or for refusing to pay their State tax; and the said town receiver and collector shall proceed against them after the said time for making returns and paying taxes expires, in the same manner that is pointed out by law for county receivers of tax returns and collectors of taxes against defaulters. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said receiver and collector shall attend one day, at some convenient place in said town, for the purpose of giving the citizens an opportunity of making their returns, and paying their taxes; and he shall give five days notice, both for receiving and collecting, by advertisement at the court house, and two other public places in said town, of the time and place of said attendance; and the said receiver and collector shall pay over all money received by him for taxes, on or before the twelfth day of April, to the town treasurer, who shall receipt for the same. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall, as soon as practicable after the passage of this act, make out a list of the names of all persons in said town who are by the laws of this State, subject to the performance of patrol duty; and they shall appoint, once in two months, from this list, a company of six men, as a patrol company, to serve two months from the time of their appointment; and the said commissioners shall make one member of said company captain of the same; and shall furnish him with the names of the members of the company, and it shall be the duty of said captain to warn out his company at least once a week, and oftener if he shall think necessary, and thoroughly patrol said town, agreeable to the requirements of the patrol laws of this State; and if any person, so appointed captain of patrol, shall refuse or neglect to discharge the duties of the same, he shall forfeit and pay into the treasury of said town, a fine not exceeding five dollars; and if any person who is required by this act to perform patrol duty, shall refuse or neglect to do the same when required to do so by the captain of the company, he

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shall pay a fine of not exceeding two dollars for each offence; and it shall be the duty of the captain of the company to return all defaulters to the said commissioners, at their next meeting after such default, and to summon such defaulter, at least one day before said meeting of the commissioners, to appear before them to answer for his default; and for neglecting to do the same, he (the captain) shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five dollars for each offence; one half of said fine to be paid to any person who shall give information, and prosecute for such neglect of duty. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall wantonly injure, remove, throw down any horse rack that is, or shall hereafter be erected in the streets, or in the public square of said town, by the authority of the said commissioners, or shall wantonly injure in any manner, any public property in said town, or wantonly cut down, or injure in any manner, any tree in the streets or public square of said town, without authority from said commissioners for doing the same, they shall, upon conviction before the said commissioners, be subject to the payment of all damages so done by them to the said public property; and shall, in addition, forfeit and pay a fine of not less than two nor more than ten dollars. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That no person shall encamp with any cart, wagon, or travelling vehicle of any kind, in any of the streets, or on the public grounds of said town, within four hundred yards of the court house of said town, after being notified of the existence of this act, under a penalty of not less than two nor more than five dollars for each offence, if a white man, and if a negro, of whipping not more than twenty stripes. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners of the streets, and so forth, of said town, are hereby vested and made commissioners of the same, with all the authority and liability of commissioners of roads appointed by the Inferior court; and the overseers of said streets and public grounds, who shall be appointed by the commissioners aforesaid, are hereby invested with all the powers, and made subject to all the liabilities of overseers of the roads, appointed under the laws of this State, and all persons within the corporate jurisdiction aforesaid, who are by the laws of this State required to work on the roads, are hereby required to work on the streets and public grounds within the said jurisdiction, under the direction and control of the said commissioners and overseers, in the same manner and under the same regulations that are pointed out and specified in the road laws of this State; and they shall be subject to the same penalties for refusing to do the said work, when required to do so by the said overseers, that other citizens of this State are for refusing to work upon the public roads: Provided

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nevertheless, that any person who is required by this act to perform road duty, shall be permitted to discharge the same by paying into the treasury of said town fifty cents for each day's work that he or they shall be required to perform; which shall be paid into the hands of the treasurer of said town on or before the day that he or they shall be required to perform the same, for which the said treasurer shall give a receipt; and the money so paid, shall be applied by the road commissioners to repairing the roads and bridges and causeways in said town. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That all fines and penalties incurred by a violation of this act, shall be adjudged by the said commissioners, and shall be paid into the treasury of said town; and the said fines and penalties shall be collected by execution against the property or body of the offenders, served from under the hand and seal of any one of the said commissioners immediately after the same has been adjudged, directed to the Marshal of said town, who is hereby authorised to levy and return the same, or the sheriff or his deputy, or any lawful constable of said county. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall have full power and authority to enforce a tax upon all shows, exhibitions and show-men performing in said town for the purpose of gain; and upon all itinerant traders in goods, wares, and merchandise, jewelry, and other matters and things, who may stop in said town for the purpose of selling or vending, in any manner, their said goods, and so forth, except as are provided for by the laws of this State: Provided, the tax in the said cases shall not exceed twenty dollars for each day's performance, or each day's exposition of goods, wares, merchandise, jewelry, c. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall be exempt from the performance of labor on the public roads in their own persons while serving as commissioners. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That the corporate funds, after defraying the charges incident to the levying and collecting thereof, shall be by said board of commissioners, applied to the necessary expenses and improvements of said town, in such a manner as such board may deem most advantageous; and the said board of commissioners shall publish annually at the end of each year, an account of such corporate funds, exhibiting the amount received in that year, and the several objects and amounts and expenditures, including the balance either way, from the year preceding. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall appoint, at the beginning of each year, a Marshal, who shall receive such pay as the commissioners shall, in their discretion, think him entitled, and whose duty shall

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be as prescribed by said commissioners. And be it further enacted, that the commissioners aforesaid, shall hold meetings as often, and at such time as they may think best; and at such meeting shall hear and determine all matters brought before them under the provisions of this act; and a majority of said commissioners shall be sufficient to hold such meetings, and determine all such matters as are provided for in this act. Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws heretofore passed in relation to the incorporation of the said town of Cassville, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate the Union and Lumpkin Turnpike Company, and to grant certain privileges to 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 a turnpike road of suitable width and dimensions shall be constructed from Jonathan Oxford's, in Lumpkin county, via. Tesentah Gap, to James Hills', in Union county; the proprietors of which may dispose of capital stock of six thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the subscription for the constituting and collection of stock, shall be opened at Loudsville, under the superintendence of F. Logan and Henry Turner, on the first Monday in March next, and at the same time under the superintendence of S. Reid and E. Carrall, in the town of Blairsville; books of subscription shall be kept open for the space of twenty days, during which time any person, or copartnership may subscribe for any number of shares not exceeding fifty: Provided, that if the whole number of shares are not taken up within the space of twenty days, as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for any person or copartnership to subscribe for any unsubscribed shares. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That when said subscription be filled, the stockholders may proceed to the election of five commissioners, to manage the affairs of said company; said election to be held in Blairsville, under the superintendence of the persons herein appointed to open books at that place, after they shall have been notified that said stock has been taken up, and after they shall have given thirty days notice of the time and place of said election, at the places where said books were opened; the number of votes that each stockholder shall be entitled to, shall be regulated by the number of shares he may hold; one share entitling

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the [Illegible Text] to one vote; two shares and not exceeding five, to two votes; for every five shares above five, two votes: Provided, that no person shall be entitled to more than ten votes. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all those who shall become subscribers in said company, their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby created a body politic, by the name and style of the Union and Lumpkin Turnpike Company; and are hereby made capable in law of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defend and be defended, in any courts of law or equity in this State; to make and have a common seal; to ordain, establish, and put in force, such by-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said company: Provided, such by-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the laws of this State, or of the United States. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall continue in office for the term of two years from the day of their election, and have power to fill any vacancy that may occur in said board; and at the end of their term of office, to hold an election for commissioners, at such place and under such regulations as the by-laws of said company may direct. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That when said board of commissioners shall be elected and organised, they are hereby empowered to call in any amount not exceeding fifty per cent on the amount of subscription, on giving twenty days notice of the time such payment is required to be made; and to make such further calls upon the stockholders as they may think proper: Provided, the same be not oftener than once in three months; and if there shall at any time be a failure to pay the first sum so called, the person or persons so failing, shall forfeit the shares for which they have subscribed, and the board may dispose of the same; and the subscribers, so failing, shall forfeit and pay to said board, for the use of said company, the sum of ten dollars for each share they may hold, to be recovered in any court having jurisdiction thereof; and for any further failure, there shall be a forfeiture of the shares, and the amount paid in. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where land, timber, or other material necessary for the construction of said road, or repairs thereof, and the same cannot for want of agreement between the parties, or for any other cause, be purchased from the owner or owners thereof, the same may be taken at valuation, to be fixed in the following manner, viz: The corporation shall choose one person, the owner or owners one, and the Inferior court of the county in which said land or timber, or other material may be, one; and in case either party refuse to make a selection, then the

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[Illegible Text] Court to select for the party so refusing; and the arbitrators, chosen as aforesaid, shall before they enter on their duties, take and subscribe the following oath; I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will a true verdict render according to the circumstances of the case now submitted to me, taking into consideration the benefit accruing to the owner of the property by the construction of said road, as well as the damage done thereby. The award of whom shall operate as a judgment against the parties cast by it; and the collection of it shall be enforced by an execution from the Inferior Court: Provided, either party shall have the right to appeal, to be tried by a special jury at the next term of the Superior Court of the county; and the decision shall vest the right of the said land or material, for the term of thirty years: Provided, that the company may abandon the right to the property condemned within twenty days after the decision of said special jury, by filing a notice to that effect in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, and paying all cost. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That any person injuring the property, or putting any rubbish, or other obstruction, upon said road, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and on conviction, shall be fined at the discretion of the court, and also be liable to an action for damages, at the suit of the party aggrieved. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That said company shall have power to erect one toll gate, at such place on said road as they may think proper; and may charge, demand, and collect, the following rate of toll, viz: For every four, five or six horse wagon, fifty cents; for each two horse, or ox wagon, twenty-five cents; for each two horse peddle-wagon, twenty-five cents; for each four wheeled pleasure carriage, fifty cents; for each gig, sulkey, and other one horse vehicles, eighteen and three-fourth cents; for each man and horse, ten cents; for every loose or led horse, mule or jack, three cents; for each head of cattle, two cents; for each head of sheep, hogs, or geats, one cent; for each one horse cart or wagon, eighteen and three-fourth cents: Provided, that the citizens of Union, Lumpkin, and Habersham counties, shall not be required to pay toll for taking their stock to or from the range; nor shall the citizens of said counties be required to pay toll, unless they are travelling beyond the limits of the county in which they reside. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That said turnpike shall be commenced within one year after the passage of this act, and be finished within two years thereafter; and when finished, shall vest in said company a permanent right for the term of thirty years thereafter. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That said company shall not collect toll until they have obtained a certificate from the

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Inferior Courts of Union and Lumpkin, that said road is built agreeable to the true intent and meaning of this act, and have published their rate of toll at their gate. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the private property of the stockholders is bound for the debts of the company; and said company shall not be entitled to demand [Illegible Text] until said road is so graded as not to [Illegible Text] or descend more than one foot in eight; and whenever it shall appear that the said road is not agreeable to the true intent and spirit of this act, the sheriff of the [Illegible Text] of Lumpkin or Union county, shall be authorised by the Inferior Courts of said counties, to throw open said gates until said road is so repaired. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby [Illegible Text]. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate the Fire Company of the city of Columbus, to be known by the name and style of the Columbus Fire Company, No. 1. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in [Illegible Text] Assembly met, That Henry T. Hall, Frederick A. Cairns, George H. Peabody, William S. Chipley, Richard T. Brice, James A. Bradford, Francis Wright, John Arnold, James Greenwood, Anders Anderson, James H. Bishop, Daniel Sparks, William Snow, David Wright, John G. Strupper, Robert H. Green, Moses Simmons, and their associates and successors, be and the same are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, by the name and style of the Columbus Fire Company, No. 1.; and shall have power, under their corporate name, to sue and be [Illegible Text], plead and be impleaded, in any court of law and equity of this State; and to have, exercise and enjoy, all the powers herein granted, not repugnant to the constitution of the United States, and of this State. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said company shall have full power to make, establish, and [Illegible Text], all such rules, by-laws, or ordinances, for their own government, as to them may seem necessary and expedient, and the said company shall have power, and be capable of receiving and holding by purchase, gift, grant, or otherwise, all such lands and [Illegible Text], or other real or personal property as [Illegible Text] be necessary and convenient for the more effective discharge of the duties of said company. Sec. 3. And for the encouragement of said company Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of said company are hereby declared to be exempt

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from all service and performance of any militia and patrol duty, and from the payment of poll tax: Provided, that said company shall not exceed in number, at any one time, seventy-five members; And that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, December 28th, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate the Baptist Church at Mount Yonah in the county of Habersham. SECTION 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 Baptist Church in Habersham county, near the residence of Kinchen Carr, shall be called and known by the name and style of the Mount Yonah Baptist Church, and that James West, sen'r. Hilum Hunt, Lazarus Wood, James West, jr. and Joel Hunt and their successors in office, be and they are hereby appointed a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of Mount Yonah Baptist Church, and as such shall be capable in law to sue and be sued, to receive by gift or otherwise, and to hold, use and dispose of any property which may be given or which may belong to said Church, and shall have power to make all by-laws necessary and proper for carrying their powers into effect Provided, the same shall not be contrary to the constitution and laws of the State of Georgia, and may have and use a common seal, and appoint such officers as to them may appear proper and necessary, and to remove the same at pleasure. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That when any vacancy in the board of Trustees shall happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, such vacancy shall be supplied by the election or appointment of others by the remaining Trustees, or a majority of them, in such manner as they may appoint by the by-laws and regulations of the Trustees aforesaid; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, December 28, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate the Methodist Episcopal Camp Ground, in the county of Laurens, known by the name of Turkey Creek Camp Ground, and to appoint Trustees for the same; also, to incorporate Richardson Methodist Episcopal Camp Ground in Irwin county, and appoint Trustees for the same. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That William Roach, Parker Bender and Moses Guyton, and their [Illegible Text] in office, be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, under the name and style of the Trustees of the Turkey Creek Camp Ground, in Laurens county, and by such name and style to have and enjoy all privileges of a body corporate, with power to make all by-laws and regulations for the government of said Camp Ground, not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State, and generally to do all acts incidental to a body corporate. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Trustees, or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority to fill all vacancies which may occur in their board by death, resignation, or otherwise, in such manner as they may direct in the by-laws adopted for the government of said Camp Ground. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That John Henderson, Jacob [Illegible Text], William Fussell, Woodson Wilcox, Josiah Paine, William M. Kennedy and Thomas L. Wilcox, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate under the name and style of the Trustees of the Richardson Methodist Episcopal Camp Ground in Irwin county, and by such name and style to have and enjoy all privileges of a body corporate, with power to hold both real and personal estate, to make all by-laws and regulations for the government of said Camp Ground, not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State, and of [Illegible Text] and being [Illegible Text], and generally to do such acts as are incidental to a body corporate. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Trustees or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority to fill all vacancies which may occur in their board by death, resignation or otherwise, in such manner as they may point out in the by-laws for the government of said Camp Ground. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate the Episcopal Methodist New [Illegible Text] Camp Ground, 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 from and after the passage of this act, the Episcopal Methodist New Hope Camp Ground, in the county of Henry, shall be known by that name, and that Alexander Osborne, Daniel Nolly,

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and Zachariah Thomson and their associates in office be, and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of New Hope Camp Ground, 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 by-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said Camp Ground; [Illegible Text], such by-laws are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State and of the United StatesAnd provided, said by-laws be not repugnant to the discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for the purpose of keeping good order at said Camp Ground, and to have and use a common seal, appoint such officers as they may from time to time think necessary and proper, and to remove the same from office for improper conduct or neglect of duty. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the said Trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, privileges and immunities whatever, which may now belong to said Trustees, or which may hereafter be conveyed to them or their successors in office, to have and hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of said Trustees, to be applied to the use of said Camp Ground. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That when any vacancy may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise of any of the Trustees of said Camp Ground, 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. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to extend the corporate limits of the town of New Gibralter, in the county of DeKalb, and to exempt the citizens residing within the corporate limits of said town from road duty, except the streets and public grounds of 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 from and immediately after the passage of this act, the corporate limits of the town of New Gibralter, in the county of DeKalb, and the jurisdiction of the commissioners of the same shall extend to the distance of six hundred yards in every direction from the house of Andrew Johnson in said town. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the citizens resident within the corporate limits of said town shall be exempt from road dutyProvided, that nothing herein contained shall be

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so construed as to exempt said citizens from working on the streets and other public grounds in said town. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate the City of Griffin. 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 Griffin, in the county of Pike, shall be and they are hereby authorised to meet annually, and choose from among themselves five Commissioners, to be called a Board of Commissioners, who when so chosen and elected, shall have the power and authority, and their successors in office, to pass all by-laws, rules and regulations which they or a majority of them may deem expedient and necessary for the good order and government of the said city of Griffin: Provided, the by-laws be not repugnant to the constitution of the United States and the constitution and laws of this State. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have full power to convene at any time and at any place within the corporate limits of said city, after the passage of this act, and proceed to the appointment of a Clerk, Marshal, and such other officers as they may deem necessary to carry this act into execution. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners shall hold their office for the term of one year, and that said term shall expire on the first Saturday in January, when an election shall be held each succeeding year for the appointment of new commissioners, and that all free white males residing in the corporate limits of said city, who are entitled to vote for members of the Legislature, shall be entitled to vote for said commissioners. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the authority and jurisdiction of the said commissioners, and their successors in office, shall extend over and embrace that portion of land which lies within one mile of the centre of said city according to its original plan. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any vacancy occur by death, resignation, or otherwise of said commissioners, the said commissioners shall have power to fill such vacancy until an election shall take place as herein provided. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That the said board of commissioners of the said city of Griffin, by such, their corporate name, shall have power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and do all other acts relating to their corporate capacity, and shall have and use a common seal. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners or a majority of them, shall have special powers to make all contracts which they may deem necessary for the welfare of said city, to levy a tax of not exceeding fifty per cent. over the State tax on all persons who are subject to taxation according to the laws of this State, and to impose a tax not exceeding three dollars on each person residing within said corporation subject to road duty, which shall be in lieu of said dutyProvided, that any person subject to said tax shall not relieve himself therefrom by doing six days labor on the streets subject to the order of the Marshal of said cityto empower their Marshal or Deputy Marshal to remove all nuisances within the corporate limits of said city. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any of the officers of said corporation sued for an act done in his or their official capacity, shall justify under this act. Sec. 9. 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. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise the City Council of the City of Columbus to appoint one or more Assessors for said City, and to raise a fund for the payment of a City Guard. 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 and may be lawful for the City Council of the City of Columbus, to appoint one or more freeholders, citizens of said city, whose duty it shall be to assess the value of real estate in said city, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by said City Council, upon which valuation taxes shall be levied according to law and the ordinances of said city now in force, or which may be hereafter passedProvided, that the owner or owners, his or their agents of said real estate, may before execution shall issue for said tax, file his or their affidavit with the Clerk of said City Council, stating his or their belief, that said property is valued too high, whereupon said City Council shall determine the taxable

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valuation thereof, in such manner and under such regulations as said Council may adopt for that purpose. Be it further enacted, That in addition to the sum of one dollar heretofore authorised to be collected from each person liable to perform patrol service in said city, the said City Council may levy and collect a sum not exceeding twenty per cent, upon the tax paid by each person in said city, which shall be appropriated to the payment of a Guard for said city, and shall be in commutation of all patrol duty. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to point out the manner of creating certain corporations, to define their rights and privileges, and to provide a mode of changing the names of individuals. 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 the persons interested shall desire to have any Church, Camp Ground, Academy, School, Volunteer, Military company, Manufacturing company, Trading company, Ice company, Fire company, Theatre company, or Hotel company, Bridge and Ferry company incorporated, they shall petition in writing the Superior or Inferior court of the county where such association may have been fermed, or may desire to transact business, for that purpose, setting forth the object of their association and the privilege they desire to exercise, together with the name and style by which they desire to be incorporated, and said court shall pass a rule or order directing said petition to be entered of record on the minutes of said court. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when such rule or order is passed and said petition is entered of record, the said companies or associations shall have power respectively, under and by the name designated in their petition, to have and use a common seal, to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to answer and be answered unto, in any court of law or equity, to appoint such officers as they may deem necessary, and to make such rules and regulations as they may think proper for their own government, net contrary to the laws of this State; but shall make no contracts or purchase, or hold any property of any kind, except such as may be absolutely necessary to carry into effect the object of their incorporation.Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to confer Banking or Insurance privileges on any company or association herein enumerated; and the individual members of such manufacturing, trading, theatre, ice and hotel companies shall be

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bound for the eventual payment of all the contracts of said companies as in case of partnership. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That no company or association shall be incorporated under this act for a longer period than fourteen years, but the same may be renewed whenever necessary, according to the provisions of the first section of this act. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the said Superior or Inferior court shall have power and authority, upon petition in writing, to change the name of any individuals, by rule or order, for that purpose Provided, such individual shall have resided in the county where his or her application is made for at least one year previous thereto, and shall give at least three months prior notice in one of the nearest newspapers, and at the Court House door of said county, of the intended application. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for entering any of said petitions and orders on the minutes of the court, and furnishing a certified copy thereof, the Clerk shall be entitled to a fee of five dollars, except in cases of application by individuals for the change of names, in which case the Clerk of said court shall be entitled to the fee of one dollar, and that such certified copy shall be evidence of the matters therein stated in any court of law or equity in this State. Sec. 6. 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. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise the Commissioners of the town of Louisville, to lay out in lots, and sell or lease such part of the Commons of said town as they may think proper, and to appropriate the proceeds of such sales or leases to the use of the Academy of Louisville. Section 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 Chairman and Commissioners (and their successors in office) of the town of Louisville, are authorised to lay out in lots of such size as they may judge will be most productive, such part of the Commons as may to them appear proper or necessary, and to sell by public sale or otherwise, or lease, whichever they may deem most expedient and most productive of good, and on receipt of the monies arising from such sales or leases, after paying the expenses incurred by laying out and selling

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or leasing, the proceeds shall by them be placed in the hands of the commissioners of the Louisville Academy, to be applied by them to the use and benefit of that institution. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all deeds of conveyance of said lots when sold, or all leases executed by the Chairman of said board of commissioners, signed in his official capacity, shall be held to be a good and legal conveyance, the same being witnessed in the same manner as other conveyances in this StateProvided, that said commissioners shall not have power to interfere with any contracts that may have been entered into by any former commissioners (except so far as to receive any monies that may be due said commissioners for rent or sale) and that the present commissioners shall be bound to pay all contracts entered into by the former commissioners for the survey of said town commons. 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. Assented to, December 28th, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the State of Georgia. WHEREAS, Alvin N. Miller, G. Butler, Jno. Dorsett, E. Parsons, George W. Millen, Elisha H. Rogers, and Edward Jas. Jones, have by their memorial, stated that there exists divers subordinate Lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in this State, over which there is a presiding or superintending Grand Lodge, composed of the memorialists as members, and others who have joined in promoting the good of the Order, founded on the ancient usages of their society, the principal of which are Charity and universal Benevolence; to the end, therefore, that charitable institutions may be promoted and secured in their rights and 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 the several persons herein before named, and others who are or may become members of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and their succesors, shall be and they are hereby deemed to be a body politic and corporate, in name and deed, by the style of The Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the State of Georgia; said Lodge to be located at Savannah, and by said name and style shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, and a common seal to use; and shall have full

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power to make, amend, alter and change such by-laws as may be agreed on by the members of the same: Provided, such by-laws be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State, or the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That they shall have full power and authority under the style and name of The Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the State of Georgia, to take, hold, and enjoy real and personal property, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any court of law or equity, or any tribunal having jurisdiction thereof; and also to receive, take, and apply bequests, devises, or donations, that may be made to and for the uses and purposes intended by the said institution; and shall be and are hereby declared to be vested with all powers and advantages, privileges and emoluments of a society of people incorporated to the purpose and intention of their laudable institution. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all regular subordinate Lodges, under the power and jurisdiction of the said Grand Lodge, are hereby declared to be bodies corporate and politic, in name and deed, by whatsoever style and name they may be called and known in their constitution, with equal powers to those which are hereby granted to the said The Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the State of Georgia, so long as the said subordinate Lodges remain under the power and jurisdiction of the said Grand Lodge, and in all things abide by and conform themselves to the resolutions and by-laws of the same, and no longer. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate the Savannah Institution for Savings. 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 Hiram Roberts, [Illegible Text] W. Morrell, George R. Hendrickson, Jonathan Olmstead, Thomas J. Walsh, Moses Eastman, Cosmo P. Richardson, Benjamin Snider, Henry Lathrop and Henry D. Weed, be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic by the name of the Savannah Institution for Savings and that they and such others as shall be duly elected members of the said corporation, as in this act provided, shall be a body corporate by the same name and title. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall be capable of receiving on deposit from any person or persons disposed to obtain and enjoy the advantages

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of said [Illegible Text], all sums of money that may be offered for that purpose; Provided, that it shall not hold at one time more than five hundred dollars from any one depositor; and it shall be lawful for the said corporation to use and improve the same for the purpose, and according to the directions herein provided; and each depositor shall receive a book of deposit, in which shall be entered all sums deposited. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all deposites of money received by said institution, shall be by it, improved to the best advantage, and be invested in such manner as best to promote the objects of the said institution, under such rules as shall be prescribed by the said institution; and the income and profits thereof shall be applied and divided annually amongst the persons making such deposit, or their legal representatives, after making such reasonable deduction as may be necessary for expenses, and in proportion to the sums by them deposited, and the principal of such deposites shall be repaid to such depositor at such time and under such regulations as the said institution shall prescribe, the substance of which regulations shall be printed in the book of deposits received by each depositor; and no officer or member of said corporation, shall borrow any portion of such deposites, or use the same except in payment of the expenses of the corporation. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation may have a common seal, which they may change and renew at pleasure; and that all deeds, grants, convenants, conveyances and agreements made by their Treasurer or any other person by their authority and direction, shall be good and valid; and the said corporation shall have power to sue and may be sued, and may be defended, and shall be held to answer by the name aforesaid. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall at any legal meeting, have power to elect by ballot, any other person or persons, a member or members of said corporation; and any member upon filing a written notice with the President thereof, three weeks prior, may at any meeting of said corporation withdraw and forever dissolve his connection with the same. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall meet at Savannah on the second Monday in January annually, and at such other times as the corporation shall [Illegible Text], and any five members of the corporation, the President, Treasurer, or Secretary being one, shall be a quorum; and the said corporation at their first meeting, and at their annual meetings thereafter, shall have power to elect a President, Treasurer, Secretary, and seven Directors, and such other officers as may be necessary, which officers shall continue in office for one year and until their successors are chosen;

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and all officers so chosen shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer of said corporation shall give bond to the satisfaction of the Directors, for the faithful performance of his duties. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That any two of the persons herein named may call the first meeting of the corporation by advertisement in any two of the public gazettes of Savannah. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said institution shall publish semi-annually, in one of the public gazettes of Savannah, a statement of its affairs and condition, under the signature of the President thereof and certified by the Treasurer under oath. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be deemed a public act, and continue in force for the term of fourteen years. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That said institution shall not issue any bills or notes intended for circulation as money. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to grant certain privileges to the Republican Blues, Savannah Volunteer Guards, the Ph[oelig]nix Riflemen, and the Irish Jasper Greens, volunteer companies in the city of Savannah; also, the Richmond Hussars; and to furnish the latter 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 the Republican Blues, the Savannah Volunteer Guards, the Ph[oelig]nix Riflemen, and the Irish Jasper Greens, volunteer companies in the city of Savannah, shall and hereby have the privileges of receiving and enrolling the names of individuals, not exceeding fifteen, in each of the aforementioned volunteer companies, who shall be styled honorary members of said companies, and that the individuals whose names are thus enrolled, shall be exempt from all ordinary militia duty, so long as they shall continue their membership in any one of the said companies, and shall continue to comply with the following requisitions, to wit: Each individual on becoming an honorary member of any of the aforesaid companies, shall pay into the Treasury of said company the sum of twenty dollars, and shall continue to do so annually thereafter, in advance, so long as he shall continue his membership. Sec. 2. 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.

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And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorised to furnish to the Richmond Hussars, fifty pairs of Pistols and Holsters, if such there be in the State's Armory Provided, that the Captain of said company shall give bond and security as by law required. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, The horses and equipments of the members of the last mentioned company, shall be exempt from levy and sale under execution. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for said Richmond Hussars to elect any number of honorary members, not exceeding fifty, who shall each pay the sum of five dollars on admission, and five dollars annually thereafter, so long as they continue to be henorary members thereof, and who shall, during such time, be exempt from ordinary militia duty. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate the Tacoah Turnpike Road, and to grant 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 a turnpike road of suitable width and dimensions, shall be established from Dahlonega, in Lumpkin county, across the Blue Ridge, at such gap as the said company may deem best, at the head waters of Tacoah river, in the county of Union; thence down said river to the State line, at or near Duck town, in the county of Gilmer; the proprietors of which may dispose of a capital stock of twenty thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the books of subscription for constituting and collecting the capital stock of said incorporation, shall be opened on the first Monday in March next, in the town of Dahlonega, under the direction and superintendence of William Martin and J. S. Chastain; and also at the same time, and for the same purpose, at the house of Willis Woody, in Union county, under the direction and superintendence of Isaac N. Greer and Elisha Hunt; and at the same time, at the house of E. W. Chastain, in Gilmer county, under the direction of Benjamin F. Chastain and William Thomas; the books of subscription shall be kept open for the space of thirty days, during which time it shall and may be lawful for any person or copartnership to subscribe for any number of shares, not exceeding fifty: Provided, that if the whole number of shares are not taken up within the space of thirty days as aforesaid, it shall be

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lawful for any person or copartnership to subscribe for any number of shares unsubscribed for. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That when said subscription be filled, the stockholders may proceed to the election of commissioners [not to exceed five] to manage the affairs and concerns of said company; said election to be held at the house of Willis Woody, under the direction and superintendence of the persons herein appointed to open books at that place, after they shall have been notified that the stock has been taken up, (or so much thereof as will be sufficient to make said road, to be judged of by the said commissioners,) and after they shall have given thirty days notice of the time of said election, at the places where the books for subscription were opened; the number of votes that each stockholder shall be entitled to, shall be regulated by the number of shares which he may hold; one share shall entitle the holder to one vote; two shares, and not exceeding five, two votes; for every five shares above five, two votes: Provided, that no person shall be entitled to more than ten votes. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all those who shall become subscribers in said company, their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby made a corporation and body politic, by the name and style of the Tacoah Turnpike Company; and are hereby made capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in any court whatsoever; to make and have a common seal; and also to ordain, establish, and put in execution, such by-laws, ordinances, and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said corporation: Provided, the same be not repugnant to the laws and constitution of this State, and the United States. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall continue in office for the term of two years from the day of their election, and have power to fill any vacancy that may occur by death, resignation, or otherwise; and at the end of their term of office, to hold an election for commissioners, at such place and under such regulations as their by-laws may direct. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That when said board of commissioners shall be elected and organised in manner aforesaid, they are hereby empowered to call in any sum not exceeding twenty-five per cent. on the amount of subscription, on giving twenty days notice of the time such payment is required to be made, and to make such further calls upon the stockholders as they think proper: Provided, the same be not oftener than once in three months. And if there shall at any time be a failure to pay the first sum so called for by said board, the person or persons, so failing shall forfeit the shares for which they have subscribed, and the board may dispose of the same; and the subscribers, so failing,

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shall forfeit and pay to said board, for the use of said company, the sum of ten dollars for each share, he, she, or they, may hold, to be recovered in any court having jurisdiction thereof; and for any further failure, there shall be a forfeiture of the shares and the amount paid in. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where timber, or other materials necessary for the construction of said road, or the repairs thereof, and the same cannot be had for want of agreement, between the parties, or for any other cause, be purchased from the owner or owners thereof, the same may be taken at valuation, to be fixed in the following manner, viz: the corporation shall choose one person, the owner or owners of the land or materials, one; and the Inferior court of the county in which the land may lie, one; and in case either party shall refuse to make a selection, then the Inferior court is to select for the party refusing; and the arbitrators, chosen as aforesaid, shall before they enter on the duties required of them, take and subscribe the following oath: I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will a true verdict render according to the circumstances of the case now submitted to me, taking into consideration the benefits arising to the owner of the property, by the construction of said road, as well as the damages done thereby. The award of whom shall operate as a judgment against the party cast by it; and the collection of it shall be enforced by an execution from the Inferior court: Provided, that either party shall have the right of appeal, to be tried by a special jury at the next term thereafter of the Superior court of the county; and the decision shall vest in the company the fee simple of the land: Provided, that the company may abandon the right to the property condemned, within twenty days after the decision of the special jury, by filing a notice to that effect in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court, and paying all costs: Provided, that in no case shall there be a verdict rendered against the owner of the land. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That any person injuring the property, or putting any rubbish or other obstructions on said road, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, be fined at the discretion of the court, and also be liable to an action for damages at the suit of the party aggrieved. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That said company shall have power to [Illegible Text] such number of toll gates, and at such places on said road as they may think proper; and may charge, demand and collect, such rates of toll as the board of commissioners may establish: Provided, the same does not exceed the following rates for the articles hereinafter mentioned, viz: For each wagon drawn by four or more horses, mules or oxen, one dollar; for every wagon drawn by two horses, mules or oxen, thirty-seven and a half cents; for every four-wheeled carriage of pleasure, one dollar; for

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every one horse carriage of pleasure, fifty cents; for each gig, sulky, and other two wheeled carriages of pleasure, twenty-five cents; for every one horse wagon or cart, twenty-five cents; for every ox-cart twenty-five cents; for each man and horse, twelve and a half cents; for every loose horse or mule, four cents; for each head of cattle, two cents; for each head of hogs, sheep, or goats, one cent: Provided nevertheless, that the citizens of the counties of Lumpkin, Union, and Gilmer, shall not be required to pay toll for taking their cattle through any gate on said road in going or returning from the range; nor shall toll be charged the citizens of said counties, for the use of the road, unless they are traveling beyond the limits of the county in which they reside. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That said turnpike road shall be commenced within one year from the first of April next, and be finished within four years thereafter; and when finished shall vest in the company for the term of fifty years. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That said company shall not be permitted to charge toll until they shall have obtained certificates from the Inferior courts of the counties through which said road passes, that the road has been built according to the true intent and meaning of this act; nor shall they charge toll unless their rates of toll are published and stuck up at each and every gate. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the private property of the stockholders of said company shall be jointly and severally bound for the debts of said company, as in case of common partners. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior court of Lumpkin, Union, and Gilmer counties, or a majority of them, in their respective counties, are authorised, and it is hereby made their duty, if said road is not kept in good and sufficient repair, according to the true intent and meaning of this act, to order and direct the sheriff, in their respective counties, and it is hereby made his duty to throw and keep open the gate or gates, until said road shall have been put in repair, to be judged of by the Justices aforesaid. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to incorporate certain Churches and Camp Grounds therein named, and 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 P.

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Steed, Frances T. Allen, Elisha Busson, William Bornm, and James Langston, be and they are hereby declared a body corporate, by the name and style of the trustees of Sweet Water Baptist Church, in the county of Warren; and that Robert Campbell, William Smith, George W. McAllister, Alexander Erwen, and George D. Phillips, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared a body corporate, by the name and style of the trustees of the First Presbyterian Church, in the town of Clarksville, Habersham county; and that Henry L. Taylor, Donald McLeod, Wiley Miller, C. R. Seawright, Henry Hays, Abner Fillingam, William H. Brooks, Jacob B. Shropshire, and Martin D. Hendrick, be and they are hereby declared a body corporate, by name and style of the trustees of the Shady Grove Camp Ground, in the county of Randolph; and that the deacons of Bethlehem church, in Washington county, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared a body corporate, by the name and style of the trustees of the Bethlehem Church, in Washington county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which may now belong to said churches respectively, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper use and benefit of said churches respectively. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said trustees, and their successors in office, shall have power to make such by-laws, rules and regulations for their own government of the affairs of said churches and camp grounds as they may think necessary and proper: Provided, such by-laws contains nothing [Illegible Text] to the constitution and laws of this State; and that the trustees aforesaid are hereby declared to be capable of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, and use all other legal and proper means for the recovery of, and defending, any property which they may have held, claim or enjoy, in the use of said churches respectively. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That said trustees, or a majority of them, have power to fill all vacancies that may happen by death, or otherwise, in said board of trustees respectively; and appoint such other officers as they may think proper for the well being of said churches. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Dimas [Illegible Text] of the county of Hancock, be constituted a trustee of the Presbyterian Church in Sparta; and that he and his associates in said trust, and their successors, have and enjoy all the powers and privileges heretofore vested in the trustees of said church.

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Sec. 6. And that Reuben Phillips, James L. Sewell, George W. Culpepper, Elias Proctor, John J. Carter, James Sewell, and Abraham Key, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared a body corporate, by the name and style of the trustees of the Olive Branch Camp Ground, in the eleventh district of formerly Troup, now Meriwether 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. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to prohibit certain persons from pleading and practicing law 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 no person who has been, or may hereafter be elected to the office of the Judge of the Superior court of this State, shall plead or practice in any of the courts of law or equity of this State, within the Judicial district for which he may be, or may have been elected, between the time of his election and qualification as Judge of the Superior court, and any person violating the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished accordingly, at the discretion of the courtProvided always, that this act shall not prevent any such person from appearing in a prosecuting or defending any cause in which he may have been actually employed at the time of his election. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to be entitled an act to repeal an act to amend the several Judiciary acts now in force in this State, so far as relates to Justice's courts, approved December 14th, 1811, so far as to change the time of holding Justice's courts in the districts in the several counties in this State, from once a month to once in every four months in each year, assented to the 27th December, 1842. 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 first day of January next, the act entitled an act to amend the several Judiciary acts now in force in this State, so far as relates to Justice's courts, approved December 14th, 1811, so far as to change the time of holding

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Justice's courts in the districts of the several counties in this State, from once a month to once in every four months in each year, assented the 27th day of December, 1842, be and the same is hereby repealed Provided, that the Justice's courts in the several districts in the State for January next, shall be held under the said recited act, and may be held two days. Assented to, 5th December, 1843. AN ACT to be entitled an act to authorise the Plaintiff in all cases of arrest under a capias ad satisfaciendum, to discharge the defendant from imprisonment, and for his property still to be bound for the debt. SECTION 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 any case where a debtor has been arrested under an execution against the body, and is afterwards discharged from such imprisonment, either by the authority of the Plaintiff or otherwise, without the debt being paid, that such arrest and discharge shall not operate as a satisfaction of the debt, but the debtor's property shall still be liable to the judgment as though no arrest had been madeany usage, custom or law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, that the officer making such arrest, shall endorse on such execution, that the defendant is discharged from arrest without having paid the amount due. Assented to, 9th December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise certain persons therein named to plead and practice law, in the several courts of law and equity in this State, on certain conditions therein prescribed. SECTION 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, William D. Whitehead, of the county of Laurens, Samuel D. Killens, of the county of Houston, Archibald T. Burke and Newton Coleman, of the county of Walker, John C. Hately and Jonathan Phillips, of the county of Cass, and Benjamin Clark, Sanders Johnson, and Mark Blandford, of Jones county, Pleasant G. Arrington, of Jefferson county, May Horne (an alien) of Jones county, and James A. Russell and William Edwards, of the county of Meriwether, and John B. Summers of Newton county, and James J. Stell of Fayette county, and William H. Gordon of Gwinnett county, and John H. Powers of

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Bibb county, George T. Bartlett and Jackson Varner of Jasper county, and Durell S. Gregory of Cobb county, and [Illegible Text] B. Davis of Baldwin county, be and they are hereby severally authorized and admitted to plead and practice law in the several courts of law and equity in this State: Provided, the said several persons shall undergo an approved examination before some Superior Court of the State of Georgia, according to the law and rules prescribed in such cases, and on their admission they shall be liable for all their acts and contracts in the same manner and to the same extent as if they were of full age. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to amend the twelfth section of an act entitled an act to revise and amend the Judiciary system of this State, approved February 16th, 1799. 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, in all cases where an Executor or Administrator may be dismissed before final administration, it shall and may be lawful to commence suit against the succeeding Executor or Administrator for any matter or cause of action against the testator or intestate of such Executor or Administrator, in the several courts of law and equity in this State; Provided, twelve months shall have expired after the probate of the will of the testator or the date of the first letters of administration. Assented to, December 18, 1843. AN ACT to amend an act to exempt from levy and sale certain property therein mentioned, assented to, 11th of December, 1841, and to exempt certain property from levy under attachment. WHEREAS by the provisions of the first section of the above recited act, twenty acres of land, for the head of each family, and the additional sum of five acres for each child under the age of fifteen years, is exempt from levy and sale, which does not sufficiently protect the citizens of this State in an interest in the said land: 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 authority of the same, That from and after

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the passage of this act, the amount of fifty acres of land to the head of each family, be and the same is hereby declared to be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of any judgment, order or decree of any court of law or equity in this State, founded on any contracts made after the first day of January next, except the same shall be for the purchase money of said land, for the payment of which, said land shall be bound. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all property of any kind exempt under this act, or any former one, from levy and sale under execution founded upon any judgment or decree, shall, under like circumstances, be exempt from levy under any attachment. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provisions of the first section of the before recited act, and all other laws and parts of laws militating against the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to enable parties plaintiff in suits commenced in the Superior and Inferior and other courts of this State, to dismiss their actions during the vacation of said courts, on the same terms they are now authorised to dismiss actions at the regular terms of said courts. SEC. 1. WHEREAS inconvenience and delay frequently occur by reason that parties plaintiff who commenced suits in the Superior or Inferior and other courts of this State, cannot dismiss their actions except at the regular terms of said courts: 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, parties plaintiff who have commenced, or may hereafter commence suits in the Superior or Inferior and other courts of this State, be and they are hereby authorised to dismiss their actions during the vacation of said courts, on the same terms they are now authorised to dismiss actions at the regular terms of said courts. Provided, that such dismissal shall be first entered on the docket by the Clerk of the court in which said suit may be pending, during the vacation of said court. Sec. 2. 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. Assented to, December 23d, 1843.

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AN ACT to authorise the several persons therein named to plead and practice law in the several courts of law and equity in this State, and to define their liabilities. 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 Richard M. Clark, of the county of Effingham, John B. Hines, of the county of Bibb, Montgomery Cumming and Charles W. DuBose, of the county of Richmond, and Henry Hull and John C. Lumpkin of the county of Clark, and Henry C. Neal of the county of Gwinnett, be and each of them are hereby authorised to plead and practice law in the several courts of law and equity in this State, upon undergoing the usual examination in open court, as required by this State. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That each of said persons upon being admitted to practice law as aforesaid, shall be liable for all his or their acts and contracts made after such admission, in the same manner and to the same extent as if he or they were of full age. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT declaratory of the law of this State relating to Appeals in the Superior Courts. 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 all cases hereafter to be tried in the Superior courts of this State, on the equity side thereof, either party who may be dissatisfied with the verdict of the jury, may enter an appeal in like manner and under the same limitations and conditions as are prescribed in cases at common law, which appeal shall be tried by a special jury under the provisions governing common law cases. Assented to, December 27th, 1843. AN ACT to authorise Durell S. Gregory of Cobb county, and John J. Pilcher of Warren county, to plead and practice law in the several courts of law and equity in this State, and to prescribe their liability touching 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, Durell S. Gregory and John J.

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Pilcher, be and they are hereby authorised and admitted to plead and practice law in the several courts of law and equity in this State, upon their undergoing an examination in open court according to the laws of this State. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Durell S. Gregory and John J. Pilcher, upon their undergoing said examination and admittance, be held, deemed and considered liable and responsible in law for all their acts and contracts, in the same manner, and to the same extent as if they were of full age; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act to compensate one of the Justices of the Peace who may be superintendent at the several election precincts in the county of Madison. 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 above recited act be, and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, December 28th, 1843. AN ACT to authorise parties to enter an appeal, in certain cases, 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 authority of the same, That in all cases hereafter to be tried in any of the courts of this State, when either the plaintiff or defendant shall hereafter depart this life, after said cause has been tried, and before the time has expired, which such party has allowed by law to enter an appeal, and no appeal shall have been entered, it shall be the right of the legal representatives of such party dying, to enter an appeal within four days from the time such executor or administrator shall have been qualified: Provided however, that in the construction of this act, no appeal may be entered in causes not the subject matter of appeal. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever an appeal shall be entered under this act, it shall not be necessary to revive suit under scire facias; but suit shall be revived by the party giving notice to the adverse party within thirty

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days from the time of appeal; and whenever a defendant shall appeal, said cause shall stand for trial on the appeal docket, at the first court after twelve months shall have expired after such executor or administrator shall have been qualified. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to be entitled an act to authorise the recovery by law, of open accounts in favor of certain classes of persons therein named, upon the same proofs which is now allowed by the laws of this State, in favor of tradesmen and merchants. SECTION 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, physicians, blacksmiths, and all other persons in the practice of any regular craft, shall be allowed to sue for and recover judgment in the several courts of law, in this State, on open accounts, in their favor, upon the production and proof of their books of account, in the same manner, and on the same terms as is now authorised by existing laws, in cases where tradesmen and merchants are parties plaintiff in said courts. Sec. 2. 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. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal a part of the first section of the act passed on the twelfth day of December, eighteen hundred and four, entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to carry into effect the sixth section of the fourth article of the Constitution, touching the distribution of intestate's estates, directing the manner of granting letters of administration, letters testamentary, and marriage licenses; and to insert another proviso in lieu of that repealed. 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 proviso contained in the first section of the act above recited, in the following words: Provided, that such mother, after having intermarried, shall not be entitled to any part or proportion of the estate of a child who shall die intestate, and without issue; but the estate of such child shall go to and be vested in the next of kin on the side of the father, be and the same

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is hereby repealed. And that the following be inserted in lieu thereof, to wit: Provided, that such mother, after having intermarried, shall not be entitled to any part or portion of the estate of such child, who shall die intestate and without issue, unless it shall be the last or only child. Assented to, December 22d, 1843. AN ACT to define and determine what stage of a suit at law shall be regarded the Commencement of Action. WHEREAS, conflicting opinions exist in the different Judicial Circuits of this State, in reference to what stage in the progress of a suit at law, is the commencement of action: 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, the filing of the writ in office, shall be regarded and considered the commencement of action: Provided, it shall be the duty of the Clerk to enter on the declaration the time when said declaration is filed in office; to which entry said clerk shall sign his name. Sec. 2. 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. Assented to, December 23d, 1843. AN ACT to authorise Benjamin F. Crawford, of the county of Decatur, George F. Bartlett, and Jackson Varner, of Jasper county, John Lyon, of Lee county, William Edwards, of Meriwether county, James Stell, of Fayette county, William H. Gordon, of Gwinnett county, and Pleasant G. Arrington, of the county of Jefferson, to plead and practice law in the several courts of law and equity in this State, on certain conditions therein expressed. 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, Benjamin F. Crawford, of the county of Decatur, George F. Bartlett, and Jackson Varner, of Jasper county, John Lyon, of Lee county, William Edwards, of Meriwether county, James Stell of Fayette county, William H. Gordon, of the county of Gwinnett, and Pleasant G. Arrington, of the county of Jefferson, be and they are hereby permitted to plead and practice law in the several courts of law and equity in this State: Provided, they shall undergo

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an approved examination before some Superior court of Georgia, according to the law and rules prescribed in such cases, and on their admission that they shall be liable for all their contracts, in the same manner as if they were of full age. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to compensate the Grand and Petit Jurors in the county of Montgomery, assented to, tenth December, 1841. 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; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, December 22d, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act to compensate Grand and Petit Jurors, assented to 23d December, 1837, so far as relates to the county of Glynn. 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 an act entitled an act to compensate Grand and Petit Jurors, in the several counties therein named, assented to twenty-third December, 1837, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as relates to the county of Glynn. Sec. 2. 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 hereby repealed. Assented to, December 9, 1843. AN ACT to provide for the compensation of Grand Jurors of Lumpkin 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 Grand Jurors of the county of Lumpkin, shall hereafter receive as a compensation for their services, the sum of one dollar each per day, to be paid out of the county funds. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the expiration of each court that said Juror may serve, that it shall be the duty of the Sheriff to give them a

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certificate to that effect, which shall be sufficient to authorise the Treasurer of said county to pay off the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, December 7th, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to compensate the Grand and Petit Jurors of the county of Dooly, assented to December twenty-second, eighteen hundred and forty. SECTION 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 act assented to on the twenty-second December, eighteen hundred and forty, providing for the payment of several persons, citizens of Dooly county, summoned to attend the sittings of the Superior and Inferior courts of the county aforesaid, as grand and petit jurors, and who shall attend the same, be and the same is hereby repealed. 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. AN ACT to repeal so much of an act, passed on the 23d December, 1837, so far as relates to the county of Lee, as regards the payment of Grand and Petit Jurors. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the above recited act, so far as relates to the county of Lee, be repealedany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 12th December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal all laws and parts of laws compensating Grand and Petit Jurors, for the counties of Franklin, Paulding, and Cobb. Section 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 laws and parts of laws

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granting compensation to the Grand and [Illegible Text] Jurors of Franklin and [Illegible Text] counties, be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of an act entitled an act to compensate the grand and petit jurors of the Superior and Inferior courts of the several counties herein named, and provide for the payment of the same, assented to the 23d December, 1837, as relates to the county of Cobb, be and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, that the said Inferior court of the said county of Cobb, shall still be entitled to levy an extra tax of not more than fifty per cent. on the general State tax, as contemplated in the fifth section of the before recited act, to enable them to pay arrearages. Assented to, 20th December, 1843. AN ACT to change the mode of compensating Petit Jurors in the county of Newton, and to repeal all laws allowing a per diem pay to Grand Jurors in 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 jury and confession fee, in each and every case tried or confessed in Newton Superior or Inferior court, upon the common law side of said court, shall be taxed and collected as other costs; and when collected, shall be paid by the officer collecting the same, to the county treasurer, and become a part of the fund for the compensation of petit jurors. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the petit jurors who shall attend and serve in the Superior and Inferior courts of the county of Newton, shall each be entitled to receive from the Treasurer of the said county of Newton, the sum of one dollar per day for such servicesProviding, that to entitle a juror to receive the compensation aforesaid, he shall produce the certificate of the sheriff, countersigned by the clerk of said court, of the time of such juror's service; which certificate shall be a warrant for the sum allowed, and a voucher to the county treasurer for the payment of the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws which provides for a per diem compensation of grand jurors in the county of Newton, be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon the rendition of any verdict in Newton Superior court, either upon appeal or in equity, the jury fee shall be three dollars in each and every case, to be paid at the time

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the verdict is received by the court, by the party or parties legally bound for the same. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon the confession of any judgment upon appeal, or in equity, in Newton Superior court, the confession fee in such case shall be one dollar, to be paid by the parties bound for the same, into the hands of the clerk of said court, and at the adjournment of said court be turned over by the said clerk to the foreman of the Grand Jury. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the compensation of grand and special jurors in the county of Newton, shall be only the funds provided for in the fourth and fifth sections of this act. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to compensate Grand and Petit Jurors of the Superior and Inferior Courts of the Several counties therein named, and to provide for the payment of the same, so far as relates to the county of Coweta. 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 much of the above recited act as relates to the county of Coweta, be and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to compensate Grand and Petit Jurors for the county of Jackson, and to authorise the Justices of the Inferior court to levy an extra tax for that purpose, and so much of an act entitled an act to compensate Grand and Petit Jurors of the counties of Carrol, Paulding and Dooly, and the Petit Jurors for the county of Jackson, as far as relates to the county of Jackson. 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 an act entitled an act to compensate Grand and Petit Jurors for the county of Jackson, and to authorise the Justices of the Inferior court to levy an extra tax for that purposeand the

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third, fourth and fifth sections of an act entitled an act to compensate Grand and Petit Jurors of the counties of Carroll, Paulding, and Dooly, and the Petit Jurors for the county of Jackson, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act, assented to the 8th December, 1842, to alter the law in relation to drawing, summoning, and empanneling Petit Jurors, so far as relates to the county of Montgomery. 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; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, December 22d, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to alter and amend an act for the better regulating the admeasurement of Lumber in this State, and for other purposes, approved December 20th, 1832. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the act entitled an act (passed December 20th, 1832) to alter and amend an act for the better regulating the admeasurement of lumber in this State, and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, December 28th, 1843. AN ACT to authorise Henry H. Waters, of Cherokee county, Georgia, to erect a Mill-dam on his own lands, across the Etowah or Hightower river. 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 Henry H. Waters be and he is hereby authorised to erect a mill-dam across the Hightower river, on his own lands, in the county of Cherokee. Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 9th December, 1843.

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AN ACT to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and [Illegible Text] a [Illegible Text] Ground, for the Georgia [Illegible Text] Companies in the city of [Illegible Text]. Sec. 1. Be it [Illegible Text] by the Senate and House of [Illegible Text] of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly [Illegible Text] and it is hereby enacted by the [Illegible Text] of the same, That an old field containing about ten [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the south west commons of the city of Macon, and lying near the foot or [Illegible Text] of Seventh street, in said city, be and the same is hereby appropriated for the use of the several volunteer companies in said city, as a parade ground; and that said companies be permitted to prepare the same for said purpose: Provided, nothing in this act shall be so construed as to divest the fee simple titles out of the State. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to provide for the election of the General Officers of this State, agreeable to the amended Constitution; and to consolidate the two regiments in the county of Hancock. SECTION. 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 from and after the passage of this act, all vacancies which now are or may hereafter happen, by death, resignation, or otherwise, for any Major General, or Brigadier General, of the militia of this State, it shall be the duty of the Commander-in-Chief forthwith to issue his proclamation ordering an election to fill such vacancy, setting forth the time for holding said election, directed to the Colonels or Commandants of the regiments, or Majors of battalions, in counties where there are no regiments, in the division or brigade, as the case may be, where such vacancy may occur, giving sixty days notice of the same. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the [Illegible Text] or Commandants of each regiment, or Majors in counties containing less than a regiment, to give notice by advertisement in each Captain's district, and at the place of holding company musters in their respective commands, at least twenty days before said election, setting forth the time and [Illegible Text] of holding the same; and when there is no [Illegible Text] or Major, then it shall be the duty of any two Captains to [Illegible Text] as [Illegible Text] by this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all elections held [Illegible Text] the provisions of this act, for any Major General, or [Illegible Text] shall be held at the place or places established by law, for holding elections for members to the General Assembly. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all elections held

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[Illegible Text] any general officer, under the provision of this act, shall be [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and [Illegible Text] by one or [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of the [Illegible Text] court, or Justice of the Peace, together with two [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] officers, or two free holders of the county in which such election is held. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of one or more of the superintendents of the election held at the different [Illegible Text] to meet at the court house in their respective counties, and count up and consolidate the same, and forward said consolidated return to his Excellency, the Governor, agreeably to the laws regulating the returns for members of the General Assembly. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of his Excellency, the Governor, to count up and consolidate the returns, when received, and to issue his proclamation declaring the person having the highest number of votes, to be duly elected, and issue, or cause to be issued, a commission accordingly to the person so elecetd; and in case of a [Illegible Text] between any two or more candidates, a new election shall be ordered, as in case of a vacancy. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all persons entitled [Illegible Text] existing laws, to vote for officers of the militia, shall be entitled to vote for a Major General, or Brigadier General, as the case may be. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall vote, or attempt to vote, at more than one place, or more than once at the same election, such person shall be punished agreeable to the laws of this State [Illegible Text] illegal voting for members of the Legislature. Sec. 9. And that the two regiments of militia, in the county of Hancock, be consolidated into one regiment, under the orders, and in such manner as the General of the brigade, having the command thereof, shall direct. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to amend so much of an act to revise and consolidate the Militia Laws of this State, c., approved December 19th, 1818, as relates to the number of officers which shall constitute Courts Martial; to authorise the [Illegible Text] to appoint [Illegible Text] to provide for the pay of the same, and to reduce the pay of witnesses. 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 from and

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after the passage of this act, all future Courts Martial for the trial of General Officers, shall be composed of the number of seven, instead of thirteen as now provided by law. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all future Courts Martial, for the trial of officers below the grade of General, shall be composed of five, instead of thirteen members, as now provided by law. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor be authorised to summon supernumeraries for attendance upon Courts Martial; and that in all cases where such supernumeraries do not sit upon such Courts Martial, they shall receive pay for mileage only, at the rate which is now allowed by law. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all witnesses attending upon Courts Martial hereafter to be held, shall receive two dollars per day. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to pardon Nathaniel Greene of Lumpkin county. WHEREAS at a Superior court held in the county of Lumpkin, at March term, 1843, Nathaniel Greene was convicted of the crime of murder, and has been respited by the Governor: 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 said Nathaniel Greene be, and he is hereby declared to be freely, fully, and entirely pardoned and exhonerated 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. Assented to, 5th December, 1843. AN ACT to be entitled an act to amend the 3d and 33d rules of an act entitled an act to revise, amend and consolidate the Rules for the Government and Police of the Penitentiary of the State of Georgia, assented to 23d December, 1840; and also, to repeal all laws prohibiting job work in the Penitentiary, 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 third rule of the before recited act shall be so altered as to read as follows:There

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shall be one Assistant Keeper and as many Overseers, not to exceed four, as the Principal Keeper may think necessary, who shall be appointed by the Principal Keeper, and their term of office shall be one year; and the Principal Keeper is hereby empowered to remove either the Assistant Keeper and any or all of the Overseers, and to fill the vacancy or vacancies by appointment.The salary of the Assistant Keeper shall be eight hundred dollars per annum, and that of the Overseers shall be four hundred dollars each per annum. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the 33d rule of said act shall be so altered as to read as follows:The Principal Keeper shall enlist his own Guard, and so organize it as not to have exceeding three officers, with as many privates as he may deem necessary, at such pay as may be stipulated by the parties, not to exceed the pay now allowed; and the rations of all the members of the Guard shall be the same as that of private soldiers in the army of the United States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws prohibiting job work to be done in said Penitentiary, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 21st December, 1843. AN ACT to add an additional section to the Sixth Division of the Penal Code 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 from and after the passage of this act, the following section shall be added to the Sixth Division of the Penal Code now of force, and shall be part thereof:Any Clerk of the Inferior court or County Treasurer, of any county in this State, who shall divert, misapply, embezzle, or conceal any money belonging to the county of which he is such Clerk or County Treasurer as aforesaid, with intent to appropriate the same to his own use, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished with fine or imprisonment in the common jail of the county, or both, at the [Illegible Text] of the courtthe latter not to exceed six months, and shall moreover be removed from office; and on the trial of such defendant, proof of his having failed or refused to make an exhibit to the Grand Jury of the county of which he is such Clerk or County Treasurer, at the Superior court first held in each year, in said county, unless prevented by providential cause, a full and complete statement of the county funds as is now required by law, received by him during the preceding year, containing a detailed account of all sums of

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money paid out by him, the time when paid, and the person to whom paid, shall be deemed prima faeia evidence of [Illegible Text] and throw the burthen of proof on the defendant; and that any bill of [Illegible Text] which may be preferred under this section, shall be held [Illegible Text] technical that shall describe the [Illegible Text] in the words thereof, and that the [Illegible Text] on the trial of said bill of [Illegible Text] shall not be required to identify the money, coin, bank bill or bills set forth in said indictment, as the money, coin, bank bill or bills diverted, misapplied, embezzled or concealed by said defendant; but in all [Illegible Text] an allegation in the [Illegible Text] that any sum of current money has been received by said defendant belonging to said county, and that the defendant fails or refuses to account for the same, and proof of such allegation on the trial, shall be sufficient to authorise a conviction, unless the defendant shall be able to show a legal expenditure or disposition of said county funds. Assented to, 9th December, 1843. AN ACT to define the offences of abdueting and harboring Seamen, and to punish the same, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 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 from and after the passing of this act, if any person or persons shall board any ship or vessel, in any port or harbor, or on any of the waters of this State, with intent to inveigle, [Illegible Text] convey away, abduct, with or without violence, or secretly carry off any articled [Illegible Text] or mariner, or apprentice, from such ship or vessel, or shall afford any conveyance or facility to such [Illegible Text] or mariner, or apprentice to desert or leave such ship or vessel, then and in each of such cases, such person or persons so offending, shall be liable on [Illegible Text] to fine or imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall aid or assist in any way [Illegible Text] manner, any [Illegible Text] seaman or mariner, or apprentice to [Illegible Text] from his ship or vessel, while within the waters of this State, or shall [Illegible Text] entice, convey away, abduct, or [Illegible Text] with or without violence, or [Illegible Text] carry off any articled seaman, or mariner, or apprentice from any such ship or vessel, such person or persons so offending, shall on conviction be liable to fine or imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That if any person or persons shall [Illegible Text] secrete, entertain, lodge or keep, or shall directly or indirectly suffer to be [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] entertained, lodged or kept in or about his house or premises, any articled seaman or mariner, or apprentice, knowing the said seaman or mariner, or apprentice to have [Illegible Text] from his ship or vessel, such person or persons shail on conviction be fined in a sum of not more [Illegible Text] five hundred dollars, or imprisoned at the discretion of the court. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the fourth section of an act entitled an act to punish seamen or mariners neglecting or deserting their duty on board their respective ships or vessels, and for preventing seamen or mariners from being harbored or running in debt, approved March the sixth, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-six, be and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, 27th December, 1843. AN ACT to amend an act, assented to the twenty-fourth day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, to regulate the fees of Pilots for the several Ports in this State. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, 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 Pilots for the Port and Harbor of the City of Savannah, shall receive all fees allowed by the act of the twenty-fourth of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, to the Pilots of the several Ports and Harbors of this State. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners of Pilotage for the Port and Harbor of Savannah, shall not have the power or the right of reducing the fees of the Pilots of the Port and Harbor of the City of Savannah from the rates established by the act of the twenty-fourth of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and by this act. 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. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal the 48th section of the 14th Division of the Penal Code, and to add a new section in lieu thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly [Illegible Text] and it is hereby

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[Illegible Text] by the authority of the same, That the 48th section of the 14th Division of the Penal Code of this State, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, on all trials for crimes or offences where the punishment is death or imprisonment and labor in the Penitentiary, any Juror may be put on his voire dire, and the following questions shall be propounded to him, viz:Have you, from having seen the crime committed, or having heard any part of the evidence delivered on oath, formed and expressed any opinion in regard to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner at the bar.If the Juror shall answer in the negative, the following question shall be propounded to him:Have you any prejudice or bias resting on your mind, for or against the prisoner at the bar.And if the Juror shall so answer these questions as to make him a competent Juror, the State or the prisoner may nevertheless, have the right to put such Juror upon his trial in the manner pointed out by law, and to prove such Juror incompetent. Assented to, December 27, 1843. AN ACT to repeal the second section of an act to extend the time for the completion of the Central Rail Road, between the Cities of Savannah and Macon, and to reduce the number of Directors in the Central Rail Road and Banking company of Georgia, assented to on the 11th of December, 1841. 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 second section of the above recited act be, and the same is hereby repealed; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, December 22d, 1843. AN ACT to authorise further progress upon the work of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, and for other purposes therein specified, and to provide for a sale of said Road, and for the employment of certain convicts thereon. 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 an act entitled an act to suspend operations on a part of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, and to provide for the execution of contracts on a part of the same, and for

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other purposes therein specified, assented to, December 4th, 1841, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the powers and authority which have heretofore been vested in the Commissioners of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, or in the Governor and Commissioners, or in the Chief Engineer and Disbursing Agent, or in the Governor and Chief Engineer, be vested in the Governor and Chief Engineer of said Road; and where the signature of either of the above named officers is authorised or required by laws or regulations heretofore of force, the signature of the Governor and Chief Engineer shall hereafter be substituted therefor, and be in all respects equivalent thereto. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Chief Engineer, under the direction of the Governor, to progress gradually in the completion of the said Western and Atlantic Rail Road, with the existing appropriations when the same can be economically expended, and whenever either of the Branch Roads shall make a junction with the said Western and Atlantic Rail Road at its Southeastern terminus, to apply such motive power as may be adapted to its wants, and to establish rates of transportation for persons and produce, without [Illegible Text] as to the destination of either. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if a sale of said Road can be at any time made by the Governor, for a sum not less than one million of dollars, all further expenditures on the part of the State shall cease. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the purchaser shall in addition to said sum of one million of dollars, pay whatever sum may be expended on said Road from this time to the day of sale. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Governor of this State be, and he is hereby authorised to sell and dispose of said Road to any person or persons, for the sum above mentioned, upon such terms as he may think advantageous to the State Provided, that the purchaser or purchasers shall not be entitled to a greater rate for freight or passage money, than is allowed by the charter of the Georgia Rail Road and Banking company. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby required to take the necessary steps to make sale of said Road in accordance with the terms of this act. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That so much of the appropriation already made as may be necessary, shall be used to protect and keep in repair the Road and timbers, and the very gradual completion of said Road to the point where the Branch Road to Rome is expected to join said Road, and so soon as the Monroe or Georgia Rail Road shall

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unite with said [Illegible Text], then the balance of said appropriation be expended in the [Illegible Text] of Engines, Cars, c. and the further very gradual extension of said Road. Sec. 9. And be it further [Illegible Text] That the Governor be authorised to have placed under a suitable [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] Convicts that now are or hereafter may be placed in the Penitiary, upon the public works of the State, who are or may be under the sentence of confinement and labor. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to fund a part of the Public Debt, and to create a sinking fund for the payment thereof; and to provide for the change and renewal of certain bonds and coupons. SECTION 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 his Excellency, the Governor, be and he is hereby authorised to fund the debt due [Illegible Text], Irving Co., upon the hypothecation of State bonds, [Illegible Text] to them by the agent of the State, Joel Crawford; and to issue to them new bonds, payable at six years, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from any funds which may belong to the State, there shall annually be paid to said firm of [Illegible Text], Irving Company, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, in redemption of the principal of said debts; which said sum shall be paid at the treasury, upon the presentation of the bonds before mentioned. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of his Excellency, the Governor, upon the funding of the debt aforesaid, to cause the bonds hypothecated with the said Reid, Irving Company, to be cancelled and destroyed; and no part of the same shall for any purposes whatever, be issued, sold, or otherwise disposed of; but the same shall be, and they are declared to be, null and void, after such funding, to all intents and purposes whatsoever. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in funding said debt, his Excellency the Governor, is hereby instructed and required to make it a part of the contract thereof, that the State of [Illegible Text] may upon six months notice, discharge the whole or any part of the principal of said debt. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That if the said Reid, Irving Company, should not accept of the terms [Illegible Text] contained, that then the Governor be authorized to sell bonds of like description, at not less than six per centum below par, equal to the debt of said Reid, Irving Company; and

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forthwith to pay said amounts to them in redemption of the said debt, as herein before provided. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That in case the said debt of Reid, Irving Company, be not discharged by either of the modes [Illegible Text] proposed, that then the Governor be anthorized to borrow, at a rate of interest not execeding seven per [Illegible Text] per annum, a sum which, added to the unappropriated balance in the [Illegible Text], as will make fifty thousand dollars, which shall be applied to the payment of the said debt as herein before provided; and that not less than the sum of fifty thousand dollars shall be raised annually (by the same mode if necessary,) and applied as aforesaid, until the whole debt of said Reid, Irving Company, shall be fully paid and discharged: Provided, that nothing contained in this section shall at any future time prevent the payment of said debts, according to the plans specified in the foregoing sections. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the bonds to be issued under the provisions of this act, shall be authenticated by the signature of the Governor, and that of the Secretary of State, and stamped with the seal as provided by the act of [Illegible Text] day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That when the bonds held by Reid, Irvin Co., are cancelled, or any part of them, it shall be the duty of the Governor to cause such of said bonds as are cancelled, to be destroyed, and an entry thereof made in the Executive office; and that said bonds shall not stand, or in any wise be considered or held as an unexpired appropriation. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Governor be and he is hereby authorised to issue to the holders of any of the bonds of this State, upon which the principal or interest shall be payable, out of this State; and in lieu thereof, other bonds and coupons which shall be payable in this State, (upon such terms as he may deem advisable) at net exceeding six per cent. interest: Provided, that the expense of such change of bonds shall be paid by the holders: Provided also, the original bonds shall be cancelled, and shall not be reissued on any account whatever; but the same shall be filed away in the Executive office. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That when any bond of this State heretofore or hereafter issued, or the coupons attached shall be lost, mutilated or destroyed, it shall be the duty of the Governor to issue to the holder, a new bond and coupons, in [Illegible Text] of the original, upon receiving satisfactory evidence of such mutilation, and the surrender of the mutilated bond and coupons; or in the case of loss or destruction, on the filing in the Executive office, of a copy of such bond

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and coupons, regularly established in the Superior court of Baldwin county. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT for the better regulation of the Treasury; and prescribing the duties of Treasurer and Comptroller General; and providing for the management and security of the funds set apart for the payment of the public debt; and defining, in part, said funds. SECTION 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 Treasurer, at each regular session of the Legislature, to submit detailed estimates of the probable receipts and expenditures of each year, for the two succeeding political years, in which he shall state fully the probable sources of income, and the probable amount of revenue from each source; and in the event of a probable deficiency, he shall submit estimates for additional revenue, specifying particularly the increased rate of taxation proposed, or the new objects of taxation, and the probable revenue accruing from each; he shall likewise in said report designate the several objects of appropriation, and the amount required for each. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer and Comptroller General shall annually submit their reports, (now required by law to be made to the Legislature) to his Excellency, the Governor, on or before the twentieth day of October, and by him, shall be laid before the Legislature in his biennial message; he shall likewise appoint biennially a committee to examine into the condition of the Treasury in those years when there shall be no session of the Legislature, and especially to examine into the situation of the public debt, the payments which have been made upon it, either as to principal or interest. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all monies belonging to the State, shall be paid into the Treasury; and shall not be drawn therefrom but upon warrants signed by the Governor; and all funds which may be pledged to the payment of the public debt, or interest thereon, shall in no wise be paid to any other object of appropriation; and all payments of interest, herein provided for, shall be paid at the Treasurry, or upon warrants drawn from the Treasury for that purpose. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty

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of the Treasurer to report to each session of the Legislature, the amount of debt, bearing interest for each year, distinguishing between the sterling and federal bonds, the rate per cent. paid upon each kind of bonds, the amount (at each rate per cent.) paid, the exchange paid on the same, and the aggregate amount of interest paid in each year, the amount due which is unpaid at each semi-annual payment, the reasons for such non-payment, the names of the holders of said bonds, and the amount owned by each, as far as practicable. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Comptroller General shall, at the end of each quarter, audit the accounts of the Chief Engineer, or paying officer of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, and report to the Executive the result of his Examination of said accounts. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That whenever any appropriation shall not be called for within six months after the expiration of the political year, for which it shall be appropriated, the same shall revert to the general fund in the Treasury, and shall not be drawn therefrom except upon a new appropriation made. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That upon a warrant issuing in favor of the Treasurer, for the payment of the interest or principal of the debt, he shall deposit in the Executive office the coupons or bonds on which such payments shall be made; and his Excellency, the Governor, shall cause the same to be marked Paid, and filed away, subject to the order of the next Legislature. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all dividends on bank stock shall be paid into the Treasury; and all stocks which may belong to the Treasury are hereby set apart as a fund for the payment of the public debt, and may be disposed of on the best terms possible, by his Excellency, the Governor, for that purpose. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to report to his Excellency, the Governor, at the end of each quarter, a statement of the receipts of all monies into his office during the preceding quarter, specifying the particular sources from which the same may be derived. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to be entitled an act to regulate the manner of paying interest on the public debt. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is

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hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Treasurer of the State for the time being, shall and may at any time hereafter, on presentation of any bond of the State, with coupons or warrants for the interest thereon, attached to said bond, endorse with his own name, all the coupons that shall become payable during his term of office; and that it shall and may be lawful for him afterwards to pay such coupons endorsed by him, at their maturity, without the presentation of the bonds to which they were originally attached. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all other cases than where the coupons or warrants are endorsed by the Treasurer, who may be called on to pay the same, it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to cut off and detach the coupons from the bonds, before he shall pay the same: Provided always, that when coupons have been heretofore severed from bonds, they may be paid at the treasury on presentation accompanied by the bonds from which they were detached. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to cause all payments from the State Treasury to be made in specie, or its equivalent, and to provide for the same; to regulate the affairs, and to restore the credit of the bills of the Central Bank; and to prescribe the place of payment of interest on the Federal bonds. SECTION 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 February next, his Excellency, the Governor, cause all payments made from the State Treasury, to be made in specie, or in specie funds. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, To enable his Excellency the Governor, to carry into effect the first section, that he be authorized to make a temporary loan, to be realized as the public service may require, not exceeding the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and that he cause the bonds of the State to issue therefor, payable in his discretion, at a period of time, of not less than three nor longer than seven years, and to bear an annual rate of interest not exceeding seven per centum per annum, payable semi-annually in the city of New York. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That said bonds shall be authenticated by the signature of the Governor, and attested in the name of, and by the Secretary of State, and shall be stamped with the seal, as provided by the act of eighteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency, the Governor, cause an amount of Central Bank bills corresponding

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with the amount of specie, or specie funds, borrowed, to be drawn from the Treasury, and burned at said Bank, in [Illegible Text] of the act of twenty-second of December, eighteen hundred and forty-two. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency, the Governor, cause all the available assets of the Central Bank, to be applied with as great facility as they are realized, to the payment of the bills issued therefrom; and the payment of bonds heretofore or hereafter issued in redemption of the bills of the Central Bank, under an act assented to the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty; and that whenever the public interest shall require it, that he cause the remaining assets of said bank, to be deposited in the Treasury of the State. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That should his Excellency, the Governor, at any time be satisfied that the interests of the State may be advanced thereby, he may require the interest on the six per cent. bonds to be paid in the city of Augusta, or Savannah: Provided, that the holders of said bonds, shall first present the same, with the coupons attached, to the Treasurer of this State, who, upon being satisfied of their genuineness, shall endorse such portion of said coupons as shall be payable during his continuance in office; and shall conform to such other regulations as may be adopted by the Executive: And provided also, that his Excellency, the Governor, shall give notice, by proclamation, to the holders of said bonds, of such place of payment: Provided, That the State shall incur no additional expense in changing the place or places of payment. 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. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to amend an act to define the liabilities of the several Rail Road Companies in this State, for the loss of Stock, killed or wounded by the running of cars or locomotives on their roads; and to regulate the mode of proceeding in such cases, assented to 23d December, 1840, and for other purposes. SECTION 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 any person whose stock has been killed or wounded by the engines or cars of any of the Rail Road companies of this State, may get two of his neighbors to view and value the same; and the oaths of the owner and the neighbors aforesaid, shall be taken in evidence on the trial, as hereinafter provided for.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon refusal by any Rail Road company, to pay to the complainant the damages so assessed as aforesaid, the party aggrieved may bring his suit against the Company, in the proper court, in the county where the President of the Rail Road company resides, and in a Justices court, if the damages assessed are under thirty dollars; and upon the trial of the case or cases so brought, it shall and may be lawful for the plaintiff to use in evidence, the award of the jury summoned to assess the damages; and upon recovery against the company, he or she shall be entitled to execution as in cases of debt. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any Rail Road company shall neglect to nominate a person, on its part, to assess damages sustained by reason of the use, by the company, of the land, lumber, or materials of any person, the Inferior court of the county in which such land, lumber, or materials may be, or any three of the Justices of said court shall appoint a disinterested freeholder of the county, on the part of the company, to assess the damages, in concert with the persons nominated by the party injured, and by the court, according to the existing laws: Provided, said company shall neglect to nominate a person on its part for the period of ten days after the appointment by the person injured, and notice thereof to the company. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the persons appointed shall meet for the purpose of assessing the damages, at such time as the person appointed on behalf of the Court, shall direct; and the award of said persons, or any two of them, shall be sufficient to determine the damages sustained, from which an appeal may be taken in manner directed by the fifteenth section of the act approved on the 14th day of December, 1835, in relation to the Central Rail Road and Canal Company. Sec. 5. 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. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT for the relief of Cyrus Robinson, of 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 the sum of sixty-five dollars and sixty-two cents be refunded to Cyrus Robinson, the amount being by him twice paid into the Treasury

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of the State for his tax on his capital stock, held in the Western Insurance and Trust Company of the city of Columbus, for the years eighteen hundred and forty-one and two; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, December 28th, 1843. AN ACT for the relief of Matthew Smith, John J. Walker, Jacob Smoyer, William W. Allen, and Wiley Anthony, securities for the appearance of Charles Joselin, charged with the murder of Robert Ware, of Floyd county. WHEREAS the above named Matthew Smith, John J. Walker, Wiley Anthony, Jacob Smoyer, and William W. Allen, on the nineteenth day of March, 1842, together with said Charles Joselin, executed and delivered a penal bond conditioned for the appearance of said Charles Joselin, at the Superior Court then next to be held in and for the county of Floyd, to wit, on the fourth Monday in April, 1842. And Whereas, said bond has been forfeited, and in equity and justice the above named securities ought not to be compelled to pay 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, that the said Matthew Smith, John J. Walker, Jacob Smoyer, William W. Allen, and Wiley Anthony, securities, as aforesaid, be and they are hereby relieved and discharged from all liability on the above stated bond, upon the payment of the costs which have accrued on the prosecution and forfeiture of the bond: Provided, two-thirds of the Grand Jury of the Superior Court of Floyd county, in their presentment concur in such release. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all proceedings be suspended against said securities, until the Grand Jury of Floyd county shall act in the premises. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to change the names of certain persons. 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 Emily A. Alford, otherwise called Emily C. Alford, of the county of Hancock, be changed to Emily A. Howelland by the name of Emily A. Howell she shall hereafter be known.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Eliza Sheffield, of the county of Early, be changed to Eliza Warrenand that she shall hereafter be known by the name of Eliza Warren; and that the name of James Henry White, of the county of Hancock, be changed to James Henry Pitman; and that the name of Narcissa Frances White, of said county, be changed to Narcissa Frances Pitmanand by said last mentioned names they hereafter be known; and that the name of Nancy Burns, of the county of DeKalb, be changed to Nancy Cobband that she hereafter be known by the name of Nancy Cobb; and that the name of Belvidera Pritchard, of Glynn county, be changed to Julia Marstonand that she hereafter be known by the name of Julia Marston. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT for the relief of Tarpley T. P. Holt. WHEREAS, at the March term of Marion Superior Court, eighteen hundred and forty-three, suit was entered by the Central Bank, against Tarply T. P. Holt, as endorser for T. A. Brown; and said note being a forgery, and judgment having been obtained at the September term of said Court: 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, Tarply T. P. Holt, be authorised and allowed to enter an appeal in the case of the Central Bank of Georgia vs. said Holt, upon which judgment was obtained at the last Superior Court of Marion county; and that upon the appeal he may be allowed to file all such pleas as he would have been allowed to file provided the appeal had been entered in terms of the lawany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, December 28th, 1843. AN ACT for the relief of Ambrose Chapman, of the county of Monroe. WHEREAS, the tax receiver of the county of Bibb, has by mistake, returned the said Chapman as a defaulter, and he having paid all his tax in the county of Monroe, the place of his residence: 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 said Chapman be and is hereby released from said tax, in the county of Bibb, and that a fi. fa. issued against him on account of said tax, be and is hereby satisfied and discharged. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to change the names of certain persons; and to change the names and legitimatize other persons therein named. Section 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 Henry C. Rowland, of the county of Washington, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Henry C. Walker; the name of Nancy Amanda Strickland, of the county of Wayne, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Nancy Amanda Brown; and the name of Ruby Ann Hicks, of the county of Carroll, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Ruby Ann Davie; and the name of William Warren Jackson, of the county of Cobb, be and the same is hereby changed to that of William Ganeway Johnson; and the name of Mary Frances Jefferson Upton, of the county of Columbia, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Mary Frances Jefferson Heath; and the name of William Austin Jett, of the county of Chattooga, be and the same is hereby changed to that of William Austin Kellett, and as such they shall hereafter be known and called in all the courts of law and equity in this State, and entitled to all the rights and privileges they would have been had they and each of them been born in lawful wedlock. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, the name of Thomas Henry Edge, of the county of Monroe, be changed to that of Thomas Henry Johnstonand the said Thomas Henry shall be fully capable of taking, receiving and inheriting the estate, both real and personal, of Jonathan Johnston, and his wife, Susannah W. Johnston, of the county of Monroe, according to the statute of distribution of this Stateany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Lucinda Bumgarner, of the county of Stewart, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Lucinda Womackand that the said Lucinda Womack be fully and completely legitimatized and entitled to all the rights and privileges that she would have been, had she been born in lawful wedlock; and she is hereby made capable of inheriting

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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 Joel Womack, her reputed father. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Charles Jordan Smith, of the county of Pulaski, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Charles Jordan Bradshawand that the said Charles Jordan Bradshaw be fully and completely legitimatized and entitled to all the rights and privileges that he would have been had he been born in lawful wedlock; and he is hereby made capable in law 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 Newett Bradshaw, of the county of Pulaski, his reputed father. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the names of Emily Jane Noney, William Christopher Noney, Cordelia Ann Noney, and Sarah Ellen Noney, be changed to that of Emily Jane Harden, William Christopher Harden, Cordelia Ann Harden, and Sarah Ellen Harden; and as such they shall be called and known in law, and they are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized and entitled to all the rights and legal privileges that they would have been had they been born in lawful wedlock; and be fully capable of taking, receiving and inheriting all manner of property by virtue of the statute of distribution of this State, as far as relates to the real and personal estate of John Harden, their reputed father, of the county of Columbia. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the persons known by the names of Nancy Womack and Augustus Womack, the reputed illegitimate children of John Jones, of Thomas county, shall be known by and bear the names of Nancy Jones and Augustus Jones; and as such together with Martha Braswell, wife of Uriah Braswell, formerly Martha Womack, shall be entitled to inherit and claim, as the legal heirs of said John Jones, any and all property, both real and personal, of the said John Jones, which may be willed by him to them, or which may be left undisposed of by him, the said John Jones, at the time of his death, in as full and ample a manner as though they, the said Nancy, Augustus, and Martha, had been born in lawful wedlockand they shall be fully legitimatized, and known and called by the names of Nancy Jones, Augustus Jones, and Martha Braswell; and held and deemed to all intents and purposes, the legitimate heirs of the said John Jones, of the county of Thomas, and entitled to all and singular, the rights, claims, estates, and property of the said John Jones, their reputed father, in as full and ample a manner as legally they might

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or could have done, had they been born in lawful wedlock any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the persons known by the names of David Hall and Isaac Monroe Hall, the reputed illegitimate children of William Sellars, of the county of Thomas, shall be legitimatized, and bear and be called by the names of David Sellars and Isaac Monroe Sellarsany law to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the persons originally known by the names of Marion Dixon, Gilford Dixon, Philip Young Dixon, and Jeptha Dixon, reputed illegitimate children of Henry Reed, of the county of Upson, shall be known by, and bear the names of Marion Reed, Gilford Reed, Philip Young Reed, and Jeptha Reed; and they are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized and entitled to all the rights and privileges, and fully capable of inheriting and receiving the property, both real and personal, of the said Henry Reed, their reputed father, by virtue of the statute of distribution of this State, in as full and ample a manner as though they had been born in lawful wedlock. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of George Sanford Johnson, illegitimate child of John A. Turner, of the county of Henry, be and the same is hereby changed to that of George Sanford Turner, and that the said George Sanford Turner be and he is hereby fully and completely legitimatized and entitled to all the rights and legal privileges that he would have been had he been born in lawful wedlock. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of William Thomas, of the county of Appling, be and the same is hereby changed to that of William Redish; and the names of William McLenon and Uriah McLenon, of the county of Appling, be and the same are hereby changed to that of William Southwell and Uriah Southwell; and that they be and are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized; and that they are hereby entitled to all the rights and privileges which they would have been had they been born in lawful wedlock; and they are hereby made capable of taking and inheriting, and receiving all manner of property by virtue of the statute of distributions in this State, so far as relates to the estate of their reputed fathers. Assented to, 9th December, 1843. AN ACT for the relief of Wyatt Merideth, of Wilkinson county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

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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 Wilkinson county, be and they are hereby authorised to release and fully exonerate and discharge Wyatt Merideth, of said county, from the payment of all or any part of a forfeiture incurred by the said Wyatt Merideth, on a bond, or recoguisance for the appearance of Samuel Cooper, at the last October term of the Superior court for said county: Provided, the said Wyatt Merideth shall pay all cost in said case. 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 the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT for the relief and benefit of the Chief Engineer and Fire Masters of the city of Macon. WHEREAS the several Fire Companies of the city of Macon, have been disbanded, and their privileges forfeited: And whereas, it is the desire of the Mayor and Council of said city, to re-organize the Fire Department upon a more efficient plan, so as to afford some protection to the property of the citizens: Now, for the encouragement of said plan, and for the relief of the persons engaged in it, in consideration of their services and exposure 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 James Goddard, the Chief Engineer, and Simri Rose, Matthew E. Rylander, Treat Hines, Daniel F. Clark, and John W. Babcock, Fire Masters of the city of Macon, be and they are hereby exempted and relieved from all military duty in time of peace, and also from the duty of serving on any of the juries in the county of Bibb. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any vacancy shall occur in the number of said Engineer and Fire Masters either by death resignation or otherwise, the person who shall be chosen to fill such vacancy by the remainder of said members subject to the approval of the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon, shall be entitled to all the privileges granted and the benefits conferred on the original parties. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the certificate of the Chief Engineer attested by the Clerk of the city Council of Macon, shall be deemed and held sufficient evidence of membership to entitle the party claiming it to the benefits of this act.

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SEC. 4. 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. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT for the relief of Isaac F. King, of the county of Muscogee. WHEREAS at the last term of the Superior court holden for the county of Talbot, the final trial was had and verdict rendered in the case of Frances King versus Isaac F. King, in a libel for a divorceAnd whereas, under existing laws the defendant is under certain restraints and disabilities, in that he is prohibited from again entering into the marriage contract; 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 from and after the passage of this act, the said Isaac F. King shall be and is hereby fully exonerated, relieved and released from the restraints and disabilities by law incurred in consequence of said judgment, and shall have full and complete authority to enter into marriage contract, as fully as though no legal disability had ever existed; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT for the relief of Richard Barlow, of the county of Butts. WHEREAS it appears that Richard Barlow paid over to the Tax Collector of Butts county, the sum of twenty dollars, it being the amount of Tax assessed on Change Bills issued by the said Richard Barlow, in the year 1840, under and by virtue of the act of the Legislature, assented to the 23d December, 1840. 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 his Excellency the Governor to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of this State, for the sum of twenty dollars, in favor of the said Richard Barlow, it being the amount of tax illegally paid by him for the year eighteen hundred and forty.

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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 the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, December 28th, 1843. AN ACT to relieve the securities of Lewis Powell, late Tax Collector of the county of Macon, for the year 1843, and for other purposes therein specified. WHEREAS Lewis Powell, late Tax Collector of the county of Macon, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-three, has failed to pay into the Treasury of this State, the Tax for the county of MaconAnd whereas it is thought William Underwood, Samuel F. Jones, and James W. Cunningham, the securities of the said Lewis Powell will have the said tax to paytherefore 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 securities of the said Lewis Powell be, and they are hereby relieved from the additional sum of twenty per cent. on condition that payment of the fult amount of the State Tax, for the county of Macon, be made within one year from the passage of this actProvided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the issuing of executions against the said Tax Collector and his securities, and of collecting the same forthwith from the property of said Tax Collector. Assented to, 26th December, 1843. AN ACT for the relief of Gideon G. Norman, Tax Collector for the county of Wilkes, and for other purposes therein specified. SECTION 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 sum of Fifty-one dollars and forty cents be, and the same is appropriated to Gideon G. Norman, Tax Collector of Wilkes county, and that his Excellency the Governor is hereby authorised to draw his warrant upon the Treasury for said sum of fifty-one dollars and forty cents, in favor of said Gideon G. Norman. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of Nimrod B. Wheeler, Tax Collector of Walker county, for the year 1842, for the sum of sixteen dollars

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and seventy-eight cents, that being the amount paid into the Treasury by said Wheeler, over and above what was due on the general tax of said county, on his (said Wheeler) producing satisfactory evidence to his Excellency, that the facts herein stated is correct. Assented to, December 23d, 1843. AN ACT for the relief of Christopher Addison, Tax Collector for the county of Franklin. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State aforesaid, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the sum of Twenty-five dollars and eighty-two cents, be and the same is appropriated to Christopher Addison, Tax Collector of Franklin county, and that his Excellency the Governor is hereby authorised to draw his warrant upon the Treasury for said sum of Twenty-five dollars and eighty-two cents, in favor of said Christopher Addison. Assented to, December 28th, 1843. AN ACT for the relief of Samuel Jackson, late Tax Collector for the county of Chattooga. WHEREAS it appears that Samuel Jackson, the Tax Collector for the county of Chattooga, for the year 1842, collected and forwarded the amount of tax due from said county, for said county, for said year, to the Treasury of the State within the time required by law, by the Representative of said county, who acted in bad faith and did not pay over said amount, and an execution is now issued against the said Daniel Jackson and his securities for said amount of Tax, with 20 per cent. damage, according to the provisions of the statute regulating proceedings against defaulting Tax CollectorsAnd whereas it is represented that the said Samuel Jackson may be enabled to indemnify himself against loss out of the effects of the individual to whom the public money was entrusted, if indulgence should be granted him; that an immediate enforcement of said execution would greatly embarrass him, if not ruin him: 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 Samuel Jackson and his securities be wholly exonerated and released from the payment of the 20 per cent. damages on the said fi fa.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Comptroller General be and he is hereby authorised to issue his order suspending the collection of said principal amount of tax due from said county for the year aforesaid, as set forth in said fi fa, until the first Monday in December eighteen hundred and forty-five. 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. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT for the relief of William Root. WHEREAS the said William Root was the holder and owner of a bond of the State of Georgia, for the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, dated the twenty-fifth of January, 1841, payable to William A. Tennille or bearer, on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, on the first days of January and July, in each year, on presentation and delivery of the warrants or coupons annexed to said bondAnd whereas the said William Root has lost said bond and coupons, and a copy thereof, including the coupons for interest due since the date of said bond, has been duly established in the Superior court of Cobb 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 Governor of this State be, and he is hereby authorised to issue to the said William Root a new bond and coupons in lieu of the one so lost, on the copy established being filed in the Executive office to correspond in all respects with the former ones, except as to the signatures of the proper officersthe new bond to be executed by the present Executive instead of the Governor and the President of the Board of Commissioners of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road. Assented to, December 14th, 1843. AN ACT to relieve William L. Lyon, of the county of DeKalb, from paying the tax given in by him as acting Executor of the Estate of William Scaife. 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 L.

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Lyon, of the county of DeKalb, be relieved from paying the tax given in by him as acting Executor of the Estate of William Scaife, deceased, the said tax being twice given in. 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. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT for the relief of Jesse Harrell, Jesse P. Harrell, and David Harrell, securities of John Harrell, on penal bonds. WHEREAS Jesse Harrell, Jesse P. Harrell, and David Harrell became the securities of one John Harrell, in two separate bonds for the appearance of the said John Harrell at the November adjourned term of the Stewart Superior court, 1842, conditioned for the said Harrell's appearance, from day to day, and from court to court, to answer the charges of the State vs the said John Harrell, one for kidnapping, the bond for which is two thousand dollars, the other the State vs the said Harrell for committing a rape upon an infant female child, the bond for which was three thousand dollarsthe said John Harrell failing to appear in compliance with the bonds aforesaid, said bonds were therefore forfeited:And whereas the collection of which will greatly injure and impoverish innocent securities, for remedy whereof, and for the relief 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 Inferior court of Stewart county be, and they are hereby authorised to discharge and release the securities of John Harrell from further liability on the bonds of the said John Harrell, given for his appearance at court, to answer certain indictments against him: Provided, all costs shall be paid which have occurred, or may be incurred upon said indictments. Sec. 2. 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. Assented to, 20th December, 1843. AN ACT to change the name of Mary Tompkins to that of Mary Hunt, and to relieve her from any disability she may have incurred on account of marriage. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the name of Mary Tompkins be changed to that of Mary Hunt, and that henceforth, she be recognized by that name and none other. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Mary Tompkins be, and she is hereby authorised to contract in marriage, and that all disabilities which may have been imposed upon her by reason of any verdict for divorce against her by her former husband Nicholas Tompkins, be and the same are hereby removed; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to be entitled an act for the relief of Thomas J. Smith, Jesse Loyall, and others therein named. WHEREAS Thomas J. Smith, Jesse Loyall, C. C. Norton, Henry D. C. Edmonson, H. P. Kirkpatrick, Anthony Dyer, and Thomas Grier, merchants, grocers, and citizens of the town of Monticello, in the county of Jasper, have sustained heavy and serious losses by reason of a recent fire, by which their almost entire stock of goods, groceries, c. was consumed and destroyed. And whereas, by the tax laws now in force, they will be required to give in as taxable property, the greatest amount of property which they may have had on hand at any time within three months preceding the first of January next, by which their losses already serious, would be by that amount augmented:For the relief and benefit of the same Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, of the General Assembly of the State, c. That Thomas J. Smith, Jesse Loyall, C. C. Norton, Henry D. C. Edmondson, H. P. Kirkpatrick, Anthony Dyer, and Thomas Grier, be totally exonerated and exempted from all the tax that would otherwise be required of them for the ensuing year, (1844) on their property destroyed by fire on the night of the 21st October last; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to change the name of John Cooper, of the county of Baker, to that of John Pollock, and to legitimatize the same; and also, to change the name of John Quincy Adams Cushing, of the county of Muscogee, to John Robinson Patrick Cushing. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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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 name of John Cooper, of the county of Baker, be changed to that of John Pollock, and that he is hereby made capable in law and equity, to inherit and take by descent, the property, both real and personal, of John Pollock, senior, of Baker county, or a proportional share thereof, with the rest of the heirs of the said John Pollock, senior, and be entitled to all the rights and privileges which he would have been, had he been the son of the said John Pollock, senior, and been born in lawful wedlock. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the name of John Quincy Adams Cushing, of the county of Muscogee, be and the same is hereby changed to that of John Robinson Patrick Cushing. 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. Assented to, December 27, 1843. AN ACT to be entitled an act to relieve the estate of the late Ebenezer S. Rees, of McIntosh county from double tax, and for other purposes therein named. WHEREAS, by reason of there being no representation of the estate of the late Ebenezer S. Rees of McIntosh county, duly qualified until after the closing of the books of the tax receiver of said county, whereby the said estate is rendered liable to a double tax, Be it therefore enacted, That the estate of the late Ebenezer S. Rees of McIntosh county, be and the same is hereby relieved from all excess of taxation, caused by failure to return the property of said estate in due season. And the Tax Collector of the county of McIntosh, is hereby directed to collect the usual and single tax due from said estate if the tax be not already collected, and if collected, to return to the representative of said estate now qualified, the excess of tax occasioned by the before mentioned default. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer and Comptroller are hereby directed to settle with the Tax Collector of said county in the terms of this act, and also that the Treasurer refund the excess of taxation on the above mentioned estate in case it shall have been paid into the Treasury before this act shall come to the knowledge of the parties concerned. And be it further enacted, That the Comptroller General, of this State be and he is hereby authorised and required to

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refund to either of the administrators of the late William McDowell of Jasper county deceased the sum of seventeen dollars and thirty cents, the same being the amount overpaid to the tax collector of Jasper county, for the year [Illegible Text] by said administrators on account of the name of said deceased being returned as a defaulter after his death and before any administration was had on his estate. And be it further enacted, That the estate of Anselm M. Walker, late of Morgan county, be relieved from double tax imposed for the present political year, and said estate pay the usual and single tax. Assented to, December 14th, 1843. 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, the duty of the Road Commissioners shall be vested in the Justices of the Peace of each district in said county. 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 hear the excuse of such defaulter, and if [Illegible Text] 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 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. Assented to, 26th December, 1843. AN ACT to alter and amend the road laws so far as the county of Hancock is concerned. 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, it shall be the duty

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of the Justices of the Inferior Court of Hancock county, on the first Monday in January next, and on the first Monday in January in every year thereafter, or as soon as may be convenient to said Court, to appoint three or more commissioners of roads in each district in said county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners so appointed shall, individually have notice in writing from the clerk of said Inferior Court, in ten days after their appointment, served by the Sheriff, who shall make a return of such service to the Court, within five days from the time of service. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners so appointed, shall be bound to accept such appointment, unless they have served as Commissioners the previous year, and in that case, they shall within ten days after notice of their appointment, give notice to the clerk of the Inferior Court in writing of their non acceptance, and on failure to do so, they shall be bound to serve for one year; but where non acceptance shall be made known to the clerk in terms of the law, the court shall forthwith proceed to fill the vacancy by appointing others, who shall be notified as heretofore pointed out. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners so appointed, shall have full power to appoint overseers over the various roads in their respective districts, apportion the hands, administer oaths, and do every other thing which the commissioners of roads may now by law do, and shall meet at the place of holding Justices courts in their respective districts on the fourth Saturday in February next, and on the fourth Saturday in February in every year thereafter, and appoint overseers over the various roads in their respective districts, and apportion hands to each, and give notice in writing to each overseer with a list of the hands to work under him, with orders to have the road over which they have been appointed overseer, put in such order as the law now in force in this State requires, on or before the fifteenth day of April thereafter; immediately after which day, the commissioners shall proceed to review the various roads in their respective districts, and make on or before the first day of May to the Court, a report of their condition, the number of miles of road in their respective districts, the number of hands liable to do road duty, the number of defaulters, and who they are, the amount of fines, and against whom assessed, together with the names of the overseers, and the particular section of road over which they were appointed. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the overseers appointed under this act, shall within three days after each time of working make a return of the number of days work done on their respective roads, the number of hands liable to

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work, the number that did work, and the number of defaulters. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners shall require the overseers, by giving them notice in writing, to have the various roads over which they have been appointed overseers, re-worked between the first day of July, and the fifteenth day of September, and be reviewed by said commissioners and a return made to the Court on the first day of October, as in section third. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That any commissioner, overseer, or hand liable to do road duty, failing to discharge their duty as pointed out by this act, shall be subject to the same penalties as are pointed out by the laws now in force in this State. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 26th December, 1843. AN ACT to amend the road and patrol laws of this State, so far as relates to the county of Effingham. SECTION 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 said county of Effingham, shall have control of all matters relating to public roads, bridges and patrols within said county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever an application shall be made to said court for laying out any new road or making alterations in any road already established, the said court may appoint a committee of freeholders or adopt such other course as they may think best to examine the route and report their opinion of the practicability and utility of said route, and upon their report if the court shall be satisfied of the propriety of laying out such new road or making alteration in an old one, the said court shall appoint three commissioners, whose duty it shall be to lay out such road as they shall think best, having due regard to private rights, and where such road when laid out, shall pass through the fields or cleared land of any citizen of said county, the said commissioners shall report the amount of damage sustained by said citizen upon oath, if required by the court or citizen, and the court shall pay out of the county funds the damage so ascertained; and in case either party shall be dissatisfied with the amount so ascertained, it shall be decided by a jury of five persons drawn from the names of the citizens of the captain's district where the damage is sustained and their award shall be final and conclusive.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all white males between the ages of sixteen and forty-five, and all male slaves and free persons of colour between the ages of sixteen and fifty, shall be liable to work on the public roads and bridges in said county not exceeding twelve days in any one year, nor more than six days at any one time of working. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Inferior court shall at their first term held in each and every year, lay out the public roads of said county into suitable districts, to each of which districts they shall appoint an overseer and apportion the hands to work on each district of road, and in so apportioning the hands, due regard shall be had to equalization of the labor to be performed and the proximity of the hands to the road or bridge to be worked on. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the overseer when so appointed and notified, shall proceed to call out the hands so apportioned at such times as the condition of the roads shall require; but unless it be in extreme cases, such calls shall be made at such times as will be least inconvenient to a majority of the hands to be called out; and said hands shall be summoned by the overseer at least three days before the time of working to appear with such implements as shall be necessary for said work. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if the overseer shall, when so appointed and notified, neglect or refuse to discharge the duty herein prescribed, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding thirty dollars; and any person or persons feeling themselves aggreived by such neglect, may lodge information of such neglect with the clerk of said court, whose duty it shall be to summon such defaulting overseer at least five days before the sitting of the court to appear at the next term of the court and give his excuse for such neglect, and if the court shall think the excuse insufficient, they shall assess such fine as they may think reasonable and just, not exceeding thirty dollars: Provided however, that if the court shall be satisfied that such overseer has compounded with any person or persons liable to work, or have work done on said road and received pay therefor, they shall assess said fine of thirty dollars over and above the amount so received by him, and all such fines shall be collected by execution issued by order of said court and levied and collected by the Sheriff, and the amount paid into said court, out of which the court may pay any damage the informer may have sustained by the neglect of said overseer, and the balance shall become a part of the county funds: Provided further, that if the overseer shall make oath before the clerk of said court, that he believes he can prove that injustice has been done him in the assessment of such fine, it shall be the duty of said clerk to draw from the grand jury box the names of five persons, and summon them to attend at the next term of said court;

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and they or any three of them may make up a verdict which shall be final and conclusive for or against such overseer. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That when said overseer shall summon any white person, liable to work on the public roads in conformity with this act, and he shall fail to appear and work as contemplated by this act, he or they shall be liable to a fine of one dollar each per day, for every day he or they shall so neglect or refuse to work; and the owner of any slave or slaves, liable to work as aforesaid, who shall be summoned as aforesaid, and shall neglect or refuse to send his or her slave prepared to work as contemplated by this act, shall be liable to pay a fine of two dollars per day for each slave so liable to work, for every day he or she shall so neglect or refuse to send him or them; which fines shall be collected as follows, to wit: the overseer shall make a return upon oath, to the magistrate of the district where the default shall happen, stating that he had summoned the defaulters according to law, and that they had neglected to comply for the number of days to be specified in such returnwhereupon the magistrate shall proceed to draw from the jurors of the district, seven persons, and have them, with the defaulters, summoned five days before court, to appear at the next term of his court, which shall happen after the expiration of the said five days notice; which jurors, or any five of them may be empanneled and sworn, and after hearing such excuses as shall be offered by said defaulter or defaulters, shall assess such fines as to them shall seem just, in conformity with this act; and such verdict shall be final, and shall be collected by such magistrates, by execution and levy, in the same manner that other debts are collected by him; and when collected, one half of the net proceeds shall be paid to the overseer as compensation for his trouble, and the balance paid to the Inferior court, to be applied by them to county purposes. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That whenever it shall be thought necessary, by the Inferior court of said county, to erect a new bridge, or repair or rebuild an old one, it shall be done by contract, let to the lowest bidder, as heretofore practised in said county. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That all fines and forfeitures heretofore assessed and collected, or which may be assessed and collected under this act, and not paid over to the Inferior court, as contemplated by this act, shall be paid over to said court for county purposes; and if any person or persons holding any such money, shall neglect or refuse to pay it over, the same as aforesaid, the said Inferior court may proceed to collect the same in the manner provided in the fifth section for collecting fines from overseers. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said court at its first term as aforesaid, shall proceed to appoint captains

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of patrols for the different beats in said county, designate the beats and persons to be commanded by each of said captains; which officers shall continue in office and discharge the duties of captains of patrol for one year from the date of their appointments. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That such male white persons as are liable to work on the public roads, in conformity to this act, shall be liable to do patrol duty in said county. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That such captains may subdivide their command into squads of two or more persons, and cause one of said squads or parties to do duty alternately, at least once a week; and the captains shall notify each of said squads or persons, of the days and weeks they are required to ride or patrol; and each person refusing to do duty in conformity with this act, and the patrol laws of this State, shall be liable to a fine of one dollar for each day or night he shall refuse to discharge the duty required of him by this act, or the patrol laws of this State: Provided, said captain shall only be liable to ride as often as any person of his command. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That each of said captains, when appointed and notified for failing or neglecting to discharge the duties required of them by this act, shall be liable to a fine of not exceeding thirty dollars each; and said fines, both of captains and privates shall be assessed, collected and applied in the same manner as is provided in this act for collecting and disposing of road fines. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the clerk of said court to notify each of the persons appointed overseers of road, and captains of patrol, of their appointments within twenty days after their appointment; and the said clerk shall receive for such service, out of the county funds, ten cents for each of said commissions or notices so issued and served by him. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, 9th December, 1843. AN ACT more effectually to compel the corporators of the Habersham and Union Turnpike to keep the same in good order; and to provide for the collection of toll in certain cases. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, Isaac Wilkerson, of the county of Union, and Sidney

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Barr and Edward Williams, of the county of Habersham be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of the Habersham and Union Turnpike, whose duty it shall be to examine at least twice in each and every year, the whole line of road from Clarksville to the North Carolina line, or oftener if it should be represented to them that the said road is out of order; and if on examination it should be found to be in bad condition, or not in such order as the act of incorporation contemplates, it is hereby made the duty of said commissioners to report the same to the Justices of the Inferior court of the proper county; and upon their failure to proceed as required in the act incorporating said company, said commissioners are hereby authorised to institute legal proceedings, in the name of the State, for the purpose of having the said charter declared forfeited. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners herein named shall be entitled to receive the sum of one dollar and fifty cents each, per day, for each and every day they may be employed in the duties of their appointment, to be taxed as a part of the costs, in any proceeding against said company. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the said commissioners, or either of them, shall refuse to serve, or a vacancy occur, from resignation, death, or removal, it shall be the duty of a majority of the Justices of the Inferior court of the county in which such commissioner resided, to fill said vacancy. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall, before they enter upon the duties of their appointment, take and subscribe the following oath: I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will discharge the duties of my appointment without favor or affection, to the best of my abilities. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any individual, who by the act of incorporation aforesaid, is liable to pay toll for passing over said road, shall pass around the toll gates, or pass through the same without paying the toll now imposed by law, shall be subject to arrest and suit by warrant from a Justice of the Peace, as in cases of debt. Sec. 6. 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. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to tax persons keeping Billiard Tables in this State. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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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, any person or persons keeping a Billiard Table in any of the counties of this State, and suffering persons to play thereon, shall be required to pay a tax thereon of the sum of twenty-five dollars, for each and every year in which there may be any playing on the same. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case any such person shall fail to give in such tables, it shall be the duty of the Receiver of the tax returns in such county, to assess a double tax upon the owner or owners thereof, and proceed as in other cases of default. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to repeal all laws prohibiting the free introduction of Slaves into this State, assented to December 27th, 1842. 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 act entitled an act to repeal all laws prohibiting the free introduction of slaves into this State, assented to December 27th, 1842, be and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, December 22d, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act, assented to the 23d December, 1842, relative to the Road Laws of this State, so far as respects the county of Bryan, and to establish and put in full force the road laws as they existed in the county of Bryan in 1840, and to organize the same. SECTION 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 acts relative to the Road Laws of this State, so far as respects the county of Bryanone assented to December 9th, 1841, and the other assented to December 23d, 1842be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Judges of the Inferior court, or a majority of them be required to meet as soon as practicable at the Court House in said county, after they are legally informed of the passage of this act, and appoint three Commissioners of roads in each road district as they existed in 1840. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That the said Judges, after appointing the said Commissioners, shall appoint a day for the said Commissioners to meet at the Court House and form a Board of Road Commissioners to transact the business of the road, a quorum of which shall be competent to transact all business relative to roads, as they were in 1840. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Judges of the Inferior court to notify the Commissioners that they have appointed to the several Road Districts of their appointments, and on what day to meet at the Court House to hold a Board; and the Sheriff shall have such remuneration for serving such notice as the Judges may think proper, out of the county funds. Assented to, December 12, 1843. AN ACT to repeal all laws requiring the State of Georgia to pay expenses incurred on account of Small Pox and other pestilential diseases, and to require the Governor to procure vaccine matter. 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 laws and parts of laws requiring the expenses incurred on account of Small Pox and other pestilential diseases to be paid from the State Treasury, be and the same are hereby repealed; and that his Excellency the Governor cause a supply of Vaccine Matter to be purchased and kept on hand at different and convenient places throughout the State, to be furnished to the people gratis, for inoculation, and that he pay for the same out of the contingent fund. Assented to, 9th December, 1843. AN ACT to amend the several laws relative to the duties of Comptroller General and Treasurer, and to require bonds to be executed by them, and by the Surveyor General and Secretary of 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 the Treasurer hereafter to be elected, before he shall be permitted to enter upon the duties of his office, shall execute a Bond payable to the Governor of the State and his successors in office, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the Governor, in the penalty of two hundred thousand dollars, with condition faithfully to account for all money and effects that shall be

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received by him as Treasurer, and faithfully to perform all the duties of said office; and that the Comptroller General, Surveyor General and Secretary of State, hereafter to be elected, shall respectively, before entering upon the duties of their offices, execute the like bond, the Comptroller General in the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, and the Surveyor General and Secretary of State each in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, with condition faithfully to execute the duties of their said offices respectively, which bonds shall be filed in the Executive Office, and a copy of any such bond, certified by one of the Secretaries of the Governor, shall be received as evidence instead of the original, in any of the courts of this State Provided, that nothing herein contained shall impair or affect the validity of any bond heretofore executed by any Treasurer or other officer herein designated. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Treasurer shall, at the end of every quarter of the year, make a written report on oath of the several sums of money and effects received by him during the three months preceding such report, which shall be filed and preserved in the Executive office. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal a part of the second section of an act to consolidate the office of Receiver of Returns and Tax Collector in the county of Walker, and other counties therein named, assented to the 25th day of December, 1837. 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 above recited act as renders the Tax Collector of the county of Walker ineligible to hold the office of Tax Collector in said county, in each successive year, be and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to authorise the Justices of the Inferior court of DeKalb county, to levy an extra tax on the citizens of said county, for certain purposes 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 the Justices of the Inferior court of DeKalb county, or a majority of them

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be and they are hereby authorised to levy an extra tax on the citizens of said county Provided, said tax, so levied, shall not exceed fifty per cent. on the general State tax, which tax so levied, when collected, shall by the Tax Collector be paid to the Inferior court of DeKalb county, to be applied by them exclusively to the building of the Court House in the county of DeKalb and town of Decatur; and that this act shall only continue in force until said house shall be paid for, and no longer. Sec. 2. 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. Assented to, 23d December, 1843. AN ACT to levy and collect a tax for each of the political years eighteen hundred and forty-four and eighteen hundred and forty-five. 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 taxes to be levied and collected for each of the political years eighteen hundred and forty-four and eighteen hundred and forty-five, shall be the same as that levied and collected for the political year eighteen hundred and forty-three, passed the twenty-seventh day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-two. Assented to, December 23d, 1843. AN ACT to be entitled an act to authorise the Justices of the Inferior court of Ware county, to levy and collect an extra tax for the express purpose of building a Court House in said countyProvided, the Grand Jury in and for said county, or a majority of them, shall in their opinion think proper to recommend such tax to be assessed and collected. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the Justices of the Inferior court of Ware county, be and, they are hereby authorised to levy and collect fifty per cent. on the State tax for the years 1844 and 1845 Provided, the Grand Jury of said county shall, or a majority of them, think proper to recommend the Inferior court of said county to assess and collect said tax; said tax when collected shall be applied to the sole purpose of building a Court House in said county. Sec. 2. And be it enacted by the authority of the same, That

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all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, December 22, 1843. AN ACT to refund to James Merion, a free person of color; of the county of Jefferson, the amount of taxes illegally paid by him for the year 1843. WHEREAS taxes were required of James Merion, a free person of color of the county of Jefferson, who is under the age of twenty-one years, and not subject to taxation, and said taxes have been illegally collected: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 his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested and instructed to draw his warrant on the contingent fund in favor of Thomas H. Gorden, for the sum of five dollars, to refund the amount of taxes illegally assessed and collected of said James Merion. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal the first and second sections of an act entitled an act to authorse the Inferior court of Bibb county, to levy an extra tax for the purposes of building a Jail, and for the support of invalid paupers, passed December the 29th, 1836, and also, to amend the above recited act as will authorise the Justices of the Inferior court of Bibb county to levy and collect an extra tax for county purposes, and also, an extra tax for the support of invalid paupers. 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 and second sections of the above recited act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Justices of the Inferior court of Bibb county, be and they are hereby authorised to levy an extra tax for county purposes, on the inhabitants of said county subject to taxation, which shall not exceed forty per cent. on the State tax. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Justices of the Inferior court of said Bibb county, are hereby authorised to levy an extra tax on the inhabitants of said county

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subject to taxation, for the support of invalid paupers while living, and for their decent burial when dead, not exceeding twenty-five per cent. on the State tax. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and they are hereby repealed. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to impose a tax for the support of government for the years eighteen hundred and forty-one, and from thence afterwards, assented to the 23d December, 1840, passed 27th of December, 1842; and to give time to Tax Collectors 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 the act entitled an act to amend an act to impose a tax for the support of government for the year eighteen hundred and forty-one, and from thence afterwards, assented to the 23d December, 1840passed 27th of December, 1842, imposing additional duties on the Receiver of Tax Returns, and on the Comptroller General, be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That when any Tax Collector shall make it appear to the satisfaction of the Comptroller General and Governor, that he cannot collect the taxes of the county within the time required by law, it shall and may be lawful for them to allow further time (in their discretion) for the performance of his duty. Assented to, 28th December, 1843. AN ACT to guard estates of deceased persons from the liability to pay double tax. WHEREAS under the existing law of this State, requiring the Receiver of Tax Returns of the several counties of this State, to turn over within a given time, their books to the several Collectors, thereby subjecting all persons who may have departed this life from the first of January to the time of returning the said books to the Collector, and especially those on whose estates there may have been no administration, to double taxfor 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

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the passage of this act, upon satisfactory evidence being made to any Receiver of Tax Returns in this State, that any person returned to him as liable for tax, and who may have died from the first of January to the time he shall by law have to turn over his books into the hands of the Collector, shall not be returned as a defaulter, but shall only be liable to pay the proper taxany law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Assented to, 22d December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal the third section of an act entitled an act to authorise the Justices of the Inferior courts, so far as relates to the counties of Wilkinson and Floyd, to levy an extra tax for county purposes, assented to 19th December, 1840. 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 third section of the above recited act, be and the same is hereby repealed. Assented to, December 22d, 1843. AN ACT to repeal the several acts heretofore passed for the purpose of consolidating the offices of Receivers and Collectors of Taxes in the counties of Troup, Effingham, McIntosh, Union, Telfair, Scriven, and Appling. Section 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 acts be, and they are hereby repealed. Sec. 2. All laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, December 13th, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act consolidating the offices of Tax Collector and Receiver in the counties of Baldwin, Chattooga, Franklin, Gwinnett, Heard, Upson, Wilkes, McIntosh, Thomas, Jefferson, Cobb, Hancock, Dooly and Marion, so far as respects the county of Wilkes, passed December 9th, 1839. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and

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it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, that the act passed the ninth December, eighteen hundred thirty-nine, consolidating the offices of Tax Collector and Receiver in the county of Wilkes, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. 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. Assented to, 19th December, 1843. AN ACT to repeal an act, passed 27th day of December, 1838, consolidating the office of Tax Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns of the counties of Forsyth, Carroll, Madison, Habersham and Ware, so far as relates to the county of Forsyth. 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 consolidating the office of Tax Collector and Receiver of the counties of Forsyth, Carroll, Madison, Habersham and Ware, is hereby repealed, so far as it relates to the county of Forsyth. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, are hereby repealed. Assented to, December 18th, 1843. AN ACT to alter an act assented to December 19th, 1821, entitled an act to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court, in the several counties in this State, to levy extraordinary taxes for county purposes, so far as relates to the county of Crawford; and to amend the second section of the act approved December 19, 1821, authorising the Justices of the Inferior Court to levy extraordinary taxes. SECTION 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 tax levied by the Inferior court of said county of Crawford, on the citizens thereof, extraordinary of the general State tax, shall not exceed twenty-five per cent. on the general State tax annually; said extra tax to be levied only upon the recommendation of two-thirds of the grand jury of said county, at a regular term of the Superior court, as provided by the act first aforesaid.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the second section of the act approved December 19, 1821, entitled an act to authorise the Justices of the Inferior court in the several counties in this State, to levy extraordinary taxes for county purposes, be so amended as to require the approbation of two-thirds of the grand jury of the county annually, prior to the imposition of such extraordinary tax. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Assented to, 21st December, 1843 AN ACT to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Glynn, to levy a special tax in the town of Brunswick, for the payment of debts due by the Mayor and Council of said town. WHEREAS, by the act passed on the twenty-third day of December, 1842, entitled an act to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Brunswick, and for other purposes therein mentioned, passed December 26th, 1837, and for other purposes, the powers and functions of the Mayor and Council of said town were suspended, and debts due by said corporation, due or contracted at the date of the act aforesaid, remained unpaid, and no provision was made for the payment thereofwhereby sundry citizens have been injured: SEC. 1. 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 the Justices of the Inferior court of the county of Glynn, be and they are hereby authorised to impose on the taxable inhabitants, and real estate within said town of Brunswick, a tax sufficient to discharge the debts due by the Mayor and Council of said town; which tax shall be assessed in the manner and according to the regulations established and in force in said town, when the functions of the Mayor and Council were suspended, to be collected by the collector of taxes of said county, and by him to be paid into the treasury of said county, to be applied to the payment of said debts; and for no other purpose: Provided, that said tax shall not exceed the sum of three hundred and sixty dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the above, be and they are hereby repealed. Assented to, 23d December, 1843.

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AN ACT to authorise the Tax Collector of Stewart county for the year 1843, to remit a portion of tax imposed upon James L. Williams, and also to refund a tax to Daniel B. Conyers, illegally imposed. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the tax collector of Stewart county, for the year 1843, be authorised and required to release James L. Williams, of Stewart county, from the payment of a tax amounting to sixty-two dollars and fifty cents, which has been assessed against the said Williams for a billiard table; and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and they are hereby repealed. 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 upon the Treasury in favor of Daniel B. Conyers, of the county of Cass, for the sum of sixty-two dollars and fifty cents, it being the amount of tax illegally assessed against him, on a billiard table in said county; and that the same be paid over to the Senator from the said county of Cass, for the use of the said Conyers. Assented to, 26th December, 1843. AN ACT to change the names of certain persons, and to render them legitimate and capable of inheriting. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the name of William Hiram Padgett, of the county of Muscogee, be changed to the name of William Hiram Beall; and that the name of Elisha Harvey Padgett, of said county, be changed to that of Elisha Harvey Beall; and that they be legitimatized and known as the legitimate children of Alpheus Beall, of Upson county, their reputed father, and fully capable of inheriting real and personal estate of the said Alpheus Beall, by virtue of the statutes of distributions of this State, and entitled to all the privileges which they would have been had they been born in lawful wedlock. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the name of Martha Phillips, of the county of Jasper, be changed to that of Martha Fish; and that she be made by this act the legitimate child of Thomas G. Fish, of said county; and be capable in law to inherit as the legitimate child of the said Thomas G. Fish, as though she had been begotten and born in lawful wedlock; and that the name of Nancy Amanda Strickland, of the county of Wayne, be changed to that of Nancy Amanda Brown.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Sarah Ann Lodesky Rode, of the county of Meriwether, be changed to the name of Sarah Ann Lodesky Park; and that she be legitimated and known as the child of Andrew Park, her reputed fatherand as such that she be capable in law of inheriting any property of said Andrew Park, as fully as if she had been born in lawful wedlock. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Americus Vespesia Wynn, of the county of Taliaferro, be changed to Americus Vespesia Bailey; and that the name of Cicerona Leocodia Wynn, of said county, be changed to Cicerona Leocodia Baileyand that they be legitimated as the children of Wilie J. Bailey, of said county, and be capable in law of inheriting any property of their reputed father, Wilie J. Bailey, as fully as if they had been living in lawful wedlock. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Ginney Mariah Hammock, of the county of Tatnall, be changed to Ginney Mariah Cobb; and that she be legitimated as the child of Lewis Cobb, of said county, and be capable in law of inheriting any property of her reputed father, Lewis Cobb, as fully as if she had been living in lawful wedlock. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Sarah Winorfed Hay, of the county of Lee, be changed to Sarah Winorfed Wall; and that the name of Frances Jane Hay, of said county, be changed to Frances Jane Wall; and that the name of Thomas James Hay, of said county, be changed to Thomas James Wall; and that the name of William Gainer Hay, of said county, be changed to William Gainer Walland that they be legitimated and known as the children of Cain Wall, of Lee county, their reputed father; and as such be capable in law of inheriting any property of their said reputed father, as fully as if they had been born in lawful wedlock. Assented to, December 23d, 1843.

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RESOLUTIONS WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE SENATE. Resolution relative to election of Attorney and Solicitors General. Resolved, That the Senate and House of Representatives will convene in the Representative Hall, on Thursday next, at the hour of ten o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of electing an Attorney General for the Middle district, a Solicitor General for the Flint district, and also a Solicitor General for the Northern, Eastern, Southern, Western, Southwestern, and Ocmulgee districts; and also for a Solicitor General for the unexpired term of John L. Lewis, late Solicitor of the Chattahoochee district; also a Solicitor General for the Cherokee district, to be commissioned after the expiration of the term of the present incumbent. Approved, 9th December, 1843. Resolution relative to the death of the Hon. John Millen. WHEREAS, it has pleased Almighty God to remove from this life the Honorable John Millen, a member elect to the next Congress, whereby the State of Georgia has been deprived of the services of a representative, able, upright and patriotic: Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That we deeply deplore the loss of a public servant so true to the interest of his State, and so well qualified to defend them; and that we sincerely condole with the family of the deceased in their affliction. Approved, November 17th, 1843. Resolution relative to the election of Judges. Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly will convene in the Representative Hall, on Saturday next, at the hour of eleven o'clock, to proceed to the election of a Judge of the Cherokee Circuit, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of George D. Anderson; also, a

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Judge of the Coweta Circuit, a Judge of the Southwestern Circuit; also a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Over and Terminer for the city of Savannah, to be commissioned at the expiration of the term for which the present incumbents have been elected. Approved, 10th December, 1843. Resolutions relative to the Honorable John M. Berrien. The last General Assembly of the State of Georgia having adopted a series of resolutions, approved on the 28th December, 1842, censuring the course of the Honorable John M. Berrien, one of our Senators in Congress, withdrawing their confidence from him, and declaring that they would neither receive from him, nor address to him any communication to further the interests or defend the rights of the people of Georgiathis General Assembly feel constrained to restore the relations thus dissevered between the people of Georgia and their faithful Senator, and to express their confidence in his worth and patriotism: Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That we, and our constituents approve the course of the Honorable John M. Berrien, in the Senate of the United States, cherish an honest pride in his enlightened patriotism and distinguished ability. Resolved further, That we especially commend his uncompromising resistance to the disorganizing doctrine of legislative instruction. Resolved further, That this General Assembly hereby express their unqualified confidence in their honorable Senator; that it will always be their pride and their pleasure to communicate with him; and that in any and every emergency they will address themselves to him as the willing champion and able defender of the rights and interests of the people of Georgia. Resolved further, That the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to our Senators in Congress, with the request that they be laid before the Senate of the United States. Approved, 23d December, 1843. Resolutions remitting Executions against the Darien Bank. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That his Excellency,

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the Governor, be and he is hereby authorised to remit executions issued by the Comptroller General of this State against the Bank of Darien, under the second section of the tax act, passed on the 19th day of December, 1817; and cause any levy which may have been made by virtue of said executions, to be withdrawn, and to suspend indefinitely all proceedings against the said Bank of Darien. Approved, December 23d, 1843. Resolutions relative to Fractional lot, No. 34. WHEREAS, the General Assembly did, by an act approved on the sixth of December, in the year 1822, grant to James Dudley, during his life, fractional lot number thirty-four, in the ninth district of Henry county at the time of survey, now in the county of Butts, under certain limitations and restrictions as to alienation by him: And Whereas, by an act approved on the ninth day of December, 1824, the General Assembly did grant to the wife of the said James Dudley, if she shall survive him, an estate for life in said [Illegible Text] lot, under the same limitations and restrictions: And Whereas, it has been represented that said lot of land has been alienated by one of said tenants, contrary to the terms of said grant, and that the rights and interest of the State therein are liable to be destroyed or impaired by waste: Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That his Excellency, the Governor, be requested to cause judicial proceedings to be instituted against the tenant, or persons in possession of said fractional lot, for the recovery of the possession thereof, in behalf of the State, and to stay the waste of said lot pending such proceeding. And be it further resolved, That immediately after the termination of the above mentioned investigation, should the result be in favor of the State, it shall be the duty of the Sheriff of Butts county to advertise for sale, giving at least thirty days notice, the said fraction, number thirty-four in the ninth district of originally Henry, but now Butts county; the same to be sold on some sheriff sale day, on the following terms: one half of the purchase money to be paid twelve months next thereafter; notes to be taken with such security as the Inferior court of the county of Butts shall approve, and transmitted by said Sheriff to the Treasurer of the State; and the said Sheriff is hereby authorised to retain in his hands, as compensation for his services in the premises, such commission as he would be entitled to were the same sold

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under execution; such commission to be paid in cash by the purchaser, and deducted from the purchase money before the notes are taken. Approved, December 27th, 1843. Resolutions authorizing the Governor to subscribe for Wm. A. Hotchkiss' proposed codification of statute laws. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of William A. Hotchkiss, in relation to a proposed codification of the statute laws of the State of Georgia, have had the same under consideration, and looking as the last General Assembly did, upon his proposed publication in a favorable point of view, they recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, That so soon as William A. Hotchkiss, Esquire, shall inform the Governor that his proposed codification of the statute law of the State of Georgia, is completed and ready for publication, the Governor shall appoint a committee of three suitable persons to examine and report to him upon the same. Resolved, That if said committee report in favor of the correctness and fidelity of said codification, the Governor, in behalf of the State, shall subscribe for such number of copies not exceeding two thousand, as he may deem advisable, for distribution among the public officers of this State; and at such price as he may fix at the time of such subscription. Approved, December 23d, 1843. Resolution relative to election of Brigadier Generals. Resolved, That both branches of the Legislature will convene in the Representative chamber, at twelve o'clock, on Monday next, for the purpose of electing a Brigadier General of the second brigade, seventh division; and a Brigadier General of the first brigade, thirteenth division; and a Brigadier General for the first brigade, eleventh division, to fill the vacancy of Brigadier General II. Howard, resigned. Approved, 14th November, 1843. Resolutions relative to suit against Flint river Commissioners. 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 to ascertain

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as early as practicable, the result of the suit brought against the commissioners of Flint river and their securities, as directed by the resolution assented to on the twenty-fourth December, 1839; and to take the necessary steps for the receipt of the proceeds into the Treasury. Approved, December 25th, 1243. Resolutions relative to Port of Savannah. The Committee on Internal Improvement have had the memorial of the Commissioners of Pilotage, of the Port of Savannah, and of the Chamber of Commerce of that city, under consideration, and submit the following report as the result: While the Committee cannot consent to the interposition of the National Government in the internal economy and improvement of the State, or to the application of the revenue of the Union to the construction of roads, canals, c., within the several States, yet they believe it is not only within the constitutional power of the Congress of the United States, but a duty due by the Government to improve the harbors and seaports, so as to render them accessible at all times to shipping, and safe and commodious to commerce. The obstructions in the Savannah river, below the city and within the flow of the tide from the ocean, constitute a proper subject for the action of the General Government, and require its effective aid in their removal. Having originally been caused by the British, in repelling the advance of the French fleet, then in alliance with us, when the former had possession of the city, and by our own people, against the invaders of our soil, they have remained since the days of the Revolution, impeding the navigation of that part of the river, and rendering access to the city difficult, and by vessels of heavy tonnage, impracticable. Vessels of the latter class are now compelled, from the difficulty in passing over or avoiding the accumulations of sand and mud, to receive and discharge a large portion of their cargoes at a point several miles below the city, by the use of lighters. Hence the expenses attending this branch of business are multiplied, delay ensues, and detriment to the commerce of the city necessarily follows. The welfare of the entire State is promoted by protection to its ports. The people of our State are deeply interested in having their principal seaport open to the commerce of the world. The attention of the Federal Government has heretofore been directed to this subject, and its officers have been engaged in surveys, and devising plans for obviating the obstructions in question. It is said that they have adopted

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a plan for the purpose, which has received the approbation of the burean having charge of this branch of duty.But as no sufficient appropriation has been made by Congress to affect the object, your committee conceive it a matter of sufficient importance to the State, and to all having maritime intercourse with us, to solicit the action of the Government in having an adequate sum appropriated to this purpose, and in causing the speedy removal of all obstacles to the navigation of the Savannah river below the city, or by so deepening the ship channel as to facilitate the approach of vessels to that city. Your Committee submit the following resolutions, the adoption of which they recommend. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the free and safe navigation of the Savannah river is essential to the prosperity of the city of Savannah, and advantageous to commerce. Resolved by the authority aforesaid, That our Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States, be requested to obtain the appropriation of a sufficient sum of money to improve the navigation of Savannah river below the city. Resolved by the authority aforesaid, That his Excellency, the Governor, be requested to transmit to our Senators and Representatives copies of the foregoing resolutions. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolutions relative to exchanging Documents, with other States. The Committee on the State of the Republic, in reply to certain resolutions from the State of South Carolina, relative to interchanging documents, decisions, laws, c.Your committee ask the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That this Legislature regard with high approbation the plan of the several States interchanging documents, copies of their laws, decisions, as proposed by the Legislature of the State of South Carolina, and hope that it will be universally adopted. Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to transmit regularly hereafter, to the Executive of the several States, a printed copy of our annual acts of Assembly, and a copy of the decisions of our Courts. Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolutions be transmitted to the Executive of each of the States. Approved, December 25th, 1843.

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Resolutions relative to claims of James L. Daniel. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That his Excellency the Governor, be requested to have presented at the proper department at the city of Washington, the vouchers and evidences in support of the claims for losses sustained by James L. Daniel and others, by occasion of the late Creek war, and which have been paid by the State, and that he apply for reimbursements of the money paid. Resolved further by the authority aforesaid, That our Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States, be requested to adopt measures to have said claims recognized by Congress, and for the payment thereof. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolution relative to establishing a mail route. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the Post Master General be requested to establish a weekly mail route, on horse back, from Eden post-office, Effingham county, to Statesboro', Bulloch county, Swainsboro', Emanuel county, to Sandersville, Washington county, and that our delegation in Congress be requested to use their influence to effect the above object. And be it further resolved, That his Excellency forward a copy of this resolution to the Georgia delegation in Congress. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolutions relative to Legislature of Tennessee. The Committee on Internal Improvements have had under consideration the message of his Excellency, the Governor, communicating intelligence that the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, has extended the time for the completion of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, within the limits of that State. Your Committee are fully sensible of the spirit that has animated the Legislature of our sister State in the act referred to, evincing not only a patriotic desire to promote a speedy communication between the two States, but a courtesy towards this State calling for the commendation of the General Assembly of this State. The Committee, therefore, recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

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State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the General Assembly of this State are deeply impressed with feelings of respect for the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, for its recent act of courtesy to this State, and regard for a communication between the States, by a railway, in extending the time for the completion of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, within the limits of that State. Resolved further by the authority aforesaid, That his Excellency, the Governor, be requested to communicate a copy hereof to the Governor of the State of Tennessee. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolutions relative to proposed amendment of Constitution. The Committee on the State of the Republic, to whom was referred a resolution from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, in the words following, to wit: That representatives and direct taxation shall be apportioned among the several States, which are or may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers of free persons, including Indians not taxed. Your Committee dissent wholly with Massachusetts, in regard to the proposed amendment, and ask the unanimous adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the Constitution of the United States was the result of mutual concession and compromise among the several States; that the federal basis, as established by that instrument, was a concession to the slaveholding States of this Union, and that any attempt now to strike from the instrument that feature, would be a gross violation of the faith pledged upon its adoption. Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be requested to transmit a copy of the above to our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and to the Executive of the United States. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolution authorising Infantry Tactics to be sent to several counties. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to send with the Laws and Journals of the present session, to the county of Union, fifteen copies of the Abstract of Infantry Tactics;

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to the county of Gilmer fifteen copies; to the county of Ware ten copies; to the county of Wayne five copies; to the county of Dade four copies; to the county of Lowndes eight copies, for the use of the militia officers of said counties Provided, said books are now in possession of this State. Approved, December 18, 1843. Resolution relative to the late Surveyor General. The committee to whom was referred so much of the Governor's annual message as relates to withholding the last quarter's salary of the Surveyor General, having performed the duty assigned them, beg leave respectively to report, that upon enquiry into the condition of the business of that office, they find a considerable amount of unfinished business, which appears to have been the unavoidable result of the increase of duties incident to the alteration of the law regulating the granting of land, and not in anywise attributable to want of energy or industry on the part of the late incumbent of that office. And the committee beliving that the public interest demands that the unrecorded plots now on file in that office (of which there are upwards of fifteen thousand) should be recorded as speedily as is practicable, would respectfully request the adoption of the following resolution, to wit: Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be authorised to employ some fit and proper person to record the plots and bring up the unfinished business of office; and that he be authorised and required to pay a reasonable compensation for the same out of the contingent fund or other unexpended appropriation. And be it further resolved, His Excellency the Governor be authorised and hereby required to draw his warrant in favor of A. M. Horton, the late incumbent for the amount of his last quarter's salary. Approved, December 18, 1843. Resolution relating to the establishment of a Mail route. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be, and they are hereby requested to urge the Post Master General to establish a mail route from Reidsville, in Tatnall county, by way of Edward's Ferry to Eden, in Effingham county, at least once a week on horse back; and his Excellency the Governor is

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hereby requested to forward a copy of this resolution to our said members in the Congress of the United States. Approved, December 18th, 1843. Resolution relative to a Mail between Savannah St. Marys. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That our Representatives in Congress are hereby requested to use all proper means to obtain the re-establishment of the mail service by Stage Coaches between Savannah and St. Marys, as it existed on the first day of January last. Be it further resolved, That his Excellency the Governor is hereby requested to forward copies of the above resolution to our members in Congress. Approved, December 18th, 1843. Resolutions relative to moving the Post Office from Statesboro. WHEREAS the Post Office at Statesboro, Bulloch county, has been removed, as believed, contrary to the knowledge of the Post Master General, to an obscure and inconvenient part of the county, to the great injury of the citizens for whose benefit the office was established, and as there is no other office in the county of Bulloch, it is proper to have the Post Office at the public site of said countytherefore, Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, That the Post Master General be requested to remove the Post Office known as Statesboro Post Office, to the village of Statesboro, the seat of Justice of said county. And be it further resolved, That the delegation in Congress from the State of Georgia, be requested to use their influence to effect that object. And be it further resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to forward to our Representatives in Congress a copy of these resolutions. Approved, December 18th, 1843. Resolution relative to the late and present Treasurer. WHEREAS Benjamin B. Smith, Treasurer, has by credits allowed him and by cash and other effects turned over to the committee on Finance, fully accounted for, the sum of one hundred and forty-two thousand four hundred seventy-eight dollars and eighteen cents, the amount of balance appearing to be due by him as Treasurer, agreeable to the report

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and books of the Comptroller General and Treasury office, for receipts and disbursements by him as Treasurer up to the 24th day of November, 1843, the day on which his term of services as Treasurer expired: And Whereas the committee on Finance, on the 25th of November, 1843, having turned over to Walter H. Mitchell, Treasurer, the sum of one hundred and thirty-five thousand five hundred and thirty-nine dollars and fifty-one cents, consisting of cash and other assets enumerated in his receipt for the same, being the amount of funds then on hand at the Treasury: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, That the Comptroller General be instructed, and he is hereby directed to enter on the books of his office, the said sum of one hundred and forty-two thousand four hundred and seventy-eight dollars and eighteen cents, to the credit of the account of B. B. Smith, as Treasurer, and to debit Walter H. Mitchell, Treasurer, with the sum of one hundred and fifty-nine thousand five hundred and nineteen dollars and fifty-six cents, for amount received by him on said 25th day of November, 1843, for the assets of the Treasury then turned over to him as Treasurer, and that similar debits and credits be made on the books of the Treasury Office, of which sum $159,519 56 cents, the amount of $134,815 51 cents is in bills of the Central Bank, Bank Stock, and uncurrent funds, particularly designated in the schedule subscribed by him, and by the committee filed in the office of the Comptroller General; and the sum of $24,704 05 cents is on vouchers for payments received by the late Treasurer and turned over to the present Treasurer as set forth in said schedule. Resolved, That the counterfeit bills and coin to the amount of $41the bills of the Bank of Macon to the amount of $1,290the paper medium to the amount of $2,787 73, now in the Treasury, be destroyed under the directions of his Excellency the Governor, and that when destroyed, the present Treasurer have a credit with the Comptroller General for the amount thereof. Approved, December 22, 1843. Resolution relative to the election of public Printer. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That both branches of the General Assembly will convene in the Representative Chamber this afternoon, at three o'clock, for the purpose of electing a Public Printer for the term of two years, pursuant to the act passed at the present session. Approved, December 21st, 1843.

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Resolution relative to the Darien Bank. 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 to have an investigation made into the affairs of the Bank of Darien, and the accounts of the Agent having its assets in charge; and that so soon as practicable he have published in two of the gazettes at Milledgeville, a statement of the condition of said Bank. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolution relative to repudiation of State debts. The committee on the State of the Republic to which was referred certain resolutions from the State of New Jersey, upon the subject of the repudiation of State debts, have given the same that attention and reflection which they deemed their importance demanded, and the result of their deliberations is the following resolutions, which they ask may be adopted by the Senate and House of Representatives: Resolved, That we regard the slightest breach of plighted faith, public or private, as an evidence of a want of that moral principle upon which all obligation depends. That when any State in this Union shall refuse to recognise her great Seal as the sufficient evidence of her obligation, she will have forfeited her station in the sisterhood of States, and will no longer be worthy of their confidence or respect. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit copies of the foregoing resolutions to the Governor of each of the several States, with a request that he will cause the same to be laid before the Legislatures thereof. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolution relative to the Officers of the Central Bank. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That his Excellency the Governor be authorised and required to have the Bonds of the Officers of the Central Bank sued, for the recovery and refunding the excess drawn in violation of law reducing their salaries twenty-five per cent. if they do not make a satisfactory showing that they have not overdrawn, or have accounted for the sum overdrawn by them respectively. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolution relative to a claim against the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That

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his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby required to prosecute the claim of the State against the United States for advances made in suppressing Indian hostilities in the late Florida war, in such way as shall appear to him best calculated to effect a final settlement of the same. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolutions relative to abolishing the Franking privilege, and the reduction of the rates of postage. The committee on the State of the Republic to whom was referred certain resolutions of the State of New Hampshire, relating to the abolition of the Franking privilege, your committee submit the following resolutions: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That this Legislature consider it inexpedient to abolish the Franking privilege. Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested to procure the passage of a law reducing the rates of letter postage. Resolved, That copies of the foregoing resolutions be transmitted to our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolution authorising the Directors of the Central Bank to receive bills of the Bank of Darien from D. McDougald. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the Directors of the Central Bank be authorised and directed to receive from Daniel McDougald the sum of seventeen thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars, now held by him in bills of the Bank of Darien, in part payment of certain Drafts or Bills of Exchange held by the Central Bank, and upon which the said McDougald is liable Provided, that the said McDougald shall secure the payment of the balance of his said liability in such manner as said Directors shall require, and that he produce satisfactory evidence to said Directors and the Governor of his being a bona fide holder of said bills, and have not purchased them at a discount. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolution relative to investigating the Central Bank. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That his Excellency

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the Governor be authorised and requested to appoint three fit and proper persons, thoroughly acquainted with Banking transactions, to investigate the affairs and condition of the Central Bank, and report the same to the next General Assembly. Approved, December 25th, 1843. RESOLUTIONS WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Resolution relative to the election of State House Officers. Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly convene in the Representative Chamber on Monday next, at 10 o'clock, for the purpose of electing a Surveyor General, a Comptroller General, a Treasurer, and Secretary of State. Approved, 11th November 1843. Resolution for the election of a Brigadier General, and a Director of the Bank of the State of Georgia. Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly will convene in the Representative Chamber, Friday next, at 3 o'clock, to proceed to an election of a Brigadier General of the Second Brigade and Eighth Division, Georgia Militia, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Brigadier General Thomas Beall; and also, of a Director upon the part of the State, of the Bank of the State of Georgia. Approved, December 22d, 1843. Resolution for the appointment of a committee to settle with the Commissioners of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That a committee of three be appointed on the part of the House of Representatives to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to make a settlement with the late Commissioners of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, and report the same to the Legislature. Approved, November 23d, 1843.

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Resolution for the election of a Solicitor General. Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly will convene in the Representative Chamber at 12 o'clock, meridian, on Saturday 11th inst. for the purpose of electing a Solicitor General for the Chattahoochie Circuit, to be commissioned after the expiration of the present term of said office. Approved, 11th November, 1843. Resolution relative to the Hon. A. M. Sanford, dec'd. Resolved, As a testimony of respect for the memory of the honorable Alexander M. Sanford, late a member of the Senate from the county of Bryan, his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to cause the funeral expenses of the deceased to be paid, and cause a durable Monument to be erected over his grave, and charge the same to the contingent fund. Resolved further, That the Honorable Charton Hines, Senator from the county of Liberty, be and he is hereby authorised to draw the amount due by the State to the deceased, for his services as Senator, and receipt for the same. Approved, 7th December, 1843. Resolution for furnishing several counties with Prince's Digest, and Green and Lumpkin's Georgia Justice. 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 requested to furnish the county of Heard with two copies of Green and Lumpkin's Georgia Justice, and two copies of Prince's Digest, for the 987th District, Georgia Militia, and that the same be forwarded with the Acts and Journals of this Session. 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 requested to forward to the county of Macon, for the use of the Hamburg District, one copy of Prince's Digest, and one copy of Green and Lumpkin's Georgia Justice; and also, six copies of Prince's new Digest, and six copies of the new Georgia Justice, with the Laws and Journals for the county of Liberty; also, one copy of Prince's Digest and one copy of the late Georgia Justice for the 337th district, for the county of Tattnall; also, one copy to the county of Paulding, for the nine hundred and eighty-fifth district; one of each to the county of Walton; and also, six

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copies of Prince's Digest and six copies of Georgia Justice, for the counties of Butts, Glynn, Decatur, Cherokee, Meriwether and Cobb; also, one copy of Green and Lumpkin's Georgia Justice, for the county of Cass; and two of Green and Lumpkin's Georgia Justice for DeKalb. Approved, 8th December, 1843. Resolution relative to the City Council of Columbus. The committee on Finance to whom was referred so much of the message of the late Executive as relates to the claim of the State against the Mayor and Council of the City of Columbus, beg leave to REPORT, That they have had the same under consideration, and recommend for the adoption of the General Assembly the resolution herewith submitted, in affirmance of the arrangement entered into by his late Excellency Governor McDonald, and the said Mayor and Council of the City of Columbus. Your committee beg leave to suggest as an argument in favor of the resolution herewith submitted, the fact that the claim referred to is founded upon advances of money by the State of Georgia to the Mayor and Council of the City of Columbus, for the purpose of erecting a Bridge across the Chattahoochie river, opposite said city; that the money borrowed was in good faith so applied; that said Bridge was subsequently swept away by freshet, and that said City was under the necessity of reconstructing it entirely anew, at the additional cost and burthen upon her citizens of fifteen thousand one hundred dollars. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the arrangement entered into between his late Excellency Governor McDonald, and the Mayor and Council of the City of Columbus, for the suspension and payment of the Execution issued by the Comptroller General vs said Mayor and Council be, and the same is hereby confirmed; and that his Excellency the Governor is hereby authorised to direct a continued suspension of said Execution, upon the punctual payment of five hundred dollars monthly on the same, until the whole debt shall be discharged. Approved, December 8th, 1843. Resolution for the election of a Solicitor General. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby resolved

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by the authority of the same, That both branches of the General Assembly meet this evening, at seven o'clock, in the Representative chamber to elect a Solicitor General of the Northern Circuit. Approved, December 19th, 1843. Resolution relative to General Eli McConnell. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That his Excellency the Governor be authorised and required to suspend all further proceedings relative to the arrest and resignation of Brigadier General Eli McConnell. Approved, December 20th, 1843. Resolution for the repair of the State House, and for the preservation of the Public Records. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be authorised and requested to employ some competent person to execute such repairs upon the State House, as its leaky and dilapidated condition requires:Also, to direct an examination into the condition of Public Records deposited in the basement rooms of the Capitol, and to order the removal to safer apartments, of such records as may be in an exposed situtionand the expenses of such services be paid for out of the contingent fund. Approved, December 20th, 1843. Resolution for forwarding certain Books to Stewart county. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to forward to the county of Stewart, at the time of forwarding the Laws and Journals of this Session, two copies of Green and Lumpkin's Georgia Justice, and one copy of Prince's latest Digest, for the use of the Justices of the Peace of the 725th District of Georgia Militia, if the said books are to be had, and may be spared for that purpose. Approved, December 20th, 1843. Resolution to furnish books for Greene and Campbell counties. 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 authorised and required to furnish and deliver to either of the members of

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the county of [Illegible Text], one copy of Prince's late Digest, for the use of the Justices of the Peace of the 148th District of said county; also, two copies of the Georgia Justice, two copies of Prince's Digest, with the Laws and Journals for the use of the 784th District, G. M. of Campbell county. Approved, 20th December, 1843. Resolution relative to furnishing a newly created district in Dooly, with the Georgia Justice and Prince's Digest. Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be authorized to transmit, with the Acts and Journals of the present session, to the county of Dooly, two copies each of the new Georgia Justice and Prince's Digest, for the use of a newly created district in said county. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolution relative to claims against the Federal Government. WHEREAS, by the rigid rules adopted for the adjustment of accounts at the Treasury Department at Washington, much difficulty and delay, if not material loss, may accrue to the State of Georgia in the settlement of her claims against the Federal Government, for advances made during the Creek and Seminole campaigns: And Whereas, the State does present in support of her claim, unequivocal evidence of the advance of the money: Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested to procure such an amendment to the law authorising the settlement of the claims of the State of Georgia against the General Government, by which the remaining portion of the appropriaiion now unpaid, may be paid over to the State upon the evidence already presented to the Treasury Department. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolution relative to accounts of Commissioners of W. A. Rail Road. The Joint Select Committee appointed to settle the accounts of the late Commissioners of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, ask leave to report: That in discharge of the duty imposed on them they have inspected the accounts referred to, and find that they are

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extensive, involving the examination of numerous receipts and vouchers; and are, in fact, so complicated as to require a much greater portion of time than the members of the committee can devote to the subject, consistently with proper attention to their general duties. The Committee would suggest, that, in their opinion, the examination and adjustment of these accounts is a suitable matter for the action of the Comptroller General. They, therefore, submit the following resolutions, and pray to be discharged from the further consideration of the matter referred to them. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the accounts of the receipts and disbursements of the late commissioners of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, be referred to the Comptroller General, and that he be requested to investigate and adjust the same, and report the result of his [Illegible Text] to his Excellency, the Governor. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolution relative to forwarding a copy of the Laws and Journals to several persons therein named, and the publication of certain acts. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, That his Excellency, the Governor, be and he is hereby requested to forward with the Laws and Journals of the present session, a copy of the same to each of the members of the General Assembly; and also one copy to the Judges of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the District of Georgia; and that he cause such laws, passed at the present session, as are of a public nature, to be published in two of the public gazettes in Milledgeville, as soon as practicable after the close of the session. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolution cancelling certain notes payable at Central Bank. The Special Committee to whom was referred the petition of A. H. Kenan, C. D. Hammond, and I. L. Harris, find the facts to be correctly set forth in said petition; and that the obligation referred to in the petition, is in truth that of the State, and from which the petitioners ought, of course, to be relievedand beg leave to submit 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

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solved by the authority of the same, That the Director and Cashier of the Central Bank cause to be cancelled the note made by T. Porter, and endorsed by A. H. Kenan, C. D. Hammond, and I. L. Harris, dated 18th May, 1839, for twenty-five hundred dollars; also another note made by I. C. Porter, and endorsed by the same parties, dated 18th May, 1839, for seven hundred and thirteen dollars. Approved, 25th December, 1843. Resolution furnishing Georgia Historical Society with a copy of the Journals of the General Assembly. Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be requested to furnish one copy of the published journals of each branch of the General Assembly, to the Georgia Historical Society. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolution relative to publishing a certain act. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, That so soon as a bill entitled an act to change the time of holding the Superior Courts of the counties of Crawford, Upson, Pike, Monroe, c., and which has this day passed through both branches of the General Assembly, shall have been signed by his Excellency, the Governor, he be and is hereby required to have the same published in the papers of Milledgeville. Approved, December 25th, 1843. Resolution relative to educating indigent Deaf and Dumb. WHEREAS, the Trustees of the Cedar Valley Academy, in the county of Paulding, have reported to his Excellency, the Governor, that an experiment has been made in said Academy during the two past years, in teaching the deaf and dumb, which it is reported has proved eminently successful: And Whereas, good policy requires that this unfortunate portion of our population should be taught within our own State, provided it can be done as beneficially in this State as elsewhere: Therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That his Excellency, the Governor, is hereby requested to enquire into the propriety of having the indigent deaf and dumb of this

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State, educated at said Cedar Valley Academy, or elsewhere in the State, and that he report to the next General Assembly the result of his enquiries, with such recommendations as he may think proper to make on that subject. Approved, December 25th, 1843.

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INDEX. A ACADEMIES. Columbia Shiloah Academy incorporated and additional Trustees appointed, 91 Chattooga Island Town Academy incorporated, 88 Houston Republican Academy incorporated and additional Trustees appointed, 91 Laurens Dublin Academy, additional Trustees appointed, 86 Meriwether White Sulphur Springs Academy, Trustees appointed, 92 Richmond Spirit Creek Academy incorporated, 88 Randolph Eutaw and Antioch Academies incorporated, 88 , 89 Sumter Line Creek Academy incorporated, 76 Talbot Male School Academy incorporated, 88 Talbot Collinsworth Institute, charter amended, 93 Walker Male Academy, additional Trustees appointed, 92 Warren Union Hill and Mayfield Academies incorporated, 88 Walton Walton county Academy incorporated, 87 ACCOUNTS. Physicians, Blacksmiths, c. books of, allowed in evidence, 125 ACTIONS. Commencement of defined, 126 APPEALS. Act declaratory of the law of, 123 Executors, or Administrators allowed to enter in certain cases, 124 , 125 APPROPRIATIONS. Act of, for 1842, amended, 3 Act of, for 1844 and 1845, 3 , 9 For Civil establishment, 3 , 4 Contingent fund for 1844 and 1845, 4 Military fund for 1844 and 1845, 4 Printing fund for 1844 and 1845, 4 Lunatic Asylum, 4 , 10 Legislative, 5 Incidental, 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ATTACHMENT. Certain property exempt from, 121 2 ATTORNEYS. Certain persons authorised to plead and practice as 120 , 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 , 126 , 127 Judges elect, before commissioned not to practice in their Circuits, 119

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ASYLUM, LUNATIC. Act to organize, amended, 9 Money for, appropriated, 10 B BANKS. Of Hawkinsville Name of changed, 11 , 12 Marine and Fire Insurance Charter renewed, 12 Georgia Rail Road and Banking Co. Charter amended, 20 , 21 Central Gov. may reduce number of officers of, 30 Mode of payment of Bonds of, 30 To regulate affairs of, and restore credit of, 144 Act of 1840, compelling specie paymentsof 1841, relative to forfeiture of Charters, and of 1842, amendatory thereof, amended, 21 , 22 Assignments by, certain therein named, made valid, and powers and duties of assignees defined, 22 BILLIARD TABLES. Taxed, 166 , 167 BONDS. Federal Place of payment of interest on, prescribed, 144 Central Bank Mode of payment of, defined, 30 BRIDGES, FERRIES, TURNPIKES. Certain allowed to be constructed and crected, 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 C CA. SA. Plaintiff may discharge defendant in arrest under, and his property still be bound, 120 CENSUS. To provide for taking of, 12 , 13 , 14 CHURCHES AND CAMP GROUNDS. Certain incorporated, 48 , 75 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 90 , 92 , 93 103 , 104 , 105 , 117 , 118 , 119 CITIES AND TOWNS. Augusta Engine company No. 6, allowed certain privileges, 28 Purchase of land near, by U.S. confirmed, 68 , 69 Athens and Milledgerille Sheriff of Gwinnett required to advertise in some Gazette of, 32 , 33 Brunswick Special Tax in, authorised, 175 Cassville Incorporated, 94 5 6 7 8 9 Columbus Fire Co. No. 1 of, 102 3 City Council of, to appoint Assessors, 107 8

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Fort Gains Acts Incorporating repealed, 78 Griffin Incorporated, 106 7 LaGrange To authorise sale of certain lot in, 23 , 24 Louisrille Commissioners of, granted additional power over Town Commons, 109 , 110 Macon Chief Engineer and Fire Masters of, 152 Wesleyan Female College incorporated, 41 Marthasville Incorporated, 83 4 Milledgeville Trustees of Masonic Hall, allowed to borrow money, 83 New Gibralter Charter of, amended, 105 6 Newnan Sheriff, c. of Coweta, not required to advertise in Gazette of, 31 Savannah City Court of, acts relative to, amended, 38 9 Time and mode of electing Mayor and Aldermen changed, 56 7 8 Port Society incorporated, 77 Institution for savings, 111 12 13 Spring field Charter of, amended, 82 CONSTITUTION. 7th sec. of 1st Art. of, amended, 14 , 15 3d and 7th sec. of 1st Art. of, amended so as to reduce the Legislature, 15 , 16 3d sec. of 4th Art. of, amended, so far as relates to General Militia officers, 16 1st sec. of 3d Art. amended, so far as relates to suing indorsers, 19 CONGRESS. Mode of electing members of, by Districts defined, 54 5 6 COUNTIES. Bibb Pay of Treasurer of, regulated, 32 Justices Inferior court of, ineligible to office of Treasurer of, 32 Burke Office of Treasurer abolished, 34 Bryan Office of Land court of, defined, 30 Road laws amended as to, 167 Free School system for established, 39 Justices of Inferior court of, made a body corporate for Free School purposes, 40 Cass Illegal tax refunded to Dan'l B. Conyers of, 176 Governor to draw for Poor School fund of, 28 9 Coweta Sheriff c. of, not required to advertise in Gazette of Newnan, 31 Dooly Road laws amended as to, 160 Effingham Patrol law amended as to, 162 , 163 , 164 , 165 Road laws amended as to, 160 1

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Fayette Sheriff, c. of, to advertise in any public Gazette, 31 Floyd and Cass Line between changed, 26 Gwinnett Sheriff, c. of, to publish in some Gazette in Milledgeville or Athens, 32 Hancock To consolidate the two regiments of, 132 Road laws amended as to, 160 1 2 3 4 5 Heard Poor School commissioners of, to pay Peyton Lane, 28 Jackson Poor School fund of 1840 and 1841, appropriated to pay teachers, 26 Laurens Acts relative to Poor Schools, amended as to, 45 Lowndes To authorise records of to be transcribed, 24 Lumpkin To reduce Sheriff's Bonds as to, 34 Marion To define duties of Poor School commissioners of, 33 Monroc Consolidation of office of Clerk of Inferior court and Treasurer of, repealed, 33 Montgomery Act of 1842, as to mode of drawing Juries, repealed as to, 131 Morgan To relieve John E. Jones of, 28 Paulding To reduce Sheriffs Bond, as to, 34 Richmond District lines of, to be re-surveyed, 27 To compensate magistrates of, at elections, 27 Stewart Illegal tax refunded to J.L. Williams of, 176 Troup Justices of Inferior court exempt from road duty, 23 Upson Pay of Treasurer of, regulated, Justices of Inferior court ineligible as Treasurer, 32 Walker Trustee of common, to pay to Trustees of poor school fund of, 25 To reduce Sheriff's bond of, 34 Wayne To elect commissioners to move Court House of, 24 5 Clerk to keep his office at his residence, 26 Treasurer of poor school fund of, to pay certain teachers, 34 5 COURTS. Superior Judges of, not to practice before commissioned, 119 Time of holding changed in the counties of Muscogee, Crawford, Upson, Pike, and Macon, 35 , 37 Judges of authorised to draw two pannels of Grand and Petit Jurors for same counties, also for Newton and Henry, 36

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Superior and Inferior Judges of, on petition to grant charters, c. 108 9 Plaintiff may dismiss suits in, in vacation, 122 Clerks of in the county of Wayne, to keep office at his residence, 26 Inferior Time for holding changed in the counties of Randolph and Decatur, 36 , 37 Spring term of changed in the county of Clark, 36 Ordinary Time for holding throughout the State, changed, 37 Land Courts Time for holding throughout the State, changed, 37 Justices Place of holding certain, changed, 53 Act of 1842, amendatory of the act of 1811, as to the times of holding, repealed, 119 , 120 Martial To reduce number of officers to compose, 133 D DEBT. Public Acts relative to, 140 , 141 , 142 Manner of paying interest on, 143 , 144 Place of payment of interest on Federal bonds defined, 144 DISTRIBUTION. Of intestate's estates, act of 1804, relative to, amended, 125 DISTRICTS. State laid off into Congressional, 54 5 6 State laid off into Senatorial, 17 , 18 E EDUCATION. Of the poor, to provide for, 43 Free Schools, Trustee of common to pay to trustee in the county of Walker, 25 System for, established in Bryan county, 39 Inferior court of Bryan county made a body corporate for purposes of, 40 Poor School Fund of, for Jackson appropriated to pay certain teachers, 26 Commissioners of, in Heard county to pay Peyton Lane, 28 Governor to draw for benefit of, in Cass, 28 9 Duties of commissioners of, in Marion county defined, 33 Treasurer of, in Wayne county to pay certain teachers, 34 5

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ELECTIONS [Illegible Text] To repeal compensation of magistrate for consolidating returns, 46 Jackson To repeal compensation of magistrate for attending, 48 Madison To repeal compensation of magistrate for attending, 124 Richmond To repeal compensation of magistrate for consolidating returns of, 46 Sarannah To change time and mode of municipal officers, 56 , 7 , 8 Precincts To establish, abolish, remove and revive certain, in certain counties specified, 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 To change time of closing polls at, 51 Electors of President and Vice President To prescribe the mode of 53 , 54 Members of Congress By districts therein described, 54 , 55 , 56 EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, c. Allowed to appeal in certain cases, 125 Annual returns of, may be verified by oath of security, in certain cases, 58 May remove procedings without security, 58 Earnest L. Wittich To allow him extra compensation, 58 , 59 To amend 12th sec. of act of 1799, 121 EVIDENCE Physician's, blacksmith's, c., books admitted, 125 F. FERRIES, ROADS AND BRIDGES (See Bridges, Ferries and Turnpikes. ) FREE PERSONS OF COLOR Acts relative to, amended, 59 G. GAMING (See Billiard Tables. ) GENERAL ASSEMBLY Number of, reduced; Senatorial districts laid out, 17 , 18 GRANTS To authorise the issue of, to certain persons, 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 To authorise Governor to correct errors where two are issued for same land, 73 Fortunate Drawers allowed further time to take out, 67 Reverted Lands Acts relative to repealed, and time granted, 67 , 68 Ungranted Lands Mode of obtaining grants to, in certain counties therein named, 67

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I. INCORPORATIONS Geo. R. R. Banking Co. Charter amended, 20 , 21 Geo. Ins. Trust Co. Authorised to reduce its capital, 21 Engine Co. No. 6.Granted certain privileges, 28 Certain Banking corporations relieved, 23 Certain Churches and camp grounds incor. 48 , 75 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 90 , 92 , 93 , 103 , 104 , 105 Wesleyan Female College Incorporated, 41 Bryan county Justices of Inferior court of, 40 Volunteer Companies Watkinsville Independent Blues, 73 , 74 Lowndes county Hussars, 76 Meriwether county Volunteers, 85 Morgan Rifles, 85 To grant certain privileges to Republican Blues, 113 , 114 Savannah Volunteer Guards, 113 , 114 Ph[oelig]nix Riflemen, 113 , 114 Irish Jasper Greens, 113 , 114 Richmond Hussars, 113 , 114 To furnish arms to sundry companies, 85 , 86 Turnpike Companies Ellijay Turnpike company, charter of amended, 75 , 76 Union and Lumpkin Turnpike company, incorporated, 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 Tacoah Turnpike, 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 Savannah Port Society, incorporated, 77 Institute for Savings, 111 , 12 , 13 Towns and Cities Charters granted or amended, 78 , 82 , 3 , 4 , 92 , 94 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 105 , 6 , 7 (Vide also Cities and Towns. ) Judges Superior and Inf. courts, authorised to grant charters in certain cases, 107 , 8 Columbus Fire Company, No. 1, of, inc., 102 , 3 Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, incorpo. 110 , 11 INDIAN SPRINGS To authorise Henry Dillon to erect a Bath House at, 71 INDORSERS May be sued in same county with maker, 19 , 20 J. JUDICIARY Act of 1842, amendatory of act of 1811, as to Justices courts, repealed, 119 , 20 12th sec. of act of 1799, amended, 121 Appeals Declaratory of law of, 123 Executors or administrators allowed to enter, in certain cases, 124 , 125 Suits Party plaintiffs may dismiss in vacation, 122

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JURORS Compensation of, in certain counties, repealed or granted, 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 Act of 1842, relative to mode of drawing, repealed as to Montgomery county, 131 L. LAND (Vide Grants. ) LEVY Certain property exempt from, 121 , 122 LUMBER Act of 1842, relative to [Illegible Text] of, repealed, 131 M. MILITARY General Officers Elective by the people, 132 Courts Martial Number of officers of, reduced, 132 Hancock To consolidate the two regiments of, 132 Macon To lay out and assign parade ground, 132 Volunteer Companies (Vide Incorporations. ) MILL-DAMS Henry H. Waters To allow him to erect, 131 N. NAMES CHANGED To change the names of certain persons therein specified, 148 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 157 , 58 , 176 , 7 Bank of Hawkinsville To change name of, 11 , 12 P. PARDON Granted to Nathaniel Greene, 134 PATROL Law of amended, as to Effingham, 164 , 165 PENAL CODE Amended, as to persons convicted of Penitentiary offences, 60 To add a section to sixth division of, 135 , 36 To repeal 48th and substitute a new section to 14th division, 137 PENITENTIARY To amend the rules for government of, 134 , 35 Convicts may be put on public works, 60 POOR SCHOOLS (Vide Education. ) PILOTS To amend the act regulating fees of, 136 PUBLIC DEBT (Vide Debt. ) PUBLIC PRINTER Amendatory of an act relative to, 47 R. RAIL ROADS To define liabilities of, for stock killed, 145 Central To repeal the act extending time for completion of, 138 Western and Atlantic To authorise further progress of, 138 , 139 ROAD LAWS Amended as to Hancock, 160 , 161 Effingham, 162 , 63 , 64 , 65 Bryan, 167

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RELIEF Banks Certain, therein named, relieved, 23 John E. Jones Relieved, 28 Charles Joselyn Act for the relief of securities of, 147 Cyrus Robinson Act for the relief of, 146 Isaac F. King Act for the relief of, 153 Richard Barlow Act for the relief of, 153 Lewis Powell Act for the relief of, securities of, 154 Gideon G. Norman Act for the relief of, 154 Christopher Addison Act for the relief of, 155 Samuel Jackson Act for the relief of, 155 William Root Act for the relief of, 156 William L. Lyon Act for the relief of, 156 John Harrell Act for the relief of, securities of, 157 Mary Tompkins Act for the relief of, 157 , 158 Thomas J. Smith, and others, relief of, 158 Ebenezer S. Rees Act for relief of estate of, 159 , 160 S. SEAMEN To define the offence of harboring and abducting, 136 SHERIFFS AND OTHER OFFICERS Fayette county Authorised to advertise in any gazette in this State, 31 Gwinnett Required to advertise in some gazette in Milledgeville or Athens, 32 , 33 Newnan Not required to advertise in gazette of, 31 Allowed to control fi. fas. in certain cases, 31 , 32 Bond of, reduced in the counties of Walker, Lumpkin, and Paulding, 34 SLAVES Free introduction of, repealed, 167 SMALL POX To repeal laws relative to expenses of, 168 SUITS Plaintiffs may dismiss, in vacation, 122 T. TAXES Walker Collector eligible to re-election in, 169 Extra Tax Authorised in the counties of Ware, DeKalb and Bibb, 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 To repeal in the counties of Wilkinson and Floyd, 173 Act to levy and collect, for 1844 and 1845, 170 Illegal Refunded to James Merion, 171 Refunded to Daniel B. Conyers, 176 Double To protect estates from, 172 , 173 Extraordinary To repeal the act of 1821, allowing, as to the county of Crawford, 174 Receivers of Returns To repeal act of 1842, imposing additional duties on, 172 Receivers and Collectors To repeal the act consolidating office of, in certain counties, 173 , 4

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U. UNITED STATES To confirm purchase by, of land near Augusta 68 President and Vice President To amend the act prescribing the mode of choosing electors of, 53 , 54 VOIRE DIRE To change and prescribe the questions to jurors on, 138 VOLUNTEER COMPANIES (Vide Military. )

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INDEX TO THE RESOLUTIONS. A ACADEMIES. Cedar Valley Relative to education of Deaf and Dumb at, 198 9 B BANKS. Central Officers bonds of, to be put in suit, 190 Directors of, to cancel certain notes, 197 8 To receive Darien Bank bills from Daniel McDouglad, 191 To investigate affairs of, 191 2 Of Darien Relative to remitting executions against, 180 1 Relative to election of Director of, 192 To investigate affairs of, 190 BERRIEN, HON. JOHN M. Relative to, 180 C CLAIMS. Relative to, against the United States for expenditures in Florida War, 190 , 191 Ibid, in Creek and Seminole War, 196 COLUMBUS. State's claim against City of, 194 COUNTIES. Certain to be furnished with Infantry Tactics, 186 7 Stewart To forward certain books to, 195 Greene To furnish with Prince's Digest and Georgia Justice, 195 6 Dooly New District in, to furnish with Acts and Journals, and Prince's Digest and Georgia Justice, 196 To furnish several with Prince's Digest and Georgia Justice, 193 4 CONSTITUTION. Relative to amendment proposed by Massachusetts, 186 D DEAF AND DUMB. Relative to educating, 198 , 199

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E ELECTIONS. Attorney and Solicitors General Relative to election of, 179 , 193 , 194 , 195 Judges Relative to election of, 179 , 180 , 193 , 194 , 195 Public Printer Relative to election of, 189 Brigadier Generals Relative to election of, 182 , 192 Director of Darien Bank Relative to election of, 192 State House Officers Relative to election of, 192 F FRANKING PRIVILEGE AND POSTAGE. Relative to abolishing and reducing, 191 G GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. To furnish with copy of Journals, 198 H HORTON, A. M. Allowed last quarter's salary, 187 HOTCHKISS, WILLIAM A. Relative to his proposed codification of statute laws, 182 L LAND. Fractional Lot No. 34As to sale of, 181 2 LAWS AND JOURNALS. To publish a certain act, 198 To furnish to several therein named, 197 To publish laws of a public nature in the Gazettes of Milledgeville, 197 M McCONNELL, GEN. ELI. Relative to arrest of, 195 MAIL ROUTES. Relative to establishment of from Reidsville to Eden, 187 8 Between Savannah and St. Marys, 188 As to removing Post Office from States-borough, 188 Relative to establishing from Eden Post Office to certain other points. 185 MILLEN, HON. JOHN M. Relative to death of, 179 P PUBLICATION. To be made of a certain act, 198 PUBLIC PRINTER. Relative to election of, 189

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PUBLIC RECORDS. To examine into condition of, 195 POSTAGE. Relative to reduction of, 191 R RAIL ROADS. Western and Atlantic Accounts of commissioners of, referred to Comptroller General, 196 7 To appoint a committee to settle with commissioners of, 192 REPUDIATION. Relative to, 190 RIVERS. Flint Relative to suit against commissioners of, 182 3 S SANFORD, HON. ALEXANDER M. Relative to death of, 193 STATES. S. Carolina In reply to, relative to exchange of documents, 184 Tennessee Relative to act of, extending time for completing West. Atlantic R. Road, 196 7 Massachusetts Relative to amendment of the constitution proposed by, 186 STATUTES. Governor authorised to subscribe for Wm. A. Hotchkiss' proposed codification of, 182 STATE HOUSE. To authorise repair of, 195 SAVANNAH. Relative to Port of, 183 4 SURVEYOR GENERAL. Relative to, 187 T TREASURER. Relative to the late and present. 188 9


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 COLUMBUS: S. W. FLOURNOY 18450000 English

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ACTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 1845 . 18450000 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: S. W. FLOURNOY, STATE PRINTER. Printed at the Enquirer Office, by T. Ragland Co.

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER1845, PUBLIC, AND OF GENERAL OPERATION. GEORGE WALKER CRAWFORD, GOVERNOR. ABSALOM H. CHAPPELL, President of the Senate. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and JOHN W. ANDERSON, Speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives. AN ACT to compensate persons who have rendered services in taking the Census of the State of Georgia, during the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. WHEREAS, there has been by law no provision made for the compensation of persons who have rendered services in taking the Census of the State of Georgia, during the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-five SECTION 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 sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated and set apart, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the compensation of such persons aforesaid, and His Excellency the Governor of this State, is authorized and required to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of the several persons who have rendered the State said services, for the several sums due each person respectfully[respectively.] CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ABSALOM H. CHAPPELL, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. CRAWFORD, Governor. Approved, December 8th, 1845.

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AN ACT to appropriate money for the support of Government for the political years eighteen hundred and forty-six, and eighteen hundred and forty-seven. SECTION 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 sums of money be hereby appropriated to the respective persons and objects hereinafter named, to wit: The sum of three thousand dollars each year to His Excellency the Governor, as his salary, and the sum of sixteen hundred dollars to each, the Secretary of State, the Comptroller General, the Treasurer, and the Surveyor General for each year; the sum of eighteen hundred dollars to each of the Judges of the Superior Courts of the Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, Flint, Chattahoochee, Cherokee, South Western, Middle, Ocmulgee, and Coweta Circuits, annually each year; and the sum of two thousand and five hundred dollars, to each of the Judges of the Supreme Court for the Correction of Errors; and the sum of one thousand dollars annually each year to the Reporter of said Court; and the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars to each the Attorney General and Solicitors General, per annum, each year; and the sum of one thousand dollars per annum to the Secretaries of the Governor each, not exceeding three in number, and the sum of four hundred dollars to Doct. David Cooper as additional pay for services as Superintendant and resident Physician of the [Illegible Text] Asylum, for the years eighteen hundred and forty-four, and eighteen hundred and forty-five. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be appropriated as a contingent fund for the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, and that the sum of ten thousand dollars be appropriated as a contingent fund for the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven. SECTION 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of fifteen hundred dollars be appropriated as a military fund for the years eighteen hundred and forty-six, and eighteen hundred and forty-seven. SECTION 4. And be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the sum of eleven thousand and nine hundred dollars be appropriated as a printing fund for the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, and the sum of three thousand dollars as a printing fund for the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven. SECTION 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be appropriated to complete the building designed for the accommodation of the male patients in the Lunatic Asylum, and the sum of fifteen hundred dollars to pay the salary of the Superintendant and Resident Physician, annually each year. The sum of fourteen hundred dollars as salary for each year to the Matron, Assistants, and such servants as may be required in the government

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of the Institution. And the sum of three thousand dollars for the clothing and subsistence of the pauper lunatics, epileptics, or idiots resident therein for each year. SECTION 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be paid annually each year to the Chaplain of the Penitentiary; the sum of three hundred dollars to the Military Store Keeper at Savannah, annually each year, and the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to the Military Store Keeper at Milledgeville each year; the sum of one hundred dollars to be paid to Otis Childs for winding up and keeping in repair the State House Clock; the sum of fifty dollars to be paid to David Creamer, to scour, and keep clean, and air the Senate Chamber and Representative Hall, and preserve the furniture in each. SECTION 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of eleven thousand five hundred dollars be appropriated to the payment of William A. Hotchkiss for two thousand copies of his Codification of the Statute Laws of the State which, by Resolution of the House of Representatives, passed December the twenty-third, eighteen hundred and forty-three, the Governor was authorized to subscribe for, and that His Excellency the Governor be authorized to draw his warrant for that amount in favor of said William A. Hotchkiss, when the books aforesaid shall have been delivered. SECTION 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of six dollars per day to each the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, during the present session of the General Assembly, and the sum of four dollars to each for every twenty miles coming to and returning from the Seat of Government; and the sum of four dollars per day to each member of the General Assembly during its present session; and the sum of four dollars for every twenty miles coming to and returning from the Seat of Government. Provided, no member shall receive pay for any time after having left for the remainder of the session, or for any time he may have been absent without leave from that branch of the General Assembly of which he is a member, unless absent from sickness. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of six dollars each per day shall be paid the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the like sum per day to each of their respective Assistants, and the further sum to the Secretary and Clerk aforesaid of fity dollars each for their contingent expenses in their respective offices; and the sum of five hundred dollars be paid to each the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives for their salaries for the year eighteen hundred and forty-six. Provided, That no warrant shall issue for the first quarter's salary to either, until it shall be satisfactorily shown to His Excellency the Governor, that they have respectively made and attached to the Journals of the House to which they belong, a good and distinct Index, and have filed away all

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Reports of Standing Committees and Resolutions passed by either House; and the sum of five dollars each per day to the Enrolling and Engrossing Clerks of both branches of the General Assembly, during the time they shall be actually employed in their respective officesto entitle them to receive such pay, they shall produce the certificate of said Secretary or Clerk, that their services were necessary, and that they actually performed the duty, and served the number of days set forth therein. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of five dollars each per day be paid to the Messengers and Door Keepers of each branch of the General Assembly during the present session of the same. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of five dollars be appropriated to John James, of the county of Monroe, for a grant issued to him through mistake, he having paid that amount into the Treasury for the same. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of thirteen dollars be appropriated to refund to Francis Stribbling, Tax Collector of the county of Wilkes, that amount overpaid by him of the taxes of said county for the present year. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of five dollars each per day to the Clerks employed in the Secretary of State and Surveyor General's office, not to exceed two to each office during the present session, and a like compensation to one Clerk each, in the offices of Comptroller General and Treasurer. Provided, the Secretary, Surveyor and Comptroller Generals, and Treasurer as aforesaid, shall certify that their services were actually necessary, and also the number of days thus employed. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That His Excellency the Governor be authorised to draw his warrant on the Treasury for thirty-five dollars, to pay West [Illegible Text] and Mr. Crawford for assisting in arresting and delivering Dempsey Justice to the proper authorities of Sumpter county, and to refund monies expended in the same, and the same be paid to Joseph Guilford. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of three dollars thirty-six and one half cents be appropriated to Harrison Thurmond for taxes illegally paid by him in eighteen hundred and forty-five. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of sixteen dollars sixty-two and one half cents be appropriated to Major J. Lewis, Executor on the estate of Thomas Lennoir, deceased, for tax illegally paid to the tax collector of the county of Gwinnett. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated to Herschel V. Johnson, Esq., who under Executive appointment

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of Governor McDonald, aided in the prosecution of Dempsey J. Justice, charged with the murder of the Penitentiary Guard. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of five dollars and seventy cents be appropriated to Henry Hilliard, tax collector for Appling county, for an insolvent list allowed him in eighteen hundred and forty-two, and that the same be paid to Jesse Mobley, Representative from Appling county. SEC. 19. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of eighty dollars be appropriated to Little Berry Carter, of the county of Talbot, for going to the State of Alabama, demanding of the Governor and bringing to this State Eli Gray, a fugitive from justice, under an Executive orderthe same being for expenses and services in executing the same. SEC. 20. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of seventeen dollars and ninety cents be appropriated to Robert Paxton, Tax Receiver for the county of Camden, for errors committed in digesting the taxes for eighteen hundred and forty-three. SEC. 21. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated to Cassa Head, widow of John Head, deceased, and the Representatives from the county of Hall be authorized to draw the same. SEC. 22. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be appropriated for the payment of debts now due by the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, and to complete the same to Oostanoully River, and scrip taken up and burnt and charged in former appropriations. SEC. 23. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of fifty dollars be appropriated to C. B. Cluskey, for Report on the condition, with detailed estimate of necessary repairs of the State Arsenal at Savannah, and that the Governor draw his warrant for the same. SEC. 24. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one thousand one hundred and ninety-five dollars and twenty-five cents be appropriated to pay the balance due to the census takers for the year (1845) eighteen hundred and forty-five. SEC. 25. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of seventy dollars and sixty-two cents be appropriated to James Gardner, junior, for professional services rendered the State. SEC. 26. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of five hundred and three dollars be appropriated to James M. Green, M. D., for attending to six cases of Small Pox in eighteen hundred and forty-two.

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SEC. 27. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one hundred and nineteen dollars be appropriated to Messrs. Forsyth and Johnson for State printing in the Columbus Times. SEC. 28. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of twenty dollars be appropriated to pay William W. Anderson for services rendered in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three, as Brigade Inspector of the ninth Brigade, second Division, for the amount undrawn before the time expired. SEC. 29. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of ten dollars be appropriated to the payment of John Fleming for error in receiving his commission from the Comptroller General for his Digest of Tax Returns for the year eighteen hundred and forty-four. SEC. 30. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of five dollars be appropriated to Charles L. Williams, it being the amount paid by him for a grant lifted through mistake, and the same be paid to John Butts at the present session of the Legislature. SEC. 31. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of twelve dollars and sixty-seven and a half cents be appropriated to pay Margaret Pendergast, of the county of Chatham, for refunding one half of the taxes paid by her, she having been double taxed, and that the Governor be authorized to draw his warrant in favor of the said Margaret Pendergast. SEC. 32. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of ten dollars be refunded to David B. Newton, Tax Collector of the county of Scriven. SEC. 33. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of fifteen dollars and fifty-five cents be refunded to Robert Roberson, of the county of Washington, for taxes illegally paid by him to the Tax Collector for the county of Jefferson, and also the sum of seven dollars and fifty cents be appropriated to Pleasant Walden, of the county of Jefferson, for taxes illegally paid by him for Louisa, a free person of color, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-four. SEC. 34. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of sixty-three dollars and seventy-five cents be paid to William Mullins, of the county of Walton, for teaching poor children in the years eighteen hundred and forty-two and eighteen hundred and forty-three, out of the fund set apart for that purpose by the Legislature of eighteen hundred and forty-three. Provided, That the amount due the county of Walton for her poor children, has not already been exhausted. SEC. 35. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Treasurer of the State is hereby authorized and required to refund to Augustin Young or his Agent, the sum of ninety-seven and one half dollars, it being the amount which he paid over the grant fee, at the time he applied for his grant.

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SEC. 36. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one hundred and sixteen dollars be appropriated to Joel C. Barnett for services rendered as Clerk in the Secretary of State's office during the session of the Legislature, from the twenty-fourth of November to the twenty-third of December inclusive. SEC. 37. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars be appropriated to A. M. Horton for services [Illegible Text] as Clerk in the Surveyor General's office, during the session of the Legislature, from the (24th) twenty-fourth November to the (24th) twenty-fourth December inclusive. SEC. 38. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be appropriated as follows, to wit: To Charles E. Ryan for nine days services in the Surveyor General's office in September, eighteen hundred and forty-five, thirty-six dollars. To Charles E. Ryan for recording two thousand and fifteen plats in the Surveyor General's office, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, one hundred dollars and seventy-five cents. To Alfred M. Horton for six days services in the Surveyor General's office in September, eighteen hundred and forty-five, twenty-four dollars. To W.B. Tinsley for two and a half days services in the Surveyor General's office in September, eighteen hundred and forty-five, ten dollars, To B. T. Bethune for six days services in the Surveyor General's office, in September, eighteen hundred and forty-five, twenty-four dollars. To W. C. Powell for two days services in the Surveyor General's office in September, eighteen hundred and forty-five, eight dollars. SEC. 39. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be appropriated to the following named persons for their services in the Secretary of State's office during the press of business in September, eighteen hundred and forty-five: To E. H. Pierce for ten days services, forty dollars. To A. M. Horton, for twelve days services, forty-eight dollars. To John W. Snead, for five and a half days services, twenty-two dollars. To William C. Powell, for five days services, twenty dollars. To Wm. Davis, for two days services, eight dollars. To John M. Park, for two days services, eight dollars. To Isaac S. Vincent, for two days services, eight dollars. To J. D. Brown, for two days services, eight dollars. To Peter Fair, for one day's service, four dollars. To Alfred A. Park, for twelve days service, forty-eight dollars. To Richard L. Story, for two days services, eight dollars. To Grieve and Orme, for printing in eighteen hundred and forty-three, as per bill rendered and sworn to, the sum of ninety-two dollars ninety-nine cents. SEC. 40. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and thirty-eight cents, be appropriated to Baldwin county, the amount of the poor school fund to which that county

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was entitled under the act of eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and which has heretofore remained undrawn, by reason of the inadvertence of the public agents of said county. SEC. 41. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasury in favor of Peter Baugh, of the county of Hancock, for the sum of seven dollars six and one quarter cents, the amount of tax illegally assessed and collected of him for the year eighteen hundred and forty-four, and that either of the Representatives of said county be allowed to receive and receipt for the same. SEC. 42. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents, be appropriated for General Charles H. Nelson, to pay him for one month's wages, in proportion to his salary, for turning over the matters of the Penitentiary to his successor at the beginning of the year eighteen hundred and forty-four. SEC. 43. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to pay the debts contracted by the Penitentiary prior to the first of January, eighteen hundred and forty-fourthe said debts to be audited by the Comptroller General, and paid by the Treasurer, pro rata on the principal of said debts. Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be applied to the payment of any debt due by the Penitentiary to the Central BankAnd the further sum of five hundred dollars to the Inspector of the Penitentiary for each year. SEC. 44. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of sixteen dollars and seventy cents, be appropriated to M. B. Moon, of Walton county, for teaching poor children, in the years eighteen hundred and forty-two and eighteen hundred and forty-three. SEC. 45. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of eighty-four dollars be appropriated to A. E. Cochran, for services rendered in the Secretary of State's office, from the third to the twenty-fourth of November, eighteen hundred and forty-three, inclusive. SEC. 46. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of eighty-four dollars be appropriated to F. H. Smith, for services rendered in the Surveyor General's office, during the session of the Legislature, from the third to the twenty-fourth of November, inclusive. SEC. 47. And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That the sum of eighty-four dollars be appropriated to A. B. Ross, for services rendered in the Surveyor General's office, from the third to the twenty-fourth of November, eighteen hundred and forty-three, inclusive. SEC. 48. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of seven dollars eighty-seven and a half cents be appropriated to James [Illegible Text] of Bulloch county, for

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that sum paid by him on a certain stallion horse, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-four, which was not given in in his return. SEC. 49. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of twelve dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to Abraham Strickland, the regular census taker for the county of Tattnall, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, for forty-eight heads of families which refused to give in their names and families when called on by said Strickland, and that the two above amounts be paid to Peter Cone, the Senator from the seventh Senatorial District. SEC. 50. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Treasurer be authorized, and he is hereby required to redeem, at the Treasury, out of any funds not otherwise appropriated, any and all Certificates heretofore issued by the Commissioners of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, for work done on said Road, and which may be now outstanding, and when the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars shall have been so redeemed, it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to call in from the hands of the Chief Engineer and disbursing Agent of said Road, an equivalent amount of the Bonds of the State, and shall cause the said Certificates to be cancelledand the said Bonds may be sold and disposed of by the Treasurer for the purpose of reimbursing the Treasury, at not less than par value. SEC. 51. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, to defray the expense of surveying the line between this State and Florida, (subject to the warrant of His Excellency the Governor,) in pursuance of a concurred Resolution. SEC. 52. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That His Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the Military Fund in favor of the several Brigade Inspectors in this State, for all [Illegible Text] for service rendered and undrawn previous to the year eighteen hundred and forty-five. SEC. 53. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of forty dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to John D. McCroskey, for taking care of the public Arms and Ammunition of this State, at Dahlonega, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and that Milton H. Gathright be and he is hereby authorized to receipt for, and draw the same from [the] Treasury. SEC. 54. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of fifteen dollars and fifty-six cents be appropriated to pay the securities of Faddy J. Whittington, Tax Collector of Pike county for the year eighteen hundred and forty-one, for an amount which was authorized by a Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved December twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and forty-two, to be allowed in

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settlement by the Comptroller of said State, and which, in consequence of the death of said Whittington, was never allowed, and that His Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorized [Illegible Text] draw his warrant in favor of Jacob Martin for said amount. SECT. 55. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of sixty dollars be appropriated for the payment of Elias H. Beall, for services rendered as Brigade Inspector for the second Brigade, tenth Division, for the years eighteen hundred and forty-two, eighteen hundred and forty-three, and eighteen hundred and forty-four; and the further sum of twenty dollars be appropriated to Mrs. Mary Fleming, of Talbot county, for teaching poor children, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three, and that the above amounts be paid to H. P. Smead, Senator from the eighteenth District. SEC. 56. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of thirteen dollars and ninety-nine cents, be appropriated to be refunded to Charles [Illegible Text] Newton, of the county of Butts, it being the amount of a tax illegally paid by him on change bills in the year eighteen hundred and forty-one. SEC. 57. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of twenty dollars be paid to the Executors of Stephen [Illegible Text] being an excess paid in obtaining the grant to a certain lot of land drawn by the said Stephen Grice. SEC. 58. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of five dollars be appropriated to pay Shadrick McMichael for a wrong grant. SEC. 59. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the further sum of fifteen dollars [be appropriated] to George [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text] county, who, under Executive appointment of Governor McDonald, was employed to distribute the standard Weights and Measures in the North East portion of the State. SEC. 60. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of six hundred and six dollars and five cents be appropriated to pay the accounts of William Y. Hansell, [Illegible Text] H. [Illegible Text] and Thomas [Illegible Text] Hackett, Esquires, for certain services rendered the State of Georgia, which accounts have been audited and allowed by a special committee appointed by His Excellency the Governor for that purpose. SEC. 61. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of two thousand dollars be appropriated to pay Howell Cobb, of [Illegible Text] county, for five hundred copies of Cobb's [Illegible Text] of the Laws of Georgia, for which the Governor is authorized to subscribe. SEC. 62. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of forty-five dollars be paid to John D. Stell, Senator from the county of Forsyth for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, a balance due him for mileage and per diem,

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which was not paid to him through an error committed in the settlement with the then Treasurer. SEC. 63. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of three hundred dollars, or so much as may be necessary, be appropriated for the [Illegible Text] expenses and the erection of a tomb over the Honorable John [Illegible Text] late Representative from the county of Baker. SEC. 64. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That His Excellency the Governor draw his warrant upon the Treasury in favor of the Mayor of the city of Macon, for five hundred and seventy-nine dollars and six cents, it being the amount paid by the City of Macon for the suppression of the Small Pox, which made its appearance in said City on the twenty-sixth day of April, eighteen hundred and forty-two. SEC. 65. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the money paid by the State of Georgia as duty upon Rail Road Iron, should the same be refunded by Congress, shall be and the same is hereby appropriated to the further construction of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road of the State of Georgia. SEC. 66. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of fifty-four dollars and fifty cents be paid to A. M. Horton, for recording one thousand and ninety plats of land, in the Surveyor General's office, in the year eighteen hundred and forty; and the further sum of fifty-five dollars and ten cents be paid the legal representatives of Jesse Cox, former Surveyor General in eighteen hundred and forty, it being for that part of the first quarter's salary due him as Surveyor General in eighteen hundred and forty. SEC. 67. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums be, and are hereby appropriated to the persons mentioned, for services rendered for listing names of applicants for Grants, and other services connected with the granting of [Illegible Text] lands in the Cherokee country, in September, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and for recording plats, to wit: To E. H. Pierce for two days services, the sum of eight dollars. To C. E. Ryan for two days services, the sum of eight dollars. To B. T. Bethune for two days services, the sum of eight dollars. To P. Fair for four and one half days service, the sum of eighteen dollars. To W. B. [Illegible Text] for two and one half days service, the sum of ten dollars. To Fred. H. Smith for two days service, the sum of eight dollars. To J. U. Horn for ten days service, the sum of forty dollars. To W. C. Powel for two days service, the sum of eight dollars.

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To M. J. Kenan for four days service, the sum of sixteen dollars. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] for four days service, the sum of sixteen dollars. To Alfred M. Horton for recording plats, as per contract, the sum of one hundred and ninety-seven dollars. SEC. 68. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That His Excellency the Governor draw his warrant upon the Treasury in favor of Zachariah E. Harmon, for the sum of one hundred dollars, for professional services rendered as Solicitor General, by the direction of Governor McDonald, in procuring a forfeiture of the Charter of the Ocmulgee Bank. SEC. 69. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents be appropriated and paid to John Dorsey, of Henry county, who was the fortunate drawer of lot number eleven hundred and forty-one in the fourth district and first section Cherokee, who sent down for the Grant of the same, and through mistake a Grant was sent to him for lot number eleven hundred and forty-one, in the fourth District and third Section, in the name of, and to one Clem A. Wynne, who is wholly unknown to the said John Dorsey, bearing date the ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-three, by means whereof his own lot became reverted to the State, and was afterwards granted at twenty-five dollarsthat the Grant to the lot first aforesaid be cancelled and considered as reverted to the State, and that John D. Stell, Senator from the thirty-first district, be authorized to receipt for the same. SEC. 70. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated to pay such expenses as this General Assembly by Resolution have directed or may direct the Governor to incurand for which no provision is otherwise made by this act. SEC. 71. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to pay Joseph Matthews, of the county of Talbot, for his expenses in going to and returning from the State of Arkansas, to demand Mr. Doster, a fugitive from justice, from the Governor of said State. SEC. 72. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the sum of two hundred and thirty-nine dollars and eighty-seven cents be and the same are hereby appropriated to pay the poor school accounts for teaching the poor children of the county of Newton, in the years eighteen hundred and forty-two and eighteen hundred and forty-three, and which sum has been drawn by John B. Smith, under a forged order, and with which sum he has left the country. SEC. 73. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby appropriated for the erection of a suitable tomb over the grave of James D. Allaman,

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a Soldier in the last War, who was killed in firing a cannon at the funeral obsequies of General Jackson in the city of Milledgeville. SEC. 74. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sums hereinbefore appropriated to William Mullins and Marmon B. Moon, of Walton county, be paid to the Senator from the thirty-third district. SEC. 75. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of thirty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose of purchasing for the use of the one hundred and eighty-first Regiment Georgia Militia, twelve copies of Scott's Discipline, and twelve copies of the Army Regulations, to be forwarded to the county of Cass with the Laws and Journals, and delivered to the Colonel of said Regiment. SEC. 76. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated to refund to Hardy Strickland, junior, the same being paid into the Treasury for the grant of lot number two hundred and ninety-five, third District and first Section, the same having been returned as a fraudulent draw, and condemned and sold. Approved, December 24th, 1845. AN ACT to appropriate money in cases of over-payments at the Treasury. SECTION 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 money paid into the Treasury as an excess on account of insolvent lists, or by mistake, or when two grants shall have issued for the same lot, shall be drawn therefrom according to law, and reported by the proper officers to each General Assembly, as over-payments made at the Treasury. Approved, December 24th, 1845. AN ACT to be entitled an Act to define the rights and powers of Administrators de bonis non. SECTION 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, whenever any executor or administrator may have been heretofore or may be hereafter removed, or depart this life, chargeable to the estate which he or

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she represented, it shall be the duty of such removed executor or administrator, or the representatives of such deceased executor or administrator, to account fully with the administrator de bonis non who may be appointed to finish the administration of such estate. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to apportion the Representatives among the several Counties of this State, according to the seventh Section of the first Article of the Constitution. 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 until the next apportionment of Representatives among the Counties of this State, the representation of the several Counties shall be as follows, to wit: The Counties of Bibb, Burke, Cass, Chatham, Cherokee, Clark, Columbia, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Harris, Henry, Houston, Jasper, [Illegible Text], Meriwether, Monroe, Muscogee, Newton, Oglethorpe, Pike, Putnam, Randolph, Richmond, Stewart, Talbot, Troup, Upson, Walton, Warren, Washington, and Wilkes, being the thirty-seven counties having the greatest representative population, shall each have two Representatives; and the Counties of Appling, Baker, Baldwin, Bryan, Bulloch, Butts, Campden, [Illegible Text], Carroll, Chattooga, Crawford, Dade, Decatur, Dooly, Early, Effingham, Emanuel, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Glynn, Hall, Hancock, Heard, Irwin, Jackson, Jefferson, Jones, Laurens, Lee, Liberty, Lincoln, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marion, McIntosh, Montgomery, Morgan, Murray, Paulding, Pulaski, Rabun, Scriven, Sumter, Taliaferro, [Illegible Text], Telfair, Thomas, Twiggs, Union, Walker, Ware, Wayne and Wilkinson, shall be entitled each to one Representative. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to restrict the amount of tax fees received by Attorneys at Law for suits on certain notes. WHEREAS it is the habit of some Attorneys at Law to bring several suits on the same note and charging therefor a tax fee for each suit, and whereas such practice is manifestly unjust SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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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 no attorney at law shall recover more than one tax fee for collecting the same note when all the parties can be sued at the same time. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and usages militating against this act, be and the same are repealed. Approved, December 25th, 1845. AN ACT to alter and amend the third Section of the second Article of the Constitution of this State. WHEREAS the third Section of the second Article of the Constitution of this State reads in the following words, to wit: No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor who shall not have been a citizen of the United States twelve years, and an inhabitant of this State six years, and who hath not attained to the age of thirty years, and who does not possess five hundred acres of land in his own right within this State, and other property to the amount of four thousand dollars, and whose estate shall not on a reasonable estimation, be competent to the discharge of his just debts over and above that sumand whereas said property qualification is inconsistent with the genius of our institutions and the popular spirit of this age SECTION 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 soon as this Act shall have passed agreeably to the requirements of the Constitution, the following shall be adopted in lieu of the Section above recited, (to wit:)No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor who shall not have been a citizen of the United States twelve years, and an inhabitant of this State six years, and who hath not attained the age of thirty years. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to alter and amend the third and seventh sections of the third Article of the Constitution. WHEREAS a part of the third Section of the first Article of the Constitution reads as follows: The Senate shall be elected biennially on the first Monday in October. And whereas, a part of the seventh Section of the first Article of the Constitution

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reads as follows: The Representatives shall be elected biennially, the following shall be adopted in lieu of the words above recitedto wit: The Senators shall be elected biennially on the Wednesday after the first Monday in October, until the time of election shall be changed by law, and The Representatives shall be elected biennially on the Wednesday after the first Monday in October, until the time of election is changed by law: SECTION 1. 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 after this Act shall have passed in conformity with the provisions of the Constitution, the said third and seventh Sections shall be so altered and amended, that all elections for members of the Senate and House of Representatives shall be held on the first Wednesday in October, until such election shall be altered by law. Approved, December 25th, 1845. AN ACT to extend the provisions of the Act passed on the twenty-eighty day of December, 1843, entitled an Act to point out the manner of creating certain Corporations, to define their rights and privileges, and to provide a mode of changing the names of individuals. SECTION 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 provisions of said Act so far as the same relates to Corporations, be and the same are hereby extended to all Associations and Companies whatsoever except Banks and Insurance Companies, and that the individual members of such Associations and Companies, when incorporated under said Act or under this Act, shall be liable as therein specified for the contracts of said Associations or Companies, whenever any such Associations or Companies are incorporated for the purpose of trading or transacting business for profit. Approved, December 29th, 1845. AN ACT to carry into effect that part of the first section of the third Article of the Constitution, which requires the establishment of a Supreme Court for the Correction of Errors; and to organize the same, and to regulate the proceedings thereof. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That in pursuance of the first section of the third article of the Constitution, there shall be, and it is hereby established, a Court for the Correction of Errors, to be called the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia; the said Court shall consist of three Judges, who shall be elected at the present session of the General Assembly; one, for the term of six years; one for the term of four years; and one for the term of two years, during which terms they shall respectively hold their offices, unless sooner removed, in the manner pointed out by the Constitution. No person shall be eligible to the office of Judge, unless he shall have been duly admitted and licensed to plead and practice in the Courts of Law and Equity in this State ten years at least prior to his election. The Governor shall, within twenty days after the election of said Judges, Commission them respectively for the terms for which they shall have been elected. In case of the death, resignation, or removal from office of any of said Judges, the Governor shall appoint and commission some fit and proper person to fill such vacancy, until the meeting of the General Assembly next after such vacancy, when the General Assembly shall fill the same. And if any such vacancy occur during a session of the General Assembly, the same shall be filled at such session. Every Judge of said Court who shall be elected after the present session of the General Assembly, (except where he is elected to fill a vacancy,) shall hold his office for and during the term of six years, and shall be commissioned accordingly by the Governor. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Supreme Court shall be holden at the times and places following, to wit: On the second Monday in January and third Monday in June, in each year, for the first District, to be composed of the Eastern and Southern Judicial Circuits, alternately at Savannah and Hawkinsville. On the fourth Mondays in January and July in each year, for the second District, to be composed of the South Western and Chattahoochee Circuits, alternately at Talbotton and Americus. On the second Monday in February and August in each year, for the third District, to be composed of the Coweta and Flint Judicial Circuits, alternately at Macon and Decatur. On the fourth Mondays in March and September in each year, for the fourth District, to be composed of the Western and Cherokee Circuits, alternately at Cassville and Gainesville. On the first Mondays in May and November in each year, for the fifth District, to be composed of the Middle, Northern and Ocmulgee Judicial Circuits, at the city of Milledgeville. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of all the Judges of said Court to attend at each term of said Court; but if from providential cause, any one of said Judges cannot attend a Court, such Court may be holden by two Judges. If only one Judge shall attend a Court, it shall be his duty

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to open the Court, and to adjourn it to a day not more than two days beyond the regular term, at which time, if two Judges do not attend, the Court shall in that case be adjourned to the next regular term. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Supreme Court shall hear and determine, at the first term of each Court, all such cases in Law, and Equity, as may be brought from any of the Superior Courts of this State within the District as created by this Act for which said Supreme Court is holden. All causes of a criminal or civil nature may, for alleged error in any decision, sentence, judgment, or decree, of any such Superior Court, be carried up from the counties in the respective Districts aforesaid, to the Judges of the Supreme Court, at the respective terms thereof for such District, to be by the said Supreme Court revised and determined. Any criminal cause may be carried up to the Supreme Court on a Bill of Exceptions, in writing, specifying the error or errors of law complained of, to be drawn up by the party, his counsel or attorney, within four days after the trial of the cause in which the decision or sentence has been had, and be submitted to the Judge of the Superior Court before whom such criminal cause may have been tried, to be by him certified and signed. Any cause of a civil nature, either on the Law or Equity side of the Superior Court, may in like manner, be carried to the Supreme Court, on a Bill of Exceptions, specifying the error or errors complained of in any decision or judgment, to be drawn up by the party complaining thereof, his counsel, solicitor or attorney, within the time aforesaid, and submitted to the Judge before whom the cause may have been heard, to be by him certified and signed: but in no case shall the facts be controverted in the Supreme Court so as to require attendance of any witness, or witnesses, under any pretence whatever. Said Supreme Court shall hear and determine upon matters contained in the transcript of the record of the cause, and not otherwise. Upon exhibition of any such bill of exceptions to the Judge of the Superior Court, it shall be his duty, if such bill of exceptions be true and consistent with what has transpired in the cause before him, to certify and sign the same. Such bill of exceptions shall operate as a supersedeas to the judgment, sentence, execution, or decree of the Court below, in all cases where bond may be given, or affidavit filed, as hereinafter provided. If in civil cases, either in law or equity, the party complaining of error shall, within four days after the term at which the exceptions were taken, pay all costs which may have accrued, and either personally, or by his agent, solicitor, or attorney in fact or at law, give bond with security to be approved of by the Clerk of the Superior Court, and conditioned to pay the eventual condemnation money, and all subsequent costs; and if in a criminal case, where the offence is by law bailable, the party complaining of error shall enter into recognizance with security to be in like manner approved, conditioned for the appearance in person of such party, complaining, to abide the final order, judgment, or sentence of said Court;

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and if the offence be not bailable, or if the party be sentenced to imprisonment in the Penitentiary, and be unable to give security as required, the Judge of the Superior Court may order a supersedeas at the time of certifying and signing the Bill of Exceptions. When such bill of exceptions shall have been signed and certified by the Judge of the Superior Court, and such bond with security shall have been given, or recognizance with security entered into, and costs paid, notice of the signing of such bill of exceptions shall be given, if in a criminal cause, to the Attorney or Solicitor General, and in civil causes in law or equity, to the adverse party, or his counsel, within ten days after the same shall have been done, and shall be filed in the Clerk's office where such bond or recognizance has been given, immediately thereafter, and on a copy of such notice being served by a sheriff, constable, or attorney of the Superior Court, and filed in the clerk's office with the bill of exceptions, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Superior Court below to certify and send up to the Supreme Court a complete transcript of the entire record of the cause below, duly certified under his hand and seal of office, and also the bill of exceptions, within ten days after he shall have received the original notice, with the return of service thereon. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Supreme Court shall proceed at the first term (unless prevented by providential cause,) to hear and determine each and every cause which may in manner aforesaid, be sent up from the Court below, upon the record and bill of exceptions, on the ground therein specified, and on no other grounds. Upon the decision of said Supreme Court on matters of Law, or principles of Equity, which may, arise in the bill of exceptions, (which decisions shall always be in writing, and be delivered by the Judges of the said Court seriatim, except in cases where they are unanimous,) the Court shall cause to be certified to the Court below, such decision, and award such order and direction in the premises as may be consistent with the law, and justice of the case; which decision, so rendered and ordered, and direction so awarded, shall be respected and carried into full effect by the Court below. If the decision and judgment of the Court below be for any sum certain, and be affirmed in the Supreme Court, the plaintiff may in the Superior Court enter judgment against the defendant and his securities for the amount of principal, interest, and costs, as shall have been confessed or found by a Jury, and ten per cent. damages on the principal sum, and have execution immediately after the decision of the Supreme Court, so certified as aforesaid. Provided, That if any one or more of the Judges of the Supreme Court shall certify that in his or their opinion such cause was not taken up for delay only, then and in such case, the damages shall not be allowed. Judgments in the Court below, if affirmed, shall not lose any lien or priority by reason of the proceedings in the Court above. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any Judge of

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the Superior Court shall refuse to certify a bill of exceptions, when properly tendered, or if any Clerk shall fail or refuse to send up the transcript of the whole record in any cause, according to the provisions of this Act, or he, or any Sheriff shall refuse or neglect to perform any duties imposed upon him by this Act, said Supreme Court, while in session in any District in this State, may issue a writ of mandamus to such officer, and enforce obedience thereto, if necessary, by attachment; and in case that such refusal by any such officer have delayed the party applying for, or tendering a bill of exceptions as aforesaid, beyond the time limited in the foregoing part of this Act, he shall not thereby lose his remedy, but may proceed as if the time limited had not expired. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Sheriff of the county wherein the Supreme Court is holden, or his Deputy, shall attend the sessions thereof, and obey all lawful orders, enforce all lawful commands, and execute all lawful processes of said Court. And for the service of any process, or order of said Court, he shall receive the fees allowed for like service in the Superior Courts, to be taxed and paid in like manner. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That each of the said Judges of the Supreme Court shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, to be paid as the salaries of the Judges of the Superior Courts are now paid. The amount of said salary shall not be increased or diminished during the continuance of such Judge of the Supreme Court in office; and no Judge shall receive any other perquisite, reward or compensation, than the amount of his salary. Each and every Judge of the Supreme Court shall, before the Governor of the State, and prior to his receiving his commission, take the oath to support the Constitution, and other oaths now by law required of the Judicial officers of this State. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said Supreme Court shall appoint some fit and proper person as Clerk thereof, who shall hold his appointment for six years, unless removed by said Court upon complaint made, and cause shown for incapacity, improper conduct, or neglect of duty. Said Clerk shall keep an office at the Seat of Government, in one of the departments of the Capitol, where all books, records and archives, and the Seal of the said Court, shall remain. He shall attend all the sessions of said Court, and obey all lawful orders thereof. He shall keep in substantial bound books, fair and regular minutes of the proceedings of said Court, a record of all its Judicial acts, a Docket of its causes, and such other books as said Court may from time to time order and direct. He shall certify, when required, upon payment of his fees, all proceedings of the said Court in the manner now in use in the Superior Courts of this State. And the Record and Minutes of said Supreme Court, and copies thereof, shall be evidence in the same manner and under the same circumstances, as those of the Superior Courts now are; said Supreme Court being to all intents and

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purposes a Court of Record. The said Clerk shall be authorized to appoint a deputy or deputies, in his discretion, he being responsible for the faithful performance of their duties. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That if during the pendency of any cause in the Supreme Court, the security taken on the removal of said cause to the Supreme Court shall become insufficient or inadequate, by reason of removal from the State, insolvency, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Court so certifying said cause, on application on oath setting forth the facts showing the inadequacy of said security, from insolvency or otherwise, to require additional and other security, unless the appellant shall make an affidavit under the seventeenth section of this Act, and if the appellant shall fail or refuse to give such additional security, or make and file such affidavit, the Court below shall certify this fact to the Supreme Court, whereupon said suit shall be dismissed at the appellant's costs, and the Judgment in the Court below shall be [Illegible Text] with costs. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the said Clerk shall be entitled to the same fees as Clerks of the Superior Courts in this State, to be taxed as part of the costs, and for which the Attorney of Record shall always be bound. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That some fit and proper person shall be elected by the Judges of said Court as Reporter, who shall hold his office during the term of six years, unless sooner removed by the Court, and shall receive for his services, a salary from the State of one thousand dollars per annum. Said Reporter shall attend all the sessions of said Court, and report, in a proper and professional manner, all the decisions there made, with the reasons therefor, and he shall not, during his service as Reporter, appear as counsel, or act as attorney in any case in any Court in this State. The Reporter shall from time to time publish, in good and substantial forms, the Reports so made as aforesaid, and if at any time he shall neglect to publish within four months, after sessions for each year have closed the decisions of that year, he shall forfeit one fourth of his salary for that year, and another fourth for every additional month's delay. Provided, That if the Judges of said Court, or a majority of them, shall certify that such delay was not from any fault or neglect of the Reporter himself, or those under his control, such forfeiture shall not be incurred. The Reporter shall also be allowed the copy-right. And provided further, That he furnish, free of expense, and well bound, one copy of said Reports to each Judge of said Court for the time being; one copy to the Clerk of said Court, to be kept in his office as public property; twenty-five copies to the State, to be delivered to His Excellency the Governor as soon as may be, said twenty-five copies to be disposed of as the General Assembly may direct; and a copy to each Clerk of the Superior Court for each county in this State, to be kept in his office free for the perusal of any person. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the Clerk and

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Reporter of said Court, before entering on the duties of their respective offices, shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties, and take all other oaths prescribed by law for civil officers. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the Judges of said Supreme Court, shall have power to establish Rules of Practice, and to regulate the admission of Attornies in said Supreme Court, and to award all such process as may be necessary to enforce obedience to their orders and judgments, and as are usual in other appellate tribunals; and also, to establish and procure a Seal for said Court. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That in case plaintiff in error shall fail to cause the transcript of the record to be filed with the Clerk of the Supreme Court, at the place of holding said Court, by the third day of the term next succeeding the time of granting the supersedeas; and the adverse party shall file with the Clerk of the Supreme Court a certificate of the granting of such supersedeas, signed by the Clerk of the Superior Court, wherein the cause is depending, then it shall be the duty of such Supreme Court to affirm the Judgment below on such certificate. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Attorney or Solicitor General of the Judicial Circuit wherein any criminal cause is tried, and which may be taken up in manner aforesaid, to appear and attend to said cause in the Supreme Court. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That whenever a party shall not be able to give security, he shall file an affidavit stating that he is unable, from his poverty, to give the security for the eventual costs and condemnation money, and that his counsel has advised him that he has good cause for a Writ of Error; and upon filing the same in the Clerk's office, he shall be entitled to all the privileges which he would have had, if he had given the security and paid the costs as required by this Act. And when any party, in any civil cause, residing out of the county in which it may be tried, shall not be desirous of obtaining a supersedeas, he shall be entitled to have his cause carried up to the Supreme Court, under the provisions of this Act, without giving bond or making affidavit as hereinbefore providedthe adverse party being at liberty to proceed with Execution. Approved, December 10th, 1845. AN ACT to give the consent of the State of Georgia to a purchase by the United States of a lot of land in the city of Savannah, for the use of a Custom House, and to cede the jurisdiction of the same. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly

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met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the consent of the State of Georgia be and it is hereby given to the purchase by the United States of a lot of land situate, lying and being in the city of Savannah, in Chatham county, known in the plan of the said city as lot number one [1] in Jeykill [Illegible Text] Derby Ward, bounded on the north by Bay-street, measuring on said street sixty feet, on the west by Bull-street, measuring on said street ninety feet, on the east by a lot, and on the south by Bay lane. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by authority of the same, That the jurisdiction of the State of Georgia, of, in, to, and over the said lot of land, and the improvements hereafter placed on it, is hereby ceded to the United States, to be held and exercised by them so long as the said lot shall be devoted to the use and purpose of a Custom House. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws or parts of laws, so far as they militate against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, November 18th, 1845. AN ACT to alter and amend an Act to provide for the indigent Deaf and Dumb of this State, also to provide for the appointment of a Commissioner, to regulate his duties, affix his salary, and appropriate monies therefor, by changing the place of education, and for other purposes. SECTION 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 above recited Act as relates to the American Asylum at Hartford, Connecticut, as the place designated for the indigent Deaf and Dumb of this State, be repealed. Provided, That at the Cedar Valley Academy, in the county of Paulding, or some other Academy in this State which may be approved by his Excellency the Governor, the same kind of education may be acquired, and on terms equally economical as those of the said American Asylum. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the salary of the said Commissioner shall be reduced to the sum of five hundred dollars annually, and when the last beneficiary shall be removed from the said American Asylum, his salary shall not exceed four hundred dollars annually. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That his Excellency the Governor be authorized to remove such beneficiaries as are now at the said American Asylum at Hartford, if the means of a proper education be supplied

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at the said Cedar Valley Academy, or elsewhere, on the same terms of economy to this State, and general usefulness of the appropriation made by said Act of eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provisions of this Act and of the Act of which this is amendatory shall be extended to all the indigent Deaf, or Dumb, or Blind. SEC. 5. 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. Approved, December 25th, 1845. AN ACT to alter and amend an Act to guard and protect the citizens of this State against the unwarrantable and too prevalent use of deadly weapons, passed on the twenty-fifth day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. SECTION 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, instead of the penalty against the offences mentioned in said Act, and which are prescribed in the second section, the Court may, in its discretion, substitute that of imprisonment in the common jail of the county where the offence was committed [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] conviction for the first offence, the imprisonment to consist of a term of not less than one month, nor more than two [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] upon a second conviction and every after conviction [Illegible Text] a like offence, the imprisonment to consist of a term of not [Illegible Text] than two months nor more than four months. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 8th, 1845. AN ACT to compel the Superintendents of Elections held for Governor, Members of Congress, Senators and Representatives in the State Legislature, to file in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, one list of the voters at said elections. SECTION 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 hereafter the Superintendents of Elections held for Governor, Members of Congress, Senators and Representatives in the State Legislature, shall file in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county where such elections may be held, one list of all the voters who may have voted at said elections within the county, which said list shall be kept by said Clerk for public inspection. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 10th, 1845. AN ACT to amend an Act to amend the Estray Laws of this State, so far as relates to the time of advertising and tolling horned cattle, sheep, goats or hogs, before they are sold, assented to December twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-three. SECTION 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 horned cattle, sheep, goats and hogs, that may be tolled in conformity with the estray laws now in force in this State, may be sold at the expiration of three months from the time they are tolled. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, to exercise discretion in selling lands which may be divided by county lines. SECTION 1. Whereas it often happens that a tract or lot of land is divided by a county line passing through said land, and under the existing laws now in force in relation to administrators' sales, makes it the duty of administrators, executors or guardians, to sell all lands in the county where it lies, which often causes unnecessary expense and trouble; for remedy thereof Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

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the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That in all cases where any [Illegible Text], executor or guardian, has land to sell as administrator, executor or guardian, and such land is composed of one lot or tract, and such lot or tract of land is divided by a county line, then and in that case, the administrator, executor or guardian, shall have the right to sell said tract or lot of land in either one of the counties, by advertising it in the county where it is to be sold, agreeable to the law now in force. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, are hereby repealed. Approved, December 20th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize the investment of trust funds in State stocks or other State securities, to provide for the sale or disposition thereof, and to exempt the same from taxation. SECTION 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, any executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, guardian or trustee, who may hold any trust funds, shall be authorized to invest the same in stocks, bonds or other securities, issued by this State. Provided, That he or she shall, within twelve months thereafter, make a legal return thereof, in which shall be set forth the price paid, the time when, and the name of the person from whom they may have been purchased. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Superior, Inferior, or other Courts of this State, to authorize the investment of such funds as may be under their control, or in their custody, and be the subject of litigation, in stocks, bonds or other securities issued by this State, under such terms as may be prescribed in an order for that purpose. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Superior Court of any District to grant an order for the sale of any such stocks, bonds or other securities, as may be purchased under the first section of this act, upon the application of the person making such investment, when such sale shall be necessary to discharge, or pay in part, any claims on the fund so invested. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all investments made in conformity with this act, shall be exempt from taxationand the person making the same shall be relieved from liability, so far as relates to the amount invested, on delivering to the person or persons to whom he or she may be legally responsible,

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such stocks, bonds or securities, unless sold by order of Court, and paying or accounting for the interest received thereon. Approved, December 17th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize the several Courts of Ordinary of this State to appoint their Clerks Guardians in certain cases, and for other purposes therein nemed. WHEREAS, the estates of minors, idiots and insane persons, are liable to be seriously injured and wasted on account of the inability of the Courts of Ordinary to procure for them guardians who can give the bond and security required by law, 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 whenever the estate of any minor, idiot or insane person, shall be liable to injury for the want of a legal representative, and the Court of Ordinary shall be unable to procure a guardian who can give the necessary bond and security, it shall and may be lawful for the Court of Ordinary in any county of this State where such a case shall arise, by special order to appoint their Clerk guardian of [such] minor, idiot or insane person. And the said Clerk so appointed, shall have full power and authority to sue and defend suits for the benefit of the estate of such minor, idiot or insane person, and shall be fully vested with all the powers of a guardian until one can be regularly appointed who shall be able to give bond and security according to law. Provided, That in all suits instituted by said clerk as guardian aforesaid, no other evidence shall be required of his authority to sue, than an exemplified copy of the aforesaid special order of the Court of Ordinary. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever, under the same or similar circumstances to those enumerated in the preamble to this bill, any Court of Ordinary in this State may have been compelled to appoint their Clerk guardian of any minor, idiot or insane person, such act, on the part of such Court, shall be deemed and held legal and valid; and all suits and other acts which may have been instituted and performed by any such Clerk so appointed, in managing the business of the estate of such minor, idiot or insane person, be and the same are hereby legalized and made valid. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such clerk, when appointed guardian according to the provisions of this act, shall be entitled to receive the same commissions for his services as such as are allowed all other guardians by the laws of this State.

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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful for any Court of Ordinary to compel any clerk to become guardian as aforesaid, but it shall be at his option. Approved, December 28th, 1845. AN ACT more [Illegible Text] to provide for the collection and disbursement of Fines imposed by Courts of Enquiry. SECTION 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 the duty of the clerks of the several regimental and battalion Courts of Enquiry, in this State, to keep a book, in which all fines shall be regularly entered, which may be assessed upon defaulters by the several Courts of Enquiry. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That defaulters shall have thirty days in which they may make voluntary payment, or enter an appeal, agreeably to existing laws, after which the clerk of said Court of Enquiry shall, and he is hereby required, to make out a list of defaulters, with the amount of each fine, and turn it over to the tax collector of the county, whose duty it shall be to add the amount of such fine to the tax of such defaulters, which collector shall collect the same as his other tax; which collector shall be allowed the same per cent. for collecting as he is allowed by law for his other collections; and the said collector is hereby required to pay over one moiety of the balance to the clerk of said Court of Enquiry, subject to the order of said Court, the other [Illegible Text] to the county treasurer, which shall become a part of the county funds. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the clerks of the company courts of enquiry, shall issue execution against defaulters, which, after being countersigned by the captain or commanding officer of such company, shall be placed in the hands of a constable of the district, whose duty it shall be to collect the same, as other executions. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That executions issued by clerks of company courts of enquiry, shall be on the same footing as executions issued from Justices courts; and the constable shall be made and held liable, by rule and attachment, with regard to these executions, the same as with regard to [Illegible Text] executions. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall apply to the first Regiment of the first Brigade and first Division. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts

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of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize the issuing of grants to such lots of land and fractions, as are embraced in the several counties of this State, in the land lotteries of eighteen hundred and twenty-one and eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, and the land and gold lotteries of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and no provisions heretofore made for grantingand to such other lots (embraced in the aforesaid land and gold lotteries) as the granting of which has been arrested by an executive order on account of forgeries, alterations and [Illegible Text] upon the Books of the Executive Department. WHEREAS there are yet remaining, under the various surveys heretofore had, public lands, consisting of whole numbers and fractions, that were never deposited in the wheel at the drawing of the land lotteries of eighteen hundred and twenty-one and eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, and the land and gold lotteries of eighteen hundred and thirty-two:And whereas, by fraudulent entries, alterations and erasures upon the Books of the Executive Department, grants have been refused to issue in pursuance of an act of eighteen hundred and forty-three SECTION 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 immediately after the passage of this act, any person, a citizen of this State, by paying into the Treasury the sum of two thousand dollars, shall be entitled to receive from this State, in his or her name, a grant or grants to any lot or lots, fraction or fractions of land, for the granting of which no provisions have heretofore been made, and to such lots for which the grants have been prevented to issue in pursuance of an act of eighteen hundred and forty-three, by an Executive order, embraced in any county of this State, in the several land and gold lotteries aforesaid; and from and after the first day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-six, by paying into the Treasury the sum of fifteen hundred dollars; from and after the first day of April thereafter, by paying into the Treasury one thousand dollars; from and after the first day of May thereafter, by paying into the Treasury seven hundred and fifty dollars; from and after the first day of June thereafter, by paying into the Treasury five hundred dollars; from and after the first day of July thereafter, by paying into the Treasury three hundred dollars; from and after the first day of August thereafter, by paying into the Treasury two hundred dollars; from and after

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the first day of September thereafter, by paying into the Treasury one hundred and fifty dollars; from and after the first day of October thereafter, one hundred dollars; from and after the first day of November thereafter, by paying into the Treasury seventy-five dollars; from and after the first day of December thereafter, fifty dollars; from and after the first day of January thereafter, twenty-five dollars; from and after the first day of February thereafter, five dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should two or more persons apply for the same lot or fraction, the Surveyor General shall place the names of all the applicants in a hat, and the first name drawn out shall be entitled to receive the grant on paying into the Treasury the sum before recited. Provided, That nothing in this act contained, shall be so construed as to authorize the grant to issue to any fractional lots in any of the lotteries embraced in the act of eighteen hundred and forty-three. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT for the correction of errors in plats and grants, and to authorize the Governor to issue copy plats and grants in certain cases. WHEREAS it appears that errors have been made in the issuing of plats and grants from the Executive officers of the State, and for remedy whereof SECTION 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 all cases of error in which a plat or grant has been or may hereafter be issued for a gold lot instead of a land lot, or for a land lot when it should have been a gold lot, or where a mistake has occurred, in the name of the drawer, the number of the lot, the district, the section or the county, it shall and may be lawful for the Governor to [Illegible Text] and correct the same, by ordering a proper plat [Illegible Text] grant to be annexed; to sign or cause to be signed, the names of the public officers who were in office when the same issued, and to order such alteration in the public records in relation [Illegible Text] as that they may conform to such corrected plat or grant. Provided, That upon the face of each corrected plat or grant, a note shall be made of such correction, and the date of the Executive order authorizing the same. And provided further, That in any case the original plat and grant shall be produced before such alteration shall be ordered. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases when the name of the Governor has not

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been signed to the records of the Secretary of State's office in the transcription thereof, and the like omission in the registry of some of the lottery grants of more recent date, it is and shall be lawful for his Excellency the Governor to cause to be issued copy grants to and in the names of the several fortunate drawers, when it does satisfactorily appear from the proper entries in the other offices, that the original grants have been previously issued. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to allow any person or persons applying for a grant or grants to any reverted lot or lots, under the act of eighteen hundred and forty-three, to file an affidavit of their intention to settle the lot applied for, and to give preference to such applicant, and to alter the price of grants as herein provided, and to extend the time for granting at the present price. SECTION 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 first day of January next, any person or persons, citizens of this State, applying for a grant or grants to any of the reverted lands, under the various lotteries of this State, shall, upon his or her filing in the office of the Surveyor General, his or her affidavit of his or her intention to settle said lot so applied for, have a preference to the grant over all other applicants who have not, [Illegible Text] do not file such affidavit. Provided, the original drawer shall have the preference in all cases: SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when two or more persons apply for a grant to the same lot, and make affidavit of intention to settle the same, the Surveyor General shall settle by lot which of the applicants shall have the lot, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of the act assented to the twenty-first December, eighteen hundred and forty-three, entitled an act to repeal an act to extend the time for fortunate drawers in all the land and gold lotteries, to take out their grants, assented to in December, eighteen hundred and forty-one, and to limit the time for fortunate drawers in said lotteries to take out their grants, and to provide for the [Illegible Text] of the same, if not granted within the limitation, and to provide for taking out the grants on head rights, assented to the twenty-eighth December, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and to extend the time for granting the same, so far as relates to the granting of lands from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-six, at and for the sum of five dollars, be and the same is hereby repealedand that the time of granting reverted lands at twenty-five

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dollars, be extended to the first of February, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and that from and after the first of February, eighteen hundred and forty-six, any person, a citizen of this State, by paying into the Treasury the sum of ten dollars, shall be entitled to receive from the State in his own name, a grant to any ungranted lot of land, as contemplated in the above recited act, and that from and after the first of May next thereafter, the sum of five dollars. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to amend the several acts in relation to issuing of grants on head rights in this State, so far as to extend the time for granting the same until the 25th day of December, 1846. SECTION 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 any land heretofore surveyed under the laws regulating surveys on head rights [Illegible Text] this State, may be granted to the person or persons for whom the same was surveyed, upon the payment of the usual fees by the 25th day of December, 1846. 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. Approved, December 8th, 1845. AN ACT to change and point out the mode of inheritance [Illegible Text] certain cases therein mentioned. SECTION 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, whenever any feme covert having a child or children, living, by a former husband, shall be entitled to property by inheritance, such property shall not belong to the husband of such feme covert, as heretofore, but shall be equally divided between all the children of such feme covert and said feme covert. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such property, so divided as aforesaid, the parts or shares so allotted to any child or children by a previous marriage, shall be vested in such child or children, and the part or

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parts so allotted to such feme covert and to her children by her last husband, shall vest in such husband in the same manner as said property would vest under existing laws. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT in relation to Insolvent Debtors. 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 debtor residing in any county, other than that in which a judgment may be against him, shall be arrested by virtue of a capias ad satisfaciaendum issued thereon, and shall give bond in terms of the act for the relief of honest debtors, it shall be lawful for such debtor to deliver to the Sheriff of the county in which he resides, any personal property (other than choses in action,) specified in his schedule, which Sheriff shall hold the same subject to the order of the Court from which said execution shall be issued, and shall give to said debtor a certificate of such delivery, which, on being filed with his schedule, shall be sufficient to authorize the discharge of the debtor on taking the oath prescribed, so far as relates to such property. And be it further enacted, That when any debtor, after giving bail or security on mesne or final process, shall be surrendered by his bail or security, and committed by the Sheriff to jail, it shall not be lawful for any Court to discharge such debtor from custody because of the jail fees not being paid or secured, unless the Sheriff or Jailer shall give at least ten days prior notice in writing to the plaintiff or his attorney, who shall be allowed that time within which to pay or give security for the jail fees, and thereby prevent such discharge. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to alter the law in relation to Interest on Money. SECTION 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 contracts, bonds, notes, and assurances whatsoever, made after the passage of this act, by or with an incorporated Bank, or any other person or persons, whether natural or artificial, for the payment of any principal on money, goods, wares or merchandise, or other commodities whatsoever, to be lent, covenanted,

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to be performed upon or for any usury, whereupon or whereby there shall be reserved or taken above the rate of seven per centum per annum, shall be void and of no effect, except so far as to authorize the recovery of the principal due thereon, and no more. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any judgment hereafter rendered in any Court of this State, shall bear interest (so far as regards the principal debt,) at the same rate as that borne by the contract upon which such judgment may be obtained. Approved, December 17th, 1845. AN ACT to alter and amend the several acts in relation to Itinerant Traders, and to prescribe the mode of their obtaining license. SECTION 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 shall wish to traffic in and vend wares, goods and merchandise, as an itinerant trader, he shall apply to the Clerk of the Inferior Court in which such person may thus wish to trade and traffic, for a license. And said clerk shall issue said license granting permission to such applicant to trade and traffic as an itinerant trader within the limits of the county where such application is made, for and during one year from the issuing of said license. Provided, That such clerk shall immediately notify the Justices of the Inferior Court, and the said Justices or a majority of them shall, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to impose such tax as in their judgment may seem most advisable. Provided, also, that said tax shall not be less than fifty dollars for said license, to be used by the Inferior Court for county purposes, and shall pay to said clerk one dollar, as his fee for issuing said license, and shall produce to said Inferior Court evidence of their good character, and shall also take and subscribe an oath before said clerk, who is hereby authorized to administer said oath, that such applicant has resided in said State at least twelve months previous to such application. Provided, That nothing herein contained, be so construed as to prevent persons from peddling on such articles as are exempt under the present law. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such person so applying for and obtaining such license, shall be subject to all the penalties prescribed by law, now in force, in relation to trading with slaves, and other interferences with the property of the citizens of this State, and shall

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be subject to the same rules and restrictions as are of force respecting the issue of the license to pedlers. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person shall trade and traffic in goods, wares or merchandise, as an itinerant trader as aforesaid, without having first obtained the license prescribed in the first section of this act, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and liable to indictment in the Superior Court of the county where such trading and trafficking took place, and on conviction shall be fined and imprisoned, or either, at the discretion of the Court. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this act shall be construed to take from the corporate authorities of the city of Savannah, the power to regulate pedlars within the limits of the city. SEC. 5. 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. Approved, November 27th, 1845. AN ACT in relation to proceedings to recover debts not due. 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 when a debt is not due, and the debtor is about to remove, or is removing without the limits of this State, and oath being made by the creditor, his agent, or attorney in fact or at law, of the amount of the debt to become due, and that the debtor is about to remove, or is removing, without the limits of this State, and that be has reason to apprehend the loss of said debt, or some part thereof, if the debtor be not held to bail, it shall and may be lawful for the creditor to commence an action or suit at law, and hold said debtor to bail in the same way and manner and under the same restrictions as where an affidavit is made under existing laws;and the bail so taken shall in like manner be liable to the creditors. Provided always, That judgment shall not be rendered in any such cause until after the debt has become due. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to provide for the introduction in evidence of certain copy executions in certain cases therein defined. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the purchaser of real estate at any Sheriff's sale, either prior or posterior to the passage of this act, under execution, shall and may have the execution under which said real estate has or may be sold, together with all the entries thereon, recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which said real estate may be situated, and said record of said execution may be read as competent evidence in any cause where the title of said real estate is involved, upon satisfactory evidence of the loss or destruction of the original execution, and the Clerk shall have the same fees for recording such executions, as he is now entitled to for recording sheriff's deeds. Approved, December 20th, 1845. AN ACT for the admission of certain evidence in cases therein mentioned. SECTION 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 wherever deeds or bills of sale, properly executed, have been heretofore recorded in any of the offices of the Clerks of the Superior Courts of this State, prior to any act authorizing such recordand the original of such deed or bill of sale has been lost or destroyeda copy thereof duly certified by the Clerk of said Court, shall be admitted in evidence, in lieu of the original, in any Court of law or equity in this Stateany law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to exempt Journeymen Mechanics and Laborers of this State from the garnishment of their wages. 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 journeymen mechanics and day laborers shall be exempt from the process and [Illegible Text] of garnishment on their daily, weekly, or monthly wages, whether in the bands of employers or others. Approved, December 27th, 1845.

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AN ACT in relation to affidavits of Illegality. SECTION 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 affidavit of illegality shall be filed in terms of the law, for the purpose of staying proceedings when an execution is levied on property, the property so levied on shall be subject to levy and sale under other executions, and the officer making the first levy, shall claim, receive, hold and retain such an amount of the proceeds of sale as the Court shall deem sufficient to pay the execution first levied, including interest up to the time of the Court at which said illegality shall be determined, and any bond given by the defendant on filing such affidavit shall be released and discharged so far as relates to the property sold. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to prescribe the mode of signing Judgment and issuing Execution against endorsers in certain cases. SECTION 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, in all cases where one or more persons are endorsers upon any bill of exchange, promissory note, or other instrument in writing, and separate suits may be prosecuted against such endorsers in any Court of this State, it shall be the duty of the plaintiff or his attorney, in signing Judgment in such suits against such endorsers, to designate and identify the contract on which such Judgment is rendered, and that Execution shall issue accordingly. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT for limitation of proceedings caveating Wills. SECTION 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 proceedings for caveating [Illegible Text] setting aside any will or wills, or requiring executors to

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prove the same in solemn form, shall be commenced within seven years after probate of will, in the ordinary form, and granting letters testamentary or administration thereon, and not after, [Illegible Text]. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That in all cases of heirs or parties being under the age of twenty-one years, at the time of the death of the testators, such heir or party shall be allowed four years after coming to twenty-one years, within which time to commence his, her, or their proceedings against the will of such testator. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to provide for the service of original process upon Corporations. 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, service of all bills, [Illegible Text], writs, attachments, and other original process necessary to the commencement of any suit against any Corporation in any Court of Law or Equity in this State, may be executed by leaving the same at the place of transacting the usual and ordinary public business of said Corporation, if any such place of business there shall be within the jurisdiction of the Court in which said suit may or shall be commenced; and if any Corporation shall not have any such place for the transaction of its usual and ordinary public business, then by leaving the same at its last notorious place of transacting its said business, and publishing a copy of said subp[oelig]na, attachment or other original process, in one of the public gazettes of this State for the space of three months; and any copy of the newspaper containing said publication shall be received in all the Courts of this State as sufficient evidence of such service. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to amend the twelfth section of the Judiciary Act of seventeen hundred and ninety-nine. WHEREAS it sometimes happens that in cases where scire facias has been sued out against several parties, the same cannot be returned served upon all of said parties, by reason of one or more of them having removed out of the county in which

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the suit was pending, or out of the Stateand whereas there are conflicting decisions in the Courts of this State as to the time within which sci. fa. should be sued out to make the legal representative or representatives of deceased plaintiff, parties. For [Illegible Text] whereof SECTION 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 cases where there are several parties to be served with scire facias, and any one or more of them reside out of the State or county in which the suit is pending, a service upon those residing in the county where the suit is pending, and a return that the others are not to be found, shall be held and considered a sufficient service and return to authorize the making of the representative or representatives of such deceased plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be, a party or parties, so as to authorize the original suit in the name of the parties, so made, to proceed to trial and judgment as though all such parties had been served with [Illegible Text] facias. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases where the representative or representatives of a deceased plaintiff are to be made parties by [Illegible Text] facias, the same shall issue within such time as the presiding Judge shall deem to be reasonable, under the circumstances, and the presiding Judge shall in all cases have power and authority to give such time for the issuing and service of scire facias to make parties, as in his opinion may be necessary to prenote the ends of justice. 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. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to explain and amend the first section of an act approved twentieth December, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled An act to define the liability of securities on appeal on stay of executions, and for the protection of bail en recognizance bond, note or other contract. Also to explain and amend the first section of an act approved December twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, entitled An act to alter and amend an act entitled an act to define the liability of securities on appeal, on stay of executions, and for the protection of bail on recognizance bond, note, or other contract. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in

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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 and may be lawful for any person or persons who have heretofore become security on any note, bond or other instrument in writing, and not interested in the consideration, and judgment has been rendered against them, and such security or securities have been heretofore compelled to pay off such judgment, or may hereafter be compelled to pay off such judgment, he, she, or they shall be entitled to the control of the same, and be permitted to use and control the same in as full and ample a manner as the party plaintiff could have done against the principal debtor or debtors. Provided always, That it shall be made satisfactorily appear to the Court where said judgment was rendered, that such person or persons assuming to have the control of any judgment as aforesaid, were bona fide security or securities only upon the original bond, note, or other instrument, which was the foundation of the judgment. Provided further, That this act shall not affect the rights of any bona fide purchaser, without actual notice of such securityship and judgment acquired before the passage of the same. 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. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to extend the provisions of an Act assented to December eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-one, and also an Act assented to December the twenty-second, eighteen hundred and forty-three, so as to exempt from levy and sale certain property therein mentioned. SECTION 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 provisions of the act to exempt from levy and sale under execution, certain property therein mentioned, assented to December the eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-one, and the act amending the same, assented to on the twenty-second December, eighteen hundred and forty-three, be extended to the citizens of any city, town or village in this State, and to exclude real property in such places not exceeding in value two hundred dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts

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of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 29th, 1845. AN ACT to give to Mothers certain rights in relation to the guardianship and custody of their minor children. SECTION 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 all cases where a father shall depart this life leaving his widow, and a minor child, or minor children him surviving, without appointing a testamentary guardian for his said minor children, that the guardianship and control of the persons of said children shall vest in their mother, so long as she continues unmarried. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the Justices of the Inferior Court from dismissing said mother from her guardianship, upon just cause shown. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases where a controversy may arise, on the return to a habeas corpus, in relation to the custody of the persons of minor children, the common law rule vesting said custody always in the father, shall be abolished; and it shall be within the discretion of the Judge of the Superior Courts, or Justices of the Inferior Courts, or a majority of them, in the absence of the Judge of the Superior Court, to award the custody of said minor or minors, either in the father or mother, as may appear most beneficial to the interest of said children. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That widows shall have the power, by will, to appoint testamentary guardians for such children as have no guardian. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to explain the tenth section of the act passed on the eighteenth day of December, seventeen hundred and ninety-two, entitled An act to protect the estates of orphans, and to make permanent provision for the poor. 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 the payment of the debts of any deceased person or persons, no debt secured by mortgage shall be entitled to any priority over any other

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debt of equal degree, except so far as relates to the property mortgaged. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to amend the fifth section of an act for the establishing and regulating Patrol, c., approved November the eighteenth, seventeen hundred and sixty-five. 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 every Patrol shall go to, and examine the several plantations in their divisions, at such time as the Captain shall, in his discretion, see fit, one day or night in fifteen at least. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to alter and amend the eleventh section of the tenth division of the Penal Code. SECTION 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 eleventh section of the tenth division of the Penal Code of this State, shall be as follows, to wit:If any person shall play and bet for money, or other thing of value, at any game of faro, loo, brag, bluff, three-up, seven-up, poker, vingtun, euchre, or any other game or games played with cards, or shall play and bet for money or other thing of value, at any E. O. or A. B. C. table, or other table of like character, such person, so offending, shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum not less than twenty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to amend the Police of the Penitentiary, to authorize an increase of the wages of several of the officers herein named, to allow the Governor, if in his judgment necessary, to draw from the Treasury the remainder of the appropriation of eighteen hundred and forty-three, and to apply the same

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to the use of the Penitentiary, and to compensate John Hadder out of the money now in the Treasury for the use of the Penitentiary. SECTION 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 Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint three persons to examine the raw materials in the hands of the Principal Keeper, and affix to them severally their proper value; and also the assets of the Book Keeper, and report upon their value; and that His Excellency for the time being shall cause the same to be done under such rules and regulations as he may direct and prescribe. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the remaining portion of the unexpended appropriation of eighteen hundred and forty-three, (now in the Treasury,) to rebuild and subsist on, shall be under the control and direction of the Governor, to be applied to the use of the Penitentiary, if he shall consider it necessary and proper. And that the sum of forty dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, out of said remaining balance, to pay John Hadder, a witness for the State, who attended from the county of Forsyth the trial of Dempsey J. Justice, the supposed murderer of one of the Penitentiary Guard, in the county of Twiggs. 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. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to alter the time for the Election of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States. 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 election of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, shall hereafter be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November of the year in which they are to be electedand that all laws now of force in relation to said election, shall apply to that day instead of the day heretofore fixed by law. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT in relation to Public Officers and their sureties. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

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the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That in all cases hereafter, when the surety or sureties to any bond given by any officer for the performance of public duties, shall give notice, in writing, to the Governor, of a desire to be relieved from further liability, or the surety or sureties shall, in the opinion of the Governor, become insufficient, it shall be the duty of the Governor to require of such officer new sureties altogether, or surety in place of the surety desiring to be released, or that may be insufficientand in case any officer shall fail to comply with the requisition of the Governor in the premises, he shall be dismissed from office, and the vacancy occasioned by such dismissal filled, as in case of vacancy from other cause. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to extend the Western and Atlantic Rail Road of the State of Georgia, and to provide the means therefor. SECTION 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 profits only of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, after defraying the expenses of repairs and transportation, shall be applied by the Chief Engineer, with the consent of the Governor, to the extension of said Road as far as Cross Plains, in the county of Murray, [and no further,] within the ensuing two years. Provided, if the profits of the Road will allow a further extension, His Excellency the Governor is authorized to use said profits to such extension. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the profits of the Road should be insufficient to complete the said Road to Cross Plains, and to equip the same for use within two years, it shall and may be lawful for the Governor to issue Bonds, signed by himself and countersigned by the Chief Engineer, payable within ten years after date, and bearing an interest of six per cent. per annum, payable annually, for such sum, not exceeding sixty-five thousand dollars annually, as may suffice for such extension and equipment, and dispose of the same for at least their nominal value, to be applied to the purpose hereinbefore indicated. And the said Western and Atlantic Raid Road shall be pledged for the payment of said Bonds, and the nett profits thereof applied exclusively to the payment of the principal and interest thereof; but the State shall be no further bound therefor, and such limited liability shall be clearly expressed in said Bonds. And in case said Bonds, or any of them, shall be unpaid at maturity, the Chief Engineer shall be considered as a Trustee in possession, for the use of the holders of said Bonds,

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[Illegible Text] may be held to account by them in the Superior Court of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of his residence, for the profits of said Road. Provided, said Bonds shall not be paid until the profits of said Road be sufficient to pay them. Approved, December 24th, 1845. AN ACT to make penal and to punish any unlawful interference with, or molestation of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road. SECTION 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 if any person or persons shall wilfully and maliciously destroy, or in any manner damage, injure, or obstruct, or shall wilfully and maliciously cause, or aid and assist, or counsel or advise any person or persons to destroy, or in any other manner to damage, or injure, or obstruct the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, or any bridge, edifice, right, or privilege constructed for the use of said Road, or if any person or persons shall, without authority, turn, move, or in any manner interfere or meddle with any gate, switch, sideling, or other appurtenance to said Road, such person, so offending, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned at hard labor in the Penitentiary, for a term of years not less than seven, [Illegible Text] more than ten; and if death to any passenger, or other person on said Road, shall [Illegible Text] from any such act, such act or offence shall be held and deemed to be murder, and shall be punished accordingly. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to repeal a part of the eleventh section of an act entitled an act to empower the Inferior Courts of the several counties in this State, to order the laying out of public roads, and to order the building and keeping in repair of public bridges, approved December the fourth, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, and further to extend and define the power of said Courts as to the construction of bridges. SECTION 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, so much of the before recited section as requires that the Inferior Courts shall appoint

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one or more commissioner or commissioners to contract for the building of public bridges, and which requires that such [Illegible Text] shall not be made for a time less than five nor more than seven years, and that said commissioner or commissioners shall, after taking an oath, and legal advertisement, proceed to let the [Illegible Text] at public outery to the lowest bidder, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, [Illegible Text] the Justices of the Inferior Court of the several counties in this State, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorized to contract for the building and keeping in repair of public bridges, for such time and in such way as they may deem most advisable, either by letting the same to the lowest bidder, hiring hands for that purpose, or in any other way that to them may appear right and proper. And should they at any time let the same to the lowest bidder, that they be authorized to require and receive the same bond that commissioners now do. And that they shall levy the amount thereof on the county, or order the same to be paid out of any funds of the county subject to their disposal. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such laws as militate against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 26th, 1815. AN ACT to alter and amend the several acts now in force in relation to the taking of Sheriff's bonds. SECTION 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 the Judges of the Superior Courts of this State, at the first sitting of the Superior Court, in any county in this State, after a [Illegible Text] shall have been elected and qualified for such county, to examine the official bond of such Sheriff, and if the bond has been taken in conformity to the law, to cause the bond to be entered on the minutes of the Superior Court; and in case the bond has not been taken in conformity to law, it shall be the duty of the Sheriff to give another bond in conformity to the law, which bond the Judge is hereby authorized and empowered to take, and when so taken, shall be entered on the minutes of the Superior Court. Approved, December 26th, 1845.

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AN ACT to prohibit colored mechanics and masons, being slavesor free persons of color being mechanies or masons, from making contracts for the erection of buildings, or for the repairs of buildings, and declaring the white person or persons directly or indirectly contracting with or employing them, as well as the master employer, manager or agent for said slave, or guardian of said free person of color, authorizing or permitting the same, guilty of a misdemeanor, and prescribing punishment for violating this act. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the General Assembly met, That from and after the first day of February next, each and every white person who shall thereafter contract or bargain with any slave inechanic or mason, or free person of color, being a mechanic or mason, for the erection of any building, or for the repair of any building, whether the same be done directly or indirectly with said slave mechanic or mason, or free person of color, being a mechanic or mason, shall be liable to be indicted for a misdemeanor, and on conviction, to be fined at the discretion of the Court, not exceeding two hundred dollarswhich fine, when collected, shall be paid over to the Inferior Court of the county in which the case was tried, for the uses of the county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the master of said slave mechanic or mason, or the employer, manager or agent for, or guardian of said free person of color, being a mechanic or mason, who shall knowingly authorize or permit, directly or indirectly, in contravention of the spirit and intention of this act, such slave mechanic or mason, or such free person of color, being a mechanic or mason, to make such contracts as are contemplated in the first section of this act, shall be liable to indictment for a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be punished by a fine at the discretion of the Court, not exceeding two hundred dollars, to be applied, when collected, to county purposes, as provided in the first section of this act. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Judges of the Superior Courts do give this act in charge to the Grand Juries. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to commute the Bonds of this State issued in redemption of the bills and liabilities of the Central Bank of Georgia. SECTION 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

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Governor of this State be, and he is hereby authorized to execute the bonds of this State in sums of not less than five hundred dollars each, in lieu of and in redemption of the bonds heretofore issued in redemption of the bills of the Central Bank of Georgia, said new bonds to bear interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, and the interest to be paid annually, and said bonds and interest to be made payable in the cities of Savannah, Augusta and Milledgeville, said bonds to be made payable at such time or times as may be agreed on by the Governor and bond holders, having due regard to the availability of the assets of the Central Bank for the payment of the said bonds. Provided, That not more than seventy-five thousand dollars shall fall due in any one year. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the faith and credit of the State of Georgia be, and the same are hereby pledged, for the payment of said bonds at the maturity thereof, and also that they be considered as a debt due by the Central Bank, the assets of which are hereby required to be appropriated to pay the interest and the redemption of said bonds. SEC. 3. That all laws militating against this act be, and they are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to levy and collect a tax for each of the political years eighteen hundred and forty-six and eighteen hundred and forty-seven. SECTION 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 the taxes to be levied and collected for each of the political years eighteen hundred and forty-six and eighteen hundred and forty-seven, shall be the same as that levied and collected for the political year eighteen hundred and forty-three, by virtue of an act passed on the twenty-third day of December, eighteen hundred and forty, and an act passed on the twenty-seventh day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-two, except as hereinafter provided, viz:On all Agencies of Banks authorized by other States, and kept within this State, there shall be levied and collected annually, a tax of eight cents on every hundred dollars on the amount of Exchange bought and sold, a return of which shall be made on or before the first day of May. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any person shall act as agent or agents for [Illegible Text] Bank incorporated in another State, or individuals residing

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in another State, in the purchase, discount, or sale of bills of exchange or promissory notes, he, she, or they shall be liable to pay a tax of eight cents on every hundred dollars of the amount so bought, discounted, or sold, and on all persons or companies engaged in manufacturing, whose capital exceeds fifteen thousand dollars, eight cents on every hundred dollars value thereof. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the several Receivers of tax returns to make a return of their digests to the Comptroller General, on or before the first day of July of each year; and if any Receiver of tax returns shall fail so to return his digests, unless for good cause, and be approved by the Governor, he shall [Illegible Text] the penalty of one thousand dollars, which shall be collected of him and his securities, by execution, as in case of [Illegible Text] tax collector. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person shall fail to make a return of taxable property under this act, such persons shall be doubly taxed for the first year, [Illegible Text] taxed for the second year, and increasing in the same ratio each year, until a [Illegible Text] is made; and if any person make a false or partial return, a double tax shall [Illegible Text] assessed by the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county in which such false or partial return is made, or report of such fact to them by the Receiver of tax returns, and at least three days notice to such person, by order of the Justices of said Court. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever, in any county, there shall be a failure to elect a receiver of tax returns, or tax collector, or both, or from any other cause digests will probably not be returned in due time, it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, to assemble forthwith, and notify the Governor of such probable failure, and appoint some proper person or persons to fill such vacant office or offices, who shall qualify before them, and [Illegible Text] upon the duties of his office upon giving to said Court a bond, with securities, executed in a proper form, and for a proper amount. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to furnish the several Receivers with blank forms, by which they shall make out their digests, and each digest, when so returned, shall be uniformly [Illegible Text] and labeled. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following rates of commissions shall be allowed on the nett amount of each digest, to each Receiver and Collector, to wit: On all digests over $20,0003 per cent. On all digests over 10 and under $20,0004 per cent. On all digests over 6 and under 10,0005 per cent. On all digests over 4 and under 6,0006 per cent.

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On all digests over 3 and under $4,0007 per cent. On all digests over 2 and under 3,0008 per cent. On all digests over 1 and under 2,0009 per cent. On all digests under 1,00010 per cent. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in relation to taxes, now of force, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and necessary to carry it fully into effect, be and the same are continned in full force and effect. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to provide for the correction of errors committed by Receivers of tax returns, in receiving taxable property, or in assessing the taxes payable thereon. WHEREAS it frequently occurs that the Receivers of taxable property in the several counties in this State, in taking the quantity or quality of property returned as taxable, or in assessing the amount of taxes thereon, for remedy whereof SECTION 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 whenever it shall be made appear to the satisfaction of the grand jury of any county of this State, after the Receiver of tax returns has made out and [Illegible Text] his digest of the taxes of said county, that said Receiver has committed an error in making an entry, of either the quantity or quality of property returned, in his said digests, or in the amount of taxes assessed, that the said grand jury may recommend to the Inferior Court of the county and the Comptroller General of the State, to cause the said errors to be corrected on the digests returned, specially setting forth the error committed; whereupon, it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county, and the Comptroller General, to cause the alleged error to be corrected on the digests returned to their respective offices, and to forward a certificate thereof to the Tax Collector of the county, whose duty it shall be to collect the amount of taxes which appear to be due, as appears by said certificate; or if he shall have collected the same, but not paid it over, he shall in that case return any excess over the proper amount of tax that he may have collected; and if he shall have not collected enough, he shall then proceed to collect the balance. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the Tax Collector shall have made his settlement with the Comptroller General and the county, before the correction

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of the digests, as provided for in the foregoing section, it shall be the duty of the Comptroller General to certify the amount overpaid, if any, to his Excellency the Governor, who shall draw his warrant on the Treasury for the same, in favor of the party to whom it may be due; and if it shall appear that the Collector has not collected a sufficient sum, in that case the said Collector, or his successor, shall proceed to collect the same, and make return thereof to the Treasury and the county, in the proportions respectively due them. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the part of the tax due the county shall have been paid over, then the county Treasurer shall refund to the person to whom it may be due, the sum that may have been overpaid on the county tax. SEC. 4. 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. Approved, December 25th, 1815. AN ACT to compel the Banks of this State to pay a tax on the highest amount of bank stock hereafter returned by them as subject to taxation, within the limits of their respective [Illegible Text]. SECTION 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 Bank of this State shall return to the Treasury the amount of bank stock as subject to taxation, such Bank thereafter shall not be permitted to reduce said bank stock, but shall be compelled to pay tax on the highest amount of such stock so returned as subject to taxation, within the limits of their respective charters. Provided, nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent such Banks as are now authorized by law to reduce their capitals, so to do according to such laws. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against the provisions of this act, be and they are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a Committee to examine into the condition of the Treasury and the Central

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Bank, in those years when there shall be [no] session of the Legislature, and to repeal so much of the Act assented to on the twenty-eighth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-three, entitled An Act for the better regulation of the Treasury, and prescribing the duties of Treasurer and Comptroller General, and providing for the management and security of the funds set apart for the payment of the public debt, and defining in part said funds, as conflicts with the provisions of this Act. SECTION 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 is, and shall be lawful for the General Assembly to elect by ballot three fit and proper persons, who shall compose a Committee to examine into the condition of the Treasury in those years when there shall be no session of the Legislature, and especially to examine into the situation of the public debt, the payments which have been made upon it, both as to principal and interest, and shall transmit their Report to his Excellency the Governor, on or before the first day of November, and by him shall be laid before the Legislature in his biennial Message. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Committee be authorized and required to investigate thoroughly the affairs, transactions and condition of the Central Bank, and report the same to his Excellency, in the manner pointed out in the first section of this Act. And that his Excellency be further requested to cause said Reports to be published in the public gazettes of this State for one month, and in pamphlet form, and that a copy be sent to each member of the Legislature last preceding. And that the Committee shall order the bonds of any and all Directors to be sued upon any and all improper or unauthorized acts by the charter of said Central Bank, where the interest of the State has been abused. Provided, That when the Legislature shall fail to elect, it shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint said Committees. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the above recited Act as conflicts with the provisions of this Act, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, December 29th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize his Excellency the Governor, to furnish arms and [Illegible Text] to Volunteer Corps in the State. SECTION 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

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Excellency the Governor, be authorized to furnish all volunteer corps now in commission, or that may hereafter be commissioned, with such arms and accoutrements as may be necessary for the equipment of such volunteer corps, commanders of said corps furnishing such security as may be required. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when such arms and accoutrements applied for, are not in the possession of the State, his Excellency be authorized and required to make requisition of the General Government for the same. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of commanders of volunteer corps, to report, annually, to the Governor, the number and state of the arms and accoutrements in their possession; and their failure so to do, shall be a forfeiture of their bonds. Approved, December 8th, 1845.

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER1845, PRIVATE AND LOCAL. AN ACT to alter and amend an Act entitled an act to incorporate Mount Carmel Academy, in Crawford county, and to appoint Trustees for the same, passed in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two. WHEREAS an Act was passed in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, incorporating Mount Carmel Academy, in the county of Crawford, and appointing Trustees therefor, and whereas all of said Trustees except one, have, since the passage of said act, died, or removed out of said county, and whereas it is desirable to have Trustees appointed, with power to change the location of said Academy, if necessary SECTION 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 James Harris, John L. Woodward, Simeon Hammock, and William S. Williams be, and they are hereby appointed, additional Trustees of said Academy. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Trustees shall have all the powers given the Trustees of said Academy by the act to which this is amendatory, and the said Trustees, or a majority of them, shall have full power to change the location of said Academy, and move the house if necessary. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with this act, are hereby repealed. Approved, December 26th, 1845.

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AN ACT to confirm and make valid a sale of a lot of land in the town of Bainbridge, and to authorize the Trustees of the Decatur county Academy to execute a deed of conveyance to Alexander A. Allen, or his assigns, and to appoint an additional Trustee for said Academy. WHEREAS Alexander A. Allen has heretofore purchased a lot of land in the town of Bainbridge, on which lately stood the old Decatur county Academy, and whereas Bennet Crawford, one of the Trustees of said Academy, has died since said purchase, and there is not now a sufficient number of Trustees to make titles to the same SECTION 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 Trustees of the Decatur county Academy be, and they are hereby authorized and required to make and execute to Alexander A. Allen, or his assigns, a deed of conveyance to the lot of land in said town of Bainbridge, on which lately stood the old Academy, and John P. Dickinson be, and he is hereby appointed, an additional Trustee for said Academy. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an an act to incorporate Oglethorpe University, and the several acts in relation to the Academy at Carrolton, [Illegible Text] county. SECTION 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly [Illegible Text] and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the number of Trustees in Oglethorpe University shall be thirty-six, instead of twenty-four, which said additional number of twelve Trustees shall be [Illegible Text] according to the rules and regulations governing the said institution. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the act passed in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, amended in one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and again amended in one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, incorporating the Carrol county Academy, at Carrolton, be, and the same, with all the amendatory acts, are hereby revived and made of full force and effect; and the acts and doing of the [Illegible Text] Trustees are hereby made valid and of full force. Approved, December 27th, 1845.

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AN ACT to amend the twenty-fifth section of an act entitled an act to incorporate certain Academies, and to appoint Trustees for the same, and to confer certain rights and privileges upon the same, c., passed thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, so far as to enlarge and extend the power of the Commissioners of the Waynesboro' Academy, in Burke county. SECTION 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 Commissioners of the Waynesboro' Academy, and their successors in office, shall have full power and authority to lease for a term of years, or to sell at public outcry, the reserved lands or commons of said town of Waynesboro', in lots of such sizes as they may deem most profitable to the interests of said Academy, upon their giving thirty days notice at the court-house and market-house in said town of Waynesboro', of their determination to sell or lease, hereby vesting in said Commissioners full power and authority to make and execute, by the signature of their President for the time being, good and sufficient titles to the lot or lots of land which shall have been sold. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the proceeds of the sales as aforesaid, shall be added to the Academic fund of said Academy, to be disposed of under the laws regulating the disposition of said funds. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1815. AN ACT to authorize Osborn McGinnis, administrator de bonis non of the estate of James B. Dougherty, late of Jackson county, deceased, and guardian of the wards of said deceased, to remove the said records from the county of Jackson to the county of Forsyth, and make annual returns in the county of Forsyth. SECTION 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, Osborn McGinnis, administrator de bonis non of the estate of James B. Dougherty, late of Jackson county, deceased, and guardian of the wards of the said James B. Dougherty, be and he is hereby authorized to obtain a copy from the Clerk's office of the Court of Ordinary

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of Jackson county, of all the records concerning the estate of said deceased, and of all the property of said wards, and have the same recorded in the Clerk's office of the Court of Ordinary of Forsyth county, and to make annual returns of the same to the Court of Ordinary of Forsyth county. Provided, the said Osborn McGinnis shall first give bond, and good security, to the Court of Ordinary of Forsyth county, and produce to the Court of Ordinary of Jackson county, a certificate from the Court of Ordinary of Forsyth county, that such bond and good security has been given to the said Court of Ordinary of Forsyth county. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 29th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize Alpheus Baker, junior, of the county of Stewart, and other persons therein named, to plead and practice Law in the different Courts of Law and Equity of this State, on certain conditions therein named. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the [Illegible Text] of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That [Illegible Text] Baker, junior, of the county of Stewart, Logan [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of the county of Rabun, Edward Tatnall [Illegible Text] of the city of [Illegible Text] Thomas Hines, of the county of Lowndes, Henry J. Stevens, of the county of Liberty, William [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of the county of [Illegible Text] Norbun Y. Taylor, of the county of Troup, and Elbridge G. Oliver, of the county of [Illegible Text] Seaborn Jones, of the county of Seriven, Nelson Gray and Joel A. Billups, of the county of Clark, and Willis A. Hawkins, of the county of Walton, be and they are hereby authorized to plead and practice Law in the different Courts of Law and Equity in this State, on their undergoing an approved examination agreeably to law. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the said [Illegible Text] Baker, junior, Logan Edmond Bleckley, Edward Tatnall Sheftall, Thomas Hines, Henry J. Stevens, William H. Chambers, Norbun Y. Taylor, Elbridge G. Oliver, Seaborn Jones, Nelson Gray, Joel A. Billups, and Willis A. Hawkins, be held liable and responsible for all their contracts, as fully as though they were twenty-one years of age. SEC. 3. 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 are hereby repealed. Approved, November 21st, [Illegible Text]

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AN ACT to authorize John R. Bowman, of the county of Greene, and George C. Smith, of the county of Elbert, to plead and practice law in the several Courts of Law and Equity in this State, and to prescribd their liabilities touching the same. SECTION 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 John R. Bowman, of the county of Greene, and George C. Smith, of the county of Elbert, be and they are hereby authorized and admitted to plead and practico law in the several Courts of Law and Equity in this State, upon their undergoing an examination in open Court, according to the laws of this State. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said John R. Bowman and George C. Smith, upon their undergoing said examination and admittance, be held, deemed, and considered liable and responsible in law, for all their acts and contracts, in the same manner, and to the same intent, as if they were of full age, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 5th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize William Roscoe Gorman, of the county of Talbot, to plead and practice Law in the several Courts of Law and Equity in this State, except in the Supreme Court, on certain conditions therein expressed. SECTION 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 William [Illegible Text] Gorman, of the county of Talbot, be and he is hereby permitted to plead and practice, in the several Courts of Law and Equity in this State, except in the Supreme Court. Provided, he shall undergo an approved examination before some Superior Court of the State of Georgia, according to the law and rules prescribed in such cases; and on his admission he shall be liable for all his acts and contracts, in the same manner, and to the same extent, as if he were of full age. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize Eustace Speer, Charles E. Nisbet, James T. Nisbet, of Bibb county, and Thomas W. Alexander, of

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Gwinnett county, to plead and practice Law in the several Courts of this State, upon certain conditions therein prescribed. SECTION 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, Eustace Speer, of the county of Monroe, Charles E. Nisbet and James T. Nisbet, of Bibb county, and Thomas W. Alexander, of Gwinnett county, be and they are hereby authorized and admitted to plead and practice law in the several Courts of Law and Equity in this State, except the Supreme Court of this State. Provided, They shall undergo an approved examination before some Superior Court of the State of Georgia, according to the law and rules prescribed in such cases; and on their admission they shall be liable for all their acts and contracts, in the same manner and to the same extent as if they were of full age. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to extend the corporate existence of the President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Augusta, and continue in force certain acts of the General Assembly therein mentioned, and to define the liability of the Stockholders, and to regulate its issues in future. WHEREAS the President and Directors of the Bank of Augusta, in behalf of the Stockholders in said Bank, have applied to the General Assembly for an extension of their charter, and the acts now in force amendatory thereof SECTION 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 lawful for the President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Augusta, to continue to execute until the first day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy, all and singular, the corporate rights, privileges and franchises, granted to them by an act of the General Assembly of this State, passed on the sixth day of December, eighteen hundred and ten, entitled an act to incorporate the Bank of Augusta, and other acts amendatory thereof, which said several acts are hereby extended to, and declared to be of full force; until the said first day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That from the time that this act shall take effect, the total amount which the Bank shall at any time owe, whether by bond, bill, note, or other contract, shall not exceed double the amount of its capital (over and

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above the monies then actually deposited in the Bank for safe keeping)and that so much of the acts, of which this act is amendatory, as conflict with the provisions of this section, be, and the same are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the individual property of the Stockholders in said Bank, shall be bound for the ultinate redemption of the bills issued by said Bank, in proportion to the number of shares held by them respectively; and in case of a failure of said Bank, all transfers of stock made within six months prior to a failure or refusal on the part of said Bank to redeem its liabilities in specie, when required, shall be void, and the private property of the individual or individuals transferring said stock, shall be liable for the redemption of the bills of said Bank, as above stated. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That each Branch, or Agency of this Bank, now established, or which may be hereafter established, be, and the same are hereby required to redeem the bills and liabilities issued by said Branches, with specie, upon presentation at their said Branches or Agencies; and that all bills issued by the Branches, shall be convertible into specie, on presentation at the Mother Bank. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to amend the laws of this State requiring the builders of Public Bridges to give bond and security for keeping in repair the same, so far as relates to the county of Upson. SECTION 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 in the power and discretion of the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Upson, to provide for and to order and direct the building of Public Bridges in said county, without requiring the undertakers or builders to give bond and security to keep in repair the same. Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent the requiring of such bond to be given, as heretofore provided. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 8th, 1845.

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Irwinton Bridge Company, and to regulate the rates of toll thereof, to grant to Elizabeth Jones the right to keep a Ferry on the Savannah river, and to extend the authority of the City Council of Augusta, in relation to Ferries and Bridges in said city. SECTION 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 said incorporation shall be allowed to charge and demand the following rates of toll for crossing the Bridge across the Chattahoochee river, at Eufaula:For man and horse, twelve and a half cents; for every two horse pleasure carriage, twenty-five cents; for every two horse buggy, thirty-seven and a half cents; for every one horse buggy or sulky, twenty-five cents; for every four horse mail or stage coach, fifty cents; for every pedler's wagon, fifty cents: for every five or six horse wagon, seventy-five cents; for every four horse wagon, fifty cents; for every two horse wagon, thirty-seven and a half cents; for every four ox wagon, thirty-seven and a half cents; for every two ox wagon or cart, twenty-five cents; for one horse cart, twenty-five cents; for each head of drove horses or mules, three cents; for each head of drove hogs, or sheep, or goats, two cents; except such as hereinafter may be permitted to pass said Bridge free of toll by the passage of this act. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all wagons or carts going expressly to market, at Eufaula, with cotton, corn, wheat, rye, oats, potatoes, meal, water melons, pork, beef, or poultry of any kind, and returning from said market, shall be permitted to pass the aforesaid Bridge free of toll. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all foot persons shall be permitted to pass said Bridge free of toll. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforesaid Incorporation shall not be allowed to charge or demand of any person, higher rates of toll than are specified in the provisions of this act. Provided, That said Company shall receive their bills in payment of all toll, when presented. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the right to continue and keep a Ferry at the place known as Hudson's Ferry, on the Savannah river, in Seriven, county, be, and the same is hereby granted to Elizabeth Jones, her heirs and assigns, with power and authority to receive toll after the rates which has been usually charged and collected for crossing at said Ferry. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the City Council [Illegible Text] Augusta shall henceforth have full power and authority to regulate

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Ferries, and the transportation of goods, wares and merchandise, in boats or other craft, across the Savannah river, opposite to said city, receiving such income therefrom as they may deem reasonable;and for such purpose, and the preservation of their rights as owners of the Bridge across said river, shall be authorized to pass and carry into execution, all such ordinances as may be necessary, not inconsistent with the laws of this State. SEC. 7. 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. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to repeal all acts and parts of acts establishing a Bridge and Toll gate over Ebenezer Creek, in Effingham county, and for other purposes therein named. SECTION 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, all acts and parts of acts establishing a Bridge and Toll-gate over Ebenezer Creek, in Effingham county, be, and the same are hereby repealed; and the Lutheran congregation, worshiping at Ebenezer, are hereby released from any obligation imposed by any act or parts of acts, heretofore passed, granting a charter for a Bridge and Toll-gate over said Creek. Provided, the Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, of said county, give their sanction to said repeal, and the releasement of said congregation, and pass an order to that effect. 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. Approved, December 29th, 1845. AN ACT to grant the rights and privileges of citizenship to George Michael Lavender, of the county of Coweta, and Matthew Thompson, of the county of Cass, descendants of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, and to establish and legalize the names of the said persons as George Michael Lavender and Matthew Thompson, and to remove all legal disabilities heretofore imposed, and to compel them to do and perform all the duties of free white citizens. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That George Michael Lavender and Matthew Thompson, descendants of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, are hereby permitted to enjoy all the rights and privileges that appertain and belong to the free white citizens of this State, and that all disabilities heretofore imposed upon the said George Michael Lavender and Matthew Thompson, be and the same are hereby repealed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the names of the persons herein named shall be established and known as George Michael Lavender and Matthew Thompson, and the said George Michael Lavender and Matthew Thompson shall be liable to do and perform all and singular the duties of citizens of Georgia. 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. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to grant the rights and privileges of citizenship to Isabella Hicks and her children, and Neely Justice, of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, and to remove all legal disabilities heretofore imposed on said tribe of Indians, so far as respects the said Isabella Hicks and her descendants, and the said Neely Justice. SECTION 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 Isabella Hicks and her children, of the county of Murray, be, and they, and each of them, are hereby permitted to enjoy all the rights and privileges that appertain to, and belong to the free citizens of this State, and that all disabilities heretofore imposed upon said persons of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, be and the same are hereby repealed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the before mentioned persons, (to wit, Isabella Hicks and her descendants,) shall be liable to do and perform all and singular the duties of citizens of Georgia. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Neely Justice, of the county of Chattooga, be, and he is hereby permitted to enjoy all the rights and privileges that appertain to and belong to the free citizens of this State, and that all disabilities heretofore imposed upon persons of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, so far as relates to the said Neely Justice, be and the same are hereby repealed, and that the said Neely Justice shall be liable to do and perform all and singular the duties of citizens of Georgia.

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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to amend the Charter of the city of Columbus, and to amend an act entitled an act to amend the several acts of the Legislature of this State incorporating the city of Columbus, in the county of Muscogee, and to lay off said city into Wards, and to point out the manner of electing the Mayor and Aldermen thereof, passed in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. SECTION 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 lawful for the citizens of the city of Columbus to elect by general ticket a Mayor and twelve Aldermen, which election shall be held at the court-house in said city, on the first Saturday in January in each and every year. Provided, That there shall be two Aldermen elected for, and residing in each Ward as now designated by law. And provided further, That each voter shall designate upon his ticket the two persons voted for as Aldermen for each Ward; and the two persons, residing in each Ward, receiving a majority of all the votes given in said city for Aldermen of each particular Ward, shall be declared elected; and said Mayor and Aldermen, when so elected, shall hold their office until their successors are elected and qualified. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be eligible to the office of Mayor or Aldermen of the city of Columbus or shall be eligible to vote for any officer authorized to be elected by this act, who is not a citizen of the State of Georgia, and who shall not have resided one year in the State, and at least six months in the city of Columbus immediately preceding the election at which he may vote, and shall have paid all legal corporation taxes for which he may be liable; and the Managers, or one of them, of the said election, shall have full power and authority to administer to persons offering to vote at said elections, the following oath or affirmation: I do solemnly swear, or affirm, as the case may be, that I am a citizen of the State of Georgia, that I have resided in said State twelve months and in the city of Columbus six months immediately preceding this election, and am entitled to vote at the same; and that I have paid all legal corporation taxes for which I am liable, and which have been legally required of meSo help me Godwhich oath may be administered in the third person.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said city shall have power and authority to hold a Court, at such time and place, in said city, as he may appoint, for the trial of offences committed against the bye-laws and ordinance of said City Council, by white persons, which offences do not amount to a violation of the penal laws of this State, and shall have power and authority to enforce the penalties prescribed by said City Council, by [Illegible Text] inflicted upon such offender, not exceeding twenty dollars; and upon the non-payment of the same, as may be adjudged and ordered by said Mayor, by imprisonment in the guard-house of said city, or the common jail of Muscogee county, for a term not exceeding three days. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to enforce the laws of this State, and such ordinances as they may or have passed, not inconsistent therewith, in relation to slaves and free persons of color in said city; and whenever any slave, or slaves, or free persons of color, reside upon a lot in said city, other than the lot or premises occupied by their owner or guardian, which slave, or slaves, or free person of color, so residing and living apart from their owner or guardian, tends to the corruption of the habits and manners of the slaves of said city and vicinity, or are guilty of gross immoralities, or by the conduct of such slave, or slaves, or free person of color, such residence may be inconsistent with the proper discipline and good government necessary to be had and maintained among slaves and free persons of color, to be judged of by said Mayor and Council, the said Mayor and Council may take such proceeding thereupon, as shall remedy and remove the evil. Provided, That if the owner or guardian of such slave or free person of color reside in the city of Columbus, the Marshal shall give him or her two days notice, before he executes the order of said City Council. And provided, That this act shall not be construed so as to grant to slaves or free persons of color, any right or privilege not authorized by the laws of this State, now in force, in relation to their residing off the premises of their owner or guardian, but shall be construed as cumulative of the restriction thereof. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council may require of the Marshal, Treasurer, Clerk of Council, and other officers of said City Council, a bond, in such amount as they may prescribe, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by said Council, for the faithful performance of the duties of their office; and the said Mayor and City Council shall have power to discharge them, or any one of them, from office, for any neglect or refusal to perform their duties, or for other mal-practice in office, and to fill all vacancies which may occur in any of said offices, until the next regular election or time of appointing the same. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That in the absence of Mayor at any meeting of the City Council, or from the city, the members

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of the City Council, or a majority of them, shall designate one of their body, who shall act as Mayor pro tem., and who shall exercise the powers of the Mayor of said city during his absence. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no vote, resolution, or order of said Mayor and Council, for the payment of money, or for the performance of any act or measure involving an amount exceeding the sum of three hundred dollars, except the regular and current expenses of the city, shall be of force and effect, unless it be by the act of a majority of the whole Board at two successive meetings thereof: which said vote, resolution or order, shall be published in one or more of the public gazettes of Columbus, between its first and second passage. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and they are hereby repealed. Approved, December 25th, 1845. AN ACT to prescribe the manner of holding elections in the county of Chatham, and the charter elections of the city of Savannah. SECTION 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 Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, shall superintend all elections in the county of Chatham, for the election of Governor, members of Congress, members of the General Assembly, Electors of President and Vice President, and County Officers, and also all Charter Elections in the city of Savannah, for Mayor and Aldermen of the said city. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to raise a revenue for the city of Columbus, amendatory of an act entitled an act to impose a special tax on the persons and property of the citizens of the city of Columbus, residing and being in the same, annually, hereafter,

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and to provide for the collection thereof; and to punish those who may refuse or attempt to defeat the provisions thereofassented to the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-one; and also, to make provisions for the poor residing in said city. SECTION 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 and may be lawful for the Mayor and Council of the city of Columbus to levy and collect the taxes herein specified, annually, cumulative of and in accordance with the provisions of the act to which this is amendatory, and the ordinances of said Mayor and Council, passed, or to be passed, in pursuance of law, to wit: On each and every negro slave, owned and residing in said city of Columbus, to be given in by the owner or person controling the same, twenty-five cents on every hundred dollars value thereof; on each and every negro slave owned by persons residing without the corporate limits of said city, which negro slave is hired, employed and laboring in said city, to be given in by the owner or employer, two per cent. on the value thereoffor which tax, and its payment, said negro or negroes shall be specially liable; on all practitioners of law and physic, residing in said city, or who may reside without the limits of said city, and within the county of Muscogee, and have an office or other place for professional purposes within said city, the sum of four dollars each; on every hundred dollars worth of goods, wares and merchandise which may be sold by resident merchants in said city, twenty-five, cents, to be given in and paid quarterly, in each year, if required by said City Council; on each negro which may be brought to and offered for sale in the city of Columbus, by a negro-trader, the sum of one dollar. Provided, That this act shall not impair the force and effect of the laws of this State against the introduction of negroes from other States into this State, for sale; on each and every Bank Agency in said city, or which may hereafter be located in said city, the sum of five cents on each hundred dollars of business done by them, in discounting notes, drafts, bills of exchange, or advances upon produce, to be given in and paid quarterly, if required; on each Agency of an Insurance Office, of whatsoever kind, where premiums are demanded or taken for insurance against risk or loss of property or life, being in said city, five per cent. on all premiums received, to be given in and paid quarterly, if required. Provided, No greater tax shall be collected in any one year from such Agencies, severally, than is paid by the Bank of St. Mary's, on its capital, to the city of Columbus. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all and every itinerant trader, irregular or occasional dealer, his or their agents or consignees, save and except licensed [Illegible Text] and commission merchants, who shall [Illegible Text] or refuse to render in the amount of goods, wares and merchandise

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sold by him or them, in said city, immediately after the sale of the same, subject to taxation by the act to which this is amendatory, and to pay the tax thereon, shall forfeit and pay a sum, at the discretion of said Mayor and Council, not exceeding one hundred dollars; for which execution may issue by order of said Mayor and Council, directed to and authorizing and commanding the Marshal of said city, or his Deputy, to levy upon the property and effects of said itinerant trader, irregular or occasional dealer, his or their agent or consignees, so in default, which shall be levied, and by sale of said property, by said Marshal or his Deputy, the tax due, with all costs, shall be satisfied; and if the officers aforesaid, or either of them, shall return said execution with the entry thereon of no property to be found, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of said City Council to issue an execution against the body of such delinquent, which may be levied by said Marshal or his Deputy, and the said delinquent held in custody until discharged by the payment of said tax and all costs, or by the laws now in force for the relief of insolvent debtors. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all other persons subject to taxation by this act, and the act to which this is amendatory, who shall neglect or refuse to render in his, her or their property, or pay the tax on the same, when required by the ordinances of said Mayor and Council, may be proceeded against by execution, as is prescribed in the foregoing section, according to such rules and ordinances as may be adopted by said Mayor and Council to enforce the collection of the taxes aforesaid. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council may, whenever they may deem it for the inferest of said city, reduce any of the several amounts of taxes imposed by this act; and that all laws and parts of laws militating against the provisions of this act, so far as it militates against the same, be and the same are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the taxes authorized to be levied upon the State tax, and collected by virtue of an act approved the twenty-fourth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighteen, altering and amending the fourteenth section of an act to protect the estates of orphans, and to make permanent provisions for the poor, approved December the eighteenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-two, shall hereafter, so far as the city of Columbus is concerned, be levied annually upon the city tax of the city of Columbus, imposed by this act and the several acts heretofore passed, and to be collected by the officers of said city, and be by them paid into the city treasury, and shall be by said Mayor and Council appropriated as a distinct and separate fund, for the relief of the indigent poor residing in said city, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed and adopted by the corporate authorities of said city.

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SEC. 6. 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. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to alter the time for the election of the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah; to reduce the number of Aldermen; to make the Mayor elective by the people, and to prescribe his duties; and to provide for the election of certain officers, therein named, assented to twenty-fifth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-three, so far as regards the second, sixth and seventh sections of said act. SECTION 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, if at any time there should be more than two candidates for the office of Mayor of the city of Savannah, and no one candidate shall receive a majority of the votes for that office, then and in that case the Board of Aldermen, after having completed its own organization, shall elect the Mayor from among those who were candidates before the people for the office of Mayor. And in case of a vacancy in the office of Mayor, by death, resignation, or otherwise, the Board of Aldermen shall elect from their own body a Mayor, for the remainder of the term. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sixth and seventh sections of the said act be, and the same are hereby repealed; and that the officers therein named, to wit: the Treasurer of the city of Savannah, the Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent of the City Watch, Marshal of the city, the city Constables and the Sexton, shall be elected at the first meeting of Council in January next, for the term of one year, and regularly thereafter, at the expiration of the said terms of office, and shall hold their office during that period, unless sooner removed by Council for misconduct or faithlessness in the discharge of their duties. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, [Illegible Text] and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845.

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AN ACT to repeal so much of an act passed third December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, as relates to the mode and manner of electing Clerk and Marshal of the corporation of the city of Milledgeville. SECTION 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 above recited act as makes the Clerk and Marshal elective by the popular vote of the citizens of Milledgeville, be and the same is hereby repealed; and that from and immediately after the passing of this act, they shall be elected by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Milledgeville, as heretofore pointed out by the acts of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to change the line between the counties of Habersham and Hall, so as to add lot number twenty-four, in the second district of the county of Habersham, to the county of Hall. SECTION 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 line between the counties of Hall and Habersham be, and the same is hereby altered so as to add lot number twenty-four, in the second district of the county of Habersham, to the county of Hall. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 8th, 1845. AN ACT to add lot number eighty, in the twenty-fourth district and third section, to the county of Floyd, and to change the line between the counties of Floyd and Cass, so as to include the residences of certain persons therein named, within the county of Floyd. SECTION. 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 line between the

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county of Floyd and [Illegible Text] shall diverge at the line of lot number eighty, in the twenty-fourth district and third section, and run round said lot so as to enclose the same in the county of Floyd. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the line between the county of Floyd and Cass shall diverge at the district line between the fifteenth and sixteenth districts of the third section, three ranges of lots from the west corner of the fifteenth district, and run due north to the northeast-corner of lot number thirty-nine, in the said fifteenth district; thence due west to where it intersects the present line between said counties of Floyd and Cass, so as to include in the county of Floyd the residences of Richard Basswell, James F. Cannon, Theophilus Mere, Joel B. Worley, James Barnett, John Gresham, Jacob Autry, James Oats, William F. Miller, Ann Hunt and Erasmus Bearden; and said citizens so added to Floyd, shall be entitled to all the rights of citizens of said county of Floyd. 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. Approved, December 26th, [Illegible Text]. AN ACT to add all that part of Lumpkin county [Illegible Text] and being north of the Blue Ridge, to the county of [Illegible Text]. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and [Illegible Text] Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General [Illegible Text] met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the [Illegible Text], That from and immediately after the passage of this act, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] part of [Illegible Text] county lying and being north [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Ridge, be and the same is hereby attached to and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of the county of Union. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 26th, [Illegible Text]. AN ACT to change the line between the county [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and Pike, so as to add lots numbers one [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] one hundred and twenty-nine, and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and sixty, in the third district of Henry county, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of Pike, and to change the residence of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] in named.

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SECTION 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 line between the counties of Pike and Henry be, and the same is hereby altered, so as to add lots numbers one hundred and twenty-eight, one hundred and twenty-nine, and one hundred and sixty, in the third district of Henry county, to the county of Pike; and that the residence of Ezekiel Trice, S. D. Fox, William H. Pegg, John T. Theawt, Miles G. Dobbins, Henry S. McAllister, Jason Burr, Thomas Stewart, John Crosier, and of all other persons residing on said lots of land, be added to the county of Pike. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to be entitled an act to authorize the Inferior Courts of the counties of Telfair and Ware to appoint some fit and proper persons to run and mark out the line between the said counties of Telfair and Ware. WHEREAS, by an act entitled an act to divide Appling county, assented to December fifteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, the boundary lines of Wayne and Appling counties are defined; and whereas, also, by an act entitled an act to add a part of the county of Appling to the county of Telfair, assented to twenty-fourth December, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, all that part of the county of Appling lying in the sixth district, was added to the county of Telfair; and whereas, the said line between the counties of Telfair and Ware is not plain, which is a great public inconvenience 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 Inferior Courts of the counties of Telfair and Ware be authorized to employ one fit and proper person, each, to [Illegible Text] the said line between the counties of Telfair and Ware, as defined by acts previously mentioned, and mark out the same plainly and distinctly. SECTION. 1. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should the Inferior Court of either of said counties fail or refuse to appoint a person to carry out the provisions of this act, then it may be lawful for the Inferior Court of the county complying herewith, after sixty days notice to said Court so failing or refusing, to cause the person appointed by it to proceed to carry out the provisions herein contained;

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and the line run and marked out shall be and constitute the line between said counties of Ware and Telfair. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to repeal an act making permanent the site of the public buildings in the town of Tazewell, in the county of Marion, on lot of land number two hundred and thirty, in the fourth district of originally Muscogee, now Marion county, assented to twenty-seventh December, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, to provide for the selection of a new county site, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted the 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 act of the General Assembly, assented to the twenty-seventh day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, making permanent the site of the public buildings in the town of Tazewell, in the county of Marion, and to incorporate and appoint commissioners for the same, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Grand Jury of Marion county shall, at the Spring Term of the Superior Court of said county for the political year one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, appoint or elect seven Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to select some eligible place, and purchase the same, or receive the same by donation, upon which shall be located the public buildings of said county; and it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to proceed to lay off, or cause to be laid off, such number of lots as they in their judgment may deem proper and suitable for a village, and shall sell the same, under such rules and regulations as they may deem for the best interest of the county. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county shall, as soon as convenient, cause to be erected at said county site selected by the Commissioners, a suitable Court House and Jail; and that they are hereby authorized to assess such county tax, not exceeding fifty per cent. upon the State tax, annually, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. Provided, Said tax shall be recommended by the Grand Jury appointing the Commissioners, as aforesaid. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Court of said county, immediately after the passage of this act, shall appoint five other Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to assess the damages sustained by the owners of lots in the town

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of Tazewell, in the depreciation of their property, caused by the removal of said county site, and shall give to the owners of said lots certificates of such assessment, which certificates of assessment shall be paid by the Inferior Court of said county, or shall be received as money in payment of any contract for any lot or lots in the new county site, authorized by this act to be laid out and organized in said county. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That from and immediately after the first day of April next, the public business of said county required by law to be done at the Court House, shall be done and performed at the said new county site established by this act; and that from [and] immediately after the said first day of April, aforesaid, the Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts of said county, and Clerk of the Court of Ordinary, shall cause the offices and the Public Records of said county to be kept at said new site, or within one mile thereof. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the citizens of Marion county, entitled to vote for members of the Legislature, be authorized to vote at the several places of holding elections in said county, on the first Monday in February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, Removal, or No Removal which election shall be conducted in the same manner as elections held for members of the Legislature; and the superintendents at the several precincts shall meet at the place of holding the Superior Court in said county, on the day following, and consolidate the votes so polled, as in other elections; and if there should be a majority of votes in favor of Removed, then the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, shall be required to cause the provisions of this act to be carried out, and not otherwise. Provided, That the new county site to be selected, agreeable to the provisions of this act, shall not [Illegible Text] the distance of one mile from the centre of the county of Marion. And if the Commissioners shall fail to make that selection before the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, then the Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, shall proceed, forthwith, to let to the lowest bidder the building of a new Court House, at the present county site. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners to be appointed by the Grand Jury shall take and subscribe the following Oath, before some Justice of the Inferior Court or Justice of the Peace, to wit: I, A. B, do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will well and truly discharge the duties of Commissioner, as contemplated by this act, to the best of my abilityso help me God. And the Commissioners to be appointed by the Inferior Court shall take and subscribe the following Oath, before some Justice of the Inferior Court or Justice of the Peace, to wit: I, A. B, do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will well and truly value the lots and improvements in the town of Tazewell, as contemplated by this act, and certify the value, without prejudice, partiality,

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favor or affection, to the best of my judgmentso help me God. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the county site, as established by this act, is hereby made permanent. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to provide for the removal of the county site and public buildings of Seriven county, to fix a new county site, to build a new court house, and for other purposes. SECTION 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 Grand Jury of Seriven county, at the Spring Term of the Superior [Court] of the political year one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, to proceed to the election or appointment of seven Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to select some central point in the said county as a fit and appropriate place for the erection of the public building where the business of the county shall be transacted. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the said Commissioners, as herein contemplated, to proceed within sixty days after they shall have notice of their appointmentwhich notice shall be in writing, signed by the Clerk of the Superior Court, and served by the Sheriff within ten days after the adjournment of the said Courtto proceed to define the centre of the said county, either by actual survey or such other manner as the said Commissioners may determinethe expenses of which shall be paid by the countyand direct the removal of the said buildings to said point so fixed and determined by said Commissioners. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Commissioners shall be vested with full and ample powers to sell the town lots in Jacksonborough, together with the public buildings there standing, or to remove the same, if the Commissioners think that course most advisable, and to make titles to such sales; to purchase land for the purpose specified, not exceeding fifty acres, at such price as they may deem reasonable or just; or to receive donations of land, made for the same purpose; to receive subscriptions from private citizens; to make contract with workmen employed by them in building or removing; and to do and perform any duty connected with the object of this act, for the carrying out and perfecting of the design herein contemplated. Provided, nothing herein contained shall prevent the said Commissioners from locating said county site at any distance from the exact centre

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of the said county, not exceeding one mile and a half either way, if the Commissioners in their judgment shall think they can procure a better location, or land on more reasonable terms. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no county officer, nor other person holding any appointment under the authority of the county, shall be eligible to be one of the Commissioners for the said purpose. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Justices of the Inferior Court shall be authorized, and they are hereby authorized, to levy an extraordinary tax, not exceeding fifty per cent. on the general State tax. Provided, That the said tax shall be recommended by the Grand Jury at the time of the appointment of the said Commissioners. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should the Grand Jury, at the Spring term of the Superior Court for the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, fail or refuse to appoint Commissioners, as herein directed them, the Grand Jury at any future term of the Superior Court of Seriven county shall be authorized and required to appoint said Commissioners, and to notify the same; who shall be vested with all the powers confered by the provisions of this act. Provided, That after the new site is selected, the question of removal or no removal shall be decided by the legal votes of said county, on the first Monday in October next, for which purpose a poll shall be opened at the several places of holding elections in said county; the election to be conducted as other elections are; and the county site shall not be removed unless a majority of the votes polled are in favor of the removal; due returns of said election being made to the Justices of the Inferior Court, who shall have the same entered on their Minutes. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to repeal an act to regulate the election and pay of County Treasurer, for the counties of Bibb and Upson, and to render ineligible any of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said counties to said appointment, so far as relates to the county of Bibb, assented to December the ninth, eighteen hundred and forty-three. SECTION 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, so much of the above recited act as relates to the county of Bibb, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, December 25th, 1845.

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AN ACT to alter and change the times of holding the Superior and Inferior Courts of the county of Baldwin. SECTION 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 Superior Courts for the county of Baldwin shall be held as follows, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-six: on the third Mondays in February and August, and on the fourth Mondays in February and August, in each and every successive year thereafter. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Courts for the county of Baldwin shall be held for the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, on the fourth Monday in January, the time now designated by law, and on the second Monday in November; and on the second Monday in May and November in each and every year thereafter. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all petitions, precepts and processes, of any nature or kind whatsoever, shall hereafter be made returnable to the terms of the said Courts respectively, as above prescribed. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all persons summoned, subp[oelig]naed or bound as witnesses, suitors, or jurors, or in any capacity, to attend the Courts of said county at the times at which they are now holden, shall be bound to attend said Courts to which they are respectively summoned, at the times herein prescribed. Approved, December 5th, 1845. AN ACT to alter the time of holding the Inferior Court in the county of DeKalb, in the State of Georgia, from the second Monday in January and July, to the fourth Monday in December and June, in each year; and to legalize and make valid, at the said December and June terms of said Court, all writs, [Illegible Text] faciases and other processes made returnable to the January and July terms thereof. SECTION 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 time of holding the Inferior Court for the county of DeKalb shall be on the fourth Monday in December and June, in each year, instead of the second Monday in January and July, the time now fixed by law for the same. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That all writs, executions and other processes which have been or may be made returnable to said January or July terms of said Court, shall be legal, valid and binding at the December and June terms thereof, and be enforced and acted upon as though they or any of them had been made returnable to the December or June terms of said Court. 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. Approved, December 8th, 1845. AN ACT to change the times of holding the Superior and Inferior Courts of the county of Wilkes. SECTION 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 times of holding the Superior Courts of the county of Wilkes shall be on the fourth Monday in March and September, in each year, instead of the third Monday in February and fourth Monday in July, as now prescribed by law. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, precepts and processes, of any nature or kind whatsoever, shall hereafter be made returnable to the terms of said Courts, respectively, heretofore cited. SECTION 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons summoned, subp[oelig]naed, or bound as witnesses, suitors or jurors, or in any other capacity, to attend the Courts of said county at the times at which they are now holden, shall be bound to attend said Courts to which they are respectively summoned, at the times fixed by this act. SECTION 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, the time of holding the Fall Term of the Inferior Court for the county of Wilkes shall be held on the first Monday in November, of each year, instead of the fourth Monday in September. SECTION 5. 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. Approved, December 8th, 1845.

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AN ACT to change and fix the times of holding the Superior and Inferior Courts of the county of Upson. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, [ in General ] Assembly met, and it is [Illegible Text] enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the Superior and Inferior Courts in the county of Upson, shall be holden, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, on the second Monday in February and third Monday in August, and on the third Monday in April and October, in each and every year thereafterand the times of holding the Inferior Courts in said county shall be on the third Mondays in January and July, in each and every year hereafter. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, processes and [Illegible Text], of every nature and kind whatever, shall hereafter be made returnable to said Courts respectively. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 25th, 1845. AN ACT to change the time of holding the Inferior Courts in the county of Pulaski. SECTION 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 times of holding the Inferior Courts of the county of Pulaski, shall be on the fourth Monday in January and the first Monday in July, of every year. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, precepts and processes, of any kind, nature, or description [Illegible Text], heretofore issued from, or returnable to said Court, shall be held returnable to the respective terms of said Court, as fixed by this act, and that all persons summoned, [Illegible Text], or bound, as suitors, witnesses, jurors, or in any other capacity, to attend said Court, at the times at which, by law, were in force, said Court was holden, shall be bound by virtue of said summons, subp[oelig]na, or other process heretofore issued, to attend said Courts at the times specified 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. Approved, December 26th, 1845.

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AN ACT to change the times of holding the Superior and Inferior Courts of the county of Muscogee. SECTION 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 times of holding the Superior and Inferior Courts of the county of Muscogee, shall be as follows:The Superior Courts of said county shall be held on the second Monday in May and November, and the Inferior Courts of said county shall be held on the second Monday in February and August. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, precepts and processes, of any nature or kind whatever, shall hereafter be made returnable to the terms of said Courts respectively, heretofore recited. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons summoned, subp[oelig]naed, or bound, as witnesses, suitors or jurors, or in any other capacity, to attend the Courts of said county, at the times at which they are now holden, shall be bound to attend said Courts, to which they are respectively summoned, at the time fixed by this act. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT in relation to the holding of the Superior and Inferior Courts of Glynn county, and in relation to Bailiffs of the Grand Jury in Richmond county: and the Justices Court of the one hundred and nineteenth District in said county of Richmond. SECTION 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 and may be lawful for the Superior and Inferior Courts of the county of Glynn, to be hereafter held in the new academy building in the town of Brunswick, instead of the court-house, if said Courts respectively shall so determine. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That each of the Grand Juries, at each term of the Superior Court of Richmond county, shall have the right to choose their own Bailiff. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Justices Court of the one hundred and nineteenth district in Richmond county, shall hereafter be held at Bel-Air, in said district, and at no other place, unless a majority of the legal voters of said district

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so determine. Provided, That said Court shall not be held at more than one place in said district. And it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Peace, if either of them, or any ten in number of the legal voters in said [Illegible Text], require a change in the place of holding said Court, to open a poll at Bel-Air, after ten days notice, for the purpose of determining on such change; which election shall be conducted in the usual manner, as at [Illegible Text] elections in said countyand a majority of the votes polled shall determine whether said Court shall continue to be held at Bel-Air, or at some other, and what [Illegible Text] and the Justices aforesaid shall carry into effect the wishes of such majority. Approved, December 25th, 1845. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to amend an act to [Illegible Text] and fix the time of holding the Superior Courts in the [Illegible Text] district of this State, assented to the twenty-sixth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, assented to the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty. SECTION 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 forty-six, the times for holding the Superior Courts in the hereinafter mentioned counties, shall be as follows: In the Spring term, in the county of Bulloch, on the third Tuesday in March; in the county of [Illegible Text], on the Friday thereafter; in the county of Camden, on the first Monday in April; in the county of Wayne, on [Illegible Text] Friday thereafter; in the county of Glynn, on the Monday thereafter; in the county of McIntosh, on the Thursday thereafter; in the county of Liberty, on the Monday thereafter; in the county of Bryan, on the Thursday thereafter. In the Fall term, in the county of Bulloch, on the fourth Tuesday in October; in the county of Effingham, on the Friday thereafter; in the county of Camden, on the third Monday in November; in the county of Wayne, on the Friday thereafter; in [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of Glynn, on the Monday thereafter; in the county of McIntosh, on the Thursday thereafter; in the county of Liberty, on the Monday thereafter; and in the county of Bryan, on the Thursday thereafter. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 27th, 1845.

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AN ACT to alter and fix the time of holding the Inferior Court of Ware county, and to fix the time of holding the Superior Courts in the counties of Burke, Jefferson and Richmond, and the Inferior Court of Richmond county. SECTION 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 for holding the Inferior Court in and for the county of Ware, shall be on the fourth Mondays of April and October. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Spring terms of the following Courts shall hereafter be held at the respective times hereinafter stated, in each year, (to wit:) The Superior Court of Burke county, on the third Monday in May; the Superior Court of Jefferson county, on the first Monday in June; the Superior Court of Richmond county, on the second Monday in June; and the Inferior Court of Richmond county, on the third Monday in March. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons subp[oelig]naed or bound, as suitors, witnesses, jurors, or in any other capacity, to attend said Courts at the times which, by the law now in force, said Superior and Inferior Courts now are to be holden, shall be and they are hereby required and bound, by virtue of said summons, subp[oelig]na, or other process heretofore issued, to attend said Court at the time specified in this act. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, processes, and precepts whatsoever, here-tofore issued, and returnable to the times of said Courts as now fixed by law, shall be considered and held as returnable to the times of said Courts as fixed and determined in this act. SEC. 5. 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. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to amend an act passed twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, appointing Commissioners to locate, build, and to select a place, in the county of Lowndes, to build a Court House and Jail for said county, and for other purposes. WHEREAS a majority of the Commissioners appointed by said [Inferior Court,] either died or removed beyond the limits of this countyand whereas a considerable portion of the public lots of said county have been sold, and as there are no

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Board of Commissioners existing, to execute title deeds to the same: 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, the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Lowndes be, and they are hereby authorized to appoint five fit and proper persons to act as Commissioners of said county, which said Commissioners, so appointed, shall be authorized to do and perform all and singular the duties required of the said Commissioners by the act of which this is amendatory. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Commissioners, as aforesaid appointed, shall and they are hereby authorized and empowered to execute titles to all such lots as have been sold by the former Commissioners, and to sell those not heretofore sold, and where no titles have been made in pursuance of a lawful sale. SECT. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to change the place of holding the Justices Courts of the twenty-sixth Militia-District, in the county of Glynn. SECTION 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 place of holding the Courts of the Justices of the Peace of the twenty-sixth Militia District, in the county of Glynn, be and the same is hereby changed to Sterling, in said district, where said Courts shall be hereafter held. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Lowndes county, to sell or dispose of all the land in and about Franklinville, which belongs to said county. SECTION 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 after the passage of this act, the Justices of the Inferior Court of Lowndes county, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized and required to sell all that part or parcel of land, containing two hundred and fifty acres, more or less, being on the East side of lot number fifty, in the eleventh district of formerly Irwin, now Lowndes, including the general plan of the town of Franklinville, situated on said premises. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, as aforesaid, shall expose to public outcry, before the court-house door in Troupville, the whole, and every part or parcel of said land, on the first Tuesday in the month, after thirty days notice in some public gazette of the same, on a credit of twelve months, the purchase money being properly secured by bond and security. And be it further enacted, That said Justices, as aforesaid, or a majority of them, shall give to such purchaser a bond for titles, (which said Justices are hereby fully authorized to execute and deliver.) When such purchaser shall pay to said Justices the amount for which said land may have been sold, they, the said Justices, or a majority of them, shall make and deliver to such purchaser a sufficient warrantee title to the premises aforesaid. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the amount of said sale shall be paid over to the county Treasurer, for county purposes, within thirty days after the same has been collected; and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to repeal and amend an act passed twenty-third of December, eighteen hundred and forty-three, to fix the time of holding the Land Courts and Courts of Ordinary in the several counties of this State, so far as relates to Camden 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, the Court of Ordinary in the county of Camden be changed and altered, and shall, in future, be held on the first Monday in January, instead of the second Monday, any law, usage or [Illegible Text] to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 27th, 1845.

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AN ACT to amend the fifth section of an act to provide for the education of the poor, assented to the twenty-seventh December, eighteen hundred and forty-three, and for other purposes, so far as relates to Franklin county. SECTION 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 Franklin county be and they are hereby authorized to pay the balance of accounts due to teachers of poor schools of said county, for the years eighteen hundred and thirty-eight and eighteen hundred and forty-one, out of any money that may have been, or may hereafter be received by them, for the purpose of poor schools. Provided, said accounts have heretofore been presented and approved, as required by the then existing laws. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to establish a general system of education, by common schools, passed 23d December, 1813, so far as relates to Lowndes county. SECTION 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 Justices of the Inferior Court of Lowndes county, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners of the poor school fund of said county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the Justices aforesaid be and they are hereby authorized to do and perform all and singular the duties now required by law of said Commissioners under said act. 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. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize and require the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Randolph, to pay to John B. Sevell, a

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teacher of poor children, his account for teaching poor children in the years eighteen hundred and thirty-eight and eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, from the poor school [Illegible Text] education fund, and to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Stewart county to remunerate Samuel Adams for money paid out by him for teaching poor children, [Illegible Text] the common school law of eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and for other purposes' therein named. SECTION 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 the county of Randolph, or any other persons who may hereafter control the poor school, or education fund of said county be, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized and required to pay to John B. Sevell, his accounts for teaching poor children in the years eighteen hundred and thirty-eight and eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and the Trustees of Spring Hill Academy, of the county of Randolph, for the tuition of poor children taught at said institution, in the years eighteen hundred and forty, eighteen hundred and forty-one, and eighteen hundred and forty-two, or such part of the same as may appear reasonable and just, out of any money which has been, or may hereafter be received from this State, as poor school or education fund, on his or their producing satisfactory evidence that said account, or accounts, are just and reasonable. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Stewart be, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby required to pay to Samuel Adams, out of the poor school fund which has been, or may hereafter be received as the poor school or education fund, from this State, his account, or any part of the same, for money paid out by him for teaching poor children, under the common school law, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. Provided, it be made appear said account is just. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to compensate one of the Justices of the Peace who may be a Superintendent of the Elections held at the several election precincts in the counties of Floyd and Walker, assented to on the eighteenth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-four. SECTION 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 the before recited act be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, December 8th, 1845. AN ACT to change the places of holding elections in the counties of Cobb, Pike and Bibb. SECTION 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 to hold elections for Governor, Members to Congress, Electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Senator and members to the State Legislature, and all county officers, at the house of Jacob Dudley, in the eight hundred and fifty-fourth district Georgia Militia, of said county of Cobb. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election [Illegible Text] heretofore held at the house of William G. Robinson, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the [Illegible Text] known as Urquahart's, in the county of Pike, be and the same is hereby removed to the centre of the Militia District, at the residence of Leonard Harris, on the Flat Shoal road. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the precinct in Bibb county, now established at the residence of Robert Johnson, in the Hazard district, be and the same is hereby changed to the residence of Robert Hughes, in said district. SEC. 5. 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. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to alter and amend the several acts establishing the several election precincts in the county of Floyd. SECTION 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 several election precincts shall be permanently located at the places of holding justices

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courts in the several Militia districts of said county, in which election precincts have heretofore been established. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to change the name of Marthasville, in DeKalb county, to that of Atlanta; also, to change the election precinct now held at the house of Charner Humphries, known as the Whitehall precinct, to Atlanta. SECTION 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 Marthasville, in DeKalb county, shall be changed to that of Atlanta. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election precinct now established by law at the house of Charner Humphries, known as the Whitehall precinct, be and the same is hereby changed to Atlanta. 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. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to establish sundry election precincts in the counties therein named, and to remove and abolish sundry other election precincts therein specified. SECTION 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 to hold elections for Governor, Member of Congress, Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, Senators and Representatives to the State legislature, county and militia officers, at the house of Benjamin F. McHugh, in the four hundred and forty-fourth district, in the county of Gwinnett; also, at the court-house in the Mockerson district, in the county of Rabun; also, at the house of John Gibbs and at William Pridging's mills, and at the house of Daniel Grantham, senior,

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and at the house of Manaxey Henderson, and at the house of [Illegible Text] Gray, all in the county of Irwin; also, at the house of Richard S. Park, at Park's Bridge, in the county of Morgan, and at the house of John Harris, and on fractional lot number seventeen, in the seventh district of Muscogee county; and, also at the house of William Hues, in the eighteenth district Georgia Militia, in the county of Washington; also, on lot number two hundred and twenty-five, in the thirteenth district of originally Cherokee, now Murray county, the place of holding Justices Court for the nine hundred and eighth district Georgia Militia, in said county, in the two hundred and sixty-second district Georgia Militia, in the county of Madison; also, at the house of William T. Fluker, in the six hundred and fifth district Georgia Militia, in the county of Taliaferro; and, also, on lot number eight hundred and fifty-five, in the third district and second section, in the county of Cherokee. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the elections heretofore held at the house of Joseph [Illegible Text], in the one hundred and seventh district Georgia Militia, in the county of Wilkes, be hereafter held at the house of Hezekiah Bussey, in the same district, and that the elections heretofore held at Long's Bridge, in the one hundred and sixteenth district Georgia Militia, in the county of Hancock, shall hereafter be held at the house of George Osborn, the place of holding Justices Court in said district; and that the election precinct heretofore established at the old store of William P. Hardwick, in the ninety-fourth district Georgia Militia, in Washington county, be removed to the new store of said William P. Hardwick, at the twelfth station of the Central Rail Road, in said district and county; and that the election precinct of the four hundred and seventy-fifth district, in the county of Newton, be removed from the house of Henry Guthries to the store-house now occupied by William K. Bagby, in said district. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the elections which may be held at the several precincts established by this act, shall be conducted in the same way, and governed by the same laws that are now in force, governing elections in said counties. SEC. 4. 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. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to remove and establish certain election precincts, in certain counties therein named. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the election precincts at the house of Casper Hendrick, in the county of Marion, be and the same is hereby abolished. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election precinct heretofore known as [Illegible Text] precinct, in the county of Talbot, be and the same is hereby removed to a place known by the name of Geneva, in said county, and subject to the same laws and regulations that it was while known as Barnes' precinct. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the precinct at the house of John Jarrelld, in Crawford county, be and the same is hereby removed to the house of Joseph Long, in said county. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to establish additional election precincts in the county of Cherokee and the county of Muscogee, and to remove certain election precincts herein specified. SECTION 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 to hold elections for Governor, Members to Congress, Electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Senators and Representatives to the legislature, and all county officers, on lot number forty, in the fourteenth district and second section, in Cherokee county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election precinct in the county of Talbot, heretofore known as Barnes's precinct, be and the same is hereby removed from the house of William Barnes, to Geneva, on [Illegible Text] near the premises of Jonathan B. McCrary, in said county. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election precinct heretofore established by law at the house of John Moulton, in the one thousand and second district, in Macon county, be and the same is hereby removed to the house of John C. Walker, in the seven hundred and forty-first [district] of said county.

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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the precinct in the county of Henry known as Anderson's, be removed from the present location to the place of [Illegible Text] Justices Courts in the four hundred and eighty-ninth district Georgia Militia. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the convenience of voters, a precinct is hereby established at the house of John Harris, on fractional lot number seventeen, in the district known as the River district, in the county of Muscogee. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the elections held at the precincts established by this act, shall be conducted in the same way and governed by the same law, now in force, regulating elections. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to establish additional election precincts, and remove others already established, in certain counties therein named, and to regulate the same. SECTION 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, there shall be an additional election precinct at the seven hundred and twenty-ninth district (729) of Georgia Militia, at the house of Daniel B. Head, in the county of Carroll; and there shall be an additional election [Illegible Text] at the store-house of Samuel Grier, in the ninth land district, in the county of Randolph; and there shall be an additional election precinct at the place of holding Justices Court in the seven hundred and fifty-ninth district of Georgia Militia, in the county of Sumter; and there shall be an additional election precinct at the place of holding Justices Court in the nine hundred and sixty-sixth district Georgia Milita, in the county of Lee. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to hold, at each of the aforesaid election precincts, elections for all county officers, members to the Legislature, Governor, Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, and members to Congress, and that all elections held at each of the aforesaid precincts, shall be governed by the same rules and regulations which now govern other precinct elections in this State. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election precinct heretofore established at Waynesville, in the county of Wayne, be and the same is hereby removed

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to and established at the old court-house, now the residence of Mr. Petty, in the three hundred and thirty-fourth (334) district of Georgia Militia in said county; and the election precinct heretofore held at the house of Jacob Anderson, of the county of Randolph, be and the same is hereby removed and established at the house of AugustusWebbs, in said county. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election precinct heretofore established at the house of Reuben Whitfield, in the county of Washington, be and the same is hereby removed to the present place of holding Justices Court, in the ninety-second (92) district of Georgia Militia, of said county, and that it be known by the name of Smith's precinct. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election precinct now known as the Van Buren precinct, at Davisville, in the county of Pike, be and the same is hereby removed back to its original stand, at the Justices Court ground, in the five hundred and fortieth (540) district of Georgia Militia of said county. SEC. 6. 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. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to repeal an act assented to December twenty-third, eighteen hundred and thirty, giving the sum of three dollars to each of the superintenders of elections in the several counties of the Eastern Circuit, except the county of Bullochso far as respects the county of Wayne. SECTION 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 much of the act of December twenty-third, eighteen hundred and thirty, as gives the sum of three dollars to each of the superintendents of elections for the Eastern District, be and the same are hereby repealed, so far as respects the county of Wayne. Approved, December 29th, 1845. AN ACT to amend an Act entitled An Act to regulate Escheats in this State, and to appoint escheators, approved December

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fifth, eighteen hundred and one, so far as relates to Chatham county. SECTION 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 lawful for the Escheator of Chatham county, in cases of perishable property, other than slaves, to notify the Judge of the Superior Court of said county, under the second section of the Act of December fifth, eighteen hundred and one, at any time previous to, or during a term of said Court, whereupon the said Court shall proceed, as required by the said Act, to have an Inquest made of the supposed escheated property at the [Illegible Text] term. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if such property shall be found by the Inquest subject to escheat, the Superior Court shall pass an order for the sale of such property by the Escheator, at such time and place, and upon such notice as the Court may deem most advantageous. And the moneys arising from any such sale shall be deposited by the Escheator in some one of the Banks of Savannah, subject to the order of the Superior Court of said county, after deducting for his own use, as a compensation for his services and the necessary expenses thereunto attendant, two and a half per cent. out of the moneys received and paid on account of such sale. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That after such order for sale shall have passed, it shall be the duty of the Escheator to advertise in a public gazette in Savannah, once a month for twelve months, as required in the second [Illegible Text] of the said Act, giving the like description of property, the name of the deceased person, the time of his death, and the part of the world in which he was supposed to have been born, and requiring creditors to prove their debts, and heirs, or others claiming, to appear and make claim to the proceeds of sale of such property. And if no person shall file his claim to the proceeds of sale with the Clerk of the Superior Court, at or before the expiration of such publication, the Judge of the Superior Court shall pass an order in Term Time, after satisfaction of the expenses of advertising, for the payment over of the proceeds as now directed by law. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Court shall possess the same power as is conferred by the Act of December fifth, eighteen hundred and five, on the Courts of Ordinary in cases of aliens, to examine into and ascertain the amounts due to creditors who may prove their debts before the Clerk of the said Court, and to pay and satisfy each of the creditors, in whole or in part, as the estate of the deceased will admit. And if claims shall be filed, the Court shall so order and mould the proceedings for their investigation, as to carry into effect the Escheat Laws and apply them to the case of money arising from sales.

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SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all acts and parts of acts, so far as they militate against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 29th, 1845. AN ACT to cede to the United States of America all the right, title and interest of the State of Georgia, in, to and over a reserve of twenty acres of land on the Island of Cockspur, in the Savannah river; and also the jurisdiction thereof. WHEREAS, in and by an act of the General Assembly of this State, passed on the second day of December, eighteen hundred and eight, the jurisdiction over all the lands the United States of America had before that day purchased and acquired, and which they might thereafter purchase and acquire, for the purpose of erecting forts or fortifications in this State, was ceded by this State to the United States; and whereas, the United States have, by deed, on the fifteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty, purchased and acquired from Alexander Telfair and sisters, the whole Island aforesaid, with the exception of twenty acres, which by the said deed, and by many others of anterior date, from various grantors, had been reserved for the public use; and whereas, the said United States have erected on the said Island, for the defence of the city and harbor of [Illegible Text] a fort, known as Fort Pulaski, and the whole Island being considered necessary for the accommodation of said fort, and the said reserve being of inconsiderable [Illegible Text] SECTION 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 right, title and interest of the State of Georgia, and also the jurisdiction of said State, in, to and over the said reserve of twenty acres, on Cockspur Island, be and the same are hereby coded and surrendered to the United States of America. Provided, nevertheless, That if at any time the said United States of America shall cease to occupy the said Island, for the purpose of fortification, this act shall immediately thereafter become [Illegible Text] and void, and the said reserve shall return to, and be re-invested in the State of Georgia, for the use of the public. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws and parts of laws, so far as they militate against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845.

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AN ACT to authorize the grant to lot of land number ninety-four, in the fifth district of the third section of originally [Illegible Text], now Cass county, to issue to Stephen Ellis, the [Illegible Text] of said lot of land, on the payment of the grant fee. SECTION 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 the grant to lot of land number ninety-four, in the fifth district and third section of originally Cherokee, but now Cass county, to issue to Stephen Ellis, the drawee of said lot of land, upon the payment of the sum of twenty-five dollars into the Treasury of the State of Georgia, as the grant fee. SEC. 2. 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, so far as relates to said lot of land in this act mentioned. Approved, December 11th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize His Excellency the Governor to cause a grant to be issued to James Bush, of the county of Early, for lot number one hundred, in the sixth district of said county. WHEREAS, lot number one hundred, in the sixth district of Early county, was sold by the Sheriff of said county sometime during the year eighteen hundred and thirty-four, in conformity with an act of the Legislature, assented to on the twenty-first of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-three; and whereas, John R. Miller having purchased the same and paid over the purchase money to Josiah S. Patterson, the attorney for the General Bank; and whereas, the said John R. Miller has transfered his title to James Bush, of the county aforesaid SECTION 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 His Excellency the Governor be, and is hereby authorized to cause a grant to be issued to the said James Bush, for said lot of land, whenever the application shall be made, and the fee for the same shall be paid. Approved, December 26th, 1845.

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AN ACT to authorize and require the Surveyor General to issue a grant for fraction number one hundred and sixty-six, in the fifteenth district of Decatur county, to Daniel Belcher. WHEREAS, as the said fraction was sold by the State of Georgia, in pursuance of law, by an agent appointed for that purpose, and the different instalments, all of the purchase money paid, and the certificates thereon has been lost or destroyed. so that the said Daniel Belcher has been unable to obtain a grant for the same, on application to the Surveyor General: SECTION 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 Surveyor General is hereby authorized to issue a grant to Daniel Belcher for said fraction one hundred and sixty-six, lying and being in the fifteenth district of Decatur county, by his paying the usual fees. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize the grant for lot of land number one hundred and seventy-eight, in the thirteenth district of Dooly county, to issue to Elisha Smart, and to vest the title to said lot in him and his heirs and assigns, and to correct and amend the lottery lists of fortunate drawers, so far as the drawer of said lot is concerned, so as to make the lists conform to the grant herewith authorized to be issued. SECTION 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 grant for lot of land number one hundred and seventy-eight, in the thirteenth district of Dooly county, do issue to Elisha Smart, and that the title to said lot do vest in him, his heirs and assigns; and that the lottery lists of the fortunate drawers, so far as the drawer of said lot is concerned, be corrected and amended, so as to make the said lists conform to the grant hereby authorized to be issued. Provided, Satisfactory evidence be filed in the Surveyor General's office, that the name of Smart Elisha, was intended for Elisha Smart, and that be resided, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-one, in the three hundred and sixty-fifth District, Georgia Militia, in Jasper county. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to declare Henry George Oliver, Serliter, (formerly

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Oliver, now) the wife of James Frazer, Margaret, (formerly Oliver, now) the wife of James Young, junior, and Samuel Elliott Oliver, legitimate, and to entitle them to all the rights and privileges of distributees and heirs at law of [Illegible Text] Oliver and Sarah Ann Wilson, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, George Oliver, a citizen of Georgia, intermarried with Sarah Ann Wilson, in the State of South Carolina, in the year eighteen hundred and nineteen, with intent to return immediately to the State of Georgia; and whereas, said parties did, after said marriage, return to the said State of Georgia, and had born in this State several children, of whom the above named four survive; and whereas, it has since been ascertained that the said Sarah Ann had a husband then living at the time of said marriage with the said George Oliver, which fact, from the long absence of the said Wilson, without any thing having been heard of or from him, was unknown to all the parties of said second marriage; and whereas, the said George Oliver has petitioned that his said children shall be declared legitimate, with the view to prevent any difficulty on that subject, after his death; and whereas, by the law of Georgia, of force at the time of said intermarriage, and since re-enacted, it is provided that the issue of any second marriage (when there is a former husband and wife still living) born before the commencement of any prosecution of for bigamy, or within the ordinary time of gestation thereafter, shall, notwithstanding the invalidity of such marriage, be considered as legitimate: Now with the view to declare the true meaning and intent of said law, SECTION 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 and declared by the authority of the same, That the said Henry George Oliver, Serliter, (formerly Oliver, now) the wife of James Fraser, Margaret, (formerly Oliver, now) the wife of James Young, and Samuel Elliott Oliver, the children of the said George Oliver, by the said Sarah Ann Wilson, are, and the same are hereby declared to be legitimate, to all intents and purposes, as fully as if the said marriage between the said George and the said Sarah Ann had been legal and valid. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said Henry George Oliver, Serliter Fraser, Margaret Young and Samuel Elliott Oliver, shall be, and they are hereby entitled to all the rights and privileges of free and legally born citizens of Georgia, and as such they shall be competent in law and equity to take and inherit from the said George Oliver and the said Ann Wilson, their said father and mother, and from any and all of their relations, either on the maternal or paternal side, in the same manner as though the said marriage between their said father and mother had been legal and valid. Provided, nevertheless, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as making valid the

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said marriage between the said George Oliver and Sarah Ann Wilson. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, November 21st, 1845. AN ACT to render legal and valid the adoption of Rose Anna McHugh, by Robert Raiford, and to confer upon her the privileges and rights of his legitimate child. SECTION 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, Rose Anna McHugh, of Chatham county, the legitimate child of Cornelius and Margaret McHugh, shall be considered, held and taken as the child, by adoption, of Robert Raiford. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Rose Anna McHugh, from and after the passage of this act, shall be capable of taking, by inheritance or descent from the said Robert Raiford, and be entitled to all the rights and privileges of a legitimate child of the said Robert Raiford. 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. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to provide for the disposition of the estate of David Myrick, of Putnam county, an [Illegible Text] person. SECTION 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 the event that David Myrick, of Putnam county, an insane person, shall survive his wife, Polly C. Myrick, that so much of the property of the said David Myrick as his wife Polly C. Myrick, brought into coverture, and which [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the possession of the said David Myrick, in right of his wife, Polly C., and the natural increase thereof, together with the one half of the artifical increase of all the property and effects of the said David Myrick, including money, notes, evidences of debt, dues and demands, and property purchased since the intermarriage

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of the said David Myrick and Polly C. Myrick, shall, after the death of the said David Myric, go to and be divided among the next of kin of the said Polly C. Myrick, or to such person or persons as she may, by will, deed, or other writing, designate, and the balance of said property shall go to and be divided among the legal heirs of the said David Myrick. Provided, That should the said David Myrick become of sound and dispesing mind and memory, and make disposition of the same, then this act to be of no force or effect. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That in the event that Polly C. Myrick shall survive her husband, David Myrick, then and in that event, the property owned by the said David Myrick, before his marriage with the said Polly C. Myrick, and the natural increase thereof, together with the one half of the artificial increase of all the property and effects of the said David Myrick, shall go to the next of kin of the said David Myrick. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no act of distribution, or parts of acts, or other act or law, shall be construed to effect or operate against the provisions of this act. Approved, December 29th, 1845. AN ACT to amend the Charter of the Chattahoochee and Flint River Steamboat Company, incorporated and approved December the twenty-third, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. SECTION 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 second section of the act incorporating the Chattahoochee and Flint River Steamboat Company, approved December the twenty-third, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, shall be so amended as to reduce the capital stock of said Company from one hundred thousand dollars, in shares of one thousand dollars each, to thirty thousand dollars, in shares of one hundred dollars each; and said Company may commence business and enjoy the benefit of this act when fifty per cent. of the capital stock shall have been paid in. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That by a vote of the holders of two-thirds of the whole capital stock, at any meeting regularly called for the purpose, the stock of said Company may from time to time be increased, by the creation of new stock, of one hundred dollars per each shares, as said stockholders may find it expedient. Provided, The whole capital stock shall never exceed one hundred thousand dollars. Approved, December 5th, 1845.

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AN ACT to amend and alter an act entitled An act to incorporate the Savannah Institution for Savings. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, [Illegible Text] it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said Corporation shall have power to receive on deposite all sums of interest which may accrue on any deposites made in said Institution, whether such deposites of interest make the sum at the credit of any depositor five hundred dollars, or over that amount. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Directors of said Institution shall have authority at all times, on or before any declaration of profits or dividends, to set apart from the profits, such sum as in their judgment may be deemed necessary or proper to meet any losses or prospective losses. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all parts of the act of which this is an amendment, which militate against the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 8th, 1845. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Fire Company of the city of Columbus, to be known by the name and style of the Columbus Fire Company Number One, assented to December the twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three. SECTION 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 act entitled an act to incorporate the Fire Company of the city of Columbus, to be known by the name and style of the Columbus Fire Company Number One, be, and the same is hereby declared to be valid and operative; and that in addition to the privileges and exemptions granted and allowed to said company, by virtue of said act, the members of the same are hereby declared to be exempt from the performance of Jury duty, in all cases whatsoever. 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. Approved, December 10th, 1845. AN ACT to incorporate the Mechanics' Benevolent Society, of the city of Savannah.

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SECTION 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 [Illegible Text] H. Morel, [Illegible Text] M. Beard, John Oliver, William G. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and John Pool, of the Mechanics Benevolent Society, of the city of Savannah, and future officers and members of the same, and their successors and [Illegible Text] be, and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name of the Mechanics' Benevolent Society, of the city of Savannah, and by that name they are hereby made capable and liable to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, in any and all the Courts of this State; and they are hereby empowered to hold, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy, and retain to, and for themselves, their successors and assigns, lands and [Illegible Text], goods and chattels, rents and other property, whether real or personal, of what kind soever, and the same to sell and dispose of for the benefit of said Society, and to make and use a common seal, and the same to break [Illegible Text] pleasure, to choose such officers and make such by laws as they may deem necessary and proper, and do and [Illegible Text] all such acts as the objects of the said Society may require, not [Illegible Text] to the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this State. Approved, December 20th, 1845. AN ACT [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the village of Jefferson, in the county of Jackson, [Illegible Text] to December twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty three, so far as relates to the appointing of five [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the same, and extending the corporate limits [Illegible Text]. SECTION 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 Bassi H. [Illegible Text], Samuel Watson, Jackson Bell, David J. [Illegible Text] and [Illegible Text] H. Randolph, be, and the same are hereby appointed Commissioners for the village of Jefferson, in the county of Jackson, and they, or a majority of them, shall have full [Illegible Text] and authority to pass all by-laws which may be necessary for the government of the same, and inflict or impose such [Illegible Text] penalties and forfeitures, and to do such other [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] their judgment shall [Illegible Text] to the interest, good [Illegible Text] government of the said village, and [Illegible Text] the prevention of [Illegible Text] and [Illegible Text]. Provided, Such [Illegible Text] laws and regulations be [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] to the Constitution and laws of [Illegible Text] State.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of the said village shall extend one-half mile from the Court House, which shall be considered the centre of the incorporation. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforesaid Commissioners shall remain and continue in office until the first Saturday in January, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, at which time an election shall be held at the Court House, and at the same place every year thereafter, for Commissioners for the year succeeding such election, at which election two or more of the Justices of the Inferior Court, or Justices of the Peace, for the said county, are hereby authorized and required to preside; and all persons residing within the corporate limits of said village, who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall be entitled to vote for Commissioners, as aforesaid. SEC. 4. And be it further enactec by the authority aforesaid, That when any vacancy shall occur in the board of Commissioners, either by death, resignation, or otherwise, that it shall be the duty of any two of the remaining Commissioners to order an election to fill such vacancy, by advertising the same on the Court House door at least ten days previous to such election, which election shall be conducted in manner and form as aforesaid. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should the incorporation fail or neglect to hold an election on the day pointed out in this act, it shall and may be lawful to hold an election for Commissioners of said corporation at any time within six months after the time on which said election should have been [Illegible Text], notice thereof having been given ten days previous to such election, by advertising the same on the court house door, and signed by any Justice of the Inferior Court or Justice of the Peace of said county. Approved, December 24th, 1845. AN ACT to incorporate the Rabun Turnpike Company, and to grant certain privileges to the same. SECTION 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 Turnpike Road, of suitable width and dimensions, shall be constructed from the North Carolina line, near the lecust stake, by way of Clayton, in the county of Rabun, thence towards Clarksville, to the Habersham county line; the proprietors of which may dispose of capital stock of five thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the subscription for the constituting and collecting of stock shall be opened at Clayton, under the superintendence of Horace W. Cannon, James [Illegible Text] and John Keener, on the first Monday in March next, and books of subscription shall be kept open for the space of twenty daysduring which time any person or copartnership may subscribe for any number of shares not exceeding fifty. Provided, That the whole number of shares are not taken up within the space of twenty days, as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for any person or copartnership to subscribe for any unsubscribed shares. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said subscription be filled, the stockholders may proceed to the election of five Commissioners to manage the affairs of said companysaid election to be held in Clayton, under the superintendence of the persons herein appointed to open books at said place, after they shall have been notified that said stock has been taken up, and after they shall have given thirty days notice of the time and place of said election, at the place where said books were opened; the number of votes that each stockholder shall be entitled to, shall be regulated by the number of shares he may hold, one share entitling the holder to one vote, two shares, and not exceeding five, to two votes, for every five shares, above five, two votes. Provided, That no person shall be entitled to more than ten votes. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all those who shall become subscribers in said company, their successors and assigns, shall be, and they are hereby [Illegible Text] a body [Illegible Text] by the name and style of the Rabun Turnpike Company; and are hereby made capable in law of [Illegible Text] and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defend and being defended, in any [Illegible Text] of law or equity of this State, to make and have a common seal, to ordain, establish and put in force such by-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said company. Provided, Such by-laws and regulations are not repugnant to the laws of this State or of the United States. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners shall continue in office for the term of two years from the day of their election, and have power to fill any vacancy that may occur in said board, and at the end of their term of office to hold an election for Commissioners at such place and under such regulations as the by-laws of said company may direct. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said board of Commissioners shall be elected and organized, they are hereby empowered to call in any amount, not exceeding fifty per [Illegible Text] on the amount of subscription, on giving twenty days notice of the time such payment is [Illegible Text] to be made, and to make such further calls upon the stockholders as they may think proper. Provided,

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The same be not oftener than once in three months. And if there shall at any time be a failure to pay the first sum so called, the person or persons so failing shall [Illegible Text] the shares for which they have subscribed, and the board may dispose of the same, and the subscribers so failing shall forfeit and pay to said board, for the use of said company, the sum of ten dollars for each share they may hold, to be recovered in any Court having jurisdiction thereof; and for any further failure, there shall be a forfeiture of the shares and the amount paid in. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases where land, timber, or other materials necessary for the construction of said road or repairs thereof, and the same cannot, for want of agreement between the parties, be purchased from the owner or owners thereof, the same may be taken at valuation, to be fixed in the following manner, viz: the corporation shall choose one person, the owner or owners one, and the Inferior Court of the aforesaid county one, and in case either party refuse to make a selection, then the Inferior Court to select for the party so refusing, and the arbitrators so chosen shall, before they enter on their duties, take and subscribe the following oath: I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will a true verdict render, according to the circumstances of the case now submitted to me, taking into consideration the benefit accruing to the owner of the property by the construction of said road, as well as the damage done thereby. The award of whom shall operate as a judgment against the parties cast by it, and the collection of it enforced by an execution from the Inferior Court. Provided, Either party shall have the right to appeal, to be tried by a special jury at the next term of the Superior Court of the county, and the decision shall vest the right of the said land or material, for the term of thirty years. Provided, That the company may abandon the right to the property condemned within twenty days after the decision of said special jury, by filing a notice to that effect in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, and paying all costs. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That any person injuring the property, or putting any [Illegible Text] or other obstructions upon said road, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined at the discretion of the Court, and also be liable to an action for damages, at the suit of the party aggrieved. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said company shall have power to erect one toll-gate at or near each end of the said Turnpike Road, and may charge, demand and collect the following rates of toll, viz: For every four, five or six horse wagon, seventy-five cents; for each two horse wagon or ox wagon, fifty cents; for each two horse pedler's wagon, fifty cents; for each four wheel pleasure carriage, fifty cents; for each gig, sulkey and other one [Illegible Text] vehicle, thirty-seven and a half cents; for each man and horse,

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ten [Illegible Text] for every loose or lead horse, mule or jack, three cents; for each head of cattle, two cents; for each head of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] or goats, two cents; for each one horse wagon or cart, twenty-five cents. Provided, That the citizens of said county, and all [Illegible Text] of the gospel, shall be allowed to pass toll-free. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Turnpike shall be commenced within one year after the passage of this act, and be finished within two years [Illegible Text] and when finished shall vest in said company a [Illegible Text] right for the term of thirty years thereafter. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said company shall not collect toll until they have obtained a certificate from the Interior Court of [Illegible Text] county that [Illegible Text] read is built agreeable to the true intent and meaning of this act, and have published their rate of toll at each gate. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all tolls shall be paid at the first gate, at which gate [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] shall receive a receipt, which shall entitle them to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the other gate free of toll. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the private property of the stockholders is bound for [Illegible Text] debts of the company, and in the event that the stock, or any [Illegible Text] thereof, be transfered, that the private property of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] transfering such stock shall be liable for all [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] to the date of said transfer; and said company shall not be entitled to demand toll until said road is [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] as not to assend or [Illegible Text] more than one foot in [Illegible Text] and whenever it shall appear that the said road is not [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] true intent and spirit of this act, the Sheriff of the county of Rabun shall be authorized, by the Inferior Court of said county, to [Illegible Text] open said gates until said road is so [Illegible Text] SEC. 14. 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. Approved, December 26th, [Illegible Text] AN ACT [Illegible Text] after and amend an act entitled an act to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of Thomaston, and to make permanent the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] in the county of Upson, [Illegible Text] on the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and further [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the duties and powers of the Commissioners of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of

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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 Commissioners of said town, before they enter upon the duties of their office, to take and subscribe an oath before some one of the Justices of the Inferior Court, or Justices of the Peace for said county, well and truly to perform the duties of a Commissioner of the town of Thomaston, as ascertained by law, and to support the Constitution of the United States and State of Georgia; and a certificate on the minute book of the Commissioners, by the person presiding at the election, that the persons named are duly elected, and a certificate as aforesaid, by such Justice, that they have taken the oath aforesaid, shall be legal evidence that the Commissioners, so elected and sworn, are authorized to act as such. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such Commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services; they shall be a corporation so far as to be capable of making contracts; to do other acts herein authorized, and to sue and to be sued, by the name of the Board of Commissioners of the town of Thomaston; and three or more of them shall form a Board; their proceedings, as a Board, shall be summary, and shall be authenticated by the signature of the President, and be judicially proved by a copy thereof, signed and certified by their Secretary; the Board may transcribe their minutes and other recorded proceedings into new books, and any transcript thereof, on being approved by them, shall be held and taken as the original. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board may appoint, from their own body, a President, and may appoint such other officers as may be necessary, and in their absence may appoint such officers pro tempore, and may allow, except to such as may be members of this Board, a compensation for their services; they shall have power to remove such officers and appoint others in their stead, and to prescribe and settle all the forms and details necessary and proper to give effect to their ordinance while sitting as a Board. The said Commissioners shall have the same power as Justices of the Peace now have, of punishing [Illegible Text] and [Illegible Text] their officers, and said officers shall remain subject to their authority twelve months after they shall be out of office as to any money or papers in their hands; said Board of Commissioners shall have, at any time, within the corporate limits of said town, authority to preserve the peace, and shall be authorized to administer oaths in relation to such duties, and in any matter within cognizance of the Board; and shall have power to issue their warrant, under the hand of their President for the time being, for the apprehension of any person or persons who may be guilty of a contempt of their authority and power, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] an infringement of their ordinances or laws, and on such person or persons being brought before them, such proceedings shall take place, and the examination be had in the manner usually pursued

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before the Justices of the Peace of this State; and that the judgment and order of said Board, setting as a Court, shall have the like force and effect as judgments of the Courts of Justices of the Peace; and in [Illegible Text] against the said Commissioners, or their officers, or any of them, they shall be entitled to the benefit of any statutes or laws in force for the time being, in respect to suits against Justices of the Peace and constables respectively. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board shall have the superintendence of the streets, and prohibit all obstructions of, or encroachments thereon, and all [Illegible Text] within the said town limits; and they may, within the said town limits, levy and collect, in a summary manner, an annual poll tax not exceeding one dollar on each white male citizen at the age of eighteen years and upwards, and not exceeding three dollars on each free person of color, and not exceeding twenty-five cents on each slave usually resident in said village, and a tax not exceeding fifteen cents on each hundred dollars value of all real estate, stock in trade, or any other property or thing therein, that may, at the time being, be taxable by the laws of this State, and also a tax not exceeding five dollars for each day, on all [Illegible Text] exhibitions and performances therein for pay. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board may, within the corporate limits exclusive of the town, levy and collect as aforesaid, an annual poll tax, not exceeding fifty cents on each free male person, of the age of eighteen years and upwards, and not exceeding twenty-five cents on each slave usually resident therein. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board may, within the corporate limits of said town, make all needful regulations for the restraint and punishment of slaves and free persons of color, and for the government of patrols therein, may issue license, at a rate not exceeding ten dollars for one year, to retailers therein of spirituous or [Illegible Text] liquors, and may levy and collect as aforesaid a tax, not exceeding five dollars for each day, on pedlers and [Illegible Text] traders therein, and may regulate and enforce work by such persons as by law may be liable thereto, not exceeding five days at any one time, nor exceeding fifteen days in any one year, on the streets, squares and public roads, and in other respects may have the same authority and jurisdiction over the roads therein as now belongs to the Inferior Court of the county of [Illegible Text] But the said Board may, if they should deem [Illegible Text] expedient, have the necessary labor done on any part thereof, and levy a tax within the corporate limits, to defray the expense thereby incured. Provided, That all such persons as may be required by this act to labor on the streets, and in said village, or contribute to the keeping thereof in repair, shall not be carried beyond the limits of said village for the purpose of laboring on the public roads, nor required to contribute to the

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working thereon. And the said Board may pass all such [Illegible Text] and do all such acts, not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this State, or the laws of the United States, as may be necessary to the [Illegible Text] of the purposes herein mentioned, and of all other matters of policy within the corporate limits as they shall deem [Illegible Text] to the health, safety, peace and well being of the inhabitants thereof. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board may punish for all [Illegible Text] by white persons, and free persons of color, against their ordinances, by fine not exceeding five dollars, except on [Illegible Text] gamblers, and on them not exceeding fifty dollars. No corporal punishment shall be inflicted on persons of color, not exceeding twenty stripes. To enforce the payment of fines, taxes, and other monies [Illegible Text] otherwise than by contract, the Board may issue their execution against either the person or property of the delinquent, which shall have the force and effect of a justices' judgment and execution. If property levied [Illegible Text] by the Marshal shall be claimed by any other person, then the [Illegible Text] such claimant, or his agent, shall make affidavit in writing before any one of the Commissioners, that such property belongs to him or his principal, the levy shall stand dismissed, and any person swearing falsely therein, shall be punishable as in other cases of perjury. The Marshal, or other ministerial officer or officers of said Board, shall, in the execution of their office, have the power, and be entitled to the fees, of a constable. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate funds, after defraying the charges incident to the levying and collecting thereof, shall be by the Board applied to the necessary expenses and improvement of said town, in such manner as the Board may deem most [Illegible Text] and the said Board shall publish annually, at the end of each year, an account of such corporate fund, exhibiting the amount received in that year, and the several objects and amount of expenditure, including the balance either way from the year preceding. And if any preceding Commissioner shall retain in his hands any such monies, or any papers which he may have received while in office, he may be compelled to pay over or deliver the same, or account therefor, as provided in the third section of this act, in cases where officers of the Board are in like default. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the third section of the act of which this is amendatory, together with all laws and parts of laws militating against the [Illegible Text] of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to incorporate Jasper Lodge Number Eight, of the

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United [Illegible Text] Order of [Illegible Text] located and working in [Illegible Text] SECTION 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. Haywood, A. P. [Illegible Text] Robert H. [Illegible Text] Joseph M. Haywood, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Levi S. Hart, Philip M. Russell, R. [Illegible Text] M. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Levi S. Russell, James M. Flanders, R. Raiford, George W. Wylly, James [Illegible Text] A. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] E. [Illegible Text] James D. Cole, Edward Parish, John M. [Illegible Text] Thomas [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] N. Lain, Edward G. Wilson, Nicholas Harden, and all others who now are, or shall hereafter be made members of Jasper Lodge Number Eight of the United Ancient Order of [Illegible Text] and their successors, be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, by the name and style of Jasper Lodge Number Eight, U. A. O. D., and they are hereby clothed with all the usual and necessary corporate powers, to be exercised in such a manner as not to conflict with the laws of the land. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Jasper Lodge Number Eight, U. A. O. D., shall have full power to take, hold and enjoy real and personal property, to sue and be [Illegible Text] plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered [Illegible Text] in any courts of law or equity, or any tribunals having jurisdiction thereof, and also to receive, take and apply, [Illegible Text] [bequests,] devises, or donations, that may be made to and for the charitable purposes which the said Lodge is intended to subserve. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to amend the corporation laws of the village of [Illegible Text] in the county of Elbert, passed in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-two. SECTION 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 [Illegible Text] it shall not [Illegible Text] lawful for any person or persons within the corporate limits of the village of [Illegible Text] to retail ardent or spirituous liquors of any kind, without first obtaining from the Commissioners of said village a license for that purpose. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall violate the provisions of this act, he or they, so offending, shall be liable to indictment in the Superior Court, and upon conviction, shall pay a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars, one half for the benefit of

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the informer, the other half to be paid into the county treasury [Illegible Text] county purposes. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws to the contrary notwithstanding, are hereby repealed. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and amend the several acts heretofore passed for the incorporation and government of the town of [Illegible Text] in the county of Cobb. SECTION 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 white persons residing in said town on the first day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and the same day in each succeeding year, who are subject by the laws of this State to the payment of a poll tax, shall pay a poll tax to said incorporation, to such an amount as shall or may be ordained by the Commissioners [Illegible Text] Provided, That in no case the said poll tax shall exceed one dollar every year; and all owners of slaves held or employed in said town, and all owners of other taxable property of every description, in said town, shall pay a tax on the same to the said incorporation, to such an amount as may be ordained by the Commissioners. Provided, said tax in no case shall exceed, in rate, one half of the State's tax on the same; and all free persons of color residing, or who may hereafter reside in said corporation, over the age of twenty-one years, shall in like manner pay a town tax of three dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of said town shall provide, by by-law, for the collection and payment over of all taxes imposed or authorized to be imposed by the foregoing section, and shall, moreover, require a bond for the faithful performance of his duty, of the person whose business it shall be to collect the same. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That public notice shall be given, by advertisement [Illegible Text] the court-house door and three other public places in town, of the time and place for the persons liable to tax to make return, on oath, of their taxable property and their polls, and that all persons failing to make returns of the same, shall be returned as defaulters and subject to a double tax, and the value of the property of such defaulters shall be assessed, under oath, by three freeholders of the town, to be appointed by the Commissioners.

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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners, as soon as practicable after the passing of this act, shall make out a list of the names of all the persons liable, under the laws of this [Illegible Text] to do patrol duty, and appoint, once in two months, from said list, two companies of six men each as patrol companies, to serve two months from the time of their appointment; and if any person or persons so appointed to patrol duty, shall refuse or neglect to perform the same, he shall forfeit or pay into the treasury of said town, the sum of one dollar for each week he shall so refuse or neglect; and upon default of payment thereof, the said Commissioners shall issue execution, directed to the Marshal or Tax Receiver and Collector, for the same. Provided always, That such patrol defaulter shall be entitled to notice of two days to appear before the Commissioners and make his excuse for such default. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person shall intentionally injure, remove, or throw down any horse rack in the streets or public square of said town, or shall intentionally injure any public property, or cut down or break any tree or trees in the streets or public square of said town, without authority from said Commissioners, they shall pay a fine equal to the value of said public property. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall encamp with any cart, wagon, or traveling vehicle of any kind, in the streets, or on the public grounds or vacant lots in said town, after being notified of the existence of this act, under a penalty of not less than one nor more than five dollars, unless authorized by a by-law of the Commissioners. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person shall occupy or use in said town a lot as a horse lot, or for any other purpose, and shall permit [Illegible Text] or putrid animal or vegetable matter to accumulate, or any other nuisance on said lot, so as to become offensive to those residing in the vicinity of the same, they shall be notified thereof by the said Commissioners, and required to remove the same to same place where it shall not be offensive to the citizens of said town; and if after being so notified, they shall refuse or neglect to remove the same till after the time they shall be required to do so by the said Commissioners, they shall pay for each day it so remains, not less than one nor more than five dollars. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners are hereby made commissioners of the public roads and streets in said town, with all the authority and liability of commissioners of roads appointed by the Inferior Court; and the overseers of the roads and streets aforesaid, who shall be appointed by the Commissioners as aforesaid, are hereby invested with all the powers, and made subject to all the liabilities of overseers of public roads, under the laws of this State; and all persons within the corporate jurisdiction as aforesaid, who, by

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the laws of this State, are required to work on the public roads, are hereby required to work on the roads and streets of said town, under the direction of the said commissioners and overseers, in the same manner and under the same regulations, as are pointed out and specified in the road laws of this State; and they shall be subject to the same penalties for refusing to do said work, when required to do so by the said [Illegible Text] that other citizens of the State are for refusing to work upon the public roads. Provided, nevertheless, That any person who is required by this act to perform road and street duty, shall be permitted to discharge the same by paying into the treasury of said town one dollar for each day he is required to work, which shall be paid to the Commissioners on or before the day he or they shall be required to work. And provided further, That the citizens residing within the corporate limits of said town be, and they are exempted from liability to work on the public roads of the county of Cobb, beyond the corporate limits of said town. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners shall have full power and authority to impose and collect a tax upon all shows, exhibitions and showmen performing in said town for the purpose of gain. Provided, That the tax so imposed shall not exceed five dollars for each day's or night's performance or exhibition. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall be exempt from the performance of street and road duty, while acting or serving as Commissioners. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners of said town shall be, ex officio, Justices of the Peace, so far as to enable them to issue warrants for offences against the provisions of this act or the laws of the State, committed within the jurisdiction of the incorporation, and to commit or bail offenders, for their appearance before the Superior Court for said county; and in all such cases, it is hereby made the duty of the Marshal of the town to become the prosecutor. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all fines and penalties imposed on convictions for offences committed within said corporation, shall be paid into the treasury of the town, to be applied as other funds of said corporation, for the use of the town. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Commissioners shall publish annually, at the end of each year, an account of such corporate fund, exhibiting the amount received and expended during that year, and the objects for which it was expended. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws repugnant to this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 26th, 1845.

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AN ACT to incorporate the Muscogee Rail Road Company and to punish persons for violating the provisions of the same. SECTION 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 for the purpose of constructing a Rail Road from the city of Columbus to West Point, at or near the Monroe Rail Road from Macon to the terminus of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road in DeKalb county, to be selected and determined upon by the Directors hereinafter authorized to be elected, that John G. Winter, John Banks, A. H. Flewellen, James M. Chambers, Samuel A. Baily, John H. Howard, T. B. Howard, James R. Jones, William A. Redd, H. S. Smith, Daniel McDougald, Hines [Illegible Text] Grigsby E. Thomas, James H. Shorter and P. T. Schley, and their associates, successors and assigns, be and they are hereby created a corporate body politic by the name and style of The Muscogee Rail Road Company, with vested rights and privileges, and by said corporate name and style, shall be capable in law to purchase, accept, hold, and sell and convey real and personal estate, make contracts, sue and be sued, to make by-laws, appoint all necessary officers and prescribe their duty, and to do all lawful acts properly incident and connected with the objects of the said corporation, and necessary for the government and transaction of its business, to construct a Rail Road from the city of Columbus to such point at or near the Monroe Rail Road, from the city of Macon to the terminus of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road in DeKalb county, and to make and use a common seal, and the same to alter and destroy at their pleasure. Provided, That their by-laws be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States or of this State. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said Company shall not exceed two millions of dollars, to be divided into shares of not exceeding one hundred dollars each, and the Board of Directors shall prescribe the mode and conditions of the subscriptions for the stock in said Company, and issue certificates for the same. SEC. 3. [ And be it further enacted, ] That for the organization of the said Company, the said persons herein before named, or a majority of the same, shall appoint the times and places at which subscriptions for stock in said Company may be made, and shall immediately thereafter appoint a convenient time and place for the meeting of the subscribers for stock, in the city of Columbus, of which they shall give notice in one or more of the public gazettes published in said city, at which time and place they shall proceed to the election of seven Directors, who shall form and constitute the first Board of Directors, one of which said Directors shall elect as President thereof; and said President and Directors shall hold their offices for one year, and shall prescribe in their bye-laws the manner of holding

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the subsequent annual elections for Directors; and in all cases the stockholders shall be allowed to vote in person, or by proxy under power of attorney duly executed. The number of votes to which each stockholder shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares he, she or they may hold in his, her, or their own right, or as trustee for three months prior to the election, one vote for each share. The said Board of Directors shall have power to fill all vacancies which may occur in their Board or other offices, until the regular [Illegible Text] election by the stockholders, and shall fix the compensation of the President of said Board, and all other officers of the said corporation. Not less than three 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 one of the Directors present, to be elected President pro tem. by a majority of the Board present. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said Board of Directors shall have power to select and take, or receive as donation, such strips of land as they may deem necessary for she construction, convenience and protection of said Rail Road, and in case of disagreement between the owner or owners, and the said Board of Directors, in regard to the damages or price of any such necessary strip or strips of land, it may and shall be lawful for said Board to appoint one disinterested freeholder as an appraiser, and the owner or owners of such land another disinterested freeholder, if he, she, or they should think proper, and the Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, of the county in which such lands may lie, shall appoint another disinterested freeholder; but if such owner or owners shall decline to appoint an appraiser on his, her, or their part, then two shall be appointed by the Justices aforesaid, all of whom shall be sworn by a Justice of the Inferior Court or Justice of the Peace, to make and return to said Court a just, true and impartial valuation of the damages or value of such strip or strips of land thus required by said Company, and their award shall be in writing, and signed by at least a majority of the said appraisers, and accompanied by a plat and full description of the said land, which shall be taken and held as a judgment for the amount against the said Company, and may be enforced by an execution from the said Inferior Court, and the said plat and description of said land, and said award, shall be recorded in the said county, in the same manner as deeds, and shall vest the fee simple right to the said strip or strips of land in the said corporation. Provided, That if either party shall be disatisfied with the award of the appraisers, he, she or they may appeal to the Superior Court of the county where the land lies, and have the damages ascertained by the verdict of a special jury at the first term, and such verdict shall be conclusive and binding on both parties. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of

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the said Rail Road Company shall not be taxed by the State [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] one [Illegible Text] of one per cent. upon its nett income, not shall any other tax be [Illegible Text] or collected on the stock of [Illegible Text] Company. SEC. 6. [ Be it further enacted, ] That the said Company shall build, and keep in good order, substantial bridges or ways of passage across said Rail Road, wherever it may cross a public road, and if any person shall wilfully and maliciously destroy, or in any manner hurt, damage, injure, or obstruct, or shall counsel, aid, assist or advise any other person or persons to hurt or otherwise injure and obstruct said Rail Road, or any of the appurtenances or appendages thereto belonging or appertaining, such person, so offending, shall be liable to be indicted for a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned at hard labor in the Penitentiary, at the discretion of the Court, for a term not less than four years, and shall further be liable to pay all expenses of repairing or rebuilding the same. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the books, papers and correspondence, and the funds of said Company, shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Board of Directors and the stockholders, at any and every meeting thereof, when required; and all bonds, notes, or other evidences of debt, or contract, or liability, or engagement on behalf of said Company, shall be binding and obligatory on said corporation when the same shall be signed by the President of said Company and countersigned or attested by the Secretary thereof, and the funds of said Company shall in no case be held responsible for any contract or engagement, unless the same shall be so signed countersigned or attested as aforesaid. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the stockholders in said Company shall be liable in proportion to the number of shares held by them respectively for the debts of said Company, which shall not exceed one half of the capital stock. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to incorporate Unity Lodge Number Thirty-six, [Illegible Text] Jackson county, Georgia. SECTION 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 Unity Lodge Number Thirty-six of Free and Accepted Masons, of the County of Jackson, be and the same is hereby made a body corporate, under the name and style aforesaid. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Augustus Alden, Master, B. H. Overby, Senior Warden,

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and Hamden C. Carter, Junior Warden, the officers of said Lodge, be, and they and their successors in office are hereby declared capable in law of suing and being sued, purchasing property and selling the same, and doing all other things which bodies corporate may in law do, connected with the objects of their association. 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. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to repeal an act to incorporate the town of Davisville, in the county of Pike, and to appoint Commissioners for the same, and other purposes therein mentioned, assented to the 8th day of December, 1841. SECTION 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, an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Davisville, in the county of Pike, and to appoint Commissioners for the same, and other purposes therein mentioned, assented to the 8th day of December, 1841, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT entitled an act to incorporate the Flint River Steamboat Company. SECTION 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 Butler, Elijah Butts, James S. Beall, Josiah [Illegible Text] Seth Taylor, F. H. Blair, and Johu Pope, together with their associates, and such persons as may hereafter become associated with them, as stockholders in the premises, and their successors, be, and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Flint River Steamboat Company, and by that name and style may hold, purchase, receive, retain, enjoy, sell and transfer, real and personal property, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded

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in any court of law or equity; may have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at pleasure; may make such by-laws, rules and regulations as the stockholders, [Illegible Text] company, may deem necessary and expedient. Provided, That the same [Illegible Text] not contrary to the Constitution and Laws of the State, or of the United States. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the capital stock of said company shall consist of three hundred shares, of one hundred dollars each, and for which the proper officers of said company shall issue certificates, in the manner to be provided by their by-laws; and said company may commence business, and enjoy the benefit of this act, when fifty per cent of the capital stock shall have been paid in. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That by a vote of the holders of two thirds of the whole capital stock, at any meeting regularly called for the purpose, the stock of the said company may from time to time be increased, by the creation of new stock, of one hundred dollars per share, as said stockholders may find it expedient. Provided, That the whole capital stock shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall have power and authority to charge, ask and receive of and from all such persons as they transport merchandise or produce for, or carry as passengers, such compensation therefor as the company, or its agents or officers, may deem fit, or as may be specified in the bills of lading: and said company may define, restrain and [Illegible Text] their liabilities as carriers. Provided, such restraints or limits be embodied in the receipts or bills of lading. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the affairs of said company shall be managed either by a Board of Directors, or an Agent or Agents, as the stockholders may determine, the same to be appointed by said stockholders, each share of stock to entitle the holder thereof to one vote for the same, and the said stockholders, or the directors or agents elected by them for that purpose, may appoint all such officers and servants, and regulate the duties and compensation, as to them may seem expedient for the interest of the company. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That said company shall be authorized to insure against loss or damage by fire, or by any and all risks whatever, by sea or inland navigation, on such merchandise or produce as may be shipped by their boats or vessels, and also to insure on the lives of slaves employed by them; and that the privileges hereby granted by the provisions of this act shall be enjoyed and held for the term of thirty years from the passage of the same, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 27th, 1845.

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AN ACT to incorporate the Augusta Manufacturing Company, the Richmond Manufacturing Company, and the Georgia Manufacturing Company. SECTION 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 Martin M. Dye, John P. King, John Bones, William M. D Autignac and Amory Sibley, or any three of them, be and they are hereby constituted a Board of Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to open a book of subscriptions in the city of Augusta, for shares in said Company, which book shall be opened at such time as any three or more of them may determine, and shall continue open for three days, at such place in said city, and for so many hours each day as said Board of Commissioners may designate; during which time it may be lawful for any person or persons to subscribe for any number of shares not exceeding one hundred; and if the whole amount of capital hereinafter mentioned be not subscribed for at the expiration of said three days, it shall then be lawful for any person or persons to subscribe for any number of shares remaining unsubscribed for. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall give notice in the newspapers of Augusta, at least one week before the opening of said book of subscription, of the time and place of subscribing, and the said Commissioners shall require from each subscriber a sum not less than five per cent. nor more than ten per cent. on the amount subscribed by him, her or them, to be paid into the hands of said Commissioners at the time of subscribing. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the subscribers or stockholders in said Company shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of The Augusta Manufacturing Company, and by that name and style may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and answered unto, in any Court of Law or Equity in this State having competent jurisdiction, and shall enjoy perpetual succession of officers and members, may have and use a common seal, may make, ordain and establish such bye-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem expedient and necessary to carry into effect the objects of the Company. Provided, such bye-laws, rules and regulations are not inconsistent with the laws of this State or of the United States. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the capital stock of said Company shall not exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, which shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, but the Company may commence business as soon as fifty thousand dollars shall have been paid, and that upon the expiration of the time herein before allowed for subscribing, it shall be the duty of said Commissioners

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to convene the stockholders or subscribers, by giving twenty days notice in the newspapers of Augusta, of the time and place of meeting, who may then, or at any time thereafter, proceed to the election of their officers, under such rules and regulations as they may adopt for that purpose. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said Company, organized as aforesaid, shall be authorized to manufacture, bleach, dye, print and finish, all goods of which cotton or other fibrous materials form a part; also, to manufacture flour from wheat or grain of any kind, and all machinery used for such purposes or any other; and may erect such mills and other works as may be necessary to carry on their business. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said Company shall have power to purchase, receive, hold and possess, any property, real or personal, for the use, benefit and advantage of said Company, and to sell and dispose of the same. Provided, That said Company shall hold no more real estate than is necessary for the convenient transaction of their business, unless the same be received in payment of debts, or be purchased at public sale under execution in their favor. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That John Phinizy, Benjamin H. Warner, John Milledge, Benjamin Conly and James B. Bishop, or any of them, be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for the purpose of opening books of subscription for stock, under the same provisions and restrictions as hereinbefore stated in relation to the Augusta Manufacturing Company, and that when the stock is so taken and the Association organized in the same manner as herein before provided, such subscribers shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of The Georgia Manufacturing Company, and as such shall be entitled to all the rights, powers and privileges, and be subject to all the restrictions and liabilities that are granted to and imposed upon The Augusta Manufacturing Company. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That William T. Gould, Ignatius P. Garvin, John Foster, Hilary B. Frazer and Benjamin Hall, or any of them, be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for the purpose of opening books of subscription for stock, under the same provisions and restrictions as herein before stated in relation to the Augusta Manufacturing Company, and that when the stock is so taken, and the Association organized in the same manner as is herein before provided, such subscribers shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of The Richmond Manufacturing Company, and as such shall be entitled to all the rights, powers and privileges, and be subject to all the restrictions and liabilities that are granted to and imposed upon The Augusta Manufacturing Company. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the subscribers or stockholders in said Companies, shall be liable in proportion to the number of shares held by them respectively, for the debts

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of said Company, which shall not exceed one half of the capital paid in; and if the debts exceed such amount, the stockholders shall be jointly and severally liable for the whole. No transfer of stock within six months prior to a failure of said Company, shall exempt the transfering stockholders from liability, and the proper officers of said Company shall semi-annually, in April and October, make a return on oath to the Governor, of the amount of capital actually employed, with the names of the stockholders and number of shares held by each, and a statement of the condition of the Company. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to incorporate the [Illegible Text] Water [Illegible Text] Company, in the city of Columbus, to be called The Water Lot Company of the city of Columbus. WHEREAS, by an act of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, assented to on the twenty-second day of December, eighteen hundred and forty, the Mayor and Council of the city of Columbus were authorized to define Bay street, in said city, and to limit its width, and to lay off water lots up and along the Western boundary of said street, and to dispose of said water lots, by sale or lease, for such times and on such terms as they might deem best for the interest of said city, and to execute titles to the same; and whereas, in compliance with said act, the said Mayor and Council have sold to John H. Howard, and others, the water lots before mentioned, lying between Franklin and Crawford Streets, in said city, and extending from said Bay street to high-water mark on the Western bank of the Chattahoochee river, requiring them to make certain improvements, to wit: building a dam, canal and other works, which are now nearly all completed, according to the contracts [Illegible Text] between the parties, by means of which a large [Illegible Text] of water power has been, and will be commanded for manufacturing purposesnow, in order to enable the said Howard, and his associates, owners of said water lots, to conduct their affairs and to carry on their operations with greater facility SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, [Illegible Text] General Assembly met, That from and after the passage of this act, the said Company, to wit: John H. Howard, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] John B. Baird and William L. Jeter, and their associates and their successors, shall be, and they are hereby constituted a corporation and body politic, by the name and style of The Water Lot Company of the city of Columbus and by that name shall be, and

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are hereby made able and capable, in law, to have, hold, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels and effects, of whatsoever kind, nature or quality the same may be, and the same to sell, grant, demise, alien, or dispose of and to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, in any of the courts of civil jurisdiction in this State, or any other place whatsoever; and also to make, use and have a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew, at pleasure; and also to ordain, establish and put in execution such by-laws, rules and regulations as may seem necessary for the government of said corporation. Provided, That such by-laws, rules and regulations be not contrary to the constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States; and generally to do and execute all and singular such acts, matters and things as to them may or shall appertain; subject, nevertheless, to the [Illegible Text], limitations and provisions herein prescribed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the parties in interest in said water lots, shall constitute a Board of Directors, who shall have power to elect annually, and whenever a vacancy may occur, a President, from their numberto elect whom a majority of the whole number of votes shall be necessary. The said Board shall also have power to elect a Secretary, in the same manner, whose duty it shall be to record the proceedings of the President and Directors. The seal of the corporation shall be attached to every conveyance relating to real estate, and which conveyance shall also bear the signature of two-thirds of the Directors, including that of the President. And the death of one or more of the Directors, or parties in interest, shall at no time, or in any case, prevent, or hinder or delay a sale or sales of the said lots, or any of them, or an interest therein, by the survivors, in the name of the corporation but nothing herein contained shall bar the right of an executor or administrator of a deceased party from becoming a director. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the President shall make all such contracts, not appertaining to real estate, or an interest therein, as he shall be authorized by the Board to make. Provided, That such authority of the Board shall have been reduced to writing and recorded by the Secretary. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no obligation whatever requiring the payment of money, or other thing, shall be binding upon said corporation, provided the same bear not the seal of the corporation, and the signatures of two-thirds of the Directors, including the President. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the stockholders shall be liable, in their private capacities, in proportion to the amount of stock owned by them; and the Company shall not

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be indebted, at any one time, for a greater amount than one half of their capital stock. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws contrary to this act, are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to incorporate the town of Cumming, in the county of Forsyth, and to repeal all other acts, and parts of acts, appertaining to the incorporation of the same, to make certain the corporate limits of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] to point out the [Illegible Text] of the Commissioners to be [Illegible Text] for the government of said town, and for the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] regulation of patrols, and for the preservation of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], shade trees, [Illegible Text] and for the prevention of encamping, and for the prevention and removal of nuisances, to regulate the working of public streets, for the suppression of fights, affrays, riots and disturbances of the public peace, for the appointment of a Marshal, Marshal to arrest for affrays, riots, fights, and so forth, fines and penalties to be paid into the town treasury, for the appointment of a treasurer, for the regulation of the residence of slaves, and for taxing shows and exhibitions, for the appointment of a Tax Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns for said town, and requiring Commissioners to make a report at the end of each year, and for taxing itinerant traders in goods, wares, merchandise, jewelry, c. SECTION 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 Henry L. Sims, Noah Strong, Arthur Erwin, William T. Foster and Major J. Lewis, and their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby made Commissioners of the town of Cumming, and shall have full power and authority to pass all by-laws, rules and regulations which may be necessary for the government of said town, the good order and health of the same. SEC. 2. And be it [ further ] enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Commissioners shall continue in office until the second Monday in January, eighteen hundred and forty-eight; on which day, and on the second Monday in January, biennially, thereafter, all the free white citizens of said town, who shall be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall assemble at the Court House in said town and, by ballot, elect five other Commissioners, who shall continue in office two years, and shall be re-eligible; and that said elections

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shall be held by any Justice of the Peace or Judges of the Inferior Court, or one of each, or one of either, together with a freeholder in said town. Provided, That in the event of there being no election of Commissioners of said town in the manner and at the time herein pointed out, the Commissioners elected for the preceding year shall continue in office and remain the Commissioners of said town until their successors are elected. And provided also, That in the event there shall be no election held at the time and in the manner pointed out, the Commissioners of said town may, and they are hereby empowered to order an election for Commissioners, to be held at the Court House in said town at any time, upon five days notice being given of said election, upon the door of the Court House, And provided further, That if any vacancies should arise in said Board, between general elections, the same may be filled in like manner. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of said town shall extend in such manner so as to include a distance of five hundred yards in every direction from the Court House in said town of Cumming, except in the direction west of said town, in which course said jurisdiction shall extend so as to embrace the present residence of [Illegible Text] Scott, and all persons living between said residence of said [Illegible Text] Scott and said town; and said Commissioners are hereby authorized to act as Commissioners of all roads and streets in said town, to the distance aforesaid. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all white persons residing in said town on the first day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and on the same day in each year succeeding, who are subject by the laws of this State to the payment of poll tax, shall pay a poll tax to said town of fifty cents each, every year: and all owners of slaves held or employed in said town, and all owners of other taxable property, of every description, in said town, shall pay a tax on the same to the said town, equal in amount to one-third of the State tax upon the same; and all free persons of color residing, or who may hereafter reside in said town, over the age of twenty-one years, shall in like manner pay a tax of two dollars to said town. Provided, nevertheless, That if at any time the Commissioners of said town shall think the monies arising from this taxation will be more than sufficient to defray the necessary expenses of said incorporation, it shall be their duty, and they are hereby authorized and required to lessen the same, by abating, in an equal proportion, from the amount of tax required to be paid by each individual, by this act. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners are hereby invested with authority to appoint a person to act as Tax Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns for said town, and to make him a reasonable compensation for his services, to be paid out of the treasury of said town; and the said Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns shall be appointed annually,

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and before entering upon the duties of his office he shall be sworn faithfully to execute and discharge the same, and give bond and security for the same, to said Commissioners, and their successors in office, for five hundred dollars. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners aforesaid shall appoint, from their number, a Treasurer, who shall hold his office during the time that he may remain Commissioner, and shall, at the close of each year, make out and return to the body a full and correct return of all his actings and doings as Treasurer aforesaid. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all persons who are by this act made subject to the payment of tax, shall, at some time between the first day of February and the first day of March, in each year, make a true and just return, under oath, of all the taxable property held by them in the said corporate jurisdiction, with the fair valuation of the same, and of all their liability to taxation, to the Receiver of Tax Returns and Tax Collector of said town; who shall proceed to collect the tax on the same after the tenth day of Marchall of which shall be paid to him before the first day of April; and if any person who is required by this act to pay tax, shall neglect or refuse to pay the same, or to make the return to said Receiver and Collector, that they are required by this act to do, within the time specified in this act for doing the same, they shall be subject to the same penalties that they would by law be subject to [for] refusing or neglecting to make a return of their taxable property to the county Receiver of Tax Returns, or for refusing to pay their State tax; and the said town Receiver and Collector shall proceed against them, after the said time for making returns and paying taxes expires, in the same manner that is pointed out by law for county Receivers of Tax Returns and Collectors of Taxes against defaulters. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said Receiver and Collector shall attend one day, at some convenient place in said town, for the purpose of giving the citizens an opportunity of making their returns and paying their taxes; and he shall give five days notice, both for receiving and collecting, by advertisement at the Court House, and two other public places in said town, of the time and place [Illegible Text] said attendance; and that said Receiver and Collector shall pay over all money received by him for taxes, on or before the twelfth day of April, to the town Treasurer, who shall receipt for the same. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall, as soon as practicable after the passage of this act, make out a list of the names of all persons in said town who are, by the laws of this State, subject to the performance of patrol duty, and they shall appoint, once in two months, from this list, a company of six men, as a patrol company, to serve two months from the time of their appointment; and the said Commissioners shall make one member of said company captain of the same, and shall furnish him with the names of

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the members of said company; and it shall be the duty of said captain to warn out his company at least once a week, and oftener if he shall think necessary, and thoroughly patrol said town, agreeable to the requirements of the patrol laws of this State; and if any person so appointed captain of patrol, shall refuse or neglect to discharge the duties of the same, he shall forfeit and pay into the treasury of said town a fine not exceeding five dollars; and if any person who is required by this act to perform patrol duty shall refuse or neglect to do the same, when required to do so, by the captain of the company, he shall pay a fine of not exceeding two dollars, for each offence; and it shall be the duty of the captain of the company to return all the defaulters to the said Commissioners, at their next meeting after such default, and to summon such defaulter, at least one day before the meeting of the Commissioners, to appear before them to answer for his default; and for neglecting to do the same he (the captain) shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five dollars for each offence, one half of said fine to be paid to any person who shall give information and prosecute for such neglect of duty. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall wantonly injure, remove, throw down any horse rack that is or shall hereafter be erected in the streets or in the public square of said town by the authority of said Commissioners, or shall wantonly injure in any manner any public property in said town, or wantonly cut down or injure in any menner any tree in the streets or public square of said town, without authority from said Commissioners for doing the same, they shall, upon conviction before the said Commissioners, be liable to the payment of all damages so done by them to the said public property, and shall, in addition, forfeit and pay a fine [Illegible Text] not less than two nor more than ten dollars. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That no person shall encamp with any cart, wagon, or traveling vehicle of any kind, in any of the streets or on the public grounds of said town, within five hundred yards of the court house of said town, after being notified of the existence of this act, under a penalty of not less than two nor more than five dollars for each offence, if a white servant [man,] and if a negro, of whipping, not more than twenty stripes. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners of the streets and so forth of said town, are hereby vested and Commissioners of the same, with all the authority and liability of Commissioners of Roads appointed by the Inferior Court; and the [Illegible Text] of said streets and public grounds, who shall be appointed by the Commissioners of said town, are hereby invested with all the powers, and made subject to all the liabilities of overseers of the roads appointed under the laws of this State; and all persons within the corporate jurisdiction, who are, by the laws of this State, required to work on the roads, are hereby required to work on the streets and

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public grounds within the said jurisdiction, under the direction and control of the said Commissioners and overseers of said town, in the same manner and under the same regulations that are pointed out and specified in the road laws of this State; and they shall be subject to the same penalties for refusing to do the said work when required to do so by the said overseers, that other citizens of this State are for refusing to work upon the public roads. Provided, nevertheless, That any person who is required by this act to perform road duty, shall be permitted to discharge the same, by paying into the treasury of said town fifty cents for each day's work that he or they shall be required to perform, which shall be paid into the hands of the treasurer of said town, on or before the day that he or they shall be required to perform the same, for which the said treasurer shall give a receipt; and the money so paid shall be applied by the Commissioners of said town to repairing the streets, roads and causeways in said town. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That all fines and penalties incurred by a violation of this act, shall be adjudged by the said Commissioners, and shall be paid into the treasury of said town; and the said fines and penalties shall be collected by execution against the property or body of the offenders, served from under the hand and seal of any one of said Commissioners immediately after the same has been adjudged, directed to the Marshal of said town, who is hereby authorized to levy and return the same, or the Sheriff or his deputy, or any lawful constable of said county. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall have full power and authority to enforce a tax upon all shows, exhibitions, and showmen performing in said town for the purpose of gain; and upon all itinerant traders in goods, wares and merchandise, jewelry, and other matters and things, who may stop in said town for the purpose of selling [Illegible Text] vending in any manner their said goods and so forth, except as are provided by the laws of this State. Provided, The tax in the said cases shall not exceed twenty dollars for each day's performance, or for each day's exposition of goods, wares, merchandise, jewelry, c. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall be exempt from the performance of labor on the public roads in their own persons while serving as Commissioners. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the corporate funds, after defraying the charges incident to the levying and collecting thereof, shall be by said Board of Commissioners applied to the necessary expenses and improvement of said town, in such a manner as said Board may deem most advantageous; and the said Board of Commissioners shall publish annually, at the end of each year, an account of such corporate funds, exhibiting the amount received in [Illegible Text] year, and the objects and

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amounts and expenditures, including the balance either way from the year preceding. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall appoint, at the beginning of each year, a Marshal. who shall receive such pay as the Commissioners in their discretion think him entitled, and whose duty shall be as prescribed by said Commissioners; and be it further enacted, that the Commissioners aforesaid shall, as often and at such times as they may think best, and at such meetings, shall hear and determine all matters brought before them under the provisions of this act, and a majority of said Commissioners shall be sufficient to hold such meetings and determine all such matters as are provided for in this act. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to incorporate the Executive Committee of the Central Baptist Association of the State of Georgia, and the Southern Baptist Convention. 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, that J. B. Slack, T. U. Wilkes, John F. Hillyer, John B. Walker and Thomas J. Burney, who compose the present Executive Committee of said Association, and their successors in office shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of the Executive Committee of the Central Baptist Association of the State of Georgia, and by the said name and style shall have perpetual succession, and power to use a common seal, to alter and amend the by-laws of the same. Provided, such by-laws be not repugnant to the laws and Constitution of this State or the United States. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Executive Committee aforesaid, and their successors in office, elected agreeable to the Constitution of said Association, shall have full power and authority, under the name and style of the Executive Committee of the Central Baptist Association of the State of Georgia, by which name they shall sue and be sued in any court of law or equity in this State, and to take, hold and enjoy any real or personal property, to sue for and recover all sum or sums of money now due or that may hereafter become due to said Association, at any court of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] in this State, or at any tribunal having jurisdiction

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thereof, and the rights and privileges of said Association to defend in any tribunal whatever: also to receive any bequests or donations whatever, made to said Associations, and they shall be vested with all powers, privileges and advantages of a society incorporated. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That William B. Johnson, Wilson Lumpkin, James B. Taylor, A. Docrey, R. B. C. Howell and others, their associates and successors, be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic by the name and style of the Southern Baptist Convention, with authority to receive, hold, possess, retain and dispose of property, either real or personal, to sue and be sued, and to make all by-laws, rules and regulations necessary to the transaction of their business, not inconsistent with the laws of this State or of the United Statessaid corporation being created for the purpose of eliciting, combining and directing the energies of the Baptist denomination of Christians, for the propagation of the Gospel, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to incorporate the Ladies' Education and Benevolent Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the city of Columbus, and to vest in said Society certain lots therein designated, and also to incorporate the Augusta Benevolent Society. WHEREAS certain benevolent ladies of the city of Columbus have associated themselves together for the purpose of educating and relieving the poor and destitute, and to build an Asylum for the orphans and poor of said city SECTION 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 Elizabeth H. Hodges, Elizabeth H. Billups, Janet A. Rivers, Mary Hoxey, Ann M. Pierce, Elizabeth N. Clayton, Elmira A. Reid, Elizabeth Howard, Maria Hamill, G. H. Harris, A. E. Billups, M. A. Hodges, J. A. Luckie, A. A. Gambrill, Mary Jones, Mary H. Benning, C. C. Bethune, Matilda Torrence and Caroline Howard, and all other persons of the female sex, who are, or may hereafter become members of said Association, shall be and they are hereby instituted a body corporate, under the name and style of The Ladies' Education and Benevolent Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of the city of Columbus; and by that name to sue and be sued, and have perpetual succession, and of exercising all the powers and privileges attached by law to a corporation, and to make all necessary

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by-laws not inconsistent with the laws of the State, and to purchase or receive as a donation, any land or other property necessary for carrying out the humane and benevolent institutions of said society. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said corporation be and the same is hereby authorized to select a block of lots in the city of Columbus, which has not been sold, or, with the concurrence of the City Council of Columbus, four acres on the East Commons of said city, for the purpose of said Society; and the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to cause a grant to be issued to said corporation for the same, free of expense, as soon as he is notified of the selection. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That Joseph A. Eve, John C. Carmichael, John Wightman, and their associates and successors, be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, by the name and style of The Augusta Benevolent Society, for the relief of the sick and infirm poor in the city of Augusta, with power to receive, hold, possess, retain and dispose of property and effects of any kind, by purchase, gift, grant, devise, or otherwise, for the use and purpose aforesaid; and also with authority to make and enforce all by-laws, rules and regulations necessary to carry into effect the object of their association, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to incorporate the South-western Rail Road Company, with power to extent branches to Albany, in the county of Baker, and Fort Gaines, in the county of Early, or to points below those places on the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers, and to punish those who may wilfully injure the same, and to incorporate the Columbus and South-eastern Rail Road Company. SECTION 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 for the purpose of constructing a Rail Road communication between the city of Macon and the navigable waters flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, J. Cowles, E. Alexander, [Illegible Text] Day, James Dean, Thadeus G. Holt, W. B. Parker, A. R. McLaughlin, Charles Cotton, James Rae, Erastus Graves, J. L. Jones, Charles Campbell, Edwin Graves, E. A. Nisbet, H. G. Lamar, J. D. Carhart, J. B. Ross, T. A. Brown, R. H. Randolph, N. C. Monroe, and such other corporation and individuals as may be associated with them, and their assigns, shall hereafter be a body corporate by the name and style of The South-western

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Rail Road Company, and by said corporate name shall be capable in law to buy, hold, and sell so much real and personal estate as may be necessary for said purpose, make contracts, sue and be sued, make by-laws, and do all lawful acts properly incident to a corporation, or necessary and proper for the transaction of the business for which it is incorporated, and to have and use a common seal, and the same to alter and destroy at its pleasure. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the capital stock of said Company shall be two millions of dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, but may be increased to a sum not exceeding three millions of dollars, whenever it may be deemed expedient by a majority of the Board of Directors of said corporation for the time being. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Company herein incorporated, shall confine their efforts and enterprise to the building and completion of a Rail Road communication from the city of Macon to some point intermediate between Albany and Fort Gaines, or to any point or points upon the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers, below Albany and Fort Gaines, to be agreed upon by the Company, from which point the Company may construct Branch Rail Roads to Albany and Fort Gaines; said road and its branches being of such width and dimensions as may be deemed expedient by the Directors of the Company, or their agents, the Company paying to owners of land through which the said road or its branches may pass, a just indemnity for the land covered by the rail way, in manner as is herein after provided, and for three hundred feet on each side of the same, for the procurement therefrom of timber, earth, stones and other materials; and whenever a person shall own land on both sides of said rail-way, at any point, the Company shall be bound to suffer such owner to construct, for his own convenience such road or bridge across the rail road as may not obstruct, hunder or incommode its use and passage. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the Company cannot agree with any person over whose land the Rail Road may pass, as to the amount of compensation to be paid by the Company, or the amount of damage sustained by the owner, the amount of such damage or injury shall be ascertained and determined by the written award of three sworn appraisers, to be chosen, one by the Company, one by the owner of the land, if he thinks proper, and one by the Inferior Court of the county in which the land lies; but if such owner shall decline to appoint an appraiser, then two appraisers to be appointed by the Inferior Court as aforesaid, and one by the said Company, the award of whom shall operate as a judgment for the amount against the Company, and shall be enforced by an execution from the Inferior Court, with the right of appeal to [Illegible Text] party, to be tried by a

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special jury, at the next term thereafter of the Superior Court of said county, and the decision shall vest in the said Company the fee simple of the land in question, and in the other party a judgment for its value thus ascertained, which may be enforced by the ordinary process of said Court. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That books of subscription to the stock of said Company shall be opened on the first day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-six, at the following places, under the superintendence of the Commissioners named, to remain open two days, viz:At Macon, under the superintendence of Elam Alexander, T. G. [Illegible Text] James Dean, Briggs H. [Illegible Text] Charles Day and J. Cowles; at Perry, Houston county, under the superintendence of James Everett and William Felton; at Traveler's Rest, [Illegible Text] county, under the superintendence of John Young and [Illegible Text] Holton; at Lanier, Macon county, under the superintendence of John Bryan and John C. Helvingston; at Americus, [Illegible Text] county, under the superintendence of James K. Daniel and William Dennard; at Starksville, Lee county, under the superintendence of Joseph Bond and Leonidas Mercer; at Albany, Baker county, under the superintendence of George B. King and Phineas M. Nightingale; at Cuthbert, Randolph county, under the superintendence of Barzillia Graves and William A. [Illegible Text] at Fort Gaines, Early county, under the superintendence of Joel Crawford and Samuel Gainer. The different sets of Commissioners above appointed, shall advertise the time, place and terms of subscription in the public gazette or gazettes of the places respectively, and in the event no paper be published in the place, then in the public gazettes of Albany and Macon, and such advertisement shall be inserted at least four weeks before the day when the books are to be opened. Upon the books being opened as aforesaid, the Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall receive from individuals, corporations or companies, subscriptions for any number of shares they may see fit to subscribe for, on condition that at the time of subscribing, there shall be paid down to the Commissioners, or a majority of them, five dollars on each share subscribed, for which the Commissioners shall give a receipt, and forthwith remit the same to the Commissioners at Macon, to be by them deposited for safe keeping in the Commercial Bank at Macon, subject to the draft or order of said Company, by its President or Board of Directors, after the Company shall be organized; and the various Commissioners shall also forward to the Commissioners at Macon a list of the subscribers, with the amount paid, and the number of shares subscribed for set opposite [Illegible Text] name; and in the event any portion of said stock remains unsubscribed for after the closing of the books on the expiration of the two days, then the Commissioners at Macon shall be empowered and authorized to procure the balance of the stock [Illegible Text] remaining unsubscribed for, to be taken up in such time and manner as to them may seem fit; and so soon as one fourth [Illegible Text] is taken, they shall call a meeting of the stockholders

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at Macon, to organize the Company, in manner herein afterwards pointed out. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the organization of the Company, the Commissioners at Macon shall appoint a suitable time and place for the meeting of the stockholders, which shall be advertised in the gazettes of Macon and [Illegible Text] for three weeks immediately preceding the day, at which time and place the stockholders may attend in person, or be represented and vote by proxy, and the stockholders being thus assembled, shall proceed, under the supervision of the Commissioners at Macon, to elect by ballot a President and five Directors, to serve for one year. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in said election for President and Directors, the votes shall be taken by the following rule: Each stockholder shall be entitled to a number of votes equal to the number of shares he may hold in the stock of said Company; and on all future elections for President and Directors, in the making, altering or repealing of by-laws, and on determining on measures involving the general interest of the Company, at any stated or occasional corporate meeting, the votes shall be governed by the above rule. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 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 remaining members of the Board shall fill such vacancy from the stockholders, by the selection of a suitable person to serve until the next regular election. And if it should so happen that the day of annual election of President and Directors should pass without an election being effected, or any day for such election, the corporation shall not thereby be dissolved or 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 rule prescribed in the seventh section of this act. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a majority of the Directors shall constitute a Board for the transaction of business, of whom the President shall be one, save in a case of sickness or necessary absence, in which case his place may be supplied by any Director appointed by the President. The Board of Directors may call for instalments on each share, in such amounts and at such times as they may deem necessary for the [Illegible Text] of the Company, not to exceed one hundred dollars on [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] in the whole, giving at least sixty days notice in the public [Illegible Text] of Macon and Albany, of such call, and any and all stockholders failing to pay any instalment so called for, within thirty days after the time designated in such call, shall [Illegible Text] forfeit his stock in said Company, and all payments which he may have made thereon, and the

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stock so forfeited shall vest in and because the property of said Company, to be disposed of as the Board of Directors thereof shall determine. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That certificates of stock shall be issued to the stockholders, on the payment of the sum required at the time of subscription, which shall be transferable on the books of the Company only, and by personal entry of the stockholder, or his legal attorney or representative, duly authorized for that purpose. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Directors for the time being, shall have power to employ engineers, conductors, artists, managers, laborers, and to appoint any and all officers that may be necessary for transacting the business of the Company, fixing the salary or amount of compensation each and all of such officers and agents shall receive; and the Board of Directors shall have power to fix the rate of toll upon all produce, goods, wares [Illegible Text] and other effects, transported on the Rail Road, and also the rate of toll to be charged for each and every passenger passing or traveling thereon, with power to collect the same, and shall be capable of exercising all such other powers and authorities for the well governing and ordering the affairs of said Company, as to them shall seem fit for the interests of said Company. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Directors shall keep fair and regular entries of their proceedings in a book to be provided for that purpose; and on every question, when any one Director may require it, the years and [Illegible Text] of the Directors voting shall be duly entered on the minutes, and those minutes shall at all times be produced to the stockholders, on demand, when at a meeting thereof they shall be required. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever the said Rail Road shall [Illegible Text] any public road, the Company shall be bound to build a safe and substantial bridge, to be afterwards maintained and kept up by the Company; and any public or private bridges may at any time be built across the Rail Road. Provided, Such bridges do not at all obstruct or [Illegible Text] its use. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said rail-way and its appurtenances, and all property therewith connected, shall not be subject to be taxed higher than one half of one per cent. upon its annual [Illegible Text] income. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person shall wilfully and maliciously destroy, or in any manner damage, injure or obstruct, or shall wilfully and maliciously cause, or aid and assist, or council or advise any other person or persons to destroy, or in any manner

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damage, injure or obstruct said Rail Road, or any part thereof, or any bridge, vehicle, edifice, right or privilege granted by this act, and constructed for use under authority hereof, such person so offending shall be liable to be indicted, and on conviction thereof shall be imprisoned, at hard labor, in the Penitentiary, for a term not less than four years, in the discretion of the Court. paying all the expenses of the prosecution, and shall also be liable to a suit for damages, on the civil side of any Court having jurisdiction, at the instance of the Company, or any other person aggrieved. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That after the route of said rail-way shall have been actually surveyed, located [Illegible Text] adopted, and a plat thereof deposited in the Department of State, it shall not be lawful for any other Rail Road to be built, cut or constructed in any way or manner, or by any authority whatsoever, running laterally within thirty miles of the route so adopted, unless by the said Company, or with the consent of the Board of Directors thereof, for the time being. Provided, This act shall not be so construed as to prevent the construction of a Rail Road from the city of Columbus, as is hereinafter provided for by this act. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any number of stockholders who together shall be proprictors of five thousand shares, shall have the power, at any time, of calling a meeting of the stockholders for purposes, or the transaction of any business, or for action of the stockholders touching any matter or thing appertaining to the interests of the Companygiving sixty days notice of such meeting in the public gazettes of Macon and Albany, specifying in their call the objects of the meeting or the subject matter to be considered by the stockholders. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the principal office of the Company shall be located at Macon, with [Illegible Text] offices or agencies at Albany, and such other places as the [Illegible Text] of Directors may deem necessary and proper; and [Illegible Text] and meetings of the stock holders shall be held [Illegible Text] principal office only. SEC. 19. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Company shall have full power and authority to carry such Rail Road over all and any rivers, creeks. or water courses, or waters that may be in the route thereof, or of either Branch Rail Road, by suitable bridges or other proper means. Provided, That when such rail-way shall cross any navigable water course, that the same shall not be so constructed as to impede or in any way obstruct the navigation thereof. SEC. 20. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the exclusive right granted by this act to the South Western Rail Road Company, to construct, keep up and use a Rail Road from Macon to the Flint and [Illegible Text] shall be and continue for the term of fifty years. Provided, nevertheless.

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That the said Company [Illegible Text], after the lapse of said term of fifty years, be and remain incorporated and vested, as to their own work, with all the estate, rights, powers and privileges by this act granted and secured, except the exclusive right aforesaid, but the Legislature may renew and extend that exclusive right, upon such terms as may be prescribed by law and be accepted by said incorporated Company. SEC. 21. And be it further enacted, That whenever the Mayor and Council of the city of Columbus shall deem it expedient to construct a Rail Road from the city of Columbus, to connect with the Road herein authorized, they, or a majority of them, shall have power and authority to create a capital stock, not exceeding one million of dollars, to be divided into shares of the value each not exceeding one hundred dollars, to be subscribed for and transfered under such terms, conditions and restrictious as may be prescribed by said City Council. SEC. 22. And be it further enacted, That said Company, when created, shall be known by the name and style of the Columbus and South-Eastern Rail Road Company of Georgia, and by and under such name shall have the right to build and construct a Rail Road from the said city of Columbus, connecting with, or terminating at or near the Road herein authorized, at such point or place as may be determined upon by the stockholders of the said Columbus and South-Eastern Rail Road Company of Georgia; and shall be authorized to have and exercise all the powers, privileges, rights and immunities, and be subject to all the limitations and restrictions, in the building and constructing said Road, as are herein prescribed for the South-Western Rail Road Company. Approved, December 27th, 1815. AN ACT to incorporate the [Illegible Text] of the Augusta Canal, and to confirm certain Ordinances of the City Council of Augusta, therein mentioned, and to [Illegible Text] those who may injure their property. WHEREAS, the City Council of Augusta, by an Ordinance passed on the fifteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-five, amended by an Ordinance passed on the seventh day of July, of the same year, provided for the construction of a Canal, for manufacturing and other purposes, which is now in process of construction, from [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], on [Illegible Text] River, in Columbia county, into the city of Augusta, by which said Ordinance the payers of certain taxes therein specified, and others contributing to the expense of constructing the said Canal, and their [Illegible Text], are to [Illegible Text]

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the proprietors thereof, in proportion to the amount of scrip issued to, or held by them, under the provisions of said Ordinance; and whereas, it is necessary for the proper management of said Canal that the proprietors thereof should be incorporated SECTION 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 all persons now holding, or who may hereafter hold such scrip as has been or may be issued by authority of, and in conformity to, the provisions of an Ordinance of the City Council of Augusta, passed on the fifteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-five, entitled an Ordinance to provide for the construction of a Canal, for manufacturing purposes, and for the better securing an abundant supply of water for the city, be, and they are hereby made and declared to be a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of The Augusta Canal Company, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, and be capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain, to themselves and their successors, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels and effects, of what kind, nature or quality soever the same may be, and the same to sell, grant, demise, [Illegible Text] or otherwise dispose of; to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any court of law or equity of [Illegible Text] jurisdiction, in this State or elsewhere; also to adopt and use a common seal, and to ordain, establish, and execute such bylaws, rules and regulations, as they shall deem necessary for their government, and the proper management of said Canal. Provided, the same be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the well ordering of the affairs of said Company, there shall be a board of five managers, who shall be elected so soon as said Canal shall be completed by the Commissioners now charged with the construction of the same, or before that time, if a majority of the scripholders or stockholders, voting as herein after provided, shall, at a meeting to be called for that purpose, after ten days notice in any two gazettes published in Augusta, so determine; which said Managers shall hold their offices for one year from the time of their election, and until their successors shall be duly elected: at which elections, and in all meetings of the scripholders or stockholders, each scripholder or stockholder shall have one vote at the least, and an additional vote for every dollar over one for which he or she may hold scrip. And the said Board of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], at the first meeting after their election, elect a President and such other officers as may be necessary for the [Illegible Text] management of the affairs of the said Company. Provided, That such election of managers and officers shall [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]

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the Commissioners now charged with the construction of said Canal and works, before the completion of the same. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be lawful for the said Managers, at any time hereafter, to increase the volume of water in said Canal, by deepening or widening the same, or both, and extending and raising the dam now being constructed at the upper end of said Canal; and any damage sustained by individuals from the construction of such works, or any of them, shall be ascertained and recovered in the manner hereinafter specified for the ascertainment and recovery of other damages. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Managers for the time being shall have full power, in the name and behalf of the said Company, to make all contracts for the construction, extension, repair and improvement of said Canal and its appurtenances, and for the use of the water of the same for manufacturing or other purposes, and to impose and collect such proportionate assessments upon the individual stockholders of said Company as may be required for such construction, extension, repair or improvement, or for the payment of any damage sustained by manufacturers or others from a failure to supply them with water, according to such contracts as may be made by virtne of the authority herein before granted, or to meet any other legal liability of the Company; and upon the failure of any stockholder to pay such assessments within thirty days of the time appointed for the payment of the same, (of which ten days notice shall be given through any two of the gazettes then published in the city of [Illegible Text]) the entire interest of such defaulting stockholder in said Canal and its appurtenances, and all other property, rights and franchises held by the Company, shall be forfeited to said Company. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case the line of said Canal, or the race-ways, [Illegible Text] or [Illegible Text] therewith connected, shall pass through the lands of any person or persons with whom the present Commissioners, or their successors, or the future Managers of said Canal, hereafter to be elected, as provided in the second section of this act, have not made or cannot make a satisfactory agreement as to the turns upon which the same may be extended over or through such lands, the said Commissioners, or their successors, or the said Managers, as the case may be, shall nevertheless have the right to establish, open and construct the said Canal, race-ways, water-ways, [UNK]\waste-ways[UNK] and tow-paths through and over the same, and that the damages, if any, sustained by the proprictor or [Illegible Text] of such lands shall be ascertained and assessed by five appraisers, of whom two shall be nominated by said Commissioners or Managers, two by such proprietor or proprietors, and the fifth by the four so nominated, whose award, or that of a majority of them, certified in writing under their hands and seals, in duplicate, one [Illegible Text] for

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each of the parties in interest, shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which such lands are [Illegible Text]; and if not appealed from, as herein after provided, shall operate as, and have the force and effect of, a judgment, vesting in said Company the right of way over and through such lands; upon which award, so recorded, and not appealed from, if any sum is thereby awarded as damages to said proprietor or proprietors, the said Clerk shall, after the expiration of thirty days from the time of the record thereof, issue execution for the same, under the usual form of executions founded upon judgment of the court, returnable to the next Superior Court of said county, which execution may be levied on any property of the Company, either real or personal. But in case either of the parties should be dissatisfied with the decision or award of the said appraisers, such dissatisfied party or parties may, within ten days after the recording of the same, exercise his, her or their right of appeal, by making known his, her or their intention, by a written notice served upon the adverse party, and upon the said Clerk, whose duty it shall be thereupon to suspend the issue of execution, and enter a memorandum of such appeal on the appeal docket of his Court, to be tried by a special jury at the next term, which trial shall be final, vesting in the Company the said right of way, and in case of damages, entitling the person for whom they are found to a judgment and execution therefor. Provided, That the appraisers herein before mentioned, before entering upon the discharge of their duties as such, [shall] severally take and subscribe an oath, before some judicial officer of the State, well and truly and impartially to determine and award in the premises. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case it should be necessary, in the further construction or future extension, deepening or widening of said Canal, or its race-ways, waste-ways, or other improvements or works therewith connected, to use any earth, clay, stone, gravel or other materials, on or near the line of said Canal or other works, and the said Commissioners or Managers, and the proprietor or proprietors of the land from which such earth, clay, stone, gravel or other materials are to be taken, cannot agree upon the terms on which the same may be procured for the purposes aforesaid, it shall nevertheless be lawful for said Commissioners or Managers to take and use the same, and the damages, if any, shall be assessed, the right of appeal, if desired, exercised, and the ultimate award or judgment shall be enforced as provided in the proceding section of this act, in relation to the right of way, and assessment and collection of damages awarded by the appraisers, or found by a special jury on appeal. Provided, That no difference or disagreement between the said Company and any land holders shall be a ground for injunction against said Commissioners, Managers or Company, or otherwise suspend or impede any of the works contemplated in this

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or the [Illegible Text] section of this act, which shall proceed without delay or interruption, upon the said Commissioners, Managers or Company tendering to such land holder sufficient security for the payment of such damagesas may be so assessed or found for him as aforesaid; upon the sufficiency of which said security the [Illegible Text] to whom application may be made shall decide, and who, [Illegible Text] he deems the same insufficient, shall require other or additional security to be offered within three days; on the failure or refusal to give which, an injunction may issue; but any [Illegible Text] granted against said Commissioners Managers or Company, shall be dissolved so soon as such security as the Judge of the Superior Court of the Middle District of this State may deem sufficient shall have been given by said Commissioners, Managers or Company. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Managers for the time being shall have power to make and enforce such rules and regulations in relation to the use of said Canal and its waters, for navigation or other purposes, and to impose and collect such tolls, rent or other charges, as they may deem equitable and expedient, and which do not interfere with any of the existing contracts or obligations of said Company, or of the Commissioners now charged with the construction of said Canal, under the provisions of the ordinances of the City Council of Augusta, mentioned in the first section of this act; which said ordinances are hereby confirmed and declared to be of full force, so far as the same are not superseded or modified by the provisions of this act. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall affect the rights of any person or persons who may have heretofore instituted any legal proceedings with a view of obtaining exemption or relief from the payment of taxes or assessments imposed by said ordinance. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case it should at any time hereafter be deemed expedient for any of the lawful purposes of said Company to increase the capital stock thereof, by voluntary subscriptions, it shall be lawful for the stockholders therein to authorize such increase upon such terms and conditions as may be decided on by said stockholders, voting as herein before provided, in a general meeting, to be called for that purpose, of which at least thirty days notice shall be given in the several gazettes then published in the city of Augusta; and that the new stockholders coming [Illegible Text] the Corporation, under such subscription, shall have all the [Illegible Text], and be subject to all the duties and liabilities of the original corporation. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case the Managers of said Company should at any time hereafter deem it necessary or, expedient to borrow money to carry on the construction, extension, enlargement or improvement of said Canal, or any of the appurtenances thereof,

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it shall be lawful for them to mortgage the said Canal and appurtenances, and any other property of which they may be possessed, by way of security for the payment of such loans as they may make for such purposes; and that in case of the foreclosure of such mortgage, and the sale of such Canal and its appurtenances, the purchaser or purchasers thereof, upon full compliance with the terms of sale, shall have, possess, retain and enjoy, as a body politic and corporate, under the said name and style of the Augusta Canal Company, all and singular the rights and privileges by this act conferred upon and vested in the Company hereby incorporated, and be subject to all and singular the duties, obligations and restrictions imposed upon the same by the provisions of this act, or by the ordinances of the City Council of Augusta, herein before mentioned, so far as the same are not superseded or modified by this act, and shall be bound faithfully to keep and perform all contracts theretofore made by the said Company, in relation to the use of said Canal, and the waters thereof. Provided, That no such mortgage shall be made but upon a vote of a majority of the Managers for the time being, at two successive meetings, between which there shall be an interval of at least ten days. And provided further, That the said Managers shall not mortgage said Canal and its appurtenances for any sum or sums of money, amounting in the aggregate at any one time to more than ten thousand dollars, unless specially authorized and instructed to loan the same for a larger amount, by a vote of a majority of the stockholders, voting as herein before provided, in a general meeting of said stockholders, called for that purpose, after at least thirty days notice thereof in each of the gazettes at the time published in the city of Augusta. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person shall wilfully and maliciously in any way obstruct, injure or damage the said Canal, or any raceway, waste-way, tow-path, dam, gate, aqueduct, culvert, drain, bridge, fence, or other work therewith connected, or wilfully and maliciously, in any manner whatever, obstruct the free passage of water into and through the said Canal, or any of the race-ways, waste-ways, or aid, or assist, counsel or abet any other person or persons in so doing, such person so offending shall be liable to be indicted for a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine, or imprisonment in the common jail, or both, at the discretion of the court; and moreover shall be liable in damages to said Company, and to any person or persons who may be thereby injured, to be recovered by action in any court having competent jurisdiction. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the proprietors of said Canal shall open and keep open the boat-sluice on the outside of their dam, at the head of said Canal, so that the navigation of the river at that point shall be made and kept at least as good as it was before the construction of said dam; and that said proprietors shall not be allowed, by any extension of said

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dam, or any other work, to obstruct the navigation of said river, or the free passage of fish. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the stockholders shall be liable for the [Illegible Text] of said Company, in proportion to their respective interests therein; and that said Company shall not at any time contract debts beyond half the amount of the capital invested. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to incorporate the Mountain Fire Company of Dahlonega. 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, John R. Mayson, A. Clarke, James G. Cowen, Jonathan Smith, Jesse L. Riley, Jacob H. Smith, J. W. Walker, Robert B. Lewis, Franklin McCrosky, H. D. Duncan, Cornelius Hibberts, S. Douglass Crane, M. B. H. Cochran, James L. Howell, Frederick D. Boartfield, James Kennady, Archibald G. Wimpey, John Donaldson, J. J. McJunkin, Iseham Harlow, Robert Camberlain, William A. Choice, Henry Huff, Van A. Lawhon, F. A. Warwick, A. F. Morrison, James R. Lawhon, John W. Grady, S. S. Quillian, William Rice, Patrick O'Conner, Jr., John L. Summerour, John A. Brownlow, Francis J. Sullivan, William J. Davis, John S. Edmondson, James R. Smith, and V. Hodgeson, members of said Fire Company, and their successors, be and they are hereby incorporated under the name and style of The Mountain Fire Company of Dahlonega, and as such shall have power under their corporate name to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any and all the courts in this State, and to have, exercise and enjoy all the powers herein granted, not [Illegible Text] to the Constitution of this State or of the United States. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said corporation be and the same is hereby invested with power to purchase, with any funds that now are, or hereafter may be in its possession, either real or personal estate; and also to receive all donations, legacies and bequests which may be made to it, to be held, used and enjoyed for the purposes herein after mentioned: that is to say, the rents, issues and profits of all such property, real or personal, as said Company may purchase or be interested in, and the interest of all loans which it shall make, shall be used and applied to the purposes of relieving the distresses of its members, their widows and orphans, and for no other use or purpose whatever.

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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Fire Company hereby incorporated, shall be under the supervisory control of the Commissioners of the town of Dahlonega, and shall, on the first Monday in January, annually, report to said Commissioners the state of their funds, their receipts and disbursements, and the general condition of the company. Approved, December 29th, 1845. AN ACT to alter and amend the third and fifth sections of the act to incorporate the Memphis Branch Rail Road and Steamboat Company of Georgia, passed on the 21st day of December, 1839. 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 Rail Road authorized and directed by the third section of said act, shall be constructed from such point on the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, to Rome, in Floyd county, and by such route as may be deemed most practicable and expedient; and that said Company may or may not carry said Road beyond Rome, as they may deem proper. And that said Company shall have until the year eighteen hundred and fifty for the completion of said Road to Rome. Approved, December 29th, 1845. AN ACT to incorporate the Augusta Fire Company, and, to grant to them certain exemptions. WHEREAS the several acts of the Legislature passed at various times, authorizing the formation of the Augusta Fire Company, are now considered inadequate to preserve the harmony and good order, and secure the prompt and efficient action of said Company, in its laudable exertions to protect the property of said city from destruction by fire, and whereas the members of said Company are desirous of being incorporated: 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 William M. Hight, Frederic Lamback, William H. Goodrich, and Theodore Bridges, and all others who are or may become members of said Company, are hereby declared to be a body

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corporate, in deed and in name, under and by the name and corporate style of The Augusta Fire Company, and by that name shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, and by said name shall sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity in this State, and shall have power to make and use a common seal, and the same at pleasure to change or alter, and the full and complete power of establishing, changing and amending such constitution, by-laws, and regulations, as may have been already, or may hereafter be framed and adopted by the officers and members of said Company. Provided, Such constitution, by-laws and regulations be not inconsistent with the Constitution of and laws of the State, or the United States. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Company may impose fines, and enforce the collection of the same by any means not inconsistent with the laws of the State; and may also expel members, with a forfeiture of all interest in said Company, under such rules and regulations as are or may be by said Company established. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all deeds of property intended to be conveyed by said Company, shall be sealed with the corporate seal, signed by their Chief Engineer, and countersigned by the Secretary of said Company, with such other formalities as the existing laws of the State require. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That no bill, bond, note, or other obligation for money, or other thing, or any instrument, or transfer of any negotiable security or instrument, shall be binding on said Company, unless signed by the Chief Engineer, and countersigned by the Secretary of said Company. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said Company, in its corporate name, may contract and be contracted with, and in that name sell and convey property at any time, belonging to said Company, both real and personal, and receive gifts, donations, legacies, [Illegible Text] and conveyances, by deed, will, writing or otherwise, for the use and benefit of said Company; and are declared to be invested with all privileges, powers and advantages, rights immunities, exemptions and franchises, of a body corporate, for the purposes of their institution. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all officers and men, members of said Company, shall be exempt from militia and jury duty, in times of peace, as provided in the acts heretofore passed for that purpose. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Chief Engineer and Secretary of said Company to make out a full and complete list of all the officers and men, members of said Company, and have the same subject at any time to the inspection of the officers of the courts in Richmond county, and of the officers of the Militia, in the several districts in which they reside; and any member of said Company resigning as such, or who may be expelled therefrom, shall be liable

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to serve as a juror, or in the militia, as the case may be. Provided, He has not served as required by the seventh section of the act for the more complete organization of the Militia, c. passed December the twentieth, 1828. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall exempt said Company, or its members, from the operation of any ordinance passed, or hereafter to be passed by the City Council of Augusta, in relation to the Fire Companies of said city. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 29th, 1845. AN ACT to amend an act incorporating the Talbot Guards, in the county of Talbot, assented to 7th December, 1841. WHEREAS, by the act incorporating the Talbot Guards, a volunteer company in the county of Talbot, it was declared that there should be forty rank and file, and whereas, by virtue of said act of incorporation, they are not authorized to pass such by-laws as are necessary for the proper government of said corps, or to collect fines, not having the number of forty, rank and file, 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 be lawful for the members of the Talbot Guards to make, alter and change and amend such by-laws and regulations as may be agreed upon by the officers and members of said Company, and shall have power to collect fines from the members of said Company, without referenceto the number of rank and file composing said company. Provided, such by-laws and regulations be not contrary to the [Illegible Text] and laws of this State. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws [Illegible Text] against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to empower the Judge of the Superior Courts of the Coweta District to compel the jurors summoned for the first

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week of Troup Superior Court to serve two instead of one week, and the jurors summoned for the second week to serve two instead of one week. SECTION 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 Judge of the Superior Courts of the Coweta District be and is hereby empowered to compel the jurors chosen for the first week of Troup Superior Court, adjourned term, commencing its session on the third Monday in November instant, to serve two instead of one week, and the jurors chosen for the second week of the same Court to serve two instead of one week. Approved, November 14th, 1845. AN ACT to repeal an act compensating the Grand and Petit Jurors for the counties of Habersham and Franklin, so far as relates to the county of Habersham, assented to 23rd of December, 1837. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenatatives 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 an act compensating Grand and Petit Jurors in the counties of Habersham and Franklin, be and the same is repealed, so far as relates to the county of Habersham. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, December 5th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize and require the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Marion, or a majority of them, to draw a Grand and Petit Jury in said county. SECTION 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

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from and after the passage of this act, the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Marion, or a majority of them, be and are hereby authorized and required to draw a Grand and Petit Jury to serve at the Superior Court of said county, at March term, eighteen hundred and forty-six. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the Grand and Petit Jury shall be drawn and summoned, as contemplated by the first section of this act, all verdicts and other services rendered by said Jurors be declared to be as legal, as though they had been drawn at the regular term of the Superior Court. 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. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to repeal an act to compensate the Grand Jurors in the county of DeKalb, assented to December the twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and for other purposes. SECTION 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 an act passed in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, compensating the Grand and Petit Jurors of the county of Cass, and other counties in said act mentioned, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as relates to the per diem pay of the Grand Jurors of said county of Cass. 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. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to compensate the Grand and Petit Jurors of the Superior and Inferior Courts for the counties therein named, so far as relates to the county of Randolph, passed on the twenty-third day of December,

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eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and to regulate the mode of dividing the jury and confession fees between the Jurors of said county of Randolph. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Geongia, 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, so far as relates to the county of Randolph, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Jurors serving the first week and the Jurors serving the second week of each term of the Superior Court in the said county of Randolph, shall, from and after the passage of this act, divide the monies received by said Jurors amongst the members thereof, in proportion to the time served by each Juror. SEC. 3. 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 are hereby repealed. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to regulate the empanneling of Grand and Petit Jurors in the county of Camden. SECTION 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, no Grand Juror shall be required to act or to serve as Petit Juror, either as talisman or otherwise, and that no Petit Juror shall be required to serve as Grand Juror, either as talisman or otherwise, so far as relates to Camden county. SEC. 2. 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, so far as relates to Camden county. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to compensate Grand and Petit Jurors for the counties of Jackson and Floyd, and to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court to levy an extra tax for that purpose. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all persons who may be summoned to attend the Superior and Inferior Courts of the counties of Jackson and Floyd, as Grand and Petit Jurors, and who shall be sworn and empanneled as Jurors, shall severally be entitled to receive the sum of one dollar each per day, for each and every day the said Jurors shall attend as aforesaid. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the fee of three dollars now allowed by law for the trial of each and every case in said Courts, and all others allowed by law, shall be received by the respective clerks as aforesaid, and at the close of said courts to pay over to each Juror his proportionable part of the money raised as aforesaid, and to give to the said Juror a certificate for the balance due him, which certificate shall be presented to the county treasurer, and he is hereby authorized and required to pay the same out of a fund raised for that purpose, which said fund shall be kept separate, and paid out accordingly. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of enabling the Treasurer of each of said counties to pay the said Jurors as provided for in this act, the Justices of the Inferior Courts of said counties are hereby authorized to levy an extra tax upon the citizens of said counties, not exceeding twenty-five per cent. upon the State tax, which taxes, when collected, shall be by the collector thereof paid into the county treasury for the purposes aforesaid; and in the event that the amount so raised should not be sufficient to pay the certificates issued by the clerk, that then he shall pay them pro rata. SEC. 4. 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. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to alter and amend an act entitled An act to compensate the Grand and Petit Jurors of the Superior and Inferior Courts of the several counties herein named, and to provide for the payment of the same, assented to twenty-third December, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. SECTION 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 much of the above

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recited act as authorizes the Grand Jurors of the county of Forsyth [to] be paid one dollar per day for their services, 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, the Petit [Illegible Text] of the [Illegible Text] and Inferior Courts of Forsyth county, shall be paid fifty cents per day instead of one dollar. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 29th, 1845. AN ACT to amend an act passed in eighteen hundred and forty-one, to give to all persons employed on steamboats and other water crafts on the Chattahoochee, Altamaha and Ocmulgee rivers, a lien on said steam boats or water craft, for his, her, or their wages, and for wood and provisions furnished, and to point out and facilitate the mode of the collection of the same, so far as to extend the provisions of the same, and to include Flint river therein. SECTION 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, that all the provisions of the above recited act be, and the same are hereby extended to all persons employed on steam boats and other water crafts on Flint river. And whereas it frequently happens that persons employed on said steamboats and other water crafts on said Chattahoochee, Altamaha, Ocmulgee and Flint rivers, are negroes and free persons of color, be it therefore further enacted, that whenever any negro being a slave, or free person of color, shall be employed as pilot, engineer, first or second mate, fireman, deck hand, or in any other capacity whatsoever, on all steamboats and other water crafts engaged in the navigation of said rivers, to wit; the Chattahoochee, Altamaha, Ocmulgee and Flint rivers, that then, and in all such cases, the owner, master, agent, attorney at law or attorney in fact, of said negro slave or free person of color, shall have the like remedies for wages or demands which he, she, or they may and shall have against the owner or owners of said steamboats or other water crafts, for the services of said negro slaves or free persons of color, as are given to all other persons whose employments are recited in said act. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Medical College of Georgia, and to exempt the Faculty and Students of said Institution from jury and militia duty during the collegiate [Illegible Text] SECTION 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 Trustees of the Medical College of, Georgia be, and they are hereby invested with full power and authority to confer honorary degrees in Medicine upon such persons as may be recommended to them for that purpose, by the unaminous vote of the Faculty of said College. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Professors and matriculated Students of said college be, and they are hereby exempted from the performance of jury and militia duty, during that portion of the year which is actually occupied by the course of lectures in said institution, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to amend an act authorizing the establishment of the Southern Botanico Medical College of Georgia, so as to authorize the Board of Trustees of said College to remove it to the city of Macon, whenever, in their judgment, it shall appear to said Board expedient or conducive to the interest of said Institution. SECTION 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 Board of Trustees of the Southern Botanico Medical College be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, or a majority of them, to remove and establish said college to and in the city of Macon, whenever, in their opinion or judgment, it shall appear to said Board expedient, or necessary to

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the full accomplishment of the object set forth in the charter of said college. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize Leonidas Franklin, Marcus A. Franklin and Mary G. Franklin, to construct a Mill Dam across the Etowah river, on the land belonging to either of them, in the third district of the second section of now Cherokee. SECTION 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 Leonidas Franklin, Marcus A. Franklin, or Mary G. Franklin, shall be entitled to construct and keep up a Mill Dam on Lot number three hundred and ninety-three (393) of the third district and second section of now Cherokee county, or on so much of said lot of land as may belong to them or either of them. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, November 21st, 1845. AN ACT to authorize David Ross, of the county of Putnam, to erect a Mill Dam on his own land, across one of the [Illegible Text] of the Oconee river, at or near the Long Shoals. SECTION 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 David Ross be, and he is hereby authorized to erect a Mill Dam across one of the sluices on the Oconee river, at or near the Long Shoals, on his own land, in the county of Putnam. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 20th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize Hezekiah R. Foote to build a Mill Dam across the Chattahoochee river, at or near the place where

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the Western and Atlantic Rail Road crosses the same, and John P. Wellborn, of the county of Union, to build a Mill Dam across the Notley river, in the county of Union. SECTION 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 Hezekiah R. Foote, of the county of Cobb, be and he is hereby authorized to construct a Mill Dam across the Chattahoochee river, at or near the point where the Western and Atlantic Rail Road crosses said river. Provided, The said Dam is so constructed that, in the opinion of the Chief Engineer of the said Road, at the time said Dam is built, it will not in the least affect the strength of the bridge, or endanger its safety in times of freshets in said river. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall not be so construed as to authorize the said Foote to appropriate any portion of said river or its bank belonging to another person, without first obtaining a conveyance of the right or title of such person. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That Johnson P. Wellborn, of the county of Union, be [Illegible Text] to build a Mill Dam across Notley river, in the county of Union, on his own land. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize Nathan Mattox to build a mill dam across Broad river, on his own land; and the owner of lot number two hundred and sixty-eight, in the sixteenth district of the third section, of originally Cherokee, now Cass county, to erect a mill dam across Etowah river. SECTION 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 Nathan Mattox, of the county of Oglethorpe, be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to build a mill dam across Broad river, on his own land, provided said Nathan Mattox shall leave a sufficient space for the free passage of fish and boats. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the owner of lot number two hundred and sixty-eight, in the sixteenth district of the third section of originally Cherokee, now Cass county, be permitted to erect a dam across the Etowah river, on said lot, for manufacturing and milling purposes. Provided, That said dam shall not be constructed in such a manner as to obstruct

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the navigation of said river, if hereafter it should be attempted under Legislative authority to render the same navigable. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the water privileges hereby extended to the present owner of said lot of land shall follow and accompany any conveyance, in fee simple, of said lot of land. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize Alexander H. Reese to erect a Mill Dam from the western bank to an island in the bed of the Chattahoochee river; and to authorize James Law to erect a Toll Bridge across the Chattahoochee river. SECTION 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 Alexander H. Reese be, and he is hereby authorized to erect a Mill Dam from the western bank, opposite the lands of Moses Potts, deceased, in the county of Harris, to an island in the bed of the Chattahoochee river, opposite section eighteen, township twenty-one, Chambers county, Alabama. Provided, That in the erection of said Dam, it shall not be so constructed as to prevent the navigation of, or the free passage of fish in said river. Provided; The State may hereafter authorize any other person or persons to insert a Lock at and through said Dam, for the purpose of navigation. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That James Law, of Hall county, be authorized, and he is hereby authorized, to build a Toll Bridge, on his own land, across the Chattahoochee river, near his mills in said county, and to receive such rates of toll as are usual or customary on said river, or streams of like or similar width. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the State, or any company or person authorized by the State, from opening said river for the purposes of navigation. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against the above recited act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to change the names of Maria Ellen Allens to that of Maria Ellen Chapman, and the name of Emma Louisa Waller, of the county of Twiggs, to that of Emma Louisa Exum, and to legitimatize the same.

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SECTION 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 name of Maria Ellen Allens shall be changed to that of Maria Ellen Chapman; and also, Emma Louisa Waller, of the county of Twiggs, to that of Emma Louisa Exum, and they are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized, and entitled to all the rights and legal privileges that they would have been had they been born in lawful wedlock, and be fully capable of taking, inheriting and receiving all manner of property, by virtue of the statute of distribution of this State, so far as relates to the real and personal estate of William B. Chapman, of Bibb county, the reputed father of Maria Ellen Chapman; any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding, Approved, December 24th, 1845. AN ACT to change the name of Cassandria Fitzpatrick and Thomas Edwin McLeroy to that of Cassandria Hill and Thomas Edwin Hicks, and legitimatize the same. SECTION 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 names of Cassandria Fitzpatrick, of the county of Greene, and the name of Thomas Edwin McLeroy, of the county of Carroll, be, and the same are hereby changed to that of Cassandria Hill and Thomas Edwin Hicks; and they, the said Cassandria and Thomas Edwin, shall be fully capable of taking, receiving and inheriting the estates, both real and personal, of their reputed fathers, [Illegible Text] B. Hill and Mathew Hicks, and the mother of Cassandria, Mary Ann Hill, formerly Mary Ann Fitzpatrick, of the county of Greene, according to the statute of distribution of this State, as fully as if the said Cassandria and Thomas Edwin had been born in lawful wedlock. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to change the name of David Thrash, to that of David Smith.

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SECTION 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 name of David [Illegible Text] of Jasper county, be altered and changed to that of David Smith. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to alter and amend the first section of an act to change the names of certain persons therein mentioned, and to legitimatize those persons whose names are so changed, and to constitute Martha Beauchamp the legal heir and representative of Isaiah Parker, of DeKalb county, passed on the 22d December, 1829, also to legalize the official and trust acts of James Smith, whose name is changed, in the act aforesaid, from the name of James Bexley to the name of James Smith. WHEREAS, by the first section of the act aforesaid, the name of James Bexley was changed to the name of James Smith, the change of which said name, it is represented by the said James Smith, formerly James Bexley, was without his knowledge and consent, and whereas, the said James Smith, formerly James Bexley, has been appointed to and discharged, and is discharging various offices and trusts, in the name of James Bexley 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, so much of the first section of the act aforesaid as changes the name of James Bexley to the name of James Smith, be, and the same is hereby repealed. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the official acts and trusts, whatsoever, executed and executing by the said James Smith, in the name of James Bexley, be, and the same are hereby legalized and made valid in law, as though the same had been done in the name of James Smith. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this law, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 8th, 1845.

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AN ACT to pardon Henry Jones. WHEREAS, at a Superior Court hold in the county of Jones, in October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, Henry Jones was, upon circumstantial evidence, convicted of the crime of murder, and sentenced to imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for and during the term of his natural life, and whereas, there are facts connected with his case which entitle him to the clemency of the Legislature SECTION 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 immediately after the passage of this act, the said Henry Jones be, and he is hereby declared to be freely, fully and entirely pardoned, exonerated and discharged from all the further pains of such conviction and sentence. Approved, December 6th, 1845. AN ACT to be entitled an act to pardon William Burton, of Greene county. WHEREAS, at a Superior Court held in and for the county of Greene, at March Term, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, William Burton was convicted of the crime of murder, and sentenced by the presiding Judge to imprisonment in the Penitentiary of this State for and during the term of his natural life: SECTION 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 said William Burton be, and he is hereby declared to be freely, fully and entirely pardoned and 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. Approved, December 9th, 1845. AN ACT to pardon Charles Jones, of the county of Lumpkin. WHEREAS, at the September Term of the Superior Court of the county of Lumpkin, Charles Jones was convicted for the

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crime of murder, and whereas, a petition from a number of the citizens of Lumpkin county was presented to His Excellency, praying a respite of the sentence of said Court, which respite was granted until Friday, the thirteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-five, to enable the Legislature to decide on the application for pardon SECTION 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 said Charles Jones be, and he is hereby declared to be freely, 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. Approved, December 10th, 1845. AN ACT to pardon Matilda Cogswell. SECTION 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, Matilda Cogswell, now a convict in the Penitentiary of this State, under sentence of the Superior Court for the county of Jasper, at April term, 1837, charged with and convicted of the crime of murder, and sentenced to confinement during her life, be, and she is hereby fully pardoned and discharged. Approved, December 25th, 1845. AN ACT to alter and amend the several acts heretofore passed relating to the Monroe Rail Road and Banking Company, to change the name of said Company, and to authorize said Company to build a branch road to Columbus. SECTION 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 said Company be, and the same is hereby changed to the name of the Macon and Western Rail Road Company. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That all and singular the banking privileges heretofore granted to the Monroe Rail Road and Banking Company, shall, from and after the passing of this act, be deemed and held to be surrendered and extinguished forever, and the capital stock shall be used and employed for Rail Road purposes only, and said stock is hereby reduced from one million eight hundred thousand dollars to one million five hundred thousand dollars, independent of the amount authorized to be issued for a branch Road under existing actsthe stock so reduced representing the Road appurtenances, and from Macon to Atlanta exclusively. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Company be, and is hereby authorized to build, construct and keep in operation a Branch Rail Road to the city of Columbus, from any point on what is called the Monroe Rail Road, and that all the rights in reference to the original Road of the Monroe Rail Road and Banking Company, as contained in charter, (except the right of Banking,) are hereby conferred on the Macon and Western Rail Road Company. Provided, nevertheless, That all the rights and privileges herein granted, having reference to the building of a Branch Road to Columbus, are upon the condition that the said Company (the Macon and Western Rail Road Company,) shall, within one year commence in good faith to construct, and shall, within four years from the passage of this act, finish and complete the Rail Road to the city of Columbus, and furnish the same with all necessary engines, cars, and appurtenances, for the transportation of produce, freight and passengers. And provided, also, That the rights and privileges heretofore granted to or claimed by the said Monroe Rail Road and Banking Company, of constructing a Branch of the said Road from any point on the same to West Point, in Troup county, or any neighboring point on or near Chattahoochee river, shall be suspended, and shall in no event be exercised by the said Macon and Western Rail Road Company, until the said Branch to Columbus shall be fully completed. And provided further, That this act shall not be construed so as to prevent the construction of any other Road from the city of Columbus, by any Company which is now in existence, or which may be hereafter created, for the purpose of connecting with the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, or with the Macon and Western Rail Road Company. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Company shall have no power to contract loans, or issue for the same any note or bonds, and in case said Company shall issue any such note or bonds, then and in such case, it shall be in the power of the holder of any such note or bond, to file his bill in equity in behalf of himself and the other creditors of said Company, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the Judge of the Superior Court to appoint a Receiver to take into his possession the corporate assets of said Company, and distribute the same, under the direction of the Court, for the benefit of the creditors of said Company. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That provided nothing in this act shall prevent the Georgia Rail Road and Banking Company, or other Rail Road Company, from constructing a Rail Road from Atlanta, or other point on the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, to West Point, in Troup county, under authority from this State. Approved, December 20th, 1845. AN ACT to amend the several acts herefore passed, and now in force, incorporating and relating to The Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia, and to authorize the said Company to continue and extend its Rail Road from the County of Bibb to the Chattahoochee river, at or adjoining the city of Columbus. SECTION 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 said corporation, The Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia, be, and it is hereby authorized and empowered to continue, extend, construct and maintain its Rail Road from the county of Bibb, commencing such extension of Road on the west side of the Ocmulgee river, within half a mile of the Court House in Macon, to the Chattahoochee river, at or adjoining the city of Columbus, of suitable width, depth and dimensions, in such proper and convenient course and direction as the said Company shall deem best, paying to owners of land through which the same may pass, a just indemnity to be ascertained in such manner as is prescribed in the fifteenth section of [an] act of the General Assembly entitled an act to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Central Rail Road and Canal Company of Georgia, and to give to the said Company Banking powers and privileges, passed the fourteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, for the value of the land covered by the rail-way, and for three hundred feet on each side of the same, or so much of that quantity as the said corporation may require, for the procurement therefrom of earth, timber, stones, and other materials, and for the construction thereon of ware-houses, slips, turn-outs, depots, wells, cisterns, pumps, and other necessary and proper works and purposes. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the provisions and enactments of the fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, so much of the eighteenth section as relates to the power of municipal corporations, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-second and twenty-third sections of the said act of the fourteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and

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thirty-five, entitled as set forth in the preceding section hereof, shall be applicable to the said continued or extended Rail Road authorized by this act. Provided, That the said extended Road, hereby authorized, shall cross a private road, the Company shall permit the use of such private way across the Road, in such manner as not to obstruct the Rail Road, and if it be necessary to such enjoyment of the private way to build a bridge, the Company shall build it and keep it up. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid; That the better to enable the said corporation to build said extended Rail Road, from Bibb county to the Chattahoochee river, the President and Directors of said Company may, at such time or times, and at such place or places as may seem to them most fit, receive subscriptions for additional stock, not exceeding one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in shares of one hundred dollars each; and that on subscription, the sum of twenty-five dollars shall be paid on each share, and the residue of the one hundred dollars on each share shall be paid in such instalments as the said Company shall prescribe. Provided, That thirty days notice of each instalment shall be given in one or more of the public gazettes; and a failure to pay any instalment, shall occasion and authorize a forfeiture of defaulting stock and all monies paid on it. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the monies arising from such subscriptions shall be applied exclusively to the building and construction of the said extended Rail Road from Bibb county to the Chattahoochee river, its appurtenances and equipment with machinery, and shall be kept separate and distinct from all funds or monies of said Company, under the name of New Extension Stock; that the subscribers for new extension stock shall not be bound for any contract of said Company now existing or outstanding, or for any contracts hereafter to be made, touching or concerning the Rail Road from Savannah to Macon, nor shall they be entitled to any interest in the Rail Road now existing from Savannah to Macon, or the present assets or funds of said Company, but the interest and liabilities of such subscribers for new stock, shall extend only to the continued or extended Road, aforesaid, until such extended Road shall be completed and stocked and supplied with engines, cars, and other necessary equipments. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all such nett profits as may arise from sections of the said extended Road, as such sections are, from time to time, opened for use, shall be applied to building and equipping the said extended Rail Road, until the Road is completed to the Chattahoochee river, and fully equipped. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so soon as the said extended Rail Road is completed to the Chattahoochee river, and fully equipped, the said Company shall unite the said [Illegible Text] extension stock with the existing

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stock, and such other stock as the said Company may issue to share holders in the Road from Savannah to Macon, by way of [Illegible Text] for profits of its Road expended in its [Illegible Text] thousand dollars. Provided, That in the union of the different stocks, the Road from Savannah to Macon, and its equipments, shall not be taken or valued for more than two millions six hundred thousand dollars. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and immediately after the uniting of the stocks, as contemplated in the preceding section, there shall be no distinction between the share holders in the new and old stock, and the other stock authorized by the preceding section to be issued, but all shall be share holders in the said Company and its property, with equal interest and liabilities, according to the number of shares they may respectively hold. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Company may, in its discretion, with the assent of such shareholders of present stock as own the greatest portion of the stock, sell additional stock in said Company, at such time or times, and in such manner, and on such terms, and for such price, in cash or notes, with approved security, as to said Company may seem advantageous. Provided, That the whole amount of stock issued, and to be issued, shall not exceed three millions seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Company may, in its discretion, issue Bonds, on receiving loans of money for its use. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the privilege hereby granted to the said Company shall be in exclusion of the building of any other Rail Road or Canal within a space of thirty miles below a line drawn directly from the city of Macon to the city of Columbus; and the exclusive right granted by this act to build such continued Rail Road, shall be and continue for twenty-five years, to be computed from the time fixed by this act for the completion of the said work authorized by this act; after the expiration of which term of twenty-five years the Legislature may authorize the construction of other Rail Roads and Canals within the space aforesaid. Provided, That the said Company shall, after said term of twenty-five years, be and remain incorporate and invested, as to their works, with all the estates, rights, powers and privileges by this act granted and secured, except the exclusive right aforesaid SEC. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the Legislature from granting a charter for a Rail Road from Macon to any point in the counties lying beyond the said thirty miles below a line to be drawn direct from Macon to Columbus.

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SEC. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all holders of stock hereafter to be issued, shall have the right to vote for Directors of said Company, and to call meetings of stockholders in the same manner and to the same extent as present stockholders enjoy the right. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the individual property of the stockholders shall be bound and liable in proportion to the amount of stock subscribed for, and that at no time shall the debts of said incorporation, created under this act, amount to more than one half of the amount of stock subscribed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to provide for conducting the business of transportation on the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, and for other purposes therein mentioned. SECTION 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 immediately after the passage of this act, His Excellency the Governor shall appoint such Agents as in his opinion may be necessary to manage and superintend the business of transportation on the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, to be paid a reasonable compensation for their services, to be fixed by His Excellency, and which shall be paid out of the money raised on said Road. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each of the Agents appointed according to the first section of this act, shall, before they enter upon the duties of their appointment, take and subscribe an oath faithfully and impartially to do and perform all and singular the duties of his appointment, and that he will render a true account of all moneys received by him arising from said Road; and shall give bond and security, payable to the Governor, and his successors in office, in the sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of all and singular the duties appertaining to his appointment. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, the Chief Engineer of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath faithfully to discharge the duties thereof, and shall give a bond with good and ample security, to be approved by His Excellency the Governor, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for all moneys of the State which may come to his hands.

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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Chief Engineer of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road shall, for his services, receive a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum: and such Assistant Engineers as may be employed on said Rail Road, shall, for their services, receive a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, and the above salaries shall cover all contingencies. Provided, There shall be only one Assistant Engineer. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the several Agents appointed by virtue of this act, shall make quarterly returns to His Excellency the Governor, of the amount of money received by them, and shall pay over the same as directed by the Governor. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of John W. Brown, of the county of Houston. WHEREAS, at a Superior Court heretofore holden in and for said county of Houston, a final trial was had, and verdict rendered, in the case of Jane Brown, against the said John W. Brown, in a libel for divorce, granting to the said Jane Brown a divorce a vinculo matrimonei, and whereas, under existing laws, the defendant is under certain restraints and disabilities, in that he is not entitled to enter again into the marriage contract, but is prohibited therefrom, for remedy [Illegible Text] 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 said John W. Brown shall be, and he is hereby fully exonerated, relieved and released from the restraints and disabilities by law incurred, in consequence of said judgment of divorce against him; and shall have full and complete authority to enter into marriage contract and to marry, as though said legal disability had never existed; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, November 19th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of Burwell J. Wynn, of the county of Hancock. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Burwell J. Wynn, of the county of Hancock, as guardian of the person and property of Patience Jenkins, be authorized to make his return to the Court of Ordinary of said county of Hancock, on his producing to said Court an exemplification of his returns as such guardian, heretofore made to the Court of Ordinary of the county of Putnam. Approved, December 4th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of William P. Rembert, of Oglethorpe county. SECTION 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 said William P. Rembert is hereby wholly released and discharged from the payment of his tax, which stands now charged against him on the Tax Collector's book of the county of Elbert, for the year (1845) eighteen hundred and forty-five. Approved, December 8th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of Sarah Walton, of the county of Harris. WHEREAS, at the term of the Superior Court holden for the county of Muscogee, the final trial was had, and verdict rendered in case of Joseph Walton versus Sarah Walton, in libel for divorce, and whereas, under existing laws, the defendant is under certain restraints and disabilities, in that she is prohibited from again entering into the marriage contract, for remedy whereof SECTION 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 said Sarah Walton shall be, and is hereby fully exonerated, relieved and released from the restraints and disabilities by law incurred in consequence of said judgment, and shall have full and complete authority to enter into marriage contract, as fully as though no legal disability ever existed, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 8th, 1845.

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AN ACT for the relief of Samuel F. Jones, William [Illegible Text] and James W. Cunningham. WHEREAS, Samuel F. Jones, William Underwood and James W. Cunningham, became security on the bond of Lewis Powell, tax collector of the county of Macon for the year eighteen hundred and forty-three, and whereas the said Lewis Powell, tax collector, left the State without paying the money collected by him into the treasury of this State, and whereas an execution was issued against him and his said securities, with an order of suspension of said fi. fa. until December, eighteen hundred and forty-four, and whereas the said Samuel F. Jones has paid two hundred dollars on said fi. fa. agreeable to an Executive order: SECTION 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 Samuel F. Jones, William Underwood, James W. Cunningham, securities of Lewis Powell, be, and they are hereby relieved and discharged, totally and fully, from the payment of the amount yet due on said fi. fa., as fully as though no such fi. fa. had been issued against them. 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. Approved, December 8th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of John J. Hamilton, Receiver of tax returns of the county of Pulaski for the year eighteen hundred and forty-five. WHEREAS, by the fourth section of an act entitled An act to impose a tax for the support of government for the year eighteen hundred and forty-one, and from thence afterwards, the Receivers of tax returns for the several counties in this State are required, amongst other things, to make a general digest of all the returns of taxable property, and of the taxable property of defaulters, in the manner heretofore prescribed under existing laws, and that every said Receiver shall make out three copies of, and for his particular county, and shall, on or before the first day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-one, and every year afterwards, deliver one copy of said digest of tax returns to the Tax Collector of the county, and one to the Clerk of the Inferior Court, under the penalty of one thousand dollars for each and every omission to deliver said copies, or either of them, in the manner and within the periods above specified: and

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whereas the said John J. Hamilton accidentally omitted, until a few days after the first day of July, to file the two copies above referred to, as the law requires, and has thereby subjected himself to the penalties of said act, for remedy whereof SECTION 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, John J. Hamilton, Receiver of tax returns of the county of Pulaski, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, be, and he hereby is forever exonerated from the penalties incurred by him, as such Receiver, for his omission to comply strictly with the said fourth section of the above recited act. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 20th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of William H. Wade, of the county of Early. WHEREAS William H. Wade is indebted to the Central Bank on two notes, the amount due upon which, together, is seven thousand dollars, which indebtedness was contracted by said William H. Wade entirely on the account of others, and whereas the immediate and compulsory collection of said sum of money would greatly distress said Wade, and the officers of the Bank having no authority to indulge him longer SECTION 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 Director of the Central Bank be authorized to allow the notes of the said William H. Wade to lie over, and not to sue the same, upon the said Wade obligating himself to make annual payment of one third of the principal of said notes, with the interest due thereon at the time of such paymentthe first payment to be made on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. Provided, That the said William H. Wade shall secure the payment of said debt by a mortgage on real estate to the satisfaction of the Director of said Bank. Approved, December 24th, 1845.

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AN ACT for the relief of the Bank of Milledgeville, and the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company. WHEREAS the Treasurer of the State caused execution to issue for tax on the original amount of the capital stock specified in the act of incorporation of said Bank, when said capital stock has been reduced by actual losses and divisions amongst the stockholders, to one half of the original amount of capital SECTION 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 Treasurer of the State do recall the execution against the Bank of Milledgeville, and now suspended by the order of the Governor, and in lieu thereof that he doth issue an execution against said Bank of Milledgeville, for tax upon the amount of capital [Illegible Text] operated upon, which amount shall be sworn to by the President [and] Cashier, and that whenever the amount of the capital is once reduced, it shall not be thereafter increased. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Treasurer do hereafter require sworn statements from the President and Cashier, of the actual amount of capital operated on by said Bank, and that he issue execution annually, as long as such Bank continues to do business, against it, for the tax on the actual capital operated on, authenticated as above required. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company be, and they are hereby authorized to reduce their capital to the sum of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, at which it shall hereafter remain, and that said Company be, and they are hereby relieved from the payment of any taxes heretofore payable on any amount of capital beyond that sum. Approved, December 21th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of John C. Hunter. SECTION 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 sum of three hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of the salary of John C. Hunter, as Military Storekeeper at Savannah, for the past political year.

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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 the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 24th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of the Commercial Bank, at Macon. WHEREAS, the Comptroller of the State having caused an execution to issue against said Bank, for the original amount of capital stock paid in, when said capital has been reduced by actual losses and divisions among the stockholders of said Bank, and which amount so distributed to the several stockholders, has paid to the State a tax in a different form SECTION 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 Comptroller of the State do recall the execution against the Commercial Bank, at Macon, and now suspended by the order of the Governor of the State, and that the said Commercial Bank, at Macon, be relieved from the tax upon that [Illegible Text] of their capital which has been lost and distributed to the stockholders, and that the said Bank be required to pay tax only on such capital as they have actually used in Banking, and which has been returned under oath by the officers of said Institution. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of Benjamin Williamson, of the county of [Illegible Text]. WHEREAS Benjamin Williamson, of the county of Scriven, empowered Thomas H. Burns, [Illegible Text], by power of attorney, accompanied by the necessary affidavit, to take out two lots of land drawn by the said Williamson, when, upon application made by the said Thomas H. Burns, junior, he was informed that lot number seventy-six, in the sixth district of Dooly county, was already granted, which appears not to be the case, and that therefore the said lot of land has relapsed: 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

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the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to issue a grant in the name of Benjamin Williamson, to lot number seventy-six, in the sixth district of the county of Dooly, upon his paying the usual fees. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to relieve Alexander Means, of the county of Newton, from the payment of a portion of tax improperly assessed against him in said county, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-five. WHEREAS Alexander Means, of the county of Newton, stands charged on the tax books of said county with the tax on three thousand dollars worth of town property, and whereas it appears that the said Alexander Means does not own any town property whatever, and that said tax has been improperly assessed SECTION 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 Alexander Means, of said county of Newton, be relieved from the payment of the tax on three thousand dollars worth of town property, which has been improperly assessed against him, and with which he stands charged on the tax books of said county, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, and that the tax collector of said county of Newton be released from the collection of the same. Provided, The same have not been paid, but if paid, the Governor is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the amount so paid, in favor of the said Alexander Means. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of John R. Cotting, Military Store Keeper at Milledgeville. WHEREAS, the Legislature of eighteen hundred and forty-three, in its General Appropriation Act, omitted to make provision for two years pay for the Military Store [Keeper] at Milledgevillethat is to say, for the years eighteen hundred and forty-four, and eighteen hundred and forty-five SECTION 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House

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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 authorized to draw his warrant in favor of John R. Cotting, Military Store Keeper at Milledgeville, for one hundred and fifty dollars, as an allowance for the salary of said Cotting, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, which warrant shall be drawn on the appropriate fund. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing contained in the appropriation act of eighteen hundred and forty-three, shall be so construed as to defeat the payment of the amount hereby allowed said Military Store Keeper. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of Robert P. Dickerson, of the county of Elbert. WHEREAS a judgment has been obtained against Robert P. Dickerson, at the last term of the Inferior Court of the county of Elbert, in favor of the Central Bank of the State of Georgia, and it appearing, from the almost entire failure of his crop, and his other pecuniary circumstances, that he is not able to pay off the demand without sustaining great embarrassment, for remedy whereof SECTION 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 P. Dickerson, of the county of Elbert, be granted the term of two years from the first of November, eighteen hundred and forty-five, to liquidate the demands set forth in the preamble, by his paying one half of the debt by the first of November, eighteen hundred and forty-six, the other half twelve months thereafter. Provided, That the said Robert P. Dickerson shall secure the debt to the satisfaction of the Director of the Central Bank. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, are hereby repealed. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of Asa E. Thompson, administrator of the estate of James Thompson, late of the county of Houston

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deceased, from all liability incurred by the said James in in his life time, as security of Columbus Thompson, a minor. WHEREAS the said Columbus Thompson was arrested, charged with the offence of killing a slave, and on the twentieth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, the said James Thompson, being then in life, became his security on a bond or recognizance for the sum of one thousand dollars, for his appearance at the Superior Court of said county, on the fourth Monday in October then next, to answer said charge; and whereas said Columbus Thompson appeared, and the case was continued once generally, once by the State and once by the defendant, and the said James Thompson, the security aforesaid, departed this life, and since then the said Columbus Thompson has removed out of this State, and said bond or recognizance, at the April term, eighteen hundred and forty-five, of Houston Superior Court, was forfeited to the State; and whereas the Grand Jurors of said county of Houston, at the October term, eighteen hundred and fortyfive, together with a large number of other citizens of said county and State, have manifested a desire that the said Asa E. Thompson, administrator as aforesaid, should be relieved in the premises: SECTION 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, the Justices of the Inferior Court of Houston county, or a majority of them, shall be, and they are hereby authorized to release and fully discharge the said Asa E. Thompson, administrator as aforesaid, and the estate of the said James Thompson, deceased, from all liability on account of said bond or recognizance so forfeited as aforesaid, upon the payment of all costs in said case by him the said Asa E. Thompson. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this [Illegible Text], be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of Abel Lewis of the county of Burke, and his securities, and also William W. Seals, on certain conditions. WHEREAS Abel Lewis, Tax Collector for the county of Burke, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-four, was, on the seventh day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-five, at night, [Illegible Text] severely beaten, and robbed of the [Illegible Text] of

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nine hundred and thirty-five dollars, being a portion of the tax by him collected for the county aforesaid; and whereas the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, and sundry citizens thereof, have petitioned the General Assembly to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court aforesaid to permit to the said Abel Lewis the sum of money of which he had been robbed as aforesaid: SECTION 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 Burke county be, and they are hereby fully authorized and empowered to remit to the said Abel Lewis, as tax collector as aforesaid, the sum of nine hundred and thirty-five dollars, being a portion of the county tax by him collected in the year eighteen hundred and forty-four, and of which the said Abel Lewis was robbed on the seventh day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-five; and the said Justices of the Inferior Court are furthermore authorized and empowered to release and exonerate the said Abel Lewis and his securities from all liability under his official bond for the said sum of money. Provided, That the State of Georgia shall be in no wise bound to compensate said county of Burke for the loss so incurred. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That William W. Seals be, and he is hereby released and discharged from all liability on a judgment in favor of the State for one thousand dollars, obtained in the Superior Court of Camden county, at April term, eighteen hundred and forty-four, on a forfeited recognizance made by Alexander J. Hunter, William W. Seals, and Henry Hines. Provided, That a majority of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county pass an order giving their consent to such discharge, and that all costs are paid by said William W. Seals. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of William Roberson, junior, of the county of Forsyth. WHEREAS, it appears that William Roberson, junior, now of Forsyth county, and formerly of Daniel's district, in the county of Hall, gave in for a draw in the Cherokee Land Lottery, and drew lot number one hundred and twenty-four, in the tenth district and first section of originally Cherokee county, and through mistake the draw came out in the name of Benjamin Roberson, junior, of Daniel's district, Hall county, for remedy whereof

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SECTION 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 Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to cause a grant to issue, free of charge, upon application, to the said William Roberson, junior, of Forsyth county, or his legal representatives, to said lot of land number one hundred and twenty-four, in the tenth district and first section of originally Cherokee [Illegible Text] Provided, The said William Roberson, junior, return the grant he has, to be cancelled. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all acts and parts of acts militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of B. W. Castlebury, of the county of Forsyth, and Henrietta Weaver, of the county of Camden. WHEREAS, B. W. Castlebury, of the county of Forsyth, has made application for the grant to lot number forty-six, in the first district and first section of formerly Cherokee, now Forsyth county: and whereas, an erased entry appears upon the books in the Executive Department, and the Governor therefore refuses to issue the grant; and whereas, it appears from the books that said lot has never been granted SECTION 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 His Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized and required to cause the grant to said lot to be issued to said B. W. Castlebury, upon his paying the present grant fee. AND WHEREAS, [Illegible Text] number seventy-nine, in the fifth district Henry, was drawn by Henrietta Weaver, orphan, of the county of Camden, and by a delusive entry upon the books of the Executive Department, it appears that said lot was granted previous to the expiration of the time for granting the same, by means whereof the fortunate drawer thereof became debarred from the right to obtain said granttherefore. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That His Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized and required to cause the grant to be issued to the said fortunate drawer of lot number seventy-nine, in the fifth district of Henry county, upon the payment of the grant fee.

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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of John Temples, of the county of Franklin. WHEREAS, one Isaac Hobson was charged with an [Illegible Text] and battery, and gave John Temples as his security for his appearance at the Superior Court held in and for the county of Franklin, on the third Monday in October, eighteen hundred and forty-one, in the sum of two hundred dollars; and whereas the said Isaac Hobson failed to make his appearance at said Court, and that the prosecutor failed also to appear, and the then acting Solicitor General informed the said John Temples he would not prosecute said bond, and whereas the then acting Solicitor General went out of office, and John W. H. Underwood, the present Solicitor General, at April Term of said Court, in eighteen hundred and forty-four, had judgment entered up on said bond against the said John Temples for two hundred dollars. 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 Temples be, and he is hereby released and discharged from all liability of the payment of the prosecution bond signed by him as security, in the above stated [Illegible Text]. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of James M. Davis, of the county of Talbot. WHEREAS, James M. Davis is indebted to the Central Bank of Georgia (as indorser) upon a judgment obtained against him in the county of Talbot, which judgment was obtained by suit upon a promissory note made by John B. Davis, maker, George W. Towns and said James M. Davis, indorsers, for the sum of nineteen hundred dollars, principal and which, with the interest added in, amounts to more than the sum of twenty-eight hundred dollars, which indebtments of the said James M. Davis was entirely on account of others; and whereas, the immediate and compulsory collection of said

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sum of money would greatly distress, and perhaps wholly ruin the said James M. Davis, and the officer of the Bank having no authority to indulge him longer Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Reprepresentatives[UNK] of the State of Georgia,[UNK] 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 Director of the Central Bank be authorized to direct the Sheriff of the county of Talbot, in whose hands is the fi. fa. issued upon said judgment, not to levy the same upon the property of the said James M. Davis during the period of twelve months, next ensuing the passage of this act. Provided, The said James M. Davis shall give good and [Illegible Text] security, to the satisfaction of the Director of the Central Bank, within one month after the adjournment of the Legislature. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to [Illegible Text] a forfeiture incurred by James J. Davis WHEREAS, James J. Davis heretefore became bound, by recognisance, for the appearance of Washington S. Belcher, at the Superior Court of the county of Henry, and the said Washington S. Belcher having failed to appear at, and abide the sentence of said Court, the said recognizance was forfeited, and judgment entered up against the said James J. for the sum of one thousand dollars and costs, for remedy whereof. SECTION 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 [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] be, and the same is hereby wholly remitted. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of Sarah McKeen, of Richmond county. WHEREAS, at the April Term of the Superior Court of the county of Muscogee, held by adjournment in the month of June, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-four, judgment on a forfeited recognisance, for the sum of six thousand dollars, was rendered by said Court in favor of the State of Georgia, against Sarah McKeen and William P. McKeen, sureties for one Thomas C. McKeen; and whereas all the

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property of the said Sarah has been sold under and by virtue of said judgment, and she being of great age 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 Sarah McKeen be, and she is hereby released and exonerated from arrest, under and by virtue of any execution or other process that may be issued on said judgment. Provided, That the said Sarah McKeen shall make, before some judicial officer, and file in the Clerk's office of the Superior Court of Richmond county, an affidavit, in writing, such as is prescribed by law for insolvent debtors, and surrender to said Court any property or effects she may have, liable for her debts, to be disposed of by order of said Court, as if she were discharged as an insolvent debtor in said Court. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to relieve James M. Ware, Henry Kingsbury, Jonathan Long, Joel J. Flanagan and P. H. Castlebury, of the county of Paulding, from the payment of a recognizance or penal bond. WHEREAS, it appears that James M. Ware, Henry Kingsbury. Jonathan Long, Joel J. Flanagan and P. H. Castlebury, of the county of Paulding, became securities on a bail bond for the appearance of one William Morris, at the Superior Court of said county, charged with the offence of forgery, and it further appearing, that the said William Morris failed to appear at said Court, in compliance with the aforesaid bond, and that by reason thereof a scire facias has issued upon said recognizance, and is now proceeding to judgment, for remedy whereof, and for the relief of the same SECTION 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 said James M. Ware, Henry Kingsbury, Jonathan Long. Joel J. Flanagan and P. H. Castlebury be, and each of them is hereby wholly discharged from the payment of said recognizance, and shall not longer be liable therefor, and the same is hereby declared to be of no binding force or effect whatever. Provided, The said James M. Ware, Henry Kingsbury, Jonathan Long, Joel J. Flanagan and P. H. Castlebury shall pay all costs which may or shall have accrued in said case. Provided further, That the Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, of the county of Paulding, do consent to relieve the said James M. Ware, Henry Kingsbury, Jonathan Long,

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Joel J. Flanagan and P. H. Castlebury, from all liabilities as aforesaid. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of John C. Edmonson, of Wilkinson county, and Elijah Reamer Young, of Thomas county. WHEREAS, at the October Term, eighteen hundred and forty, of the Superior Court held in and for the county of Wilkinson, the final trial was had, and a verdict rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in the case of Catharine Edmonson vs. John C. Edmonson, in a libel for divorce; and whereas, under the existing laws the defendant is under certain restraints and disabilities, in that he is prohibited from again entering into the marriage contract, for remedy whereof SECTION 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 said John C. Edmonson shall be, and he is hereby fully exonerated, relieved and released from the restraints and disabilities by law incurred. and shall have full power and complete authority to dispose of his person in marriage, as fully as though he had never entered into the marriage state with the said Catharine Edmonson, any law, usage or custom to the contrary not withstanding. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That whereas Elijah Reamer Young, of the county of Thomas, is similarly situated, be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said Elijah R. Young be, and he is hereby relieved from all penalties and pains by laws now in force, and is hereby authorized to contract marriage, as fully as though no disability had occurred; and all laws militating against the provisions of this section be, and the same are hereby repealed, so far as relates to the case of the said E. R. Young. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of H. T. Dicken, of the county of Butts, and Samuel T. Andrews, of the county of Randolph.

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WHEREAS, H. T. Dicken, of the county of Butts, was, on the first day of January last, the owner of a billiard table, which he had become possessed of in the course of trade, and whereas, said Dicken had no intention of having said billiard table used or played upon, but felt conscientiously bound to return the same to the Tax Collector as a part and parcel of his property, on the first day of January last, and sold the same within a few weeks thereafter SECTION 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives[UNK] of the State of Georgia,[UNK] in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, H. T. Dicken, of the county of Butts, be, and is hereby released from the tax of twenty-five dollars, it being the amount assessed against him on a billard table, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, and that the Tax Collector of said county be exonerated from the collection of the same. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of James W. Reeve. WHEREAS, James W. Reeve, at the March Term of the Superior Court of the county of DeKalb, became surety for the appearance of Fielding Wilson, to answer to the charge of an assault with intent to murder, and at the first term of said Court the said Fielding Wilson did not appear, having fled the country; and whereas the said James W. Reeve pursued said Wilson to the State of Mississippi, and at much trouble and expense brought him back to the county of DeKalb, and whereas the said Fielding Wilson made his escape the second time and has gone to parts unknown, and at a subsequent term of said Court his recognizance has been forfeited and judgment rendered against the said James W. Reeve for one thousand dollars, and cost of suit, and the said James W. Reeve has paid upon said judgment the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, and all costs; and whereas the Solicitor General of said Circuit, and the Inferior Court of said county, and the Clerk and Sheriff of said county, together with about one hundred and thirty of the citizens, recommending the said James W. Reeve to the [Illegible Text] of the Legislature, and that the balance of said judgment in said forfeited recognizance, be remitted 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 James W. Reeve be, and he is hereby declared to be

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henceforth entirely discharged, acquitted and relieved from the liability to pay the balance due on said forfeited recognizance on the judgment obtained therein, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to relieve Sylvanus W. Burney and Allen Cochran from the payment of a portion of a note held by the Central Bank against them, and for other purposes therein mentioned. WHEREAS, William E. Nall, formerly of the county of Monroe, made and delivered to the Central Bank a note to the amount of two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars, which note was indorsed by Robert B. S. Foster, James Turner, Archibald M. and William E. Nall, dated the eighth day of October, eighteen hundred and forty, for which the said Nall received from the Central Bank the amount of two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars, in the bills of the Darien Bank, which bills at the time of said receipt were passing at a discount of some fifty per cent.; and whereas the said Nall failed to pay said note at the time it fell due, and whereas the said Nalls entirely failed and proved to be insolvent, and the said Foster absconded and left the said Turner to pay the said note, and whereas the said Turner paid a portion of said note and renewed the same by giving Sylvanus W. Burney and Allen Cochran as his indorsers on the same, and whereas the said James Turner made and delivered to the said Burney and Cochran a mortgage on a portion of his property to secure the said Burney and Cochran from the payment of said note, and whereas the said James Turner thereafter departed this life, leaving a widow and several small children, and since said death the said Burney and Cochran have foreclosed their mortgage on said property and advertised the same for sale, and whereas the case is one that calls for immediate Legislative relief SECTION 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 the proper officer of the Central Bank to make an entry of payment in full on said note, when the said Cochran and [Illegible Text] shall pay to said officer an amount [Illegible Text] that, when added to the amount already paid by the said Turner, Cochran and Burney, upon the original or present note, to make the amount of the principal and interest of one half the amount of the original note which was given for Darien Bank bills, the true value of which was only fifty cents in the dollar.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the said Cochran and Burney to cause to be made, by the proper authority, an entry of satisfaction in full on said mortgage fi. fa. and to produce a certificate of the same, from under the hand and seal of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Monroe county, to said officer of the Central Bank, at the time they shall apply for said entry of payment in full to be made on said note, any law to the centrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 29th, 1845. AN ACT for the relief of the Oglethorpe Insurance and Trust Company, of the city of Macon. WHEREAS, the Secretary of said Company, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, did through error and misapprehension, make a return to the Comptroller General of the capital stock of said Company liable to taxation, and failed to make such return to the Receiver of Tax Returns of Bibb county, in consequence whereof said Company was returned as a defaulter and double taxed, and has actually paid said double tax, both to the State and to the county of Bibb SECTION 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 sum of three hundred and twenty dollars and fifty cents be refunded, from the State Treasury, to the said Oglethorpe Insurance and Trust Company, on account of said double tax so assessed and paid, said sum being one half of the tax paid to the State by said Company, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-two. Approved, December 29th, [Illegible Text]. AN ACT to repeal an act passed December twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, to keep open the Central [Illegible Text] creek, in Heard county, and to repeal all acts militating against the same. SECTION 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 act passed twentieth December eighteen hundred and thirty-four,

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to keep open the Central Hatchie, in Heard county, for the free passage of fish, and other purposes therein named, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to prevent and remove obstructions in the Flint river, calculated to impede the free passage of fish, to appoint Commissioners, and to punish those who may attempt to defeat the same. SECTION 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 persons herein after named are appointed Commissioners of Flint river, to wit: William D. Thompson, Wright Massingale and John R. Jones, of the county of Meriwether, Thomas Nelson, senior, William Hobbs and Alfred H. Brown, of the county [of] Talbot, Jesse B. Drue, in the county of Crawford, with full power and anthority to carry into complete effect all the provisions of an act approved December twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, for removing obstructions and keeping open the main channel of Flint river, from the three forks of said river, in Fayette county, to the lower line of Crawford county. Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to prevent the erection of mill dams on said river. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, The the Justices of the Inferior Court of the aforesaid counties, or a majority of them, be, and they are hereby authorized and required to fill all vacancies which may happen, by death, resignation, or otherwise. 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. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to repeal all laws now in force which relate to the navigation of the [Illegible Text] river, or to the free passage of fish up it, above [Illegible Text], to Barnett's shoals, in Clark county, so far as the same may prohibit the [Illegible Text] of dams across said river, for milling or manufacturing purposes.

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WHEREAS, the Legislature has passed divers laws in regard to the navigation of the Oconee river, inflicting penalties for obstructing the navigation thereof, or the free passage of fish up said river, and whereas experience has demonstrated that said river can not be made navigable, and that the fisheries on said river have become, in a great measure, valueless SECTION 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 all laws and parts of laws heretofore passed, and now in force, in regard to the navigation of the Oconee river above Milledgeville, to Barnett's shoals, in Clark county, which impose penalties for obstructing the navigation thereof, or the free passage of fish up said river, by the construction of dams across said river, for milling or manufacturing purposes, be, and the same are hereby repealed. Provided, That the main sluice, fifty feet in width, from Milledgeville to the Hancock line, and from thence thirty feet in width to Reed and Armer's (formerly [Illegible Text]) mills, be kept open for the free passage of fish [Illegible Text] said Oconee river. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to amend the [Illegible Text] and Patrol laws of this State, so far as relates to the county of [Illegible Text], assented to on the ninth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-three. SECTION 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 latter part of the seventh [Illegible Text] of the above recited act be so altered and amended as to leave ont the words one half of the nett proceeds to be paid to the overseer, c. and read as follows: And when collected, the nett proceeds shall be paid to the [Illegible Text] Court, and the Justices of said Court shall allow the overseer such amount as they, or any three of them, may deem a reasonable compensation for his trouble, and the balance to be applied by them to county purposes. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws [Illegible Text] against this act, be and the same are hereby [Illegible Text]. Approved, December 20th, [Illegible Text].

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AN ACT to alter [Illegible Text] amend (so far as relates to the county of [Illegible Text]) the third section of an act entitled an act to alter and [Illegible Text] the [Illegible Text] Laws of this State, approved the nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighteen. SECTION 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 [Illegible Text] of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the third section of an [Illegible Text] entitled an act to alter and amend the Road Laws of this State, be so altered and amended, so far as relates to the county of Troup, as to require the [Illegible Text] of roads to summons all persons compelled to work the road in their respective districts, at any time during the day previous to each working. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against such act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 24th, 1845. AN ACT to change and alter the time of meeting of the Commissioners of Public Roads of Chatham county. SECTION 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 Commissioners of [Illegible Text] roads and bridges of Chatham county, shall hold their annual meeting [Illegible Text] the second Monday in December. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 24th, 1845. AN ACT to alter and amend the Road Laws of this State, approved the nineteenth of December, eighteen hundred and [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] as relates to the [Illegible Text] of Randolph and [Illegible Text] and to exempt laborers on the line of the different Rail Road Companies of this State from working on public roads, upon certain conditions herein specified. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of [Illegible Text] 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 passage of this act, one day previous to the time of working shall be legal notice by the [Illegible Text] of the roads in the counties of Randolph and Jackson, to the hands placed under their charge, the said overseers complying with all the other requisitions in the third [Illegible Text] of the [Illegible Text] road laws. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any money shall be collected by [Illegible Text], or otherwise, from defaulters, as contemplated in the aforesaid road laws, the collector thereof shall pay the same over to the Commissioners, or any one of them, whose duty it shall be to distribute equally the amounts so collected and paid over, to the overseers and hands who faithfully performed their duty in working and keeping up the roads in the aforesaid counties of Randolph and Jackson, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the hands employed as laborers on the line of the road of the different Rail Road Companies of this State, and liable to work on the public roads, be and they are hereby exempted from the performance of such work. Provided, That said Companies shall pay to the proper overseers of roads the sum of one dollar per day for each hand, where and while liable to work on the public roads. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to re-enact the second section of an act [Illegible Text] to the twenty-third day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, entitled an act to appoint Commissioners to lay out and open a new road through a part of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], and to designate the hands who shall be liable to work thereon; also to establish a [Illegible Text] across the Great Satilla river, and fix the rates of ferriage at the same, repealed by an act assented to December seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-one, to authorize the Justices of the Inferior [Illegible Text] of Camden county to appoint Commissioners for said road, to [Illegible Text] and render valid the official acts of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and of Commissioners of said road, and [Illegible Text] purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so much of an act [Illegible Text] titled an act to appoint [Illegible Text] to lay out and open a new road through a part of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]

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and to designate the hands who shall be liable to work thereon, also to establish a Ferry across the Great Satilla river, and to fix the rates of ferriage at the same, assented to twenty-third December, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, as relates to the hands on Hazzard's Neck, and repealed seventh December, eighteen hundred and forty-one, and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the power to appoint Commissioners for said road and all other [Illegible Text] in Camden county, be vested hereafter in the [Illegible Text] of the Inferior Court of said county, and that said Justices, with the [Illegible Text] of a majority of the Commissioners of said [Illegible Text], be [Illegible Text] to transfer to any other road any hands [Illegible Text] to [Illegible Text] duty on said road. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the official acts of James Mongins Smith and Isaac [Illegible Text], in act establishing said road, assented to twenty-third December, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, erroncously called [Illegible Text] Morgan Smith and Isaac Lang, and also of David Brown and [Illegible Text] Atkinson and their successors, [Illegible Text] for said road heretofore appointed by the Justices of the Inferior Court of [Illegible Text] county, be and they are hereby rendered valid and legal. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all fines for neglect of duty on the roads of Camden [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and collected as directed in the fifth section of an [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] an act to amend the road laws of this State, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] nineteenth December, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that the fines for neglect of duty on said road, in said county, hereafter be, for each hand liable to road duty, from fifty [Illegible Text] to one dollar per day, at the [Illegible Text] of the [Illegible Text] of said road. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Road in Hazzard's Neck, commonly known as the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] road, be designated as extending from the Cross [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] plantation, the Horse Stamp, across Sparksman's [Illegible Text] by [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the Drain. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the second section of the act assented to twenty-third December, [Illegible Text] hundred and thirty-nine, referred to in the first [Illegible Text] of the present act, be amended so as to [Illegible Text], that all persons and hands liable to the performance of road duty, residing [Illegible Text] the Great and Little Satilla rivers, in Camden [Illegible Text], be [Illegible Text] to the performance of road duty on said new road, [Illegible Text] the hands in Hazzard's [Illegible Text]. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the [Illegible Text] this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, [Illegible Text].

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AN ACT to reduce the Sheriff's bonds of this State, so far as relates to the county of Hall. SECTION 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 Sheriffs hereafter elected in the county of Hall, shall only be required to give security in the sum of ten thousand dollars, with two or more securities, for the faithful performance of their duties, in place of twenty thousand dollars, as heretofore required. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 4th, 1845. AN ACT to regulate the mode of taking Sheriff's bonds in this State, so far as relates to the county of Union. SECTION 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 Sheriffs of Union county shall give bond, with two or more good and [Illegible Text] securities, in the sum of five thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of their duties as Sheriffs. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 4th, [Illegible Text]. AN ACT to reduce the Sheriff's bonds of this State, [Illegible Text] far as relates to the county of Gilmer, and to regulate the mode of taking the same. SECTION 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 Sheriffs of this [Illegible Text], so far as relates to the county of Gilmer, shall, before

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entering upon the duties of their office, give bond, with two or more good and sufficient freehold securities of said county, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of their duty. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 8th, 1845. AN ACT to reduce the amount of Sheriff's bonds, now required in the county of Sumter. 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 Sheriffs that may be elected in and for the county of Sumter, shall be required to give their bonds for the sum of ten thousand dollars only, all law or parts of laws militating against this act to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize the Sheriff of Dooly county to advertise his sales in his Judicial Circuit, or in the city of Macon. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the authority of 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 Sheriff of the county of Dooly, in the South-western Judicial Circuit, be authorized to advertise his sales in some newspaper of his Judicial Circuit, or in the city of Macon. Provided, Said Sheriff shall give the notice of his intended publication as now by law required. SEC. 2. And be it enacted, c., That all laws militating against this [Illegible Text] be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Pike county to levy an extra tax on the citizens of said

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county, for the purpose of paying the Petit Jurors of said county. SECTION 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 Pike county be authorized to levy an extra tax on the citizens of said county, for the purpose of paying the Petit Jurors thereof. Provided, Said extra tax shall not exceed twenty-five per cent. on the general State tax. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 8th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Randolph county, to levy an extra tax on the citizens of said county, for certain purposes therein named. SECTION 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 Randolph county, or a majority of them, be, and they are hereby authorized to levy an extra tax on the citizens of said county. Provided, Said tax, so levied, shall not exceed one hundred per cent. on the general State tax, which tax so levied, when collected, shall by the Tax Collector be paid to the Inferior Court of Randolph county, to be applied by them exclusively to the building of the Court House in the county of Randolph, and to the discharging of other outstanding debts of said county, and that this act shall only continue in force until said debts shall be paid, and no longer. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 24th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of

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[Illegible Text] county to levy an extra tax for certain purposes therein named. WHEREAS, there are a number of outstanding Jury certificates in Cherokee county, with no provisions authorizing the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county to levy a tax for their payment, for remedy whereof SECTION 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 the Justices of the Inferior Court of Cherokee county be, and they are hereby authorized and required to levy an extra tax for the purpose of paying off the outstanding Jury certificates in said county. Provided, In no one year shall they exceed twenty per centum on the State tax; this act to continue in force [Illegible Text] all the certificates aforesaid are paid off, and no longer. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 26th, [Illegible Text]. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Murray to assess and levy an extra tax of twenty-five per cent. for the purpose of building a Jail. SECTION 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, or a majority of them, may assess and levy an extra tax of twenty-five per cent. upon the citizens of Murray county, for the purpose of building a Jail for said county. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Floyd county, or their successors in office, to assess an extra tax on the citizens of said county, for the purpose of paying for the public buildings of said county, and to compensate

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William A. Moore, County Surveyor of said county, for aiding in running a line between the counties of Floyd and Chattooga. SECTION 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 Floyd county, and their [Illegible Text] in office, are hereby empowered to assess upon the citizens of said county an extra tax annually, not exceeding fifty per cent. on the State tax, until the public buildings of said county shall be paid for, which said tax shall be collected by the tax collector of the county, and for his services for collecting the same, he shall receive five per cent. on the amount so collected, and pay the balance over to the Treasurer by the first day of December in each year, to be applied as above stated in this act. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, The said Justices are hereby authorized to pay William A. Moore, County Surveyor of said county, out of any funds belonging to the county not otherwise appropriated, what they may deem a fair compensation for his services in aiding in running a line between the counties of Floyd and Chattooga, agreeable to an act of the Legislature, assented to December the tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-one. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws militating against the above act, are hereby repealed. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Cobb county to levy an extra tax on the citizens of said county, for certain purposes therein named. SECTION 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 Cobb county, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorized to levy an extra tax on the citizens of said county. Provided, Said tax so levied shall not exceed fifty per cent. on the State tax, which tax, so levied, when collected, shall by the tax collector be paid to the Inferior Court of said county, to be applied by the justices aforesaid exclusively to the building of a Jail in the county

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aforesaid, and in the town of Marietta, and that this [Illegible Text] shall only continue in force until such Jail shall be paid for, and no longer. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to compel all persons, residents in the county of Camden, in the State of Georgia, to give in and pay the tax upon the taxable property which they hold in said county. SECTION 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 persons, residents in the county of Camden, in the State of Georgia, who hold property in said county subject to taxation, shall give in said property to the Receiver of Tax Returns, and pay the tax therein assessed to the Tax Collector for said county of Camden, under the rules and regulations now of force in this State for receiving the returns of taxable property, and collecting the tax on the same, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Lumpkin county to levy an extra tax for county purposes. SECTION 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 may be lawful for the Justices of the Inferior Court of Lumpkin county, or a majority of them, to levy an extra tax, not exceeding fifty per cent. on the State tax of said county, over and above that which they are now authorized to levy by law, for county purposes. Provided, The Grand Jury of said county, or two thirds of them, shall recommend the same, at the first term of the Superior Courts of said county, in each year, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 27th, 1845.

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AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to consolidate the offices of Receivers and Tax Collectors in the counties of Lumpkin, Gilmer, Tattnall, Union, Pulaski, Telfair, Walker, Cherokee, Early, Rabun, Floyd and Paulding, assented to December 25th, 1837, so far as relates to the counties of Lumpkin and Walker. SECTION 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 before recited act as relates to the counties of Lumpkin and Walker, be and the same is hereby repealed, to take effect, so far as relates to the county of Lumpkin, on the first day of January, 1847. Approved, December 5th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Courts, or a majority of them, of the county of Marion, and other counties therein named, to examine the Tax Collector's insolvent list. SECTION 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 Courts of the counties of Marion, Macon, Habersham, Crawford, Cass, Paulding, Randolph, Cobb, Ware, Lumpkin, Union, Camden, Coweta, Decatur, Warren, Forsyth, McIntosh, Wayne, Putnam, Jefferson, Glynn, Henry, Montgomery, Rabun, Columbia, Monroe, Baldwin and Wilkes, or majority of them, be authorized to examine the insolvent list of the Tax Collectors of said counties, annually, and their decisions shall have the same force and effect as that of the Grand Jury, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 8th, 1845. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to consolidate the offices of Tax Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns of the counties of Forsyth, Carroll, Madison, Habersham and Ware, passed the twenty-seventh of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, so far as relates to the counties of Madison and Habersham.

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SECTION 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, so much of the before recited act as relates to the counties of Madison and Habersham, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. 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 are hereby repealed. Approved, December 20th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize and require the Justices of the Inferior Court of Appling county, and their successors, or a majority thereof, to judge of and allow to the Tax Collectors of said county their insolvent lists. SECTION 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 of the county of Appling, and their successors in office, or a majority thereof, shall have authority, in each and every year, to judge of and allow to the Tax Collector of said county his insolvent list, and to correct any error that may be committed on the part of the Receiver and Collector, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 25th, 1845. AN ACT to repeal an act passed on the twenty-fifth of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, consolidating the offices of Receiver of Returns and Tax Collector in the counties of Lumpkin, Gilmer, Tatnall, Union, Pulaski, Telfair, Walker, Cherokee, Early, Rabun, Floyd and Paulding, [Illegible Text]. SECTION 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 before recited act as relates to the consolidating the offices of Receiver of Returns and Tax Collector for the

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counties of Cherokee and Tatnall be, and the same are hereby repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be, on the first Monday in January next, a Receiver of Returns, as well as Collector, elected for said counties of Cherokee and Tatnall. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Receiver and Collector shall receive the same compensation, and be subject to the same pains and penalties, as are now prescribed by law. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, [Illegible Text] and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to repeal so much of an act assented to the ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, consolidating the offices of Tax Collector and Receiver in certain counties therein named, as relates to the county of Hancock. SECTION 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 an act passed the ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, consolidating the offices of Tax Collector and Receiver in the counties of Baldwin, Chattooga, Franklin, Gwinnett, Heard, Hancock, Upson, Wilkes, McIntosh, Thomas, Jefferson, Cobb, Dooly and Union, as relates to the county of Hancock, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to allow to Alexander Mobley, late Tax Collector of the county of Irwin, his insolvent lists. SECTION 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 Comptroller General be, and he is hereby authorized and required to allow to said Mobley, as late Tax Collector of Irwin county, his insolvent

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lists, as allowed by the Inferior Court of said county, just as though the same had been allowed by the Grand Jury, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to authorize and require the Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority thereof, of the counties of Telfair and Irwin, to examine and allow to the Tax Collectors of said counties their msolvent lists. SECTION 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 thereof, of the counties of Telfair and Irwin, in said State, respectively, shall be, and they are hereby authorized and required to examine and allow to the Tax Collectors of said counties, respectively, their insolvent lists. SEC. 2. 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. Approved, December 27th, 1845. AN ACT to grant certain privileges and immunities to the Columbus Guards, a Volunteer Infantry Corps in the city of Columbus. SECTION 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 persons enrolled as members of the Columbus Guards, a volunteer infantry corps in the city of Columbus, or who may hereafter enrol themselves as members thereof, shall be exempt, and they are hereby declared to be exempted from all militia duty, excepting what shall be required of them as members thereof, and from all road, patrol and jury duties, and from all city corporation poll tax, so long as they faithfully continue in the service of said corps, and do and discharge all the duties required of them as members thereof. Provided, Said exemptions and privileges shall not, and they are hereby declared not to excuse or exouerate the members of said corps from doing militia duty in times of invasion, insurrection, rebellion, or actual war. And provided furthermore, That it

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shall be the duty of the [Illegible Text] officer of said corps, and he is hereby expressly required to report to the proper civil anthorities, the names of all such member or members who may or shall at any time be dismissed, or who may or shall withdraw from said corps, in order that said exemptions or privileges hereby extended, may in such case cease and determine. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a certificate of the commanding officer, specifying the names of the members of said corps, shall be made out and delivered to the Clerk of the Inferior Court of the county of Muscogee, and all other civil authorities exercising control over the road, patrol and jury duties in and for said county, and to the Clerk of the City Council of the city of Columbus, which said certificate shall be deemed and held sufficient evidence to exempt the persons therein named from doing road or patrol duty, or serving on any of the juries of said county, during the time that said persons shall belong to said corps. 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. Approved, December 27th, 1845.

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RESOLUTIONS WHICH [Illegible Text] IN THE SENATE. Resolution in relation to a National Armory. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the Senators and Representatives from this State be, and they are hereby respectfully requested to urge the Congress of the United States to cause such examination and enquiries to be made, as may enable them to determine upon the propriety of establishing a National Armory and Foundery at the most suitable point in this State for that purpose. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolution in relation to the Boundary between the States of Florida and Georgia. 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 authorized and requested to appoint two Commissioners on the part of the State, to meet such Commissioners as may be appointed on the part of Florida, for the purpose of settling the Boundary between said States, under such restriction as he may deem necessary. Assented to, December 29th, 1815. Resolutions in relation to the assets of the Bank of Darien. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to have all the collectable debts due to the Bank of Darien, collected with convenient dispatch, and that he cause the land and assets of said Bank to be converted into cash, so soon as, in his opinion, it can be done without manifest loss to the State, and so soon as a compliance with good faith to the bill holders shall demand, and that the proceeds thereof be applied to the redemption of the bills of said Bank, and the payment of its other legal liabilities.

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And be it further resolved, That the Director of the Central Bank take the necessary steps for [Illegible Text] the amount of the liabilities of said Bank of Darien, and report the same, together with the condition of its assets, to the next General Assembly. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolution in relation to the Central Bank of Georgia. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the Director of the Central Bank of Georgia be, and he is hereby required to cause the Criminal and Civil Laws of this State to be enforced against all Attornies who have collected money for the Central Bank, and who failed to account for the same, or who failed to secure the payment thereof, or who failed to render to said Director a sufficient excuse for neglecting so to account. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolution in relation to the Commercial Bank, of Macon. WHEREAS, the Commercial Bank, at Macon, in January last, returned to the Treasury the sum only of $52,136 25 as capital stock subject to taxation, and whereas the charter required the sum of $100,000 should be paid before said Bank could issue bills, and whereas, said Bank is now issuing bills without making known to the public the amount of capital said Bank is now banking upon, and whereas, it is due to the public that the condition of said Bank be made known Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the President and Cashier of said Bank be, and they are hereby required, forthwith, to make a return, under oath, to his Excellency the Governor, setting forth the condition of said Bank, and the amount of stock now paid up by the present stockholders, and that said officers cause said return to be published in one of the gazettes of Macon and Milledgeville, and in the event that said officers shall omit to comply with the requirements of the Resolution, that his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized and required to appoint some fit and proper person to examine into the condition of said Bank, and to cause the result of said examination to be published. Assented to, December 10th, 1845. Resolutions relative to the Claim of the State of Georgia against United States.

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1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby resolved, That relying confidently on the justice of the State's claim for the money she has expended, his Excellency the Governor be requested to renew a correspondence with the Department of War. 2d. Be it further resolved, That the attention of our Delegation in Congress be again called to this subject, and that they urge further appropriations, and the adoption of rules of construction of the act of eighteen hundred and forty-two, more beneficial to the State. 3d. Be it further resolved, That the State will be satisfied with the prompt payment of the principal sums expended, relinquishing, in that case, her claim to interest, and that the Executive and our members of Congress be authorized to adjust her demands upon that basis. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolutions for the appointment of Commissioners on the Savannah River, c. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That Drury B Cloud and Robert M. Terrell, of Elbert county, James Jennings and Nicholas G. Barksdale, of Lincoln county, and Moody Burt and Samuel Crump, of Columbia county, be, and they are appointed Commissioners for Savannah River, between the mouth of Lightwood Log Creek and Augusta, with authority to receive from the Governor a warrant on the Treasury for any balance of appropriation heretofore made, and the same to be expended on said river, between Augusta and Petersburg, as heretofore contemplated, on filing their bonds, with security, as heretofore provided. And be it further resolved by the authority aforesaid, That Clem Powers, Andrew Bird and John Deloach, heretofore appointed Commissioners, have authority to receive from the Governor a warrant upon the Treasury for any balance of appropriations heretofore made, for the improvement and navigation of the Skideway Narrows, upon their making an instrumental survey, and giving bond and security to the Governor for their faithful application of said balance. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolution in relation to duty on Rail Road Iron. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

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State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be, and they are hereby requested to use their exertions to have a law passed to refund to the State of Georgia all moneys paid by the State as duty on the Iron for the construction of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, and that his Excellency the Governor transmit a copy of this resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolution in relation to the compilation of the Laws of Georgia, by Howell Cobb, Esquire, of Houston county. 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 requested, at his earliest convenience, to furnish Howell Cobb, Esqr., of Houston county, with such of the acts of the present session of the Legislature as fall within the design of his Compilation. 2d. Resolved, That as soon as said Howell Cobb, Esqr., shall inform His Excellency the Governor that he is prepared to submit the arrangement of the acts of the present session of the Legislature, together with the forms required, that His Excellency the Governor appoint three gentlemen, learned in the law, to examine the entire work, and if said gentlemen shall report to His Excellency the correctness and faithful execution of said work, he is hereby authorized and requested to subscribe for a number of copies of said work, not less than five hundred. Provided, Said Howell Cobb, Esqr., shall not be allowed more than four dollars per copy for said work, when neatly and substantially bound and delivered. 3d. Resolved, That as soon as said Howell Cobb, Esqr., shall shall be ready to proceed to the publication of said work, that His Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer, in favor of said Howell Cobb, Esqr., for the sum of two thousand dollars, and that the same be provided for in the appropriation bill. Provided, Said Howell Cobb, Esqr., shall previously deposit with His Excellency his bond, with good and ample security, in the sum of four thousand dollars, conditioned to deliver said books at the earliest practicable daywhich bond shall be returned to said Howell Cobb, Esqr., upon the delivery of said books. 4th. Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to furnish a copy of said work, whenever he may be requested by resolution to furnish the Georgia Justice to public officers. Assented to, December 29th, 1845.

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Resolutions in relation to the publication of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the Decisious of the Supreme Court of the United States, as they contain the most authentic exposition of the Constitution and laws of the United States, ought to be published under the authority of the Congress of the United States, and at the public expense, and distributed in such manner as that all the citizens of the United States may have access thereto. And be it further resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested to use their exertions to procure the passage of a law to carry this important design into early execution, and that the Governor transmit a copy of these resolutions to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress from this State. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolutions asking Senators and Representatives in Congress to have the State laid off in two Judicial Districts. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That it is expedient and necessary that the State of Georgia should be divided into two Judicial Districts. 2. Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested to have a law passed in Congress, laying off two Judicial Districts in the State of Georgia. 3. Resolved, That his Excellency be requested to transmit copies of the foregoing resolutions to our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolutions in relation to General Jackson and William H. Crawford. WHEREAS, time honored usage and the noblest feelings of the human heart have, at all times, prompted mankind to pay the tribute of respect to departed worth, and to perpetuate, by solemn records, and other suitable testimonials, the high estimation in which they held the virtues and deeds of those who have become their country's benefactors: And whereas, it has pleased the Almighty disposer of human

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events to remove from the field of his usefulness and fame, the venerated Hero, Patriot and Statesman, Andrew Jackson: And, inasmuch as it is befiting a grateful people to testify, in a becoming manner, their regret for this mournful, though not unexpected event, in which our country laments the loss of one no less distinguished by the splendor of his military achievements, than the wisdom and eventful importance of his civil services Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That in the death of Andrew Jackson, the people of this Union have lost the man who, if not equal in civil and military achievements, was second only to him whose memory is embalmed, as first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts and affections of his countrymen, (a shrine more durable than sculptured marble or consecrated urn,) the stirring incidents and important events of whose life have stamped the impress of his greatness upon the undying history of the times, to awaken proud reminiscences in the mind of the living, and grateful oblations in the hearts of succeeding generations. Resolved, That we approve of the proposition to erect, at Washington city, by the generous offering of a nation's gratitude, a suitable Monument, commemorative of his civil and military fame. And be it further resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and is hereby authorized and requested to contract with a suitable artist for painting, in a style and finish similar to those of Washington and Jefferson, a full length likeness of Andrew Jackson, to be deposited in the Senate Chamber. And, entertaining a proper estimate of the high character and distinguished services of the Honorable William H. Crawford, deceased Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is authorized to contract with some skilful artist, for the painting of a portrait of said deceased Patriot and Statesman, at full length, and have the same placed in the Senate Chamber. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolutions in relation to a proposition of Massachusetts to change the Constitution of the United States. The Committee on the State of the Republic, to whom were referred certain Legislative Resolves of the State of Massachusetts, proposing an alteration in the Constitution of the United States, so as to apportion Representatives in Congress

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and direct taxes among the several States in proportion to their respective numbers of free persons, exclusive of Indians, not taxed, beg leave to offer the following report: Whilst your committee dissent from the proposition to alter the Federal Constitution, as proposed by the Legislature of Massachusetts, they would express their regret that the citizens of that State have ventured, by Legislative action, to adopt a series of resolutions so much at variance with the compromises of the Constitution of the United States, and so materially destructive of the interests and happiness of the Southern portion of our Confederacy; and such resolves are, in the opinion of this Legislature, but the sickly effusions of a blind fanaticism, founded in an ignorance of the character of Southern Institutions, and a total disregard for the integrity of the Union 1st. Therefore be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, That the Constitution of the United States is the foundation upon which rests the Union of these States, and the Federal basis of Representation, secured in that instrument, was the result of concessions and compromises among the members of the Convention that framed it; and any attempt to alter the basis of Representation, as proposed in the Constitution, would be a gross violation of the faith which was pledged upon its adoption. 2d. And be it further resolved, That the Legislature of Massachusetts, by the recent action had upon this subject, has, in an organized form, placed herself, in the opinion of the Legislature, in an attitude well calculated to disturb the compromises of the Constitution, and to encourage the fanatical [Illegible Text] against the rights of their Southern brethren, and well adapted to create serious apprehensions as to the perpetuity of the Union. 3d. And be it further resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of the above preamble and resolutions to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and to the Executive of the United States, and to each of the Governors of the several States. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolution in relation to Mail Routes in Bulloch county, and from Dahlonega to Benton, Tenn. Resolved, That the Senators and Representatives of the State of Georgia in the Congress of the United States be, and they are hereby requested to use their influence to have the Post Office known as Statesboro', removed to the Court House in Bulloch county, from which it was heretofore changed, much to the inconvenience of the people of said county. Also

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to have established a weekly Mail Route, on horse back, from [Illegible Text], by way of Skeener Town and Tuccoah Post Office, to Benton, in Tennessee, and back. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor communicate a copy of these resolutions to each of the said Senators and Representatives in Congress. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolution with reference to certain Mail Routes. WHEREAS, the great Northern and Southern Mail between the cities of New York and New Orleans, is now opened daily at LaGrange, Georgia, and whereas there are many Post Offices that should be supplied with additional mail facilities from LaGrange, Georgia Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested to have established, by law, the following Mail Routes, and to [Illegible Text] the present service on others, to wit: From LaGrange, Georgia, via Hollis' Ferry, Fredonia and Oselicha, to Chambers Court House, Alabama, twenty-five miles and back, twice a week, on horse back. From LaGrange, Georgia, via Vernon, Weadker and Roanoke, to [Illegible Text]. Alabama, thirty-five miles, and back, once a week, on horse back. From LaGrange, Georgia, via Houston, to Franklin, Georgia, twenty miles, and back, once a week, on horse back. From LaGrange, Georgia, via White Sulphur Springs and Warm Springs, to Talbotton, forty-five miles, and back, once a week, on horse back. From LaGrange, Georgia, via Frost's Cross Roads, Whitesville and Mulberry Grove, to Columbus, Georgia, forty-three miles, and back, once a week, on horse back. From [Illegible Text], Georgia, by way of Tazewell, to [Illegible Text], Georgia, on horse back, once a week. Also a daily horse mail from Atlanta, in DeKalb county, to [Illegible Text], Campbell county, Georgia. [Illegible Text] mail from [Illegible Text], Georgia, to Eufaula, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], Stewart county, Georgia. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] mail route from Dahlonega to Blairsville, by way of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], once a week, by horse back. And also, a [Illegible Text]-weekly mail from Gainesville to Dahlonega. [Illegible Text] to increase the service on route 3295, from Covington via [Illegible Text], to [Illegible Text], Georgia, to [Illegible Text] daily [Illegible Text] that portion of said [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Griflin and LaGrange, in connection with the Monroe and Central Rail Road Companies, and to connect at LaGrange with the Express Mail Line, so as to have a daily

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mail communication between the cities of Montgomery, Macon and Savannah, Georgia. Resolved further, That the said Senators and Representatives be requested to have established, by law, such an arrangement for the transportation of the Eastern and Western Mails to and from Columbus, as will give to said city their Mails as early as they are received at LaGrange. And be it further resolved by the authority aforesaid, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted by his Excellency the Governor to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, soliciting, at the same time, their attention to the same. Assented to, December 19th, 1845. Report from the Committee on the State of the Republic. The attention of the Committee on the State of the Republic has been particularly directed to the memorial or declaration of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in relation to the difficulties which have originated between the authorities of that State and those of South Carolina and Louisiana; and while they regret the occasion which so imperiously calls upon Georgia, as one of the sister States, deeply and gravely interested in the results, to avow her solemn convictions of the merits of the controversy, they nevertheless feel it to be their bounden duty to speak out freely and frankly upon this, as upon all other questions involving a mutual feeling and reciprocity of interest among the sister States of this Union. And although we do not feel warranted, nor deem it necessary, at the present, to enter upon an elaborate argument of the questions at issue between the authorities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the States aggrieved, we, however, feel bound now to declare our most perfect concurrence in, and adherence to, a precept of government upon which South Carolina and Louisiana have predicated their defence and justification, and involving the principles which we are pleased to see that Massachusetts herself, by her proper authority, in her memorial, sanctions, to wit: that if there be any force in the concurring sentiments of all authorities upon the nature and end of government, there is no principle more clear than this, that it is the indispensable duty of a State to do every thing within its power that may protect its members against wrong. This principle we most willingly and unreservedly adopt as the rule of our action, and upon this are willing to take issue, in common, with our sister States, against the course adopted by the authorities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The question whether free negroes should be considered in the light of citizens or not, is one that the Constitution fixes, and the

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States may determine for themselvesone, too, which the State authorities long since have determined. It is enough, however, to advert to the fact that the States of South Carolina and Louisiana, in the exercise of their sovereign rights, have determined and published to the world, long since, that they did not regard them as citizensof which the authorities of Massachusetts could not have [Illegible Text] ignorant at the time of her aggressions. The people of South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, as well as of all the States, claim the right of thinking for themselves. And with due regard for the opinions of mankind, and the highest respect for the comity acknowledged by all civilized communities as the rule of conduct towards one another, we ask what else could South Carolina and Louisiana have been expected to do, under the circumstances? And how else could they have discharged the high obligations which they owed to their offended citizens, when their peace and safety were [Illegible Text] daily endangered by the machinations of unscrupulous eminissaries, operating secretly, though actively, under the pretence and guise of business occupations? Could South Carolina and [Illegible Text] and should Georgia remain unmindful of the high and paramount obligation of self-protection, when the peace, harmony and lives of their citizens are menaced? And have not the States the right to adopt, within the pale of the Federal Constitution, such means of prevention and defence as they in their wisdom may deem necessary and proper? If they have not, then have we entered the solemn compact in vain, and vain our appeal to that hallowed instrument, or the laws of nations, for redress. We, the people of the slave-holding States, claim nothing but what we believe to be essential, vitally necessary, for the protection of our peace, property and livesnothing but what we [Illegible Text] believe is guarantied to us by the compromises of the Federal Constitutionand nothing, the acquiescence in which can be derogatory to the welfare or tarnish the dignity or honor of any sister State of the Confederacy. The people of the State of Georgia cherish a deep and unabated devotion to the Union of the States, and the inestimable blessings of our happy institutions; and for the perpetuity of the peace and harmony, which they so anxiously desire to promote, they pledge to their sister States, and to the world, their solemn faith, that they will for the future, as they have heretofore done, conform to the principle which exacts nothing but what is strietly right, nor submit to any thing that is evidently wrong: Be it therefore resolved, That the course [Illegible Text] by the States of South Carolina and Louisiana, in the recent instances in which the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had manifested a disposition, by sending a special agent into those States, to interfere with their sovereign rights and constitutional domestic legislation, has met our most sincere [Illegible Text] and merits and will receive our most hearty co-operation, should a similar

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indignity and injury be offered to the sovereignty and safety of our own or any other sister State of the Union. And be it further resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit copies of these resolutions to our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and the Executives of the several States. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolutions with reference to the printing of the Reports of the Treasurer and Comptroller General. 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 to have printed, biennially hereafter, for the use of the General Assembly, and in advance of the session thereof, two hundred copies each, of the Reports of the Treasurer and Comptroller General, including but one list of Warrants drawn on the Treasurer, and of the Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary for the preceding two years. Resolved further, That in the printing of the Acts of the General Assembly, hereafter, his Excellency the Governor shall cause only those resolutions to be printed which in his opinion are of general utility. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolution authorizing the completion of incomplete Records in the Secretary of State's office. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, That the Secretary of State, under the direction of the Governor, be, and he is hereby directed to complete all incomplete Records in his office, so far as there are the means in his office of ascertaining and correcting defects. Provided, This resolution shall not authorize the signature of any one [Illegible Text] the Governors, where the same is omitted in head right grants. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. WHEREAS, it is necessary to use as testimony in Crawford Superior Court two original certificates and plats for fractional lots numbers twenty and twenty-one, in the first district of originally Houston, now Crawford county

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Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to allow said papers to be taken out of the Surveyor General's office for said purpose, by requiring bond and security for the return of the same within such time as he may think proper. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. RESOLUTIONS WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Resolutions relative to the Planters' Bank and the Bank of the State of Georgia. The [Illegible Text] on Finance, to which was reterred the memorials from the Planters' Bank, and the Bank of the State of Georgia, relative to certain claims preferred by said Banks against the State, founded on liabilities of the Bank of Darien, have carefully considered the subject matter of said memorials, and report as follows: By the 13th section of the charter of the Bank of Darien, after declaring the liability of individual stockholders, it is enacted, that the State be pledged for the ultimate redemption of the bills or notes of said Bank, in proper time, to the amount of the value of shares that shall or may be subscribed for and held by said State. This provision in the charter, it is submitted, binds and pledges the State for the ultimate redemption of the notes of said Bank, in proportion to the amount of the value of the shares held by the State; nor can the committee see any difference in equity, between the bills or notes of said Bank, founded on the possession of said bills or notes, especially when such bills or notes were received in a fair course of business. This liability of the State, in the premises, the committee would further suggest, has, in our opinion, been increased by the fact that the State has taken into its possesion the said Bank of Darien, with all the resources and effects thereof, and placed the [Illegible Text] in its Central Bank, which is now in the process of [Illegible Text] up and closing the affairs of the said Bank of Darien, the which, if it was now completed and the value of the assets ascertained, the committee would not [Illegible Text] to recommend that the State should immediately assume its proportion of the

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debts of the Darien Bank, whether in the shape of circulation, or judgments obtained against said Bank for its notes or bills returned under protest. [Illegible Text] however, as the affairs of said Bank of Darien are still in an unsettled condition, and the ultimate liability of the State can not, as yet, be ascertained, the committee recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: 1st. That the Governor be requested to cause the affairs of the Bank of Darien to be brought to a final close as soon as the same can be done consistently with the public interest, by collecting the dues to said Bank, as far as they are collectable, and by selling and disposing of the real [Illegible Text] and other property, if any, in such [Illegible Text] as may best promote the interest of the creditors and stockholders of said Bank. 2d. That the memorial of the Planters' Bank, and the memorial of the Bank of the State of Georgia, be filed in the Executive Office, together with any other demands, of a like character, against the Bank of [Illegible Text] to be by the Executive laid before the next Legislature, and that the Executive be requested then to communicate to that body the result of the settlement of the affairs of the Bank of Darien, and also the probable amount necessary to be provided by the Legislature to meet the liabilities of the State to bill holders and judgment creditors of the Bank of Darien, and the [Illegible Text] upon which the claims against said Bank rest. 3d. That the Governor give public notice to all persons, or corporations, holding notes of the Darien Bank, or judgments, founded on the possession of notes, or bills, or checks, of said Bank, to render a schedule thereof, to the end that the entire liability of the State, as a stockholder in said Bank, may be ascertained. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolution relative to the Bank of Darien. WHEREAS, there are now lying in the vaults of the Central Bank some seven hundred thousand dollars of the bills of the Bank of Darien Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That his Excellency the [Illegible Text] be empowered to employ some suitable person to make a correct registry of the same, and when done, that the said bills be burned, under the superintendence of the Governor, Treasurer, and Director of the Central Bank. Assented to, December 29th, 1845.

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Report and resolution in favor of Baradell P. Stubbs. The Committee on Banks, to whom was referred the petition of Baradell P. Stubbs, and its accompanying documents, reports That the evidence adduced by the petitioner that he was the mere agent and officer of the Oglethorpe University, at the time he became bound upon the notes referred to in his petition to the Central Bank of Georgia, is satisfactory; the committee are further satisfied, that no credit was extended upon his name, that it was merely given that there might be a literal compliance with the regulations of that Bank Charter; and further, that the loan was a loan to the Oglethorpe University, and that the Board of Direction knew of Mr. Stubbs' position as the Secretary of that University, at the time of making the loan, and looked solely to that University for paymentthey therefore recommend the following resolution: Resolved, That the sole Director be authorized to cause an entry of satisfaction to be made on the two fi. fas. against Mr. Baradell P. Stubbs, issued upon the notes discounted by the Central Bank for the use and benefit of Oglethorpe University, when the Director of the Central Bank shall be fully satisfied that the said Baradell P. Stubbs signed the same as the Secretary or agent merely, and that said discount was not for his use. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolution relative to R. M. Orme and D. C. Campbell. The Committee on Banks have examined the memorial of Richard M. Orme and David C. Campbell, and find the statements made therein correct. They recommend the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the officers of the Central Bank be, and they are hereby authorized, upon being fully satisfied that any note or notes now in that institution of either the said Richard M. Orme or David C. Campbell, were, in their inception, received in exchange for bills of the Bank of Darien, after its suspension, that then and in that event to receive in the bills of the same Bank, seven-tenths of said debt, and the balance in specie-paying funds. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolution authorizing his Excellency the Governor to furnish The Georgia Historical Society, Franklin College, [Illegible Text] College, [Illegible Text] University and Oglethorpe University, with

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complete sets of the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly [Illegible Text], That his Excellency the Governor be requested to deliver to the Librarian of the Georgia Historical Society, Franklin College, Emory College, Mercer University and Oglethorpe University, or order, two complete sets of the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives, or as many of the numbers of said Journals can be conveniently spared, without breaking the sets now in the Public Library of the State. Assented to, December 8th, 1845. Resolution for certain Digests. 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 authorized and requested to furnish to the Judge of the sixth Circuit Court of the United States, and to the Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Georgia, copies of the laws of this State, copies of Hotchkiss's Codification, and copies of the Reports of the Decisions of the Courts of Georgia. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolution relative to William A. Hotchkiss's Codification of the Statute Laws of Georgia. WHEREAS, his Excellency the Governor has subscribed for two thousand copies of William A. Hotchkiss's Codification of the Statute Laws of the State of Georgia, and whereas the said Codification will be here in time for them to be distributed with the Acts and Journals of the present session Therefore be it resolved, That his Excellency the Governor cause the two thousand copies to be distributed according to the number of civil officers in each county, and that [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] them to be sent with the Acts and Journals of the present session, and directed to the Judges of the Inferior Courts, to be distributed among the civil officers of the county, according to their judgment of propriety. Assented to, December 29th, 1845.

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Resolutions to establish Mail Routes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress are hereby requested to use all their influence to cause a two horse mail hack to be established from Marietta. in Cobb county, by Roswell Factory, in said county, and by Social Hill, in Cherokee county, Allensville, Cumming and Coal Mountain, in Forsyth county, and by Crossville and Auraria, to Dahlonega, in Lumpkin [county,] and back twice a week; also a post [Illegible Text] from Cassville via Felix G. Denman's, Joseph M. Terrell's and Lowry's Bridge, to Holly Creek, in Murray county. And be it further resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to furnish to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress a copy of these resolutions. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolutions relative to a Mail Route from Dahlonega, Georgia, to Spring Place, Georgia. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly convened, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be, and they are hereby requested to use all their influence to cause a two horse mail hack to be established from Dahlonega, in Lumpkin county, by way of Ellijay, in Gilmer county, to Spring Place, in Murray county, and back, twice a week. And be it further resolved, That his Excellency the Governor is hereby requested to furnish each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress with a copy of these resolutions. Assented to, December 29th, 1845. Resolution for the clearing out obstructions in Flint River. WHEREAS, there is an unexpended balance of an appropriation remaining on hand, for the clearing out Flint river for steamboat navigation, the sum of nine hundred and twenty-four dollars and thirty-two cents Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be authorized to pay over to Leonidas B. Mercer the above stated sum of money, by his giving bond and security for the same, and the said Mercer to expend the same in clearing out obstructions in said river, and report progress to the Governor at the next session of the General Assembly of this State. Assented to, December 29th, 1845.

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Resolution authorizing the Comptroller General to deliver over to Absalom Thornton, former Sheriff of Forsyth county, an execution, the State of Georgia against William W. [Illegible Text], Collector of the general tax of Forsyth county for the year eighteen hundred and forty-three. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly [Illegible Text], `[Illegible Text] the Comptroller General be, and he is hereby authorized and required to deliver over to Absalom Thornton, former Sheriff of Forsyth county, an execution, the State of Georgia against William W. Vaughn, collector of the general tax of Forsyth county for the year 1843, and Asa Vaughn, William Sharp and John Baldwin, his securities, and that he, the said A. Thornton, be allowed to collect from the said William W. Vaughn and his securities, the balance of said execution, to [Illegible Text] himself for the same amount paid over by him on said fi. fa. out of his own funds while acting as Sheriff as aforesaid. And be it further resolved, That after said Thornton shall have collected the sum due him on said execution, the Comptroller General be required to give control of the said execution to the securities of the said William W. Vaughn, for their benefit, they the said securities having paid the same. Assented to, December 8th, 1845. Report of Finance Committee on the Accounts of the Comptroller General and Treasurer of the State. Mr. Robinson, of Wilkes, from the Committee on Finance, made the following Report: The Committee on Finance, in discharging a portion of the duties assigned to them, have examined the books and accounts of the Comptroller General, and find them correct. They have also examined the office and accounts of the Treasurer, and find that his disbursements are fully supported by proper vouchers. From the time of his election and qualification, on the 24th of November, 1843, to the 24th of November, 1845, inclusive, he has received the sum of $1,143,302 90, composed of the following items: Amount received from 24th November, 1843, to 21st October, 1845, $981,265 78 Amount received from 21st October to 24th November, 1845, 162,037 12 Total amount received, $1,143,302 90 Which amount is thus accounted for: Paid on Warrants, from 24th November, 1843, to 24th November, 1845, $611,136 64

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On deposite in Bank of Augusta, 16,403 04 On deposite in Bank of the State of Georgia, 21,235 47 On deposite in Central Bank, 55,230 20 Scrip for stock in Bank of Augusta and Bank of the State of Georgia, 272,300 00 Uncurrent bank notes, checks, c. [Illegible Text] 25 Current bank notes, c. 145,244 06 Gold coin, 6,161 74 Commissions paid, 405 00 Advanced to members of Legislature, c. 5,145 50 $1,143,302 90 Showing a balance in the Treasury on the 24th November, 1815, of $532,166 26 Of which only the sum of 244,274 51 (not including advances to members of the Legislature, c., and the amount paid for commissions,) is available as cash, and subject to the appropriation of the General Assembly. Assented to, December 29th, 1845.

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INDEX TO THE LAWS, PUBLIC, AND OF GENERAL OPERATION. A APPROPRIATIONS. For taking Census of 1845, 3 Governor's salary, 4 Secretary of State, 4 Comptroller General, 4 Treasurer, 4 Surveyor General, 4 Judges of the Superior Courts, 4 Judges and Reporter of Supreme Court, 4 Attorney and Solicitors General, 4 Secretaries in Executive Department, 4 Dr. David Cooper, Superintendent of [Illegible Text] Asylum, 4 Contingent Fund, 4 Military Fund, 4 Printing Fund, 4 Lunatic Asylum, Superintendent and Physician of, 4 Chaplain of the Penitentiary, 5 Military [Illegible Text]-Keeper, 5 Otis Childs and David Creamer, 5 William A. Hotchkiss, 5 President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, 5 Members of the General Assembly, 5 Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, 5 Enrolling and Engrossing Clerks, 6 Messengers and Door Keepers, 6 John James, 6 Francis Stribbling, 6 Clerks to State House officers, 6 West Lane and Mr. Crawford, 6 Harrison Thurmond, 6 Major J. Lewis, 6 Herschel V. Johnson, 6 Henry Hilliard, 7 Little Berry Carter, 7 Robert Paxton, 7 Cassa Head, 7 Western and Atlantic Rail Road, 7

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For C. B. Clusky, 7 Balance due census takers of 1845, 7 James Gardner, Jr., 7 James M. Green, M. D., 7 Messrs. Forsyth Johnson, 8 William A. Anderson, 8 John Flemming, 8 Charles L. Williams, 8 Margaret Pendigast, 8 David B. Newton, 8 Robert Roberson and Pleasant Walden, 8 William Mullins, 8 Augustin Young, 8 Joel C. Barnett, 9 A. M. Horton, 9 Charles E. Ryan, 9 Alfred M. Horton, 9 William B. Tinsley, 9 B. T. Bethune, 9 W. C. Powell, 9 E. H. Pierce, 9 John W. Snead, 9 William Davis, 9 John M. Park, 9 Isaae S. Vincent, 9 J. D. Brown, 9 Peter Fair, 9 Alfred A. Park, 9 Richard L. Story, 9 Grieve and Orme, 9 Baldwin county, Poor School Fund, 9 , 10 Peter Baugh, 10 General Charles H. Nelson, 10 Penitentiary, old debts, 10 M. B. Moon, 10 A. E. Cochran, 10 F. H. Smith, 10 A. B. Ross, 10 James Young, 10 Abraham Strickland, 11 Western and Atlantic Rail Road, certificates for work done on, 11 State Line, for Surveying, 11 Brigade Inspectors, 11 John D. McCroskey, 11 [Illegible Text] J. Whittington, 11 Ehas H. Beall, 12 Mary Flemming, 12 Charles F. Newton, 12 [Illegible Text] Grice, Executors of, 12 Shadrae McMichael, 12

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For George Dent, 12 William Y. Hansell, F. H. Sandford and T. C. Hackett, 12 Howell Cobb, 12 John D. Stell, 12 Hon. John Hentz, funeral expenses of, 13 City of Macon, 13 Western and Atlantic Rail Road, 13 A. M. Horton and Jesse Cox, 13 E. H. [Illegible Text], C. E. Ryan, B. T. Bethune, P. Fair, W. B. Tinsley, F. H. Smith, J. U. Horn, W. C. Powell, M. J. Kenan, and A. M. Horton, for services in granting reverted lands, 13 , 14 Zachariah E. Harmon, 14 John Dorsey, 14 Expenses incurred by the Governor not otherwise provided for, 14 Joseph Matthews, 14 Poor School accounts of Newton county, 14 James D. Alleman, 14 William Mullens and Marmon B. Moon, 15 Cass county, Military Books purchased for, 15 Hardy Strickland, Jr., 15 Overpayments at the Treasury, 15 ADMINISTRATORS (See Executors, Administrators and Guardians.) APPORTIONMENT Of Representatives among the several counties, 16 ATTORNEYS Amount of their tax fees restricted, 16 C. CONSTITUTION Act for amending the third section of the second article of, 17 Act for amending the third and seventh sections of the third article of, 17 , 18 CORPORATIONS Provisions of the act of 1843, in relation to the mode of creating, extended, 18 COURT Supreme, for the Correction of Errors, organization of, 18 CUSTOM HOUSE [Illegible Text] of Land for the use of [Illegible Text] to United States, 21 D. DEAF AND DUMB Indigent provided for, 25 DEADLY WEAPONS Act to prevent the sale or carrying of, amended, 26

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E. ELECTIONS Superintendents of, compelled to file in the Clerk's office of Superior Court, one list of voters, 26 ESTRAYS Law in relation to time of advertising and [Illegible Text], amended, 27 EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, GUARDIANS Administrators de bonis non, rights and powers of, defined, 15 Administrators, Executors and Guardians, their discretion in selling lands divided by county lines, 27 Authorized to invest trust [Illegible Text] in State stocks, 28 Guardianship may be granted to Clerks of Courts of Ordinary in certain cases, 29 F. FINES Collection and disbursement of, imposed by Courts of Enquiry, 30 G. GRANTS To certain lots and fractions of land embraced in the Lotteries of 1821-'27 and 1832, authorized to be issued, 31 Errors inhow corrected, and copies to issue in certain cases, 32 To reverted lots, under the act of 1843, may be applied for, 33 Price of, altered, and time for granting at present price extended, 33 On head rights, time for issuing extended, 34 I. INHERITANCE Mode of, in certain cases changed, 34 INSOLVENT DEBTORS Under arrest, may deliver property to the Sheriff in discharge of his person, under certain circumstances, 35 INTEREST Seven per centum made the legal rate of, 35 ITINERANT TRADERS Mode of obtaining license by, prescribed, 36 J. JUDICIARY [Illegible Text] to recover debts not due, prescribed 37 Evidence Record of executions in certain cases authorized, and made evidence, 37 Copies of deeds and bills of sale admissible in evidence under certain circumstances, 38

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Garnishment Journeymen mechanics and laborers for wages exempt from, 38 Illegality Affidavit ofact in relation to, 39 Judgment Mode of signingagainst indorsers prescribed, 39 [Illegible Text] of Wills Limitation of proceedings in, 39 Process Method of service on corporations prescribed, 40 Scire Facias Mode of service and return in certain cases, 40 Security May control judgments against the principal debtor, in certain cases, 42 L. LEVY AND SALE Property exempt from, 42 M. MINORS Mothers entitled to guardianship and custody of, 43 MORTGAGE DEBTS Against deceased persons, priority of defined, 43 P. PATROLS Law for establishing and regulatingamended, 44 PENAL CODE The 11th section of the 10th division ofamended. 44 PENITENTIARY Police of amended, and wages of several of its officers increased, 44 5 Appropriation unexpended, of 1843, under the control of the Governor for its use, 45 PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Election of Electors ofwhen held 45 PUBLIC OFFICERS Securities of may be relieved at any time of further liability on their bond by notice to the Governor, 46 Governor may require new securities in case of insufficiency 46 R. RAIL ROAD Western and Atlantic, extension of provided for, 46 Western and Atlanticunlawful interference with made penal, 47 ROADS AND BRIDGES Commissioners to contract for building bridges dispensed with, 47 8 Justices of the Inferior Court to perform the duties of [Illegible Text] Commissioners, 48

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S. SHERIFF Official bonds ofhow examined and approved, 48 SLAVES AND FREE PERSONS OF COLOR Colored mechanics and masons prohibited from contracting for the erection and repairs of buildings, 49 Persons contracting with, or authorizing them to contract for the erection and repairs of buildings, guilty of a misdemeanor, and punishable, 49 STATE BONDS For redemption of those heretofore issued in redemption of bills of the Central Bank, authorized, 49 , 50 T. TAX For each of the political years 1846-47, 50 To be paid by the Banks of this State on the highest amount of Bank stock returned, 53 TAX COLLECTORS AND RECEIVERS Errors committed by, in receiving and assessing, how corrected, 52 TREASURY Committee to examine into and report upon its condition, to be elected, 53 , 54 V. VOLUNTEER CORPS Governor authorized to furnish arms and [Illegible Text] to, 54 , 55 INDEX TO THE LAWS, PRIVATE AND LOCAL. ACADEMIES [Illegible Text] Carmel, in Crawford county, act to incorporate amended, 57 [Illegible Text] county Academy, Trustees of authorized to execute deed of conveyance to lot of [Illegible Text] to Alexander A. Allen, 58 [Illegible Text] P. Dickinson appointed trustee of, 58 [Illegible Text] county Academy, several acts to incorporate revived, 58 Waynesborough Academy, sale of lots for the benefit of, authorized, 59

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ADMINISTRATOR Osborn McGinnis, of the estate of James B. Dougherty, late of Jackson county, to make returns in Forsyth county, 59 ATTORNIES The following persons authorized to plead and practice law: Alpheus Baker, Jr., 60 Logan Edmund Bleckley, 60 Edward Tatnall Sheftall, 60 Thomas Hines, 60 Henry J. Stevens, 60 William H. Chambers, 60 Norbun Y. Taylor, 60 Elbridge G. Oliver, 60 Seaborn Jones, 60 Nelson Gray, 60 Joel A. Billups, 60 Willis A. Hawkins, 60 John R. Bowman, 61 George C. Smith, 61 William Roscoe Gorman, 61 Eustace Speer, 61 , 62 Charles E. Nesbit, 61 , 62 James T. Nesbit, 61 , 62 Thomas W. Alexander, 61 , 62 B. BANK Of Augusta, charter of extended, 62 Individual property of stockholders bound for the redemption of its bills, 62 Bills issued by Branches of, or Agencies, redeemable in specie, on presentation at the Branches, Agencies or mother Bank, 63 BRIDGES In Upson county, discretionary power of the Inferior Court over building and repairing, 63 Irwinton Bridge Company, rates of toll chargeable by, established, 64 Over Ebenezer creek, in Effingham county, act to establish repealed, 65 C. CITIZENSHIP Rights and privileges of granted to certain descendants of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, 65 , 66 CITIES Columbus Charter of amended, 67 Rate of tax on persons and property in, regulated, 69 Savannah Charter elections in, how superintended, 69

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Time and mode of electing Mayor of changed, and number of Aldermen reduced, 72 Milledgeville Mode of electing Clerk and Marshal of, changed, 73 COUNTY LINES Of Floyd and Cass changed, 73 Of Lumpkin and Union changed, 74 Of Henry and Pike changed, 74 Of Telfair and Ware, how to be defined, 75 Of Floyd and Chattooga, compensation to William A. Moore for running, 193 COUNTY SITE Of Marion county, removal of, 76 Of [Illegible Text] county, removal of, 78 COUNTY TREASURER Of Bibb county, act to regulate the election and pay of, repealed, 79 COURTS Superior and Inferior, of Baldwin, time of holding changed, 80 Inferior, of DeKalb, time of holding changed, 80 Superior and Inferior, of Wilkes county, time of holding changed, 81 Inferior, of Pulaski county, time of holding changed, 82 Superior and Inferior, of Muscogee county, time of holding changed, 83 Superior and Inferior, of Glynn county, [Illegible Text] of holding changed, 83 Justices, of the 119th District Richmond county, place of holding changed, 83 Superior, in the Eastern District, time of holding fixed, 84 Inferior, of Ware and Richmond county, time of holding changed, 85 Superior, of Richmond, Burke and Jefferson counties, time of holding changed, 85 Inferior, Justices of, for Lowndes county, may appoint Commissioners to execute title deeds to county lots, 85 86 Justices, of the 26th District Glynn county, place of holding changed, 86 Inferior, Justices of, for Lowndes county, authorized to sell lot of land, 86 87 Of Ordinary, in Camden county, time of holding changed, 87 E. EDUCATION Teachers of Poor Schools in Franklin county for 1838, '41, how compensated, 88

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Inferior Court of Lowndes county appointed Commissioners of Poor School fund of said county, 88 John B. Sevell, remuneration to, for teaching poor children in Randolph county, 88 89 Samuel Adams, remuneration to, for teaching poor children in Stewart county, 89 ELECTIONS AND ELECTION PRECINCTS Act to compensate Superintendent of Elections in Floyd and Walker counties, repealed, 89 Place of holding elections in the counties of Paulding, Cobb, Pike and Bibb, changed, 90 95 Precincts in the county of Floyd established, 90 White Hall precinct, in the county of DeKalb, changed to Atlanta, 91 In the county of Gwinnett, to be held at the house of Benjamin H. McHugh, 91 In the county of Rabun, to be held at the Court House in Mockerson district, 91 In the county of Irwin, to be held at the houses of John Gibbs, Daniel Grantham, Sr., Manaxey Henderson and Reuben Gray, and at William Pridging's Mills, 91 92 In the county of Morgan, to be held at Park's Bridge, 92 In the county of Muscogee, to be held at the house of John Harris, 92 94 In the county of Murray, to be held on Lot No. 225, in the thirteenth district of originally Cherokee, 92 In the county of Madison, to be held in the 262d district Georgia Militia, 92 In the county of Taliaferro, to be held in the 605th district Georgia Militia, 92 In the county of Cherokee, to be held on Lot No. 855, in the 3d district, 2d section, and on Lot No. 40, in the 14th district, 2d section, 92 93 In the county of Wilkes, precinct removed, 92 In the county of Hancock, precinct removed, 92 In the county of Washington, precinct established and removed, 92 95 In the county of Newton, precinct removed, 92 In the county of Talbot precinct removed, 92 93 In the county of Crawford, precinct removed, 93 In the county of Macon, precinct removed, 93 In the county of Henry, precinct removed, 94 In the county of Carroll, [Illegible Text] established, 94 In the counties of Randolph, Sumter and Lee, precincts established, 94 95 In the county of Wayne, precinct removed, 94 95

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Act to compensate Superintendents of, in Wayne county, repealed, 95 ESCHEATS In Chatham county regulated, 95 , 96 F. FORTS AND FORTIFICATIONS Cockspur Island ceded to United States for, 97 G. GRANTS To issue to Stephen Ellis, James Buck, Daniel Belcher and Elisha Smart, to certain lots of land, 98 , 99 H. HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES Issue of George Oliver and Sarah Ann Wilson, entitled to the privileges of, 99 , 100 Rose Anna McHugh legitimatized as the child and heir of Robert Raiford, 101 Distribution of the estate of David Myrick at his death, provided for, 101 , 102 I. INCORPORATIONS Chattahoochee and Flint River Steamboat Company, charter of, amended, 102 Fire Company of the city of Columbus, charter of, amended, 103 Savannah Institution for Savings, act to incorporate amended, 103 Mechanic's Benevolent Society, of Savannah, incorporated, 103 , 104 Jefferson, in Jackson county, act to incorporate, amended, and corporate limits extended, 104 Rabun Turnpike Company incorporated, 105 Thomaston, act to incorporate amended, 108 Jasper Lodge No. 8 of the United Ancient Order of Druids, incorporated, 111 , 112 Rnckersville, corporation laws of, amended, 112 Marietta, acts of incorporation of, amended, 113 Muscogee Rail Road Company incorporated, 116 Unity Lodge No. 36, of Jackson county, incorporated, 118 Davisville, in the county of Pike, incorporated, 119 Flint River Steamboat Company incorporated, 119 Manufacturing Companies, Augusta, Richmond and Georgia, incorporated, 121 Water Lot Company of the city of Columbus incorporated, 123

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Cumming, in the county of Forsyth, incorporated, 125 Executive Committee of the Central Baptist Association and Southern Baptist Convention, incorporated, 130 Societies, Benevolent, of the cities of Augusta and Columbus, incorporated, 131 South-western Rail Road and Columbus and South-eastern Rail Road Companies, incorporated, 132 Augusta Canal Company incorporated, 138 Mountain Fire Company of Dahlonega, incorporated, 144 Memphis Branch Rail Road and Steamboat Company, charter of amended, 145 Augusta Fire Company incorporated, 145 Talbot Guards, act to incorporate amended, 147 J. JURORS Term of service in Troup Superior Court prescribed, 147 , 148 In Habersham county, act to compensate repealed, 148 For Marion county may be drawn by Inferior Court, 148 , 149 In DeKalb county, act to compensate repealed, 149 In Randolph county, act to compensate amended, 149 , 150 In Camden county, mode of empanneling regulated, 150 In Jackson and Floyd counties, compensation to, 150 , 151 In Forsyth county, compensation to, fixed, 151 , 152 L. LIEN For services on steam boats on Chattahoochee, Altamaha, Ocmulgee and Flint rivers, 152 M. MEDICAL COLLEGE Of Georgia, charter of amended, 153 Southern Botanico of Georgia, charter of amended, 153 MILL DAMS The following persons authorized to construct: Leonidas Franklin, Marcus A. Franklin and Mary G. Franklin, across the Etowah river, 154 David Ross, across the Oconee river, 154 Hezekiah R. Foote, across the Chattahoochee river, 154 , 155

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Nathan Mattox, across Broad river, 155 John P. Wellborn, across Notley river, 155 Alexander H. Reese, across Chattahoochee river, 156 N. NAMES The following changed, and persons legitimatized: Mariah Ellen Allens to Mariah Ellen Chapman, 156 Emma Louisa Waller to Emma Louisa Exum, 156 Cassandria Fitzpatrick to Cassandria Hill, 157 Thomas Edwin McLeroy to Thomas Edwin Hix, 157 David Thrash to David Smith, 157 , 158 James Bexley, act to change name of to James Smith, repealed, 158 P. PARDONS Granted to Henry Jones, William Burton, Charles Jones and Matilda Cogswell, 159 , 160 R. RAIL ROADS Monroe Rail Road and Banking Company, charter of amended, and name changed, 160 Central Rail Road and Banking Company, charter amended and extension of authorized, 162 Western and Atlantic, transportation on provided for, 165 RELIEF To John W. Brown and Burwell J. Wynn, 166 William P. Rembert and Sarah Walton, 167 Samuel F. Jones, William Underwood and James W. Cunningham, 168 John J. Hamilton, 168 William H. Wade, 169 The Bank of Milledgeville, The Augusta Insurance and Banking Company, and John C. Hunter, 170 The Commercial Bank at Macon and Benjamin Williamson, 171 Alexander Means and John R. Cotting, 172 Robert P. Dickerson and Asa E. Thompson, 173 , 174 Abel Lewis and William W. Seals, 174 William Roberson, Jr., 175 B. W. Castlebury and Henrietta Weaver, 176 John Temples and James M. Davis, 177 James J. Davis and Sarah McKeen, 178

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James M. Ware, Henry Kingsbury, Jonathan Long, Joel J. Flanagan and P.H. Castlebury, 179 John C. Edmonson and Elijah Reamer Young, and H. T. Dicken and Samuel T. Andrews, 180 , 181 James W. Reeve, 181 Sylvanus W. Burney and Allen Cochran, 182 The Oglethorpe Insurance and Trust Company of the city of Macon, 183 RIVERS AND CREEKS Central Hatchie creek, act for keeping open repealed, 183 , 184 Flint river, Commissioners of, appointed for removing obstructions in, 184 Oconee river, penalties for obstructing, repealed, 184 , 185 ROADS AND PATROLS For Effingham county, laws in relation to amended, 185 Troup county road laws amended, 186 Chatham county, time of meeting of Commissioners of changed, 186 Randolph and Jackson counties, road laws amended, 186 , 187 Camden county, act in relation to public road in, 187 , 188 S. SHERIFFS Bond of for Hall county reduced, 189 Bond of for Union county reduced, 189 Bond of for Gilmer county reduced, 189 , 190 Bond of for Sumter county reduced, 190 Of Dooly county to advertise his sales in his Circuit, or in the city of Macon, 190 T. TAX Extra on the citizens of Randolph county, authorized, 191 On the citizens of Pike county, authorized, 190 , 191 On the citizens of Cherokee county, authorized, 191 , 192 On the citizens of Murray county, authorized, 192 On the citizens of Floyd county, authorized, 192 On the citizens of Cobb, authorized, 193 On the citizens of Lumpkin, authorized, 194 On property and persons in Camden county, how levied, 194 TAX COLLECTORS AND RECEIVERS Of Lumpkin and Walker countiesact to consolidate officers of, repealed, 195

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Insolvent list of Collectors, several counties named, may be examined and allowed by Justices of the Inferior Court, 195 Offices of, in Madison and Habersham counties, act to consolidate, repealed, 195 , 196 Insolvent list of Collectors in Appling county may be judged of and allowed by Justices of the Inferior Court, 196 Offices of, in the counties of Cherokee and Tatnall, act to consolidate, repealed, 196 Offices of in Hancock county, act to consolidate, repealed, 197 Insolvent list of Alexander Mobley, Collector of Irwin county, allowed, 197 Insolvent list of Collectors of Telfair and Irwin counties may be examined and allowed by Justices of the Inferior Court, 198 V. VOLUNTEER CORPS Columbus Guards, privileges and immunities granted to, [Illegible Text]

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INDEX TO THE RESOLUTIONS. A. ARMORY National, in relation to the establishment of, in this State, 201 B. BANK Of Darien Assets of to be collected and applied to the payment of its liabilities, 201 Registry and destruction of Bills of, in Central Bank, authorized, 213 Central of Georgia Director of required to enforce the criminal and civil laws against defaulting Attornies, 202 Commercial of Macon Statement of its condition required to be made to the Governor, 202 Planters' Memorial as to its demands against the Bank of Darien, reported on, 212 , 213 Of the State of Georgia Memorial as to its demands against the Bank of Darien, reported on, 212 , 213 BOUNDARY Between the States of Georgia and Florida, Commissioners may be appointed by the Governor to settle, 201 C. CLAIMS Of the State of Georgia against the United Statescorrespondence of the Governor with the War Department, in relation to, requested, 203 CONSTITUTION Of the United States, alteration of proposed by the Legislature of Massachusetts, dissented from, 206 , 207 CRAWFORD, WILLIAM H. Governor authorized to contract for likeness of, 206

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D. DIGEST Of the State Laws and Decisions of the Courts of Georgia, to be furnished to the Judge of the Circuit and District Court United States for Georgia, 215 DISTRICTS JudicialCongress to be requested to divide the State of Georgia into two, 205 J. GENERAL JACKSON Expression of admiration of, and regret for his loss, 205 , 206 Governor authorized to contract for likeness of, 206 JOURNALS Of Senate and House of Representatives, to be furnished to several Institutions, 214 , 215 L. LAWS Of GeorgiaCompilation of, by Howell Cobb, Esq., provided for, 204 Codification ofby William A. Hotchkiss, how distributed, 215 M. MAIL ROUTES Additionalrequested, 208 , 216 In [Illegible Text] countyin relation to, 207 R. RAIL ROADS Western and Atlanticduty on Iron forrequested to be refunded, 203 , 204 RECORDS In office of Secretary of State, to be completed, 211 REPORTS Of Finance Committee on the Accounts of the Treasurer and Comptroller General, 217 Of Committee on the state of the Republic, 209 , 210 Of Treasurer and Comptroller General, to be published for the use of the General Assembly, biennially, 211 RIVER Flint Provision for clearing out obstructions in 216 Sarannah Commissioners forappointed, 203

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S. SUPREME COURT Of the United Statesin relation to decisions of, 205 T. THORNTON, ABSALOM Allowed to control fi. fa. against certain persons, 217



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ACTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1847 . 18470000 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. MILLEDGEVILLE: MILLER GRIEVE, State Printer. 1848.

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1847. AN ACT to appropriate money for the support of Government for the political years eighteen hundred and forty-eight and eighteen hundred and forty-nine. SECTION 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 sums of money be, and the same are hereby appropriated to the respective persons and objects hereinafter named, viz: The sum of three thousand dollars each year to His Excellency the Governor, as his salary; and the sum of sixteen hundred dollars to each, the Secretary of State, the Comptroller General, the Treasurer, and the Surveyor General, for each year; the sum of eighteen hundred dollars to each of the Judges of the Superior Courts of the Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, Flint, Chattahoochee, Cherokee, Southwestern, Middle, Ocmulgee, and Coweta Circuits, annually, each year; and the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars to each of the Judges of the Supreme Court for the Correction of Errors; and the sum of one thousand dollars annually each year to the Reporter of said Court; and the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars to each, the Attorney General and Solicitors General, per annum, each year; and the sum of one thousand dollars per annum to the Secretaries of the Governor, each, not exceeding three in number. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be appropriated as a contingent fund for the year [Illegible Text] hundred and forty-eight; and that the sum of ten thousand dollars be appropriated as a contingent fund for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine.

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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one thousand dollars be appropriated as a military fund for the years eighteen hundred and forty-eight and eighteen hundred and forty-nine each. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be appropriated as a printing fund for the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and the sum of two thousand dollars as a printing fund for the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of fifteen hundred dollars be appropriated to pay the salary of the Superintendent and Resident Physician of the Lunatic Asylum, annually, each year; and the sum of four thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars be appropriated [to pay the] salaries of Trustees and Treasurer, sub-officers, attendants, and servants' hire; and the sum of six thousand dollars for the support of pauper patients in the Asylum, annually, each year, eighteen hundred and forty-eight and eighteen hundred and forty-nine. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated annually, each year, to pay [the] Chaplain of the Penitentiary; the sum of three hundred dollars to the Military Store Keeper at Savannah, annually, each year; and the sum of five hundred dollars for necessary repairs to the State Arsenal at Savannah, to be expended under the direction of his Excellency the Governor, or such amount within that sum as may be necessary for that purpose; and the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to the Military Store Keeper at Milledgeville, each year; the sum of fifty dollars, to be paid to Otis Childs for winding up and keeping in repair the State House clock; the sum of fifty dollars annually to be paid to David Kramer to scour and keep clean, and air the Senate Chamber and Representative Hall, and preserve the furniture in each. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of six dollars per day to each the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, during the present session of the General Assembly, and the sum of four dollars to each, for every twenty miles coming and returning from the Seat of Government; and the sum of five dollars per day to each member of the General Assembly, during its present session, and the sum of four dollars for each twenty miles coming to and returning from the Seat of Government: Provided, no member shall receive pay for any time after having left for the remainder of the session, or for any time he may have been absent, without leave, from that branch of the General Assembly of which he is a member, unless absent from sickness.

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SEC. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of six dollars each per day shall be paid the Secretary of the Senate, Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the like sum per day to each of the respective assistants; and the further sum to the Secretary and Clerk aforesaid of fifty dollars each for their contingent expenses in their respective offices; and the sum of five hundred dollars be paid to each, the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, for their salaries for the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight: Provided, That no warrant shall issue for the first quarter's salary to either, until it shall be satisfactorily shown to his Excellency the Governor, that they have respectively made and attached to the journals of the House to which they belong, a good and distinct index, and have filed away all reports of standing committees, and resolutions passed by either House: and the sum of six dollars each per day to the enrolling and engrossing clerks of both branches of the General Assembly, during the time they shall be actually employed in their respective offices;to entitle them to receive such pay, they shall produce the certificate of said Secretary, or Clerk, that their services were necessary, and that they actually performed the duty, and served the number of days set forth therein. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of six dollars each per day be paid to the Messenger and Door Keeper of each branch of the General Assembly, during the present session of the same. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of nine hundred and ninety-seven dollars and thirty-six cents, the amount of debt contracted prior to first of January, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for supplies for Lunatic Asylum, be appropriated to pay the same, and that the Trustees and Superintendent be authorized to draw the same and settle with the Directors, [creditors,] taking a receipt from each, and filing the same in the Treasury office. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one hundred and fifty-nine dollars be appropriated to pay Robert E. Martin, Clerk Supreme Court, for furnishing his office in Milledgeville. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the sum of nineteen dollars be paid to David Harris for taking the census in Columbia county in the year eighteen hundred and forty five. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the sum of thirty dollars and fifty cents be appropriated to Mary Walker, widow of Felix H. Walker, who took the census of part of Cass county; and that the Treasurer pay the same to Francis Irwin, and take his receipt for the same. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the sum of thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents be paid to Mary J. Williams, it being

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part of her husband's third quarter's salary as Solicitor General of the Chattahoochee Circuit in eighteen hundred and forty-four; and that A. F. Owen be authorized to receipt for the same at the Executive Department. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That the sum of thirty-four dollars and fifty-nine cents be paid to William Freeman, of the county of Pike, being the amount of tax illegally collected of him by the tax collector of Monroe county for the year eighteen hundred and forty-six; and that Allison Spear be authorized to draw the same. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the sum of six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay the balance of the debts of the Penitentiary, contracted by the same prior to the first day of January eighteen hundred and forty-four: Provided, That no part of the appropriation shall be applied to the payment of any debt due by the Penitentiary to the Central Bank; and that the Comptroller General, in anditing the said debts, be required to consider the interest pro rata, as well as the principal, on all liquidated demands. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty-four dollars and sixty-six cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated as compensation for the per diem pay and travelling expenses of the late Kinchen Carr, of Habersham county, as one of the court martial that assembled in Augusta in eighteen hundred and forty-three; and that the same be paid over to the executor of Kinchen Carr, deceased, or his authorized agent. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents be appropriated to James Head, tax collector of Fayette county, to reimburse him to that amount, it being the penalty imposed on him for failing to collect taxes at the time required by law, which neglect grew out of a misapprehension of his duty only; and that the Representative from the county of Fayette be authorized to receipt for and receive the same. SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That seven dollars and fifty-seven cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated to refund to John B. Moore, of Madison county, for a double tax assessed upon Joseph Haley, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, by mistake, as appears by the evidence of the tax collector for said year; and that Mr. Colbert be authorized to draw the same. SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That the Governor be authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasury in favor of Thomas McWilliams, of the county of Randolph for the sum of twelve dollars and eighty-seven and a half cents, the amount of the excess of tax paid by him for the year

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eighteen hundred and forty-five; and that either of the Representatives of said county be allowed to receive and receipt for the same. SEC. 21. And be it further enacted, That the Governor be authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasury in favor of James A. Nobles, of the county of Randolph, for the sum of five dollars and fifty cents, the amount of tax illegally assessed and collected of him for the year eighteen hundred and forty-four; and that either of the Representatives of said county be allowed to receive and receipt for the same. SEC. 22. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated to pay Otis Childs for winding up and keeping in repair the State House clock, for the years eighteen hundred and forty-six and eighteen hundred and forty-seven, said amount remaining due to him for said service, by reason of the casual omission of the word annually, it being the intention of the Legislature to pay said Childs one hundred dollars annually, for each of the years aforesaid. SEC. 23. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty dollars be appropriated to pay David Kramer for scouring, keeping clean, and airing the Senate Chamber and Representative Hall, and preservation of their furniture for the years eighteen hundred and forty-six and eighteen hundred and forty-seven, said amount remaining due to him for said services in consequence of the casual omission of the word annually, it being the intention of the Legislature to pay said Kramer fifty dollars annually, for each of the years aforesaid. SEC. 24. And be it further enacted, That the sum of seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents be appropriated to pay David C. Campbell for publishing the rules of the Supreme Court, by order of the Judges thereof, in the Federal Union, for the information of the people, as appears by certificate of the Clerk of that Court; and the further sum of thirty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents for advertising an act to alter and amend the seventh section of the first article of the Constitution; and the further sum of ten dollars and twenty-five cents for publishing additional rules of the Supreme Court, by order of said Court; and the further sum of twenty-six dollars and sixty-two cents, be appropriated to pay Peterson Thweatt for advertising the rules of the Supreme Court, by order of said Court. SEC. 25. And be it further enacted, That the sum of thirty dollars and seventy-five cents be appropriated to pay Grieve Orme for publishing four several times the rules of the Supreme Court, by its order, in the Southern Recorder, for the information of the people, as appears by the certificate of the Clerk of that Court. SEC. 26. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one

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hundred and thirty-five dollars and thirty-eight cents be appropriated to pay William H. Bulloch for printing done for the State of Georgia, in the years eighteen hundred and forty-two and eighteen hundred and forty-three. SEC. 27. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated to Walter T. Colquitt, for services rendered in the prosecution of certain banks in the city of Columbus: Provided, That all sums which have already been paid to the said Colquitt, for services rendered in these causes, be credited on said amount. SEC. 28. And be it further enacted, That the sum of ninety-one dollars and fifty cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated to defray the expenses incurred by William C. Osborn, under the authority of the Inferior Court of Harris county, in preventing the spread of the small pox, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three, and the Governor is hereby required to draw his warrant on the Treasury, in favor of said Osborn, for said sum; and either of the Representatives of said county may receive and receipt for the same. SEC. 29. And be it further enacted, That the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasury in favor of the Justices of the Inferior Court of Randolph county, for the sum of two hundred and twenty-nine dollars, that being the sum due said county as its share of the proceeds of the Poor School fund for the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, and not paid by reason of the returns of poor children made by the proper authorities of Randolph county, in accordance with law, to the Executive Department, and there received and mislaid; and that either of the Representatives of said county be allowed to receive and receipt for the same. SEC. 30. And be it further enacted, That the sum of seven hundred dollars be appropriated to purchase lightning rods and a force-pump for the improvement of the Lunatic Asylum, and one hundred dollars for the purchase of fuel. SEC. 31. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of fifty-five dollars and ten cents be paid to the legal representatives of Jesse Cox, former Surveyor General, in eighteen hundred and forty, it being for that part of the first quarter's salary due him as Surveyor General, in eighteen hundred and forty, and that the same be paid over to Daniel Lawhon, who is authorized to receipt for the same in the name of Benjamin F. Cock, the guardian of the heirs of Jesse Cox, it [being] the sum set apart or appropriated for said Cox by an act of the Legislature of eighteen hundred and forty-five. SEC. 32. And be it further enacted, That the Governor be authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of

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John Dasher, tax collector of Effingham county, for the sum of four dollars and seventy-one cents, it having been paid over on the accounts of the insolvent list for the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, and John R. Morgan be allowed to receipt for the same. SEC. 33. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three hundred and fifty-six dollars be appropriated to A. M. Horton for transcribing twenty-six record books, containing 10,130 plats, under authority of a resolution assented to 7th December, 1841. SEC. 34. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated to Mrs. Catharine Proctor Hayden, a widow, the daughter of the late Col. John White, of this State, as a remuneration for a tract of land granted to the said Col. John White for Revolutionary services, but never located by him; and that Francis S. Bartow, one of the Representatives from the county of Chatham, may draw the same from the Treasury and receipt therefor. SEC. 35. And be it further enacted, That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars in favor of the Mayor of the city of Augusta, for the purpose of removing the remains of George Walton and Lyman Hall, agreeably to a concurred resolution. SEC. 36. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer and Comptroller General be instructed to allow in final settlement with Eli W. Narimore, tax collector of Hall county, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, the sum of seventy-one dollars and nine and a half cents, it being half of a double tax assessed against Warren Jourdan and Reuben Thornton for that year, who had failed to give in their taxable property, and which sum was remitted by the Inferior Court, whereby the said Narimore was debarred from collecting said tax, and that any balance which may remain, after final settlement, in favor of said Narimore, shall be refunded to him. SEC. 37. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-two dollars and twenty-five cents be and is hereby appropriated to pay the account of the Columbus Guards for the transportation of public arms to and from the city of Milledgeville, and for storage of the same. SEC. 38. And be it further enacted, Whereas it is represented by the trustees of Emory College that the said trustees have paid, as such trustees, tax money for the years eighteen hundred and forty-two, eighteen hundred and forty-three, eighteen hundred and forty-four, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and eighteen hundred and forty-six, upon the property of said College, and for which, it is represented and alleged, that the property of said College

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was not liable by the laws of this State, but paid upon a misapprehension of the exemption of said property from taxation; it is therefore enacted, that if, from the certificate of the Comptroller General, it shall appear to his Excellency the Governor that the said trustees have paid taxes for the years aforesaid, or either of said years, upon property not taxable by law, then and in that event, it shall and may be lawful for his Excellency the Governor to draw his warrant in favor of the trustees of Emory College, upon the Treasurer of this State for such sum as in his opinion may have been paid by the trustees aforesaid, for which the said College property may not have been liable. SEC. 39. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five dollars be refunded to George W. Anderson, of the county of Cobb, on evidence being presented to the Governor that said sum was paid into the Treasury for a grant to a lot of land which afterwards reverted to the State. SEC. 40. Be it further enacted, That the sum of forty dollars be appropriated to pay Joshua Sutton for four years services as Division Inspector of the Seventh Division, Georgia Militiathe same to be paid out of the military fund. SEC. 41. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars be, and is hereby appropriated to pay E. F. Park for thirty days' services in the Comptroller General's office during the session of eighteen hundred and forty-three. SEC. 42. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and five dollars be paid to Elias Fincher and Henry L. Sims, for damages sustained by them in consequence of the State issuing a grant to lot of land number one thousand one hundred and twenty-five, in the third district and second section of originally Cherokee, the grant having been previously issued to the drawer, in compliance with a concurred resolution. SEC. 43. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated for the purpose of paying the expenses necessary to disinter in Mexico the remains of Gen. Robert M. Echols, and convey the same to the Social Circle in Walton county, under a joint resolution of both branches of the Legislature. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847.

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AN ACT to appropriate money for the purposes therein stated. SECTION 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 sum of fifteen hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated and set apart from any money in the Treasury, which money shall be drawn upon the warrant of the Governor, and is hereby placed under his control and direction, for the purpose of purchasing suitable and necessary furniture for the Executive Mansion. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the old furniture not fit for use be turned over to the Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary, and be disposed of by him at his discretion. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor be authorized to use so much of this appropriation, with the proceeds of the sales of the old furniture, as may be deemed necessary for the repairs of the out buildings of the Mansion. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved December 6, 1847. AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money for defraying the expenses in removing the body of Col. James S. McIntosh from Mexico to his native State for interment. SECTION 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 Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasury for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars or so much thereof as shall be necessary to defray the expenses in removing from Mexico to his native State, the body of Col. James S. McIntosh, to be interred with honors; and that his Excellency the Governor take such steps as in his opinion may best accomplish the purpose. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847.

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AN ACT to appropriate money for the purposes therein designated. SECTION 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 the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated and set apart from any monies in the Treasury, for the partial payment of members of the Legislature and its officers. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized to pay upon the receipt of the several members of the Legislature, or its officers, an amount not exceeding seventy-five per cent. of the pay and mileage to which they would be entitled, assuming the compensation allowed by the appropriation act of 1845 as the basis of such advances: Provided, That in no case whatever shall such officer be authorized to make advances for services not performed. JOHN A. JONES, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tempore. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, November 17, 1847. AN ACT to authorize De Witt C. Hargroves, of the county of Stewart, and other persons therein named, to plead and practise law in the several Courts of law and equity in this State, on certain conditions therein named. SECTION 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, De Witt C. Hargroves and Williston Talbot, of the county of StewartKittrell J. Warren, of LeeLewis P. D. Warren, of BakerJohn E. Sullivan, of SumterJackson Troup Taylor, of the county of ChattoogaJohn K. Jackson, of the county of RichmondJames T. Flewellen, of the county of MuscogeeEllis Dupree, of the county of TwiggsJoseph B. Lamar, of the county of PikeJohn Frederick Andrews, of the county of WilkesJoseph Henry Lumpkin, jr., of the county of OglethorpeLucilius H. Briscoe and Dobbins, of the county of WaltonJohn M. Millen, of ChathamJohn W. Evans, of BibbCharles C. Crews, of the county of HarrisThomas

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J. Hudley and John V. Kinsey, of the county of WarrenThomas F. Wells, of Jeffersonand Henry Alexander and William Smith, of the county of Bakerbe, and they are hereby authorized to plead and practise law in the several Courts of law and equity in this State, on their undergoing an approved examination according to law. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the said De Witt C. Hargroves, Williston Talbot, Kittrell J. Warren, Lewis P. D. Warren, John E. Sullivan, Jackson Troup Taylor, John K. Jackson, James T. Flewellen, Ellis Dupree, Joseph B. Lamar, John Frederick Andrews, Joseph Henry Lumpkin, junior, Lucilius H. Briscoe, Dobbins, John M. Millen, John W. Evans, Charles C. Crews, Thomas J. Hudley, John V. Kinsey, Thomas F. Wells, Henry Alexander and William Smith, be held liable and responsible for all their contracts as fully as though they were twenty-one years of age. SEC. 3. 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 are hereby repealed. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 4, 1847. AN ACT to regulate the admission of Attorneys to plead and practise law in the several Courts of law and equity within this State. SECTION 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, any person or persons, who are citizens of this State, may, on application to a Judge of the Superior Court, be admitted to practise as an attorney in the Courts of law and equity of this State, without any qualification as to age: Provided, Such person or persons shall produce satisfactory evidence of moral rectitude, and shall undergo an approved examination in open Court. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons, under the age of twenty-one yeas, who may be admitted

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by virtue of this act, shall be liable, in all cases, as if he or they were of full age. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to appoint Trustees for the Thomasville Academy, in the county of Thomas. SECTION 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 Simeon A. Smith, William H. Reynolds, Peter E. Love, Edmond Remington, Edward Seixas, Hansel R. Seward, Henry H. Tooke, R. J. Bence, and Patrick Robinson be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Thomasville Academy, in said county, with full power and authority to act as prescribed by the act of incorporation, assented to 22d December, 1830. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 17, 1847. AN ACT to appoint additional Trustees for the Etowah Academy, in Cherokee county, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, by the act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, passed December twenty-third, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, Howell Cobb, William Gresham, James Burns, William Lay, and Philip Croft, were declared to be a body corporate, as The Trustees of the Etowah Academy, in Cherokee county with the right to fill vacancies, and with other powers incident to a corporation; and whereas the Justices of the Inferior Court of Cherokee county did, on the third day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, [Illegible Text] to the said corporation,

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then consisting of the following members, Howell Cobb, Daniel R. Mitchell, Reuben F. Daniel, Richard M. Holt, and William Gresham, and to their successors in office, town lot number twenty-four, in the second division in the town of Canton, in said county; and whereas said Trustees, with the exception of Reuben F. Daniel, have removed from said county, and ceased to act as Trustees: SECTION 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 Donaldson, Jabez Galt, Elias E. Field, and Joseph Brown, be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees for said Academy, and that they, with the said Reuben F. Daniel, be, and they are hereby invested with the rights, privileges, and powers, which they would have had, if regularly appointed successors to the original Trustees; and that the right and title in and to said town lot, number twenty-four, be, and it is hereby declared to be as fully vested in them, as such Trustees, as it was in the said Howell Cobb, Daniel R. Mitchell, Reuben F. Daniel, Richard M. Holt, and William Gresham. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws, and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and they are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the erection of an Alms-house, and provide for the Poor, in the county of Laurens. SECTION 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 lawful for the Inferior Court of Laurens county to erect an Alms-house at or near [Illegible Text], in said county, whenever the recommendation of two successive grand juries shall be made to that effect. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the Inferior Court of said county shall be capable of holding and enjoying title, by deed, gift, grant, or otherwise, to any real or personal estate, for the uses and purposes aforesaid.

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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Alms-house shall be under the supervision and direction of said Inferior Court, and they are vested with authority to pass such order or orders, and adopt such rules and regulations, as they may deem best calculated to promote the objects contemplated by this act. SEC. 4. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT more effectually to define and make uniform the liability of Guardians, Executors, and Administrators, in regard to the interest to be charged against them. WHEREAS the practice in the several Circuits of Georgia is different and conflicting, in regard to the interest chargeable against guardians, executors, and administrators, for remedy thereof SECTION 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 forty-eight, the interest to be charged and computed against guardians, executors and administrators, already appointed and qualified, on trust funds in their hands, shall be at and after the rate of seven per cent. per annum for the first six years thereafter, without compounding; and after the expiration of the said six years, from the said first of January, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, the computation of interest shall be at and after the rate of six per cent. per annum, to be compounded at that rate annually thereafter. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the rate of interest to be charged and computed against executors, administrators and guardians, hereafter to be qualified and appointed, shall be at and after the rate of seven per cent. per annum, without compounding, for six years from the time of their qualification or appointment; and after the termination of the said six years, the computation of interest to be charged against them shall be at and

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after the rate of six per cent. per annum, to be compounded at that rate annually thereafter: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent executors, administrators, guardians, and trustees, from investing funds in State stock or other State securities, as provided for by an act of the last Legislature. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to legalize the actings and doings of Lavinah Loyless, Administratrix of Henry Loyless, late of Cass county, deceased, and to authorize the Court of Ordinary of Twiggs to grant Letters of Administration de bonis non on the estate of the said Henry Loyless. WHEREAS Henry Loyless departed this life in the county of Cass, and whereas Lavinah Loyless, his widow, obtained letters of administration on the estate of the said Henry, under the grant of the Inferior Court of the county of Twiggs, when sitting as a Court of Ordinary, contrary to the strict letter of the law in such cases made and provided, which requires letters of administration to be taken in the county where the intestate dies; and whereas, by virtue of said letters, the said Lavinah has gone on almost fully to administer the said estate, but has recently departed this life, intestate, in the county of Twiggs, not having entirely wound up said administration: SECTION 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 actings and doings of the said Lavinah Loyless, as administratrix of Henry Loyless, deceased, be, and the same are hereby legalized and declared to be as valid as if her letters of administration had issued from the county of Cass. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Inferior Court of Twiggs county, when sitting as a Court of Ordinary, be, and it is hereby authorized to grant letters of administration de bonis non on the estate of the said

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Henry Loyless, for the purpose of winding up the same, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to authorize Reuben H. Hood, Executor of the estate of Tilmon S. Hood, late of Forsyth county, deceased, to remove the records relative to said estate, from the county of Forsyth to the county [of] Jackson, and to make annual returns in the county of Jackson. SECTION 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, Reuben H. Hood, Executor of the estate of Tilmon S. Hood, late of Forsyth county, deceased, be, and he is hereby authorized to obtain a transcript from the office of the Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Forsyth county, of all the records concerning the estate of said deceased, and to make annual returns of the same to the Court of Ordinary of Jackson county. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Court of Ordinary of Pike county to grant letters of administration with the will annexed on the estate of Samuel Mitchell, late of Pike county, deceased, and on certain conditions. SECTION 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 Court of Ordinary of Pike county is hereby authorized

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and empowered to grant letters of administration, with the will annexed, on the estate of Samuel Mitchell, late of said county, deceased, to some responsible person, without requiring the usual security in such cases: Provided, That in the opinion of said Court the peculiar condition of said estate makes such a procedure necessary, and the same can be done without materially jeopardizing the interests and safety of said estate; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to change the place of holding Executors, Administrators, and Guardians' Sales, from the Court-house in the city of Columbus, Muscogee county, to the Market-house in said city. SECTION 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 executors, administrators, and guardians, to hold their sales at the market-house, in the city of Columbus, in the county of Muscogee, and not at the court-house of said city, as [Illegible Text] practised. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 10, 1847. AN ACT to allow additional compensation to Executors, Administrators, Guardians, and Trustees, in certain cases. WHEREAS the trust estate in the hands of executors, administrators, guardians, and trustees, is often in land and negroes, and worked together for the benefit of the parties

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in interest; and whereas, in such cases, the commissions allowed by law is inadequate compensation: SECTION 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, in all cases where an executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee, shall have the control and management of land and negroes, working them for the benefit of the parties in interest, or of negroes which are hired out from year to year, it shall and may be lawful for the Court of Ordinary, in the county where such executor, administrator, guardian, and trustee, may reside, or make his returns, the whole number of said Court concurring therein, to allow them from such estate such further and additional compensation as, in the discretion of said Court, shall seem just and proper: Provided, always, That nothing in this act contained shall prevent the parties in interest from contesting the reasonableness of such allowance, in any suit tried in any of the Superior Courts of this State, under the same rules and restrictions as now govern said Superior Courts in reviewing the action of the Court of Ordinary. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws, and parts of laws, militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to commute the Bonds of this State issued in redemption of the bills and liabilities of the Central Bank of Georgia. SECTION 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 Governor of this State be, and he is hereby authorized to execute the bonds of this State, in sums of not less than five hundred dollars each, in lieu of and in redemption of the bonds heretofore issued in redemption of the bills of the Central Bank of Georgiasaid new bonds to bear interest at the rate of seven per centum per annum, and the interest to be paid annually, and said bonds and interest to be made payable in the cities of Savannah, Augusta, and Milledgevillesaid bonds to be made payable at such time or times

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as may be agreed on by the Governor and bond holders, having due regard to the availability of the assets of the Central Bank for the payment of the said bonds: Provided, That not more than seventy-five thousand dollars shall fall due in any one year. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the faith and credit of the State of Georgia be, and the same are hereby pledged for the payment of said bonds at the maturity thereof, and also that they be considered as a debt due by the Central Bank, the assets of which are hereby required to be appropriated to pay the interest and redemption of said bonds. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Director of the Central Bank of Georgia, and in certain cases the Treasurer of this State, to dispose of certain insolvent or unavailable assets of said Bank, for the benefit of this State. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 Director of the Central Bank, and in case there should, at any time, be no Director for said Bank, then, and in that case, it shall be lawful for the Treasurer of this State to sell, compromise, or dispose of any note, judgment or execution, belonging to said Bank, that has become insolvent or unavailable, at such times and on such terms as he, in his sound discretion, shall deem advisable or beneficial to said State. SEC 2 And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That when said Director, or Treasurer, shall deem it advisable to dispose of any insolvent or unavailable note, judgment or execution, belonging to said Bank, it shall and may be lawful for said Director, or Treasurer, to place said note, judgment or execution, in the hands of any person as agent,

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residing in the county where the debtor of said Bank resides, who shall be authorized to dispose of such note, judgment or execution, on such terms and in such manner as said Director, or Treasurer, shall direct; and said agent shall be allowed, for his services, a reasonable compensation, to be paid by said Director, or Treasurer, out of the avails of said note, judgment or execution, so placed in said agent's hands; and in no case shall said agent receive, for his services, a larger sum than he may have collected or raised off of the said claim so placed in his hands. SEC. 3. 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 are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to alter and amend the several acts in relation to the President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Augusta, and to alter and amend an act in relation to the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company. SECTION 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 second section of an act passed at the last session of the General Assembly, entitled an act to extend the corporate existence of the President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Augusta, and continue in force certain acts of the General Assembly, therein mentioned, and to define the liability of the stockholders, and to regulate its issues in future, be, and the same is hereby repealed; and that, in lieu thereof, the fifteenth rule of the sixth section of the act passed on the sixth day of December, eighteen hundred and ten, entitled an act to incorporate the Bank of Augusta, be, and the same is hereby re-enacted and made of full force. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the second section of an act passed on the twenty-seventh day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to charter the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company, passed on the 26th day of December, 1827, be, and the same is hereby altered and amended so as to read as follows: So much of the act passed on the 26th

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day of December, 1827, creating the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company, as conflicting with this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to authorize an increase of the Capital Stock of the Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of the State of Georgia. SECTION 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 lawful for the Board of Directors of the Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of the State of Georgia, having first obtained the consent of a majority of the stockholders of the same, to increase the capital stock of said Bank, by the sale of additional shares of stock from time to time, in such portions as they may deem to be expedient, not exceeding, in the whole, four hundred thousand dollars, in addition to the present capital stock of said Bank. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to authorize Charles J. McDonald to construct a Bridge across the Chattahoochee river, on his own land, in the county of Campbell. SECTION 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 said Charles J. McDonald be, and he is hereby authorized to erect a bridge across the Chattahoochee River, on his own land, in the county of Campbell.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the said Charles J. McDonald be allowed to charge and receive the same rate of toll as is now allowed by law at the ferry at Campbellton, in said county, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to authorize Patrick B. Connelly to erect a Toll Bridge across the Great Ogechee River, on his own land, in the counties of Burke or Emanuel, and to regulate ferriage on the same. SECTION 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, Patrick B. [Illegible Text] be, and he is hereby authorized to erect a bridge across the Great Ogechee River, on his own land, (near station number ten, Central Railroad,) in the counties of Burke and Emanuel; and that he [Illegible Text] authorized to charge and receive the same rates of ferriage or toll as is charged and received at the bridge or ferry across the said river at the ferry or bridge known as Stephens' Bridge. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Curtright Manufacturing Company to erect a Toll Bridge across the Oconee River, on their own land, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text]

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it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Curtright Manufacturing Company is hereby authorized to erect and establish a toll bridge across the Oconee river, on their own land, at or near the Long Shoals of said river. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Company shall be entitled to demand and receive such rates of toll for crossing upon such bridge, as are usual and customary for crossing at the several ferries and bridges below and above said bridge, on said river. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, are hereby [Illegible Text]. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, Decemberr 17, 1847. AN ACT to amend 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, assented to the 24th December, 1825; and also to amend an act entitled an act to alter the time for the election of the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, and for other purposes therein mentioned, passed the 25th December, 1845; and to confer on the Mayor of Augusta certain powers herein mentioned. SECTION 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 in all [Illegible Text] of fines, forfeitures and penalties incurred and imposed, in the first entitled act, it shall be lawful for the Mayor of the said city of Savannah to collect the same by warrant of distress and sale of goods and chattels, or in case no goods and chattels can be found, it shall then be lawful for the Mayor of said city, by execution duly issued, to imprison such offender or offenders in the common jail of Chatham county: Provided, [Illegible Text], That no imprisonment shall exceed ten days and nights. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, whenever the people of said city of Savannah shall fail to elect a Mayor, then and in that case the Board of Aldermen which shall have been elected, and after their organization, shall proceed

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to elect a Mayor from the two who shall have received the greatest number of votes at the election before the people. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor of the city of Augusta shall be, and he is hereby authorized to exercise the power which the City Council of Augusta now has of punishing offenders against the ordinances of said city, subject to an appeal from his decision to the City Council aforesaid, (in such manner as they may by ordinance prescribe,) who may finally determine in the premises. SEC. 4. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1847. AN ACT to amend an act for the better regulation and government of the town of Athens, in the county of Clark, and the several acts amendatory thereof, and to repeal the last clause of the second section of an act assented to twenty-third December, eighteen hundred and forty, to extend the corporate limits of the town of Athens, and for other purposes; and also to define and extend the lien of taxes and assessments made under ordinances of the City Council of Augusta. SECTION 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 Commissioners of the town of Athens shall be known by the name and style of the Intendant and Wardens of the town of Athens, and as such shall be and are hereby clothed with all the powers and privileges heretofore conferred upon and granted to the Commissioners aforesaid, and with all other corporate powers necessary for the proper execution of their duties as such within the corporate limits of the said town of Athens. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said town be, and it is hereby divided into three Wards, to be known as Wards number one, number two, and number threeWard number one to consist of all that portion of the town lying east of a straight line through the centre of College Avenue, and indefinitely extendedWard

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number two to consist of that portion lying west of the said line and south of the street running between the Planter's Hotel and the Methodist Church, to commence at College Avenue, and run to the western limit of the townand Ward number three to consist of that portion lying west of said line, and north of the street last described, beginning at College Avenue and running to the western limit of said town. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That an election shall be held on the first Saturday in January next, and on the first Saturday in each succeeding year in each of the said Wards, at such place in each Ward, as the present Town Commissioners may appoint, subject to future change by the Intendant and Wardens, notice to be given of the appointment, and any change, at least one week before any election, in one or more of the public gazettes of said town. Ward number one shall be entitled to three Wardens, and Wards number two and three to two Wardens each;which election shall be by [Illegible Text], and conducted by two or more superintendents appointed by the Board in office, and as follows: Three superintendents shall be appointed for each Ward, from the citizens, being freeholders of that Ward, and notice of their appointment given in the same manner as of the places of holding the election. Any two of the superintendents may act, and in case of absence or refusal to act, any one superintendent may act, having first associated with himself two other freeholders of the same Ward; and in case neither of the superintendents act, then the Intendant for the time being may appoint others in their stead at any time previous to the election; The superintendents shall keep the polls open in each Ward from 10 o'clock, A. M. to 2 o'clock, P. M., and shall return the result of the polls under seal to the Board in office, who shall declare who are elected. In case of a tie in any Ward, the new Board shall order a new election, and on failure of any Ward to elect their Wardens, those elected from the other Wards shall act exclusively the ensuing year. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That no person shall vote out of the Ward in which he resides, nor shall any person be elected Warden but for the Ward in which he resides. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Wardens thus elected shall select from their own body an Intendant, who shall be and is hereby clothed with all the powers of the present Chairman of the Board of Commissioners. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the last clause of the second section of an act to extend the corporate limits of the town of Athens, in the county of Clark, and assented to the twenty-third December, 1840, to wit, except such parts

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thereof as relate to the taxation of real estate, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all taxes and assessments made under the ordinances of the City Council of Augusta, shall have the same lien and priority as taxes due to the State, except that they shall be postponed to the latter. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 18, 1847. AN ACT to alter and change the charter of the city of Columbus, so as to give the election of the Marshal, the Deputy Marshal, and Clerk of Council, and City Treasurer to the people of said city. SECTION 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 at the municipal election hereafter to be held in said city, the Marshal, Deputy Marshal, and Clerk of the Council and City Treasurer, for the city of Columbus, shall be elected by the qualified voters in said city, and the person having the highest number of votes shall be the person duly elected. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That in case of a vacancy in any of said offices, by death, resignation, or otherwise, the same shall be filled by the vote of the citizens of said city, upon ten days notice being given by the Mayor. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said officers shall be under the control of the City Council of the said city, who shall have the power to dismiss them, or either of them, from office for misconduct or violation of duty, in the same manner as the said officers are now amenable to said City Council. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847.

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to raise [Illegible Text] Revenue for the city of Columbus, amendatory of an act to impose a special tax on the persons and property of the citizens of the city of Columbus, residing and being in the same, annually hereafter and to provide for the collection thereof, and to punish those who may refuse or attempt to defeat the provisions thereof, assented to on the 10th day of December, 1841, and also to make provisions for the Poor residing in said city. SECTION 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 first section of the above recited act, passed the 10th day of December, 1845, as relates to the tax on a negro slave owned by persons residing without the corporate limits of said city, which negro slave is hired, employed and laboring in said city, be, and the same is hereby repealed; and in place thereof, the highest amount of the tax on such slave or slaves, owned, hired or employed, as aforesaid, shall be three-fourths of one per cent, on the value thereof, to be given in by the owner or employer of such slave or slaves. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1847. AN ACT to alter and amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Lincolnton, in the county of Lincoln, so far as relates to the appointment of Commissioners, assented to 19th December, 1819. WHEREAS the second section of the above recited act is in the following words, to wit: That where any vacancy in the Commissioners of said Corporation shall happen, by resignation, removal, or otherwise, the Commissioners in office shall appoint some other person within the limits of said Corporation to fill such vacancy: SECTION 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 passing of this act, the said above recited section be, and the same is hereby repealed.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the present Commissioners of said town of Lincolnton shall continue in office until the first Saturday in January, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, on which day, and on the first Saturday in January in each and every year thereafter, all the free white citizens within the corporate limits of said town, who shall be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall assemble at the Court-house in said town, and by ballot elect three Commissioners, who shall continue in office one year; and said elections may be held by any Justice of the Peace, or Judge of the Inferior Court, or either of them, together with any freeholder within the corporate limits of said town: Provided, That in the event of there being no election for Commissioners of said town, in the manner and at the time herein pointed out, the present Commissioners shall continue in office until their successors are elected: And provided, also, That in the event there shall be no election held at the times and in the manner hereinbefore pointed out, the Commissioners of said town may, and they are hereby empowered to order an election for Commissioners, to be held at the Court-house in said town, at any time, upon five days notice of said election being given in writing upon the Court-house door: And further provided, That if any vacancies should happen in the Board of Commissioners, between general elections, the same may be filled in like manner. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to revive and continue in force an act entitled An act to incorporate the town of Thomasville, in the county of Thomas, and appoint Commissioners for the same, assented to December 26, 1831, and also an act amendatory thereof, assented to December 22, 1832, and for other purposes therein named. SECTION 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 before recited acts be, and the same are hereby declared to be revived and of full force. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful

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to hold an election for Commissioners for said town of Thomasville, on the first Saturday in January next, upon five days notice being given by any two or more citizens of said town. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the failure to elect Commissioners on the day and time specified in said act of incorporation, shall not amount to a dissolution of said corporation, but an election may be held at any time when any vacancy or vacancies may occur, upon ten days notice being given by any two or more citizens of said town. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor Approved, December 17, 1847. AN ACT to amend an act entitled An act to incorporate the town of New Gibraltar, in DeKalb county, to appoint Commissioners for the same, and to provide for the election of Commissioners in succession, and other regulations therein named, and to levy a tax for the improvement of said town, assented to December the 21st, [Illegible Text] hundred and thirty-nine, and to change the name and extend the limits of said town. SECTION 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 the town of New Gibraltar, in DeKalb county, be, and the same is hereby changed to that of Stone Mountain. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town be and the same are hereby enlarged and extended so as to embrace the entire lot of land No. 89, of the eighteenth district of originally Henry, but now DeKalb county, a part of which was heretofore included within the limits of said town. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That [all] laws and parts of laws, which militate against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847.

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AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Florence, in the county of Stewart, and appoint Commissioners for the same, assented to December 14th, 1837. SECTION 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Brunswick, and to extend its jurisdictional limits, and for other purposes therein mentioned, passed the 29th December, 1836. SECTION 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 above recited act be, and the same is hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 18, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the village of Ringold, in the county of Walker, on parts of lots number one hundred and seventy and one hundred and seventy-one, and to appoint Commissioners for the same. SECTION 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, Michael Dickson, George W. H. Anderson, J. J. Johnson, William Buppord,

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and D. S. Anderson, and their successors in office, be and are hereby appointed Commissioners for said village of Ringold, with full powers to make such by-laws, rules and regulations, that may be necessary for the improvement and the internal police of said town: Provided, Such by-laws, rules and regulations shall not be repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners above mentioned shall continue in office until the first Monday in March, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, at which time, and on the first Monday in March in every year thereafter, the inhabitants of said village, who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall convene in said village, and by ballot elect five Commissioners, who shall continue in office for one year. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such election shall be held under such rules and regulations as are now prescribed by the laws of this State for the election of members to the General Assembly. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should any vacancy happen in said Board of Commissioners, the remaining Commissioners shall have full power and authority to fill such vacancy in such manner as may be prescribed by their by-laws. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1847. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to repeal so much of the fifth section of an act passed the seventeenth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, incorporating the town of Lagrange, as gives exclusive government of all persons in said town liable to work on the roads to the Commissioners thereof, and also to extend the corporate limits of the town of Lagrange, in Troup county, and to revive and make valid an act to make permanent the site of the public buildings in and for the county of Troup at the town of Lagrange, and to incorporate the same, assented to December 16th, 1828. SECTION 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

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from and after the passage of this act, an act to repeal so much of the fifth section of an act passed the sixteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, incorporating the town of Lagrange, as gives exclusive government of all persons in said town liable to work on the roads to the Commissioners therefor, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of the town of Lagrange, in the county of Troup, shall extend to the distance of one-half mile in every direction from the Court-house in said town. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the act to make permanent the site of the public buildings in and for the county of Troup at the town of Lagrange, and to incorporate the same, be and the same is hereby revived and made of full force. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to empower the Inferior Courts of the counties of Decatur and Thomas to establish a check or plat of the towns of Bainbridge in said county of Decatur and Thomasville in Thomas county, to authorize the recording of the same as land deeds are now recorded, and to make said check or plat evidence of the localities of lots in said towns, and for other purposes therein mentioned. SECTION 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 on or before the first day of June next, the Inferior Courts of the counties of Decatur and Thomas shall make out, or cause to be made out, under the supervision of the County Surveyors of the counties of Decatur and of Thomas, a check or plat of the towns of Bainbridge and Thomasville in said counties, numbering and specifying the location of lots in said towns on said check or plat, and shall under their hands and seals approve the same; which said check or plat so made out and approved as aforesaid, shall be recorded by the Clerks

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of the Superior Courts of said counties in the same manner as land deeds are now by law recorded. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the Inferior Courts aforesaid shall make out, or cause to be made out, a check or plat of the towns of Bainbridge and Thomasville as aforesaid, and shall under their hands and seals approve the same, and the Clerks of the Superior Courts of the counties of Decatur and Thomas shall have recorded the same, a certified copy of said record shall be received and admitted in evidence in any of the Courts of law and equity in this State, as evidence of the location of said lots in said towns. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Inferior Courts, or others by them appointed for the purposes aforesaid, shall, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to receive and hear evidence as to the location of lots in said towns: Provided, That if there shall be any disputes as to the location of the lots as aforesaid, the said Inferior Courts shall hear and determine this matter, and their finding shall be conclusive, unless there shall be an appeal to the Superior Court, which appeal shall be had only under such rules and regulations as appeals are had in other cases: Provided, further, That the only question which shall be tried by either of the Courts aforesaid, shall be the location of said town lots. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall raise a question as to the location of any lot or lots in said towns, the burthen of proof shall be upon him, her, or them, as the case may be, to prove the location of said lot or lots. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the check or plat contemplated in section the first shall correspond with the original survey of said towns; and for this purpose the Inferior Courts aforesaid, or the persons by them appointed for the purpose aforesaid, shall receive evidence of the location of said lots any copy or copies of the original check or plat of said towns, authenticated by at least two of the oldest inhabitants of said towns, who shall swear that they believe such copy check or plat are true copies of the original check of said towns, or that said copy check is a correct representation of the location of said town lots, so far as they know or believe. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved December 24, 1847.

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AN ACT to alter and amend the several acts incorporating the city of Macon. SECTION 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 municipal government of the city of Macon shall consist of a Mayor and eight Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, shall have a common seal, and be capable in law and equity to purchase, have, hold, receive, enjoy, possess, and retain to them and their successors, for the use of the city of Macon, any estate or estates, real or personal, of whatsoever kind or nature, within the jurisdictional limits of the city of Macon; and shall by the said name be capable to sue and be sued in any court of law or equity in this State; and shall succeed to all the rights and liabilities of the present corporation of the city of Macon; and the corporate limits of the city shall be the same as those now established by law. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That an election shall be held at the Court-house in the city of Macon, on the first Saturday in January in each year, for a Mayor and eight Aldermen, to serve for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified, and the polls of which election shall be opened at nine o'clock in the forenoon and closed at four o'clock in the afternoon. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all male white citizens, qualified to vote for members of the State Legislature, and who shall have paid all taxes legally imposed and demanded by the authorities of the city, and shall have resided six months within the jurisdictional limits of said city, and no other person, shall be qualified to vote at said election for Mayor and Aldermen. And in case any person, otherwise qualified to vote at said election, shall move into the city after the time for giving in his taxes, and whose name shall not appear on the tax book of the preceding year, he shall, in order to entitle him to vote, report his name to the Clerk of Council before the opening of the polls in order that he may be enrolled among the tax-paying citizens. SEC. 4. The said election shall be held under the superintendence of a Justice of the Peace and two freeholders, or of three freeholders who shall be appointed by the City Council at least five days before the election, and each of the said freeholders, before entering upon his duties, shall take an oath before some Justice of the Peace, that he will faithfully and impartially conduct said election, and prevent all illegal voting, to the best of his skill and power. And

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in case the said managers of said election shall have any reasonable doubts as to the qualification of any voter, they shall have power to administer the following oath: You do solemnly swear that you have attained the age of twenty-one years, that you are a citizen of the United States and have resided for the last six months past within the jurisdiction of the corporation of the city of Macon, and have paid all taxes legally imposed and demanded of you by the City Council of MaconSo help you, God. And any person who shall take either of said oaths, and shall have sworn falsely, shall be liable to indictment and imprisonment for perjury. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the person or persons who shall receive the highest number of votes at said election for Mayor and Aldermen, respectively, shall be declared duly elected. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case any vacancy among the members of Council, either by death, resignation, failure to elect, removal from office, or removal from the city, the Mayor shall advertise a new election to fill the vacancy; and in case of the death of the Mayor, his resignation, removal from office, or removal from the city, the City Council shall order an election for filling the vacancy, in each case giving ten days notice in the public gazettes of the city. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That after the votes for Mayor and Aldermen, at any election, shall have been counted by the managers, they shall cause two certified copies of the tally sheets to be made out, one of which shall be handed over to the Mayor for the time being, and the other shall be retained by the managers; and so soon as the Mayor as aforesaid shall be informed of the result of said election, he shall cause the persons elected to be notified of the same; and the persons elected as aforesaid shall attend on the first Wednesday thereafter at the Council Chamber, for the purpose of organizing the Council; and the Mayor and each member of Council shall take and subscribe before a Justice of the Peace, or Justice of the Inferior Court for the county of Bibb: I, A. B. do solemnly swear that I will well and truly perform the duties of (Mayor or member of the Council, as the case may be,) of the City Council of Macon, by adopting such measures as shall, in my judgment, be best calculated to promote the general welfare of the inhabitants of the city of Macon and the common thereofSo help me, God;and shall forthwith enter upon the duties of their offices. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case the Mayor, or any member of Council, while in office, shall be guilty of any wilful neglect, malpractice, or abuse of the power confided to him, he shall be subject to

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be indicted before the Superior Court of the county of Bibb, and on conviction shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, and shall moreover be removed from office, and the said fine shall be paid to the City Treasurer for the use of the city. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall be eligible as the Mayor of the city of Macon, unless he be a free white man of the age of twenty-five years, a citizen of the United States, and shall have resided in said city for two years immediately preceding his election; and no person shall be eligible as a member of the City Council, unless he shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, and shall have the other qualifications prescribed in the case of the Mayor. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have power to appoint a Marshal and such officers of the city as they may deem necessary and proper, and shall have power to regulate the time, mode and manner of electing said officers, to establish their fees and salaries, to take their bonds, to prescribe their duties and their oaths, and to remove them from office for a breach, neglect or incapacity to discharge the said duties at their [Illegible Text]. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and members of the Council shall be bound to keep the peace, and shall be ex-officio Justices of the Peace so far as to enable them to issue warrants for offences committed within the jurisdiction of the city of Macon, and shall have full power on examination to commit the offender or offenders to jail, or bail them if the offence be bailable, to appear before the Superior Court of the county of Bibb. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon, or a majority of them, shall have power and authority to levy and collect a poll tax on all free white persons within the city of Macon, between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, upon all free persons of color, and also upon all slaves owned or hired within the city of Macon; they shall also have power to levy and collect a tax upon all and every species of property, real or personal, within the limits of the city of Macon; upon banking or insurance capital employed in the city, upon bank or insurance agents and professional men, upon factors, brokers and venders of lottery tickets, thus to raise such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for the support and good government of the city in all its internal regulations, and for the payment of the debts thereof: Provided, That the tax levied upon real estate and stock in trade shall not exceed fifty cents on every one hundred dollars in value.

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SEC. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have power and authority to levy, in addition to the other taxes, a tax of not exceeding three dollars upon each and every white person and slave in the city of Macon, between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five years, as a street tax: Provided, That the person so taxed may relieve himself of said tax by working on the streets for six days, under the direction and control of the Marshal of the city. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have full power and authority to remove, or cause to be removed, any building, posts, steps, fence, or other obstruction, or nuisance in the public streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, or public squares, in said city. They shall further have power to establish a market or markets in the city of Macon, and to pass such ordinances as may be proper and necessary for the regulation of the same. They shall have power to license, regulate and control all taverns and public houses within the city. They shall have power to regulate all butcher pens and slaughter houses within the city, and to remove the same if they shall become nuisances or injurious to [the] health of the city. They shall have power to license drays and regulate the same; and further, the said Mayor and Council shall have full power and control over all livery stables, pumps, fire companies and engines, within the said city. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have power, upon proof of the existence and maintenance of any house of ill-fame, or bawdy house, within the city, to cause the occupants thereof to be forcibly removed without the city, if they shall refuse to leave the city after five days notice. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have power to license and appoint annually as many [Illegible Text] or vendue masters for the city as they may deem proper, and to receive from each one the sum of fifty dollars as fixed by law; and they shall further have power to levy a tax upon all goods sold on commission or at auction in said city to be paid by the auctioneer. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have the sole and exclusive right of granting licenses to retail liquors in the city of Macon, and of fixing the rates of such licenses, and the terms upon which they shall issue; of declaring said licenses void when said terms are not complied with. They shall also have power to license, regulate and control all ten-pin alleys within the city, and to remove the same when they become nuisances to the neighborhood.

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SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have power to tax all the-atrical performances and exhibitions, or shows of any kind, within the corporate limits of said city. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have power to pass all ordinances, rules and regulations, necessary and proper for the good government and subjection of all slaves and free persons of color within the city; and the Marshals and such other persons as the Mayor and Council shall appoint, are hereby vested with the full power and authority of patrols in said city. SEC. 20. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have the power to remove any forge or smith-shop, where in their opinion it shall be necessary to ensure safety against fire. They shall have power to cause any stove, stove-pipe, or other thing which shall endanger the city as to fire, to be removed or remedied, as their prudence shall dictate. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall, during the month of April in each year, appoint nine fit and proper persons, who shall constitute the Board of Health of said city. It shall be the duty of said Board of Health, five of whom shall constitute a [Illegible Text], to meet weekly, or as often as may be necessary, to visit all and every part of the city, and to report [Illegible Text] the Council all nuisances which are likely to endanger the health of the city or of any neighborhood, and the said Mayor and Council shall have power, upon the report of the Board of Health, to cause any such nuisances to be abated, and their recommendations carried out in a summary manner, at the expense of the party whose act or negligence caused such nuisance, or of the owner of the premises, as the Council shall elect. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon, upon the recommendation of the Board of Health, to cause the owners of lots within the said city to drain the same, or to [Illegible Text] the same to the level of the streets or alleys on which said lot or lots are fronting; also, to compel the owner or owners of cellars [Illegible Text] holding water, to cause the same to be [Illegible Text] of the water, or filled up, if necessary; and in case the owner of said lot or lots shall fail or refuse, after reasonable notice to [Illegible Text] or his agent, to comply with the requirements of the said Mayor and Council by filling up said lots or cellars, or by draining the same, it shall be lawful for the said Mayor and Council to employ some person to do the same, and for the amount so expended the City Treasurer shall forthwith issue an execution against the owner of said property, to be collected from said lot or any other property belonging to him, and a sale under said execution

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by the Marshal shall pass the title to the property sold as completely as a sale under a judgment and execution by the Sheriff. SEC. 23. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have power to fill any vacancies which may occur in the Board of Health, and this act may be pleaded and shall be a complete defence to any action brought against said Mayor and Council, or either of them for any act done by them under its provisions, and of the ordinances passed in pursuance of it. SEC. 24. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have power to take up and impound any horses, mules, [Illegible Text] or hogs, running at large within the limits of said city, and to pass such ordinances as may be deemed by them necessary, for the proper regulation of stock within the city. SEC. 25. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have power to establish and regulate a city guard, who shall have the right to take up all disorderly persons, all persons committing or attempting to commit any crime, and to commit them to the guard house or common jail of Bibb county, to await their trial the next day; and the said guard shall also have the power and authority of patrols over slaves and free persons of color. SEC. 26. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have power and authority in case of riot, rebellion or insurrection in the city of Macon, to call out the several volunteer companies of the city to aid in suppressing such riot, rebellion or insurrection; and it shall be the duty of the captains and other officers of such companies to obey the orders of said Mayor and Council for said purpose, and for disobedience, they and each of them shall forfeit their commissions. SEC. 27. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Macon shall have power to impose fines for the violation of any ordinance of the city, passed in accordance with this charter, to the amount of twenty dollars, and to imprison offenders in the common jail of Bibb county for the space of twenty days. The said fines, after being regularly assessed, shall be collected by execution to be issued by the City Treasurer against the estate of the said offender, if any to be found; and if there shall be none, the offender may be imprisoned as before provided. And if any person against whom a fine shall be assessed, shall fail or refuse to pay the same, [Illegible Text] shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to indictment before the Superior Court of the county of Bibb, and upon conviction he shall be fined in a sum not

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less than twenty, nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for the space of three months, at the discretion of the Court. SEC. 28. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person or body corporate shall at any time open, lay out, or extend any street, alley, lane, or open square, contrary to the original plan of said city without the consent of three-fourths of the Council, at a regular meeting; and any application of this kind shall be published for one month before the final action of the Council thereon. SEC. 29. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have the power and authority to pass all rules and ordinances necessary for the protection and preservation of the bridge across Ocmulgee river at Macon, and shall regulate the tolls of the same, and damage or injury done to said bridge shall subject the offender to indictment and punishment in the Superior Court of Bibb county for malicious mischief. SEC. 30. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have the power to appoint inspectors of the weights and measures in use in said city, and to fix the fees for the same, which shall be paid by the parties using said weights and measures. SEC. 31. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Marshal of said city, upon notice in writing from the Mayor or any member of Council, to prosecute all offenders against the laws of this State, for crimes committed within the limits of the city of Macon; and in case any offence shall be committed in the presence of said Marshal, or within his knowledge, it shall be his duty to prosecute without such notice. SEC. 32. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have power to lease or sell any portion of the town common, not leased or sold, which they shall deem proper, and to appropriate the proceeds to the use of said city. SEC. 33. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have power to appoint assessors to value the real estate of said city for taxation. And all taxes levied by said Mayor and Council shall be collected as follows: An axecution shall be issued by the Treasurer of the city, directed to the Marshal of the city, against the estate, real and personal, of the defaulter, and the Marshal shall proceed to levy the same, and after aftertising for thirty days shall sell the property levied on before the Court-house door of the county of Bibb on a regular Sheriff sale day, and between the legal [Illegible Text] of sheriff sales, the said Marshal [shall] put up said property,

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and shall offer the same in parcels until he gets a bid sufficient to pay the taxes due, and shall then knock off the property to the purchaser, and make him a deed, which shall be as effectual to pass the title as the deed of the person against whom said execution was issued. SEC. 34. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a Clerk and Treasurer of the city of Macon shall be elected by the people of the said city qualified to vote for Mayor and Aldermen, at the regular election in January, and shall serve for one year. He shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, with two good securities, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty as Clerk and Treasurer of said city, and shall take an oath that he will to the best of his skill and power, perform the duties of his office, without favor or affection. SEC. 35. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the acts heretofore passed, incorporating the city of Macon, together with all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1847. AN ACT to alter and amend the several acts heretofore passed for the incorporation and government of the town of Ruckersville, in the county of Elbert, and to define its corporate limits. SECTION 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 limits of the town of Ruckersville, in the county of Elbert, shall extend one-half mile in every [Illegible Text] from the Ruckersville Hotel in the said town. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That on the second Saturday in January in each year, all free white persons within the corporate limits of said town, who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall assemble at some convenient place in said town, and choose by ballot five Commissioners, who shall continue in office one year, and until their successors are elected, and shall be re-eligible; and that said election shall be held by any Justice of

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the Peace or Justice of the Inferior Court of said county, together with two freeholders of said town; and on counting out the votes given, those having the highest number shall be the Commissioners of said town. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in the event of there being no election held on the day and in the manner pointed out by this act, the Commissioners of said town, or any two of them, may, and they are hereby empowered to order an election for Commissioners to be held at some place designated within the jurisdictional limits of said town, at any time, ten days notice by advertisement being given of said election; and all vacancies which may occur shall be filled in like manner, agreeably to the provisions of this act. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of said town, or a majority of them, shall have power and authority to pass all by-laws, rules and regulations, to assess and collect such taxes of the citizens residing within said town limits of Ruckersville, which they or a majority of them may deem expedient or necessary for the good order, government, and well-being of the same: Provided, That such by-laws, rules and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, or to the Constitution and laws of this State. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of said town are hereby vested with the power to appoint a town marshal and such other officers as they may consider necessary to carry into effect any by-laws and regulations and ordinances established by them. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall have entire control of the persons and hands within the corporate limits of said town, so far as it regards road duty, and may apportion them to work on all streets and roads within one mile of the Ruckersville Hotel in said town. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners aforesaid, upon the application of any person for license to retail spirituous liquors in said town, to grant such applicant license for such purpose, upon his complying with the law now of force in this State in such cases made and provided SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847.

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AN ACT to repeal an act making permanent the site of the public buildings in the town of Starkville, in the county of Lee, on lot number two hundred and forty-one in the thirteenth District of said county of Lee, assented to December twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, to provide for the selection of a new county site, and for other purposes. SECTION 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 act of the General Assembly, assented to the twentieth December, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, making permanent the site of the public buildings in the town of Starkville, in the county of Lee, and for other purposes, be, and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the grand jury of Lee county shall, at the Spring term of the Superior Court of said county for the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight, appoint or elect five commissioners, whose duty it shall be to select some eligible place, in the centre of the county, and purchase the same, or receive the same by donation, upon which shall be located the public buildings of said county. And it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to proceed to lay off, or cause to be laid off at said selected county site, such number of lots as in their judgment may be deemed proper and suitable for a village, and shall sell the same, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the said grand jury, or as they may deem best for the interest of the county. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county shall, within a reasonable time after such selection has been made, cause to be erected at said selected site a suitable Court-house and Jail, and such other public buildings as may be deemed necessary for the use of the county. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the grand jury aforesaid shall, so soon as said site has been selected and purchased or obtained, appoint five other Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to assess the damages sustained by the owners of lots in the town of Starkville in consequence of said removal of the county site, and the said Commissioners shall give to the owners aforesaid certificates of such assessment, which said certificates shall be redeemed by the said Inferior Court in money or in town lots at such rates as may be agreed upon by the parties at the new county site. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That from and immediately after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, the public business of said county of Lee,

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required by law to be done at the Court-house, shall be done and performed at the new county site established by this act; and that from and immediately after the said first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, the Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts, the Clerk of the Court of Ordinary, and the County Treasurer, shall cause the offices and the public records of said county to be kept at said new site, or within one-quarter of a mile of the same. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the citizens of said county of Lee, entitled to vote for members of the Legislature, be authorized to vote at the several places of holding elections in said county, on the first Monday in February, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, Removal or No Removal, which election shall be conducted in the same manner as elections held for members of the Legislature; and the superintendents at the several precincts shall meet at at the Court-house in Starkville on the day following, and consolidate the votes so polled, as in other elections, and if there should be a majority of the votes so polled and consolidated in favor of the Removal, then the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, shall be required to cause the provisions of this act to be carried out, and not otherwise; and provided also, that should the majority of the votes so polled and consolidated be in favor of No Removal, then in that case the Commissioners herein authorized shall not be appointed by the grand jury, and the county site shall remain as heretofore established by law. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners contemplated in this act shall, before entering upon the duties pointed out, take and subscribe before some competent officer an oath in due form that they will well and truly discharge the duties of Commissioners as contemplated by this act, without fear, favor, or affection, impartially, and to the best of their judgment. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the county site established by this act be and the same is hereby made permanent. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all laws, or parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and they are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, November 25, 1847.

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AN ACT to change the name of Cross Plains of Murray county to that of the city of Dalton, to extend the limits, and to point out the mode of electing their Mayor and Council. SECTION 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 village of Cross Plains, in Murray county, shall be incorporated under the style and name of the city of Dalton, in Murray county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of said city shall extend one mile in every direction from the Railroad Depot in said city, and the municipal authorities shall be the Mayor and six members of Council, with such other officers as they may appoint, or as may be hereinafter authorized, to be styled and designated the Mayor and Council of the city of Dalton. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That on the first Saturday in January, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and on the first Saturday in January in each and every year thereafter, the inhabitants of the city of Dalton, who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly of this State, who have resided for six months immediately preceding the election within the corporate limits of said city unless absent therefrom on lawful business, and who have paid all taxes imposed by the city authorities and which they have had an opportunity of paying, shall elect by ballot a Mayor and six members of Council, of individuals likewise inhabitants, who upon accepting the office shall take and subscribe the following oath: I, A. B., do solemnly swear or affirm that I will well and truly perform the duties of Mayor and member of Council for the city of Dalton, by the adoption and enforcement of such measures as to me appear conducive to the general welfare and permanent good of the city of Dalton. They shall convene the first Tuesday after their election, and the said members of Council and Mayor shall serve twelve months from the date of their election, and until their [Illegible Text] are elected and qualified. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That John Thomas, Samuel R. McCary and Alexander M. Wallace, be, and they are hereby appointed superintendents of the election for members of Council and Mayor of said city on the first Saturday in January next, or in the absence of one of those individuals, the remaining two shall have power to appoint some other individual, a citizen of Dalton, to supply his place; and it shall be the duty of said superintendents to select some suitable place in said city, and to appoint clerks, and to hold and conduct said election in the same manner and form as for members of the General Assembly.

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SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and members of Council shall appoint annually three individuals, one of which shall be a freeholder, to hold their appointments for one year, and whose duty it shall be to superintend all elections in and for the city of Dalton, and at such place as they may select, and in the event of a failure to hold such elections on the days hereinbefore specified from accident or otherwise, the said superintendents may at any time thereafter, by giving twenty days previous notice, hold the same under the restrictions before specified. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council are vested with power to supply all vacancies that may occur, as well in their own body as among their subordinate officers, in such manner and at such periods as in their discretion they may adopt, and they are hereby authorized to appoint such other officers for the city of Dalton as its interest may to them suggest, and to designate the manner and time of their election, and to prescribe their duties and salaries. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor of the city of Dalton shall receive such salary and emoluments as shall by the City Council be ordained. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council, or a majority of them, are empowered to assess and levy by a poll tax upon all taxable inhabitants of said city, or by tax on real and personal property within the corporate jurisdiction, such sum or sums of money as may be deemed requisite for the maintenance of said city in all [Illegible Text] of internal police, and for all other expenditures usual to cities, to be collected in the ordinary mode of enforcing State taxation: Provided, said assessment shall not exceed the State and county tax, and that all property sold as aforesaid shall be redeemable in twelve months by the prior owner. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council are vested with authority to acquire by purchase or other legal manner, any real or personal estate for the proper use and benefit of said city, and to dispose of the same. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council are hereby authorized to elect and license annually vendue masters for said city, and in such numbers as they may deem advisable, and to require of them the tax imposed by law. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council, or a majority of them, shall ordain such by-laws and regulations, and inflict such fines and forfeitures for the infraction of the same, as shall seem necessary for the maintenance thereof. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the said fines

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and forfeitures thus incurred and imposed shall be collectable by warrant of distress and sale of the delinquent's goods and chattels if any to be found, if none, then of the lands of the offender, in such manner as the law directs; and in the absence of both real and personal estate, it shall be lawful for them to issue in the name of the Mayor and Council of said city an execution of capias ad satisfaciendum, for the capture and detention of the offender in the common jail of the county of Murray, for and during any period in such writ specified, not exceeding a greater number of days than the number of dollars he may have been fined. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council are empowered and required to regulate the markets and market-hours of said city, as the convenience and necessities of the citizens thereof may from time to time require for the government of all which they may inflict such penalties as they may seem [deem] reasonable and necessary. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and each and every member of the Council, during his term of office, are clothed with the authority and powers of acting Justices of the Peace, so far as to authorize him, or any one of them, within the corporate limits of said city, to apprehend or confine or bind over all persons charged with the violation of the laws of this State, to answer for such imputed offence to the Court having cognizance thereof, and to act as conservators of the peace. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power to pass laws and ordinances for the control of slaves and free persons of color within the said city. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have power to pass such ordinances as they may deem advisable for the management of all hogs, dogs, horses, mules, and other stock, straying at large within the said corporate limits. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council are hereby authorized to cause the persons within the corporate limits of said city, who are liable to perform road duty under the laws of this State, to work upon the public roads, streets, c., at such times as may be prescribed, for the improvement, repair and preservation thereof, the labor to be performed not to exceed fifteen days in the year. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That any and all persons residing within the corporate limits of said city, subject to perform road duty, who may have a desire to pay a special and separate tax for road and street repairs, other than working on the same, that the Mayor and Council are hereby authorized and empowered to levy and receive from all such persons, liable to perform road duty within said corporate

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limits of the city of Dalton, the sum of three dollars each, to be collected and applied as before specified. SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful at any time for the persons within the corporate limits of said city, who are subject to road duty, to be compelled to perform road duty without the limits of said city, neither shall it be lawful for any citizen or person who resides without the limits of said incorporation, to be required to perform road duty within the limits of said city. SEC. 20. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and ordinances herein contemplated and authorized are in no instance to militate against the laws of this State, or of the Constitution thereof; that all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Marthasville, in the county of DeKalb, passed on the twenty-third day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-three; and also to enlarge the boundary of said town, and to incorporate the same under the name of the city of Atlanta; and to change the name of the town of Rome to that of the city of Rome; to provide for the election of a Mayor and City Councilmen and other officers of said cities, and to confer upon them specified powers; and for other purposes herein mentioned. SECTION 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 town of Atlanta shall be known and called the city of Atlanta, and the authority and jurisdiction of said city shall extend one mile from the State Depot in every direction. SEC. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That within sixty days after the passage of this act, by giving two days notice, and on the third Monday in every January thereafter, all free white persons, citizens [Illegible Text] within the incorporation of said city, who shall be entitled to vote for members of the Legislature of said State, shall be entitled to vote for a Mayor and six members of the City

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Council, in lieu and stead of Commissioners as is provided by the act to which this is amendatory; and that any person or persons legally entitled to vote at said election, shall be eligible either for Mayor or members of the City Council, at which election one Justice of the Inferior Court or of the Peace, and two freeholders, neither of whom being a candidate, shall preside, and the persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared duly elected. That the managers of said election shall give certificates to that effect, which shall be evidence of their election and authority to act, and be recorded by the Clerk of the City Council in a book to be kept for that purpose, which record shall be held and esteemed [Illegible Text] the highest evidence of such election. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall be entitled to vote at said election except he be duly qualified to vote for members of the Legislature as aforesaid, and shall be citizens residing within the corporate limits of said city; any person voting at such election contrary to the provisions of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on indictment and conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the Penitentiary of this State not more than two, nor less than one year. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and the members of the City Council shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified; and in event that the office of Mayor, or any one or more of the offices of the City Council, shall become vacant by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, that the Mayor, or in case his seat is vacated, a majority of the members of the City Council, shall order a new election, by [Illegible Text] at least ten days notice in any one or more of the city papers, or at two or more of the most public places in said city; and said election so held shall be managed in the same manner as the elections to be held in chief, according to the provisions of the second section of this act. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and members of the Council as before mentioned, shall be known as the Mayor and Council of the city of Atlanta, and by such their corporate name shall sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and do all other acts relating to their corporate capacity, and shall have and use a common seal, and shall be capable in law to purchase, hold, receive, enjoy, possess and retain to them and their successors, for the use and benefit of the said city of Atlanta, in perpetuity, or for any term of years, any estate or estates, real or personal, lands, tenements, hereditaments of what kind or nature soever, within the limits of said city, and to sell, alien, exchange or lease the same or any part thereof, or convey

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the same or any part thereof, in any way whatsoever; and the said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to pass all by-laws and ordinances respecting the [Illegible Text] of said city, to open and lay out the same, respecting public buildings, work-houses, market-houses, public houses, carriages, wagons, carts, drays, pumps, wells, springs, fire engines, care of the poor, suppression of disorderly houses, regulation of negroes and free persons of color, and every other by-law, regulation or ordinance that shall appear to them necessary and proper for the security, welfare and interest of the said city, or for preserving the peace, health, order and good government of the same. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and members of Council shall, at their first annual meeting after their election, proceed to elect by ballot a marshal, and if they deem it necessary a deputy marshal or marshals, clerk of Council and treasurer, each of whom shall remain in office until a new election for Mayor and Council is had (unless removed) and their successors appointed; and the salaries of the said officers shall be regulated by the laws and ordinances of the Mayor and Council, and shall not be increased or diminished during their continuance in office. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as soon as convenient after the election of the said Mayor and members of Council, and before they enter upon the discharge of their official duties, the Mayor shall before said Justice of the Inferior Court or Justice of the Peace, take and subscribe the following oath: I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will to the utmost of my ability discharge the duties of Mayor (or Council, as the case may be,) for the city of Atlanta, during my continuance in officeSo help me, God; and the Mayor, after being so qualified as aforesaid, shall have full power and authority to administer said oath to each member of the Council. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case the Mayor or any member of the City Council, while in office, shall be guilty of any wilful neglect, malpractice in, or abuse of said office, he or they shall be liable to be indicted before the Superior Court of the county of DeKalb, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for each and every such offence, and shall moreover be removed from office; which fine or fines shall be paid over to the city treasurer for the use of said city. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and four members of Council shall form a quorum to transact all business, and the Mayor or President pro tempore shall have the casting vote, and a majority of the votes shall determine all questions and elections before

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the Council; and the Mayor and each member of the Council shall be to all intents and purposes a Justice of the Peace so far as to enable them, or any or either of them, to issue warrants for offences committed within the corporate limits of said city, which warrants shall be executed by the marshal or deputy marshal, and to commit to the jail of the county of DeKalb, or to admit to bail, offenders, for their appearance before the next Superior Court thereafter for the county of DeKalb; or in case the offender or offenders are slaves or free persons of color, then and in that case they shall be committed to the jail of DeKalb county or bound over for their appearance at the next Superior Court of said county of DeKalb, to await his, her or their trial, and it shall be the duty of the jailor of said county of DeKalb to receive all such persons so committed and safely keep the same until discharged by due course of law. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the expenditures of the Mayor and Council, and the compensation of the city officers, shall be paid out of the city funds by an order drawn by the clerk of Council upon the city treasurer, and countersigned by the Mayor, or in his absence by the President pro tempore of the Council; and the marshal, treasurer and clerk shall give bond and security to the Mayor and Council of the city of Atlanta, in a sum each to be fixed by the Mayor and Council, for the faithful performance of his or their duties. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any of the officers of said corporation, who may be sued for any act done in his or their official character, may justify under this act. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Atlanta shall have power and authority to call out each and every male person within the jurisdiction of said corporation subject to road duty, who shall be compelled to do road and street duty according to the laws now in force in this State, or the said Mayor and Council shall have power to levy and collect a tax for that purpose. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and members of Council shall have full power and authority to pass all ordinances and by-laws necessary for the government of said city, which do not conflict with the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia and of the United States, reference to which alone shall be had in the adjudications to be had upon this act, and they shall have special power to make all contracts in their corporate capacity which they may deem necessary for the welfare of said city; to levy a tax of not exceeding the State tax on all persons, professions and property within the corporate limits of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] kind, either real or

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personal, which is subject to taxation by the laws of this Statewhich tax shall be collected by a tax collector to be chosen by the Mayor and members of Council, who shall, previous to entering upon the duties of his office, give bond and security to the Mayor and members of the City Council, in a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, who shall also act as tax receiver for said citywhich tax shall be collected at such times and in such manner as the Mayor and members of the Council in their by-laws shall direct, and shall pay the taxes so collected over to the treasurer of said city, on or before the first day of August in the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and on or before the first day of August in each and every year thereafter; and the said tax collector shall receive for his services such sums as may be fixed and set apart by the Mayor and members of Council, and whose term of office shall expire (unless removed) with those who elected him: to empower their said marshal or deputy marshal to remove all nuisances within the corporate limits of said city, and especially require him, the said marshal, to prosecute before the Superior or Inferior Courts of the county of DeKalb, all offendersand for this purpose the said marshal or deputy marshal shall have full power and authority to examine all places where he suspects a violation of the laws of this State to be carried on, and shall have full power and authority to call to his aid any and all of the white male citizens of said city capable of bearing arms, and shall report all offenders against the penal laws of this State to the Mayor or any member of the Council, whose duty it shall be upon such to issue a warrant or warrants, binding over such offenders to appear before the proper tribunals to answer such charge. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases where any person or persons, citizens of said city, or who have property subject to taxation within the corporate limits of the same, shall fail, refuse or neglect to pay the taxes imposed according to this act, the clerk of the City Council shall issue execution for the same, which execution shall be signed by said clerk and bear test in the name of the Mayor, and be directed to the marshal of said city, commanding him to levy on the goods, chattels, lands and tenements of the defendants, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy the demand and costwhich execution shall bind all the property of the defendant from the date thereof, and the cost thereof shall be the same as on tax collector's execution by the laws of this Stateand the said marshal shall proceed to advertise and sell, in such manner as the laws or ordinances of said city shall of may direct, provided that in case any such execution shall be returned by said marshal no property to be found, then

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and in that case a capias ad satisfaciendum against the body of the defendant or defendants may issue, from which he shall not be discharged except by virtue of the laws of this State made for the relief of honest debtorsand should any such defendant or defendants fail to give security for his or their appearance before the Superior or Inferior Court of DeKalb county to take the benefit of said act, then and in that case he, she or they shall be committed to the common jail of the county of DeKalb, there to remain until discharged by due course of law. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor, and in his absence any three members of the City Council, shall have full power and authority to impose such fines, not exceeding fifty dollars, for the violation of any or all of the by-laws and ordinances of said city within the corporate limits of the same, provided such by-laws and ordinances be not violative of [Illegible Text] constitution or laws of this State or of the United States. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That in [the] payment of all fines imposed pursuant to the preceding section, shall be enforced in the same manner which is hereinafter provided for the collection of taxes. SEC. 17. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor of said city shall receive for his services the sum of two hundred dollars per year, and that each member of the City Council shall receive a salary of twenty dollars a year, and all the salaries to be paid to the officers of said corporation, together with all the expenditures made for the use of said city, shall be paid out of the city funds in the hands of the city treasurer, who shall keep a book in which he shall make an entry of all sums of money received and who from, and upon what account it was received, and shall also make an entry of all sums of money paid out and for what purpose, and shall take receipts for all sums of money paid out, which books and receipts shall be subject to the inspection of the Mayor and members of Council of said city at such times as they or either of them shall think properand all sums of money paid into the hands of the city treasurer by this act, shall and it is hereby directed to be a fund for the use of said city. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and City Council shall have power to license persons to retail and sell by retail spirituous liquors within the said city, and no person or persons shall sell by retail any spirituous liquors within the same without first obtaining such license, for which they shall pay a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, which tax shall be appropriated to the [use] of the said city of Atlanta. SEC. 19. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and members of Council of the city of Atlanta

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shall have full power and authority to levy a tax in addition to the taxes levied by the provisions of the thirteenth section of [Illegible Text] net, on all billiard tables kept or used for the purpose of playing on, gaming or renting, and on all ten pin allies, nine pin allies, or allies of any kind, which are kept or used for the purpose of playing on with pins and balls, or either, or for the purpose of renting the same; which tax or taxes shall be collected according to the provisions of the thirteenth and fourteenth sections of this act; and the said Mayor and City Council shall have power and authority to levy and collect a tax, not exceeding fifty dollars for each exhibition, from all itinerant show masters who may exhibit within said city any shows, circus riding, tumbling, slight of hand, legerdemain or tricks, or any other kind whatsoever coming under this description. SEC. 20. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Mayor and City Council shall have power and authority to license a vendue master or vendue masters for said city, such vendue master or masters first paying to the Mayor and City Council the sum of fifty dollars each for said license, and giving bond and security to the Mayor and City Council, in the manner prescribed by the laws of this State regulating vendues; and if any person or persons shall sell any goods, wares, merchandize, or any other property whatsoever, as a vendue master, or at auction or public outcry, within said city, without having first obtained a license from the Mayor and City Council, he or they shall forfeit and pay for every such sale the sum of five hundred dollarsto be recovered in any Court of competent jurisdiction, and to be applied, one-half to the use of the said city, and the other half to the person giving the information and sueing for the same: Provided, always, That nothing in this section shall be construed to extend to any sales made by lawful officers under executions issuing from the proper authorities, or to sales made by or under the authority of executors, administrators, or guardians, or to prohibit resident citizens of said city from vending at auction their own property therein. SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the town of Rome, in the county of Floyd, shall be known and called by the name of the city of Rome, and that the authority and jurisdiction of said city of Rome shall extend one-half mile in every direction from the Court house. SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That each and every provision in this act contained in relation to the city of Atlanta, shall apply to and be in force as to the said city of Rome, as fully and to the same extent as if specially enacted therefor. SEC. 23. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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that all laws, or parts of laws, militating against the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to prevent the Clerks of the several Courts in this State from taxing in their bills of cost a tax fee for the benefit of attorneys. SECTION 1: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, That it shall not be lawful for the Clerks of this State to tax in their bills of cost two dollars, or any tax fee, for the benefit of attorneys, on any suit commenced after the passage of this act, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 28, 1847. AN ACT to require Marriage Settlements to be recorded. SECTION 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 marriage agreements or settlements heretofore executed either within this or any other State or territory, where the husband resides within the limits of this State, shall be recorded within twelve months after the passage and publication of this act, in the Clerk's office of the Superior Court in the county of the residence of the husband SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all marriage agreements or settlements hereafter made either in this State or any other State or territory, where the husband resides in this State, shall be recorded within three months from the execution thereof, in the

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Clerk's office of the Superior Court of the county of the husband's residence. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any such instrument be not recorded within the time prescribed by this act, the same shall not be of any force or effect against a bona fide purchaser without notice, or bona fide creditor without notice, or bona fide surety without notice, who may purchase or give credit, or become surety, before the actual recording of the same. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to make the person holding the office of Clerk of the Superior Court and Clerk of the Inferior Court, or either of them, eligible to the office of the Clerk of Ordinary in the county of Burke. SECTION 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 persons holding the office of Clerk of the Superior and Clerk of the Inferior Court in Burke county, or either of them, shall be eligible to the office of Clerk of the Court of Ordinary in said county, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to compel the Clerks of the Superior, Inferior, and Ordinary Courts of Irwin county to hold their offices at the Court-house. SECTION 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, the Clerks of the Superior, Inferior, and Ordinary Courts, shall be compelled to hold their offices at the Court-house. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 17, 1847. AN ACT to authorize persons engaged in the U. S. Coast Survey, upon the Coast of Georgia, to enter on lands within this State for the purpose of said survey, to protect the operations of the same from injury and molestation; to ascertain the mode of assessing damages caused to any property in the progress of the same; and to provide for the punishment of offenders against the provisions of this act, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, according to the provisions of an act of Congress, passed February 10th, 1807, and acts supplementary thereto, and in pursuance of the same the operations of the U. S. Coast Survey have reached the Coast of Georgia; and whereas it is important that such operations should be carried on without hinderance or injury, and that certain privileges should be granted to persons employed in the same, without detriment nevertheless to the citizens of Georgia: SECTION 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 passing of this act, any and every person employed under and by virtue of an act of the Congress of the U. S. passed the 10th day of February, 1807, and the supplements thereto concerning the U. S. Coast survey, may enter upon lands and clear and cut timber within this State upon the same, for the purpose of exploring, surveying, triangulation, levelling, or doing any other act requisite to effect the object of said act of Congress, without being considered as a trespasser, provided no unnecessary injury be done thereby. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the parties interested, namely, party or parties representing

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the Government in the U. S. Coast Survey on the coast of Georgia, and the owners or possessors of the land so entered upon and to which damage may have been done, cannot agree together upon the amount to be paid for the damages caused by doing any of the acts aforesaid, either of them may complain in a summary manner to the nearest Justice of the Peace for the district of the county where the damage may have been committed, who shall associate with himself two disinterested freeholders of the said county, one to be named by each party interested, who shall, upon hearing the parties, and with or without view of the premises, as they may determine, proceed to assess and award any damages which may have accrued to the owners or possessors of the land so entered upon: Provided, nevertheless, That the party complaining as aforesaid shall serve upon the opposite party interested ten days notice in writing of the time and place when and where said complaint is to be heard, and the name of the freeholder by him selected. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said magistrate and freeholders shall, without unreasonable delay, file in the office of the Clerk of the Inferior Court of the county where the said complaint may have been heard, a report of their proceedings, which report shall be conclusive against the parties and be evidence of their assent to the same, unless either of them shall, within ten days after the filing of the said report, file a general or special objection to the same in the office of the said Clerk, of which the other party shall have notice: whereupon an issue shall be made up and a trial had at the next term of the Inferior Court for the said county, in the same manner in which civil cases are tried, except that the judgment shall be rendered and the damages assessed at the first term. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person so entering land as aforesaid, for the purposes aforesaid, may tender to the party injured sufficient amends for any damage done upon the said land; and if, upon the examination before the Justice of the Peace and freeholders as aforesaid, or upon the trial before the Inferior Court, the damages finally assessed shall not exceed the amount so tendered, the person who has so entered and made tender of amends shall recover his costs. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Justice of the Peace and freeholders aforesaid, upon complaint made to [Illegible Text] as aforesaid and decision given, shall receive [the] same costs to which by law Justices of the Peace are entitled in a civil case from summons to judgment; and upon the trial in the Inferior Court the costs shall be taxed by analogy to the bill of costs in said Court established by law.

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SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall [Illegible Text] or wantonly injure, deface or remove any signal, monument, building, or any appendage thereto, used or constructed in the State of Georgia under and by virtue of the act of Congress aforesaid, he and they shall be liable to indictment for the same under this statute, for each and every such offence, and upon conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars, one-half of which shall go to the prosecutor and the remainder shall be appropriated according to the laws of this State regulating the disposal of such fines; and he and they shall also be liable for all damages sustained by the U. S. of America by reason of any such injury, defacement or removal, to be recovered by action on the case in any court of competent jurisdiction. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to prescribe how the Laws and Resolutions of this State shall be compiled and arranged, and to repeal all laws militating against this act. SECTION 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 whenever the Legislature of this State shall deem it expedient and proper that the laws and resolutions of this State, or any part of them, should be compiled and arranged, that then it shall be the duty of the said Legislature to prescribe by law what shall be the character of the laws and resolutions intended to be compiled and arranged, and how and when the same shall be performed; and that all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847.

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AN ACT requiring Clerks of the Inferior Courts of the several counties of this State to record Constable's Bonds, and declaring certified copies thereof testimony in certain cases. SECTION 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 the Clerks of the Inferior Courts of the several counties of this State, to record in a book to be kept for that purpose all Constables' Bonds that may hereafter be returned into their and each of their respective offices by the magistrates before whom said Bonds are executed, within twenty days after the same are so returned. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all causes which may hereafter be instituted in any of the Courts of law or equity in this State, against the principal and securities, or either of them, on any official Bond given by any Constable in this State, it shall be lawful for the said Courts to receive as evidence of the fact of the due execution of such Bond, a certified copy thereof made by the proper officer, when such Bond is of file or recorded, which copy shall be sufficient testimony in the cause, unless denied on oath. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws, or parts of laws, militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to alter and amend the third Section of the second Article of the Constitution of this State. WHEREAS the third Section of the second Article of the Constitution of this State reads in the following words, to wit: No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor who shall not have been a citizen of the United States twelve years, and an inhabitant of this State six years, and who hath not attained to the age of thirty years, and who does not possess five hundred acres of land in his own right within this State, and other property to the amount of four

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thousand dollars, and whose estate shall not, on a reasonable estimation, be competent to the discharge of his just debts over and above that sum: And whereas said property qualification is inconsistent with the genius of our institutions and the popular spirit of this age: SECTION 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 [Illegible Text] of the same, That so soon as this Act shall have passed agreeably to the requirements of the Constitution, the following shall be adopted in lieu of the Section above recited, to wit:No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor who shall not have been a citizen of the United States twelve years, and an inhabitant of this State six years, and who hath not attained the age of thirty years. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ABSALOM H. CHAPPELL, President of the Senate. GEO. W. CRAWFORD, Governor. In House of Representatives, December 24th, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. In Senate, December 27th, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 26, 1845. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to amend the ninth Section of the third Article of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. WHEREAS the said ninth Section of the third Article of the Constitution of this State, is in the following words, to wit: Divorces shall be final and conclusive when the parties shall have obtained the concurrent verdict of two special juries authorizing a divorce upon legal principles: And whereas it is proper that the General Assembly should have the right and power to establish the legal principles upon which divorces should be authorized and allowed: Therefore, be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly convened, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so soon as this act shall pass agreeably to the requisitions

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of the Constitution, providing for its own amendment, the following amendment shall be adopted in lieu of the said ninth Section of the third Article of the Constitution, to wit: [Illegible Text] shall be final and [Illegible Text] when the parties shall have obtained the concurrent verdict of two special juries authorizing a divorce upon such legal principles as the General Assembly may by law prescribe. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 28, 1847. AN ACT to add a part of Muscogee county to the county of Talbot. SECTION 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, that all that part of Muscogee county lying in the fork of Baker and Upatoie Creecks, having Baker's Creek for the line from where the present line strikes the said Creek to where it intersects the Upatoic, thence up said Creek to the mouth of Juniper Creek, be, and the same is hereby attached to and become part of the county of Talbot. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to alter the line between the counties of Jones and Jasper, so as to add a part of lot No. 44, 13th District, of Jones county, to the county of Jasper. SECTION 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 passage of this act, that all of No. 44, 13th District, being part in Jones county and part in the county of Jasper, be and it is hereby added to the county of Jasper. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be and they are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to change the line between the counties of Monroe and Crawford so as to include the residence of Little berry Lucas in the county of Crawford, and to add lot number sixty-one in the eighth district of Macon county, on which Francis H. Cheves resides, to the county of Crawford. SECTION 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 line between the counties of Monroe and Crawford be and the same is hereby altered so as to include the residence of Littleberry Lucas, now of the county of Monroe, in the county of Crawford. SECTION 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, the line between the counties of Macon and Crawford be so altered as to add the whole of lot number sixty-one in the eighth district of originally Houston, now Macon county, whereon Francis H. Cheves now resides, to the county of Crawford. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847.

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AN ACT to alter and change the line between the counties of Floyd and Chattooga. SECTION 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 line between the counties of Floyd and Chattooga shall commence at the southeast corner of lot number eight, in the twenty-fourth district, third section, thence on a straight line to the southwest corner of lot number two hundred and sixty in the fifth district and fourth section, thence with or on the top of Sims' mountain to the northwest corner of lot number thirty-nine in the fifteenth district, fourth section, thence with the present line between said counties to the Alabama line. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1847. AN ACT to add all that part of the county of Bryan known as the island of Ossabaw, to the county of Chatham. SECTION 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, that all that part of the county of Bryan known as the island of Ossabaw, be and the same is hereby attached to and become part of the county of Chatham. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847.

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AN ACT to change the line dividing the counties of Houston and Macon, and the counties of Crawford and Houston. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 line dividing the county of Houston from the counties of Macon and Crawford, be so altered and changed as to embrace within the limits of the said county of Houston, lots of land numbers one and two in the eighth district of originally Houston county. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to alter the county lines of Forsyth and [Illegible Text] so as to add lots of land numbers eleven hundred and seventeen and eleven hundred and eighty-nine, situated in the third district of the second section (2 sec.) of originally Cherokee, now Cherokee countylots of land on which John Jinkins and Darious R. Weems now live. SECTION 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 lots of land now situated in the county of Cherokee, in the second section, [Illegible Text] as lots eleven hundred and seventeen and eleven hundred and eighty-nine, on which John Jinkins and Darious R. Weems now reside, be and the same are hereby added to the county of Forsyth, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847.

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AN ACT to add a part of the county of Paulding to the county of Carroll, and a part to the county of Floyd. SECTION 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 lot number 520, lot number 591, and lot number 601, in the first district and third section, now in the county of Paulding, be added to and form a part of Carroll county; and lot number 72 in the 2d district, 4th section, of Paulding county, be added to and form a part of the county of Floyd. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to change the line between the counties of Marion and Talbot so as to add lots number fifty-four and twenty-two, and eighty-eight and one hundred and seventeen, all of which lie in the eleventh district originally Muscogee, now Marion county, to Talbot county. SECTION 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 line between the counties of Marion and Talbot be and the same is hereby altered so as to add lots number fifty-four, twenty-two, eighty-eight, and one hundred and seventeen, in the eleventh district of the county of Marion, to the county of Talbot. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1847.

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AN ACT to alter and change the line between the counties of Appling and Telfair so as to include the residence of William G. Taylor in the county of Appling, and also the line between the counties of Floyd and Chattooga so as to include lots of land number 79 in the 24th district, 3d section, and numbers 294 and 319 in the 5th district and 4th section, in the county of Floyd, and the residents thereon, in the county of Chattooga. SECTION 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 line dividing the counties of Appling and Telfair shall be and the same is hereby altered and changed so as to include the residence of William G. Taylor, now of the county of Telfair, and the lot of land whereon [Illegible Text] resides, in the county of Appling. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, c., That all of lot number 79 in the 24th district, 3d section, and numbers 294 and 319 in the 5th district and 4th section, and the residents thereon, of the county of Floyd, be added to the county of Chattooga. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1847. AN ACT to authorize and require the Justices of the Inferior Courts of Marion and Macon counties to run out and define, according to law, the county line between said counties of Marion and Macon. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Justices of the Inferior Courts of Marion and Macon counties, or a majority of them from each county, be, and they are hereby required and authorized to meet and run out and define,

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according to law, the county line between the counties of Marion and Macon. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to change the county line between the counties of Walton and Newton so as to add the residence of certain persons now residing in the county of Walton to the county of Newton; and to add the residence of Archibald Harris of the county of Paulding to the county of Cobb. SECTION 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 line now dividing the counties of Walton and Newton shall be so changed as to run from the present county line on the road leading from Covington to Madison, so as to make said road the [Illegible Text] line, to a point near Isaac Middlebrooks' residence, so as to include said Middlebrooks in the county of Newtonthence to run a west course to Stroud's creek, so as to include the residence of John Chalin and James Williamsthence down said creek to the original county line. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847.

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AN ACT to add a part of the county of Stewart to the county of Marion, to point out the mode of electing Commissioners, to provide for the location of a county site, to dispose of the public buildings at Tazewell, to provide payment for undertakers of the court-house now being [Illegible Text] to levy an extra tax, and for other purposes. SECTION 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 first Tuesday in April, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, all that part of the county of Stewart laying and being in the following described boundary, to wit:Commencing on the [Illegible Text] county line at the dividing corner between number sixty-four and sixty-five in the twenty-fifth district of Stewart county, thence west to the southwest corner of number fifty-five, thence north to the corner between twenty-two and forty-two, thence northwest so as to leave lots of land number twenty-one and thirteen in the twenty-fifth district, and numbers sixty-four, thirty-three, thirty-two, two, thirty, and three, in the thirty-first district of said county of Stewart, thence west to Dry Creek, thence up Dry Creek to the Marion and Stewart county linebe, and the same is hereby added to the county of Marion. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That an election shall be held at the various places for holding elections in [Illegible Text] county for members of the Legislature, on the first Monday in April, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, when the voters of Marion county, who are citizens and residents in Marion other than those in this act added from the county of Stewart, legally entitled to vote for a Representatives of the General Assembly, shall then and on that day vote upon the question of removal of the county site of the said county of Marion, for Removal or No Removal, which said election shall be conducted in the same manner as elections for members of the General Assembly, and the superintendents at the several [Illegible Text] shall meet on the next day after said elections at the place of holding the Superior Courts in said county, and consolidate the votes so polled as at other elections, and if there should be a majority in favor of removal, then the superintendents who shall consolidate the votes so polled, or a majority of them, [shall] advertise the same by public proclamation at that time; and the said superintendents shall, within five days from the time of said election, notify the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county of Marion [of] the result of said election by written notice; and thereupon the said Justices, or a majority of them, or if they should fail to do so, the said superintendents, or any three or more of them, shall order an election, which shall be advertised in writing by being posted at the court-house

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in said county and at the several places of holding said elections, to elect seven commissioners, on the first Monday in May thereafter, which said election of said commissioners shall be conducted in the same manner as the elections hereinbefore stated: Provided, however. That in the election for said commissioners the citizens added to Marion from Stewart shall be entitled to vote. And the superintendents of said election aforesaid shall the day after said election convene at the court-house of said county of Marion and then and there consolidate the same, and the seven persons having received the highest number of votes shall be considered as elected commissioners; and the said superintendents shall, within ten days after said election of said commissioners, notify the seven persons so chosen and elected as aforesaid of their said election; and the said commissioners elected as aforesaid, or a majority of them, shall constitute a board capable of selecting a site for the location of said new court-house. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in the event the citizens of Marion county, in the election aforesaid upon the subject of removal or no removal, shall decide against removal, then and in that event the act entitled an act to make permanent the site of the public buildings in the town of Tazewell in the county of Marion, and to incorporate and appoint commissioners for the same, be, and the same shall be revived and made in full force, and all laws repugnant to said act be and the same are hereby repealed. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in the event that removal shall prevail in the election aforesaid, that the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at the court-house of Marion county, on or before the first Monday in June thereafter, and together or separately take and subscribe the following oath before some Justice of the Peace or Justice of the Inferior Court of said county, to wit: I, (A. B.) do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I will well and truly discharge the duties of commissioner as contemplated by this act, to the best of my abilitySo help me God. And the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall, on or before the first Monday in July thereafter, agree upon and designate a suitable place for the permanent location of the court-house for said county of Marion, and purchase or receive by donation a sufficiency of land to locate said site or court-house and other public buildings for said county of Marion. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, after having obtained a sufficiency of land as aforesaid, shall proceed to lay off, or cause to be laid off, such number of lots as they in their judgment may deem proper and suitable for a village, and shall sell the same at such time and on such terms as they may deem for the best interest

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of said county, which sale shall be at public outcry at said new site. And said commissioners shall, previous to said sale, advertise said sale at least one month in one or more public gazettes in the city of Macon or Columbus, or both. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county of Marion shall, as soon as convenient thereafter, cause to be erected at said county site, selected as aforesaid, a court-house and jail, such as they may deem proper for the time. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Marion county, immediately after the election of said commissioners, shall appoint five other commissioners, whose duty it shall be to ascertain the value of the town property in the town of Tazewell (the same to be fixed at the amount the owners thereof placed upon it in the returns of their taxable property for the year 1847, eighteen hundred and forty-seven,) and then assess the amount of depreciation of said town property because of the removal of said county site, and the said commissioners shall execute to the owners of said town property a certificate declaring the damage thus sustained, which said certificate shall become a debt against the county treasury of said county, and such certificate shall be received in payment for any contract for the purchase of any lot or lots sold in the new county site contemplated as aforesaid. And the commissioners last aforesaid, before entering upon their duties aforesaid, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, to wit: I, (A. B.) do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case may be,) that I will well and truly discharge the duties imposed upon me by this act, to the best of my ability, without favor, or affection, or prejudiceSo help me God;the said oath to be administered by the said Justices of the Inferior Court, or any one of them. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the proceeds of the sale of the lots of the new county site herein contemplated, shall be turned over by the commissioners authorized to lay out said town to the Justices of the Inferior Court, to be placed in the county treasury as a county fund. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the five commissioners, or a majority of them, herein designated to be appointed by the said Justices of the Inferior Court, shall, immediately after it is determined that removal shall take place, proceed to assess the value of the work done and the materials furnished in the erection of the new court-house now building in Tazewell. and the value of the same under the contract for the erection thereof, shall be paid out of the county funds, from the first moneys in the county treasury, to the undertake or undertakers. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That, provided the voters

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of Marion county should determine to move the court-house from the town of Tazewell, then and in that case the Justices of the Inferior Court shall cause to be sold, in a manner and on terms best adapted to the public interest, the court-house and jail and other public property in Tazewell. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Superior and Inferior Courts, Courts of Ordinary, County Courts and Sheriff sales, shall be held at the court-house in Tazewell until a suitable place for holding said Courts is provided at the new county site herein contemplated. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Marion county, to the end that provision may be made for the payment of the debt incurred for the building of the new court-house, as well as to pay for the damages sustained by the owners of property in the town of Tazewell, be allowed to levy and collect an extra tax not exceeding seventy-five per centum upon the general tax, and the extra tax thus imposed, and the fund arising from the sale of the public property at Tazewell, shall be first applied to the payment due for the new court-house and for the payment of the damages sustained by the owners of property in Tazewell ascertained as aforesaid. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That all laws, and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1847. AN ACT to establish and make permanent the county site of Scriven county, to provide for building a Court-house and county Jail therein, to appoint Commissioners to carry the same into effect, and to provide for the payment of all necessary expenses. WHEREAS, by an act of the Legislature, approved December twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and forty-five, provision was made for the removal of the county site of Scriven county, and in pursuance of said act, John R. Kittles, Willis Young, William Lovett, John Roberts, Moses N. McCall, Solomon Zeigler, and John A. Gross, were appointed Commissioners for the purpose of defining the centre

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of said county, and removing the public buildings thereto; and whereas said Commissioners have defined said centre: SECTION 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, the county site of Scriven county shall and the same is hereby declared to be at Sylvania, five miles below the [Illegible Text] of Jacksonboro', on the middle-ground road leading from Jacksonboro' in Scriven county to Springfield in Effingham county, being the spot selected by the Commissioners for the removal of the Court-house and county-site, and on fifty acres of land bargained for by said Commissioners with Charles Church and Azeriah Ennis. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the above named John R. Kittles, Willis Young, William Lovett, John Roberts, Moses N. McCall, Solomon Zeigler, and John A. Gross, be and they are hereby declared Commissioners for the purpose of contracting for and having built a court-house and jail at said county site: Provided, nevertheless, That no Commissioner shall either directly or indirectly become a contractor for building said court-house and jail. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall proceed forthwith to purchase from the said Charles Church and Azeriah Ennis, or either of them who can make a good and sufficient title, the aforementioned fifty acres of land, which said titles shall be made to the said Commissioners and their successors in office; and the said Commissioners shall immediately thereafter run off said fifty acres of land into lots of a convenient size for village lots, and shall proceed to sell the same at public outcry, on such terms as shall seem proper to said Commissioners; and said Commissioners shall execute titles to all purchasers and sign the same; and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied to the payment for building said court-house and jail. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall and they are hereby authorized to sell the county lots, together with the old court-house and jail, in the village of Jacksonboro', and apply the proceeds arising therefrom to the building of the new court-house and jail at the new site. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, c. That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Scriven county shall, on the second Monday in January, or at any time thereafter before the first Monday in May, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, levy an extraordinary tax, not exceeding fifty per cent, on the State tax, for the purpose of paying the expenses already necessarily

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incurred by said Commissioners in and about defining the centre of said county, for the purchase of said land, and for advertising in the public gazettes, as also for the purpose of paying for the building of a court-house and jail at the new county site. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the first Tuesday in April, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, all courts, elections, sheriff's, executor's, administrator's and guardian's sales, heretofore had and held in the village of Jacksonboro', shall take place at the site designated in the first section of this act. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should a vacancy occur in the Board of Commissioners by death, resignation or otherwise, that then a majority of the remaining Commissioners may elect a Commissioner to fill such vacancy. SEC. 8. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to enable the citizens of the county of Wayne to fix upon a permanent site for the public buildings in said county, and to raise funds, and erect a Court-house thereon. SECTION 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 citizens of Wayne county, entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall meet at the different election precincts on the first Monday in May next, (1848,) and elect three commissioners for each district of said county, for the purpose of selecting and fixing upon a permanent site for the public buildings of said county: Provided, That said election in the three hundred and thirty-fourth district shall be held at the old court-house near the residence of James Rawlinson. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners elected as aforesaid shall meet on the third Monday in May following, at the residence of William Flowers, near the old ford of the Buffalo, and proceed to select and fix upon a place in the vicinity of the residence of

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the said Wm. Flowers as near the centre of the county as the public convenience will admit; which place so selected and fixed upon by the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall thereafter be considered as the permanent site for the public buildings of the said county of Wayne. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Justices of the Inferior Court shall, on the recommendation of the grand jury of said county, levy and cause to be collected an extraordinary annual tax, which shall not exceed twenty-five per cent. on the general tax, which shall be paid over to the said commissioners for the purpose of causing to be erected a court-house on the site selected and fixed upon as aforesaid. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the said commissioners, or a majority of them, to agree upon a plan and make a contract or contracts for the erection of the said court-house, after giving twenty-days public notice, and they shall let the same to the lowest bidder, taking such security for the faithful performance of the work, by a certain day to be designated in said contract, as they, the said commissioners, in their judgment shall deem proper. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as soon as the said court-house shall be completed, the said commissioners shall turn over and deliver the same to the Justices of the Inferior Court, whose duty it shall be to give public notice of the completion of the same, and that the Superior and Inferior Courts, and Courts of Ordinary, and all such public business as is usual and customary, shall thereafter be held and transacted at the court-house erected and completed as aforesaid. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to render a fair and exact account of all monies by them received and expended in the erection of the said court-house, to the Justices of the Inferior Court, on the day on which said court-house shall be turned over and delivered as aforesaid, and pay over any balance which may be left in their hands to the county treasurer; which said account shall be laid before the Grand Jury at the first term of the Superior Court which may be held thereafter for the said county of Wayne. SEC. 7. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 18, 1847.

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AN ACT to make public the names of defaulting tax-payers in the county of Burke, and for other purposes therein named. SECTION 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 the Tax Collector of the county of Burke annually to make out a correct list of all defaulters as are marked as such on his books of the year previous, and arrange the names alphabetically, placing the amounts due by each opposite their name, a copy of which list he shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each Justice of the Peace in said county, at least five days previous to the first Monday in October of each year. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of Justices of the Peace to have said list or lists so furnished them at the place of holding elections in their respective districts, on the days of holding General Presidential and County elections; and they shall place said list or lists in such conspicuous and convenient place as will enable any person desiring it to consult the same. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for any neglect of the duties herein imposed, the officer or officers so neglecting or refusing shall be fined for every such neglect or refusal, a sum not exceeding ten dollars, to be collected in the usual manner of collecting fines, and to be paid over to the Inferior Court for county purposes. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Inferior Court of Baker county to dispose of the county's interest in the lands and public buildings in the town of Byron, and the county's interest in certain lands in the town of Newton. SECTION 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

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the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Baker, or a majority of them, be, and they are hereby authorized to dispose of and sell, in such manner as they by an order of Court [may] direct, all the interest belonging to the said county in lands or public buildings in the town of Byron, the former county site, and also the county's interest in any town lots or lands in the town of Newton, the present county site, which have not been set apart for public buildings or the public use; and the proceeds of such sales shall be paid into the county treasury, and become a part of the county funds. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and they are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Inferior Court of Baker county to dispose of certain lands for Poor School purposes. WHEREAS there are narrow strips of unsurveyed and ungranted lands lying between some of the districts of said county: SECTION 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 such strips of unsurveyed and ungranted land as may be lying in the county of Baker, between the lines of any two districts, and not included in a land district, may be sold by the Inferior Court of said county in such manner as they, by an order of Court, may direct, and the proceeds shall be by them applied to the education of poor children, in accordance with the poor school law. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847.

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AN ACT to alter and amend an act entitled an act to alter and amend so much of the fourth section of an act approved December 23d, 1789, as relates to the amount of County Surveyors' Bonds, assented to December 26th, 1842. SECTION 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 all county surveyors hereafter elected in the several counties of this State, shall give bond and security in the sum of one thousand dollars, instead of three thousand dollars, as is now required by said amended act. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 28, 1847. AN ACT to give to the people of the county of Lumpkin the election of County Treasurer. SECTION 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 election of county treasurer of the county of Lumpkin be and the same is hereby given to the people of said county entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first Monday in January next, and on the first Monday in January on every two years thereafter, the voters of said county be and they are hereby empowered to proceed to said election [as] of other county officers as now regulated by law; and that the said treasurer, when elected, be required to give bond, and be liable to all pains and penalties in the same manner as such officers are now by law regulated and bound. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT amendatory of the act of the General Assembly organizing the Supreme Court, so far as to make it discretionary with plaintiffs in error whether they will include as parties plaintiff, securities on appeal, on injunction bonds, and writs of error. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia met, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall in no case be considered as necessary to join with the parties to the suit in the Superior Court, carrying a case therefrom up to the Supreme Court, by bills of exceptions and writs of error, the security on appeal or on any injunction bond. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no writ of error shall be dismissed or delayed in its hearing and decision, where the parties to the writ or declaration below are included in said writ of error. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to amend the twelfth section of an act entitled an act to carry into effect that part of the first section of the third article of the Constitution which requires the establishment of a Supreme Court for the correction of errors, and to organize the same, and to regulate the proceedings thereof, assented to on the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-five. SECTION 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 passage of this act, so much of said recited section as declares that the Reporter of said Court shall not, during his service as Reporter, appear as counsel or act as attorney in any case in any Court in this State, be, and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, c. That the Reporter of said Supreme Court shall be entitled to receive his salary quarterly, as other State officers, and be authorized to appoint an Assistant Reporter, such appointment to be submitted to and approved by the Judges of said Court, and entered upon the minutes, either in term or vacation; and the said Reporter or his Assistant shall attend each term of the Court, unless prevented by providential cause, or relieved therefrom by leave of absence by the Judge. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, c. That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT amendatory of the act approved the tenth of December, eighteen hundred and forty-five, organizing a Supreme Court for the correction of errors, in relation to bills of exceptions, giving of bond by the party taking up a case, and directory of the duty of the Clerk as to transcripts accompanying cases. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act, that so much of the act of which this is amendatory as requires bills of exceptions, in both civil, criminal and equity cases, to be drawn up and submitted to the Judge before whom such cause was tried within four days after the trial thereof, be and the same is hereby altered and amended so as to allow them to be drawn up and submitted for signature and certification by the Judge within thirty days after the close of the term in which said cause was heard. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That with a view to lighten the costs upon parties in said Court, that the transcripts of the record from the Court below shall not be recorded

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by the Clerk of the Supreme Court, but shall be filed up carefully by number of the proper term of the Court in which the cause in which it was used was tried. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the 4th section of the act of which this is amendatory as prescribes four days within which cost shall be paid and bond given, be and is hereby extended to thirty days. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to fix the time of holding the Superior Courts in the county of Floyd, and to require the Judge of said Court to hold the same two weeks each Term, if the business of said Court should not be disposed of in a shorter period; and two draw two panels of Grand and Petit Jurors for said county; and also to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county to draw Jurors, as hereinafter prescribed. SECTION 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 time of holding the Superior Court in the county of Floyd shall be on the fourth Monday in April and October in each and every year, and to continue two weeks each Term, if the business of said Court shall require it. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, precepts and processes of any nature or kind whatever, shall thereafter be made returnable to the Terms of said Court as fixed by this act. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons summoned, subp[oelig]naed or bound as witnesses, suitors or jurors, or in any other capacity, to attend the Superior Court of said county at the time heretofore fixed by law for the sitting of said Court, shall in like manner be bound to attend said Court at the times specified in this act. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Judge of said Court shall have power and authority to draw two panels of Grand and Petit Jurors in said county, to be designated as panels number one and two, panel number one to serve the first week of the Term to which they may be respectively summoned, and panel number two the second week of said Term.

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SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county of Floyd shall meet at the Court-house in said county by the first day of February next, and proceed to draw from their respective jury boxes, additional panels of Grand and Petit Jurors, to be designated as panels number two, to serve the second week of the next ensuing Term of said Superior Court of the county of Floyd, and to be summoned as the panels regularly drawn. SEC. 6. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 18, 1847. AN ACT to alter the times of holding the Inferior Courts for the county of Telfair. SECTION 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 times of holding the Inferior Courts in and for the county of Telfair are hereby changed and altered from the first Monday in April and the second Monday in October, to the fourth Mondays in January and July. SEC. 2. 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 are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 7, 1847. AN ACT to alter and change the time of holding the Inferior Court of the county of Stewart. SECTION 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 passage of this act, the time for holding the Inferior Court of Stewart county shall be the first Mondays of February and July in each year: and that all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Judge of the Superior Court to hold adjourned Terms of the Superior Court for Lumpkin county, until the dockets of said Court can be disposed of within the time now allotted by law for said Courts. SECTION 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 Judge of the Superior Court be and he is hereby authorized and directed to hold adjourned Terms of the Superior Courts for Lumpkin county, until the dockets of said Court can be conveniently disposed of within the week at each Term now allowed by law. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose aforesaid the said Judge shall adjourn, at the expiration of the week now allowed by law, said Superior Court to some fixed day after the completion of the round of Courts in said Circuit, and this shall be done publicly at each Term of the Court as now fixed by law; and said adjourned Courts shall continue in session until the dockets are disposed of by trial or continuances; and the said Judge is hereby authorized and directed to draw new juries from the jury boxes for the business of said adjourned Courts, and the Sheriff shall proceed without delay to summon them to attend on the days appointed in pursuance of this act. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 28, 1847.

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AN ACT requiring the Judge to continue the Superior Court in the county of Cobb for two weeks, and to fix the time of holding the same. SECTION 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 Judge, at each Term hereafter held, to continue the Superior Court in the county of Cobb for two weeks, unless the business of said county shall be completed in less time than two weeks. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Superior Court of the county of Cobb shall be held on the second Mondays in February and August. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Judge aforesaid, at each Term hereafter held, to draw two panels of Grand Jurors and two panels of Petit Jurors for said county of Cobb, to be designated as panels number one and two respectively, panels one to serve the first week of the Term of said Court, and panels number two the second week. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all writs, precepts and processes whatever heretofore issued, or that may hereafter issue, returnable to the Terms of the Superior Court of said county as now fixed by law, shall be considered and held as returnable to the Terms as fixed and determined by this act. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to change the time of holding the Superior Courts in the county of Troup. SECTION 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, the Superior Courts shall be held in the county of Troup on the first Mondays in May and November, and in each and every successive year thereafter.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all petitions, precepts and processes, of any nature and kind whatsoever shall hereafter be made returnable to the Terms of the said Courts respectively as above prescribed. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all persons summoned, subp[oelig]naed or bound as witnesses, suitors or jurors, or in any capacity, to attend the Courts of said county at the times at which they are now holden, shall be bound to attend Courts to which they are respectively summoned at the times herein prescribed. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the [Illegible Text] are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to alter and change the time for holding the Superior and Inferior Courts in the county of Bibb, and to enable the Judge of the Superior Courts of the Flint Circuit to hold the Superior Court in the county of Houston, two weeks, and to draw two panels of Grand and Petit Jurors of said county of Houston. SECTION 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 time of holding the Superior Court in the county of Bibb shall be changed from the first Monday in May and November to the third Monday in January and first Monday in July [Illegible Text] and that the time of holding the Inferior Courts of said county shall be the third Monday in March and September. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, c. That the Judge of the Superior Courts of the Flint Circuit hold the Superior Court of the county of Houston for the term of two weeks, if the business of the Court shall require that time. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, c. That, to lessen the burthen of jurors, that there shall be drawn and summoned a panel of grand and petit jurors for each week of the Court so to be held as provided for in the second section of this act.

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SEC. 4. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to make it the duty of the Judge of the Coweta Circuit to continue the Court in Heard county two weeks. SECTION 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 Judge of the aforesaid [Illegible Text] to continue the Superior Court in said county of Heard two weeks at each Term, unless the business in said county is gone through in a shorter time. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said Court, at each Term hereafter holden, to draw two sets of jurors, and order them to be summoned, one set for each week during the Term of said Court. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county to draw, and cause to be summoned, [Illegible Text] additional set of jurors to those already drawn at the last Term of said Court, whose duty it shall be to serve the second week at the next Term of said Court. SEC. 4. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to [Illegible Text] and fix the time of holding the Superior Courts in the counties of Telfair, Irwin and Pulaski, of the Southern Circuit. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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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 time of holding the Superior Courts in the counties of Telfair, Irwin and Pulaski, shall be as follows: In the county of Telfair, the third Monday in March and September; in the county of Irwin, on the Thursdays thereafter; and in the county of Pulaski, the second Monday in March and September. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons summoned, [Illegible Text] or bound as suitors, witnesses, jurors, or in any other capacity, to attend said Courts, at the time which by the laws now in force [they] are now holden, shall be bound by virtue of said summons, subp[oelig]na, or any 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 writs, precepts and processes of any kind or nature whatsoever, shall be made returnable to the terms herein before recited. SEC. 4. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to alter and change the time of holding the Inferior Courts in and for the county of Jackson. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the time of holding the Inferior Courts of the county of Jackson shall hereafter be held at the following times, to wit: In each and every year, in said county, on the second Monday in January and July. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all juries drawn and summoned, and all writs, precepts and processes of all kinds, nature and description, shall stand over and be returned to the times hereinbefore specified. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts

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of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT requiring the Judge of the Cherokee Circuit to continue the Superior Court in the county of Cass for two weeks, and to appoint the times of holding the same; and to change the time of holding Court in the county of Paulding. SECTION 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 Judge of the Cherokee Circuit to continue the Superior Court in the county of Cass for two weeks, unless the business in said Court shall be completed in less time. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Superior Court of the county of Paulding shall be held on the fourth Monday in January and July; and of the county of Cass, on the first Monday in February and August. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Judge of the aforesaid Circuit, at each Term hereafter held, to draw two panels of Grand Jurors, and also two panels of Petit Jurors, for said county of Cass, to be designated as panels number one and twopanels number one to serve the first week of the Term of said Court, and panels number two the second week. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all writs, [Illegible Text] and processes whatever heretofore issued, or that may hereafter issue, returnable to the Terms of the Superior Court in said counties of Paulding and Cass, as now fixed by law, shall be considered and held as returnable to the Terms respectively as fixed and determined by this act. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847.

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AN ACT to alter the times of the sitting of the Fall Terms of the Superior Courts for the counties of Bulloch and Effingham. SECTION 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 Spring Term of the Superior Court of Bulloch county shall commence on the third Thursday of March, and of Effingham county on the Monday thereafter; and that the Fall Term of the Superior Court of Bulloch county shall commence on Thursday before the last Monday of October, and the Fall Term of the Superior Court of Effingham county on the Monday thereafter. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer for the city of Savannah, to hold special or extraordinary Courts for the summary trials of causes therein enumerated, and to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer for the city of Savannah, to 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, passed December 26th, 1831. WHEREAS the trade and commerce of the city of Savannah is injured, and masters and commanders of vessels trading to said city are greatly distressed by the forcibly taking away, abducting, enticing, or harbouring the seamen of said vessels, and whereas the evil-disposed persons who commit such acts frequently escape punishment by the absence of witnesses, for want of a summary jurisdiction to try said offendersfor remedy whereof SECTION 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 Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer for the city of Savannah, in all cases where

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any person or persons shall be charged and prosecuted for the offence of abducting, entertaining, retaining or harbouring any articled seamen, upon application to said Judge by the prosecutor in such case, by petition on oath stating that he or she, or the witnesses necessary in carrying on said prosecution cannot, without great inconvenience and damage to him, her or them, wait the trial of such charge or prosecution by the ordinary and usual course of proceedings in the Courts of the State, to order, and the said Judge is hereby directed and required 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, charge, or prosecution. SEC. 2. The said Judge shall, at such special or extraordinary Courts, proceed to try each cause according to the provisions of and in the manner pointed out by the various sections of the act of which this is amendatory, passed 26th December, 1831, and of any other acts which may have been passed amendatory thereof. SEC. 3. It is hereby further enacted, That all the provisions of the aforesaid amended act of the 26th December, 1831, regulating the proceedings of such special and extraordinary Courts, shall be applicable to trials under this act. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Peace of the several Districts within the corporate limits of the city of Columbus, Muscogee county, to hold their Courts in the Court-house of said county; and to regulate the drawing of Jurors for the Justice's Courts in the city of Augusta. SECTION 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 Justices of the several Company Districts of Georgia Militia, within the corporate limits of the city of Columbus, Muscogee county, shall be authorized to hold their Justices Courts in the Court-house of said city. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Peace of the several Districts within the limits of the city of

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Augusta shall be authorized to make out their lists of persons liable to serve as jurors in their Courts, (without the co-operation of any other officer,) from the lists of voters at the city election, or the city tax digest, or from any other source in their power. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to change the place of holding the Justice's Courts of the forty-first District, G. M., in Tattnall county; and also to change the place of holding the Justice's Courts for the 557th District, G. M. in Monroe county, to the village of Culloden in said District. SECTION 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, the place of holding the Justice's Courts for the forty-first District, Georgia Militia, in the county of Tattnall, shall be at the old Club House in said District, on the main road leading from Dublin to the city of Savannah, on the land of Benjamin Brewton, it being the place where said Justice's Court was formerly held, and the Justices of the Peace of said District are required to hold their Court at said place. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, the place of holding the Justice Courts for the 557th District, G. M., in Monroe, shall be at the village of Culloden in said District, and the Justices of the Peace for said District are hereby required to hold their Courts at said village of Culloden: Provided, a majority of the legal voters of said District shall so determine. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847.

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AN ACT to provide for the establishment and location of an Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, to raise a Board of Commissioners for the same, and to define the rules under which persons may receive its benefits, and for other purposes. SECTION 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 may be convenient, his Excellency the Governor shall appoint five commissioners, of whom the present Instructor of the Deaf and Dumb beneficiaries of the State shall be one, whose duty it shall be to select a site, to purchase a tract of ground suitable, of forty acres, more or less, and to cause forthwith to be erected thereon such buildings as may be requisite for an Asylum and School-house for the Deaf and Dumb of this State, to be located at the most eligible point, not exceeding five miles distant from the place at which the Deaf and Dumb beneficiaries of Georgia are now instructed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall at their first meeting elect one of their own number as President, and one of their own number as Secretary and Treasurer. The President's signature shall be required to all the reports, drafts, orders, contracts, notes, and other official papers of the board. The Secretary and Treasurer shall keep an accurate record of all the proceedings of the board, an account of all its expenditures and a record of all its contracts of whatever kind, and no contract, bond, draft, order, report, obligation, or agreement of said board of commissioners, shall be valid unless it be first recorded by the Secretary in a book kept for that purpose, signed by the President and countersigned by the said Secretary. The said Secretary and Treasurer shall give bond and security, payable to his Excellency the Governor, for the faithful performance of his duty, and shall receive for his services a salary not exceeding the sum of two hundred dollars annually. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners shall perform all the duties now required by law of the commissioner for the Deaf and Dumb, whose office is hereby abolished, and shall cease from and after the day when his present year's commission shall expire. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners shall hold their office for one year only, but may be re-appointed by the Governor; and said board and their successors shall be known as the Board of Commissioners for the Georgia Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, and in this name may have and hold all such lands, buildings and

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other effects as may be necessary for the uses and purposes of said Asylum, and in this name may sue and be sued, and do and perform all other acts that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, not contrary to the laws of this State. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That a majority of said board of commissioners shall reside in the county wherein said Asylum is located; and upon the death, resignation, removal, or refusal to serve, of any one or more of said commissioners, the remaining commissioners shall give notice to the Governor of such vacancy within twenty days, and the vacancy shall be filled by the Governor within sixty days after such notice. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall give notice in one of the public gazettes of [Illegible Text], Augusta, Macon, Athens, Columbus and Cassville, of the completion of said buildings, and announcing their readiness to receive beneficiaries and others into said Asylum, and shall not receive more than one beneficiary from any one county in this State, until sixty days have expired from the publication of said notice. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners shall have power to purchase all such articles of furniture as may be required for the use of said Deaf and Dumb Asylum and School; to appoint such officers as may be necessary; to select and employ such teachers as are requisite, and, with the consent of the Governor, to fix their salaries; to exercise a general supervision and control over the affairs of the School and Asylum; and shall make a report of all their acts and doings to his Excellency the Governor at least twice a year, to say, on the first of June and first of November. SEC. 8. Indigent deaf and dumb persons, resident any where within the State, shall be received into the Asylum and School, and maintained and educated gratuitously, so far as the funds of the institution will admit, after the provisions of the sixth section shall have been complied with. And when more persons shall apply for the benefits of the institution than can be received at any one time, the commissioners shall so apportion their number among the several counties, according to their representative population, that every county may equally receive the benefits of the institution: Provided, always, That no person under ten, nor more than thirty years old shall be admitted, and no beneficiary allowed to remain more than four years. All others than the indigent Deaf and Dumb of this State may be received upon such terms as the commissioners may establish; and for the purpose of accommodating those who may apply for

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its benefits from other States, the buildings may, from time to time, be enlarged and improved, when the receipts of the Asylum from other sources than the public treasury may justify it. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the Governor be and is hereby authorized to draw his warrants upon the treasury for the unexpended balance of the standing appropriation for the education of the Deaf and Dumb for the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and for the whole amount of the said appropriation for the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight, in such sums as may be required by the board in carrying out the provisions of this act: Provided, always, That not more than one-half of the appropriation for eighteen hundred and forty-eight, with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for eighteen hundred and forty-seven, shall be expended in the purchase of land and in the erection and furnishing of the buildings. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 16, 1847. AN ACT to repeal in part the act entitled An act to prescribe the manner of holding elections in the county of Chatham and the charter elections of the city of Savannah, passed December 26th, 1845. SECTION 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 aforesaid act as requires the Justices of the Inferior Court of Chatham county, or a majority of them, to preside at all elections, be and the same is hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847.

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AN ACT to establish sundry election precincts in the counties therein named, and to remove certain other election [Illegible Text] therein specified. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenatives 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 election precinct in Morgan county, known as the Adsboro Precinct, be and the same is hereby removed from the house of Thomas Chaney, deceased, to the house of Daniel Knight. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be an additional election precinct established at the Old Court-house, in the three hundred and thirty-fourth district, G. M., near the residence of James Rawlinson, in the county of Waynethat elections shall be held at Waynesville, in the said county of Wayne, as if no act had ever passed changing the place of holding said elections. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the election precinct heretofore established at the house [of] Henderson Buffington, in the seven hundred and thirty-fourth district, G. M., in the county of Campbell, be and the same is removed to the house of James R. Rosser in said county. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the election precinct heretofore established at the house of William T. Fluker, in the six hundred and fifth district, G. M., in the county of Taliaferro, be and the same is hereby removed to the place of holding Justice's Courts in said district. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the election precinct at King's Gap, in Harris county, be and is hereby removed to the house of Aaron Gordman [Goodman] in said county. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That there shall be an additional election precinct established at the house of Milton S. Booth, on lot of land number one hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-third district of the county of Stewart. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the following election precincts shall be as hereinafter provided: In the county of Muscogee, the election precinct [Illegible Text] established at the house of Glenn's, is hereby removed and established at the house of James McNorton, the place of holding Justice's Courtsin the county of Putnam, the election precinct heretofore established in the three hundred and sixty-seventh district, G. M., at the house of Robert Roby, is hereby removed and established at Reamville Academy in said districtin the county of Harris, an election precinct is hereby established at Waverly Hallin the eight hundred and thirty-ninth district, G. M., all elections shall be held at the place of holding Justice's Courts, and not elsewherein the 7th

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land district in the county of Ware, the election precinct heretofore established at the house of Thomas Simmons, is hereby removed and established at the house of Levi Reim, [Herin]in the county of Harris, the election precinct heretofore established at King's Gap in the third district of said county, is hereby removed and established at Goodman's Cross Roadsin the county of Monroe, the election precinct heretofore established at the residence of Charles Evans, in the five hundred and ninety-ninth district, G. M., is hereby removed to Russelville in said countyin the county of DeKalb, an election precinct is hereby established at the Stone Mountain Depot in said county; and the two election precincts heretofore established in said county, one at the house of James R. Henry in the five hundred and sixty-third district, and one at the house of Andrew Brownings in the five hundred and seventy-second district, G. M., are hereby abolishedin the county of Lowndes, the precinct heretofore established in the fifteenth district of said county is hereby removed and established at the usual place of holding Justice's Courts in said district; and an election precinct heretofore established in the six hundred and sixtieth district, G. M., is hereby established at the usual place of holding Justice's Courts in said district; and an election precinct is hereby established in the ninth district of said county, at the house of Daniel O. Saffoldin the county of Rabun, an election precinct is hereby established at the usual place of holding Justice's Courts in the five hundred and fifty-sixth district, G. M.in the county of Coweta, the election precinct heretofore established at Lodi, in the fourth district in said county, is hereby removed to the place of holding Justice's Courts in said districtin the county of Houston, the election precinct heretofore established and known as Marshall's Precinct, is hereby removed to the house of Thomas King, jun., in said county; and the election precinct at Centreville is hereby removed to Hendersonville, in the seven hundred and seventieth districtin Crawford county, the election precinct heretofore established in the four hundred and ninety-fourth district, G. M., is hereby removed and established at the place of holding Justice's Courts of said districtin the counties of Cobb and Cherokee, an election precinct is hereby established in each of the several districts (militia) at the usual place of holding. Justice's Courtsin the county of Irwin, the election precinct heretofore established at the house of Manaxey Henderson, be now established at the house of Mannasah Henderson; and the precinct heretofore established at the house of Reuben Gray, be now established at the house of Reuben Gay, in said countyin the county of Thomas, the election precinct heretofore established at the house of Benjamin Wamack, in Captain Jones' district,

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in said county, is hereby removed and established on lot of land three hundred and seventy in said district; and an election precinct is hereby established in said district at the place where Simeon Sellars formerly livedin the county of Marion, an additional election precinct is hereby established in the nine hundred and forty-sixth district, G. M., which shall be at the house of Jackson Barnes, the place of holding Justice's Courts for said districtin the county of Murray, the election precinct heretofore established in the ten hundred and thirteenth district, G. M., is hereby established at the usual place for holding Justice's Courts for said districtin Baker county, the election precinct heretofore established at the house of Talbot Franklin, in the twelfth land district, now the ten hundred and twenty-ninth militia district, is hereby removed to the house of William Dees, the usual place of holding Justice's Courts for said districtin the county of Paulding, from and after the first day of January next, all elections held in the eight hundred and thirty-ninth district, G. M., shall be at the place of holding Justice's Courts for said districtin the county of Washington, an election precinct is hereby established at the house of William B. Roberts in said county; an election precinct is hereby established at the house of John Peacock, in the ninety-first district; and the election precinct heretofore established at the house of Brabarran [Brabazan] Talbot, is hereby removed to the house of Eli Cummingin the county of Franklin, an election precinct is hereby established at the place of holding Justice's Courts for the two hundred and thirteenth district, G. M.,; and the precinct heretofore known as Meridith's precinct, is hereby removed and established at the house of John Gursley in the same districtin the county of Lee, an election precinct is hereby established at the place of holding Justice's Courts in the nine hundred and seventy-sixth district, G. M.in the county of Floyd, the election precinct heretofore established at the house of Young Allen is hereby removed and established at Steel Brown's storein the county of Murray, an election precinct is hereby established on lot of land number [Illegible Text] hundred and twenty-five, in the thirteenth district, third section, of originally Cherokee countyin the county of Emanuel, an election precinct is hereby established at the house of Isaac Wilkes. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That in the county of Harris, the election precinct established at Whittaker's Court ground, is hereby removed to Whitesville. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That in the county of Hall, an election precinct is hereby established at a house near Tucker's Chapel in the five hundred and seventieth district, G. M., which shall be known as Tucker's Precinctin the county of Forsyth, the election precinct heretofore

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established and known as Light's Precinct, is hereby removed and established at the usual place of holding Justice's Courts for the eight hundred and eighty-fifth district, G.M.; and the election precinct heretofore established on lot number eight hundred and seventy-seven, in the second district and first section, is hereby removed and established at the usual place of holding Justice's Courts in the district in which said lot is situatedin the county of Jones, the election precinct heretofore established in the two hundred and ninety-eighth district, G.M., known as Sawder's Precinct is hereby removed and established at the house of Wiley Little in said districtin the county of Ware, an election precinct is hereby established at the house of George W. Davis, near Shiloh Church, on the Alabaha Creek; also, an election precinct is hereby established at the house of Thomas Wilson on Roy [Hog] Creek in said countyin the county of Camden, the election precinct heretofore established at the house of Burns Brewer, in the nine hundred and fifty-ninth district, G. M., is hereby removed and established at the usual place of holding Justice's Courts in said districtin Habersham county, an election precinct is hereby established at the place of holding Justice's Courts in Deep Creek districtin Cass county, the election precinct heretofore established at the house of John G. B. Andrews in the eight hundred and seventy-fourth district, is hereby removed and established at the usual place of holding Justice's Courts in said district. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the place of holding Justice's Courts in each militia district, which now is or hereafter may be established in either of the counties of Baker, Scriven and Laurens, is hereby constituted an election precinct, at which all the elections may be held. SEC. 11. Be it further [ enacted, ] That the Inferior Court in each of the counties mentioned in the preceding section, shall have authority, upon the application of a majority of the citizens of any militia district, to remove the place of holding Justice's Courts and precincts to any more central or convenient place in such district, by an order of Court, which shall be entered on the minutes. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Election Precincts established and removed by this act, shall be governed by the laws now in force in this State upon the subject of elections. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847.

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AN ACT to authorize Joel Deese, James H. Wilson, Absalom Baker, Benjamin T. Watkins, William H. Jenkins, Clark Howell, and John P. [Illegible Text], to establish Ferries over certain rivers therein named, on their own lands, and to authorize the said John P. Eve to establish a Toll Bridge over the Etowah river on his own land, and to prescribe the rates of ferriage, and for other purposes therein named. SECTION 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, that Joel Deese be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a ferry across the Chattahoochee river on his own land, and that this said Joel Deese, his heirs and legal representatives, be entitled to ask, take, and receive from all persons crossing at said ferry the same rates of toll or ferriage that is by law allowed or established at other public ferries on said river in said county of Early. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Joel Deese shall be held responsible for all losses or damages which may be sustained in consequence of negligence or the improper conduct by the keepers of said ferry, while owner thereof. And be it further enacted, That James H. Wilson of the county of Campbell, and Absalom Baker of the county of Cobb, be authorized to establish a ferry across Chattahoochee river on their own lands; and Benjamin T. Watkins of the county of Campbell, to establish a ferry across said river on his own land; and they are hereby authorized to charge the same rates of ferriage that is common on said river in said counties. And be it further enacted, That William H. Jenkins of the county of Gwinnett, and Clark Howell of Forsyth county, be and they are hereby authorized to build and construct a bridge or establish a ferry across the Chattahoochee river on their own lands, on the road leading from Cumming in Forsyth county to Atlanta in DeKalb county. And be it further enacted, That the said William H. Jenkins and Clark Howell, their heirs and assigns, be and they shall be allowed to charge for ferriage such sums as are usual and now provided for by law at other ferries across said Chattahoochee river. And be it further enacted, That John P. Eve be authorized to establish a ferry or toll bridge across [Illegible Text] river in Cass or Floyd county, on his own land, and charge

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the same rates of toll as are charged at Rome across said river. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to authorize John Mobley, of the county of Irwin, to establish a Ferry across the Ocmulgee river in said county, upon his own land, on certain conditions therein mentioned; and also to authorize John Steel, of the county of Telfair, to establish a Ferry across Little Ocmulgee river, near Lumber city, on the road leading from Jacksonville to Darien. SECTION 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, John Mobley, of the county of Irwin, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a ferry across the Ocmulgee river, on his own land; Provided, The said John Mobley do keep a good and sufficient flat or ferry-boat for the conveyance of passengers, and give due attention to said ferry. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, c., That the said John Mobley be fully authorized to demand and receive the same rates of ferriage as are received at other established ferries on said river. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said John Mobley shall give bond with good and sufficient security in such sum as the Inferior Court of said county may direct, conditioned to make good any damage that may be sustained by his negligence or mismanagement of said ferry. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That John Steel, of the county of Telfair, be and he is hereby authorized to establish a ferry across the Little Ocmulgee river, near Lumber city, on the road leading from Jacksonville to Darien. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, c. That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor Approved, December 24, 1847.

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AN ACT to alter and amend an act more effectually to provide for the collection and disbursement of fines imposed by Courts of Inquiry, assented to December 27th, 1845. SECTION 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 second section of an act more effectually to provide for the collection and disbursement of fines imposed by Courts of Inquiry, assented to December twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-five, be and the same is hereby repealed. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to declare certain lands in the county of Ware forfeited to the State, and to provide for disposing of the same. WHEREAS certain lands situate in the twelfth and thirteenth districts of the county of Ware were sold in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-four, by virtue of an act of the General Assembly of this State, passed on the twenty-third day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-three; and whereas the terms and conditions of sale by said act prescribed have not been complied with by a great number of the purchasers of said lands, and the said lands are therefore of right the property of this State SECTION 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 the lands in the said county of Ware, sold by virtue and authority of the above recited act, which have not been paid for and duly granted according to the said act, shall be held, deemed and considered as forfeited to the State, and all the eight, title and interest of the purchaser or purchasers thereof in and to the same, are hereby extinguished and forever destroyed.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Sheriff of the county of Ware be and he is hereby authorized and required to offer for sale at public auction all the lands declared to be forfeited by the first section of this act, first giving notice in two of the public gazettes in Milledgeville, at least one month prior to the day of sale, of the number of lots in each district, and the terms of sale, which shall be on the first Tuesday in the month and between the usual hours of sale; and the said Sheriff shall give to each purchaser a certificate of purchase, on the payment by such purchaser of one-fourth of the purchase money, and giving good security to his Excellency the Governor, and his successors in office, for the remaining three-fourths thereof, to be paid in three annual instalments from the date of the purchase: Provided, however, Whenever any lot shall not sell for more than ten dollars, the same shall be paid for at the time of such sale. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Sheriff shall be required to pay into the Treasury of the State, within three months from the day of sale, all moneys by him collected as aforesaid, after deducting five per cent., for his commissions thereon and the actual costs for advertising, and that he also be allowed to retain out of said money two and a half per cent. on the amount of all the notes by him taken. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That on the payment of the last instalment, and the purchaser presenting a certificate to the Surveyor General, attesting that the same has been paid, he shall be entitled to receive a grant for the land purchased by him, first paying into the Treasury the sum of two dollars and fifty cents. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any purchaser shall neglect, omit or refuse to pay all and every part of the purchase money within six months after the last instalment thereof shall become due, then his Excellency the Governor shall forthwith declare the lot or lots of land for which the same was due or owing, to be forfeited to the State, and shall cause the same to be sold in the manner provided for in the second section of this act. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Clerk of the Superior Court of Ware county shall attend all sales made by the Sheriff in pursuance of this act, and keep fair and legible entries of the numbers of the lots sold, and for what each sold for, and transmit to the Comptroller General a copy thereof; and the said Clerk shall receive for such service the sum of fifty cents for each lot sold, to be paid by the Sheriff out of the proceeds of such sales, whenever said Clerk shall tender him the certificate of the Comptroller General of the amount due, which sum the Treasurer of the State shall receipt for on the Sheriff's presenting the Clerk's receipt.

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SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Surveyor General be and he is hereby required to furnish the Sheriff of the said county of Ware with a list of the ungranted lots of land in the above named districts, and that the Sheriff be allowed to continue his sales from day to day, until all of said lots are sold or offered for sale. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the collection of any moneys coming into the hands of the Sheriff by virtue of this act, shall and may be enforced by rule and attachment as in other cases. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all laws repugnant to this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to alter and amend the several acts now in force in this State regulating the punishment of white persons for gambling with negroes and free persons of color, and also to regulate the evidence on the trial for said offence, and for other purposes therein mentioned. SECTION 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, if any white person or persons are found playing and betting, or playing or betting, with a negro or negroes, or free person of color, or free persons of color, at any game with cards, dice, or any other game or games of chance or hazard, for the purpose of betting upon, or winning or losing money, or any other thing or things, article or articles of value, or otherwise, or any property, or any other article or articles, thing or things of value, may be indicted, and on conviction thereof, for the first offence, shall be fined in a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars, or imprisonment in the common jail of the county where the offence may be committed, not to exceed six months, or fine and imprisonment both, at the discretion of the Court; and upon the second conviction, to be subject to imprisonment at hard labor in the Penitentiary not less than one year, nor more than four years. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the trial of all indictments for said offence, the prosecution

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shall not be required to prove the game or games played, but shall be required to prove the playing or betting only 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to amend the several acts in relation to issuing of Grants on Head Rights in this State, so far as to extend the time for granting the same until the twenty-fifth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. SECTION 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 any land heretofore surveyed under the laws regulating surveys on head rights in the State, may be granted to the person or persons for whom the same may have been surveyed, upon the payment of the usual fee by the twenty-fifth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to affect any surveys that have been made under the provisions of the act of eighteen hundred and forty-five. SEC. 3. 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 are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 28, 1847. AN ACT to amend the several acts in relation to issuing of Grants on Head Rights in this State, so far as to extend

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the time for granting the same until the twenty-fourth of December, eighteen hundred and forty-nine SECTION 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 any lands heretofore surveyed under the law regulating surveys on head rights in this State, may be granted to the person or persons for whom the same was surveyed, upon the payment of the usual fees by the twenty-fifth of December, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 7, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Governor to issue to Lewis Zachry, of the county of Newton, a plat and grant to the east halt of lot of land number two hundred and seventeen, in the tenth district of Henry county, upon the payment of the usual grant fee, c. WHEREAS lot of land number two hundred and seventeen, in the tenth district of Henry county, was by a judgment of the Superior Court of Newton county condemned as a fraudulent draw, upon the information of one Marmaduke Gresham; and whereas, after a partition of the said land between the said informer and the State, the State's interest in said lot was, on the twenty-seventh of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, sold by the Sheriff of Newton county, under the virtue of the authority in him vested, and upon the terms prescribed by law in such cases made and provided, at which said sale Lewis Zachry became the purchaser at and for the sum of one hundred dollars, one-fourth part of the purchase money to be paid at the time of the sale, and the balance to be paid in three instalments; and whereas the said Lewis Zachry has long since paid the whole of the purchase money; and whereas the record of the condemnation of the said land has been lost or destroyed, and because of the loss or destruction of the said record, no authority is believed

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to exist for the issuing of the grant for the State's interest: for remedy whereof SECTION 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 Governor of the State of Georgia be and he is hereby authorized to issue to Lewis Zachry, of the county of Newton, a plat and grant for lot of land number two hundred and seventeen, in the tenth district of Henry county, upon the said Zachry making it appear that the said State's interest in the said tract of land has been paid for by him, and upon his paying the usual grant fee. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to authorize and require the Secretary of State to record certain Grants which have heretofore issued. WHEREAS it is represented that certain grants have been issued by the State of Georgia, which are marked as registered in the Secretary of State's office, and of which no record can be found. SECTION 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 aforesaid, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby authorized and required to record in his office any grant or grants for lands which have been issued and which have been certified to be recorded by the Secretary of State, but the record of which cannot be found: any law to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847.

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AN ACT to authorize a grant to issue to Lambert J. Jones for the lot number one hundred and sixty-one, in the first district of Dooly county, in this State. WHEREAS the above mentioned tract of land was, on the twenty-sixth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, sold by the Commissioners appointed under act of the Legislature as a fraction; and whereas the said Lambert J. Jones is the holder of the Commissioner's certificate of said sale, the same having been duly transferred to him, and the purchase money having been paid into the Treasury of this State, conformable to the conditions of said sale; and whereas, upon a re-survey of said district, after said sale, the said tract of land was found to be a whole lot, and not a fraction of land, as was supposed at the time of sale, and therefore his Excellency the Governor refuses to allow the grant to issue therefor, without a special act authorizing the same: SECTION 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 his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorized and required to cause a grant to issue in due form, granting the said tract of land unto the said Lambert J. Jones, provided that it shall appear from the proper records that the same has never been heretofore granted by the State. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Governor to appoint fit and proper persons to sell and dispose of the undrawn lots in the land lotteries heretofore had in this State, and to limit the time for fraction purchasers to pay for and to take out grants for fractions. SECTION 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 persons who have purchased fractional lots in this State, under the laws requiring them to take out the grants for said fractions, shall have until the first day of November next to take out his, her or their grants.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all grants for said fractions which shall not be taken out as required by the first section of this act, the said fractional lots of land shall revert to and become the property of the State. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to furnish the several Sheriffs in the counties where such fractional lots of land may be, with a list of all such ungranted fractional lots, and the said Sheriffs shall be authorized and required to proceed to advertise and sell the said ungranted fractions by giving the notice as now required by law for the regulation of Sheriff sales, who shall receive the same compensation as allowed by law in other cases of Sheriff sales. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be authorized and required to prescribe the conditions and terms of sale to be complied with before a grant shall issue to any purchaser of such fractional lots. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all undrawn lots of land shall be disposed of under the same regulations as prescribed in this act for the sale of fractions. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said Sheriff shall be required to pay over to the Treasurer of this State all moneys they may receive under the provisions of this act, and on failure to do so they shall be liable on their bonds and to be ruled as in other cases of default. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the owner of any fraction, lot, or island, originally sold by the State, may obtain a grant therefor, in the name of the original purchaser, upon producing satisfactory evidence of ownership to the Governor, although such person may not be able to produce the State's certificate for such fraction, lot, or island, provided the purchase money for the same be paid, with all interest due thereon. And the fees for grants to all such fractions, lots, or islands, shall be graded according to the quantity of land contained in the same, as follows: For a grant to any island lot or fraction, containing less than fifty acres, one dollarfor a grant for any island lot or fraction, containing over fifty and under one hundred acres, one dollar and fifty centsover one hundred and less than one hundred and fifty acres, two dollarsover one hundred and fifty acres, three dollars. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847.

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AN ACT to authorize the grant to issue to Martha Atla Smith, for lot of land number nine in the seventh district of originally Lee, now Randolph county. WHEREAS Martha Atla Smith, an illegitimate child of Bensby Smith, of Thomas Mason's district of Hancock county, drew lot of land number nine in the seventh district of originally Lee, now Randolph county; and whereas, by mistake, her name was returned Attala M. Smith; for remedy whereof SECTION 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, a plat and grant do issue from the proper office for said lot of land to the said Martha Atla Smith, upon her paying into the Treasury the grant feesall laws to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to authorize a grant for lot of land number eighty-six in the ninth district of Dooly county, to issue to the orphans of Abner Simonton, and to vest the title of said lot of land in them and their heirs and assigns. WHEREAS said lot of land was drawn to the name of the orphans of Aaron Simonton, of the county of Greene, in Jordan's district, when in fact there was not any such orphans in said county or district at the time of giving in for draws in the land lottery in which said lot of land was drawnwhen in fact the said orphans of Abner Simonton did reside in Jordan's district, Greene county, and did give in their names for a draw in said land lottery in which the said lot of land was drawn: SECTION 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 a grant for lot of land number eighty-six in the ninth district of Dooly county, do issue to the orphans of Abner Simonton, and that the title to said lot of land do vest in them, their heirs and assigns, upon their paying the usual fees.

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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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to authorize a grant to issue to John P. Dadson, of the county of Fayette, for lot No. 264, in the fifth district in the county of Irwin, which said Dadson applied for, and paid the grant fees into the Treasury of the State; but said grant was arrested in the Executive Office on account of a false entry being made on the numerical books representing it as granted. SECTION 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 Governor cause a grant to issue to John P. Dadson for lot No. 264, in the fifth district of the county of Irwinany law to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to abolish imprisonment for Debt, so far as relates to widows and feme soles. SECTION 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 no widow or other feme sole shall hereafter be arrested, imprisoned, or in any manner restrained or deprived of her liberties, for or on account of any debt or demand against her arising upon any contract made or entered into after the passage of this act.

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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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 28, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate St. John's Lodge, No. 46, of Butts county. SECTION 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 St. John's Lodge, number forty-five, of Free and Accepted Masons of the county of Butts, be and the same is hereby made a body corporate under the name and style aforesaid. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Lewis Laushee, Simon H. Saunders, and Henry Hendrick, the officers of said Lodge, be, and their successors in office are hereby declared capable in law of suing and being sued, purchasing property and selling the same, and doing all other things which bodies corporate may in law do, connected with the objects of their association. SECTION 3. All laws militating against this act are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate Hiram Chapter, No. 5, and Monroe Lodge, No. 18, of Monroe county, Georgia. SECTION 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 Hiram Chapter, No. 5, and Monroe Lodge, No. 18, of Free and Accepted Masons of the county of Monroe, be and are hereby made bodies corporate under the names and style aforesaid.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the High Priest, King and Scribe of said Chapter, and the Master, Senior Warden and Junior Warden of said Lodge, and their successors in office, shall have full power and authority to take, hold and enjoy real and personal property, by gift, devise or purchase, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in any Court of law or equity having jurisdiction thereof; and by said names and style shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, and a common seal for each to have and use; and to make, amend, alter and change such by-laws as may be agreed on by the members of said Chapter and Lodge, for the government of each respectively: Provided, Such by-laws be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate Greenville Lodge, number fifty-seven, of Free and Accepted Masons of Meriwether county. SECTION 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 Greenville Lodge, number fifty-seven, of Free and Accepted Masons of the county of Meriwether, be and the same is hereby made a body corporate under the name and style aforesaid. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That John H. McMath, Master, William L. Fletcher, Senior Warden, and James W. Stinson, Junior Warden, the officers of said Lodge, be, and they and their successors in office are hereby declared capable in law of suing and being sued, purchasing property and selling the same, and doing all other things which bodies corporate may in law do, connected with the objects of their association. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847.

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AN ACT to incorporate the Irish Union Society of the city of Savannah. SECTION 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 Murphy, Philip Kean, John Everard, Martin Duggan, Thomas Ford, Edward Kean, Thomas Conway, John Burk, T.D. Murphy, Michael Keary, Michael McKath, Peter W. Henry, Daniel McCarthy, James Kenedy, Henry James, John Kelly, Michael Duggan, James Doyle, Thomas Cusach, Patrick O'Connell, Patrick Doyle, John Galaher, Patrick Gordon, Michael Gay, Bernard Lydon, James Prindergast, Bryan Nyland, Thomas Ryan, Nicholas Kerly, Thomas Demsy, Michael Freenny, Edward McCabe, James White, William Cullen, James Mennahen, Patrick Keary, Michael Dealy, Thomas Prendergast, John Readdy. John Falliard, Henry K. Munford, Michael Meath, Hugh Logan, Martin L. Doyle, James McCullough, Barney Roden, Francis Ryan, Michael Donnely, Francis Burk, Thomas Morrass, John Rully, Thomas Vizard, Patrick Rully, Gregory White, James Boyee, John H. Smith, Lawrence Pew, Hugh Murtha, Bryan Rynn, Charles Smith, Thomas Golding, Patrick Burk, Jeremiah McCarthy, Denis Ryan, Denis Clarry, Robert Burk, James Aham, Thomas Clark, Owen Rielly, Michael Fay, and all others who now are, or shall hereafter be made members of the Irish Union Society of the city of Savannah, and their successors, be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic by the name and style of the Irish Union Society of the city of Savannah, and they are hereby clothed with all the usual and necessary corporate powers, to be exercised in such a manner as not to conflict with the laws of the land. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Irish Union Society shall have full power to take, hold and enjoy real and personal property, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any Court of law or equity, or any tribunal having jurisdiction thereof; and also to receive, take and apply bequests, devises or donations that may be made to and for the charitable purposes which the said Society is intended to subserve. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847.

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AN ACT to incorporate the Chatham Artillery of the city of Savannah. SECTION 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 corps of Artillery, now existing in the city of Savannah, under the name of the Chatham Artillery, be and the same is hereby incorporated and made a body politic and corporate, by the above name, and that by that name the same corps be and is hereby made capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to have a common seal, and to hold such property, real and personal, whether obtained by gift or purchase, as may be deemed necessary or convenient for the purposes of said corps, with authority to establish any and further by-laws for the regulation of said corps, which shall not infringe the laws of this State or of the United States. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the officers of said corporation shall be a President and a Secretarythat the commanding officer of the said corps shall be, by virtue of his office, the President of the said corporation, and that all acts performed by him, in behalf of said corps, which he may lawfully perform as President of said corporation, shall be held good and valid in any Court of law or equity in this State: Provided, That all contracts in writing shall, in addition to the signature of the President, be countersigned by the Secretary of said corporation. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the City Light Guards of the city of Columbus, and to extend to them certain privileges. SECTION 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 several persons and members of the military association formed in the city of Columbus, in this State, under the

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name and style of the City Light Guards, and others who may become members of said association, and the successors, members and officers of the same, be and they are hereby declared and made a body corporate by the name and style of the City Light Guards, and by that name shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, with power to make, alter, change and amend such by-laws and regulations as may be agreed on by the officers and members thereof, provided such by-laws and regulations be not contrary to the Constitution and laws of this State; that they shall be exempt from all battalion and general musters, except such as are ordered by and under the immediate authority of the Governor and Commander-in-chief: Provided, also, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to exempt said association from the liability of other militia of this State on any emergency which authorizes calling out the militia for the suppression of insurrection or repelling invasion. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the City Light Guards be and they are authorized to elect an extra lieutenant, to be called the fourth lieutenant, and are placed upon the same footing in reference to officers as if upon the war establishment, and the Governor is authorized to commission such officers, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the members of said volunteer corps are hereby declared to be exempted from all road, patrol, and jury duties, so long as they faithfully continue in the service of said corps, and do and discharge all the duties required of them as members thereof: And provided, furthermore, That it shall be the duty of the commanding officer of said corps, and he is hereby expressly required to report to the proper civil authorities the names of every such member or members, who may or shall at any time be dismissed, or who may or shall withdraw from said corps, in order that said exemption or privileges hereby extended may in such case cease and determine. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That a certificate of the commanding officer, specifying the names of the members of said corps, shall be made out and delivered to the Clerk of the Inferior Court of the county of Muscogee, and all the other civil authorities exercising control over the road, patrol and jury duties in and for said county, which said certificate shall be deemed and held sufficient evidence to exempt the persons therein named from doing road or patrol duty, or serving on any of the juries of said county, during the time that said persons shall belong to said corps. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts

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of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the Oglethorpe Fire Company, No. 1, of Savannah. WHEREAS divers persons have associated themselves by the name of the officers and members of the Oglethorpe Fire Company, No. 1, of Savannah, and have by their petition set forth that they have formed themselves into an association to prevent, if possible, by their most strenuous exertions, the too frequent calamities occasioned by fire in the city of Savannah, and praying to be incorporated: SECTION 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 those persons, not exceeding fifty in number, who now are or hereafter shall be members of said company or association, be, and the same are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate in deed and in law, by the name and style of the Oglethorpe Fire Company, No. 1, of Savannah, and the said corporation, by its said name, shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, and shall have power and authority to make ordinances, and establish all such rules, regulations and by-laws as they may deem expedient and proper, and not repugnant to the laws of the land: And provided, always, That the said Oglethorpe Fire Company, No. 1, shall faithfully perform the duties of firemen, and be subject to the direction of the chief fireman of the Savannah fire companies, of which companies the two first officers of the Oglethorpe Fire Company, No. 1, shall be ex-officio additional members and subject to all its rules and regulations; and that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to make the Oglethorpe Fire Company, No. 1, independent of the City Council of Savannah, but that it shall be subject to such ordinances of said Council as now are or hereafter may be made.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the officers and members of the aforesaid Company be exempt from militia and jury duty in time of peace. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall be and continue of force for the term of fourteen years. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws, [Illegible Text] against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the Fire Company of the city of Columbus, to be known by the name and style of the Vigilant Fire Company. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That Henry T. Hall, Richard Patten, Edward Barnard, John H. Davis, H.C. Anderson and T. A. Prall, and their associates and successors, be and the same are hereby incorporated and made a body politic by the name and style of the Vigilant Fire Company, and shall have power under their corporate name to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, in any Court of law and equity in the State, and to have, exercise and enjoy all the powers herein granted, not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States and of this State. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Company shall have full power to make, establish and ordain all such rules, by-laws, and ordinances for their government, as to them may seem necessary and expedient: and the said Company shall have power and be capable of receiving and holding by purchase, gift, grant, or otherwise, all such lands and tenements, or other real or personal property, as may be necessary and convenient for the more effective discharge of the duties of said Company. SEC. 3. And for the encouragement of said Company, Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of said Company are hereby declared to be exempt from all service and performance of any militia duty, patrol and jury duty; Provided, That said Company shall

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not exceed in number at any one time forty membersand That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the Lagrange Female Institute. SECTION 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, Sampson Duggar, Hampton W. Hill, Daniel McMillen, Orval A. Bull, and Thomas B. Greenwood, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic by the name and style of the Lagrange Female Institute, said board to augment in number by the present board at pleasure, provided that not more than twenty-four shall at any time exist. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the trustees, and their successors in office, under the name and style aforesaid, may use a common seal, and shall be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded; also, to have, take, possess, and acquire, by gift, grant or purchase, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, and other estates, and the same to be used for purposes of education. SECTION 3. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees, or a majority of them, shall have power to appoint a principal for the Institute, and that said principal shall have the right and power to appoint assistants, prescribe a course of studies, to make and enforce all such laws as the internal policy of the Institute may require, establish the rate of tuition, adjust expenses, and adopt such regulations as the good of the Institute may require. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid, in their corporate character and name, shall have perpetual succession; and when any vacancy shall occur in said board of trustees, by death, resignation or otherwise, the remaining trustees, or a majority of them, shall have the power of filling such vacancies. SEC. 5. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the principal of the Institute shall have power to confer all such honors, degrees, medals and privileges as are usually

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conferred in colleges and universities, and shall preside at all the public exercises of the Institute. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the charter shall be and remain in force for and during the space of twenty years from the date of its passage. SEC. 7. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 17, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the Campbellton Bridge Company, and to authorize them to build a Bridge across Chattahoochee river. SECTION 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 O. Beavers, Wm. M- Butt, John J. Clinton, Wm. E. Green, James M. Cantrell, Alfred Austell, and their associates, successors, and assigns, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the style and name of the Campbellton Bridge Company, with power and authority by that name to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and do all other acts which a corporate body may do. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Company have authority to build a bridge across Chattahoochee river within one mile of the town of Campbellton, on their own land, and to purchase and take titles to any lands necessary to the building of said bridge, and no more; and to elect or appoint such officers as to them may seem necessary for conducting the business of said Company, and to pay them such compensation as to said Company may seem reasonable; and to pass by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of said Company, not contrary to the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States; and to have and use a common seal, and to change the same at their discretion: Provided, That the said Company shall first apply to Leah Rice, and purchase of her the ferry she now owns on the Chattahoochee river at or near the town of Campbellton; and in the event the parties

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cannot agree upon the price for the said ferry, then the said Leah Rice shall select one freeholder in said county, and the Company shall select another, and the Superior Court of said county appoint a third, who together shall value the said ferry; and in the event that the said Leah Rice shall refuse to accept the valuation of the said commissioners, then the said Company shall, and they are hereby empowered to exercise the rights and enjoy the privileges granted in the foregoing section. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the capital stock of said Company shall be eight thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; and the officers of said Company shall be elected annually by the shareholders, each share to be entitled to one vote; and no one person shall be entitled to subscribe for more than five shares, until the same shall be advertised for three months. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That Robert O. Beavers, Wm. M. Butt, John P. Clinton, Wm. E. Green, James M. Cantrell, and Alfred Austell, or any three of them, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to receive subscriptions for stock, first giving public notice twenty days of the time and place for receiving such subscription, and that the Justices of the Inferior Court be and they are hereby authorized to subscribe for such portion of said stock as to them may seem right, upon the condition that the citizens of said county be permitted to cross said bridge toll free. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent any other person or persons from building a bridge or running a ferry boat across the Chattahoochee river on their own land. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid Leah Rice shall retain the possession and receive the ferriage for said ferry until the aforesaid bridge is built and fit for passengers to cross, and until she is paid the valuation of said ferry in cash. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847.

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AN ACT to incorporate an insurance company, to be called The Savannah Mutual Insurance Company. SECTION 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 there shall be established in the city of Savannah an insurance company, to be called The Savannah Mutual Insurance Company. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Company, and all such persons as shall become members according to the provisions hereinafter stated, shall be and are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic under the name and style of The Savannah Mutual Insurance Company, 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. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said Company may have and use a common seal, with power to alter or change the same at pleasure; and may make and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations, as may be deemed necessary to carry into effect the objects of this institution, and to alter and amend the same. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said corporation have power to make insurance on lives, and make all and every insurance appertaining to the duration of life. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said corporation may make insurance on dwelling houses, stores, and other buildings, household furniture, merchandize, and other property, against loss or damage by fire. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said corporation may make marine insurance upon vessels, freight, goods, wares and merchandize, specie, bullion, commission profits, bank notes and bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt, bottomry and respondentia, and interests, and to make all and every insurance appertaining to or connected with marine or inland transportation or navigation risks. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said corporation may cause themselves to be re-insured against any risk upon which they may have made or shall make insurance. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the corporate powers of the said Company shall be exercised by a board of trustees, and such officers and agents as they may appoint. The board of trustees shall consist of eight persons, all of whom shall be residents of this State.

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They shall elect a President annually, who shall, on his election, be ex-officio a member of said board of trustees, and shall hold his office until another is elected in his [Illegible Text]. Said board of trustees shall have power to declare, by a bylaw, what number of trustees less than a majority of the whole, shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Hiram Roberts, H. D. Weed, Dr. C. P. Richardson, Isaac W. Morrell and Henry Lathrop, be and are hereby appointed commissioners, whose duty it shall be, within two years from the passage of this act, to open books to receive application for insurance to be effected by said Company, and as soon as applications amounting to one hundred thousand dollars shall be received, said commissioners shall give notice to those persons who have made such application of a meeting for the election of eight trustees; and every person having so made application for insurance shall be entitled to vote at said election, and the persons chosen at said election shall be trustees of said Company for the ensuing year, and continue in office until their successors are elected, and shall have power to fill all vacancies, either from resignation or death, a plurality of votes constituting a choice. This section shall not be so construed as to cause a trustee going out from being eligible again. SEC. 10. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every person holding a policy or policies on this Company, on which he or they have paid premiums to the amount of twenty-five dollars, and every person holding the scrip of the Company issued on its profits, and not discharged by losses, to the amount of fifty dollars, shall be deemed a member thereof, and entitled to vote in person or by proxy at all elections. Every person who shall become a member of this corporation by effecting insurance therein, shall the first time he effects insurance, and before he receives his policy, pay the rates that shall be fixed upon and determined by the trustees; and no premium so paid shall ever be withdrawn from said Company, but shall be liable to all the losses and expenses incurred by this Company during the continuance of its charter. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be lawful for said Company to invest said premiums in such manner as will not conflict with the Constitution or laws of this State or the United States. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That after the first election, annual elections shall be held for the election of eight trusteesthat notice of the time and place of holding every election shall be given in two public newspapers printed in the city of Savannah, for at least one week [Illegible Text] such election. Notice of the first election

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shall be given by the commissioners, and of the subsequent elections by the trustees. SEC. 13. The officers of said Company, at the expiration of one year from the time that the first policy shall have been issued and bear date, and within one month thereafter, and during the first month of every subsequent year, shall cause an estimate to be made of the profits and true state of the [Illegible Text] of said Company, as near as may be, for the preceding year, and so on for each successive year, which estimate shall be conclusive upon all persons entitled to receive certificates of profits, as hereinafter provided for, and shall thereupon cause a balance to be struck of the affairs of the Company, in which they shall charge each member with a proportionable share of the losses of said Company, according to the original amount of premium paid by him, but in no case shall such share exceed the amount of such premium. Each member shall be credited with the amount of said premiums, and also with an equal share of the profits of said Company derived from investments, in proportion to the said amount; and each member shall thereupon be entitled to a certificate on the books of said Company of the amount remaining to his credit in the said Company, such certificate to contain a proviso, that the amount named therein is liable for any future loss by said Company. No certificates shall be issued for the [Illegible Text] parts of sums between even tens of dollars, nor for any sum less than ten dollars; but all such fractional parts of sums, and sums less than ten dollars, are to be passed to the contingent accounts of the Company, and applied to the expenses and other charges of the years to which they appertain. SEC. 14. On some day in the first month after the expiration of the first year from the time when the said Company shall issue their first policy, and within the first month of every subsequent year, the officers of the said Company shall cause to be made and printed a general balance statement of the affairs of the said Company, which shall contain, 1st. The amount of premiums received during [Illegible Text] previous year, specifying what amount was received on life risks, what on fire risks, what on marine risks, and what on inland transportation and navigation risks. 2d. The amount of the expense of said Company during the year. 3d. The amount of the losses during the year, specifying what amount of losses have been incurred by life risks, what by fire risks, and what on marine [Illegible Text], and what on inland transportation and navigation risks. 4th. The balance remaining with said Company. 5th. The nature of the security on which the same was invested, specifying what amount is invested on real security in the city of Savannah, what otherwise, what in stocks,

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and what amount of cash is on hand. And the said statement shall be printed daily for one week in two of the Savannah daily papers. SEC. 15. Whenever the accumulated net profits shall exceed two hundred thousand dollars, the excess may be applied from year to year thereafter, towards the redemption of each year's certificates successively, in whole or in part, but the certificates of a subsequent year shall not be redeemed until all those of preceding years are provided for. SEC. 16. Suits at law or in equity may be prosecuted and maintained by any member against said corporation, and no member of the corporation, not being in his individual capacity appertaining to such suit, shall be incompetent as a witness. SEC. 17. This act shall take effect immediately after its passage, and continue for twenty years, and no longer. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the Southern Mutual Insurance Company. SECTION 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 J. G. Hill, Wm. Freeman, A. A. Robinson, H. K. McCoy, J. M. Parsons, and Wm. M. Morton, and their associates and successors, shall be a corporation under the name and style of the Southern Mutual Insurance Company, and shall keep their office at such place as may be agreed upon by the officers herein provided for, and shall elect their own officers, and shall enjoy all the privileges and powers incident to such corporations. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That at all meetings of said corporation, every matter shall be decided by a majority of votes, each member being allowed one vote, and if his policy exceeds one thousand dollars, an additional vote for every thousand, with the right of voting by proxy; and such corporation may choose such officers, and for such length of time, as they may deem necessary; but no policy of insurance shall be issued by said Company until the sum subscribed to be insured shall amount to fifty thousand dollars. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation may insure for any term not exceeding ten years, any

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houses, goods, gin-houses, or any other species of property whatever, and also the lives of persons, against any damage or loss from fire, water, or death, or other causes usually embraced in such corporations, not resulting from the carelessness, negligence, or design of the party insured, and to any amount not exceeding three-fourths of the value of the property insured, and not exceeding ten thousand dollars on any one block of buildings or stock of goods. And in case any member shall sustain damage over and above the then existing funds of the corporation, the Directors of the corporation shall assess such further sum or sums upon each member as shall be in proportion to the sum by such member insured, and at the rate of hazard mutually agreed on. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever said corporation shall make insurance on any property, the member so insured shall give his note or bond well secured for the amount of the insurance money, payable one day after date, and shall deposite in money with the Treasurer of the corporation ten per cent. of said note, which shall be entered as a credit thereon; and the fund thus raised may be applied to the ordinary expenses of the corporation; and the Directors may at any time thereafter, when the liabilities of the Company require it, call in such additional instalments as may be necessary, by giving thirty days notice in the most convenient newspaper. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That whenever any person shall sustain any loss of the property so insured, he shall, within thirty days after his knowledge of said loss, and in case of real estate, before any repairs or alterations are made, give notice in writing of the same to some one of the Directors, or other person appointed by the Directors, whose duty it shall be to view immediately the premises where the loss occurred, or otherwise make satisfactory inquiries into the circumstances attending it, and under oath determine, in writing by him subscribed, the amount, if any, of the liabilities of said corporation for such loss; and if the sufferer shall not acquiesce in such estimate, he may within sixty days after he is notified of the estimate, bring an action at law against said corporation. If in this action he shall not receive as damages more than the amount estimated as aforesaid, he shall be liable for all costs incurred in the suit, and execution shall issue against the corporation only for such amount as may be allowed, after deducting said costs of suit; but if the amount allowed be greater than the estimate, then the corporation shall be liable for all the costs of suit. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall be entitled to hold real and personal estate to any amount necessary for the purpose of the sameshall have and use a common seal, and shall have power to make

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such by-laws, rules and regulations, as may be thought proper, not [Illegible Text] to the laws of this State. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, When said corporation shall make insurance on any property, the interest of the person insured in said property shall be held as security for the payment of the deposite note given to the corporation, and the policy of the insured shall, from the time it issues, create a lien on the said property, and no transfer of the said property shall affect the said lien: Provided, it shall be expressed [Illegible Text] the policy that the insurance is made subject to such lien. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That if any member of said corporation obtaining insurance, or in case of his death, his legal representative, shall refuse or neglect to pay any assessment within thirty days after the demand be made, or any instalment on his deposite note, he shall be liable to a suit therefor by the corporation in any Court having competent jurisdiction; and also the liability of the corporation for the policy under which the payment is withheld, shall be suspended until said payment is made; and if said payment is not made within six months, the said policy shall be, to all intents and purposes, forever forfeited. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That any three of the persons herein named as corporators, may call the first meeting, by advertising the same for three successive weeks in one public journal in Macon, Albany, and Athens. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That any person insured shall have the right to return his policy and demand his note at any time before it would expire by its own limitation, provided there is no unpaid assessment upon the note, or losses unprovided for. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the Coweta Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and the Athens Mutual Fire Insurance Company. SECTION 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

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Joseph Donner, Jesse S. Kimbro, Angus D. Bruce, Matthew Robertson, James N. Ramsay, George Granberry, and their associates and successors, shall be a corporation under the name and style of the Coweta Mutual Fire Insurance Company, shall keep their office at such place as may be agreed upon by the officers herein provided for within the county of Harris, and shall elect their own officers, and enjoy all the privileges and powers incident to such corporations. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That at all meetings of said corporation, every matter shall be decided by a majority of votes, each member having as many votes as he has policies, with the right of voting by proxy; and such corporation may choose such officers, and for such length of time, as they may deem necessary; but no policy of insurance shall be issued by said corporation until the sum subscribed to be insured shall amount to fifty thousand dollars. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said corporation may insure for any term from one to seven years, any house, tenement or other building, household furniture, mill house, gin-house, cotton in bales, and other property, against damage arising to the same by fire originating in any cause other than by design in the insured, and to any amount not exceeding three-fourths of the value of the property insured. And in case any member shall sustain damage by fire over and above the then existing funds of the corporation, the Directors of said corporation shall assess such further sum or sums upon each member as may be in proportion to the sum by such member insured, and at the rate of hazard usually agreed on. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever said corporation shall make insurance on any building, house, furniture, cotton, or other thing, the member so insured shall give his note or bond well secured for the amount of the insurance money, payable one day after date, and shall deposite in cash with the Treasurer of the corporation ten per cent. of said note, which shall be entered as a credit thereon; and the fund thus raised may be applied to the ordinary expenses or losses of the corporation; and the Directors may thereafter, at any time when the liabilities of the Company require it, call in such additional instalments as may be necessary, by giving thirty days notice in the most convenient newspaper. And each of the insured shall have a right, at the expiration of his policy, to demand and receive from the corporation such share of the remaining funds, in proportion to the sum by him actually paid in, as the corporation, by its by-laws existing at the time of issuing his policy, shall determine. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That whenever any person shall sustain any loss by fire of the property so insured, be

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shall, within sixty days after said loss, and before any repairs or alterations are made, give notice in writing of the same to some one of the Directors, or other person appointed by the Directors, whose duty it shall be to view immediately the premises where the fire occurred, and inquire into the circumstances attending it, and under oath determine, in writing by him subscribed, the amount, if any, of the liability of said corporation for such loss; and if the sufferer shall not acquiesce in such estimate, [Illegible Text] may within sixty days after he is notified of the estimate, bring an action at law against said corporation. If in this action [Illegible Text] shall not recover as damages more than the amount estimated as aforesaid, [Illegible Text] shall be liable for all costs incurred in the suit, and execution shall issue against the corporation only for such amount as may be allowed, after deducting said costs of suit; but if the amount allowed upon the trial be greater than the estimate, then the corporation shall be liable for all costs of the suit. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall be entitled to hold real and personal estate to any amount necessary for the purpose of the sameshall have and use a common seal, and shall have power to make such by-laws, rules and regulations, as may be thought proper, not repugnant to the laws of this State. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, When said corporation shall make insurance on any building, house or tenement, the interest of the insured in the land under the same and appertinant thereto, shall be holden as security for the payment of the deposite note given to the corporation, and the policy of insurance shall, from the time it issues, create a lien on the said building, and therefor,, and no transfer of said property shall affect the said lien: Provided, it shall be expressed in the policy that the insurance is made subject to such lien: And provided, also, That said policy of insurance shall be recorded, as deeds are required to be recorded, in the county where the insured property is situated. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That if any member of said corporation obtaining insurance, subject to the lien aforesaid, or in case of his death, his legal representatives, shall neglect, for thirty days next after the demand be made, to pay any assessment required, or instalment of his deposite note, he or they shall be liable to a suit of the corporation therefor in any Court of competent jurisdiction, and shall obtain judgment therefor at the first term, unless sufficient cause to the contrary be shewn; and execution may be levied at the discretion of the corporation upon the interest of the insured in the [Illegible Text] insured and lands attached and appertinant thereto, and satisfied by sale thereof: Provided, The said levy and sale be advertised in

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the most convenient public gazette, in the same manner as Sheriff's sales are now advertised. But the owner of said property, or the insured party, may recover the title to the [Illegible Text] thus levied on, if, at any time within six months from the sale, he or they shall pay to the purchaser, or his assignee, the sum at which it was sold, with twelve and a half per cent. added, with all taxes that may have been paid thereon. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That any three of the persons herein named as corporators, may call the first meeting, by advertising the same for three weeks successively in any [Illegible Text] having a good circulation in the county where the corporation is located. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall not insure for a greater amount than ten thousand dollars on any one block of buildings. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Asbury Hull, William M. Morton, William L. Mitchell, Young L. G. Harris, John H. Newton, and their associates and successors, be and they are hereby constituted a corporation under the name and style of the Athens Mutual Fire Insurance Company, with all the rights, privileges and immunities herein before granted to the Coweta Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and shall hold their office at such place as may be selected in the county of Clark. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the New-York and Savannah Steam Navigation Company. SECTION 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 George Hall, John W. Anderson, Edward Mills, and their associates, and all other persons who are or hereafter may be holders of the stock hereinafter mentioned, are hereby created a body corporate, by the name of the New-York and Savannah Steam Navigation Company, for the purposes and business of building, equipping and furnishing, fitting and owning, vessels to be propelled solely or partially by steam,

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and to be run and employed in navigation to and from the port of Savannah to any ports of the United States or the West Indies, but more particularly from Savannah to the port of New-York, and for such purposes all the necessary and incidental power is hereby granted to the said corporation; and all contracts may be made either with or without the corporate seal, under the signature of the President and General Agent of the said Company. SECTION 2. The capital stock of the said corporation shall be three hundred thousand dollars, and may be increased by the said Company to five hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. The corporation may commence operations when one hundred and fifty thousand dollars shall have been subscribed. SECTION 3. The Directors of this Company, or a majority of them, may open subscription books for said stock on such days and at such places as may best suit the interest of the Company, but a sum of not less than five per cent. on the amount of shares subscribed, shall be paid at the time of making the subscription. SECTION 4. All the affairs, concerns and business of the said Company shall be managed and conducted by five Directors, to be elected by the stockholders of said Company. The first election shall be held on the first Monday in January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and annually thereafter, between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and two o'clock in the afternoon, at such place as the office of the said Company shall be keptwhich election shall be by ballot, and each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share held by him. George Hall, John W. Anderson and Edward Mills shall be Directors until the first Monday in January, eighteen hundred and fortynine, and until others may be duly elected; and the Directors who may be duly elected shall continue in office until others are duly elected, in case the day herein specified should pass without an election. SECTION 5. Any three of the Directors shall form a quorum for the transaction of all the business of the said Company. SECTION 6. The Directors aforesaid, and those who from time to time may be duly elected, shall after their election appoint one of their number President, and shall have power to make all such by-laws, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this State and of the United States, and to appoint all such officers, agents, clerks and servants as may be necessary, and for the better ordering, regulating and conducting the affairs of the said corporation, and for the safe-keeping of its property and funds. SECTION 7. It shall be the duty of the Directors, in the

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months of January and July in each year, to make a dividend of so much of the net profits of the said Company as to them may seem advisable. In case of any loss whereby the capital stock of the said corporation shall be impaired or lessened, no subsequent dividend shall be made among the stockholders until a sum equal to such diminution of capital stock shall have been added thereto. SECTION 8. It may be lawful for the Company to borrow money on its bonds to any amount not exceeding one-half of the capital actually paid in and expended in building steam vessels; and the Directors may, if they deem it advisable, pay interest to the stockholders for their advances, until such time as they commence their regular dividends. SECTION 9. This charter shall remain of force for the term of thirty-six years from the day of its passage. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the Muscogee Asylum for the Poor, to make provision for their support, and to authorize the Inferior Court of Muscogee county to bind out poor children to said corporation, under certain circumstances, and to provide for their education. WHEREAS it is found by experience that the poor in the county of Muscogee, who are destitute of the means of support, are so numerous that the funds authorized by law to be raised by taxation, and applied in the usual way, are insufficient to meet their wantsfor remedy whereof SECTION 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 said county, or a majority of them, together with the Mayor and Council of the city of Columbus, or a majority of them, shall meet at the Courthouse in said county on the second Saturday in January next, and annually thereafter, and elect Trustees, who shall continue in office one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. And in case such election shall not be had on the day aforesaid, it shall be lawful to hold said election on any other day in manner aforesaid, upon giving

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twenty days notice thereof in one of the public gazettes of said county, and at the Court-house. And in case any vacancy shall occur, by reason of the death, resignation, removal or otherwise, of any of said Trustees, such vacancy shall be filled in the manner before specified for holding said elections. And the said Trustees, before entering upon the duties required by this act, shall each of them take an oath or affirmation faithfully to discharge the trust reposed in them. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, c., That said Trustees shall, at their first meeting, which shall take place within twenty days after the election aforesaid, appoint one of their number to act as President. And the said Trustees, when so elected, qualified and organised, shall be a body corporate, under the name and style of the Muscogee Asylum for the poor, and by that name shall sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any Court of law or equity having competent jurisdiction, and shall have perpetual succession, and shall enact by-laws for their own government. And the said Trustees shall have power to appoint a Clerk and Treasurer, Steward, and other necessary officers, and to define their duties, and allow them such compensation as may seem reasonable and just, and also may require of them such security for the faithful discharge of their respective duties, as a majority of the said Trustees shall direct, making all their bonds payable to the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, c., That the said Trustees shall have power to rent, purchase, or otherwise procure, by gift, grant or devise, such lands, buildings, tenements and possessions, as may be necessary for the convenience and support of all such indigent persons, residing in said county of Muscogee, as are now or may be hereafter entitled to aid or support out of the public funds of said county and city; and to receive, hold, possess and enjoy all such goods and chattels, legacies and donations, of what kind or quality soever given or granted to the said corporation for the use and benefit of the poor of said county. And the said Trustees and their successors, by the name aforesaid, shall and may grant, convey, assign, and sell, or otherwise dispose of any or all of their lands, tenements, or hereditaments, goods, chattels, and personal estate whatever, as to them shall seem meet; and shall and may make, have and use a common seal, and alter the same at their pleasure. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, c., That the said Trustees shall have power and authority, under the direction of the Inferior Court of said county of Muscogee, to take and receive into such Asylum as they may provide for the purpose, any and all such indigent persons residing in said

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county, as are now or hereafter may be dependent upon the public charity for a support, and to employ all such as are of sufficient bodily ability, under the direction of their Steward or Superintendent, in such work or labor, as shall be judged most suitable to their several capacities, and shall direct the Superintendent or Steward aforesaid to sell and dispose of such of the articles or products of their labor as may be unnecessary for their own useand the money arising from such sales shall be applied to the maintenance and support of said Asylum. And if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Trustees, or a majority of them, at any time, that any person in said Asylum hath behaved in a disorderly manner, or hath neglected or refused to perform such reasonable labor as may have been required by the Steward, or hath disobeyed or violated any of the by-laws, rules or regulations of said corporation, it shall and may be lawful for the Trustees, or any [Illegible Text] of them, in their discretion, to discharge the same from the Asylum for such period as the said Trustees may deem proper. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, c., That it shall and may be lawful for the Inferior Court of said county of Muscogee to bind out to the said Trustees, for such term of years as the said Court may deem necessary, not to exceed six years, any or all such poor children of said county as they are by law authorized to bind out to private individuals, in every instance requiring the said Trustees in their indenture to insert a clause providing for the instruction of all such children in the common branches of an English education, at least in reading and writing. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, c., That if any person, after the location of said Asylum, shall set up a booth, stall, shop or other convenience, for the selling of spirituous liquors, on the land rented, purchased, or otherwise obtained for the use of said Asylum, or shall without the consent of the Steward thereof, purchase, take or carry away any article or thing whatsoever from any of the said poor, any person so offending shall, on conviction thereof before the Mayor and Council of Columbus, or the Inferior Court of said county, forfeit and pay for each offence the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered for the use of the Asylum, by distress and sale of the offender's goods and chattels, and shall further make full satisfaction to the said corporation for all damages sustained thereby. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, c., That all funds now authorized by law, or that may hereafter be authorized by law to be collected for the benefit and support of the poor in said county and city, together with such portion of the poor school funds as may by the Inferior Court of said county be deemed reasonable and just, shall hereafter be paid over to the Trustees of the Muscogee Asylum for the Poor, and

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by them appropriated to the objects contemplated in this act. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the Evergreen Cemetery Company of Bonaventure. WHEREAS Peter Wiltberger, a citizen of Savannah, in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia, is seized in fee of a tract of land in the said county, three miles distant from the city of Savannah, known as Bonaventure, a certain portion of which, seventy acres in extent, he has caused to be surveyed and designated by marks and boundaries, and enclosed by substantial fencing, and otherwise improved and ornamented; and has so set apart, designated and enclosed the same for the purpose of establishing a decent and suitable place for the burial of the dead; and in order to secure at all future times the reverent application of the same to that solemn purpose alone, is desirons that he, with certain others hereinafter designated and described, shall be associated by an act of incorporation for the purposes aforesaid: and whereas it is necessary and becoming that such provision should be made by law as shall ensure continued protection from sacriligious disturbance to the remains of friends and relatives who may be there committed to the earth: SECTION 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 Peter Wiltberger, Josiah Tatnall, John Stoddard, Richard D. Arnold, William Duncan, Robert Habersham, Joseph S. Fay, William H. Mongin, William B. Hodgson, P. M. Kollock, Charles Green, C. P. Richardsone, Anthony Porter, Jacob Waldborg, Henry Roser, Alexander A. Smets, and all others who hereafter may become owners or proprietors of the lots or sub-divisions made in the said tract of seventy acres described in the preamble to this act, be and they are hereby created and constituted a corporation under the name and style of The Evergreen Cemetery Company of Bonaventure, and by that name shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, and be capable in law and equity

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in all Courts of record and elsewhere to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defendeand may have and use a common seal, with power to break, alter or make anew the same at pleasure; and may make, ordain, and establish all such bylaws, rules, ordinances and regulations, not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States and the State of Georgia, as may be expedient to carry into effect the objects of this act, and shall be clothed with all powers incident to such a corporation. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this act, the said Evergreen Cemetery Company shall be able and capable in law to receive at any time hereafter from the said Peter Wiltberger, a grant and feoffment of the said tract of land, seventy acres in extent, described in the preamble to this act, and to hold the same in fee simple upon the trusts and for the uses contemplated and indicated by this act, namely, for the purpose of a public Cemetery, and for no other uses or purposes whatsoever; and also, to grant, bargain, sell and dispose of, for the same uses, the lots or subdivisions which may be made in the same; and also to have and to hold so much personal estate as may be necessary for the purposes of this incorporation. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the seven persons first named in the first section of this act be and they are hereby appointed managers of the said Evergreen Cemetery Company, and shall continue in office until their successors shall be elected; and that they and their successors shall have exclusive superintendence of the said Cemetery and the property and appertenances belonging to the same; and shall have power to lay out and ornament the grounds, to erect suitable buildings, to arrange and dispose of burial lots, and to make all necessary by-laws, rules and regulations relative to the election and duties of managers and their successors, the appointment of suitable officers and agents and their several duties and compensations, the employment of workmen, the government of lotholders and visiters to the Cemetery, and all such other matters as may be necessary and proper in the premises. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this act, the said corporation hereby created, and the said tract of seventy acres above described, and all the improvements now made or hereafter to be made upon the same for the purposes aforesaid by the said corporation, shall be free from all State and county taxes and assessments so long as the said tract ofland shall remain dedicated to the uses of a Cemetery, and that the real and personal estate of the said corporation and the said burial lots, when conveyed to individual proprietors,

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for the purposes aforesaid, shall not be subject to the lien of any judgment, or liable to be levied on or sold under any execution, or to be applied to the payment of any debts by assignment under any bankrupt or insolvent law. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person who shall wilfully or wantonly destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone, or other structure placed in the Cemetery aforesaid, or any fence, railing, or other work for the protection or ornament of the same, or of any burial-lot within the limits aforesaid, or shall wilfully or wantonly destroy, remove, cut, break or injure any tree, shrub or plant within the limits aforesaid, or shall shoot or discharge any gun or other firearms within the limits aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and liable to indictment therefore, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not less than five dollars or more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the common jail of Chatham county, or both, at the discretion of the Court, according to the nature and aggravation of the offence; and such offender shall also be liable in an action of trespass, to be brought against him in any Court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the Evergreen Cemetery Company of Bonaventure, to pay all such damages as shall have been occasioned by his unlawful act or acts; which money when recovered shall be applied by the said corporation, under the direction of the managers aforesaid, to the reparation and restoration of the property destroyed or injured as above; and in all such suits, members of the said corporation shall be competent witnesses. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no street or road shall be hereafter opened through the lands of the said corporation, except by their consent. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor Approved, December 27, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the town of Blairsville in the county of Union. SECTION 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 inhabitants of the town of Blairsville may, on the first Friday

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in January, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and on the first Friday in every January thereafter, elect five Commissioners for said town from among themselves, and the Commissioners so elected shall be a body corporate and politic under the name and style of the Commissioners of the town of Blairsville, and by that name they shall be able and capable in law of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in any of the Courts of this State, and the said Commissioners shall have power and authority to make all bylaws, rules and regulations necessary and proper for the government of said town, which are not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State or of the United States; and that the said Commissioners shall have power and authority to make all by-laws, rules and regulations necessary and proper to carry into effect the general power hereby granted to them SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any vacancy should occur in said Board of Commissioners, at any time previous to an election, the remaining Commissioners shall have power to fill such vacancy. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of said town shall embrace all the land purchased by the Inferior Court of said county for the county site. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the inhabitants of said town should fail or neglect to elect Commissioners as hereby provided, they may elect such Commissioners at any other time by any inhabitant being a freeholder, or any Justice of the Peace, giving five days previous notice of their holding such election, by advertisement at two public places in said town. SEC. 5. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 7, 1847. AN ACT to alter and amend an act [Illegible Text] an act amendatory of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia, and to authorize certain Trustees of Mercer University to make by-laws, and regulations for the government of the said villege of Penfield, assented to 28th of December, 1838, so far as to

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place the government of the said village of [Illegible Text] in the hands of Commissioners, and for other purposes. SECTION 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 second section of the before [Illegible Text] act shall be altered and amended to read as follows, viz: That on the first Monday in January annually, the citizens of Penfield authorized to vote for members to the General Assembly, shall elect three Town Commissioners, to act in conjunction with three other Commissioners to be appointed by the Board of Trustees of Mercer University, or by the Prudential Committee of said Boardwhich joint Board of Commissioners shall be authorized and [Illegible Text] to elect a marshal, appoint patrols, and to perform such other acts, and to make such by-laws and regulations for the government of said village as they may deem necessary and proper for the promotion of the interests of said village and university: Provided, That such by-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution of this State and of the United States. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the commissioners to be elected by the citizens of said village, shall be freeholders resident within the corporate limitsthat the election for said Commissioners shall be managed by a Justice of the Peace, or Judge of the Inferior Court, and one freeholder, or in the absence of a Judge or Justice, by three freeholders of said village; and if from any cause the election for said Commissioners shall not be held on the first Monday in January, the old Commissioners shall remain in office until an election shall be held in conformity to the provisions of this act. And if a vacancy shall occur in said Board, from death or resignation, the same shall be filled at any time by the surviving or acting members of said Board, giving ten days notice of the time and place of holding the election. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioners elected by the citizens as aforesaid shall have power to levy and collect a tax upon all taxable persons and property within the corporate limits of said village, (except that owned by the University,) not to exceed that levied by the State, which tax when collected shall be appropriated by the Commissioners levying the same. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of said town shall provide by-laws for the collection and payment over of all taxes imposed or authorized by the foregoing act, and all fines imposed by any by-law of said corporation; and shall moreover require a bond for the faithful

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performance of duty of the person whose business it shall be to collect the same. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the citizens and persons of said village liable to do patrol and road duty be exempt from the performance of said duty without the corporate limits of said village. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1847. AN ACT to alter and amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Savannah, Ogeechee and Altamaha Canal Company, passed the twenty-sixth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and for other purposes therein mentioned. WHEREAS the Planter's Bank of the State of Georgia, Amos Scudder and Mulford Marsh have become the sole owners of the Canal leading from the Savannah river to the Ogeechee river, and have expended large sums of money in re-opening said Canal, and in consequence thereof the said act of incorporation of the Savannah, Ogeechee and Altamaha Canal Company requires amendment: SECTION 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 Planter's Bank of the State of Georgia, Amos Scudder and Mulford Marsh, and such other person or persons as may be hereafter associated with them as stockholders in the said Company, their successors and assigns, be and they are hereby created a corporation or body politic by the name and style of the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal Company, with all the rights, benefits, privileges granted to the said, the Savannah, Ogeechee and Altamaha Canal Company, in and by the said act, entitled an act to incorporate the Savannah, Ogeechee and Altamaha Canal Company, passed the twenty-sixth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-six; and that the stock of said Savannah and Ogeechee Canal Company shall consist of thirty-two hundred shares of fifty dollars each.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a Board of Directors (at present) of three persons, stockholders of said Company, or a Director of the Planter's Bank of the State of Georgia, so long as said Bank remains owner of its present stock, to manage the affairs of said Company, who shall be [Illegible Text] annually on the second Monday in January. The number of Directors may be increased to five, by a by-law of said Company; or in case the stock of said Company shoudl be owned by a less number of persons than three, the Board of Directors may be decreased to the then number of stockholders. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Company shall be permitted to contract with any and all persons whosoever, whether Directors or not. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said act entitled an act to incorporate the Savannah, Ogeechee and Altamaha Canal Company, passed the twenty-sixth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, so far as not altered by this act, be [Illegible Text] held and taken as a part of this act, and that this act and the said act aforesaid be deemed and held as public acts. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 18, 1847. AN ACT to revise and amend an act entitled an act to incorporate Kiokee Church in formerly Richmond, now Columbia county, assented to December, 1789, and for other purposes; also, to incorporate Bethel Bethlehem Church, and Trustees of Mount Olive Church; also, to extend the corporate limits of the village of Clarksville, and for other purposes. SECTION 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 foregoing act of seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, be and the same is hereby revived from and after the passing of this act.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the property heretofore vested in the Trustees of said Church be and the same is hereby vested in Josiah Harriss, James Cartledge, [Illegible Text] Collins, Benjamin T. Reese, and William yarborough, as Trustees of said Church, and their successors in office. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any vacancy may happen in said Board of Trustees, the same may be filled by an election by the other members of the Board, whose duty it shall be to give notice of said election by advertising the same on the door of said Church ten days before such election takes place; all laws and parts of laws to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of the village of Clarksville in Habersham county shall be bounded as follows, viz: From the head and source of the branch on which Dyer's tan yard is situated, following said branch to the Soque river, thence up said river to the mouth of the first branch running into said river through its left bank, thence up said branch to the old Augusta road, thence along said road to the top of Judge Law's hill, and thence in a straight line to the beginning. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Baptist Church in the county of Columbia, in the third district, G. M., of said county, shall be known by the name of the Bethlehem Bethel Church; and that Samuel Crump, Humphrey Evans, William Meriwether, George W. Toole, and John Boyd, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby appointed a body politic and corporate under the name and style of the Bethlehem Bethel Church, and as such shall be capable in law to sue and be sued, to receive by gift or otherwise, and to hold, use and dispose of any property they may become possessed of by gift, purchase or otherwise; and shall have power to make all by-laws necessary and proper for carrying their powers into effect, not repugnant to the laws of this State or of the United States, or the Constitution of either; and the said Trustees may use a common seal, and appoint such officers as to them may appear proper, and to remove the same; and when any vacancy occurs in the Board of Trustees by death, resignation or otherwise, the remaining Trustees shall have power, or a majority of them, may appoint as their by-laws shall direct. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That Stephen Drane, Jesse Evans, John Harris, Alexander R. [Illegible Text] and Uriah L. Leonard, and their successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name and style of The Trustees of Mount Olive Church in the county of Columbia, and fully vested with the right and title to a tract of land in said county conveyed to the Trustees of said

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Church by John Olive, and with all the powers and privileges conferred by the preceding section of this act on Bethlehem Bethel Church. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the Washington Railroad Company, with powers to construct a Railroad from the town of Washington, in Wilkes county, to the depot on the Central Railroad known as Tennille, or to some other convenient and suitable point on said last mentioned Road; to punish those who may wilfully and maliciously injure the same, and to confer all powers necessary to effect said object. SECTION 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 for the purpose of constructing, building and keeping up a Railroad communication from the town of Washington, in Wilkes county, to the depot on the Central Railroad known as Tennillc, or to some other suitable and convenient point on said Central Railroad, the subscribers for the capital stock hereinafter mentioned, and their successors and assigns, shall hereafter be a body corporate by the name and style of the Washington Railroad Company, and by the said corporate name shall be and are hereby made capable in law to have, purchase, and receive, and enjoy, and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements and hereditaments, and goods and chattels of all kinds whatever, and the same to sell, grant, demise, alien or dispose of; to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all Courts of record, and also to make and ordain all necessary by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of said corporation; to make and have a common seal, and the same to alter, break or renew at their pleasure; and to do all lawful acts properly incident to a corporation: Provided, Such rules, by-laws and regulations are not contrary to the laws and Constitution of this State or of the United States. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no higher rates per mile shall be charged for the transportation of passengers and freight from Sparta to the Georgia

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Railroad than may be charged from the same point to the Central Railroad; and that in all respects equal facilities shall be afforded by said Company for such transportation from Sparta to both of said Railroads. SEC 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the capital stock of said Company shall consist of five hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, but said capital stock may be increased from time to time as may be deemed expedient by a majority of the stockholders of said Company, by the Board of Directors enlarging their capital stock by new subscriptions in shares of one hundred dollars each, so as to make an amount of capital entirely adequate fully to complete their said Railroad from the said town of Washington to the Central Railroad as hereinbefore designuted. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the organization of said Company, the following persons, to wit, R. R. Cuyler of Savannah, Dr. William Terrell of Sparta, and A. L. Alexander of Washington, be and they are hereby constituted Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to appoint a convenient time and place for the meeting of the stockholders of said Company, which they shall advertise in one or more of the public gazettes of this State for three weeks in succession previously to the day of meeting, at which time and place the subscribers of stock may attend in person, or be represented and vote by proxy; and no one but a stockholder 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 subscribing members by person or by proxy who may be present, the said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall present a ballot box, in which the subscribers may vote for officers of said Company by ballot; and the presiding Commissioners shall count the ballots, enter the same, and declare the result of the election, and shall make out and deliver to the officers elect proper certificates under their hands. The officers to be elected as aforesaid shall consist of ten Directors, five of said Directors to be taken from the subscribers in Wilkes county, three from those in Savannah, and two from the county of Hancock, out of which said number of Directors the Board shall choose a President. SE. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the said election for Directors the votes shall be taken by the following rule: Each stockholder shall be entitled to a number of votes equal to the number of shares he or she may hold in the stock of said Company. And on all

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future elections for Directors, in the making, altering or repealing by-laws, in determining on all measures involving the general interests of the Company, at any stated or called corporate meeting, the votes shall be governed by the above stated rule. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the election for 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 of Directors between two periods of general election, the said Board, or a majority of them, at any stated and regular meeting of the Board, may elect by ballot from among the stockholders, to fill the vacancy so occurred, until the next general election of directors. And should it so happen that the day of annual election of President and Directors shall pass without an election being effected, or any of them, the corporation shall not thereby be discontinued or dissolved, but it may be lawful on any other day to hold and make such election in such manner as the by-laws of said Company may prescribe, subject always to the rule prescribed in the fourth section of this act, and the old officers shall continue to act until such election is had. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That after the President and Directors shall have been elected as aforesaid, it shall always be in their power, at any meeting of the Board, a majority being present, to nominate and appoint a Secretary, Treasurer, and all other officers, agents and servants that they may deem necessary, or as may be prescribed by the by-laws of said corporation, removable at the pleasure of the Board; and also require and take from all officers, agents or servants, such bond or bonds and security as they may deem proper, or the by-laws may prescribe, for the securing the fidelity, obedience and accountability and good conduct of said officers, agents or servants so appointed, and their punctuality in surrendering all monies or property belonging to the Company on their being removed or the term of their appointment expiring. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a majority of the 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 cases his place may be supplied by any Director appointed by the Board present. The said Board of Directors may call in instalments on the capital stock subscribed, when the interests of the Company require it, and the failure of any stockholder to pay any instalment so called in, within the time appointed for the payment thereof, shall operate as a forfeiture of the share or shares upon which such failure to pay occurred, which share or shares

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[Illegible Text] forfeited as aforesaid, and all payments thereupon paid shall accure to the benefit of said corporation, and be disposed of as the Directors shall order or provide: Provided, always, That sixty days previous notice shall be given of the time and place of payment of such instalments, and that not more than fifteen dollars upon each share shall be called in at any one time, and that no more than one instalment shall be called in in any three months. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the private property of each stockholder, equal to the amount of his stock, shall be liable for the debts of the incorporation; and in the event of the neglect or refusal of the incorporation to pay any debt owing by the same, the creditor or creditors thereof may sue the Company in their corporate name, and upon obtaining execution against the Company, it shall first be levied upon the corporate property of said Company, to wit, the road or any portion thereof, the cars, c. c., which shall be first liable; and upon the return of the proper officer or officers of no corporate property to be found, said execution may then be levied upon an amount of the private property of any stockholder of the Company equal to the amount of his stock, and if that be not sufficient to satisfy the said execution, then it may be levied upon the private property of any other stockholder equal to his stock, and so on until the execution is fully satisfied; and in all cases the levying officer shall be the judge of the amount of private property necessary to satisfy the fi. fa. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said Company to publish semi-annually, in some public gazette of this State, a full statement of the names of the stockholders of said Company and the amount of stock owned by each, and that any transfer of the stock so owned by each stockholder, transferred twelve months prior to the obtainment of judgment against the Company, shall not discharge his private property, but it shall still be bound under the provisions and in the manner pointed out in the foregoing section. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case any stockholder or stockholders shall be compelled, under the foregoing section, to pay off the execution or executions obtained against the Company, it shall be kept open for his or their benefit, and may be levied by him or thein upon the private property of any or all the other stockholders in proportion to their respective shares of stock. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Company shall have full power and authority to conduct their said Railroad over and across all public roads or highways, and by suitable bridges over and across all or any rivers, creeks, waters or water courses that may be in the

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[Illegible Text]: Provided, The said Company shall so construct their Railroad as not to obstruct the same. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board of Directors of said Company shall have full power to select and take, or receive as a donation, such strip or strips of land between the points selected for said mad, and of such width and shape, as they may [Illegible Text] for the construction of said Railroad, not to exceed one hundred feet on each side of said road; and in case the owner or owners of said land and the said Company should disagree in regard to the damages and price of said land, which may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid, it may and shall be lawful for the Company to appoint two disinterested freeholders, and the owner or owners of said land shall also appoint two competent and disinterested freeholders, all of whom shall be sworn by some judicial officer of this State to do equal justice between the parties, and they shall then proceed upon the premises as a committee of arbitration and [Illegible Text], and they shall make their award of valuation of damages in writing, to be approved and signed by them, or a majority of them, which amount the said Company shall pay unto the owner or owners of said land, and the fee simple thereof shall vest in said Company forever; and the award shall be recorded in the office of the Superior Court of the county where the land lies, in the same manner as deeds. In case the owner or owners of such strip or strips of land shall refuse to appoint on their part referees, then and in that event the Inferior Court of the county where the [Illegible Text] lies, or a majority of them, shall, upon the application of said Company, appoint such referees. And in case the committee last aforesaid, in either way appointed, cannot agree upon the amount of damages and valuation, they shall choose a fifth man, who shall be sworn as aforesaid and be added to said committee. And in case either party be dissatisfied with the award of the committee of arbitration, they shall have the right of appeal to a special jury in the county where the land may lie, which appeal shall [Illegible Text] tried at the first term of the Superior Court where the land lies after said appeal is made, and the decision, in whichsoever way made by the special jury, shall vest in the said Washington Railroad Company the land in question, and in the other party a judgment for the value thereof thus ascertained and determined: Provided, That no difference or disagreement between the said Company and any landholder or corporation shall operate by injunction or otherwise to suspend the progress of said work, but the same shall in all cases be continued without interruption, on adequate security being given by said Company to the landholder or corporation to pay such damages as shall be assessed in manner aforesaid.

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SEC. 14. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said President and Directors shall cause to be kept fair and regular entries, in a book to be kept for that purpose, of all their proceedings; and on any question where any one Director shall require it, the yeas and nays of the Directors voting shall be recorded in such books; and the minutes shall at all times, when required, be produced to the stockholders at their general or called meetings. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the powers, rights, privileges and immunities herein granted and conferred, shall be and continue in force for and during the term of thirty years, to be computed from the passage of this act. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the office of said Company shall be located at Washington, in Wilkes county, until changed by the Board of Directors, and that said Railroad shall run by the way of Sparta, in the said county of Hancock. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the stockholders of the corporation hereby created shall have full power and authority to contract with the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, and the Central Railroad and Banking Company, or either of them, touching the union or [Illegible Text] of the whole or any part of the road herein proposed to be constructed with either of said roads, provided those of the stockholders of this corporation who may dissent from said contract or agreement, may withdraw their stock from the Company; and provided further, that before such contract or agreement is made, the consent of a majority of the stockholders in Wilkes, Huncock and Savannah shall be separately obtained. SEC. 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if five miles of said road shall not be fully graded by the first day of November, eighteen hundred and [Illegible Text] or if said corporate Company shall fail to complete said road in six years thereafter, the rights, privileges and immunities herein granted shall be forfeited. SEC. 19. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing herein contained shall prevent any Railroad chartered by the Legislature of this State, intersecting said road. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847.

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AN ACT to incorporate the Elbert Railroad Company, and to punish persons for violating the same. SECTION 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 for the purpose of constructing a Railroad from the town of Elberton, in the county of Elbert, to the town of Washington, in the county of Wilkes, Tinsley W. Bucker, Benjamin Burch, Henry Carlton, Alfred Hammond, Henry Mattox, James Lofton, Robert McMillan, John Wynn, Samuel Wynn, Madison Baker, and William Jordan, and their [Illegible Text] and successors in office, and assigns, be and they are hereby created a corporate body politic, by the name and style of The Elbert Railroad Company, with vested rights and privileges, and by said corporate name and style shall be capable in law to purchase, accept, hold and sell and convey real and personal estate, make contracts, sue and be sued, to make by-laws, appoint all necessary officers and prescribe their duty, and to do all lawful acts properly incident and connected with the objects of the said corporation, and necessary for the government and transaction of its business in the purposes of its incorporation; and to make and use a common seal, and the same to alter and destroy at its pleasure: Provided, That their by-laws be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this State. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said Company shall not exceed one million of dollars, to be divided into shares not exceeding one hundred dollars each, but less if the Board of Directors shall so [Illegible Text] and the Board of Directors shall prescribe the mode and conditions of the subscriptions for the stock in said Company, and issue certificates for the same. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the organization of the said Company, the said persons herein before named, or a majority of them, shall appoint the times and places at which subscriptions for stock in said Company may be made, and shall in a short time thereafter appoint a convenient time and place for the meeting of the subscribers for stock, of which they shall give notice in one or more of the public gazettes of the city of Augusta, at which time and place they shall proceed to the election of seven Directors, who shall form and constitute the first Board of Directors, one of whom said Directors shall elect as President thereof; and said President and Directors shall hold their offices for the term of one year, and shall prescribe in their by-laws the manner of holding the subsequent annual elections for Directors and President; and in all cases the stockholders shall be allowed to vote in person or by proxy, under power

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of attorney duly executed; and each stockholder shall be entitled to as many votes as he or she may hold shares in his or her own right as trustee. The said Board of Directors shall have power to fill all vacancies which may occur in their Board, or other office, until the regular annual election by the stockholders, and shall fix the compensation of the President of said Board, and all other officers of the said corporation. Not less than four Directors shall constitute a Board for the transaction of business, of whom the President shall always be one, except in cases of sickness or necessary absence, in which case his place may be supplied by any one of the Directors present, to be elected President pro tem. by a majority of the Board present. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said Board of Directors shall have power to select and take, or receive as donations, such strips and portions of land as they may deem necessary for the construction, convenience and protection of said Railroad; and in case of disagreement between the owner or owners and the said Board of Directors, in relation to the damages or price of any such strip or strips, portion or portions of land, it may and shall be lawful for said Board of Directors to appoint one disinterested freeholder as an appraiser, and the owner or owners of such land another disinterested freeholder, if he, she or they should think proper, and the Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, of the county in which such land or lands may lie, shall appoint another disinterested freeholder; but if such owner or owners shall decline to appoint an appraiser on his, her or their part, then the Justices aforesaid shall appoint two; all of whom shall be sworn by a Justice of the Inferior Court, or Justice of the Peace, to make and return to said Inferior Court a just, true and impartial valuation of the damages [Illegible Text] value of such strip or strips, portion or portions of land thus required by said Company, and their award shall be in writing signed by at least a majority of said appraisers, and accompanied by a plat and full description of said land, which shall be considered as a judgment against the Company for the amount awarded, and may be enforced by an execution from the said Inferior Court; and the said plat and description of said land shall be recorded in the said county in the same manner as deeds, and shall vest the fee simple right to the said strip or strips, portion or portions of land in the said corporation: Provided, That if either party shall be dissatisfied with the award of the appraisers, he, she or they may appeal to the Superior Court of the county where the land lies, and have the damages ascertained by the verdict of a special jury at the first term, and such verdict shall be conclusive and binding on both parties. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said Company

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shall build and keep in good order substantial bridges or ways of passage across said Railroad, wherever it may cross a public road; and if any person or persons shall wilfully and maliciously destroy, or in any manner hurt, damage, injure or obstruct, or shall counsel, aid, assist or advise any other person or persons in any manner to hurt, damage, injure or obstruct said Railroad or any of the appertenances or appendages thereunto belonging or appertaining, such person or persons so offending shall be liable to be indicted for a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be imprisoned at hard labor in the Penitentiary, at the discretion of the Court, for a term not less than four years, and shall further be liable to pay all expenses of repairing or rebuilding the same. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the books, papers and correspondence, and the [Illegible Text] of said Company shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Board of Directors and the stockholders at any and every meeting thereof if required; and all bonds, notes or other evidences of debt, or contract, or liability, or engagement on behalf of said Company, shall [Illegible Text] binding and obligatory on said corporation, when the same shall be signed by the President of said Company and countersigned or attested by the Secretary thereof, and the funds of said Company shall in no case be held responsible for any contract or engagement unless the same shall be so signed, countersigned or attested as aforesaid. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, c., That the Elbert Railroad Company shall have power to unite at Washington in the county of Wilkes, with the Washington Railroad, by and with the consent of the Washington Railroad Company. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That if said Company shall not begin in good faith the work on said road in two years from the time of the passage of this act, and complete the same in six years thereafter, then the rights, powers and privileges conferred by this act shall cease and determine. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the Clarkesville and [Illegible Text] Railroad Company. SECTION 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 for the

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purpose of constructing, keeping up and using a Railroad communication from the town of Clarkesville, in Habersham county, to the city of Athens, or its immediate vicinity, the subscribers for the capital stock hereinafter mentioned, and their assigns, shall be a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Clarkesville and Athens Railroad Company, and by said corporate name shall be capable in law to purchase, accept, hold and convey real and personal estate, make contracts, sue and be sued, to make by-laws, and to do all other acts properly incident to a corporation, and necessary and proper for the construction of the works and transaction of the business for which said Company is incorporated; and to have and use a common seal, and the same to alter and destroy at pleasure. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock shall be six hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, but shall be liable to be increased from time to time and by such sum or sums as may be deemed expedient by the majority of the Board of Directors of said Company for the time being: Provided, That the capital stock shall not be so increased as to exceed nine hundred thousand dollars: And it is also enacted, That the Board of Directors for the time being shall be authorized to prescribe the terms and conditions of subscription for such additional stock as may from time to time be required. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the original capital stock of six hundred thousand dollars, books of subscription shall be opened as follows: In the town of Clarkesville, under the direction of John R. Mathews, John Wiley and William B. Wofford, for the sum of three hundred thousand dollars; at Blairsville, in Union county, under the direction of Elihu S. Barclay and James R. Wiley, for the sum of fifty thousand dollars; at the village of Clayton, under the direction of Edward Coffee and Samuel [Illegible Text], for fifty thousand dollars; and at the town of Athens, under the direction of William L. Mitchell and William Morton, for two hundred thousand dollars. The books of subscription shall be opened at each of the aforesaid places, on the first Monday in August next, and a majority of the commissioners at each place shall be competent to do all acts incident to their office; and if any of the commissioners abovenamed shall decline [Illegible Text], the Governor, on being duly informed thereof, shall be authorized to appoint other commissioners instead of him or them so declining to act. The several sets of commissioners at the abovenamed places shall give two weeks notice in the [AElig]gis and Athens Banner, of the time and place of opening their respective books of subscription, upon the books being opened as aforesaid. The commissioners shall receive from individuals, companies and corporations, subscriptions for any number of shares of stock,

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not exceeding two hundred shares to any one individual, company or corporation, until two days have elapsed, after which the shares not previously taken, or any number thereof, may be subscribed for, and taken by any individual, company or corporation; and no subscription shall be received and allowed unless there shall be paid to the commissioners, at the time of subscribing, the sum of five dollars on each share subscribed, for which the commissioners shall give to the subscriber a certificate setting forth the number of shares taken by such subscriber, and amount per share paid thereon. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the books shall be kept open for subscriptions at each of the abovenamed places for the space of ninety days; and being closed on the last day, each of the other sets of commissioners shall transmit their subscription books, certified and signed, to the commissioners at Clarkesville; and the commissioners at Clarkesville shall thereupon make out a general list, setting forth the names of the subscribers, the number of shares taken by each subscriber, and the sum paid thereon; and if, on summing up all the subscription, the same shall amount to the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, the said Company may be organized and go into operation thereon: and after the organization of the Company, all future subscriptions of stock shall be received by the Board of Directors of the Company. And in case the whole amount of stock subscribed within ninety days after the opening of the books of subscription as above prescribed, shall fall short of the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, then subscriptions for the amount of stock necessary to make up the said sum of three hundred thousand dollars shall be received after the lapse of said ninety days only at Clarkesville and Athens, and as soon as the subscriptions shall in all amount to said sum of three hundred thousand dollars, the commissioners at Athens shall transmit their books to the commissioners at Clarkesville, and these latter shall make out and prepare a general list as above pointed out, and the said commissioners shall at once proceed to take measures, as hereinafter prescribed, for the organization of the Company. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That in order to the organization of said Company, so soon as the amount of [Illegible Text] of stock shall equal or exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, the commissioners of Athens and Clarkesville, or any three or more of them, shall give notice thereof in the public gazettes of Clarkesville and Athens for three weeksa meeting of the stockholders to he held at some convenient time and place, at which time and place the stockholders shall attend in person, or by proxy duly constituted by writing sealed and attested, and shall proceed to the election, by ballot, of nine Directors of

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said Company; and the election of Directors, and in all other matters of said Company in which the votes of stockholders have to be taken, each stockholder shall have a number of votes equal to the number of [Illegible Text] of which he is proprietor at the time of voting. At the election of the first Board of Directors, the Commissioners at Athens and Clarkesville, or any three or more of them, shall preside and conduct the election, and shall make a record of the proceedings in said election, under their hands and seal, and shall deliver to each of the Directors chosen a certificate of his election. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Directors shall choose one of their own number as President of the Board, whose term of office shall be one year, and the election of Directors shall be held annually according to such by-laws as may be made for that purpose; and in case of a vacancy occurring in the Board, between the stated periods of election, the Directors, or a majority of them, may elect from among the stockholders a person to fill such vacancy. And in case it shall so happen that the day of the annual election of Directors shall pass without an election being made, in whole or in part, it shall and may be lawful on any other day to make such election in such manner as may be prescribed by the by-laws of the corporation, subject always to the rule hereinbefore prescribed as to the number of votes to which each stockholder shall be entitled. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said Railroad Company shall have power and capacity to purchase, have, and hold in fee simple, or for years, to them and their [Illegible Text], any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, that they may find necessary for the site on and along which to locate, run and establish said Railroad; and also to purchase and to hold any land contiguous to, or in the vicinity of said Railroad, that they may find necessary for procuring all proper materials for constructing, repairing and adequately guarding and sustaining said Railroad; also all land contiguous thereto that may be found necessary for the erection of toll houses, store houses, and other buildings or accommodations that may be found necessary or useful to said Railroad, or the business thereof; and also, all rights of way on land, and all necessary privileges on water courses, that may lie on or across the route of said road; and the said Company shall have power to conduct said Railroad across any public road or highway that may be on the route of said Railroad: Provided, That the said Company shall so construct said Railroad across all public roads as not to injure or obstruct the same. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where lands or rights of way may be required by said Company for the purpose aforesaid, and the same cannot by want of agreement between the parties agree as to price, or for any

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other cause, [Illegible Text] purchased by the Company from the owners thereof, the same may be taken at the valuation to be made by three commissioners, or a majority of them, to be appointed by the Judge of the Superior Court of the county where the land or right of way may be situated: Provided, That if the Judge for the time being shall be a stockholder, then the arbitrators shall be one selected by the corporation, one by the party at issue, and a third by the Inferior Court of the county. And the said commissioners before they act, shall take an oath before some Justice of the Peace, or other judicial magistrate, faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties assigned them. In making said valuation, said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall take into consideration the loss or damage which may occur to the owners in consequence of the land being taken, or the right of way obstructed; and also, the benefit and advantage that such owner or owners may receive from the establishment of said Railroad; and the excess of loss or damage, over and above the benefit and advantage, shall form the measure of damages. The proceeding of said commissioners, accompanied with a description and plat of said land, shall be returned under the hands and seals of said commissioners to the Court [Illegible Text] the commission issued, there to remain of record, and the lands or rights of way shall vest in said Company, in fee simple, upon payment or tender of the amount of the valuation. And in case the said Railroad Company, or the owners of the soil or right of way shall be dissatisfied, an appeal may be taken to the Superior Court of the county where the land lies or the right of way exists, and the award of damages may be traversed before a special jury, and that finding shall be final and conclusive between the parties. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said Clarkesville and Athens Railroad Company shall have the sole and exclusive right of transportation and conveyance of persons, produce and merchandize, and all other things, over and along said Railroad to be by them constructed, so long as they shall see fit to exercise such sole and exclusive right. And the said Company, in the exercise of their right of carriage and transportation, shall be regarded as common carriers, and be liable as such. And said Company shall be authorized to fix, by by-laws, the charges and rates of transportation and carriage on said Railroad, provided said rates shall not exceed the sum of three-fourths of a cent per mile for every hundred pounds on heavy articles, and four cents per cubic foot for every twenty-five miles on other articles, and five cents per mile for every passenger. And said Railroad Company shall be authorized to make all by-laws and regulations touching said road and the use and business thereof, which may be deemed expedient, provided the same be not repugnant to the provisions of this charter, nor the

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laws and Constitution of this State, nor of the United States. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That said Railroad Company shall construct the Railroad authorized by this act, beginning at such point or points as may be selected by the Board of Directors as most conducive to the interests of said Company, and the whole and exclusive right to make, keep up, and use a Railroad along the route and between the points designated, and shall be vested in said Company for and during the term of forty years, to be computed from the time [Illegible Text] said Railroad shall be completed through the whole distance from Clarkesville to Athens; but after the expiration of the said forty years, although the exclusive right above granted shall then cease, yet said Company shall continue incorporate and entitled to keep up and use said Railroad by them to be built for the transportation of persons and things for hire and gain, and the Legislature may renew and extend said exclusive right, on such terms as may be prescribed by law and accepted by said Company. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That in case three hundred thousand dollars of the stock of said Company shall not be taken within three years after the passage of this act, and the work be commenced within one year thereafter and completed within four years thereafter, then the privileges and rights granted by this act are to be forfeited and lost to said Company. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the power of making the by-laws, and of appointing such officers, agents and servants as the business of the Company may require, and of entering into contracts in its behalf, and controlling generally its affairs, shall be exercised by the President and Directors of said Company. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That after the Company chartered by this act shall be organized, the President and Directors thereof shall be authorized, from time to time, to call on the stockholders for the payment of such instalments on the shares subscribed, as they may deem necessary and expedient for the prosecution and completion of the aforesaid Railroad and the works therewith connected, until the whole stock subscribed for be paid in. And the Board of Directors shall give ninety days notice in the [AElig]gis and Banner, by publication once a month, of the amount of the instalments so required to be paid in, and the time of payment; and a failure on the part of any stockholder to pay up any one of the instalments so required to be paid as aforesaid, shall induce a forfeiture of the share or shares on which such default is made, and all past payments thereon, and the same shall vest in and belong to said Company, and may be appropriated as they shall see fit to the purpose for which the Company is chartered. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the

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duty of the President and Directors, as soon as may be after the organization of the Company, to issue to each subscriber scrip or certificates of the stock held by him, and of the amount paid thereon; and the shares of the said stock held by any person shall be assignable and transterable in law. And the Board of Directors shall and may by by-laws regulate the mode of issuing certificates and making transfers of stock, provided that no one person or company shall be allowed to subscribe for more than shares: Provided, That nothing contained in the foregoing charter shall be so construed as to prevent the construction of all such roads as shall be ordered by the Inferior Court of the counties through which the Railroad shall pass. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the [Illegible Text] stockholders shall be liable for the debts of the corporation in the same manner and to the same extent as the individual stockholders of the Washington Railroad Company are made liable for the debts of the Washington Railroad Company. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the Gainesville Railroad Company be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to connect with said Clarkesville and Athens Railroad at such point as they may select, under the same provisions and restrictions as are contained in this charter to said Clarkesville and Athens Railroad Company. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the Gainesville Railroad Company, with power to construct a Railroad from Atlanta, [Illegible Text] some convenient point in DeKalb county, to the town of Gainesville, in the county of Hall, and to punish those who may wilfully injure the same, and to confer all powers necessary to effect said object. SECTION 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 for the purpose of constructing, building and making a Railroad communication from Atlanta, or some convenient point in DeKalb county, to the town of Gainesville, in Hall county, that William C. Daniel, Joseph J. Griffin, Richard Banks, M. W. Brown, James Law, W. J. Peeples, Martin

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Graham, Raymond Sanford, E. M. Johnson, Robert Young. Davis Whelchel, sr., and L. A. McAfee, and their associates, successors and assigns, be and they are hereby made a body corporate by the name and style of the Gainesville Railroad Company, and by said corporate name shall be capable in law to purchase, have, hold, receive. possess, sell and convey real and personal estate sufficient for the purpose of this incorporation; to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in Courts of record; to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to alter or destroy at their pleasure; and by and through their Board of Directors to ordain, establish, and put in execution such by-laws, rules and regulations as shall be necessary and convenient for the government of said corporation; and to do all lawful acts, properly incident to and connected with the object of said corporation, for the transaction of its business: Provided, That said by-laws, rules and regulations shall not be contrary to the laws and Constitution of this State or of the United States: Provided, That the citizens of Habersham and Lumpkin counties be permitted by said Company to connect such Railroad as may be built by them from Dahlonega and Clarkesville, with said road at Gainesville: And provided, also, That if the citizens of Lawrenceville, in Gwinnett county, shall and do subscribe for stock in said Company to an amount equal to the increase of the cost of constructing said contemplated Railroad by said town of Lawrenceville, and the cost necessary to construct and build the same on any other route between said points above specified, that then and in case said Company shall construct said road by the way of said town, and shall establish and make a depot within one-half of a mile of the Court-house in said town of Lawrenceville, and on no other route. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said corporation shall be three hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, but may be increased one-third, should it be found necessary to complete the said Railroad with all its necessary [Illegible Text] and the Board of Directors shall prescribe the mode and condition of the subscription for such additional stock, should it be necessary. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said William C. Daniel, Joseph J. Griffin, Richard Banks, M. W. Brown, James Law, W. J. Peeples, Martin Graham, Raymond Sanford, E. M. Johnson, Robert Young, Davis Whelchel, sr., and L. A. McAfee, and their successors, associates and assigns, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to create the original stock of three hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to establish the aforesaid Company upon the

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subscription of one hundred thousand dollars, by causing books of subscription to be opened at such places and in such manner as they may deem conducive to the obtainment of the stock required to establish said Company. Afterwards, the Board of Directors shall have power to pursue such mode for the obtainment of the other two hundred thousand dollars of stock, as they may think best; and upon all subscriptions for said stock the subscriber shall pay five per cent. upon each share at the time of subscription. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all monies received for the first instalment of five per cent. upon each share on the subscription of the capital stock aforesaid, shall be deposited for safe-keeping in the Bank of Augusta, until the Board of Directors shall be elected and the said Company organized, when the book of subscription and the moneys deposited, shall be turned over to said Board of Directors. And in case said Board shall not be elected and the Company organized in two years from the passage of this act, the five per cent. per share paid in shall be refunded to each subscriber. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That for the organization of said Company, so soon as the requisite amount of two hundred thousand dollars of the capital stock shall have been subscribed, the said William C. Daniel, Joseph, J. Griffin, Richard Banks. M. W. Brown, James Law, W. J. [Illegible Text], Martin Graham, Raymond Sanford, E. M. Johnson, Robert Young, Davis Whelchel, sr., and L. A. McAfee, shall appoint a convenient time and place for the meeting of the stockholders, of which they shall give thirty days notice in the gazettes at Athens, at which time and place they shall proceed to elect seven Directors, one of whom they shall elect as President of the said Board, and he shall be entitled to vote on all questions before the said Board, and shall hold his office for one year, as shall also all the Directors. And it shall be the duty of the said Board, previous to the expiration of the year for which they shall have been elected, to call a meeting of the stockholders annually on such day as may be fixed upon in their by-laws, giving due and timely notice thereof, for the purpose of examining the affairs of the said Company and electing Directors for the year ensuing, to be determined by ballot or otherwise at each regular meeting; and in all cases the stockholders shall be allowed to vote in person or by proxy, that is to say, any stockholder being absent at any meeting of the stockholders may authorize, by power of attorney, any other person to vote for her, him or them. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the number of votes to which each stockholder shall be entitled shall be according to the number of shares he, she or they shall hold, in the following proportion: For one share, one vote; for

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two shares, and not exceeding five, two votes; and for every five shares above five, one vote. In case of death resignation, or removal from the Board, of the President, or any of the Directors, the remaining Directors shall have power to fill such vacancy, until the regular annual meeting of the stockholders, who shall at such meeting fix upon and determine, by ballot or otherwise, the amount of salary, from time to time, of the President and Directors, and all other regular standing officers of the corporation. Not less than four Directors shall constitute a Board for the transaction of business, of whom the President shall be one, except in case of necessary absencein which case, his place may be supplied by any Director, to be elected President pro tem. by a majority of the Board present. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Directors shall have power to call in such further and other instalments on the capital stock subscribed as it shall deem proper; and a failure of any stockholder to pay any instalments so called in, within the time appointed for the payment thereof, shall operate as a forfeiture of the share or shares upon which such failure to pay occurred, which share or shares so forfeited, and all payment thereupon paid, shall accrue to the benefit of said corporation, to be disposed of as the Directors shall order or provide: Provided, That sixty days notice shall be given, and that not more than ten dollars upon each share shall be called in at one time, and that no more than one instalment shall be called in in any two months. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Directors shall have power to issue to the stockholders their certificates of stock, and no transfer of stock shall be considered as binding upon the Company unless entered in a book or books to be kept for that purpose, by the personal entry of the stockholders, or by his, her or their legal representative, duly authorized for that purpose. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, c. That the private property of each stockholder, equal in amount to the stock subscribed and owned by him, be liable for the debts of said corporation; and in case said Company refuse or neglect to pay its debts, any creditor thereof may sue the same in its corporate name; and when execution has been obtained thereon, it shall first be levied upon the corporate property, to wit, the road or any part thereof, the cars, c., c., which shall be first liable; and upon the return of the proper officer or officers of no corporate property to be found, said execution may be levied upon the private property of any stockholder, equal in amount to his stock therein, and if that be not sufficient to pay off the fi. fa., it may then be levied upon the private property of any other stockholder equal to his amount of stock, and so on until the execution

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is fully satisfied; and in all cases the levying officer shall be the judge of the amount of property necessary to satisfy the fi. fa. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, c., That it shall be the duty of said Company to publish semi-annually in some public gazette in this State, the name of the stockholders and the amount of stock owned by each; and any transfer of stock, made by any stockholder two years prior to the obtaining of judgment against said Company, shall not discharge his private property, but it shall still be bound under the provision, and in the manner pointed out in the foregoing section. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, c., That when any stockholder or stockholders shall be compelled to pay off executions against the Company, of their private property, the same shall still be kept open for the benefit of said stockholders, and may be used by them against the other stockholders for reimbursement out of their private property in proportion to their respective shares. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Directors shall have power to make all contracts, in their official capacity, which shall be binding upon said Company, and to appoint engineer's, agents and secretaries, and a treasurer, and employ as many clerks and laborers, and at such compensation respectively, for their services, as they may deem necessary and expedient, for the despatch of business and work of said corporation. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the said Board of Directors shall have power to select and take, or receive as a donation, such strip or strips of land between the points selected for said road, as may be necessary for the construction, convenience and protection of said Railroad, and in case of disagreement between the owner or owners and the said Board of Directors in regard to the damages or price of any part of such strip or strips of land, it may and shall be lawful for said Board of Directors to appoint one disinterested freeholder as an appraiser, and for the owner or owners of such strip or strips to appoint another disinterested freeholder, if he, she or they should think proper; and the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county in which [such] strip or strips of land shall be, shall appoint another disinterested freeholder; but if such owner or owners shall decline to appoint an appraiser on their part, then two appraisers shall be appointed by the said Justices of the Inferior Court, all of whom shall be sworn to do equal justice between the parties to the best of their judgment and ability, and to make and return to said Court a just and impartial valuation of the damages or value of the said strip or strips of land thus required by the said Company, and their award shall be in

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writing and signed by at least a majority of said appraisers, which shall be taken and held as a judgment for the amount against the said Company, and shall be enforced by an execution from the said Inferior Court; and the said award shall be recorded in said county in the same manner as deeds, and shall vest their fee simple right to said strip or strips of land in said Railroad Company, so soon as the valuation thereof shall be made as aforesaid and paid for, or when refused, the money may be tendered, and thereby vest such title in the Company; provided if either party shall think proper, he, she or they may appeal to the Superior Court of the county having jurisdiction, and have the damage ascertained by the verdict of a special jury, and their decision shall be final. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That after the route of such Railroad shall have been actually surveyed, it shall not be lawful for any other Railroad to be built or constructed in any way or manner, or by any authority, running in a parallel direction, nearer than twenty miles of the route so adopted, unless by said Company, or its authority: Provided, That such exclusive right shall continue twenty-five years from the passage of this act: And provided, also, That the Legislature shall have the power of crossing or intersecting with said Railroad therein named. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the shares of stock of the Gainesville Railroad Company shall be taken and considered in law as real estate, and may be sold and transferred upon the books of the corporation by scrip, or assigned and bequeathed by the proprietors thereof as such. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the said Company shall build good and substantial way of passage across the Railroad wherever it may cross a public road. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That all the powers and privileges extended to the aforesaid Gainesville Railroad Company, be further extended so as to enable them to construct a Railroad from Gainesville, Hall county, to Dahlohega, Lumpkin county, with the power to increase their capital stock to an amount sufficient to extend the Road from Gainesville to Dahlonega as aforesaid: Provided, That the restrictions imposed in this act upon the Gainesville Railroad Company be also imposed upon said Company in extending the Railroad to Dahlonega, Lumpkin county. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That this act of incorporation shall continue and be in force for the term of thirty years, and no longer. SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That five years only,

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from the passage of this act, shall be allowed said Company for the completion of said road. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 28, 1847. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Augusta and Waynesboro' Railroad Company, passed 31st December, 1838, and the act amendatory thereof: and to authorize certain corporations to subscribe for stock in said Company. SECTION 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 books of subscription for the capital stock of said Company shall, after advertisement in one or more of the public gazettes of the cities of Savannah and Augusta, for thirty days be opened at Waynesboro' in Burke county, at Augusta in Richmond county, and Savannah in Chatham county, under the superintendence of the following commissioners, to wit: In Waynesboro, Alexander J. Lawson, John C. Poythress, Thomas M. Berrien, Thomas H. Blount, Charles C. Westin Savannah, Joseph Washburn, Edward Padelford, Anthony Porter, and Loring O. Reynoldsand in Augusta, Ignatius P. Garvin, David B. Hadley, Amory Sibley, John McKinney, and Hays Bowdreor a majority of said commissioners. And when the sum of two hundred thousand dollars shall have been subscribed, the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall advertise, for the space of thirty days, for a meeting of the stockholders to be held at Waynes bore'. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the stockholders convened at such meeting, or a majority of them, shall proceed to elect Directors and organize said Company. The number of Directors shall be seven, out of whom shall be chosen one to be President of said Company. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Company may begin the construction of said road at the Central Railroad, at some suitable point in Burke county, and proceed thence to Waynesboro', and from thence to the city of Augusta. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That any number of

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stockholders, who shall be proprietors of fifty thousand dollars of the capital stock, shall have power to call a meeting of the stockholders of the said Company, provided thirty days notice be given in the papers of Augusta and Savannah, specifying the object of the same. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Central Railroad and Banking Company, and the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, be authorized to subscribe for stock in the Augusta and Waynesboro' Railroad Company. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 28, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Central Railroad and Banking Company and the Macon and Western Railroad Company, or either of them, to form a junction of the Central Railroad and Macon and Western Railroad in or near the limits of the city of Macon. SECTION 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 aforesaid Central Railroad and Banking Company and Macon and Western Railroad Company, or either of them, be, and they, or either of them, are hereby authorized, with the consent of the city authorities of Macon, to construct a Railroad from the depots of said Companies respectively, within the limits of the city of Macon, to a common depot within said limits, so as to admit of the passing of the cars from the tract of one of said roads to that of the other. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the right of way through the city of Macon cannot be obtained except at a price that the said Companies cannot pay without a sacrifice of their interest, or other unforseen obstacle shall be presented to the making of said junctions, that the said Railroad Companies be, and each of them are hereby authorized to construct a Railroad to a common depot, commencing at a point on each of the said roads, which shall be without the corporate limits of the city of Macon, and running the said Railroad entirely without the limits of the city of Macon; and that the Southwestern Railroad Company shall have the right to connect their road with the said Central and Macon Western Roads at said common depot.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That neither such connections shall take place unless said Central Railroad Company and Macon Western Railroad Company shall first enter into stipulations with the proper authorities of Macon to charge no more freight from Macon on said roads, than is pro rata per mile proportionable to the rates from the city of Savannah to Atlanta, or from Atlanta to Savannah. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the right of way may be acquired by said Companies, or either of them, in the same manner and under the same rules and restrictions as are prescribed in the charter of the Central Railroad and Banking Company. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Muscogee Railroad Company, and to punish persons for violating the provisions of the same, approved December 27th, 1845; and to authorize said Company to take and hold in fee simple the plat of ground granted to the same by the Mayor and Council of the city of Columbus. SECTION 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 first Monday in January of each year, or each alternate year, if so ordered by the stockholders, shall be the day appointed for the election of Directors; and if there should be no election on that day, the President of the Company shall appoint some other day for said election, within sixty days after such failure, and shall give due notice of said election by advertisement in one or more of the public gazettes of the city. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President and Directors shall in all cases hold their offices until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said Company may take and hold in fee simple the plat of ground on the East Common in the city of Columbus, granted by the Mayor and Council of said city for Railroad purposes. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Directors shall have power to adopt such rules and regulations with regard to the transfer of stock, as may seem most conducive

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to the interest of said Muscogee Railroad Company. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws which conflict with or militate against this act, be and they are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor Approved, December 27, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the Ocmulgee Railroad Company, and to punish persons for violating the provisions of the same. SECTION 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 for the purpose of constructing a Railroad from some point between Covington and Madison, on the Georgia Railroad, to be selected and determined upon by the Directors hereinafter authorised to be elected, to wit: Gustavus Hendrick, Stephen Bailey, John Andrews, Stephen W. Price, David Berry, James A. McCune, of Butts county; David Rees, Thomas J. Smith, Dyer C. Bancroft, John W. Burney, of Jasper county, and their associates, successors and assigns, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of The Ocmulgee Railroad Company, with vested rights and privileges, and by said corporate name and style shall be capable in law to purchase, accept, hold and sell and convey real and personal estate, make contracts, sue and be sued, to make by-laws, appoint all necessary officers and prescribe their duty, and to do all lawful acts properly incident to and connected with the objects of the said corporation, and necessary for the government and transaction of its business, to construct a Railroad from any point between Forsyth and Griffin on the Macon and Western Railroad, to some point on the Georgia Railroad, so as to run between the town of Jackson and the Indian Springs, Butts county; and to make and use a common seal, and the same to alter and destroy at their pleasure: Provided, That their by-laws be not repugnant to the laws of this State or of the United States. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said Company shall not exceed two millions of dollars, to be divided into shares not exceeding one hundred dollars each; and the Board of Directors shall prescribe the mode

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and conditions of the subscriptions for the stock in said Company, and issue certificates for the same. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the organization of the said Company, the said persons herein before named, or a majority of the same, shall appoint the times and places at which subscriptions for stock in said Company may be made, and shall immediately thereafter appoint a convenient time and place for the meeting of the subscribers for stock, of which they shall give notice in one or more of the public gazettes published in Columbus, Augusta, or [Illegible Text], at which time and place they shall proceed to the election of Directors, who shall form and constitute the first Board of Directors, one of whom shall be elected President thereof; and said President and Directors shall hold their offices for one year; and shall prescribe in their by-laws the manner of holding the subsequent annual elections for Directors; and in all cases the stockholders shall be allowed to vote in person or by proxy, under power of attorney duly executed. The number of votes to which each stockholder shall be entitled shall be according to the number of shares he, she or they may hold in his, her or their own right or as trustee, for three months prior to the electionone vote for each share. The said Board of Directors shall have power to fill all vacancies which may occur in their Board, or other offices, until the regular annual election by the stockholders, and shall fix the compensation of the President of said Board, and all other officers of said corporation. Not less than 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 one of the Directors present, to be elected President pro tem. by a majority of the Board present. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Board of Directors shall have power to select and take, or receive as donations, such strips of land as they may deem necessary for the construction, convenience and protection of said Railroad; and in case of disagreement between the owner or owners and the said Board, in regard to the value of any such necessary strip or strips of land, it may and shall be lawful for said Board to appoint one disinterested freeholder as an appraiser, and the owner or owners of such land another disinterested freeholder, if he, she or they should think proper, and the Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, inthe county in which such lands may lie, shall appoint another disinterested freeholder; but if such owner or owners shall decline to appoint an appraiser on his, her or their part, then two shall be appointed by the Justices aforesaid; all of whom shall be sworn by a Justice of the Inferior Court, or a Justice of the

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Peace, to make and return to said Court a just, true and impartial assessment of the actual value of such strip or strips of land thus required by said Company, and their award shall be in writing and signed by at least a majority of the said appraisers, and accompanied by a plat and full description of the said land, which shall be taken and held as a judgment for the amount against the said Company, and may be enforced by an execution from the said Inferior Court; and the said plat and description of said land, and said award, shall be recorded in the said county in the same manner as deedsshall vest in the said Company the right indefinitely to use, enjoy, and pass over said land for the purpose aforesaid: Provided, That if either party shall be dissatisfied with the award of the appraisers, he, she or they may appeal to the Superior Court of the county where the land lies, and have the actual value ascertained by the verdict of a special jury at the first term, and such verdict shall be conclusive and binding on both parties. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said Company shall build and keep in good order substantial bridges or ways of passage across said Railroad, wherever it may cross a public road; and if any persons shall wilfully and malicionsly destroy, or in any manner hurt, damage, injure or obstruct, or shall counsel, aid, assist or advise any other person or persons to hurt, or otherwise injure or obstruct said Railroad or any of the appertenances or appendages thereto belonging or appertaining, such person so offending shall be liable to be indicted for a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be imprisoned at hard labor in the Penitentiary, at the discretion of the Court, for a term not less than four years, and shall further be liable to pay all expenses of repairing or rebuilding the same. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the books, papers and correspondence, and the funds of said Company shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Board of Directors and the stockholders at any and every meeting thereof when required; and all bonds, notes or other evidences of debt, or contract, or liability, or engagement on behalf of said Company, shall be binding and obligatory on said corporation, when the same shall be signed by the President of said Company and countersigned or attested by the Secretary thereof, and the funds of said Company shall in no case be held responsible for any contract or engagement unless the same shall be signed, countersigned or attested as aforesaid. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the private property of each stockholder, equal in amount to the stock subscribed and owned by him, be liable for the debts of said corporation; and in case said Company refuse or neglect to pay its debts, any creditor thereof may sue the same in

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its corporate name, and when execution has been obtained thereon, it shall first be levied on the corporate property, to wit, the road or any part thereof, the cars, c. c., which shall be first liable; and upon the return of the proper officer or officers of no corporate property to be found, said execution may be levied upon the private property of any stockholder equal in amount to his stock therein, and if that be not sufficient to pay off the fi. fa., it may then be levied upon the private property of any other stockholder equal to his amount of stock; and so on until the execution is fully satisfied. And in all cases the levying officer shall be the judge of the amount of property necessary to satisfy the fi. fa. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Company to publish semi-annually in some public gazette in this State, the names of the stockholders and the amount of stock owned by each; and any transfer of stock made by any stockholder two years prior to the obtaining judgment against said Company, shall not discharge his private property, but it shall still be bound under the provisions and in the manner pointed out in the foregoing section. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That when any stockholder or stockholders shall be compelled to pay off the executions against the Company out of their private property, the same shall still be kept open for the [Illegible Text] of said stockholders, and may be used by them against the other stockholders for reimbursement out of their private property in proportion to their respective shares. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, c., That should the said Railroad Company be compelled to go to law in order to acquire titles to land or right of way, that such action shall not interfere with the progress of the work on said road. SEC. 11. Be it enacted, c. That if five miles of said road shall not be graded within two years from the passage of this act, the rights and privileges hereby delegated shall be forfeited. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to amend the Charter of the Memphis Branch Railroad and Steamboat Company. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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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 Memphis Branch Railroad and Steamboat Company of Georgia shall be one hundred thousand dollars, in shares of one hundred dollars each, with power after the completion and equipment of said road, to increase the said capital stock to an amount not exceeding the actual cost of the road and outfit. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, c., That to qualify a stockholder for a Director in said Company, he shall hold twenty shares of stock in said Company, instead of fifty shares, as provided by the Charter of which this is amendatory. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, c., That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Hiwassee Railroad Company of the State of Tennessee to extend their Railroad from the Tennessee line to some point on the Western and Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, c., That the Hiwassee Railroad Company of the State of Tennessee shall be allowed the privilege of making every necessary recognisance and survey for the purpose of ascertaining the most eligible route for the extension of the Hiwassee Railroad from the Tennessee line to some point on the Western and Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia at or above Dalton. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, c., That as soon as said route shall be ascertained, the said Hiwassee Railroad Company shall be allowed the right of way over said route to said point on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges and immunities, and be subject to the same restrictions, as are granted to the Western and Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia in the State of Tennessee, by an act of the State of Tennessee, passed on the 24th day of January, 1838, entitled An act

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to authorize the State of Georgia to extend her Western and Atlantic Railroad from the Georgia line to some point on the eastern margin of the Tennessee river. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 23, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company, incorporated by the Legislature of Tennessee, to construct a Railroad through a part of the county of Dade, to secure to said Company certain rights and privileges, and for other purposes. SECTION 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 Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company shall be allowed the privilege of making every necessary recognisance and survey for the purpose of ascertaining the most eligible route of said contemplated Railroad from Nashville to Chattanooga, which may be in the county of Dade and State of Georgia. SEC. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as soon as said route through the county of Dade is ascertained, The Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company, chartered by the legislature of Tennessee, shall be allowed the right of way for the extension and construction of said Railroad through the county of Dade; and that said Company shall be entitled to all privileges, rights and immunities, and be subject to the same restrictions, as far as they are applicable, as are granted, made and prescribed for its benefit, government and direction of the Hiwassee Railroad Company, by an act of the Legislature of Tennessee incorporating said Hiwassee Railroad Company. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities, and be subject to the same restrictions, as are granted to and imposed upon said Company by the act of the General Assembly of Tennessee incorporating the same, so [Illegible Text] as said Railroad lies in the county of Dade: Provided, That any additional rights and privileges hereby conferred upon said Company, over and above what has been conferred upon this State by the Legislature of Tennessee shall be conferred

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upon the Western and Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia, by the Legislature of Tennessee. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the Madison and Macon Railroad Company, and to define the powers, privileges and liabilities of the same. WHEREAS it is in contemplation to construct a Railroad from the city of Macon in a southwestern direction to some important [Illegible Text] upon the Gulf of Mexico; whereas the preliminary surveys upon said road have been completed, and the work has actually been commenced; and whereas it is important that the people of interior and upper Georgia should enjoy the advantages of a double outlet to the Gulf and the [Illegible Text] SECTION 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, That Adam G. Saffold, Launcelot Johnson, Samuel Pearson, James A. Meriwether, Samuel A. Wales, Isaac Scott, Elam Alexander, Charles Day, Nathan C. Munroe, James Goddard, Robert V. Hardeman, James H. R. Washington, and Joseph Day, and their associates and successors, be and they hereby are created a body politic, with full corporate powers and privileges, under the name and style of the Madison and Macon Railroad Company, for the purpose of constructing a Railroad from the city of Macon to the town of Madison in Morgan county. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the capital stock of the said Madison and Macon Railroad Company shall consist of four hundred thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing it to one million of dollarsthat it shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, at least five per cent. of which shall be paid in at the time of subscribingthat the books for subscription to the stock shall be under the control and management of the persons mentioned in the first section of this actand that when the sum of two hundred thousand dollars has been subscribed, said Company may be organised by the election of the necessary officers, and proceed with the construction of the said work.

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SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That the said Madison and Macon Company shall enjoy all the rights, powers, privileges and immunities enjoyed by the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, either under its original or amended charter, (with the exception only of banking privileges,) and that it shall submit to all the restrictions and limitations imposed upon the said Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, and which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, or with the laws and Constitution of the State. SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That in case the said Madison and Macon Railroad Company should create any debt or liability over and above the amount of fifty per centum upon the capital stock paid in, then the private property of the Directors shall first be held and made liable for said debts and liabilities; and in case that is insufficient to satisfy said demands, then the private property of the stockholders shall be held liable pro rata for said debt, to an amount equal to the stock held by each. SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That the track of said Madison and Macon road, at its nothern terminus shall, by and with the consent of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, be connected with the track of the said Georgia Railroad; and the Companies shall have the privilege of establishing and maintaining common depots, with all necessary cars, fixtures, engines, c., c.; and that at the southern terminus of said road, the track thereof may, by and with the consent of the respective Companies and the proper authorities of Macon, unite, upon the west side of the Ocmulgee river, with the tracks of the Southwestern, Central, or Macon and Western roads, or any of them; and that the same privileges, rights and immunities shall be extended and enjoyed by the parties uniting, as are hereinbefore specified in regard to the said Georgia Railroad and Banking Company. SEC. 6. Be it enacted, That unless the said Madison and Macon Company shall duly organize, according to the provisions of this act, and proceed in good faith with the construction of said work, prior to the first of November, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and complete the same within six years thereafter, then the rights, powers and privileges vested by this act shall cease to exist, and the act shall have no further force or effect. SEC. 7. Be it enacted, c., That nothing in this charter shall prevent any other road from crossing or uniting with the same. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847.

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AN ACT to revive and amend the act entitled an act to incorporate the Milledgeville Railroad Company, assented to 26th December, 1837. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the act, the title of which is recited in the foregoing title, be and the same is hereby revived, and such revived act continue in full force for and during the term of thirty years. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That whereas many of the persons incorporated by the act of eighteen hundred and thirty-seven aforesaid, have died, and others of them have removed from the county of Baldwin, that the following persons, or any two of them, and such others as they may associate with themselves hereafter, shall constitute and form the Milledgeville Railroad Company, to wit: Tomlinson Fort, Miller Grieve, Uriah Horne, Isaac Newell, Augustus H. Kenan, Benjamin T. Bethune, W. S. Rockwell, M. J. Kenan, James Herty, George L. Deming, E. Daggett, R. H. Ramsay, W. A. Jarratt, Benjamin S. Jordan, Green H. Jordan, Seaton Grantland, Samuel T. Beecher, John Treanor, Robert McComb, Samuel Buffington, Jr., James Dickson, Allen Little, William A. Mott, R. M. Orme, Farish Carter, John G. Park, F. H. Sanford, and Nathan Hawkins, with all the rights and privileges conferred by the act which this revives and amends. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, c., That the private property of each stockholder, equal to the amount of his stock, shall be liable for the debts of the incorporation; and in the event of the neglect or refusal of the incorporation to pay any debt owing by the same, the creditor or creditors thereof may sue the Company in their corporate name, and upon obtaining execution against the Company, it shall first be levied upon the corporate property of said Company, to wit, the road or any portion thereof, the cars, c. c., which shall be first liable; and upon the return of the proper officer or officers of no corporate property to be found, said execution may them be levied upon an amount of the private property of any stockholder of the Company equal to the amount of his stock, and if that be not sufficient to satisfy the said execution, then it may be levied upon the private property of any other stockholder equal to his stock, and so on until the execution is fully satisfied; and in all cases the levying officer shall be the judge of the amount of private property necessary to satisfy the fi. fa. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, c. That it shall be the duty of said Company to publish semi-annually, in some public gazette of this State, a full statement of the names of the stockholders of said Company and the amount of stock owned by each, and that any transfer

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of the stock so owned by each stockholder, transferred twelve months prior to the obtainment of judgment against the Company, shall not discharge his private property, but it shall still be bound under the provisions and in the manner pointed out in the foregoing section. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, c., That in case any stockholder or stockholders shall be compelled, under the foregoing section, to pay off the execution or executions obtained against the Company, it shall be kept open for his or their benefit, and may be levied by him or them upon the private property of any or all the other stockholders in proportion to their respective shares of stock. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, in conflict with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT amendatory of the act assented to on the 24th December, 1840, entitled an act to incorporate the Milledgeville Turnpike and Railroad Company, to grant certain privileges to the same, to change the name of said Company, to substitute the word Rail in lieu of Turnpike, in the first section of this act, to repeal the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth sections of said act, as also to authorize the City Council of Milledgeville to levy and raise a tax upon the assessed value of the real property owned or leased for a term of years, within the corporate limits of said city, except on public property, as also on personal property, for the purpose of paying its subscription for stock in said Railroad contemplated between Milledgeville and Gordon, providing for the application of the money so raised. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the Company formed, or to be formed, under the act of which this is amendatory, shall be known hereafter by the name and style of the Milledgeville and Gordon Railroad Company, with all the rights and privileges heretofore conferred by any act embracing the same purpose, but which has become extinct by reason of the said Railroad not having been constructed within the time heretofore prescribed.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of Milledgeville, for the sole purpose of paying the subscription for stock, amounting to thirty thousand dollars, in behalf of said city, in the proposed connection of Milledgeville and Gordon, be and they are hereby authorized to levy and raise a tax, not to exceed five per centum per annum, for five years, on the value of all real property owned or leased for a term of years within the limits of said city, which value shall be ascertained by assessors who themselves are owners of real property in said city, and who shall have been sworn previously to perform the duty imposed truly and faithfully; and should the municipal authorities aforesaid be of the opinion that the tax provided for will be insufficient for the purpose aforesaid, they are hereby authorized to levy and raise an ad valorem tax on all personal property, not exceeding one per centum per annum on every hundred dollars of said personal property owned, used or employed within the limits of said city, for the space of five years, and not longer. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That upon the completion of the payment of the entire subscription of said city to the stock aforesaid, the Mayor and Aldermen shall, at the earliest practicable moment thereafter, cause certificates of stock to be issued, answering to the payments made by the several tax payers to such tax payers respectively or their legal representatives, which certificates shall vest the stock called for by them in such tax payers, and not in the corporation of Milledgeville. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the square called the Government Square, in the plan of Milledgeville, be and the same is hereby granted to the said Railroad Company, if they shall desire to use it, for the purpose of erecting a depot and all other appropriate buildings to the success of said road: Provided, That in the grant of the use of said Square for the purposes mentioned, it be distinctly understood that any other Railroad, leading to or from Milledgeville, shall have the right also to establish a depot and erect all necessary buildings on said Square, and to connect with said Milledgeville and Gordon Railroad. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That from and after the completion of said proposed Railroad, the corporate privileges of said Company shall continue for the term of thirty years. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847.

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AN ACT to incorporate the Atlanta and Lagrange Railroad Company. SECTION 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 for the purpose of constructing a Railroad communication between the town of Atlanta in DeKalb county, or some convenient point on the Macon and Western Railroad between the city of Griffin and Atlanta, to Lagrange in Troup county, B. H. Conyers, Andrew J. Berry, John Griffin, Brittain Simms, sr., Hugh Brewster, John Ray, John H. Johnson, Willis P. Menifee, Littleberry Watts, Joel W. Terrell, J. V. Davis, Thos. W. Bolton, Joseph Poythress, Henry West, Edward Y. Hill, Robt. R. T. Ridley. John Douglass, William Reid, James M. Beall, and such other corporations and individuals as may be associated with them and their assigns, shall hereinafter be made a body corporate by the name and style of the Atlanta and Lagrange Railroad Company, and by said corporate name shall be capable in law to buy, hold and sell so much real and personalestate as may be necessary for said purpose; make contracts, sue and be sued, make by-laws, and [Illegible Text] all lawful acts properly incident to a corporation, or necessary and proper for the transaction of the business for which it is incorporated; and to have and use a common seal, and the same to alter and destroy at pleasure. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock in said Company shall not exceed two million of dollars, to be divided into shares of not exceeding one hundred dollars each; and the Board of Directors shall prescribe the mode and conditions of the subscriptions for the stock in said Company, and issue certificates for the same. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the organization of said Company, the said persons herein before named, or a majority of them, shall appoint the times and places at which subscriptions for stock in said Company may be made, and shall immediately thereafter appoint a convenient time and place for the meeting of the subscribers for stock, of which they shall give notice in one or more of the public gazettes of this State, at which time and place they shall proceed to the election of seven Directors, who shall form and constitute the first Board of Directors, one of which said Directors shall elect as President thereof; and said President and Directors shall hold their offices for one year; and shall prescribe in their by-laws the manner of holding the subsequent annual elections for Directors; and in all cases the stockholders shall be allowed to vote in person or by proxy, under power of attorney duly executed. The number of votes to which each stockholder shall be entitled

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shall be according to the number of shares he, she or they may hold in his, her or their own right or as trustee, for three months prior to the electionone vote to each share. The said Board of Directors shall have power to fill all vacancies which may occur in their Board, or other offices, until the regular annual election by the stockholders, and shall fix the compensation of the President of said Board, and all other officers of said corporation. Not less than five Directors shall constitute a Board for the transaction of business, of whom the President shall be one, except in case of sickness or necessary absence, in which case his place may be supplied by any one of the Directors present, to be elected President pro tem. by a majority of the Board present. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Board of Directors shall have power to select and take, or receive as donations, such strips of land as they may deem as necessary for the construction, convenience and protection of said Railroad; and in case of disagreement between the owner or owners and the said Board of Directors, in regard to the damages or price of any such strip or strips of land, it may and shall be lawful for said Board to appoint one disinterested freeholder as an appraiser, and the owner or owners of such land another disinterested freeholder, if he, she or they should think proper, and the Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, of the county in which such land may lie, shall appoint another disinterested freeholder; but if such owner or owners shall decline to appoint an appraiser on his, her or their part, then two shall be appointed by the Justices aforesaid; all of whom shall be sworn by a Justice of the Inferior Court, or a Justice of the Peace, to make and return to said Court a just, true and impartial valuation of the damages orvalue of such strip or strips of land thus required by said Company, and their award shall be in writing and signed by at least a majority of the appraisers, and accompanied by a plat and full description of the said land, which shall be taken and held as a judgment for the amount against the said Company, and may be enforced by an execution from the said Inferior Court; and the said plat and description of said land, and said award, shall be recorded in the said county in the same manner as deedsand shall vest the fee simple right to the said strip or strips of land in the said corporation: Provided, That if either party shall be dissatisfied with the award of the appraisers, he, she or they may appeal to the Superior Court of the county where the land lies, and have the damages ascertained by the verdict of a special jury at the first term, and such verdict shall be conclusive and binding on both parties. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said Company

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shall build and keep in good order substantial bridges or ways of passage across said Railroad, wherever it may cross a public road. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the books, papers and correspondence, and the funds of said Company shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Board of Directors and stockholders at any and every meeting thereof when required; and all bonds, notes or other evidences of debt, or contract, or liability, or engagement on behalf of said Company, shall be binding and obligatory on said corporation, when the same shall be signed by the President of said Company and countersigned or attested by the Secretary thereof, and the funds of said Company shall in no case be held responsible for any contract or engagement unless the same shall be so signed, countersigned or attested as aforesaid. SECTION 7. And be it further enacted, That the private property of each stockholder, equal to the amount of his stock, shall be liable for the debts of the incorporation; in the event of the neglect or refusal of the incorporation to pay any debt owing by the same, the creditor or creditors thereof may sue the Company in their corporate name, and upon obtaining execution against the Company, it shall first be levied upon the corporate property of said Company, to wit, the road or any portion thereof, the cars, c. c., which shall be first liable; and upon the return of the proper officer or officers of no corporate property to be found, said execution may then be levied upon an amount of the private property of any stockholder of the Company equal to the amount of his stock; if that be not sufficient to satisfy the said execution, then it may be levied upon the private property of any other stockholder equal to his stock, and so on until the execution is fully satisfied; and in all cases the levying officer shall be the judge of the amount of private property necessary to satisfy the fi. fa. SECTION 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Company to publish semi-annually, in some public gazette of this State, a full statement of the names of the stockholders of said Company and the amount of stock owned by each, and that any transfer of the stock so owned by each stockholder, transferred six months prior to the obtainment of judgment against the Company, shall not discharge his private property, but it shall still be bound under the provisions and in the manner pointed out in the foregoing section. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, c., That in case any stockholder or stockholders shall be compelled, under the foregoing section, to pay off the execution or executions obtained against the Company, it shall be kept open for his or their benefit, may be levied by him or

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them upon the private property of any or all the other stockholders in proportion to their respective shares of stock. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act be and remain in force for twenty years. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, c., That the said Atlanta and Lagrange Railroad Company shall commence and have five miles of said road graded two years after the passage of this act, and finish the same in six years after the commencement of the said road. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That if the Company incorporated by this act and the Muscogee Railroad Company shall agree to unite their roads at any point at which said roads can come together, it shall be lawful for them to do so, and then to continue but one road from such junction to some point on the Macon and Western Railroad, at or above Barnesville, or at Atlanta, all of which is to be done upon such terms as may be agreed on by said Companies. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1817. AN ACT to incorporate the Macon and Western Railroad Company, and to repeal the acts herein mentioned. WHEREAS Daniel Tyler became the purchaser, under a decree of the Court of Chancery of Bibb county, of the Monroe Railroad, its equipments, franchises and appertenances; and whereas the said Daniel Tyler has associated with him divers other persons as stockholders: SECTION 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 the said Daniel Tyler and his associates be and they are hereby made and created a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Macon and Western Railroad Company, and that all the powers, privileges and immunities conferred on the Monroe Railroad Company by an act entitled an act to incorporate the Monroe Railroad Company, for the purpose of constructing a Railroad from Macon to the town of Forsyth, Monroe county, passed on the twenty-third day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-three; and also, by an act entitled an act to amend the charter of the Monroe Railroad Company, incorporated for the purpose of constructing

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a Railroad from the city of Macon to the town of Forsyth, in Monroe county, to extend the route of said road in a northwestern direction, to alter and change the name of said Company, and to confer on said Company banking powers and privileges, passed December tenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six; and, all the powers and privileges conferred on said Monroe Railroad Company, or the Monroe Railroad and Banking Company, be and the same are hereby conferred on the Macon and Western Railroad Company, except as the same shall hereinafter be taken away. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Macon and Western Railroad Company shall not exercise the power or privilege of banking. SEC. 3. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Macon and Western Railroad Company shall be authorized to contract no debt, except such as shall be necessary to keep the said Railroad in operation, with sufficient engines, attendants, officersand except all such debts as the said Company may choose to incur in aid of the prosecution of any work of internal improvement heretofore authorized, or which may hereafter be authorized by the Legislature of this State. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said The Macon and Western Railroad Company, may sue and be sued on its contracts, in the same manner that the Monroe Railroad and Banking Company could and might have been sued, while it was in existence, on its contracts. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That an act to alter and amend the several acts heretofore passed relating to the Monroe Railroad and Banking Company, to change the name of said Company, and to authorize said Company to build a branch road to Columbus, passed on the twentieth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and all other acts repugnant to this act, be and the same are hereby repealed: Provided, That nothing in this act, or the act revived by this act, shall be so construed as to interfere with the rights conferred on the Atlanta and Lagrange Railroad Company, or that may hereafter be conferred on said Railroad Company, in the extension of said road. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the charges for transportation and travel upon the said Macon and Western Railroad shall not exceed charges for the same under the charter of the Monroe Railroad and Banking Company, and the amended charters thereof. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said Macon and Western Railroad Company, in the exercise of their right of carriage or transportation of persons or property,

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shall, so far as they act on the same, be regarded as common carriers. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said Macon and Western Railroad Company shall interpose no obstacle of any kind or description, to prevent any Railroad Company from running a Railroad across said Macon and Western Railroad or any of its branches. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Muscogee Railroad Company to issue Bonds, and to authorize the Macon and Western Railroad Company to endorse the same, and to secure the payment of the same. WHEREAS the Muscogee Railroad Company is desirous of making a loan or loans to the amount of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and whereas the Macon and Western Railroad Company, having a deep interest in the early completion of the Muscogee Railroad, are willing to endorse the bond or bonds of the said Companytherefore: SECTION 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 said Muscogee Railroad Company be, and they are hereby authorized to issue bonds to the amount of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in such sums, not less than five hundred dollars, and upon such terms as to time and manner, and means of enforcing the payment of said bonds, as may be agreed upon by the President and a majority of the Board of Directors of said Muscogee Railroad Company, as they may deem most expedient in facilitating the construction of said road, or any part thereof. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Macon Western Railroad Company are hereby authorized to endorse the bonds of the said Muscogee Railroad Company, and the same shall be binding upon each Company according to the tenor and effect of said bonds. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the issue of said bonds shall constitute a lien upon said Muscogee Railroad

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Company's road, and the franchise of running and using said road, according to the provisions of the present charter, to an extent sufficient to cover the payment of said bonds, not exceeding forty-five miles, commencing at the castern terminus of the Muscogee Railroad. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said bonds shall not be made payable at any point south of Charleston, in South Carolina; and that this act is cumulative of the powers and privileges hitherto granted to the Muscogee Railroad Company. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, contrary to or militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to amend an act incorporating the Southwestern Railroad Company, approved December 27th, 1845. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the Macon Commissioners, under the act incorporating said Company, may call a meeting of stockholders to organise said Company and to elect Directors of the same, as soon as the sum of two hundred thousand dollars shall have been subscribed towards said road. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to amend an act to incorporate the Brunswick and Florida Railroad Company, passed 22d December, 1835; and also to amend an act amendatory of the same, assented to 27th December, 1838. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the stockholders of said Company shall have the right, at their discretion, to construct and open a Railroad communication between the State of Florida and the city of Savannah, instead of Brunswick, should the stockholders deem it necessary and advisable, with all the rights, powers and privileges, and immunities heretofore granted to said Company under the aforesaid acts of the General Assembly. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Company shall have ten years, from and after the passage of this act, to complete their work either to Savannah or Brunswick, as said stockholders may determine; and after the expiration of their exclusive privileges, shall continue a corporation for the transaction of their business. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the Etowah Railroad Company, in Cass, Cherokee, and other counties of the State of Georgia. SECTION 1. For the purpose of opening a communication from the crossing of the State Railroad at Etowah river, or its vicinity, up and along the Etowah valley, by Etowah Mills and Iron Works, to Canton, or beyond that point, Mark A. Cooper, Moses Stroup, Leroy M. Wiley, John L. Lewis, D. H. Bird, Jabez Galt, and George S. Hoyle, and such others as may associate with them, and their successors and assigns, are hereby made a body corporate, by the name and style of the Etowah Railroad Company, and by said name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, may contract and be contracted with, by seal or not under seal, may buy, hold and sell real and personal estate, may make by-laws for its own government not conflicting with the Constitution of this State or its laws; may organise itself for the transaction of its business, as it may deem proper by creating and appointing its own offices and officers; may have a common seal, and alter or destroy the same at pleasure; and may do and perform all lawful acts properly

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incident to a corporation, and necessary and proper to the layingout, constructing, transporting on, and managing of a Railroad, and the transaction of the business for which it is incorporated. SECTION 2. The capital stock of said road shall be two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; but may be increased to one million, when deemed expedient by three-fourths of the Directors of said corporation for the time being. And said road, its appertenances, c., shall vest in said Company for the term of fifty years, which may be renewed by the Legislature with the consent of the stockholders. SECTION 3. The said corporation is hereby authorized and impowered to lay out and construct, and keep and maintain a Railroad, and transport freight and passengers on the same, from the State road at or near Etowah river bridge, and join it to said State road, thence up the bank or along the valley of said river, by the Etowah river opposite Canton, thence up and along said river to or near Dahlonega in Lumpkin county, its terminuspaying to the owners of the land along which it may pass (not interfering with water power or privileges connected therewith,) a just indemnity, to be ascertained, and the right of way secured to said Company, in the manner pointed out in the fourth section of an act passed December twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, to incorporate the Central Railroad and Canal Company of Georgia, having regard to the circumstances of the location. SECTION 4. Wherever the said road shall cross or intersect any public road, the Company shall build a safe and substantial passing or bridge, and keep the same in repair; and any pablic or private bridges may at any time be built across said Railroad, so as not to obstruct or incommode the use of said Railroad. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, c. That the private property of each stockholder, equal to the amount of his stock, shall be liable for the debts of the incorporation; and in the event of the neglect or refusal of the incorporation to pay any debt owing by the same, the creditor or creditors thereof may sue the Company in their corporate name and upon obtaining execution against the Company, it shall first be levied upon the corporate property of said Company, to wit, the road or any portion thereof, the cars, c., c., which shall be first liable; and upon the return of the proper officer or officers of no corporate property to be found, said execution may then be levied upon an amount of the private property of any stockholder of the Company, equal to the amount of his stock, and if that be not sufficient to satisfy the said execution, then it may be levied upon the private property of any other stockholder equal to his amount of

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stock, and so on until the execution is fully satisfied; and in all cases the levying officer shall be the judge of the amount of private property necessary to satisfy the fi. fa. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, c., That it shall be the duty of said Company to publish semi-annually in some public gazette of this State, a full statement of the names of the stockholders of said Company, and the amount of stock owned by each; and that any transfer of the stock so owned by each stockholder, transferred twelve months prior to the obtainment of judgment against the Company, shall not discharge his private property, but it shall still be bound under the provisions, and in the manner pointed out in the foregoing section. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, c., That in case any stockholder or stockholders shall be compelled, under the foregoing sections, to pay off the execution or executions obtained against the Company, it shall be kept open for his, or their benefit, and may be levied by him or them upon the private property of any or all the other stockholders, in proportion to their respective shares of stock. SECTION 8. The said Company shall be entitled to the free and exclusive use of said Railroad; and the rates of passenger fare and freights shall not exceed those now allowed by law to the said Central Railroad and Canal Company, and the mode pointed out in their said charter for collecting the same, is hereby provided and directed for the Company hereby incorporated. SECTION 9. No Railroad shall be constructed so as to operate between these points, or parallel thereto, for ten miles on either side, without consent of this Company: Provided, it may be lawful to cross it going in other directions, or join it branching off, so as to give it no annoyance or inconvenience. SECTION 10. The said Company may open books of subscription for stock, giving thirty days public notice of the time and place, and call in such portion of capital per share as deemed advisable. Where a stockholder shall fail to pay up any instalment called for or due on his share or shares, the same shall be forfeited to the Company. SECTION 11. The certificate and transfer of stock shall, as to the form and mode, be prescribed by the Company, or those who manage it, and its books be kept, and elections held, as they may direct, each share being entitled to one vote. SECTION 12. The said Railroad may be divided into three sections whenever a majority of the stockholders may so determine, and each section shall and may thenceforward have, hold, use and maintain a separate corporate existence with powers, privileges and restrictions, duties, obligations and immunities, herein provided and conveyed to the corporation

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herein first namedthe first section to be from the State road to Etowah Worksthe second section thence to Cantonthe third section thence to the terminus;the second and third to choose and determine their names respectively, and record the same in the office of the Secretary of State. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to revive and make of force an act to incorporate the Thomaston and Barnesville Railroad Company, with power to construct a Railroad from some point on the Monroe Railroad, at or near Barnesville, in Pike county, to the town of Thomaston, in Upson county, and to punish those who may wilfully injure the same, and to confer all corporate powers necessary to effect said object, assented to December 23d, 1839; and to incorporate a Railroad Company to be called the Fariner's Railroad Company, for the purpose of constructing a Railroad from some point on the Macon and Western Railroad to Talbotton or some intervening point. WHEREAS, by the act aforesaid, five years were allowed for the completion of said road, which has not been done, therefore the said charter has been forfeited; and whereas at the session of the Legislature in eighteen hundred and forty-five, a charter was granted each to the Muscogee Railroad Company and the Macon and Western Railroad Company, to build and construct a Railroad from Barnesville in Pike county to the city of Columbus; and whereas neither of the said Companies have made any substantial beginning toward the building said road, and there is reason to apprehend that neither of the said Companies ever intend to build the said road, and which, if built, would pass through or near Thomaston; and whereas the citizens of Upson desire Railroad communication to the Macon and Western Railroad: SECTION 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, the act to incorporate the Thomaston and Barnesville Railroad Company, with

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power to construct a Railroad from some point on the Monroe Railroad, at or near Barnesville in Pike county, to the town of Thomaston in Upson county, and to punish those who may wilfully injure the same, and to confer all corporate powers necessary to effect said object, be and the same is hereby revived and made as valid in law as though there never had been any forfeiture thereof: Provided, That neither the Macon and Western Railroad Company, [nor the Muscogee Railroad Company,] shall grade the distance of five miles in twelve months from this date: And provided, also, That if neither of the aforesaid Railroad companies shall grade as before specified, that the Thomaston and Barnesville Railroad Company shall commence operations in two years from this date, and complete the same in six years from this date. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Allen Walker, Thomas Flewellen, Obediah C. Gibson, David Kendall, Nathaniel F. Walker, Daniel Grant, George Moore, Nathan Respass, Edwin C. Turner, Barnard Hill, Jesse Carter, John H. Wakes, William Stallings, Thos. W. Bledsoc, and their associates, successors and assigns, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Farmer's Railroad Company, and by said corporate name and style shall be capable in law to purchase, accept, hold and sell and convey real and personal estate, make contracts, sue and be sued, to make by-laws, and to do all lawful acts properly incident and connected with the object of said corporation. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the capital stock of said Company shall be four hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the persons herein named, or a majority of them, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to create the capital stock of four hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to construct said Railroad, by causing books of subscription to be opened at such places and in such manner as they may deem most expedient for the obtainment of the necessary stock for the completion of said work. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as soon as said subscriptions shall be made, the persons hereinbefore named shall appoint a convenient time for the meeting of the stockholders at Barnesville, for the purpose of electing officers, and of doing all and any necessary acts for the organization and regulation of said Company. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any incorporated Company, with the consent of its stockholders, may subscribe for and hold stock in the said Company.

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SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Company shall possess and enjoy all the rights, immunities and privileges which are had and possessed and enjoyed by the Macon and Western Railroad Company, and shall be subject to all the pains, penalties, liabilities, restrictions and limitations, which are incident to, and binding upon the said Macon and Western Railroad Company; and shall enjoy the exclusive privilege of said road, and ten miles on each side, for forty years from the time the same shall be completed; and the same shall be bona fide commenced within one year, and completed in four years: Provided, always, That nothing in this act shall interfere with any right or privilege granted to the Thomaston and Barnesville Railroad Company: And provided, further, That if the said Thomaston and Barnesville Railroad Company shall have graded five miles of their road in two years from this date, then this act shall be null and void: And provided also, That if the Muscogee Railroad Company shall grade five miles of said road, commencing at Barnesville, within two years from the passage of this act, that then and in that event the rights and privileges hereby conferred upon said Farmer's Railroad, shall not be exercised or enjoyed in any manner whatsoever. SEC. 8. 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 are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to incorporate the Savannah and Albany Railroad Company, with power to extend the said road, and to construct branches; and to amend the acts incorporating the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company. SECTION 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 for the purpose of constructing a Railroad communication between the city of Savannah, on the Savannah River, and the city of Albany, on the Flint River, together with such continuation and branches of said road as may be requisite, Leonidas B. Mercer, Joseph Bond, John Tompkins, Lott Warren, A. B. Lawton, J. M. Mercer, David A. Vason, and

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such other individuals or corporations as may be associated with them, and their assigns, shall hereafter be a body corporate by the name and style of the Savannah and Albany Railroad Company, and by said corporate name, and in such corporate capacity, they are hereby invested with all the rights, privileges and immunities which by the laws of Georgia are held or enjoyed by any other incorporated Railroad company or companies, subject to the restrictions connected with and necessarily consequent upon such rights, privileges and immunities, for the purposes hereinafter specified. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the private property of each and every of the stockholders of said Company, shall be liable for the debts of said Company to an amount equal to the amount of stock he may hold in said Company; and when any judgment shall be obtained against said Company, execution shall issue thereon, and shall first be levied on the corporate property, if there be any, and if there shall be no corporate property, or the same shall have been exhausted, without satisfying said execution, then it shall be lawful to levy the same upon the private property, or so much thereof as will satisfy said execution, of any one or more of the stockholders of said Company; but no stockholder shall be compelled or liable to pay of the debts of said Company an amount greater than the amount of stock he may hold therein. And the stockholder or stockholders, who shall have been compelled to pay off said execution, shall immediately upon and by virtue of such payment be vested with full control of the same, which execution shall remain open and in full force against the remainder of the stockholders of said Company, and may at the instance of the stockholder or stockholders so having paid off the same, be levied upon so much of the private property of each and every of the remainder of the stockholders of said Company, as shall be sufficient to pay his proportionable part of the amount so paid on such execution by the stockholder or stockholders so having paid off the same as aforesaid. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said Company shall at least once in every six months publish in one of the public gazettes of this State, a list of the names of all the stockholders of said Company, where each stockholder resides, and the amount of stock held by each; and no transfer of his stock by any stockholder shall operate so as to release him from liability according to the provisions of the above recited section, on any execution that may be obtained against said Company, unless such transfer shall have been made in good faith and at least twelve months prior to the rendition of the judgment from which said execution shall have issued. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this incorporation

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shall continue for the term of thirty years, and no longer. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the object of the Company shall be to construct a Railroad communication between Savannah, or some point on the Central Railroad near Savannah, if the respective Companies shall agree upon a junction of roads, and Albany, on the Flint River, by such route as the said Company may select, with such branch roads towards the north and towards the south, from said road to such point or points as they may deem requisite; and the said Company may at any time extend the said road to any point or points on or across the Chattahoochee River: Provided, They shall not obstruct the free navigation of that or any other river which they may cross: And provided, further, That they shall not, by such extension, violate the chartered and vested rights of the Southwestern Railroad Company. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said Company shall pass such by-laws, for the regulation of its affairs, as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, the Constitution of this State, or of the United States. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That if said Company shall not in good faith have commenced said road by the first day of November, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, or shall not have completed the same within six years thereafter, the rights, privileges and immunities herein granted shall be forfeited. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company shall have and is hereby invested with full power to increase their capital to an amount not exceeding four millions of dollars, either by assessment on the existing shares, by obtaining new subscriptions, or by issuing stock for the excess of the cost of their road over the present capital, or by all of these means; and that such assessments, subscriptions or issues, shall be made at such times and on such terms, limitations, restrictions, and conditions, as the stockholders in convention may deem expedient and proper: Provided, That this act shall not authorize an increase of Banking capital. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, c., That for the purpose of extinguishing fractions of shares, said Company shall have power to sell or buy fractional shares of its own stock at current rates for the time being. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847.

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AN ACT to authorize improvements to be made on the Reserve at the Indian Spring, in the county of Butts, and to protect the same from trespass, and for other purposes therein mentioned. WHEREAS improvements have been made on the Indian Spring Reserve, adding to its appearance and convenience, by John G. Park, at his own expense; and whereas he is desirous, under certain conditions, of making other and additional improvements thereon, for the purpose of adorning and rendering said grounds more useful, attractive and pleasant, and a more agreeable watering place: SECTION 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 John G. Park be and he is hereby authorized to construct and have made, at his own expense, any improvements, structures and enclosures he may desire, on the ten acres reserved and belonging to the State at and around the Indian Spring, in the county of Butts; and he is hereby authorized and empowered to plant such trees, shrubbery or growth, to make roads, promenades, walks, flower gardens, on such portions of said grounds as he may select as best adapted and calculated to be thus rendered more pleasant and useful: Provided, The free use of the water at said Spring, by any person, shall not be prevented, and roads or paths of ample width, admitting an easy approach to and from said Spring, shall at all times be kept open for public use; also, a sufficient space immediately around said Spring for the use and accommodation of visiters. SEC. 2. And it is hereby further enacted, That the said John G. Park, his heirs and representatives, shall be, and it is hereby granted the right and privilege of using the grounds thereon that are or may be so improved and embellished by him or them, for and during the term of thirty years, and of repairing, adding to, and keeping in good order any such improvements as he or they may during said term construct or have made thereon. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That for the purpose of protecting said Spring and Reserve from trespass, by persons intruding thereon and destroying timbers or otherwise, the said John G. Park be and he is hereby appointed agent in behalf of the State, to prevent the same; and that if he shall neglect or decline at any time properly to attend thereto, his Excellency the Govornor for the time being shall appoint some other suitable person such agent, with authority to the full performance of such agencyany law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorize the

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erection of any building as a hotel or building to be let for rent: Provided, however, Nothing herein contained shall prevent the said John G. Park from building an ice house, summer houses, buildings for hobby horses, houses for plays of amusements not forbidden by law, sheds for the accommodation and amusement of visitors, a church and an academy buildings, houses for bakery, ice cream, sweetmeats, and a bridge or bridges across the streams adjacent to the Spring. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Inferior Court of Cass county to pay the jail fees of insolvents out of the county funds. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the Inferior Court of the county of Cass be and it is hereby authorized to pay out of the county funds the jail fees of all insolvents who have been or hereafter may be confined in the jail of said county for offences against the State. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 28, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Governor to cause judicial proceedings to be instituted in the Superior Courts of Randolph county, for the purpose of the forfeiture of the charter of the Irwinton Bridge Company, authorized by an act passed the 26th day of December, 1837, to incorporate the Irwinton Bridge Company. SECTION 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 Excellency the Governor cause Judicial proceedings to

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be instituted in the Superior Court of the county of Randolph for the purpose of the forfeiture of the charter of the Irwinton Bridge Company, authorized by an act assented to on the twenty-sixth day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, to incorporate the Irwinton Bridge Company, provided the expense to be incurred in the prosecution of the same, otherwise than the fees of the Solicitor General of that Circuit, be paid and discharged by James Harrison and Samuel Harrison, administrators of the estate of William Oliver, deceased. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, pleadings, processes or writings, which may be necessary or proper in order to accomplish the ends of this act, or to carry on the said proceedings against the said corporation, may be executed or served on the same by the sheriff or other executive officer of Randolph county, and that his leaving a copy thereof on the Bridge, or the remains of it at Eufaula, Alabama, or his posting such copy on a [Illegible Text] or other conspicuous object near the Bridge, shall be sufficient service or execution; and that a return made by such officer, stating a service in either of the modes aforesaid, shall be conclusive in the case: Provided, That after any appearance or pleading on the part of said corporation by counsel, such service may also be effected by a delivery to counsel of such copy, or by publication in one of the public gazettes of this State once a month for three months. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 28, 1847. AN ACT to alter and amend an act to point out the mode for the collection of rents and the recovery of possession of property within the city of Savannah and the [Illegible Text] thereof. SECTION 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 second section of the said act of eighteen hundred and twenty-seven be so amended as to require the tenant, in addition to the requisitions thereof, to give bond and sufficient

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security, to be approved of by the Sheriff or other officer executing the process, conditioned for the payment of double the rent received, if in the proceedings under this act the same shall be determined against the said tenant or tenants; and which said bond, when so taken, shall be returned into Court with the other proceedings. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 17, 1847. AN ACT to authorize and empower the Justices of the Inferior Courts of this State to discharge criminals, or offenders against the law, from jail, in certain cases; and also to discharge defendants in certain civil cases. WHEREAS it sometimes happens that criminals and offenders against the law are sentenced to imprisonment in the common jail for a definite period, and until all costs are paid by said criminal or offender; and whereas it may happen that the criminal or offender so sentenced is unable to pay the costs, the consequence of which is a perpetual imprisonment of the criminal or offender, at the expense of the county in which he may be imprisoned;for remedy whereof SECTION 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, when any criminal or offender against the laws of this State shall be so confined in any of the jails thereof, under a sentence of imprisonment for a definite period and until all costs are paid, and the said criminal or offender, after the time of his imprisonment shall have expired, shall be unable to pay the costs, it shall and may be lawful for the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county, in their discretion, (the whole Court therein concurring,) where such criminal or offender against the law may be confined, to discharge him from such confinement. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons be imprisoned in the common jail of any county in this State, on a mesne or final process for

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debt, if the plaintiff in suit or execution, his agent or attorney, does not pay up, at the end of each and every week, the jail fees which have accrued, then and in that case the Inferior Court may, and they are hereby authorized to discharge the defendant or defendants by writ of habeas corpus. SEC. 3. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to authorize parties to compel discoveries at common law. SECTION 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 any party plaintiff or defendant in any action at common law, pending in any Superior or Inferior Court of this State, wishing a discovery from the adverse party, to be used in evidence at the trial of such action, may file written interrogatories to such party, and call upon him to answer the same in solemn form, on oath or affirmation; and if, upon such interrogatories being filed, it shall appear to the Court, by the oath of the party filing the same, or otherwise, that answers to such interrogatories will be material evidence in the cause, and that the interrogatories themselves are pertinent, and such as the adverse party would be bound to answer upon a bill of discovery in a court of chancery, the Court shall allow such interrogatories, and shall make an order requiring the adverse party to answer the same in writing, and in solemn form, on his oath or affirmation; and the answer to such interrogatories, being so given and filed, shall be evidence at the trial of the cause, in the same manner, and to the same purpose and extent, and upon the same condition, in all respects, as if the same had been procured upon a bill in chancery for discovery, but no further or otherwise. And if the party to whom interrogatories shall be so propounded, and who shall be so required by the Court to answer the same, shall, in sixty days after notice and copy of such interrogatories served on him, fail to make answer in

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manner aforesaid, or shall answer the same evasively, the Court may attach him and compel him to answer in open Court, or it may continue the cause, and require more direct and explicit answers; or if the party to whom such interrogatories shall be pronounced, be defendant in the action, it may set aside his plea or pleas, and give judgment against him by default; or, if the plaintiff, may order his suit to be dismissed with cost; as shall, in the discretion of [Illegible Text] Court, be deemed most just and proper: Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall preclude any party to such action from exhibiting his bill in [Illegible Text] for discovery touching the same matters. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 17, 1847. AN ACT to annul and declare inoperative all rules of practice for the Superior and Inferior Courts of any judicial Circuit, which have not been agreed upon and assented to by a majority of all the Judges of the Superior Courts in convention for such purpose. WHEREAS, by a law of this State, the Judges of the Superior Courts are authorized to fix and establish rules of practice for all the Superior and Inferior Courts of this State; and whereas a practice has grown up within a few years past of some of the Circuit Judges establishing rules without the assent and concurrence of their associates in office, thereby producing a want of uniformity in the practice, an evil which requires legislative remedy: SEC. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That all rules of practice for the Superior or Inferior Courts prescribed, or which may be prescribed by any other authority than that which has by law been deputed to all the Judges of the Superior Courts of Georgia in convention, be and the same are hereby declared to be null and inoperative. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847.

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AN ACT to alter and amend the fifty-third Section of the Fourth Division of the Penal Code. SECTION 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 fifty-third Section of the fourth Division of the Penal Code of this State, shall be as follows, to wit: Any person who shall be guilty of the act of stabbing another, except in his own defence, with a sword, dirk knife, or other instrument of like kind, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment in the common jail of the county where said offence may be committed, not to exceed six months, or fine and imprisonment both, in the discretion of the Court; or confinement and labor in the Penitentiary, not less than one year, or more than two years: Provided, always, That if such stabbing shall produce death, the offender shall be guilty of murder or [Illegible Text], according to the facts and circumstances of the case; or if said stabbing shall not produce death, and the facts and circumstances show that it was the intention of the person stabbing to commit the crime of murder, then and in such case the offender shall be guilty of the offence of an assault with intent to commit murder. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to alter and amend the twenty-second Section of the tenth Division of the Penal Code. SECTION 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 twenty-second Section of the tenth Division of the Penal Code shall be as follows, to wit: Any person wandering or strolling about, or leading an idle, immoral or profligate course of life, who has no property to support himself or herself, and who is able to work or otherwise to support himself or herself in a respectable way, shall be deemed and considered a vagrant, and shall be indicted as such as in other cases, and on conviction

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shall be punished by confinement and hard labor in the Penitentiary for any time not less than two years nor longer than four years: Provided, nevertheless, That after such indictment has been found against any person, such person shall be discharged and released from prosecution, if he or she, after the indictment has been found, and before the trial, shall tender in open Court a bond, with sufficient security, for his or her good behaviour and future industry for one year: Provided, also, That the said bond shall be for any amount not more than four hundred dollars. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to alter and amend the eleventh Section of the tenth Division of the Penal Code. SECTION 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 eleventh Section of the tenth Division of the Penal Code of this State, shall be as follows to wit: If any person shall play and bet for money, or other things of value, at any game of faro, loo, brag, bluff, three-up, poker, vingtun, [Illegible Text] or any other game or games played with cards, or shall play and bet for money or other things of value, at any E. O. or A. B. C. table, or other table of like character, or shall bet at any game of ninepins or tenpins, or of any other number of pins, such person so offending shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum not less than twenty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847.

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AN ACT directory of the mode of entering up judgment on official or voluntary bonds. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That from henceforth all judgments rendered against the obligor or obligors of any bond, whether official or voluntary bonds, shall be for the amount of damnification found by the verdict of the jury, and not for the penalty thereof, as has been decided in some of the Courts of this State. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That until the penalty of said official or voluntary bonds has been exhausted by previous recoveries and satisfaction thereof, no person aggrieved or injured by the conduct of any one of the obligors, shall be prohibited from suing said [bond] or bonds, nor shall any previous recovery thereon be held as a bar to such subsequent suit, until the person pleading it shall prove that recoveries have been had to the extent of the penalty of such bond: Provided, Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any case heretofore decided. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to alter and amend an act passed 22d of December, 1840, entitled An act to alter and amend the 9th section of the Judiciary act of 1799, and the first section of an act relative to Executions, passed December 14th, 1811; and to provide for the enforcement of Judgment against land sold and bond for titles given. SECTION 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 second section of the act of which this is amendatory, be amended so as to read as follows SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all executions, orders, [Illegible Text] attachments for contempt, and all final process hereafter issued by the Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts, in favor of or against any sheriff of this State, shall be directed to the Coroner of the county in which said Sheriff may reside, and to all and singular the Sheriffs of the State, except the Sheriff of the county in which the interested Sheriff may reside, which may be levied, served and returned by the said Coroner or other Sheriff, at the [Illegible Text] of

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the plaintiff or party seeking to have the action of said officer or officers. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the third section of the act of which this is amendatory, shall be so amended as hereafter to read and be as follows: SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That when a Sheriff shall levy on property by virtue of any execution directed and required by the second section of this act, (as hereinbefore amended,) said property shall be sold in the county in which the levy may be made, and that whenever any decree, order, ca. sa., attachment for contempt, or final process, directed as required by the second section of this act, (as now amended,) shall be placed in the hands of any Sheriff, and under and by virtue of said process, it shall become the duty, under the laws of this State, of said Sheriff to imprison any defendant or other delinquent, it shall be lawful for said Sheriff to arrest the delinquent wherever found, and it shall be his duty to imprison him or her either in the county where the arrest was made, or in the county where the arresting Sheriff may reside, at the option of the plaintiff or other person so requiring the services of said Sheriff. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That when any judgment has been or shall be rendered, in any of the Courts of this State, upon any note or other evidence of debt, given for the purchase of land, where titles have not been made, but bond for titles given, it shall and may be lawful for the obligor in said bond to make and file, and have recorded in the Clerk's office of the Superior Court of the county, a good and sufficient deed of conveyance to the defendant for said land; and thereupon the same may be levied on and sold under said judgment as in other cases: Provided, That the said judgment shall take lien upon the land prior to any other judgment or incumbrance against the defendant. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to regulate the trial of slaves and free persons of color within the limits of the city of Savannah. SECTION 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 fromand after the passage of this act, whenever a prosecution

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shall have been entered against a slave or free person of color, for an offence not punishable with death, within the limits of the city of Savannah, it shall be the duty of the magistrates before whom such prosecution is instituted, within forty-eight hours after the filing of the affidavit, to draw from the jury box of his district the names of seven persons, any [Illegible Text] of whom shall constitute a jury to try said slave or free person of color; and if the jury shall return a verdict of not guilty, then the slave or free person of color shall be discharged; and if the jury shall find a verdict of guilty, that then and in that case the magistrate shall proceed to pronounce the sentence, having regard in his sentence to any recommendation which the jury may make as to the mode or extent of punishment. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the magistrates and constables shall be allowed the same fees as are now allowed upon the trial of special cases before them in the city of Savannah. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 17, 1847. AN ACT to simplify and curtail pleadings at law. SECTION 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 form of a declaration for the recovery of real estate and mesne profits, may be as follows, any law, usage or practice to the contrary notwithstanding, to wit: The petition of (A. B.) sheweth that (C. D.) of said county, is in possession of a certain tract of land in said county (here describe the land) to which your petitioner claims title; that the said (C. D.) has received the profits of said land since the day of, 18, of the yearly value of dollars, and refuses to deliver the said land to your petitioner, or to pay him the profits thereof: Wherefore, your petitioner prays process may issue requiring the said

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(C. D.) to be and appear at the next Superior Court to be held in and for said county, to answer your petitioner's complaint. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the form of an action for the recovery of personal property may be as follows, to wit: The petition of (A. B.) sheweth that (C. D.) of said county, is in possession of a certain (here describe the property) of the value of dollars, to which your petitioner claims title; that the said (C. D.) has enjoyed the profits of the same since; that the said is of the yearly value of dollars; and that the said (C. D.) refuses to deliver said to your petitioner, or to pay him the profits thereof: Wherefore, your petitioner prays process may issue requiring the said (C. D.) to be and appear at the next Court to be held in and for said county, to answer your petitioner's complaint. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the form of an action to recover money on a note, bill, bond, receipt or written promise of any description, by adding a copy of which, with the endorsers' names (if any) and credits, shall be appendedand when the suit is on a bond, the breach from which arises the right of action shall be set out plainlymay be as follows, to wit: The petition of (A. B.) sheweth that (C. D.) of said county, is indebted to him in the sum of dollars, besides interest, on a dated and due, which said the said (C. D.) refuses to pay: Wherefore, your petitioner prays process may issue requiring the said (C. D.) to be and appear at the next Court for said county, to answer your petitioner's complaint. Provided, nevertheless, That when any defendant shall, at the appearance term of such cause, demand oyer of any note, bill, bond, receipt, or other instruments sued on, the plaintiff shall be compelled to produce the same to the defendant for the purpose of examination. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the form of an action on an account may be as follows, to wit: The petition of (A. B.) sheweth that (C. D.) of said county,

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is indebted to your petitioner dollars, on an account, as will fully appear by reference to a bill of particulars hereto annexed, which account the said (C. D.) neglects to pay: Wherefore your petitioner prays process may issue requiring the said (C. D.) to be and appear at the next Court to be held for said county, to answer your petitioner's complaint. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the form of an action to recover money on a judgment, may be as follows, to wit: The petition of (A. B.) sheweth that (C. D.) of said county, is indebted to your petitioner dollars, besides interest, on a judgment obtained by your petitioner, against the said (C. D.) at a (name the Court) Court held on the day of, 18, in the (county, district or town) of, in the State of, as will fully appear by reference to an exemplification of the proceeding in said case; that the said judgment is unsatisfied, and that the said (C. D.) neglects to pay the same: Wherefore, your petitioner prays process may issue requiring the said (C. D.) to be and appear at the next Court to be held for the county of, then and there to answer the plaintiff's complaint. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the form of an action for breach of warranty on a deed may be as follows, to wit: The petition of (A. B.) sheweth that (C. D.) is indebted to him in the sum of dollars, for this, that on the day of, 18, the said (C. D.) executed to your petitioner a warrantee deed to a certain tract of land (describe the land) for the sum of dollars, paid by your petitioner to the said (C. D.); that your petitioner has been evicted from said lot of land, and the said (C. D.) refuses to indemnify your petitioner for his damage in that behalf: Wherefore, your petitioner prays process may issue requiring the said (C. D.) to be and appear at the next Court for said county, to answer your petitioner's complaint. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That no departure from the before prescribed forms shall work a nonsuit, provided the plaintiff shall plainly and distinctly set forth his cause of action. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may

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be lawful in pleading to set out amounts and dates in figures or what is sometimes called the Arabic Numerals. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1817. AN ACT to repeal the second section of an act entitled an act to prevent the clipping and mutilating the current coin of this State, assented to February third, seventeen hundred and eighty-nine. 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 second section of the above recited act be, and the same is hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT consenting to the purchase of land at Cumberland Sound, and ceding to the United States jurisdiction over the same, except in civil and criminal cases. SECTION 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 consent of the State of Georgia be and the same is hereby granted to the purchase, by the United States, of a [Illegible Text] of ground or tract of land (not to exceed one thousand acres,) at or near Cumberland Sound, which the authorities of the United States may select and purchase for the works of fortifications, for defensive purposes: to have, hold, own and occupy the said tract of land, and to exercise jurisdiction and control over the same, except in all civil and criminal matters in which the rights of the citizens or the laws of Georgia may be involved.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the tract of land over which partial jurisdiction is granted by this act, shall be exempted from all taxes and [Illegible Text] which may be levied or imposed under the authority of this State, while the said tract of land shall remain the property of the United States, and shall be used for the purposes intended by this act. SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That all laws or parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to give the consent of the State of Georgia to a purchase made by the United States, of a lot of land in the city of Savannah, for the purpose of [Illegible Text] a Custom-house thereon; and also, to the purchase of land on Fig Island, on which are about to be erected a Light-house and other necessary buildings, and to cede the jurisdiction over the same. WHEREAS the United States, having purchased lot number two, Jekill Tything, Deoby Ward, in the city of Savannah, for the purpose of erecting thereon a Custom-house; and whereas, also, they having purchased one acre of land at or near the eastern end of Fig Island, in Savannah river, in the county of Chatham; it is desirable that the assent of the State of Georgia should be given to said purchases, and that jurisdiction over the same should be ceded to the said United States of America: SECTION 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 consent of the State of Georgia is hereby given to said purchase of the land above described, and that the jurisdiction of the State of Georgia of, in, to and over the same, and all improvements hereafter to be placed thereon, is hereby ceded to the United States of America, to be held and exercised by them so long as said lands shall be used for the purposes aforesaid.

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SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 7, 1847. AN ACT to empower the Judge of the Superior Courts of the Coweta District to compel the Jurors summoned for the first week of the Troup Superior Court to serve two, instead of one week; and the Jurors summoned for the second week to serve two, instead of one week. SECTION 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 Judge of the Superior Courts of the Coweta District be and he is hereby empowered to compel the Jurors chosen for the first week of Troup Superior Court, adjourned term, commencing its session on the fourth Monday in November instant, to serve two, instead of one week; and the Jurors chosen for the second week of said Court, to serve two, instead of one week. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, November 26, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Inferior Court of Carroll county to revise the Grand and Petit Jury boxes of said county, at the times therein mentioned. SECTION 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, it shall be the duty of the Inferior Court of Carroll county to convene at the Courthouse in said county, on the second Monday in January, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and on the second Monday

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in January every four years thereafter, and revise the Grand and Petit Jury boxes of said county. SEC. 2. 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, so far as relates to the county of Carroll. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 7, 1847. AN ACT to repeal so much of the first section of an act to compensate Grand and Petit Jurors, passed on the 23d day of December, 1839, as relates to Carroll county. SECTION 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, so much of the first section of the act above referred to, as relates to the county of Carroll, be and the same is hereby repealedany law to the contrary not withstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 10, 1847. AN ACT to amend an act to compensate Jurors in the county of Bibb, passed on the 10th of December, 1841. SECTION 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 said act to compensate Jurors in the county of Bibb as fixes the compensation of Petit Jurors at one dollar and a half per day for their services, be and the same is hereby repealed; and in lieu thereof, the pay of Petit Jurors serving in said county, in the Superior and Inferior Courts, shall be at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per diem. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Bibb county be

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authorized, and they are hereby required, to levy an extra tax of five per centum on the amount of the general State tax of said county, which shall be collected and paid over to the county treasurer, and shall constitute a fund to pay off and discharge the certificates that may hereafter be issued to Petit Jurors, by the Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts, in pursuance of the provisions of said act. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 17, 1847. AN ACT to compensate the Grand and Petit Jurors of the county of Campbell, and [Illegible Text] the Justices of the Inferior Court to levy an extra tax for that purpose. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That all persons who may be summoned to attend the Superior and Inferior Courts of Campbell county, as Grand or Petit Jurors, and who shall be sworn and empannelled as Jurors, shall severally be entitled to receive the sum of one dollar each per day for each and every day the said Jurors shall attend as aforesaid. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the fee of three dollars now allowed by law for the trial of each and every case in said Courts, and all others allowed by law, shall be received by the respective Clerks as aforesaid, and at the close of said Courts to pay over to each Juror his proportionable part of the money raised as aforesaid, and to give to the said Juror a certificate for the balance due him, which certificates shall be presented to the county treasurer, and he is hereby authorized and required to pay the same out of a fund raised for that purpose, which said fund shall be kept separate and paid out accordingly. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of enabling the Treasurer of said county to pay said Jurors as provided for in this act, the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county are hereby authorized to levy an extra tax upon the citizens of said county not exceeding twenty-five per cent. upon the State tax, which tax when collected shall be by the Collector thereof paid into

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the county treasurer for the purpose aforesaid, and in the event the amount so raised shall pay them pro rata. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS. Speaker of the House of [Illegible Text]. ANDREW J. MILLER. President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to compensate Grand and Petit Jurors for the county of Cobb, and to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court to levy an extra tax for that purpose. SECTION 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 persons who may be summoned to attend the Superior and Inferior Courts of the county of Cobb as Grand and Petit Jurors, and who shall be sworn and empannelled as Jurors, shall severally be entitled to receive the sum of one dollar each per day for each and every day the said Jurors shall attend as aforesaid. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the fee of three dollars now allowed by law for the trial of each and every case in said Courts, shall be received by the respective Clerks of said Courts, who shall at the close of said Court pay to each Juror his proportionable part of the money raised as aforesaid, and give to the said Juror a certificate for the balance due him, which certificate [Illegible Text] be presented to the county treasurer, who is hereby authorized and required to pay the same out of a fund raised for that purpose, which said fund shall be kept separate and paid out accordingly. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of enabling the treasurer of said county to pay the said Jurors as provided for in this act, the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county are hereby authorized to levy an extra tax upon the citizens of said county, not exceeding twenty-five per cent. upon the State tax, which tax when collected shall be paid by the Collector thereof into the county treasury for the purposes aforesaid; and in the event that the amount so raised shall not be sufficient to pay the certificates issued by the Clerk, they shall be paid pro [Illegible Text]. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts

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of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to provide for the payment of Grand and Petit Jurors in the county of Baker. SECTION 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 the county of Baker, upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury, is hereby authorized to assess and [Illegible Text], within said county, a tax, not [Illegible Text] twenty per cent, on the State tax, for the purpose of paying Grand and Petit Jurors as hereinafter provided. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury as aforesaid, the said Inferior Court, at the first regular term in each year, may pass such orders and adopt such regulations relative to the payment of Grand and Petit Jurors from the legal Jury fees, or from the tax authorized by this act, or from both, as shall to them seem just and for the best interest of the county: Provided, That no order or regulation of the said Inferior Court, requiring the payment of money to Grand and Petit Jurors from the tax authorized by this act, or from any other source than the legal Jury fees, shall take effect until after such tax has been collected and paid into the Treasury, so that the county shall not be indebted to Jurors at any time. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to compensate the Petit Jurors of the county of Troup. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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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 several persons, citizens of Troup county, summoned to attend the sittings of the Superior and Inferior Courts of the county aforesaid, as Petit Jurors, and who shall attend the same, shall severally be entitled to receive from the treasury of said county the sum of one dollar per day for each and every day he may give his attendance: Provided, He shall produce the certificate of the Sheriff, countersigned by the presiding Judge or Justice, of the time he has served, which certificate shall be a warrant for the sum allowed, and a voucher to the treasurer for paying the same. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all fees now paid Petit Jurors for confessions and verdicts, shall be paid over to the Clerk, and by the Clerk to the Treasurer, and the same shall become a part of the fund for the compensation of said Petit [Illegible Text]. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to compensate Grand and Petit Jurors of the Superior and Inferior Courts of the several counties herein named, and to provide for the payment of the same, assented to the 23d of December, 1837, so far as respects the county of Lowndes. 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 above [Illegible Text] act as relates to the county of Lowndes, be and the same is hereby repealedany law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847.

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AN ACT to authorize the Governor to appoint a [Illegible Text] for the State Library, and [Illegible Text] fix the salary of the same; also, to [Illegible Text] the [Illegible Text] of the Supreme Court for his services as Librarian heretofore rendered. SECTION 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 Excellency the Governor be and he [Illegible Text] hereby authorized to appoint some fit and proper person to act as State Librarian, who shall be paid the [Illegible Text] of one hundred dollars per annum for his services. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant in favor of Robert E. Martin, Clerk of the Supreme Court, for the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars a year, for the last two years past, for his services in keeping the books belonging to the State Library. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 17, [Illegible Text]. AN ACT to amend an act [Illegible Text] an act to give all persons employed on steamboats and other water crafts on the [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] and Ocmulgee rivers, a lien on said steamboats or water crafts, for his, her or their wages, and for wood and provisions furnished, and to point out and facilitate the mode of the collection of the same, assented to December 11th, 1841, so as to include all liens on personal property under certain regulations, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, in many cases, persons having liens upon personal property, created by the common law or the statute law of force in this State, have no power to sell the same, whereby manifest injustice results to such persons, and frequently the delay works injury to both debtor and creditorfor remedy whereof: SECTION 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 [Illegible Text] after the [Illegible Text] of this act, the above recited act shall be so amended as to authorize any person or persons, who, by the principles of the common law or the

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statute law of force in this State, or which may be hereafter enacted, have or shall have a lien on personal property within the limits of this State, to pursue the course pointed out by said above recited act, by applying, in proper person or by attorney or agent, to one of the Justices of the Peace of the District in which the said personal property may be at the time of such application, where the debt does not exceed thirty dollars, or to the Judge of the Superior, or one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county where the said personal property may be at the time of such application, where the sum sworn to shall not exceed thirty dollars; and by making affidavit before him of the amount due him, her or them, and the nature of the lien, and how the same has occurred, and upon what personal property the said [Illegible Text] has attached, and thereupon all the provisions of the said recited act, of which this act is an amendment, shall apply, and the same proceedings shall be had, as provided for by said recited act, so far as the same can be applicable hereto: Provided, That he, she or they shall demand and prosecute the collection of the same as provided for in said recited act, at any time within twelve months after the same shall become due and payable: And provided, also, That no such proceeding shall be had until the demand for the payment of such lien shall first be made upon the owner or owners, or their agents and attorneys in fact, if they or any of them reside within the county where such [Illegible Text] shall be had, and refusal to pay the same shall have been made. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to repeal so much of said recited act as requires the affidavit to be made in the cases specified in said act, or any act heretofore passed amendatory of the same, before a Judge of the Superior or Justice of the Inferior Court, or one of the Justices of the Peace of the District in which said steamboat or other water craft may then lie, upon the same arriving at the landing, port or place of destination to which the same has been freighted; but that the said affidavit shall, in the cases provided for by said recited act or any act heretofore passed amendatory of the same, continue to be made as provided for by said act. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases, both under said recited act and all acts amendatory thereof heretofore passed, and in all cases provided for by this act, it shall be the duty of the Judge or Justice before whom the affidavit shall be made, to direct the Clerk to enter up Judgment for the costs of such proceedings and any interest that may be due or may become due, as well as for the principal debt, as provided for in said recited act; and it shall be the duty of the said Clerk, or

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the Justice of the Peace when proceedings are had before a Justice, to issue execution for such costs and interest. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in no case shall the said execution so issued be levied on any other property except such as shall be subject to such lien; and it shall be lawful for the owner or other person claiming the said personal property, or his agent or attorney, not only to contest such claim or demand on the ground that the same or some part thereof is not due and owing as provided for in the third section of said recited act, but also to contest the existence of any lien therein, by making affidavit denying the existence of such lien, and giving bond, as provided for in said third section of said act, and such proceedings shall thereupon be had as are directed in said third section of said recited act. SEC. 5. 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 are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to give to all [Illegible Text], engine builders and repairers of engines, and miliwrights, an incumbrance on all steam-mills, steamboats, and mills of every description, which may hereafter be erected and built in the city of Savannah and county of Chatham, and upon all steamboats plying to and from the port of Savannah. SECTION 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 debts which may hereafter become due to any machinists, engine builders and repairers of engines, and millwrights, of the city of Savannah and county of Chatham, for all work and labor done and performed, and for materials furnished, shall be and constitute an incumbrance on all such steam-mills, steamboats, and mills of every description, and shall be taken and allowed in law to be superior to any other incumbrance or claim; and that the same course shall be pursued for the recovery of such claim or claims as is stated in section second or third of an act assented to the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-one.

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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 the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to amend and explain the several acts for the limitation of actions and avoiding suits at law. SECTION 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 whenever any case now or hereafter pending in any of the Courts of this State, either at law or in equity, commenced within the time limited by law, shall be discontinued, dismissed, or the plaintiff therein become nonsuited, and the plaintiff's claim may be barred during the pending thereof by any law now in force in this State, the plaintiff may, at any time within six months from such termination of the case, and not after, renew or recommence the same, in any Court having jurisdiction thereof in this State, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed so as to authorize the renewal of any case after a second discontinuance, dismissal, or nonsuit. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any claim or demand whatever shall be pleaded as a set-off, or as a defence to any suit or action, either at law or in equity, in any case which may be dismissed, discontinued, or become nonsuit as aforesaid, or where such defence may be disposed of, without a final hearing upon the merits thereof, that then and in that case, all such matters of defence shall be saved from the operation of the statute of limitations, under the regulations and instructions, and for the time aforesaid. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847.

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AN ACT to explain the fifth section of an act approved March 26th, 1767, [Illegible Text] an act for the limitation of actions and avoiding [Illegible Text] in law. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, c., That nothing in the said fifth section shall be so construed as to protect any defendant or defendants from any action at any time where the jury are satisfied that there has been a fraudulent removal or concealment of the property in order to deprive the rightful owner of the possession or enjoyment of the sameany law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the [Illegible Text] of the Magnetic Telegraph, and providing for the protection of the same. WHEREAS many of the citizens of the State of Georgia are interested in the construction of lines of the Magnetic Telegraph, and desire the protection of their property, and the privilege of using the public roads and highways for their posts and wires: SECTION 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 any company or individual may erect posts and wires, and other fixtures for Telegraphic purposes, on or by the side of any public road or highway in this State: Provided, That such posts, wires or fixtures shall in no case be so set or placed as to obstruct, binder, or in any way interfere with the common uses or business of said roads or highways. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall wilfully destroy, damage, or in any way injure said Telegraph, posts, wires, or fixtures, he or they shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and may be indicted in the Superior Court of the county where such damage may be done; and upon conviction, shall be fined or imprisoned in the

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common jail of the county, or both, at the discretion of the presiding Judge. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to authorize all the free white citizens of the State of Georgia, and such others as they may associate with them, to prosecute the business of Manufacturing, with corporate powers and privileges. SECTION 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, when any number of persons shall associate themselves together for the purpose of manufacturing, they shall draw up a declaration specifying the objects of their association and the particular branch or branches of business they intend carrying on, together with the name by which they will be known as a corporation, and the amount of capital to be employed by them; which declaration shall be first recorded in the Clerk's office of the Superior Court of the county where such corporation is located, in the following form, viz: Know ye that we have associated ourselves together as a body corporate, for the purpose of engaging in the business of and that we have adopted as our corporate name, by which we will sue and be sued and by which we will be known and designated, that we have subscribed as our capital stock the sum of dollars, which will be employed in the business before mentioned. and shall be published once a week for two months, in the two nearest gazettes, which being done, said association shall become a body corporate and politic, and known as such

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without being specially pleaded in all the Courts of Law and Equity in this State, to be governed by the provisions and be subject to the liabilities hereinafter specified. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each and every body corporate and politic created under the provisions of this act may sue and be sued in all the Courts of law and equity in this State; may have and use a common seal, make such by-laws and rules for their regulation and government as they may see proper, not inconsistent with the laws of this State or of the United States, or the constitution of either; and may hold such real estate, water privileges and personal property as may be necessary for the purposes of said incorporations, or such as they may be obliged and deem it for their interest to take in the settlement of any debts due them, and may dispose of the same and erect such buildings, and make such improvements thereon as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid; Provided, such buildings and improvements shall not obstruct the navigable rivers of this State, or interfere with the rights or privileges of any citizen or citizens of the same. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before any corporation, created under the provisions of this act shall go into operation, an oath or affirmation shall be made before a Judge of the Superior Court, Justice of the Inferior Court, or Justice of the Peace, by the President thereof, of the amount of capital actually paid in and employed by said corporation, which shall be published in the two nearest gazettes once a week for one month, and be recorded in the Clerk's office of the Superior Court of the county where said corporation is located, and which shall be repeated whenever there is an increase of capital stock created, and the same actually paid in: Provided, nothing shall be considered as capital paid in but gold and silver or the notes of specie paying banks, or property at its sworn valuation. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of each and every corporation created under this act shall be liable, jointly and severally, for all debts and contracts made by each and every said incorporation, if at any time it should be made to appear that the amount of capital sworn to by its President as paid in and employed, was not bona fide, so paid in and employed. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the whole amount of debts which any company organized under this act, shall at any time owe, shall not exceed its capital stock actually paid in, and in case of any excess over said capital stock the officers and agents by whom such excess shall be created, shall be jointly and severally liable to the extent of such excess for all the debts of the company then existing, and for all that shall be contracted, so long as they shall respectively continue in

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office, and until the debts shall be reduced to the amount of the capital stock actually paid in. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no corporation created under the provisions of this act shall continue a body corporate and politic longer than thirty years. SEC. 7. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the corporation for manufacturing purposes known as the Richmond Factory, to establish and keep in operation a Factory in any part of Richmond county, under their present charter. 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 and may be lawful for the corporation known by the style of the Richmond Factory, to establish and keep in operation, in any part of Richmond county, a Factory for any purpose now authorized by their charter. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to be entitled an act to exempt from Militia duty the officers and privates of the City Watch of Savannah. SECTION 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, all officers and privates of the City Watch of Savannah shall be exempt from the performance of militia duty, under the peace establishment of this State. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws, and parts

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of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor Approved, December 10, 1847. AN ACT to repeal so much of the act entitled an act to provide for the election of the general officers of this State, agreeably to the amended Constitution, and to consolidate the two Regiments of Hancock county, assented to 27th December, 1843, as relates to the consolidation of the said two Regiments of the said county of Hancock. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the ninth section of the above recited act, consolidating the two Regiments of Hancock county, be and the same is hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to amend the Militia Laws of this State, so far as it relates to the first Regiment of Georgia Militia, assented to the 21st December, 1835; and also to restrict the Majors commanding the Third and Fourth Battalions, composing the Thirty-fifth Regiment of Georgia Militia, to one parade each, in the year; and to authorize the said Thirty-fifth Regiment to have and to hold a military encampment for two successive days in each year. SECTION 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 privileges and exemptions contained in the fourth and fifth sections of the said act, assented to twenty-first December, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, be and the same are

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hereby extended to the commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the Third and Fourth Battalions composing the said Thirty-fifth Regiment of Georgia Militia. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Majors commanding the Third and Fourth Battalions of said Regiment shall have power and authority only to order one Battalion parade in each year. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Colonel commanding the said Thirty-fifth Regiment shall be empowered, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, once in each year to order the said Regiment into a military encampment at some equi-distant place between the two counties composing and Regiment: And provided, nevertheless, That no such military encampment shall continue for a longer space than two days. SEC. 4. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 28, 1847. AN ACT to [repeal an act entitled an act to] authorize the Justices of the Inferior Courts of the several counties in this State to create and lay out any new districts, or change and alter the lines of those already laid out, assented to 23d December, 1839, so far as relates to the counties of Habersham and Rabun. SECTION 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 before recited act as relates to the counties of Habersham and Rabun, be and the same is hereby repealedany law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847.

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AN ACT to authorize Lewis A. L. Lampkin to erect a Mill-dam across the Etowah river, in Floyd county, on his own land. SECTION 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 Lewis A. L. Lampkin, of the county of Floyd, be, and he is hereby authorized to erect and continue a Mill-dam across the Etowah river, upon his own land, in said county. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to permit owners of land lying on both sides of the rivers Oustanauly, Connasauga, and Coosawattee, to erect Mill-dams, or Fish-dams, across the same, upon certain conditions, and to prescribe the punishment to which a violation thereof shall subject the offender. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That any person or persons owning the lands touching and bordering on both sides of the rivers named in the title of this act, or either of them, shall be and they are hereby permitted to erect Mill-dams, or Fish-dams, across the same: Provided, Such person or persons, who have so erected a Mill-dam, or Fish-dam, or may avail themselves of the permission hereby extended, shall at all times keep open a sluice, channel or lock sufficiently wide for the free and easy passage of boats, flats, rafts, or other water craft, and also for fish; and upon such person or persons availing themselves of the permission hereby given, failing to comply with the above proviso or condition in good faith, he or they shall be subject to be indicted for a misdemeanor in the Superior Court of the appropriate county, and upon conviction thereof punished by a fine of one hundred dollars for the first offence, and the sum of three hundred dollars for every repetition of the misdemeanor, one-half of said fine so imposed to be paid to the prosecutor.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any Judge of the Superior Court, Justice of the Inferior Court, or any magistrate, at any time after a first conviction, shall either at Chambers or in Term time, grant an order, addressed either to the Sheriff or Constable of the county, or in which such dam has been erected, in violation of this act, commanding them forthwith to cause said dam to be taken down, and in said order may allow a reasonable sum for such service, to be paid by the offender. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall be construed freely so as to effectuate in all respects the manifest intent of the Legislature. SEC. 4. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW [Illegible Text]. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to amend an act to authorize James Morris to erect a Mill-dam across the Connasauga river, on his own land, in the county of Murray, assented to the 20th day of December, 1839. SECTION 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 said James Morris be and he is hereby authorized to keep up a Mill-dam across said river on his own land, on lot number two hundred and ninety-two, ninth district of the third section of said county: Provided, always, That a sufficient lock shall be attached to the same, thirteen feet wide, for the free passage of boats, or a canal of like width around said dam for said purpose. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847.

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AN ACT to authorize Job Rogers to erect a Mill-dam across the Oustanaula river in Floyd county. SECTION 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 Job Rogers be and he is hereby authorized and permitted to erect a Mill-dam across the Oustanaula river in Floyd county, upon his own land: Provided, He does not thereby overflow or otherwise injure the lands of any other person: And provided further, That he makes a sufficient lock for the free passage of boats up and down said river, one hundred feet long and fifteen feet wide. And any person obstructing the navigation of said river shall pay to the owner of the boat so detained five dollars per day for the first day, and ten dollars per day for every day the boat is detained afterwards, to be collected in any court of justice of competent jurisdiction. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1847. AN ACT to authorize Daniel Aderhold to construct a Mill-dam across a part of the channel of the Chattahoochee river. SECTION 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 Daniel Aderhold, of the county of Cobb, be and he is hereby authorized to construct a Mill-dam from and opposite to his own land lying on the Chattahoochee river: Provided, said Mill-dam shall not extend more than half way across said river. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847.

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AN ACT having for its object to change the names and legitimatize individuals herein named. SECTION 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 William Augustus Flewelling, of the county of Bibb, be and the same is hereby changed to William Augustus Napier; the name of Francis King, of the county of Talbot, be changed to that of Francis Hollis; and the name of Jane Amison King be changed to that of Jane Amison Hollis; and the name of James Bradberry, of the county of Pike, to that of James Bradberry Germany. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, the name of Thomas Tribble, of the county of Cobb, be changed to that of Thomas Jones, and that he be declared legitimate, and capable of inheriting the real and personal estate of John G. Jones, his reputed father, as fully as if born in lawful wedlock. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of George W. Green, son of Francis Green, of the county of Randolph, be and the same is hereby changed to that of George W. Oliver, and that the said George W. shall be fully capable of taking, receiving and inheriting the estate, real and personal, of his reputed father, James W. Oliver, of said county, according to the statutes of distribution of this State, as fully as if he had been the legitimate son of the said James W. [Illegible Text], and born in lawful wedlock. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the name of David Raiford McRea, of the county aforesaid, illegitimate son of formerly Elizabeth McRea, now Elizabeth Hendrick, be changed to that of David Raiford Adams, and that the said David R. shall be fully capable of taking, receiving and inheriting the estate, real and personal, of Obediah Adams, his reputed father, of the county aforesaid, according to the statutes of distribution of this State, as fully as if he had been born in lawful wedlock. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the name of John B. Honeycut, of the county of Jackson, be and the same is hereby changed to that of John B. Hogan. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said John B. Hogan, formerly John B. Honeycut, be and he is hereby restored to all the privileges of legitimacy, and made an heir at law to his reputed father, John Hogan; and he is hereby declared competent to do all lawful acts, and receive all benefits which may accrue from his change of name. SECTION 7. Whereas Abel Crow, of the county of Walker,

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in this State, is desirous that Amanda Meredith, his illegitimate daughter, be legitimatized so as to constitute her his legal heir, with rights to inherit, in the same manner as though she had been born in lawful wedlock SEC. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the said Amanda Meredith, wife of Rufus Meredith aforesaid, and formerly Amanda Milton, and illegitimate daughter of said Abel Crow, be and she is hereby legitimatized and made able and capable in law to inherit the estate of her said reputed father after his death, in the same manner, and as fully as she could have done had she been born in lawful wedlock. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the name of Easterena Faircloth, of the county of Baker, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Mary Frances Chastain; and she is hereby declared to be fully legitimatized and entitled to take, receive and inherit the estate, both real and personal, of her reputed father, Morgan Chastain, of the county of Baker, according to the statutes of distribution of this State, as if she had been born in lawful wedlock. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the name of Sarah Angeline Robinson be and the same is hereby changed to that of Sarah Angeline McGee, and that she have and enjoy the same rights and privileges of a daughter of John McGee, of the county of Muscogee, and stand upon the same footing in law as if she had been born in lawful wedlock. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the name of Catharine Lovonice Wigginton, of the county of Elbert, be altered and changed to that of Catharine Lovonice Jones. SEC. 12. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Mahala Yeargin, of the county of Franklin, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Mahala Williams. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Horace W. Irwin, of the county of Effingham, be changed to that of Horace W. Everett. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the name of David Wadleigh, of the county of Washington, be altered and changed to that of David Richard Wadleigh. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the name of Sarah Ann Hews, of the county of Washington, be changed to that of Sarah Ann Mills; and the said Sarah Ann shall be fully capable of taking, receiving and inheriting the estate, both real and personal, of her reputed father, William Mills, of the aforesaid county, according to the statute of distribution of the State, as fully as if Sarah Ann had been born in lawful wedlock.

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SEC. 16. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the name of William Jordan Stubbs, of the county of Liberty, shall be altered and changed to that of William Jordan Warnell, and he is hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized, and entitled to all the rights and legal privileges that he would have, had he been born in lawful wedlock, and be fully capable of taking, inheriting and receiving all manner of property, by virtue of the statute of distribution of this State, so far as relates to the real and personal estate of William Warnell, of Liberty county, the reputed father of William Jordan Warnell. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the names of Lorenzo Dow Tanner, and Elijah Tanner, be and the same are hereby changed to that of Lorenzo Dow Townsend and Elijah Townsend. And be it further enacted, That the said Loronzo Dow Townsend and Elijah Townsend are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized and entitled to all the rights and privileges which they would have been entitled to, had they been born in lawful wedlock, and fully capable of taking, inheriting and receiving all real and personal estate by virtue of the statute of distribution of this State, so far as relates to the estate, both real and personal, of Elijah Townsend, the reputed father of the said Lorenzo Dow Townsend and Elijah Townsend: Provided, This act shall not enable the said Lorenzo Dow Townsend and Elijah Townsend to inherit to the exclusion of any child or children of the said Elijah Townsend born, or who may hereafter be born in lawful wedlock. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the names of John Gillis, Royal Budd Gillis, John Patrick Gillis, Eliza Gillis, and Daniel Salter, shall be changed to that of John Philips, Royal Budd Philips, John Patrick Philips, Eliza Philips, and Daniel Philips; and they, the said John, Royal Budd, and John Patrick, and Eliza, are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized, and entitled to all the rights and legal privileges that they would have been, had they been born in lawful wedlock, [Illegible Text] be fully capable of taking, inheriting and receiving all manner of property by virtue of the statute of distribution of this State. SEC 19. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of George W. Morrow, of the county of Stewart, be changed to that of George W. Richardson; and that the said George W. Richardson be fully and completely legitimatized and entitled to all the rights and privileges that he would have been, if born in lawful wedlock, and he is hereby made capable of inheriting and receiving all manner of property by virtue of the statute of distribution of this

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State, so far as relates to the estate of George S. Richardson, his reputed father. SEC. 20. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Martha Ann Cordaman, of the county of Fayette, be changed to that of Martha Ann Hill, and she is hereby declared to be fully legitimatized, as the child of William N. Hill, of the aforesaid county of Fayette, her reputed father, and that she be and is hereby fully capable of taking, inheriting and receiving all manner of property by virtue of the statutes of distribution of this State, so far as relates to the property of the said William N. Hill, to all intents and purposes. SEC. 21. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Elizabeth Smith, of the county of Muscogee, shall be changed to that of Elizabeth McNorton, and she is hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized and entitled to all the legal rights and privileges that she would have been, had she been born in lawful wedlock. SEC. 22. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Newton Hare, of the county of Twiggs, be changed to that of Newton Glover, and he is hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized, as the child of Kelly Glover, of Twiggs county, his reputed father, and the said Newton be and he is hereby entitled to all the rights and privilages that he would have been, had he been born in lawful wedlock; and the said Newton is hereby declared capable of taking and inheriting all manner of property both real and personal, by virtue of the statutes of distribution of this State, of the said Kelly Glover, his reputed father, to all intents and purposes. SEC. 23. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Leonidas Barrentine, of the county of Upson, be changed to that of Leonidas Coker, and he is hereby declared to be fully legitimatized, as the child of Abner Coker, of the county of Fayette, his reputed father, and that he be and is hereby fully capable of taking and inheriting and receiving all manner of property, by virtue of the statutes of distribution of this State, so far as relates to the property of said Abner Coker, to all intents and purposes. SEC. 24. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the name of John Sydney Hill, of the county of [Illegible Text], and State of Georgia, be altered and changed to that of John Sydney Burke, and he is hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized, and entitled to all the rights and legal privileges that he would have had, had he been born in lawful wedlock, and be fully capable of taking, inheriting and receiving all manner of property, by virtue of the statute of distribution of this State, so far as relates to the real and personal estate of Jourdan S. Burke, of Sumter county, his reputed

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father, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 25. And be it further enacted, That the names of Elizabeth Manning, Perlina Manning, William Henry Manaing, and Marquis Lafayette Manning, be changed to that of Elizabeth Hudson, Perlina Hudson, William Henry Hudson, and Marquis Lafayette Hudson, of the county of Campbell, and make them legitimate heirs of their reputed father, William S. Hudson, of said county of Campbell; and to change the name of Elizabeth Bates to that of Elizabeth Steidham, and to made her the legitimate heir of her reputed father, Adam Steidham, of the county of Carroll; and to change the name of William Jackson Blackwell to that of William Jackson McAllister, and to make him the legitimate [Illegible Text] of Ezekiel McAllister of the county of Lumpkin; and also the name of Leander Adams of Putnam county, to that of Leander Graham, and to legitimatize the same. SEC. 26. And be it further enacted, That the name of James Jasper of DeKalb county, be and the same is hereby changed to that of James McEver. SEC. 27. And be it further enacted, That the name of John Quincy Adams Bowen, a minor of Tattnall county, be changed to that of John Quincy Adams Coward, and that [Illegible Text] be made capable in law of inheriting the property, both real and personal, of his reputed father, James Coward. SEC. 28. And be it further enacted, That the name of Jane Sturdivant, of Butts county, be altered and changed to that of Jane W. Smith. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to change the names of Green, Arminta, Hampton, Rowell, Gee, and Nancy Quick, to Green, Arminta, Hampton, Rowell, Gee, and Nancy Manning, and to legitimatize said persons; and to change the names of other persons therein mentioned. SECTION 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 names of Green Quick, Arminta Quick, Hampton Quick, Rowell Quick, Gee Quick, and Nancy Quick, be and they are hereby

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changed to Green Manning, Arminta Manning, Hampton Manning, Rowell Manning, Gee Manning, and Nancy Manning, and that they are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized, and to have all the legal rights and privileges they would have had, if born in lawful wedlock; and to become fully capable of inheriting their proportion as the heirs at law of Alexander Manning, of Houston county, their reputed father, of the property of all descriptions of the said Alexander Manning. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the names of Mary Alley McVay, Reuben George McVay and Jane Eliza McVay, of Upson county, be changed to that of Mary Alley Mabry, Reuben George Mabry, and Jane Eliza Mabry. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approced, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to amend the first section of an act entitled an act to change the name of Maria Ellen Allens to that of Maria Ellen Chapman, and the name of Emma Louisa Waller, of the county of Twiggs, to that of Emma Louisa Exum, and legitimatize the same, approved December 24th, 1845, so as to make the said Emma Louisa Exum capable of inheriting the estate, both real and personal, of her reputed father, William H. Exum, of the county of Twiggs. SECTION 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 Emma Louisa Exum, formerly Emma Louisa Waller, be and she shall be fully capable of taking, receiving and inheriting the estate, both real and personal, of William H. Exum, of the county of Twiggs, her reputed father, according to the statute of distribution of this State, as fully as if the said Emma Louisa had been born in lawful wedlock. SEC. 2. 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 are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, November 27, 1847.

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AN ACT to pardon William L. Williams, of the county of Richmond. WHEREAS, at the June Term, eighteen hundred and fortyseven, of the Superior Court of Richmond county, William L. Williams was convicted of the crime of murder; and whereas the jury which tried him recommended him to mercy, and the Judge who presided in the case postponed the execution of the sentence of the law, that this Legislature might act upon the application for pardon: SECTION 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 said William L. Williams be and he is hereby declared 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1847. AN ACT to pardon John Liverman, of Richmond county. WHEREAS, at a Superior Court held in and for the county of Richmond, at January Term in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, John [Illegible Text] was convicted of the crime of murder, and sentenced by the presiding Judge to imprisonment in the Penitentiary of this State for and during the term of his natural life: SECTION 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 fifth day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, the said John Liverman be, and he is hereby declared to be freely, fully, and entirely pardoned and exonerated, and discharged from the pains and penalties of his said conviction and sentence, as freely, fully and entirely, as if such conviction and sentence had never taken place. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 17, 1847.

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AN ACT to make it the duty of the Treasury Committee to investigate and report the condition of the Penitentiary during those years when there shall be no session of the Legislature, and to require his Excellency the Governor to appoint three persons to examine the raw materials and the assets of the Book-keeper, and report upon the same to his Excellency. SECTION 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 Committee which may be selected to examine into the condition of the Treasury in those years when there shall be no session of the Legislature, to investigate fully the affairs of the Penitentiary, and report the condition of said institution to his Excellency the Governor, on or before the first day of November, and that he cause the same to be published and distributed in like manner with the report on the Treasury, as now provided for by law. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby required to appoint three fit and proper persons to examine the raw materials in the hands of the Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary, and affix to them severally their value; and also the assets of the Book Keeper, and report their value; and that his Excellency cause the same to be done annually, in time for said reports to be laid before the Treasury Committee in those years when there shall be no session of the Legislature, and before the Joint Standing Committee during the session of the Legislature, to the end that perfect reports of the condition of the institution may be made. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 28, 1847. AN ACT to establish a Botanico-Medical Board of Physicians in this State, and for the better regulation of the Botanic or Thomsonian Practice of Medicine. SECTION 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, no person or persons, except graduates of the Southern Botanico-Medical College, shall be allowed to practise physic or surgery on the Botanico

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or Thomsonian system of medicine, or any of the branches thereof, or in any case to prescribe for the cure of disease for fee or reward, unless he or they shall have been first licensed to do so in the manner hereinafter prescribed. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That all bonds, notes, promises, and assumptions, made to any person or persons, except to said graduates, not licensed in the manner hereinafter mentioned, the consideration of which shall be services rendered, or medicines prescribed or furnished, as a Botanic or Thomsonian physician or surgeon in the treatment or management of disease, shall and they are hereby declared utterly void and of no effect. SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That in order to the proper regulation of the Botanic or Thomsonian practice of physic and surgery, there shall be established a Board of Physicians and Surgeons, to be styled the Botanico-Medical Board of Georgia, to be assembled annually on the second Monday of February in the city of Macon, who shall at their annual meeting examine all applicants, and if on such examination they are found competent, shall grant to such applicants a license to practise physic and surgery on the Botanic or Thomsonian principles of medicine: Provided, That five members of the said Board shall constitute a quorum to make such examination and grant such license, but that a less number adjourn from day to day until such quorum can be formed. SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Board shall be entitled to demand of and receive from every applicant for examination the sum of five dollars for such examination, and the sum of five dollars when licensed. SECTION 5. And be it further enacted, That no Botanic or Thomsonian apothecary within this State, unless he be a graduate as aforesaid, or a licensed Botanic or Thomsonian physician, shall be permitted to vend or expose to sale Botanic or Thomsonian medicines, without previously obtaining a license from the Board created by this act; and every person so vending or exposing to sale such medicines, shall be subject to the disabilities imposed by this act on Botanic or Thomsonian physicians practising without a license: Provided, That nothing herein contained be so construed as to prevent merchants or shop-keepers from vending or exposing to sale Botanic or Thomsonian medicines already prepared. SECTION 6. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Physicians created by this act shall have the power to examine any apothecary who may apply to it for a license, touching their knowledge of drugs and pharmacy, and on finding such persons qualified shall grant such license, and receive therefor the same fees as provided in this act for license to practise medicine or surgery.

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SECTION 7. And be it further enacted, That to prevent delay and inconvenience, a single member of this Board of Physicians may grant temporary license to applicants therefor, and make report thereof to the Board, at their next regular meeting, for confirmation or further evidence of qualifications to be given by the applicant: Provided, That a temporary license shall not continue in force longer than the next meeting of the Board, and that a temporary license in no case shall be granted by any one of the Board, after the applicant has been refused a license by the said Board of Physicians. SECTION 8. And be it further enacted, That whenever the Board of Physicians constituted by this act shall have doubts as to the qualifications of any applicant for license, they may proceed to examine such candidate, notwithstanding he may exhibit a diploma from a Botanic Institution, and either grant or refuse to license, as they may find him on examination qualified or otherwise for the discharge of the duties of the profession. SECTION 9. And be it further enacted, That this Board of Physicians have authority, and it shall be their duty to prescribe such a course of reading and instruction as in their opinion may be necessary and proper to those who intend to pursue the study of the Botanic or Thomsonian system of physic, under competent instructors, in this State, which course of reading and instruction 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 this Board for license, after the expiration of one year from the time of such publication. SECTION 10. And be it further enacted, That this Board shall have the power to grant to any applicant for license, either a temporary or perpetual license, as their qualifications may warrant. SECTION 11. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for this Board of Physicians to grant license to any person who shall fail to produce satisfactory testimonials of good moral character. SECTION 12. And be it further enacted, That this Board of Physicians shall be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to elect all such officers, and frame all such bylaws, as may be necessary to carry this act into effect; and in case of death, or removal, or refusal to act, of any member of the said Board, the said Board, or a quorum of them, be and they are hereby empowered to fill such vacancy. SECTION 13. And be it further enacted, That said Board shall enter in a book kept by them for that purpose the names of each and every person they shall license to practise physic, and the time of granting the same, and shall

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publish the same in some newspaper printed in this State within thirty days after granting the same. SECTION 14. And be it further enacted, That said Board of Physicians shall be considered a body corporate so far as to hold property, both real and personal, keep a common seal, sue and be sued; and that the books kept by the Board as aforesaid, shall be considered a book of record, and a transcript from the same, certified by the proper officer, under the common seal, shall be taken and received as evidence in any court of law in this State. SECTION 15. And be it further enacted, That the following gentlemen shall constitute the Botanico-Medical Board of Georgia, as contemplated by this act, to wit: William Fisher, M. D., James Buys, M. D., L. C. Quinn, M. D., John T. Coxe, M. D., M. S. Bellenger, M. D., J. Sinclair, M. D., L. Bankston, M. D., James T. Ellis, M. D., and J. Bryan. SECTION 16. And be it further enacted, That no part or clause of this act shall be so construed as to have any operation or effect upon any person now practising on the Botanic or Thomsonian system of medicine within this State. SECTION 17. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts militating against the spirit and intention of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to revive and keep in force an act entitled an act to regulate the licensing of Physicians to practise in this State, assented to the twenty-fourth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-five. SECTION 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 and before recited act be and the same is hereby revived, and declared to be in full force and operation. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the the following named gentlemen shall constitute the Board of Physicians of this State, to wit: L. D. Ford, J. P. Garvin, G. M. Newton, R. M. Moore, J. Branham, B. F. Keene, E. A. Broddus, H. T. Shaw, R. Banks, G. D. Phillips, J. Persons,

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W. J. Johnson, M. A. Franklin, J. M. Greene, T. Fort, B. A. White, C. J. Paine, T. F. Green, Geo. D. Case, H. K. Burroughs: Provided, That the graduates of the Botanico-Medical College and the licenciates of a legally established Medical Board of Botanic Physicians, shall be fully exempted from the operation of the said act so revived. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against the said recited act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to amend the laws of this State regulating Pilotage, and defining the powers of the Commissioners of Pilotage, and further to protect the navigation of the Savannah river, so far as the bar of Tybee and port of Savannah are concernedto authorize the Judge of the Superior Court of Chatham county to hold special Courts in certain cases, and for other purposes. SECTION 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 Commissioners of Pilotage to examine annually in the month of June, and at such other times as they may deem proper, the several wharves now constructed or hereafter to be constructed on either bank of the Savannah river, from Ray's Hall to the Ocean, or along the shores of Hutchison's Island, and should any of such wharves seem to them to require repair, or be found in such situation as in their opinion to threaten injury to the river, they shall cause the same to be inspected by an Alderman of the city of Savannah, a wharf owner, and a master carpenter or wharf builder; and if said surveyors shall be of opinion that such wharves, or any one of them, require repair or alteration, or are, or is, in a situation to threaten injury to the river, then the owner or owners or tenant or tenants of said wharves or wharf shall, within one week after notice to that effect shall have been served upon her, him or them, begin to repair and continue, in good faith and with reasonable diligence, to alter or repair said wharf, or place the same in proper condition; and if he, she or they shall neglect or refuse so to do, it shall be the duty of the Commissioners

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of Pilotage to cause the same to be done, and they may recover against the owner or tenant of said wharf or wharves, his or her agent or representatives the expenses incurred by them in effecting said object, together with the sum of two hundred dollars in the nature of damages, the whole to be recovered in a special action of the case to be brought by said Commissioners of Pilotage in the Superior Court of Chatham county, and the judgment of said Court shall operate as a lien on said wharf or wharves from the time of the institution of said action, so as to cut out all liens on said wharf or wharves, and all conveyances of the same, which may have accrued or been executed intermediate the institution of said suit and the filing of said judgment. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing in the above and foregoing act shall be so construed as to prevent rafts of any kind from lying in the Savannah river forty-eight hours at or near the wharves on the Savannah. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any vessel, wreck, or hulk, hauled up as unseaworthy, shall be broken up, or attempted to be broken up, elsewhere in the Savannah river between Ray's Hall and the Ocean than at a spot designated by the Chairman of the Commissioners of Pilotage, the person or persons breaking up the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before the Superior Court of Chatham county shall be fined in the sum of five hundred dollars, and the master, owner or consignee of such vessel, wreck or hulk shall forfeit to said Commissioners a sum not exceding two hundred dollars, to be assessed by them, and to be recovered by action of debt in the Superior Court of Chatham county. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any vessel, wreck or hulk in said river shall be deemed by said Commissioners to be unseaworthy or liable to sink, it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to give notice to the owner, consignee, master, or person having charge thereof, or any one of them, to remove the same, within three days, to such spot as shall be designated in said notice; and in case of the failure of such person or persons so to remove the same, it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to cause the same to be removed as aforesaid, and the owner, consignee, master, or other person, shall forfeit and pay to said Commissioners a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be assessed by said Commissioners, and to be recovered by action of debt in the Superior Court of Chatham county. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any vessel, boat, flat, hulk, wreck, raft or other erection or obstruction of any kind, shall be sunk, or permitted or suffered to be sunk, in the Savannah river, between

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Ray's Hall and the Ocean, or to drift up and down said river, or to lodge to the annoyance of the navigation thereof against the wharves, banks or shores of said river, or any of them, the person who shall so sink, or permit or suffer the same to be sunk, or to drift or lodge as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, before the Superior Court of Chatham county, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, and the owner or owners, consignee or consignees, or master, shall forfeit and pay to the Commissioners, to be recovered by them in an action of debt in said Superior Court. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any vessel, wreck, hulk or other erection, be deemed by the Commissioners to be likely to become an obstruction, or to cause injury to the navigation of the Savannah river, it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to serve a notice on the master or consignee of said vessel, or to the person having in charge, or having last had in charge, any such erection, or to their agent or representatives, to remove the same to such spot as may be designated in said notice, within the time therein specified; and on failure of such person so notified so to remove the same, the said Commissioners shall cause the same to be done, and the party so offending shall forfeit and pay to said Commissioners a penalty not exceeding the sum of two hundred dollars, to be recovered by action of debt in said Superior Court. And whenever any vessel, wreck, hulk or flat deemed by the Commissioners an obstruction, or likely to cause injury to the navigation of the river, shall be sold, it shall be the duty of the auctioneer, or other person selling the same, to take, as one of the conditions of the sale, from the purchaser thereof, a bond, with sufficient security to be approved by the chairman of said Commissioners, in the sum of five hundred dollars, to remove the same in the manner herein before prescribed; and if said auctioneer, or other person, shall fail to take such bond, he shall forfeit and pay to said Commissioners a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be recovered in an action of debt in said Superior Court. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall lay or place any vessel, wreck, raft, or other erection on any shoal, bank, bed, or bar in said river, between Ray's Hall and the Ocean, except by and with the permission of said Commissioners, signified in writing, and secured in the manner specified in and by said Commissioners, such person or persons shall forfeit and pay to said Commissioners a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be assessed by said Commissioners, and recovered by action of debt in said Superior Court.

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SEC. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any action or cause of action shall accrue to or any judicial proceeding be had by, the said Commissioners, under this act, the same shall be had in the name of The Commissioners of Pilotage for the bar of Tybee and port of Savannah; and the affidavit of the Chairman of said Commissioners shall be sufficient on which to found such proceedings or to hold the defendant or defendants to bail. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any master or owner, or other person in charge of any ship or other vessel, shall cast, throw out, or unload, or if there shall be cast, thrown out, or unladen from or out of any ship or other vessel being or riding in the port or harbor of Savannah, any ballast, rubbish, earth, stone or wreck, except above high water mark, (and except the same be thrown out with the consent of the Commissioners of Pilotage; expressed in writing, for the purpose of filing up where wharves may be erecting or erected, on the banks of the Savannah river,) every master or owner, or any person acting as such as aforesaid, shall be deemed the offenders, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined in a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, one-half of said sum to be paid to the person who shall prosecute to conviction the offending party: Provided, always, That no part of such fine shall be paid to the harbor master of Savannah, or to any one of the Commissioners of Pilotage. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That information on oath being made before any civil magistrate of this State of a violation of the immediately preceding section, it shall be the duty of such magistrate to issue his warrant against the offending party, and oblige him to give bond and security to appear before the Judge of the Superior Court of Chatham county, to answer in the premises; and the said magistrate shall return immediately said affidavit and bond to said Judge of the Superior Court, whose duty it shall be forthwith to direct the Sheriff of said county to summon twenty-four jurors to attend a special Court to be holden within seven days, for the trial of such alleged offender, and on such trial the State and the defendant shall be each entitled to six peremptory challenges. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall obstruct, resist or beat said Commissioners or surveyors, or either of them, or either of their agents or servants, while engaged in carrying into execution any of the provisions of this act, every such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall pay a fine or be imprisoned in the common jail, or both, at the discretion of the Court. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

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That all penalties and fines inflicted by the said Commissioners of Pilotage, under and by virtue of this act, unless otherwise herein expressly directed, shall be recovered by warrant of distress under the hands and seals of any three of said Commissioners, and sale of the offender's goods, which warrant shall be directed to and executed by the Sheriff of Chatham county; and on the failure of said Sheriff to execute such warrant, he may be ruled before the Judge of the Superior Court of said county, either in Term time or vacation; Provided, That in all cases of distress and sale, under the provisions of this act, sixty days public notice of such intended sale be given by said Sheriff in one of the gazettes of Savannah. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all fines, penalties or damages, and all portions of the same imposed or recovered in any proceeding under this act, before any tribunal, which have not been herein before expressly awarded to the party aggrieved or prosecuting, shall be paid to the said Commissioners of Pilotage for the bar of Tybee and port of Savannah, to be by them applied to improving the navigation of said Savannah river. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That twenty-four hours notice shall be given to each member of the Board of Commissioners of Pilotage of each and every meeting; and that said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have the power to make all rules and regulations they may deem necessary for the transaction of their business, and may prescribe any qualifications additional to those mentioned in this act, in relation to the granting of licenses, warrants, and certificates to pilots. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any wharf lines are to be laid out in the ports of Savannah river contiguous to the city of Savannah, or on the south side of Hutchinson's Island, opposite the city of Savannah, the Commissioners of Pilotage shall appoint three Commissioners, the City Council of Savannah three, and the owner or owners of land four, who shall lay off and decide where such wharf lines shall be; and if they cannot agree, then and in that case the same shall be carried to the Superior Court, to be determined by a special jury of said Court, on such terms as said Court shall direct. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to interfere with any vested rights of any of the property holders on Hutchinson's Island. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the act entitled An act to amend and enlarge an act entitled an act to grant certain powers to the Commissioners of Pilotage, and for further preventing the obstructions of the Savannah river, assented to on the twentieth December,

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eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, as well as all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to provide for the payment of Teachers of Poor Children in the counties of Elbert, Camden and Warren. SECTION 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 Elbert county are hereby authorized and required to appropriate out [of] the Poor School fund of said county the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars and six cents, for the payment of teachers of poor children in the county of Elbert during the years eighteen hundred and thirty-nine and eighteen hundred and forty, or so much of said sum as shall be satisfactorily made to appear to said Justices is due and unpaid to teachers of poor children for said years. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Camden county are hereby authorized to pay from out of the Poor School fund of said county the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars to James Colson, for teaching poor children in said county, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, upon his giving satisfactory evidence that said sum is justly due to him. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Warren, or the Poor School Commissioners of said county, shall be authorized to pay Harriet L. Dennis the sum of forty-five dollars and fifty cents, for teaching poor children of said county in the years eighteen hundred and forty-one and eighteen hundred and forty-four; and to John W. Davis the sum of eighty-one dollars and fifteen cents, for teaching poor children of said county in the years eighteen hundred and forty-one and eighteen hundred and forty-two, out of any monies belonging to the Poor School fund of said county not otherwise appropriated. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847.

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AN ACT to provide for the payment of Teachers of Poor Children in certain counties therein named. SECTION 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 Elbert county are hereby authorized and required to appropriate out of the Poor School fund of said county the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars and six cents for the payment of teachers of poor children in the county of Elbert during the years eighteen hundred and thirty-nine and forty, or so much of said sum as shall be satisfactorily made to appear to said Justices is due and unpaid to teachers of poor children for said years. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Camden county are hereby authorized to pay from out of the Poor School fund of said county the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars to James Colson, for teaching poor children in said county in the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, upon his giving satisfactory evidence that said sum is justly due. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Warren, or the Poor School Commissioners of said county, shall be authorized to pay Harriet L. Dennis the sum of forty-five dollars and fifty cents, for teaching poor children of said county in the years eighteen hundred and forty-one and eighteen hundred and forty-four; and to John W. Davis the sum of eighty-one dollars and fifteen cents, for teaching poor children of said county in the years eighteen hundred and forty-one and eighteen hundred and forty-two, out of any money belonging to the Poor School fund of said county not otherwise appropriated. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to be entitled an act to amend an act to provide for the education of the Poor, so far as the counties of Lumpkin and Rabun are concerned. SECTION 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 [Illegible Text] in the county of

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Lumpkin, at the usual places of holding Justice's Courts, on the first Saturday in January next, and on the first Saturday on every other January thereafter, by the persons entitled to vote for the members of the General Assembly, for a treasurer in each respective district, to receive and receipt for the portion of the poor school funds to which said distributees are entitled. SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the person receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected treasurer of said district, and shall hold his office for the term of two years, and shall be commissioned by the Justice of the district, upon his giving bond with good and sufficient security for double the supposed amount due to said district; which bond shall be payable to the Inferior Court, and liable to be sued upon for a breach thereof. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Inferior Court of said county are authorized and it is hereby made their duty to pay to the treasurer of each district their proportional part of said school fund. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said treasurers shall pay over to the teachers of poor children in their respective districts pro rata the amount received from the Inferior Court, upon their presenting their accounts authenticated as directed by law. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of Robert C. Wilson of the county of Clarke, and T. L. Guery of the county of Twiggs, and to pay the arrearages due the Teachers of Poor Children of the county of Forsyth, for the years eighteen hundred and forty-two and eighteen hundred and forty-three. WHEREAS Robert C. Wilson, of the county of Clarke, was engaged as a teacher of poor children in said county in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, by the trustees appointed under an act to amend an act to establish a general system of education by common schools, assented to 20th December, 1837; and whereas the said Wilson rendered important services in teaching a number of poor

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children, and has not received the compensation promised him by said trustees: SECTION 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, or the Commissioners of Poor Schools of Clarke county, be authorized and required to pay to Robert C. Wilson, of the said county of Clarke, his account for teaching poor children in said county in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, out of any moneys belonging to the education fund of said county: Provided, They are fully satisfied of the correctness of said account. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court, or Commissioners of the Poor School Fund, of the county of Campbell, be authorized (but not required,) to pay such arrearages as they may consider due to teachers of poor children for the years 1843, '44, '45, '46 and '47, out of any money they may have in hand, or hereafter may come to hand; and if they have not sufficient amount of funds in hand at the time of making the distribution of the funds in hand, at any time, they may pay the accounts pro rata, first giving fifteen days notice in two or more places in said county, calling on all the teachers of said county having accounts for teaching poor children, to render in their accounts at such time as they may designate. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court, or Commissioners of the Poor School Fund, of the county of Forsyth, be authorized (but not required,) to pay such arrearages as they may consider due to teachers for the years eighteen hundred and forty-two and eighteen hundred and forty-three, out of any money raised under the authority of the act to provide for the education of the poor, assented to 27th of December, 1843. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Twiggs be authorized to pay to T. L. Guery the amounts due him for the teaching of poor children in the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, out of any money belonging to the poor school fund of said county. SEC. 5. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847.

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AN ACT to authorize the Commissioners of the Poor School Fund for the county of Floyd to pay the accounts of the Teachers of the Poor Children for the year eighteen hundred and forty-four; also, to authorize the Inferior Court of Upson county to pay George W. Ashburn, and any other teacher, such sums as they may deem just for teaching Poor Schools; also for the relief of Barnabas Pace. SECTION 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 Commissioners of the Poor School Fund of the county of Floyd be authorized to pay the balance of accounts due to teachers of poor schools of said county for the year eighteen hundred and forty-four, out of any money that may have been received by them for the purpose of poor schools: Provided, That said accounts be presented and approved as required by the existing laws. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Court of Upson county be authorized to pay George W. Ashburn, and any other teachers of poor children in said county, for eighteen hundred and forty-five, the amount of their accounts, or so much thereof as they deem just, out of any moneys which have been or may be hereafter received into the county treasury from the poor school fund. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, Whereas Barnabas Pace was entitled to the sum of thirty-seven dollars sixty-two and one-half cents, which ought to have been paid out of the fund of Carroll county, for the education of the poor in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three; and whereas, by accident said fund was disbursed without paying the same, which ought to have been paid: therefore It is enacted, That the aforesaid sum of thirty-seven dollars sixty-two and one-half cents be first paid hereafter out of any education fund for the education of the poor in Carroll county, to Barnabas Pace, for services rendered as aforesaid. SEC. 4. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to provide for the payment of arrearages due Teachers for teaching poor children in the years eighteen

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hundred and forty-four, and eighteen hundred and forty-five, and eighteen hundred and forty-six, so far as respects the counties of Elbert and Thomas. SECTION 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 the county of Elbert and county of Thomas be and they are hereby authorized and required to pay out of the fund provided by the act of eighteen hundred and forty-three, for the education of the poor. which has been or may hereafter be received for said counties, all arrearages due to teachers of poor children for the years eighteen hundred and forty-four and eighteen hundred and forty-five, and eighteen hundred and forty-six: Provided, The teachers aforesaid present their accounts in due form on or before the first Monday in July, eighteen hundred and forty-eight. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Justices of the Inferior Court, or the Commissioners of the Poor School Fund, of the county of Jackson, be and they are hereby authorized and required to pay to William Watson, of said county, his accounts for teaching poor children in said county in the years eighteen hundred and forty-four, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and eighteen hundred and forty-six, out of the funds for the education of the poor of said county: Provided, Said accounts may be by them found correct. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Columbia county, be and they are hereby authorized to pay Jonathan Lasseter the sum of forty-nine dollars for teaching poor children of said county for the years eighteen hundred and forty-two and eighteen hundred and forty-three, out of the poor school fund of said county. SEC. 4. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the Education of the Poor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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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 the several counties be and they are hereby required, within ten days after they have received their proportionable part of poor school fund, to advertise the same at the Court-house and three other public places in their county, that they have received the same for distribution. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to facilitate and regulate the manner of paying interest upon the Public Debt, and to authorize the issue of Bonds as is herein provided for. SECTION 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 the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to cause to be paid at such place or places, and under such arrangements, as he may deem advisable and for the good of the State, all coupons, when due, attached to any bond issued or to be issued under the authority of this State, and all interest which may be due or become due to any public creditor: Provided, That no charge for exchange or commission shall be hereby imposed upon the Treasury. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby empowered to execute bonds to such an amount as will enable the State to meet promptly any and all debts to fall due during the political years eighteen hundred and forty-eight and eighteen hundred and forty-nine, predicated on bonds hypothecated to banks or individuals, and in pursuance of the terms of the contracts entered into between Governor Crawford and the creditors of this State: Provided, That said bonds so to be executed be not disposed of at a rate of interest exceeding seven per cent. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847.

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AN ACT to define the liabilities of the several Railroad Companies of this State for injury to or destruction of live stock or other property by the running of cars or locomotives on their roads, and regulate the mode of proceeding in such cases, and to define their duties and liabilities to passengers, and to regulate the mode of proceeding thereon. SECTION 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 several Railroad Companies of this State shall be held liable in law for any damage done to live stock or other property (to the owner or owners thereof) by the running of the cars or locomotives of said companies on their roads respectively. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the better ascertainment and settlement of such damages hereafter, it shall be the duty of each of said companies to appoint an agent or agents to attend at the depot of the company on each Justice's Court day to hear any complaint for damages as aforesaid, he putting a notice in writing at the district court-house door of his attendance and readiness to do so, by or before mid-day; and in case of disagreement between such agent and the complainant, either as to the fact of such damage being done, or the amount of the same, they may each choose one disinterested freeholder of the district, which two shall choose a third, who, after being sworn before a Judge or Justice of the Peace truly and impartially to estimate the damages in the case submitted to them, shall estimate and assess such damages, and give their award in writing; and upon the presentation of such award by the person so aggrieved, his agent or attorney, to such agent of the company, or the president or cashier of any such company, and a refusal to pay the amount of the same to the person so presenting it, or his order, such person so damaged or aggrieved may commence his suit against such company in the proper county and court, for the damages aforesaid, and upon the trial of such suit the written award shall be conclusive of such damages aforesaid, and read as evidence in said case; and upon the trial of the case, (which shall be at the first term of the Court,) the jury shall find for the plaintiff the amount of the damage to the property, the railroad fare to the Court and back, and such damage for time and trouble, not less than fifty per cent. on the damage for the property, as to them may seem reasonable and just: Provided, If the railroad agent does not attend and select a freeholder as before provided, then one of the Justices of the Peace shall select one freeholder, the complainant one, and they two one other, which three shall assess the damage and award as aforesaid.

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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the company shall notify the magistrate of the district and the clerk of the Superior Court of the county, of the appointment of such agent as is before provided for, and such clerk shall record the notice served on him, and receive one dime for recording the same. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the engineer shall render to the agent at each depot an account of all the stock of other property damaged between that and the last depot, which account the agent shall enter in a book to be kept by him, which book shall be at all times open to any person wishing to inspect the same. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That before entering on his duties, the engineer shall take and subscribe an oath to render a true account to the agent at the depot, as above required, of all property damaged as aforesaid; and any railroad company employing an engineer to whom such oath has not been administered, shall pay each and every land owner through whose land the road runs, at the rate of five dollars per mile for each and every trip through said land. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the complainant, on making complaint, shall take and subscribe an affidavit that he or she has, to the best of his or her knowledge or belief, sustained damages without any fraud or combination on his or her part directly or indirectly, which affidavit shall be attached to the award before it can be read as testimony. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That if on the trial it shall appear to the jury that the plaintiff practised or attempted to practise fraud on such company in relation to the property damaged, the jury shall give a verdict in favor of the company for cost and such damage as they may believe the company has sustained by reason of the said suit. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That whenever the baggage of a passenger is received by the railroad agent and put aboard a car, the conductor shall attach to each parcel of baggage a metalic check containing a number and the depot to which the baggage is to be transported, and at the same time shall give a duplicate or duplicates to the owner of the baggage, for which baggage the company shall be liable, with treble damage for any detention the passenger may suffer by delay in recovering the same. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847.

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AN ACT for the relief of Marion A. Huginon, lately the wife of Seymore R. Bonner. SECTION 1. 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 the said Marion A. Huginon be and she is hereby released from all disabilities imposed upon her by the judgment of the Superior Court of Muscogee county, in a suit for a divorce, at the instance of Seymore R. Bonner, against the said Marion A. Bonner, so far as she is by said judgment rendered incapable of marrying; and that the said Marion A. is hereby made fully able and capable of entering into the marriage contract, any law to the contrary notwithstanding; and that the said Marion A. Bonner be restored to her former maiden name of Marion A. Huginon. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT for the relief on Nancy Lindsey of Cobb county, and Franklin T. Grimes of Muscogee county. WHEREAS, at March Term of the Superior Court of Cobb county, a final trial was had and a verdict rendered in the case of Curtis E. W. Lindsey vs. Nancy Lindsey, libel for divorce, and inasmuch as under the laws of this State the defendant is under certain restraints and disabilities, in that she is prohibited from again entering into the married state:for remedy whereof SECTION 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 said Nancy Lindsey be and she is hereby fully relieved, released and exonerated from the restraints and disabilities by the laws of this State imposed in the premises; and that she have full power and right to dispose of her person in marriage as fully as though she had never entered into marriage with the said Curtis E. W. Lindseyany law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. WHEREAS, at a Superior Court heretofore holden in and for the county of Muscogee, a final trial was had and verdict rendered in the case of Eugenia L. Grimes against

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Franklin T. Grimes, in a libel for divorce; and whereas, under existing laws, the defendant is under certain restraints and disabilities, in that he is prohibited from again entering into the marriage contract:for remedy whereof SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, the said Franklin T. Grimes shall be and is hereby fully exonerated, relieved and released from the restraints and disabilities by law incurred in consequence of said judgment, and shall have full and complete authority to dispose of his person in marriage as fully as though he had never entered into marriage with the said Eugenia L. Grimesany law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of Mary H. Davis of the county of Monroe, and also for the relief of the Executors of James Camak, late of Clark county, deceased. SECTION 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 said Mary H. Davis be and she is hereby fully and entirely released from all liability to pay the tax assessed upon the property given in by Cary Cox, as her agent, to the Tax Receiver of the county of Monroe, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and that the Tax Collector of said county of Monroe, for the year aforesaid, be allowed a reduction to that amount in his settlement with the Treasurer of the Stateany law to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That whereas James Camak, of the county of Clark, failed to give in a list of his taxable property for the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven, because of his extreme indisposition, of which indisposition he died; and whereas his executors were not informed of the amount and kind of his taxable property in time for them to make return thereof before the period expired for making such returns; therefore it shall and may be lawful for the executors of James Camak to be allowed in ten days from the passage of this act to make a return to

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the Tax Collector of Clark county, of the taxable property of James Camak for the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and that upon the executors so returning and paying the tax thereon, then and in that event the estate of the said James Camak shall be relieved and discharged from the consequences resulting from the said default. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved December 25, 1847. AN ACT to authorize and empower the Inferior Court of the county of Paulding to relieve Jonathan Long of said county from the fine of one hundred dollars imposed upon him at the last Superior Court of said county. SECTION 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 the Inferior Court of the county of Paulding be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to refund to Jonathan Long, if they think proper, the amount of said fine, when paid into the county treasury of Paulding. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of Eli McConnell, of the county of Cherokee. WHEREAS Eli McConnell, of the county of Cherokee, in compliance with the provisions of the act relating to reverted lands, assented to December 28th, 1842, made application for the grants to lots number eight, hundred and seventy and eight hundred and seventy-one, both in the

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second district and second section of Cherokee county; and whereas at the time of said application it appeared by the entries in the books of the Executive Office that the grants to said lots of land had issued; and whereas said lots were subsequently granted as reverted lots, whereby the Treasury of the State received the sum of forty-five dollars more than would have been paid in, had the grants issued to the said Eli McConnell, the rightful owner of said lots: SECTION 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 his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the said sum of forty-five dollars in favor of said Eli McConnell. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of Peter Trezevant. 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 award made and submitted to the Legislature in November, eighteen hundred and forty-one, by the Hon. W. Law. the Hon. Joseph H. Lumpkin, and D. C. Campbell, Esqr., referees chosen in pursuance of a resolution of the Legislature, to investigate the claim of Peter Trezevant, be confirmed; and that the Governor be authorized to issue to the said Peter Trezevant, or bearer, bonds of the State, payable in ten years, bearing an interest of six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, for five thousand pounds sterling, in the current money of the United States, or twenty-two thousand two hundred and twenty-two dollars and twenty-two cents, being at the rate of four dollars and forty-four cents to the pound sterling. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847.

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AN ACT for the relief of Margaret C. Hall. 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, Margaret C. Hall, wife of Charles Hall, of Richmond county, be and she is hereby authorized to contract and be contracted with as a feme sole, and to carry on business on her own account, and for her own use and benefit, notwithstanding her coverture; and that her future acquisition shall not be liable for the debts or contracts of her said husband. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of Simon Ward of Richmond county, and of George Mixon, jr. WHEREAS the said Simon Ward, on the twenty-ninth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, became bound as security for one John B. Newman, in a bond or recognizance taken by William L. Blount, a Justice of the Inferior Court of the county of Columbia, in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, payable to his Excellency the Governor of the State of Georgia, and his successors in office, conditioned for the appearance of the said John B. at the Superior Court to be held in and for the county of Columbia on the second Monday in March then next, then and there to answer for and concerning the felonious taking and stealing a black horse, the property of George W. Newman, with which the said John B. stood charged in said Court, and that he should not depart thence without the leave of said Court; and whereas the said bond or recognizance was, at the last September term of said Court, estreated by order of said Court, in consequence of the failure of the said John B. to appear, and there being circumstances in said case which entitle said Simon Ward to relief in the premises: 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 said Simon Ward be and he is hereby released, exonerated and discharged from all liability on said bond or recognizance:

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Provided, That the said Simon Ward shall pay all costs accrued in the case against the said John B. Newman. And whereas George Mixon, jr., entered into a recognizance with one Michael Mixon, jr. for the appearance of the latter at the Superior Court of Richmond county, to answer the charge of an assault and battery; and whereas the said Michael has enlisted in the army of the United States for five years, or during the war, and has gone to Mexico, since which time said recognizance has been estreated: Be it further enacted, That the said George Mixon, jr., be and he is hereby wholly and entirely released and exonerated from all liability under and by virtue of said recognizance, and that no proceedings be had thereon: Provided, That said George Mixon, jr., shall pay all costs for which said Mixon is liable in said case. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Upson county to discharge James Jordan, former Tax Collector, from a judgment against him in Upson Inferior Court for tax due the county of Upson. WHEREAS it hath been made known to this General Assembly, through the petition of many worthy citizens of the county of Upson, that one James Jordan, who had been a Tax Collector of said county, after many years supposed fulfilment of his trust, was sued by the Justices of the Inferior Court of Upson county, for a tax fund supposed to be in his hands, due the county of Upson; and whereas a judgment was rendered against him at the August term, eighteen hundred and forty-six, of Upson Inferior Court, for the sum of two hundred and fifty-three dollars and ninety-three cents, principal, and four hundred and ninety-five dollars and ten cents, interest; and whereas, also, it hath been represented by the petitioners aforesaid, that in all probability no judgment would have been rendered against him but from the lapse of time, loss of papers, and the death of a witness: Be it therefore 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 aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, the Justices of the Inferior Court of Upson county be, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized to discharge James Jordan from the payment of a judgment in Upson Inferior Court rendered at August term thereof, (1846,) eighteen hundred and forty six, in favor of the Justices of the Inferior Court, for tax due the county of Upson: Provided, The said Justices of the Inferior Court may believe that the circumstances of his case entitle him to relief: And provided further, That the said Jordan shall make affidavit that he had fully accounted for the fund aforesaid, and applied no part thereof to his own use. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event the said Justices of the Inferior Court of Upson county shall give the relief hereby authorized, it shall be upon the further condition that the said Jordan shall pay all costs incurred in procuring the judgment aforesaid, together with such other expenses as may have been incurred by the Justices of the Inferior Court aforesaid, in sueing out the same. And be it further enacted, c., That all laws, and parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of William L. Ballard, of the county of Randolph. WHEREAS, several years since, a true bill was found by the Grand Jury of Randolph county against one Thomas Calhoun, for the crime of playing cards, and that upon the said Calhoun being arrested, William L. Ballard and Thomas H. Yarborough became his securities on a bond of one thousand dollars for his appearance at Court to answer said charge; and whereas the said Thomas Calhoun did not appear at Court to stand his trial; and whereas judgment was obtained and execution issued against the said William L. Ballard, and as the collection of which will greatly impoverish innocent securities, and for remedy whereof: SECTION 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 authority of the same, That the said William L. Ballard be and he is hereby relieved and discharged from further liability on said bond, judgment or execution: Provided, All costs are paid which have accrued or may hereafter accrue, upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury of said county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against said act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor Approved, December 28, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of Walter Gibson and Charles W. McNight. WHEREAS it appears from the petition of Walter Gibson and Charles W. McNight that they were in the year eighteen hundred and forty-one, securities on the bond of John W. Ransom, Tax Collector of the county of Talbot for that year; and whereas it further appears that the whole amount of money due the State of Georgia from said Ransom for that year was the sum of four thousand two hundred and fifty-two dollars and eighty-seven cents, which said Ransom failed to pay over to the State, and that execution thereon was issued by the Comptroller General, and the sum of four thousand six hundred and eighty-eight dollars and sixty-two cents has been paid by the said Gibson and McNight, securities as aforesaid; and whereas it further appears that the insolvent list allowed by the Grand Jury for that year amounted to two hundred and thirty-one dollars and eighty-eight cents, and said Tax Collector was entitled to commissions to the amount of two hundred and forty-one dollars and thirty-one cents, and to the sum of two hundred and sixty-one dollars and ninety-four cents paid under Comptroller's certificate to the Tax Receiver of that year, and also to the Receiver of eighteen hundred and forty, one hundred and fifty-four dollars and twenty-two cents, paid also under Comptroller's certificate, amounting in all to eight hundred and ninety-nine dollars and thirty-five cents; and whereas the said securities were forced under said execution to pay the further sum of one hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents, as twenty per cent. interest on the said sum of eight hundred and ninety-nine dollars and

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thirty-five cents, amounting in all to the sum of one thousand and seventy-one dollars and eighty-five cents; and whereas it further appears that all of these items are supported by proper vouchers: SECTION 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 sum of one thousand and seventy-one dollars and eighty-five cents be and the same is hereby appropriated to the relief of the said Walter Gibson and Charles W. McNight, and that his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorised and required to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the same, to be paid to the said Gibson and McNight, or their lawful agents, out of any money not otherwise appropriated. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 23, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of the old stockholders in Steamboat Company of Georgia. WHEREAS the stockholders in the Steamboat Company of Georgia have sold out and transferred all their corporate assets, save the debts due them in their corporate capacity, and have also transferred the shares held by them in the capital stock of said Company to sundry persons, and placed the proceeds of said sales in the hands of one Francis Sorrel for distribution pro rata among themselves, the said stockholders; and whereas there may be due to the said stockholders, under their corporate capacity of the said Steamboat Company of Georgia, sundry demands which may have to be enforced by suit, and some obstacle may be opposed to such suit on the ground of said sale and transfer; 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 the said Francis Sorrel, or in case of his decease, any other assignee or appointee of the said stockholders in the said Steamboat Company of Georgia, be and he is hereby authorized

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to sue in his own name for the use of the old stockholders in said Company, any person or persons who may have been in any manner indebted to said stockholders under their corporate capacity of the Steamboat Company of Georgia, at the time of their sale and transfer aforesaid. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 7, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of James H. Mehaffey. WHEREAS James H. Mehaffey, of the county of Cobb, heretofore became bound by recognizance as security for the appearance of A. and M. A. Nixon, at the Superior Court of said county, and the said recognizance having been forfeited, judgment has been entered up against the said James H. Mehaffey, for the sum of one thousand dollars; and whereas the Grand Jury and Inferior Court of said county have recommended the remission of the forfeiture so incurred: 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 said James H. Mehaffey be and he is hereby relieved from all liabilities incurred as aforesaid. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of a portion of the citizens of Wayne county. WHEREAS the keeping in repair of that part of the public road leading through the river swamp at Fort Barrington ferry on the Altamaha river, has become burdensome to a

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portion of the citizens of the county of Waynefor remedy whereof: SECTION 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 that portion of the citizens of Wayne county, who work and repair, or who contribute to the working and repairing of the public road leading through the river swamp from the ferry at Fort Barrington, on the Altamaha, to the twelve mile post on the St. Mary's road, shall at all times be entitled to pass and repass the aforesaid ferry, and also the lagoon ferry, free from any toll or charge of ferriage whatever. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to authorize John Sirmons, an infirm and crippled man of Early county, to vend and dispose of fancy articles of Merchandize without license. SECTION 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 said John Sirmons be and he is hereby authorized and allowed to vend and dispose of such fancy articles of merchandize as he may think proper to trade on, without paying to the State the usual peddling license: Provided, That the said Sirmons shall take an oath that he is trading alone for his own benefit. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 17, 1847.

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AN ACT to authorize Andrew McCorvey, of the county of Dooly, in this State, to peddle upon goods, wares and merchandize, within the said county of Dooly, without a license, and without being subject to pay any tax therefor. WHEREAS the said Andrew McCorvey has bodily afflictions whereby he is rendered unable to support himself by labor, and having petitioned the Legislature for the grant of privilege to peddle within the said county of Dooly free from taxation: SECTION 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, the said Andrew McCorvey shall be and he is hereby entitled and privileged to peddle upon and vend goods, wares and merchandize, within the county of Dooly aforesaid, without license and without being subject to taxation therefor, and that he exercise and enjoy the privilege until otherwise ordered by some future Legislature. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of James B. Tomlinson and L. Tomlinson, of Butts county, and to appropriate a sum of money therefor. SECTION 1. Whereas James B. Tomlinson and L. Tomlinson, of the county of Butts, were the owners by purchase of lot of land number ninety-four, in the fourth district of Monroe county, from the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, and the said James B. Tomlinson and L. Tomlinson having applied to the proper department for the grant for said lot of land, and which then appeared to have been granted; and whereas said lot of land remained ungranted, and reverted under the act of the General Assembly approved the twenty-seventh day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and the said James B. Tomlinson and L. Tomlinson were required to pay into the State Treasury the sum of two hundred dollars to obtain said grant. SECTION 2. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House

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of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That immediately after the passage of this act, his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant upon the Treasury of this State for the sum of one hundred and ninety-five dollars of any money not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to the said James B. Tomlinson and L. Tomlinson, or their orderany law to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of John H. Mann, Executor of James G. Stallings, deceased. WHEREAS a caveat having been entered in the Court of Ordinary of Cass county, against the probate of the last will and testament of James G. Stallings, deceased, by James T. Bealle, heir at law of said deceased, from which an appeal by consent has been taken to the Superior Court of said county; and whereas great expense to said estate, and much trouble to the [Illegible Text] may be avoided by permitting the Executor to make his returns to the Court of Ordinary of Richmond county: SECTION 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 whenever the aforesaid last will and testament shall have been admitted to probate, and letters testamentary shall have been issued to the said John H. Mann, as executor of the said last will and testament of the said Stallings, it shall and may be lawful for said executor to make returns of his actings and doings as aforesaid to the Court of Ordinary of the county of Richmondany law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 54, 1847.

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AN ACT for the relief of James Harrison and Samuel Harrison, administrators, c., and to repeal the act to incorporate the Irwinton Bridge Company. WHEREAS it appears that the Legislature of Georgia granted, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, an act of incorporation to the Irwinton Bridge Company, and therein prescribed certain conditions to be complied with, upon which depended the privileges therein granted; and whereas it appears that ten years have already elapsed, and the conditions in the aforesaid act have not been complied with, to the great injury of James Harrison and Samuel Harrison, administrators, upon whose land the eastern abutment of said bridge rests; for remedy whereof SECTION 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 the act to incorporate the Irwinton Bridge Company be and the same is hereby repealedany act or acts to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of the estate of Abram Peavy, deceased, of Troup county, on forfeiture incurred on penal bond for the appearance of Hiram P. Peavy, charged with the offence of gaming. WHEREAS, on the second day of July, eighteen hundred and forty two, the above named Abram Peavy, together with said Hiram P. Peavy, executed and delivered a penal bond, conditioned for the appearance of said Hiram P. Peavy, at the Superior Court then next to be held in and for the said county of Troup, and from term to term of said Court then and there to answer to the State aforesaid the charge of gaming, and execution having issued thereon: SECTION 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 estate of Abram Peavy as aforesaid be and it is hereby relieved and discharged from all liability on the above execution, founded

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on said penal bond, upon the payment of all costs which have accrued on the prosecution and forfeiture of said bond: Provided, The Grand Jury, at the next Superior Court, concur in such release. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all proceeding be suspended against said estate until the Grand Jury of Troup county shall act in the premises. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of certain persons in the county of Monroe, who have been over charged with tax for the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven. For remedy whereof: SECTION 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 all persons in the county of Monroe, who have been over charged with tax by the Tax Receiver of said county for the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven, shall be authorized, upon oath made before some Judge of the Inferior Court or Justice of the Peace, to pay to the Tax Collector of said county the amount of tax he or she may admit to be due, and file his or her affidavit of illegality to the amount that he or she may contend is [Illegible Text] and not due with said Collector; and it shall be the duty of said Collector to return the same to the next Grand Jury in and for said county, that they may allow such persons the amount so over charged as in other insolvent cases. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Comptroller General of this State be authorized to wait with said Tax Collector of the county of Monroe, for all balances so over charged, until the Grand Jury of said county shall pass upon 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 28, 1847.

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AN ACT for the relief of James R. Thomas, of the county of Ware. WHEREAS James R. Thomas, former Sheriff of the county of Ware, did, in the years eighteen hundred and forty-one and forty-two, sell the fractional lands lying in said county belonging to the State, and paid the sum of fifty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents out of his own money for advertising the same, and omitted to reimburse himself therefor out of the proceeds of the sale of said land: SECTION 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 Governor be and he is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of the said James R. Thomas, for the aforesaid sum of fifty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents, and that the Treasurer pay the same to William A. McDonald, the representative from the county of Ware. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 28, 1847. AN ACT to exempt John Studstill, of the county of Lowndes, from the provisions of the acts of the General Assembly concerning pedlers, and to authorize him to engage in that business without license. SECTION 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 Studstill, of the county of Lowndes, shall and he is hereby authorized to pursue the business of pedler, without being subjected to the provisions of the several acts of the General Assembly heretofore passed: Provided, always, That the business which he is authorized to pursue shall be for the exclusive benefit of himself and family, and that he shall take an oath to that effect, which shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of

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laws, militating against this act; be and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1847. AN ACT to compensate the heirs of William Oliver, of Randolph county, deceased, for forage, subsistence, supplies and labor, furnished by him for the troops commanded by Col. George T. Wood, of the Georgia Militia, in the Creek War of 1836. SECTION 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 Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the sum of five hundred and twenty-six dollars and ninety-seven and one-half cents, in favor of the administrator of William Oliver, deceased, for forage, subsistence, supplies and labor, furnished the troops commanded by Col. George T. Wood, of the Georgia Militia, in the Creek War of 1836. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Governor to draw his warrant upon the Treasury for an amount sufficient to reimburse George W. King for taxes overpaid to the State. WHEREAS George W. King, of Clark county, Executor of Sarah King, deceased, through mistake resulting from ignorance of the extent of the title of his testatrix in certain lands lying in the counties of Camden and Glynn, did, in the years eighteen hundred and forty-four and eighteen hundred and forty-five, give in and pay tax to the Tax Collector of Clark county for the whole amount of the grants to certain lands in said counties of Camden

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and Glynn, when in truth and in fact the interest of the estate of his testatrix was only one-third of said lands: 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 his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorized and requested to draw his warrant upon the Treasury in favor of George W. King, Executor of Sarah King, deceased, for seventy dollars and sixty four cents, it being the amount of taxes paid to the Tax Collector of Clark county over and above the amount properly due from him. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of Samuel Jackson, of the county of Chattooga, and the securities on his bond as Tax Collector for said county, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-two. WHEREAS an act was assented to on the twenty-third day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-three, for the relief of Samuel Jackson of the county of Chattooga, and the securities on his bond as Tax Collector of said county for the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, suspending the collection of the amount for which he was in default, in consequence of the breach of trust of the Representative from said county, to whom [Illegible Text] entrusted the money, for the term of two years; and whereas, at the expiration of said term, the fi. fa. which had been issued by the Comptroller General was lost or misplaced, so that it could not be found, and by reason whereof said Samuel Jackson was unable to pay to the proper officer the amount due thereon, though he was ready and desirous to do so; and whereas it appears from the certificate of the Comptroller General that said Samuel Jackson has since settled the entire amount of his liability as Tax Collector as aforesaid, except the interest which accrued while said fi. fa. could not be found, and it is but right and proper that he should be relieved from the payment of interest under the circumstances, c.; therefore

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SECTION 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 said Samuel Jackson, and the securities on his bond as Tax Collector for said county of Chattooga for the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, be entirely relieved and exonerated from the payment of interest on said fi. fa., and his settlement of the principal of said fi. fa. with the proper officer, shall be a full discharge of the same. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT for the relief the heirs of John Todd, deceased WHEREAS John Todd became security for the appearance of William Green at the Superior Court of Meriwether county, prosecuted for carrying off a mortgaged negro, and the said Green having fled from justice, so that his security was unable to produce him in Court; and whereas the said security has been sued upon the bond, and has since died, leaving a wife and children with scanty means of support; and whereas the Honorable Inferior Court of Meriwether county has petitioned the General Assembly for relief: 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 heirs of the said John Todd, deceased, be and they are hereby released and discharged from all liability of the payment of the prosecution bond signed by the said John Todd, deceased, as security in the above stated case. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847.

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AN ACT to repeal so much of the act approved the fifth December, 1806, amendatory of the act to carry into effect the ninth section of the third article of the Constitution, approved the first of December, 1802, for the benefit of Eldridge Fulgham, of the county of Baker. WHEREAS the third section of the act of eighteen hundred and six, above referred to, prohibits, in cases of absolute divorces, the party whose improper or criminal conduct shall have authorized the divorce, from marrying again during the life of the other party, and subjects such party so marrying to the pains and penalties enacted against bigamy; and whereas the circumstances attending the case of said Eldridge Fulgham are peculiar and should be relieved: SECTION 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, That the said Eldridge Fulgham be and he is hereby permitted to contract marriage and consummate the same, without incurring the pains and penalties prescribed by the act of eighteen hundred and six, aforesaid. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Comptroller General to cause a credit for two hundred and twenty-two dollars and fifty cents, principal, and sixty dollars and seven cents, interest, to be entered on a fi. fa. in favor of the State vs. the city of Columbus, and to grant indulgence on the Bridge debt due by said city to the State. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Comptroller General cause a credit for two hundred and twenty-two dollars and fifty cents, principal, and sixty dollars and seven cents, interest, to be entered on an execution issued by the Comptroller General against the City Council of Columbus in favor of the State of Georgia, it being an overcharge in tax on the Columbus Bridge in the years eighteen hundred and forty-two and eighteen hundred and forty-three.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the balance due the State on said fi. fa. be stayed until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty, and that the State do not enforce the collection of said balance until the first day of January aforesaid, provided the City Council be allowed the privilege of paying the whole or any part of the amount at an earlier time. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 28, 1847. AN ACT to compensate the River Commissioners upon the Ocmulgee and its branches, so far as concerns the counties of Jasper, Butts and Newton. SECTION 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 act entitled an act to alter and amend an act entitled an act to prevent obstructions to the passage of fish in the Ocmulgee river and its branches, passed on the 25th of December, 1821; also, an act entitled an act to alter and more effectually carry into effect an act to prevent obstructions to the passage of fish in the Ocmulgee river and its branches, passed on the 25th November, 1824, also to repeal an act entitled an act to authorize David Adams, of the county of Jasper, to keep open a sluice through his mill-dam on the Ocmulgee river, within forty feet of the west bank of said river, for the free passage of fish up the same, passed on the 7th day of December, 1823, approved December 21st, 1829, be and the same is hereby altered and amended so far as to compensate the Commissioners in the counties of Jasper, Butts and Newton, respectively, for services rendered as Commissioners in the performance of their duties as prescribed by the act aforesaid. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the compensation allowed the Commissioners under this act, shall be one dollar per day each for the days such Commissioners may be employed in such service, to be paid by the county in which such Commissioners may reside,

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provided, however, the Commissioners shall not receive compensation for more than five days in any one year. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to provide for the improvement of Flint River. SECTION 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 Baker county, upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury, shall have power to levy and collect an extra tax of ten per cent. on the State tax, for the improvement of Flint river, and the said Court shall also have authority, on the recommendation of the Grand Jury, to levy and collect a tax of ten per cent. on the amount of freights and passage money for any transportation by any boat or other craft on said river, within the limits of said county, for the improvement of Flint river. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said Court shall have authority to appoint Commissioners, and make all such rules and regulations as may be necessary or proper to carry into effect the provisions and intentions of this act. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to grant to Messrs. Cooper, Stroup Wiley, of Cass county, and others, the right to navigate the Etowah river, to remove obstructions, and to fine persons for obstructing the navigation of the same, and prescribing the manner of making locks in dams across said river. SECTION 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

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Messrs. Cooper, Stroup Wiley, in common with other citizens, have permission to navigate the Etowah river, and are hereby authorized, at their own expense, to remove any obstructions to the navigation of the same; and any person building, or now having a dam across said river, shall upon three months notice being given, make a sufficient lock one hundred feet long and fifteen feet wide for the free passage of boats up or down said river; and any person obstructing the navigation of said river, shall pay to the owner of a boat detained by said obstruction five dollars per day for the first day, and ten dollars per day for every day the boat may be detained thereafter, to be collected in any Court of Justice having competent jurisdiction. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to keep open the channel of Board River, and remove and prevent obstructions to the free passage of boats in the same, from the point where the Franklin county line crosses said river to its confluence with Savannah river, and provide for the punishment of such persons as shall violate the provisions of this act. SECTION 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 persons to obstruct with a dam or dams, trap or traps, or any other thing or things, the free passage of boats in Broad river, from the point where the Franklin county line crosses said river to its junction with the Savannah river. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That where any obstructions other than are hereby permitted, have been or shall be put in said river, that the members, or a majority of the members of the Inferior Court of the county lying contiguous to that part of said river where the obstruction or obstructions may be found, shall, on the information of any person, issue an order directed to the Sheriff of such county, commanding him to proceed, within ten days after the date of

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said order, and cause said obstructions to be removed according to the provisions of this act. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Sheriff is hereby authorized, upon the reception of such order, to call to his assistance a sufficient number of persons to execute said order: Provided, That before issuing such order the members or a majority of the members of the Inferior Court shall appoint three fit and proper persons whose duty it shall be, as soon as convenient, to ascertain and report to said Court whether said obstruction or obstructions violate the provisions of this act. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That should any person or persons resist or molest an officer in the discharge of the duties required by this act, he or they shall be liable to an indictment in the Superior Court of the county where the offence may be committed, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than seventy, nor more than two hundred dollars. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Sheriff shall make a return of said process to the Inferior Court of the county whence it issued, with his actings and doings thereon, and he shall be allowed three dollars for his fees, and one dollar and fifty cents per day for each hand employed by him for the purposes herein mentioned; and the Court shall cause execution to be issued against the party offending, to be collected by the Sheriff as in other cases of executions. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall operate to prevent Nathan Mattox from building his mill-dam across said river: Provided, He shall leave unobstructed such a sluice for the free passage of boats as Singleton W. Allen, Madison Baker, and Lindsey H. Smith, of Elbert county, and John Wynn and Samuel Wynn, of Wilkes county, shall determine upon. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said Singleton W. Allen, Madison Baker, Lindsey H. Smith, John Wynn, and Samuel Wynn, be and they are hereby required to designate the width of said sluice in feet, and make a report of the same to the Inferior Court of said county of Elbert, which the said Court shall cause to be recorded, and then the said Nathan Mattox shall not be subject to any of the restrictions contained in the foregoing sections of this act. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the GEORGE W. [Illegible Text] Approved, December 28, 1847.

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AN ACT to alter and amend the first section of An Act to alter and amend the Road Laws of this State, approved December 19th, 1818, so far as relates to the appointment of Commissioners; and also, to repeal An Act to alter and amend an act entitled an act to amend the road laws of this State, assented to on the 19th December, 1818, approved December, 1826, in counties herein named. SECTION 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 much of the first section of an act to alter and amend the road laws of this State, approved December 19th, 1818, as requires one of the Commissioners of Roads in the various districts in the different counties in this State, to be a Justice of the Peace, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as respects the counties of Clark, Scriven, Cobb, Baldwin, Newton, Floyd, Washington, Gwinnett, Telfair, Burke, Wilkes, Jefferson, Appling and Irwin. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That An act to alter and amend an act entitled an act to amend the road laws of this State, assented to on the 19th December, 1818, approved December, 1826, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as relates to the county of Thomasany law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to alter and amend an act entitled An act to alter and amend the Road Laws of this State, approved 19th December, 1818, so far as relates to the county of Gwinnett. SECTION 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 overseers of Roads, in the county aforesaid, summon, or cause to be summoned, all such persons as are now required by law to

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perform road duty, at least one day previous to the time of working, excluding the day of notice and working. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any money may be collected by execution or otherwise from defaulters, as contemplated in the aforesaid road laws, the collector thereof shall pay the same over to the road commissioners of the several districts, or any one of them, whose duty it shall be to distribute equally the amounts so collected and paid over to the overseers and hands who faithfully performed their duty in working and keeping up the roads in the aforesaid county of Gwinnett. SEC. 3. 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 are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 17, 1847. AN ACT to alter and amend the Road Laws of this State in reference to the time of assembling of Road Commissioners to hear and determine upon excuses rendered by defaulters, and return of defaulters by overseers, so far as respects the county of Lincoln. SECTION 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 Commissioners of Roads now appointed, or hereafter to be appointed, for the several militia districts of Lincoln county, or a majority of them, shall, on the first Saturday in October next, and on the first Saturday in October in each and every year thereafter, assemble at the usual place of holding Justice's Courts in the districts for which said Commissioners now are, or may hereafter be appointed, for the purpose of hearing of and determining upon excuses which may be rendered by defaulters for failing to perform road duty, as required by the laws now of force in this State. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said Commissioners, or a majority of them, to issue execution within five days from the time of the assembling of said Commissioners, against all defaulters, under their hands and seals, directed to any lawful Constable of the District, for the amount of all fines imposed by them, unless a satisfactory excuse be rendered to

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them on oath on the day of their assembling as aforesaid, by the person or [Illegible Text] returned as defaulters by the overseers. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of overseers of roads, in the several districts of said county, to make return to one of the Commissioners in the district where they are appointed to work, a list of all defaulters and deficiencies which may have occurred during the time of their and each of their respective workings, at least five days before the time pointed out in this act for the assembling of said Commissioners. And it it shall be the further duty of said overseers to give defaulters at least ten days notice to appear at the time and place of meeting the Commissioners aforesaid, to render excuses for their said default. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against or in any wise contravening this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 18, 1847. AN ACT to alter and amend the several acts regulating Roads in this State, so far as respects the operation of said act in the counties of Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn, Camden and Wayne, approved December 8th, 1806, so far as respects the county of McIntosh. SECTION 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 of McIntosh county, at the first regular term or session of said Court after the passage of this act, shall proceed to appoint three fit and proper persons as Commissioners to the following roads, to wit: the Savannah road, the Barrington ferry road, and King's road; and six Commissioners to the Macon stage road, and three Commissioners to the water passage known as General's Cut; and the said Commissioners shall be respectively notified of their appointment in writing by the Clerk of the Inferior Court, within thirty days thereafter, and if any Commissioner or Commissioners appointed under and by virtue of this act, shall not, within ten days after being notified of such appointment by the Clerk, make his or their resignation in writing to some one of the Justices of

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the Inferior Court, such Commissioner shall be considered as having accepted such appointment. And in case of refusal or neglect removal or decease, of any or either of such Commissioners, the Inferior Court of said county shall have power to fill any such vacancy whenever thereafter convened: Provided, however, That there shall at no time be more than eighteen Commissioners of Roads in said county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no other roads and water passages within the boundaries of said county, than the road generally known as the Savannah road, the road known as King's road, the road from Darien to Barrington ferry, and the road known as the Macon stage road, and the water passage known as General's Cut, shall be considered, deemed and held as public roads, or water passages of said county. SEC. 3. 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 are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to alter and amend the Road Laws, so far as the county of Hancock is concerned, assented to on the 26th December, 1843. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the second section of the above recited act shall be amended so as to read as follows: The Commissioners so appointed shall individually have notice in writing from the Clerk of the Inferior Court, in ten days after their appointment, served by the Sheriff, his Deputy, or a Constable, who shall make a return of such service within five days from the time of service. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847.

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AN ACT to alter and amend (so far as relates to the county of Heard,) the third section of an act entitled an act to alter and amend the Road Laws of this State, approved the nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighteen. SECTION 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 third section of an act entitled an act to alter and amend the road laws of this State, be so altered and amended, so far as relates to the county of Heard, as to require the overseers of roads to summon all persons compelled to work the roads in their respective districts, at any time during the day previous to each working. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against such act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT for the encouragement and regulation of the Patrol and Road duty, so far as it relates to the Sixth Company District of Chatham county, and to repeal all laws militating against this act. SECTION 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 fines, forfeitures and seizures made by the Patrol of the Sixth Company District of Chatham county be transferred from the Justices of the Interior Court of said county to the Patrols or Patrol squads of said Company District, and that all the moneys arising from and collected from the fines, forfeitures and seizures, be given to the said Patrols as a compensation for their services. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the fines collected by the District Commissioners for the public roads of said county, be allowed to be retained and paid over to the workers of the roads in the said Sixth Company District, a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, the overplus, if any collected, payable as heretofore.

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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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to repeal an act to alter and amend the several acts relating to the Court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer for the City of Savannah, so far as relates to the Sheriff of said Court, and to allow said Sheriff certain fees which are not provided for by law, and to increase his fees in certain cases, and to allow him to appoint special Deputy Sheriffs in certain cases. SECTION 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 fifth section of the above recited act as relates to the reduction of the sheriff's fees of the Court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer for the city of Savannah be and the same is hereby repealed; and that the said Sheriff shall be allowed the following fees, viz: For summoning or attending on a jury to try a debtor for fraud [Illegible Text] the honest debtors act, two dollars; for receiving and [Illegible Text] into his custody any person or persons given up to [Illegible Text] by any security or securities in or out of Court, one [Illegible Text] and eighty-seven cents; and the said Sheriff shall not be [Illegible Text] or liable to receive any person or persons so [Illegible Text] unless the fee be paid him by the security or [Illegible Text] at the time of surrender; and for his attendance on the [Illegible Text] or petit jury, and for each verdict rendered, one [Illegible Text] for the service of a rule or order of Court, one dollar. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Sheriff of the Court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer for the city of Savannah, shall be allowed the following fees in criminal cases at special or extraordinary Courts of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer for the city of Savannah, and at regular terms of said Court. Special or Extraordinary Courts. For attendance on Judge to draw Jury, $1 00 For service, petition, order, c., upon each party, 1 00 For summoning the Grand and Petit Juries, and attendance for each case tried or settled, 4 00

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For each subp[oelig]na served, 62 For attendance on each case tried, 1 00 For bringing each person from jail, 1 25 For carrying sentence of Court into execution, 1 25 For estreating a Bond, 50 For serving an attachment or bench warrant, 2 50 Regular Terms of Court. For summoning the Grand and Petit Jurors for each case tried or settled; 1 87 For each subp[oelig]na served, 62 For bringing each person from jail, 1 25 For attendance on each case tried, 1 00 For carrying sentence of Court into execution, 1 00 For estreating [Illegible Text], 50 For serving an attachment or bench warrant 2 50 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, When it so happens that the Sheriff levies on any property where it is actually necessary for him to have the same guarded, it shall be lawful for him to appoint a special Deputy Sheriff for said purpose, who shall take an oath before he enters upon his duty that he will well and truly perform the duties assigned him by the Sheriff; and if any person or persons shall resist, oppose or assault said special Deputy Sheriff in the discharge of his duty, he, she or they on conviction shall be fined or imprisoned at the discreton of the Court; and in all cases when the Sheriff requires [Illegible Text] it shall be lawful for the Judge to allow a reasonable compensation to said Sheriff. SEC. 4. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor Approved, December 18, 1847. AN ACT to enable Sheriffs or Coroners to sell tracts of land divided by a county line. SECTION 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, where judgment shall be obtained against any debtor owning a tract or tracts of land divided by a county line or county lines, it shall and

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may be lawful for the Sheriff or Coroner of the county to levy on and sell the whole [Illegible Text] said tract or tracts of land, notwithstanding part of said tract or tracts of land may lie in counties of which he is not Sheriff or Coroner. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That where any judgment debtor shall own any tract or tracts of land divided by a county line or county lines, and no part of such lands shall lie in the county, it shall and may be lawful for the Sheriff [Illegible Text] Coroner of either county in which part of said tract or [Illegible Text] of land may lie, to levy on and sell the whole of said tract or tracts of land. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to reduce the official Bonds of the Sheriffs [Illegible Text] to be elected in the county of Rabun from the sum often thousand dollars to the sum of five thousand dollas. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, [Illegible Text] it is hereby [Illegible Text] by the authority of the same, That [Illegible Text] and after the passage of this act, the Sheriffs of the county of Rabun, who shall hereafter be elected, shall before [Illegible Text] enter on the duties of their office each give bond with [Illegible Text] or more good and sufficient securities, in the sum of five [Illegible Text] dollars, which said bond shall be taken, executed [Illegible Text] approved in the manner heretofore prescribed by law. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all bonds which shall be taken in conformity with the preceding section shall be as legal, valid, and of the same force and operation, as other Sheriffs' bonds of this State. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847.

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to reduce the amount of the Sheriffs' Bonds in this State, so far as respects the county of Dooly, passed on the 19th day of December, 1828. SECTION 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 above recited act be and the same is hereby so amended, that from and immediately after the passage of this act, any person hereafter elected or appointed Sheriff of the said county of Dooly, shall be required to give bond and security in the sum of twenty thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office of Sheriff for the said county of Dooly. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 10, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Inferior Court of Macon county to levy and collect, for county purposes, an extra tax for the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly, met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Inferior Court of Macon county, by the recommendation of the Grand Jury at the next sitting of the Superior Court for said county, be authorized, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to levy and collect, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight, an extra tax for the county purposes, not to [Illegible Text] one hundred per cent. on the general State tax. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 17, 1847.

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AN ACT to authorize the Inferior Courts of the counties of Carroll and Thomas to levy an extra tax upon the citizens of said counties for the purposes therein mentioned. SECTION 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 Inferior Court of Carroll county be and they are hereby authorized to levy annually an extra tax of not exceeding one hundred per cent. on the annual State tax of said county, on the citizens of said county, for the purpose of building a new Court-house in said county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Court of Thomas county be authorized to assess such tax upon the citizens' property of said county as may be necessary to pay the outstanding liabilities of said county. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to authorize and empower the Mayor and Council of the city of Columbus to levy and collect an extra tax in said city for Railroad purposes. SECTION 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 Mayor and Council of the city of Columbus be and the same are hereby authorized and empowered to levy and collect a tax of not exceeding two per cent. per annum (in addition to the tax now authorized by law to be collected in said city,) upon the assessed value of all real estate within the corporate limits of said city, and a tax of not exceeding two hundred per cent. per annum in addition to the tax now authorized by law, upon the sales of all goods, wares and merchandize in said city, and other items and subjects of taxation, which taxes shall be levied and collected in the same manner and under the rules and regulations which have been or may be adopted and prescribed by said Mayor and Council for the collection of the taxes now authorized to be collected in said city.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the sums of money arising from the taxes collected by virtue of this act, shall be held as a separate fund by said Mayor and Council, and be by them wholly applied to the payment of the interest which may accrue upon the corporation bonds of said city now issued, or which may be issued, in payment of the subscription made, or which may be made by said Mayor and Council for stock in the Muscogee Railroad Company: Provided, That if a larger sum should be collected in any one year, by the imposition and collection of said taxes, than shall be sufficient to discharge the interest falling due, and to be paid within said year, it shall be lawful for said Mayor and Council to apply the excess so raised to the payment of the principal of said bonds. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That upon the payment by the real estate owners or their agents, and by merchant traders and others in said city, of the tax herein authorized to be levied and collected, it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council aforesaid to transfer to said tax payers certificates for stock in the said Railroad, to an amount equal to the taxes paid by said citizens respectively, after first deducting therefrom such portion of said tax as may be requisite to pay the interest on said bonds for the year agreeing with the year for which the tax is collected, and also such further sum as may be requisite to pay expenses incurred in negotiating said bonds. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to compel persons owning or holding plantations or negroes in any county in this State, and not residing therein, to give in and pay tax for the same in said county. SECTION 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 all non-residents of counties in this State, having land in cultivation and negroes thereon, be and they are hereby required to give in their taxes thereon in the counties in which the said plantations may be, and that the overseer or agent may give in the same in the absence of the owners. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, If the agent of such owner of such property shall neglect to return the taxable property as the law requires, then execution

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shall issue for the amount of the tax, and not [Illegible Text] tax. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Greene to levy and assess an extra tax, and for other purposes therein named. SECTION 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 the county of Greene, or a majority of them, may assess and levy an extra tax, not to exceed one hundred per cent. on the general State tax, in any one year, upon the citizens of said county, for the purpose of building a Court-house for said county. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Courts of Jefferson and Walton counties, or their successors in office, to assess an extra tax on the citizens of said counties for the purpose of paying for the building of a Court-house in each of the counties aforesaid in the towns of Louisville and Monroe. SECTION 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 Courts of Jefferson and Walton counties, and their successors in office, are hereby empowered

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to assess an extra tax upon the citizens of said counties, provided said tax so assessed shall not exceed one hundred per cent. on the State tax; which tax, so assessed, when collected, shall, by the Tax Collectors, be paid to the Inferior Courts of said counties, to be applied by them exclusively to the payment of the building of a Court-house in each of the counties aforesaid, in the towns of Louisville and Monroe; and that this act shall only continue in force until such Courthouse shall be paid for, and no longer. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to compel Farish Carter, a temporary resident of the county of Murray, to give in all the taxable property he may own or hold in the county of Murray, to the Tax Receiver of said county, and to pay for the same to the Tax Collector of the county of Murray. SECTION 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, Farish Carter, a temporary resident of Murray county, be and he is hereby required to give in all the taxable property he may hold or own in the county of Murray, to the Tax Receiver of said county, and shall pay for the same to the Tax Collector of Murray county; and upon every failure or refusal so to give in and pay as aforesaid, the Tax Receiver of said county shall proceed to assess a double tax against him, as in case of other defaulting tax payers. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 27, 1847.

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AN ACT to levy and collect a tax for each of the political years eighteen hundred and forty-eight and nine. SECTION 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 act entitled an act to levy and collect a tax for each of the political years eighteen hundred and forty-six and eighteen hundred and forty-seven, approved 26th December, 1845, be and the same is hereby re-enacted, to continue in force until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever any individual, who has never made a return of his tax, shall refuse to make such return, upon the application of the Receiver, it shall be the duty of the Receiver, with two such freeholders as he may select, to assess such tax as he may think reasonable and just, upon the taxable property of the individual so refusing, with due regard to the laws imposing taxes; and upon the second refusal, to double said original tax, and so on, indefinitely, until such individual shall make a return. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That to nett the Digests, as provided for in the 7th section of the act of 1845, for the Receivers the default list be deducted, and for the Collectors the insolvent list, from the total amount of the Digests. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. In the House of Representatives, 29th December, 1847. Returned with the dissent of his Excellency the Governor, and re-passed by a majority of two-thirds. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. In Senate, 29th December, 1847. Re-passed by a mejority of two-thirds. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. AN ACT to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of DeKalb county to levy and assess an extra tax upon the persons and property of said county, for the payment of the Petit Jurors thereof, and for other purposes therein mentioned. WHEREAS the laws now of force for the purpose of providing

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for the compensation of the Petit Jurors of said county have been found by experience inadequate to that object; and whereas a considerable debt has accumulated against said county, for the services of Jurors heretofore; and whereas a sufficient sum of money cannot be raised under the now existing laws for the payment thereof, and to pay the Jurors for their services at the end of each term: for remedy whereof: SECTION 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 Justices of the Inferior Court of said county of DeKalb, or a majority of them, to levy an extra tax upon the persons and property, both real and personal, of said county, not exceeding twelve and a half per cent. on the State tax raised in said county, which shall, together with the amount raised for Jury fees on verdicts and confessions as is now provided by law, be kept as a fund for the payment of the Petit Jurors who may hereafter serve in the Superior or Inferior Court of said county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Petit Jurors who may serve at the next term of the Superior Court of said county shall be first paid, and the Jurors who may serve at the next Inferior Court of said county shall be next paid out of any money which now is or may hereafter come into the county treasury subject to be applied to the payment of such Jurors. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the third Monday in September next, the Petit Jurors who may serve either in the Superior or Inferior Court of said county, shall be paid for their services as Jurors at the expiration of each term of said Courts; and that the balance of the money which may be raised pursuant to this act, shall be applied to the payment and redemption of the certificates heretofore issued to Grand and Petit Jurors for such services heretofore rendered, and shall be applied to the payment of the oldest certificates which may be presented first, until the same shall be redeemed. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, which militate against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847.

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AN ACT to repeal an act consolidating the offices of Tax Collector and Receiver in the counties of Baldwin, Chattooga, Franklin, Gwinnett, Heard, Upson, Wilkes, McIntosh, Thomas, Jefferson, Cobb, Hancock, Dooly and Marion, so far as respects the county of Cobb, passed December the 9th, 1839. SECTION 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 the ninth day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, consolidating the offices of Tax Collector and Tax Receiver in the county of Cobb, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to consolidate the office of Receiver of Tax Returns and Tax Collectors of this State, so far as relates to the county of Sumter, assented to December 4th, 1841. SECTION 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, so much of the above recited act as relates to the county of Sumter, be and the same is hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to authorize and require the Justices of the Inferior Court of Tattnall county, and their successors,

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or a majority thereof, to judge of and allow to the Tax Collectors of said county their insolvent lists. SECTION 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 of the county of Tattnall, and their successors in office, or a majority thereof, shall have authority in each and every year to judge of and allow to the Tax Collector of said county his insolvent list, and to correct any error that may be committed on the part of the Receiver and Collectorany law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to authorize the Tax Collector of Irwin county to collect the taxes on certain lands lying in said county, and for other purposes. WHEREAS large bodies of lands lying in the county of Irwin are held and owned by a Company in South Carolina; and whereas, owing to a failure on the part of the agent of said Company to receive the proper instructions, said lands were not given in to the Receiver of Tax Returns until that officer had made his return of the Digest of Taxes to the Comptroller General; and whereas said Company are now ready to pay the taxes on said lands: SECTION 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 Tax Collector of the county of Irwin be authorized to receive from the Company owning said lands lying in said county of Irwin, the taxes which would have been due thereon, had the regular process been observed in returning such lands; and that the said amount so collected be paid over to the Inferior Court of said county for county purposesany law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847.

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AN ACT to authorize and require the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Emanuel to examine and allow the tax Collector of said county his insolvent list, and for other purposes. SECTION 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 the county of Emanuel shall meet at Swainsboro' on the first Monday in November, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and on the first Monday of November in each and every year thereafter, for the purpose of examining and allowing the Tax Collector of said county his insolvent list. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to repeal an act passed 25th of December, 1837, to consolidate the offices of Tax Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns in certain counties therein named, so far as relates to the county of Glynn. SECTION 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, so much of an act passed on the twenty-fifth day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, to consolidate the offices of Tax Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns in the counties of Camden, Jefferson, Rabun, Irwin, Floyd, Scriven, Paulding, Wayne, Murray, Cherokee, Glynn, Telfair, Laurens, c., and the same is hereby repealed, so far as relates to the county of Glynn. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847.

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AN ACT to repeal so much of an act assented to the ninth day of December, 1839, consolidating the offices of Tax Collector and Receiver, in certain counties therein named, as relates to the county of Cobb. SECTION 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 an act passed the ninth day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine consolidating the offices of Tax Collector and Receiver in the counties of Baldwin, Chattooga, Franklin, Gwinnett, Heard, Hancock, Upson, Wilkes, McIntosh, Thomas, Jefferson, Cobb, Dooly, and Union, as relates to the county of Cobb, be and the same is hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 17, 1847. AN ACT to repeal the second section of an act entitled an act to consolidate the offices of Tax Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns of the county of Effingham, and to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Richmond and Lee counties to levy an extra tax assented to the 23d December, 1840, so far as relates to the county of Lee. SECTION 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 second section of the above recited act be and the same is hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 24, 1847. AN ACT to abolish the allowance of tare or gross weight on bales of unmanufactured cotton. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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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 custom of making a deduction from the actual weight of unmanufactured bales of cotton, as an allowance for tare or draft thereon, be and the same is hereby abolished, and that hereafter all contracts made in relation to such cotton shall be deemed and taken as referring to the true and actual weight thereof, without deduction for any such tare or draft. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any purchaser or purchasers of cotton in this State, who shall hereafter violate the provisions of this act, shall be subject to indictment in the Superior Court of the county where the offence was committed; and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than five dollars for each and every bag or bale of cotton from the actual weight of which such deduction shall have been made, or imprisoned in the county jail, at the discretion of the Court, not to exceed sixty days: Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall prevent the usual deduction of two pounds from being made from the weight of each bag of cotton having knobs or tugs thereon. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT more effectually to secure the collection of Tolls on certain turnpike roads. WHEREAS the collection of tolls allowed by law on the turnpike roads of the counties of Gilmer, Union, Rabun and Lumpkin, has been found to be difficult and inconvenientfor 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, if any person or persons other than those now entitled by law to pass said roads toll free, having travelled either of said roads, shall [Illegible Text] the gate by going round, or passing through, shall refuse to pay the lawful toll, such person or persons, so eluding or refusing, may be proceeded against by the toll gatherer or gate keeper, as in actions of trespass or otherwise, and he shall be entitled to recover against the party so offending the sum of two dollars:

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Provided, always, That toll shall not be collected on such turnpike roads, unless the same be kept in good condition. SEC. 2. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to protect those engaged in the Turpentine Business, and to prevent the setting fire to woods or lands, except at certain times and under certain circumstances, so far as the counties of Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, Scriven, Jefferson and Washington are concerned. SECTION 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 to set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any woods, lands or marshes, in the counties of Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, Scriven, Jefferson, and Washington, except the same be done between the first day of March and the first day of May in each and every year. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person in the counties aforesaid wishing or having intention to set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any woods, lands or marshes, adjoining the land of a person or persons engaged in the Tarpentine Business, shall give three days previous notice to the occupant or occupants of said adjoining land, of his intention, and in all cases shall take effectual care to extinguish or assist in extinguishing said fire to prevent its reaching said land adjoining. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any white person offend against the provisions of this act, he shall be indicted for a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, and imprisoned for a time not longer than three months, at the discretion of the Court. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case any slave or free colored person shall offend against the provisions of this act, he shall, on conviction before a Justice of the Peace, receive thirty-nine lashes.

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SEC. 5. 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. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 29, 1847. AN ACT to grant certain privileges and immunities to the Hancock Guards, a volunteer company in the county of Hancock, and to the Harris county Cavalry, a volunteer company in the county of Harris. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all persons enrolled as members of the Hancock Guards and Harris county Cavalry, or who may hereafter enroll themselves as members thereof, shall be exempt and they are hereby declared to be exempt from all militia duty except what shall be required of them as members thereof, and from all road, patrol and jury duties, and from all corporation tax, so long as they faithfully continue to do and discharge all the duties required of them as members of said Company: Provided, That said exemptions and privileges shall not, exonerate the members of said corps from doing militia duty in times of invasion, insurrection, rebellion and war: And provided further, That the commanding officer of said corps shall report to the proper civil authorities the names of all such members who shall or may at any time be dismissed, or who shall withdraw from said Company, in order that said exemptions hereby extended may in such case cease and determine. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That a certificate of the commanding officer of said corps, specifying the names of its members, shall be made out and delivered to the Clerk of the Inferior Court of said county, and all other authorities exercising authority or control over the road, patrol and jury duties in and for said county, which said certificate shall be held sufficient evidence to exempt the persons therein named, and secure to them the privileges hereinbefore specified. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 28, 1847.

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AN ACT to incorporate a volunteer company of Cavalry in the county of Marion, to be known by the name and style of the Marion Dragoons, and to give to them certain privileges and exemptions; and to authorize the Governor to furnish the Upson county Dragoons with certain arms therein named. SECTION 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 the county of Marion being able to do militia duty shall associate themselves to the number of forty or more, first having chosen their officers and notified 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 be the duty of the commanding officer to transmit to his Excellency the Governor the number of men composing said company, together with the names of the persons chosen as officers to command the volunteer company of Cavalry for said county, to be known by the name and style of the Marion Dragoons, and by and under that name to be vested 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. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That a board of the officers of said company, or three or more of them, two of whom must be commissioned officers, shall be competent to form a Court of Inquiry, and try and fine defaulters for non attendance, or other defaults and misconduct as members of said company, which Court shall be governed by the laws and regulations governing Courts of Enquiry in this State. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so long as said company shall contain the aforesaid number of members in uniform, they shall be exempt from road duty and all other militia duty, except in case of invasion or war. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all those members of the Marion Dragoons, who shall continue and remain as members of said company for the term of ten years, shall after that time be exempt from militia duty, except in case of invasion or war. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That his Excellency the Governor shall be authorized and required to furnish forthwith each member of the Marion Dragoons with a sword, holsters, and a brace of pistols, upon the application of the commanding officer of said company, and tendering a bond, with good and sufficient security,

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to the Governor or his successor, conditioned to be forfeited if on the dissolution of said corps the said captain or his successor shall fail to deliver said arms, on the requisition of the Governor. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That said company shall enforce and exercise the corporate powers and privileges with which it shall be invested by virtue of this act, so long as said company shall contain forty members in uniform. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws or parts of laws, militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, c. That his Excellency the Governor shall be authorized to furnish forthwith each member of the Upson county Dragoons with [Illegible Text] and a brace of pistols, upon the application of the commanding officer of said company, on his tendering a bond, with good and sufficient security, to his Excellency the Governor and his successors in office, conditioned to be forfeited if on the dissolution of said corps the said Captain or his successors shall fail to deliver said arms on the requisition of the Governor. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, c,, That this act shall not authorize his Excellency the Governor to purchase or furnish to said companies any arms unless they are on hand and belonging to the State. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 30, 1847. AN ACT to provide the Effingham Hussars, a volunteer Cavalry corps, with arms, and to give them certain privileges. SECTION 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 Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to furnish the Effingham Hussars with fifty pair of pistols and fifty holsters. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the officers and privates of the said corps, while they continue organized as a corps, shall, to the number of seventy-five be exempt from the performance of road, work or patrol duty: Provided, That it shall be the duty of the commanding officer of said corps to make a written report once in every year to the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, of the names of

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the active and uniformed members of the corps entitled to the said exemption. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against such act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 22, 1847. AN ACT to grant certain privileges and immunities to the Jefferson Riflemen, a volunteer Infantry corps in the county of Jefferson. SECTION 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 persons enrolled as members of the Jefferson Riflemen, a volunteer Infantry corps in the county of Jefferson, or who may hereafter enrol themselves as members thereof, shall be exempt, and they are hereby declared to be exempt from all militia duty, excepting what may be required of them as members thereof, and from all road and patrol duties, so long as they faithfully continue in the service of said corps, and do and discharge all the duties required of them as members thereof, excepting in times of invasion, insurrection, or actual war. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the commanding officer of the said corps, and he is hereby required to report to the proper civil authorities the names of all such member or members who may or shall at any time be dismissed, or who may or shall withdraw from said corps, in order that said exemptions or privileges hereby extended may in such case cease and determine. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That a certificate of the commanding officer, specifying the names of the members of the said corps, shall be made out and delivered to the Clerk of the Superior Court and Inferior Court of the said county, and to the other civil authorities exercising control over the road and public duties in and for said county, which said certificate shall be deemed and held as sufficient evidence to exempt the persons therein named from doing road or patrol duty in said county, during the time that said persons shall belong to said corps. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said corps

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shall have and consist of eighty privates, and the usual number and grade of officers, before this law shall go into effect. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, that militate against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 25, 1847. AN ACT to be entitled an act to grant to the Floyd Rifles of the city of Macon certain rights and privileges. SECTION 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 officers and members of the Floyd Rifles, a volunteer company of the city of Macon be permitted to have, occupy and enjoy the same rights, privileges and immunities that have been extended by law to the two other volunteer companies of the same city, the Macon Volunteers and Bibb Cavalry. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against the same, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 10, 1847. AN ACT for the completion of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and for providing funds for the same. SECTION 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 Governor to have completed at the earliest practicable day, the Western Atlantic Railroad, and that he cause the same to be equipped and used to the best advantage through its entire length from Atlanta to Chattanooga. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That to raise funds for these objects, the Governor shall issue the Bonds of the State of Georgia, in sums of five hundred dollars each, to the amount of three hundred and seventy-five

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thousand dollars. The bonds so issued shall bear an interest of six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually. The said Bonds shall be divided into three classes, and the principal of the first class shall be payable five years after the date thereof, and of the second class fifteen years after their date, and of the third class twenty years after their date, but the two last classes of the said Bonds shall be redeemable by the State, at any time after the expiration of ten years from their date, and shall be so expressed. The interest and principal of the said Bonds shall be made payable at such place and places as his Excellency the Governor may deem most advisable, and best calculated to promote the objects of this act. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to sign and dispose of the said Bonds at the time and in the manner best adapted to accomplish the completion of the Road: Provided, That said Bonds shall not be negotiated for less than their par value, or paid out for work, materials, cars, engines, or for any other necessary equipment of the road of any kind or discription whatever. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Bonds herein authorized, shall be authenticated by the signature of the Governor and that of the Secretary of State, and stamped with the seal of the State as provided by the act of the 18th December, 1838. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the proceeds of said Road, after deducting the expense of repairs, running said road, and keeping up the necessary equipments and all other expenditures necessary to its proper management, and after the payment annually of all interest on debts heretofore contracted by authority of the General Assembly and which constitute liens upon the said road and its income, shall be paid into the Treasury of the State by the Chief Engineer, and be applied to the payment of the interest due on the Bonds authorized by this Act, and the surplus of said receipts shall form a sinking fund for the redemption of the Bonds heretofore issued and which form a lien upon the said road, and of the Bonds to be issued by authority of this act, at their maturity. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Approved, December 23, 1847.

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AN ACT to authorize the Governor to appoint additional Engineers upon the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and for letting out the building and completion of said Road. SECTION 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, his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to employ one or more additional engineers on the Western and Atlantic Railroad at fair and reasonable compensation, whose duties shall cease on the completion of said work. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for his Excellency the Governor and Chief Engineer to receive proposals for the [Illegible Text] of the Western and Atlantic Railroad from Dalton to Chattanooga, payable in the bonds of said State, issued [Illegible Text] the authority of an act passed by the present General Assembly: Provided, always. That no contract for the completion of the road shall exceed the amount of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, nor shall any thing in this act be construed so as to prevent payments being made in said bonds for work and materials for the completion of said road, whenever contractors may prefer the bonds to cash. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor, with the concurrence of the Chief Engineer, be and he is hereby authorized, should he deem the interest of the State to require it, to make a contract with any person or persons for the completion of said road and all necessary depots, provided the same can be done for the sum of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, or less, payable in bonds of the Statesaid contract to be made upon such terms and restrictions, and upon such security as the Governor shall prescribe, and to be completed by the next General Assembly. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if such contract be made, the Governor shall not appoint more than one Engineer under this act. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, conflicting with this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor Approved, December 30, 1847.

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RESOLUTIONS WHICH ORIGINATED IN SENATE. Report of the Committee on Banks. The Committee on Banks, to whom was referred the report of J. S. Thomas, Director of the Central Bank, in relation to the assets of the Bank of Darien, ask leave to make the following Report: In the original charter of the Bank of Darien, the right to repeal the act at any time was reserved by the Legislature. The State became a stockholder in the Bank to the amonnt of $ 325,000, and individuals to the extent of $ 326,050, making the capital $ 651,050. The Bank of Darien suspended payment, and the Legislature, in virtue of the power which it reserved in the original charter, by an act assented to on the 10th day of December, 1841, repealed the charter and authorized the Central Bank of Georgia to proceed to wind up the affairs of the said Bank of Darien, to collect its assets, and to pay the debts thereof. By the 10th section of the said act of 1841, it was enacted that if the Directors or stockholders, or any of them, should refuse to allow the provisions of that act to be carried into effect, his Excellency the Governor was instructed to commence such legal proceedings as might be necessary to protect the interests of the State and all others concerned, and if necessary to have application made to the Court of Chancery for the appointment of a receiver of the effects of the Bank. It appears to your Committee that certain of the stockholders of the said Bank of Darien did, on the 30th December, 1841, protest to his Excellency, Charles J. McDonald, against the said act of 10th December, 1841, and again on the 7th day of January, 1842, certain other stockholders, and also certain judgment creditors of the Bank of Darien protested against the law of 1841. It was the object of the protesting stockholders and judgment creditors, and so stated by them to Governor McDonald, to have the assets of the Bank of Darien placed under control of the Court of Chancery. His Excellency the Governor refused to listen to this protest, and refused to have the assets of the Bank of Darien placed under the control of the Court of Chancery. The letters of Governor McDonald, of dates the 1st, 6th, 12th and 15th January, 1842, addressed to the protesting stockholders, creditors and President of the Bank of Darien, shews such refusal. The refusal was placed upon the ground that the creditors and

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stockholders of the Bank of Darien would be seriously injured by pressing its debtors at a time of great pecuniary embarrassment, as would be the case if the assets were placed in the hands of a receiver, that the losses occasioned by urging the speedy collection of the debts by a receiver would be immeasurably greater than by any future probable mismanagement of the Directors. Accordingly the assets of the Bank of Darien were in the early part of the year 1842 placed in the possession of the Central Bank of Georgia; in other words, in the hands of the State of Georgia, to wind up its affairs, to collect the assets, and to pay the debts. From the reports before your Committee, it appears that all that has been collected by the Central Bank is as follows Collected in Darien Bank notes, $ 191,904 31 In specie funds, (after deducting agents and attorneys' fees, c 23,766 30 And the Director of the Central Bank, in his report, says that all the remaining good assets of the Bank amount only to the sum of $ 7,319 23. The whole remaining assets, except some lands chiefly in the State of Mississippi, are considered of no value. The creditors of the Bank of Darien are calling on the State of Georgia for payment of such sums as the State is now liable to pay on account of said Bank. At the last session of the Legislature, the Planter's Bank of the State of Georgia and the Bank of the State of Georgia presented their claims, and the Committee on Finance of the House of Representatives made a report and submitted certain resolutions which were assented to on the 29th December, 1845. To that report, and to those resolutions, your Committee asks leave to refer. It was in obedience to those resolutions that the report of the Director of the Central Bank, now before your Committee, was made. In the annual messages of his Excellency Governor Crawford, in 1845 and 1847, and in the said report made at the last session, the liability of the State of Georgia to pay the bill-holders and creditors, in proportion to the amount of stock held by the State in the Bank of Darien, is distinctly admitted and shown. The State is likely to lose a large sum on account of the Bank of Darien. As a stockholder, the State is, beyond all doubt in the minds of your Committee, bound to pay to all bona fide bill-holders and creditors in proportion to the stock held by the State. Certain judgments have been obtained on the Bank bills of the Bank of Darien, and on protested checks given by the Bank of Darien, to take up the bills of said Bank. Your Committee cannot perceive the difference between such judgments; they equally affect the State and

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demand settlement by the State of Georgia on the same terms. Your Committee believe that it would be the true interest of the State of Georgia to appoint a Commissioner to report to the next Legislature the names and classes of all creditors, and what sum per centum they are ready and willing to receive on final settlement. In conclusion, your Committee recommend the adoption of the following resolutions, viz: 1. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, That the Central Bank do pay over to the judgment creditors of the Bank of Darien, according to priority of the same, the sum of $7,252 30, the net balance, after deducting expenses for winding up the same, and deliver to them in the same manner the good assets yet remaining, on account of their judgments. 2. Resolved, That the Director of the Central Bank be instructed to report to the next Legislature the names and classes of all creditors of the Bank of Darien, who in the opinion of said Director are bona fide creditors. 3. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be authorized and requested to appoint, at his earliest convenience, a suitable agent, residing in Mississippi, to sell and dispose of the lands held by the Darien Bank in the State of Mississippi, to turn over the proceeds thereof to the officers of the Central Bank. Agreed to, December 28, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. In House of Representatives, concurred in, Dec. 29, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 29, 1847. Resolution authorizing and requiring the Director of the Central Bank of Georgia to pay over to the Inferior Court of Gilmer county, or its attorney, seventy-nine dollars and seventy-six cents. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the Director of the Central Bank be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay over to the Inferior Court of Gilmer county, or to the duly authorized attorney of said Court, the sum of

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seventy-nine dollars and seventy-six cents, it being the amount paid out by said Court for the keeping and maintainance of John Barton, Coroner of the county of Gilmer, who was [Illegible Text] in the jail of Gilmer county, on a ca.sa. wherein the Central Bank of Georgia was plaintiff, the said Barton having been turned out of prison upon the order of the said Bank, without the payment of jail fees. Agreed to, December 27th, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. In House of Representatives, concurred in, Dec. 29, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 30, 1847. Resolutions relative to Executions against Insurance Bank of Columbus. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, That the Treasurer of this State be authorized not to press the executions issued against the Insurance Bank of Columbus, for alleged defaults committed by it during the years 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, and 1846, against the property mortgaged by said Bank to James Holford on 11th April, 1842, and that he withdraw the notice heretofore served by him on the Marshal of the United States for the District of Georgia in relation to said executions. Be it further resolved, That the said Treasurer do give notice to the said Marshal to hold out of the proceeds of sale of said mortgaged property the sum of $950 37, subject to the execution issued on 5th April, 1847, for taxes due by the Insurance Bank of Columbus for the year 1841, provided the said James Holford consent to the payment of that amount. Agreed to, December 25, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. In House of Representatives, concurred in, Dec. 28, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 29, 1847.

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Resolution relative to Education. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to appointed three suitable persons as a Committee to enquire into the state of Education in Georgia, to report to the next Legislature on the operation of the present Poor School law, to recommend any alteration in the same that may to them seem advisable, or to suggest a plan for general education, if considered by them expedient, accompanied by a suitable bill for carrying out the same, provided the same can be done without cost to the State, or cost upon the School Fund. Agreed to, December 16th, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. In House of Representatives, concurred in, Dec. 29, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 30, 1847. Resolution relative to Chief Engineer. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the Chief Engineer of the Western and Atlantic Railroad be instructed, before he shall locate the terminus of said Road, to ascertain from the manuscript record of the act of the State of Tennessee granting to the State the right of way, whether or not the said manuscript act doth not grant to the State of Georgia five acres of land for a depot at the terminus of said road. Agreed to, December 29th, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. In House of Representatives, concurred in, Dec. 29, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 30, 1847.

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Resolution relative to the Laws and Journals. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That his Excellency the Governor be authorized to forward to each member of the present Legislature a copy of the Laws and the Journals of each House. Agreed to, December 29th, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. In House of Representatives, concurred in, Dec. 29, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 30, 1847. Resolution relative to Legislative Halls. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the Governor be requested to have the plastering, or so much as may be necessary, of the Legislative Halls, knocked off and properly replaced before the meeting of the next Legislature, and that the expense be paid out of the Contingent Fund. Agreed to, December 26, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. In House of Representatives, concurred in, Dec. 29, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 30, 1847. Resolution requesting the Judges of the Supreme Court to report upon the Laws. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly, met, That the Judges of the Supreme Court be requested to make a report to the next Legislature, stating any existing defect in the laws of Georgia, and suggesting a remedy for the same. Resolved further, That the aforesaid Judges be requested

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also to give their opinion on the expediency and practicability of so condensing and simplifying the laws as will place them more within the knowledge of the citizens of the State generally, thereby securing the more speedy and certain attainment of the ends of justice. Agreed to, Dec. 20th, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. In House of Representatives, concurred in, Dec. 29th, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 30, 1847. Resolutions in relation to Whitney's Railroad to the Pacific. WHEREAS the construction of a Railroad across the continent of North America would make the United States the great highway between Europe and the populous and wealthy empires of Asiawould greatly facilitate our own intercourse with those regionswould tend to consolidate our Union, and to give a fresh impulse to our great agricultural, manufacturing and commercial interests; and whereas this stupendous work can be accomplished, and the public lands constitute a fund peculiarly appropriate for defraying the expenses of such an undertaking, as a small portion of them would furnish the means, and the value of the remainder would be greatly enhanced thereby; and whereas the plan of Mr. Asa Whitney of New York, in its great outlines, is, in our opinion, the only practicable scheme for the accomplishment of this grand undertaking, which should be commenced as soon as practicable; therefore Be it resolved by this General Assembly, That we cordially approve of the great features of Mr. Whitney's plan for the construction of a Railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean from the avails of a portion of the public lands, and we earnestly recommend the measure to the early and favorable consideration of the General Government. 2. Resolved, That the Senators and Representatives of this State in Congress be, and they are hereby requested to give this measure their prompt attention. 3. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the Executive of each State in the Union, and a like copy

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to the Senators and Members of the House of Representatives from this State in the Congress of the United States. Agreed to, in Senate, November 19, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. In House of Representatives, concurred in, Nov. 19, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN F. OWEN, Clerk. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 23, 1847. Resolution in relation to transmitting certain books to the several States and Territories in this Union. WHEREAS the State of Georgia is much indebted to the courtesy and liberality of several of the States of this Union, exhibited in the transmission to our public library of many of the most valuable publications of their respective States 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 authorized and requested to cause to be transmitted, at his earliest convenience, to the Governors of the respective States and Territories of this Union, a copy of each of the recent publications ordered by this Legislature, to wit: Hotchkiss' Statute Law of Georgia, Kelly's Reports of cases decided in the Supreme Court, and Cobb's Analysis,to reciprocate the courtesy of such States as have presented us with their respective State Histories, by transmitting to them severally a copy of the History of Georgia; and also to extend the same courtesy to any individual who may present the State with valuable statistical, geographical and historical works for the public library. Agreed to, Dec. 15, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. In House of Representatives, concurred in, Dec. 29, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 30, 1847.

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Resolution relative to Georgia Regiment. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the Georgia Regiment, under the command of Col. Henry R. Jackson, deserves and has obtained from the people of this State their highest respect and admiration for the chivalrous manner in which they responded to the call of the Governor of the State of Georgia, and for their manly and soldierly conduct during their period of service in Mexico, by which they have maintained and vindicated the honor and valor of Georgia. Agreed to, December 29th, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. In House of Representatives, concurred in, Dec. 29, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 30, 1847. Resolution relative to Capt. William Hardee. WHEREAS Captain William Hardee, of the United States Dragoons, a native of Georgia, has distinguished himself in Mexico by a succession of brilliant achievements, which do honor to his country: Be it therefore 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 requested to cause a suitable sword to be made, with appropriate devices, and present the same to Captain Hardee, as a testimonial of the high sense his native State entertains of the unflinching courage and meritorious services of her son. Agreed to, December 21st, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. In House of Representatives, concurred in, Dec. 22d, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 24, 1847.

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Resolution relative to Newton County Cavalry. WHEREAS the Newton County Cavalry, from Georgia, came to their country's call in quick time and on the first day it was known that their services would be accepted; and whereas, too, they joined in the clang of arms almost from the very day they landed upon Mexical soil, and this conflict has been kept up with short intervals to a very late day; and whereas it is Georgia's pride and boast that this gallant corps, upon every emergency, has behaved with a gallantry worthy of themselves, and in a manner honorable to the State: 1. Be it therefore resolved, That the thanks of the people of Georgia are especially due to the brave and gallant officers and privates of the Newton County Cavalry, now in the Mexican War, for the distinguished manner they have borne their country's flag and sustained its arms, upon every occasion presented to them. 2. And be it further resolved, That his Excellency the Governor cause a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolution to be forwarded to Capt. John Loyall, Commander of the Newton County Cavalry, that the same may be communicated to the officers and privates of his corps. Agreed to, December 3d, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. In House of Representatives, concurred in, Dec. 9th, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 11, 1847. Resolution relative to Brigadier General Twiggs. While the Legislature of Georgia view with feelings of pride and admiration the glorious achievements of the American army abroad, they cannot but felicitate themselves particularly in the recollection of the heroic exploits of the gallant, brave and intrepid Brigadier General David E. Twiggs, whom, for his distinguished and meritorious services on the battle fields, the State is proud and happy to acknowledge her native son, and as a tribute of applause from the State that gave him birth, a tribute is due to his illustrions actions. Be it therefore unanimously resolved by the Senate and House

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of Representatives in General Assembly convened, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby respectfully requested to have purchased and presented to Brigadier General David E. Twiggs an elegant sword suitable for an officer of his rank. Agreed to, November 13, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. In House of Representatives, concurred in, Nov. 15, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, November 30, 1847. Resolution relative to Col. Robert M. Echols. The sad news of the demise of Col. Robert M. Echols of Georgia, who was in command of the 13th Regiment of the United States Infantry, in the war with Mexico, falls upon our ear in a manner to produce the most painful emotions. Indeed, the tale of death is at all times, and under all circumstances, a solemn tale; and if we can be made serious, no one thing contributes more to make us so. But when we remember that the deceased was for twenty-five out of twenty-seven years last past an active and prominent member in the law-making councils of his native State, Georgia, and most of those years in this Senate Chamber, and often the honored and honorable presiding officer of the Senate; yea, and when we remember that this worthy and dignified Senator has so often measured arms, in manly political strife, upon this floor, with some of us who are now members of the Senate, it may be well said his death produces the most melancholy emotions. This is not all. His native State having full faith and confidence in his prudence, valor, conduct and fidelity, generously bestowed upon him the highest military place. Gen. Echols, unwilling to rust out, at the time of life when not legally subject to the military call of the country gallantly buckled on his armor in a subordinate office, took his place at the head of his Regiment, and while in the active and faithful discharge of his duty became the victim of disease and death, and is now buried in the land of enemies. We say, these reminiscences make his death peculiarly a melancholy event. As an expression of our esteem for Col. Robert M. Echols of Georgia, and in order to show a becoming regard for his memory

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Be it therefore resolved, That the members of this Legislature do sorrow, with the most heartfelt mourning, because of the melancholy demise of Col. Robert M. Echols, and join heartily in commingling their grief with the widow and kindred in their sad bereavement. Be it further resolved, That his Excellency the Governor cause the remains of Col. Echols, by a suitable agent of the State, to be disintered from its present resting place, and conveyed in a becoming manner to the Social Circle in Walton county, Georgia, that the same may be delivered to the widow and orphans for interment in his family burying ground. Agreed to, December, 24th, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. In House of Representatives, concurred in, Dec. 25, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 28, 1847.

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RESOLUTIONS WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Report of the Committee on the State of the Republic in relation to the boundary line between Georgia and Florida. Mr. Harris, of Baldwin, from the Committee on the State of the Republic, to which was referred the correspondence in relation to the boundary line between Georgia and Florida, reports, that it has given a careful consideration to the questions involved in the controversy with our sister Florida, and laments that through the agency of the recent joint commission of the two States, that the question of boundary was not closed by it forever. To the people of Georgia, if they considered their claims to the strip of territory in any wise doubtful, it would afford great pleasure to yield to their younger and respected sister what she seems to think necessary to her, and which to them is almost unimportant in value, without a struggle. This, however, cannot, with the views of the duty entertained by your Committee, be done. It occurs to your Committee, that if Florida entertains the same desire that is felt by Georgia for a permanent boundary line being marked as speedily as practicable, with a view to the proper enforcement of the criminal and civil laws of each State, without conflict with those of the other, she will readily unite in referring such points of dispute as may be stated and agreed upon by the Governors of each State respectively, to the decision of the Supreme Court of the U. States. This course is suggested from the fact that cases of disputed boundary between States are confided by the Constitution of the United States to that tribunal; and we cannot but believe that the kind feeling for each other of the two States interested, will promptly lead them to an amicable settlement upon an agreed case of such abstract questions as may be deemed preliminary to the demarcation of the line. Your Committee would recommend the submission by the two States to the Supreme Court of the United States, of the abstract question, whether so much of the treaty of the United States of America with Spain in 1795 as provides for the ascertainment and establishment of a boundary between Georgia and Spain, has been executed in pursuance of the terms of said treaty. Should the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States determine that so much of the said treaty as relates to the boundary aforesaid had been executed by the Commissioners of the United States

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and Spain, that then the Governor of Georgia appoint two Commissioners, to unite with an equal number on the part of Florida, to mark the line between Georgia and Florida, from Ellicott's Mound to the junction of the Flint with the [Illegible Text] river. In the event, however, of the decision of that Court that a boundary has not been ascertained and established between Georgia and Spain, in pursuance of the provisions of the treaty of 1795, the Governor of Georgia is hereby requested to open a correspondence with the Governor of Florida, and to request his co-operation by the appointment of a commission, equal in number, on the part of both States, and that they be authorized to cause examinations to be made for the ascertainment of the head of the St. Marys river, which when made the boundary line shall be run from the head of the St. Marys river, so ascertained, to the junction of the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers. Your Committee, in thus recommending a mode for the adjustment of this long standing controversy, would by no means limit the discretion of the Executive as to the points or questions to be submitted, with the concurrence of Florida, to the decision of the Supreme Court. We recommend that the Governor take any and all such steps to close this controversy in an amicable manner, as his judgment may dictate. And with a view of furnishing to our sister Florida the evidence of our feelings in this matter, Be it resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit to the Governor of Florida a copy of this report and resolution. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. In House of Representatives, concurred in Dec. 29th, 1847. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 30, 1847. Resolution relative to Comptroller General. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened, That the Comptroller General be authorized and required to credit the Treasurer on his books for the sum of one hundred and sixty-eight dollars and forty-two cents, that being the amount of difference between six

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hundred and fifty dollars placed in an attorney's hands for collection, and the amount received in settling with said attorney. Agreed to, December 8th, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives A. F. OWEN, Clerk. In Senate, taken up and agreed to, December 23d, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 28, 1847. Resolution relative to the Magazine. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to have new shutters made to the doors of the State Magazine, and a new lightning rod made and put up on scientific principles; and that he pay for the same out of the contingent fund, or take such other order with it as he may deem most expedient. Agreed to, December 24th, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, December 24th, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 27, 1847. Resolution relative to the Lunatic Asylum. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the Trustees of the Lunatic Asylum examine the lands in the vicinity of that Institution, and report to the Legislature at its next session, what number of acres, if any, should be purchased, at what price the same can be purchased, and their opinion of the advantages, if any, of having a farm of greater or less extent attached to the Institution; and likewise their views on the necessity of having work-shops erected of a cheap character, and the advantages, if any, to

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be derived from them; and such other matter as they may deem necessary for the interests of the Institution and the economical management of the same. Agreed to, December 23, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, December 24, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 27, 1847. Resolution relative to Decisions of the Supreme Court. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to furnish to each of the Judges of the Supreme Court, and of the Superior Courts, a copy of the decisions of the Supreme Court annually as published. Agreed to, Dec. 29, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, Dec. 29, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 30, 1847. Resolution in relation to the West Point Academy. Resolved [Illegible Text] by the General Assembly of Georgia, That with pride and exultation it recurs to the battle fields of the Rio Grande and of Mexico, in the war now waging, as evincive of the patriotism and gallantry of our people, but more especially to mark, by some deliberate expression, the sense it entertains of the value of the military institution of the United States at West Point, as illustrated by the science, the skill, the courage and noble bearing of the Cadets, and to whom is justly to be ascribed a large share of the lustre and glory achieved by our arms.

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2. Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolution be forwarded to our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and to the Chief of the military institution at West Point. Read and agreed to, December 29th, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, December 29th, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 30, 1847. Resolution relative to distributing Books. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor distribute to the several counties of this State their proportion of the books on hand, both civil and military, at the same time the Laws and Journals are distributed. Agreed to, December 20th, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, December 29th, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor Assented to, December 30, 1847. Resolution relative to Capt. Josiah Tattnall. WHEREAS Captain Josiah Tattnall of the United States Navy, a native of the State of Georgia, has greatly distinguished himself in every portion of his professional career, and has illustrated the State which gave him birth, by uniform devotion and bravery in the service of that gallant arm of the national defence, and more recently at the [Illegible Text] and bombardment of Vera Cruz, as Commander of the Mosquito Fleet, signalized himself by the most noble and heroic conduct and added new laurels to his service, and greatly honored Georgia: Therefore, be it unanimously resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly

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met, That his Excellency the Governor cause to be procured an elegant sword, suitable to an officer of his rank, to be inscribed with proper devices, and present the same to Captain Tattnall in the name of the State, together with a copy of this resolution. Read and agreed to, November 24th, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, December 21, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 29, 1847. Resolution relative to Lieut. Wm. M. Gardner. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the thanks of the General Assembly of Georgia be tendered to Lieut. William Montgomery Gardner, of the county of Richmond, for his gallant conduct and noble bearing on the battle fields of Mexico, in defending his country's flag; and that his Excellency the Governor cause to be transmitted to Lieut. Gardner a copy of this resolution. Read and agreed to, December 22, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, December 23, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 28, 1847. Resolutions in relation to Capt. William H. T. Walker. WHEREAS the Legislature of Georgia, while conferring well earned honors on those whose heads have grown grey in the service of their country, they nevertheless deem it right and proper to notice with marks of approbation the past services of the young and gallant officers of our Army, not only as an acknowledgment of just claims upon their admiration, but as an incentive to future [Illegible Text]

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and good conduct: and whereas Captain William H. T. Walker, of the sixth Regiment, U. S. Infantry, achieved for himself, under the command of Gen. Zachary Taylor, during the Florida war, a reputation creditable to himself and his native State, and more recently under General Worth, at the battles around the city of Mexico, sustained with signal gallantry his former high position: Be it therefore unanimously resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to have purchased and presented an elegant sword, suited to an officer of his rank, as a testimony, by the General Assembly that the said Captain William H. T. Walker, has deserved well of his country. Agreed to, November 23, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, December 21, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 29, 1847. Resolutions in relation to Capt. Isaac Holmes. Resolved, That the noble and chivalrous bearing of Capt. Isaac Holmes, as an officer in the Georgia Regiment under command of Col. H. R. Jackson in Mexico, his untiring devotion to the discipline of the Regiment, and his lofty patriotism, which caused him to lose his valuable life in the service of his country, command the admiration and grateful remembrance of this General Assembly. And be it further resolved, That this General Assembly deeply condole with the widow and children of Captain [Illegible Text]; and that the Clerk of this House furnish her with a copy of these resolutions. Agreed to, November 23d, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, December 10th, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 15, 1847.

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Resolution in relation to Col. James McIntosh. Official information having been received by this General Assembly that Col. James McIntosh, lately an officer in the United States Army, serving in the war with Mexico, and a citizen of the State of Georgia, died on the 1st of October, of wounds received in the memorable battle of El Molina del Rey, of the 8th of September, 1847; and the communication having been referred to a Select Committee, they report the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas the people of Georgia are ever desirous of paying appropriate honors to such who, on the distant battle field, have rendered eminent services to the country and their native State: And whereas Col. McIntosh, a native of Georgia, has performed important military services, being the last but one of the officers from Georgia serving in the war of 1812, wounded in that contest, again wounded at the battle of Palo Alto, the commencement of a series of brilliant actions reaching to the very gates of the Mexican capital, and finally sealing his devotion in the cause of his country in the sanguinary action of El Molina del Rey, gallantly falling at the head of his command: 1. Be it therefore resolved, That we, the Representatives of the people of his native State, will ever cherish the memory of this gallant officer, who, on the field of carnage and death, and in the battle's foremost front fell whilst leading on to the assault his victorious columns. 2. Resolved, That the body of Col. McIntosh be removed at the public expense, from its present place of interment in Mexico, to his native State, and reinterred with suitable and appropriate honors; and that an act be passed furnishing the means for carrying this object into full effect. 3. Resolved, That we tender to the immediate family of the deceased our condolence and heartfelt sympathy. 4. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to cause a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions to be transmitted to the family of the deceased. Read and agreed to, November 29th, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, 10th Dec. 1847 ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 15, 1847.

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Resolutions relative to John McIntosh. WHEREAS the late Col. James McIntosh, a native of the State of Georgia, after a life of brave and useful service in the Army of the United States, fell gloriously in fighting the battles of his country before the walls of Mexico, and has left a large and helpless family deprived by his death of their chief protection and support; and whereas one of his sons, John McIntosh, is desirous of entering the service of the country, and promises by his bravery and qualities to sustain the honors of his name, and has made application to the President of the United States for a midshipman's warrant, or a lieutenancy in the marine corps in the Navy: Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That in consideration of the valiant life and the glorious death of the late Col. James McIntosh, of this State, the President of the United States be respectfully requested to confer upon John McIntosh, a son of the said Col. James McIntosh, a midshipman's warrant, or a commission as second lieutenant in the marine corps of the Navy of the United States. Be it further resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to send a copy of these resolutions to each one of our Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States, with the request that they present the same to the President of the United States. Read and agreed to, December 29, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, December 29th, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 30, 1847. Resolution to indulge William H. Graham and Harden Perkins, securities of John G. Bostick, Tax Collector of the county of Lumpkin. WHEREAS it appears that William H. Graham and Harden Perkins, are securities of John G. Bostick, Tax Collector of the county of Lumpkin, who is entirely insolvent, and who is indebted to the State for the tax of eighteen hundred and forty-six; and whereas, also, an execution is

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now running against them for the amount due, which was originally sixteen hundred dollars, but has by them been now reduced by payments on the same to about five hundred dollars, or thereabouts; and whereas their means have become so much exhausted that they cannot, without distress and ulter ruin, pay the balance due without indulgence: Resolved therefore by the Senate and House of Representatives, That William H. Graham and Harden Perkins, securities on John G. Bostick's bond, for the collection of the State tax for Lumpkin county, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, give bond, with good and sufficient securities, to the Solicitor General of the Cherokee Circuit, for the balance due on said execution, at the rate of seven per cent. from the issuing of the same, payable twelve months after date, and that said execution be stayed until said bond becomes due and payable. Agreed to, December 28th, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, December 29th, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 30, 1847. Resolution for the election of Director of Bank of State of Georgia. Resolved, if the Senate concur, That both branches of the General Assembly convene in the Representative Hall on Wednesday, the fifteenth of December, at 11 o'clock, A. M., to elect a Director on the part of the State to manage the affairs of the Bank of the State of Georgia. Agreed to, November 29, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, December 13th, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 15th, 1847.

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Resolutions relative to furnishing arms for certain volunteer companies. 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 authorized to furnish the Georgia Hussars, a volunteer corps of the county of Chatham, with seventy-five holsters and the same number of sabres or broad swords, if the said arms are in the State Arsenals, and if not, that he be requested to obtain them from the Government of the United States. And be it further resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby required to furnish, for the use of the Camden Riflemen, a volunteer company in the county of Camden, fifty rifle bayonets, provided the officers of said company give bond, with good and sufficient security, for their return whenever the State shall demand them or the said company be dissolved. Agreed to, December 16, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, December 23, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Senate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 28, 1847. Resolution relative to furnishing arms for Georgia Military Academy. 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 authorized to furnish sixty short Harper Ferry muskets, and twelve swords to Milton P. Tucker and William F. Disbrow, for the use of the Georgia Military Academy, located at Greenville, in the county of Meriwether, upon the usual security being given that said arms be properly taken care of and returned to the State when called for. Resolved further, That if said arms are not now in either of the Arsenals of the State, his Excellency the Governor be requested to use his exertions to procure them from the United States Government, upon the next distribution of arms to the States; and upon procuring them from said

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Government, that he be requested to notify the said Milton P. Tucker and William F. Disbrow thereof. Read and agreed to, December 16th, 1847. CHARLES J. JENKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. F. OWEN, Clerk. In Senate, read and concurred in, December 16th, 1847. ANDREW J. MILLER, President of the Senate. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the S enate. GEORGE W. TOWNS, Governor. Assented to, December 22, 1847. NOTE.In the execution of the printing of these laws, critical comparison has been made with the enrolled acts in the Secretary of State's office, which have been strictly followed. In a few instances, corrections of obvious errors are inserted, but always in [] brackets. STATE PRINTER.

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INDEX TO THE LAWS. A. APPROPRIATIONS For Governor's Salary, 3 Secretary of State, 3 Comptroller General, 3 Treasurer, 3 Surveyor General, 3 Judges of the Superior Courts, 3 Judges of the Supreme Court, 3 Reporter of the Supreme Court, 3 Attorney and Solicitors General, 3 Secretaries of the Governor, 3 Contingent Fund, 1848 and 1849, 3 Military Fund, 1848 and 1849, 4 Printing Fund, 1848 and 1849, 4 Lunatic Asylum, Superintendent Resident Physician, Trustees, Treasurer, sub-officers, c. 4 Chaplain of the Penitentiary, 4 Military Storekeeper at Savannah, 4 Repairs of Arsenal at Savannah, 4 Military Store Keeper at Milledgeville, 4 Otis Childs and David Kramer, 4 President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, 4 Members of the General Assembly, 4 , 12 Secretary of Senate and Clerk of House of Representatives, 5 Enrolling and Engrossing Clerks, 5 Messengers and Door Keepers, 5 Lunatic Asylum, debt prior to 1846, 5 Robert E. Martin, Clk. Supreme Court, for furnishing his office, 5 David Harris, for taking census, 5 Mary Walker, widow of F. H. Walker, for taking census, 5 Mary J. Williams, 5 William Freeman, 6 Penitentiary, to pay debts prior to 1844, 6 Kinchen Carr, 6 James Head, 6 John B. Moore, 6 Thomas McWilliams, 6 James A. Nobles, 7

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Otis Childs, balance due for 1846 and 1847, 7 David C, Campbell, Peterson Thweatt, and Grieve Orme, for printing Rules Supreme Court, 7 Wm. H. Bulloch, 7 Walter T. Colquitt, 8 William C. Osborne, 8 Inferior Court of Randolph county, 8 Lunatic AsylumLightning rods and force pump, 8 Jesse Cox, 8 John Dasher, 8 A. M. Horton, 9 Catharine Proctor Hayden, 9 Removing remains of George Walton and [Illegible Text] Hall, 9 [Illegible Text] W. Narimore, 9 Columbus Guards, 9 Trustees of Emory College, 9 George W. Anderson, 10 Joshua Sutton, 10 E. F. Park, 10 Elias Fincher and Henry L. Sims, 10 Removing remains of Robt. M. Echols, 10 Furniture for Executive Mansior, 11 Removing remains of Col. Jas. S. McIntosh, 11 Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 96 State Librarian, 214 Robert E. Martin, for keeping books belonging to State Library, 214 Eli McConnell, 254 Walter Gibson and Charles W. McKnight, 260 James B. and L. Tomlinson, 263 James R. Thomas, 267 Heirs of William Oliver, 268 George W. King, 268 ACADEMIES Etowah Academy, in Cherokee county, additional Trustees appointed, 14 Thomasville Academy, Trustees appointed, 14 ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTORS, GUARDIANS, c. Interest to be charged against them, 16 Legalizing acts of Lavinah Loyless, and authorizing the issuing of letters of administration de bonis non, 17 Authorizing the removal of the records of the estate of Tilman S. Hood, from Forsyth to Jackson county, and to make returns in said county of Jackson, 18

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Authorizing the issuing of letters of Administration on the estate of Samuel Mitchell, late of Pike county, 18 Changing the place of holding their sales in Columbus, 19 Allowing them additional compensation in certain cases, 19 ALMS-HOUSE In Laurens co., authorized to be erected, [Illegible Text] APPLING COUNTY Road Laws amended, 276 ASYLUM To establish a Deaf and Dumb, 94 In Muscogee, for the Poor, 133 ATHENS Acts for its government amended, 26 ATLANTA Incorporated, c. 50 ATTORNEYS The following persons authorized to plead and practise as Attorneys: De Witt C. Hargroves, 12 Williston Talbot, 12 Kittrell J. Werren, 12 Lewis P. D. Warren, 12 John E. Sullivan, 12 Jackson Troup Taylor, 12 John K. Jackson, 12 James T. Flewellen, 12 Ellis Dupree, 12 Joseph B. Lamar, 12 John Frederick Andrews, 12 Joseph Henry Lumpkin, jr. 12 Lucilius H. Briscoe, 12 Dobbins, 12 John M. Millen, 12 John W. Evans, 12 Charles C. Crews, 12 Thomas J. Hudley, 12 John V. Kinsey, 13 Thomas F. Wells, 13 Henry Alexander, 13 William Smith, 13 To regulate the mode of their admission to plead and practise, 13 Clerks not to tax in bills of cost a tax fee for the benefit of Attorneys, 57

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AUGUSTA Conferring certain powers on the Mayor, 26 Lien of assessments and taxes extended, 28 Regulating the drawing of Jurors for the Justice's Courts, 92 B. BANKS Director of the Central Bank, or Treasurer, to dispose of insolvent or unavailable assets, 21 Amending acts in relation to Bank of Augusta and Augusta Ins. Banking Co. 22 Authorizing an increase of the capital stock of the Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of the State of Georgia, 23 BALDWIN COUNTY Road Laws amended, 276 BALLARD, WM. L. For the relief of, 258 BAINBRIDGE Plat of the town to be made, 34 BAKER COUNTY Inferior Court to dispose of certain county lands and buildings, 78 To sell certain ungranted lands for Poor School purposes, 79 Precincts establishedInferior Court authorized to remove them, 100 Jurors to be compensated, 212 BIBB COUNTY Time of holding Courts changed, 87 Act to pay jurors altered, 209 BLAIRSVILLE Incorporated, 138 BONDS To commute the bonds of the Central Bank, 20 Of County Surveyors, reduced, 80 Of Constables, to be recorded, 62 Official and voluntarymode of entering up judgment on, 201 To be issued for the payment of certain debts, 249 For the relief of Peter Trezevant, 255 Of Sheriff of Rabun, reduced, 283 Of Sheriff of Dooly, increased, 284 For the completion of the W. A. Railroad, 301 BRIDGES In Campbell co., C. J. McDonald authorized to construct one across the Chattahoochee, 23

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In Burke and Emanuel, P. B. Connelly authorized to construct one across the Great Ogechee, 24 Curtright Manuf. Co. authorized to construct one across the Oconee at Long Shoals, 24 W. H. Jenkins and Clark Howell, across the Chattahoochee, 101 Campbellton Bridge Co. across the Chattahoochee, 121 BRUNSWICK Act to incorporate repealed, 32 BURKE COUNTY Clerks of Sup. and Inf. Courts eligible as Clerk of Court of Ordinary, 58 Names of defaulting tax-payers to be made public, 78 Road Laws amended, 276 BULLOCH COUNTY Time of holding Superior Court changed, 91 CAMPBELL COUNTY Jurors to be compensated, 210 CAMAK, JAMES For the relief of the Executors of 253 CANAL Savannah and Ogeechee Co. incorporated, 141 CARTER, FARISH To pay tax in Murray co. 288 CARROLL COUNTY Jury boxes to be revised, 208 Act to compensate jurors repealed, 209 Extra tax authorized, 285 CASS COUNTY Time of holding Superior Court changed, and to hold two weeks, 90 Jail fees of insolvents, confined for offences against the State, to be paid by I. Court, 194 CENTRAL BANK Bonds issued in redemption of its bills and liabilities, to be commuted, 20 The Director, or State Treasurer, to dispose of insolvent or unavailable assets, 21 CHATHAM COUNTY [SEE SAVANNAH.] Majority of Justices of Inf. Court not required to preside at elections, 96 Special Courts to be held in certain cases, 241 Patrol and Road Duty, in 6th Comp. Dist, 280 Pilot Laws and Special Courts, 238 Liens on steamboats, steam-mills, c. 216

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Savannah and Ogeechee Canal Co. 141 Savannah and Albany Railroad Co. 190 [Illegible Text] Company of Bonaventure, 136 CHEROKEE COUNTY Additional Trustees appointed for Etowah Academy. 14 CHURCHES Kiokee Church incorporated, 142 Bethlehem Bethel, do. 142 Trustees of Mt. Olive, do. 143 CLARKESVILLE Corporate limits extended, 142 CLARK COUNTY Road Laws amended, 276 CLERKS Not to tax in their bills of cost a tax fee for the benefit of Attorneys, 57 Marriage Settlements to be recorded, 57 In Burke county, Clerks of Superior or Inferior Court, eligible as Clerk of Ordinary, 58 In Irwin county, must hold their offices at the Court-house, 58 To record Constables' bonds, 62 CITIES AND TOWNS Savannah, acts relative to, amended, 25 Augusta, conferring certain powers on the Mayor, 26 Augusta, extending the lien of taxes and assessments, 28 Athens, acts for the government of, amended, 26 Columbus, giving the election of City officers to the people, 28 Columbus, relative to tax on slaves hired by persons residing without the city, 29 Lincolnton, Commissioners to be appointed by the people, 29 Thomasville, act to incorporate revived, 30 New Gibraltar, name changed to Stone Mountain, and limits enlarged, 31 Elorence, act to incorporate repealed, 32 Brunswick, act to incorporate, repealed, 32 Ringold, to incorporate the village, 32 LaGrange, defining its limits and repealing acts relative to, 33 Bainbridge and Thomasville, plats of the towns authorized to be made, 34 Macon, altering and amending acts incorporating the city, 36

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Ruckersville, amending acts incorporating the town, 43 Starkville, repealing act making it the county site of Lee, and for the selection of a new county site, 45 Cross Plains, name changed to Dalton, extending its limits, c. 47 Marthasville, name changed to Atlanta, limits extended, c. 50 Rome, incorporated as the city of Rome, 50 Blairsville, incorporated, 138 Penfield, acts relative to, amended. 139 Clarkesville, limits extended, 142 COAST SURVEY Operations of the U. States Coast Survey to be protected, and damages sustained provided for, 59 COBB COUNTY Time of holding Courts fixed, and to be held two weeks, 86 Jurors to be compensated, 211 Act consolidating offices of Tax Collector and Receiver repealed, 291 , 294 Road Laws amended, 276 COIN Clipping and mutilating, 2d sec. of act of 1789, repealed, 206 CONNELLY, P. B. Authorized to build a bridge across the Great Ogeechee, in Burke and Emanuel, 24 COTTON Tare or gross weight on unmanufactured bales abolished, 294 CONSTABLES' BONDS Clerks required to record them, and certified copies evidence, 62 COLUMBUS Changing the place of holding Administrators, Executors and Guardians' sales, 19 Marshal, Deputy Marshal, Clerk Treasurer elected by the people, 28 Defining tax on certain slaves hired within the city, c. 29 City light Guards incorporated, 116 Vigilant Fire Company, 119 Asylum for the Poor, 133 Comptroller to give certain credits on fi. fa. against the city, 271 To levy and collect an extra tax, 285

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CONSTITUTION To alter and amend the Third Section of the Second Article, 62 To amend the Ninth Section of the Third Article, 63 CORONERS or SHERIFFS May sell lands divided by county lines, 285 COMPILATION Legislature to prescribe how the Laws and Resolutions shall be compiled, 61 COUNTY LINES A part of Muscogee added to Talbot, 64 A part of Jones added to Jasper, 64 A part of Monroe added to Crawford, 65 A part of Macon added to Crawford, 65 A part of Bryan added to Chatham, 66 A part of Macon added to Houston, 67 A part of Crawford added to Houston, 67 A part of Cherokee added to Forsyth, 67 A part of Paulding added to Carroll, 68 A part of Paulding added to Floyd, 68 A part of Marion added to Talbot, 68 A part of Telfair added to Appling, 69 A part of Floyd added to Chattooga, 69 A part of Walton added to Newton, 70 A part of Paulding added to Cobb, 70 A part of Stewart added to Marion, 71 Between Chattooga and Floyd, changed, 66 Inferior Courts of Marion and Macon required to run out and define the line between said counties, 69 COUNTY SITES In Lee, providing for the selection of a new county site, c. 45 In Marion, providing for the selection of a new county site, c. 71 In Scriven, to make permanent the county site, c. 74 In Wayne, providing for the selection of a new county site, c. 76 COUNTY SURVEYORS Amount of their bonds reduced, 80 COUNTY TREASURER In Lumpkin co., to be elected by the people, 80 CURTRIGHT MANUFACTURING COMPANY Authorized to build a bridge across the Oconee at Flat Shoals, 24 COURTS OF INQUIRY 2d sec. of act of 1845, relative to imposing fines, repealed, 103

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COURTS In Floyd, time of holding Superior Courts fixed, and to be held two weeks, 83 In Telfair, time of holding Inferior changed, 84 In Stewart, time of holding Inferior changed, 84 In Lumpkin, adjourned terms of Sup. Court, 85 In Cobb, time of holding fixed, and to be held two weeks, 86 In Troup, time of holding Superior changed, 86 In Bibb, time of holding Sup. Inf. changed, 87 In Houston, to be held 2 weeks by the Judge, 87 In Heard, to be held two weeks by the Judge, 88 In Telfair, time of holding Superior changed, 88 In Irwin, do. do. do. do. 88 In Pulaski, do. do. do. do. 88 In Jackson, do. do. Inferior do. 89 In Paulding, do. do. Superior do. 90 In Cass, do. do. do. do. and to be held two weeks, 90 In Bulloch, time of holding Superior changed, 91 In Effingham, time of holding Sup. changed, 91 Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer of Savannah, to hold extraordinary or special Courts in certain cases, 91 Sheriff's fees in said Court, 281 Justice's Courts in Columbns to be held at the Court-house, 92 In Monroe and Tattnall, place of holding Justice's Courts changed, 93 In Chatham, special, to be held, 241 CRIMINALS To be discharged from jail in certain cases, and defendants in civil cases, also, 196 D. DALTON Incorporated, 47 DAVIS, MARY H. For the relief of, 253 DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM Providing for its establishment and location, authorizing the appointment of Commissioners, c. 94 DEFENDANTS In civil cases, to be discharged from jail in certain cases, 196 DEKALB COUNTY Extra tax authorized to pay jurors, 289 DISCOVERIES At common law, may be compelled, 197

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DOOLY COUNTY Sheriff's bond increased, 284 E. EFFINGHAM COUNTY Time of holding Superior Court changed, 91 Hussars to be furnished with arms, 299 EMANUEL COUNTY Tax Collector to be allowed insolvent list, 293 ELECTIONS In Chatham, act requiring a majority of the Inferior Court to preside, repealed, 96 ELECTION PRECINCTS The following established: Wayne, 334th District, 97 Wayne, at Waynesville, 97 Stewart, 23d Dist. 97 Harris, at Waverly Hall, 97 DeKalb, at Stone Mountain, 98 Lowndes, 9th Dist. 98 Rabun, 556th Dist. 98 Cobb, each Militia Dist. 98 Cherokee, each Militia Dist. 98 Thomas, 370th Dist. 99 Marion, 946th Dist. 99 Washington, at Wm. B. Roberts, 99 Washington, at John Peacock's, 91st Dist. 99 Franklin. 213th Dist. 99 Lee, 976th Dist. 99 Murray, on lot 225, 99 Emanuel, at Isaac Wilkes', 99 Hall, Tucker's, 99 Ware, Geo. W. Davis', 100 Ware, at Thomas Wilson's, 100 Habersham, in Deep Creek Dist. 100 Baker, Scriven, and Laurens, each Militia District, 100 The following changed: Morgan, The Addsboro', 97 Campbell, 734th Dist. 97 Taliaferro, 605th 97 Harris, King's Gap, 97 , 98 Muscogee, Glenn's, 97 Putnam, 357th Dist. 97 Harris, 839th Dist. 97 Ware, 5th Dist. 97 Monroe, 599th Dist. 98 Lowndes, 15th Dist. 98 Lowndes, 660th Dist. 98 Coweta, Lodi, 98 Houston, Marshall's and Centreville, 98

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Crawford, 494th Dist. 98 Irwin, Henderson's and Gay's, 98 Thomas, Wamack's, 98 Murray, 1013th Dist. 99 Baker, 1029th Dist. 99 Paulding, 839th Dist. 99 Washington, Talbot's, 99 Franklin, Merideth's, 99 Floyd, Allen's, 99 Harris, Whittaker's, 99 Forsyth, Light's, 99 Forsyth, on lot 877, 99 Jones, Sawder's, 100 Camden, 959th Dist. 100 Cass, 874th, 100 DeKalb, 563d and 572d Dists. abolished, 98 EVIDENCE Records of Constable's Bonds, 62 Gambling with Negroes, c. 105 EXECUTIONS Act of 1840, relative to, when issued in favor or against Sheriffs, amended, 201 EXECUTORS [SEE ADMINISTRATORS.] F. FERRIES The following authorized to be established: Across the Chattahoochee, by Joel Deese; 101 Across the Chattahoochee, by J. H. Wilson and A. Baker, 101 Across the Chattahoochee, by B. T. Watkins, 101 Across the Chattahoochee, by W. H. Jenkins and Clark Howell, 101 Across the Etowah, by John P. Eve, 101 Across the Ocmulgee, by John Mobley, 102 Across the Little Ocmulgee, by John Steel, 102 FEES Of Sheriff, in Savannah, 281 FINES Collection and disbursement of, imposed by Courts of Inquiry, 103 FLORENCE Act to incorporate repealed, 32 FLOYD COUNTY Time of holding Superior Court changed, 83 Road Laws amended, 276 FORFEITURES Lands in Ware forfeited, 103 FRACTIONS OF LAND Time for granting limited, c. 109

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FULGHAM, ELDRIDGE For the relief of, 271 G. GAMBLING WITH NEGROES Punishment and evidence, 105 GIBSON, WALTER W. For the relief of, 258 GLYNN COUNTY Act consolidating offices of Tax Collector and Receiver repealed, 293 GRANTS On head rights, time for granting extended, 106 Grant to issue to Lewis Zachry, for lot 217, 10th Henry, 107 Certified copies to be recorded by Secretary of State, 108 Grant to issue to L. J. Jones, for lot No. 161, 1st Dist. Dooly, 109 Fractions and undrawn lots, time for granting limited, to revert and to be sold by Sheriff, 109 Grant to issue to Martha Atla Smith, for lot 9, 7th Dist. of Randolph, 111 Grant to issue to orphans of Abner Simonton for lot 86, 9th Dooly, 111 Grant to issue to John P. Dadson, for lot 264, 5th Irwin, 112 GREEN COUNTY Extra tax authorized, 287 GRIMES, FRANKLIN T. For the relief of, 252 GUARDIANS [SEE ADMINISTRATORS.] H. HANCOCK COUNTY So much of act of 1843 as consolidated the two regiments repealed, 222 Guards, privileges granted to, 297 Road laws amended, 278 HALL, MARGARET C. For the relief of, 256 HARRISON, JAMES AND SAMUEL For the relief of, 265 HARRIS COUNTY CAVALRY Privileges granted to, 297 HEARD COUNTY Superior Court to be held two weeks, 88 Road laws amended, 280 HOUSTON COUNTY Superior Court to be held two weeks, 87

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HOOD, REUBEN H. Authorized to remove the records of the estate of Tilman S. Hood from Forsyth to Jackson county, and to make returns in Jackson county, 18 HUGINON, MARION A. For the relief of, 252 I. ILLEGITIMATES [SEE NAMES.] Amanda Meredith 227 Emma Louisa Waller, 232 IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT Widows and feme soles exempt, 112 INSOLVENTS In Cass co.jail fees to be paid by Inf. Court, 194 INSURANCE COMPANIES Savannah Mutual, 123 Southern do. 126 Coweta do. 128 Athens do. 128 INTEREST Amount to be charged against Administrators, Executors, and Guardians, 16 On the public debt, to facilitate the payment of, c. 249 INCORPORATIONS For Railroad incorporations, see Railroads. St. John's Lodge, 113 Hiram Chapter and Monroe Lodge, 113 Greenville Lodge, 114 Savannah Irish Union Society, 115 Chatham Artillery, 116 City Light Guards, Columbus, 116 Oglethorpe Fire Company, Savannah, 118 Vigilant Fire Company, Columbus, 119 Lagrange Female Institute, 120 Campbellton Bridge Company, 121 N. York and Savannah Steam Navigation Co. 131 Muscogee Asylum for the Poor, 133 Evergreen Cemetery Co. of Bonaventure, 136 Savannah and Ogeechee Canal, 141 Kiokee Church, 142 Bethlehem Bethel Church, 142 Irwinton Bridge Co., charter forfeited, 194 INDIAN SPRING John G. Park appointed agent, and authorized to improve the Reserve, 193 IRWINTON BRIDGE COMPANY Charter to be forfeited, 194 To repeal the charter of, [Illegible Text]

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IRWIN COUNTY Clerks must hold their offices at the Court-house, 58 Time of holding Superior Court changed, 88 Taxes on certain lands, 292 Road laws amended, 276 J. JACKSON COUNTY Time of holding Inferior Court changed, 89 JACKSON, SAMUEL For the relief of, 269 JEFFERSON COUNTY Extra tax authorized, 287 Riflemen granted privileges, 300 Road laws amended, 276 JORDAN, JAMES For the relief of, 257 JUDICIARY Criminals and defendants in civil cases, to be discharged from jail in certain cases, 196 Parties may compel discoveries at common law, 197 Rules of practice, not agreed on by Judges in Convention, inoperative, 198 Penal Code, 53d sec. of 4th Div. amended, 199 Penal Code, 22d sec. of 10th Div. amended, 199 Penal Code, 11th sec. of 10th Div. amended, 200 Judgments on official or voluntary bonds, mode of entering up, 201 Act of 1840, amended, relative to executions, c.; and providing for the enforcement of judgment against land sold and bond for titles given, 201 Pleadings at law, simplified and curtailed, 203 Clipping and mutilating coin2d section of act of 1789, repealed, 206 JUDGMENTS On official or voluntary bonds, 201 Against land sold and bond for titles given, 201 JURISDICTION Over land at Cumberland Sound, ceded to the United States, 206 Over lot of land in Savannah, 207 JUSTICES' COURTS In Columbus, to be held at the Court-house, 92 In Augusta, how jurors may be drawn, 92 In Tattnall, 41st Dist. place of holding changed, 93 In Monroe, 557th Dist. place of holding changed, 93 JUSTICES OF THE INFERIOR COURT To advertise when Poor School Fund is rec'd, 248

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JURORS In Troup Superior Court, to serve two weeks at November Term, 1847, 208 In Carroll county, jury boxes to be revised, 208 In Carroll co. act to compensate, repealed, 209 In Bibb, act to compensate, amended, 209 In Campbell, to compensate, 210 In Cobb, to compensate, 211 In Baker, to compensate, 212 In Troup, to compensate, 212 In Lowndes, act to compensate repealed, 213 In DeKalb, to compensate, 290 K. KING, GEORGE W. For the relief of, 268 L. LAGRANGE Limits defined and certain acts repealed, 33 Female Institute incorporated, 120 LANDS In Ware county, forfeited, 103 LAURENS COUNTY Almshouse authorized to be erected, and providing for the Poor, 15 Precincts established; Inf. Court authorized to remove them, 100 LINCOLN COUNTY Road laws amended, 277 LINCOLNTON Commissioners to be elected by the people, 29 LAWS AND RESOLUTIONS Legislature to prescribe how they shall be compiled, 61 LEE COUNTY County site removed, 45 Act authorizing extra tax repealed, 294 LIABILITIES Of Railroad Companies, 250 LIBRARIAN To be appointed by the Governor, 214 LIENS On personal property, 214 On steamboats, steam-mills, c. in Chatham, 216 LINDSEY, NANCY For the relief of, 252 LIMITATIONS Acts relative to, amended and explained, 217 Act of 1767, 5th sec. explained, 218 LONG, JONATHAN For the relief of, 254

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LODGES St. John's, incorporated, 113 [Illegible Text] Chapter and [Illegible Text] Lodge, 113 Greenville Lodge, 114 LOWNDES COUNTY Act to compensate jurors repealed, 213 LOYLESS, LAVINIAH To legalize her acts as Administratrix of Henry Loyless, and to authorize the granting of letters of administration de bonis non on said estate, 17 LUMPKIN COUNTY County Treasurer to be elected by the people, 80 Adjourned Terms of Superior Court, 85 Treasurers for Poor Schools, 245 M. MACON Acts incorporating the city amended, 36 Floyd Rifles granted privileges, 301 MACON COUNTY Extra tax authorized, 284 MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH Its construction authorized, 218 MANN, JOHN H. For the relief of, 264 MANUFACTORIES Formation of corporations authorized, 219 Richmond Factory may establish a factory in any part of Richmond county, 221 MARION COUNTY County site removed, 71 Dragoons incorporated, 298 MARRIAGE SETTLEMENTS Required to be recorded by Clerks of the Superior Court, 57 MARTHASVILLE Name changed to Atlanta, c. 50 McINTOSH COUNTY Road laws amended, 278 McCORVEY, ANDREW Authorized to peddle without license, 263 McCONNELL, ELI For the relief of, 254 McNIGHT, CHARLES W. For the relief of, 259 McDONALD, CHARLES J. Authorized to build a bridge across the Chattahoochee in Campbell county, 23 MEHAFFEY, JAMES H. For the relief of, 261

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MONROE COUNTY 557th Dist. Justice's Courts changed, 93 Relief of certain persons, 267 MILITIA City Watch of Savannah exempt, 221 Act consolidating Regiments in Hancock repealed, [Illegible Text] Thirty-fifth Regiment, privileges, exemptions, parades and encampments of, 222 MILITIA DISTRICTS In Habersham and Rabun, act relative to, repealed, 223 MILL-DAMS Across the Etowah, [Illegible Text] Floyd, by L. A. L. Lampkin, 224 Across the Oustanaula, Connasauga and Coosawattee, 224 Across the Connasauga, in Murray, by Jas. Morris, 225 Across the Oustanaula, in Floyd, by Job Rogers, 226 In the [Illegible Text] by Daniel Aderhold, 226 MITCHELL, SAMUEL Authorizing the Court of Ordinary of Pike county to issue letters of administration on his estate, 18 MIXON, GEORGE, jr. For the relief of, 257 N. NAMES To change the names and legitimatize certain individuals, 227 To change the names and legitimatize certain persons, 231 Act changing the name of Emma Louisa Exum, amended, 232 NEW-GIBRALTAR Name changed to Stone Mountain, 31 NEWTON COUNTY Road laws amended, 276 O. OLIVER, WILLIAM For the relief of the heirs of, 268 P. PARDONS Wm. L. Williams, of Richmond, 233 John Liverman, do. 233 PATROLS In Chatham, 6th Company District, 280

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PEAVY, ABRAM For the relief of the estate of, 265 PAULDING COUNTY Time of holding Superior Court changed, 90 PULASKI COUNTY Time of holding Superior Court changed, 88 PENAL CODE 53d sec. of 4th div. relative to stabbing, 199 22d sec. of 10th div. relative to vagrants, 199 11th sec. of 10th div. relative to gambling, 200 PEDLERS John Sirmons, of Early, 262 Andrew McCorvey, of Dooly, 263 John Studstill, of Lowndes, 267 PENFIELD Relative to its government, 139 PENITENTIARY Treasury Committee to examine its condition; and Governor to appoint a Committee to examine raw materials and assets, 234 PHYSICIANS Botanico-Medical Board, 234 Board of, act of 1825 revived, 237 PILOTAGE Laws relative to, amended, 239 PLEADINGS AT LAW Simplified and curtailed, 203 POOR SCHOOLS In Elbert, Camden and Warren, to compensate teachers of, 243 , 244 In Clark, Campbell, Forsyth and Twiggs, 245 In Floyd, Upson and Carroll, 247 In Elbert, Thomas, Jackson and Columbia, 247 - 8 In Lumpkin and Rabun, Treasurer to be elected in each Militia District, 245 Justices of the In. Court to advertise when the Poor School Fund is received, 248 PRECINCTS [SEE ELECTION PRECINCTS.] PUBLIC DEBT To facilitate the payment of interest on, to authorize the issue of bonds, 249 R. RABUN COUNTY Sheriffs bond reduced, 283 Treasurer for Poor Schools, 245 RINGOLD Village incorporated, 32 ROME Incorporated as the City of Rome, 50

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RAILROADS Washington Railroad Co. 144 Elbert Railroad Co. 150 Clarkesville and Athens Railroad Co. 152 Gainesville Railroad Co. 158 Augusta and Waynesboro Railroad Co. 164 Central Railroad and Macon and Western Railroad Companies, to form a junction at Macon, 165 Muscogee Railroad Company, 166 , 183 Ocmulgee Railroad Company, 167 Memphis Branch Railroad and Steamboat Co. 170 Hiwassee Railroad Company, of the State of Tennessee, 171 Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company of the State of Tennessee, 172 Madison and Macon Railroad Company, 173 Milledgeville Railroad Co. 175 , 176 Atlanta and Lagrange Railroad Co. 178 Macon and Western Railroad Co. 181 Southwestern Railroad Co. 184 Brunswick and Florida Railroad Co. 184 Etowah Railroad Co. 185 Thomaston and Barnesville Railroad Co. 188 Farmer's Railroad Company, 188 Savannah and Albany Railroad Co. 190 Georgia Railroad and Banking Co. 190 Western and Atlantic, to be completed, 301 Western and Atlantic, additional engineers, 303 Liabilities of Railroad Companies, for the destruction of live stock and other property, and also to passengers, 250 RELIEF For the relief of the following persons: Marion A. Huginon, 252 Nancy Lindsey and Franklin T. Grimes, 252 Mary H. Davis and executors of Jas. Camak, 253 Jonathan Long, 254 Eli McConnell, 254 Peter Trezevant, 255 Simon Ward and George Mixon, jr. 256 Margaret C. Hall, 256 James Jordan, former Tax Col. of Upson, 257 William L. Ballard, 258 Walter Gibson and Charles W. McNight, 259 Old stockholders in Steamboat Co. of Ga. 260 James H. Mehaffey of Cobb, 261 Citizens of Wayne, 261 John Sirmons of Early, 262 Andrew McCorvey of Dooly, 263

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James B. and L. Tomlinson of Butts, 263 John H. Mann, 264 Abram Peavy, 265 Certain persons of Monroe county, 266 James R. Thomas, 267 John Studstill, 267 Heirs of William Oliver, 268 G. W. King, 268 Samuel Jackson, 269 Heirs of John Todd, 270 Eldridge Fulgham, 271 City of Columbus, 271 RICHMOND FACTORY May establish a factory in any part of Richmond county, 221 RIVERS To compensate Commissioners of Ocmulgee and its branches, 272 For the improvement of the Flint river, 273 For the improvement of the Etowah, 273 For the improvement of the Broad, 274 ROAD LAWS In Clark, Scriven, Cobb, Baldwin, Newton, Floyd, Washington, Gwinnett, Telfair, Burke, Wilkes, Jefferson, Appling, Irwin, and Thomas, 276 In Lincoln, 277 In McIntosh, 278 In Hancock, 279 In Heard and Chatham, 280 RUCKERSVILLE Acts incorporating the town amended, 43 RULES OF PRACTICE Not agreed on by judges in Convention, declared inoperative, 198 S. SAVANNAH [SEE CHATHAM COUNTY.] Acts relative to, amended, 25 Marine and Fire Ins. Bank, stock increased, 23 Special Courts, c. 91 Sheriff's fees, 281 Majority of Justices not required to preside at elections, 96 Irish Union Society incorporated, 115 Chatham Artillery incorporated, 116 Oglethorpe Fire Co. No. 1, incorporated, 118 Mutual Insurance Co. No. 1, incorporated, 123 Steam Navigation Co. No. 1, incorporated, 131

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Rents and recovery of possession of property, 195 Trials of slaves and free persons of color, 202 City Watch exempt from militia duty, 221 SCRIVEN COUNTY County site located, 74 Precinets established, removal authorized, 100 Road laws amended, 276 SIRMONS, JOHN Authorized to peddle without license, 262 SLAVES AND FREE PERSONS OF COLOR Trials of, in Savannah, regulated, 202 SHERIFFS Of Court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer, fees of, increased, c. 281 To sell lands divided by county lines, 282 Of Rabun, bond reduced, 283 Of Dooly, bond increased, 284 STARKEVILLE County site to be removed therefrom, 45 STEWART COUNTY Time of holding Inferior Court changed, 84 STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY New York and Savannah incorporated, 131 STEAMBOAT COMPANY For the relief of the old Stockholders, 260 SUPREME COURT Discretionary with plaintiffs in error whether they will include as parties plaintiff securities on appeal on injunction bonds and writs of error, 81 Reporter may appear as Counsel, and may appoint an Assistant, 81 Bills of exceptions may be drawn up and submitted within thirty days; transcripts of the record to be filed, and cost paid and bond given within thirty days, 82 83 SUMTER COUNTY Act consolidating offices of Tax Collector and Receiver repealed, 291 T. TATTNALL COUNTY 41st Dist. Justice's Courts, place of holding changed, 93 Tax Collector to be allowed insolvent list, 291 TELFAIR COUNTY Time of holding Inferior Court changed, 84 Time of holding Superior Court changed, 88 Road laws amended, 276

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TAXES In Macon co., to levy an extra, 284 In Carroll and Thomas, to levy an extra, 285 In Columbus, to levy an extra, 285 In Green co., to levy an extra, 287 In Jefferson and Walton, to levy an extra, 287 In DeKalb, to levy an extra, 289 Non-residents to pay in the county in which their plantations and negroes may be, 286 In Murray co., Farish Carter to pay tax, 288 To levy and collect a tax for each of the political years 1848 and 1849, 289 In Lee, act authorizing extra, repealed, 294 In Irwin, tax on certain lands to be collected, 292 TAX DEFAULTERS In Burke, their names to be made public, 78 TAX COLLECTORS AND RECEIVERS In Cobb, act consolidating offices, repealed, 291 [Illegible Text] In Sumter, do, do. do. 291 In Tattnall, to be allowed insolvent lists, 291 In Irwin, to collect taxes on certain lands, 292 In Emanuel, to be allowed insolvent lists, 293 In Glynn, act consolidating offices, repealed, 293 TARE OR GROSS WEIGHT On bales of Cotton, abolished, 294 THOMAS COUNTY Extra tax authorized, 285 Road laws amended, 276 THOMASVILLE Act to incorporate revived, 30 Plat of the town to be made, 34 Trustees for Academy, 14 THOMAS, JOHN R. For the relief of, 267 TOMLINSON, JAMES B. L. For the relief of, 263 TODD, JOHN For the relief of the heirs of, 270 TROUP COUNTY Time of holding Superior Court changed, 86 Jurors to serve two weeks at Nov. Term, '47 , 208 Jurors to be compensated, 212 TREASURY COMMITTEE To examine condition of Penitentiary, 284 TREZEVANT, PETER For the relief of, 255 TURNPIKES Tolls on, in Gilmer, Union, Rabun and Lumpkin, [Illegible Text]

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TURPENTINE BUSINESS To protect those engaged in it, c., in the counties of Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, [Illegible Text] Jefferson and Washington, 296 U. UNITED STATES Lot of land in Savannah ceded to, 207 Lot of land at Cumberland Sound ceded to, 206 V. VOLUNTEERS Hancock Guards, to grant privileges to, 297 Harris County Cavalry, to grant privileges to, 297 Marion Dragoons, to incorporate, c. 298 Upson Co. Dragoons, to furnish with arms, 298 Effingham Hussars, to furnish with arms, c. 299 Jefferson Riflemen, to grant privileges to, 300 Floyd Rifles, to grant privileges to, 301 W. WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD For the completion of, and to provide funds for the same, 301 Additional Engineers and contracts for building, [Illegible Text] WARE COUNTY Certain lands forfeited, 108 WASHINGTON COUNTY Road Laws amended, 276 WARD, SIMON For the relief of, 256 WALTON COUNTY Extra tax authorized, 287 WAYNE COUNTY County site to be selected, 76 To relieve a portion of the citizens, 261 WILKES COUNTY Road Laws amended, 276 WIDOWS AND FEME SOLES Exempt from imprisonment for debt, 112

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[Illegible Text] RELATIVE TO Bank of Darien, Report of Committee, 305 Director of Central Bank to pay $69 76 to Gilmer co. 307 Executions against Ins. Bank of Columbus, 308 Appointment of Committee on Education, 309 Chief Engineer, 309 Laws and Journals, 310 Legislative Halls, 310 Judges of Supreme Court, 310 Whitney's Railroad Project, 311 Transmitting Books to other States, 312 Georgia Regiment, 313 Capt. Wm. Hardee, 313 Newton County Cavalry, 314 Brig. Gen. Twiggs, 314 Col. R. M. Echols, 315 Boundary Line, Report of Committee, 317 Comptroller General, 318 The Magazine, 319 The Lunatic Asylum, 319 Decisions of the Supreme Court, 320 West Point Academy, 320 Distributing Books, 321 Capt. Josiah Tattnall, 321 Lieut. Wm. M. Gardner, 322 Capt. W. H. T. Walker, 322 Capt. Isaac Holmes, 323 Col. James McIntosh, 324 John McIntosh, 325 Wm. H. Graham and Harden Perkins, 325 Director Bank State of Georgia, 326 Georgia Hussars and Camden Riflemen, 327 Georgia Military Academy, 327

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