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: BOUGHTON, NISBET BARNES 18551100 English

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE, AT A BI-ENNIAL SESSION, IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY MARCH, 1855-'56. COMPILED, AND NOTES ADDED, By JOHN W. DUNCAN. 18551100 18551200 18560100 18560200 18560300 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. MILLEDGEVILLE. BOUGHTON, NISBET BARNES, (STATE PRINTERS.) 1856. PRINTED ON THE FEDERAL UNION POWER PRESS: MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.

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TABLE OF TITLES, DIVISIONS, c. PART I. PUBLIC LAWS. TITLE I.ACADEMIES AND FREE SCHOOLS. TITLE II.AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE. TITLE III.APPROPRIATIONS. TITLE IV.ATTACHMENT AND GARNISHMENT. TITLE V.ATTORNEYS. TITLE VI.BANKS AND BANKING. Art. I.CENTRAL BANK. Art. II.PRIVATE CORPORATIONS. TITLE VII.CESSION TO UNITED STATES. TITLE VIII.CONSTITUTION AND AMENDMENTS. TITLE IX.CONVENTION. TITLE X.COUNTIES. TITLE XI.COUNTY LINES. TITLE XII.COUNTY OFFICERS AND RECORDS. TITLE XIII.DEAF AND DUMB. TITLE XIV.ELECTIONS. TITLE XV.EVIDENCE. TITLE XVI.EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, c. TITLE XVII.INSOLVENT DEBTORS. TITLE XVIII.INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION. Art. I.GENERAL LAWS. Art. II.STATE ROAD. Art. III.RAIL-ROAD, CANAL AND OTHER CORPORATIONS. TITLE XIX.JUDICIARY. Art. I.SUPREME COURT. Art. II.SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR COURTS. Div. 1.SESSIONS AND ADJOURNMENTS. Div. 2.NEW JUDICIAL CIRCUITS. Div. 3.JUDGES AND JUSTICES OF INFERIOR COURT. Div. 4.JURISDICTIONCOMMON LAW AND EQUITY. Div. 5.ACTION. Div. 6.HUSBAND AND WIFE. Div. 7.JURORS. Div. 8.LEVY AND SALE. Div. 9.LIMITATIONS. Div. 10.LOST PAPERS. Div. 11.STATUTE OF FRAUDS. Art. III.COURTS OF SPECIAL JURISDICTION.

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TITLE XX.GRAND AND PETIT JURORS, AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. TITLE XXI.LAND. TITLE XXII.LEGISLATURE. TITLE XXIII.LUNATIC ASYLUM. TITLE XXIV.MONEY. TITLE XXV.NAMES CHANGED. TITLE XXVI.MILITIA. TITLE XXVII.PENAL CODE. TITLE XXVIII.PATROL LAWS. TITLE XXIX.PUBLIC RECORDS. TITLE XXX.PUBLIC PRINTER. TITLE XXXI.RENT LAWS. TITLE XXXII.RIVERS. TITLE XXXIII.SLAVES. TITLE XXXIV.CHARITABLE SOCIETIES. TITLE XXXV.OKEFENOKE SWAMP. TITLE XXXVI.TAX.

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PART II. LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS. TITLE I.ACADEMIES, COLLEGES, FREE SCHOOLS, TEACHERS OF POOR, c. TITLE II.APPROPRIATIONS. TITLE III.ATTORNEYS. TITLE IV.CHURCHES, CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, c. TITLE V.CITIES, TOWNS, c. TITLE VI.COUNTY OFFICERS. TITLE VII.COUNTY REGULATIONS. TITLE VIII.COUNTY NAMES, SITES, COURT HOUSES. TITLE IX.EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, c. TITLE X.JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. TITLE XI.JUSTICES OF THE INFERIOR COURT. TITLE XII.JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. TITLE XIII.JURORSGRAND AND PETIT. TITLE XIV.LAND. TITLE XV.LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. TITLE XVI.ORDINANCES. TITLE XVII.ORDINANCE LEGALISED. TITLE XVIII.PARDON. TITLE XIX.PATROL LAWS. TITLE XX.PHYSICIANS. TITLE XXI.REGISTRY. TITLE XXII.RIVERS. TITLE XXIII.ROAD LAWS. TITLE XXIV.RELIEF LAWS. I. FEME'S SOLE. II. HEIRS AND MINORS. III. MARITAL RIGHTS. IV. PEDDLERS. V. SECURITIES, EXECUTORS, c. VI. MISCELLANEOUS RELIEF. TITLE XXV.SLAVES. TITLE XXVI.TAX. TITLE XXVII.VENDUE MASTERS.

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PREFACE. The compilation of the Laws passed at the Biennial Session of the Generally Assembly of Georgia, of 1855 and 1856, differs from preceding Compilations, in the abbreviation of the enacting and repealing clauses of each Law. This change was adopted by the Compiler, in conformity with the following communication, addressed to him by his Excellency, the Governor: EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, MILLEDGEVILLE, GA, MARCH 6TH, 1856. DEAR SIR: In proceeding to the discharge of your duties in preparing for publication the Laws of the late General Assembly, you are hereby authorized in consideration of the unusually great number of Acts that were passed at the recent Session, as well as their great size, to abbreviate the enacting and repealing clauses of each act, with a view to promote economy and compactness in the compilation. I am, Respectfully, HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, Governor. To J. W. DUNCAN, Esq. Compiler, c. The result of this modification, has been to reduce the size of the volume very greatly, as well as the expense of the publication to the State. The annotations, which it is made the duty of the Compiler to make, under the law of 1852, are not as extensive or as complete as was desired by him that they should be, in consequence of the anxiety expressed, publicly and privately, that the Laws should be printed at the earliest possible day. Indeed, the number of Laws passed, has increased to such an extent since the Act of 1852 has been in force, that it would be impossible to do anything like full justice in the time allotted to the preparation of the work. Hence, preferring to gratify the public desire to see the Laws, rather than to elaborate the annotations, they will not be found as numerous as might be under different circumstances. Respectfully submitted by THE COMPILER. EXPLANATORY NOTE. Wherever a clerical mistake appears, which might materially change the language of the Legislature, the words necessary to make the object complete, have been inserted in brackets. In one instance, two entire sections were omitted in the enrolment of a Law; and they have been given in full, with an explanatory note. Important variations between the Engrossed Acts, and the Enrolled Laws, have also been given. STATUTES OF GEORGIA, PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1855 1856. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA, DAVID J. BAILEY, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, and ANDREW J. MILLER, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE. WILLIAM H. STILES, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, and JOHN MILLEDGE, SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE. PART I.PUBLIC LAWS. TITLE I. ACADEMIES AND FREE SCHOOLS. SEC. 1. Military Institute appropriation. SEC. 2. Board of Visitors. SEC. 3. Superintendent's bond. SEC. 4. Forfeiture of the fund. SEC. 5. Title to property. SEC. 6. Georgia Academy for Blind. SEC. 7. Appropriation applied. SEC. 8. Teachers of poor children. SEC. 9. Repealing clause. SEC. 10. Local. SEC. 11. Ordinary to pay teachers. (No. 1.) An Act to amend the act incorporating the Georgia Military Institute, and to appropriate money for the same. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 thousand dollars. or so much thereof as may be necessary, (which is hereby appropriated for that purpose,) shall be paid to the Superintendent of the Georgia Military Instituteone half in February 1856, the other half in January 1857,to be expended under the direction of his Excellency the Governor, and such Board of Visitors as are hereinafter provided, in putting up and erecting additional buildings, purchasing apparatus, books, and models, in discharging the debts due by the trustees of said institution, and in such other manner as may be deemed best for the future welfare of the institution. * * Act of 1852 appropriated $2,000 annually. $15,000 appropriated. Half to be paid in Feb. 1856 and half in Jan. 1857. To erect buildings, purchase apparatus, discharge debts c. 2. SEC. II. That the Board of Visitors shall consist of his Excellency the Governor, and such other persons as he may appoint, not

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exceeding ten in number, any five of whom may constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business that may necessarily come before them in their capacities as Visitors of said institution. By act of 1852 Board consisted of six persons. Board of Visitors. Ten in number, five shall be a quorum. 3. SEC. III. That said Superintendent shall give bond with sufficient security, to be taken and judged of by his Excellency the Governor, conditioned for the faithful keeping and expenditure of the money herein appropriated, which shall first be expended in discharging the incumbrances, debts and liabilities of said Institute, and for the erection of buildings suitable for the accommodation of the Cadets. Superintendent to give bond and security. For faithful expenditure of money. 4. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That in the event the Trustees of the said Institute should sell or transfer the same to be used for any other purpose than a military institute, such as was contemplated by its founders, and is now in operation, the fund hereby appropriated shall, with the interest thereon, be forfeited to the State. And for the purpose of securing the ultimate recovery of said sum of money, with its accruing interest, his Excellency the Governor shall, and he is hereby authorised and required to take good bond and security in the sum of thirty thousand dollars, with not less than five good securities, conditioned for the faithful re-payment of the fund aforesaid, upon the happening of the contingency above specified, before drawing his warrant on the treasury for said sum, and when said fund shall be accepted, as aforesaid, this act shall and does hereby create and make a lien as statutory mortgage upon the whole property of said Insitution for the same, in preference to all other liens or debts hereafter to be contracted. The fund to be forfeited if the purpose for which the Institute was founded, should be changed. Governor to take bond for 30,000 doll'rs, with five se curities for repayment of fund upon the happening of same. When fund is accepted a lien as statutory mortgage shall be creat'd in pre ference to other debts. 5. SEC. V. And be it be further enacted, That before drawing his warrant on the treasury for that purpose, his Excellency shall, either by himself or such competent counsel as he may select, examine into the title to said property before allowing any payment of the fund herein provided, and in case there is any defect in said title so as to embarrass the right to the property, then said sum shall not be paid. Title to be examined by Governor or counsel, before paying the fund. If title be defective, fund not to be p'd. WILLIAM H. STILES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. DAVID J. BAILEY, President of the Senate. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, Governor. Approved February 2d., 1856. (No. 2) An Act to appropriate money to erect a necessary building for the accommodation of the pupils at the Institute of the Blind, located in the City of Macon. 6. SEC I. Be it enacted, c. That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of erecting

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necessary buildings to accommodate the pupils at the Institute for the Blind, located in the city of Macon. * * By act of 1852, $10,000 appropriated, and by act of 1854, $5,000 appropriated to defray expenses. 20,000 dollars app'd for the erection of buildings. 7. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the Governor be and he is hereby authorised to draw his warrant upon the treasury in favor of the trustees of said institute, in such sums and at such times as the progress of the building shall require, upon their giving satisfactory bond for the faithful disbursement of this appropriation as contemplated by this act. For previous legislation see Cobb's Digest, p. 220, Governor to draw his warrant on Treasury for amount, upon bond being given for faithful disbursem'nt APPROVED March 1st, 1856. (No. 3.) An Act for the relief of teachers of poor children of the several counties of this State, for the years 1853, 1854 and 1855. WHEREAS: The Receiver of Tax Returns, and Grand Juries in many of the Counties in this State, have failed to make correct returns of the poor children entitled to benefits under the poor school fund laws in force. AND WHEREAS: Many of the teachers of said children for the years 1853, 1854 and 1855, have not received compensation for said services. 8. SEC. I, Be it enacted, c., That it shall be the duty of the commissioners of the poor school fund in the several counties in this State, upon satisfactory proof made to them upon the affidavits of said teachers, that said children have been taught and not properly returned as aforesaid, to pay said accounts out of any money now in their hands not otherwise appropriated for said years 1853, 1854 and 1855. Commiss'nrs of poor sch'ol fund to pay teachers on satisfactory proof; 9. SEC. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 5th, 1856. (No. 4.) An Act for the relief of certain teachers of poor children in the County of Decatur; also to provide for the payment of accounts of teachers of poor children throughout the State, where such children have not been returned according to law. 10. SECTION I. * * See part II Local Laws. 11. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That when any of the teachers of any of the counties of this State, shall have taught any child or children who are entitled to the benefit of the poor school fund, and such child or children may not have been returned, it shall be lawful for any Ordinary of any county in this State, where such child or children have been taught, when there may be any poor school funds in his hands unappropriated, to pay such accounts when presented by any teacher as aforesaid. Provided, such teacher

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shall prove his account, and shall have the certificate of any one of the commissioners of the district in which said child or children may reside, stating that such child or children so taught, are entitled to the benefit of the poor school fund. Ordinary to pay teachers for teaching children not returned as entitled to poor school fund. Teachers to prove acc't, and have certificate, APPROVED March 5th, 1856. TITLE II. AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE. SEC. 1. Ditching lands on water courses. SEC. 2. Unnavigable water courses. SEC. 3. Repealing clause. SEC. 4. Dams on water coursesact of 1793 amended. SEC. 5. Repealing clause. SEC. 6. Measuring Timber. SEC. 7. Mode prescribed by act of '54. SEC. 8. Punishment of violations. SEC. 9. Repealing clause. SEC. 10. Oyster Beds. SEC. 11. Planters to have exclusive right. SEC. 12. Terrapins and Turtles. SEC. 13. Penalty for violations. SEC. 14. Repealing clause, SEC. 15, Cotton weighingact of '54. SEC. 16. Dedunction for wet. SEC. 17. Flour Inspectors. SEC. 18. Flour not subject to inspection. SEC. 19. Repealing clause. SEC. 20. Storage on Cotton. SEC. 21. Penalty for violations. SEC. 22. Factor's dutyPenalty. SEC. 23. Repealing clause. SEC. 24. Pilotage at Darien. SEC. 25. Commissioners to make by-laws. SEC. 26. Oath of Commissioners. SEC. 27. Vacancies. SEC. 28. Repealing clause. SEC. 29. Pilots of Savannah. SEC. 30. Fees for delivering instructions. (No. 5.) An Act to authorize persons owning, or who may hereafter own, lands on any water course, in this State, to ditch and embank the same, so as to protect said lands from freshets and overflows. 1. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That all persons owning, or who may hereafter own lands, on any water courses in this State, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to ditch and embank their said lands, so as to protect the same from freshets and overflows in said water courses; Provided, always, that the said ditching and embanking does not divert said water course from its ordinary course at the common stage of the water. Lands on water courses may be protected from fresh'ts by ditching, Proviso. Water not to be diverted from ordin'y course; 2. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed so as to prevent the owners of land from diverting unnavigable water courses through their own lands. Unnavigable Water courses may be diverted; 3. SEC. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. (No. 6.) An Act to amend the Second Section of an act entitled an act to prevent damages arising from dams or banks, and for preventing persons from stopping the natural course, or courses, of water, to the injury of their neighbors, approved Sept. 29 th, 1793. 4. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the second section of an act entitled an act to prevent damages arising from dams or banks, and for preventing persons from stopping

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the natural course, or courses, of water, to the injury of their neighbors, approved Sept. 29th, 1793, be, and it is hereby amended, by inserting after the word lands, where it first occurs, or turning the natural course of any water, or waters, from one channel, or swamp, to another, to the prejudice of any person, or persons whomsoever; * * 2d Section of Act of 1793Cobb's Digest, p. 26, makes the overflow of lands by dams an offence. and that said section be further amended by inserting after the word dam, where it last occurs in said section, the words, or to cause the water, or waters, to be turned back to their natural channel. Second section of act of 793 amend'd so as to prevent turning natural water courses to the prejudice of others; And further amended to remedy the mischief. 5. SEC. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 7.) An Act to amend an act approved February 4 th, 1854, to regulate the measuring of all Timber, and for other purposes, and to provide a remedy against persons violating said act. 6. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That it shall not be lawful for any person to measure timber that may be carried to the usual places of selling timber, unless such person shall have been first appointed a Measurer and Inspector of timber according to law. * * Appointed by the Inferior CourtActs of 1854, p. 80. Timber to be measured at place of sale by legally appointed measurers only. 7. SEC. II. It shall not be lawful for any person, whether appointed Measurer and Inspector or otherwise, to measure timber in any other manner than that prescribed by said act, approved as aforesaid. For rule of measurement see Section 3d of Act of 1854, and for old rules, Cobb's Digest p. 22. To be measured as prescribed by act of '54. 8. SEC. III. If any person shall violate said act, and this amendment thereof, and be guilty of measuring timber, contrary to the intent of said act and this amendment, such person shall forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars for such violation, to be recovered in the Superior Court of the country where such person may reside, upon the information of any free white person, by action of debt, one-half to go to the informer, and one-half to the County Treasury where such suit may be prosecuted. Violation punished by forfeiture of 508 dollars; One-half to informer and the other to county treasury, 9. SEC. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 8.) An Act to protect the Planters of Oyster Beds, and to give exclusive right to the usufruct of natural Beds of Oysters in certain cases, and to prevent the taking of Terrapins and Turtle in certain seasons. 10. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That when any person having taxable lands upon the banks or shores of any of the rivers or creeks of this State, shall plant beds of Oysters upon them, it shall not be lawful for any other person to fish or rake said beds of Oysters,

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Provided, the same shall be distinctly staked, or otherwise marked out. unlawful to fish or rake Oyster Beds, when plant'u Beds to be staked. 11. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That when Oyster banks, or beds of Oysters, of natural formation, be within rivers or creeks of this State, not exceeding one hundred and twenty feet in width, and not used for purposes of navigation, the persons having the ownership of the lands upon both sides of such creeks or rivers, shall have the exclusive right to the usufruct of such banks or beds of Oysters as aforesaid. Persons owning lands on both sides of unnavigable rivers, hav'g oyster beds of natural formation, to have exclusive right to them; 12. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful to take Terrapins and Turtles within tide water at any other time than the first day of May to the first day of September. Terrapins to be taken only from 1st May to 1st Sept. 13. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That for the violations of the provisions of this act, persons so offending shall be subject to penalty of not less than fifty, nor more than five hundred dollars. Penalty for violations, 50 to 500 dollars 14. SEC. V. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 18th, 1856. (No. 9.) An Act to alter an act entitled an act to amend an act to regulate the weighing of Cotton, and other commodities in this State, approved February 7th, 1854, and for other purposes. 15. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, an act to regulate the weighing of Cotton and other commodities in this State, approved February 7th, 1854, shall be altered and amended so as to read as follows: It shall not be lawful for any salesman or other person in any of the cities, towns, villages, Rail-road stations or depots in this State, to weigh any bale, bag or package of cotton, tierce or half tierce of rice, box or barrel of indigo, or any other article of product disposed of by weight, without first taking and subscribing the following oath, before some one of the Justices of the Inferior Court or Justices of the Peace of said county, or any other person authorized by law to administer an oath: I, A. B. do solemnly swear, or affirm, as the case may be, that I will justly, impartially and without deduction, weigh all bales, bags or packages of cotton, tierce or half tierce of rice, boxes or barrels of indigo, and any other article of product disposed of by weight, that may be brought to me for that purpose, without any deduction whatever, and render a true and accurate account thereof to the parties concerned, if so required, so help me God. * * Act of 1854 required salesmen to take an oath to mark the true weight on the article weighed. Weighing Cotton, c. Act of 1854 amended; Salesmen before weigh'g, to take oath. Oath. 16. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the weigher shall be allowed to make such deduction for wet, or other cause, notwithstanding said oath, which may be reasonable, when the seller or his agent shall consent to his doing so. May deduct for wet, c,, by seller's consent, 17. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That all laws which have

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heretofore been passed making it the duty of the City Inspectors of the city of Savannah, to inspect, and tax inspection on flour made of wheat or other grain, whether in barrels or sacks, and transported to that port for shipment, and not offered for sale in that city, whether to be exported to foreign countries or to any other port in the United States be, and the same are so far repealed as they authorize such inspection. City Inspectors of Savannah. Laws in relation to inspection of flour, c. Transported there for shipment repealed; 18. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That all flour mentioned in the first [third] section of this act, and transported to any other town or city in this State, not for the purpose of sale there, nor offered for sale in such town or city, carried there for the purpose of export or transhipment, shall not be subject to any inspection, or duty of inspection, whatever. Act of 1814, repealed by this act, provided for inspection of all flour brought to Petersburg, Augusta and Savannah for export. See Cobb's Digest p. 20. Flour not to be subject to inspection or duty of inspection; 19. SEC. V. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. (No. 10.) An Act to prohibit the payment of storage on Cotton in this State by farmers after selling from their waggons. WHEREAS: It has been the custom for years past, for the warehousemen and others in the city of Columbus, to charge and exact of farmers after they had sold their cotton from their waggons, twenty-five (25) cents per bale for the first month's storage and delivery: 20. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be unlawful for any warehousemen or those employed by them, to charge and exact of farmers or others, any storage whatever upon cotton that has already been sold and disposed of by the farmer or his agent. Storage not to be charg'd on cotton after it is sold; 21. SEC. II. Be it enacted, That if any warehousemen, or others employed by them, violate the provisions of the first section of this act, they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of twenty dollars per bale for every bale upon which said charge of twenty-five cents, or any other amount charged after the cotton has been sold, have been charged by the warehousemen. Violators guilty of misdemeanor; Penalty, 22. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That when a factor, agent, broker or commission merchant, fails to inform his principal of the sale of any article or articles intrusted to him to sell within twenty-four hours of such sale, such factor shall be liable after such sale, to pay his principal the highest market price between the day of sale and the day when he notified his principal of such sale, and a letter addressed to the principal, deposited in the post-office, containing the notice, shall be a sufficient notice. Factors to inform their principal of sales; Penalty for failure to do so; 23. SEC. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.

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(No. 11.) An act to appoint Commissioners of Pilotage for the navigable waters of the Port of Darien in the county of McIntosh. 24. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the several persons hereinafter named, shall be Commissioners of Pilotage for the Port of Darien, for the regulation of Pilots, and all matters relating to pilotage in said port, viz: Placide LeChartier, Alexander Mitchell, Jacob Rokenbaugh, R. Cogdill, and Daniel Y. Shims, who are hereby empowered as such Commissioners, to nominate and license such person or persons as they, or a majority of them shall think to be most fit and competent for conducting vessels inward to the navigable waters of said port of Darien, and outward bound from the same. Commissioners of Pilotage appointed for Darien To license Pilots; 25. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners or a majority of them shall have power to pass such by-laws rules and regulations as they shall deem most advantageous for the safe pilotage of vessels bound inward to and outward from the port of Darien, Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations be not repugnant to the Laws and Constitution of this State or the United States. Empowered to pass By-Laws. 26. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That within twenty days after the passage of the present act, the Commissioners of Pilotage herein appointed, shall assemble at some convenient place of their selection, and there before some person authorized to administer oaths, take the following oath of office, viz: I do solemnly swear that I will well, truly and faithfully, without favor or prejudice do and perform all and singular the duties required of me as a Commissioner of Pilotage for the port of Darien, to the best of my knowledge and ability, so help me God. And after taking the said oath, the said Commissioners shall appoint a Chairman and a Secretary, to whom the Chairman shall administer the above oath, substituting the words Secretary of the Commissioners of Pilotage for the Port of Darien; and the said Commissioners shall have a minute book, in which all their proceedings shall be recorded by their Secretary. To take oath within 20 days after passage of this act. Oath Chairman and Secret'y to be app'ted, latter to take oath and record proceed ings of Commissioners. 27. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That when any vacancy shall occur among said Commissioners by death, resignation, refusal to serve when appointed, or otherwise, the remaining Commissioners shall by ballot fill such vacancy, causing their proceedings to be entered on their minutes, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of said Commissioners, to serve a certified copy of such proceedings on the Commissiouer elect, personally within forty-eight hours after such election, or by leaving such certified copy at the most notorious place of residence of such Commissioner elect. Vacancieshow to be filled, Notice to be served on Commissioner elect. 28. SEC. V. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 6th, 1856. * By act of 1854, Commissioners were elected by the people. See Section 1st, Act of 1854, p. 506.

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(No. 12.) An Act to regulate the fees of Pilots for the Port of Savannah. 29. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the pilots for the port and harbor of Savannah, shall receive as full and ample satisfaction unto the pilot bringing in or carrying out every ship or vessel, inward to or outward from the said port and harbor of Savannah, a sum equal to twenty per cent on the rates and prices now established by the Board of Commissioners for the regulation of Pilots' rates, and all matters relating to the Pilotage for said port of Savannah. * * Fees advanced 20 per cent by act of 1836, see Cobb p. 47, Fees of Pilots of Sav'h, To be equal to 20 percent on established rates; 30. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That whenever any ship or vessel shall touch off the Bar of Tybee for instructions, all pilots delivering on board said ship or vessel any letters or orders, shall be allowed full Bar or Cockspur pilotage in and out. Pilots delivering vessels touching off Tybee, to receive full bat pilotage. 31. SEC. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED February 13th, 1856. TITLE III. APPROPRIATIONS. SEC. 1. Treasurers advances. SEC. 2. Appropriation to Treasurer. SEC. 3. Monument to A. J. Miller. SEC. 4. Repairs to State House. SEC. 5. Repairs Executive Mansion. SEC. 6. Various salaries. SEC. 7. Contingent fund. SEC. 8. Lunatic Asylum. SEC. 9. Members of the Assembly. SEC. 10. Inspector of Penitentiary. SEC. 11. Secretary and Clerks. SEC. 12. Chaplain to Penitentiary. SEC. 13. Payments by Treasurer. SEC. 14. Messenger and Door-Keeper. SEC. 15. Provisions for Penitentiary. SEC. 16. Payment for laws of 1853 and '54 SEC. 17. Atlanta Bank Report. SEC. 18. Repealing clause. SEC. 19. Salaries of State House Guard. SEC. 20. Weights and measures. SEC. 21. Academy for the blind. SEC. 22. Publication of laws of 1853 '54. SEC. 23. W. A. R. R. Committee. SEC. 24. To W. A. Cherry. SEC. 25. To State Library. SEC. 26. To John A. Breedlove. SEC. 27. To Wm. L. Mitchell. SEC. 28. To officers of Cass County. SEC. 29. To Alexander Speer. SEC. 30. Mileage and per diem of deceased Members. SEC. 31. Mileage and per diem of Mr Beall. SEC. 32. Repairs of Penitentiary. SEC. 33. To Journalizing Clerks. SEC. 34. To erection of Tombstones. SEC. 35. Military Institute. SEC. 36. Public Printing. SEC. 37. To J. T. Stephens and others. SEC. 38. To Dickerson and Wall. SEC. 39. To W. H. Wakefield. SEC. 40. Monument to Deadwyler. (No. 13.) An Act to authorise the State Treasurer to make certain advances. 1. Be it enacted, c. That the Treasurer be and he is hereby authorised to pay to the members of the present General Assembly, and Officers of the same, an amount corresponding to the lapse of the Session, when the member or officer shall apply, at the per diem allowed at the last Session. Treasurer to make adv'ce payments, APPROVED November 27th, 1855.

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(No. 14.) An Act to appropriate money to compensate the State Treasurer for extraordinary services. WHEREAS, Under a resolution of the House of Representatives, the Treasurer of the State, John B. Trippe, was required to investigate and report to this House, the per diem and mileage pay of members of the present and last Legislature; and whereas, said resolution imposed upon the Treasurer extraordinary duties, which occupied his time and the time of a clerk for four days. Therefore, 2. SECTION I. The General Assembly do enact, That the State Treasurer be allowed the sum of forty dollars to compensate him and his assistant for said services. 40 dollars to the State Treasurer for extraordinary serv's APPROVED March 1st, 1856. (No. 15.) An Act to appropriate a sum of money to erect a monument in honor of Hon. A. J. Miller, deceased. WHEREAS, It is a time honored custom to provide for a suitable monument to the memory of our deceased associates, and to mark the place of their interment; and whereas, in the decease of our late friend and associate, the Hon. Andrew J. Miller, Senator from the County of Richmond. the General Assembly of the State of Georgia has lost one of its most faithful, efficient and gifted members, one whose services as a Legislator, and qualities as a man, must have their fixed impression upon the history of this State, and the hearts of his countrymen. 3. Therefore, this General Assembly do hereby enact, That the sum of two hundred dollars be and is hereby appropriated for the erection of a suitable monument of Georgia marble, to mark the burial place of the the Honorable Andrew J. Miller, the Senator from the county of Richmond, having such inscription commemorative of the life and services of the deceased, as may be ordered by the Honorable John Milledge and James Gardner, Esq. 200 dollars to erect a monument over the burial place of Hon. A J Miller. Inscription to be ordered by Hon. John Milledge and J. Gardner, Esq. APPROVED March 3d, 1856. (No. 16.) An Act to appropriate money for the repairing of the State House, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, The present condition of the State House is such that demands immediate repairs to protect the property of the State from very considerable damage. 4. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, be and the same is hereby appropriated for the repairs

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of the State House, and that the work to be done, and the money expended, shall be under the direction and control of his Excellency the Governor, or by some fit and competent person to be employed by him, and his Excellency the Governor is hereby authorised to consult a competent architect upon such alterations of the State House, as will preserve a uniformity of architectural style, and cause to be made such alterations; Provided, the same can be accomplished within the limits of this appropriation. 7,500 dollars for repairs of the State House. Expended under direction of the Governor, Governor to consult an Architect. 5. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the further sum of five thousand dollars, be and the same is hereby appropriated for the repairs of the Executive mansion and premises attached thereto, the above sum to be applied under the direction of the Governor. 5000 dollars for repair of the Exec'tive Mansion, APPROVED February 28th, 1856. (No. 17.) An Act to appropriate money for the support of Government for the political years of eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. 6. SEC I. Be it enacted, c. That the following sums of money be and the same is hereby appropriated to the respective persons and objects hereafter 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 each, to the Secretary of State, Comptroller General, the Treasurer and Surveyor General for each year, the sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars each to the Secretaries, (not exceeding three,) employed in the Executive Department for each year; the sum of eighteen hundred dollars to each of the Judges of the Superior Courts for the several Judicial Circuits within this State, and such as may be created by the General Assembly, for each year; the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars to each of the Judges of the Supreme Court for the correction of errors, annually; and the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars to each the Attorney General and Solicitors General, per annum, for each year. Salaries of Governor, State House Officers, Secretaries, Judges of Superior Court, and the [Illegible Text] preme Court Attorney Solicitors General. 7. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be appropriated as a contingent fund for the year 1856, and twelve thousand for the year 1857, the sum of twelve thousand dollars as a printing fund for the year 1856, and the sum of five thousand dollars as a printing fund for the year 1857; the sum of three hundred dollars for the pay of the Military Store Keeper at Savannah, per annum, for each of the years 1856 and 1857. Print'g fund- Military Storekeeper at Savannah. 8. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the sum of eighteen hundred dollars be appropriated to pay the salary of the Superintendent and Resident Physician of the Lunatic Asylum, per annum, for the years 1856 and 1857, the sum of seven thousand six hundred aud fifty dollars for the payment of the Trustees, Attendants, Servants hire, Treasurer and suborc'inate officers, for each of the years 1856 and 1857, and for the support of pauper patients in the Asylum the sum of twelve thousand dollars for each of the years aforesaid. Officers of Lun. Asylum

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9. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the sum of seven dollars each per day, be paid 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 travel going to and returning from the seat of government, the distance to be computed by the nearest route usually traveled, not including Rail Road or Steamboat travel. The sum of five dollars each per day to the members of the General Assombly during the present Session, and four dollars each for every twenty miles travel going to and returning from the Capitol; Provided, no member shall receive pay for any time he may have been absent without leave, except on account of sickness of himself or family. Officers and Members of the General Assembly. 10. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That the Inspector of the Penitentiary shall be paid the sum of five hundred dollars per annum for each of the years 1856 and 1857; Provided, his Excellency the Governor and Principal Keeper shall consider the services of that officer necessary, and the sum of five hundred dollars to pay the Messenger to the Executive Department, for each of the years 1856 and 1857. Inspector of Penitentiary Messeng'r of Ex. Depart. 11. SEC. VI. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives each be paid the sum of five hundred dollars for the year 1856; Provided, That no warrant shall issue for the first quarters salary of either until his Excellency the Governor shall have satisfactory evidence that they have respectively made or caused to be made and attached to the Journals of their respective Houses, a good and sufficient Index, and have carefully marked and filed away all reports of standing committees, and all other papers of importance connected with either House. The sum of seven dollars each per day to the Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk and Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives: the sum of seven dollars per day, to the journalizing and recording Clerks of each branch of the General Assembly during the present Session; the sum of six dollars each per day to the enrolling and engrossing Clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives for the time they may be actually employed in their respective offices; which shall only be allowed them upon the certificate of the Secretary or Clerk, stating that he required their services and that they were performed, and the sum of fifty dollars each to the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives for contingent expenses of their respective offices. Secretary of Senate and Clerk of the House. Index to Journals to be made, and papers to be filed. Assistants and Clerks. Certificate of services. 50 dollars for contingent expenses, 12. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be paid to the Chaplain of the Penitentiary for each of the years aforesaid, and the sum of fifty dollars to some snitable person to be chosen by the Governor to scour and keep clean, air the chambers and dust the carpets during each of the years aforesaid. Chaplain to the Pen'y. Scouring and cleaning the halls of the Senate and House of Represent's. 13. SEC. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer be authorised to pay from time to time to officers of the government, whose salaries are appropriated by this act, seventy-five per cent, of the amounts for which service has been actually rendered at the date of such payment, taking receipts from said officers for the same,

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which receipts shall be his vouchers, and are hereby declared offsets to the extent of said payments to Executive warrants drawn at the end of the quarter for said officers salary. Treasurer may pay [Illegible Text] per cent before the q't'r expires. 14. SEC. IX. And be it further enacted, That the sum of six dollars per diem be paid to each of the Messengers and Door-Keepers of the Senate and House of Representatives during the present Session. Messengers and doorkeepers of the Senate and House of Represent's. 15. SEC. X. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to purchase provisions for the use of the Penitentiary for each of the vears 1856 and 1857. Provisions for the Pen'y 16. SEC. XI. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and fifteen dollars be paid to John W. Duncan of the county of Baldwin, for furnishing to the Clerks of the Superior Court of the several counties of this State, copies of the acts of the last General Assembly of a general character, and that the Governor be authorised to draw his warrant for the same; and to the Clerk of the Supreme Court the sum of ten dollars for copies of the opinion of the Supreme Court in the cases of John T. Boyd and Jacob Mercer vs. the State. 115 dollars as payment for copies of General laws of 1853 and 1854. 10 dollars to Clerk of Supreme Court 17. And that one hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated and be paid to L. E. Bleckley, Solicitor General of the Coweta Circuit, for services rendered on request of his Excellency the Governor, under authority of a joint resolution of the last General Assembly, approved February 17th, 1854, in inquiring into and reporting to his Excellency the Governor, the circumstances attending the organization of the Atlanta Bank, and also its modes and places of transacting business. 100 dollars to L E Bleckley for report on Atlanta B'nk 18. SEC. XII. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED February 8th, 1856. (No. 18.) An Act to appropriate money for the several purposes therein after mentioned. 19. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That the sum of eleven hundred and eighty-six dollars and twenty-five cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated for each of the years 1856 and 1857, to pay State House Guard. The sum of three hundred dollars to compensate William S. Rockwell, Esq., for professional services in the case of Union Rail-road Company vs. The State. The sum of thirty dollars to Benjamin Cook for cleaning and repairing muskets and pistols belonging to the State, which amount by accident was not included in the appropriation for his benefit by the last General Assembly. The sum of three hundred dollars to William K. de-Graffenried to compensate him for professional services as Commissioner to the State of Tennessee, to examine into, and attend to Suits vs. the State. Salaries of State House Guard. Compens'ion of William S Rock well. Benj'n Cook. Wm K de-Graffenried. 20. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to be used by his Excellency the Governor, or so much thereof as may

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be necessary for purchasing standard weights and measures for the use of the counties not heretofore supplied with the same; to E. Waitzfelder Co., for carpeting for Senate Chamber the sum of sixty-five dollars; to John T. Wilson the sum of five dollars, amount paid out by him for having carpet made; to Robert McCombs the sum of twenty-five dollars for a clock for the Representative Hall; to I. T. Cushing the sum of nineteen dollars for articles furnished, and work done for the State. Weights and Measures. To E Waitzfelder Co. to J T Wilson to Rob't McCombs; to I T Cushing. 21. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifteen hundred dollars in addition to previous appropriation be, and the same is hereby appropriated for each of the years 1856 and 1857, for the support, clothing, c., of the pupils in the Academy for the Blind. Academy for the Blind; 22. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for such amount as, in his opinion, is just and proper, to compensate Messrs. Barnes and Nisbet of the Federal Union, and Messrs. Orme of the Southern Recorder for publishing in their respective papers the general laws of the last General Assembly. To Federal Union and Southern Recorder; 23. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That the members each of the respective special committees, viz: The W. A. Rail-road for the selection of a site for the State Prison, and to visit the Asylum for the Blind, the usual per diem and mileage for the time they were engaged in the discharge of their duties, and the same to their Clerks. Special committees and their Clerks allowed usual per diem and mileage; 24. SEC. VI. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents be appropriated to W. A. Cherry of Bibb county, to refund to him said amount paid as double tax, and that the same be paid over to William D. Williams, Representative from said county. to W A Cherry; 25. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for each of the years 1856 and 1857, for the increase of the State Library, to be expended by his Excellency the Governor in selecting and purchasing such books as he deems best and most needed, and the further sum of five hundred dollars, for each of the years 1856 and 1857, to pay the State Librarian. Fund for State library State Librarian: 26. SEC. VIII. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the sum of fifty-five dollars to be appropriated to John A. Breedlove of Baldwin, by an act, assented to December 21st, 1853, and left unpaid for want of authority upon the Treasury. To John A Breedlove; 27. SEC. IX. And be it further enacted, That the sum of seventy dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to William L. Mitchell for two lost coupons, Nos. 14 and 15, cut from Bond of the State of Georgia, No. 102 for $1,000 at 7 per cent., and that the Treasurer pay the same, and take therefor the necessary voucher; the sum of thirty-five dollars to Joseph Wells, Grand Treasurer of Grand Lodge, being amount of coupons for thirty-five dollars lost,

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detached from Bond No. 132, dated 1st February, 1856, and that the Treasurer pay the same to William D. Williams, Representative from Bibb county, and take the necessary voucher. To William L Mitchell; To Jos Wells 28. SEC. X. And be it further enacted, That the sum of eight dollars twelve and one half cents be appropriated to pay the officers of the Court of the county of Cass, to satisfy a fi fa in favor of William Harden for the use of the officers of the Court vs. the Central Bank of Georgia, and that the Governor draw his warrant on the Treasury for the above amount in favor of William Solomon, a representative from the county of Cass. To the officers of the Court of Cass county; 29. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That the sum of nine dollars and seventy-six cents be appropriated to Alexander Speer, administrator on the estate of Thomas Grant, deceased, for double tax paid by mistake of his agent, John B. Beard, and that his Excellency the Governor draw his warrant in favor of one of the representatives from the county of Muscogee for the same. To Alex'nd'r Speer, adm'r 30. SEC. XII. And be it further enacted, That the mileage and per diem pay of A.J. Miller, deceased, late a Senator from the county of Richmond, and M.E. Cunningham, deceased, late a Representative from the county of Forsyth, for the whole of the present session be paid to widows of each of the deceased, and that John Milledge from the county of Richmond be authorized to receive and pay over the same to the widow of the late Honorable A.J. Miller, and that G. H. Julian, Representative from Forsyth be authorized to receive and pay over the said amount to the widow of Honorable M.E. Cunningham. And that the mileage and necessary expenses of the committee for conveying the remains of the late M.E. Cunningham, a member of the House, be audited by the Speaker of this House, and he draw his warrant upon the Treasury for the same. Mileage and per diem of Hon A J Miller, deeeased Of Hon M E Cunniagham dec'd. How disposed of. Exp. of Committee paid; 31. SEC. XIII. And be it further enacted, That the Senator from Columbia county do draw the per diem and mileage of Thomas E.'Beall, late Representative from Columbia county. Per diem and mileage of Hon Thomas E Beall. 32. SEC. XIV. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars be appropriated to purchase lime and fuel for the repairs and extension of the Penitentiary by the labor of the Convicts, under the order and direction of the Governor, Provided, the said Penitentiary is not leased or removed by law of the present Legislature. Repair of Penitentiary Buildings; 33. SEC. XV. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury of the State of Georgia in favor of Jackson T. Taylor, Journalizing Clerk of the House of Representatives, in addition to his daily per diem pay, and he is hereby, also, authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury of the State of Georgia in favor of J. W. Duncan, Journalizing Clerk of the Senate, in addition to his daily per diem pay, for each, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. To Journalizing Clerk of House Rep's To Journalizing Clerk of the Senate; 34. SEC. XVI. And be it further enacted, That the sum of six hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to have a tomb stone, of Georgia marble, placed over the graves of our

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late associates and co-laborers the Hons. M. E. Cunningham, Thomas E. Beall and W. W. Arnold, and that his Excellency the Governor draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the sum of two hundred dollars in favor of the Senator from each of the counties of Forsyth, Columbia and Pike, when they shall respectively inform him that the same has been done. For the erection of tomb stones over the graves of Hons, M E Cunningham Thos E Beall and W W Arnold; 35. SEC. XVII. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to pay over to the Superintendents of the Georgia Military Institute the sum of money appropriated in an act passed at the present session of the General Assembly of this State, for the benefit of said Institution, upon his giving bond with good security, to be approved of by his Excellency the Governor, for the faithful application of said sum, as set forth in said act, and which bond shall be in lieu of any other required in any of the sections of said act. Military Institute; Superintendent to give bond; 36. SEC. XVIII. And be it further enacted, That should there be any deficiency in the amount of money appropriated to defray the expenses of the Public Printing for the years 1856 and 1857, as heretofore provided for, and his Excellency the Governor is hereby authorized to defray said expenses out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Public printing; 37. SEC. XIX. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents be, and is hereby appropriated to John T. Stephens, D. W. Collier and J. W. Martin of Monroe county, to pay cost and expenses in procuring the requisition from the Governor of the State of Georgia, and executing a State warrant from the Governor of the State of Alabama, sued out at the instance of Hardeman Sparks against the body of William B. Wright, and that the Governor be authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of John T. Crowder for the same. To John T Stephens, D W Collier and J W Martin; Requisition from Gov'r of Georgia, on Gov. of Ala. 38. SEC. XX. And be it further enacted, That the sum of four hundred and fifty-nine dollars and fifty cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated to Obadiah T. Dickerson and Dread Wall for re-surveying and platting the first and second districts of Rabun county, and that his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury for said amount in favor of the Honorable H. W. Cannon of Rabun county for the same. To Obadiah T Dickerson and Dread Wall. 39. SEC. XXI. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of Ward H. Wakefield Co., for the sum of twelve dollars and sixty cents, being the amount of tax overpaid by them for the year 1855. To Ward Wakefield, Co 40. SEC. XXII. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated for the purpose of erecting a monument to the memory of Henry R. Deadwyler who died during the session of 1851, of the Georgia Legislature at the time a representative from the county of Elbert, and that W. M. McIntosh be authorized to receive the money when the work is done. Monument to Henry R Deadwyler; APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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TITLE IV. ATTACHMENT AND GARNISHMENT. SECTION 1. Grounds of Attachment. SECTION 2. Affidavit. SECTION 3. Bond to be given. SECTION 4. Copartner may give bond. SECTION 5. Issue by Magistrate or Notary. SECTION 6. Where returnable. SECTION 7. To whom directed. SECTION 8. The Term of Court. SECTION 9. Duty of Officer. SECTION 10. Property in another county. SECTION 11. Delivery of property. SECTION 12. Sale of perishable property. SECTION 13. Summons of Garnishment. SECTION 14. Non-resident Garnishees. SECTION 15. Continuancewhen. SECTION 16. Answer. SECTION 17. Traverse. SECTION 18. Case in Justice Court. SECTION 19. Officer's duty. SECTION 20. Proceedings in Sup'r Court. SECTION 21. Defence and Appeal. SECTION 22. Notice to Defendant. SECTION 23. Issue and levy on Sunday. SECTION 24. Non-resident Witnesses. SECTION 25. Executionwhen to be stayed. SECTION 26. Joint Contractor. SECTION 27. Security vs. Principal. SECTION 28. Issue pending suit. SECTION 29. Vendor vs. vendee-sale of land. SECTION 30. Death of Pl'ff or Def't, pen lite. SECTION 31. TraverseTrial and Appeal. SECTION 32. Service of Garnishment. SECTION 33. Foreign Incorporations. SECTION 34. Claim. SECTION 35. Trial of Claim. SECTION 36. Delivery of Property. SECTION 37. On failureSuit on Bond. SECTION 38. Amount for hire and use. SECTION 39. Property bound by judgment. SECTION 40. Issue of Execution and Levy. SECTION 41. Application of Proceeds. SECTION 42. Forms. SECTION 43. Failure to comply. SECTION 44. Garnishment pendente lite. SECTION 45. Affidavit and Bond. SECTION 46. Summons and appearance. SECTION 47. Non-resident Garnishee. SECTION 48. Officer's service and return. SECTION 49. Dissolution of Garnishment. SECTION 50. Application of Proceeds. SECTION 51. Number and Gender. SECTION 52. Oath of Jury on trial. SECTION 53. Amendments. SECTION 54. Suit against Pl'ff by Def't. SECTION 55. Repealing Clause. SECTION 56. Statutewhen to take effect. (No. 19.) An Act to authorize the issuing of Attachments and Garnishments, and to regulate proceedings in relation to the same, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 1. SECTIONI. Be it enacted, c, Process of Attachment may issue in the following cases: In what cases attachments may issue, 1st. When the debtor resides out of this State. 2d. When he is actually removing, or about to remove without the limits of any county. 3d. When he absconds. 4th. When he conceals himself. 5th. When he resists a legal arrest. 6th. When he is causing his property to be removed beyond the limits of this State. * * The additional grounds of attachment by this law, are where the debtor is about to remove without the limits of any county, and when he is causing his property to be removed beyond the limits of this State. 2. SEC. II. Before process of attachment shall issue, the party seeking the same, his agent or attorney at law, shall make an affidavit before some Judge of the Superior Court, Justice of the Inferior Court, Justice of the Peace, or Notary Public, that the debtor has

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placed himself in some one of the positions enamerated in this act; and also of the amount of the debt claimed to be due; when the affidavit is made by the Attorney at Law, or agent of the party, he may swear that the amount claimed to be due, is due according to the best of his knowledge and belief. * * Though the affidavit may be made according to the best of his knowledge and belief. Positive oath by Agent is good nevertheless, 7. Geo. Rep. 167. The act increasing the Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace to fifty dollars, became a law the day after this actsee title Justices of the Peace. plaintiff, his agent or attorney at law to make affidavit; Attorney at; law or agent may swear to the best of his knowl'ge and belief. 3. SEC III. The party seeking the attachment, before the same issues, shall also give bond with good security, in an amount at least double the debt sworn to, payable to the defendant in attachment, conditioned to pay such defendant all damages that he may sustain, and also all costs that may be incurred by him in consequence of sueing out the attachment, in the event that the Plaintiff shall fail to recover in said case, which bond it shall be the duty of the magistrate before whom the affidavit is made to take; and where the affidavit is made by the agent or attorney at law of the plaintiff, such agent or attorney at law is hereby authorised to sign the name of the Principal to the bond, who shall be bound thereby in the same manner as though he had signed it himself. Pl'ntiff shall give bond with good security. Agent or Attorney at law may sign the name of Principal. 4. SEC. IV. Where the debt, for the recovery of which the attachment is sought is due to a co-partnership, or is due to several persons jointly, it shall be lawful for any one of the co-partners, or joint creditors, his Agent or Attorney at law to make the affidavit, and give the bond as prescribed by this act, and to sign the name of the other co-partners or joint creditors to said bond; and they shall be bound thereby in the same manner as though they had signed it themselves. A copartner or his agent or attorney at law, may make affid'vt give bond and sign co-partner's names; Who shall be bound thereby; 5. SEC. V. Affidavit being thus made, and bond given, it shall be the duty of the magistrate before whom such affidavit is made and bond given, or any other magistrate as aforesaid or Notary Public, to issue an attachment against the defendant, which may be levied upon the properties of the defendant, both real and personal, which may be found in this State. Any magistrate or Notary Public to issue attachment; to be levied on properties real and personal of def't 6. SEC. VI. When the amount sworn to shall exceed the sum of thirty dollars, the attachment shall be made returnable to the Superior or Inferior Court of the County where the defendant resides, or where he last resided, and when the debt sworn to does not exceed the sum of thirty dollars, the attachment shall be made returnable to the the Justice's Court of the district in the County where the debtor resides, or where he last resided; except when the defendant resides out of the State, then and in that case, if the debt sworn to exceed the sum of thirty dollars, the attachment may be returned to the Superior or Inferior Courts of any county in the State, and where the debt does not exceed the sum of thirty dollars, the attachment may be returned to any Justices Court of any District of any county in this State. Attachment for over 30 doll's returnable to Sup'r or Inf. courts of def'ts Co. For not more than 30 dolls. to Justices Court. In any county or district where defendant resides out of the State; 7. SEC. VII. Attachments returnable to the Superior or Inferior Courts, shall be directed to all and singular the Sheriffs and Constables of this State, and attachments returnable to the Justice's Courts

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shall be directed to all and singular the Constables of this State. * * By act of 1811, attachments returnable to Justices Courts, were directed to any lawful Constable of the County. Cobb p. 640. And it shall be lawful for any one of the officers to whom the same are directed, as aforesaid, to levy the same upon the property of the Defendant, that may be found in the County of which he is Sheriff or Constable; And when an attachment shall come into the hands of any officer of the County in which such attachment is returnable, and the Defendant shall have removed his property beyond the limits of said county, before such attachment is executed, it shall be lawful for the officers having such attachment to follow such property into any county in this State, and to levy the same and bring back the property into the County where the attachment is returnable. How to be directed; Officers to levy on d'fts property. When prop'y is removed. Officers shall follow and bring it back from any Co. in the State; 8. SEC. VIII. Said attachment shall be made returnable to the next Superior, Inferior or Justice's Court as aforesaid; Provided, the term of said Court does not commence within twenty days next after the sueing out of said attachment, and in such event said attachment shall be made returnable to the next Superior, Inferior or Justices Court thereafter. By act of 1799, thirty days were required in the Superior Court, and by act of 1811 fifteen in Justices. Returnable to next term of respective courts unless it commenc's within 20 days; then to the term after; 9. SEC. IX. It shall be the duty of the officer levying such attachment, to return the same, with his actings and doings entered thereon, together with the affidavit and bond, to the Court to which the same is made returnable. Duty of officer making return; 10. SEC. X. Where the Plaintiff in attachment wishes to levy his attachment upon property in a different County from that in which the same is returnable, it shall be the duty of the Magistrate or Notary Public, issuing such attachment upon the request of the Plaintiff, his Agent or Attorney at law, to make out a copy or copies of the original attachment, bond and affidavit, and certify the same officially to be a true copy or copies, and upon such copies being delivered to any officer to whom the same is directed, of the county where the property of the Defendant is, it shall be the duty of such officer to levy forthwith the same upon the property of the Defendant in such county, and to return the same with his actings and doings entered thereon, to the Courts to which the original attachment is returnable. [Dagger] [Dagger] Under the old law, original and copies, were issued for each county. Where there is property in a county different fr'm that in which the attach'mt is returnable Copies to be sent; Officer shall levy and return the same; 11. XI. When such attachment has been levied upon the property of the Defendant, it shall be the duty of the officer levying the same, to deliver the property so levied on to the Defendant upon his giving bond with good security payable to the Plaintiff in attachment, obligating themselves to pay the Plaintiff the amount of the judgment and costs that he may recover in said case; in case the property levied upon shall be equal to or exceed the amount of the debt sworn to be due; and in double the amount of the debt claimed to be due where the property shall [not] The word not seems to have been left out by mistake, in both the engrossed bill and enrolled act, and is placed here in brackets. exceed the value of the debt claimed to be due, which said bond the officer taking the same, shall return with said attachment to the Court to which the same is made

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returnable; and it shall be lawful for the Plaintiff to enter up judgment against the Defendant and securities upon said bond for the amount of the judgment that he may recover in his said attachment case, in the same manner that now by law judgment may be entered up in case of security upon appeals. Prop'ty lev'd on to be delivered to Defendant on his giv'g bond and security; Officer tak'g the same shall make return; Judgment may be ent'd upon same; 12. SEC. XII. When the Defendant does not give security as provided in the previous section, and the property remains in the hands of the levying officer, and is of a perishable nature, or liable to deteriorate in value from keeping, or there is expense attendant upon keeping the same, upon these facts being made plainly to appear to a Judge of the Superior Court, or two Justices of the Inferior Court of the county in which the attachment is returnable, where the same is returnable to the Superior or Inferior Court, or to a Justice of the Peace, of the county where the same is returnable to a Justice's Court, it shall be their duty to order a sale of such property, which shall be at the usual place of holding Sheriff's sales of the county where such property may be, when the attachment is returnable to the Superior or Inferior Court; and when the attachment is returnable to a Justice's Court, at the usual place of Constables sales of the district where the property may be, or at such other place where the magistrates ordering such sales may direct. The times and place of holding such sales shall be advertised at the Court House door, and at two other public places in the county where the sale is to take place, at least ten days before said sale takes place. And when the attachment is returnable to a Justice's Court it shall be advertised, instead of at the Court House door of the County, at the Court House door of the district in which the attachment is returnable; and the money arising from such sales shall be held by the officer making the same, subject to the order of the Court to which the attachment is returnable. Perishable property to be sold und'r an order of Court. Places of sale Sales to be advertised. Money to be held subject to order of Court; 13. SEC. XIII. In all cases where attachment may issue it shall be the duty of the Magistrate or Notary Public issuing the same, at the request of the Plaintiff, his Agent, or Attorney at law, to issue summons of garnishment directed to any person who may be indebted to or have property or effects of the Defendant in their hands requiring them to appear at the Court to which the attachment is made returnable then and there to depose on oath what they were indebted to the Defendant at the time of the service of said garnishment, or what property or effects of his they have in their hands, or had at the time of the service of said summons of garnishment, and it shall be the duty of the officer, levying such attachment, to serve such summons of garnishment. Garnishment Summons may be iss'd to persons indebted to Def'dt, who shall depose on oath. Duty of officer to serve summons: 14. SEC, XIV. When the Plaintiff, his Agent or Attorney at law shall desire to garnishee persons not residing in the county in which the attachment issues, it shall be the duty of the Magistrate or Notary public issuing the same, at the request of the Plaintiff, his Agent or Attorney at Law, to make out a copy of the affidavit, bond and attachment, and certify the same officially to be a true copy, and upon the delivery of such copy to any Magistrate or Notary Public who is authorised to issue an attachment by the provisions of this act, of the county in which the person sought to be garnisheed

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resides, it shall be the duty of such Magistrate or Notary Public, to make out a summons of garnishment for such persons as he may be requested to do by the Plaintiff, his Agent or Attorney at law requiring such persons to appear at the next Superior, Inferior or Justice's Court of said County, according as the original attachment is returnable to a Superior, Inferior or a Justice's Court of the county in which it issued, and depose in the manner prescribed by the provisions of this act. But if the next Court as aforesaid shall be holden within less than ten days next after the issuing of said summons, then the persons garnisheed shall be required to appear and depose at the next Court held thereafter. Which said summons may be served by any officer authorised to levy an attachment by the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the officer serving such summons of garnishment, to return such certified copy of affidavit, bond and attachment to the Court as atoresaid, together with his actings and doings endorsed thereon. Persons residing in other counties to be garnish'd; Copy of affidavit, bond and attach't; to be sent to a Magistrate or Notary Public; who shall make out summ'ns Garnishee to appear and depose as prescribed by this act; Who shall serve sum'ns Duty of the officer; 15. SEC. XV. When any person summoned as garnashee fails to appear in obedience to the summons, and answer at the term of the Court at which he is required to appear, the case shall stand continued until the next term of the Court, and if he shall fail to appear and answer by the next term of the Court, the Plaintiff in attachment may, on motion, have judgment against him for the amount of the judgment he may have obtained against the Defendant in attachment, or for so much thereof as shall remain unpaid at the time judgment is rendered against the garnishee, and it shall be lawful for the Court to continue the case against the garnishee until final judgment is rendered against the Defendant in attachment. Garnishee failing to appear, case may be con'd On further failure, judgment may be had. Court may continue case till judgment against dep't; 16. SEC. XVI. Where the garnishee appears and answers that he is indebted, or has property or effects in his hands belonging to the Defendant in attachment, judgment shall be rendered against him in favor of the Plaintiff for such acknowledged indebtedness, and the property and effects whatever they may be, shall be delivered into the hands of the Sheriff or Constable as the case may be, and by order of the Court shall be by him sold, and the money arising from such sale, shall be held subject to the order of the Court; and in case the garnishee fails to deliver over such property or effects to the officer as aforesaid it shall be lawful for the Court to attach him as for contempt; the property and effects so surrendered and delivered into the hands of the officer as aforesaid, shall be sold at such time and place, and after such notice given as the Court ordering the same shall direct. Answer of Garnishee; Judgment in favor of Pl'ff. Property to be delivered and sold by order of C'rt; Court to attach for contempt on failure to deliver; 17. SEC. XVII. Where the Plaintiff in attachment is not content with the answer of the garnishee, he may at the the term of the Court to which the same is made, traverse the same, and the issue formed upon this traverse, shall be tried at the same term, unless cause is shown for a continuance, which issue shall be tried by a Petit Jury, and either party being dissatisfied with the finding of said Jury, may appeal as in cases at common law, and the same shall be tried and governed by the same rules and regulations as in other appeal cases, on the trial of said issue it shall be competent for the Plaintiff to show the amount of the indebtedness of the garnishee, and the value of the property and effects of the Defendant

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that he has in his hands, or had at the time of the service of said garnishment, and which he has not surrendered as aforesaid, and the verdict of the Jury shall be the amount of the indebtedness, and for the value of the property and effects not surrendered as aforesaid; and upon final judgment being rendered against said garnishee, the Plaintiff in attachment shall have execution for the amount of such judgment and costs as at common law. Plaintiff may traverse the answer, [Illegible Text] and issue to be tried by Petit Jury. Appeal. Pl'ff may show indebtedness. Verdict of Jury. Execution. 18. SEC. XVIII. Where the summons of garnishment is returnable to a Justice's Court, the issue formed upon the traverse as a aforesaid, shall be tried by a Jury, in the same manner as appeal cases in Justice's Courts. Case in Jus'e Court. 19. SEC. XIX. In all cases it shall be the duty of the officer levying the attachment, to levy them in the order, as to time, in which they came into his hands, and it shall be his duty to enter upon the same the year, month, day of the month, and hour of the day, on which he made the levy. Officer's duty 20. SEC XX. When the attachment has been returned to the Court to which the same is returnable, the subsequent proceedings shall be in all respects the same as in cases at common law where there is personal service. And where the attachment is returnable to the Superior or Inferior Court, the Plaintiff shall file his declaration a the first term. Proceedings in Superior Court: In Justices Court; 21. SEC. XXI. It shall be lawful for the Defendant to appear by himself, or his Attorney at Law, and make his defence at any time before final judgment is rendered against him. And either party being dissatisfied with the verdict that may be rendered in the case may enter an appeal as in cases where there is personal service and which shall be proceeded in and tried in all respects as in cases at common law, or where there is personal service. Defence. Appeal. 22. SEC. XXII. It shall be lawful for the Plaintiff, his Agent or Attorney at Law at any time within ten days before final judgment on the attachment to give notice to the Defendant of the pendency of such attachment, and of the proceedings thereon, which notice shall be served personally on the Defendant, by the Sheriff of the County to which said attachment is returnable, or any Constable of said county, by giving him a copy of said notice, and returning the original, with his service thereon, to the Court in which said attachment is pending, which being done the judgment rendered upon such attachment, shall bind all the property of the Defendant, and shall have the same force and effect as judgments rendered at common law. Notice to Defendant. Sheriff to serve personally; Return. Judgment to bind all the property of Defendant; 23. SEC. XXIII. Attachment may issue and be levied on Sunday, when the Plaintiff, his Agent or Attorney at Law, shall swear, in addition to the oath prescribed by this act, that he has reason to apprehend the loss of the debt unless process of attachment do issue on Sunday, and shall also comply with the other provisions of this act in relation to issuing attachments. Attachment may issue and be levied on Sunday; 24. SEC. XXIV. Where the plaintiff in attachment desires the testimony of a witness who resides out of the county in which the attachment

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issues, he shall make out interrogatories and file them in the Clerks office or Court, in the same manner as where suit is proceeding by personal service, and a copy of such interrogatories together with a notice that they are filed, shall be posted up at the Court House door where the suit is pending, for ten days; and upon affidavit of that fact being made and filed in said case, by the Plaintiff, his Agent or Attorney at law, it shall be the duty of the Clerk or Justice of the Peace, as the case may be, to annex a commission to such interrogatories, and the same shall be executed and returned as in cases at common law, or where there is personal service; but if the Plaintiff appears by himself, or Attorney at law, and defends the case, interrogatories shall be served in the same manner as at common law. Where witness' resides out of the county; Interrogties to be issued. Notice 25. SEC. XXV. Where the debt is not due, the debtor shall be subject to attachment in the same manner, and to the same extent as in cases where the debt is due, except that where the debt does not become due before final judgment, execution upon the judgment shall be stayed until the debt is due. If debt is not due, exec'ion to be stayed; 26. SEC. XXVI. In cases of joint contractors and co-partners where any one of them shall render himself liable to attachment agreeable to the provisions of the first section of this act, attachment may issue against him upon complying with the previous provisions of this act, in relation to the same, and proceedings against such joint contractor or co-partner shall be in all respects as in other cases of attachment, except that such attachment shall be levied only upon the separate properties of such joint contractor or co-partner. Joint Cont'r; Attachment may issue; to be levied on separate property; 27. SEC. XXVII. In all cases where a person is a security or endorser upon any instrument in writing, and the principal shall become subject to attachment according to the provisions of the first section of this act, it shall be lawful for such security or endorser, upon complying with the provisions of this act in relation to the issuing of attachments, to have attachment against his principal, and the proceedings on the same shall be in all respects the same as in other cases of attachment, according to the provisions of this act; and the money raised by such attachment shall be paid to the person holding such instrument in writing. But if the security or endorser has paid the debt, then the money raised upon such attachment, or so much thereof as will pay the amount the security or endorser has paid, shall be paid to such security or endorser; and in case the debt is not due at the time judgment is rendered against the principal, execution shall be stayed until the debt is due. Attachment may be iss'd by a security against Prin. Proceedings; Money rais'd how to be pd 28. SEC. XXVIII. In all cases where the Plaintiff has commenced suit for the recovery of his debt, and the defendant, during the pendency of such suit, shall become subject to Attachment, agreeable to the first section of this act, the plaintiff upon complying with the provisions of this act, in relation to the issuing of Attachments, may have an Attachment against the defendant and all the proceedings in relation to the same shall be, as hereinbefore prescribed, in relation to Attachments, where no suit is pending. And a satisfaction of the judgment in the Common Law action shall satisfy the judgment in Attachment, and a satisfaction of the judgment

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in Attachment shall satisfy the judgment in the Common Law action. When suit 13 pending: Judgment, 29. SEC. XXIX. In all cases of sale of lands, where the vendor has not executed a deed of conveyance, to the purchaser, for the same, but has given bond for titles, or other evidence of the contract, and the purchase money has not been paid, and the vendee shall become liable to Attachment, agreeable to the provisions of the first section of this act Attachment may issue against him at the instance of the vendor, upon complying with the provisions of this act in relation to Attachments, which said Attachment shall be levied upon the land described in the bond, or other evidence of contract for titles, and the subsequent proceedings shall be in all respects as is heretofore prescribed in this act, in relation to Attachments. And it shall be lawful for the party bound by such bond, or other contract for titles, to file in the Clerk's office of the Superior Court of the county where the land is situated, a good and sufficient deed of conveyance of said land to the obligee of said bond, or other contract for titles, and when judgment is obtained upon said Attachment, the execution issuing thereon may be levied upon said land, and the same be sold, and the money arising from such sale shall be appropriated to the payment of said judgment on the Attachment, to the exclusion of any other Attachment, judgment or other debt of the defendant. Sale of land: Vendor may have attach't against vendee when purchase money is not paid; How levied; Obligor to file deed in Clk's office; Judgment on same to be first paid 30. SEC. XXX. In case either plaintiff or defendant in Attachment shall die before final judgment is rendered in any case, and there is representation upon the estate of the defendant, parties shall be made in the same manner as in cases at Common Law, or where there is personal service. But if there is no known representation upon the estate of the defendant within this State, and the plaintiff in attachment shall die, his executor or administrator may at any time after his qualification as such, cause to be issued by the Clerk of the Court, or Justice of the Peace, a scire facias, returnable to the next term of the Court after the issuing of the same, giving notice to the opposite party of his intention to be made a party in place of his deceased testator or intestate, which shall be posted up at the door of the Court House where such Attachment is pending, at least twenty days before the term at which such scire facias is made returnable. And upon affidavit being made by the executor or administrator of this being done, and said affidavit being filed among the papers in the case, said executor or administrator shall, on motion, be made a party, and the cause proceed in his name. When the defendant shall die, scire facias shall issue in the manner aforesaid, after the expiration of twelve months from the defendant's death, directed to the representative upon the estate of the deceased defendant, notifying him of the pendency of such Attachment, and of the intention of the plaintiff to procced with the same, which being posted as aforesaid, and affidavit made and filed as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the plaintiff to proceed in the same manner as though the death of the defendant had not occurred, but the executor or administrator upon the estate of the defendant may at any time before final judgment upon the Attachment,

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come in and be made a party and defend in the same manner as his testator or intestate might have done. On the death of plaintiff or defendant pendente lite How parties may be f'med Notice to the represent've of deceased defendant; Plaintiff to proceed; 31. SEC. XXXI. It shall be lawful for the defendant in Attachment in all cases to traverse the truth of the affidavit in relation to the ground upon which the Attachment has issued, at the return term of the Attachment, and the issue formed upon such traverse shall be tried by a jury at the same term, unless good cause is shown for a continuance, and either party being dissatisfied with the verdict of the jury, may enter an appeal, which shall be governed in all respects by the same rules and regulations as other appeal cases, and it the final verdict upon said issue shall be in favor of the defendant said Attachment shall be dismissed at the cost of the plaintiff. Traverse of affidavit by defendant; Issue, how to be tried; Appeal. 32. SEC. XXXII. Service of the Attachment by serving process of garnishment shall be as effectual for all purposes as though the Attachment had been served by levying the same upon the property of the defendant. Service of Garnishment 33. SEC. XXXIII. Attachment may issue against incorporations not incorporated by the laws of this State, but transacting business within this State, under the same rules and regulations as are by this act prescribed in relation to other cases, and it shall be lawful for any agent of such corporation to relieve the property levied on, or discharge the summons of garnishment that may issued by giving bond to the levying officer, payable to the plaintiff, conditioned to pay the amount that may be recovered in said case, which bond the levying officer shall return to the Court to which the Attachment is made returnable, and judgment shall be entered up against the principal and security upon said bond for the amount, the plaintiff may recover against such corporation in the same manner that judgment is now by law entered up against securities upon appeal. Attachments may be iss'd against for'n incorpora'ns in this State: How to be relieved by Agent. Judgment on Bond; 34. SEC. XXXIV. Where property shall be levied on by virtue of any Attachment, and the same is claimed by any person not a party to such Attachment, it shall be the duty of the person claiming the same, his agent or Attorney at Law, to make oath before some person authorized by law to administer an oath, that the property levied on is the property of the claimant according to the best of his knowledge and belief, and that the same is not subject to said Attachment; and said claimant shall give bond with good security payable to the plaintiff in Attachment in a sum double the value of the property claimed, to be judged of by the levying officer, conditioned to pay the plaintiff all damages which the jury on the trial of the right of property may assess against him, in case it should be made to appear that such claim was made for the purpose of delay, and in case the claim is interposed by the agent or Attorney at Law of the claimant, such agent or Attorney at Law, shall have power to sign the name of the claimant to the bond, and the said claimant shall be bound in the same manner as though he had signed it himself. It shall be the duty of the officer taking such affidavit and bond, to return the same to the Court to which the Attachment is returnable, unless the property levied on should

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be real estate, in which case it shall be his duty to return the same to the Superior Court of the county where the land lies. And in case the Attachment is returnable to the Justices' Court, and is levied upon slaves, it shall be the duty of the officer to return the affidavit and bond to the next Superior Court of the county in which the Attachment issued. Claim; Claimant to make oath; and give b'd. Agent or att. to give bond; which shall bind the claimant; Return to be made to the Court; 35. SEC. XXXV. When the claim is thus returned, if returned to the Superior or Inferior Court, it shall be tried in the same manner and subject to the same rules and regulations as are prescribed by law for the trial of claims in those Courts where the property is levied on by virtue of executions at Common Law and when the claim is returned to a Justices' Court it shall be tried in the same manner and subject to the same rules and regulations as are by law prescribed for the trial of appeal cases in Justices' Courts. Claim to be tried. In what manner; 36. SEC. XXXVI. When property levied on shall be claimed as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the person claiming such property, his agent or Attorney at Law, to execute a bond with good security payable to the plaintiff in Attachment in a sum double the value of the property claimed, the value to be judged of by the levying officer, conditioned to deliver such property at the time and place of sale, Provided, the same should be found subject to the Attachment, and upon the delivery of such bond to the levying officer it shall be his duty to deliver such property to the claimant, his agent or Attorney at Law, and it shall be the duty of the levying officer to return such bond together with the affidavit and claim bond to the Court to which such Attachment is returnable, and when said claim is interposed by the agent or Attorney at Law of the claimant; such agent or Attorney at Law of the claimant shall have power to sign the name of the claimant to the bond who shall be bound thereby in the same manner as though he had signed it himself. Property levied on to be delivered to claimant; 37. SEC. XXXVII. Upon the failure of the claimant to deliver said property, according to the conditions of said bond, the plaintiff may immediately sue the claimant and security upon said bond, and it shall be lawful for him to recover in said suit, the full value of the property claimed and also all damages, costs and charges that the plaintiff may have sustained in consequence of the failure of the claimant to deliver said property. On failure of delivery, Claimant's bond may be sued; and recov'ry had; 38. SEC. XXXVIII. ln cases when the claimant shall deliver the property, and upon selling the same, a sufficient amount shall not be raised to pay the debt and cost of the plaintiff, it shall be lawful for the plaintiff to institute suit against the claimant and his securities upon his said delivery bond, and to recover the full value of the hire, or use of the property while the same has been in the possession of the claimant and also full damages for any deterioration of the value of the property by use or otherwise, while the same has been in possession of the claimant, Provided, such amount of recovery shall not exceed the amount of debt that may remain due from the defendant in Attachment to the plaintiff. Claimant may be sued for hire and use of prop'y 39. SEC. XXXIX. When the defendant has given security according to the eleventh section of this act, or where he has appeared

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and made defence by himself or Attorney at Law, or where he has been cited to appear according to the twenty-second section of this act, the judgment rendered against him in such case shall bind all his property, and shall have the same force and effect as where there has been personal service, and execution shall issue accordingly, but it shall be first levied upon the property attached, in all other cases the judgment on the Attachment shall only bind the property attached, and the judgment shall be entered up only as against such property. Judgment against defendant to bind all his property; 40. SEC. XL. After the judgment has been obtained in any case of Attachment, execution shall issue as in cases at Common Law, and the execution shall be levied in the same manner as executions issuing at common law, and the proceedings in all respects shall be the same, except that when the judgment only binds the property levied on by the Attachment as aforesaid, the execution shall be issued against such property only, and that property only shall be levied on and sold. Issue [Illegible Text] execution levy; 41. SEC. XLI. All monies raised by the sale of defendant's property, or otherwise, by virtue of the provisions of this act, shall be paid over to the creditors of the defendant according to the priority now established by law, saving only that as between attaching creditors, the Attachment first levied shall be first satisfied to the entire exclusion of any Attachment of younger levy. Proceeds of sale, how applied; 42. SEC. XLII. In all cases of Attachment the form of the affidavit, Bond and Attachment may be as follows: Form of Affidavit. BOND.

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ATTACHMENT. 43. SEC. XLIII. It shall be lawful to fill up the blanks in each of the forms aforesaid, according to the circumstances of each particular case, and no Attachment shall be void in consequence of a failure to comply with the forms aforesaid, Provided, the provisions of this statute are substantially complied with, and when Attachments are returnable to Justices' Courts, they shall be directed to all and singular the Constables of this State. Not void on failure to comply with forms. when the statute is substantially complied with; 44. SEC. XLIV. In cases where suit is now pending, or may be hereafter commenced, or where judgment has been obtained, the plaintiff shall be entitled to process of garnishment under the following rules and regulations. Garnishment how obtain'd pendente lite 45. SEC. XLV. In order to obtain such process, the plaintiff, his agent or Attorney at Law, when suit is pending, shall make an affidavit of the amount, claimed to be due, before some magistrate authorized to issue an Attachment by the terms of this act; and when judgment has been obtained of the amount due upon such judgment, and shall further swear that he has reason to apprehend that the loss of the same, or some part thereof, unless such process issue; and when the affidavit is made by the agent or Attorney at Law, he may swear that the amount claimed to be due, is due according to the best of his knowledge, and belief; the plaintiff shall also give bond and good security, in a sum at least equal to double the amount sworn to, payable to the defendant in the suit, or judgment as the case may be, conditioned to pay to said defendent all costs and damages that he may sustain in consequence of suing out said garnishment, in the event that the plaintiff shall fail to recover, in the case where suit is pending, and where judgment has been obtained, in the event that it shall be made to appear that the amount sworn to be due, on such judgment, is not due, and when such affidavit shall be made by the agent or Attorney at Law, of the plaintiff, such agent or Attorney at Law shall have power to sign the name of the plaintiff to such bond, who shall be bound thereby in the same manner as though he had signed it himself. [Illegible Text] to be made; Agent or att. may make it. Bond to be given; 46. SEC. XLVI. When such affidavit has been made and bond given, it shall be the duty of the magistrate taking the same, upon the request of the plaintiff, his agent or Attorney at Law, to issue

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summons of garnishment to such person as he may be requested to do as aforesaid, requiring him to appear at the next term of the Court where such suit is pending, or where such judgment has been obtained; Provided, such Court shall sit within not less than twenty days after such summons shall issue, and if it shall sit within that time, then to the next Court thereafter, then, and there to depose, on oath, what he was indebted to the defendant at the time of the service of such process of garnishment, or what property or effect he has in his hands belonging to the defendant, or had at the time of the service of the summons of garnishment, and upon such affidavit, bond and summons of garnishment being delivered into the hands of any officer authorized by this act to levy an Attachment, it shall be his duty to serve such summons of garnishment upon the person to whom it is directed, and to make an entry of such service, and of his actings and doings in the premises upon the affidavit and bond, and [Illegible Text] the same to the Court to which the person summoned as garnishee is required to appear, and all subsequent proceedings shall be the same as before prescribed in this act, in relation to garnishment in cases of Attachment. Summons to issue; Garnisheehow to app'r Deposition; Return of officer; 47. SEC. XLVII. Where any of the persons sought to be garnisheed reside in a different county from the one where judgment has been obtained, or where suit is pending, it shall be the duty of the magistrate or Notary Public taking such affidavit and bond to make out a copy of the same, and shall officially certify the same to be a true copy, and shall deliver such certified copy to the plaintiff, his agent or Attorney at Law, and upon such certified copy being delivered to any magistrate or Notary Public of the county where the person sought to be garnisheed resides, who is authorized by this act to issue an Attachment, it shall be the duty of such magistrate to issue summons of garnishment for such person as he may be requested to do by the plaintiff, his agent or Attorney at Law, requiring him to appear at the next Superior, Inferior or Justices' Court of said county, according as such suit is pending, or judgment has been obtained in the Superior, Inferior or Justices' Courts, then and there to depose according to the previous section of this act; but if the next Court shall be held within less than twenty days from the time such garnishment issues, said summons of garnishment shall require the person to appear at the next Court thereafter. Non resident garnishee; How to be summoned; 48. SEC. XLVIII. And be it further enacted, That upon such certified copy of affidavit, bond and summons of garnishment being delivered to any officer authorized by this act to levy an Attachment, it shall be his duty to serve the same upon the person to whom it is directed and to return said copy, affidavit and bond to the Court where such person is summoned to appear, together with his actings and doings thereon. And all subsequent proceedings shall be the same as is prescribed by this act, in relation to garnishment in cases of Attachment, where the garnishee resides out of the county in which the Attachment is returnable. Officer to serve sum'ns and make return; 49. SEC. XLIX, And be it further enacted, That in cases where garnishments are issued, where suit is pending, it shall be lawful

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for the defendant to dissolve such garnishment, and have the same dismissed, upon his filing in the Clerk's office of the Court where the suit is pending, in the Superior or Inferior Court, or with the Justice of the Peace, where suit is pending in such Court, a bond with good security, payable to the plaintiff, for the payment of the judgment and costs in said case, and it shall be lawful for the plaintiff to enter up judgment upon such bond, against the principal and securities, in the same manner as now by law, judgment may be entered up against securities upon appeal. Garnishment how [Illegible Text] 50. SEC. L. And be it further enacted, That all monies raised by virtue of process of garnishment under this act, shall be paid over to the creditors of the defendant, according to the priorities now established by law. Proceedshow applied. 51. SEC. LI. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where the singular number is used in this act, the plural number shall be included where such number is applicable to the case; in all cases where the masculine gender is used the feminine gender shall be included when the same is applicable to the case. Singular number to include pl'ral Masculine gender to include feminine; 52. SEC. LII. And be it further enacted, That upon the trial of all issues arising under this act, to be tried by a Petit Jury, the oath administered to the Jury shall be the same as at common law, and in cases upon appeal the oath shall be the same as is now administered to Special Juries, in appeal cases, and in claim cases the same oath that is now required to be administered in claim cases, and the damages to be given in appeal and claim cases arising under this act, shall be the same as is now prescribed by law in appeal and claim cases. Oath of Jury on trial of cases under this statute 53. SEC. LIII. And be it further enacted, That plaintiffs in Attachment shall have the right to amend his Attachment or Bond, or Declaration, as in other cases at common law, and that the levying officer of the same shall have the right to amend his return by supplying any omissions or errors, and the Court before which the Attachment shall be returned shall have power to order or allow said amendments. Amendm'nts how made; 54. SEC. LIV. And be it further enacted, That where a person who has been defendant in Attachment desires to sue the plaintiff in Attachment to recover damages, and the plaintiff shall not reside in this State, it shall be sufficient to serve a copy of the petition and process on the security to the bond given by the plaintiff. Suit against plaintiff by defendant; 55. SEC. LV. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts upon the subject of Attachments of Garnishments be, and the same are hereby repealed. Repealing clause; 56. SEC. LVI. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect, and be of force, from and after the first day of June next. This statute, when to take effect; APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. A Notary Public could not issue an attachment according to the old law. * The entry of officer heretofore did not contain the hour of the day on which the levy was made. REF. NOTE to Decisions Supreme Court.Attachment will not lie in this State, for the recovery of unliquidated damages, consequent upon the breach of a covenant, but only upon contracts to pay money, where an action of indebitatus assumpsit can be brought.14 Geo. 230. No variance where in the affidavit it says, A. B. owes, and the declaration A. B. surviving partner owes. 14 Geo. 537. Attachment process being unknown to the Common Law, should be strictly construed and pursued, especially as to non-resident debtors. 14 Geo. 230. Misdirection to all and singular the Sheriffs and Constables of said State of said county makes the first and second original attachment void. 15 Geo. 267.

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For decision as to equality of judgment rendered at same term of Court. See 15 Geo. 361. Stock in a corporation is not subject to be levied on under an attachment against the owner of the stock. 16 Geo. 437. Bond though for a sum greater than double the amount sworn to be due is good. 17 Geo. 175. It need not be attested by the officer Issuing, where the attachment states its being given in terms of the law. 17 Geo. 624. TITLE V. ATTORNEYS. SEC. 1. Attorneys may be Justices of Peace. (No. 20.) An Act to permit practicing Attorneys to hold the office and discharge the duties of Justice of the Peace in this State. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, it may and shall be lawful for any practising Attorney to hold and discharge the duties of Justice of the Peace in the State of Georgia, all laws and parts of laws heretofore passed to the contrary notwithstanding. * * Act of 1811 prohibited practicing Attorneys being Justices of the Peace, from trying warrants or giving judgments in civil cases. Cobb 639. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. TITLE. VI. BANKS AND BANKING.* Article I. Central Bank. Article II.Private Corporations. ARTICLE I. CENTRAL BANK. SEC. 1. Assets of Central Bank. SEC. 2. Office of Cashier to cease. (No. 21.) An Act to make final disposition of the Assets of the Central Bank, and for other purposes. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, all monies now in the hands of the Collectors and Attorneys, into whose hands the remaining assets of the Central Bank have been placed, and all sums therefrom hereafter collected, shall

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be paid into the treasury and constitute a part of the common fund. 2. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the office of Cashier together with the duties and functions of said office, shall henceforth cease and determine; and all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. NOTESo much of act of 1841 as requires Judges to give the issuing of change bills in special charge to Grand Juries, see title Judiciary. REF. NOTECentral Bank incorporated 1828, Pri. 72. In 1838, charter extended to May, '50, Cobb, 134. In Feb'y, '50, extended to May, '65. Ib. 144. act of 1851, authorised Governor to appoint a Commissioner to examine the condition of the Bank and transfer assets to the Treasury. This act has been complied with. Act of 1854 extended the charter to May, 1860Supreme Ct. Decis. A debt due Central Bank not ipso facto public as to priority, but is, if so declaredii. Geo. 346. Its bills not bills of credit.Ib. Sueable only in Baldwin. Consent cannot change it.Ib. 453. ARTICLE II. PRIVATE CORPORATIONS. BANK OF MIDDLE GEORGIA. SECT. 3. Corporators Bank of Middle Ga. SECT. 4. Commissioners to open Books. SECT. 5. Capital Stock. SECT. 6. Meeting of Stockholders. SECT. 7. Certificates of Stock. SECT. 8. Elections. SECT. 9. Officers. SECT. 10. Qualification of Directors. SECT. 11. Cashier's Bond and Oath. SECT. 12. Issue. SECT. 13. Limit of indebtedness. SEC. 14. Individual liability. SEC. 15. Deposits. SEC. 16. Payment to Banks. SEC. 17. Contracts. SEC. 18. Minutes. SEC. 19. Dividends. SEC. 20. Forfeiture of Charter. SEC. 21. Owners of Stockrestrictions. SEC. 22. Rightsnot to abate. SEC. 23. Repealing clause. (No. 22.) An Act to incorporate a Bank to be located in the city of Macon to be called the Bank of Middle Georgia. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That Marcus A. Franklin, Asher Ayres, E. A. Nisbet, Richard H. Clarke and James Dean, together with such other persons as may hereafter become Stockholders, shall be, and are hereby incorporated and made a body politic by the name and style of the Bank of Middle Georgia, and shall continue a body corporate and politic until the first day of May eighteen hundred and eighty (1880,) and by that name shall be, and are hereby made able and capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, hereditaments, only so far as may be necessary for the erection of necessary banking houses and such as have been mortgaged to said Bank as security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings or purchased at sale upon judgments which shall have been obtained for such debts, 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 any Court of law or Equity in this State, or elsewhere, having competent jurisdiction.

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To make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure, and to make and ordain such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem expedient and necessary to carry out the objects of the institution, Provided, such by-laws rules and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, or the United States. Corporators; Name. Duration; Powers and privileges; Land; Seal. By-Laws. 4. SEC. II. The aforesaid Marcus A. Franklin, Asher Ayres, E. A. Nisbet, Richard H. Clarke and James Dean, or any three or more of them be, and they are hereby constituted a Board of Commissioners whose duty it shall be, at any time within three months after the passage of this act, to open a book of subscription for shares in the capital stock of said company, in the city of Macon, and shall continue and keep said book open at such place and for so many hours each day, for twenty days, or until the whole number of shares offered have been subscribed for. Com'srs to open books. 5. SEC. III. The capital stock of said Bank shall be one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, which may by a majority vote of the Stockholders, be increased to two hundred and fifty 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 bona fide paid in on said shares of capital stock in gold or silver coin. Capital 125,000 dollars, may be inc'd to 250,000. Shares; Business may com'nce when. 6. SEC. IV. Upon the expiration of the twenty days herein before allowed for subscribing to the stock of said Bank, or as soon as the requisite number of shares have been taken, it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to convene the Stockholders or subscribers by giving ten days notice in one or more of the public newspapers of Macon, of the time and place of meeting, who may then or at any time thereafter proceed to the election of a Board of five Directors, under such rules and regulations as said Commissioners may adopt for that purpose. Meeting of stockholders Election of Directors; 7. SEC. V. The Directors shall have power and authority to issue to the subscribers their certificates of stock in which shall be specified the number of shares each may hold and the amount paid in on the same, and no transfer of stock in this company shall be considered as binding upon the company, unless entered in a book or books kept for that purpose by the company by personal entry of the Stockholder his legal representative or Attorney duly authorized by special power for that purpose, Provided, that no Stockholder indebted to said Bank shall transfer his or her stock, unless by the consent of the Directors, until all debts due said Bank by such Stockholders shall have been paid. Certificates of stock; Transfer. Proviso; 8. SEC. VI. That in all elections for Directors of said Bank and in all matters coming before the Stockholders, each Stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share which he, she or they may hold in his, her or their own right or in a representative capacity and any Stockholder being absent may by power of Attorney, under seal authorize any other Stockholder to vote for him, her or them. Votes in elections By proxy; 9. SEC. VII. The Directors so appointed shall at their first meeting thereafter proceed to elect from among their own body a President,

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and the said President and Directors may elect a Cashier, (who shall, if deemed advisable by the Directors, be also a member of the Board,) and such other officers under them as they may deem necessary and expedient for carrying the provisions of this act into effect, and may make to them such compensation for their services as shall appear reasonable, and be agreed upon. President; Cashier and other officers Salaries; 10. SEC. VIII. None but a Stockholder in his own right to not less than twenty-five shares of the capital stock of said Bank, resident in the State of Georgia, shall be eligible as a Director, and if at any time, after any Stockholder has been elected a Director, he shall cease to be a Stockholder to the extent above named, his seat at, and membership of said Board of Directors shall become vacated, and the remaining Directors, or a majority of them shall at their next meeting proceed and elect from among the Stockholders a new member to fill said vacancy, or if any Director's place shall at any time become vacant, by death, or otherwise, said vacancies shall be filled by the remaining Directers as above specified. Qualificat'on of Directors. Vacancieshow filled; 11. SEC. IX. The Cashier before he enters upon the duties of his office shall be required to give bond with two or more securities in the sum of twenty thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his duties, and the President, Cashier and other officers of the said Bank shall take, before entering on the duties of their respective offices, the following oath: I, A. B., do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) that I will well and faithfully discharge and honestly perform the duties of President, Cashier or other officer of the Bank of Middle Georgia; and said oath shall be recorded and subscribed to on the minutes of said Bank. Cashier to give bond; Offic'rs oath. 12. SEC. X. And be it further enacted, That said Bank during the time herein before limited, shall be authorized to issue notes and bills signed by its President and Cashier, to receive deposits, buy and sell bills and drafts, and to transact all other branches of business usually done and known as the Banking business, Provided, that no such notes shall be issued until the whole amount of its capital stock, viz: $125,000, shall have been paid in in gold and silver coin, or in the notes of solvent Banks of the city of Savannah or Augusta, and until a statement of said Bank, and list of Stockholders and their residences shall have been made, sworn to by the President and Cashier, and published in all of the newspapers of the city of Macon, and an autograph copy sent to his Excellency the Governor of this State. May issue bills; Notes not to issue until 125,000 dolls. is pd. in specie or notes of solvent banks of Savannah, or Augusta and Statement made; 13. SEC. XI. And be it further enacted, That the debts due by said Bank in any and every shape or form, (except for deposits,) shall at no time exceed three times the amount of its capital actually paid in, and should such excess at any time occur, the Directors allowing the same shall be severally responsible and liable for the entire amount thereof, Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the effects of the corporation from being liable, also, for said excess. Limit of indebtedness; Directors severally liable for exc'ss 14. SEC. XII. The persons and property of the Stockholders in said Bank shall be pledged and bound in proportion to the amount

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of the shares that each individual or company may hold in the same, for the ultimate redemption of said bills or notes issued by or from said Bank during the time he, she or they may have held such stock in the same manner as in common commercial cases or simple case of debt, the private or individual property of each Stockholder as well as their joint property, shall be liable, as before stated, for the redemption of the bills of said Bank, and for the payment of all debts and liabilities of the same, and when any judgment shall be obtained against said Bank and execution issued thereon it shall be the duty of the levying officer first to levy the same on the property of said corporation, and to sell the same, and if the proceeds thereof shall be insufficient to pay off said executions, and the return of said officer of no corporate property in the possession of the corporators, shall be sufficient proof of the same, it shall be the duty of said officer next to levy said execution on the individual property of any Stockholder or Stockholders, and sell the same until an amount is raised sufficient to pay off said execution, each Stockholder only to be liable in proportion to the amount of his stock for the entire indebtedness of the Bank and that any Stockholder who pays off any such executions or a part thereof shall have the right to use and control the same fi fa against all the other Stockholders, so as to collect the rateable share out of each of them; and all persons shall be held liable as Stockholders, agreeable to the provisions of this section, who were Stockholders agreeable to the return made to the Governor by said Bank, next before the failure of said Bank to redeem its notes or pay its debts. Individual liability of stockholders Executions; how levied; Stockholders liable In proportion to amt. of stock Control of execution; Continuance of stock'ders liability; 15. SEC. XIII. And be it further enacted, That the said Bank shall have power and authority to receive deposits on interest at such rates and under rules and regulations to be established for that purpose by the Board of Directors. Deposits. 16. SEC. XIV. And be it further enacted, That any Bank or branches, or their agents, who may make a demand of specie from said Bank, shall be compelled to receive in lieu thereof, if tendered, the bills of said Bank making the demand, and it shall be lawful for said Bank of Middle Georgia to tender and use in the redemption of its notes and bills any of the gold or silver coins of the United States. Payments to Banks, What coins a lawful tend'r 17. SEC. XV. And be it further enacted, That the notes, bills, obligations or other contracts in behalf of said Bank shall be binding and obligatory upon said company, Provided, the same be signed by the President and Cashier, agent or agents of said Bank, and the funds of the Bank shall in no case be bound for such contracts, unless the same be so signed, except for checks signed by the Cashier in due course of business. Authentication of cont's 18. SEC. XVI. The Directors and Cashier shall keep full and regular minutes of their proceedings and upon any question, where a Director shall require it, the yeas and nays of the Directors voting shall be recorded in said minutes. Minutes of Board. 19. SEC. XVII. Dividends of the profits of said Bank, or so much thereof as shall be deemed expedient and proper, may be declared and divided among the Stockholders half yearly, or oftener,

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as the Board of Directors may determine at any meeting to be held for that purpose. Dividends, 20. SEC. XVIII. And be it further enacted, That if at any time before or after the said Bank of Middle Georgia shall have been organized and put in operation the majority of the stock thereof is directly or indirectly held or controlled by persons non-residents of this State, or if the said Bank by authority of its Directors, Cashier, or any one of them, shall establish an agency or agent for the circulation of its notes or bills in any of the north or north-western States, this charter shall at once be forfeited, and it shall be the duty of the Governor of this State, on the happening of either of these events, to institute proceedings for the forfeiture thereof. Charterforf't'd when 21. SEC. XIX. And be it further enacted, That two-thirds of the stock in value in said Bank shall always be held and owned bona fide by citizens or persons resident of this State, except such stock as may be bona fide assigned by a Stockholder to a creditor under the laws of this State, or such as may be levied upon by any creditor of another State or jurisdiction and by him purchased in for his own protection, and in case of any fraud in the assignment of, or levy upon, and purchase of any stock to evade the aforesaid restriction, said stock shall be forfeited to the informer by a judgment of the Superior Court in the county where said Bank is situated, Provided, the Stockholder is notified to appear either by ten days personal service, or three months service in any public gazette and after any issue of facts shall be tried one time by a special jury, and also said Bank shall not establish in any of the north or north-western States any agency for the purpose of aiding in any manner the circulation of its bills or the redemption thereof, nor shall have any office of discount and deposit, or any other office in any of said States for such purpose, and in case said Bank shall violate the foregoing, or any other provisions of this bill upon affidavit made of the fact by any three reputable citizens with notice to the Governor, he shall take immediate steps to procure the forfeiture of said charter. Stockby whom own'd Forfeiture of stock. Restrictions; 22. SEC. XX. And be it further enacted, That all rights and [Illegible Text] under this charter in behalf of creditors, or of one Stockholder against another, shall not be abated by the forfeitnre, expiration or repeal or non-user of said charter. Rights not to abate 23. SEC. XXI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 19th, 1856.

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EXCHANGE BANK. SEC. 24. Corporatorspowers. SEC. 25. Commissioners to open books. SEC. 26. Capital Stock. SEC. 27. Meeting of Stockholders. SEC. 28. Certificate of Stock. SEC. 29. Elections. SEC. 30. Qualification of Directors. SEC. 31. President and other officers. SEC. 32. Cashier's bond and oath. SEC. 33. Liability of Bank. SEC. 34. Call of meetings. SEC. 35. Minutes of Directors. SEC. 36. Dividends. SEC. 37. Individual liability. SEC. 38. Contracts. SEC. 39. Forfeiture of Charter. SEC. 40. Receipt of notes at par value. SEC. 41. Statement of condition. SEC. 42. Continuance of Liability. SEC. 43. Repealing clause. (No. 23.) An Act to charter the Exchange Bank of the State of Georgia, at Griffin. 24. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That Louis S. Salmons, John W. Shackleford, L. H. Durham, Aaron Cloud, R. Q. Dickerson, William M. Cline, C. H. Smith, and J. H. Lumpkin, and their associates and successors, shall be and are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, with the usual banking privileges, by the name and style of The Exchange Bank of the State of Georgia, to be located in the City of Griffin in the county of Spalding, and shall continue until the first day of May 1895, and by that name shall be and are hereby made able and capable in law to have, purchase, receive possess, enjoy and retain to them and their successors in office, rents, tenements, and hereditaments, so far as may be necessary for the erection of necessary Banking houses, and such as have been bona fide mortgaged to it as security or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts, previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgments which shall have been obtained for such debts; and the same to grant, sell, demise, alien, or dispose of, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be ansered unto, defend and be defended in any Court of law or equity in this State or elsewhere, having competent jurisdiction; to make have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, and renew at their pleasure, and to make and ordaln such by-laws rules and regulations as they may deem expedient and necessary, to carry out the objects of the institution; Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this State, or the United States. Corporators; Name; Duration Powers and privileges; Seal, By-laws; 25. SEC. II. The aforesaid Louis S. Salmons, John W. Shackleford, Aaron Cloud, William M. Cline, C. H. Smith, J. H. Lumpkin L. H. Durham and R. Q. Dickerson, 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 subscription for shares in said company, on the first day of May, 1856, and shall continue open for thirty days, at such place or places, and for so many hours each day as the said board of commissioners may determine on, and any capital stock remaining unsubscribed for, at the expiration of said thirty days, shall be disposed of by said commissioners, or directors to be hereafter chosen, in such manner as they may direct. Comm'srs to open books;

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26. SEC. III. The capital stock of said Bank shall be two hundred thousand dollars, which may be increased to five hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, but the company may commence business as soon as fifty thousand dollars in specie shall have been paid in. Capital stock 200,000 dollrs Business to com'ce when 27. SEC. IV. Upon the expiration of thirty days herein before allowed for subscribing to the Stock of said Bank, it shall be the duty of said commissioners, to convene the stockholders or subscribers by giving at least twenty days notice in one or more public newspapers of Griffin, of the time and place of meeting, who may then or any time thereafter proceed to the election of a board of five Directors under such rules and regulations as they may adopt for that purpose. Meeting of Stockholders Election of Directors 28. SEC V. The Directors shall have power to issue to the subscribers their certificates of stock, and transfer of stock in this Company shall not be considered as binding upon this company, unless entered in a book or books kept for that purpose, by the company, by personal entry of the Stockholder, his legal representative or Attorney, duly authorised by special power for that purpose; Provided, that no Stockholder indebted to the Bank, shall transfer his or her stock until all debts due said Bank, by such Stockholder shall be paid. Certificates of stock; Proviso, Transfer 29. SEC. VI. That in all elections for Directors of said Bank, and in all matters coming before the Stockholders, each Stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share, which he or she may hold in his or her own right, or in a representative capacity, and any Stockholder being absent may authorise by power of Attorney under seal, any Stockholder to vote for him, her or them. Votes in elections. By Proxy. 30. SEC. VII. None but a Stockholder in his own right, entitled to twenty shares of said stock, and not being a Director in any oth-Bank, shall be eligible as a director, and if any of the directors of said corporation, shall, after being elected, become a Director of any other Bank, or accept of any appontment or office from any other Bank or cease to be a Stockholder, his seat shall become thereupon vacated, and the remaining Directors, or a majority of them, shall, at their next meeting thereafter, pass and enterupon their minute book, an order declaring him to be no longer a Director. Qualification of Directors Seat, when vacated. 31. SEC. VIII. The Directors so appointed shall at their first meeting thereafter, proceed to the election of the President from their own number, or body, and the said Directors or President may elect a Cashier and such other officers under them, as they may deem necessary and expedient, for carrying the provisions of this act into effect, and shall make such compensation to them for their services, as shall appear to them reasonable, and shall be capable of exercising such other powers, and authorities of making, revising, altering or enacting all such by-laws and regulations for the government of the said Company, and that of their officers and affairs, as they or a majority of them shall from time to time think expedient, and not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of Georgia. President; Cashier and other offic'rs Salaries; Powers of Board. 32. SEC. IX. The Cashier, before he enters on the duties of his office, shall be required to give bond, with two or more securities, to the satisfaction of the Directors, in such sum as they may by

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their by-laws order and direct from time to time, with conditions for the faithful performance of his duties, and the President, Cashier and other officers of the Bank, shall take the following oath on entering on the duties of their respective offices: I. A. B., do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of President, Cashier or other officer, (as the case may be,) of the Exchange Bank of the State of Georgia; which shall be subscribed and entered upon the minutes. Cashier to give bond; Offic'rs oath. 33. SEC. X. And be it further enacted, That from the time this act shall take effect, the total amount which the Bank shall at any time owe, either by bond, bill, note or other contract, shall not exceed three times the amount of its capital stock paid in. Liabilities shall not exceed 3 times the capital. 34. SEC. XI. Any number of stockholders not less than ten, who, together, shall be the owners of four hundred shares, or upwards, shall have power at any time to call a meeting of the Stockholders for purposes relative to the institution, by giving at least thirty days notice in one or more of the public gazettes of the City of Griffin, specifying in such notice the object of the meeting. Call of meeting of stockholders, 35. SEC. XII. The Directors shall keep fair and regular minutes of their proceedings, and upon any question, when a Director shall require it, the yeas and nays of the Directors voting, shall be inserted in said minutes, and the books, and papers, and correspondence and funds of the company, shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Board of Directors, or Stockholders, when convened according to the provisions of this act. Minutes of proceedings of Directors; Yeas nay [Illegible Text] Minutes, books, c., open to inspection: 36. SEC. XIII. Dividends of the profits of the corporation, or so much thereof as shall be deemed expedient and proper, shall be declared and paid half yearly, (the first half after the Bank shall have been in operation excepted) and that by a majority of the directors, at a meeting to be held for that purpose, and shall in no case exceed the amount of nett profits actually acquired by the corporation, so that the capital stock thereof shall never be impaired. Dividendshow paid. Capital stock not to be impaired; 37. SEC. XIV. The person and property of the stockholders in said Bank shall be pledged and bound in proportion to the amount of the shares that each individual or company may hold in the same for the ultimate redemption of said bills or notes issued by or from said Bank, during the time he, she or they may have held such stock, in the same manner as in common commercial cases or simple cases of debts, and no one shall subscribe for, own, or purchase stock in said Bank, unless he or she be a citizen of Georgia. The private or individual property of each stockholder, as well as their joint property, shall be liable as before stated, for the redemption of the bills of said Bank, and for the payment of all the debts and liabilities of the same; and when any judgment shall be obtained against said Bank, and execution issued thereon, it shall be the duty of the levying officer first to levy the same on the property of said corporation, and to sell the same, and if the proceeds thereof shall be insufficient to pay off said execution and the return of said officer of no corporate property shall be sufficient proof of the same, it shall be the duty of said officer next to levy said execution on the individual property of any stockholder or stockholders,

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and sell the same until an amount is raised sufficient to pay off said execution; each stockholder only to be liable in proportion to the amount of his stock, for the entire indebtedness of the corporation: and that any stockholder who pays off any such execution, or part thereof, shall have the right to use and control the same fi fa against all the other stockholders so as to collect the same out of each of them. Individual liability for redemption of bills. Subscribers c, to be citizens of Ga. Executionshow levied. Stockholders liable in proportion to amt. of stock Control of fi fa 38. SEC. XV. And be it further enacted, That the notes, bills, obligations or other contracts in behalf of said Bank, shall be binding and obligatory upon said Company; Provided, the same be signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier of said Bank; and the funds of said Bank shall in no case be bound for such contracts, unless the same be so signed and countersigned, except for checks signed by the Cashier in due course of business; and provided further, any Bank or branches or their Agents who may make a demand of specie from said Bank or its branches, shall be compelled to receive either the bills of said Bank making the demand, or any of its branches in payment; and said Bank shall in all cases be bound by the acts of its authorized Agents. Contractshow signed and count'sd Except ch'ks Bound by acts of Ag't, 39. SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted, That should this Charter be disposed of to any one individual in this State, or to any one individual or company out of this State, the same shall be forfeited and the Governor shall issue his proclamation to that effect. Charter forfeited. 40. SEC. XVII. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for said Bank to purchase or receive on deposit its own notes at a less sum than their par value; and on failure to observe the provisions of this section, said Charter shall become, and is hereby declared forfeited. Par value; 41. SEC. XVIII. It shall be the duty of the President and Cashier within six months after said Bank goes into operation, to make out a statement of the condition of said Bank, and a list of its stockholders, and the amount of stock owned by each, which statements shall show accurately the amount of the assets of said Bank, and the kind and character of the funds of which it is composed, and also the amount of indebtedness of said Bank, and the character of said indebtedness, which shall be verified by the oath of the President and Cashier, and shall be published in each of the newspapers printed in Griffin for two successive weeks, and such statements as aforesaid, shall be published every six months thereafter, verified as aforesaid, and any neglect to publish the same for twenty days, shall cause a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges granted by this act. Statement of condition upon oath, To be publ'd semi-an'ally: 42. SEC. XIX. Those who were stockholders of said Bank at the time a list of the stockholders was advertised next before the failure of said Bank to redeem its notes on demand, or pay other debts on demand, shall be held, considered and taken as stockholders at the time of such failure, and shall be liable as stockholders according to the provisions of this act; and shall be liable to execution according to the provisions of this act. Continuance of stockh'ers liability; 43. SEC. XX. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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BANK OF ATHENS. SEC. 44 Corporators Bank of Athens. SEC. 45 Com'rs. to open Books. SEC. 46. Capital Stock. SEC. 47. Meeting of Stockholders. SEC. 48. Transfer of Stock. SEC. 49. Votes in Elections. SEC. 50. Qualifications of Directors. SEC. 51. Officers. SEC. 52. Cashier's Bond and Oath. SEC. 53. Liability. SEC. 54. Call of meetings. SEC. 55. Minutes of Directors. SEC. 56. Dividends. SEC. 57. Deposits. SEC. 58. Payments to Banks. SEC. 59. Issue. SEC. 60. Non-residents not to be Stockholders. SEC. 61. Individual liability. SEC. 62. Office in Athens. (No. 24.) An Act to incorporate a Bank in the town of Athens, to be called the Bank of Athens. 44. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That William L. Mitchell, John Billups, Stevens Thomas, John H. Newton, James S. England and Peter A. Summey, and their associates and successors shall be, and are hereby incorporated and made a body politic with the usual Banking privileges, by the name and style of the Bank of Athens, to be located at Athens in the county of Clarke, and shall continue until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and by that name shall be, and is hereby made able and capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements and hereditaments, so far as may be necessary for the erection of Banking houses, and as have been bona fide mortgaged to it as security or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contract ed in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgment which shall have been obtained for such debts; 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 any Court of Law or Equity in the State, or elsewhere, having competent jurisdiction, to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure, and to make and ordain such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem expedient and necessary to carry out the objects of the Institution, Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution or, laws of this State, or of the United States. Corporators. Name; Duration Powers and privileges; Seal; By-laws. 45. SEC. II. The aforesaid William L. Mitchell, John Billups, Stevens Thomas, John H. Newton, James S. England and Peter A. Summey, or any three of them be, and are hereby constituted a Board of Commissioners whose duty it shall be to open a book of subscription for shares in said company on the last Wednesday of April, 1856, and shall continue open for four days, and for so many hours each day, and at such place in said town of Athens as the said Board of Commissioners may determine on, and any capital stock remaining unsubscribed for at the expiration of said four days shall be disposed of by said Commissioners, or the Directors to be thereafter chosen, in such manner as they may direct. Com'srs to open books; Remaining stock, how disposed of;

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46. SEC. III. The capital stock of said Bank shall be two hundred thousand dollars, which shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars, but the company may commence business as soon as fifty thousand dollars in specie shall have been paid, and it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to have the amount of the specie so paid in, counted by the Ordinary of said county, who shall give his certificate that the amount has been paid in, and record the same in his office. Capital, 200.000 doil's Shares. Business may com'nce when 50,000 dolls, in specie is pd. in. Certified and recorded by the Ord'y. 47. SEC. IV. Upon the expiration of the four days herein before allowed for subscribing to the stock of said Bank, it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to convene the Stockholders or subscribers by giving ten days notice in one or more public newspapers of Athens, of the time and place of meeting, who may then or any time thereafter proceed to the election of a Board of five Directors, under such rules and regulations as they may adopt for that purpose, said Directors to be citizens of the State of Georgia. Meeting of Stockholders Election of Directors. Directors to be citizens of Georgia. 48. SEC. V. Certificates of stock shall be issued to the subscribers for the number of shares held by each respectively in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the Directors, and no transfer of stock shall be considered as binding upon the company, unless entered in a book or books kept for that purpose by the company by personal entry of the Stockholder, his legal representative, or Attorney duly authorized by special power for that purpose, Provided, that no Stockholder indebted to the Bank shall transfer his or her stock until all debts due said Bank by such Stockholder shall be paid. Transfer of Stock. 49. SEC. VI. The number of votes in electing Directors to which each of the Stockholders shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares he shall hold, each share to be entitled to one vote, and no share or shares, after the first election, shall confer a right of suffrage which shall not have been holden by the person in whose name it appears, at least three calendar months previous to the day of election, or unless it be holden by the person in whose name it appears absolutely and bonafide in his own right or in that of his wife, and for his or her sole use and benefit, or as executor, administrator or guardian, or in the right and use of some co-partnership, corporation or society of which he or she may be a member, and not as security, or by way of hypothecation, any Stockholder being absent may authorize, by power of attorney, under seal, any other Stockholder to vote for him or her. Vot's in elections; By proxy; 50. SEC. VII. None but a Stockholder entitled in his own right, (which he shall swear to if required by any one Stockholder,) to ten shares of said stock and not being a Director of any other Bank shall be eligible as a Director, and if any one of the Directors of said corporation shall, after being elected become a Director of any other Bank, or cease to be a Stockholder of ten shares as aforesaid his seat shall thereupon become vacated and the remaining Directors or a majority of them shall upon their next meeting pass and enter upon their minute book an order declaring him to be no longer a Director. Qualification of Directors; vacancies of Directorshow filled. 51. SEC. VIII. The Directors so appointed shall at their first

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meeting thereafter proceed to the appointment of the President from their own body, and the said President and Directors may appoint a Cashier and such other officers under them as they may deem necessary and expedient for carrying the provisions of this act into effect, and shall make a compensation to them for their services as shall appear to them reasonable and shall be capable of exercising such other powers and authorities of making, reversing, altering or annulling all such by-laws and regulations for the government of the said company, and that of their officers and affairs as they or a majority of them shall from time to time think expepedient and not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. President; Cashier and other officers Salaries; Powers of Board. 52. SEC. IX. The Cashier before he enters upon the duties of his office shall be required to give bond, with two or more securities, to the satisfaction of the Directors, in such sum as they by their bylaws order and direct from time to time with condition for the faithful performance of his duties, and the President, Cashier and other officers of the Bank shall take the following oath, on entering on the duties of their respective offices: I, A. B., do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of President, Cashier or other officer, (as the case may be,) of the Bank of Athens; which shall be subscribed and entered upon the minutes. Cashier to give bond; Officer's oath 53. SEC. X. From the time this act shall take effect the whole amount which the Bank shall at any time owe, either by bond, bill, note or other contract shall not exceed three times the amount of its capital actually paid into the Bank in gold and silver coin, and a violation of the provisions of this section shall work a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges granted by this act. Liabilities shall not exceed 3 times the stock paid in. Forfeiture; 54. Sec. XI. Any number of Stockholders not less than ten, who together, shall be the proprietors of two hundred shares or upwards shall have power at any time to call a meeting of the Stockholders for purposes relative to the institution, giving at least thirty days notice in one of the public gazettes in the town of Athens specifying in such notice the object of said meeting. Stockholders may call a meeting. 55. Sec. XII. The Directors shall keep fair and regular minutes of their proceedings, and upon any question where a Director shall require it, the yeas and nays of the Directors voting, shall be inserted in said minutes, and the books and papers, correspondence and funds of the company shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Board of Directors or of Stockholders when convened according to the provisions of this act. Minutes of Directors; Yeas nays Books sub'j't to inspection 56. Sec. XIII. Dividends of the profits of the corporation, or so much thereof as shall be deemed expedient and proper, shall be declared by a majority of the Directors at a meeting to be held for that purpose, and paid half yearly, the first half year after the Bank shall have been in operation excepted, but the dividends shall in no case exceed the amount of nett profits actually made by the corporation, so that the capital stock thereof shall never be diminished, and if the capital stock of said Bank shall ever be diminished, either by declaring dividends, or in any other way, unless hereafter

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authorised by law, the charter of said Bank shall be forfeited, and the rights and privileges granted by this act, shall cease to exist, Dividends; Limit; Charter forfeited, if capital diminished. 57. Sec. XIV. The said Bank shall have power to receive deposits on interest as saving institutions now have, under rules and regulations to be established by said Bank; Provided, said rules and regulations are not contrary to the laws or constitution of this State, and that the stock of said Bank, be always liable until all the savings fund be paid. Deposits. 58. Sec. XV. Any Bank, or branches thereof, who shall make a demand of specie from said Bank, shall be compelled to receive the bills of said original, or any of its branches in payment. Payments to Banks. 59. Sec. XVI. The said Bank shall be permitted and is hereby authorised, to issue bills or notes of Credit, (commonly called Bank bills,) payable to bearer on demand, signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier; Provided, the notes so issued shall not at any time exceed three times the amount of capital stock actually paid in, in specie, and the contracts of said corporation made by its agents, duly authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors except in cases of the ordinary transactions of Banks in issuing bills of exchange, and granting certificates of deposit, shall be binding upon said corporation. May issue bills, how signed. Issue not to exceed three times the stock paid in in specie Agents; 60. Sec. XVII. That it shall not be lawful for any of the Stockholders of said Bank, to transfer any of said stock to any person not a citizen and resident of this State, and if any stock shall be so transferred the same shall be forfeited to the State, and the same shall be transferred on the book of said Bank to the State, by the officer of said Bank authorised to make transfer of stock, upon satisfactory proof that such stock has been so transferred to any person not a citizen or resident of this State. Stock transferred to non re-idents forfeited to the State. 61. Sec. XVIII. The person and property of the Stockholders in said Bank, shall be pledged and bound in proportion to the amount of the shares that each individual or company may hold in the same for the ultimate redemption of said bills or notes issued by or from said Bank during the time he. she or they may have held such stock in the same manner as in common commercial cases, or simple cases of debts, and no one shall subscribe for, own or purchase stock in said Bank, unless he or she be a citizen of Georgia. The private or individual property of each stockholder, as well as their joint property, shall be liable as before stated for the redemption of the bills of said Bank, and for the payment of all the debts and liabilities of the same, and when any judgment shall be obtained against said Bank, and execution issued thereon, it shall be the duty of the levying officer first to levy the same on the property of said corporation, and to sell the same, and if the proceeds thereof shall be insufficient to pay off said execution, and the return of said officer of no corporate property, shall be sufficient proof of the same, it shall be the duty of said officer next to levy said execution on the individual property of any Stockholder or Stockholders, and sell the same until an amount is raised sufficient to pay off said executions, each Stockholder only to be hable in proportion to the amount of his stock, and that any stockholder who pays off any such execution

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or a part thereof, shall have the right to use and control the same fi fa against the other stockholders, so as to collect the rateable share out of each of them. Individual liability of Stockholders Subscribers to be citizens of Georgia; Execution-how levied; Stockholders liable in proportion to amt. of stock Control of execution. 62. Sec. XIX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the office for the transaction of the business of said Bank, shall be located in the town of Athens in this state. Office in Athens; Approved, February 19th, 1856. BANK OF MORGAN. SEC. 63. Corporators of Bank. SEC. 64. Commissioners to open books. SEC. 65. Powers and privileges. SEC. 66. Capital Stock. SEC. 67. Election of Directors. SEC. 68. Forfeiture of shares. SEC. 69. Officers. SEC. 70. Votes in elections. SEC. 71. Meeting of Stockholders. SEC. 72. Certificates of stock. SEC. 73. Authentication of contracts. SEC. 74. Minutes of Board. SEC. 75. Issue, SEC. 76. Payments to Banks. SEC. 77. Dividends. SEC. 78. Individual liability. SEC. 79. Void transfers. SEC. 80. Loans to stockholders. SEC. 81. Agents. SEC. 82. Statement of condition. (No. 25.) An Act to incorporate a Bank in the town of Morgan to be called the Bank of Morgan, and also to incorporate the Brunswick and Altamaha Canal company at Brunswick. 63. Section I. Be it enacted, c. That William E. Griffin, George W. Goodson, William G. Pierce, Jesse H. Griffin, James B. Lowe, John W. Shropshire, John Price, and such other persons as they may procure to take stock under this act, be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, by the name and style of the Bank of Morgan, with Banking powers and privileges, located at Morgan, and so shall continue until the year 1880, and by that name shall be and are hereby made able and capable in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy, and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements so far as may be necessary for the erection of necessary banking houses. Corporators. Name. Duration; May purc'se lands as far as necessary c. 64. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That William E. Griffin, George W. Goodson, William G. Pierce, Jesse H. Griffin, James B. Lowe, John W. Shropshire, John Price, H. F. Thigpen, S. G. Beckham and Dickey Co., or a majority of them, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to receive subscriptions for the stock of said Bank, and they, or a majority of them, after giving thirty days notice in two of the public gazettes of this State, shall open books for said subscriptions in said town and keep them open ten days, at least four hours in each day, during which time any individual, in his own proper person, and not by proxy, for himself or for any bona fide existing partnership of which he may be a member, may subscribe for said stock in specie or current Bank notes, such as are received on deposit by the Banks existing in this State, and should the whole amount of said stock not be subscribed in the period above limited, said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall continue to keep open said books until the whole of said stock be taken. Com'srs to open books How to subscribe. 65. Sec. III. And be it be further enacted, That when said stock

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shall be so subscribed and apportioned, if necessary, the holders thereof shall be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of The Bank of Morgan, to continue such until the first day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty; and by said corporate name shall, have power to purchase, receive, have, hold, retain, sell, assign, transfer and dispose of lands, tenements, goods, chattels, gold and silver coin, and bullion, and all descriptions of negotiable securities, bonds and other choses in action, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered to, in any Court of law or equity, to have a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure, and to establish such by-laws, rules and regulations, as they deem fit and proper. When created; Powers and privileges; Seal; By-Laws; 66. Sec. IV. The capital stock of said Bank shall be one hundred thousand dollars, with the power, right and privilege hereby conferred on the said company, or the Directors thereof to increase the same to the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, the said stock to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and be apportioned among the aforesaid stockholders, and such other persons as they may associate with them. Capital, 100,000 dollsmay be inc'd. to 200,000; Shares. 67. Sec. V. For the well ordering of the affairs of said corporation there shall be be elected by the stockholders not less than five Directors, and said Bank shall go into operation as soon as gold and silver coin to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars have been received; and said Directors so elected shall be capable to serve as such until the first Monday in April 1857, and shall be eligible to re-election on that, and in each and every year thereafter, on the same day. Directors shall be chosen by the proprietors or owners of the capital stock of said corporation, when a majority of the votes given in, shall be required to make a choice, and the Directors thus chosen, shall at their first meeting, and at the first meeting after each and every such election make choice of one of their own members as President, and in case of his death, resignation, or removal from the State or from the board of Directors, the remaining Directors shall proceed to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the year, and in case it shall at any time happen that the Stockholders omit, fail or neglect to elect Directors on the day prescribed and authorised by this act, said corporation shall not for such omission, failure or neglect, be deemed to be dissolved, but it shall be lawful on any other day, to hold and make an election of Directors in such manner as shall have been, or may be prescribed by the rules or by-laws of said corporation; and Provided, that in case of death, resignation, removal from the State, or from the Board of Directors his place may be filled by a new choice for the remainder of the year, by the remaining Directors. Election of directors. Business may com'nce when. Term of office expires; Election for directors when held; Majority of votes req'red to make a choice; President: Vacancy filled; Shall not be dissolved for failure to elect on day specified; Vacancies in Board of Directorshow filled; 68. Sec. VI. If there should be a failure in the payment of any sum or sums of money subscribed by any person, corporation or body politic or copartnership when the same is required by the said Directors to be paid, the share or shares of stock upon which said failure occurs, shall be for such failure forfeited, and may again be sold or disposed of in such manner as the Directors may order and

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provide, and the proceeds of the sale, and the sum or sums which may have been paid thereon, shall revert to and belong to said corporation; Provided, that sixty days notice of the time at which payment is required to be made, be given in one of the public gazettes of this State. Shares for feited and disposed of by Directors. Proviso. 69. Sec. VII. The Directors for the time being, shall have power and authority to appoint such officers and clerks under them as may by them be deemed necessary for executing the business of the said corporation, and shall allow them, together with the President, such compensation as the said Directors may deem reasonable, and shall require of the Cashier, and other officers under him, such bonds conditioned for their good behavior and the faithful discharge of their duties as to them may be satisfactory. And the President, Cashier and other officers of the Bank, before entering on the duties of their several offices, shall take and subscribe the following oath: I, A. B., do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of President, Cashier or other officer, (as the case may be,) of the Bank of Morgan, which oath shall be entered and subscribed in the minutes of the said corporation. Power of directors to appoint officers and clerks. Salaries: Bonds; Officer's oath 70. Sec. VIII. The number of votes to which each stockholder shall be entitled, at any meeting or election, shall be according to the number of shares he may hold, each share to be entitled to one vote; P rovided, that no share or shares, shall confer a right of suffrage, unless the same shall have been holden by the person in whose name it appears, at least three months previous to the day of election, or in that of his wife, or for his or her sole use and benefit, or as executor, administrator guardian or trustee, or in the right of some co-partnership, corporation or society, of which he or she may be a member, and not in secret trust for or to the use of any other person. Any stockholder being absent may authorise by power of Attorney under seal, any other stockholder to vote for him, her or them; P rovided, that such power of Attorney is filed in Bank ten days before the day of election. Votes in elections; Proviso; By proxy; 71. SEC. IX. Any number of Stockholders who shall together be the owners of one hundred shares or upwards of the said stock shall have power at any time to call a meeting of the Stockholders for purposes relative to the institution giving at least sixty days notice in one of the public gazettes of the State, specifying in such notice the object of the meeting. Meeting of Stockholders may be call'd 72. SEC. X. That the Directors shall have power to issue to the subscribers their certificates of stock, signed by the President, and countersigned by the Cashier, and which shall be transferable on the books of the Cashier, only by a personal entry of the Stockholder, his legal representative or Attorney duly authorized by special power for that purpose; Provided, that no Stockholder indebted to the Bank shall transfer his, her or their stock until all debts due said Bank by said Stockholder shall be paid, unless by consent of the Directors entered upon the minutes. Certificates of stock, how signed and transferred; 73. SEC. XI. The bills obligatory, and of credit, notes and other contracts whatsoever, in behalf of said corporation, shall be binding upon the said company, Provided, the same be signed by

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the President, and countersigned by the Cashier of the said corporation, and the funds of said corporation shall in no case. be liable for any contract or engagement whatever, unless the same be signed and countersigned as aforesaid. Authentication of cont's 74. SEC. XII. The Directors shall keep fair and regular minutes of their proceedings, and upon any question when a Director shall require it, the yeas and nays of the Directors voting shall be entered in their minutes, and the books, papers and correspondence and funds of the company shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Board of Directors and Stockholders when convened, according to the provisions of this act. Minutes of Board. Yeas nays; Books c., subject to inspection; 75. SEC. XIII. The said Bank shall be permitted, and is hereby authorized to issue bills or notes of credit, commonly called Bank bills, payable to bearer on demand, signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier, Provided, the notes so issued shall not at any time exceed three times the amount of capital stock actually paid in, in specie. May issue bills; Limit of iss'e 76. SEC. XIV. Any Bank or branch of any Bank, or the agent of any Bank or branch Bank that may make a demand of specie from said Bank, shall be compelled to receive the bills of said Bank or branch Bank making the demand. Payment to Banks; 77. SEC. XV. That dividends of the profits of the corporation, or so much thereof as may be deemed expedient and proper, shall be declared and paid half-yearly, and the said dividend shall be determined from time to time by a majority of Directors, at a meeting to be held for that purpose, and shall in no case exceed the amount of nett profits actually made and acquired by the said corporation, so that the capital stock thereof shall never be impaired. Dividends; Limit; 78. SEC. XVI. The person and property of the Stockholders in said Bank shall be pledged and bound in proportion to the amount of the shares that each individual or company may hold in the same for the ultimate redemption of said bills or notes, issued by or from said Bank during the time he, she or they may have held such stock in the same manner, as in common commercial cases or simple cases of debts, and no one shall subscribe for, own or purchase stock in said Bank, unless he or she be a citizen of Georgia; the private or individual property of each Stockholder, as well as their joint property, shall be liable as before stated for the redemption of the bills of said Bank, and for the payment of all the debts and liabilities of the same, and when any judgment shall be obtained against said Bank, and execution issued thereon, it shall be the duty of the levying officer, first to levy the same on the property of said corporation, and to sell the same, and if the proceeds thereof shall be insufficient to pay off said execution, and the return of said officer of no corporate property, shall be sufficient proof of the same, it shall be the duty of said officer next to levy said execution on the individual property of any Stockholder or Stockholders, and each Stockholder only to be liable in proportion to the amount of his stock; and that any Stockholder who pays off any such execution or part thereof, shall have the right to use and control the same fi fa

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against all the other Stockholders, so as to collect the rateable share out of each of them. Individual liability of Stockholders Subscribers to be citizens of Georgia; Executionhow levied; Control of execution; 79. SEC. XVII. All transfers of said stock shall be wholly void, if made within six months previous to the failure of said Bank, but that said Stockholder so transferring shall be deemed and held liable for his proper portion of the debts of the Institution, notwithstanding such transfer. Void transf's 80. SEC. XVIII. And be it further enacted, That no Stockholder shall be permitted to borrow money from said Bank upon the faith and pledge of their stock, but shall be subjected to the same rules as any other customer of said Bank. Loans to Stockholders 81. SEC. XIX. And be it further enacted, That said Bank shall in all cases be bound by the acts of its authorized agents. 82. SEC. XX. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the President and Cashier, within six months after said Bank goes into operation, to make out a statement of the condition of said Bank, and a list of its Stockholders, and the amount of stock owned by each; which statement shall show accurately the amount of the assets of said Bank, and the kind and character of the funds of which it is composed, and also the amount of indebtedness of said Bank, and the character of said indebtedness, which shall be verified by the oath of the President and Cashier, and shall be published in each of the newspapers printed in Fort Gaines for two successive weeks, and such list and statement as aforesaid, shall be published every six months thereafter, verified as aforesaid, and any neglect to publish the same for twenty days, shall cause a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges granted by this act. Those who were Stockholders of said Bank at the time a list of the Stockholders was advertised next before the failure of said Bank to redeem its notes, on demand, or pay any other debts on demand, shall be held, considered and taken as Stockholders at the time of such failure, and shall be liable as Stockholders according to the provisions of this act, and shall be liable to execution according to the provisions of this act. * * For Act of Incorporation of Brunswick Altamaha Canal Company, see title, Incorporations. Statement of condition c Verified by the oath of Presid'nt and Cashier, published semi-annually. Stockholders next before failure liable APPROVED March 3d, 1856. SAVINGS BANK OF GRIFFIN. SEC. 82. Corporators of Bank. SEC. 83. Capital Stock. SEC. 84. How to be paid. SEC. 85. Commencement of business. SEC. 86. Deposits. SEC. 87. Certificates. SEC. 88. Commissioners. SEC. 89. Meeting of Stockholders. SEC. 90. Board of Directors. SEC. 91. Business, how conducted. SEC. 92. Forfeiture of stock. SEC. 93. Qualification of Directors. SEC. 94. Certificates of shares. SEC. 95. Issue. SEC. 96. Meeting of Directors. SEC. 97. Owners of stock. SEC. 98. Statement of condition. SEC. 99. Repealing Clause. (No. 26.) An Act to incorporate the Savings Bank of Griffin. 82. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That Miles G. Dobbins, John Neal William R. Phillips, William L. Gordon, William D. Alexander,

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and Isaac B. Williamson, and their associates, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name of the Savings Bank of Griffin, and by that name shall have succession for thirty years from the passage of this act, and shall be capable of sueing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered, defending and being defended in any of the Courts of this State, to have, purchase, hold, possess, receive and retain to them and their successors lands, tenements, and hereditaments so far as may be necessary for the creation of Banking houses, as have been mortgaged as security for debts due said Bank, or purchased by virtue of judgments in favor of said Bank, and the same to sell, grant, demise, alien, and dispose of at their option, and also to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to alter or renew as they may think proper, and also to make, ordain and establish such by-laws, ordinances and regulations as shall seem necessary and convenient for the government of said corporation, not being contrary to the constitution of this State, or of the United States, or repugnant to this act of incorporation. Corporators; Name. Duration; Powers and privileges; By-laws; 83. Sec. II. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the capital stock of this corporation shall be two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in shares of fifty dollars each. Capital stock 250,000 dolls. Shares 50 dolls; 84. Sec. III. That the sum of two dollars on each share, shall be paid in specie at the time of subscribing, and the further sum of one dollar per share in specie, on the first Monday of every month thereafter, until the whole sum of fifty dollars shall be paid in; Provided, that ten days notice of every such call be given in one of the public newspapers of the city of Griffin. Stock, how to be paid in 85. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That whenever fifty thousand dollars of the capital stock of this incorporation shall be paid in under the provisions of this charter. it shall be legal for the Directors to suspend further monthly calls, if they deem it to be for the interest of the stockholders to do so, and to commence business on the same, and the evidence that said fifty thousand dollars has been paid in, and the certificate of the Ordinary of the County of Spalding, that he has counted the money, and that the same has been paid in specie, and which said certificate shall be recorded in his office, nor shall said Bank commence business until said certificate is made and recorded. Business may com'nce on payment of 50,000 dol's to be certifi'd by the Ord'y. of Spalding county. 86. Sec. V. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the said corporation shall receive deposits to any amount they may think proper, in sums not less than fifty cents, and shall pay interest thereon as per agreement with the party making such deposit, not less than five per centum, and the said deposit shall be repaid to the depositor as per agreement when the deposit is made, or when there is no agreement then upon demand; Provided, that no interest shall be paid on any deposit under the sum of five dollars, and Provided further, that said corporation shall not be compelled to pay the interest on deposits only semi-annually, unless to parties wishing to leave the State, and it shall be the duty of said

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corporation to make out and put up in a conspicuous place in their office, the terms on which they will receive deposits from time to time, and no alteration shall be made so as to effect deposits made under former regulations. Deposites may be rec'd Inter'st shall be paid. On sums ov'r 5 dollars, payable semi annually; Terms to be conspicuously put up in the office; 87. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the deposits and payments of this institution shall be regularly entered on the Books of said corporation, and every person depositing money, shall be furnished with a certificate of his, her or their account in which every deposit or payment shall be regularly entered, as soon as made, no money shall be drawn out unless to close an account, in a sum under five dollars, and no officer whatever of the corporation, shall ever be taken as security for any money loaned, and no officer shall at any time ever be indebted to this corporation more than two thousand dollars at any one time. Books of entry; Certificates of deposit; Officers of Bank not to be security; not to owe over 2,000 dollars; 88. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That Miles G. Dobbins, John Neal, William R. Phillips, William L. Gordon, William D. Alexander, and Isaac B. Williamson, or any three of them, are hereby appointed commissioners for the purpose of Receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of said company; the said commissioners may meet on the first Monday in March next, or as soon thereafter as they see proper, to receive subscriptions, after having given fifteen days notice in one of the newspapers of Griffin, Georgia, when the amount of five hundred shares shall have been subscribed, and the sum of two dollars paid in specie; the said Commissioners shall give fifteen days notice to the Stockholders, for an election of Directors for said institution, and shall continue to receive subscriptions to the remaining shares up to the day of the election of Directors, unless the same shall be sooner subscribed and paid for; after the election of Directors the said Commissioners shall pay to the Directors the amount of money received by them for subscription to the capital stock of said company, and be discharged from their duties. Com'srs to receive subscriptions: Meeting of Com'srs. Election of directors, to be held wh'm Com'srs to turn over amts. rec'd to directors; 89. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That there shall be an annual meeting of the Stockholders, and in all elections for Directors, including the first election. and on all matters coming before the Stockholders at their annual meeting, each Stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share he holds and has paid for in said institution, any Stockholder being absent may have his shares voted by proxy in writing. Meeting of Stockholders Votes in elections; By proxy: 90. Sec. IX. The Board of Directors, of whom there shall be five, at their first meeting, and annually thereafter, shall elect a President and Cashier from their body, and they shall also elect other officers as they may deem necessary for the purpose of managing the business of the institution, and fix as salaries such compensation as they may deem just and proper, said President, Directors and Officers, shall be elected for one year, and continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified. Board of Directors President, Cashier and other officers Salaries; Term of office; 91. Sec. X. The business of the institution shall be conducted by the President and Directors, a majority of whom, including the President, (and in his absence the Cashier shall act in his place as

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President pro tem, ) shall constitute a quorum; the Cashier or other officers shall be present at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall keep a full minute of the proceedings, which minute shall always be open to the inspection of the Stockholders. Business, how cond'ted Minutes of Board open to inspection 92. Sec. XI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any Stockholder shall fail to pay any instalment after being duly notified under the provisions of this charter, his stock shall be forfeited to the institution, or the corporation may at their option sue such delinquent Stockholder for his unpaid instalment until the whole is paid. Stock of delinquent may be for feited; May be sued; 93. Sec. XII. And be it furher enacted by the authority of the same, That no person shall be qualified as a Director who does not hold in his own right ten shares of stock, and who does not reside in this State. Qualification of Directors; 94. Sec. XIII. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the Directors of said Bank shall cause to be issued to each Stockholder a certificate of the number of shares he may hold, and no Stockholder shall be allowed to transfer his stock except by personal entry on a stock book to be kept by the corporation for that purpose. Certificate of shares; 95. Sec. XIV. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the said institution may and is hereby authorised to issue bills or notes of of credit payable to bearer on demand, signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier; Provided, the issue of said bills of credit shall at no time be for a larger amount, or exceed three times the amount of capital paid in. May issue bills, signed by the Pres't and counts'd by the Cash. Issue not to exceed three times the capital paid in 96. Sec. XV. It shall be the duty of the Directors to meet semiannually, and examine carefully into the affairs of said institution, and ascertain as near as possible the amount of profits made, if any, and it shall be their duty then to declare a dividend to each stockholder on the number of shares held and paid for by him her or them out of the profits realized for the last six months, and the same shall be paid on a day named for that purpose by the Directors to each share holder, their Agent or Attorney at law, but no dividend shall be declared so as in any way or manner to decrease the capital stock, and any withdrawal of any portion of the capital stock, by dividends or otherwise, shall be a forfeiture of the rights and privileges granted by this act. Directors to meet semiannually; Dividends; Limit; Charter forfeited if st'ck withdrawn; 97. Sec. XVI. Be it further enacted, That two thirds of said stock shall be owned by the citizens of Georgia, otherwise said charter shall be forfeited, the private or individual property of each Stockholder, as well as their joint property, shall be liable for the redemption of the bills of said Bank, and for the payment of all the debts and liabilities of the same, in proportion to the stock owned by each; and when any judgment shall be obtained against said Bank, and execution issued thereon, it shall be the duty of the levying officer firstto levy the same on the property of said corporation, and to sell the same, and if the proceeds thereof shall be insufficient to pay off said execution, and the return of said officer of no corporation property shall be sufficient proof of the same, it shall be the duty of

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said officer next to levy said execution on the individual property of any stockholder or stockholders, and sell the same, until an amount is raised sufficient to pay off said execution; Provided, the same is not for a greater amount than his proportionate part of the debts of said Bank in proportion to the amount of his stock, and if for a greater amount, in that case an amount equal to his rateable part of the debts of said Bank in proportion to the amount of his stock, and judgment obtained against said Bank by any creditor, shall not only bind the property of said Bank, but shall also bind the individual property of each stockholder for his part, as aforesaid, in proportion to the amount of his stock, without the necessity of bringing any other suit against the stockholders, and service of a copy in substance of the declaration and process upon the President or Cashier of said Bank, shall be adjudged sufficient service and notice, both of said Bank, and of each Stockholder therein, to render the property of said bank and the individual property of each Stockholder therein, subject and liable for the payment of any judgment which may be rendered against said Bank, in the manner above specified; and that any Stockholder who pays off any such judgment, or any part thereof, shall have the right to use and control the fi fa issued in any such case against all the other Stockholders, to collect the rateable share out of each of them for his own use. Stock, by whom to be owned. Individual liability; Executionhow levied; Individual prop'ty bo'nd in proportion to amount of stock. Suits; Control of execution; 98. Sec. XVII. Be it further enacted, That it shall be duty of the President and Cashier, within six months after said Bank goes into operation, to make out a statement of the condition of said Bank, and a list of the Stockholders, with the amount of stock owned by each, which statement shall show accurately the amount of assets of said Bank, and the kind and character of the funds of which it is composed, and also the amount of indebtedness of said Bank, and the character of said indebtedness, which shall be verified by the oath of the President and Cashier, and shall be published in each of the newspapers printed in Griffin for two successive weeks, and such list and statement as aforesaid, shall be published every six months thereafter, verified as aforesaid, and any neglect to publish the same for twenty days, shall cause a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges granted by this act, and those who were Stockholders of said Bank at the time a list of the Stockholders was advertised, next before the failure of said Bank to redeem its notes on demand, or pay any other debts on demand, shall be held, considered and taken as Stockholders at the time of such failure, and shall be liable as stockholders according to the provisions of this act, and shall be liable to execution according to the provisions of this act. Statement of condition; Continuance of liability; 99. Sec. XVIII. (Repeals all conflictinglaws.) APPROVED March 4th, 1856.

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NORTH-WESTERN BANK. SECT. 100. Corporators of Bank. SECT. 101. Commissioners. SECT. 102. Capital Stock. SECT. 103. Meeting of Stockholders. SECT. 104. Certificates of Stock. SECT. 105. Votes in Elections. SECT. 106. Qualification of Directors. SECT. 107. Officers. SECT. 108. Cashier's Bond. SECT. 109. Liability of Bank. SECT. 110. Call of Meetings. SECT. 111. Minutes of Directors. SECT. 112. Dividends. SECT. 113. Deposits. SECT. 114. Payment to Banks. SECT. 115. Issue. SECT. 116. Forfeiture of Charter. SECT. 117. Owners of Stock. (No. 27.) An Act to incorporate a Bank in the town of Ringgold to be called, The North-Western Bank of Georgia. 100. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That Freeland W. Thornton, William J. Underwood, Clisba Austin, William J. Whitsell David Job and Hamilton Garmany, and their associates and successors shall be, and are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, with the usual Banking privileges, by the name and style of The North-Western Bank of Georgia, to be located at Ringgold in the county of Catoosa, and shall continue until the first day of January, 1885; by that name shall be, and is hereby made able and capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements and hereditaments, so far as may be necessary for the erection of Banking houses, and as have been bona fide mortgaged to it as security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgment which shall have been obtained for such debts, 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 any Court of Law or Equity in the State, or elsewhere, having competent jurisdiction; to make, have and use a common seal and the same to break, alter and renew, at their pleasure, and to make and ordain such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem expedient and necessary to carry out the objects of the institution, Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State, or of the United States. Corporators; Name, Duration. Powers and privileges. Seal; By-laws; 101. SEC. II. The aforesaid Freeland W. Thornton, William J. Underwood, Clisba Austin, William J. Whitsell, David Job and Hamilton Garmany, or any three of them, be, and are hereby constituted a Board of Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to open a book of subscription for shares in said company, on the first Thursday in April, 1856, and shall continue open for four days, and for so many hours each day, and at such place in said town of Ringgold as said Board of Commissioners may determine on, and any capital stock remaining unsubscribed for at the expiration of said four days, shall be disposed of by said Commissioners or the Directors to be thereafter chosen in such manner as they may direct. Com'srs to open books of subsc'tion Balance of stock, how disposed of;

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102. SEC. III. The capital stock of said Bank shall be two hundred thousand dollars, which shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars, but the company may commence business as soon as fifty thousand dollars in specie shall have been paid. Capital, 200,000 dollars; 103. SEC. IV. Upon the expiration of the four days herein before allowed for subscribing to stock of said Bank, it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to convene the Stockholders or subscribers by giving ten days notice in one of the public newspapers of the city of Dalton of the time and place of meeting, who may then, or any time thereafter proceed to the election of a Board of six Directors, under such rules and regulations as they may adopt for that purpose. Meeting of Stockholders Election of directors: 104. SEC. V. Certificates of stock shall be issued to the subscribers for the number of shares held by each respectively in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the Directors, and no transfer of stock shall be considered as binding upon the company, unless entered on a book or books kept for that purpose by the company, by personal entry of the Stockholder, his legal representatives, or Attorney duly authorised by special power for that purpose, Provided, that no Stockholder indebted to the Bank shall transfer his or her stock, until all the debts due said Bank, by such Stockholder shall be paid. Certificates of stock; Transfer; 105. SEC. VI. The number of votes in electing Directors to which each of the Stockholders shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares he shall hold, each share to be entitled to one vote, and no share or shares, after the first election, shall confer a right of suffrage which shall not have been holden by the person in whose name it appears, at least three calendar months previous to the day of election, or unless it be holden by the person in whose name it appears, absolutely and bona fide in his own right or in that of his wife, and for his or her sole use and benefit, or as executor, administrator or guardian, or in the right and use of some copartnership, corporation or society of which he or she may be a member and not as security, or by way of hypothecation. Any Stockholder being absent may authorize, by power of Attorney, under seal, any Stockholder to vote for him or her. Votes in elections. By proxy; 106. SEC. VII. None but a Stockholder, entitled in his own right, (to which he shall swear if required by any one Stockholder.) when sharer of said stock, and not being a Director of any other Bank, shall be eligible as a Director, and if any one of the Directors of said corporation shall after being elected become a Director of any other Bank, or cease to be Stockholder of ten shares as aforesaid, his seat shall thereupon become vacant and the remaining Directors, or a majority of them shall upon their meeting pass, and enter upon their minute book an order declaring him to be no longer a Director. Qualification of directors. Vacancy of directors, how filled: 107. SEC. VIII. Directors so appointed shall at their first meeting thereafter proceed to the appointment of the President from their own body, and the said President and Directors may appoint a Cashier, and such other officers under them as they may deem necessary and expedient for carrying the provisions of this

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act into effect, and shall make compensation to them for their services as shall appear to them reasonable and shall be capable of exercising such other powers and authorities of making, revising, altering or annulling all such by-laws and regulations for the government of said company and that of their officers and affairs, as they, or a majority of them shall from time to time think expedient, and not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. President, Cashier and other officers Salaries, Powers of Board. 108. SEC. IX. The Cashier before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall be required to give bond, with two or more good securities, to the satisfaction of the Directors, in such sum as they may by their by-laws order and direct from time to time with conditions for the faithful performance of his duties, and the President, Cashier and other officers of the Bank shall take the following oath on entering on the duties of their respective offices: I, A. B., do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of President, Cashier or other officer, as the case may be, of The North-Western Bank of Georgia, which shall be subscribed and entered upon the minutes. Cashier to give bond; Officer's oath 109. SEC. X. From the time this act shall take effect the total amount which the Bank shall at any time owe, either by bond, bill, note or other contract, shall not exceed three times the amount of the capital, and in the event of an excess of that amount the charter shall be forfeited. Liabilities not to exceed 3 times the capital. 110. SEC. XI. Any number of Stockholders not less than ten who together shall be the proprietors of two hundred shares or upwards, shall have power at any time to call a meeting of the Stockholders for purposes relative to the institution, giving at least thirty days notice, in one of the public gazettes of the city of Dalton specifying in such notice the object of said meeting. Meeting of Stockholders 111. SEC. XII. The Directors shall keep fair and regular minutes of their proceedings, and upon auy question, when a Director shall require it, the yeas and nays of the Directors voting shall be inserted in said minutes, and the books and papers, correspondence and funds of the company shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Board of Directors, or of Stockholders, when convened according to the provisions of this act. Minutes of directors Yeas nays Books, c., open to inspection; 112. SEC. XIII. Dividends of the profits of the corporation, or so much thereof as shall be deemed expedient and proper, shall be declared by a majority of the Directors at a meeting to be held for the purpose, and paid half-yearly, the first half year after the Bank shall have been in operation excepted, but the dividends shall in no case exceed the amount of nett profits actually made by the corporation so that the capital stock thereof shall never be diminished. Dividends; Limit; 113. SEC. XIV. The said Bank shall have power to receive deposits on interest as savings institutions now have under rules and regulations when established by said Bank, Provided, said rules and regulations are not contrary to the laws and Constitution of the State, and that the stock of said Bank be always liable until all the savings fund be paid. Deposits;

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114. SEC. XV. Any Bank or branches thereof who may make a demand of specie from said Bank shall be compelled to receive the bills of said original Bank, or any of its branches in payment. Payments to Banks; 115. SEC. XVI. The said Bank shall be permitted and is hereby authorized to issue bills or notes of credit, commonly called Bank bills, payable to bearer on demand, signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier, Provided, the notes so issued shall not at any time exceed three times the amount of capital stock actually paid in specie. May issue bills. Issue not to exceed three times the capital stock; 116. SEC. XVII. Should this charter be disposed of to any individual or individuals, or company out of this State, the same shall be forfeited, and the Governor shall issue his proclamation to that effect. Forfeiture of charter; 117. SEC. XVIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no one shall subscribe for or own or purchase stock in said Bank, unless he or she be a citizen of Georgia, and one-third of said stock shall be subscribed for by citizens of Georgia, the private or individual property of each Stockholder, as well as their joint property, shall be liable for the redemption of the bills of said Bank, and for the payment of all the debts and liabilities of the same, and when any judgment shall be obtained against said Bank and execution issued thereon it shall be the duty of the levying officer, first to levy the same on the property of said incorporation and to sell the same, and if the proceeds thereof shall be insufficient to pay off said execution, and the return of said officer of no corporate property shall be sufficient proof of the same, it shall be the duty of said officer next to levy said execution on the individual property of any Stockholder or Stockholders, and sell the same, until an amount is raised sufficient to pay off said execution, Provided, the same is not for a greater amount than the value of the stock of the Stockholder whose property is levied upon, and if for a greater amount, and in that case an amount equal to the amount of his stock and judgment obtained against said Bank by any creditor, shall not only bind the property of said Bank, but shall also bind the individual property of each Stockholder to the amount of his stock, without the necessity of bringing any suit against the Stockholders, and service of a copy in substance of the declaration and process upon the President or Cashier of said Bank shall be adjudged sufficient service and notice, both of said Bank and of each Stockholder therein, to render the property of said Bank, and the individual property of each Stockholder therein subject and liable for the payment of any judgment which may be rendered against said Bank, each Stockholder to be liable in proportion to the amount of his stock for the entire indebtedness of said Bank, and that any Stockholder who pays off any such execution or part thereof shall have the right to use and control the same fi fa against all the other Stockholders, so as to collect the rateable share of each of them. Stockholders must be citizens of Ga. Private property bound; Executions, how levied; Suits, how brought; Stockholders liable in proportion to amt. of stock Control of execution; APPROVED, March 4th, 1856.

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BANK OF FULTON. SEC. 118. Corporators of Banks. SEC. 119. Capital Stock. SEC. 120. Election of Directors. SEC. 121. Forfeiture of Stock. SEC. 122. Officers. SEC. 123. Votes in elections. SEC. 124. Meeting of stockholders. SEC. 125. Certificates of Stock. SEC. 126. Contracts. SEC. 127. Minutes of Directors. SEC. 128. Suits. SEC. 129. Restrictions. SEC. 130. Issue. SEC. 131. Payments to Banks. SEC. 132. Dividends. SEC. 133. Individual Liability. SEC. 134. Continuance of Liability. SEC. 135. Forfeiture of Charter. SEC. 136. Statement of condition. (No. 28.) An act to incorporate a Bank in the City of Atlanta, to be called the Bank of Fulton. 118. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That William Ezzard. A. W. Stone, John T. Harris, John Collier, J. Norcross, G. B. Haygood, A. W. Hammond, T. L. Thomas, Joseph Thompson, J. J. Whitaker, Robert M. Clark, Clark Howell and Singleton G. Howell, and such persons as they may procure to take stock under this act, be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic by the name and style of the Bank of Fulton, with banking privileges, located at Atlanta, and so shall continue until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and no longer, except for the purpose of winding up the business of said Bank, unless by a subsequent act of the Assembly of this State, authorizing the extension of Charter; and by that name shall be, and are hereby made able and capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, so far as may be necessary for the erection of necessary banking houses only, and not otherwise; goods, chattels and effects of what kind, nature or quality soever; and the same to sell, grant, demise, alien or dispose of, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended in any Court of Law or Equity in this State, or elsewhere, having competent jurisdiction; to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure; and to make and ordain such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem expedient and necessary to carry into effect the objects of the institution, Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution and Laws of this State, or of the United States. Corporators. Name; Duration Powers and privileges; Seal; By-laws; 119. Sec. II. The capital stock of said Bank shall be three hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into three thousand shares of one hundred dollars each. Capital 300,000 dollars; divided Into 3000 shares of 100 dollars each; 120. Sec. III. For the well ordering of the affairs of said corporation, there shall be elected by the stockholders not less than three Directors, as soon as gold and silver to the amount of seventy five thousand dollars of the subscription for said stock shall have been received; and said three Directors so elected shall be capable to serve as such until the first Monday in May, 1856, and shall be eligible to

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re-election on said day; and each and every year thereafter, on the same day, Directors shall be chosen by the Stockholders of said corporation, when a majority of the votes given in shall be required to make a choice, and the Directors thus chosen shall at their first meeting, and at the first meeting after each and every such election, make choice of one of their own number as President, and in case of his death or resignation, or removal from this State or from the Board of Directors, the remaining Directors shall proceed to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the year; And in case it shall at any time happen that the Stockholders omit, fail or neglect to elect Directors on the days prescribed and authorised by this act, the said corporation shall not for such omission, failure or neglect, be deemed to be dissolved, but it shall be lawful on any other day to hold and make an election of Directors, in such manner as shall have been or may be prescribed by the rules and by-laws of the said corporation; and Provided, that in the case of the death, resignation, removal from the State, or from the Board of Directors his place may be filled by a new choice for the remainder of the year by the remaining Directors. Election of directors when to be held. term of office Election of President: Vacancy, how filled; Not dissolv'd for failure to elect on the day presc'b'd Vacancy of directors how filled; 121. Sec. 4th. If there should be a failure in the payment of any sum or sums subscribed by any person, co-partnership or body politic, when the same is required by the Directors to be paid, the share or shares of stock upon which said failure occurs, shall be for such failure, forfeited, and may again be sold or disposed of in such manner as the Directors may order and provide, and the proceeds of the sale, and the sum or sums which may have been paid thereon, shall revert to and belong to said corporation; Provided, that thirty days notice of the time at which such payment is required to be made, be given in one of the public Gazettes of Atlanta. Stock, when forfeited; Proviso; 122. Sec. V. The Directors for the time being shall have power and authority to appoint such officers and clerks under them as may be necessary for executing the business of the said corporation, and shall allow them, together with the President, such compensation as they may deem reasonable, and shall require of the Cashier and other officers under him, such bonds conditioned for their good behavior and faithful discharge of their duties as to them may be satisfactory, and the President, Cashier and other officers of the Bank, shall make oath before entering on the duties of their respective offices, that they will faithfully discharge the duties of their respective stations as officers of the Bank of Fulton. Clerks and other offic'rs Salaries; Cashier to give bond; Officers to take oath; 123. Sec. VI. The number of votes to which each stockholder shall be entitled, at any meeting or election, shall be according to the number of shares he may hold, each share to be entitled to one vote; Provided, that no share or shares shall confer a right of suffrage unless the same shall have been holden by the person in whose name it appears, at least thirty days previous to the day of election, and unless the same be holden by the person in whose name it appears absolutely and bona fide in his right or in that of his wife, and for his or her sole use and benefit, or as executor, administrator or guardian, or in the right of some co-partnership, corporation

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or society of which he, or she may be a member, and not in trust for or to the use of any other person; any stockholder being absent, may authorise by power of Attorney, under seal, any other stockholder to vote for him, her to them; Provided, that said power of attorney is filed in Bank thirty days before the day of election. Votes in elections; By proxy; 124. Sec. VII. Any number of stockholders, who shall together be the owners and proprietors of two hundred shares or upwards, shall have power at any time to call a meeting of the stockholders, for purposes relative to the institution, by giving at least thirty days notice in one of the public gazettes of Atlanta, specifying in such, time and place of meeting. Meeting of Stockholders 125. Sec. VIII. That the Directors shall have power to issue to the subscribers their certificates of stock, signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier, and which shall be transferable on the books of the Bank, by the personal entry of the stockholder, or his attorney duly authorised by special power; Provided, that no stockholder indebted to the Bank, shall transfer his or her stock, until all debts due said Bank, by said stockholder, shall be paid unless by consent of the Directors, entered upon their minutes. Certificates of stock, how trans'fd Proviso; 126. Sec. IX. The bills obligatory, and of credit, notes and other contracts whatever, in behalf of said corporation, shall be binding upon said company; Provided, the same be signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier, or by the agent, or agents of said corporation, and the funds of said corporation shall in no case be liable for any contract or engagement whatsoever, unless the same be signed, and countersigned as aforesaid. Contracts how authenticated; 127. Sec. X. The Directors shall keep fair and regular minutes of their proceedings, and upon any question when a Director shall require it, the yeas and nays of the Directors voting shall be inserted in their minutes, and the books, papers, correspondence and funds of the corporation shall at all times be subject to the inspection of a committee authorised by the Board of Directors for that purpose. Directors to keep minut's Yeas nays Books, c, subject to inspection; 128. Sec. XI. In all suits commenced by said corporation upon any note, bill, bond or obligation, upon which there shall be any endorser or endorsers, the maker or makers, together with the endorser or endorsers, or their representatives may be embraced and sued in the same action. Suits; 129. Sec, XII. It shall not be lawful for the President, Directors, or officers of said Bank, to borrow any amount of money from said Bank, either directly or indirectly, as maker, endorser or acceptor. Restriction upon officers 130. Sec. XIII. The Bank of Fulton shall be permitted and is hereby authorised to issue bills or notes of credit, payable to bearer on demand, signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier, but the total amount of debt which the said corporation shall at any time owe, whether by bond, bill, note, or other contract, shall not exceed three times the amount of capital stock actually paid in, and in the event of such excess the charter of said Bank shall be forfeited; but said Bank shall issue no bills, or notes, or checks until fifty per cent of each one thousand shares shall have been paid in in gold and silver. May issue bills, c. Liabilities not to exceed 3 times the capital stock paid in; excess of issue forfeits charter. When to issue bills;

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131. Sec. XIV. Any Banker, Bank or branches thereof, which may make a demand of specie upon the notes of the Bank of Fulton, shall be compelled to receive the bills of the said Bank making the demand. Payments to Banks; 132. Sec. XV. That the dividends of the corporation profits or so much of the profits as may be deemed expedient and proper, shall be declared and paid half yearly, and the said dividends shall be determined from time to time, by a majority of Directors at a meeting to be held for that purpose, and shall in no case exceed the amount of nett profits actually acquired by the corporation, the first half after the Bank shall have gone into operation excepted, making the first dividend one year from the organization of the Bank, and no dividend declared in any way to impair the capital stock, and in the event that the capital stock shall be impaired by any dividend then the charter of said Bank shall be forfeited. Dividends; chart'r when forfeited; 133. Sec. XVI. That the persons and property of the stockholders in the Bank of Fulton, shall at all times be pledged and bound in proportion to the number of shares that each individual or company hold, possess, or interested in or entitled to in said Bank, for the payment and discharge of the debts or contracts of said Bank, or for the ultimate redemption of all notes, or bills issued, or that may hereafter be issued by and from the said Bank, in the same manner as in simple actions of debts or common commercial cases. individual liability. 134. Sec. XVII. All transfers of said stock shall be wholly void, if made within thirty days previous to the failure of said Bank; but that said stock transferred within thirty days, shall be deemed and held liable for the debts of the Institution notwithstanding said transfer. Continuance of liability, 135. Sec. XVIII. Should this charter be sold it shall therefore become instantly forfeited; two thirds of said stock shall be owned by citizens of Georgia; the private or individual property of each stockholder, as well as their joint property, shall be liable for the redemption of the bills of said Bank, and for the payment of all the debts and liabilities of the same, in proportion to the stock owned by each, and when any judgment shall be obtained against said bank and execution issued thereon, it shall be the duty of the levying officer first te levy the same on the property of said corporation, and to sell the same, and if the proceeds thereof shall be insufficient to pay off said execution, and the return of said officer of no corporate property shall be sufficient proof of the same, it shall be the duty of said officer next to levy the said execution on the individual property of any stockholder or stockholders, and sell the same until an amount is raised sufficient to pay off said execution; Provided, the same is not for a greater amount than his proportional part of the debts of said Bank in proportion to the amount of his stock, and if for a greater amount, and in that case an amount equal to his rateable part of the debts of said Bank, in proportion to the amount of his stock, and judgment obtained against said Bank by any creditor shall not only bind the property of said Bank, but shall also bind the

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individual property of each stockholder for his part as aforesaid, in proportion to the amount of his stock, without the necessity of bringing any other suit against the stockholders, and service of a copy in substance of the declaration and process, upon the President or Cashier of said Bank, shall be adjudged sufficient service and notice, both of said Bank, and of each stockholder therein, to render the property of said Bank, and the individual property of each stockholder therein, subject and liable for the payment of any judgment which may be rendered against said Bank in the manner above specified; and that any stockholder who pays off any such judgment, or any part thereof, shall have the right to use and control the fi fa issued in any such case, against all the other stockholders, to collect the rateable share out of each of them for his own use. Charter forfeited if sold Two-thirds of the stock shall be owned by citizens of Ga. Executions, how levied; In what proportion liable. Suits. Control of execution; 136. Sec. XIX. It shall be the duty of the President and Cashier, within six months after said Bank goes into operation, to make out a statement of the condition of said Bank, and a list of stockholders, and the amount owned by each, which statement shall show accurately the amount of the assets of said Bank, and the kind and character of the funds of which it is composed, and also the amount of indebtednes of said Bank, and the character of said indebtedness, which shall be verified by the oath of the President and Cashier, and shall be published in each of the newspapers printed in Atlanta, for two successive weeks, and such list and statement as aforesaid, shall be published every six months thereafter, verified as aforesaid, and any neglect to publish the same for twenty days, shall cause a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges granted by this act. Statement of condition; APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. BANK OF HAMILTON. SECT. 137. Corporators of Bank. SECT. 138. Commissioners to open Books. SECT. 139. Capital Stock. SECT. 140. Meetings of Stockholders. SECT. 141. Certificates of Stock. SECT. 142. Votes in Elections. SECT. 143. Qualifications of Directors. SECT. 144. Officers. SECT. 145. Cashier's Bond. SECT. 146. Liability of Bank. SECT. 147. Call of Meetings. SECT. 148. Minutes of Directors. SECT. 149. Dividends. SECT. 150. Deposits. SECT. 151. Payments to Bank. SECT. 152. Issue. SECT. 153. Contracts. SECT. 154. Owners of Stock. SECT. 155. Individual liability. SECT. 156. Location of office. (No. 29.) An Act to incorporate a Bank in the town of Hamilton, to be called The Bank of Hamilton, Georgia. 137. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That Asbury F. Johnston, William C. Johnstone, John Murphy, James N. Ramsey, Albert G. Bedell, Elias H. Beall, George H. Bryon and James M. Mobley, and their associates and successors shall be, and are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, with the usual banking privileges, by the name and style of The Bank of Hamilton, Georgia, to be located at Hamilton in the county of Harris, and shall continue

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until the first day of January, 1895, and by that name shall be, and is hereby made able and capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements and hereditaments, so far as may be necessary for the erection of banking houses, and as have been bona fide mortgaged to it as security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgment which shall have been obtained for such debts, 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 any Court of Law or Equity in the State, or elsewhere, having competent jurisdiction, to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure, and to make and ordain such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem expedient and necessary to carry out the objects of the institution, Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State, or of the United States. Corporators; Name; Duration Powers and privileges. Seal; By-laws. 138. SEC. II. The aforesaid Asbury F. Johnston, William C. Johnston, John Murphy, James N. Ramsey, Albert G. Bedell, Elias H. Beall, George H. Bryon and James M. Mobley or any three of them be, and are hereby constituted a Board of Commissioners whose duty it shall be to open a book of subscription for shares in said company, on the last Wednesday of April, 1856, and shall continue open for four days, and for so many hours each day, and at such place in said town of Hamilton as said Board of Commissioners may determine on, and any capital stock remaining unscribed for at the expiration of said four days, shall be disposed of by said Commissioners or the Directors to be thereafter chosen in such manner as they may direct. Comm'stonrs shall open books; Balance of stock, how disposed of; 139. SEC. III. The capital stock of said Bank shall be one hundred thousand dollars which shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars; but the company may commence business as soon as twenty-five thousand dollars in specie shall have been paid, and it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to have the amonnt of the specie so paid in counted by the Ordinary of said county who shall give his certificate that the amount has been paid in, and record the same in his office. Capital, 100,000 dolls; divided into shares of 100 dolls. business may commence, Ordinary of Harris [Illegible Text] shall certify to amount of specie paid in 140. SEC. IV. Upon the expiration of the four days herein before allowed for subscribing to stock of said Bank it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to convene the Stockholders or subscribers by giving ten days notice in one or more public newspapers of Columbus and Hamilton, of the time and place of meeting who may then, or any time thereafter, proceed to the election of a Board of five Directors, under such rules and regulations as they may dopt for that purpose, said Directors to be citizens of the State of Georgia. Meeting of Stockholders Election of directors and to be citizens of Georgia; 141. SEC. V. Certificates of stock shall be issued to the subscribers for the number of shares held by each respectively, in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the Directors, and no transfer of stock shall be considered as binding upon the company,

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unless entered in a book or books kept for that purpose by the company by the personal entry of the Stockholder, his legal representative, or Attorney duly authorized by special power for that purpose, Provided, that no Stockholder indebted to the Bank shall transfer his or her stock until all debts due said Bank by such Stockholder shall be paid. Certificates of stock; Transfer of Stock, Proviso; 142. SEC. VI. The number of votes in electing Directors to which each of the Stockholders shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares he shall hold, each share to be entitled to one vote, and no share or shares, after the first election, shall confer a right of suffrage which shall not have been holden by the person in whose name it appears, at least three calendar months previous to the day of election, or unless it be holden by the person in whose name it appears absolutely and bona fide in his own right, or in that of his wife, and for his or her sole use and benefit, or as executor, administrator or guardian, or in the right and use of some co-partnership, corporation or society of which she or he may be a member, and not as security or by way of hypothecation, any Stockholder being absent may authorise, by power of Attorney under seal, any other Stockholder to vote for him or her. Votes in elections By Proxy 143. SEC. VII. None but a Stockholder entitled in his own right, which he shall swear to if required by any one Stockholder, to ten shares of said stock, and not being a Director of any other Bank shall be eligible as a Director, and if any one of the Directors of said corporation, shall, after being elected become a Director of any other Bank, or cease to be a Stockholder of ten shares as aforesaid, his seat shall thereupon become vacated, and the remaining Directors or a majority of them, shall, upon their next meeting, pass and enter upon their minute book an order declaring him to be no longer a Director. Qualification of directors; Vacancy of directors, how filled; 144. SEC. VIII. The Directors so appointed shall, at their first meeting thereafter, proceed to the appointment of the President from their own body, and the said President and Directors may appoint a Cashier and such other officers under them as they may deem necessary and expedient for carrying the provisions of this act into effect, and shall make compensation to them for their services, as shall appear to them reasonable, and shall be capable of exercising such other powers and authorities of making, revising, altering or annulling all such by-laws and regulations for the government of the said company, and that of their officers and affairs as they, or a majority of them, shall from time to time think expedient, and not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. President, Cashier and other officers Balaries; Powers of Board; 145. SEC. IX. The Cashier before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall be required to give bond, with two or more securities, to the satisfaction of the Directors, in such sum as they may by their by-laws order and direct from time to time with conditions for the faithful performance of his duties; and the President, Cashier and other officers of the Bank, shall take the following oath on entering on the duties of their respective offices: I, A. B., do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I will well and faithfully discharge the

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duties of President, Cashier or other officer, as the case may be, of The Bank of Hamilton, Georgia, which shall be subscribed and entered upon the minutes. Cashier to give Bond, Officer's oath Officer's oath 146. SEC. X. From the time this act shall take effect, the total amount which the Bank shall at any time owe, either by bond, bill, note or other contract shall not exceed three times the amount of the capital actually paid in, in gold or silver coin, and a violation of this section shall work a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges granted by this act. Liabilities not to exce'd 3 times the capital: 147. SEC. XI. Any number of Stockholders not less than ten, who together shall be the proprietors of one hundred shares or upwards, shall have power at any time to call a meeting of the Stockholders for purposes relative to the institution, giving at least thirty days notice in one of the public gazettes of the town of Hamilton and Columbus, specifying in such notice the object of said meeting. Stockholders may call meeting; 148. SEC. XII. The Directors shall keep fair and regular minutes of their proceedings, and upon any question where a Director shall require it, the yeas and nays of the Directors voting shall be inserted in said minutes, and the books and papers, correspondence and funds of the company shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Board of Directors or of Stockholders when convened according to the provisions of this act. Minutes of Directors Books open to inspecti'n 149. SEC. XIII. Dividends of the profits of the corporation, or so much thereof as shall be deemed expedient and proper shall be declared by a majority of the Directors at a meeting to be held for the purpose and paid half yearly, (the first half year after the Bank shall have been in operation excepted,) but the dividends shall in no case exceed the amount of nett profits actually made by the corporation, so that the capital stock thereof shall never be diminished, and if said capital stock shall ever be diminished, either by declaring dividends or in any other way, unless hereafter authorized by law the charter of said Bank shall be forfeited and the rights and privileges granted by this act, shall cease to exist. Dividends capital not to be diminish'd if diminished charter forf'd 150. SEC. XIV. The said Bank shall have power to received deposits on interest as saving institutions now have under rules and regulations to be established by said Bank; Provided, said rules and regulations are not contrary to the laws and Constitution of the State, and that the stock of said Bank be always liable until all the savings fund be paid. Deposits; 151. SEC. XV. Any Bank or branches thereof who may make a demand of specie from said Bank shall be compelled to receive the bills of said original Bank, or any of its branches, in payment. payments to banks; 152. SEC. XVI. The said Bank shall be permitted and is hereby authorised to issue bills or notes of credit, (commonly called bank bills,) payable to bearer on demand, signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier, Provided, the notes so issued shall not at any time exceed three times the amount of capital stock actually paid in, in specie. May issue bills; Issue not to exceed three times the capital pd. in 153. SEC. XVII. And be it further enacted, That the contracts of

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said corporation made by its agents duly authorized shall be binding upon said corporation. Contracts of ag'nts bind'g 154. SEC. XVIII. That it shall not be lawful for any of the Stockholders of said Bank to transfer any of said stock to any person not a citizen and resident of this State, and if any stock shall be so transferred the same shall be forfeited to the State, and the same shall be transferred on the book of said Bank to the State by the officer of said Bank authorized to make transfer of stock upon satisfactory proof that such stock has been so transferred to any person not a citizen or resident of this State. Transfer of stock to non-residents forfeits stock to the State; 155. SEC. XIX. The personal property of the Stockholders in said Bank shall be pledged and bound in proportion to the amount of the shares that each individual or company may hold in the same for the ultimate redemption of said bills or notes issued by or from said Bank during the time he, she or they may have held such stock in the same manner as in common commercial cases, and no one shall subscribe for or purchase stock in said Bank, unless he or she be a citizen of Georgia; the private or individual property of each Stockholder as well as their joint property shall be liable as before stated for the redemption of the bills of said Bank, and for the payment of all the debts and liabilities of the same and when any judgment shall be obtained against said Bank and execution issued thereon it shall be the duty of the levying officer first to levy the same on the property of said corporation, and to sell the same, and if the proceeds thereof shall be insufficient to pay off said execution and the return of said officer of no corporate property shall be sufficient proof of the same, it shall be the duty of said officer next to levy said execution on the individual property of any Stockholder or Stockholders and sell the same, until an amount is raised sufficient to pay off said execution, and judgment obtained against said Bank by any creditor shall not only bind the property of said Bank, but shall also bind the individual property of each Stockholder to the amount of the entire indebtedness of said Bank without the necessity of bringing any suit against the Stockholders and service of a copy in substance of the declaration and process upon the President or Cashier of said Bank shall be adjudged sufficient service and notice both of said Bank and of each Stockholder therein to render the property of said Bank, and the individual property of each Stockholder therein subject and liable for the payment of any judgment, which may be rendered against said Bank, each Stockholder to be liable to the amount of the entire indebtedness of said Bank in proportion to the amount of his stock, and that any Stockholder who pays off any such execution or a part thereof shall have the right to use and control the same fi fa against all the other Stockholders so as to collect the reteable share out of each of them. Individual liability; Stock to be owned by citizens of Georgia; Executionhow levied; [Illegible Text] Stockholders liable in proportion to amt. of stock Control of execution 156. SEC. XX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the office for the transaction of the business of said Bank shall be located in the town of Hamilton in Harris county, Georgia. Location of office; APPROVED March 6th, 1856.

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BANK OF THE EMPIRE STATE. SEC. 157. Corporators. SEC. 158. Commissioners. SEC. 159. Capital Stock. SEC. 160. Meetings of Stockholders. SEC. 161. Certificates of Stock. SEC. 162. Votes in Elections. SEC. 163. Qualification of Directors. SEC. 164. Officers. SEC. 165. Cashier's Bond. SEC. 166. Liability of Bank. SEC. 167. Stockholders liability. SEC. 168. Call of Meetings. SEC. 169. Minutes of Board. SEC. 170. Dividends. SEC. 171. Loans to Stockholders. SEC. 172. Payment to Banks. SEC. 173. Statement of condition. SEC. 174. Continuance of liability. SEC. 175. BANK OF ALBANY. SEC. 176. Repealing clause. (No. 30.) An Act to incorporate a Bank in the City of Rome. Floyd County, Georgia, to be called the Bank of the Empire State, and for other purposes. 157. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That Alfred Shorter, Hollis Cooley, William E. Alexander, John Cunningham, Cornelius T. Cunningham, and William Clark, and their associates and successors, shall be and are hereby incorporated and made a body politic by the name and style of the Bank of of the Empire State, to be located at Rome in the county of Floyd and State of Georgia, by that name are hereby made able and capable in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy, and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, hereditaments, so far as may be necessary for the erection of necessary Banking houses, and such as have been bona fide mortgaged to it as security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgments which shall have been obtained for such debts, 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 any Court of Law or Equity in this State, or elsewhere, having competent jurisdiction, to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure, and to make and crdain such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem expedient and necessary to carry out the objects of this institution; Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this State, or of the United States. Corporators; Name; Powers and privileges; Seal, By-laws; 158. Sec. II. The aforesaid named individuals, or any three or more of them, be and they are hereby constituted a Board of Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to open a book of subscription for shares in said company, on the second Monday in March next, and shall continue open for five days, at such place and for so many hours each day as the said board of commissioners may determine on, and any capital stock remaining unsubscribed for at the expiration of said five days, shall be disposed of by said Commissioners, or the Directors to be hereafter chosen in such manner as they may direct. Comm'srs to open books; Balance of stockhow disposed of; 159. Sec. III. The capital stock of said Bank shall be one hundred

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thousand dollars, with power to increase the same to five hundred thousand dollars, which shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars, but the Company may commence business as soon as fifty thousand dollars in specie shall have been paid. Capitalstock 200,000 dollrs May be inc'd to 500,000; Shares Business to com'ce when 160. Sec. IV. Upon the expiration of five days herein before allowed, for subscribing to the stock of said Bank, it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to convene the stockholders or subscribers by giving ten days notice in one or more of the public newspapers of the City of Rome, of the time and place of meeting, who may then, or at any other time thereafter, proceed to the election of a Board of five Directors, under such rules and regulations as they may adopt for that purpose. Meeting of Stockholders Election of Directors 161. Sec. V. The Directors shall have power to issue to the subscribers their certificates of stock, and no transfer of stock in this company shall be considered as binding upon the company unless entered in a book or books kept for that purpose by the company, by personal entry of the Stockholder, his legal representative or attorney duly authorised by special power for that purpose; P rovided that no stockholder indebted to the Bank, shall transfer his or her stock until all debts due said Bank by such stockholder shall be paid. Certificates of stock; Transfer Proviso, 162. Sec. VI. The number of votes in electing Directors, to which each stockholder shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares which he may hold, each share to be entitled to one vote, from one to one hundred shares, but no stockholder shall be entitled to more than one hundred votes, and no share or shares, (after the first election,) shall confer a right of suffrage which shall not have been holden by the person in whose name it appears at least three calendar months previous to the day of election, and unless it be holden by the person in whose name it appears, absolutely and bona fide in his own right, or in that of his wife, and for his or her sole use and benefit, or as executor, administrator or guardian, or in the right and use of some co-partnership, corporation or society, of which he or she may be a member, and not in trust for or to the use of any other person; any stockholder being absent may authorise by power of Attorney, under seal, any other stockholder to vote for him, her or them. Votes in elections. Limit: By Proxy. 163. Sec. VII. None but a stockholder entitled in his own right (which he shall swear to if required,) to ten shares of said stock, and not being a Director of any other Bank, shall be eligible as a Director, and if any one of the Directors of said corporation, shall, after being elected, become a Director of any Bank, or accept of any appointment or office from any other Bank, or cease to be a stockholder, his seat shall thereupon become vacated, and the remaining Directors, or a majority of them, shall, upon their next meeting, pass and enter upon their minutes, an order declaring him no longera Director. Qualification of Directors Seat, when vacated. 164. Sec. VIII. The Directors so appointed, shall, at their first meeting thereafter, proceed to the appointment of a Presiden from their own body, and the said President and Directors may appoint a Cashier, and such other officers under them as they mat

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deem necessary and expedient for carrying the provisions of this act into effect, and shall make such compensation to them for their services, as shall appear to them reasonable, and shall be capable of exercising such other powers and authorities of making, revising, altering and annulling all such by-laws and regulations for the government of said Company, and that of their officers and affairs as they, or a majority of them shall from time to time think expedient, and not inconsistent with laws. President; Cashier and other offic'rs Salaries; Powers of Board. 165. Sec. IX. The Cashier, before he enters on the duties of his office, shall be required to give bond with two or more securities, to the satisfaction of the Directors, in such sum as they may by their by-laws order and direct from time to time, with condition for the faithful performance of his duties, and the President, Cashier or other officers of the Bank shall take the following oath before entering on the duties of their respective offices: I, A. B., do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of President, Cashier or other officer, (as the case may be,) of the Bank of the Empire State; which shall be subscribed and entered upon the minutes. Cashier to give bond; Offic'rs oath. 166. Sec. X. 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 three times the amount of its capital. Liabilities shall not exceed 3 times the capital. 167. Sec. XI. The person and property of the stockholders in said Bank, shall be pledged and bound in proportion to the amount of the shares that each individual or company may hold in the same for the ultimate redemption of said bills or notes issued by or from said Bank, during the time he, she or they may have held such stock in the same manner as in common commercial cases, or simple cases of debt, and at no time shall less than two thirds of the capital stock in said Bank be owned by solvent citizens of Georgia; the private or individual property of each stockholder, as well as their joint property, shall be liable as before stated for the redemption of the bills of said Bank, and for the payment of all the debts and liabilities of the same, and when any judgment shall be obtained against said Bank, and execution issue thereon, it shall be the duty of the levying officer first to levy the same on the property of said corporation, and to sell the same, and if the proceeds thereof shall be insufficient to pay off said execution, and the return of said officer of no corporation property shall be sufficient proof of the same, it shall be the duty of said officer next to levy said execution on the individual property of any stockholder, or stockholders and sell the same until an amount is raised sufficient to pay off said execution, each stockholder only to be liable for the whole indebtedness of the Bank, in proportion to the amount of his stock, and that any stockholder who pays off any such execution, or part thereof, shall have the right to use and control the same fi fa against all the other stockholders, so as to collect the rateable share out of each of them. Stockholders proportion'ly liable; Subscribers c. to be citizens of Ga. Individual liability for redemption of bills. Executionshow levied. Control of fi fa. 168. Sec. XII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any number of stockholders shall have power at any time to

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call a meeting of the stockholders for purposes relative to the institution, giving at least sixty days notice in one of the public gazettes of the City of Rome, specifying in such notice the object of said meeting. Call of meeting of stockholders, 169. Sec. XIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Directors shall keep fair and regular minutes of their proceedings, and upon any question where a Director shall require it, the yeas and nays of the Directors voting shall be inserted in said minutes, and the books and papers, correspondence and funds of the Company, shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Board of Directors, or stockholders when convened according to the provisions of this act, and said Bank shall in all cases be bound by the acts of its authorised agents. Minutes of proceedings of Directors; Yeas nays Minutes, books, c., open to inspection; 170. Sec. XIV. Dividends of the profits of said corporation, or so much thereof as shall be deemed expedient and proper, shall be declared and paid half yearly, (the first half after the Bank shall have been in operation excepted,) and the said dividend shall from time to time be determined by a majority of the Directors at a meeting to be held for that purpose, and shall in no case exceed the amount of the nett profits actually acquired by the corporation, so that the capital stock thereof shall never be impaired. Dividendshow paid. Capital stock not to be impaired; 171. Sec. XV. No stockholder shall be permitted to borrow money from said Bank, upon the faith or pledge of their stock, but shall be subjected to the same rules and regulations in borrowing money therefrom, as any other customer of the Bank. Loans to Stockholders 172. Sec. XVI. Any Bankor branches thereof, who makes a demand of specie from said Bank, shall be compelled to receive either the bills of said original Bank, or of any of its branches, in payment; if said Bank charter shall ever be transferred, or assigned, or if it be not bona fide organized, and in full operation within two years from the passage of this act, all the rights and privileges hereby granted shall be forfeited. Payments Banks, Charter forfeited. 173. Sec. XVI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the President and Cashier, within six months after said Bank goes into operation, to make out a statement of the condition of said Bank, and a list of its stockholders, and the amount of stock owned by each, which statement shall show accurately the amount of the assets of said Bank, and the kind and character of the funds of which it is composed, and also the amount of indebtedness of said Bank, and the character of said indebtedness, which shall be verified by the oath of the President and Cashier, and shall be published in each of the newspapers printed in Rome for two successive weeks, and such list and statement as aforesaid, shall be published every six months thereafter, verified as aforesaid, and any neglect to publish the same for twenty days, shall cause a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges granted by this act. Statement of condition upon oath, Penalty; 174. Sec. XVIII. And those who were stockholders of said Bank at the time a list of the stockholders was advertised, next before the failure of said Bank to redeem its notes on demand, or pay any other demand, shall be held, considered, and taken as stock holders at the time of such failure, and shall be liable as stockholders

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according to the provisions of this act, and shall be liable to execution according to the provisions of this act. Continuance of stockh'ers liability; 175. Sec. XIX. Be it further enacted, c., That Joseph Bond, W. W. Cheever, John Jackson, R. Q. Dickerson, J. M. Mercet, F. O. Welch, Lott Warren, and their associates be incorporated under the name and style of the Bank of Albany, Georgia, and under this corporate name shall be authorised to establish a Bank in the city of Albany, with all the rights, powers, privileges and responsibilities which are by the charter and laws of this State conferred upon the Mechanic's Bank of Augusta. The capital of the Bank of Albany, Georgia, shall be five hundred thousand dollars. The liability of the Stockholders under this charter, shall be the same as is provided for in the charter for the Bank of Greensborough. Corporators. Name; Powers and privileges; Capital stock 500.000; Liability of Stockholders 176. Sec. XX. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. BANK OF GREENSBOROUGH. SEC. 177. Corporators of Bank. SEC. 178. Commissioners. SEC. 179. Capital Stock. SEC. 180. Meeting of Stockholders. SEC. 181. Certificates of Stock. SEC. 182. Votes in Elections. SEC. 183. Qualification of Directors. SEC. 184. Officers. SEC. 185. Cashier to give Bond. SEC. 186. Liability of Bank. SEC. 187. Call of Meetings. SEC. 188. Minutes of Directors. SEC. 189. Dividends. SEC. 190. Deposits. SEC. 191. Payments to Banks. SEC. 192. Issue. SEC. 193. Suits. SEC. 194. Stockholder's liability. SEC. 195. Statement of condition. SEC. 196. Continuance of liability. SEC. 197. Loans to Stockholders. SEC. 198. Strict construction. (No. 31.) An act to incorporate a Bank in the town of Greensborough, to be called The Bank of Greensborough. 177. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That William L. Strain, Yelverton P. King, William C. Dawson, James S. Brown, Frederick C. Fuller, George O. Dawson, Isaac Morrison and Francis H. Cone, and their associates and successors shall be, and are hereby incorporated and made a body politic with the usual Banking privileges, by the name and style of the Bank of Greensborough, to be located at Greensborough, in the county of Greene, and shall continue until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and by that name shall be, and is hereby made able and capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements and hereditaments, so far as may be necessary for the erection of Banking houses, and as have been bona fide mortgaged to it as security or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contract ed in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgment which shall have been obtained for such debts; 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 any Court of Law or Equity in the State, or elsewhere, having competent jurisdiction, to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure, and

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to make and ordain such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem expedient and necessary to carry out the objects of the Institution, Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State, or of the United States. Corporato Name. Duration; Powers and privileges; Seal; By-Laws; 178. SEC. II. The aforesaid William L. Strain, Frederick C. Fuller, and James C. Brown, or any other three of said corporators be, and are hereby constituted a Board of Commissioners whose duty it shall be to open a book of subscription for shares in said company on the last Wednesday of April, 1856, and shall continue open for four days, and for so many hours each day, and at such place in said town of Greensborough as said Board of Commissioners may determine on, and any capital stock remaining unsubscribed for at the expiration of said four days shall be disposed of by said Commissioners or the Directors to be thereafter chosen in such manner as they may direct. Com'srs to open books Bal. of stock 179. SEC. III. The capital stock of said Bank shall be two hundred thousand dollars which shall be divided in shares of one hundred dollars; but the company may commence business as soon as fifty thousand dollars in specie shall have been paid and the certificate of the payment of the same shall have been made by the Ordinary of the county of Greene, and recorded in his office. Capital, 200,000 dolls. Shares Business may com'nce when. Specie paid in certified by Ordinary; 180. SEC. IV. Upon the expiration of the four days herein before allowed for subscribing to stock of said Bank, it shall be the duty of said Commissiones to convene the Stockholders or subscribers, by giving ten days notice in one or more public newspapers of Augusta and Penfield of the time and place of meeting, who may then or any time thereafter proceed to the election of a Board of five Directors, under such rules and regulations as they may adopt for that purpose. Meeting of Stockholders Election of directors. 181. SEC. V. Certificates of stock shall be issued to the subscribers for the number of shares held by each respectively, in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the Directors, and no transfer of stock shall be considered as binding upon the company, unless entered in a book or books kept for that purpose by the company by personal entry of the Stockholder, his legal representative, or Attorney duly authorized by special power for that purpose, Provided, that no Stockholder indebted to the Bank shall transfer his or her stock until all debts due said Bank by such Stockholder shall be paid. Certificates of stock, Transfer Proviso; 182. SEC. VI. The number of votes in electing Directors to which each of the Stockholders shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares he shall hold, each share to be entitled to one vote, and no share or shares, after the first election, shall confer a right of suffrage which shall not have been holden by the person in whose name it appears, at least three calendar months previous to the day of election, or unless it be holden by the person in whose name it appears absolutely and bona fide in his own right or in that of his wife, and for his or her sole use and benefit, or as executor, administrator or guardian, or in the right and use of some co-partnership, corporation or society of which she or he may

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be a member, and not as security or by way of hypothecation, any Stockholder being absent may authorise, by power of Attorney under seal, any other Stockholder to vote for him or her. Votes in elections; By proxy; 183. SEC. VII. None but a Stockholder entitled in his own right, which he shall swear to if required by any one Stockholder, to ten shares of said stock, and not being a Director of any other Bank, shall be eligible as a Director, and if any one of the Directors of said corporation shall, after being elected, become a Director of any other Bank, or cease to be a Stockholder of ten shares as aforesaid, his seat shall thereupon become vacated, and the remaining Directors or a majority of them shall upon their next meeting pass and enter upon their minute book an order declaring him to be no longer a Director. Qualification of directors; Vacancies in Board of Directorshow filled; 184. SEC. VIII. The Directors so appointed shall at their first meeting thereafter proceed to the appointment of the President from their own body, and the said President and Directors may appoint a Cashier, and such other officers under them as they may deem necessary and expedient for carrying the provisions of this act into effect, and shall make compensation to them for their services as shall appear to them reasonable, and shall be capable of exercising such other powers and authorities of making, revising, altering or annulling all such by-laws and regulations for the government of said company, and that of their officers and affairs, as they, or a majority of them, shall from time to time think expedient, and not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. President; Cashier and other officers Salaries; Powers of I Board; 185. SEC. IX. The Cashier before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall be required to give bond, with two or more securities, to the satisfaction of the Directors in such sum as they may by their by-laws order and direct from time to time, with conditions for the faithful performance of his duties, and the President, Cashier and other officers of the Bank shall take the following oath on entering on the duties of their respective offices: I, A. B., do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of President, Cashier or other officer, as the case may be, of The Bank of Greensborough, which shall be subscribed and entered upon the minutes. Cashier to give bond Officer's oath 186. SEC. X. From the time this act shall take effect the total amount which the Bank shall at any time owe, either by bond, bill, note or other contract shall not exceed three times the amount of the capital, actually paid in, in gold and silver coin. Limit of liability; 187. SEC. XI. Any number of Stockholders not less than ten, who together shall be the proprietors of two hundred shares or upwards shall have power at any time to call a meeting of the Stockholders for purposes relative to the institution, giving at least thirty days notice in one of the public gazettes of the town of Penfield, specifying in such notice the object of said meeting. Meeting of Stockholders may be call'd 188. SEC. XII. The Directors shall keep fair and regular minutes of their proceedings, and upon any question when a Director shall require it, the yeas and nays of the Directors voting shall be entered in said minutes, and the books and papers, correspondence

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and funds of the company shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Board of Directors or of Stockholders when convened, according to the provisions of this act. Minutes of Board. Yeas nays; Books c., subject to inspection; 189. Sec XIII. Dividends of the profits of the corporation, or so much thereof as shall be deemed expedient and proper, shall be declared by a majority of the Directors at a meeting to be held for the purpose, and paid half yearly, the first half year after the Bank shall have been in operation excepted, but the dividends shall in no case exceed the amount of nett profits actually made by the corporation, so that the capital stock thereof shall never be diminished, and if the same shall ever be diminished, this Charter shall be forfeited. Dividends; Limit; 190. Sec. XIV. The said Bank shall have power to receive deposits on interest as saving institutions now have, under rules and regulations to be established by said Bank; Provided, said rules and regulations are not contrary to the laws, or constitution of the State, and that the stock of said Bank, be always liable until all the savings fund be paid. Deposits. 191. Sec. XV. Any Bank, or branches thereof, who may make a demand of specie from said Bank, shall be compelled to receive the bills of said original Bank, or any of its branches in payment. Payment to Banks; 192. Sec. XVI. The said Bank shall be permitted and is hereby authorised, to issue bills or notes of Credit, (commonly called Bank bills,) payable to bearer on demand, signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier; Provided, the notes so issued shall not at any time exceed three times the amount of capital stock actually paid in, in specie, and said Bank shall be bound by the acts of its authorized Agents. May issue bills; Limit of iss'e 193. SEC. XVII. If said Bank shall at any time fail or refuse to redeem any of its notes on demand, or pay any other of its debts when due, and payment demanded, it shall be lawful for the holder of such bills, or creditors of said Bank as aforesaid, immediately to bring suit against said Bank for the recovery of the same, and there shall be judgment against said Bank at the first term of the Court to which said suits are returnable, unless the President or Cashier of said Bank will swear that the Bank has a substantial defence to said suit, and that said Bank is less prepared for trial than it will be at the next term of said Court; and when judgment shall be rendered against said Bank, which execution shall be first levied on the property of the Bank, but if no property of the Bank can be found, the Sheriff shall make an entry on the execution to that effect, and it shall be his duty forth with to levy said execution upon the individual property of any of the Stockholders, and so proceed until said execution is satisfied. Suits; Judgments recovered at 1st term, unless a sworn defence; Execution-how levied; 194. SEC. XVIII. As between the Stockholders themselves, they shall be liable for the payment of the debts of the corporation in proportion to the amount of stock held by each, and if any Stockholder shall be compelled to pay, or shall pay more than his proportionate part of any debt or debts, he shall have the right to compel his co-Stockholders to contribute to his re-imbursement, in proportion to the amount of stock held by each. Any Stockholder paying

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as aforesaid, more than his proportionate part of any debt or debts. shall have an immediate right of action against any one or more or all of said Stockholders, to recover the proportion that he is entitled to recover as aforesaid; and said actions may be prosecuted in a Court of Law for so much money paid for the use of such Stockholder or Stockholders, against whom the suit was brought; and the Stockholder so suing shall have judgment at the first term of said Court, unless the defendant or defendants will swear that they have a substantial defence to said action, and are less prepared for trial than such defendant or defendants will be at the next term of said Court Stockholders liable in proportion to amt. of stock Reimbursement of stockholders Suits by Stockholders 195. SEC. XIX. It shall be the duty of the President and Cashier within six months after said Bank goes into operation, to make out a statement of the condition of said Bank, and a list of its stockholders, and the amount of stock owned by each, which statements shall show accurately the amount of the assets of said Bank, and the kind and character of the funds of which it is composed, and also the amount of indebtedness of said Bank, and the character of said indebtedness, which shall be verified by the oath of the President and Cashier, and shall be published in a newspaper printed in Augusta and Penfield for two successive weeks, and such list and statement as aforesaid, shall be published every six months thereafter, verified as a aforesaid, and any neglect to publish the same for twenty days, shall cause a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges granted by this act. Statement of condition: penalty for neglect; 196. SEC. XX. Those who were stockholders of said Bank at the time a list of the stockholders was advertised next before the failure of said Bank to redeem its notes on demand, or pay any other debts on demand, shall be held, considered and taken as stockholders at the time of such failure, and shall be liable as stockholders according to the provisions of this act; and shall be liable to execution according to the provisions of this act. Continuance of liability; 197. SEC. XXI. No note, bill of exchange, or other paper of any Stockholder, shall be discounted upon any pledge of stock, or upon any less or weaker security than is required of other customers of the Bank; and if any such discount shall be made, the Directors authorizing and allowing the same to be done, shall be held liable as securities for the payment of the same, in the manner provided in the previous section of this act. Stockholders borrowing from Bank; penalty. 198. SEC. XXII. Nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to authorize said corporation to exercise any powers not expressly granted, and such as are necessary to carry into execution the powers expressly granted. Strict construction APPROVED, March 6th, 1856.

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BANK OF MADISON. SEC. 199 Corporators. SEC. 200 Comm'rs. to open Books. SEC. 201 Capital Stock. SEC. 202 Meeting of Stockholders. SEC. 203 Certificates of Stock. SEC. 204 Votes in Elections. SEC. 205 Qualification of Directors. SEC. 206 Officers. SEC. 207 Cashier's Bond. SEC. 208 Liability of Bank. SEC. 209 Call of Meetings. SEC. 210 Minutes of Directors. SEC. 211 Dividends. SEC. 212 Deposits. SEC. 213 Payment to Banks. SEC. 214 Issue. SEC. 215 Forfeiture of Charter. SEC. 216 Owners of Stock. SEC. 217 Liability. SEC. 218 Statement of condition. SEC. 219 Continuance of liability. SEC. 220 Loans of Stockholders. SEC. 221 Strict construction. SEC. 222 Bank of Sparta. (No. 32.) An Act to incorporate a Bank in the town of Madison, to be called The Bank of Madison, and another in Sparta to be called the Bank of Sparta. 199. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That Isham Fannin, Albert G. Foster, Joshua Hill, Parmeneus R. Thomason and Thomas B. Baldwin and their associates and successors, shall be and are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, with the usual banking privileges, by the nameand style of The Bank of Madison. to be located in Madison in the county of Morgan and shall continue until the first day of January 1895, and by that name shall be and are hereby made able and capable in law to have, purchase, receive possess, enjoy and retain to them and their successors lands, rents, tenements, and hereditaments, so far as may be necessary for the erection of necessary Banking houses, and such as have been bona fide mortgaged to it as security or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts, previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgments which shall have been obtained for such debts; and the same to grant, sell, demise, alien, or dispose of, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be ansered unto, defend and be defended in any Court of law or equity in this State or elsewhere, having competent jurisdiction; to make have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, and renew at their pleasure, and to make and ordain such by-laws rules and regulations as they may deem expedient and necessary, to carry out the objects of the institution; Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this State, or of the United States. Corporators; Name; Duration powers and privileges; Seal; By-laws. 200. SEC. II. The aforesaid corporators or any three of them are hereby constituted a Board of Commissioners whose duty it shall be to open a book of subscription for shares in said company on the last Wednesday of April, 1856, and shall continue open for four days, and for so many hours each day, and at such place in said town of Madison, as said Board of Commissioners may determine on, and any capital stock remaining unsubscribed for at the expiration of said four days shall be disposed of by said Commissioners, or the Directors to be thereafter chosen, in such manner as they may direct. Com'srs to open books; Remaining stock, how disposed of

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201. SEC. III. The capital stock of said Bank shall be two hundred thousand dollars, which shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars, but the company may commence business as soon as fifty thousand dollars in specie shall have been paid, which shall be counted and certified to by the Ordinary of said county, and the certificate recorded in his office. Capital 200,000 doil's Shares. Business may com'nce when 50,000 dolls, in specie is pd. in. Certified and recorded by the Ord'y. 202. SEC. IV. Upon the expiration of the four days herein before allowed for subscribing to stock of said Bank, it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to convene the Stockholders or subscribers by giving ten days notice in the public newspapers of Madison, of the time and place of meeting, who may then or any time thereafter proceed to the election of a Board of five Directors, under such rules and regulations as they may adopt for that purpose. Meeting of Stockholders Election of Directors. 203. SEC. V. Certificates of stock shall be issued to the subscribers for the number of shares held by each respectively in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the Directors, and no transfer of stock shall be considered as binding upon the company, unless entered in a book or books kept for that purpose by the company by personal entry of the Stockholder, his legal representative, or Attorney duly authorized by special power for that purpose, Provided, that no Stockholder indebted to the Bank shall transfer his or her stock until all debts due said Bank by such Stockholder shall be paid. Certificates of stock Transfer of Stock. Proviso. 204. SEC. VI. The number of votes in electing Directors to which each of the Stockholders shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares he shall hold, each share to be entitled to one vote, and no share or shares, after the first election, shall confer a right of suffrage which shall not have been holden by the person in whose name it appears, at least three calendar months previous to the day of the election, or unless it be holden by the person in whose name it appears absolutely and bona fide in his own right or in that of his wife, and for his or her sole use and benefit, or as executor, administrator or guardian, or in the right and use of some co-partnership, corporation or society of which she or he may be a member, and not as security, or by way of hypothecation, any Stockholder being absent may authorize, by power of attorney, under seal, any other Stockholder to vote for him or her. Vot's in elections; 205. SEC. VII. None but a Stockholder entitled in his own right, (which he shall swear to if required by any one Stockholder,) to ten shares of said stock and not being a Director of any other Bank shall be eligible as a Director, and if any one of the Directors of said corporation shall, after being elected become a Director of any other Bank, or cease to be a Stockholder of ten shares as aforesaid his seat shall thereupon become vacated and the remaining Directors or a majority of them shall upon their next meeting pass and enter upon their minute book an order declaring him to be no longer a Director. By proxy, Qualification of Directors; vacancies of Directors-how filled. 206. SEC. VIII. The Directors so appointed shall at their first meeting thereafter proceed to the appointment of the President from their own body, and the said President and Directors may appoint

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a Cashier and such other officers under them as they may deem necessary and expedient for carrying the provisions of this act into effect, and shall make compensation to them for their services as shall appear to them reasonable and shall be capable of exercising such other powers and authorities of making, reversing, altering or annulling all such by-laws and regulations for the government of the said company, and that of their officers and affairs as they or a majority of them shall from time to time think expepedient and not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. President; Cashier and other officers Salaries; Powers of Board. 207. SEC. IX. The Cashier before he enters upon the duties of his office shall be required to give bond, with two or more securities, to the satisfaction of the Directors, in such sum as they may by their by-laws order and direct from time to time with conditions for the faithful performance of his duties, and the President, Cashier and other officers of the Bank shall take the following oath, on entering on the duties of their respective offices: I, A. B, do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of President, Cashier or other officer, (as the case may be,) of The Bank of Madison; which shall be subscribed and entered upon the minutes. Cashier to give bond; Officer's oath 208. SEC. X. From the time this act shall take effect the total amount which the Bank shall at any time owe, either by bond, bill, note or other contract shall not exceed three times the amount of the capital actually paid in. in gold and silver coin. Liabilities shall not exceed 3 times the stock paid in. 209. Sec. XI. Any number of Stockholders not less than ten, who together, shall be the proprietors of two hundred shares or upwards shall have power at any time to call a meeting of the Stockholders for purposes relative to the institution, giving at least thirty days notice in one of the public gazettes in the town of Madison specifying in such notice the object of said meeting. Stockholders may call a meeting. 210. Sec. XII. The Directors shall keep fair and regular minutes of their proceedings, and upon any question where a Director shall require it, the yeas and nays of the Directors voting, shall be inserted in said minutes, and the books and papers, correspondence and funds of the company shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Board of Directors or of the Stockholders when convened according to the provisions of this act. Minutes of Directors; Yeas nays Books sub'j't to inspection 211. SEC. XIII. Dividends of the profits of the corporation, or so much thereof as shall be deemed expedient and proper, shall be declared by a majority of the Directors at a meeting to be held for the purpose, and paid half yearly, (the first half year after the Bank shall have been in operation excepted,) but the dividends shall in no case exceed the amount of nett profits actually made by the corporation, so that the capital stock thereof shall never be diminished, and if the same shall be done, the right and privileges granted by this act shall be forfeited and cease. Dividends; Charter forfeited, if capital diminished. 212. SEC. XIV. The said Bank shall have power to receive deposits on interest or savings institutions now have under rules and regulations to be established by said Bank, Provided, said rules and regulations are not contrary to the laws and Constitution of the

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State, and that the stock of said Bank be always liable until all the savings fund be paid. Deposits. 213. SEC. XV. Any Bank or branches thereof who may make a demand of specie from said Bank, shall be compelled to receive the bills of said original Bank, or any of its branches, in payment. Payments to Banks. 214. SEC. XVI. The said Bank shall be permitted, and is hereby authorized to issue bills or notes of credit, commonly called Bank bills, payable to bearer on demand, signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier, Provided, the notes so issued shall not at any time exceed three times the amount of capital stock actually paid in, in specie, and said Bank shall be bound by the acts of its agents. May issue bills, how signed. Issue not to exceed three times the stock paid in in specie 215. SEC. XVII. Should this charter be disposed of to an individual in this State, or an individual or company out of this State, the same shall be forfeited, and the Governor shall issue his proclamation to that effect. Charter forfeited if disposed of. 216. SEC. XVIII. No one shall subscribe for. own or purchase stock in said Bank, unless he or she be a citizen of Georgia; the private or individual property of each Stockholder, as well as their joint property shall be liable for the redemption of the bills of said Bank, and for the payment of all the debts and liabilities of the same; and when any judgment shall be obtained against said Bank, and execution issued thereon, it shall be the duty of the levying officer first to levy the same on the property of said corporation, and to sell the same, and if the proceeds thereof shall be insufficient to pay off said execution, and the return of said officer of no corporate property shall be sufficient proof of the same it shall be the duty of said officer next to levy said execution on the individual property of any Stockholder or Stockholders and sell the same, until an amount is raised sufficient to pay off said execution, each Stockholder only to be liable to the amount of his Stock, and that any Stockholder who pays off any such execution or part thereof shall have the right to use and control the same fi fa against all the other Stockholders so as to collect the rateable share out of each of them. Subscribers to be citizens of Georgia; Individual liability of Stockholders Executionhow levied; Stockholders liable in proportion to amt. of stock Control of execution; 217. SEC. XIX. The persons and property of the stockholders in said Bank shall be pledged and bound in proportion to the amount of the shares that each individual or company may hold in the same for the ultimate redemption of said bills or notes issued by or from said Bank, during the time he, she or they may have held such stock, in the same manner as in common commercial cases or simple cases of debt. Stockholders liable in proportion to amt. of stock 218. SEC. XX. It shall be the duty of the President and Cashier within six months after said Bank goes into operation, to make out a statement of the condition of said Bank, and a list of its Stockholders, and the amount of stock owned by each, which statement shall show accurately the amount of assets of said Bank, and the kind and character of the funds of which it is composed, and also the amount of indebtedness of said Bank, and the character of said indebtedness, which shall be verified by the oath of

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said President and Cashier, and shall be published in the newspaper printed in Madison for two successive weeks, and such list and statement as aforesaid, shall be published every six months thereafter, verified as aforesaid, and any neglect to publish the same for twenty days, shall cause a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges granted by this act. Statement of condition; Penalty; 219. SEC. XXI. Those who were Stockholders of said Bank at the time a list of the Stockholders was advertised next before the failure of said Bank to redeem its notes on demand, or pay any other debts on demand, shall be held, considered and taken as Stockholders at the time of such failure and shall be liable as Stockholders according to the provisions of this act, and shall be liable to execution according to the provisions of this act. Continuance of liability; 220. SEC. XXII. No note, bill of exchange or other paper of any Stockholder shall be discounted upon any pledge of stock or upon any less or weaker security than is required of other customers of the Bank, and if any such discount shall be made the Directors authorising and allowing the same to be done, shall be held liable as securities for the payment of the same in the manner provided in the previous section of this act. Loans to Stockholders penalty; 221. SEC. XXIII. Nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to authorize said corporation to exercise any powers not expressly granted, and such as are necessary to carry into execution the powers expressly granted. Strict construction; 222. SEC. XXIV. And be it further enacted, That Thomas M. Turner, Thomas T. Windsor and Andrew J. Lane, all of Hancock county, and such others as may be associated with them be, and they are hereby incorporated, under the name and style of the Bank of Sparta to be located in the town of Sparta, Hancock county, Georgia, and that they and their successors have all the rights and privileges with the limitations restrictions and liabilities conferred and imposed in the foregoing sections of this act upon the Bank of Madison so far as the same are applicable. Bank of Sparta; Corporators; Name; powers and privileges; Limitations and res'tions APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. TIMBER CUTTERS BANK. SEC. 223. Capital stock. SEC. 224. Commissioners to open books. SEC. 225. Corporation. SEC. 226. Payment of instalments. SEC. 227. Election of Directors. SEC. 228. Time of election. SEC. 229. Qualification of Directors. SEC. 230. Issue of bills. SEC. 231. Certificates of stock. SEC. 232. Liability of Bank. SEC. 233. Owners of stock. SEC. 234. Forfeiture of charter. SEC. 235. Meeting of stockholders. SEC. 236. Statement of condition. SEC. 237. Continuance of liability (No. 33.) An Act to incorporate a Bank in the City of Savannah to be called the Timber Cutter's Bank. 223. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That as soon as the provisions of this act is complied with, a Bank shall be established in the City of Savannah, by the name and style of the Timber Cutter's Bank, whose capital shall be two hundred thousand dollars, in

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shares of one hundred dollars each with the privilege of increasing the same from time to time to any amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, whenever an increase shall be agreed on by a meeting of stockholders called expressly for that purpose, in the manner pointed out in the twelfth section of this act. Corporators; Name; Capital 200.000 dollars, may be inc'd to 500,000. 224. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That John Cooper, A. Fawcett, Henry Stobar, L. T. Elkins, William H. Rawles, Hardy B. Hodges, John Deloach, William A. Boggs, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to receive subscription for the stock of said Bank, and they, or a majority of them, after giving thirty days notice in all the public Gazettes of said city, shall open books for subscription for at least ten days, during which time any individual in his own proper person, and not by proxy, for himself or any bona fide existing partnership of which he may be a member, may subscribe for not exceeding fifty shares, paying to said commissioners ten per cent for said stock in specie, such as are received on deposit by the Banks existing in said City, and should the whole amount of said stock not be subscribed in the period above limited, said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall continue to keep open said books until the whole of said stock be taken, not exceeding ten days more, during the time after the first five days after the books are opened as aforesaid, any individual or partnership may subscribe for any part of the stock which remains not subscribed for, and the commissioners shall be and they are hereby authorised to open books of subscription in such other counties as they may think proper, till the whole shall be taken. Com'srs to open books. How to subscribe. Balance of stock; 225. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That when said stock shall be so subscribed, the holders thereof shall be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Timber Cutter's Bank, to continue such until the first day of January eighteen hundred and eighty six, and by said corporate name shall have power to purchase, receive, have, hold, retain, sell, assign, transfer and dispose of lands, tenements, goods, chattels, gold and silver coin, and bullion, and all descriptions of negotiable securities, bonds, and other choses in action, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered to, in any Court of law or equity, to have a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure, and to establish such by-laws, rules and regulations, as they deem fit, and to alter and revoke them; Provided, that they be not contrary to the laws and constitution of the State, or United States, and Provided, that said corporation shall in no case purchase or hold any real estate, except such as may be required for the convenient accommodation of said Bank, and its officers, or such as is bona fide mortgaged to it as security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of pre-existing debts, or purchased at sales under judgments on such debts. Stockholders made a body corporate; Duration Powers and privileges; Seal. By-Laws. To what extent may hold real estate; 226. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the remaining ninety per cent of the capital stock of said Bank, shall be paid in such instalments as the Board of Directors shall require, on thirty days notice in two public Gazettes of said City; Provided, that not

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more than twenty per cent shall be required in any one period of thirty days, and the same shall be paid in such periods as are required on the instalments for subscription, and should any stockholder fail to pay any instalment when required, the Board of Directors may declare the stock so in error forfeited, and dispose of the same under such directions as their by-laws may establish. Instalments, how paid in. Stock forfeited and disposed of 227. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That for the management of said Bank, five Directors shall be annually elected by a plurality of votes, at such times as their by-laws may fix, each share of stock giving the holder, in person, or by his lawful proxy, one vote in all elections, and in all meetings of stockholders, and should such election from any cause not take place at the time fixed, the former Directors shall continue until an election can take place. Five direct's to be elected; Votes in elections 228. SEC. VI. And be it further enacted, That the first election for Directors shall be holden within sixty days after the final subscription of the stock, on at least ten days notice published in two of the gazettes of said City, under the direction of said Commissioners, or a majority of them, who shall, previous to said election, on at least ten days like notice, call a meeting for establishing by-laws. First direct's when elect'd 229. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That no person shall be a Director in said Bank, who is a Director in any other Bank, or who does not hold in his own right, or as one of a mercantile partnership, after the first election, ten or more shares in said Bank, free of all incumbrance by hypothecation, and at the first meeting after their election, said Directors shall elect one of their own number to be President, who shall hold his office till his successor is elected, unless he previously ceases to be a stockholder, and said Board of Directors shall have power to fill the office of President whenever and however it may become vacant, by another election, and to fill all vacancies in their own body until their annual election, and to appoint such other officers for such time, and on snch conditions as they deem fit and proper. Qualificat'on of Directors. Vacancy of Presidenthow filled; Board may fill all vacancies; 230. SEC. VIII. That said Bank during the time hereinbefore limited, shall be authorised to issue notes and bills signed by their President and Cashier, payable to order or bearer to secure deposit and transact all other branches of what is usually known as the bank ing business; Provided, no such notes shall be issued until there actually be paid in said Bank as its bona fide property, at least fifty thousand dollars gold and silver coin. May issue bills; Proviso; 231. SEC. IX. And be it further enacted, That certificates of stock shall be issued, signed by the President and Cashier of said stockholders thereof, which shall be transferable on the books of said Bank by the holder thereof, his legal representatives, or the lawful Attorney on part of either, and no other transfer whatever shall in any manner bind said corporation; Provided, that no stockholder indebted or liable to said Bank in any way, shall be allowed to make any such transfer but by leave of the Board of Directors. Certificates of stock; Transfer. Proviso; 232. SEC. X. And be it further enacted, That the debts due by said bank and in any and every form whatever, except for deposit, shall at no time exceed three times the amount of capital actually paid in, and should such excess at any time occur the directors allowing the same

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shall be severally responsible for the amount thereof; Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the effects of the corporation from being liable for such excess. Liabilities, except for deposits, not to exeeed three times the capital paid in. 233. SEC. XI. And be it further enacted, That two-thirds of said stock in said Bank shall be owned at all times by citizens of Georgia; the private or individual property of each Stockholder as well as their joint property, shall be liable, for the redemption of the bills of said Bank, and for the payment of all the debts and liabilities of the same, and when any judgment shall be obtained against said Bank and execution issued thereon it shall be the duty of the levying officer first to levy the same on the property of said corporation, and to sell the same, and if the proceeds thereof shall be insufficient to pay off said execution, and the rereturn of said officer of no corporate property, shall be sufficient proof of the same, it shall be the duty of said officer next to levy said execution on the individual property of any Stockholder or Stockholders, and sell the same until an amount is raised sufficient to pay off said execution, and judgment obtained against said Bank by any creditor, shall not only bind the property of said Bank but also bind the individual property of each stockholder, without the necessity of bringing any suit against the stockholders, and service of a copy in substance of the declaration and process upon the President or Cashier of said Bank, shall be adjudged sufficient service and notice both of said bank and of each stockholder therein to render the property of said Bank and the individual property of each stockholder therein, subject and liable for the payment of any judg-which may be rendered against said Bank, each Stockholder to be liable for the entire amount of the indebtedness of said bank in proportion to the amount of his stock and that, any Stockholder who pays off any such execution or part thereof, shall have the right to use and control the same fi fa against all the other Stockholders, so as to collect the [Illegible Text] share out of each of them. Two-thirds of stock to be owned by citizens of Georgia; Individual liability of stockholders Executions; how levied; Suitshow brought; Stockholders liable in proportion to amt. of stock Control of execution; 234. SEC. XII. And be it further enacted, That if this charter shall be sold or transferred before the organization of the Bank, or if the Bank be not organized, and put in operation within two years from the passage of this act, or if at any time a majority of the shares of stock, shall be directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a person or persons not bona fide residents in this State, this charter shall be forfeited. Charterforf't'd when 235. SEC XIII. And be it further enacted, That the board of directors or any number of stockholders representing one fifth of the actual amount capital stock, may at any time, on thirty days notice, in two public gazettes in said City, call a meeting of stockholders to examine the officers of the Bank or alter its by-laws, or make any order touching the management of the institution, at which meeting a quorum for business shall consist of the holders of a majority of the actual capital or their lawful proxies. Meeting of stockholders 236. SEC. XIV, And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the President and Cashier within six months after said Bank goes into operation, to make out a statement of the condition of said Bank, and a list of its stockholders, and the amount of stock owned

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by each, which statement shall show accurately the amount of the assets of said Bank, and the kind and character of the funds of which it is composed, and also the amount of indebtedness of said Bank, and the kind and character of said indebtedness, which shall be verified by the oath of the President and Cashier, and shall be published in each of the newspapers printed in Savannah for two successive weeks, and such list and statement as aforesaid, shall be published every six months thereafter, verified as aforesaid, and any neglect to publish the same for twenty days, shall cause a orfeiture of all the rights and privileges granted by this act. Statement of condition; 237. SEC. XV. And be it further enacted, That those who were stockholders of said Bank at the time a list of the stockholders was advertised, next before the failure of said Bank to redeem its notes on demand, or pay any other debts on demand, shall be held considered and taken as stockholders at the time of such failure, and shall be liable as stockholders according to the provisions of this act, and shall be liable to execution according to the provisions of this act. Continuance of stock'ders liability; APPROVED, February 26th, 1856. SOUTHERN BANK OF GEORGIA. SEC. 238 Corporators Bank. SEC. 239 Com'rs. to open Books. SEC. 240 Capital Stock. SEC. 241 Meeting of Stockholders. SEC. 242 Certificates of Stock. SEC. 243 Votes in Elections. SEC. 244 Qualifications of Directors. SEC. 245 Officers. SEC. 246 Cashier's Bond and Oath. SEC. 247 Liability of Bank. SEC. 248 Call of meetings. SEC. 249 Minutes of Board. SEC. 250 DividendsLimit. SEC. 251 Deposits. SEC. 252 Payment to Banks. SEC. 253 Issue of Bills. SEC. 254 Ultimate redemption. SEC. 255 Liability of Stockholders. SEC. 256 Statement of condition. SEC. 257 Continuance of liability. SEC. 258 Loans of Stockholders. SEC. 259 Strict construction. (No. 34.) An Act to incorporate a Bank in the town of Bainbridge to be called the Southern Bank of Georgia. 238. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That Joseph Law, Hardy G. Crawford, John M. Patten, L. M. Griffin, William Dickinson and Richard Sims and their associates and successors shall be, and are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, with the usual banking privileges, by the name and style of The Southern Bank of Georgia, to be located at Bainbridge, Decatur county, and shall continue until the first day of January, 1885, and by that name shall be, and is hereby made able and capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements and hereditaments, so far as may be necessary for the erection of banking houses, and as have been bona fide mortgaged to it as security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgment which shall have been obtained for such debts, 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 any Court of Law or Equity in the

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State, or elsewhere, having competent jurisdiction, to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure, and to make and ordain such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem expedient and necessary to carry out the objects of the institution, Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State, or of the United States. Corporators; Name, Duration. Powers and privileges. Seal; By-laws; 239. SEC. II. The aforesaid Joseph Law, Hardy G. Crawford, John M. Patten, L. M. Griffin, William Dickinson and Richard Sims, or any three of them be, and are hereby constituted a Board of Commissioners whose duty it shall be to open a book of subscription for shares in said company, on the last Wednesday of April, May and June, 1856, and shall continue open for four days after each of said days, and for so many hours each day, and at such place in said town of Bainbridge as said Board of Commissioners may determine on, and any capital stock remaining unsubscribed for at the expiration of said four days, shall be disposed of by said Commissioners or the Directors to be thereafter chosen in such manner as they may direct. Com'srs to open books of subsc'tion Balance of stock, how disposed of; 240. SEC. III. The capital stock of said Bank shall be two hundred thousand dollars which shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars; but the company may commence business as soon as fifty thousand dollars in specie shall have been paid, and the certificate of the Ordinary of said county to that fact shall have been obtained, and recorded in his office. Capital, 200,000 dollars; Business may com'nce when. 241. SEC. IV. Upon the expiration of the four days herein before allowed for subscribing to stock of said Bank it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to convene the Stockholders or subscribers by giving ten days notice in one or more public newspapers of this State, of the time and place of meeting who may then, or any time thereafter, proceed to the election of Board of five Directors, under such rules and regulations as they may adopt for that purpose. Meeting of Stockholders Election of directors; 242. SEC. V. Certificates of stock shall be issued to the subscribers for the number of shares held by each respectively, in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the Directors, and no transfer of stock shall be considered as binding upon the company, unless entered in a book or books kept for that purpose by the company by the personal entry of the Stockholder, his legal representative, or Attorney duly authorized by special power for that purpose, Provided, that no Stockholder indebted to the Bank shall transfer his or her stock until all debts due said Bank by such Stockholder shall be paid. Certificates of stock; Transfer; 243. SEC. VI. The number of votes in electing Directors to which each of the Stockholders shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares he shall hold, each share to be entitled to one vote, and no share or shares, after the first election, shall confer a right of suffrage which shall not have been holden by the person in whose name it appears, at least three calendar months previous to the day of election, or unless it be holden by the person in whose name it appears absolutely and bona fide in his own

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right, or in that of his wife, and for his or her sole use and benefit, or as executor, administrator or guardian, or in the right and use of some co-partnership, corporation or society of which she or he may be a member, and not as security or by way of hypothecation, any Stockholder being absent may authorise, by power of Attorney under seal, any other Stockholder to vote for him or her. Votes in elections. By proxy; 244. SEC. VII. None but a Stockholder entitled in his own right, which he shall swear to if required by any one Stockholder, to five shares of said stock, and not being a Director of any other Bank shall be eligible as a Director, and if any one of the Directors of said corporation, shall, after being elected become a Director of any other Bank, or cease to be a Stockholder of five shares as aforesaid, his seat shall thereupon become vacated, and the remaining Directors or a majority of them, shall, upon their next meeting, pass and enter upon their minute book an order declaring him to be no longer a Director. Qualification of directors. Vacancy of directors, how filled: 245. SEC. VIII. The Directors so appointed shall, at their first meeting thereafter, proceed to the appointment of the President from their own body, and the said President and Directors may appoint a Cashier and such other officers under them as they may deem necessary and expedient for carrying the provisions of this act into effect, and shall make a compensation to them for their services, as shall appear to them reasonable, and shall be capable of exercising such other powers and authorities of making, revising, altering or annulling all such by-laws and regulations for the government of the said company, and that of their officers and affairs as they, or a majority of them, shall from time to time think expedient, and not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. President, Cashier and other officers Salaries, Powers of Board. 246. SEC. IX. The Cashier before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall be required to give bond, with two or more securities, to the satisfaction of the Directors, in such sum as they may by their by-laws order and direct from time to time with conditions for the faithful performance of his duties; and the President, Cashier and other officers of the Bank, shall take the following oath on entering on the duties of their respective offices: I, A. B., do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of President, Cashier or other officer, as the case may be, of The Southern Bank of Georgia, which shall be subscribed and entered upon the minutes. Cashier to give bond; Officer's oath 247. SEC. X. From the time this act shall take effect the total amount which the Bank shall at any time owe, either by bond, bill, note or other contract, shall not exceed three times the amount of the capital actually paid in, in specie, or other good and solvent Bank bills. Liabilities not to exceed 3 times the capital. 248. SEC. XI. Any number of Stockholders not less than ten who together shall be the proprietors of two hundred shares or upwards, shall have power at any time to call a meeting of the Stockholders for purposes relative to the institution, giving at least thirty days notice, in one of the public gazettes of this State, specifying in such notice the objects of said meeting. Meeting of Stockholders

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249. SEC. XII. The Directors shall keep fair and regular minutes of their proceedings, and upon any question, when a Director shall require it, the yeas and nays of the Directors voting shall be inserted in said minutes, and the books and papers, correspondence and funds of the company shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Board of Directors, or of the Stockholders, when convened according to the provisions of this act. Minutes of directors Yeas nay's Books, c., open to inspection; 250. SEC. XIII. Dividends of the profits of the corporation, or so much thereof as shall be deemed expedient and proper, shall be declared by a majority of the Directors at a meeting to be held for the purpose, and paid half-yearly, the first half year after the Bank shall have been in operation excepted, but the dividends shall in no case exceed the amount of nett profits actually made by the corporation so that the capital stock thereof shall never be diminished. Dividende; Limit; 251. SEC. XIV. The said Bank shall have power to receive deposits on interest as savings institutions now have under rules and regulations to be established by said Bank, Provided, said rules and regulations are not contrary to the laws and Constitution of the State, and that the stock of said Bank be always liable until all the savings fund be paid. Deposits; 252. SEC. XV. Any Bank or branches thereof who may make a demand of specie from said Bank shall be compelled to receive the bills of said original or any of its branches in payment. Payments to Banks; 253. SEC. XVI. The said Bank shall be permitted and is hereby authorized to issue bills or notes of credit, commonly called Bank bills, payable to bearer on demand, signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier, Provided, the notes so issued shall not at any time exceed three times the amount of capital stock actually paid in, in specie. May issue bills. Issue not to exceed three times the capital stock; 254. SEC. XVII. If said Bank shall at any time fail or refuse to redeem any of its notes on demand or pay any other of its debts when due and payment demanded it shall be lawful for the holder of such bills or creditors of said Bank as aforesaid, immediately to bring suit against said Bank for the recovery of the same, and there shall be judgment against said Bank at the first term of the Court to which said suits are returnable, unless the President or Cashier of said Bank will swear that the Bank has a substantial defence to said suit, and that said Bank is less prepared for trial than it will be at the next term of said Court, and when judgment shall be rendered against said Bank, execution shall issue against the property of the Stockholders, which execution shall be first levied on the property of the Bank, but if no property of the Bank can be found the Sheriff shall make an entry on the execution to that effect, and it shall be his duty forthwith to levy said execution upon the individual property of any of the Stockholders, and so proceed until said execution is satisfied. Ultimate redemption; Suits, how brought; Executions, how levied; 255. SEC. XVIII. As between the Stockholders themselves they shall be liable for the payment of the debts of the corporation in proportion to the amount of stock held by each, and if any Stockholder shall be compelled to pay, or shall pay more than his proportionate

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part of any debt or debts, he shall have the right to compel his oo-stockholders to contribute to his reimbursement, in proportion to the amount held by each, any Stockholder paying as aforesaid, more than his proportionate part of any debt or debts shall have an immediate right of action against any one or more, or all of said Stockholders to recover the proportion that he is entitled to recover as aforesaid, and said action may be prosecuted in a Court of Law for so much money paid for the use of such Stockholder or Stockholders against whom the suit was brought, and the Stockholder so suing shall have judgment at the first term of said Court, unless the defendant or defendants will swear that they have a substantial defence to said action, and are less prepared for trial than such defendant or defendants will be at the next term of said Court. Liability of Stockholders 256. SEC. XIX. It shall be the duty of the President and Cashier, within six months after said Bank goes into operation, to make out a statement of the condition of said Bank, and a list of its Stockholders, and the amount of Stock owned by each, which statement shall show accurately the amount of the assets of said Bank, and the kind and character of the funds of which it is composed, and also the amount of indebtednes of said Bank, and the character of said indebtedness, which shall be verified by the oath of the President and Cashier, and shall be published in one or more of the newspapers printed in this State, for two successive weeks, and such list and statement as aforesaid, shall be published every six months there after, verified as aforesaid, and any neglect to publish the same for twenty days, shall cause a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges granted by this act. Statement of condition; 257. SEC. XX. Those who were Stockholders of said Bank at the time a list of the Stockholders was advertised next before the failure of said Bank to redeem its notes on demand or pay any other debts on demand, shall be held, considered and taken as Stockholders at the time of such failure and shall be liable as Stockholders according to the provisions of this act, and shall be liable to execution according to the provisions of this act. Stockholders before fail're 258. SEC. XXI. No note, bill of exchange, or other paper of any Stockholder shall be discounted upon any pledge of stock, or upon any less or weaker security than is required of other customers of the Bank, and if any such discount shall be made the Directors authorizing and allowing the same to be done shall be held liable as security for the payment of the same, in the manner provided in the previous section of this act. Loans to Stockholders 259. SEC. XXII. Nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to authorize said corporation to exercise any powers not expressly granted, and such as are necessary to carry into execution the powers expressly granted. Strict construction APPROVED March 5th, 1856.

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BANK OF COLUMBUS. SEC. 260. Corporators of Bank. SEC. 261 Capital Stock. SEC. 262. Election of Directors. SEC. 263. Subscriptions to Stock. SEC. 264. Instalmentstransfers. SEC. 265. Election of Directors. SEC. 266. Votes in elections. SEC. 267. Agents. SEC. 268. Individual liability. SEC. 269. BANK OF CUTHBERT. SEC. 270. Liability of stockholders. (No. 35) An Act to incorporate a Bank in the City of Columbus to be called the Bank of Columbus, and for other purposes therein named. WHEREAS, The persons hereinafter named have associated themselves together for the purpose of forming a Bank, to be located in the city of Columbus; and whereas, it is deemed expedient that said company be incorporated with perpetual succession, under proper restrictions and provisions. 260. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That Joseph Kyle, William Rankin, H. S. Estes, J. P. Illges, Thomas P. F. Threewits, James Rankin, J. M. Estes, D. L, Booker, John F. Hudson, William H. Young, L. Rooney, George J. Pitts, Columbus Cody, A. M. Allen, J. H. Daniel, James A. L. Lee, T. G. Holt, J. J. McKendree, A. Anderson; E. Bradley, John McGough, S. Ogletree, J. G. Stripper, E. G. Thornton, A. G. Redd, James Chapman, M. Braschall, L. T. Downing, L. D. Johnson, W. Boynton, T. Markham, W. A. Bedell, J. K. Redd, Loverd Bryan, M. Kopman, J. D. Stuart, J. A. Brokaw, James Clark, J. J. Ridgeway, William C. Gray, John N. Barnett, James M. Clark, W H. Hughes, G Delauney, William H. Ellison, E. E. Rawson, William Daniel, Perry Spencer, Robert R. Barnett, W. A. Rawson, H. W. Nance, J. Ennis, T. W. Battle, R M. Gunby, J. A. McNeal, Chas A. Klink, Sam'l J. Hatcher, with all persons who may hereafter become stockholders in said company, be and they are hereby created a body politic to be known and distinguished by the name and style of the Bank of Columbus, and shall continue a corporation until the year A. D. 1880, with power to hold, possess and enjoy all property, and to sell and convey the same, to sue and be sued, to have perpetnal succession, also a common seal, and to adopt by-laws and regulations not repugnant to law, and to do all other acts pertaining to a corporation, subject to the limitations, restrictions and provisions hereinafter mentioned. Corporators. Name; Duration Powers and privileges, Perpetual succession; By laws; 261. SEC. II. The capital stook of said Bank shall consist of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, subject to be increased to five hundred thousand, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars. Capital 250,000 dollars, may be inc'd. to 500,000; 262. SEC. III. That the corporators above named, or a majority of them, shall, on the first Monday in April next, proceed to elect from their number nine persons, who shall, when elected, constitute a Board of Directors, which Board of Directors, upon their election shall proceed to open books of subscription for stock in said Bank, and shall receive the money to be paid on such subscriptions, and

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shall give certificates for stock according to the actual subscriptions the persons so subscribing and paying, shall be deemed corporators thereafter, and not otherwise. The money paid in upon subscription, shall be paid into the Bank, and deposited with its proper agents and officers by said Directors, and the said Board of Directors, after the first said election, shall be elected as hereinafter provided. Election of directors when to be held. Duty of Directors 263. SEC. IV. The subscribers for stock at the time of subscription, shall pay to the Directors aforesaid twenty-five per cent of their subscription, and nothing shall be deemed a payment thereof but gold and silver, and no note or bill shall be issued by said Bank until such shall have been paid in as aforesaid, and any Director who shall assent to or be privy to the issue of such bill or note, without such payment into said Bank, shall be liable to be indicated for a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be fined in the sum of five hundred dollars, and imprisoned in the jail for six months; and furthermore, if such bill or note shall be issued by the Bank without a strict and bona fide compliance with the provisions of this charter, said Bank shall ipso facto cease and determine, and the franchises thereof revert to the State. Stock, how taken; Bills, when issued; Penalty for improper issue. 264. SEC. V. The Directors shall have power to call in the remainder of the subscriptions for stock in such sums, and at such times as may by them be deemed proper, giving at least-sixty days notice of the requisition in a public gazette published in the city of Columbus and if any subscriber shall fail to comply with such a call when so made, be shall forfeit his stock, and the directors shall proceed to sell said stock so forfeited. No transfer of stock shall be valid unless entered upon a book to be kept by the Bank for that purpose, and no one indebted to the Bank shall sell his stock unless by consent of the Bank. Directors may call in subscripti'ns Transfer 265. SEC. VI. There shall be nine Directors who shall be elected annually on the first Monday in April of each year, by the stockholders in said Bank, when a majority of the votes cast shall be required to make a choice. The said Directors shall at their first meeting after such election, elect one of their number President; and in case of the death or resignation of a Director, his place shall be filled for the remainder of the year by the remaining Directors, the board of Directors shall have power to elect a Cashier and such other officers as may be necessary, for such a length of time, and at such compensation as they may deem best. The Cashier, before he enters on his duties, shall give bond with two securities to be approved by said Directors in such sum as they may direct, with condition for the faithful performance of his duties as Cashier, and the President, Cashier and other officers of said Bank, before entering on the duties of their respective offices, shall take an oath to well and faithfully discharge the duties of their office, which oath shall be subscribed and entered on the minutes of said Bank, and if it should happen that an election of Directors should not be made on the day prescribed by this act, then it shall be lawful to hold an election on such other day as may be prescribed by the rules and by-laws of said corporation. Election of directors President Vacancy of directors how filled; Cashier and other offic'rs Cashier to give bond;

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266. SEC. VII. The number of votes in electing Directors, to which each stockholder shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares he shall hold, each share to be entitled to one vote, and any stockholder being absent may, by power of Attorney udner seal, authorise any other stockholder to vote for him; a correct list of stockholders shall be made out two weeks before any election of Directors, for the inspection of the stockholders. No one shall be a Director who is not a stockholder, holding in his own right twenty shares, and if any one of the directors shall at anytime during the term for which he was chosen cease to be a stockholder his seat shall thereupon become vacant, and the remaining Directors shall, at the next meeting, fill said vacancy. Five Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, of whom the President shall be one, except in cases of sickness, or necessary absence, in which case the Board may appoint any Director to fill his place; any number of stockholders representing five hundred shares, shall have power to call a meeting of the stockholder, giving sixty days notice of the meeting, and its object, in a newspaper published in Columbus. The stockholders shall fix the compensation of the President. Votes in elections; By proxy; Qualification of directors Vacancy Five Directors shall constitute a quorum; Stockholders may call a meeting; President's salary; 267. SEC. VIII. All contracts made by the agent or officers of said Bank within the scope of their authority, shall be obligatory on said Bank, and the bills issued shall be signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier. The total amount of debts which said Bank shall at any time owe shall not exceed three times the amount paid in upon the stock, in case of excess, the Directors under whose administration it shall happen, shall be liable personally and individually, joint and severally to any creditor to the extent of such excess; the corporation shall also be liable to the creditor for any or all of such debt. Bound by acts of Ag't. Liabilities not to exceed 3 times the capital stock paid in; Directors liable for exc'se 268. SEC. IX. In case said Bank should suspend payment of its bills on demand, or shall cease to do business, or said charter should become forfeited, the stockholders in said Bank shall be personally, individually and severally bound for the payment of said bills without suit against the Bank, to any creditor holding bills unpaid in the proportion that his stock subscribed for bears to the whole stock of said Bank; but a stockholder may be relieved from this liability, by advertising for three months a transfer of his stock in a paper published in Columbus, Provided, no failure or suspension shall take place with said Bank within six months next after such transfer. Individual liability. Stockholders when relieved from liability: [Illegible Text] 269. SEC. X. And be it further enacted, That Arthur Hood, Seaborn A. Smith, Samuel W. Brooks, John T. Howard, Manning G. Stamper, T. L. Guerry, Levy Mercer, Patrick H. Bell, and Jacob Smith, be and they are hereby incorporated under the name and style of the Bank of Cuthbert, to be located in the town of Cuthbert, with all the rights and privileges, and under the same restrictions and regulations of the above act. Corporators; Name; Powers and privileges. 270. SEC. XI. The person and property of the Stockholders in said Bank, shall be pledged and bound in proportion to the amount of the shares that each individual or company may hold in the

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same, for the ultimate redemption of said bills or notes issued by or from said Bank during the time he, she or they may have held such stock in the same manner as in common commercial cases or simple cases of debt, and no one shall subscribe for, own or purchase stock in said Bank, unless he or she be a citizen of Georgia, the private or individual property of each Stockholder, as well as their joint property, shall be liable as before stated for the redemption of the bills of said Bank, and for the payment of all the debts and liabilities of the same, and when any judgment shall be obtained against said Bank and execution issued thereon it shall be the duty of the levying officer, first to levy the same on the property of said corporation and to sell the same, and if the proceeds thereof shall be insufficient to pay off said execution, and the return of said officer of no corporate property shall be sufficient proof of the same, it shall be the duty of said officer next to levy said execution on the individual property of any Stockholder or Stockholders, and sell the same, until an amount is raised sufficient to pay off said execution, each Stockholder only to be liable in proportion to the amount of his stock and that any Stockholder who pays off any such execution or part thereof shall have the right to use and control the same fi fa against all the other Stockholders, so as to collect the rateable share out of each of them. Individual liability; Stock, by whom to be owned. Executionhow levied; Control of execution; 1. MACON SAVINGS BANK. 2. AUGUSTA SAVINGS BANK. 3. COMMERCIAL BANK OF BRUNSWICK. 4. MECHANICS TRADERS' BANK. 5. BANK OF SAVANNAH. 6. BRANCH BANK OF STATE OF GEORGIA. APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. SEC. 271 Corporators Macon Bank. SEC. 272 Capital Stock. SEC. 273 Number of Stockholders. SEC. 274 Powers and Privileges. SEC. 275 When to commence. SEC. 276 Repealing clause. SEC. 277 Corporators Augusta Bank. SEC. 278 Capital Stock. SEC. 279 Number of Stockholders. SEC. 280 By-laws. SEC. 281 When to commence. SEC. 282 Repealing clause. SEC. 283 Corporators Commercial Bank. SEC. 284 Location. SEC. 285 Mechanics Traders' Bank. SEC. 286 Additional Stock. SEC. 287 Subscriptions. SEC. 288 Branches. SEC. 289 Repealing clause. SEC. 290 Bank of SavannahElections. SEC. 291 Repealing clause. SEC. 292 Branch of State Bank. (No. 36.) An Act to incorporate the Macon Savings Bank. WHEREAS: there exists a class of persons who, from their position and want of experience, are incapable of investing and accumulating their small incomes and earnings, and believing it to be advisable to encourage economical and prudent habits in all classes, and more especially in the young, the laboring and dependent: 271. SECTION I. Therefore be it enacted, c., That Benjamin Ross, John J. Grisham, Robert A. Smith, Edmund J. Johnson, John S. Hutton,

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Nathan Bass, William B. Parker and Nathan C. Munroe, and their associates and successors be constituted a body corporate and politic to receive deposits on interest, and to loan the same, under the name and style of the Macon Savings Bank, and by this name and style are hereby invested with the following rights and powers and privileges and made subject to the following restrictions. Corporators; 272. SEC. II. The capital stock of said institution shall be thirty thousand dollars with the privilege of increasing it to any sum not exceeding eighty thousand dollars, as may be deemed expedient by them to meet the wants of the community, the said capital stock shall be a fund pledged for the security of deposits. Capital stock 30,000 dolls. May be inc'd to 80,000; 273. SEC. III. There shall not be less than five Stockholders, each Stockholder shall have absolutely and invariably an equal interest in the institution. To be five Stockholders Stockholders how interested; 274. SEC. IV. The Stockholders shall have power to make rules and by-laws for the management of its affairs, and in accordance with the laws of this State; through their lawfully constituted officers they shall have power and authority to do all things needful for the safe and successful management of the institution, they may issue certificates of deposit at such rates of interest not exceeding seven per cent. as may be agreed upon with their customers, and specified in said certificate. Powers and privileges; Certificates of deposits; 275. SEC. V. The institution hereby incorporated shall go into operation as soon as the capital stock shall be all paid in, but not before. When to commence; 276. SEC. VI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 37.) An Act to incorporate the Augusta Savings Bank. WHEREAS: there exists a class of persons who, from their position and want of experience, are incapable of investing and accumulating their small incomes and earnings, and believing it to be desirable to encourage economical and provident habits in all classes, and more especially in the young, the laboring and the dependent; therefore, 277. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That Charles J. Jenkins, Jas. Gardner, Jr., A. A. Beall, J. B. Walker, W. A. Walton, Benj. Conley, J. P. Garvin, T. W. Chichester, M. P. Stovall, D. H. Wilcox, E. B. Ward, W. W. Alexander, H. H. Hickman and James Miller, and their associates and successors be constituted a body corporate and politic, to receive deposits of money on interest and to loan the same, under the name and style of the Augusta Savings Institution, and by this name and style are hereby invested with the following rights, powers and privileges, and made subject to the following restrictions. Corporators Name. Powers and privileges, 278. SEC. II. The capital stock shall be thirty thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing it to any sum not exceeding one

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hundred thousand dollars, as may be deemed expedient by them, to meet the wants of the community, the said capital stock shall be a fund pledged for the security of deposits. Capital 30,000 dolls. may be inc'd to 100.000 279. SEC. III. There shall be not less than twelve, or more than fifteen Stockholders, each Stockholder shall have absolutely and invariably an equal interest in the Institution. Number of Stockholders 280. SEC. IV. The Stockholders shall have power to make rules, regulations and by-laws for the management and direction of its affairs, and in accordance with the laws of this State, through their properly constituted officers, they shall have power and authority to do all things needful for the safe and successful management of the Institution; they may issue certificates to depositors, but shall not issue notes or bills as a circulating medium. By-laws. Not to issue bills, c 281. SEC. V. The Institution shall go into operation as soon as the capital stock shall be all paid in, but not before. 282. SEC. VI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 38.) An Act to incorporate the Commercial Bank of Brunswick. 283. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That James Dean, James Houston, Francis D. Scarlett, Jacob W. Moore, Thurston R. Bloom, and their successors be, and they are hereby incorporated under the name and style of The Commercial Bank of Brunswick, and under that name shall be entitled to all the provisions of an act incorporating the Bank of Hamilton, passed at this session of the General Assembly. Corporators; Name; 284. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the city of Brunswick, and the name of the above incorporators be inserted wherever the word Hamilton, and the names of the incorporators of said Bank appears in said original bill, and that all the rights and privileges of the said Bank of Hamilton be, and they are hereby conferred upon said Commercial Bank of Brunswick, and that said act be, and the same is hereby made a part of this charter. Location Powers' and privileges; APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 39.) An Act to amend an act to incorporate a Bank in the City of Savannah to be called the Mechanics and Traders Bank, approved February 17 th 1854, to apply the provisions of said act to the Bank of Commerce, and for other purposes therein named 285. SECTION I. That from and after the passage of this act, an act entitled an act to incorporate a Bank in the City of Savanto be called the mechanics and Traders Bank, approved February 17th, 1854, be and is hereby amended by adding the names of C. A. L. Lamar, Andrew Low, William Battersby, J. H. Davis, Thomas Holcombe, and Robert D. Walker, to the names of the

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Commissioners specified in the first and third sections of said act, with authority to them to act as Commissioners under said, act and it is further so amended that said Bank shall be called the Bank of Commerce, instead of the Mechanics and Traders Bank, and by said corporate name of the Bank of Commerce, shall be entitled to all the privileges, powers and immunities provided in said act, and in this act amendatory thereof, and subject to all the imposed liabilities therein. Additional Commis'ners Name changed; Powers and privileges; 286. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said act be and is hereby further amended by adding to the second section of said act the following words to-wit: When said Bank shall be organised and in operation, the Board of Directors may, in their discretion, order the sale of additional stock; Provided, that no such additional stock shall be sold until the sum of five hundred thousand dollars shall have been actually and bona fide paid in by subscribers, and that the capital stock shall not exceed two millions of dollars. Additional stock when, and how disposed of; Capital not to exceed 2,000,000 dol's 287. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That said act be and is hereby further amended, so that the Commissioners, or any three or more of them, may advertise for and take subscriptions to stock at any time after the passage of this act, and the time within which said Bank shall go into operation, is hereby extended to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. Subscription for stock when taken. Time of operation exten. ded. 288. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Directors of said Bank of Commerce, may establish branches in any cities or towns in this State, where the authorities of said cities or towns do no object; and each of said branches shall be required to redeem in specie all bills issued by said branches. May establ'h branches 289. SEC. V. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 13th, 1856. (No. 40.) An Act to amend the sixth section of an act passed Feb. 13 th, 1850, to incorporate a Bank in the City of Savannah. 290. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That the sixth section of the above recited act, be so altered and amended as to entitle each stockholder to one vote for every share of the capital stock which he may hold, so that the sixth section shall hereafter read as follows: The number of votes in electing Directors to which each of the Stockholders shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares he shall hold, each share to be entitled to one vote, and no share or shares, after the first election, shall confer a right of suffrage which shall not have been holden by the person in whose name it appears, at least three calendar months previous to the day of election, or unless it be holden by the person in whose name it appears, absolutelv and bona fide in his own right or in that of his wife, and for his or her sole use and benefit, or as executor, administrator or guardian, or in the right and use of some

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copartnership, corporation or society of which he or she may be a member and not in trust for or to the use of any other person. Any Stockholder being absent may authorize, by power of Attorney, under seal, any Stockholder to vote for him, her or them. Votes in Elections By proxy 291. SEC. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 41.) An Act to authorise the Bank of the State of Georgia to establish a Branch Bank in the City of Rome, Georgia, and for other purposes. 292. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the Bank of the State of Georgia be authorised to establish a Branch Bank in the City of Rome, on a vote of the Directors of said Bank, at a regular meeting of said board and more effectually to carry out said end said Directors are authorised to open books of subscriptions for stock to said Bank to an amount not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars in such manner and on such terms as said Board of Directors shall prescribe, and such subscriptions when paid in, shall become a part of the capital stock of said Bank, and then and upon the fulfilment of the foregoing, the capital stock of said Bank of the State of Georgia, shall be increased by such amount so subscribed and paid in. Branch may be established in the city of Rome Directors may open books; Subscription to become capital stock APPROVED March 3d., 1856. REF. NOTE.1. The preceding Bank charters have imposed greater liabilities than have been placed on any other Banks previously incorporated in Georgia; 1st. As to the ownership of stock; 2d, As to confining their operations, so that no agency shall be established in the North or North-western States; and 3rd, as to the ultimate liability of the Stockholder. 2. The Charter of the Bank of Greensborough, also, provides for the recovery of Judgment at the first term against the Bank. 3. The Mechanics and Traders' Bank incorporated, 1844Capital Stock $500,000. 4. Bank of Savannah incorporated, 1850. 5. The commercial Bank of Brunswick is based on Charter of Bank of Hamilton.See p. 70. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.Where a Stockholder is sought to be held liable under the provisions of a Bank Charter who is thereby bound for the ultimate redemption of the bills, by proof of the Banks insolvency, Held, that the best and most reasonable rule which can be prescribed for such case is, that the return of Nulla Bona on an execution against the assignee of the corporation should not be conclusive against the Stockholder, unless due and proper notice be previously given him that the fi fa is placed in the Sheriff's hands with instructions to levy.16 Geo. 217, In an action against a Stockholder, who is bound for the ultimate redemption of the bills issued by a Bank in proportion to the amount of shares and the value thereof, that each individual or company may hold in said Bank, in the same manner as in common actions of debt, when the record does not show that there are any other bills of said Bank due and unpaid, or that there has been any other recovery against this Stockholder upon the bills of the Bank, Held, that the Bill-holder is entitled to recover the whole sum claimed by him, if it does not exceed the amount of stock owned by defendant.Ibid. A deed made by the President and countersigned by the Cashier of the late Bank of Hawkinsville, is a good conveyance of land.17 Geo. 99. Notice to the Cashier of a Bank is notice to the Bank itself.17 Geo. 100.

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TITLE VII. CESSION TO UNITED STATES. SEC. 1. Cedes Jurisdiction. SEC. 2. Repealing Clause. (No. 42.) An Act to cede to the United States Jurisdiction over certain Territory within the limits of the City of Savannah. WHEREAS, it is proposed by the United States government to erect a light-house in the city of Savannah, for the protection of commerce at a point near the intersection of East, Broad and Bay Streets, in said City, and it is the practice of the United States to require that jurisdiction be first ceded in such cases, therefore, 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That for the purpose of securing the erection of a light-house, the State of Georgia hereby surrenders jurisdiction, and cedes jurisdiction to the United States over a certain area of twenty feet square within the limits of the city of Savannah, which area of twenty feet square, or the centre of the same, is sixty seven feet and one inch on a perpendicular line drawn from the Western line of East Broad street extended at a point on said extended line one hundred and nineteen feet and seven inches from the Southern line of Bay Street, or such other area of twenty feet square, as may be agreed upon by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, and the hamlets thereof, and the United States government. Cession of Jurisdiction to U.S.Area of 20 feet in Sav'h 2. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 1st, 1856. TITLE VIII. CONSTITUTION----AND AMENDMENTS. SEC. 1. Election of Solicitors General. SEC. 2. Restriction of Legislative powers. SEC. 3. The words seaport town, c., stricken out in sec. 1. art. III. (No. 43.) An Act to alter and amend the third Section of the third article of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, by striking out the following words, to wit: appointed by the Legislature, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words following to wit: Elected by the persons entitled to vote for members of the Legislature at such times, and in such manner as the Legislature shall or may by law direct, and to add an additional Section to the first Article of the Constitution. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That as soon as this act shall have passed, agreeably to the requirements of the Constitution of

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this State, the said third section of the third article of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, be altered and amended by striking out the following words to wit: appointed by the Legislature, and inserting and adopting in lieu thereof, the words following to wit: Elected by the persons entitled to vote for members of the Legislature, at such times and in such manner as the Legislature shall or may by Law direct. Constitution. Third Sec. 3d Art. of, Gives elect'n of Sol's Gen, to the people Amends 3rd Article of the Constitution 2. SEC. II. And be it further enacted that the following words shall be added to the first article of the Constitution as an additional Section thereof, to wit: the Legislature shall have no power to change names, nor to legitimate persons, nor to make or change precincts, nor to establish bridges or ferries, but shall by law prescribe the manner in which said power shall be exercised by the Superior or Inferior Courts, and the priveleges to be enjoyed. Powers of Legislature restricted. APPROVED, FEB. 7th., 1854, Dec. 12th, 1855. REF. NOTE.Passed second time. Constitution, Section 3d, Article III., so modified as to give the election of Solicitor General to the people. Sec. 2d., modifies so much of the 22d Sec. of Art. I., as gave the Legislature powers to pass all laws. The Legislature of 1855 and 56, modified the act passed at the Session of 1853 and 54, by striking out of the 2d Section the words to grant corporate powers and priveleges except to Banking, Telegraph and Rail Road Companies, nor (No. 44.) An Act to amend the first Section of the third Article of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. WHEREAS, the first Section of the third Article of the Constitution of the State of Georgia contains the following words to wit: being a Seaport Town, and port of entry. 3. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That so soon as this bill shall have passed in accordance with the Constitution, the following words shall be stricken out, to wit: being a Seaport Town and port of entry, and form no part of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. Constitution. Changes 1st Sec. 3rd Art. APPROVED, Feb. 13th, 1854, and Dec. 11th, 1855. REF. NOTE.It seems that the Jurisdiction of any other corporation Courts, than in a Seaport c., to fine and punish was at least doubtful before this Act. See Note of Compiler of Acts of 1853 and 54, p. 25.

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TITLE IX. CONVENTION. 1. Preamble. 2. Time of Meeting. 3. Number of Delegates. 4. Appropriation. 5. Powers. (No. 45.) An act to authorize the Governor to call a Convention upon certain contingencies therein specified. 1 WHEREAS: in pursuance of an act of the Legislature, approved February the 8th, 1850, in response to a proclamation of the Governor of the State, a Convention assembled in the Capitol at Milledgeville, on the 16th of December, 1850; And whereas, the said Convention, in view of threatened aggressions upon the Constitutional rights of the slave-holding States, adopted, among others, the following resolution: That the State of Georgia, in the judgment of this Convention will, and ought to resist, (even as a last resort,) to the disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, any act of Congress upon the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia, or in places subject to the jurisdiction of Congress, incompatible with the safety, domestic tranquillity. the rights and honor of the slaveholding States, or any act suppressing the slave trade between the slaveholding States, or any refusal to admit as a slave State any territory hereafter applying, because of the existence of slavery therein, or any act prohibiting the introduction of slaves into the Territories of Utah and New Mexico, or any act repealing or materially modifying the laws in force for the recovery of fugitive slaves; And whereas, there is reason to apprehend the happening of some of these contingencies, and the State of Georgia is unalterably determined to adhere to the position solemnly announced in the said resolution. Therefore Preamble; 2. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That within sixty days after the happening of any of the contingencies specified in the foregoing recited resolution, it is hereby made the duty of the Governor to issue his proclamation, ordering an election to be held in each and every county for delegates to a Convention of the people of this State, to convene at the Seat of Government, within twenty days after said election, to consider and determine upon the time and mode of resistance contemplated by the aforesaid recited resolution. Governor to order election for Convention within sixty days. To convene 20 days after election; Duty. 3. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That each county in this State shall elect as many delegates to said Convention as will be equal to the number of its Senator and Representative or Representatives in the General Assembly, and the elections for such delegates shall be conducted in the same manner as elections for members of the Legislature are now held, and that all returns of elections shall be forwarded to the Governor, who shall furnish each delegate elected, with a certificate of his election. Number of delegates. Conduct of elections. Returns.

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4. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of said Convention, and that the members of said Convention shall be entitled to such per diem and mileage as that body shall determine. 20,000 dollars appropriated to [Illegible Text] expenses Mileage and per diem 5. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the said Convention shall have power to elect all such officers as may be necessary for its organization. Powers. APPROVED March 4th, 1856. TITLE X. COUNTIES. SEC. 1. New County from Thomas and Lowndes. SEC. 2. Named COLQUITT. SEC. 3. Election of Officers. SEC. 4. Militia Districts. SEC. 5. County Site. SEC. 6. Officers pro tem. SEC. 7. Transfer of pending suits. SEC. 8. Terms of Courts. SEC. 9. Taxes of present year refunded. SEC. 10. Repealing clause. SEC. 11. HARALSON COUNTY laid out from Polk and Carroll. SEC. 12. Election of County Officers. SEC. 13. County Site. SEC. 14. Site pro tem. SEC. 15. Officers pro tem. SEC. 16. Transfer of pending suits. SEC. 17. Terms of Courts. SEC. 18. Circuits and Districts, c. SEC. 19. Oath of Officers. SEC. 20. Repealing clause. SEC. 21. BERRIEN COUNTY laid out. SEC. 22. Circuits and Districts. SEC. 23. Commissioners. SEC. 24. Election of County Officers. SEC. 25. Duties of Inferior Courts. SEC. 26. Election Precincts. SEC. 27. Officers pro tem. SEC. 28. Delivery of processes. SEC. 39. Transfer of suits. SEC. 30. Selection of Grand and Petit Jurors. SEC. 31. Terms of Courts. SEC. 32. Extra Tax. SEC. 33. Repealing clause. SEC. 34. MILLER COUNTY laid out from Baker and Early. SEC. 35. Election of Officers. SEC. 36. County Site. SEC. 37. Delivery of processes. SEC. 38. Transfer of suits. SEC. 39. Selection of Jurors. SEC. 40. Extra Tax. SEC. 41. Terms of Court. SEC. 42. Sheriff's Bond. SEC. 43. Officers pro tem. SEC. 44. Returns of Administrators. SEC. 45. Qualification of Officers. SEC. 46. Term of office. SEC. 47. TERRELL COUNTY laid out. SEC. 48. Circuit and District. SEC. 49. Election of Officers. SEC. 50. Public Buildings. SEC. 51. Militia Districts. SEC. 52. Delivery of processes. SEC. 53. Transfer of suits. SEC. 54. Selection of Jurors. SEC. 55. Terms of Courts. SEC. 56. Officers pro tem. SEC. 57. Returns of Executors, c. SEC. 58. Extra Tax. SEC. 59. Acts of 1851 and 1854 repealed. SEC. 60. Comm'rs. of '51 making returns. SEC. 61. Public business at Starkville. SEC. 62. Commissioners shall assess damages in Webster. SEC. 63. Assessmenthow paid. SEC. 64. Citizens of new countyliability SEC. 65. Kinchafoonee Bridge. SEC. 66. Repealing clause. SEC. 67. TOWNS COUNTY laid out. SEC. 68. Circuit, District, c. SEC. 69. Election of Officers. SEC. 60. County Site. SEC. 71. Election Precincts. SEC. 72. Delivery of processes. SEC. 73. Terms of Court. SEC. 74. Consolidation of Returns. SEC. 75. Qualification of Officers. SEC. 76. Repealing clause. (No. 46.) An Act to lay out and organise a new county from the counties of Thomas and Lowndes, and for other purposes. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the first day of April next a new county shall be laid out and organized

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from the counties of Thomas and Lowndes, including the eighth district of originally Irwin now Thomas county and all that portion of the ninth district of originally Irwin now Lowndes lying west of Little river to where the river crosses the dividing line, between Lots of Land Nos. 443 and 444, in the 9th district, thence south to the district line between the 9th and 12th districts. New county laid out from Thomas and Lowndes; Bounds, 2. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the new county described in the preceding section of this act shall be known by the name of Colquitt county, and shall be attached to the Southern Judicial District, and to the first Congressional District and Second Brigade and Sixth Division, Georgia Militia. Southern Judicial Dist., 1st Congres'l 2d Brigade and 6th Div. 3. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the persons included within the said new county legally entitled to vote shall on the first Monday in March next elect five Justices of the Inferior Court, a Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Court each, a Sheriff and Coroner, a Tax Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns, a County Surveyor and an Ordinary for said county, and that the election of said county officers shall be held at the House of Elijah English, now in the county of Thomas, and superintended as now prescribed by law, and such persons as shall be elected shall be commissioned by the Governor as now prescribed by law. Election of County Officers; 4. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court after they shall have been commissioned shall proceed to lay off said county into Militia Districts and advertise for the election of the requisite number of Justices of the Peace in such Districts, which shall likewise be commissioned by the Governor. Militia Dists; Election of Justices of the Peace; 5. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county after they shall have been commissioned, shall have power and authority to select and locate a site for the public buildings in said county, and the Justices, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized to purchase a tract of land for the location of the county site, to lay off town lots and sell them at public outcry, for the benefit of said county, or to make such other arrangements or contracts concerning the county site and location and erection of public buildings. County Site; Arrangem'ts therefor; 6. SEC. VI. That all officers now in commission who shall be included in the limits of said county shall hold their commissions, and exercise the duties thereof, until the several officers for the new county are elected and commissioned. Officers pro tem. 7. SEC. VII. That all the cases now pending in either of the counties of Thomas and Lowndes, and the papers connected there-with between persons residing within the limits of said county of Colquitt shall be transferred to said county for trial, and every thing done which shall be necessary for trial, and any defect that may happen shall be amended instanter. Suits, c pending, transferred to new Co. 8. SEC. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the Superior Courts for said new county, shall be held on the Mondays before the first Monday in June and December of each and every year, and the Inferior Courts on the first Monday in January and July. Terms of hold'g Court 9. SEC. IX. And be it further enacted, That the county taxes

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paid by the persons within the limits of the said new county the present year, shall be refunded and paid to the Inferior Court of said new county to aid them in erecting public buildings. Present y'r's taxes paid Inf. Court. 10. SEC. X. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 25th, 1856. (No. 47.) An Act to lay out a new county out of the counties of Polk and Carroll, and to organize the same. 11. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the first day of February next, a new county shall be laid out and organized from the counties of Polk and Carroll to be included within the following limits, to-wit: Beginning at the south-west corner of the eighth district of Carroll county, running thence along the line dividing the eighth and ninth districts of said county of Carroll to the south-east corner of the eighth district of said county Carroll, running thence to the south-east corner of lot of land number one hundred and forty-three in the sixth district of said county Carroll, thence running north to the north-east corner of lot of land number four hundred and eighty-two, in the twentieth district and third section of now Polk county, running thence due west to the State line dividing Georgia and Alabama, thence along said line south to the place of beginning. New county laid out from Polk and Carroll Boundary; 12. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the persons included within the limits of said new county entitled to vote for the same, shall on the first Monday in March next elect an Ordinary who shall hold his office until the first Monday in January, eighteen hundred and sixty, five Justices of the Inferior Court who shall hold their office until the first Monday in January, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven; a Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Court each, a Sheriff and Coroner who shall hold their offices respectively, until the first Monday in January, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight; a Tax Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns, a Surveyor and Treasurer for said new county, who shall hold their offices, respectively, until the first Monday in January, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified, and that the election of said county officers shall be held at the following places, to-wit: at Tallapoosa and Copper Hill in Carroll and at the residence of L. P. Garrison in Polk county, that the Justices of the Peace, included within the limits of said new county, shall hold said election and superintend the same in the manner now prescribed by law, and shall meet at Copper Hill on Tuesday after said election and consolidate the returns, and the Governor on the same being certified to him shall commission the persons returned to him as elected at such elections, to hold their offices respectively for the time prescribed by law, and that the Justices of the Inferior Court after they shall have been commissioned, shall proceed to lay off said county into Militia Districts, and advertise for the election of the requisite number of Justices of the Peace in such districts, and the Governor on being duly certified of the elections of

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such Justices of the Peace, shall commission them according to law. Election of County officers. Places of holding elections; Superintendants; Militia dists. Election of Justices of the Peace. 13. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, after they have been commissioned, shall have power and authority to select and locate a site for the public buildings in said county, and the said Justices or a majority of them, are hereby invested with full power to purchase a tract of land for the location of the county site, to divide the same into lots and sell each lot at public sale, for the benefit of said county, or to make other arrangements or contracts concerning the county site or location of the public buildings as they may think proper. County Site; Arrangem'ts therefor; 14. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That the elections of the county generally, (except those heretofore mentioned,) and the public business thereof shall be held and transacted at Tallapoosa, in the eighth district of now Carroll county, until the county site shall be located by the Inferior Court as aforesaid, and until the organization of the Militia Districts, after which in each of said Districts there shall be Election Precincts and votes received at them accordingly. Site pro tem. 15. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That all officers now in commission who shall be included within the limits of said new county, shall hold their commission and exercise the duties of their several offices within the said county, until their successors shall have been elected and commissioned. Officers pro tem. 16. SEC. VI. And be it further enacted, That the papers appertaining to all suits pending in either of said counties out of which this new county is formed, where the defendant resides in such new county, shall be transferred to the proper officers in such new county, and there tried and disposed of, and that all mesne process, executions and final process in the hands of the Sheriffs, Coroners and Constables of the counties out of which the new county may be formed, and which properly belongs to said new county, and which may have been levied, or in part executed, and such proceedings therein not finally disposed of at the organization of said new county, shall be delivered over to the corresponding officers of such new county, and such officers are hereby authorized and required to proceed with the same, and in the same manner as if such process had been originally in their hands; Provided, that in all cases publication of the time and places of sale and proceedings of the like characters in the new county shall be made for the time now prescribed by law, and all such process which properly belongs to the counties out of which such new county may be formed, which may be in the hands of the officers of said new county, shall in like manner be delivered over to the officers of said county to be executed in the manner herein prescribed. Suits transferred. Process, c. to be deliv'd to Officers of new county. Their duty; Proviso; 17. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That the Superior Courts for said new county shall be held on the third Monday in February and August in each and every year, and the Inferior Courts on the third Mondays in May and November in each year. Terms of Court: 18. SEC. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the new county described in the first section of this act shall be called and

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known by the name of Haralson county, and shall be attached to the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit the fifth Congressional District, and to the first Brigade of the eleventh Division of the Georgia Militia. Name; Blue Ridge Circuit, Fifth Congress'nal dist. 1st Brigade. 11th division; 19. SEC. IX. And be it further enacted, The officers of said new county may take the oath of office before any Justice of the Peace of said new county, or of the county of Carroll. Oath of office before whom taken. 20. SEC. X. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, January 26th, 1856. (No. 48.) An Act to lay off and organize a new County out of the Counties of Lowndes, Irwin and Coffee, to be called Berrien County, to attach the same to the Southern Judicial Circuit to the first Congressional District, and to the Second Brigade, and Sixth Division, Georgia Militia. 21, SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this Act, a new County be, and hereby is laid out, to be called Berrien Gounty, out of the Counties of Lowndes, Irwin and Coffee, the lines and boundaries of said new County shall be as follows: commencing where the district lines dividing the tenth and eleventh districts in Lowndes County. cross the Alapaha River, thence up said river to the dividing line between the Counties of Coffee and Irwin, thence north a long the line between the Counties of Irwin and Coffee, to the North-East corner of lot of land number two hundred and sixty-eight, (268) in the fifth district of Irwin county, thence West along the North line of the same range of lots as that upon which said two hundred and sixty-eight is located, to Little river in the sixth district of said Irwin county, thence in a Southernly direction down to the point where said Little river enters the ninth district of Lowndes county, thence down the main proug of said Little River to where the same crosses the dividing line between lots of land number four hundred and ninety-five, and four hundred and ninety-four, thence North along said line to the North West corner of lot of land, four hundred and seventy-two, thence East along the land line to Mill Creek, thence in a Southernly direction down said creek to the North East corner of lot of land, number five hundred and seventy-three, East to the North East corner of said lot of land, thence South along the line of said lot of land to the line dividing the ninth and twentieth district of Lowndes County, thence East along said district line to the Alapaha River at the starting point. Name; Laid out f'm Lowndes Irwin and Coffee; Boundary; 22. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the County of Berrien shall be attached to the Southern Judicial district, the first Congressional district and to the Second Brigade of the sixth division, Georgia Militia. Sonth'n Clr't 1st Congress. District, 2d brig. and 6th Division. 23. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That William Roberts, Josiah Parish, Cornelius Tison, Jasper M. Luke and Owen Smith be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners of said new County. and they or a majority of them shall have full power and authority to purchase a tract or parcel of land at the expense of the

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new County, for the location of the County site, in said County, and to lay off the same into lots or as much thereof as they may deem desireable, and sell the same at public sale for the benefit of said County. Provided nevertheless, the Inferior Court of said County shall have power and be authorized to do and perform all and every duty hereby required of the Commissioners, which may not have been performed previous to the time said Court are commissioned and qualified. Commis'ners To select County Site; Proviso 24. SEC, IV. And be it further enacted, That the persons included within the County of Berrien, intitled to vote for Representatives of the General Assembly, shall on the first Monday in April next, proceed to elect five Justices of the Inferior Court, a Clerk of the Superior Court, a Clerk of the Inferior Court, a Sheriff, Coroner, a Receiver of tax returns, a Tax Collector, a Surveyor and an Ordinary; the election for said officers shall be held at the Store of William D. Griffins, in said County. and at the several Precincts now established within said new County, and shall be conducted in the manner as now prescribed by law, and the same being certified to, the Governor shall commission such persons as may be returned to him as elected at such elections to hold their respective offices for, and during the terms prescribed by law, and any one of the Justices of the Peace now acting under Commission within the limits of said new County, shall be authorized to qualify said Justices of the Inferior Court, and the said Justices of the Inferior Court after they shall have been commissioned, shall proceed to lay out and divide said County of Berrien into Militia districts, and advertize for the election of the requisite number of Justices of the Peace, and the Governor on being duly certified of such elections shall commission them according to law. Election of County Officers; Where held Commiss'd by Governor Term of office; Justices of the Peace may qualify Inferior C't; Militia dists 25. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Interior Court of Berrien County, shall have full power to complete any unfinished business that the board of Commissioners appointed by this Act, may have left, and carry out any contracts and do all acts from the time of their being commissioned, that said Commissioners could do, and to contract for, and have constructed such public buildings as they may deem most advantageous to the public good. Inf. C't to complete unfinish'd business. Public buildings; 26. SEC. VI. And be it further enacted, That the elections of the County generally, and the precincts for all elections, shall be established at the place of holding Justices Courts in the several districts in said County. Election precincts. 27. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That all Justices of the Peace, and Bailiffs within the limits of Berrien County, shall hold their commissions, and exercise their usual official duties until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. Officers pro tem. 28. SEC. VIII. And be it further enacted, That all Mesne Process, Executions and other final process in the hands of the Sheriffs, Coroners and Constables of the Counties out of which the County of Berrien is formed, and which property belongs to said Berrien County, which may be levied, or in part executed, and such proceedings therein not finally disposed of at the time of the passage

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of this act, shall be delivered over to the proper officers of said County of Berrien, and such proper officers of said County of Berrien, are hereby authorized and required to proceed with the same, and in the same manner as if said process had been originally in their hands. Provided, that in all cases where publication in a Gazette as now required by law of any process or proceeding, the publication shall be under the official signature of the said Berrien County, and for the length of time as now prescribed by law. All processes c. to be delivered to officers of new county; Their duty Proviso; 29. SEC. IX. And be it further enacted, That actions now pending in any of the Counties from which said Berrien County is taken, shall be transferred with all papers relating thereto, and trial shall be had in the county where the defendant reside, provided, that in every case, no cause shall proceed without the certificate of the Clerk of the Court, from whence said causes came, that the papers in the cause are the original papers from the file of his office, and upon making such certificate, said clerk shall be entitled to have from the plaintiff or plaintiffs, all costs which may have accrued in the cause, and the amount of said accrued costs shall be set forth in the clerks original certificate, which shall make a part of the costs to abide the final result. Suits pend'g to be transf'd to new Co. Proviso; 30. SEC. X. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Court, Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts shall, as soon as convenient after their qualification, from the best information that they may be enabled to procure, make a selection of the Grand and Petit Jurors, and proceed to the drawing thereof, making a record of such drawing upon the records of the Inferior Court; and the Jurors so drawn shall be summoned as now required by law. Selection of Grand and Petit Jurors; 31. Sec. XI. And be it further enacted, That the Superior Court shall be held on the first Monday in May and November, and the Inferior Court on the Second Monday in January and July, unless otherwise directed by law. Terms of hold'g Court; 32. SEC. XII. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Court for said Berrien County, shall have power to levy and collect an extra tax for county purposes, of such per cent. on the State tax as to the Court may seem necessary and proper. Extra Tax: 33. SEC. XIII. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 25th, 1856. (No. 49.) An Act to lay out and organize a new county from the counties of Baker and Early. 34. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That there shall be a new county formed from the counties of Baker and Early, bounded as follows: Beginning at the north-west corner of lot of land number one hundred and one, (101,) in the twenty-sixth district of Early county, and running due south to the south-west corner of lot of land number one hundred and twenty, (120,) in said district, and from thence running due east to the south-east corner of lot number three hundred and one (301) in the twelfth district of Baker county,

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and from thence running due north to the north-east corner of lot number two hundred and thirty-eight in said twelfth district, thence running due west to the beginning; that the territory thus included shall form a new county to be called Miller to be attached to the Pataula Judicial Circuit, and to the same Congressional District in which said territory is now included, and to the second Brigade of the thirteenth Division of Georgia Militia. New county laid out from Baker and Early; Boundary; Name;] Pataula Circuit, 2d Congressional dist. 2d Brig. and 13th div. 35. Sec. II. And be it further enacted. That the general voters within said new county shall, on the first Monday in May at the several Election Precincts now established by law and included in said new county, proceed, pursuant to the election laws now in force, to elect all county officers necessary for the organization of the new county, according to the laws of this State; the managers of which election shall meet the next day at the place where to consolidate said vote, and duly certify the same to the Governor; and the Inferior Court thereof, so soon as commissioned, shall, in their discretion, lay off the said county into Militia Districts, and advertise for the requisite number of Justices of the Peace, or shall continue the Districts as they are, and retain in office all the Justices of the Peace and Constables therein, until their respective terms shall expire; and the Governor on being certified of any of the elections aforesaid, shall commission all the persons duly elected. Election of county officers. Militia dists; Election of Justices of the Peace; 36. Sec. III. That the Inferior Court of said new county shall select and locate some central and convenient place within the same for a county site, provide for the erection of the public buildings, laying off the site into lots and streets, and make all such temporary arrangements for the transaction of the public business of said new county in the meantime as may be necessary and proper. County Site; Arrangem'ts therefor; 37. Sec. IV. That all mesne process, executions and other final process in the hands of the Sheriffs, Coroners and Constables of the counties of which the new county is formed, and which may have been levied, or in part executed, and such proceedings therein not disposed of at the time of the passing of this act, shall be delivered over to the corresponding officers of said new county, and said officers are hereby authorized and required to proceed with the same, and in the same manner as if such process had been originally in their hands, Provided, that in all cases publication of the time and place of sale and proceedings of like character in the new county shall be made for the time now prescribed by law, and all such process which properly belongs to the counties out of which said new county may be formed, which may be in the hands of the officers of said counties shall in like manner be delivered over to the officers of said county to be executed in the manner herein prescribed. Mesne process, c. delivered to new Co. officers; Their duty; Proviso; 38. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That all actions or other Court proceedings now pending in either of the counties from which said new county is taken wherein the defendant or defendants may be included in said new county, shall be immediately transferred with all papers relating thereto, and trial had in said new county where the defendant resides; Provided, always, that the papers so transferred

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shall have the certificate of the Clerk of the Court from whence they came, that they are the original papers in said cause, or truly established copies of the same, which Clerk or Clerks shall be entitled to have from the plaintiffs or complainants satisfaction for the costs that have so far accrued in the case, which certificate shall contain the amount of said costs, thence to abide the final result, and any person shall be exempt from said last mentioned provision, who shall make oath that the plaintiff or complainant owing to his or her poverty is or are not able to make satisfaction. Suits pend'g transferred to new Co. To be certified; Cost, how p'd Exemption; 39. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Court, Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts and the Sheriff of said new county shall as soon as convenient after their qualifications, from the best information they may be enabled to procure, make a selection of the Grand and Petit Jurors, and proceed to the drawing thereof as pointed out by law in time for the ensuing Superior and Inferior Courts. Jurors selected; 40. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Court of said new county shall have power to levy and collect an extra tax for county purposes of such per cent. on the State tax as to the said Court may seem necessary and proper. Extra Tax; 41. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That unless otherwise fixed by law the Superior Courts of said new county shall be held on the fourth Mondays in June and December, the Inferior Courts on the fourth Mondays in March and September, and the Courts of Ordinary on the fourth Monday in every month Terms of C't; Sheriffs bond 42. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That the bond of the Sheriff of said county shall be eight thousand dollars. 43. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That until the Sheriff, Coroner and Clerks of the several Courts of said new county shall be commissioned and qualified, the Sheriffs and Clerks of said county from which the same is taken, shall exercise jurisdiction and power to copy, direct and serve processes accordingly to said new county. Officers pro tem; 44. Sec. XI. And be it further enacted, That executors, administrators and guardians who reside in said new county, are authorized to make their returns to the Ordinary of the same, and to be amenable accordingly; Provided, they now make returns to the counties of Early or Baker. Returns of Adm'rs, c. 45. Sec. XII. And be it further enacted, That the Governor is hereby empowered to direct the dedimus for qualifying the Inferior Court of said new county to any Justice of the Inferior Court, or Justice of the Peace, within the same, and said qualification shall be legal and valid. Officers of new Co. how qualified; 46. Sec. XIII. The Justices of the Inferior Court shall hold their office until the first Monday in January, 1857; the Tax Collector and Receiver until the first Monday in January, 1857; the Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts. Sheriff, Coroner and County Surveyor, until the first Monday in January, 1857, and the Ordinary of said county until the the first Monday in January 1860, and until their successors are elected and qualified. term of office APPROVED, February 26th, 1856.

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(No. 50.) An Act to lay out and organize a new County from the Counties of Lee and Randolph, to repeal an act entitled an act, to make permanent the public site, in the County of Lee, at Starkville, and to incorporate the same, to designate the corporate limits thereof, to appoint Commissioners for the same, and to define their powers, approved Dec. 26 th, 1851, and to provide for the selection of a new County site, and for other purposes herein mentioned, approved, Feb. 7 th, 1854, to locate permanently the public site of the County of Lee, at Starkville, to compensate the lot owners of the town of Webster, and for other purposes herein mentioned. 47. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this Act, a new County shall be laid out from the Counties of Lee and Randolph, to be included within the following boundaries to wit: beginning at the North West corner of the eleventh district of Randolph County, and running East with the line dividing the Counties of Randolph and Kinchafoonee, and Lee, and Sumpter, until it reaches the North East corner of lot number 162, in the seventeenth district in Lee county, thence due South until it intersects the Kinchafoonee Creek, thence down the middle of the principal channel of said creek, until it intersects the line dividing 12th and 13th districts, of the county of Lee, thence due South along said dividing line, and the line dividing the 2d and 3d districts of said county, to the line of Dougherty county, thence due West along the line dividing the Counties of Lee, and Dougherty, Randolph and Calhoun, to the middle of the main stream of Ichawaynochaway Creek, on said line, thence North along and up the middle of the main prong of that stream, until the South line of the eleventh district of Randolph County is reached, thence due West along that line until the South West corner of said eleventh district is reached, thence due North along the West line of that district, to the point of beginning. New county laid out from Lee and Randolph; Boundary; 48. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the new County described in the first section of this act, shall be called and known by the name of Terrell, and shall be attached to the Second Congressional district, to the South Western Judicial Circuit, and to the Brigade of theDivision of the Georgia Militia. Name; South-west'n Circuit, 2d Cong. Dist; 49. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the persons included in said new County, entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall on the first Monday in April next, elect five Justices of the Inferior Court, an Ordinary, a Clerk of the Superior, and a Clerk for the Inferior Court, a Sheriff, a tax Collector, a receiver of tax returns, a Coroner and a County Surveyor for said new County, that the said election shall be held at the several election precincts now established by law, and included in said new County, and in accordance with the election laws now in force in this State, that the returns of said election shall be consolidated at the place where Moses Baldwin now lives, in said new County, in the same manner

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as elections are now required by law, to be consolidated at the Court Houses in other Counties, that the Governor on receiving the consolidated returns of said election, properly certified, shall commission all persons duly elected, and may direct dedimus for qualifying the Justices of the Inferior Court of said new County, to any Justice of the Inferior Court, or Justice of the Peace within the same, which qualification shall be legal and valid, provided, that all officers now in commission who shall be included within the limits of said new County, shall hold their commissions and exercise the duties of their respective offices until the terms of their offices shall have expired, or their successors elected and qualified. Election of county officers. where held, Returns, where consolidated; Officersby whom qualified; Proviso; Officers protem. 50. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of said County, after they shall have been commissioned and qualified, shall have full power to select and locate a place for the public buildings in the County of Terrell, and the said Justices or a majority of them are hereby authorized and invested with full power to purchase a tract of land for the location of the County site, and to make such other arrangements and contracts concerning the location of the public buildings as they may think proper. Public buildings; County Site. Arrangem'ts therefor; 51. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, that it shall be the duty of the Inferior Court when commissioned, to lay off said new County into Militia Districts, and to advertize for the election of the requisite number of Justices of the Peace for the same. Militia dist's 52. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That mesne process, executions and other final process in the hands of the Sheriff, Coroners and Constables of the Counties of which the new County may be formed, and which properly belongs to said new County, and which may have been levied or in part executed, and such proceedings therein not finally disposed of, at the time of the passage of this act, shall be delivered over to the corresponding officers of said new County, and said officers are hereby authorized and required to proceed with the same, and in the same manner as if such process had been originally in their hands, Provided, that in all cases publication of the time and place of sale, and proceedings of like character in the new County, shall be made for the time now prescribed by law, and all such process which properly belongs to the Counties out of which said new County may be formed, which may be in the hands of the officers of said new County, shall in like manner be delivered over to the officers of said Counties to be executed by them in the manner herein prescribed. Mesne process, c, delivered. Officers duty Proviso; 53. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That all actions or other Court proceedings now pending in either of the Counties from which said new County is formed, wherein the defendant or defendants may be included in said new County, shall be immediately transferred with all the papers relating the reto, and trial had in said new County where the defendant resides, which paper so transferred shall have the certificate of the Clerk of the Court from whence they came, that they are the original papers in said cause, or truly established copies of the same, and the amount of [Illegible Text] which shall have accrued previous to the date of said certificate including the

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costs of transferring said suits, all of which costs shall abide the final result: Provided, that any persons shall be exempt from the operation of this section, who will make oath that owing to his or her or their poverty, he, she or they are unable to comply with the requirements of the same. And provided further, that cases standing for trial at the regular term of the Superior or Inferior Courts of each of the Counties from which said new County is formed, shall stand for trial in said new county, at the first term of said Courts held therein, so that the forming of said new County shall work no delay. Suits pend'g transferred to new Co. [Illegible Text] be certified to; Cost to abide final result; Exemptions; Trials not delayed. 54. SEC. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court, Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts, and Sheriffs of said new County, shall as soon as convenient, after their qualification, from the best information they may be enabled to procure, make a selection of the Grand and Petit Jurors, and proceed to the drawing thereof as pointed out by law, in time for, and for the ensuing Superior and Inferior Courts for said new County. Selection of Jurors. 55. SEC. IX. And be it further enacted, That unless otherwise fixed by law, the Superior Courts of said new County shall be held on the second Mondays in February and August, the Inferior Courts on the fourth Mondays in April and October, and the Courts, of Ordinary on the second Mondays in each month. Terms of C't. 56. SEC. X. And be it further enacted, That until the Sheriff Coroner and Clerks of the several Courts of said new County, shall be commissioned and qualified the Sheriffs, Coroners and Clerks, of said Counties from which said new County is formed, shall exercise jurisdiction and power to copy direct and serve processes accordingly for said new County. Officers protem. 57. SEC. XI. And be it further enacted, That all Executors, Administrators, and Guardians who now make their returns to the County of Lee or Randolph, and who reside in said new County, shall make their returns to the Ordinary of the same, and shall be amenable to said Ordinary. Returns, c. made in new county. 58. SEC. XII. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Court of said new County shall have power to levy, and collect an extra tax for County purposes of such per cent. on the State tax, as to the said Court may seem necessary and proper. Extra Tax. 59. Sec. XIII. And be it further enacted, That an act entitled an act to repeal an act to make permanent the public site in the county of Lee, at Starkville, and to incorporate the same, to designate the corporate limits thereof, to appoint Commissioners for the same, and to define their powers, approved December 26th, 1851, and to provide for the selection of a new County site, and for other purposes therein mentioned, approved February 7th, 1854, be and the same is hereby repealed. Acts of [Illegible Text] and '54 rep'd 60. Sec. XIV. And be it further enacted, That immediately after the passage of this act, the Commissioners appointed by the second section of the act specified in the twelfth section of this act, shall make a full and complete return of their actings and doings as such, to the Justices of the Inferior Court of Lee County, sitting for county purposes, and turn over to them all the monies, papers, records

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and documents which have come into their possession and control, by reason of their said appointment. Com'srs to make ret'rns 61. Sec. XV. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of February next, the public business of the county of Lee, required by law to be done at the county site, shall be done and performed at the town of Starkville, and that from and after the first day of February, the Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts, the Ordinary and County Treasurer, shall cause the offices and public records of said county to be kept at Starkville. Public business to be done at Starkville; Offices of public rec'ds to be kept there: 62. Sec. XVI. And be it further enacted, That John Butts, Dudley Sneed, Charles Randal, William A. Maxwell and Mason Tellar be, and the same are hereby appointed Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to assess the damages sustained by the owners of town lots in the town of Webster in Lee county, in consequence of the removal of the county site, and said Commissioners shall as soon as convenient after the passage of this act, give to the owners aforesaid certificates of such assessment, which certificate shall be taken and received as, and, constitute payments upon the debts due from said owners for town lots in said town of Webster, and said debts as payments upon said certificates, all of which certificates or the remainder due thereon having an endorsement of the amount due by a majority of the Justices of the Inferior Court, or some person by them authorized and empowered to act for the county, shall be paid by the Treasurer of said county out of the removal fund of said county created by this act. Commiss'rs to assess; c Assessments how paid; 63. Sex. XVII. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Court of said county of Lee is hereby authorized and required to levy and collect a tax not exceeding fifty per cent. per annum on the State tax if the same shall be necessary, which tax shall be added to the money, notes, titles to land, c., turned over to said Inferior Court by the Commissioners as aforesaid, and shall form and be a removal fund out of which the said certificates, duly endorsed, shall be first satisfied. Removal fund. 64. Sec. XVIII. And be it further enacted, That whereas a debt will be incurred by the county of Lee under the foregoing sixteenth section of this act, providing for the damages which may be sustained by the lot owners in the town of Webster, by the removal of the public site in said county, that all that portion of the county of Lee which by this act is incorporated in the new county herein laid out, shall bear a pro rata share of said debt, to be determined according to the Tax Receiver's books for the year 1855, and it shall and may be lawful, and the Justices of the Inferior Court are hereby required to levy and collect an extra tax upon the inhabitants of the aforesaid part of the new county sufficient to pay off said pro rata share, and shall pay over the same to the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Lee. Pro rata share of liabilities; 65. Sec. XIX. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful and the Justices of the Inferior Court of said new county are hereby required to assume the debts incurred by the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Lee for the new bridge across the Kinchafoonee Creek, within the limits of said new

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county, now in process of erection and known as Wellborn's bridge. Kinchafoonee bridge. c. 66. Sec. XX. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. (No. 51.) An Act to lay out and organize a new county from the counties of Union and Rabun, and for other purposes therein specified. 67. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and immediately after the passage of this act a new county shall be, and the same is hereby laid out from the counties of Union and Rabun to be included within the following limits, to-wit: Beginning at the North Carolina line at the north-west corner of Rabun county, and thence running east with said line to the north-east corner of lot of land number ninety-four in the first district of Rabun county, thence running south to the south-east corner of lot number sixty-seven in the said first district, thence running a straight line to the south-east corner of lot of land number one hundred and seventy-two in the eighteenth district and first section of Union county, thence along the top of the Blue Ridge south-westerly to the corner of Habersham county, thence along the top of said Blue Ridge to the main Ridge that divides the waters of Notley and Hiwassee rivers, thence along the top of said Ridge, westerly, to the Brass town, Bald mountain, thence in the same direction to the Double Knobbs, thence to the highest point of a Ridge on lot number one hundred and ninety-one, (191) in the seventeenth district and first section, thence a straight line to the Gap of the Mountain at the head of Langham's Creek, thence with the main leading Ridge in a north-western direction to the highest peak of the mountain, at the head of Gum Log Creek, thence down said Gum Log Creek to the North Carolina line, thence along the dividing line between North Carolina and Georgia to the beginning point. New county laid out from Union and Rabun; Boundary; 68. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the new county descrbed in the first section of this act, shall be called and known by the name of Towns, and shall be attached to the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit, to the Sixth Congressional District, and to the Brigade and Division to which said territory now belongs. Name Blue Ridge Circuit, 6th Congress'nal dist. to the brigade and div. the territory bel'gs; 69. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the persons included within said new county entitled to vote shall, on the first Monday in April next elect five Justices of the Inferior Court and Ordinary, the Clerk of the Superior Court, Clerk of the Inferior Court and Sheriff, a Coroner, a Tax Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns, a County Surveyor and County Treasurer for said county, and that said election for said officers shall be held at the several places where Justices' Courts are now held within the limits of said new county, that the Justices of the Inferior Court shall hold their offices until the first Monday in January, 1857, that the

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Receiver of Tax Returns and Tax Collectors shall hold their offices until the first Monday in January, 1857, the Sheriff, Coroner, County Surveyor and Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts until the first Monday in January, 1858, and the Ordinary of said county until the first Monday in January, 1860, and until their successors are respectively elected and qualified, and the Governor on the same being certified to him shall commission the persons returned as elected at such elections; and said Justices of the Inferior Court after they shall have been commissioned, shall proceed as soon as possible to lay off said county into Militia Districts, and to advertise for the election of two Justices of the Peace in each District in which no Justice, now in commission, may reside, and in case one Justice in commission shall reside in any one of said districts then one other shall be elected for said district, and the Governor on being duly certified of the election of such Justices shall commission them according to law, and all officers now in commission within the limits of said new county shall hold their commissions, and exercise the duties of their several offices within said county for the terms, respectively, for which they were elected, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. Election of county officers; term of office Militia dists; Election of Justices of the Peace; Officers protem; 70. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, after they shall have been commissioned and qualified, shall have full power and authority to select and locate a site for the public buildings of said county, and said Justices, or a majority of them are hereby authorised and invested with full power to purchase a tract of land for the location of the county site, to divide the same into lots and sell each lot at public sale to the highest bidder, for the benefit of said county, and to make such other arrangements or contracts concerning the county site and the location of the public buildings as they may think proper. County Site; Arrangem'ts therefor; 71. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the Justices of the Inferior Court for said county shall have laid off said Militia Districts, the places of holding Justices' Courts in said districts, respectively, be, and each of them is hereby established an Election Precinct. Election precincts; 72. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That all mesne process, execution and other final process in the hands of the Sheriff, Coroner and Constables of the counties of which the new county may be formed, and which properly belongs to said new county, and which may have been levied, or in part executed, and such proceedings therein, not finally disposed of, at the time when the officers of the said new county shall receive their commission, shall be delivered over to the corresponding officers of said new county and such officers arehereby authorized and required to proceed with the same, in the same manner as if such mesne process, execution or other final process had been originally in their hands, Provided, that in all cases publication of the time and places of sale or other like proceedings in the new county, shall be made for the time now prescribed by law, and all papers appertaining to all, or any suits, or prosecutions

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pending in the counties out of which said new county is formed, when the defendant resides in said new county, shall be transferied to the proper officers of said new county and there tried and disposed of. Processes, c. deliv'red Officers duty, Proviso; 73. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the Superior Court of said new county shall be held on the fourth Monday in April and October in each year, and the Inferior Courts on the third Mondays in June and December. Terms of C't; 74. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the Superintendents of elections in said new county shall meet at the usual place of holding Justices' Courts in the 990th Militia District in said new county, on the next day after the election, for the purpose of consolidating said election returns. Consolidat'n of election returns; 75. Sec. IX. Be it further enacted, That all civil and military officers elected in said new county may take the usual oath of office before any person qualified by law to administer an oath. Oath of officer, before whom taken; 76. Sec. X. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 52.) An Act to continue in force the tenth section of an act to lay out and form a new county from parts of the counties of Early and Randolph, approved, February 16, 1854. * * See Acts of 1853 '54, p. 292. 77. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the tenth section of an act to lay out and form a new county from parts of the counties of Early and Randolph and to organize the same, and to attach it to the Second Congressional District, and to the South-Western Judicial Circuit, is hereby continued in full force and virtue for each of the years 1856 and 1857, and the powers conferred by said tenth section of said act upon the Inferior Court of said new county are hereby extended until the first day of January, A. D., 1858. Act of 1854continued in force; Powers ext'd until 1858. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.

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TITLE XI. COUNTY LINES. SEC. 1. Line changedFannin and Gilmer. SEC. 2. Line changedPike and Spalding. SEC. 3. Transfer of suits. SEC. 4. Repealing clause. SEC. 5. Elbert and Hart. SEC. 6. Randolph and Calhoun. SEC. 7. Troup and Heard. SEC. 8. Floyd and Gordon. SEC. 9. Gwinnett and Jackson. SEC. 10. Cherokee and Forsyth. SEC. 11. Coffee and Appling. SEC. 12. Appling and Coffee. SEC. 13. Marion and Taylor. SEC. 14. Coffee and Appling. SEC. 15. Line of Taylor extended. SEC. 16. Repealing clause. SEC. 17. Talbot and Meriwether. SEC. 18. Ware and Coflee. SEC. 19. Calhoun and Randolph. SEC. 20. Repealing clause. SEC. 21. Cobb and Cherokee. SEC. 22. Randolph and Clay. SEC. 23. Coffee and Irwin. SEC. 24. Clinch and Coffee. SEC. 25. Randolph and Clay. SEC. 26. Repealing clause. SEC. 27. Randolph and Calhoun. SEC. 28. Calhoun and Randolph. SEC. 29. Sumter and Macon. SEC. 30. Fulton and DeKalb. SEC. 31. Irwin and Pulaski. SEC. 32. Repealing clause. SEC. 33. Wilkinson and Baldwin. SEC. 34. Jones and Baldwin. SEC. 35. Lee and Terrell. SEC. 36. Taylor and Marion. SEC. 37. Repealing clause. SEC. 38. Meriwether and Coweta. SEC. 39. Repealing clause. SEC. 40. Carroll and Heard. SEC. 41. Walton and Gwinnett. SEC. 42. Floyd and Chattooga. SEC. 43. Repealing clause. SEC. 44. Tattnall and Liberty. SEC. 45. Elbert and Hart. SEC. 46. Hart and Franklin. SEC. 47. Franklin and Jackson. SEC. 48. Repealing clause. SEC. 49. Coffee and Telfair. SEC. 50. Worth and Irwin. SEC. 51. Stewart and Irwin. SEC. 52. Randolph and Calhoun. SEC. 53. Cherokee and Cass. SEC. 54. Dooly and Houston. SEC. 55. Repealing clause. SEC. 56. Camden and Charlton. SEC. 57. Commissioners appointed. SEC. 58. Macon and Taylor. SEC. 59. Cass and Gordon. SEC. 60. Repealing clause. SEC. 61. Campbell and Fayette. SEC. 62. Richmond and Columbia. SEC. 63. Repealing clause. SEC. 64. Warren and Taliaferro. SEC. 65. Repealing clause. SEC. 66. Murray and Fannin. SEC. 67. Repealing clause. SEC. 68. Jefferson and Emanuel. SEC. 69. Repealing clause. SEC. 70. Dooly and Worth. SEC. 71. Irwin and Dooly. SEC. 72. Worth and Dougherty. SEC. 73. Repealing clause, SEC. 74. Irwin and Worth. SEC. 75. Muscogeo and Chattahoochee. SEC. 76. Repealing clause. SEC. 77. Taylor and Marion. SEC. 78. Cass and Cherokee. SEC. 79. Repealing clause. SEC. 80. Residence in Telfair. SEC. 81. Heard and Troup. SEC. 82. Repealing clause. SEC. 83. Ware and Charlton. SEC. 84. Repealing clause. (No. 53.) An Act to add a part of originally Union county to the county of Gilmer, and to change the lines between the counties of Spalding and Pike, and to add a part of the county of Pike to the county of Spalding. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That all that part of originally Union county, south of the Blue Ridge and south of Fannin county line be, and the same is hereby added to the county of Gilmer and shall become a part of the same. Line chang'd between Fannin and Gilmer; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the line between the

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counties of Pike and Spalding shall be so altered as to run as follows, to-wit: From where the present line strikes Flint river, to run down said river to the mouth of Line creek, thence up said creek to the line of Fayette county, so as to include in Spalding county all that part of Pike county situate and lying west and north-west of Flint river. Line chang'd between Pike and Spakling, 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That all cases now pending in the Courts of Pike county, whether civil or criminal, in which, if a civil case, the defendant resides in the territory afore-said, or in which the crime, if a criminal case, was committed in said territory shall be transferred to the corresponding Courts in the county of Spalding. Suits transferred; 4. SEC. VI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 54.) An Act to change certain county lines therein mentioned. 5. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the line between the counties of Elbert and Hart be so changed as to include the residence of John E. Teasley in the county of Elbert that the line between the connties of Walker and Whitfield be so changed as to include Dr. A. B. Reid and William H. Huff, together with their settlement of lands in the county of Walker, and the same is hereby added to, and made a part of Walker county, and that Gen. G. W. B. Gordon together with his settlemeut of lands be added to and made a part of Whitfield county, that the line of the counties of Coffee and Telfair be so changed and altered as to include the residence of Murdock H. McRea in the county of Telfair. Between Elbert and Hart. Walker and Whitfield; Coffee and Telfair; 6. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the line between the counties of Randolph and Calhoun, be so changed as to include lots of land number 210, 211, 246 and 247, now in the fifth district of the county of Randolph in the county of Calhoun. Randolph and Calhoun 7. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the line between the counties of Troup and Heard be, and the same is hereby so altered and changed so as to include the whole of lot seventy-three (73) in the fourteenth district of originally Carroll now Heard and Troup in the county of Troup. Troup and Heard; 8. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That Lots of Land Nos. 22 and 39 in the 15th district and 3rd section of the county of Floyd, and Lot No. 130 in the 15th district and 3rd section of the county of Cass shall be added to the county of Gordon. Floyd and Gordon, and Cass and Gordon; 9. Sec. V. Be it further enacted, That lot or lots of land whereon David Smith now resides in the county of Gwinnett be added to the county of Jackson. Gwinnett and Jackson 10. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted, That lot of land No. 1189 in the 2d district and 2d section of the county of Cherokee be, and the same is hereby added to the county of Forsyth. Cherokee Forsyth; 11. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted, That the line between the counties of Coffee and Appling be so changed as to add lots of land

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Nos. 425, 432 and 433 in the first district of originally Appling now Coffee county, the residence of Calvin Quinn to the county of Appling. Coffee and Appling, 12. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the line of the counties of Appling and Coffee be, and the same is hereby so changed as to embrace and include lot of land No. 218 in the 2d district of Appling county in the county of Coffee, said lot of land being the lot whereon Elbert Simmons now resides, that the line between the counties of Taylor and Marion shall be as follows: the line of Taylor to extend from the present line due west to the north-west corner of lot No. 255 in the eleventh district of Marion, thence due south to the south-west corner of 250, thence south to the south-west corner of said lot, thence south to the south-west corner of 280, thence east to the Taylor line. Line chang'd between Appling and Coffee. Taylor and Marion; 13. Sec. IX. Be it further enacted, That all that portion of lot of land No. 214 in the 3rd district of originally Muscogee now Marion county be added to the county of Taylor, including the residence of Jeremiah Wilson. Marion and Taylor; 14. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That the lines between the counties of Coffee and Appling be changed so as to include Nos. 509 and 504 formerly the 5th of Appling then running on the east line of No. 504 and 503, and thence south the old land line to the line of Ware county, and thence along the Ware line back to the Coffee line, so as to include the residence of Charles Marks in Appling county in the county of Coffee. Coffee and Appling; 15. Sec. XI. That the line of the county of Taylor shall extend down Cedar Creek until it strikes the south-east corner of William McLendon's land, thence due north to the original line of Taylor county. Line of Taylor extended; 16. Sec. XII. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 55.) An act to change certain County lines therein enumerated. 17. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the line now forming the North eastern boundary of Talbot, and the South eastern boundary of Merriwether county be so changed as to include in the county of Merriwether the whole of lot of land number 131, and fraction 9 in the 1st district originally Troup now Merriwether county. Line chang'd between Talbot and Merriwether 18. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That lot of land number (149) one hundred and forty-nine, (7) seventh district of originally Ware, now Coffee county, be added to the county of Clinch, the said lot of land being the residence of John Williams, Senior. Ware and Coffee; 19. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That lot of land number (284) two hundred and eighty-four, in the 4th district of formerly Early, now Calhoun county, be and the same is hereby added to the county of Randolph. Calhoun and Randolph; 20. SEC. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED Dec. 5th., 1855.

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(No. 56.) An Act to change the lines between certain Counties therein named. 21, SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the line between the Counties of Cobb and Cherokee, be so changed as hereafter to run round lot of land number 1270, in the 21st district, of the 2d section, upon which lot, is the residence of Hilliard W. Winn, and include said lot and residence in the County of Cobb. Line chang'd between Cobb and Cherokee; 22. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the line between the Counties of Randolph and Clay, be so changed as to include lots of land Nos. 241, 272, 273, 274, 403 and 404, now in the County of Randolph, in the County of Clay. Randolph and Clay; 23. Sec III. And be it further enacted, That all that portion of Coffee county on the West side of Willocoochee River be added to the county of Irwin. Part of Coffee to Irwin; 24. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That lot of land No. 170, in the 7th district of originally Appling, now Clinch county, be attached to the county of Coffee, so as to add the residence of John Peterson, now in the county of Clinch, to the county of Coffee. Line chang'd between Clinch and Coffee; 25. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That lots of land No. 89, 90, 91 and 92 in the county of Randolph, be added to the county of Clay. Randolph and Clay; 26. SEC. VI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 57.) An act to change the lines between the Counties of Randolph and Cal houn, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 27. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the line between the counties of Randolph and Calhoun, be so changed as to include lots of land 210, 211, 246 and 247 now in the fifth district of the county of Randolph, in the county of Calhoun. Line chang'd between Randolph and Calhoun 28. SEC II. And be it further enacted, That the line between the counties of Calhoun and Randolph, be so changed as to include lot of land No. 294, in the 4th district of Calhoun, in the county of Randolph. Calhoun and Randolph; 29. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the line between the counties of Sumpter and Macon, be so changed as to include the lot of land on which Thcophtlus Davis now resides, in the county of Macon. Sumter and Macon; 30. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That the line between the counties of Fulton and DeKalb, be so changed as to include lot of land No. 9, in the 17th district, in the county of DeKalb. Fulton and DeKalb; 31. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That the line between the counties of Irwin and Pulaski be so changed, as to commence at the mouth of Bluff creek, at half moon Bluff in Irwin county, thence running up said creek to lot of land No. 196, in the first district

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of Irwin county, including all of said lot on the North of said creek, thence due West to the Pulaski line. Irwin and Pulaski; 32. SEC. VI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED Feb. 21st., 1856. (No. 58.) An Act to alter and change the lines between certain counties therein named. 33. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the county line of Wilkinson and Baldwin counties be so changed as to include lots No. 127, 120 and 121 in the fifth district of originally Baldwin, and now Wilkinson county, including also the residence of Charles Ivey, in Baldwin county. Line chang'd between Wilkinson and Baldwin 34. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the line between the counties of Jones and Baldwin be so changed as to include the residence of John F. Bivins and Lewis Bagley, now in the county of Jones, in the county of Baldwin. Jones and Baldwin; 35. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That lots of land No. 159 and 160 in the thirteenth district of Lee county, containing the residence of Mathew Williams, be, and they are hereby added to the county of Terrell. Lee and Terrell; 36. SEC. IX. And be it further enacted, That the line between the counties of Taylor and Marion shall be as follows, to wit: said line shall extend due West from the present line to the Northwest corner of lot of land No. 225, in the eleventh district of originally Muscogee, now Marion county, thence due South to the Southwest corner of lot of land No. 250 of said district, thence along the line of said lot to the Southeast corner of the same, thence South to the Southwest corner of lot No. 264 in said district, thence East to the Southwest corner of the same lot, thence South to the Southwest corner of lot No. 285, thence due East to the original corner of Taylor county, and also the line shall be further changed so as to include all that portion of lot of Land No. 214 in the third district, now in Marion county, in the county of Taylor so as to include the residence of Jeremiah Wilcher. Taylor and Marion; 37. SEC. V. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 59.) An act to change the line dividing the counties of Coweta and Meriwether. 38. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, that the boundary line between the counties of Meriwether and Coweta, be so changed as to include within the county of Meriwether, one hundred and forty-seven and a half acres of lot of land No. 69, all of lot No. 102, and forty-six acres of lot No. 103, in the first and second districts of Coweta, whereon Hiram Hays now resides, and owned by him. Meriwether and Coweta; 39. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Feb. 16th, 1856.

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(No. 60.) An act to change the lines between several counties therein named, and for other purposes. 40. SEC. I. Be it enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, so much of an act, entitled an act to add a part of Carroll county to the county of Heard, and to establish an additional election precinct in Heard county, assented to December 20th, 1834, as relates to adding lots number one hundred and fifty-eight, one hundred and fifty-nine, and one hundred and sixty in the fourth district of Carroll county, be and the same is hereby repealed. Line chang'd between Carroll and Heard; 41. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the line between the counties of Walton and Gwinnett, beso changed as to include lot of land No. 416, in the 4th district, originally Walton, now Gwinnett, so as to include the residence of John McCurdy in the county of Walton. Walton and Gwinnett; 42. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the line between the counties of Floyd and Chattooga, be so changed as to include the residence of Dempsey Wooten, in the county of Floyd. Floyd and Chattooga; 43. Sec. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Feb. 14th, 1856. (No. 61) An act to change the lines of certain counties therein mentioned. 44. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the line dividing the counties of Tattnall and Liberty, be altered and changed so as to include the residence of Henry Kicklighter within the county of Tattnall. Tattnall and Liberty; 45. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the line between Elbert and Hart be changed so as to run from Stower's ferry, along the old Brown's ferry road, (now the Stower's ferry road) about four miles, near John S. Carry's, thence with the line as now run or laid out between said counties, to the line of T. J. Teasly's land, thence to said Teasly's spring, thence in the same direction to Cold Water Creek, thence up said creek till it intersects the present line. also to change the residence of John E. Teasly from the county of Hart, to that of Elbert. Elbert and Hart; 46. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the line between Hart and Franklin, be so altered and changed as to run from the Cross Roads, West of and near to Jobe Bowers, to the former residence of Jeptha A. Bowers on the Carnesville road, thence to the Western corners of William R. Poole's land known as Poole's and Burrough's corner, thence a straight line to the negroes' old Store as described in the act laying out the county of Hart. Hart and Franklin; 47. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That the line between Franklin and Jackson be so changed as to include the residence of Jesse Lord in Franklin county, also that the line between the counties

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of Pickens and Lumpkin be so changed as to include lots of land Nos. 477, 478, and 479, belonging to Daniel P. Monroe, now in the county of Lumpkin, in the county of Pickens. Franklin and Jackson; Line chang'd between Pickens and Lumpkin; 48. SEC. V. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 62.) An act to change the residence of Frederick Merit, Senior, from the county of Coffee, to the county of Irwin, and to change several other county lines therein named. 49. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, that the line between the counties of Coffee and Irwin be so changed as to include the residence of Frederick Merit, Senior, of the county of Irwin. Coffee and Telfair; 50. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That lots of land Nos. 205, and 206 in the county of Worth, be added to the county of Irwin, and that lots of land Nos. 158, 159, 160 and 162 of originally Muscogee now Taylor county, the property of Enson Miller, and on which Enson Miller now resides, be added to and become a part of Marion county. Worth and irwin; 51. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That lot of land No. 122, in the 32d district of originally Lee, now Stewart county, upon which John G. Stokes now resides, be and the same is hereby added to the county of Marion, and that lots of land number 136 and 153 in the fourteenth district of the county of Dooly, at the time of survey, be added to the county of Dooly, and that the line between the counties of Forsyth and Cherokee, be so changed as to include lot of land No. 252 in the second district and second section in the county of Forsyth. Stewart and Marion, Dooly and Worth, Forsyth and Cherokee; 52. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That lots of land Nos. one and two, in the fourth district of Randolph county, be add to the county of Calhoun. Randolph and Calhoun 53. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That the line between the counties of Cherokee and Cass be so changed as to include lot of land number two hundred and ninety-eight, in the 23d district and 2d section of Cherokee, in the county of Cass. Cherokee and Cass; 54. SEC. VI. And be it further enacted, That so much of lot No. seven, in the second district of Dooly county, owned by Samuel Felder, containing sixteen acres in a square body, in the Northwest corner of said lot lying immediately South of the county line Road running from Traveler's Rest to Hawkinsville, and leaving a space of thirty-three feet on the West line of said lot No. seven, and immediately West of said square body of land for a road, be add to Houston county. Dooly and Houston; 55. SEC. VII. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 4th, 1856.

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(No. 63.) An act to alter and change the line dividing the counties of Camden and Charlton, also to change the line between the counties of Macon and Taylor, and for other purposes. 56. SEC. I. Be it further enacted c., That the line dividing the counties of Camden and Charlton shall commence at Oak Landing, the lower end of the upper Cole Rain Bluff, on the St. Mary's River, and run thence a straight line to Gormans Bluff on the Satilla River. Line chang'd between Camden and [Illegible Text] 57. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That Stephen McCall, C. J. Patterson and J. E. Mizell, or a majority of them, be and are hereby appointed Commissioners to run the said line. Commiss'ers appointed; 58. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the line between the counties of Macon and Taylor be and the same is hereby changed so as to include within the limits of Taylor county, lots of land No. 234 and 239, in the first district of originally Muscogee, now Macon county, they being the lots on which Asa Marshall and John Whittenden now reside. Macon and Taylor; APPROVED, Feb. 27th, 1856. (No. 64.) An Act to change the county lines between Cass and Gordon and between Gordon and Murray, and other counties therein named, and for other purposes. 59. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act that the line between the counties of Cass and Gordon be so changed as to include lot of land number 81 in the 15th district and 3rd section in the county of Gordon, and that the line between the counties of Jackson and Franklin be so changed as to include the residence of William Lord of Jackson county to the county of Franklin. Cass and Gordon, Jackson and Franklin; 60. Sec. II. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 65.) An Act to repeal an act entitled an act to change the line between the counties of Campbell and Fayette so as to include the residence of Nathan Camp, (now in the county of Fayette,) in the county of Campbell, approved February 20th, 1854. 61. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That an act entitled an act to change the line between the counties of Campbell and Fayette so to include the residence of Nathan Camp, (now in the county of Fayette,) in the county of Campbell, approved February 20th, 1854, be and the same is hereby repealed. * * See Acts of 1853 and '54, page 319. Campbell and Fayette; APPROVED, February 26th, 1856.

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(No. 66.) An Act to change the line between the counties of Richmond and Columbia so as to include the land and residence of Alexander M. Allen in the county of Columbia. 62. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the line between the counties of Richmond and Columbia be so changed as to include the land and residence of Alexander M. Allen in the county of Columbia. Line chang'd between Richmond Columbia; 63. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 67.) An Act to change the residence of John W. Darracott of the county of Warren to the county of Taliaferro. 64. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the line between the counties of Warren and Taliaferro be so altered as to include the residence of John W. Darracott in the county of Taliaferro. Warren and Taliaferro; 65. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. (No. 68.) An Act to repeal so much of an act entitled an act to lay out and organise the county of Fannin out of the counties of Gilmer and Union, or so much of said act as includes a portion of the county of Murray, assented to on the 21 st of January, 1854. 66. For remedy whereof be it enacted, c., That so much of the above recited act that includes a portion of Murray county within the county of Fannin be, and the same is hereby repealed, and that the original line between the said counties of Murray and Gilmer be and the same is hereby established as the proper line between the said counties of Murray and Fannin. Murray and Fannin; 67. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. (No. 69.) An Act to repeal a portion of the second section of an act entitled an act to change the lines between the counties of Monroe and Crawford, and also to change the lines between other counties therein mentioned, approved, February 13 th, 1854. 68. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act so much of the second section of the above recited

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act as relates to the changing the line between the counties of Jefferson and Emanuel be, and the same is hereby repealed. Jefferson Emanuel; 69. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 28th, 1856. (No. 70.) An Act to alter and amend an act to make permanent the county line between the counties of Dooly and Worth, and also between the counties of Irwin and Dooly, and to change the line between the counties of Worth and Dougherty. 70. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act the county line dividing the county of Dooly and Worth shall commence at the mouth of Swift creek and run to the center of the channel of said Swift creek up the south prong of said Swift creek to lot of land number one hundred and thirty-six in the fourteenth district of originally Dooly, and the line of said county so to run as to include said lot of land in the county of Dooly, also lot of land number one hundred and fifty-three, in the fourteenth district of originally Dooly, and thence to run up the center of said prong of Swift creek, or rather the prong of said creek, which rises upon lot of land number two hundred and seventy in the thirteenth district of Dooly county in time of survey to its head, known as the Goff Spring, thence to run in a south-eastward direction to the head of the hollow or prong of the Little river which makes up upon lot of land two hundred and seventy in the thirteenth district of originally Dooly, thence to run down the center of said hollow to the head of the branch or prong of Little river, and thence down the center of said stream to where it crosses the boundary line of originally Irwin and Dooly, and that place, or spot, to be known as one corner of Dooly county. Dooly and Worth; 71. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the original county line between the counties of Irwin and Dooly, shall be known as the dividing line between said counties from the corner of Dooly aforesaid to the corner of Pulaski and Dooly county on said boundary line. Irwin and Dooly; 72. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the line between the counties of Worth and Dougherty be so changed as to include in the county of Dougherty the following lots of land in the fifteenth district of originally Dooly now Worth county, said lots including the residence of Samuel W. Holfield and John P. Davis, to-wit: Lots number two hundred and twelve, two hundred and sixteen, two hundred and seventeen, two hundred and forty-two, two hundred and forty-three, two hundred and forty-four, two hundred and forty-five, two hundred and forty-six, two hundred and forty-nine and two hundred and fifty. Worth and Dougherty; 73. Sec. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 5th, 1856.

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(No. 71.) An Act to add lots of land No. 117 and 118 in the 6 th district of Irwin county, to the county of Worth, and other purposes. 74. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the lots of land numbers one hundred and seventeen and one hundred and eighteen, in the sixth district of Irwin county, be and the same are hereby added to the county of Worth. Irwin and Worth; 75. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the line between the counties of Muscogee and Chattahoochee, be so changed and altered as to include the lands of John Woolfork and William Woolfork, and the bridge on the river road over Upatoi Creek, between the city of Columbus and Lampkin, in the county of Muscogee. Muscogee and Chattahoochee: 76. SEC. III. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 5th, 1856. (No. 72.) An Act to change the line between the counties of Taylor and Marion, so as to include lots of land number 243, in the third District and 33 in the twelfth district, now in the county of Marion, in the county of Taylor. 77, SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, the line between the counties of Taylor and Marion, be and the same is hereby so altered and changed as to include lots of land numbers 243, in the third district, 33 in the twelfth district now in the county of Marion, to the county of Taylor. Taylor and Marion; 78. Sec. II. And be it further enacted. That the line between the counties of Cass and Cherokee, be so changed as to include lot of land number two hundred and ninety eight in the 23d district, and 2d section of Cherokee county, in the county of Cass. Cass and Cherokee; 79. SEC. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 73.) An act to add the residence of the Rev. H. T. Bussey, to the county of Telfair. WHEREAS, There is some doubt whether the present residence of the Rev. H. T. Bussey is in the county of Pulaski or Telfair, 80. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the present residence of the Rev. H. T. Bussey be added to, and become a part of the county of Telfair. Residence in Telfair; APPROVED, March 4th, 1856.

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(No. 74.) An Act to change the line between the counties of Heard and Troup, so as to include the residence and lands of Mrs. Harriett Lipscomb, now in the county of Heard, in the county of Troup. 81. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the line between the counties of Heard and Troup, be, and the same is hereby so altered and changed as to include the lands and residence of Mrs. Harriett Lipscomb now in the county of Heard, in the county of Troup, to wit: lots No. 62, 63 and half of lot 64 and 51, 52 and 39, in originally Carrol county, now partly in Heard and partly in Troup counties. Heard and Troup; 82. SEC. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 75.) An Act to add a part of the county of Ware, to the county of Charlton. 83. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the line between the counties of Ware and Charlton shall be changed so as to add the tenth district of the county of Ware, to the county of Charlton, and that the line between the ninth and tenth district be, and is hereby declared to be the county line. Ware and Charlton. 84. SEC. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Dec. 6th, 1855. TITLE XII. COUNTY OFFICERS AND RECORDS. 1. Coroners Jury. 2. Repealing clause. 3. Time of service of writs. 4. Insolvent Lists. 5. Sum to be allowed. 6. Issue of Execution. 7. Issue of Garnishment. 8. Proceeding against Garnishee. 9. Repealing clause. 10. Tax Collectors representatives. 11. Securities of Defaulter. 12. Repealing clause. 13. County Records. 14. When destroyed by fire. 15. Proof of Court Records. (No. 76.) An Act to reduce the number of Jurors required for Coroners Inquests in the counties of this State. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for the Coroners1 of this State to have summoned a jury of inquest, to consist of six persons, which jury of six shall be competent to make up, and return a verdict. Coroner's Jury; To consist of six persons: 2. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, February 16th, 1856.

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No. 77. An Act to allow further time to Sheriffs, and their Deputies for the service of Writs, Process, Declarations and Bills in Equity. 3. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That hereafter the Sheriff2 and his Deputy or Deputies in each and every county shall be allowed five days after the time now fixed by law for filing bills of Equity, and suits at common law in the several Superior and Inferior Courts of this State for the purpose of serving all writs or declamations at common law or bills in equity, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Time of service extend'd APPROVED, FEB. 27th., 1856. No. 78. An Act in relation to allowing Tax Collectors an insolvent list by the Grand Jurors of the several counties of this State. WHEREAS, it is the practice in several of the counties of this State for the Grand Juries to allow to the Tax Collector a gross sum of money which in their opinion will cover the probable amount of the insolvent list, without first requiring a list of the names of insolvent tax payers, and amounts due by each, for remedy whereof 4. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That it shall be the duty of the tax collectors in the several counties of this State, to make out a list of the names of insolvent tax-payers with the amount due by each annexed, and lay the said list before the Grand Jurors empannelled at the second term of the Superior Court in each year, which list shall be examined by the Jury, and such amount or the whole thereof, be allowed by them as they may think proper, and it shall be the duty to return said list so allowed in their General presentment which shall be entered on the minutes of the Court. [Illegible Text] Grand Jury to allow; To be ent'red on minutes of Court; 5. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That any sum of money allowed by the Grand Juries to the tax Collector for the purpose of covering the insolvent list, in any other manner than prescribed in the first section of this act, shall be utterly null and void, and said tax Collectors shall be compelled to pay over the full amount of taxes as it stands charged on the books. No other sum to be allow'd Tax Coll'tor to pay full amount. 6. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That within sixty days after the allowance of said insolvent list, it shall be the duty of the tax Collector to issue execution3 against each insolvent tax-payer which execution shall be turned over to the Sheriff of the county by the tax Collector, he first taking the Sheriffs receipt for the same, and it shall be the duty of the Sheriff to proceed to advertise said executions and sell the same in the same manner as other Sheriff Sales, and the proceeds arising from the sales of such insolvent tax executions shall be paid over by said Sheriff, that portion due the State to the treasurer of the State, and that due the county shall be paid over to the county treasurer, of said county. Execution to issue against insolvent, Proceedings, how applied; APPROVED, Feb. 26th, 1856.

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(No. 79.) An Act to authorize Tax Callectors in this State to issue summons of Garnishment in certain cases, and to regulate the same, and for other purposes. 7, Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact as follows: When any Tax Collectors in any county in this State can find no property of the defendant on which to levy any Tax execution in his hands it shall be his duty to make an entry to that effect on said execution, and it shall be lawful for such Tax Collector to issue summons of Garnishment against any person or persons who he may believe are indebted to the defendant or who may have money or effects, or property belonging to said defendant in his or her hands, and which said summons shall be returned to the next Superior Court of the county for which he is Tax Collector. Tax Coll'tors may issue garnishm'ts, c. Returns. 8. Sec. II. It shall be the duty of said Tax Collector to return said execution to said Superior Court and enter on the execution the names of the persons garnisheed and all the subsequent proceedings shall be the same as now prescribed by law in relation to garnishments in other cases where judgment has been obtained or execution issued. Proceedings against garnishee; 9. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 80.) An Act for the relief of representatives and securities of Tax Collectors in certain cases, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 10. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact as follows: When any Tax Collector has or may hereafter depart this life and shall have paid into the Treasury the full amount of taxes that he was by law required to pay, and shall have also paid to the county of which he was Collector the amount of taxes he was by law required to pay such county, but shall have failed and neglected to collect of the tax-payers of said county the amount of taxes due from them, or any portion of them, or any part of such taxes, it shall and may be lawful for the personal representatives of such Tax Collector to collect of such tax-payers the amount of tax so due and unpaid by them, and such representative shall have all the powers, and be clothed with all the rights for the purpose of making said collection that the Tax Collector would be were he in life. Representative of dec'd Tax Coll'ctor to collect unpaid taxes. 11. Sec. II. When such Tax Collector was or may be at the time of his death a defaulter for the amount of taxes due from him to the State, or to the county of which he was Collector, and the securities of such Collector have paid the amount of such defaults it shall be the duty of such personal representative of such deceased Tax Collector to pay over the amount of money collected by

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them as aforesaid to said securities in exclusion and in preference of all other claim debts and demands that may exist against the estate of said Collector, Provided, the same does not exceed the amount paid by them. Securities, c. to be first paid. 12. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 81.) An Act in relation to the Public Records of counties where they have been destroyed by fire, declaring that all deeds and other instruments in writing that have been recorded shall be considered and taken as having been recorded upon sufficient proof of execution, and prescribing what shall be proof of the contents of Records so destroyed. 13. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact as follows: Where in any of the counties of this State the public records of the county have been destroyed by fire any deed or other instrument in writing that is found to have been recorded and the record burnt, such deed or other instrument in writing shall be taken and held to have been recorded legally and upon sufficient proof of execution in all the Courts of this State. When coun'y records are burnt; [Illegible Text] till held to be recorded on proof; 14. Sec. II. Where any original deed or other instrument in writing is lost or destroyed which has been recorded, and the record of such deed or other instrument in writing has been burned the contents of such record may be proved by the Clerk who recorded the deed or other instrument in writing, or of any Clerk who has copied said record, or by any other person who has read the same and said testimony may be given in evidence to the jury in any case where it becomes necessary for the assertment of the rights of any of the parties. When the record and original are destroyed. Proof of record to be given. 15. Sec. III. Where the records of the proceedings of the Courts in any of the counties of this State have been destroyed by fire, the contents of such records may be proved in the manner prescribed by the second section of this act, and given in evidence under the same circumstances. Records of proceedings to be proven. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. REF. NOTE.1. By seventh section of Act of 1853, the Coroner was required to swear twelve Jurors. Cobb 538. 2. By Act of 1829 the Sheriff was allowed thrce days, only, after writs and processes were filed, to serve the same. Cobb 473. 3. By Act of 1812 Tax Executions were placed in the hands of a Constable of the county, and the proceeds paid to the Clerk of the Inferior Cenrt. Cobb 1059, 4. By the old law Tax Collectors were not authorized to issue summons of Garnishments after execution issued and no property found. 5. For law in relation to the establishment of lost or destroyed papers, see Title Judiciary.

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TITLE XIII. DEAF AND DUMB. 1. $6,000 appropriated for repairs. 2. $2,000 for workshops. 3 $ 600 for text books. 4. Governor to draw warrant. 5. Commissioners appointed. 6. Term of office. No. 82. An Act to appropriate money for the benefit of the Georgia Asylum, for the Deaf and Dun b, and for other purposes. 1. SEC. I. Be it enacted c., That the sum of six thousand dollars, be and the same is hereby appropriated for the re-covering, enlargement and repairs of the main building of the said Asylum. 6000 dollars appropriated to repair of buildings 200 dollars [Illegible Text] for work-shops; 2. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the erection and furnishing of additional workshops for the pupils of said Asylum. 600 dolls. for text-books. 3. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the sum of six hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to defray the expenses of publishing Text Books for the use of the pupils of said Asylum. Governor to draw warrant on the Treasury 4. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency, the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer in favor of said Board, or its duly authorized Agent, for the several sums herein appropriated, or for any part thereof at such times and in such amounts as the objects contemplated in this act shall require; and that any surplus that may remain of any one of the appropriations in the foregoing sections shall go to the general fund of said Asylum, to be used by the Board of Commissioners in advancing the interests of said Asylum. Surplus, how applied. Governor to appoint Comm'srs. 5. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, his Excellency, the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint the Board of Commissioners for said Asylum, and to select the same from any part of this State. term of office 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the term of Office of two members of said Board, shall expire on the last day of December, Eighteen hundred and fifty six, and the term of two others on the last day of the year Eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and the term of the remaining two, shall expire on the last day of December, Eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, and he shall fill all vacancies which may happen in said Board. Vacancies; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856.

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TITLE XIV. ELECTIONS. 1. Election of Judges. 2. Repealing clause. 3. Election of Attorney and Solicitor's General. 4. Time of election. 5. Vacancies. 6. Repealing clause. 7. Carroll added to the 4th Con. Dist. No. 83. An Act to fix the time of holding elections for Judges of the Superior Courts, Attorney General and Solicitors General. 1. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, the regular elections of Judges of the Superior Courts, Attorney General and Solicitors General shall be held on the first Monday in January. Election of Judges. 2. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 1st., 1856. No. 84. An Act to elect the Attorney General for the Middle Circuit, and the Solicitors General for the respective Judicial Circuits of this State by the people, and for other purposes therein named. 3. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That the Attorney General for the Middle Circuit, and the Solicitors General for the several Judicial Circuits of this State, shall be elected by the people of the respective Circuits, entitled to vote for Governor, members to Congress, and members to the Legislature under the same rules and regulations governing said elections. Election of Attorney and Sol's General 4. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That said elections are to take place on the days of General elections to wit: on the first Mondays in January, immediately preceding the expiration of the term of office of the present incumbent, respectively, and said Attorney General and Solicitor's General so elected, shall be commissioned by the Governor, and hold their office for the space of four years from the date of said Commissions. When to take place. term of office 5. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That should any vacancy occur, it shall be the duty of his Excellency, the Governor, to fill such vacancy by appointment, until the first Monday in January next, after making said appointments. That his Excellency, shall

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issue his proclamation and publish the same at least thirty days preceding said election, and the Attorney and Solicitors General elected according to the provisions of this section, shall hold their office for the unexpired term only. vacancy, how filled, Governor's proclamation 6. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. No. 85. An Act to add the county of Carroll to the fourth Congressional district. 9. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, the county of Carroll, in said State, be added to, and form a part of the fourth Congressional District of said State. * * Act of 1852, placed Carroll in the fifth Con, Dist. See acts of 1851, and 52, p. 89. Carrollad'ed to 4th Cong. Dist. APPROVED, Feb. 18th, 1856. By Act of 1853 and '54, the election of Judges of the Superior Court for vacancies was held, either on the 1st Monday in January or October, see p. 32. Attorney General and Solicitors under the amendment of the Constitution, elected by the people. See page 105. TITLE XV. EVIDENCE. SEC. 1. Mode of perpetuating testimony. SEC. 2. Return to Superior Court. SEC. 3. Fees. SEC. 4. Effect of testimony. SEC. 5. Application and order filed. SEC. 6. Commissions to non-residents. SEC. 7. Bill of sale proved. SEC. 8. Certificates from Exec. Dep'rt. SEC. 9. Repealing olause. (No. 86.) An Act for the perpetuation of testimony in certain cases. WHEREAS, The present mode of perpetuating testimony in suits which cannot be commenced, is both costly and difficult of application, for remedy whereof, 1. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., Whenever any person desiring to perpetuate testimony for a suit which cannot on any account be commenced in any Court of this State, shall make written application to any Judge of the Superior Court of this State, stating the

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grounds of the application, the facts expected to be proved, and by whom, said Judge shall pass an order endorsed on said application, requiring the Clerk of the Superior Court of the County where the witness resides, to issue a commission directed to any Attorney at law, [not interested,] in the usual form, to examine said witness upon the interrogatories filed by the applicant, and the opposite party, should the latter file any; which commission is not to issue however, until the applicant has given the opposite party five days notice, and served him with a copy of the interrogatories filed in the Clerks office as aforesaid, which opposite party shall have the like privileges, if he desires, of filing cross interrogatories with said Clerk; all of which direct and cross interrogatories, if filed, are to be attached to the commission before delivery by the Clerk to the party applying. But if the opposite party fails to file any cross interrogatories, the applicant shall not be thereby delayed or deprived of the commission. Mode of perpetuating testimony. 2. SEC. II. The said commissioners shall, after executing said commission in the usual manner, return it to the Clerk of the Superior Court from whence the commission issued in the mode now in use for returning commissions, who shall, when he receives the same, after using the usual precautions and regulations as to the correct delivery of the same, safely file the same away in a secure place, to be produced by him for publication whenever ordered so to do by any proper tribunal. Testimony returned to Clerk, c. 3. SEC. III. The commissioner shall receive for his fee, before delivering up the papers, the sum of five dollars, and the Clerk before issuing the commission shall receive the usual fee. Fees. 4. SEC. IV. The testimony so taken shall be of the same force and effect, and used in the same way as if it had been taken under a bill in Equity filed for that purpose. Effect of testimony. 5. SEC. V. The Clerk aforesaid shall file away the written application and order, after entering the same on the minutes of the Court, with the commission, when returned. Application and order filed; 6. SEC. VI. In case the witness proposed to be examined resides out of the State, then the Commission shall be issued by the Clerk of the Superior Court of that County where the party making the application shall reside. Non-resident witnesses; Commiss'ns. how given. APPROVED March 5th, 1856. [No. 87.] An Act to authorise bills of sale to be proven, recorded, and admitted in evidence in certain cases therein specified. 7. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That where any deed or bill of sale, or other conveyance of slaves or other personal property has heretofore been made and delivered without having been attested by a subscribing witness, it may be lawful by an affidavit in writing by some disinterested witness, to prove the hand-writing of the maker, before any officer authorised to administer oaths, and when thus proven the same may be recorded in the Clerks office of the Superior Court of the County in which the maker resided at the

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time of making the same, if a resident of the State, and if not, then in the County of the residence of the vendor or donor, within six months after the passage of this act, and that all similar conveyances hereafter to be made, may be proven and recorded in the same manner within twelve months after the date of such conveyance, and all instruments proven and recorded as above described, shall be admitted in evidence without further proof as other recorded conveyances under existing laws, unless the maker of any such instrument, or his legal representative, denies the execution thereof under oath, and in that case the person claiming under any such instrument, shall be required to prove its execution in the manner now required by law, before the same shall be admitted as evidence. Bills of sale, c. how proven and recorded. Execution of instruments, denied, how proven; APPROVED March 4th, 1856. [No. 88.] An act to authorise the admission in evidence of certified copies from the Executive Department, and other offices connected therewith, to be used as evidence in any Court of Law or Equity in this State, c. 8. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That certified copies of any original papers in the Executive Department, or any of the offices connected therewith, that are important or necessary in any of the civil or criminal Courts of this State, shall be conceded in evidence in lieu of the original, in any Court of law or equity in this State. certified copies from Ex. Department, to be taken in evidence in lieu of original; 9. Sec. II. [Repeals all conflicting laws.] APPROVED March 1st, 1856. See Cobb's Di. Title Judiciary, Sec. 62, page 468; and in relation to witnesses de bene esse, Title Evidence, Sec. 7, p. 267. REF. NOTE.See Act of 1785, Cobb's Digest, page 164, and Act of 1812, Cobb's Di. page 167. By act of 1830, the certificate of any public officer, under his hand and seal of office, in relation to anything pertaining to their respective offices, was admltted as evidenceCobb, 273. DECIS. SUPREME COURT.To make a certificate from the Executive Department admissible in evidence, it is not necessary that the certificate should give a copy of that to which it relates. It is sufficient that it gives substantially the contents of the thing to which it relates.16 Geo. p. 521. Original papers, if to be procured, are always better evidence than copies.17 Geo. page 624. The decisions of the Supreme Court on the snbject of Evidence, are so numerous since the publication of the Laws, that the Compiler refrains from ihserting any, save those appertaining to the immediate subject matter.

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TITLE XVI. EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, c. SECT. 1 Insolvent papers. SECT. 2 Titles to Land. SECT. 3 Repealing clause. SECT. 4 Security on Bonds. SECT. 5 Pending suits not dismissed. SECT. 6 Repealing clause. SECT. 7 Returns of Executors. SECT. 8 Return of Produce. SECT. 9 Repealing clause. SECT. 10 Foreign Executors. SECT. 11 Transfer of Stock by Trustees. SECT. 12 Ordinaries recording letters, c. SECT. 13 Certified copies in evidence. SECT. 14 Repealing clause. SECT. 15 Jurisdiction of Courts of Ordin'y SECT. 16 General Jurisdiction of Courts. SECT. 17 Repealing clause. SECT. 18 Ordinaries issue executions. SECT. 19 Repealing clause. SECT. 20 Trustees returns to Ordinary. SECT. 21 Fees of Ordinary. SECT. 22 Local. SECT. 23 Inventory of Trust property. SECT. 24 Executors sale of property. SECT. 25 Support of widow and children. SECT. 26 Return of Appraisers' schedule. SECT. 27 Appraisers' fee. SECT. 28 Household furniture. SECT. 29 Assessments under Act of 1850. SECT. 30 Restoration of Lunatics. SECT. 31 Jury to be summoned. SECT. 32 Guardian failing upon Bonds. SECT. 33 Witnesses. SECT. 34 Ordinary's fee. SECT. 35 Imbecility from age. SECT. 36 Repealing clause. SECT. 37 Commissioners of lunacy. SECT. 38 Justices of Peace. SECT. 39 Proceedings of Commissioners. SECT. 40 Penalty of non-attendance. SECT. 41 Summons by Sheriff. SECT. 42 Number of Commissioners. SECT. 43 Justices to decide cases. SECT. 44 Fees of Sheriff. SECT. 45 Repealing [Illegible Text]. SECT. 46 Probate of Wills. (No. 89.) An Act to relieve Executors and Administrators from the necessity of publishing notices of sales of insolvent papers in one of the pnblic gazettes of this State. 1. Sec. I. The General Assembly of this State do enact as follows: That it shall not be necessary for Executors and Administrators to advertise notices of sales of insolvent papers belonging to their respective estates in one of the public gazettes of this State, but a notice of such intended sale at the Court House door of the county where such sale is required to be made, and at three other of the most public places in said county shall be considered a full compliance with existing laws upon the subject, notwithstanding any law to the contrary.1 Sale of insolvent papers, not to be advertised in public gazettes. Noticehow given. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 90.) An Act to make Executors and Administrators liable for costs in certain cases. 2. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act when any Administrator or Executor shall be required to make titles to land under the act of the Legislature, approved, February 15th, 1799, all costs and advertising fees which may be incurred by the petitioner or applicant to the Court of Ordinary

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to have such titles made, shall be paid by the said Administrator or Executor, as the case may be.2 Titles made to land und'r Act of 1799. Cost, c. p'd by Ex'r or Adm'r. 3. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 91.) An Act to explain and amend an act entitled an act to regulate the mode of suing the Bonds of Executors, Administrators and Guardians, approved January 15 th, 1852. WHEREAS: it was the meaning and intention of the Legislature in the passage of the above recited act, to give to creditors the same ample remedy against Executors, Administrators and Guardians as is thereby given to legatees, distributees and wards, and which was omitted to be done in said act, for remedy whereof 4. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That when any Executor, Administrator or Guardian shall remove from this State, or place himself or herself in such a situation as by the laws of this State an Attachment would lie against a debtor, it shall be lawful for any person or persons having demands against any such Executor, Administrator or Guardian in such representative character to institute his suit against the sureties upon the Bond of such Executor, Administrator or Guardian in the first instance, and without first obtaining a judgment against him, her or them, in his, her or their representative character. Securities; when sued in first [Illegible Text] 5. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That all suits heretofore commenced in any of the Courts of this State, and now pending therein, upon the Bond of any Executor, Administrator or Guardian, shall not be dismissed, or non suit by reason of no judgment having been obtained against such Executor, Administrator or Guardian in his or her representative character; and if any such suit has been dismissed, or non-suited, since the passage of the before recited act, the same may be reinstated by order of the Court upon motion of the plaintiff in such cause, and in either case shall stand for trial in such Court upon its merits as fully as though no law or usage heretofore existed requiring suits to be first brought or judgment obtained against such Executor, Administrator or Guardian in his, her or their representative character, Provided, that if any defendant in such Bond, shall state to the Court that he is not so well prepared for trial in consequence of this act, as he otherwise would be, a continuance of said cause may be granted by the Court, until the next term thereof.3 Suits pend'g not dismiss'd for want of judgment. Suits reinstated; Proviso; 6. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. No. 92. An act to change the mode of Executors, Administrators and Guardians in making their returns to Ordinaries. 7. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, if shall be the duty of Executors, Administrators and

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Guardians in making their returns to Ordinaries, to give a true copy of the amount of sales of cotton, with the number of bales and pounds, the amount of said sales, and to whom sold, and the time said sales were made. Executors, c. returns, what to specify. 8. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That they shall be under the same restrictions in making their returns of corn, wheat, oats, and other produce sold by them for the benefit of the heirs and wards for whom they may be acting. Shall make a return of all produce sold 9. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856, No. 93. An Act to allow Executors, Administrators and Guardians, resident in other States, or Territories to control stocks and money, in this State, and to empower Trustees to dispose of Stock. 10. SEC. I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, Executors, Administrators, and Guardians, holding their authority from courts of competent jurisdiction in any of the United States, or Territories, either under letters already granted, or hereafter to be granted, shall have full power to transfer any Stock standing in the name of their decedents or wards as the case may be, in any bank, or other corporation in this State, and to draw dividends on any such Stock heretofore or hereafter, to be declared, and to check for deposits heretofore or hereafter to be made, Foreign Executors, c.; may transfer stock, c: Provided, that before doing any act herein before authorized, such Executors, Administrators or Guardian, shall deposit with the bank, or corporation, with which the business is to be transacted, a copy of his or her letters testamentary of Administration or guardianship, certified by the proper officer, under the seal of the court granting the same.5 Proviso. 11. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, all Trustees for married women or other persons, shall have full power to transfer all stocks in banks or other corporations standing in their names as Trustees, without any order by any court, unless expressly restrained from doing so by the instrument, creating the trust. Truste's may tran'fer st'ck unless restrained, c. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. No. 94. An Act to require the Ordinaries of this State to keep a book in which they shall record all letters testamentary letters of Administration and letters of Guardianship, and for other purposes. 12. SEC. I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of each and every Ordinary of this State, to keep a book of record, in which they shall copy all letters, testamentary letters of Administration, and letters of Guardianship,

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which entry of record shall be made within twenty days after the granting of said letters. Ordinaries to record lett'rs 13. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That certified copies from the ordinaries office of letters testamentary, of Administration, or of Guardianship, shall be used in evidence in all the Courts of Law and Equity in this State, under the same circumstances in which the original letters would be admissible. Certified copies admissible in evidence 14. SEC. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. [No. 95. An Act to declare and define the jurisdiction of Courts of Ordinary in this State, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 15. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That Courts of Ordinary in this State; are, under the Constitution and laws of this State, Courts of general jurisdiction as to testate and intestate estates.6 Jurisdiction of Courts of Ordinary 16. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That all Courts of law and equity in this State, when determining on any judgment or order which the several Courts of Ordinary in this State, have passed or made, or may hereafter pass or make, as to testate and intestate estates, shall hold said Courts of Ordinary to be Courts of general jurisdiction, and not Courts of limited jurisdiction. Courts of law and equity, Courts of General Jurisdiction. 17. SEC. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 5th, 1856. (No. 96.) An Act authorising Ordinaries of this State to issue fi fas for cost in certain cases. 18. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, that the several Ordinaries of this State shall, upon finding any executor, administrator or guardian in default on the records of said Ordinary, and after notifying such executor, administrator or guardian to make his or her annual return, as is now required by law, and in case of failure thereof, the said Ordinary shall have power to make out his cost for the same, and issue cost executions against such executors, administrators and guardians and their securities. Ordinaries have power to issue cost executions; SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That such executions shall be collected as other executions in this State. Collected as other executions.] 19. SEC. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED February 28th, 1856.

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[No. 97.] An Act to allow Trustees to make returns to the Court of Ordinary in certain cases, and to make it their duty to do so in other cases, and also to allow William M. Reese, former Trustee of John G. Rives and family, to make returns to the Ordinary of Wilkes County, and for other purposes. 20. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c. That from and after the passage of this act, any Trustee may be allowed to make a return of his actings and doings as Trustee, to the Court of Ordinary of the County in which he may reside, and that the return when so made, shall have the same force and effect as returns made in said Court by administrators, executors and guardians. Trustees may make returns to Ordinaries; 21. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the Ordinary to whom such return or returns may be made, shall be entitled to the same fees as are now paid by executors, administrators and guardians. Fees of Ordinary; 22. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be extended to William M. Reese of the County of Wilkes, former trustee of John G. Rives and family. W M Reese allow[UNK]d to make ret'rns to Ordinary; 23. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of all trustees within three months after the trust property comes into their possession, to return to the Court of Ordinary of the County where they reside, an inventory of all the trust property in their hands received by them, which shall be recorded under the same regulations as inventories of administrators and executors. Inventory of trust prop'ty how return'd Shall be recorded; 24. SEC. XI. And be it further enacted, That executors, administrators, guardians and trustees, shall be authorised to sell and convey property by Attornies in fact, in all cases where they may lawfully sell and convey in person. Executors: c. how authorized to sell property APPROVED February 28th, 1856. [No. 98.] An Act to point out the mode of ascertaining the relief and support to which widows and orphans are entitled out of the estates of their deceased husbands and parents, in cases where letters testamentary or of administration shall hereafter be granted, and for other other purposes, 25. SECTION. I. Be it enacted, c. That in all cases where letters testamentary or of administration shall hereafter be granted on any estate, it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of the County where said letters were granted, either in term time or in vacation, on the application of the executor, or executors, administrator or administrators, or widow, or the person or persons having the care of the child or children of the deceased to appoint five discreet appraisers, and it shall be the duty of said appraisers, or a majority of them, to assess the sum necessary for the support and maintenance of the widow and children, or widow or child, or children of the deceased for the term of twelve months, and to set apart that amount in money,

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or such property as may be selected by the widow, or person or persons having the care of the children of said deceased, if there be no widow, at a fair valuation to be made by said appraisers, and the money or property so set apart shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of any judgments, and shall be free from the control of the executor or executors, administrator or administrators of said estate, and the title thereto shall vest in said widow and children, or widow or child or children for their support and maintenance.7 Support of widow and children, twelve mo's. How set apart; Titles. Widow; 26. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said appraisers to return to the Ordinary of their County, within three months after their appointment, a schedule of the property or amount of money so set apart for the support and maintenance of said widow and children, or widow or child or children, and the valuation of the property as fixed by them, and it shall be the duty of the Ordinary to record the same in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, and he shall be entitled to the same [fee] for recording the same as is now allowed by law for recording. Schedule of appraisers returned to Ordinary. Shall be recorded; Fees. 27. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That said appraisers shall be entitled to a reasonable compensation for their services, to be fixed by the Ordinary, and to be paid out of the money or property set apart as aforesaid. Appraisdrs pasd; 28. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That the said appraisers shall also have power to set apart for the widow a sufficient amount of the household furniture for the use of the widow and children, and that the titles of the said furniture so set apart shall vest in the widow. Household furniture set apart. 29. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That when there is but one Justice of the Peace in the District, said Justice and any two freeholders, may on the application of the widow or children make the assessment and assignment of property authorised by the act of the General Assembly of 1850, in relation to the estates of persons without representation by executor or administrator. Assess ments under act of 1850; APPROVED February 19th, 1856. No. 99. An Act to amend the laws now in force in relation to Idiots, Lunatics and insane persons, and their estates, and for other purposes The General Assembly of the State of Georgia, do enact as follows: 30. SEC. I. That when any person has been found to be an Idiot, Lunatic or insane person, agreeable to the provisions of the laws now in force, and guardian shall have been appointed for such person, and such person shall afterwards be restored to his or her right mind, so as to be capable of managing his or her estate. It shall be the duty of the Ordinary of the county where such letters of guardianship were granted, upon the application of such person, his or her agent or attorney at law, stating that he or she is returned to his or her right mind, and capable of managing his or her estate,

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to enquire into the truth of such application by evidence, and by conversation with such person, and if the Ordinary shall be satisfied that the application is true, and the guardian of such person shall not controvert the truth of the same, it shall be the duty of the ordinary to pass an order vacating said letters of guardianship, and also an order directing said guardian forth with to deliver over to such person, all the property, money or effects in his hands as guardian atoresaid. Lunatics restored to mind, Letters of guardianship vacated; Property delivered over; 31. SEC. II. If upon hearing testimony as aforesaid, in the previous section, the ordinary is not satisfied that such person is restored to his or her right mind, and capable of managing his or her estate, or the truth of said application is controverted by the guardian, or any friend of such person, it shall be the duty of the ordinary to issue a mandate directed to the Sheriff of said county, requiring him to summon eighteen men competent to serve as jurors, to appear before him on a day fixed for that purpose, and any twelve of said men shall be a competent jury to enquire into the truth of said application, and shall be sworn by said ordinary impartially so to do, and if said jury after hearing evidence, and examining such person, shall by their verdict find, that such application is true, said ordinary shall immediately pass the orders as is provided in the first section of this act; but [Illegible Text] said jury shall find said application to be untrue, said letters of guardianship shall remain of force. Ordinary to have a Jury summoned; Verdict; Ordinary's duty. 32. Sec. III. When said letters of gardianship shall be revoked as is herein before provided, if said guardian shall fail or neglect for the space of ten days, after being required so to do, to pay and deliver over to such person all the money, property, and effects in his hands, as such guardian agreeable to the last return made by said guardian, to said Court of Ordinary, and affidavit of the truth of that fact shall have been made by such person and filed in the office of the Ordinary. It shall be the duty of the Ordinary to issue an attachment against such guardian, directed to the Sheriff of said county, and it shall be the duty of the Sheriff forthwith to arrest said guardian, and commit him to the jail of said county, where he shall remain until he pays, and delivers over said money, property and effects, according to the provisions of this act, or until he is otherwise discharged according to law. Failure of guardian to pay over funds; Ordinary's duty; 33. SEC. IV. Said Ordinary shall have power to issue subp[oelig]nas for witnesses, which may be served in the same manner, and they shall be entitled to the same compensation as witnesses in the Superior Courts, and which may be collected in the same way, and said Ordinary shall have power to administer all oaths that may be necessary for the purpose of carrying this act into full effect. Witnesses; Compensat'd Oaths; 34. SEC. V. The Ordinary shall be entitled to three dollars for his services in each case, when no jury is required, and when a jury is required, he shall be entitled to five dollars, and the Sheriff shall be entitled to the same compensation as for like services in the Superior Courts, and the jury shall be entitled to one dollar each, all of which costs shall be taxed against the party, against whom the

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issue is found, and the Ordinary shall issue execution for the same, under the same rules as govern in the Superior Courts. Ordinary's fee. how coll'ted; 35. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted, That imbecility on account of age, be one of the grounds upon which a commission of lunacy may issue, so as to authorize the Ordinary to grant letters of guardianship on said imbecile persons estate. Imbecility from age; 36. SEC. VII. All laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 100.) An Act to amend the several acts of this State in relation to suing out commissions of Lunacy. 37. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the said acts shall be severally amended so as to authorise and require the Ordinaries of the several counties in this State, when application is made to them, or either of them, for a commisson of Lunacy to appoint as two of the commissioners to execute said commission, two Justices of the Peace of the county where such case is to be tried, one of whom being present at the trail may act.8 actsamend'd Two Com'rs to be Justices of the Peace; 38. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That said Justice or Justices being present at the time of trial of said case, and in their absence any other Justice of the Peace of the county where such trial is to be had being present, and not being related to the applicant or defendant nearer than in the ninth degree, and having no interest, either directly or indirectly, in the case to be tried, shall have his name inserted in said commission, on motion of either party, as one of said commissioners to try said cause. Name inserted; 39. Sec. III. Be it be further enacted, That said Justice or Justices shall then proceed to have the remaining commissioners called and empanneled, shall hear and determine all questions as to their competency, and upon there appearing to be twelve of said commissioners with himself or themselves present and competent, he shall proceed to swear said commissioners faithfully and impartially to try and determine said cause. Proceedings of Com'srs; 40. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That said Justice may, upon motion made for that purpose, fine any of said commissioners for non-attendance, said fine not to exceed five dollars for each of such commissioners. Non-attend't Com'rs fined 41. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the Sheriff of the county, his deputy, or any Constable of the county shall be, and is hereby authorized and required upon being requested by the party making said application to proceed to summon said commissioners, and shall attend said trial for the purpose of enforcing the orders of said Justice or Justices and said Commissioners. Sheriff to summon. And attend trial. 42. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted, That in case enough of said commissioners shall not attend with such Justice or Justices then, and in that case the said parties may agree upon a sufficient number

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of commissioners to make up the number of twelve, who may proceed to try said case as herein provided, and is now authorized by law, and in case a sufficient number of said commissioners shall not and cannot be present at the time of said trial, then the said Justice or Justices, or any number of said commissioners may adjourn said case to some other day not exceeding five, and may by fine or otherwise compel the attendance of said absent commissioners, said trial to be otherwise conducted as now provided by law. Number of Com'srs insufficient. Twelve made up; Adjournm't for 5 days; 43. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That said Justice or Justices, and Commissioners shall hear and determine all questions of law arising on the trial of said case, and all motions to continue. Justices to determine law quest'ns 44. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the Sheriff or Constable who may perform the above service shall be entitled to the same fees as Sheriffs and Constables are now allowed by law for the like, in summoning Jurors, and attending trials in their respective Courts. Fees of Sheriffs. 45. Sec. IX. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 101.) An Act explanatory of the Second Section of an act entitled an act to alter and amend an act for the more effectually securing the Probate of Wills, c., approved 10 th Dec.. 1812. 46. Section I. B e it enacted, c., That it is the true interest, spirit and meaning of the Second Section of said recited act that whenever any Executor, Administrator or Guardian shall have had his said trust changed or removed from one county to another in the matter of making his returns as such Executor, Administrator or Guardian as [Illegible Text] by the Second Section of the before recited act that by so doing the whole of said trust is thereby removed from the one county to the other so that all and every question growing out of or affecting said trust, whether by caveat to the probate of the will, or granting letters dismissory, or any other matter or thing pertaining to said trust shall be heard and tried only in that county to which said trust has been removed. 2d section of Act of 1812 explained. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. 1. By act of 1850, Cobb, p. 338, Executors were required to give thirty days notice of sales of insolvent papers in a public gazette of this State. 2. For act of 1799, in relation to Executors and Administrators making titles to land.See Cobb, p. 340. 3. For act of which this is amendatory, see acts of 1851, and 52, p. 235. 4. As to the manner of making returnsSee secs. 61, 75, 77, 91, 124, 159 and 168 of Title Executors, Administrators, c., Cobb, p. 300. 5. As to Foreign Executors.See Cobb, p. 341. 6. For Jurisdiction of Court under act of 1799.See Cobb, p. 281. 7. For provisions in relation to support of widow and orphan,See Cobb, p. 296 and 298. 8. For acts of which thir is amendatory.See Cobb, p. 343. 9. For act of which this is amendatory,See Cobb, p. 318. Decis Sup. Court. No permission from the Court of Ordinary is needed as authority to an administrator, in order that he may institute his suit for land against a stranger.14 Geo. 145. In the payment of debts of an intestate debts due by him. for money collected as an attorney at law, are to be classed with bonds and other obligations, and not with open accounts.14 Geo. 379.

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Executors and administrators are entitled to commissions for paying out legacies, as well as debts, to be charged on the assets in their hands, provided there be any general estate, and if not, then legacies as well as debts to abate pro tanto. 14 Geo. 416. Trustees are entitled to commissions for receiving and paying out dividends on bank and other stocks.Ibid. Where the question as to the proper representation of an estate is involved in litigation, it is the duty of the Ordinary, to grant temporary letters, pendente lite. 14 Geo. 653. An administrator, who disposes of property in the possession of his intestate, belonging to another, is individually liable in an action of trover for its conversion.15 Geo. 189. The delivery by an Executor, to a legatee of certain slaves, to which he was entitled under the testators will, cannot constitute a legal consideration for a release of all other demands, and especially of hire due for them by the Executor.15 Geo. 570. The mere fact that the sureties reside out of the county, is not a sufficient reason for refusing administration.14 Geo. 13. The refusal to grant letters pendente lite, and to reverse it, appeal and not mandamus, is the proper remedyIbid. An administrators deed, need not recite the order for sale. It must be in evidence however.16 Geo. 67. The notice of sale required to be given at the Court house door, is in its nature perishable, and secondary evidence may be given of its contents at any time without further foundation as to losses.Ibid. When an executor or administrator sues on a debt contracted with him, he may declare on it individually, or in his representative character.16 Geo. 140. A Court of Equity will not interfere with the due administration of assets in the hands of an Executor or administrator upon slight grounds.16 Geo. 213. An administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo has no authority to sell or convey titles to lands not disposed of by the will of his testator.Ibid. A debt due the Central Bank, is entitled to payment from an estate, upon the same footing with debts due the public.17 Geo. 111. Where there is neither father, mother, brother, sister, wife nor children, distribution should be made among cousins on the paternal, and maternal sides equally.17 Geo. 230. The Ordinary is authorized to grant temporary letters, until permanent letters are granted. If there is an appeal from the grant of permanent letters, the temporary administrator will continue in office until the appeal is disposed of.17 Geo. 49. An administrator is not necessarily entitled to recover all the property of which his intestate died possessed.17 [Illegible Text]. 449. TITLE XVII. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. [No. 102,] An act declaratory of the intention of the the act entitled an act for the relief of honest debtors, approved on the 19th of December, I823, and to allow persons arrested under mesne process the benefit of the same. WHEREAS, It has been held doubtful whether or not persons arrested under writs of capias ad satisfaciendum, after having taken the prison bounds, were entitled to the benefit of the act of the Legislature of this State, entitled an act for the relief of honest debtors, approved on the 19th of December, 1823. 1 SEC. I. [Illegible Text] enacted, c, That all persons who may have been arrested, or hereafter may be arrested, upon any writ of capias ad satisfaciendum, shall either before or after taking the bounds defined as prison bounds or not, shall be entitled to take the benefit of

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said act upon filing their schedule, and giving notice as is required by said act. Arrests under ca sa in prison bounds; 2. SEC. II. And be it further enacted. That any person who has given bail in any civil suit, shall be entitled to the benefit of the act for the relief of honest debtors, upon giving notice, filing his schedule and appearing in Court for that purpose, and on his appearance he shall be subject to be proceeded against in the same manner as if he had been arrested and given bond under said act. * * See Cobb's new Digest p. 386. There is no modification of act of 1823. A discharge under the honest debtors act, exempts only the body of the Defendant from arrest at the instance of the creditors who were the parties at the proceeding.16. Geo. Rep. 137. All the property which the debtor owned at the time, whether included in his schedule or not, is subject to the judgmentIbid The issue authorised to be formed under the insolvent laws of this State is to compel a discovery of concealed effects, and not to try the title to property in the hands of third personsIbid. An insolvent debtor is not entitled to have two watches exempt from levy and sale.Query as to one? 16. Geo. 479. The implements or tools of his wife's calling or trade are not exempt.Ibid. Appearance of the debtor at any time during the term before the juries are discharged is a performance of the condition of a ca. sa. bond. 17. Geo. 88. If the securities of an insolvent debtor at any reasonable period of the term before for the Jury is discharged, and in time for the necessary issues to be formed and tried, do render the body of the debtorinto Court they should be relieved from their liability. Schedule to be filed: Persons giving bail in civil cases; Proceedings in case; APPROVED December 15th, 1855. TITLE XVIII. INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION, 1. GENERAL LAWS. 2. STATE ROAD. 3. RAIL-ROAD, CANAL, AND OTHER CORPORATIONS. GENERAL LAWS. 1. Liability of R. R. Companies. 2. Carelessness and negligence. 3. Liable to officers and Employees. 4. Revivorship. 5. Repealing clause. 6. Freight bills and lists. (No. 103.) An Act to define the liability of the several Rail Road Companies of of this State for injury to persons or property, to prescribe in what counties they may be sued. and how served with process. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the several Rail Road Companies of this State, shall be liable to be sued in any county in which the cause of action originated by any one whose person or property has been injured by them, their officers, agents or employees in or by the running of their cars or engines for the purpose

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of recovering compensation in damages for such injuries, and service of a copy of the declaration and process by the proper officers, on any officer or depot agent of any such company residing in the county in which any such suit may be brought, or by leaving the same at the most notorious place of abode of any such officer or agents shall be deemed and adjudged to be sufficient service of notice to any such company. Liability of R. R. Co's. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where the person or an individual has or may be injured, or the property of an individual has or may be injured, or destroyed by the carelessness, negligence, or improper conduct of any of said companies, their officers, agents or employees in or by the running of any of their cars or engines, they shall be liable to pay damages for the same, to any one so injured or whose property may be so injured or destroyed, notwithstanding any by-laws, rules or regulations or notices made, passed or given by any of said companies, limiting their liability. Suits for damages; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the several Rail Road Companies, in this State, shall be liable to pay damages to any officer, agent or employee of any such company who may be injured while in the service of any such company, by the carelessness, negligence or improper conduct of any of said companies or any of the other officers, agents or employees of said companies by the running of the cars or engines of any of said companies. Carelessness negligence, c; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That if any one shall be killed by the carelessness, negligence or improper conduct of any of said Rail Road Companies, their officers, agents or employees, by the running of the cars or engines of any of said companies, that the right of action to recover damages, shall vest in his widow, if any, if no widow, it shall vest in his children if any, and if no child or children, it shall vest in his legal representatives. right of act'n 5. Sec. V. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. REF. NOTE.An enlargement and extension of the liability of Rail Road Compaies, for injury to persons or property. See acts of 1853 and 54, p. 92, for the previous liability. No. 104. An Act to define the duties of all Rail Road Companies in this State in reference to bills and freight lists, and for other purposes. 6. SEC. I. Be it enacted, That all freight bills or freight lists charged against or to be collected out of any person for whom a Rail Road shall carry freight in this State, shall contain the items of freight charged in said bills or freight lists by some certain and specific discription before they shall be collectable. Freight bills what to specify; APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. Rail Roads authorized to establish through rates for the transportation and conveyance of produce.See acts of 1851 and 52, p. 109. Sup. Court Decis.Where goods are transported by a R. R. Co., and upon their reaching the place of destination, and stored at the warehouse, at the expense of the owner, without actual notice of their arrival, under a newspaper publication that all articles

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not removed within a given time, will be thus disposed of; held that such erroneous delivery notwithstanding it made the party chargeable for all the loss and injury resulting therefrom, still it did not, of itself, amount to a conversion of the property and to maintain trover, a demand and refusal were necessary;14 Geo 277. If goods are not removed after notice of their arrival, within a reasonable time, the strict liability of a R. R. Co., in their character of common carriers ceases, and they may charge storage themselves, or deposit the goods in the warehouse of another, at the owners risk and expense.Ibid. STATE ROAD. SEC. 1. No preference to Agents in shipments. SEC. 2. Repealing clause. SEC. 3. Duty of Superintendent. SEC. 4. Perjury. SEC. 5. Repealing clause. SEC. 6. Sale of Iron. SEC. 7. Terms of sale. SEC. 8. Entry of sale and report. SEC. 9. Repealing clause. (No. 105) An Act to prevent Rail Road Agents from shipping or conveying their grain on the Western Atlantic Rail Road, in preference and to the injury of other persons, and to punish them for such offences. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and immedialy after the passage of this act, any Agent or other person or persons employed on the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, who shall ship or cause his grain or other commodities to be conveyed on said Road in preference to other persons, or shall send their cargoes from any depot, where the grain or other commodities of other persons have been deposited in said depot first, that when any agent or other person or persons employed on said Rail Road, shall convey or cause to be conveyed their own grain or other commodities on said Rail Road, and shall refuse or neglect to convey the grain or other commodities of any other person or persons whose grain or commodities were received at any depot on said road, at the time or previous to the cargo of grain belonging to said agent or employee, and such person or persons so offending, shall be subject to an action of damages by any person or persons whose grain or other commodities have been left at said depot, and shall also be subject to be indicted therefor, and upon conviction shall be fined or imprisoned at the discretion of the Courtthe fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, and the imprisonment not to exceed three months. Agents not to have preference in shipments; Penalty; Action of damages; Fine and imprisonment; 2. Sec. II. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 5th, 1856. (No. 106.) An Act to require the Depot Agent and Conductors of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road to take an oath for the faithful discharge of their duties, and to punish them for a violation of the same, 3. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact as follows, That it shall be the duty of the Superintendent within two months after the passage of this act, to

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require every Depot Agent and Conductor now in office, or hereafter appointed to office on said Road, to take and subscribe the following oath, to-wit, I, A. B., Agent or Conductor of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of my office to the best of my ability, and that I will pay over all the money in my hands, or that may come into my hands belonging to the State of Georgia, at any time when required so to do; and the said Superintendent shall also require every Depot Agent and Conductor of said Road now in office, or hereafter to be appointed, and when said Agents and Conductors are appointed to take and subscribe said oath which affidavit said Superintendent shall keep filed in his office in Atlanta, and shall deliver to any Solicitor General of this State when requested to do so. Duty of Sup't Agents and Conductor's oath; Oath filed; 4. SEC II. And be it further enacted, That in the event any Agent or Conductor after having taken said oath, shall fail or refuse to pay over all the money in his hands belonging to said State, when required so to do by any one duly authorised to receive the same, he shall be deemed and adjudged to be guilty of perjury and upon proof of such default, and conviction thereon, shall be confined at hard labor in the Penitentiary of said State, for a term of not less than two nor longer than four years. Perjury; 5. Sec. III. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 107.) An Act to compel the Superintendent of the Western and Atlantic Rail-Road to sell the Iron taken up and other tackle and apparel which has or may become useless to said Road, at public outcry. 6. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That whenever any Iron belonging to the State may be taken up and become useless to said Road, and all other tackle and apparel which is now, or may hereafter become useless to said Road, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to advertise the same in one of the public gazeties in the cities of Augusta, Atlanta and Macon, each for thirty days, giving due notice of the time and place of sale together with the terms of sale and description of said articles intended to be sold. Superintendent to sell iron: 7. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Superintendent be, and he is hereby authorized to take such note, bond or other obligation for the proceeds of said sale on a credit of twelve months from date as he may deem to be safe, payable to the Governor of said State, and his successors in office for the use of the State, which bonds, notes or other obligations shall be deposited in the State Treasury and become a part of its assets as profits arising from said Road. terms of sale 8. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Superintendent to make an entry of all such sales made under the provisions of this act, of the articles sold, to whom sold, and at

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what price, and report the same in his annual report to the Governor of said State. Entry of sale and report; 9. Sec. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. ATLANTIC GULF RAIL ROAD. SEC. 1. Corporators, SEC. 2. Books of subscription. SEC. 3. Election of Directors. SEC. 4. Powers of Company. SEC. 5. Instalments. SEC. 6. Privileges granted to several Rail Road Companies. SEC. 7. Returns by the President. SEC. 8. Reference to State freights. SEC. 9. Repealing clause. (No. 108.) An Act to incorporate a Rail Road Company to be called the Atlantic and Gulf Rail Road Company, and for other purposes therein named, 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That James Hamilton Couper, James P Screven, Alexander Atkinson, Edward C. Anderson, W. B. Hodgson, Robert Stafford, Levi J. Knight, E. Young, William Ponder, Winborn J. Lawton, Alfred H. Colquitt, Joseph Bond, E. A. Nisbet, Joel Crawford, John H. Howard, Seaborn Jones, David J. Bailey, Charles J. Jenkins, John Milledge, James M. Calhoun, Charles Spalding, Charles J. Munnerlyn, Thomas Hamilton, N. W. Collier, and James McRea, and such persons as may hereafter become associated with them, and their successors, are hereby made a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Atlantic and Gulf Rail Road Company, to be located in Milledgeville, and by that name are made capable in law to have, purchase, and enjoy such real and personal estate, goods, and effects as may be necessary and proper to carry out the objects herein specified, and to secure the full enjoyment of all the rights herein and hereby granted, and by said name to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Court of competent jurisdiction, to have and use a common seal, and the same to alter at pleasure; and to make, ordain and establish such rules, by-laws and regulations as shall seem necessary and convenient for the government and protection of said corporation, the same not being contrary to the laws or constitution of this State, and generally to do, perform and execute all such acts, matters and things as may appertain to corporations of like character. Corporators. Name; Location; Powers and privileges, By-laws; 2. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the persons hereinbefore named, or any five or more of them, shall cause books of subscription to be opened in Milledgeville, and such other place or places as they may designate on public advertisement of thirty days in one or more gazettes of Milledgeville, Savannah, Macon and Augusta, which books shall be kept open at least two weeks, and as much longer as said commissioners may deem expedient, and any person, firm or corporation desiring to make a bona fide subscription to the capital stock of said company, shall be permitted to do so; Provided that no one person, firm or corporation, shall subscribe more than two hundred thousand dollars previous to the first election

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of Directors, and if the sum of six hundred thousand dollars or upwards shall have been bona fide subscribed, it shall be the duty of the commissioners herein named, or any five or more of them, who may be actually engaged in taking subscription, to return a list of the subscribers, and the amount subscribed by each, with a certificate that the subscriptions are bona fide and binding, and that each person, firm or corporation, (in the opinion of said commissioners,) will be fully able to pay up the sums subscribed by the same, which return and certificate shall be under oath, and when received, shall be filed away in the Comptroller General's office. If said return and certificate shall be satisfactory to the Governor of this State for the time being, it shall then be his duty to subscribe in the name of the State of Georgia for stock to the extent of five hundred thousand dollars, or if the bona fide subscriptions returned and certified shall exceed six hundred thousand dollars, then for such larger sum than five hundred thousand dollars, as will be in the same proportion; Provided, that no iron and no superstructure shall be laid on said Atlantic and Gulf Rail Road until the Brunswick and Florida Rail Road, or the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Rail Road, shall have formed a connection with the said Atlantic and Gulf rail road and the cars be running up on one or the other of said Rail Roads. And Provided further, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed so as to authorise subscriptions upon the part of the State of Georgia to exceed one million of dollars. The capital stock of said company may be increased five millions of dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and in all elections of Directors and meetings of Stockholders, each share shall be entitled to one vote. Books of subscription Com'srs to return list; when filed; Governor to take stock for State; Amount; Subscript 'ns increased. State subscription limited. Increase of capital. Shares; Votes in elections; 3. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That so soon as the sum of one million one hundred thousand dollars or upwards, shall have been subscribed as provided in the second section of this act, it shall be the duty of the Governor of the State for the time being, to order an election for nine Directors, which election shall be held in Milledgeville under the direction of the Commissioners, or any five or more of them, after not less than thirty days notice, and the Stockholders shall vote in person or by proxy. The Directors so elected shall elect a President from their number, [and such other officers as they may deem expedient,] and shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors shall be elected. Elections for Directors, (after the first,) shall take place annually on the second Monday in February. No person shall be eligible as a Director except a resident of the State of Georgia, who shall be a holder in his own right and name of twenty-five shares of one hundred dollars each of the stock of said company. Election of Directors; Voteshow cast; President and other Officers; term of office Qualification of Directors; 4. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That when the Atlantic and Gulf Rail Road Company shall be organized as provided in the previous sections of this act, the said company shall be authorised and is hereby declared to have full power to build, construct, and maintain a Rail Road for the transportation of produce, merchandize and passengers, from a point as near as practicable to the intersection of the lines of the counties of Appling, Ware and Wayne, crossing

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the Satilla River at or near Walker's ferry in the vicinity of Waresboro, and thence by the most practicable route to the Western boundary of the State of Georgia, at any point between For Gaines in the County of Clay, and the junction of the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers, in the County of Decatur; said Western terminus to be selected by the Directors, after an accurate survey and estimates of cost shall have been made, and with a distinct reference to a speedy connection with the Gulf of Mexico at Mobile or Pensacola, all questions growing out of the right of way, and damages therefor, be decided according to the provisions of the fifteenth section of the amended charter of the Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia, approved the fourteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, which section is declared to be a part of this act, and all the privileges, immunities and exemptions granted to the Central Rail Road and Banking Company, and the Georgia Rail Road and Banking Company, or either of them, by the acts incorporating said companies, and the several acts amendatory thereof, are hereby granted to the said Atlantic and Gulf Rail Road Company, so far as the same can be made applicable to said Atlantic and Gulf Rail Road Company. Powers of Company Route; Western terminus, c. Right of way Certain privileges granted. 5. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Board of Directors, soon after they are elected, to call for an instalment of twenty per centum on the capital stock subscribed, by giving at least thirty days notice, and when the same shall be actually paid in, to certify the same to the Governor of the State for the time being, whose duty it shall then be to pay up twenty per centum of the subscription made by the State, and for this purpose he is authorised to draw his warrant on the treasury for any money not otherwise appropriated, and if there shall be no such funds in the treasury, or not sufficient to pay the installment called for, he shall issue and dispose of bonds of the State of Georgia, having twenty years to run, and bearing six per cent interest, with coupons attached made payable either at the treasury, or at such other place as the Governor may think best to insert in said bonds, and the proceeds of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, after deducting the expenses of the said Road, and after the payment of all other sums for which the same has been set apart and pledged, shall be applied to the payment of the principal and interest on these bonds, but under no circumstances shall any of these bonds be sold below their par value. But no payment shall be made on the part of the State until the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Rail Road Company, and the Brunswick and Florida Rail Road Company, shall have released any right which either of said Companies have or claim to interfere with the location of said Road, on account of any privileges granted in the charters of either of them. After the first instalment is paid by the subscribers, no more than ten per cent shall be called for at any one time, and then only on thirty days public notice, and if any subscriber shall fail to pay any instalment duly called for by the Directors, the Directors may declare the stock of such subscriber forfeited to to the company, with any instalments then paid, without affecting the right of said company

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to sue for and recover the amount of any subscription, or any part thereof, duly called for and remaining unpaid. The Board of Directors shall be authorised from time to time to receive additional bona fide subscriptions to capital stock, until the Road is finished, and when such subscriptions shall be returned and certified to the Governor under oath, he shall subscribe an additional sum for the State of Georgia, in the proportion as heretofore provided, the instalments to be paid upon the same conditions and in the same manner as authorised for the first subscriptions. But no stock-shall be allowed a vote, (after the first election,) on which twenty per cent has not been paid. Instalment. State's instalmenthow made; Payments; 10 per cent after first instalment; Failure to pay; Additional subscripti'ns Qualification of stockh'd's to vote; 6. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Rail Road Company, and the Brunswick and Florida Rail Road Company, and either of them, shall be permitted to join their tracks with the track of the said Atlantic and Gulf Rail Road Company with equal privileges to both of said companies, and without any discrimination whatever against either of them, it being the intention of the State of Georgia by this act, to provide a main trunk railway across her territory, connecting the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico, that any Rail Road in this State shall have the privilege and right to join said Atlantic and Gulf Rail Road Company without any discrimination for or against such Rail Road joining there-to; Provided, that the Stockholders thereof build said Road with their own money. Privileges granted; States intention; General privileges; Proviso; 7. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the President of said Rail Road Company, to make returns under oath semi-annually to the Governor of the State, containing a full and accurate statement of the pecuniary affairs of the Company with a list of the subscribers to stock, with the amounts subscribed and paid in by each, which returns shall be filed away in the Comptroller Generals office. President's returns; 8. SEC. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the produce of the State of Georgia, deposited at any depot within the State, shall have precedence over through freights coming from any other State so long as the State of Georgia remains a stockholder in said Road. State's precedence; 9. SEC. IX. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED February 27th, 1856. LAGRANGE AND OXFORD RAIL-ROAD. SEC. 1 Corporators. SEC. 2 Subscriptions for Stock. SEC. 3 Powers of Board. SEC. 4 Donations. SEC. 5 Disagreement of price. SEC. 6 Bridges. SEC. 7 Inspection of Books. SEC. 8 Liability of Stockholders. SEC. 9 Transfer of Stock. SEC. 10 Control of Execution. SEC. 11 Limitations. SEC. 12 Greenville Branch Road. SEC. 13 Powers and Privileges. SEC. 14 Repealing clause. (No. 109.) An Act to incorporate the LaGrange and Oxford Rail-road Company. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That for the purpose of constructing a Rail-road communication between the town of LaGrange,

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Georgia, and some point on the line between the State of Georgia and Alabama. west or north-west of LaGrange, and in the direction so as to connect with the Selma Rail-road in the State of Alabama, at some point on said Road north of the town of Selma in said State; John E. Morgan, Robt. A. T. Ridley, Edward Y. Hill, Jesse McLendon, Wm. C. Henderson, Edward H. Broughton, Jno. P. Culberson, Thomas C. Evans, Wiley P. Burks, Sampson Lay, L. H. Clark, E. A. Reid, John J. Boykin and Wm. P. Beasley, 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 LaGrange and Oxford 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 pleasure. Route. Corpo rators; Name. Powers and privileges; By-laws; Seal; 2. Sec. II. 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 be elected 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 shall be according to the number of shares he, she or they may hold in his, or her, or their own right, or as Trustees for three months prior to the election, one 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 one of the Directors present to be elected President, pro tem., by a majority of the Board present. Subscripti'ns Meeting of Stockholders President; term of office By proxy Votes, in elections Powers of Board; Salaries; Five directors a Board; President pro tem; 3. Sec. IV. 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 Rail-road, and in case of disagreement between the owner or owners, and the said Board of Directors

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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 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 appraisers, which shall be taken and held as a judgment for the amount against said Company, and may be enforced by an execution from the said Inferior Court, and then the said landholder shall vest a fee-simple title to the strip or strips of land to 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 Directorstheir power; damag's, how ascertained: Award, how enforced; Appeal. 4. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That when the said Rail-road Company cannot agree with the owner or owners of any land through which they may propose to construct said Road, and the said Company shall comply or propose to comply with the provisions of the above fourth section the progress of said Rail-road shall not be delayed by said disagreement; they shall proceed with their Road on tendering to said owner or claimant a bond with good security to him or them the amount of the final award in said controversy. Disagreements; Company to tender bond. 5. Sec. VI. 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 all roads, and arrange and keep in good condition safe stock gaps for the protection of all the plantations through which said Rail-road may pass. Bridges, ways and stock gaps. 6. Sec. VII. 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. Books subject to inspection. Contracts, how authenticated; 7. Sec. VIII. 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

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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., 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. Liability of Stockholders Suits; Executionhow levied 8. Sec. IX. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Company to publish 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. Statement; Transfer Continuence of liability; 9. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, 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 her 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. Control of execution; 10. Sec. XI. And be it further enacted, That the said LaGrange and Oxford Rail-road 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. Limitations. 11. Sec. XII. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act of incorporation be extended to the Greenville Branch Road Company, and that H. S. Wimbush, G. G. Howard, J. L. Banning, J. W. Stinson, Tyra Reeves, W. T. Mooreland, Thomas M. Ghee, Jurjman Gates, Jordan Barnes, Charles Harris, John Jones, Simeon Peteete, Jesse Partridge, W. A. J. Phillips, F. W. Blunt and Albert Jeter be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, with full powers to construct a Rail-road, to be called the Greenville Branch Road, from or near the town of Greenville in Meriwether connty to any point on the LaGrange and Atlanta Rail-road between the city of Newnan in Coweta county, and the town of LaGrange, Troup county. Provisions extended; Corporators Route. 12. Sec. XIII. And be it further enacted, That Delaware Morris, Edgar C. Ellington, Manning G. Stamper, William C. Perkins, William B. Graves and Samuel Williams and such persons as may unite with them for that purpose, be authorized to construct a Rail-road

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from the west bank of the Chattahoochee river, at or near the town of Georgetown, Randolph county, to the town of Americus, Sumter county, or to any other point on the Southern Rail-road, or to any point on the Atlantic and Gulf Rail-road now in contemplation and for that purpose shall have all the powers and privileges of the South-Western Rail-road Company as to the right of way, and be subject to the same liabilities, shall create a capital stock of such amount as may be necessary, and exercise all necessary and proper corporate powers under the name and style of the Randolph Rail-road Company. Company. Route; Powers and privileges; Capital st'ck 13. Sec. XIV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. GEORGIA AIR LINE RAIL ROAD. 1. Corporators. 2. Subscriptions for stock. 3. Capital Stock. 4. RouteLiabilities. 5. Branches. 6. Right of way. 7. Repealing clause. No. 110. An Act to incorporate the Georgia Air Line Rail Road Company, and to confer on them certain powers and privileges therein mentioned. 1. SEC. I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, William Markham, Samuel P. Grant, Richard Peters, Jonathan Norcross, William Ezzard, Ira O. McDaniel, John F. Mims, John Glenn, Joseph Thompson, Julius A. Hayden, Green B. Haygood, Anderson W. Stone, B. H. Overby, Daniel Hook, Jared I. Whitaker, Amos W. Hammond, and such other persons, and corporations as may be associated with them, and their successors and assigns, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Georgia Air Line Rail Road company, and in and by that name may sue and be sued, plead, and be impleaded, answer and be answerd unto, in any Court of Law or Equity, in this State, or in the United States, may make by-laws, and appoint all necessary officers, and prescribe their duties, and may accept, purchase, hold, and convey any property, either real or personal, necessary for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, may make contracts, have and use a common seal, and do all other lawful acts, property incident to, and connected with said incorporation, and necessary for the control and transaction of its business, Provided, That their by-laws be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. Corporators; Name; Powers and privileges. By-laws, Seal; Proviso; 2. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That for the organization of said Company, said persons herein before named, or a majority of them, shall have power to appoint the times and places at which subscriptions for stock in said company may be taken, and every person, corporation or body politic subscribing at any such times or places, or at any time afterwards, under the direction of a majority of said corporators or directors hereafter named, shall be stockholders in said company, and shall pay in the stock so subscribed for,

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at such times and in such amounts as the by-laws and regulations of said company may require, and said corporators or a majority of them shall in a seasonable time thereafter, appoint a time and place for the meeting of said stockholders of which they shall give thirty days notice in such public papers in this State, as they may deem necessary, at which time and place, or at any other time or place of which notice may be given as aforesaid, said stockholders may proceed to the election of a President, and six directors, who shall constitute the first board of directors, and said President and directors shall hold their office for one year, or until their successors are elected, and may prescribe in their by-laws the time and manner of holding their subsequent annual elections for President and directors, and in all cases the stockholders shall have the right 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 day of such election, one vote for each share. The Board of Directors shall have power to fill all vacancies which may occur in their Board until the regular annual election by the stockholders, and shall fix the compensation of the President of the Board. Five Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, of whom the President shall be one, except in cases of sickness or necessary absence, when his place may be filled by one of the Directors present to be elected President pro. tem., by a majority of the board present. Subscript'ns; Stock pd, in. Meeting of Stockholders Elections; tarm of office Votes; how cast; Vacancies; Quorum to do business; President pro tem; 3. SEC. III And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said company, shall be one million of dollars, which may be increased to an amount not exceeding the cost of the construction of said Road and its out-fits to be divided in shares of one hundred dollars each, and said shares shall be transferable on the Books of said company as may be prescribed by said Directors, and no stockholder indebted to said company shall transfer his, her, or their stock without the consent of the Board of Directors. Capital, 1,000,000; Increase of capital; Shares; Transfer, 4. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That said company shall have full power and authority to survey, lay out and construct a Rail Road from the city of Atlanta, in this State, to the boundary line between this State and the State of South Carolina, in the direction of Anderson Court House, in said State of South Carolina, and the same to equip, use and enjoy with all the rights, privileges and immunities granted to the Central Rail Road and Banking Company, and subject to the same liabilities imposed upon the said company, so fair as the same may be applicable under the act incorporating said Central Rail Road and Banking Company, and the several acts amendatory thereof, heretofore passed. Route. Privileges, Liabilities; 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That said company shall have the power if they see fit to construct a branch road, from their road to the town of Athens, provided, nothing herein contained, shall prevent any other Rail Road company from crossing the road herein provided for with their road at any place, and as often as necessary. May const'ct branch Rd.

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6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That all questions concerning the right of way between said company and the owners of land through which said road may run, shall be tried and determined according to the provisions of the fifteenth section of an act approved December the 4th, 1835, to amend an act to incorporate the Central Rail Road Canal company of Georgia, c. Right of way 7. SEC. VII. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. MIDDLE GROUND RAIL-ROAD. SEC. 1 Corporators. SEC. 2 Shares. SEC. 3 Meeting of Subscribers. SEC. 4 Right of way. SEC. 5 Bridges at crossings. SEC. 6 Inspector of Books. SEC. 7 Individual liability. SEC. 8 Publication of Statement. SEC. 9 Control of Execution. SEC. 10 Duration. SEC. 11 Liabilities of Rail-road. SEC. 12 Company. (No. 111.) An Act to incorporate the Middle Ground Rail-road, to provide for its organization, to define its rights and liabilities. 1. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That for the purpose of constructing a Rail-road from or near the city of Covington by way of Grffin, McDonough, Greenville and Hamilton to Columbus or to the Alabama line near the city of Columbus, Doctor William D. Conyers, John M. Clark of Newton county, Allen W. Turner, Joseph A. Thrasher and A. W. Walker of Henry county, Archibald A. Gaulding, William R. Phillips, James W. Simmon, Augustus Burr and Henry P. Hill of Spalding county, William D. Alexander and Giles Driver of Pike county, Dr. Wimbish G. G. Howard, William Moreland, Peter Martin, Henry Harris and R. T. Marks of Meriwether county, John Murphy, A. F. Johnson and George H. Bryan of Harris county, Henry T. Hall, John C. Reese, George W. Winter and Joseph B. Hill of Muscogee county, and such other corporations and individuals as may be associated for the purpose aforesaid, and their assigns, shall hereinafter be made a body politic and corporate under the name and style of the Middle Ground Rail-road Company, and by that name shall be capable in law to purchase, hold and sell so much real and personal estate as may be necessary for said purpose, to 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 to have and use a common seal, and the same to alter at pleasure. Route; Corporators; Name; Powers and privileges; Seal; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said Company shall not exceed three 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 direct the issue of certificates for the same. Shares; Duty of Directors. 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That for the organization of said Company, the said persons herein before named, or a majority

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of them, shall appoint the times and places at which the subscriptions for the stock of said Company may be made, and shall thereafter appoint a 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 the Stockholders shall proceed to the election of seven Directors, who shall constitute and form the first Board of Directors; one of said Directors shall be elected 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, shall be according to the number of shares he, she or they may hold in his, her or their own right or as trustee at the time of the election, one vote to each share, the said Board of Directors shall have power to fill 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 the 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 shall be supplied by any one of the Directors present to be elected President pro tem., by a majority of the Board present. Meeting of subscribers; Election of Directors; President; term of office Voteshow cast Vacancies; Salaries; Five Directors a Board: President pro tem: 4. Sec. IV. 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 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 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 said land, and the 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 said land may lie, shall appoint another freeholder, but if such owner 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 value of the damages or value of said 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 said land which shall be taken and held as a judgment for the amount against said Company, and may be enforced by execution from said Inferior Court, and said plat and description of said land, and said award shall be recorded 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 of said parties shall be dissatisfied with the award of

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the appraisers he or she 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 the parties. Right of way [Illegible Text] effect thereof Appeal; 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the Company shall build and keep in good order substantial bridges or ways of passage wherever it may cross a public road. Bridges; 6. Sec. VI. 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 and 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 any engagement, unless the same shall be so signed, countersigned or attested as aforesaid. Books, c. subject to inspection; Contractshow authenticated. 7. Sec. VII. 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 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. Individual liability; Executionhow levied; 8. Sec. VIII. 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 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 within 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. Statement published semi-ann'l; 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, 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, her or their benefit, may be levied by him or them upon the private property of any or all the

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other Stockholders in proportion to their respective shares of stock. Control of Execution; 10. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That this act be and remain in force for thirty years. Duration 11. Sec. XI. And be it further enacted, That the laws now in force in this State defining the liabilities of Rail-road Companies for damage done to persons and property be, and the same are hereby declared applicable to this Company. Liabilities APPROVED, Feb. 19th, 1856. LOOK OUT RAIL ROAD. SEC. 1. Incorporation. SEC. 2. Route of the Road. SEC. 3. Capital $3,000,000. SEC. 4. Meeting of Stockholders. SEC. 5. Right of way. SEC. 6. Bridges at crossings. SEC. 7. Inspection of Books. SEC. 8. Individual liability. SEC. 9. Annual statement. SEC. 10. Control of Execution. SEC. 11. Limitation. SEC. 12. Repealing clause. (No. 112.) An Act to incorporate the Look Out Rail Road Company, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 1. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act that John D. Gray, Robert Gray, James P. Blackwell, Henry Albright, Joshua Ellis, John Woods, Joshua Gilbert, Thomas T. Napier, William T. S. Adams, John P. Alexander, William H. Johnson, C. C. Patton, A. J. Leet, Daniel Majors, Moses Park, James R. Jones, Joseph H. Smith, Sampson Lindsay Edwards, Charles Carroll, William Collins, Edwin Dyer, Edward Russell, H. A. Russell, H. B. Johnson, James C. Wardlow, James Hoge, Spencer Marsh, Alexander Shaw, John R. Wardlow, Eli Gore, John Dickson, R. H. Caldwell, A. B. Culberson, Charles F. Bruckner, T. E. Patton, W. S. McCutchin, Thomas M. Mash, Lemuel Fa riss, Thomas Warthen, James Gordon, and such others as they may associate with, and their successors and assigns, be and they are hereby constituted and declared a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of The Look-Out Rail Road Company, and in and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Court of Law or Equity in this State, may have and use a common seal, and the same to alter or destroy at pleasure, and may purchase, accept, hold, enjoy and convey any property real, personal or mixed, which may be necessary for the purposes hereinafter mentioned. Incorporated Style; Powers and privileges; Seal; 2. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said Company shall have power and authority to survey, lay out, and construct, equip, use and enjoy, a Rail-road from some point on the Western and Atlantic Rail-road, at or near Johnson in the County of Catoosa, to Lafayette in the County of Walker. Route; 3. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said Lookout Rail-road Company shall be three hundred thousand dollars, books of subscription for which shall be opened in the town of

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LaFayette, Walker county, at the store of C. C. Patten Co., in Walker county, at the house of Edward Gilbert in Catoosa county and at Johnson in Catoosa county, by the Directors herein above mentioned, or such persons as they may appoint at such times as they may determine. Capital 300,000 dolls. Books of subscription; 4. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That when two hundred thousand dollars of the capital stock of said company shall be subscribed, it shall be the duty of the Directors herein before named, to call a meeting of the Stockholders at such place as may be by them agreed upon, of which meeting public notice shall be given in one of the public gazettes of this State, at least twenty days. At said meeting the stockholders shall proceed to elect by ballot, seven Directors to form and constitute the first Board of Directors, one of which said Directors shall be elected as President thereof, and said President and Directors shall hold their office 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 election, one vote to each share and the capital stock of said company shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; the said Board of Directors shall have power to fill all vacancies which may occur in their Board, or other offices, until the next 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 which the President shall be one, except in cases of sickness or necessary absence, in which case his place may be supplied by any of the Directors present, to be chosen President pro tempore by a majority of the Board present. Meeting of Stockholders Election of Directors; President; Votes, how cast; Votes in elections; Shares; Vacancies Compensation: What number of Directors may do business; President pro tem; 5. Sec. V. 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 or protection of said Lookout Rail-road, and in case of disagreement between the owner or owners and the said Board of Directors, in regard to the damage or price of any such strip or strips of lands, it may and shall be lawful for such Board to appoint one disinterested free-holder, as an appraiser, and the owner or owners of said land another disinterested free-holder, 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 free-holder, but if such owner or owners shall decline to appoint one 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 or other person authorised by law to administer oaths, to make and return to the said Court a just and true and impartial valuation of the damages or value of such strip or strips of

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land thus required by said Company, and their award shall be in writing, and assigned by at least a majority of the appraisers, and accompanied by a plat and full description of 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 the 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 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 final and conclusive, and binding on both parties. Right of way Disagreem'ts Award: effect thereof Appeal; 6. Sec VI. Be it further enacted, That the said Company shall build and keep in good order, substantial bridges and ways of passage across said Rail-road where said Rail-road may cross the public road. Bridges; 7. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the books, papers and correspondence, and the funds of the 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 agreement, unless the same shall be so signed countersigned, or attested as aforesaid. Books, c. open to inspection; Contractshow [Illegible Text] 8. SEC VIII. 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 be first levied on 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 by the proper officer of no corporate property to be found, said execution may then be levied upon any private property of any stockholder of said company, equal to the amount of his stock, if that be not sufficient to satisfy the said execution, then it may be levied on the private property of any other stockholder equal to his stock and so on until the execution is fully satisfied. Individual liability; Executionhow levied; 9. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said company to publish annually, a full statement of the names of the stockholders, and the amount of stock owned by each; and that said company shall be liable for all damages to stock, property or individuals, by running their locomotives, cars, or engines, and in case death results to any party, from the causes aforesaid, then the right of action shall survive to his, her or their representative, and

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the burden of proof shall rest upon the said company of showing themselves excusable, Annual statement; Liable for damages 10. SEC. X. Be it further enacted, 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. Control of Execution. 11. SEC. XI. Be it further enacted, That if two hundred thousand dollars of the capital stock of said company is not subscribed, and the work actually commenced on said road within five years from the date of this charter, this charter shall then be forfeited; Provided, that nothing herein granted shall interfere in any manner whatever with the rights and privileges heretofore granted to the Coosa and Chattooga River Rail-road company; Provided further, that nothing herein granted, shall interfere with the rights and privileges heretofore granted to the Gadsden and Dalton Rail-road Company. Limitation. Not to effect the Coosa and Chattooga River R R Gadsden and Dalton Road; 12. Sec. XII. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. GAINESVILLE AND CHATTAHOOCHEE RIDGE RAIL-ROAD. 1. Consolidation of Roads. 2. Capital Stock. 3. Corporators. 4. Route. 5. Capital of $1,000,000. 6. Roads to unite. 7. Books of Subscription. 8. Provisions of Central R. R. 9. Limitations. 10. Route of Copper Mine Road. 11. Repealing clause. (No. 113.) An Act to authorize the Gainesville and Chattahoochee Ridge Rail Road Companies to consolidate their charters, and to make them uniform and to increase and fix the amount of their capital, also to incorporate the Eatonton and Hog Mountain Rail Road Company, also to incorporate the Clarksville and [Illegible Text] Rail Road Company. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the Gainesville and Chattahoochee Rail Road Companies be authorized by, and with their consent, or a Majority of them to consolidate their charters, and make them one indivisible interest, and the laws regulating the Chattahoochee Ridge Rail Road, and the laws of the Central Rail Road and Banking Company as attached to said Chattahoochee Ridge Rail Road Company, shall be the laws to regulate and control the said consolidated company, and they shall be authorized to construct and equip said Road or Roads, from the Rabun Gap to Lawrenceville, Stone Mountain or any other point or points as prescribed in their original charters so as to unite with other Rail Road Companies, which may best promote

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the object of making a continuous route to the city of Savannah, and the Gulf of Mexico. Consolidation; Regulations; Route; 2. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the amount of the Capital Stock of said Chattahoochee Ridge Rail Road Company, (by which name the said consolidated company shall be known in law) shall be three millions of dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary to complete the object of their charter. Name; Capital, 3,000;000 dols 3. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That Elmore Callaway, James M. Bullard, William Hearn, Albert O. Manly, Alexander Pharr, William S. Montgomery, Horace T. Shaw, John A. Brougton, John T. Grant, George J. Hunt, Orion Stroud, Jesse H Arnold, Samuel H. Freeman, James C. Dunlap, Henry P. Thomas and Ephraim Johnson, and such others as they may associate with and their successors and assigns be, and they are hereby constituted and declared a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Eatonton and Hog Mountain Rail Road Company, and in and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity in this State, may have and use a common seal, and the same to alter or destroy at pleasure, and may purchase, accept, hold and convey any property, real, personal or mixed, which may be necessary for the purposes herein after mentioned. Corpo rators, Style. Powers and privileges. 4. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That said Company shall have power and authority to survey, lay out and construct, equip, use and enjoy a rail road from the town of Eatonton, in the county of Putnam, by the way of Monroe, in Walton county, to some point on the Chattahoochee Ridge near the Hog Mountain. Route; 5. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That the Capital stock of said company, shall be one million of dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to equip and complete the work on said road. Capital; One million; 6. SEC. VI. And be it further enacted, That the said Company may at any time unite and incorporate with any other Rail Road Company, and be merged in the same, upon such terms as may be agreed on, between the same and any other such company. May unite; 7. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That the books of subscription may be opened in any town, city or place that may be deemed advisable by a majority of corporators at such times as they may determine on. Books of Subscription 8. SEC. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the act, incorporating the Central Rail Road and Banking Company and the several acts amendatory thereof, shall apply to, and become the corporate laws of said company. Corporate laws. 9. SEC. IX. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall commence operations in five years and complete the same in ten years to the town of Madison, or the charter shall be forfeited. Limitation; 10. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That John R. Stanford, Philip Martin, George Kallock, William Ally, George D. Phillips and their associates be and they are hereby authorized to make, construct and keep up a Rail Road from, or near the village of Clarksville, to some suitable point to or near the Tennessee State line, not distant from the Copper Mines in said State, said Road

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to pass through the Hightower Gap, or any other mountain pass, as the company may decide, said company to be known and called by the name and style of the Clarksville and Tennessee Rail Road Company, and to be entitled to all the rights and privileges, and subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of the Northeastern Rail Road Company. Corpo ration. Route; Style; Rights; c. 11. Sec. XI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 5th, 1856. SWEET WATER RAIL ROAD. 1. Corporators. 2. Capital Stock. 3. Route. 4. Directors and President. 5. Privileges of Georgia Railroad. 6. Connection of Roads. No. 114. An Act to incorporate the Sweet Water Rail Road Company. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That Charles J, McDonald, his associates and their assigns shall hereafter be a body corporate, by the name and style of the Sweet Water Rail Road Company, and by said corporate name, shall be capable in law to buy, hold and sell real and personal estate, make contracts, sue and be sued, to make by-laws and to do all lawful acts properly incident to a corporation, and necessary and proper to the transaction of the business, for which it is incorporated and to have and use a common seal, and the same to break at pleasure. Incorporated Style, Powers and privileges By-laws; Seal; 2. SECTION II. Be it further enacted, That the Capital stock of said company shall be five hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. Capital st'ck 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted. That the said corporation be, and the same is hereby authorized to make, construct and maintain a Rail Road from Atlanta, in the county of Fulton, to a point near to, and not more than two miles distant from the Sweet Water Factory, in the county of Campbell, for the transportage of produce, merchandise and passengers, of wihth, depth and dimensions corresponding with the width, depth and dimensions of other Rail Roads concentrating at Atlanta, paying to the owners of land through which the same may pass, a just indemnity to be settled when the parties cannot agree, as provided in the fifteenth section of an act, to amend an act, incorporating the Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia, approved the 14th day of December, 1835, and the right of way not to exceed one hundred feet on each side. Route Right of way When parties disagree; 4. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That for the first year there shall be five directors, from whom a President shall be chosen, and who shall be themselves elected by the Stockholders, and after the first year, there shall be such number of Directors as shall be established by the by-laws of said company, who shall serve for one year, and until successors are elected. Elect ions; term of office 5. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That the seventh, eighth, `welfth, sixteen, twentieth and twenty-first sections of an act to incorporate

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the Georgia Rail Road Company, assented to on the 21st day of December, 1833, be and the same are made a part of this act. Certain Sections, c; 6. SEC. VI. And be it further enacted, That any Rail Road extending West, or Southwest, or Northwest from the terminus of said Road, may be united with, or joined to said Road on such terms as the proprietors of the said Roads may mutually agree upon, provided the said Road shall be surveyed, and the construction thereof be begun in good faith within five years. Roads may connect; Proviso; 7. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to exempt the property thereof from the usual taxation levied and collected in Rail Road stock. Tax; APPROVED March 5th, 1856. ST. MARY'S ROAD. 1. Corporators. 2. Survey of Route. 3. Capital Stock. 4. Privileges of C. R. R. Co. 5. Association with Sav. Gulf Road. 6. Commencement. 7. Connexions. (No. 115.) An act to incorporate the St. Marys Rail Road Company, aud for other purposes. 1. SecTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, that Henry Bacon, Julius A Barratte, John J. Dufour, John L. King, Samuel S. Burns, William Temple, Abram J. Bessent, Gedeon Mallette, David Baily and Robert Stafford of the county of Camden, and such others as they may associate with, and their successors and assigns, be and they are hereby constituted and declared a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the St. Mary's Rail Road Company, and in and by that name, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Court of Law or Equity in this State, may have and use a common seal, and the same to alter or destroy at pleasure, and may purchase, accept, hold, enjoy and convey any property, real, personal or mixed, which may be necessary for the purposes herein after mentioned. Corporators; Name; Powers and privileges; 2. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said company shall have power and authority to survey, lay-out and construct, equip, use and enjoy a Rail Road from St. Mary's, in Camden county, to some point on the Brunswick and Florida Rail Road, and in the event the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Rail Road Company, should extend a branch of said Rail Road to the Florida line, East or West of the Okefanoke Swamp, the said company may connect with said branch of said Road, at any point they may deem proper, by and with the assent of said company. Survey of Road; 3. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said St. Mary's and Gulf Rail Road Company, shall be three hundred thousand dollars; books of subscription for which shall be opened,

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in the city of St. Marys, by the Directors herein above mentioned at such times as they may determine. Capital stock 4. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of an act incorporating the Central Rail Road and Banking Company, and the several acts, amendatory thereof, shall apply to said company, provided, this provision be not so construed as to confer on said company the privilege of Banking, and exemption from taxation. Grant of privileges, c; 5. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That said company shall have power and authority to associate with the Savannah, Gulf and Albany Rail Road Company, and in the event of such an association, the said Company may extend their Capital to a sum not exceeding one million of dollars. Association, c. [6. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted, That this Road shall be commenced within ten years from the passage of this act., or the charter be forfeited.] * * This section not in the enrolled act. Commencement; 7. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted, That in the event of a connection of the St. Mary's Rail Road with the Brunswick and Florida Rail Road, the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Rail Road Company shall be and is hereby authorized to connect its line of Road by means of a branch with said St. Mary's Rail Road. Rail road connections APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. NICOJACK RAIL-ROAD. SEC. 1. Corporationits powers and privileges. SEC. 2. Capital $100,000 to be in creased. (No. 116) An Act to incorporate the Nicojack Rail-road and Mining Company. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That the formation of a company is hereby authorized for the construction of a Rail-road from the Coal beds of G. H. Gordon, James H. Gordon, Andrew G. Gordon, William L. Gordon and John Flernoy on the Raccoon Mountain in the county of Dade in the State of Georgia, to the State line of Tennessee, in the direction of Shell Mound Depot on the Nashville and Chattanooga Rail-road over the most direct and practicable way; which company shall consist of the Stockholders when formed shall be a body corporate, under the name and style of the Nicojack Rail-road and Mining Company, and by such name shall have and enjoy, possess and exercise all the rights, privileges and franchises, so far as the same are applicable, and to the extent which the Wills Valley Rail-road Company, or any company connecting with the same in the county of Dade, approved 31st January, 1854, possess, and be subject to the same liabilities and restrictions therein imposed, Provided, that each share of stock shall entitle the owner to one vote. Incorporati'n Route. Style: Powers and privileges: Liabilities. Votes: 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said company shall be one hundred thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing it to two hundred thousand dollars, if the company shall think proper to do so, to be divided into shares of twenty-five

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dollars each, and that James H. Gordon, Zachariah H. Gordon, William L. Gordon, Andrew G. Gordon and John Flernoy are hereby appointed a Board of Commissioners, who may at such times and places, and upon such terms as they may think proper sell or dispose of, or open books for subscription of said stock, and who shall, as to this Road, in all respects have the power and perform the duties prescribed for the Board of Commissioners of the Will's Valley Rail-road, or any other now chartered Road connecting with the same persons by virtue of the act approved the 31st January, 1854, in relation to said road or roads, and when the number of two hundred shares be subscribed the company shall be considered as formed and as having a corporate existence as aforesaid, and the Board of Commissioners may proceed to survey the route of the Road, and make an estimate of the cost of its construction and when two hundred shares shall be subscribed the Board of Commissioners shall appoint a time for the Stockholders to meet at the Coal Beds on the Raccoon Mountain, in the county of Dade and State of Georgia, for the purpose of electing a President and ten Directors to manage the offices of the Company; the President shall be elected as well as the Directory, by the direct vote of the Stockholders, any law usage or custom notwithstanding. Capital st'ck Increase. Shares; Commiss'rs toop'n books Power of Commiss'nrs Companywhen form'd Estimate of cost, Meeting of Stockholders Election of President and directors APPROVED, Feb. 27th, 1856. NORTH-EASTERN RAIL-ROAD. SEC. 1. Corporation. SEC. 2. Books of Subscription. SEC. 3. Election of Directors. SEC. 4. Powers and obligations. SEC. 5. Right of way. SEC. 6. Repealing clause. (No. 117.) An Act to incoporate the North-Eastern Rail-road Company. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That for the purpose of building and maintaining, keeping up and using a Rail-road communication between and to unite and connect with the Blue Ridge Rail-road at the Rabun Gap, or some point near thereto, or any other Road in the county of Rabun, and the cities of Marietta or Athens, or some point between those cities, as a majority of the Stockholders according to their regulations may decide and determine; the subscribers for the capital stock in said company, and their assigns shall be a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the North-Eastern Rail-road Company, and by such name shall be capable in law to purchase, hold, receive and convey, real and personal estate, contract and be contracted with, make all by-laws, rules and regulations necessary for the government of said Company, not contrary to the Constitution or laws of this State, and have and use a common seal. [Illegible Text] Incorporati'n Powers and privileges; By-laws: Seal. 2. Sec. II. For the purpose of raising the amount of capital necessary for the above purpose, books of subscription may be opened at such times and places in this State as may be deemed advisable, by Richard Peters of Atlanta, John H. Newton of Athens, Nathan

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L. Hutchins of Gwinnett, John R. Stanford of Clarksville, Richard Banks of Gainesville, Robert Campbell of the city of Augusta, William Law and Jacob Waldburg of the city of Savannah, Hardy Strickland and G. Kellogg of Forsyth, Eli McConnell of Cherokee, Daniel H. Bird, A. G. Wimpey, Isaac McConell, M. P. Quillian of Lumpkin, Joseph Underwood, M. J. Camden, or a majority of them, and under the superintendence of them, or either of them. Books of subscription Commiss'rs, 3. Sec. III. That when a sufficient amount of stock shall be taken to authorize the commencement of the work, the Stockholders shall organise said company by electing five Directors from among the Stockholders, and also a President and such other officers as may be necessary, and all subsequent elections shall be made as may be provided for in the by-laws. Elections; 4. Sec. IV. Said company when so organised may issue such bonds and obligations, signed by the President of said company, as may be necessary, and to an amount not exceeding the actual stock of said company, payable at such times and places as the Directors may direct. Bonds, c,how signed: 5. Sec. V. That the privileges and protection, and liabilities in procuring the right of way, and keeping up said Road provided for the Central Rail-road and Canal Company by their charter approved December 20th, 1833, and the several acts amendatory thereof, are hereby extended to the North-Eastern Rail-road Company. Right of way 6. Sec. VI. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856, HABERSHAM RAIL ROAD COMPANY. SEC. 1. Habersham Company incorporated. SEC. 2. Subscription vote by people. SEC. 3. Redemption of Bonds. SEC. 4. Taxes. SEC. 5. Style. SEC. 6. Taxes paid into treasury. (No. 118.) An Act to authorise the County of Habersham to aid in the construction of the North Eastern, or any other Rail Road running through said County by the subscription of stock and the issue of bonds therefor, upon a vote of the citizens of said county, in favor of the same. 1, SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the County of Habersham shall be a corporation, and they same is hereby incorporated with all the necessary powers and liabilities for all the purposes of this act, and shall be represented in its corporate capacity by the Inferior Court of said County. Habersham Co. incorporated; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That on the fourth day of July next, or at any time thereafter, which shall be ordered, published and determined by the Inferior Court, giving at leas thirty days notice thereof, the legal voters of Habersham county shall assemble at the Court House, and the several election precincts in said county, and vote County subscription, or no County subscription;

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the election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as elections are required to be held for county officers, and the returns shall be made to the Justices of the Inferior Court who shall consolidate the returns, and enter the result upon the minutes or records of the Court, and if a majority of the votes cast shall have been for County subscription, then the Inferior Court shall subscribe not less than fifty thousand dollars nor more than one hundred thousand dollars to the capital stock of said Rail-road Company, or such other Rail-road company as may be indicated on a majority of the votes cast for county subscription, and shall issue bonds of Habersham County therefor, to such Rail-road company in payment for said stock at par value, in amounts not exceeding one thousand dollars each, payable not exceeding fifteen years from date, bearing interest at seven per cent per annum, payable semi-annually at such place as the said Inferior Court shall determine. Subscript'ns Election, how held; Returns; Inf. Courtwhen to subscribe; County b'nds 3. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock subscribed by Habersham County in the North East Rail-road Company, or any other company, under the provisions of this act, and all raised and to be raised under the provisions of this act, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be pledged for the redemption of said bonds, and said stock shall not be used or transferred for any other purpose, but the dividends and profits shall be appropriated to the payment of interest on the bonds, and the redemption thereof. Redemption of bonds; Bonds, how authentic'ted 4. Sec. IV. The Inferior Court of Habersham county shall assess and collect a county tax from time to time, of such per cent upon the State tax as shall be sufficient to pay the interest, protect the credit, and should the same be necessary to provide for the ultimate redemption of said bonds at maturity; Provided, nothing in this act shall be construed to pledge any portion of the State tax for the payment of interest on or redemption of said bonds. Taxes; 5. Sec. V. The name and style of said corporation shall be the County of Habersham, and in such name and style, the bonds aforesaid shall be issued, signed by the Justices of the Inferior Court aforesaid, and attested by the Clerk of said Court, and have the seal of said Court affixed to them together with coupons for the interest to become due. Style; 6. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted, That the tax to be raised under the provisions of this act, shall be collected by the tax Collector of Habersham County, in the same manner as, and together with the State tax, and by him paid over to the County Treasurer of said county, subject to be drawn from said Treasurer by order of said Inferior Court in their corporate capacity aforesaid, and for the purposes of this act only, and it shall be the duty of said Inferior Court to require of said tax Collector and Treasurer, in addition to the bonds now required by law, such additionalbonds and securities as they may deem necessary to secure the objects of this act, which additional securities, together with their bondsmen and securities now required by law, shall be liable for the faithful performance of the duties of said Collector and Treasurer under this act. Additional bonds required; APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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SAVANNAH AND ALBANY RAIL ROAD. SEC. 1. Terminus of Road, SEC. 2. Act of 1854 amended. SEC. 3 Corporators. SEC. 4. Repealing clause. (No. 119.) An Act to amend the several acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, relating to the Savannah and Albany Rail-road Company, and the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Rail-road Company, approved respectively on the 25 th day of December, 1847, the 20 th day of Novembe, 1851, and the 20 th day of February, 1854, and to authorise the southern branch of said Savannah, Albany and Gulf Rail-road Company to cross the line of the Brunswick and Florida Rail-road Company. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Rail-road Company shall be and they are hereby authorised to begin the Southern Branch of their Rail-road, at any point on their line westward of the Altamaha river, and to construct and continue the same thence across the line of the Brunswick and Florida Rail-road Company, to such point on the boundary line between the States of Georgia and Florida, as the said Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad may select. When to begin; May select point of terminus; 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the word Alabama, shall read Altamaha, in the 5th section of the act amendatory of the charter of said Savannah, Albany and Gulf Rail-road Company, apapproved Feb. 20th, 1854. Act of 1854 amended 3. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of constructing a Rail-road from the City of Brunswick, or from some point on the Atlantic and Gulf Rail-road, to the City of Macon, William H. Speight, David S. Scarlett, James Houston, W. H. Long, Jesse C. McDonald, Randal McDonald, P. F. D. Scarborough, E. E. Crocker, Thos. Glover, W. B. Johnson, Charles Collins, James Dean, and T. R. Bloom, and such other corporators and individuals as may be associated with them, and their assigns, be and they are hereby made a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Macon and Brunswick Rail road Company, and by said corporate name shall continue in operation for thirty years, with all the rights privileges and immunities granted to the Brunswick and Florida Rail-road Company by their act of incorporation, and the several acts amendatory thereto, and that the provisions of the aforesaid Brunswick and Florida Rail-road charter, be and the same is made a part of this charter so far as is applicable to the same. Corporators; Style: Duration Rights and privileges: 4. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 1st, 1856.

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DALTON AND GADSDEN RAIL ROAD. 1. Capital, $300,000. 2. Commencement of work. 3. Charter extended, and original stock-holders released. (No. 120.) An act to alter and change the second section of an act, incorporating the Dalton and Gadsden Rail Road Company. 1. Section I. B e it enacted, c., That the Capital Stock of said Company be, and the same is hereby reduced to three hundred thousand dollars which may be increased from time to time as may be deemed necessary by the President and Directors of said Company for the completion of their road. Capital reduced to 30,000 dolls; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said Company may commence work when one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of stock has been subscribed for in good faith. Work, when to commence. 3. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the charter heretofore granted for the construction of the Dalton and Gadsden Rail Road, be and the same is hereby extended for the period of two years, in which the Company shall be required to begin said work. Provided that the stockholders be released from all liability whatsoever, from the stock which they have subscribed for, in the said Dalton and Gadsden Railroad Company before the passage of this amendatory act. Charter extended. Original Stockholders released. APPROVED February 25th, 1856. WARRENTON AND MACON RAIL ROAD. 1. Corporation. 2. Capital how raised. 3. Previous, laws not to conflict. No. 121. An act to incorporate the Warrenton and Macon Rail Road Company, and to confer certain privileges and powers upon the same. 1. SECTION 1. Be it enacted c., That John P. King, A. J. Miller of Richmond, M. J. Welborn and C. Battle of Warren county, and Thomas Whaley, and Thomas M. Turner, of Hancock, R. V. Hardeman of Jones, John J. Gresham of Bibb, and William A. Cook of the county of Baldwin,, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name of the Warrenton and Macon Rail-road company, with the usual corporate liabilities and privileges of the most liberal charters of Railroad companies in this State, and shall have power to construct a Railroad from any point on the Georgia Railroad between Warrenton and Cumming, and thence by the most eligible route, through the counties of Warren, Hancock, Baldwin, Jones and Bibb, to the city of Macon, and shall have power also to cross any existing Railroad and to unite with

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such Roads as it may cross or join in any contract for running the cars of each of said Roads on the other or others, and such contracts shall be valid and binding upon each. Incorporati'n Style. Privileges and liabilit's Route; May cross or unite with other roads; 2. Section II. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said Company shall be raised in the same manner, and counted at the same value per share as now provided by existing laws and characters of Railroads in this State, and that said capital stock shall not exceed two millions of dollars. Capital, how raised; Limit; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the right of this company to proceed and build the road aforesaid, shall not be effected by any conflicting laws in relation to a Railroad between the points provided in this act. Previous laws not to conflict; APPROVED March 3d, 1856. MUSCOGEE RAIL-ROAD. SEC. 1. Amendment of Charter. SEC. 2. Meeting of Stockholders. (No. 122) An Act amendatory of an act incorporating the Muscogee Rail-road Company, so far as regards the qualification and election of Directors thereof. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the 3rd section of the act to incorporate the Muscogee Rail-road Company, and to punish persons for violating the provisions of the same, be amended by the addition of the following words, to-wit: Provided that no person who does not in his own right own and hold bona fide as many as twenty shares of the capital stock of said company, shall hold the office of Director in said Company, And be it further provided, that when at any time a Director elected under the provisions of this amendment, shall sell or dispose of his stock in said company, or so much thereof as will reduce the amount held by him below the amount of twenty shares, then in that event his office of Director shall cease and determine, and the vacancy so created shall be filled by some Stockholder duly qualified to be elected by a majority of the remaining Directors who shall hold his office until the next annual election. Charter amended; Qualification of Directors; Vacancies; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That any persons holding the amount of 1000 shares of the stock of said company may compel the President thereof to call together the Stockholders for the purpose of transacting any business belonging to the company, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Meeting of Stockholders APPROVED, March 1st, 1856.

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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA RAIL-ROAD. SEC. 1. Dougherty Co. incorporated. SEC. 2. Subscription vote of people. SEC. 3. Redemption of Bonds. SEC. 4. County Tax. (No. 123) An Act to authorize the county of Dougherty to aid in constructing the Georgia and Florida Rail-road between Albany and Americus, or any other Rail-road running to said county, by the subscription for stock and the issue of Bonds therefor, upon a vote of the citizens. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the county of Dougherty shall be a corporation with all the necessary powers and liabilities for the purposes of this act, and shall be represented in its corporate capacity by the Inferior Court of said county. Dougherty Co. incorporated; 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That on the first Monday in January, 1856, and any time thereafter which shall be determined, ordered and published by the Inferior Court giving at least thirty days notice thereof, to the legal voters of Dougherty county shall assemble at the Court House, and the Election Precincts in said county, and vote, county subscription or, no county subscription. The election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as elections are required to be held for county officers, and the returns shall be made to the Justices of the Inferior Court, who shall consolidate the returns and enter the result upon the minutes or records of the Court, and if a majority of the votes so cast shall have been for county subscription, then the Inferior Court shall subscribe not less than one hundred thousand dollars, nor more than one hundred and fifty thousand, to the capital stock of the Georgia and Florida Rail-road Company, or such other Rail-road Company as may he indicated on a majority of the votes cast for county subscription, and shall issue bonds of Dougherty county therefor to such Rail-road Company in payment for such stock at par value, in amounts not exceeding one thousand dollars each, payable not exceeding ten years from date, bearing interest at seven per cent. per annum payable semi-annually at such place or places as the said Inferior Court shall determine. Vote of people; Returns; Inf, Court-when to subscribe; county b'nds wh'n pay'ble 3. Sec. III. Be it be further enacted, That the capital stock subscribed by Dougherty county in the Georgia and Florida Rail-road Company, or any other Company, under the provisions of this act, as well as the resources deriveable fromthe county tax shall be pledged for the redemption of the bonds, and the said stock shall not be used or transferred for any other purpose, but the dividends of profit shall be appropriated to the payment of interest on Bonds, and the stock shall be appropriated to the redemption. Redemption of bonds; 4. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That the Inferior Court of Dougherty county shall assess and collect a county tax of such per cent. upon the State tax as shall be sufficient to pay the interest, protect the credit and should it be necessary after the application of the county Rail-road stock for that purpose, to provide for the

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redemption, at maturity, of said county bonds as may be issued under this act, Provided, that nothing in the foregoing sections of this act shall be so construed as to pledge or appropriate any portion of the State tax to be raised in said county for the payment of interest on, or redemption of said Bonds. County Tax; Proviso; APPROVED, Nov. 24th, 1855. AUGUSTA AND WAYNESBORO RAIL ROAD. SEC. 1. Style changed. SEC. 2. Liable for contracts. SEC. 3. Suits pending. SEC. 4. Repealing clause. (No. 124.) An Act to change the name of the Augusta and Waynesboro Rail-road to the Augusta and Sarannah Rail-Road, to amend the charter of said Company, and for other purposes. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the 1st day of January next, the body corporate existing under the laws of this State, by the name and style of the Augusta and Waynesboro Rail-road, shall be known and called by the name and style of the Augusta and Savannah Rail-road, and all the rights, privileges and immunities whatsoever, now enjoyed by said body corporate, shall continue unaltered and unimpaired, except as herein provided. style chang'd Privileges and liabilit's the same; 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That every contract of every nature and of every kind whatsoever entered into by said body corporate, whether such contract be one obligatory on said body corporate, or be made to be performed or executed by any person or persons, or other body corporate, to said body corporate herein referred to, shall, after the day aforesaid, although made in the same name of the Augusta and Waynesboro Rail-road, be held, taken and esteemed, in law and equity, as made in the name of the Augusta and Savannah Rail-road, and be sued and recovered accordingly, and that the effect of no contract whatsoever, be changed by reason of the change of name herein provided for. Liable for contracts, 2. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all suits now pending, or hereafter to be instituted by or against said body corporate by the name of the Augusta and Waynesboro Rail-road, shall be carried on and prosecuted to final judgment execution or determination in and by that name, notwithstanding the change of name hereby made and authorised, after the first day of January next, suits at law or in equity, by or against said corporation, whether on promises, agreements or contracts made in name of the Augusta and Waynesboro Rail-road, or in the name of the Augusta and Savannah Railroad, shall be commenced carried on and prosecuted, in the name of the Augusta and Savannah Rail-road. Suits pend'g; Suits hereafter commenced; 4. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, February 16th, 1856.

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BRUNSWICK AND FLORIDA RAIL ROAD. SEC. 1. Act of 1847 amended. SEC. 2. Repealing clause. (No. 125.) An Act to amend an act entitled an act to an end an act to incorporate the Brunswick and Florida Rail-road Company, passed 22d of December, 1835, and also to amend an act amendatory of the same, assented to 27th December, 1838. 1. SEC. I. Be it enacted c., That the second section of an act entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the Brunswick and Florida Rail-road Company, amendatory of certain other acts assented to December 30th, 1847, be and the same is hereby amended, so as to extend the time for the completion of said work five years from and after the expiration of the time allowed by said act approved 30th December, 1847. Act of 1847 amended; 2. SEC. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 8th, 1856. PRIVATE CORPORATION. SEC. 1. Right of construction granted. SEC. 2. Right of way. SEC. 3. Repealing clause. (No. 126.) An Act to grant to William Schley and Robert Schley, of the County of Richmond, the right to open and construct a Rail-road, plank road or other road from their saw mill on Spirit Creek in said county, to any point on the Augustu South Western plank road between the 11 and 13 mile posts on said plank road from the city of Augusta, for the transportation of timber, lumber and wood. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, William Schley and Robert Schley of the county of Richmond, shall have the right to open and construct a Rail-road, plank road or other road as to them shall seem best, for the transportation of timber, lumber and wood, from their saw mill on Spirit Creek in said county to any point on the Augusta South Western plank road between the eleven and twelve mile post on said plank road from Augusta, as they shall deem most advantageous. Right granted to construct Road; [Illegible Text] 11. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That if the said William and Robert Schley, in the opening of said road, either as a rail road, plank road or other road, shall pass through or over any land or lands not owned by themselves, then if the owner or owners of said land over which said Road may pass, shall demand compensation or damages for the right of way, over said land, and the said William and Robert Schley, and the owner or owners of said lan I cannot agree as to the amount of compensation or damages for the

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right of way, then each party shall, upon five days notice to the adverse party of the time and place of arbitration, have the right to select one disinteresd person to arbitrate the issue, and if the said two arbitrators so selected cannot agree, then they are to chose a third disinterested arbitrator as an umpire, and their award as to the amount of compensation or damages for the right of way, shall be final and conclusive between the parties, and the award of said arbitrators shall be certified to by them, to the Inferior Court of said county, and shall operate as a judgment against the party or parties, and be enforced by the order of said Court. Right of way Disagreem'ts 3. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED March 3d, 1856. BRANCH RAIL ROAD. SEC. 1. Grant of privilege, SEC. 2. Repealing clause, No. 127. An Act to authorise the construction of a branch rail-road from Albany to Steubenville Sand bar, or any other point below that on the Chattahoochee river. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Georgia and Florida Rail-road Company be and they are hereby authorised to extend a branch of said road from Albany in Daugherty county, or at any other point on said road to the Chattahoochee river at Steubenville Sand Bar on said river, or at any other point on said river, and also to the Flint river at the town of Bainbridge in the county of Decatur in said State, with the same privileges restrictions and liabilities as are contained in the original charter of said Georgia and Florida Rail-road Company. Privileges granted to Ga. and Fla. Rail-road; 2. SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. MUSCOGEE AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAIL ROAD. SEC. 1. Consolidation of companie.s SEC. 2. Capital Stock. SEC. 3. Surrender of certificates. SEC. 4. Debts and liabilities. SEC. 5. Operation, when to commence. SEC. 6. Failure not to affect rights. [No. 128. An Act to authorise and provide for the union and consolidation of the Muscogee rail-road company with the South-Western rail-road company, under the charter of the latter company. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That upon a vote of a majority of two thirds of the stockholders in amount, in the aforesaid companies respectively, in favor of the union and consolidation of the Muscogee rail-road company, its franchises and property with the said South-Western Rail-road company, under the charter of the last mentioned company, on such terms as the said companies

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may respectively agree, it shall be lawful so to unite and consolidate the said two companies into one, under the charter of the South Western rail-road company. Consolidat'n 2. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That upon such union and consolidation, the capital stock of the South-Western rail-road company shall not exceed the amount of the present authorised capital thereof and the present authorised capital of the Muscogee rail-road company. Capital st'ck 3. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That upon such union and consolidation as is herein before provided for, the holders of stock in the Muscogee rail-road company shall surrender their certificates of stock to the South Western rail-road company, and receive in lieu thereof certificates of stock in the South Western rail-road company, to such an extent and amount as the said two companies may agree on; and thence forward all the rights, privileges and property of the said the Muscogee rail-road company, shall be part and parcel of the said the South Western rail-road company and all the chartered rights and privileges of the South-Western rail-road company, be extended over the track and line of the Muscogee rail road company, and everything appertaining thereto, the name and style of the consolidated company shall be and continue the South Western rail-road company. Surrender of certificate; 4. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That upon the union and consolidation of said companies, all the debts and liabilities of the Muscogee rail-road company, shall be assumed and paid by the South Western rail-road company. Debts and liabilities; 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That this act shall go into operation when, and not until there shall be a vote of a majority of two-thirds of the stockholders in amount of stock, of each of said companies in favor of this union and consolidation, and of the provisions of this act, certified under the corporate seals of said companies respectively, to his Excellency the Governor of this State. Operationwhen to commence. 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That if from any cause the union and consolidation of the said companies herein before provided for, shall not take effect, then it is hereby declared that nothing herein contained shall affect, alter, or change in any way the present existing rights of the said companies respectively. Failure of consolidation not to effect existing rights; APPROVED, March 4th, 1856.

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CANAL INCORPORATION. 1. Corporators, name c. 2. Five Directors. 3. Office at Brunswick. 4. Lien. 5. Punishment of Injuries. 6. By-Laws. 7. Votes in elections. 8. Liability of stockholders. 9. Stock to be personal property. 10. Limit. 11. Call of meetings. 13. Amount to be deposited. No. 129. An Act to incorporate a Bank in the town of Morgan, to be called the Bank of Morgan, and also to incorporate the Brunswick and Altamaha Canal Company at Brunswick. (THE FOLLOWING FORMED AN AMENDMENT TO ACT NUMBER 25, PAGE 53.) 1. SECTION. XXI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Robert Collins, his associates and successors, be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic and corporate by the name of the Brunswick and Altamaha Canal company, with a capital of five hundred thousand dollars to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, for the purpose of owning, completing and operating said canal, and its privileges, and for these purposes, they are authorized to plead and be impleaded, sue and be sued, have a common seal, receive and collect tolls, and other demands, to protect their property, and the property of others in their possession and care, to make and enforce rules and regulations, for the use and convenience of the Canal, and its business, and to execute all the powers which are incident to a corporation and proper for the owning, completing and using said canal and its privileges and business, and the exclusive right and title to the same, and to enjoy the privileges and franchises thereof, and for the convenient passage of boats, timber, freight, and other property in and through the same, and not repugnant to the laws of this State. Corporators; [Illegible Text] Capital st'ck Shares; Powers and privileges. By-laws, 2. SEC. XXII. Be it further enacted, That the company shall be managed by five Directors, (one of whom shall be chosen President,) chosen annually by ballot, from the principal stockholders of said company, and who shall hold their office, and incur its obligations, and liabilities, for one year immediately thereafter, and until others shall have been chosen in their stead, and have accepted the same, any four of whom shall constitute a quorum for business, and they shall choose the other officers necessary for said company, and they may, and shall assess all the stock of the company equally, and sufficiently, to keep the company at all times, in funds, and to advance the work, and they shall give immediate notice of such assessments to each one of the stockholders, by letter through the post office, or by delivery of the same in hand, and all stock shall be forfeited to the company, on which such assessments are not paid within twenty days after the reception of said notice, and a record thereof, shall be made accordingly in the stock-book

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of the company, and those directors shall be individually responsible in damages to each one of the stockholders for any damages by unnecessary delay in finishing the canal and putting the same into full operation or for any loss or damage to the property or in the business of the said canal, or by the sale of the same or in any other way which shall have been occasioned in whole or in part, by their neglect of duty as directors, or neglect, or delay, or refusal to assess said stock promptly and sufficiently to put the said canal in good working order, and to properly equip the same, and to pay the debts and expenses therefor, and to this end they shall keep an exact record of the proceedings as a board, and of their votes and presence at, and absence from their business meetings. Directors. President; term of office Quorum to do business; Assessment Responsibility of Directors Record; 3. SEC. XXIII. The Company may organize, and maintain their organization within the State, and they shall keep an office and also an agent to superintend the same and the canal at Brunswick, and shall keep in said office all their papers, books and records or a full and complete copy of them duly certified by the Secretary of said company, and open to public inspection, including their stock and terms for books and no vote of the stockholder or of the directors of said company, nor any transfer of the stock thereof, shall be of any effect unless the same shall be so recorded, or so certified by said copies, and lodged in the books of said office at Brunswick, within twenty days after the date of said vote or the transfer of stock aforesaid. Office at Brunswick; Books open to inspection Transfer. 4. SEC. XXIV. The Company shall have a lien upon all boats, timber, produce, freight and other property passing into or through said canal for the amount of their toll and expences upon the same, and the right to hold the same till the amount thereof shall have been paid, and after twenty days delay, to sell the same at public auction for the toll and expences due on the same. Lien; 5. SEC. XXV. If any person shall maliciously injure or cause to be injured, any of the works or property of said company, he shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and may be indicted, convicted and punished accordingly by fine or imprisonment. Injuries Punished 6. SEC. XXVI. The Company may establish such by-laws as may be necessary to carry into full effect the provisions and purposes of this act, but they shall have no power to create any mortgage or lien of any kind upon the Canal, or its privileges, nor to sell or convey the same or any part thereof, not to create any debt beyond the necessary amount monthly expences of said Canal, nor to appropriate any part of the earnings of the Canal to their use, until all their employees, agents, and workmen, and owners of hands are paid, as well as all other debts created in and about Brunswick, by the agent for the use and benefit of said Company, and for all the debts, obligations, liabilities and contracts of the company due, or incurred, the Directors of the company for that time, shall be jointly and severally liable in their persons and as such shall be mutually liable to each other for contribution. By-laws;! Canal not to be mortgag'd Directorshow liable; 7. SEC. XXVII. Each share shall be represented at all meetings of the stockholders, by one vote only, in person and by the party in

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whose name the share is recorded in the books of the company and no stockholder shall pledge or transfer his stock, except to the company, while he may be indebted to the Company by assessment or otherwise, but the company shall have a lien on all stock for the payment of any assessment or indebtedness of any stockholder, and the proportional amount necessary to finish and to equip the canal, and all transfers of stock shall be subject to said lien, and no transfer of stock shall be effectual for any person till recorded in the records of said company. Transfer 8. SEC. XXVIII. In case of neglect, refusal or inability of the company to pay the debts, contracts and other liabilities of said company, the person and property of each of the stockholders shall be held liable for said debts, obligations, contracts and liabilities due or incurred by said company to the amount of the nominal value of the shares of such stockholder, and any person having a demand due from the company, may demand the same in writing of the company or their agent, or President, or of any one of the Directors and if the same is not paid in ten days thereafter, he may commence and maintain his action for the amount due him directly against any one or more of the Directors as for money laid out and expended to his or their use and benefit and take his Judgment and execution for the same against said party or parties, or he may commence and maintain his said action against any one of the stockholders for a sum equal to the nominal value of his stock in said company, and take his judgment and execution against said stockholders due accordingly, and for any balance of debt and costs uncollected, he may sue any other Director and stockholder as aforesaid, until he shall have received the full amount of his debt and costs. Liability [Illegible Text] Stockholders Suits; Judgments; 9. Sec. XXIX. The stock of said conpany shall be personal property, and as such subject to attachment and levy, in Glynn county, in all legal proceedings against the owners of the same. Character o stock: 10. Sec. XXX. The company shall have six months from the passage of this act, in which to put the canal in good working order. Limit. 11. Sec. XXXI. When said Collins and his said associates shall have so far complied with the terms and conditions of this act as to authorize them to organize with a company, they may call a meeting for that purpose, and then and there create and issue their stock, elect their Directors, and do whatever may be necessary to organize said company according to the terms and for the purposes of this grant which is to be made a part of their records. Meeting of Stockholders 12. Sec. XXXII. The present owners of said canal shall within thirty days after the approval of this act by the Governor, deposit ten thousand dollars in the Planters Bank of Savannah, as a pledge that said canal shall be immediately finished, which sum shall be and by them only in opening and finishing said Canal, and shall be drawn out of said Bank only by the checks of their agent now charged with the superintendence of said Canal and work, as may be needed by him for said work and this fact shall be duly certified to the Governor of this State, by the Cashier of said Bank, before this act shall take effect, and unless said amount

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is so deposited, for said purposes, and so certified within thirty days after said approval, by the Governor, this act and all its provisions shall be utterly void, and said owners before they shall have any power to organize said company, or to create, or to issue any stock, or to do any corporate act whatever, shall convey to said company, by their deed duly executed and recorded in Glynn county, a good title to said canal, and its privileges. Deposit to be made. How drawn Certified to; Upon failure act void, The two following sections are in the engrossed act, but not in the enrolled act, and are inserted here to show the variance. [13. Sec. XXXIII. Be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to require or commit the State to the payment of any additional amount of money into the stock of said company, or as an assessment or per centum upon the money already paid by the State, nor construed so as to impair the right or lien of the State in the canal or its property by any transfer or conveyance now required by this act to be made by the original company or present owners to the new company organized by this act. Additional paymts, c. Rights of State not impaired; Annual Reports. 14. Sec. XXXIV. Be it further enacted, That the company shall be required to make annual reports of the transactions of the company to the Governor.] APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. STEAMBOAT AND OTHER INCORPORATIONS. Sec. 1. Welaka Company incorporated. Sec. 2. Capital $35,000. Sec. 3. Increase. Sec. 4. Special contracts. Sec. 5. Corporators. Sec. 6. Company to hold property. Sec. 7. Powers of Company. Sec. 8. Evidence of Capital. Sec. 9. Act of Feb. 16th, '56, when to take effect. Sec. 10. Repealing clause. Sec. 11. GEORGIA FLORIDA COMPANY'S liability. Sec. 12. Repealing clause. Sec. 13. UNION COUNTY Road. Sec. 14. Subscription Books. Sec. 15. Open how long. Sec. 16. Incorporated. Sec. 17. Purchase of Timber. Sec. 18. Misdemeanors. Sec. 19. Erection of Toll Gates. Sec. 20. Restrictions. Sec. 21. Vacancies. Sec. 22. Toll how paid. Sec. 23. Grant of rights, c. Sec. 24. Repealing clause. Sec. 25. Ogeechee Plank RoadAct of 1852 amended. Sec. 26. Repealing clause. Sec. 27. Rabun County Road. Sec. 28. Corporators. Sec. 29. Commissioners. Sec. 30. Duty of Commissioners. Sec. 31. TollRates. Sec. 32. Limitation. Sec. 33. Punishment for injuries. Sec. 34. May use Timber, c. Sec. 35. Repealing clause. (No. 130.) An Act to incorporate the Welaka Steamboat Company, also to incorporate the Ocean and Tow-boat Company, and to carry into immediate effect the provisions of an act to change the name of the Augusta and Waynesboro' Rail-road to the Augusta and Savannah Rail-road, to amend the charter of said company, and for other purposes, approved February 16 th, 1856. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act John Cunningham, Joseph S. Claghorn, William Battersby, Edward Padelford, and their associates, owners of the Steamboat Welaka, and their successors, are hereby created a

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body corporate, for the purpose of navigating the waters of Georgia, Florida and elsewhere, by the name of the Welaka Steamboat Company, and by that name they may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered in any and all the Courts of law and equity in this State, to have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure, to establish such by-laws, rules and regulations, as they may deem fit to alter and revoke them at pleasure, Provided, that they be not contrary to the laws of this State and of the United States, and to create, elect and appoint such officers for such time, and on such conditions as they may deem proper. Name; Powers and privileges; Seal; By-laws; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the capital of said Company shall be thirty-five thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and apportioned according to the present ownership of the Steamboat Welaka, and each and every Stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for every share he, she or they may hold. Capital, 35,000; Shares; Votes; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the said Company may at any time increase their capital stock by the addition of other boats, or by subscription to build new boats, Provided, the capital of the said company shall not exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars. Increase of capital; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, The said company shall have the power, by special contract to vary or limit their liability, and in all cases of special contract, the said company shall not be responsible for any loss, or injury, of any goods intrusted to its care beyond the liability created by such contract, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Special contracts; Liabilities; 5. Sec. V. Be it further enacted, That Andrew Low, Charles Green, Henry Brigham, John J. Kelly, John Stevenson, Luke Chrystie, Edward Padelford, Joseph S. Fay and Orlando A. Wood, and all others who are now, or may be hereafter associated with them and their successors and assigns be, and they are hereby created and made a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Ocean and Harbour Tow-boat Company of Savannah, to be located at Savannah, and by that name sue and be sued, may have a common seal and exercise all usual and corporate powers not inconsistent with the laws of the State. Corpo rators; Name. Seal; 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall have power to take and hold, to them and their successors, such property, real and personal, as may be necessary for the convenient transaction of their business, that their present capital shall consist of the value of the Steam Tow-boats Samson and Lamar, and such other boats and property as they may build or buy and add from time to time, not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars in value, at any one time. Property, c. 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That said company shall have power to ordain and establish such by-laws, and elect such officers for the management of their business as they may think proper, Provided, nothing is done repugnant to the laws of this State. Powers of Company 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the publication in

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one or more of the public papers of the city of Savannah of the property and debts of the company annually made, shall be official evidence of its capital, upon which it is liable. Evidence of capital; 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of an act entitled an act to change the name of the Augusta and Waynesboro Rail-road to the Augusta and Savannah Rail-road, to amend the charter of said company, and for other purposes, approved February 16th, 1856, shall take effect and be operative from and immediately after the passage of this act, and not be suspended until the first day of January next, as provided in said act. Act of 1856. 10. Sec. X. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 131.) An Act to add an addititional Section to an act to incorporate the Georgia and Florida Steam Packet Company, approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and for other purposes. 11. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the Georgia and Florida Steam Packet Company shall have the power by special contract to vary or limit their liability and in all cases of such special contract the said company shall not be responsible for any loss or injury of any goods, entrusted to its care, beyond the liability created by such notice or contract, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Special contract by Co. Liability; 12. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 132.) An Act to lay out and construct a Turn-pike Road of suitable width and grade from the Union county line, at or near where the road now crosses said line, above the present residence of Alfred Parks, and to intersect the Rabun Turn-pike road at or near John Keenor's, or the town of Clayton in Rabun county, and to amend the Charter of the Georgia and Florida Rail-road Company, and for other purposes therein specified. 13. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That a Turn-pike Road of suitable width and grade shall be laid out, commencing at the Union line above Alfred Parks, at or near where the public road now crosses the line of said county, and thence by way of Alfred Parks and Edly Powell's, thence the most practicable route to the Rabun Turn-pike Road, at or near John Keenor's, or the town of Clayton in the county of Rabun, the western terminus of said Road shall be at the crossing of Hightower creek, near the residence of Elisha Coward in Union county; the width and grade to be adjudged of by the following named persons, to-wit: Thomas J. Powel, Alfred Parks, William B. Lovell, Absalom Benfield, James M. Quillian and John C. Bryson. Route;

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14. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That books of subscription shall be opened at Clayton by the following persons, to-wit: Harvey Derick, James Quillian, Thomas Kelly, John Watts and Jeremiah Burton, the stock to be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each. Subscription books open'd 15. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the books to be opened as aforesaid shall be kept open such time as the commissioners aforesaid shall think proper, or until a sufficient amount of stock shall be taken or subscribed for to build the road as aforesaid. Continuehow long; 16. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That all those who shall become subscribers in said Company, their successors and assignees shall be, and they are hereby created a body politic by the name and style of the Blue Ridge Rabun Turn-pike Company, and are hereby made capable in law of sueing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defend and being defended in any of the Courts 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. Incorporated Powers and privileges; 17. Sec. V. Be it further enacted, That in all cases where land, timber and 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 the 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 one for the party. Purchase of timber; 18. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted, That any person injuring the property, or putting any rubbish or other obstructions upon 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, 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 due thereby, the award of whom shall operate as a judgement 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 whose verdict shall be final between the parties, Provided, the company may abandon the right to the property within twenty days after the decision of said special jury, by filing a notice to that effect in the Clerk's office of the Superior Court, and paying all cost that has accrued in said case. Injuries to be misdemeanors; Penalty; Oath of Arbitrators; Proceedings in case of damages; 19. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted, That the said company shall

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have power to erect one toll gate at or near each end of the Road, or may put up one at such place as they, or a majority of them shall determine, and charge and receive the following toll, (to-wit,) for each five or six horse, mule or ox team, one dollar; for each four horse, mule or ox team, seventy-five cents; for each two horse, mule or ox team, fifty cents; for each two wheel pleasure carriage, thirty-five cents; for each man and horse ten cents; for every loose horse, mule or jack three cents; for each head of nett cattle two cents; for each head of sheep, hogs or goats, two cents; for each one horse wagon or cart, thirty-five cents; Provided, that citizens of Rabun county and all ministers of the gospel shall pass toll free. Toll gate may be erected; Toll charged Rates; 20. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That said company shall not put up said gates nor charge toll until they have obtained a certificate from the aforesaid commissioners, or their successors in office, that the road is built according to the true intent and meaning of this act. Restrictions; 21. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That should any of the said commissioners refuse or neglect to act, those who choose to act may fill all such vacancies in their body, from time to time. Vacancies; 22. Sec. X. Be it further enacted, That all tolls shall be paid at the first gate, at which gate the party paying the toll shall receive a ticket from the gate-keeper to pass through the other gate toll free, and provided, that if at any time the road is out of good repair in the opinion of said commissioners, they are hereby authorised to appoint some fit and proper person, in writing, to open said gate or gates, until said road is put in good repairs, and shall pay the person so opening the gate or gates a reasonable compensation for his services, to be collected out of the said commissioners in any Court having jurisdiction thereof. Toll, how paid; Gate-keeper 23. Sec. XI. Be it further enacted, That the Georgia and Florida Rail-road Company shall have the same powers, rights and privileges as is conferred upon the Savannah and Albany Rail-road Company and the Savannah, Albany Gulf Rail-road Company by the amended charter of said company. Powers and privileges, 24. Sec. XII. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3rd, 1856. (No. 133.) An Act to amend an act to incorporate the Ogeechee Plank Road Company, and for other purposes therein named, approved January 22nd, 1852. 25. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That the act entitled an act to incorporate the Ogeechee and Plank Road Company, and for other purposes therein named, approved January 22d, 1852, be, and is hereby amended by the addition of the following section: The Board of Directors of said Ogeechee Plank Road Company shall be, and are hereby authorized at any time when it may become necessary, to have their road re-built or repaired with shells or stone, or both, at their discretion. Act of 1852 amended Additional section; 26. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 1st, 1856.

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(No. 134.) An act to incorporate the Moccasin Turnpike Company, in the county of Rabun, and to grant certain privileges to the sawe. 24. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That a suitable Turnpike Road, of the proper dimensions be constructed from a place now known as the Long Bottom Ford, on Chattooga river, it being the line between South Carolina and Georgia, running thence by the way of James Billingslys Sen., thence to intersect the North Caroina line at or near the Buzzard Rock Mountain. Turnpike Road; Route. 25. SEC. II. Be it enacted, That James B. Billingsly Jr., Evan Nicholson, Wm. Holden, Joel Heddin and Robert Reed and their associates be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Moccasin Turnpike company and by said corporate name, shall be capable in law to buy, hold and sell real and personal estate, make contracts, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, and to make all by-laws necessary for the government of said corporation, provided the same be not repugnant to the laws and constitution of this State or of the United States. Corporators Style; Powers and privileges; 26. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That said Road shall be of suitable width and grade to be adjudged of by the commissioners hereinafter mentioned to wit: John Marragold, Burrell Wall. Sen., and Edward Coffee or a majority of them in case of death, resignation or refusal of any of the aforesaid commissioner, or commissioners, may appoint some fit and proper person or persons to fill their vacancies, Provided, further that no commissioner shall be interested in said Road. Width and grade; 27. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That John Marragold, Burrell Wall Sen., and Edward Coffee and their successors in office be and they are hereby constituted a board of commissioners, whose duty it shall be to decide as to the width and grade of said Road, taking into consideration the difficulties to be overcome, and also to determine when said Road is built according to the charter, and their decision as to the grade and width, and then in that case, and not until then, the before mentioned company may establish a gate on said Road for the purpose of demanding toll. Commiss'rs. 28. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall have power to erect a toll gate at such place on said road as they may think proper and charge and demand, and collect the following rates of toll, to wit: for each five, or six horse, mule or ox wagon, seventy-five cents; for each four horse or ox wagon, fifty cents, for each two horse or ox wagon or cart, twenty-five cents, two horse pleasure carriages each, thirty-seven and a half cents; for each one horse carriage or buggy, twenty-five cents; for each man and horse, ten cents; for each horse, Jack, Jinny or mule lead or driven, five cents; for each head of cattle three cents; for each of sheep goats or hogs, two cents; Provided, that the citizens of Rabun county shall not be required to pay toll on said road. Their duty. Toll;

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29. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the said Turnpike Road shall be commenced in twelve months from and after the passage of this act, and be completed in two years thereafter, and when finished shall vest in said company, thirty years from and after its completion. Limitations. Duration 39. SEC VII. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons injuring the property of said company by cutting timbers in or across said Road or obstructing it in any way shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined or imprisoned at the discretion of the court and be liable to an action for damages at the suit of the party aggrieved. Injuries, [Illegible Text]c. 31. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the said company, shall be authorized to use any timbers or rock in the making and keeping in repair said Road now authorized by the existing road laws of the State of Georgia. May use timber, c. 32. Sec. IX. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. TITLE XIX. JUDICIARY. I. SUPREME COURT FOR CORRECTION OF ERRORS. II. SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR COURTS. III. COURTS OF SPECIAL JURISDICTION. SUPREME COURT. SEC. 1. Sessions of Court. when and where. SEC. 2. Duty of ClerkDocket. SEC. 3. Repealing clause. SEC. 4. Carrying cases up. SEC. 5. Bill of exceptions. SEC. 6. Certificate of Judge. SEC. 7. Service on Defendant in error. SEC. 8. Clerk to make copy, c. SEC. 9. No other writ or citation. SEC. 10. Absence of Judge to sign. SEC. 11. No papers necessary in bill. SEC. 12. No assignment necessary. SEC. 13. Death of defendant in error. SEC. 14. Representatives made parties. SEC. 15. Taxing costs. SEC. 16. Repealing clause. (No. 135.) An Act to alter and amend an act passed 10 th day of December, 1845, 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 for other purposes, so as to reduce the number of places for the sessions of said Supreme Court and to prescribe the duty of the clerk of said court, in certain cases, and for other purposes. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That said Supreme Court shall be holden at the times and places following, to-wit: On the second Monday in January, and second Monday in June, in each year

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for the first District, to be composed of the Eastern and Middle Judicial Circuits, at Savannahon the fourth Monday in January, and the fourth Monday in June in each yearfor the second district, to be composed of the Macon, South-Western and Chattahoochee Judicial Circuits, at Maconon the fourth Monday in March, and the second Monday in August in each year, for the third district, to be composed of the Flint, Coweta, Blue Ridge, and Cherokee Judicial Circuits, at Atlantaon the the fourth Monday in May and fourth Monday November in each yearfor the fourth District, to be composed of the Western and Northern Judicial Cirits at Athenson the second Mondays in May and November in each year, for the fifth district, to be composed of the Ocmulgee and Southern Judicial Circuits, at Milledgeville. Time and places of holding; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the said Supreme Court to arrange the cases on the docket of said Court, by Circuits, and it shall also be his duty to give notice in one of the newspapers printed at the place where said Supreme Court is to be held, of the order in which the Circuits are arranged, and every case that is docketed, before all the cases from that Circuit are heard, and shall be considered docketed in time and that errors may be assigned, and issues joined in said cases at any time before said cases are called. Clerk's duty; Arrangem't of docket; 3. SEC. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Dec. 22d, 1855. REF. NOTE. By act of 1845, Cobb's Dig. p. 446, the Supreme Court was originally held at nine places. By Act of 1852, page 217, Talbotton was discontinued, and Columbus put in lieu of it. By act of 1852, Hawkinsville discontinued and Augusta put in lieu of it. (No. 136.) An Act to simplify the method of carrying cases to the Supreme Court, and for other purposes. 4. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact as follows, When any party is dissatisfied with any decision made by any of the Judges of the Superior Court of this State, such party may carry the case in which said decision is made to the Supreme Court under the following rules and regulations: Carrying up of cases; 5. Sec. II. The party complainig of such decision, shall make out a bill of exceptions and present to the Judge making the decision, within thirty days after the adjournment of the Court at which said decision was made, and if such decision was made at Chambers within thirty days after such decision was made, and it shall be the duty of the Judge to certify and sign, or refuse to sign said bill of exceptions within two days after the same shall be presented to him, or shall come to his hand. Bill of exceptions; Judge's duty 6. Sec. III. The certificate and order of the Judge, which shall be signed by him shall be substantially as follows: I do certify that the following bill of exceptions is true, and contains all the evidence material to a clear understanding of the errors complained of

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and the Clerk of the Superior Court of the County ofis hereby required and ordered to make out a complete copy of the record of said case, and to certify the same to be a true and complete copy, and cause the same to be transmitted to the term of the District of the Supreme Court that the errors alleged to have been committed, may be considered and corrected; And which shall be the writ of error in said case. Certificate; 7. Sec. IV. It shall be the duty of the party obtaining said billof exceptions, within ten days after the same is signed by the Judge to serve the opposite party, or his Attorney at law, with a copy of such bill of exceptions, or obtain an acknowledgement of service from the party or his Attorney at law, and within two days thereafter to file said bill of exceptions in the Clerks office of the Court where the case was tried or depending in which the errors complained of were committed. Service on bill, c. To be filed. 8. Sec. V. It shall be the duty of said Clerk, within ten days after said bill of exceptions shall have been filed in his office, to make out a copy of said bill of exceptions, and also a complete transcript and copy of the record in said case and to certify the same to be a true and complete copy, and to cause the same, together with the original bill of exceptions to be enveloped and transmitted to the next term of the Supreme Court of the District in which such county is situated, directed to the Clerk of said Court; Provided, said Court does not sit in a shorter time than fifteen days from the time said bill of exceptions is filed in the Clerks office as aforesaid, and if within a shorter period, then to the next term of said Court held thereafter, and the Clerk of said Superior Court shall retain said copy of the bill of exceptions in his office. Copy made by Clerk; Original and copy transmitted to Sup. Court; 9. Sec. VI. No other writ of error citation or notice shall be required, except as herein before provided, nor shall any exception be taken or allowed as to the manner in which any case has been taken to said Supreme Court; Provided, the previous provisions of this act have been substantially complied with. Other writs, c; unnecessary; 10. Sec. VII. If it shall so happen that the Judge of the Superior Court should not be at home at the time when application is made for signing a bill of exceptions, or when such bill of exceptions arrives at the Post-office where he usually receives his letters, it shall be lawful for said Judge to sign said bill of exceptions on his return home, although the time within which said bill of exceptions is to be signed by the provisions of this act may have expired, Provided, said application for signing said bill of exceptions was made before the expiration of the time aforesaid, or that said bill of exceptions was deposited in the post-office in time to have reached said Judge before the expiration of the time within which bills of exception are to be signed by the provisions of this act, the Judge shall state in his certificate the fact of his absence. Absence of Judge; Signature annexed, c. 11. Sec. VIII. It shall not be necessary to embody in the bill of exceptions any paper, or the copy of any paper; that is contained in the transcript of the record, nor to state therein any fact that appears by said transcript, nor to embody therein any documentary, or other evidence, that is not connected with, or material for a correct

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and clear understanding of some one of the errors complained of in the bill of exceptions. Copies, c. not required; 12. Sec. IX. It shall not be necessary to make any assignment of errors as heretofore practiced in said Court, but the case shall be heard upon the errors, as set forth in the bill of exceptions which shall be plainly, and distinctly therein set forth. No assignment of error necessary APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. REF. NOTE.For Act creating the Supreme Court, see Cobb p. 466. This act dispences with the forms heretofore required of a Writ of Error, a citation to the defendant in Error, and an assignment of the errors set forth in the Bill of Exceptions. NOTE OF DECISIONS.The act of 1851-2, requires the original bill of exceptions to be sent up to the Supreme Court. If a copy be sent up the mistake cannot be remedied by the Clerk's certifying the original after issue joined. 14 Geo. 268. The 25th rule is directory merely as to form, and a citation issued in the name of two of the Judges is valid. When the name of one of the Judges is omitted it may be amended. 14 Geo. 285. In assigning error upon the charge of the Court the plaintiff must specify the portions of the charge to which he excepts. 14 Geo. 402. A certificate from Clerk of Court below to the transcript, that if it contains a true exemplification of the record in the case it must be received as presenting it correctly. 14 Geo. 584. Where the bill of exceptions is signed, and notice thereof served on counsel who acted as Solicitor General pro tem., after the adjournment of the Court for which he was appointed, it is insufficient Aliter, if it had been done during the term. 15 Geo. 400. When the record shows that the persons appearing as plaintiffs in error were dead at the time of suing out and filing the writ of error, and that their legal representatives are not parties thereto, that writ will be dismissed. 15 Geo. 510. Questions on demurrer, amendments to pleadings, c., are constantly brought before the Supreme Court not distinctly presented or decided below. This practice condemn ed. 16 Geo. 49. Where a writ of error is sued out to a decision on a demurrer to an amended bill, parties not served with the amendment need not be made parties to the writ of error. 16 Geo. 49. It is not necessary to state in the bill of exceptions the grounds of objection to the judgment complained of, stating the judgment excepted to is sufficient. 16 Geo. 95. A remitted judgment of the Supreme Court has as much effect and operation in the lower Court, where there is no supersedeas as where there is. 16 Geo. 446. Where the Court below wrongfully refused to grant a supersedeas, still a reversal will not be granted on that ground alone, 17 Geo. 56. Under the Act of 1850 the transcript of the record may be sent up at any time before the first day of the term. 17 Geo. 292. No. 137. An Act to provide a remedy for cases in the Supreme Court where the defendant in error dies between the time of the trial in the circuit court, and the time of filing the bill of exceptions, writ of error, citation and notice in said court. WHEREAS, no remedy has by law, been provided for the service of copies of the writ of error, citation and notice in cases where the defendant in error has departed this life after the trial of the cause in the Circuit Court, and before the time of filing of the bill of exceptions, writ of error, citation and notice in the said circuit court for remedy whereof. 13. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c, That in all cases that now are, or hereafter may be pending in the Supreme Court of this State,

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where the defendant in error has departed this life between the time of the trial of the cause in the Circuit Court and the time of the filing of the bill of exceptions, writ of error, citation and notice of signing and certifying of the bill of exceptions in the Circuit Court in which such cause has been or may be tried, service of copies of such writ of error, citation and notice upon the attorney or attorneys engaged in behalf of such defendant in error, in the trial of such cause in the Circuit Court, shall be held and deemed sufficient service to authorize the Clerk of such Circuit Court to certify and send up to the Supreme Court a transcript of the Record of such cause together with the bill of exceptions, writ of error, citation and notice as in other cases. Death of defend't in Err. Service, c; 14. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases contemplated by the first section of this act, and the death of such defendant in error, has been or shall be suggested in said Supreme Court, and when it shall be made to appear to said Supreme Court, that legal Representatives of such defendant in error, have been appointed and qualified to take charge of the estate of such deceased defendant, then and in that case, it shall be the duty of said Court to cause scire facias to be issued to such legal representatives to make them parties to said cause in said Supreme Court, as in other cases; provided nevertheless, that such legal representatives may come in, and on motion in said Supreme Court cause themselves to be made parties defendant in error in such cause as in other cases. Represent's of dev'd def't made parties by writs, c. by motion of themselves; APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 138.) An Act to prescribe the mode of taxing costs in the Supreme Court of this State. 15. SEC. I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, when judgment shall be pronounced in any cause in the Supreme Court of this State, the costs of such case in said Court shall be taxed by the Clerk thereof, item by item, which taxing of costs shall be entered on the minutes of said court at the foot of said judgment, and shall be in all cases transmitted in the remittitur to the Court where the cause originated, for which service no extra costs shall be charged by said Clerk. Costs taxed by Clerk. 16. SEC. VI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. See Sec. 11, title Sup. Court, Cobb p. 451.

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SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR COURTS. 1. SESSIONS AND ADJOURNMENTS. SEC. 1 Term of Marion Superior Court. SEC. 2 Term of Harris Superior Court. SEC. 3 Term of Muscogee Superior Court. SEC. 4 Term of Lowndes Superior Court. SEC. 5 Term of South-Western Circuit. SEC. 6 Term of Pataula Circuit. SEC. 7 Term of Thomas Circuit. SEC. 8 Judge may adjourn. SEC. 9 Suitors bound to appear. SEC. 10 Executions valid. SEC. 11 Harris Court. SEC. 12 Chattahoochee Court. SEC. 13 Processes returned. SEC. 14 Middle Circuit. SEC. 15 Inferior CourtRichmond, SEC. 16 Repealing clause. SEC. 17 Meriwether. SEC. 18 Terms of Superior Court. SEC. 19 Butts Superior Court. SEC. 20 Suitors, c., bound to attend. SEC. 21 Repealing clause. SEC. 22 Lumpkin Court. SEC. 23 Suitors, c., bound to attend. SEC. 24 When to take effect. SEC. 25 Brunswick Circuit. SEC. 26 Added to 1st Congressional Dist. SEC. 27 Election of Solicitor General. SEC. 28 Terrell added to Pataula. SEC. 29 Repealing clause. SEC. 30 Jackson Superior Court. SEC. 31 Two panels of Jurors. SEC. 32 Superior Court of Campbell. SEC. 33 Superior Court Hancock. SEC. 34 Suitors c., to attend. SEC. 35 Service of Rule Nisi. SEC. 36 Repealing clause. SEC. 37 Superior Court of Newton. SEC. 38 Two sets of Jurors. SEC. 39 Writs, c., binding. SEC. 40 Repealing clause. SEC. 41 Superior Courts of Crawford. SEC. 42 Inferior Courts to draw juries. SEC. 43 Two panels for Dooly. SEC. 44 Repealing clause. SEC. 45 Superior C't., 4 weeks in Sumter. SEC. 46 Superior CourtsFloyd. SEC. 47 Inferior CourtsEarly. SEC. 48 Superior CourtsWarren. SEC. 49 Inferior Courtsto draw jurors. SEC. 50 Superior CourtsChattahoochee. SEC. 51 Repealing clause. SEC. 52 Inferior Court Catoosa. SEC. 53 Inferior Court of Sumter, c. SEC. 54 Inferior Court of Henry. SEC. 55 Suitors, witnesses, c. SEC. 56 Repealing clause. SEC. 57 Inferior Court Worth. SEC. 58 Suitors, witnesses, c. SEC. 59 Repealing clause. SEC. 60 Inferior Court DeKalb. SEC. 61 Writs, c. SEC. 62 Repealing clause. SEC. 63 Inferior Court Spalding. SEC. 64 Repealing clause. SEC. 65 Suitors, c., in Carroll. SEC. 66 Courts of Middle Circuit. SEC. 67 Repeals former act. SEC. 68 Repealing clause, SEC. 69 Ordinary Scriven county. SEC. 70 Repealing clause. (No. 139.) An act to change the time of holding the Superior Coures in Marion, Harris and Muscogee; also in the counties in the South-western and Middle Circuits, and in certain other counties therein named, to arrange and fix the times of holding the Superior Courts in the Pataula Circuit, and for other purposes. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the time of holding the Superior Courts of the county of Marion, shall be on the first Mondays in March and September, and said county shall have two weeks for the terms of said Court, and two panels of Grand and Petit Jurors, shall be drawn for each term of said Court, and that all persons bound to attend said Court at the time now prescribed by law, whether they are witnesses, jurors or suitors, shall by this act be bound to attend said Court at the times prescribed by this act. Term of Marion Super'r Court; Suitors, c. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the time of holding the Superior Courts of the county of Harris shall be on the second

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Mondays in April and October in each and every year, instead of the second Mondays in March and September, that said county shall have two weeks instead of one for the terms of said Court; that two panels of Grand and Petit Junors, shall be drawn for each term of said Courts, and that all persons whether witnesses, suitors or jurors, bound to attend said Courts at the time now prescribed by law shall by this act be bound to attend said Courts at the times provided by this act. Harris 3. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the time of holding the Superior Courts of the county of Muscogee shall be on the first Mondays in May and November in each and every year, that two panels of Grand and Petit Jurors, shall be drawn for each term of said Court and that all persons, whether suitors, witnesses or jurors bound to attend said Court at the time now prescribed by law, shall by this act be bound to attend said Court at the time provided by this act, and that the Judge of the Superior Court of the Chattahoochee Circuit shall have authority to hold the Court for said county in any place in the city of Columbus, that he may deem proper, Provided, no additional expense shall be imposed on said county therefor. Muscogee; Place of holding, c. Proviso; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the regular term of the Superior Court of the county of Lowndes shall be held on the third Mondays in June and December, and the time allowed for holding the same shall be one and one half weeks. Lowndes; 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the times for holding the Superior Courts in the South-Western Circuit shall be altered and fixed as follows, to-wit: In Sumter county on the second and third Mondays in March and September, in each year; in Lee county on the fourth Mondays in March and September and the Monday thereafter, in each year; in Decatur county on the fourth Mondays in April and October and the Mondays thereafter, in each year; in Baker county on the second and third Mondays in May and November, in each year; in Calhoun county on the fourth Mondays in May and November, in each year; in Dougherty county on the Monday after the fourth Monday in May and November, in each year. South-west'n circuit; Sumter, Lee, Decatur, Baker; Calhoun, Dougherty, 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the times for holding the Superior Courts for the Pataula Circuit shall be as follows: In Early county on the third Monday in March and September in each year; in Clay county on the fourth Mondays in March and September in each year; in Kinchafoonee county on the first Mondays in April and October in each year; in Stewart county on the third and fourth Mondays in April and October in each year; in Randolph on the first and second Mondays in May and November in each year.* Pataula Circuit. Early, Clay, Kinchafo'nee Stewart, Randoiph, 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the Superior Courts of the county of Thomas shall be held on the first Mondays in June and December, and shall hold two weeks, and two panels of Grand and Petit Jurors shall be drawn for each term of said Court; in Berrien county Thursday after the fourth Monday in June and

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December; in Colquitt county after the fourth Monday in May and November of each year. Thomas, Berrien; Colquitt, 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That where the business of said Courts is not disposed of, at the regular terms of said Courts it shall be lawful for the Judge to adjourn said Courts to some future day, and draw a jury for said adjourned term, and to try said unfinished business, and it shall be lawful to subp[oelig]na and compel the attendance of witnesses at said term and to sue out commissions and take interrogatories and make them returnable to said adjourned term. Judge may adjourn, c; subp[oelig]na witnesses. 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That all persons bound as suitors or summoned to appear as witnesses or in any manner to attend said Superior Courts at the time which by the laws of this State now in force, the said Courts are held, shall be bound to attend said Courts at the times specified by this act. Suitors, c. 10. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That all writs, executions and other processes issued and returned to the said Superior Courts under the law now of force shall be considered and adjudged as returned to the terms specified in this act and all bonds taken and given, and other proceeding in such case shall in like manner be good and valid. Executions valid. 11. Sec. XI. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Courts of Harris county shall be held on the second Mondays in January and July, instead of the second Mondays in December and June. Harris Inf'r Courts 12. Sec. XII. And be it further enacted, That the time of holding the Superior Court of Chattahoochee county shall be on the second Monday in April and October in each year; of Terrell county on the first Monday in March and September in each year. Chattahoochee, Terrell, 13. Sec. XIII. And be it further enacted, That all writs, precepts, processes, summonses, subp[oelig]nas and recognizances returnable to each of the Courts aforesaid as heretofore prescribed by law shall be returnable to the terms of said Courts as altered and changed by this act. Process, c 14. Sec. XIV. And be it further enacted, That the time of holding the Superior Courts of the several counties of the Middle Circuit in this State shall be as follows, to-wit: In the county of Columbia on the third Monday in March and the first Monday in September of the present year, and on the first Monday in March and September in each year thereafter; in the county of Washington on the fourth Monday in March and the second Monday in September of the present year, and on the second Monday in March and September in each year thereafter; in the county of Emanuel on the third Monday in April and the fourth Monday in September of the present year, and on the fourth Monday in March and September in each year thereafter; in the county of Richmond on the second Monday in October next, and on the second Monday in April and October in each year thereafter; in the county of Burke on the third Monday in May and November of the present year, and of each year thereafter; in the county of Jefferson on the first Monday

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day in June and December of the present year, and of each year thereafter. Middle Circ't Columbia; Washington, Emanuel; Richmond Burke, Jefferson 15. XV. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Court of the county of Richmond shall be held on the Thursday after the first Monday in March and on the first Monday in December of the present year, and on the first Monday in June and December of each year thereafter. * * See page 214. For act creating Pataula Circuit, see page 216. infer'r Court of Richmond 16. Sec. XVI. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, February 21st, 1856. (No. 140.) An Act to change and enlarge the time of holding the Superior Courts of Meriwether, and Butts counties, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 17. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the first day of April next, the time of holding the Superior Court of Meriwether county, shall be on the third Mondays in February and August, in each and every year. Meriwether Sup'r Court; 18. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said county shall have two weeks, instead of one, for the terms of said Superior Court; and that the Judge of said Court shall, at the first term of holding the same, ensuing the passage of this act, draw, or cause to be drawn two panels of Grand Jurors, and two panels of Petit Jurors, for each term of said Court; the panels for the first week to be known as Jury No. one, and the panel for the second week to be known as Jury No. two. term of court Jurors; 19. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the Superior Court of the county of Butts, of the Flint Circuit, shall be held on the first Monday in June, and the first Monday in December in each year, instead of the second Monday in March and September. Butts Court; 20. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That all persons summoned, subp[oelig]naed, or bound as suitors, witnesses, jurors, or in any other manner or capacity to attend said Court at the time, which by laws now in force they are holden, shall be bound by said bond, summons, subp[oelig]na or other process heretofore issued, to attend said Court at the time specified in this act; and that all writs, precepts, and processes of any kind or nature whatever shall be made returnable to the terms of said Court herein specified. [Illegible Text]; c. Processeshow returnable; 21. SEC. V. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Feb. 12th, 1856. (No. 141.) An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Courts in certain counties therein mentioned, and for other purposes therein specified. 22. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That the times of holding the Superior Courts in the counties hereinafter mentioned, shall be as

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follows, to-wit: In the county of Lumpkin, on the first Monday in February and August in each and every year, and to hold for two weeks if the Judge of the Superior Court presiding, shall deem it necessary. Time of holding Courts; Lumpkin, In the county of Forsyth, on the third Monday in February and August, in each and every year. In the county of Pickens, on the fourth Monday in February and August in each and every year. In the county of Cherokee on the first Monday in March and September in each and every year, and to hold for two weeks if the Judge of the Superior Court presiding, shall deem it necessary. In the county of Paulding on the first Monday in April and October, in each and every year. In the County of Towns, on the fourth Monday in May and November, in each and every year. In the county of Gilmer on the first Monday in May and November in each and every year. In the county of Fannin, on the second Monday in May and November in each and every year. In the county of Union on the third Monday in May and November in each and every year. Forsyth, Pickens; Cherokee. Paulding. Towns, Gilmer, Fannin, Union, Suitors, c. 23. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That all persons subp[oelig]ned, summoned or bound as witnesses, suitors, jurors or in any other capacity whatever, to attend said courts at the times, when by the law now in force said courts now are to be holden, shall and they are hereby required and bound by virtue of said summons, subp[oelig]na, bond or other process heretofore issued to attend said Courts at the times specified by this act. when to take effect: 24. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day June and at no previous time, and that all writs, processes and precepts whatsoever heretofore or hereafter issued, and returnable to the times of said courts as now fixed by law, shall from and after the first day of June next, be considered and held as returnable to the times of said Superior Courts as now fixed and determined by this act. Writs, how returnable; APPROVED, March 4th., 1856. (No. 142.) An Act to regulate the time of holding the Courts in the Brunswick Circuit, and other Counties herein named, to add the county of Terrell to the Pataula Circuit, and for other purposes. 25. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the Superior Courts in the Brunswick Circuit, shall be held as follows: In the county of Charlton on the Monday before the first Monday in April and December of each and every year, and in the county of Camden on the first Monday in April and December, and in the county of Wayne on Friday thereafter, and in the county of Glynn on the second Mondays in April and December, in the county of Appling on the Mondays after the fourth Mondays in April and October, in Coffee on the Mondays thereafter, in Clinch on the fourth Mondays in June and December, and in Ware on the Mondays thereafter. Sup. Cts. in Brunswick Circuit; Charlton; Camden, Wayne Glynn, Appling, Coffee, Clinch, Ware; 26. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the Brunswick Judicial

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District, shall be added to the first Supreme Court Judicial District. Brunswick Cir't added to, c; 27. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That there shall be an election for a Solicitor General of the Brunswick Judicial District, on the first Monday in October, 1857, in the manner as now provided by law, and on the first Monday in October, every fourth year thereafter. * * For act creating Brunswick Circuit see p. 215. Election of Sol, Gen'l; 28. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That the county of Terrell be and the same is hereby added to the Pataula Circuit. Terrell [Illegible Text]. added, c. 29. Sec. V. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 28th, 1856. No. 143. An Act to empower the Judge of the Superior Courts of the Western Circuit to hold the fall term of the Superior courts of Juckson county two weeks in certain eases. 30. SEC. I. Be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Judge of the Superior Courts of the county of Jackson to hold said courts two weeks at the August term when it shall be deemed necessary in order to complete the business thereof. Jackson Sup. Courts; 31. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That for that purpose the said Judge at the February term of said Court, is hereby empowered to draw two panels of Grand and Petit Jurors, to be designated as panel number 1 and panel number 2, who shall be summoned to attend the session of said Court, panel number 1 on the fourth Monday iu August, and panel number 2 on the first Monday in September, or fifth Monday in August as the case may be to serve, each panel their respective terms of one week under the same rules and regulations, and with the same per diem as now allowed and prescribed by law. Two panels of Jurors; Pay; APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 144.) An Act to change the time of holding the Superior and Inferior Courts in certain counties therein named. 3. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the time of holding the Inferior Courts of the County of Campbell shall be on the third Mondays in January and July, in the county of Dooly on the third Mondays in June and December, in the county of Fayette from and after March next, on the third Mondays in January and June, in the county of Coweta on the first Mondays in June and December, in the county of Hancock on the second Mondays in April and October, in the county of Kinchafoonee on the second Monday in February and August, in the County of Catoosa from and after the first day of January eighteen hundred and fifty seven, on the fourth Mondays in January and July, in the county of Sumter on the third Mondays in May and November. Inferior Cts. of Campbell, Dooly, Fayette, Coweta, Hancock, Kinch afonee Catoosa,

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33. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the time of holding the Superior Court in the county of Hancock shall be changed from the second Mondays in April and October to the third Mondays in February and August, that from and after the first of May next, the Superior Court of the County of Rabun be changed to the first Monday in April, and the Wednesday after the first Monday in October, in the county of Sumter to the second Mondays in March and September, in the county of Muscogee to the third Mondays in May and November. Hancock, Rabun, Sumter, Muscogee, 34. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That all persons summoned, subp[oelig]ned or bound as suitors, parties, witnesses, jurors or in any other capacity, to attend the Superior Courts in and for the counties of Rabun, Hancock, Muscogee and Sumter and the Inferior Courts of the counties of Campbell, Dooly, Fayette, Coweta, Hancock, Kinchafoonee, Sumter and Catoosa, as now appointed, shall be and are hereby required and bound, by virtue of said summons subp[oelig]na or other precept heretofore issued to attend said Courts at the times respectively specified and fixed in this act, and that all writs and recognizances, precepts and processes whatever heretofore issued, or that may hereafter be issued returnable to the terms of said Courts, as now fixed by law, shall be considered and held returnable to the terms of said Courts as fixed and regulated by this act. Suitors' [Illegible Text] Process,' c. 35. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That all rule nisi's for the foreclosure of mortgages, and any other rule nisi, the service shall be held and deemed valid if served twenty days before sitting of said Courts, as changed, and within the time when service was required before the passage of this act. Service of rules; 36. SEC. V. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, January 23d, 1856. (No. 145.) An Act to alter the times of holding the Superior Courts for the County of Newton, in the State of Georgia, and to allow two weeks for holding the same, and for other purposes therein named. 37. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the Superior Court of the county of Newton, shall be held on the third and fourth Mondays in March and September in each year, and shall continue two weeks if the business of said courts requires it. Sup'r Ct. of Newton; 38 Sec. XII. Be it further enacted, That there shall be two sets of Grand Jurors, and two sets of Petit Jurors drawn by said Court under the rules and regulations now provided by law for drawing Grand and Petit Jurors designating those drawn for the first week, and those drawn for the second week, and it shall be the duty of the Sheriff of said county to summons the same in the same manner as now provided by law for summonsing Grand and Petit Jurors designating in the summons the week for which said Jurors were drawn. Two sets of Jurors; Sh'riff's duty

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39. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That all writs, subp[oelig]nas, recognizances, bonds and other processes and precepts of what ever kind issued by or taken in said Court returnable on the fourth Monday in March and September, shall be legal and binding on the third Monday in March and September as they would have been on the fourth Monday in March and September had this alteration not been made. Writs, c. 40. Sec. IV. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED January 23th, 1856. No. 146. An Act to change, define and limit the time of holding the Superior Courts of the counties of Crawford, Twiggs, Macon and Dooly. 41, SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the time of holding the Superior Courts in the County of Crawford, shall hereafter be on the first Mondays in March and September, and in the county of Twiggs on the second Mondays in March and September, and in the county of Macon, on the third and fourth Mondays in March and September, and in the county of Dooly on the first and second Mondays in April and October in stead of the times heretofore fixed by law for holding the same in each of said counties, Provided, the same do not come upon the day of the General Election, in such case, said court shall meet on the Wednesday after the first Monday in October. Supr. Ct. of Crawford, Twiggs, Macon. Dooly Proviso; 42. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Court of each of said counties be authorized to draw Grand and Petit Jurors to serve at the next term of the Superior Court for their respective counties, and that the Inferior Court of Dooly county be authorized to draw an additional panel of Grand and petit jurors to serve on the second week of their said Superior Courts. Jurieshow drawn; 43. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the presiding Judge of the Superior Court of the county of Dooly be authorized and required before the adjournment of each term of the said Superior Court to draw two panels of Grand and petit jurors to serve one on the first, and the other on the second week of the succeeding term of said court. Two panels of Jurors; 44. Sec. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Feb. 9th, 1856. No. 147. An Act to give further time for holding the Superior Courts of Sumpter, Lee, Dougherty and Baker counties. 45. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the Judge of the Superior Courts of the Southwestern Circuit, be and he is hereby authorized to hold the Superior Courts of Sumpter, Lee, Dougherty and Baker counties, for the term of four weeks if necessary to transact the business of said Courts, and that the proper authorities of

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said counties may draw two panels of Grand and Petit jurors to serve for two weeks respectively, according to laws now in force, for drawing the same, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Duration of Terms; Sumter c. Jurors, APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 148.) An Act to change the time of holding the Superior and Inferior Courts of the county of Floyd. 46. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That hereafter the Superior Courts of the county of Floyd, shall be held on the second Mondays in February and August, in each and every year, and shall be allowed to hold for three weeks, and the Inferior Courts for said county, shall be held on the second Mondays in May and November in each and every year, any law, usage or custom the contrary notwithstanding. Sup'r Courts of Floyd; APPROVED, December 19th, 1855. (No. 149.) An Act to change the time of holding the Inferior Court of the county of Early, and the Superior Court of the county of Chattahoochee, and to allow two weeks for the Superior Court of the county of Warren, and for other purposes. 47. SecTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the Inferior Court of the County of Early shall be held on the third Mondays in June and December in each and every year. Inferior Ct. Inf. Court of Early; 48. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the Superior Court of Warren county, shall be held on the first Mondays of April and October of each year, except when the first Monday in October shall be the day of the General election, and then the said Court shall be held on the Tuesday thereafter, and the said Court shall continue for two weeks if it shall be necessary for the transaction of the business of said Court. Sup Court of Warren; 49. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, or a majority of them, on the second Monday of March next to draw from the jury boxes of said county, forty-eight men to serve as Petit Jurors, and thirty-six men to serve as Grand Jurors for the second week of said Court, who shall be summoned in the same manner as other Jurors and be subject to the same penalties for non-attendance as Jurors are now by law subject, and when the persons so summoned are empanelled as Jurors, they shall be in all respects legal Jurors. to draw jur's 50. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That the time of holding the Superior Court of Chattahoochee county, shall be on the fourth Mondays of May and November, and all Jurors, witnesses or other persons now compelled to attend said Court by writ, process, bond or other instrument, are required to attend the Courts of said county at the times aforesaid by this act. Sup'r court of Chattahoochee Witnesses, 51. SEC. V. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 6th, 1856.

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(No. 150.) An Act change the time of holding the Inferior Court of the county of Catoosa. 52. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the 1st day of January, 1857, the times for holding the Inferior Courts for the county of Catoosa shall be changed from the 1st Monday in April and August, in each and every year, to the fourth Mondays in January and July, and that after the 1st day of January, 1857, the Inferior Courts of said Catoosa county shall be held on the fourth Mondays in January and July, all laws and parts of laws to the contrary notwithstanding. In f. court of Catoosa; APPROVED, March 4th., 1856. (No. 151) An Act to change the time of holding the Inferior Courts of the counties of Sumter, Butts and Bibb. 53. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the Inferior Court of the County of Sumter shall be held on the third Mondays in May and November, instead of the fourth Mondays in May and Nov'r as now prescribed by law, and that the time for holding the Inferior Court of Butts County shall be on the 1st Mondays in March and September, and that the times for holding the Inferior Court of Bibb county, shall be changed from the second Mondays in March and September, to the last Monday in February and the fourth Monday in August in each and every year, and all persons bound to attend said Courts by writ, precept, process, subp[oelig]na or otherwise, at the times now specified by law, be and they are hereby required to attend at the times specified in this act. This act shall not take effect until the 20th of March next. Inf. court of Sumter, Butts, Bibb, Suitors, c. Wh'n to take effect; APPROVED March 4th, 1856. [No. 152,] An Act to alter and change the time of holding the Inferior Court of the county of Henry. 54. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Inferior Court of the county of Henry, shall be held on the fourth Monday in August next and on the fourth Monday in February and August in each and every year thereafter. Inf. court of Henry; 55. SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all writs and processes made returnable to any other term, shall be held returnable according to the provisions of the first section of this act, and all parties and witnesses summoned to attend said Court, shall be held bound to attend at the time specified in said first section. Writs, c; Suitors, c; 56. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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(No. 153.) An Act to change the time of holding the Inferior Courts of the county of Worth. 57. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passsage of this act the Inferior Court of the county of Worth shall hereafter be held on the first Monday in June and December in each and every year. Inf. court of Worth; 58. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That all persons subp[oelig]naed or bound as suitors, witnesses or in any other capacity to attend said Inferior Court at the time which, by the laws now in force, they are holden, and shall be bound by said bond, summons, subp[oelig]na, or other process heretofore issued to attend said Courts at the time prescribed in this act. Suitors, c Inf. court of 59. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 5th, 1856. (No. 154.) An Act to change the times of holding the Inferior Court in the county of DeKalb, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 60. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the times of holding the Inferior Court of the county of DeKalb shall be on the third Mondays in January and July in each year instead of the third Mondays in June and December as now fixed by law. DeKalb; 61. Sec. II. Be it be further enacted, That all writs, processes and precepts whatsoever, issued by said Court and made returnable to the June and December terms of said Court shall be good and binding, and have all the legal force at the January and July terms of said Court that they would have had at the June and December terms of said Court, had this alteration not been made. Writs, c. Inf. court of 62. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Nov. 27th, 1855. (No. 155) An Act to change the time of holding the Inferior Court of the county of Spalding, 63. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the time of holding the Inferior Court of the county of Spalding be changed from the third Monday in January and July to the third Monday in February and August. Spalding; 64. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED Dec. 19th, 1855.

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(No. 156) An act to change the time of holding the Superior and Inferior Courts in the county of Carroll. * * This Act was signed by the Governor under the belief that it was important to Carroll county, but subsequently he became satisfied that it was entirely unconstitutional. A Mandamus has been granted authorizing Writs to be returned according to act of Feb'y. 21st. See p. 205. 65. SECTION 1. Be it enacted c., That all persons summoned or bound as suitors, witnesses, jurors or in any other manner or capacity to attend said Superior and Inferior Courts at the time which by the laws of this State now in force, the said Courts are held, shall be bound by said summons, bond or other process heretofore specified in this act. Suitors, c; 66. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the time for holding the Superior Courts in the Middle Circuit shall be as follows: In Columbia on the third Monday in March and the second Monday in September of the present year, and on the second Monday in March and September in each year thereafter; in Washington on the fourth Monday in March and the third Monday in September of the present year, and the third Monday in March and September in each year thereafter; in Emanuel on third Monday in April and the first Monday in October of the present year, and on the first Monday in April and October in each and every year thereafter; in Richmond on the third Monday in October next, and on the third Monday in April and October in each year thereafter; in Burke on the fourth Monday in May and November of the present year, and each succeeding year; and in Jefferson on the second Monday in June and December of the present and each succeeding year. Middle Cir't; Columbia, Washington, Emanuel, Richmond, Burke, Jefferson 67. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That this act repeals so much of the act passed at the present session of the Degislature as relates to the time of changing the Courts of the Middle Circuit. Repeals former act 68. Sec. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 3d, 1856. (No. 157.) An Act to change the time of holding the Court of Ordinary of Screveu county. 69. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the time of holding the Court of Ordinary of Screven county, shall be the second Monday in each and every month, instead of the first Monday as now provided by law. Court of Ordinary 70. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.

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NEW JUDICIAL CIRCUITS. SEC. 1. BRUNSWICK CIRCUIT. SEC. 2. Governor to appoint Judge. SEC. 3. Solicitor General. SEC. 4. Processes valid. SEC. 5. Tattnall Montgomery added to Eastern Circuit. SEC. 6. Repealing clause. SEC. 7. PATAULA CIRCUIT. SEC. 8. Election of Sol. Gen. SEC. 9. Repealing clause. SEC. 10. TALLAPOOSA CIRCUIT. SEC. 11. Terms of Superior Court. SEC. 12. Terms of Inferior Court. SEC. 13. Returns of Processes, c. SEC. 15. Election of Judge, c. SEC. 15. Terms of Irwin Court. SEC. 16. Two weeks to DeKalb Court. SEC. 17. Persons bound to attend at time specified. SEC. 18. Repealing clause. No. 158. BRUNSWICK CIRCUIT. An Act to create a new Judical Circuit, and to provide for the appointment, and election of a Judge, and Solicitor General for the same, and to add certain Counties to the Eastern Judicial District, and fix the the times of holding the Courts of the same. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the counties of Clinch, Ware, Coffee, Appling, Wayne Camden, Glynn, and Charlton, constitute a Judicial Circuit to be known as the Brunswick Circuit. Brunswick Circuit; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Governor shall appoint a Judge for said Circuit from any Judicial Circuit in this State to hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified, which election shall take place on the first Monday in October, 1857, and the first Monday in October every fourth year thereafter, Provided, the appointee shall reside in the District after his appointment. Gov'r to appoint Judge; Election of Judge; 3 SEC III. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a Solicitor General for said Circuit, who shall be elected and hold his office as now provided by law. Sol. General 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That all process now required by law, to be attested in the name of the Judge of the Superior Courts, and which may be in any of the counties embraced in the first section of this act, be attested before this act is known to the Clerk of such county in the name of the Judge now holding jurisdiction in said county, such process may be amended instanter, at any stage of the case in which it issued. Process, c. 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the counties of Tattnall and Montgomery of the Middle Circuit be and they are hereby added to the Eastern Judicial Circuit, and the several Courts in the Eastern Judicial District shall be held as follows, to-wit: In the counties of Montgomery on the Thursdays before the third Monday in March, and fourth Monday in October; in the county of Tattnall on the third Monday in March and fourth Monday in October; in the county of Bulloch on the Friday after the third Monday in March and fourth Monday in October; in the county of Effingham on the fourth Monday in March, and the Monday after the fourth Monday in October; in the county of McIntosh on the Thursday after the second Monday in April, and fourth Monday in November;

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in the county of Liberty on the third Monday in April, and the Monday after the fourth Monday in November; in the county of Bryan on the Thursday after the sessions in the county of Liberty, and all process now issued to and returned to those Courts at the times as heretofore fixed by law, shall now be returned to said Courts as provided in this act. Tattnall and Montgomery added, c. Terma of Ct. Eastern Circuity Process, c; 6. Sec. VI. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 8th, 1856. (No. 159.) PATAULA CIRCUIT. An Act to create and lay off a new circuit to be called Pataula Circuit, to be composed of the counties of Early, Clay, Chattahoochee, Randolph, Stewart and Kinchafoonee, and to add the same to the second Supreme Court Judicial District. 7. SECTION. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, there shall be and is hereby created a new Judicial Circuit to be called Pataula Circuit, to be composed of the counties of Early, Clay, Chattahoochee, Randolph, Stewart, and Kinchafoonee, and the same is hereby added to the second Supreme Court Judicial District. Pataula Cir't 8. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the people of said District who are entitled to vote for members of the Legislature shall proceed to elect a Judge of the Superior Court for said District and a Solicitor General for the same, under the same rules and regulations as are now provided by law for the election of similar officers in the other Judicial Districts in this State, said election to be held on the first Monday in April next, they shall hold their offices from their qualification, and for three years after the first Monday in October next. Election of Judge and Sol'r General when held; term of office 9. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Feb. 8th, 1856. (No. 160.) TALLAPOOSA CIRCUIT. An Act to organize a new Judicial Circuit to be composed of the counties of Heard, Coweta, Campbell, Carroll, Haralson, Polk and Floyd, and prescribe the times for holding the Superior and Inferior courts in each of said counties, to attach the same to the third Supreme court Judicial circuit, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 10. Section I. Be it enacted c., That from and immediately after the passage of this act, there shall be a new Judicial Circuit organized from the following counties, to-wit: Heard, Coweta, Campbell, Carroll, Haralson, Polk and Floyd, to be called the Tallapoosa Circuit, to be attached to the third Supreme Judicial Circuit. Tallapoosa Circuit;

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11. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Superior Courts shall be held as follows, to-wit: In the county of Heard on the fourth Monday in February and August, in the county of Coweta on the first and second Mondays in March and September, in the county of Campbell on the fourth Monday in March and September, in the county of Carroll on the first and second Mondays in April and October, in the county of Haralson on the third Monday in April and October, in the county of Polk on the fourth Monday in April and October, to continue two weeks when the business of said Court require it, in each and every year until changed by law, that the Superior Court of the county of Floyd be held on the first Mondays in February and August, and that three weeks be allowed for said Court whenever the business of the same may require, and that the necessary panels of Grand and Petit Jurors be drawn and summoned for each week of said Court; Provided, that the first term of the Superior Court of the county of Heard shall be held on the 1st Monday in May next, and the Superior Courts afterwards at the times above specified in this act. Terms of Ct; Proviso. 12. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Courts of said counties shall be held as follows, to-wit: In the county of Heard on the third Monday in May and November, in the county of Coweta on the first Monday in June and December, in the county of Campbell on the third Monday in June and December, in the county of Carroll on the 4th Mondays in June and December, in the connty of Haralson on the 2d Monday in July and January, in the county of Polk on the fourth Monday in July and January, in each and every year until changed by law. Terms of In Courts; 13. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That all subpoenas, writs, processes mesne or final heretofore issued, and made returnable to any of the Superior or Inferior Courts in any of the counties from which this Circuit is composed and which shall have been in part or whole executed shall be and the same are hereby made returnable to the terms of the Courts respectively as herein provided, and all the subpoenas, writs, processes, mesne or final, which may be issued after the passage of this act, shall be and the same are hereby made returnable to the Courts as provided by this act. Process, c 14. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That on the first Monday in January next, at all the places appointed by law for the holding of such elections in said District, a Judge of the Superior Court and Solicitor General for said District, shall be elected by persons qualified to vote at such elections, who shall hold their office until the first Monday in October, 1859, and until their successors shall be qualified. Election of Judge and Sol'r General term of office 15. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the Superior Courts in the county of Irwin shall be held on the fourth Mondays in April and October and in the county of Telfair on the Thursdays thereafter. Irwin Sup'r Courts: 16. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That two weeks be allowed for holding the Superior Courts in the county of DeKalb, if necessary, and that Grand and Petit Jurors be drawn for each week as now provided by law. Two weeks allowed DeKalb,

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17. SEC. VIII. Be it enacted. That all persons subpoenaed, summoned or bound as witnesses, or suitors, jurors, or in any other capacity whatever, to attend said Courts at the times which by the law now in force said Courts now are to be holden, shall be and they are hereby required and bound by virtue of said summons, subpoenas, bond or other process heretofore issued to attend said Court at the time specified by this act. Sultors, c. 18. Sec. IX. Repeals conflicting laws. 1. JUDGESAnd Justices of Inferior Court. 2. JURISDICTIONCommon Law and Equity. 3. ACTIONTrial, Parties, Bail ArbitrationCORPORATIONS, Service of WritsCollection of DebtsProperty and effects of dissolved corporationsEjectmentEndorsersEstatesTrust Estates. 4. HUSBAND AND WIFE. 5. JURORS. 6. LEVY AND SALE. 7. LIMITATIONS. 8. LOST PAPERS. 9. STATUTE OF FRAUDS. APPROVED, Feb. 28th, 1856. JUDGES. SEC. 1. Act of 1841 not to be given in charge. (No. 161.) An Act to repeal so much of the law in reference to change bills, as makes it the duty of the Judges of the Superior Courts to give the act passed 10 th December, 1841, in special charge to the Grand Juries. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the Judges of the Superior Courts of this State shall no longer be required to give said act of 1841, in reference to change bills in special charge to the Grand Juries. Judges not to give Act of [Illegible Text] in charge APPROVED, March 4th, 1856, SEC. 1. Justices Inferior Court to have criminal jurisdiction. SEC. 2. Repealing clause. (No. 162.) An Act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Courts of this State to exercise criminal jurisdiction. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act any Justice of the Inferior Court of this State may exercise the same criminal jurisdiction as is now exercised by a Justice of the Peace, and the same powers as to criminal matter vested in a Justice of the Peace shall be, and is hereby vested in a Justice of the Inferior Court. Criminal jurisdiction; 2. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.

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JURISDICTION. 1. Common law. 2. Equity, Receivers appointed in vacation 3. Writs of injunction not to be issued un til bond given. (No. 163.) An Act to alter and amend an act, entitled an act, to amend an act passed the 17 th day of Dec., 1847, to authorize parties to compel discoveries at common law. WHEREAS, it is provided by the first section of said act, that parties, plaintiffs or defendants wishing to make discoveries at common law, and the evidence of the adverse party is required by the provision of said act to issue and have served personally, subp[oelig]na thirty days before the time of court at which he is required to attend, as well in the Justices Courts, as in the Inferior or Superior Courts, and whereas it is wholly unnecessary and detrimental to the purposes of justice to require so long a time in the Justices Court for remedy whereof. 1. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful so far as Justices Courts are concerned, for subp[oelig]nas to be issued and served personally ten days before the time of the Court, to which they may be returnable, instead of thirty days as now required by law. subp[oelig]nas served, c. 2. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, 20th Feb., 1854, APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. (No. 164) An Act to authorise Judges of the Superior Courts of this State to appoint Receivers during vacation and to require the complainant in all cases asking for writs of ne exeat, quia timet, and all applications asking for the appointment of a receiver, or for injunction to give bond and security to the respondent for any loss or damage which he or they may sustain by the suing out of said writs and for other purposes. 3. SEC. II. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the Judges of the Superior Courts in this State shall have power and authority to appoint receivers in vacation upon such a case made as will now by law authorize the appointing of the same in term time. Receivers appointed in vacation; 4. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That before any writ of Injunction, ne exeat quia timet. or any writ appointing a Receiver, shall be hereafter issued by the Judges of the Superior Courts of this State, or by the Court the complainant shall give bond and security to the respondent, fully to respond to any damage which the respondent may sustain by reason of the issuing of said writs, or the appointment of the said Receiver. Writs, c; APPROVED March 4th, 1856.

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ACTION. Sec. 1 Parties to suits. Sec. 2 Members of Corporations. Sec. 3 Repealing clause. Sec. 4 Bail cases, principal surrenderednew bail. Sec. 5 Repealing clause. Sec. 6 Frivolous suitsDamages. Sec. 7 ARBITRATION. Sec. 8 Number to consist of 3. Sec. 9 Submissions in writing. Sec. 10 Time and place of meeting. Sec. 11 Witnesses. Sec. 12 Powers of Arbitrators. Sec. 13 Testimony by Commission. Sec. 14 Qualification of witnesses. Sec. 15 Production of Books, c. Sec. 16 Absence of one Arbitrator. Sec. 17 Oaths. Sec. 18 Parties not readypostponement, Sec. 19 Adjournments. Sec. 20 Award. Sec. 21 Suggestion of Fraud. Sec. 22 Verdict of Jury. Sec. 23 Oaths of witnesses. Sec. 24 Costs to be taxed. Sec. 25 Compensation of Arbitrators. Sec. 26 Repealing clause. Sec. 27 Service of writs on corporations. Sec. 28 Real estate of dissolved corporations. Sec. 29 Oyers of Bonds c. Sec. 30 Ultimate liability. Sec. 31 Repealing clause. Sec. 32 Effects first applied to debts. Sec. 33 Judge's duty. Sec. 34 Penalty of non-appearance. Sec. 35 Repealing clause. Sec. 36 Tenant in common. Sec. 37 Reimbursement of endorsers. Sec. 38 Repealing clause. Sec. 39 Descent of estates of illegitimates. Sec. 40 Widow or child to inherit. Sec. 41 Non-resident Executors. Sec. 42 Repealing clause. Sec. 43 Claims against Trust Estates. Sec. 44 Petition. Sec. 45 Judgment. Sec. 46 Defendant. Sec. 47 Suits how brought. Sec. 48 Execution. Sec. 49 Repealing clause. No. 165. An act to provide for the speedy trial of certain cases in courts of law and Equity in this State, and for other purposes connected therewith. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c. That all actions at law, or suits in chancery, now pending in the courts of this State, or which may be hereatter instituted against the members of private associations, joint stock companies, or the members of existing or dissolved corporations, to recover a debt or debts due by the association, company or corporation, of which they are or have been members, or for the appropriation of a fund in their hands to the payment of such debt, it shall not be necessary as heretofore required; that all the members of such association, company or corporation, shall be made parties in suits hereafter instituted, or continued parties in such, as are already pending, nor any other person than the party suing to be made plaintiff or complainant, but the plaintiff and complainant in such suits may institute the same, and proceed to judgement therein, and also in those already instituted against any one or more of the members of such association, company or corporation, or any other person, plaintiff or complainant, and recover of the member or members, so sued, the amount of unpaid stock in his or her hands, or any other indebtedness of such member or members, Provided, the same does not exceed the amount of his or her debt, against said association, company or corporation, and in that event, so much only as will be sufficient to satisfy said debt. Suitsparties made, c Judgment received, c. Not to exceed [Illegible Text] of debt: 2. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act

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shall be so construed as to prevent the members, who may be so sued, after he or they have paid the amount so recovered from suing his or their associates for contribution, if under the rules of law and equity, he, or they are entitled to the same. Other members may be sued, c 3. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 166.) An act to authorize the Sheriff to take new bail where the principal has been surr endered, in certain cases, and to make valid certain bail bonds taken heretofore. 4. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact as follows: That in all cases hereafter where the bail shall or may surrender his principal, either in open Court in term time, or to the Sheriff of the county in which such principal shall reside, at any time in vacation, and before the principal has been arrested by a capias ad satisfaciendum, it shall be the duty of the Sheriff to take new bail, if the bail offered is good, for the forthcoming of the principal to be arrested with a capias ad satisfaciendum in said case, or in default thereof to pay the debts and costs, and all bail heretofore taken in the cases above mentioned, shall be deemed and adjudged to be good and valid in law, and the bail bound in the same way and manner he would have been if he had become bail before the passage of this act. Where principal is surrendered New bail to be taken; 5. Sec. II. Repeals all conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 167.) An act to give to Defendants damages for frivolous suits against them. WHEREAS: It frequently occurs after a fair and impartial trial between parties litigant where titles to land are involved that the plaintiff being cast renews his suit to the great detriment and annoyance of the defendant, and for the purpose of forcing a compromise from the defendant; and whereas it is the policy of the State to discourage litigation between its citizens, therefore to this end and to work a perfect remedy: 6. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That hereafter on a second suit between the same parties involving titles to land, the Jury shall have the right to determine whether said action has any real merit, and if none they shall have the power to determine what amount of damage the defendant shall have sustained by and on account of said last mentioned suit, and shall return the same in their verdict, on which judgment may be rendered, and fieri facias issue as in other cases involving monies, any law usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Frivolous Suits; Jury to determine damages. Fi fa issued APPROVED, March 4th, 1856.

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(No. 168.) An Act to authorise persons to submit controversies to arbitration, declaring how arbitrators shall be chosen, prescribing their forms, regulating the manner in which their proceedings shall be conducted, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 7. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact as follows, All persons having matters of controversy may submit the same to Arbitration, and any personal representative of any decedent or guardian of any infant, idiot or lunatic, or any trustee may submit to Arbitration any matter of controversy touching the estate or property of such decedent, infant, idiot or lunatic, or in respect to which he is trustee. Controvers's submitted, to arbitration. 8. Sec. II. Every Arbitration shall be composed of three Arbitrators, one of whom shall be chosen by each of the parties, and one by the Arbitrators chosen by the parties. To consist of three; 9. Sec. III. All submissions to Arbitration shall be in writing, and shall contain a clear and accurate statement of the matters in controversy submitted, the names of the Arbitrators chosen by the parties and also any other matter that may be pertinent to said submission. Said submission shall be signed by the parties, or their agents, and when so signed shall be delivered to one of the Arbitrators chosen by the parties, and when this is done said submission shall be irrevocable, except by the consent of all the parties. Submissions to be in writing. To be [Illegible Text] and deliv'red 10. Sec. IV. The Arbitrators chosen by the parties shall then choose another Arbitrator, and they shall appoint their time and place of meeting, which shall be done as soon as can be done consistent with a proper preparation of the case, and the parties shall have three days notice of the time and place of meeting. Time and place of meeting. Notice; 11. Sec V. At the time the submission is made, or so soon thereafter as can conveniently be done, it shall be the duty of the parties to furnish the arbitrators chosen by the parties, or one of them with a list of the witnesses whose testimony they desire to be had before the Arbitrators, and any party negotiating to do this for ten days after said submission is made, the hearing of said case shall not be delayed on account of the witnesses on the part of the party so neglecting not being present. List of witnesses; Negligence not to cause delay; 12. Sec. VI. Said Arbitrators shall be clothed with all the powers of the Superior Courts, to compel the attendance of witnesses before them, and also to compel them to testify, and any one of said Arbitrators shall have power to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses at the time and place appointed for their meeting, which subp[oelig]nas shall be served in the manner pointed out by law for the service of subp[oelig]nas in cases pending in the Superior Courts, and witnesses so attending shall be entitled to the same compensation as witnesses attending the Superior Courts, and may be collected in the same way. Powers of Arbitrators; subp[oelig]nas; Compensat'n of witnesses 13 Sec. VII. Testimony may be taken by commission under the same circumstances, and in the manner, and subject to the same rules and regulations as is now prescribed by law for the taking of

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testimony by commission in the Superior Courts, saving only that the original interrogatories shall be filed with one of the commissioners and the commission issued by one of the commissioners, and the testimony when taken shall be directed to the Arbitrator who sued the commission. Testimony by commiss'n how issued and directed; 14. Sec. VIII. All free white persons who have arrived at sufficient age to understand the obligation of an oath, and are not idiots or lunatics including also the parties to said submission shall be competent witnesses in all cases before the Arbitrators, saving only that the wife shall not be witness against the husband, nor the husband against the wife, except in cases where the same is allowed by law. Qualification of witnesses. Restrictions; 15. Sec. IX. Said Arbitrator shall be clothed with all the powers of the Superior Courts, to compel parties to produce books and all other papers that they may deem necessary and proper for the investigation of the matters submitted to them, giving to the party or his agent, from whom the production is required, thirty days notice. Production of books, c 16. Sec. X. When the arbitrators meet for the purpose of hearing said case, if any one of the Arbitrators selected by the parties should not be present, the party whose Arbitrator is absent may then choose another in his place, and if the Arbitrator chosen by the Arbitrators is absent, the Arbitrators chosen by the parties, may choose another in his place, and the Arbitrators so chosen shall have all the powers of the Arbitrators first chosen. In absencehow proceed 17. Sec. XI. When the Arbitrators meet for the purpose of hearing said case, and making up their award, they shall first be sworn impartially to determine the matters submitted to them, according to law, and the justice and equity of the case without favor or affection to either party, and which oath they may administer to each other. To take oath 18. Sec. XII. When, upon the meeting of the Arbitrators, either party shall not be ready for trial, it shall be lawful for the Arbitrators to postpone the hearing of the case to a future day, which day shall be as early as possible, looking at all the circumstances of the case, but there shall not be more than two adjournments of the case except from providential cause. When party is not ready, case postp'd: Adjournm 'ts limited; 19. Sec. XIII. After said Arbitrators shall have commenced their investigation, they may adjourn from day to day, until their investigations are completed, and they have made up their award. May adjourn from day to day; 20. Sec. XIV. After said Arbitrators have made up their award they shall furnish a copy of the same to each of the parties, and shall return the original award to the next Superior Court of the county where the award is made, and said award shall be entered on the minutes of said Court, and shall have all the force and effect of a judgment or decree of said Superior Court, and may be enforced in the same way at any time after the adjournment of said Court and shall be final and conclusive between the parties as to all matters submitted to the Arbitrators, unless objections shall be plead to the same, as provided in the next section of this act, and that for

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each and every award entered upon the minutes of the Superior Court, the Clerk shall be entitled to the same fees as is now allowed by law for the entering of judgment in other cases, to be paid by the party against whom the award is made. Awardcopies, c; Original returned; To be enforced: Final and conclusive: Unless objection filed. Clerk's fee. 21. Sec. XV. When said award shall have been returned to said Court, and entered upon its minutes as provided in the previous section of this act, it shall be lawful for either of the parties to suggest, on oath, to said Court at the term to which said award is returned, that said Arbitrators, or some one of them, has been guilty of fraud and corruption in making said award, and it shall be the duty of said Court to cause an issue to be made upon such suggestion, which issue shall be heard by a special jury under the same rules and regulations as are prescribed for the trial of appeals, and which trial shall be had at the same term of the Court at which the suggestion is made, unless good cause is shown for a continuance, when the same may be continued for one term and no longer. Suggestion of fraud; Heard by special jury; 22. Sec. XVI. If the Jury shall return a verdict finding that said Arbitrators, or either of them had been guilty of fraud or corruption in making up said award, it shall be the duty of the Court forthwith to pass an order vacating and setting aside said award, and the same shall be null and void, but if said Jury shall not so find, said award shall remain in full force as provided in the previous section of this act, and shall be final and conclusive. Verdict of guilty, c. 23. Sec. XVII. Said Arbitrators shall have power to administer oaths to witnesses, and all other oaths that may be necessary for carrying this act into full effect. Oath to witnesses: 24. Sec. XVIII. Said Arbitrators shall return in their award the costs of the case, which they may tax against either party according as shall seem just and right, or they may tax part of the cost against one party, and part against the other. Costs to be taxed; 25. Sec. XIX. Said Arbitrators shall have such compensation for their services as may be agreed on by themselves and the parties, and which shall be paid equally by the parties. Arbitrators to be compensated; 26. SEC. XX. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. No. 169. An Act to authorize parties complainant either in law or equity to perfect service of writs against corporations under certain circumstances therein named. 27. SEC. IV. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, where any body corporate created or hereafter to be created by the laws of this State, shall have no public place of doing business or shall have no individuals in office upon whom service of writs may be perfected within the knowledge of any party complainant either in law or in equity then and in that event, the said complainant may make an affidavit that the corporation has no public place of doing business or has no individual in within office upon whom service of writs may be perfected the knowledge of the said complainant and such affidavit being

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filed in the Clerks office of the Court to which the said writ may be made returnable, the Clerk of the said court shall advertise a citation to the said defendants to be and appear at the said Court to answer the complaint, once a week for three weeks prior to the Court to which the said complaint may be returnable in some news paper located in the county in which the suit is brought; if no paper is published therein, then in one nearest thereto, and such advertisement shall be deemed and held a service upon such corporation for all purposes either in law or equity, any law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Service on corporations c; By advertisement in public papers; APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. No. 170. An Act to facilitate and expedite the collection of debts due by corporations, joint stock companies and associations in cases where the Stockholders and members are liable for the same. 28. Sec. II. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, on the trial of any action or suit which is now pending, or may be hereafter instituted either at law or in equity for the recovery of any bond, bill, note or other written contract purporting to have been executed by any corporation, joint stock company or association against all or any of the members thereof, or when such contract is introduced as evidence in the same, it shall not be necessary for the plaintiff in such suits; nor shall he be required to prove the execution of such bond, bill, note or other contract unless the defendant or defendants shall first deny, under oath at the first term after such suit is commenced, the due execution of the same as alleged by the plaintiff, and in case the defendant shall so deny the same, then the burthen of proving the proper execution, of the contract so sued on, for the recovery of which the suit is brought shall rest on the plaintiff as in other cases when the plea of non est factum is properly pled. Real estate of dissolved corporations. Personal estate. Debts, c; unless deni'd under oath. Burden of proof; 29. SEC. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the defendant may at any time crave oyer of bond, bill, note, or other contract for the purpose of filing such defence. Oyer; 30. SEC. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in cases where the members of any corporation, joint stock company or association, are liable ultimately, or in the second instance it shall be the duty of the Sheriff or other officer charged with the execution of the process against the party first liable to make diligent search for, and levy such execution or process on the property in the possession of such party so primarily liable and in no case to levy on property in the possession of and claimed by any other person, unless specially directed so to do in writing by the plaintiff in such process or his attorney. Ultimate liability. Executionhow levied 31. SEC. IV. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 5th, 1856.

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(No. 171.) An act to preserve and dispose of the property and effects of corporations after their dissolution and to provide for the payment of the debts due by the same. 32. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, either by the expiration or forfeiture of its charter or in any other manner whatever, any corporation shall be dissolved, the real estate belonging to such dissolved corporation at the time of such dissolution; shall not revert to the Grantor, nor its personal estate escheat, nor the debts due to and by such corporation at the time of its dissolution be extinguished, but the same property, both real and personal, and the said debts due to such corporation, shall remain as if no such dissolution had taken place, and become a trust fund, first for the payment of the debts due by such corporation and next for distribution amongst the stockholders thereof. Effects, first applied to debts; Distribution: Judge's duty; 33. Sec II. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Judge of the Superior Courts of the Circut in which such dissolved corporation may have been located on a suitable and proper application of any creditor of (and on failure of any creditor to do so) by any stockholder in the same to appoint a receiver to take charge of the property; assets and effects of every kind and discription of such corporation and on such receiver being appointed as aforesaid or by the Legislature, or by the authority of the same and on notice of the same being given to the person or persons last acting as President, Director and Cashier of such corporation, it shall be the duty of all and each of them within the time and at the place prescribed in said order of appointment to appear before the Judge appointing such receiver or before the Judge of the Superior Court of the circuit where such corporation was located, if such receiver should be appointed by the Legislature or its authority and under oath, turn over, and deliver up to such Receiver all the property both real and personal belonging to said corporation with the evidences of title to the same, also all the assets and effects of such corporation of every kind and description whatsoever, together with all the books and papers belonging to, or used by such corporation connected in any manner with their business and if said corporation had at any time before dissolution suspended payment or refused to pay its liabilities, it shall be the duty of said President, Director and Cashier to make out, and return under oath, as aforesaid a full and complete statement of the state and condition of said corporation at the time of such dissolution together with a schedule and statement of all the property, assets and effects of the same at the time last aforesaid and the disposition made of said property and assets, or show to the officer appointing such Receiver some good and sufficient reason why he should not comply with the provisions of this act. Duty of Receivers; Duty of President, c. Property, c turned over to Receiver; Statement of condition; 34. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That on failure of such President, Directors and Cashier to appear before the officer aforesaid after

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notice of the appointment of such Receiver aforesaid, or render to such officer, some satisfactory reason for not doing so, shall severally be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, be punished by confinement in the Penitentiary for a term not less than two years, nor more than four years. Penalty of non-appearance. 35. SEC. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Dec. 15th, 1855. (No. 172.) An act to allow any Joint Tenant, Tenant in common or other person having a part interest in lands or tenements to maintain a scparate action of Ejectment or Trespass, and for other purposes. 36. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act it shall be lawful for any Joint Tenant, Tenant in common, or other person having a part interest in lands or tenements in this State, to have and maintain an action of Ejectment or Trespass for the recovery of such lands or tenements, or injury thereto, without joining with him as plaintiff such other person or persons so interested, Provided, that the judgment rendered in all such suits shall in no way affect the rights of any such persons so interested in said lands or tenements who are not parties to such suits. Tenant in common, c. Effect of judgment; APPROVED March 3d, 1856. (No. 173.) An Act to give endorsers the control of fi fas in all cases in which he may have paid them against the principal or any prior endorser. 37. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That hereafter in all cases in which the principal or endorser or endorsers, may be sued in the same action, or in which they may be used in separate action and in which judgment may be obtained, and where any one of said endorsers may or shall pay off the fi fa in any such case, the endorser so paying off the fi fa shall have the control of the fi fa or fi fas in any or either of the cases above stated for the purpose of remunerating himself, out of the property of the principal or either of the prior endorsers, and where any subsequent endorser has collected the money out of any prior endorser, the prior endorser shall have the control of the fi fa in any of the cases above enumerated to reimburse himself out of the principal, or any prior endorser to him. Endorsershow reimbursed. Right of prior endorser; 38. SEC. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 1st, 1856. (No. 174.) An Act to prescribe the order of descent and succession of the estates of illegitimate persons who die intestate. 39. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do

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enact as follows: When any person shall depart this life intestate, who by law is illegitimate, having a widow or widow and child, or children, or their descendants, then the property of such illegitimate person, shall descend to, and belong to, such persons as would inherit the same were such person legitimate. Distribution of [Illegible Text] estates 40. Sec. II. If such illegitimate person shall leave no widow, or child, or children, or the descendants of a child, or children, then the property of such illegitimate person shall descend to, and belong to such persons of the maternal blood, as would be entitled to the same, had such illegitimate person been legitimate, and died leaving no collateral kindred of the paternal blood. How to [Illegible Text] in case of no widow, child or children; 41. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That whenever a citizen of any other State, or of any Territory of the United States, shall be heir at law of equal greater or sole interest in any estate of a deceased citizen of the State of Georgia, it shall be lawful for such citizen first mentioned to be nominated and to act as the Executor or co-Executor of wills of Testators of such estate aforesaid, or as Administrator of such estate upon complying with the terms now required by law of resident citizens. If non-residents, must be Ex'r or Adm'r; 42. Sec. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 175.) An Act to enable persons who have claims against Trust Estates to recover said claims in a Court of Law, and to prescribe the manner in which the same shall be done. 34. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact as follows: When any person has any claim against any trust estate for services rendered to said estate, or for articles, or property, or money furnished for the use of said estate, or when a Court of Equity would render said estate liable for the payment of said claims, it shall be lawful for such person to collect and enforce the payment of such claim in a Court of Law. Claims, wh'n recoverable; Suits; 44. Sec. II. The person having such claim, if the same exceeds the sum of thirty dollars, may file his petition setting forth the grounds of such claim, and also how, and in what manner said estate is liable for the payment of said claims, and also setting forth the name or names of the trustees, and the cestui que trust, which petition shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior or Inferior Court under the same rules and regulations as in ordinary cases at common law, and the subsequent proceedings shall be in all respects the same. Petition to set forth what; 45. Sec. III. The judgment that may be rendered in said case shall impose no personal liability on the trustee, or in any way render his property liable for the payment of the same, but said judgment shall only bind said trust estate, and execution shall issue accordingly. Effect of judgment; 46. Sec. IV. If there is no trustee the cestui que trust shall be made the defendant, and the proceedings shall be in all respects the same as when the trustee is the defendant. Cestui que trust made detendant;

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47. Sec. V. When the claim does not exceed the sum of thirty dollars suit may be brought in a Justices' Court, under the same rules and regulations as in ordinary suits in those Courts, saving only that the summons shall set forth how, and in what way, said trust estate is liable for the payment of said claim; and the judgments rendered in Justices' Courts shall have the same force and effect as is herein before prescribed, in relation to judgments rendered in the Superior and Inferior Courts. Suits; 48. Sec. VI. All executions issued upon judgments rendered under the provisions of this act, shall specify, in the body of the execution, the property on which the execution is to be levied, and it shall be levied on no other. Executionwhat to specify; 49. Sec. VII. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. HUSBAND AND WIFE. [Illegible Text]. Extent of Husband's liability, and liability wife's property. (No. 176.) An Act to define the liabilities of the husband for the debts of the wife, and to define the liabilities of property received through the wife, for tke debts of the husband existing at the time of the marriage. 1. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That hereafter, when persons intermarry, the husband shall not be liable for the debts of the wife, further than the property received through the wife will satisfy, and that the property received by the husband through the wife shall in no case be liable for the debts, defaults, or contracts of the husband existing at the time of the marriage. Extent of husband's liability; Property of wifewhen not liable; APPROVED, February 28th, 1856. JURORS. 1 Qualification of Jurors. 2 Forty-eight empanelled. 3 Panel, how composed. 4 Lists of panel. 5 Challenges. 6 New panel, how summoned. 7 Arrayobjections. 8 How determined. 9 Question of competency. 10 When set aside for cause. 11 When put upon the accused. 12 No further investigation. 13 Peremptory challenge. 14 Repealing clause. (No. 177.) An Act declaring who are qualified and liable to serve as Jurors in criminal cases, regulating the manner of empanelling a jury in such cases, declaring who are competent jurors, and the mode and manner of ascertaining such competency, and for other purposes therein mentioned. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact as follows: 1. SEC. I. All free white male citizens, who have arrived to the age of twenty-one years, and not over sixty years, and residents in the county where the trial is to be had, and not being idiots or

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lunatics, shall be qualified and liable to serve as jurors upon the trial of all criminal cases. Qualification of Jurors, 2. SEC. II. When any person stands indicted for an offence, which upon conviction, will subject him to the punishment of death, or confinement in the Penitentiary, it shall be the duty of the Court, upon the request, either of the State or the accused, to have empanelled forty-eight men, from whom to select a jury for the trial of such offender. Forty-eight empaneled; 3. SEC. III. Said panel of forty-eight men shall be composed of the twenty-four men who are serving as petit jurors at the Court when the trial is had, and twenty-four men summoned by order of the Court indiscriminately and impartially, from the citizens of the county, qualified as aforesaid, and if twenty-four jurors are not in attendance the panel of forty-eight shall be made up by persons served as aforesaid. Panelof whom composed; 4. SEC. IV. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to make out three lists of said panel, one of which shall be furnished to the counsel for the State, one for the counsel of the accused, and one the Clerk, shall keep himself. After such lists are thus furnished, the clerk shall call over the names of the persons composing the panel, and so soon as this is done the panel shall be immediately put on the accused. Lists of panel 5. Sec. V. If the accused thinks proper, he may then challenge the array, which challenge shall be made in writing, particularly specifying the causes of such challenge, and it shall be the duty of the Court immediately to determine the sufficiency of the same. Challenge; 6. SEC. VI. If the Court determines the causes of such challenge sufficient, the panel shall be discharged, and the court shall immediately cause a new panel of 48 men to be summoned indiscriminately, and impartially, from the citizens of the county qualified as aforesaid, and shall proceed with this panel in the same manner as is prescribed by this act in relation to the first panel, and if the accused shall challenge this panel, and the causes of challenge shall be adjudged sufficient by the Court, such panel shall be discharged, and the court shall immediately cause another panel to be summoned in manner aforesaid, and shall so proceed until a panel is obtained to which there is no legal objection. New panelwhen and how summoned. When array sustained. 7. Sec. VII. If the first panel shall be challenged, and the causes of the challenge shall be adjudged insufficient by the Court, the Clerk shall call the first name on the list, and the person so called shall be presented to the accused in such manner that he can distinctly see him, and then it shall be lawful for the State or the accused to make the following objections to the persons so presented. First name called; 1st. That he is not a free white citizen resident in the county. Grounds of objection; 2d. That he is not twenty-one years of age, or that he is over sixty years of age. 3d. That he is an idiot or lunatic or intoxicated. 4th. That he is so near of kindred to the prosecutor, or the deceased, as to disqualify by law from serving on the jury. 8. Sec. VIII. It shall be the duty of the Court immediately to hear such evidence in relation to the truth of said objections, as he shall see proper, and if he shall be satisfied that either of said objections

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are true, the person so presented shall be set aside for cause, and the Clerk shall call the next person on the list, and the Court shall proceed with him in the same manner as with the person first presented, and so on with every person prosented, and the State or the accused may make the same objection to any person presented, which shall be disposed of in the same manner. Objections,how determined; 9. Sec. IX. If no objection is made as aforesaid, or being made is overruled by the Court, the attorney prosecuting for the State shall put to the person presented as aforesaid the following questions: Questions put to determine competency; Have you, from having seen the crime committed, or having heard any part of the evidence delivered on oath, formed or expressed, any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the accused? If he shall answer this question in the negative, the following questions shall then be put to him: Have you any prejudice or bias resting on your mind for, or against the accused? If he shall answer this question in the negative, the following question shall be put to him: Is your mind perfectly impartial between the State and the accused? and if he shall answer this question in the affirmative, he shall be adjudged and held a competent juror in all cases where the offence does not involve the life of the accused, but when it does involve his life, the following additional question shall be put to him: Are you conscientiously opposed to capital punishment? If he shall answer this question in the negative, the person so presented shall be held and adjudged a competent juror in capital cases also, Provided, nevertheless, that either the State or the defendant shall have the right to introduce evidence, before the Judge to show that the answer or any of them of the jurors are untrue, and it shall be the duty of the Judge to determine upon the truth of such answer as may be thus questioned before the Court. Proviso; 10. Sec. X. If the person so presented, shall answer any of said questions in the affirmative, except the one as to his mind being impartial between the State and the accused, and shall answer that question in the negative, he shall be set aside for cause, and the Clerk shall call the next person on the list, and the Court shall proceed to ascertain his competency in the manner aforesaid, and shall so proceed with each person presented as aforesaid, until a jury is empanelled to try the accused. When set aside for cause; 11. Sec. XI. If the person presented to the accused, shall answer all the aforesaid questions in such manner as to render him a competent juror, or the Judge upon an objection made, shall decide him to be competent, he shall then be immediately put upon the accused unless peremptorily challenged by the State, and when so put upon the accused, unless peremptorily challenged by him, shall be sworn as a juror to try said case, and the Court shall proceed with every person presented to the accused in a like manner, as aforesaid, until a jury is empanelled to try said case. When put upon the accused; 12. Sec. XII. When the competency of a juror has been ascertained, in the manner herein before prescribed, and said juror has

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been adjudged competent as aforesaid, no other or further investigation shall be had in relation to his competency, either by triors or otherwise, but such jurors shall be considered and held free of all exception. No further investigation 13. Sec. XIII. Nothing in this act contained, shall be so construed as to give the State or the accused in any case more peremptory challenges than are now allowed by law. Peremptory challenges; 14. Sec. XIV. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, Feb. 28th, 1856. LEVY AND SALE. 1 Schedule, who may present. 2 Claimed property, to whom subject. 3 Repealing clause. (No. 178.) An Act to amend the several acts in relation to the exemption of certain property from levy and sale, and to provide a mode of securing said property to the wife and children, or wife, or child, or children. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact as follows: That in all cases hereafter, where any fi fa, or attachment shall be issued from any of the Courts of this State, the Defendant or Defendants in said fi fa, shall be authorised to present to the levying officer, a schedule of such property as may be exempt from levy and sale, and upon failure of the Defendant to do so, then the wife of Defendant, or any one of the children, or any one who shall appear as the next friend of said wife, or child or children, shall be authorised to do so; Provided, that said next friend shall give notice under oath, that the same is done in good faith, and when this shall be done, if the levying officer shall levy and sell said property, he shall be liable to be sued for trespass. Schedulewho may present; Proviso, Liability officer; 2. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That when the said property shall be claimed as aforesaid, the same shall be subject [Illegible Text] to the use of the wife of defendant and be by her used during her life time, and at her death to be for the use of all her children under the age of sixteen years. Claimed property, to whom snbj'c 3. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.

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LIMITATIONS. SEC. 1. Suits for Real Estate,when brought. SEC. 2. Adverse possessionwritten evidence. SEC. 3. Suits for personal property. SEC. 4. Suits for trespasses. SEC. 5. Suits for injuries to personalty. SEC. 6. Suits for injuries to person. SEC. 7. Suits for injuries to character. SEC. 8. Suits On foreign Judgments. SEC. 9. Suits Judgments in the State. SEC. 10. Suits for the recovery of notes c. SEC. 11. Suits for the recovery of open acct's. SEC. 12, Suits brought on bonds under seal SEC. 13. Suits for enforcement of statutory rights. SEC. 14. Suits Widow's dower. SEC. 15. Proceedings on probate of will. SEC. 16. Bills of review in Equity. SEC. 17. Writs of certiorari. SEC. 18. Suits to recover legacies. SEC. 19. Suits in other cases not provided for. SEC. 20. Disabilities not to operatc. SEC. 21. When they shall cease to be computed. SEC. 22. Limitation not to operate against a decedent's estate until representation. SEC. 23. Secretion of personalty. SEC. 24. Removal from the State. SEC. 25. Joint rights of suit. SEC. 26. Contracts to pay money in certain cases. SEC. 27. Co-partnership contracts. SEC. 28. Party to be bound. SEC. 29. Election of suits in law or equity. SEC. 30. Lien of Judgments. SEC. 31. Fraudulent acts of others. SEC. 32. Indictments for murder. SEC. 33. Prosecutions for other offences. SEC. 34. Dismissed suits, c. SEC. 35. Set offs. SEC. 36. When open accounts to run. SEC. 37. Suspensions by law. SEC. 38. Gender and number. SEC. 39. State on a footing with citizen. SEC. 40. Laches or Stale demands in equity SEC. 41. Death of Administrator, c. SEC. 42. Limitations generally. SEC. 43. Act in force from June, 1856. SEC. 44. New promises in writing, SEC. 45. Repealing clause. (No. 179.) An Act limiting the time in which suits in the Courts of law in this State must be brought, and also limiting the time in which indictments are to be found and prosecuted in certain cases, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 1. Section 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enacas follows: All suits for the recovery of real estate shall be brought within seven years after adverse possession commences, and not after. But no possession shall be considered adverse unless evidenced by written evidence of title, nor shall any forged or fraudulent title be evidence of adverse possession. Suits, c; Adverse possession; 2. Sec. II. All suits for the recovery of personal property, or for damages for the conversion or destruction of the same, shall be brought within four years after the right of action accrues, and not after. Personal property: 3. Sec. III. All suits for trespasses upon or damages to real estate shall be brought within four years after the right of action accrues and not after. Trespass or damages to real estate, 4 years. 4. Sec. IV. All suits for injuries to personal property, shall be

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brought within four years after the right of action accrues, and not after. For injuries to personalty 5. Sec. V. All suits for injuries done to the person, shall be brought within two years after the right of action accrues, and not after. For injuries to person; 6. Sec. VI. All suits for injuries done to the character or reputation shall be brought within one year from the time the right of action accrues and not after. To character 7. Sec. VII All suits upon judgments obtained out of this State, shall be brought within five years after such judgment shall have been obtained, and not after. Foreign judgments; 8. Sec. VIII. That no judgment hereafter obtained in the Courts of this State, shall be enforced after the expiration of seven years from the time of its rendition when no execution has been issued upon it, and when execution has been issued, after the expiration of seven years from the time of the last entry upon the execution made by the officer authorised to execute and return the same. But all such judgments shall be held and taken as fully satisfied and paid. Judgmentswhen barred c; 9. Sec. IX. That all suits for the recovery of promissory notes or other acknowledgments of indebtedness, under the hand of the party, shall be brought within six years after such promissory notes or acknowledgments of indebtedness became due, and not after. Promissory notes; 10. Sec. X. All suits for the recovery of open accounts or damages for the breach of any contract not under the hand or under the hand and seal of the party sought to be charged, shall be brought within four years next, after the right of action accrues, and not after. Suits on open acc't; 11. Sec. XI. All suits brought upon bonds or other instruments, under seal, shall be brought within twenty years after the right of action accrues, and not after, but no instrument shall be considered sealed unless so recited in the body of the instrument. Bonds, c. 12. Sec. XII. All suits for the enforcement of rights accruing to individuals under statutes, acts of incorporation, or by operation of law, shall be brought within twenty years after the right of action accrues, and not after. Enforcement of rights; 13. Sec. XIII. That when any widow shall be entitled to dower, application for the assignment of such dower shall be made by said widow within seven years from the time such right to dower accrued, and not after. Application for dower; 14. Sec. XIV. That all proceedings requiring a will to be proved in solemn form, or for setting aside and revoking the probate of a will already granted, shall be commenced within seven years after said will shall have been admitted to record, and not after. Probate of wills; 15. Sec. XV. That all bills brought to review a decree of a Court of equity, shall be brought within three years after such decree was rendered, and not after. Bills of review; 16. Sec. XVI. All writs of certiorari shall be allowed and brought within six months from the time judgment sought to be reversed was rendered, and not after. Writs of certiorari; 17. Sec. XVII. All suits for the recovery of legacies and distributive shares, and against those who are or have been guardians, for the recovery of property or money, which has come to their hands

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as guardians, shall be brought within ten years next after the right of action accrues, and not after. To recover legacies; 18. Sec. XVIII. All other suits to which any person may be entitled in the Courts of law in this State for the enforcement of rights or redress of wrongs, not otherwise, and not herein before provided for, shall be brought within four years after the right of action accrues, and not after. Suits 19. Sec. XIX. That when any of the persons entitled to sue as aforesaid, shall be married women, idiots, or lunatics, or imprisoned, or under the age of twenty-one years, at the time the cause of action accrues, such persons shall be entitled to sue within the time aforesaid, after their respective disabilities are removed. Limitation when not to operate; 20 Sec. XX. That if after the right to sue commences, persons shall come under any of the disabilities aforesaid, this statute shall cease to operate against their rights until such disabilites shall be removed; Provided, that no person who shall voluntarily take upon himself such legal disabilities, shall be entitled to the provisions of the foregoing section. If disabilities commence; 21. Sec. XXI. That if any person to whom any right to sue as aforesaid, shall accrue in his lifetime, shall depart this life before suit brought the time or times within which suit is to be brought under the previous sections of this act, shall not be computed against his right from the time of his death until there shall be a representation upon his estate, and when the right to sue as aforesaid shall not accrue until after the death of any person, the times within which suit is to be brought under the provisions of this act, shall not begin to be computed until there is representation upon his estate; Provided, that in each of these cases there be representation by an executor or administrator duly qualified within five years from the death. Rights of estates; Representation; 22. Sec. XXII. That where personal property shall be carried away or secreted, so that the party entitled to sue for the same, knows not who is in possession of it, or where it is, or against whom to bring his, suit the limitation of time in which suits for the recovery of personal property are to be brought by the provisions of this act shall not begin to be computed against such party until he has discovered where such property is, and who is in possession of it. Limitationwhen not to operate; 23. Sec. XXIII. That when any person against whom a right to sue exists, shall remove from this State, the times mentioned in this statute in which suits are to be brought, shall cease to be computed in his favor, from the time of such removal, and so continue until he shall return and fix his residence in this State. Parties removing from State; 24. Sec. XXIV. Where there is a joint right to sue in favor of several persons, and some of them are under the disabilities mentioned in the 19th section of this statute and others not, the times within which suits are to be brought under the provisions of this statute, shall not begin to be so computed until such disabilities are removed. Joint right to sue; 25. Sec. XXV. That in all cases of contracts for the payment of money, or other valuable thing, when the time within which suits are to be brought under the provisions of this act, shall have expired,

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no promise to pay the money or other valuable thing due upon such contract, or any part of it, shall be valid or binding upon the parties making it, unless the same shall be reduced to writing, and signed by the party making such promise, or by some person authorised by them. uew promis's Must be reduced to writing, 26. Sec. XXVI. That where contracts have been made by a co-partnership, and such copartnership shall be afterwards dissolved, no promise made by one copartner after such dissolution to pay a debt of said co-partnership, that is or may be barred by the provisions of this act, shall be obligatory upon the other partners, but shall only bind the partner making the same. Copartner's promise 27. Sec. XXVII. In all cases of joint, or joint and several contracts which have or may become barred by the provisions of this act, no promise made by one of the joint contractors to perform such contract, shall be binding upon the other contractors, but only upon the person making the promise. Only binding on party making it; 28. Sec. XXVIII. That in all cases where, by the laws now in force, a party may bring his suit either in a Court of Equity, or a Court of law, and if he elects to bring his suit in a Court of Equity, this statute shall affect his rights in the same manner as though he brought his suit in a Court of law, and may be plead in the same manner. Statutewhere to operate; 29. Sec. XXIX. That when any person has bona fide, and for a valuable consideration, purchased real or personal property, and has been in possession of such real property for four years, and such personal property for two years, it shall be discharged of the lien of any judgment which may exist against the person from whom he purchased. [Illegible Text]when discharged, 30. Sec. XXX. That when any person shall be entitled to any right of suit in consequence of the fraudulent act of another, the time limited for the commencement of suit by the provisions of this act, shall not begin to be computed until the discovery of the fraud by the party entitled to sue. Right of action in cases of fraud. 33. Sec. XXXI. That indictments for murder may be found and prosecuted at any time after the death of the person killed, in all other cases when the punishment is death or perpetual imprisonment, the offender shall be indicted in the proper Courts within seven years next after the commission of the offence, and not after; in all other felonies, the offender shall be indicted in the proper Court within four years next after the commission of the offence and not after. In all other cases when by law the punishment is fine or imprisonment or fine and imprisonment in the common jail of the county, offenders shall be indicted in the proper Court within two years next after the commission of the offence, and not after. But if any such offender shall abscond from the State, or so conceal himself that he cannot be arrested, or the offender shall be unknown, the time of his absence from the State, or his concealment, or of his being unknown shall not be computed in the foregoing limitation. Indictments for murder; Other felonies; Other cases Indiciments, when not barred; 32. Sec. XXXII. Where any person shall be guilty of acts, which by the laws now in force, subject the offender to any penalty, fine or forfeiture and the time of suing or prosecuting such offender,

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is not otherwise provided for in this act, no action, suit or indictment shall be brought against such offender unless the same be brought within one year next after the offence shall have been committed, Actions unprovided for, how brought. 33. Sec. XXXIII. That when any suits shall be commenced within the times limited by this act, and the same shall be discontinued, dismissed, or the Plaintiff non-suited, or judgment be arrested, and during the pending of such suit, the time within which such suit is to be brought by the provisions of this act shall expire. It shall be lawful for the plaintiff to renew said suit at any time within six months after such termination of the case, but this right shall only extend to one renewal. Cases of dismissal, c. 34. Sec. XXXIV. That when any matter shall be pleaded as a set-off in any suit, and said suit shall be dismissed, become non suited or judgment shall be arrested, or where such matter of set-off may be disposed of without a hearing upon the merits, such matter of set-off shall not be barred until the expiration of six months next, after the time of such dismissal, discontinuance or becoming non-suited. In case of set-off; Set-off not barred for six months; 35. Sec. XXXV. When any indebtedness exists by open account, the time within which suit is to be brought for the recovery of such accounts, by the provisions of this act, shall commence to be computed from the first day of the year next after the contracting of said accounts and not before that time. Suit on open account; 36. Sec. XXXVI. In all cases when the right to sue is suspended by law, the time of such suspension shall not be computed in the limitations of this act. Time When right to sue is suspended; 37. Sec. XXXVII. In all cases in this act, when the masculine gender is used, the feminine shall be included when applicable to the case, and when the singular number is used, the plural number shall be included, when applicable to the case. Gender and number; 38. Sec. XXXVIII. That when by the provisions of this act a private person would be barred of his rights, the State shall be barred of her rights under the same circumstances. Limitations to operate against the State; 39. Sec. XXXIX. And be it further enacted, That this act shall in none of its provisions interfere with the principles established in the Court of Equity in relation to laches or Stale demands, or the equitable bars in cases brought to said courts. Laches or Stale dem'ds 40. Sec. XL. If after any administration or letters testamentary granted, the Executor or administrator dies, the statute shall cease to run until there shall be a legal representative of the Estate, who can sue or be sued, provided a farther administration be granted, or letters testamentary agreed to within the expiration of five years. Suits against administr'trs. Proviso; 41. Sec. XLI. That all acts and parts of acts limiting the time within which suits are to be brought in the Courts of Law in this State, and also limiting the time within which indictments are to be found and prosecuted, and also all other acts or parts of acts. conflicting with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Repealing clause; 42. Sec. XLII. This act shall commence and be of force, from and after the first day of June next. When to commence; APPROVED, March 6th, 1856.

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The following act was passed during the session of the Legislature of 1853, and 1854, but not published in the volume of laws, owing to its having been inadvertently mislaid in the Executive Department. An Act to require all promises, acknowledgements, and admissions of debts made after the statute of limitations has commenced running, to be reduced to writing, or some note or memorandum thereof, made in writing, and subscribed by the person or persons making the same, in order to revive said notes or debts. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, no promise, acknowledgement or admission of a debt made after the statute of limitations has commenced running, shall be sufficient to revive the same, unless such promise, acknowledgement or admission shall be reduced to writings, or some note or memorandum thereof made in writing, and subscribed by the person or persons making the same, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized: Provided, this act shall only operate upon and affect such promises, acknowledgements and admissions as shall be made after its passage. Promises after limitation bars, to be in writing 2. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED Feb. 20th, 1854. (No. 180.) An Act to provide for establishing lost or destroyed papers, and suing upon the same. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, when any person shall seek to establish lost or destroyed papers, under the 6th section of the Judiciary Act of 1799, he or she shall present to the Clerk of the Superior or Inferior Court a petition in writing, together with a copy in substance of the papers lost, or destroyed, as near as he or she can recollect, which copy shall be sworn to, whereupon the Clerk shall issue a rule ni si in the name of the Judge of the Superior Court, if the application be made to the Superior Court, and in the names of the Justices of the Inferior Court, if the application be made to the Inferior Court, calling upon the opposite party to show cause, if any he or she have, why the copy sworn to should not be established in lieu of the original so lost or destroyed. Mode of establish'g lost papers under Judiciary act of 1799; 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That said rule ni si shall be served personally on the party, if to be found within the State, and if the party cannot be found within the limits of the State, then said rule ni si shall be published in some public gazette in this State, for the space of three months, which publication shall be deemed and considered service. Rule ni si. how served; 3. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the Court to which said rule ni si may be returnable, shall grant a rule absolute, establishing the copy of the lost or destroyed paper, sworn to at the first term

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of said Court, if it appear to the Court that the rule ni si has been served according to the provisions of the second section of this act, and no sufficient cause appearing to the Court why said rule absolute should not be granted. 4. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That no motion for a continuance shall be granted on an application for a rule absolute in conformity with this act, unless it appear reasonable and just to the Court, nor shall a continuance be allowed but once to the same party, only on Providential cause shown to the Court. rule absolute Continuance; 5. Sec. V. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of the Court in which a lost or destroyed papers has been established shall furnish the copy paper established in conformity with this act, with a certified endorsement on the same of the day, and date, and term of the Court at which it was established, to the party who had the paper established, Provided, all costs which may have accrued in establishing said paper have been paid. Clerk shall certify copy; Endorsem't; Proviso; 6. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted, That if the paper lost or destroyed be a note, bill, bond, or other evidence of debt, the person owning the same may institute suit upon the same so soon as a rule ni si has issued in conformity with this act. When suit may com'nce 7. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted, That whenever suit is instituted in conformity with the 6th section of this act, it shall be set forth in the original process that the paper is lost or destroyed, and in no case shall there be a judgment had until it shall be determined by the Court whether the application to establish the lost or destroyed paper sued on the granted or not, and if granted then judgment may be had as in other cases. Process, what to set forth; Judgment; 8. Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted, That Oyer shall not be demanded in any case where the petition sets forth that the instrument sued on is lost or destroyed, but Oyer may be demanded at the time of the rendition of judgment, and if the plaintiff produce a copy of the instrument sued on, in conformity with the 5th section of this act, it shall be taken and considered as the original. Oyer; 9. Sec. IX. Be it further enacted, That all costs which may accrue in establishing lost or destroyed papers in conformity with this act shall be paid by the party having the same established, unless it be otherwise directed by the Court. Cost how pd. 10. Sec. X. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. STATUTE OF FRAUDS. Sec. 1. Contracts for sale of slaves to be in writing. Sec. 2. Repealing clause. Sec. 1. Repeals the act of January 19th, 1852. (No. 181.) An Act to extend the provisions of the 4th section of an act for prevention of frauds and perjuries enacted 29 th Charles 11 ch. 3d, so as to make the same applicable to slaves. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from after the passage of this act no action shall be brought whereby to charge any person

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upon any contract of sale or gift of slaves, unless the agreement or contract as aforesaid upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof shall be in writing and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized. * * See Cobb's Digest, p. 1127. Contracts for gift of sale of slaves to be in writing 2. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Feb. 28th, 1856. (No. 182.) An Act to repeal an act to alter, amend and explain section 4 th of an act entitled an act for the prevention of frauds and perjuries. 3. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the above recited act be and the same is hereby repealed. * * See Acts of 1851 and '52, page 243, and Cobb's Digest 1127. Repeals act of 19th Jan'y 1852; APPROVED, Feb. 16th, 1856. COURTS OF SPECIAL JURISDICTION. 1. Criminal court of Columbus, Jurisdiction. 2. Act of 1854, repealed. 3. Judge to reside in Columbus. 4. Election of Solicitor. 5. Ministerial officers. 6. Grand Jurors. 7. Who liable to do duty. 8. Juries in criminal cases. 9. Return of Bonds. 10. Issue of bench warrants. 11. Terms of Court. 12. Enforcement of Judgment. 13. Witnesses. 14. Salary of Judge. 15. Certiorari. 16. Criminal Court of Macon. 17. Criminal Court of Rome. 18. Judge's salary. 19. Terms of Court. 20. Election of Judge. 21. Judge not to be interested in cases. 22. Criminal court of Atlanta. 23. Criminal court of Augusta. 24. Continuance of Commission. 25. Sheriff and Clerk. 26. Civil jurisdiction. 27. Criminal jurisdiction. 28. Prosecuting Attorney. 29. Grand Jurors. 30. Petit Jurors. 31. Costs. 32. Proceeding as in Sup. Court. 33. Certiorari. 34. Salary of Judge. 35. Previous laws. 36. Disposition of Fines. 37. Clerk's Bond. 38. Recorder's jurisdiction. 39. Recorder's courts. 40. Election of Recorder. 41. Clerk of Recorder's court. 42. Ministerial officers. 43. Fines. 44. City council stock in Railroads. 45. Conditions of subscription. 46. Connections, depots, c. 47. Qualification of voters. 48. Registration of voters. 49. Certificates of Registry. 50. Oath of applicant. 51. List of names published. 52. Certificate of Registry. 53. Challenges. 54. Forged certificates. 55. Fee for certificate. 56. Manager's duties. 57. Election of Judge of Savannah, City Court. 58. Duty of Justices in Savannah. 59. Repealing clause. No. 183. An Act to organize and establish a Criminal Court in the cities of Columbus, Macon, Atlanta and Rome, and to define its Jurisdiction. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That there be organized in the city of Columbus, a Court of record, to be known as the Criminal

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Court for the city of Columbus, which Court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the Superior Court over all minor offences committed within the corporate limits of the city of Columbus, and which do not subject the offender or offenders to loss of life, limb or member or to confinement in the Penitentiary. Criminal Ct. of Columbus Jurisdiction; 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That an act to amend the tenth section of the tenth division of the penal code of this State approved, February 20th, 1854, be and the same is hereby repealed so far as the punishment by imprisonment and labor in the Penitentiary for the offences therein specified is concerned, and the said offences shall be punished by said court by fine and imprisonment in the county jail, or either, as is prescribed by the Statute of force previous to the passage of the above recited act. Act of 1854 repealed. 3. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said court shall be a resident of the city of Columbus, eligible to vote for city officers, and shall be elected by the citizens of said city, who are by law qualified to vote for city officers, which first elections shall be held on the third Monday in April next, and every four years thereafter on the same day, at the Court House in said county, under the superintendence of three persons, the Justices of the Inferior Court. Justices of the peace, and Aldermen of said city shall be qualified to manage said elections, and any three of them are hereby required to hold said election, and make a true return of the same, to the Governor of this State, and the person receiving a majority of the legal votes given in, and shall be declared elected as Judge of said Court, who shall be sworn in the same manner as the Judges of the Superior Court, and commissioned by the Governor, and shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor shall be elected, qualified and commissioned and if no person shall receive a majority of the votes given in at any of said elections, it shall be the duty of said managers to advertise another election which shall be held within fifteen days thereafter, in the manner aforesaid, and the person receiving the highest number of votes at said second election, shall be elected, sworn and commissioned Judge of said Court as aforesaid. Judge to reside in Columbus; Election of Judge; term of office Managers; Commiss'd sworn; 4. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a State's Attorney or Solicitor for said Court who shall be elected at the same time and in the same manner as the Judge of said Court. He shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified, he shall be commissioned by the Governor, and shall be sworn to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his office to the best of his skill and ability. His duties shall be the same in the trial of cases in said court as now devolves upon the Solicitor General in the trial of similar cases in the Superior Courts. He shall be entitled to the following fees, to-wit: For every conviction for gaming, or keeping a gaming house contrary to law, the sum of forty dollars against each defendant. For every conviction for selling or furnishing a negro or negroes with spirituous liquors, or for trading with slaves contrary to law, or for other offences relative to slaves, the sum of twenty-five dollars against each defendant. For every conviction for selling or retailing

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spirits without license, or for selling spirits without having taken the oath prescribed by law, twenty dollars. For every [Illegible Text] for other offences the sum of five dollars all which fees shall be taxed against defendant, and for which execution shall issue and may be levied upon the property both real and personal of the defendant wherever the same may be found in this State. Election of Solicitor; Commiss'd and sworn Duties; Fees: 5. Sec. V. Be it further enacted, That the Marshal and Deputy Marshal of the city of Columbus, shall exercise the authority and perform the duties of Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff in said court, and each shall be amenable directly to the court for neglect of duty. The Clerk of the city Council shallact as Clerk of said Court who may appoint a Deputy Clerk if he shall see proper. The Marshal and Clerk shall receive the fees now authorized to be paid to Sheriffs and Clerks in the Superior Court for like services which shall be taxed against the defendants upon conviction and collected by execution, and the sale of defendants property, as herein before provided for in reference to Solicitors fees. Ministerial officer; Clerk of said Court; Fees of Marshal and Clk. Fees, how collected; 6. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said Court as soon as he is commissioned, and sworn and every two years thereafter shall cause the Clerk to make out a list of the citizens of said city from the city tax books, and with the Marshal and Clerk shall proceed to designate the persons who shall be liable to serve as Grand Jurors in said Court, whose names written on separate pieces of paper, shall be placed in box number one which shall be the Grand Jury box, and shall also designate the persons who shall be liable to serve as Jurors for the trial of cases in said Court whose names written on seperate pieces of paper shall be placed in box number two, which shall be the Petit Jury box, which box shall be kept locked up and sealed in the custody of said Clerk, and shall not be opened except in the presence or by authority of the Judge of said Court. Grand Jurors Petit Jurors; 7. SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That all persons residing in said city who are qualified to vote for Mayor and Alderman of said city, shall be liable and required to perform Jury duty in said Court. It shall be the duty of the Judge of said Court as soon as convenient after he is commissioned and sworn, and at each term of said Court thereafter, to draw Grand and trial Jurors for the succeeding term of said Court. No Grand Jury shall consist of less than twelve, nor more than fifteen persons, but nine may find a bill or make a presentment. There shall be two trial juries of twelve men each, The Judge of said Court shall draw from the Grand Jury box not more than twenty-four names, and from the Petit Jury box, not exceeding thirty-six names, which shall be immediately entered by the Clerk on the minutes of said Court and it shall be the duty of the Clerk to attach a list of said names so drawn to a venire facias directed to the Marshal, who by himself or the Deputy Marshal shall notify said jurors at least three days before the sitting of said Court for which they are drawn to be and appear at said Court, to be sworn and serve as Grand and Petit Jurors, and the Judge of said Court shall have the power to hear and determine the excuse of defaulting Jurors, and to inflict the fines and forfeitures

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now authorized by law for delinquency in the performance of said duty. Who liable to do Jury duty Jurors dr'wn Number; How summ'd Penalty for default; 8. Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted, That in all trials for offences within the jurisdiction of said Court, the Jury shall be taken from the two pannels of Petit Jurors as now required bp law, and the Jury selected shall be sworn to try the cause in the same manner as is now practiced in the Superior Court, Provided, that the Grand and Petit Jurors shall take thesame oaths, as are now required for Jurors in said Superior Court, and provided further, that the Judge of said Court shall have the power to order and have summoned tales jurors to fill out the number required for Grand and Petit Jurors. Jury in criminal cases; Oath. Tales Jurors 9. Sec. IX. Be it further enacted, That all offences committed in said city within the jurisdiction of said Court, and which may be brought before any committing magistrate, may be returned to said Court, for trial, and the bonds given by parties for their appearance at said court shall be made payable to the Governor of the State of Georgia, and his successors in office, and upon default of appearance at the Court at which the defendant is bound to appear, it shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney to enter up a judgement ni si., against the parties to said bond for the amount thereof and costs, which case shall be entered on the motion docket, and it shall be the duty of the Clerk to issue scire facias requiring the parties to said bond to show cause at the next term of said court, why said judgement should not be made final, and if no good cause be shown to be judged of by the court, judgment final shall be entered upon the minutes of said court, against the parties to said bond who may have been served, provided, said scire facias shall be served on the parties to said bond or either of them five days before the first day of the term to which it is returnable, and all issues of fact arising upon the same, may be tried by a Jury in said court from which there may be an appeal by either party to the Superior court of Muscogee county. Bonds made returnable; Bonds forfeited; Proviso; 10. Sec. X. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney, to have a bench warrant issued in every case in which a presentment or indictment has been found by the Grand Jury of said court, and the party when arrested, shall give a bond and good security in a sum not less than five hundred dollars conditioned for his appearance at the next term of said court, to answer to said charge and to abide the Judgment of the court therein, and all Bench warrants issued by said court shall be directed to the Marshal and Constables of the city of Columbus, and to all and singular the Sheriffs of the State of Georgia, and shall be executed and returned in the same manner as bench warrants issued from the Superior courts and it shall be the duty of the prosecuting officers of said court to enquire into, and present to the court every neglect of the Marshal, Deputy Marshal or other officers in the service of every writ, command, order or process of said court who shall be fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars for every such default in the discretion of the court. Bench warrants issued and how directed; Neglect of Officers punished; 11. Sec. XI. Be it further enacted, That the regular term of said

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court shall be held at the court house or council chamber, in the city of Columbus on the third Monday in February, May, August and November of each year, and the Judge of said court shall have the power to adjourn said court, and to hold adjourned terms of said court at such times as he may order and designate, of which the clerk shall give public notice, and the said court shall have full power and authority to inflict all fines and penalties attached by law to the commission of offences within its jurisdiction, and shall conduct the proceedings and trials in said court as prescribed by law for the trial of like offences in the Superior court, and all jail fees and costs accruing by the detention of persons charged with offences and unable to give security, or who may be imprisoned by the order or judgment of said court for the violation of law, and all other costs the payment of which now devolve upon the county, shall be paid out of the county funds. Terms of Ct; Adjournment Trials, how conducted; 12. Sec. XII. Be it further enacted, That all judgments in said Court on account of fines and forfeitures, shall be enforced by fieri facias against the property, both real and personal, of the defendant, or by attachment, and all of said process shall be directed to the Marshal of the city of Columbus, and to all and singular the Sheriffs of the State of Georgia, and all monies collected thereon shall be paid into the Treasury of the city of Columbus, and shall constitute a fund out of which shall be paid the Bailiff's fees for attending said Court, and insolvent costs and fees which may be due to the prosecuting Solicitor, Marshal and Clerk of said county, Provided, that the said fees and costs shall not in any case be a charge against the city Treasury proper. Judgments enforced; Disposition of funds; Proviso; Witnesses; 13. Sec. XIII. Be it further enacted, That subp[oelig]nas issuing from said Court shall be binding upon all witnesses upon whom they may be served throughout this State, and upon the non-attendance of any witness proved to have been served with subp[oelig]na as now required by law, the prosecuting Attorney shall upon motion enter up a judgment ni si for the sum of fifty dollars against said defaulting witness, upon which judgment ni si the Clerk shall issue a scire facias requiring said defaulting witness to appear at the next term of the Court, and show cause why said judgment ni si should not be made final, and the cause shown, if any, shall be judged of by the Court, and execution issued accordingly, as herein before provided; and the said Court shall, also, have the power to enforce the attendance of delinquent witnesses, and to punish them for a contempt of the order or process of said Court, by attachment against the body of said witness. Default; 14. Sec. XIV. Be it further enacted, That the salary of the Judge of said Court shall be such a sum as may be determined [Illegible Text] by the City Council of Columbus, per annum, payable quarterly by the Treasurer of the city of Columbus, out of the city Treasury, but the City Council shall not be liable for insolvent [Illegible Text] and costs except, so far as the fund arising from fines and forfeitures paid into its Treasury shall extend. Salary of Judge; Insolvent fees and cost 15. Sec. XV. Be it further enacted, That the said Court shall have the power to set aside its judgments, and grant new trials

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upon sufficient legal cause, and the errors in law-in said Court shall be corrected by the Superior Court of Muscogee county by certiorari; in the petition for certiorari, the rulings of said Court excepted to shall be fully set out in the nature of a bill of exceptions, and shall be presented to the Judge of said Court within ten days after the adjournment of the Court, and if found consistent with the facts and rulings in the trial of said case shall be so certified by the Judge of said Court which certificate shall operate as a supersedeas to the judgment of said Court until the final judgment of the Superior or Supreme Court upon the assignment of errors in said bill of exceptions specified, and the same shall be certified back to said Court when said final judgment shall be made the judgment of said Court. [Illegible Text] 16. Sec. XVI. Be it further enacted, That a Court shall be established in the city of Macon, to be known and called the City Court of Macon, with the like powers, rights, duties, obligations and regulations as applied to said Court in the city of Columbus. And the said Court shall be held either at the Court House, or Council Hall of said city of Macon, or such other place within the corporate limits of said city, as the City Council may select. Criminal Ct. of Macon; Powers, c. 17. Sec. XVII. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act, so far as is not hereinafter provided for be, and the same is hereby extended to a Court to be holden in the city of Rome and to be known as the City Court of Rome. Provisions extended to Rome; 18. Sec. XVIII. Be it further enacted, That the salary of the Judge of the City Court of Rome shall be fixed by the Mayor and Council of the said city, at a meeting to be by them held previous to the election, and which salary shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which said Judge may have been elected. Salary of Judge. 19. Sec. XIX. Be it further enacted, That the terms of said City Court of Rome shall be held on the first Mondays in January, April, July and October in each and every year, and one week shall be allowed for each setting. Terms of Ct; 20. Sec. XX. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said City Court of Rome shall be elected on the third Monday in May next to hold his office until the next annual election for city officers in said town when an election shall be had, and the election shall be held every four years thereafter, and in case of death, resignation or removal the Mayor and Council shall order an election giving 15 days notice of the time and place; the prosecuting Attorney shall be elected at the same time, and in the same manner that is provided for the Judge. Election of Judge. term of office Vacancy; Election of Attorney 21. Sec. XXI. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of said Court shall not be interested in any fee or fees for cases in said City Court, nor shall he be in any case taken up from said Court to any Superior tribunal. Judge not to be interested 22. Sec. XXII. Be it further enacted, That a City Court shall be established in the city of Atlanta to be called the City Court of Atlanta, with the same privileges, rights and powers conferred by this act on the City Court of Columbus. Criminal Ct. of Atlants; Powers, privileges, c. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.

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(No. 184.) An Act to organize the Court of Common Pleas for the city of Augusta, and to change the name thereof and give it criminal jurisdiction in certain [Illegible Text] also to authorize and confer certain jurisdiction upon a Recorder's Court in said city; to authorise the City Council to subscribe for stock in certain rail-road companies, and provide for the payment of the amounts subscribed; to authorise the connection of Rail-roads in Augusta; to authorise the Savannah Valley Rail road company to cross the Savannah river and be continued to Augusta, with certain privileges; to provide for the registry of the names of all persons entitled to vote in elections in said city, to prevent persons whose names are not registered from voting; to prescribe an oath for voters, and to punish violations of this act in regard to said elections and voters. 23. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the close of the next February Term of the Court of Common Pleas for the city of Augusta, said Court shall be styled the City Court of Augusta, and all proceedings, records and processes of said Court bearing date after said time shall conform to this provision. Pres'nt name 24. Sec. II. The Judge of said Court of Common Pleas who shall be in office at the close of said February Term, shall continue to be Judge of said City Court of Augusta, under his then existing commission until the first regular meeting of the City Council of said city, which shall be holden on or after the first day of November in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and until his successor be elected and qualified, unless sooner removed under existing laws; and at such meeting and every four years thereafter, said City Council shall elect the Judge of said Court who shall be commissioned accordingly by the Governor. Continuance of Judge's commission; Term. Election of Judge; 25. Sec. III. The Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas and the Sheriff of said city who may be in office at the time of the change aforesaid, shall continue in office until their present terms expire, when the said City Council shall elect a Clerk of the City Court and a Sheriff of the city in the same manner as now provided. Sheriff; Clerk; 26. Sec. IV. The jurisdiction and proceedings of said City Court in civil cases shall continue as if the name and style of said Court had remained unchanged, and all cases pending in the said Court of Common Pleas shall proceed as if no change were made. Civil jurisdiction unchanged; 27. Sec. V. After the time specified in the first section of this act said City Court shall have jurisdiction of all offences of which the punishment is not capital nor imprisonment in the Penitentiary which may be after that time committed within the corporate limits of the city of Augusta, in the same manner and to the same extent as is now vested in the Superior Court of the county of Richmond. And in regard to all such crimes, and the persons charged therewith, the Judge of said City Court shall have the same authority as a conservative [conservator] of the peace and committing magistrate

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as is now vested in the Judge of the Superior Court with power to issue writs of habeas corpus, whether the Judge of the Superior Court be present or absent. Criminal jurisdiction. Powers of Judge. 28. Sec. VI. The State's Attorney or Attorney General of the Middle District shall be the prosecuting officer of said City Court, shall conduct all criminal prosecutions therein, and represent the State in the same manner as if they were in the Superior Court; he shall receive the same fees and perquisites as are by law allowed to the Attorney and Solicitors General of the Superior Courts. In case of his absence or inability to act, at any term of said Court, or if the office be vacant the Court may, by order entered on its minutes, appoint a State's Attorney for the time, or for any part of it. Prosecuting attorney; His duty; 29. Sec. VII. Jurors shall be drawn and summoned as follows: The box now known as the special Jury box in said Court of Common Pleas shall be the Grand Jury box of said City Court, the list whereof shall be corrected by the Judge, Clerk and Sheriff from time to time, as the convenience of business may require; at the next February Term of said Court of Common Pleas, and at each term afterwards of said City Court, thirty-six jurors shall be drawn from said box and summoned as now practiced, to serve as Grand Jurors at the term next succeeding, when a Grand Jury shall be empannelled and sworn in the same manner, and of the same number as in the Superior Court. All special Jurors for the trial of civil causes shall be stricken as at present from the the entire list of Grand Jurors in attendance. Grand Jurors 30. Sec. VIII. Forty-eight Petit Jurors shall be chosen at the next February Term of said Court of Common Pleas and at each term afterwards of said City Court, who shall be summoned as is now practiced, for the ensuing term. Twenty-four shall be a full panel for trying a criminal case. If a less number than twenty-four be present the Sheriff shall summons talesmen to fill the panel, of which (except when a jury is agreed upon,) the State and the accused shall strike one name at a time alternately, until the number be reduced to twelve, the accused striking first, and the twelve so remaining shall try the traverse; no objection to the panel shall be taken after the first juror is stricken, and no objection to a juror shall be taken after the striking is finished, except for cause actually discovered afterwards. Petit Jurors. Mode of empanelling Objections; 31. Sec. IX. The costs in criminal cases in said Court shall be the same as in the Superior Court. 32. Sec. X. In all particulars not herein specially provided for the proceedings in said Court. in criminal cases, shall conform to those of the Superior Court. Proceedings, 33. Sec. XI. All errors of said Court in criminal as well as in civil cases shall remain subject to correction by writ of certiorari from the Superior Court; but no certiorari, either in a civil or criminal cause, shall be granted, until the cause is finally disposed of in said Court, nor after the term of said Court next succeeding that at which it is finally disposed of. Certiorari. 34. Sec. XII. In consideration of the additional duties imposed

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by this act on the Judge of said Court, his salary, from and after the time when this act takes effect, shall be fifteen hundred dollars per annum, payable as is now by law provided. Salary; 35. Sec. XIII. All laws heretofore passed in reference to said Court of Common Pleas shall remain in full force in reference to said City Court, except as altered by this act. Previous laws; 36. Sec. XIV. All fines imposed by said Court and collected under this act shall be paid over by the Clerk or State's Attorney, at the close of each term of said Court to the Collector and Treasurer of the city of Augusta, except so much as shall, by order of said Court, be appropriated to the payment of costs, fees and expenses accruing on the prosecution of criminal cases in said Court. Disposition of fines. 37. Sec. XV. And be it further enacted, That from and after the next election of Clerk of said Court, he shall be required to give bond with two sufficient securities in the sum of four thousand dollars. Clerk's give bond. 38. Sec. XVI. And be it further enacted, That the City Council of Augusta shall be, and they are hereby authorized to elect an officer to be known as Recorder, in whom they may vest exclusive jurisdiction of all violations of their ordinances, and he shall have power to try and determine the same, and in all cases, either to bind over the accused to appear at the Superior or City Court, (if upon examination a criminal offence appears to have been committed,) or to commit or to impose such penalty as the ordinances of the city may prescribe, and to enforce his judgment by attachment of the person or execution, to punish witnesses for non-attentendance, or other contempts while holding the Recorder's Court, as Courts of record may do. The costs in all cases shall be such as are or may be fixed by ordinance. Recorder Extent of jurisdiction. 39. Sec. XVII. And be it further enacted, That said Recorder shall hold his Courts at such times and place as said City Council may prescribe, and they shall direct the mode of summoning or bringing up parties for trial. In the absence of the Recorder the City Council or Mayor may appoint one of their body to preside in said Recorder's Court. Recorder's Courts: 40. Sec. XVIII. And be it further enacted, That said Recorder shall be elected and hold his office for the term of two years shall take an oath before the Mayor well and truly to discharge the duties of his office to the best of his ability, and without partiality and shall receive a salary of five hundred dollars per annum, to be paid by the City Council in quarterly payments, said Recorder may be removed by the City Council (for cause,) from his office by a vote of two thirds of all the members of the City Council. Recorder elected; term of office Oath; Salary. How rem'vd; 41. Sec. XIX. The Clerk of Council shall be the Clerk of said Recorder's Court, and shall keep a regular docket and book of minutes, in the latter of which each days proceedings shall be signed by the Recorder, or other person presiding in his absence, and said Clerk shall sign and issue all process, summons, attachments and executions which shall bear test in the name of said Recorder. Clerk; 42. Sec. XX. And be it further enacted, That the ministerial officers of said Recorder's Court, shall be the Marshal and Deputy Marshal and Constables of said city, either of whom shall execute

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the mandates of said Court and to whom in the alternative all mesne and final process shall be directed. One or more of said officers shall attend each session of said Court for the purpose of executing all necessary orders. Ministerial Officers; 43. Sec. XXI. And be it further enacted, That all fines collected or received by any of the officers of said Court, shall be paid to the Collector and Treasurer at such time, and in such manner as the City Council shall direct. 44. Sec. XXII. And be it further enacted, That the City Council of Augusta be and they are hereby authorized to subscribe for hold and dispose of stock in the Savannah Valley Rail-road Company, stock in any Rail-road Company organized for the construction of a Rail-road from Warrenton or some other point on the Georgia Rail-road and Banking Company's Road, to Macon, or to the stock of any other Rail-road company, in or out of this State, leading to or connecting with Rail-roads leading to Augusta, and to provide by the issue of bonds or otherwise for the payment of the amount subscribed. But no subscription shall be made in any case without the previous concurrence of a majority of the legal voters of said city as is hereinafter designated, the votes to be taken in the same way and manner, and returns to be made as in the case of an election of Mayor and members of Council of said city, the time of voting to be fixed by the City Council and to be advertised for at least three days in all the public gazettes of said city, and unless a majority of votes be in favor of any subscription it shall not be made. City council, when to take stock. Bonds; Votes; how taken, Conditions of Subscription 45. Sec. XXIII. And be it further enacted, That the Savannah Valley Rail-road company, a corporation of the State of South Carolina, if the City Council of Augusta subscribe for stock there-in shall be, and they are hereby authorized to extend their Rail-road across Savannah river at or above Bull Sluice, and from thence to the city of Augusta, and to avail themselves as a corporation in this State of all rights, powers and privileges in relation to the right of way, and subject to all the responsibilities specified in the act incorporating the Georgia Rail-road company, now the Georgia Rail-road and Banking company in the same regard. Right of way 46. Sec. XXIV. And be it further enacted, That the City Council of Augusta shall be, and they are hereby authorised to permit the connection by common depots, tracks or otherwise of all Rail-roads in said city, or any of them, upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed and agreed on between the City Council and them. Connection; 47. Sec. XXV. And be it further enacted, That all persons who are citizens of the United States, have resided within the State of Georgia for twelve months immediately preceding, and for the last six of these in the city of Augusta, and who are twenty-one years of age, and have paid all city taxes and assessments who have made all returns required by the city ordinances, and whose names have been registered according to the provisions of this act, and none other shall be entitled to vote at any election for Mayor and members of Council in said city. Qualification of voters

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48. Sec. XXVI. And be it further enacted, That the Clerk of the City Council, or any one appointed in his place by the City Council for that purpose shall open a list for the registration of voters on the passage of this act, and on the first Monday in January in each year thereafter, which list shall be kept open at the said Clerk's office until two o'clock, P. M., on the fourth Monday in March in the present and each succeeding year, when the same shall be closed finally and absolutely in each year. Registrat'n 49. Sec. XXVII. And be it further enacted, That such Clerk or other officer, upon the application in person, and not by proxy, of any person entitled to vote as aforesaid, within the time prescribed for the list to be kept open to register the name of such person and deliver to him a certificate of such registry, expressing his name, number and the date of the registry. Certificates of registry; 50. Sec. XXVIII. And be it further enacted, That such Clerk or other officer shall be authorized to require of any applicant for registration to make an affidavit before him that such applicant is entitled to vote according to the terms of this act, before issuing such certificate of registry. Oath of applicant, 51. Sec. XXIX. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of such Clerk or other officer, to arrange and publish in alphabetical order a list of the names so registered in two of the gazettes of said city once a fortnight from the time of opening until that of closing said list, and to keep a printed copy of said list posted at the door of the Court House in Augusta, at the lower Market House, and at or near the Post-office, from the second Monday in March to the second Monday in April. List of' names, c. 52. Sec. XXX. And be it further enacted, That each voter at the time of giving his vote shall produce and surrender to the managers his certificate of registry and no person unprovided with such certificate shall be permitted to vote. Certificate of registry, c, 53. Sec. XXXI. And be it further enacted, That in case of the destruction or loss of a certificate the Clerk or other officer shall be authorized to issue a duplicate at any time before two o'clock, P. M., of the first Monday in April upon the personal application of the person who received the first certificate and upon his making oath of the loss or destruction. Challenge, 54. Sec. XXXII. And be it further enacted, That the Managers shall administer the following oath to any person attempting to vote upon his being challenged, or either of them having doubts as to his right to vote: You do solemnly swear that you are a citizen of the United States, that you are twenty-one years of age, that you have resided in this State for the last twelve months, in this city for the last six months, and in this district for the last ten days, and that you have considered this State your home for the last twelve months, that you have paid all taxes, and made all returns required by the ordinances that have been in your power to pay or make according to said ordinances, that you have been duly registered within the time prescribed by law, that the certificate of registry you now offer was delivered to you in person, and that you have not voted this day, so help you God. Oath upon being chalenged.

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55. Sec. XXXIII. And be it further enacted, That any person using or attempting to use a forged certificate of registry or a certificate of registry not issued originally to himself in person, by the Clerk or other officer as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction in the City Court shall be punished by a fine not less than five hundred dollars and by imprisonment in the common jail not less than six months. How punis'd 56. Sec. XXXIV. And be it further enacted, That upon the application for a certificate of registry the applicant shall pay the Clerk or other officer the sum of one dollar which shall be in lieu of poll tax, and no certificate shall issue unless the same is paid. Fee for certificates; 57. Sec. XXXV. And be it further enacted, That in all cases of special election, or of a reference by the City Council of any question to the voters of said city the managers of the election shall be furnished with a printed list of registered voters, by the Clerk or other officer. (being a copy of the last registry,) which shall be sufficient in place of the certificate of registry and the oath of the voter shall be modified accordingly. Managers to have lists; APPROVED, February 15th, 1856. (No. 185.) An Act to amend the third section of an act entitled an act to amend the several acts relating to the Court of Common Pleas, and of Oyer and Terminer of the City of Savannah, and for other purposes, approved 9 th Dec., 1853, and for other purposes therein named. 58. SECTION. I. Be it enacted, c., That the time for the election of Judge of the City Court of Savannah, shall be at the first regular meeting of the City Council of Savannah in January next, and every three years thereafter, instead of the first meeting in December, as is now provided by law, and should there be failure to elect at the time appointed, then at the next regular meeting thereafter of the City Council, and the Judge of said City Court of Savannah, shall hold his office in all cases until his successor is elected. Election of Judge of City Court term of office 59. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Peace and other persons exercising the powers of Magistrates within the City of Savannah, to commit or place under bonds, all persons charged with misdemeanors committed within the jurisdictional limits of the city of Savannah for trial before the City Court of Savannah, instead of the Superior Court of Chatham county; Provided, nothing herein contained, shall be so construed as to deprive said Superior Court of jurisdiction over misdemeanors, or to discharge the obligors on any recognizance entered into to appear before the same for trial. Justices' duty in Sav'h Proviso; 60. SEC. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856.

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No. 186. An Act to give force and operation to judgments from the Mayor's Court of the City of Darien, throughout the State of Georgia. WHEREAS, The Mayor's Court of the City of Darien has jurisdiction to the amount of one hundred and fifty dollars, and judgments issuing therefrom are of force only within the corporate limits of said city, which operates to the disadvantage of suitors, unjust in its effects, and against the interests of the city of Darien, for remedy whereof, 61. Section I. B e it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of the present act, all executions founded on judgments obtained in the Mayor's Court of the city of Darien, shall be directed to the Marshal of the city of Darien, and to all and singular the Sheriffs of the State of Georgia, and all executions founded upon such judgments, shall have force and operation not only within the corporate limits of said city of Darien, but also throughout the State of Georgia in the same manner and under the same regulations as executions issuing from the Superior and Inferior Courts of said State. Executions, c, how directed. Operation throughout the State 62. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That all and every execution issued from the Mayor's Court of the city of Darien, as directed in section first of this act and placed in the hands of any Sheriff of the State of Georgia for collection, the same shall be proceeded with in the same manner as all other executions given to such Sheriff to act on, and all and every Sheriff of the said State, who shall fail to perform the duties required of him in this act, or any part thereof, shall be liable to be ruled before the Superior Court of the county in which he is sheriff, in the same manner, and under such rules and regulations as are provided for; any such failure occurring in the collection of executions issuing from any of the Superior Courts of the said State. Sheriff, when ruled; 63. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws) APPROVED March 4th, 1856. NOTES TO JUDICIARY TITLE.For act in regard to Judges making charge to Grand Jurors, see CobbPenal Laws, Sec. 65, page 847 In relation to Discoveries at Common Law, see Cobb, p. 465. In relation to the old law for collection of debts against corporationssee Cobb p. 541. ArbitrationSee Cobb p. 487. Right of Survivorship in Joint TenantsCobb p. 545. Jurors.Laws modified by this act, acts of 1799, 1805, 1810. For Statutes see Cobb, Title Judiciary, Art. xiii. Juries p. 545. The provisions of the subject of endorsers having control of fi fas, which they have paid, may be found in Cobb's Digest, Title Judiciary, Sec's. 430, 431, 439, 446. p. 592, 593, 595, 598. Husband and Wife.Act of 1852 vested the property of wife deserted by husband in herself free from debts. Limitation.The various acts modified by this, are the acts of 1767, 1805, 1806, 1809, 1813, 1817, see Cobb, p. 559, 560, under Art. xv. Limitation of Actions. Lien of Judgments not to attach by act of 1851 and '52, after peaceable possession for four years of realty and two years personalty, the act of 1822 required seven years in cases of realty and four in personalty. For definition of color of title and adverse possessionsee Act of 1852, p. 238. Party absconding, see Act of 1852, p. 239. Time within which bills of review may be brought, three years from date of decree, see Acts of 1852, p. 240.

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Lost Papers.Powers of Courts in relation thereto, see Cobb p. 463 166. Statute of Frauds.See Cobb, 1127. DECIS. SUPREME COURT.For law in regard to triors of Jurors, the challenging the array, and the common practice for making up a Jurysee 14 Geo. p. 25. It is a good cause of challenge of Special Juror, that he has expressed an opinion as to which ought to prevail, or a wish for success of one or other.15 Geo. 39. The formation and expression of an opinion by a Juror from rumor, as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner is good cause of challenge for favor.15 Geo. 223. The formation of an opinion, the Court may tell triors though decided does not necessarily render a Juror incompetent15 Geo. 476. The trial before triors is best conducted like that before a Jury on a collateral issue.15 Geo. 498. It is not necessary that triors should retire from the Court room15 Geo. 498. A remark by a Juror at the moment of the trial, who knew neither the offender nor the offence, made for the purpose of disqualifying himself, is no disqualification.16 Geo. 200. A Juror before he was sworn said, if what he heard was so, the prisoner ought to be hung. He was not placed on his voir direHeld that this was not a good ground to disturb the verdict.17 Geo. 146. If several Jurors be sworn when another is challenged the Court may assign any two of those summoned to try the challenge.17 Geo. 497. It is unnecessary to consider the merits of an objection to Jurors overruled by the Court, if upon other grounds the Jurors are passed for causeIbid. The first Juror sworn should sit with the two triors and try the next challenge.Ibid. A Juror who has heard any portion of the evidence under oath and expressed a decided opinion thereon is incompetent, and it is good ground for a new trial, if discovered after trialIbid. A payment made on a joint note within six years is sufficient to take it out of the Statute of Limitations as against a co-promiser.14 Geo. 641. If a promise to pay a debt is made before the debt is barred by the Statute, the effect is to annul the operation of the Statute up to the time of the promise, and to make that the time from which the Statute, recommences running.14 Geo. 661. Where the old promise is the foundation of the suit, other promises in support of that promise may be proved without being alleged.Ibid. If at different times a debtor makes independent promises, as to the payment of his debt, the operation of any one of the promises is not affected by the others.Ibid. The husband whose wife at the time of the marriage is a minor, may sue for her land at any time within three years next after her arrival at age.14 Geo. 687. If at the time of marriage the husband is an infant, the Statute does not run until he becomes of age; and then he may sue within the period of time equal to that which his wife had when he married her.Ibid. It is not necessary that a witness should give the precise words used by a party who makes an acknowledgment, which is relied upon as taking a case out of the Statute of Limitations. A statement of the substance of such acknowledgment is sufficient. Bulloch vs. Smith, Adm'r.15 Geo. 395. A distinct admission of a present subsisting debt is an acknowledgment from which a new promise will be implied and is sufficient to take the case out of the Statute.Ibid. A conditional promise does not take a case out of the Statute of Limitations, unless a compliance with the condition be proven. Assumpsit upon a foreign judgment is barred after five years by act of 1805. If that is repealed in four years by act of 1767.15 Geo. 1. If the right of action be once barred in a tort no subsequent acknowledgment will take it out of the express language of t he Statute of Limitations. In cases of assumpsit an acknowledgment has this effect because it amounts to a new promise.16 Geo. 114. An acknowledgment of a debt by an Executor before it is barred, is sufficient to take it out of the Statute of Limitations.17 Geo. p. 96. Four years possession of a chattel in another State does not divest a lien of a judgment obtained before its removal from this State, under the act of 1822.17 Geo. 491. A vendee holding under bond for titles does not hold adversely to vendor.17 Geo. 600. Adverse possession is a mixed question of law and fact.

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TITLE XX. GRAND AND PETIT JURORS. SEC. List of Grand and Petit Jurorshow made up in certain cases. (No. 157.) An Act to provide for the selection of Grand and Petit Jurors in certain cases. 1. SEC. I. Be it enacted c., That whenever the Jury boxes, or lists of names of Grand and Petit Jurors of any county shall be destroyed, it shall and may be lawful for the Justices of the Inferior Court, Clerk and Sheriff thereof, or a majority of them, so soon thereafter as may be practicable, to meet at the Court House in such county, and select lists of names of Grand and Petit Jurors, and arrange them in boxes as provided for by act of December 7th, 1805. When Jury Boxes destroyed, lists how made; APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. JUSTICE'S COURTS. SEC. 1. Jurisdiction extended, SEC. 2. Manner of suit, SEC. 3. Repealing clause. SEC. 4. Lost papershow established, SEC. 5. Fees for service. (No. 188.) An Act to raise the Jurisdiction of the Justices of the Peace. 1. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the first day of March next, the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace shall extend to the amount of fifty dollars principal with interest. * * This act having been signed by the Governor on the 5th of MarchQuerydoes it go into operation until March 1857. Jurisdiction extended 2. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for all promissory notes, accounts and all other evidence of debts that do not exceed fifty dollars, to be sued before a Justice of the Peace in a Justices Court in the same manner as is now prescribed by law, and when any person shall be sued in a Justice Court on a sum that exceeds thirty dollars, and a judgment obtained against the party defendant, the defendant within four days after the adjournment of said Court, upon paying all costs that may have occurred, [accured] and giving good and sufficient security for principal and interest involved in the case, shall have the right to stay the execution sixty days, and all judgments obtained in a Justice Court, where the amount is thirty dollars, or under the stay of execution, shall be the same time as now prescribed by law. Manner of suit; Stay of Execution; 3. SEC. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.

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(No. 189.) An Act to authorise the Justices Courts to establish lost papers to the amount of their Jurisdiction, and charge for the same, prescribed by this act. 4. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, where any person shall seek to establish lost papers, under the 6th section of the Judiciary act of 1799, he shall, if the amounts involved do not exceed the jurisdiction of Justices Court, present to the Justice Court together with a copy in substance of the papers lost as nearly as he can recollect, which copy shall be sworn to by the party, or provided [proven,] by other evidence, where a rule nisi may be obtained calling upon the opposite party to show cause, (if any he has,) why the copy should not be established in lieu of the original so lost, which rule nisi shall be personally served ten days before Court on the party, if to be found within the county, and if he cannot be found, then said rule nisi shall be published in some public Gazette in the State for the space of one month. Lost papers; how establi'd Service of copy; 5. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That for the issuing and serving said rule upon the party, the Justices and Constables shall have the same fees as now provided by law for issuing and serving writs in Justice's Courts, and for issuing certified copies of said lost papers, the cost shall be the same as upon issuing executions. Fees for service APPROVED March 4th, 1856. TITLE XXI. LAND. Sec. 1. Commissioners appointed. Sec. 2. Acts of majority legal. Sec. 3. Privileges of Surveyor. Sec. 4. Disputes about lines. Sec. 5. Failure of Trustees. Sec. 6. Trustees Titles. Sec. 7. Trustees Statement. Sec. 8. Title of ungranted lands, how to vest. Sec. 9. Proviso. Sec. 10. Expenses, how paid. Sec. 11. Repealing clause. Sec. 12. Warrants issued heretofore by Justices of Inferior Court valid. Sec. 13. Vested rights not affected. (No. 190.) An Act to alter, amend and enlarge an act, entitled an act, to ascertain, dispose of, and appropriate the ungranted lands in the county of Chatham, and to vest the same in certain charitable societies, and for other purposes. 1. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, George Paul Harrison, Thomas Holcombe and Joseph

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F. Waring be appointed commissioners to fill the vacancies caused by the death of William B. Bulloch, Robert W. Pooler, and Alexander Telfair, and that any vacancies hereafter occurring by death, resignation, or otherwise may be filled by the majority of the remaining commissioners. Commiss'ers Vacancies; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the act of a majority of the commissioners shall be legal and valid, and that they be authorized to act by a majority. Acts of majority legal; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the Surveyor appointed under the authority of the said act, shall be empowered for the purpose of making his survey and map, and fulfilling all duties connected therewith, to cross existing lines without being subjected to the pains and penalties in such cases made and provided nor be held civilly liable for trespasses. Privileges of Surveyor; 5. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That if any dispute shall arise between the said Surveyor and other parties as to the existence of lines previously run, it shall and may be lawful for the said Surveyor to require the production of original Grants and surveys, or either in the possession, custody or control of the party so claiming the existence of a previous line. Disputes; 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That if the trustees of the Chatham Academy fail. to select the land in said act, reserved to their use for six months after the said survey and map have been completed, that then it shall, and may be lawful for the said commissioners or a majority of them to appropriate the said lands according to the provisions of the fourth section of the act aforesaid. Failure to select, c. 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That all titles heretofore executed by the trustees of the Chatham Academy to any person or persons of any part of said ungranted lands be, and the same are hereby declared valid, subsisting perfect and legal, and further, that the number of acres of said lands so aliened or sold by the said trustees, shall be deducted from the said five thousand acres in said act, reserved to them. Trustee's titles; Lands sold to be deducted; 7. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall be authorized to require from the said trustees a statement of the quantity and location of the lands aforesaid, for which they may have executed titles to any person or persons and the number of acres that they may be deducted as above mentioned. Trustees to give statem't if required; 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That after the said survey and map shall have been completed, the title to the said ungranted lands shall vest in the said commissioners, so as to enable them or a majority of them to bring suit in the name of the whole against any person or persons occupying or trespassing upon any part of the same. Titles of ungranted land 9. Sec. IX. Provided nevertheless, that any actual occupant shall be entitled to the benefit of the provisions contained in the sixth section of the said act, if he shall appoint a freeholder, to represent him within twenty days after he shall have been notified in writing of a similar appointment on the part of the commissioners or a majority of them. Proviso,

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10 SEC. X. And be it further enacted, That all necessary expenses incurred by the commissioners in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be chargeable and defrayed in the same manner as the cost of the survey and map, provided however, that if the extent of the lands ungranted, should prove but five thousand acres, then all the charges of survey and maps, and all other expenses borne or incurred, shall be entirely chargeable upon such lands as may be surveyed and mapped, and thus accuring chiefly to the trustees of Chatham Academy aforesaid, and in any event prorata, according to the number of acres received by each. Expenses, how paid 11. Sec. XI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st., 1856. WARRANTS, SURVEYS, c. (No. 191.) An act to make valid certain warrants, surveys and grants, and to authorize certain grants to be issued. 12. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That all land warrants heretofore issued, by any three or more Justices of the Inferior Court of any county in this State, or by any two or more of them and a Justice or Justices of the Peace, or by any one of them and Justices of the Peace acting as a Land Court, under the law in relation to Head Rights, all surveys made in pursuance of any of said warrants, and all grants issued or lands so surveyed, shall be and are hereby declared to be good and valid to all intents and purposes as if said warrants had been issued by a Land Court, composed of the lawful number of Justices of the Peace, and grants shall be issued on any of said surveys, where they have not been heretofore issued. Land warr'ts c., made valid. 13. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That in all cases hereafter, three or more Justices of the Inferior Court of the several counties of this State, or two of said Justices, and a Justice of the Peace shall be, and are hereby authorized to act as a Land Court, under the law of this State, in relation to Head Rights. Land Court, 14. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained, shall affect any vested rights, or the law as it now stands as between conflicting Grantees, under grants heretofore issued. Provided, that nothing in this act contained, shall apply to cases now in litigation. Vest'd rights not affected; APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. REF. NOTE.By act of Feb. 17th, 1783, Cobb, p. 655, a majority of Justices of the county, constituted a Land Court. By act of December 23d, 1789, the powers of a Land Court conferred upon three or more Justices of the Peace. Cobb, p. 773. Dec. Sup. Court.By laws of Georgia, the Inferior Courts of the respective counties thereof, have no power to issue land warrants, the original jurisdiction over this subject being conferred by the act of 1789, exclusively upon a Land Court, constituted of three or more Justices of the Peace.16, Geo. 537. Under laws of Georgia, giving Head Rights a warrant containing no description, whatever, of the land intended to be surveyed, except 50 acres lying in Wilkes county is sufficient.14, Geo. 349. Such a warrant cannot be amended on the case at coming up, to be heard in Superior Courts.Ibid. The proper proceedure prescribed for trial of land case.Ibid.

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TITLE XXII. LEGISLATURE. Sec. 1. Time of meeting changed. (No. 192.) An Act to change the time of the meeting of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, from the first Monday in November, to the first Wednesday in November. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the time of meeting of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, shall be on the first Wednesday in November, instead of the first Monday in November, as now fixed by law, and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed.* Meeting of Legislature changed to 1st Wednes'y APPROVED, March 5th., 1856. Heretofore, under the act of 1799, Cobb's Digest, p. 234, the Legislature met on the first Monday in November. TITLE XXIII. LUNATIC ASYLUM. SEC. 1 Appropriation to complete it. SEC. 2 Contractors to give bond. SEC. 3 Superintendent to give bond. SEC. 4 Officers not to take contracts. SEC. 5 Repealing clause. (No. 193) An Act to appropriate money for the completion of the State Lunatic Asylum. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the sum of fifty-five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated annually for the years 1856 and 1857, for the completion of the State Lunatic Asylum; and his Excellency the Governor, is hereby authorized and required to issue his warrant for the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry on the work now in progress to its completion. 55,000 dollars appropriated 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioners or their successors appointed by the Governor under an act of the Legislature of 1854 be and are hereby required, to require of the contractors for the work, bond and security to complete the same according to the plan and specifications which they have heretofore adopted, and his Excellency the Governor is hereby required to confine

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the expenses and contemplated operations of the contractors within the limits of this appropriation, and according to the true intent and meaning of this section. Contractors to give bond and security; Limit of expenses 3. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners aforesaid to take bond and security from the Superintendent of the work in double the amount of their salary or fees, for the faithful performance of their duties, both as regards the perfection of the work done by the contractors, and the rejection of such material, as is not fit and suitable for erecting a building of the kind; and it shall be the duty of his Excellency the Governor to visit, or have visited, the Asylum buildings whenever he may deem it advisable for the interest of the State, and should he consider that the work is not properly conducted, and faithfully executed, he shall be, and by the provisions of this section is required to suspend the issuing of his warrants for the payment of said superintendent and contractors until the work shall be faithfully executed in pursuance of their contracts. Superintendent to give bond; Duty of Governor; 4. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That none of the officers or employees of the Lunatic Asylum shall take contracts on said work, or furnish materials for the same, or provisions for the hands employed on said work. Officers not to take contracts, 31. Sec. V. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Feb. 27th, 1856. TITLE XXIV. MONEY. SEC. 1. Principal and legal interest in usurious contracts to be recovered. (No. 194.) An to alter and amend an act to alter the law in relation to interest on money, approved 17 th December, 1845. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That all contracts, bonds, notes, and assurances whatsoever, made after the passage of this act, by or with an incorporated Bank or any other persons whether natural or artificial for the payment of any principal or money, goods, wares or merchandise, or other commodities whatsoever to be lent, covenanted to be performed upon, or for any usury, whereupon or whereby there shall be recovered or taken above the rate of 7 per centum per annum shall be void and of no effect, except so far as to authorise the recovery of the principal and legal interest due thereon and no more, it being the intent and meaning of this act, that the usurious interest shall be made void in all cases where usury shall be received or taken, and shall not be recovered, but that in all such cases the principal and legal interest shall and may be recovered; and that all laws c., militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Usurious contracts, c Principal and legal interest to be recovered; APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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TITLE XXV. NAMES CHANGED, c. SEC. 1 Illegitimates, how legitimatized. SEC. 2 Marriage of reputed parents. SEC. 3 Children adopted and names changed. SEC. 4 Precincts established and changed. SEC. 5 Repealing clause. (No. 195.) An Act to prescribe the manner in which the names of persons may be changed, and persons born illegitimate, may be made legitimate, and to carry into effect the provisions of the Constitution upon that subject; and also to prescribe the manner in which children may be adopted. 1. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact as follows: When any father of an illegitimate child shall be desirous of rendered such child legitimate, or of changing the name of such child, it shall be lawful for such father to petition the Superior or Inferior Court of the county where he resides, setting forth the name, age, and sex of such child, and also the name of the mother, and that he recognizes it as his child, and when he wishes the name of such child to be changed, setting forth the name by which he wishes such child to be called, and upon such petition being presented, and filed, it shall be the duty of said Court to pass an order declaring said child to be legitimate and capable of inheriting the estate of the said father, in the same manner as if born in lawful wedlock; and also declaring what shall be the name of such child, and said child from that time shall be legitimate and known by said name. Illegitimates how legitimatized; Names, how changed; 2. Sec. II. The marriage of the mother and reputed father of an illegitimate child, and the recognition of such child as his by the father, shall render the child legitimate. Marriage of reputed parents; 3. Sec. III. Anyperson desirous of adopting a child, so as to render it capable of inheriting his, or her estate, or to change the name of such child, may present his or her petition to the Superior or Inferior Court of the county where he, or she resides, setting forth the name, age, sex, and who is the father of the child, or if no father, who is the mother, and that said father, or mother is willing and consents, and if said child has neither father or mother, then the consent of no person shall be necessary to said adoption. It shall be the duty of the Court, upon being satisfied of the truth of the facts stated in said petition, to pass an order declaring said child to be the adopted child of such person, and capable of inheriting his or her estate, and also declaring what shall be the name of such child, and from thenceforward said child shall be known by said name, and shall be the child of the person so adopting it, as to all the legal rights of such child, and of the person adopting

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it, in the same manner, and to the same extent, as if said child was the natural legitimate child of such person. Children adopted and name ch'ngd by petition to Court; Court to pass an order 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That upon the petition of any such person to the Inferior Court praying the establishment, abolition or change of an Election Precinct, or Precincts in any county, it shall be lawful for said Inferior Court to establish, abolish or change such Election Precinct, or Precincts agreeable to the provisions now established by law. * * The powers conferred upon the Courts by this act were heretofore exercised by the Legislaturebut the Constitution was changed at the Legislatures of 1853 and '54, and 1855 and '56, see p. 106, forbidding the Legislature to exercise these powers. Precinctshow established, c. 5. SEC. V. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 6th, 1856. TITLE XXVI. MILITIA. Sec. 1. Compensation to certain officers and privates. Sec. 2. Governor to appoint auditor. Sec. 3. If soldier dead, heirs to receive pay. Sec. 4. Repealing clause. Sec. 5. Augusta Battalion organized. Sec. 6. Future Companies added. Sec. 7. Exemption from jury duty. Sec. 8. Restriction. Sec. 9. Command of Battalion. Sec. 10. Election of Provost Marshal, c. Sec. 11. Militia laws to regulate battalion. Sec. 12. Organization of 1st. Reg. Brig., 1st. Dist., G. M. ratified. Sec. 13. Fines made valid. Sec. 14. Exemption from jury duty. Sec. 15. Repealing clause. Sec. 16. Act of Jan. 22d, 1852, repealed in relation to Gordon county. (No. 196.) An Act to provide compensation for the commissioned officers, non commissioned officers, musicians and privates of certain companies of volunteers mustered into the service of the State of Georgia, by virtue of an act assented to on the 26 th Dec. 1837. WHEREAS, certain companies of Mounted Volunteers, were raised, organized and mustered into the service of the State of Georgia, in terms of an act assented to 26th December, 1837, and whereas, certain of those companies have received no compensation, theretore: 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That the commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, Musicians and privates of each of those companies who have at no time, heretofore, received compensation for said services, be and they are hereby authorized to receive from the State of Georgia, the same pay as is, by the army regulations of the United States, and the laws thereof, allowed to commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, respectively in said Army of the United States. Compensat'n to be made certain officers, c. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That His Excellency, the Governor, be and he is hereby required to appoint some fit and proper person, whose duty it shall be to audit the claims of the

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commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, Musicians and privates of said companies when presented to him. If the same shall be so presented, within twelve months after the publication of this act, and shall return the amount due them, when ascertained, to the Governor, who shall draw his warrant upon the Treasury for the same, out of any money therein not otherwise appropriated, Provided, that each commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer, musician and private of said companies, at the time of presenting his claim, shall subscribe an affidavit, stating that he was a member of said company, that said company was in the service of the State of Georgia, while he was a member thereof, and that he has at no time received any compensation from the State of Georgia, or the United States for said service. Governor to appoint an auditor; Affidavit of applicant; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That in the event of the death of any person or persons who was a member of either of said companies, so serving as aforesaid, between the time of said service and the expiration of the time allowed by the second section of this act, then and in that event, the heirs or other legal representatives of said deceased commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, musician or private shall be entitled to receive the amount which would have been due to the soldiers if still living, Provided, said heirs or legal representative shall make satisfactory proof of the service and death of the said deceased, and that said deceased had not been paid for said service and that said heirs or legal representative had not been paid therefor: If beneficiary be dead; Who receive the amount; Upon proof of service; Provided, that the auditors appointed by the provisions of this bill shall determine whether such an emergency arose as was contemplated by the said act of 1837, authorizing the calling said companies into service, and that no person shall receive any compensation, unless he was in service by reason of such emergency. Proviso; Auditor's duty; 4. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. (No. 197.) An Act organizing the Independent Volunteers Battalion of Augusta, and for other purposes therein named. 5. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That the Volunteer Companies now existing in the city of Augusta, and belonging to the 10th Regiment, 1st Brigade, 2d Division of Georgia Militia, be, and the same are hereby organized and erected into a seperate Battalion, which shall be called the Independent Volunteers Battalion of Augusta, and be no longer a part of said 10th Regiment. Battalion organised; 6. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That any other Volunteer companies, whatever, which may hereafter be organized in the city of Augusta, provided it should be the desire of such company or companies, shall be attached to said Battalion until the number of companies in said Battalion shall be eight, when the said companies shall be organized and erected into Regiment, to be called the Independent Volunteer regiment of Augusta. Future companies add'd When regiments may be formed;

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7. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the active members of said Battalion be and they are hereby exempted from all jury duty in the courts of said city of Augusta, and the county of Richmond, and from the performance of all militia duty, except in case of war. riot, insurrection or invasion. Exemption, 8. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That if, at any time hereafter, the said battalion should be disorganized by the withdrawal of one or more companies, the privileges granted by the third section of this act be and they are hereby continued to the companies in favor of maintaining the organization of the battalion. Restriction; 9. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the said battalion shall be commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel, who shall be elected by the members of the companies composing the said battalion, in the manner prescribed by the Militia laws of this State, and commissioned by the Governor, and the said Lieutenant Colonel shall be entitled to a staff in full and complete as if the said battalion were a Regiment, Provided, that no person shall be eligible to the office of Lieutenant Colonel of said battalion, or to any appointment in his staff who has been connected as a regular member with either of the companies composing said battalion, within the six months next preceding any election or appointment. Battalionhow commanded; Qualification of officers; 10. VI. And be it further enacted, That the Provost Marshal and Clerk of said battalion, shall be elected and sworn, to perform the duties and exercise the powers, and be subject to the instructions prescribed by the Militia laws of this State, now governing the 10th Regiment, 1st Brigade, 2d Division of Georgia Militia. Election of Provost Marshal and Cl'k 11. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That the said battalion shall be regulated by the Militia laws of this State, so far as the said laws are compatible with the provisions of this act, and be subject to the orders of the commanding officer at any time he may deem necessary or expedient, and the said battalion shall be exempt from the effect of all laws and parts of laws which militate against the provisions of this act. How regulated, APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. (No. 198) An Act to ratify the organization of the first regiment, first brigade, first division, Georgia Militia, and to make valid the election of the officers of the same, and for other purposes therein named. WHEREAS, It is supposed by some persons that the organization of the first regiment, first brigade, first division, Georgia Militia, and the election of the officers thereof, is illegal, by reason of said organization not having been made within three months after the passage of the act of Assembly of January 20th, 1852, now for remedy whereof, 12. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the organization of the first regiment, first brigade, first division, Georgia Militia, and the election of the officers of the same, be and is hereby retified, confirmed

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and made valid to all intents and purposes, as if the said organization and election had taken place within the time required by the said act of January 20th, 1852. Organization ratified, 13. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That all fines imposed upon defaulters at parades of the several companies composing said regiment, and all appointments of subordinate officers, and all other acts done by the commissioned officers of said regiment in pursuance of the militia laws of this State, between the time of their election and the passage of this act, be and the same are hereby ratified, confirmed and made valid to all intents and purposes whatever. Fines valid, Appointm'ts confirmed; 14. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the field and staff officers of the Independent Volunteer Battalion of Savannah, be and are hereby excused from serving as Jurors. Exemption; 15. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. [No. 199,] An Act to repeal the first section of an act entitled an act to grant exemptions to Cavalry Corps, and for the formation of Squadrons of Cavalry, and to confer certain privileges upon the [Illegible Text] Blues, approved January 22 d 1852, so far as relates to the County of Gordon. 16. Sec. I. Be it be enacted, c., That the first section of an act entitled an act to grant exemptions to cavalry corps, and for the formation of squadrons of cavalry, and to confer certain privileges upon the Baldwin Blues, approved January 22d, 1852, be and the same are hereby repealed, so far as relates to the county of Gordon. Act of 1852 repealed; APPROVED, February 28th, 1856. TITLE XXVII. PENAL CODE. SEC. 1. Amends 10th sec. 13 div. SEC. 2. Capital offences on United States soilwhere tried. SEC. 3. Sections of Penal Code applicable to slaves. SEC. 4. Penalty for wilful shooting. SEC. 5, Repealing clause. SEC. 6. Joint offenders tried separately. SEC. 7. Continuances separate. SEC. 8. Repealing clause. SEC. 9. Penitentiary regulation. No. 200. An Act to alter and amend the tenth section of the thirteenth division of the Penal Code of this State. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the tenth section of the 13th division of the Penal code of this State, shall be as follows: Any person who shall remove,

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or carry, or cause to be carried away out of this State, or any county thereof, any slave, being the property of another person, without the consent of the owner, or other person having authority to give such consent, either with or without intention or design, to sell or otherwise appropriate such slave to his or her own use, or shall by bribery, promises of freedom, or any other inticement, induce any slave in this State, to leave the services of his owner, or who shall attempt by bribery, promises of freedom, or any other inticement, to induce a slave the property of another person, to runaway or to leave the service of his owner, such person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be indicted and tried for the same, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by confinement at labour in the Penitentiary for any term not less than seven years, nor longer than ten years. * * The 10th section of the 13th division, provided that if the slaves were carried away without intention to sell, the person so carrying should be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by fine or imprisonment in the common jail at the discretion of the Court. Amendment; Carrying off Slaves. Penalty, APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 201.) An Act to alter, amend and add to the Penal Code of this State. 2. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the pasage of this act, when any mortal wound shall be given, or poison administered or any other means shall be employed upon soil belonging to the United States or soil the jurisdiction to which has been ceded to the United States within the geographical limits of the State of Georgia, by which a human being, either free or slave, shall be killed, who shall die thereof in any county of this State, and not upon the said soil, the indictment shall be found and the offender shall be tried for the offence in the Superior Court of the county where the death ensues, which Court shall have jurisdiction of the offence. Capital offences on U. S. soil When [Illegible Text] 3. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, section XLIII, forty-three, and LIII, fifty-three of the fourth division of the Penal Code of this State shall apply to offences committed upon a slave, or free person of color, by a white person. * * Sec. 43 of the 4th div. provides for the punishment of assaults with intent to murder, and sec. 53 for the offence of stabbing. Applies to offences committed against slaves, c. 4. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, any person who shall be guilty of the offence of shooting at another, or at any slave or free person of color, except in his [Illegible Text] defence with a gun, pistol or other instrument of the like kind, shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisonment not less than twelve months or confinement in the Penitentiary at the discretion of the Court. Penalty for wilfully shooting, c 5. Sec. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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(No. 202.) An Act to alter and amend the fifteenth * * The engrossed copy has the word fiftieth instead of fifteenth as in the enrolled act. The former is correct, as the fifteenth division refers to challenging Jurors. See p. p. 194 and 201 Cobb's Penal Code. section of the fourteenth division of the Penal Code. 6. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact as follows, When two or more persons shall be jointly indicted for any offence, the commission of which requires the joint action or concurrence of two or more persons, any one of such persons, or more than one, may be put on trial without putting the other defendants on the trial at the same time and the acquittal or conviction of any one or more of said defendants, shall not operate as an acquittal of any of the other defendants not put upon trial, but they shall be subject to be tried in the same manner as the other defendants. Joint offend ers may be tried separate; Aequittal, c Each tried alike; 7. Sec. II. The continuance of the case by one defendant, shall not operate as a continuance as to any of the other defendants. Continuance 8. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 203.) An Act to add an additional section to the Penal Code of the State of Georgia. 9. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and immediately after the passage of this act it shall be the duty of the Superintendent or Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary of the State of Georgia, to keep a book in which shall be entered the names of the convicts sentenced for a term of two or more years; opposite to each name shall be placed by the Book-Keeper, a mark of approbation or disapprobation according to the conduct of each convict, and should it appear from said book, that the conduct of any convict now in the Penitentiary, or who may hereafter be confined in the Penitentiary, for a number of years as aforesaid, is unexceptiouable, then and in that case said convict or convicts time of confinement shall be shortened two days in each and every month of the time they shall have so served. Any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Prin. Keeper to keep a book; Book, what to contain; Convicts' time shortened; APPROVED March 1st, 1856. The fiftieth section of the 14th division provides that when persons are tried for offences requiring the concurrence of two or more persons to constitute the crime, they shall be tried jointly.

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TITLE XXVIII. PATROL LAWS. SEC. 1. Persons over 45 exempt, SEC. 2. Limit of service. SEC. 3. Repealing clause. (No. 204.) An Act to exempt all persons over 45 years of age from patrol duty, and to shorten the time of service of Patrol Companies from six to three months. 1. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, all persons over the age of forty-five years shall be exempt from patrol duty. * * By act of 1765, Cobb's Dig. p. 906, all persons between the age of sixteen and sixty were liable. Exempt if over 45; 2. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the time of service of Patrol Companies in this State, shall be three instead of six months as is now fixed by law. Limit of service; 3. SEC. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. TITLE XXIX. PUBLIC RECORDS. SEC. 1. Index to records to be made out. (No. 205.) An Act to provide for the preservation of the Public Records, and for other purposes. 1. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c. That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorised and required to appoint some fit and proper person to make out a complete Index for the Colonial and Head Rights Records of Lands, the same to be kept in the office of the Secretary of State, and when said Index is completed in a satisfactory manner, to be judged of by the Governor, he shall draw his warrant on the treasury for such an amount as may be agreed upon as compensation for the work. Index of Colonial and Head Right's record; APPROVED, Feb. 28th, 1856.

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TITLE XXX. PUBLIC PRINTER. SEC. 1. Act of 1854 amended. SEC. 2. State Printer to have daily proceedings reported. No. 206. An Act to amend the several acts now of force in reference to the Public Printer. 1. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That the act on this subject approved February 16th, 1854, is hereby enacted and made of force so far as the same can apply to the Printer elected by the present General Assembly. * * See acts of 1854, p. 77, prescribes when Public Printer enters on his duty, what printing he shall do, at Milledgeville, the bond to be given, what pay for extra service, what kind of type, the time within which Laws and Journals are to be delivered, how paid, deductions for delay, c., number of copies to be printed of Laws and Journals, and the manner of binding Act of 1884 [Illegible Text] force; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 207.) An Act to require the State Printer to employ a competent Reporter of the daily proceedings of both branches of the General Assembly, and for other purposcs. WHEREAS, It is the right of the people to know the opinions and acts of their representatives while engaged in legislation, 2. Section I. Be it therefore enacted, c., That the State Printer shall and he is hereby required hereafter, to employ competent aid to have correctly and faithfully reported the daily proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives, and cause a copy of the same each day to be furnished each Senator and Representative. State Printer to have daily proceedings of Legislat'e reported: APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. TITLE XXXI. RENT LAWS. 1. Distress for rent to issue on oath of agent. 2. Repealing clause. (No. 208.) An Act to amend the several rent laws of this State. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for distress warrants

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for rent to issue as well on the oath of the agent or attorney of the party claiming rent, as of the said party in person, and whether such claim for rent be made under the general, or any local rent laws of this State.* Distress for rent to issue upon oath of Agent; 2. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 28th, 1856. Sup. Court decided in 9, Geo. p. 42, that the oath of agent was insufficient. TITLE XXXII. RIVERS. BIG SATILLA. 1. $3,000 appropriated. 2. Beginning and terminus. 3. Commissioners. 4. Oath of Commissioners. 5. Compensation. 6. Their power. 7. Repealing clause. 8. Appointment of additional Com's. 9. Exclusive privileges granted to Warsaw Navigation Company. 10. Repealing clause. 11. Act of 1854, time extended. 12. Compensation of Commissioners. 13. Appointment of Commissioners. (No. 209.) An Act to appropriate a sum of money to remove obstructions from the Big Stailla River, and to render the same navigable for timber rafts, lumber, wood and produce thereon, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to remove obstructions from the Satilla river, and to render the same navigable for the transportation of timber, rafts, lumber, wood and other produce thereon. Amount of appropriat'n; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the above recited sections shall commence at Suttens old Ferry, on the said river, in the county of Ware, and extend to Burnt Fort, in the county of Charlton. Beginning terminus; 3. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That William Goettee, John B. Cason, and James B. Strickland, of the county of Ware, John Knox, Russel Raulerson, of the county of Wayne, and John A. Wells, of the county of Camden, and Silas Johns, of the county of Charlton, be and they are herby appointed commissioners, to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and before they enter on the discharge of said duty, they and each of them shall severally enter into bond, with good and sufficient security, payable to his Excellency, the Governor, and his successors in office, in double the amount appropriated under the provisions of this act, and for their faithful discharge of duty under the provisions of this act, and for their faithful superintendence of said work, and for the true application of the said sum of money for the said purposes contemplated

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by this act, which said several bonds shall be taken and approved by the Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, of the county wherein the said commissioners severally reside, to be by them transmitted to his Excellency, the Governor as aforesaid, and upon the receipt of said bond by his Excellency, the Governor, said commissioners herein named or any one of them, shall be authorized to draw said sum of money from the Treasury. Commis'ners To give bond; Appropriat'n how drawn; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, before they enter upon the discharge of their duties, they shall severally be bound by oath to faithfully lay out the said money, for the purposes mentioned in the foregoing sections of this act, and that they shall have power to have said work done in any way that they or a majority of them in their judgment may think best. Com'srs to take oath; 5. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall be allowed the sum of one dollar per day for their services as commissioners aforesaid, for each day they may be employed in the discharge of their duties. Compensat'n 6. SEC. VI. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall have power and authority to purchase any property or article of any kind for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this act, or to dispose of the same as in their judgment they shall think best. Their power; 7. Sec. VII. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED Feb. 16th, 1856. GREAT OGEECHEE. (No. 210.) An Act, to amend an Act, entitled an act, to amend an Act, entitled an act, to improve the Navigation of Great Ogeechee river, so far as the appointment of new commissioners are concerned, by adding certain persons herein named, to the commissioners in said act mentioned. Approved Feb 7 th, 1854. 8. SEC. I. Be it enacted c., That John R. Wells of the county of Jefferson, John Bennett of the county of Emanuel, William N. W. Hutchens and Thomas Pierce of the county of Burke, be and the same are hereby added to the commissioners in the above recited act mentioned, and that they have all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred upon commissioners by virtue of said act. Additional Commis'ners APPROVED, Feb. 28th, 1856. CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER. (No. 211) An Act to amend an act to authorize certain persons therein named to clear out and improve the navigation of the Chattahoochee river above the Western and Atlantic Rail-road, and for other purposes therein named, approved January 12 th, 1852. 9. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That whenever the Warsaw Navigation Company shall by the expenditure of the means of the said corporation render said Chattahoochee river navigable above

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the Western and Atlantic Rail-road to either or both of the points indicated in this act of incorporation, and within the time there prescribed, the said Warsaw Navigation Company shall have the exclusive right to navigate said river within the limits so made navigable by the same. Exclusive privileges granted to Warsaw Navigation Company; 10. Sec. II. Repeals all conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. BIG AND LITTLE OHOOPIE RIVERS. (No. 212.) An Act to alter and amend an act to appropriate a sum of money to remove obstructions from the Big and Little Ohoopie rivers, and to render the same navigable for the transportation of timber, rafts, lumber, wood and produce thereon, and for other purposes herein mentioned, approved Feb. 4 th, 1854. 11. SECTION 1. Therefore be it enacted, c., That the fifth section of the above recited act be so amended as to extend the time for the purposes therein mentioned, from the first day of December, 1855, to the first day of December, 1856. Act of 1854 Time exten'd 12. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners heretofore appointed, or that may hereafter be appointed to carry out the provisions of the above recited act, shall be allowed the sum of one dollar per day for their services as commissioners aforesaid for the actual time so employed out of any unexpended money in hand appropriated by the above recited act. Compensat'n 13. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That Ira T. McLamore, Abner Sutton, Drewry S. Moore, Daniel G. Hall and Josiah Hutcherson be, and are hereby appointed Commissioners to carry out the provisions of the above recited act. And all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Commis'ners APPROVED, February 26th, 1856. TITLE XXXIII. SLAVES. SEC. 1. Act of 1852 repealed. SEC. 2. First Section Act of 1849 revived. SEC. 3. Repealing clause. (No. 213) An Act to repeal an act approved 22 d January, 1852, entitled an act to repeal the first section of an act approved 19 th December, 1849, entitled an act to repeal all laws respecting the importation of slaves into this State, and to give certain powers to municipal corporations in relation to slaves and to amend the act hereby revived, and to revive and continue in force the said first section of said act so repealed. 1. SecTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the act approved 22d January, 1852,

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entitled an act to repeal the first section of an act, approved 19th December, 1849, entitled an act to repeal all laws respecting the importation of slaves into this State, and to give certain powers to municipal corporations in relation to slaves and to amend the act hereby revived be, and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1852 repealed. 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act the first section of the act approved 19th December, 1849, entitled an act to repeal all laws respecting the importation of slaves into this State, and to give certain powers to municipal corporations in relation to slaves be, and the same is hereby revived and declared to be in full force. First section of Act of '49 revived; 3. Sec. III. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 4th, 1856. TITLE XXXIV. CHARITABLE SOCIETIES. SEC. 1. Construction of act of 1805. SEC. 2. Powers and privileges. SEC. 3. Repealing clause. (No. 214.) An Act to protect and to confer upon charitable societies certain privileges, and to make them bodies corporate and politic, (and for purposes of curtailing legislation.) 1. Section 1. Be it enacted, c., That the act securing to Churches, or religious societies the lots of land conveyed to them for the purpose of erecting Churches, or meeting houses; approved December 3rd, eighteen hundred and five, (1805,) shall be so construed as to apply to all societies, whether social, charitable, secret, masonic, or by whatever name they may be called, and that all criminal laws now in force for the protection of religious societies shall be so construed as to apply to all societies by whatever name they may be called. Construct'on of Act of 1805; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the said societies, in their distinct and proper names, by their trustees or officers, shall be entitled and authorised to receive, by purchase, gift, or bequest, all property, both personal and real, and they shall be capable in law of suing and being sued, plead and being impleaded, contract and being contracted with, and they are hereby made bodies corporate and politic for the purposes named, when any of the said societies shall have entered their names as trustees or officers of any such societies, for the purposes above specified, and they shall be capable in law of defending and being defended, and to be entitled to all the benefits of the above mentioned act; Provided, that the said societies shall have recorded the name, style and objects of their association, as now prescribed by law. Powers and privileges; Incorporated Proviso; 3. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 5th, 1856.

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TITLE XXXV. OKEFENOKE SWAMP. Sec. 1. Governor to appoint an engineer to survey the Swamp. 2. Engineers duty. 3. Gov. to transmit report to Legislature No. 215. An Act to provide for the survey of the Okefenoke Swamp, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the State of Georgia holds the title to a large tract of unimproved, and at present worse than useless land, known as the Okefenoke Swamp; And whereas, in the opinion of many intelligent persons that said lands could be rendered so valuable by dramage as to yield a large revenue to the State, therefore, 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the Governor be and he is hereby authorised and requested to employ a suitable and competent engineer to make as accurate survey as practicable of the said Okefenoke swamp, and country immediately surrounding it, and between said swamp and the rivers St. Mary's and Suwannee, and to ascertain the different levels between said swamp and rivers and the intermediate country. Governor to appoint an Engineer; 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Engineer so appointed to make a full and accurate report to the Governor of such surveys, and all important facts ascertained by him, and whether it is practicable to drain said swamp so as to make it fit for settlement and cultivation, and if practicable by what method and at what probable cost. His duty. 3. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to transmit said report to the next General Assembly with his opinion as to the sum that should be paid the Engineer for his services. Governor to transmit report to next Legislature, APPROVED Feb. 26th, 1856.

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TITLE XXX VI. TAX. Sec. 1. Agents of Foreign Banks to give in to Tax Receiver. Sec. 2. Persons dealing in money subject to tax. Sec. 3. Inferior Court to raise tax to pay Grand and Petit Jurors. Sec. 4. Mining Companies. Sec. 5. Repealing Clause. Sec. 6. Gov. and Comp'r to correct mistakes. Sec. 7. Insolvent lists. Sec. 8. Comp'r to settle up business. Sec. 9. Default property. Sec. 10. Record of Bonds. No. 216. An Act more effectually to compel the payment of the legal tax heretofore imposed on Agencies of Foreign Banks. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That it shall be the duty of all Bank Agents of foreign Banks, or other monied corporations, whether said agent or employee be from a neighboring State, or a citizen of Georgia in the employment of a foreign Bank, or monied corporation, to give in on oath to the Receiver of taxables for the county where said Agent or employee may reside or sojourn whenever called upon so to do, a just and true statement or exhibit of the amount in coin, bills, notes, drafts, and checks used and employed by him during the last preceding quarter, which amount so given in shall be handed over by the Receiver to the Tax Collector of said county, whose duty it shall be to collect as other taxes are collected nine and three-fourths cents on each hundred dollars so given in and returned, estimating bills, notes, drafts, and checks, as money. Agents of Foreign Banks to give in, c; Statement. Tax Coll'rs duty; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That no disclaimer of keeping an office for the transaction of business, or the fact that none such is kept, shall exonerate any one dealing in money, bills notes, or drafts from the operation of this act, save and except such as are exempted by existing laws. Persons dealing in Money, c; APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. (No. 217.) An Act to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of the several counties in this State, upon the recommendations of the Grand Juries thereof, to assess and collect a tax for the payment of Grand and Petit Jurors, or Grand or Petit Jurors, and at their pleasure to discontinue and again re assess the same upon said recommendation. 3. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the Justices of the Inferior Courts of the several counties of this State, and they are hereby authorised upon the recommendation of the Grand Juries of the several counties aforesaid, to assess and raise a tax for the reasonable

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compensation of the Grand and Petit Jurors, or Grand or Petit Jurors, and at their pleasure to discontinue the same, and again to resume and re-assess said tax upon the recommendation aforesaid, the Jury and confession fees in each case, to be paid into the county fund for that purpose. When Inf'r Court may raise tax; APPROVED, February 27th, 1856. (No. 218.) An Act to compel all incorporated Mining Companies of this State to give in and pay taxes on their Stock in the County where the Mines are located. 4. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act that it shall be the duty of all persons owning stock in the various Mining Companies of this State to give in and pay the taxes in said county in which said Mining Companies may be situated, any law usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Mini'g Companies to pay taxes in the county where located; 5. Sec. II. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 219.) An Act to authorize the Governor and Comptroller Ceneral to correct mistakes of Receivers and Collectors of taxes, or of any tax payer, whereby more money is paid into the Treasury than is required by law to refund the same, and the Governor to draw his warrant on the Treasury for said amounts. The Comptroller to settle up the business of his office of other years. The Inferior Courts or Grand Juries to allow insolvent lists before the fifteenth of December, of each year. Tax Collectors to pay the taxes by the twentieth of December of each year. Comptroller to settle up the old and unfinished business of his office, his duty therein, making out digests, to make indexes to the books of his office, his compensation therefor, and for collection of debts due previous to 1855, and to enter tax Collector's bonds in a book and file them. 6. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, that in all cases where the Receiver of tax returns or Tax Collector in any county in this State, shall make any mistake or mistakes in their digests, or any one of them, or shall pay more money into the Treasury of the State, than is required to be paid by law, or shall collect more money from any tax payer than is lawful to be collected, and the same is paid into the Treasury of this State, the Governor and Comptroller General shall correct said mistakes or errors, and proper entries thereof shall be made on the books of the Comptroller General, and the Governor shall refund the sum or sums so unlawfully paid as aforesaid, by drawing his warrant on the Treasury therefor. And in all doubtful cases, the Governor may refer the same to the next General Assembly. Governor Comptroller Gen'l, shall correct mistakes, c; Doubtful taxes; 7. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the Inferior Courts of the several counties of this State, or the Grand Juries thereof, may at

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any time before the fifteenth day of December, of each year, allow the Tax Collectors their insolvent lists. And the tax Collectors of this State, shall pay into the State Treasury, the taxes of their respective counties by the twentieth day of December, of each year, and shall present the insolvent list of their respective counties at the same time. Insolvent lists; Taxes, when to be paid into the Treasury; 8. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the Comptroller General is hereby authorized to settle up all the business of his office for all previous years, he may allow Receivers and Collectors of taxes their commissions, and balance the books of his office, upon satisfactory proof of settlement, and payment. Comptroller General to settle up business, [Illegible Text] 9. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That the Receivers of Tax Returns, in returning default property, as now required by law, be directed to place the real, or market value of said property in all the appropriate columns of their digests until they reach the column of value after deducting $200, in this column (besides in other places doubling the tax on default polls, dentists, professions, c.,) the Receiver is required to assess a double value or tax on said default property. Default property Default polls; 10. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the Comptroller General shall keep a book in which to enter all bonds hereafter to be taken, of tax Collectors, and file the same in his office, he shall collect all unpaid taxes of previous years, shall make an index to each book in his office, requiring an index. And for compensation therefor, shall receive five per cent. on all sums he may collect on taxes due the State, previous to the year A. D., 1855, and for his collection thereon. Record of Bonds. Index; APPROVED. March 3d, 1856.

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STATUTES OF GEORGIA, 1855-6. PART II.---LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS. TITLE I. ACADEMIES, COLLEGES, FREE SCHOOLS, TEACHERS OF POOR, c. Sec. 1 Corporators Oglethorpe Medical College. Sec. 2 Trustees, Vacancies in Board, c. Sec. 3 Diplomas. Sec. 4 Regulations. Sec. 5 To purchase Lands, c. Sec. 6 Appropriation to Southern Botanico College. Sec. 7 Instalment of Endowment. Sec. 8 Corporators Atlanta Female College. Sec. 9 PresidentBy-laws, c. Sec. 10 Honors, Degrees, c. Sec. 11 Exemption of property from tax. Sec. 12 Part of act of 1829 repealed. Sec. 13 Repealing clause. Sec. 14 Trustees Levert College. Sec. 15 Rights and privileges, Sec. 16 President and other officers. Sec. 17 Powers of Board. Sec. 18 Employment of Professors. Sec. 19 Honors, Degrees, c. Sec. 20 Property vested in Board. Sec. 21 Repealing clause. Sec. 22 Walton Female College corporation. Sec. 23 Shares, votes in elections. Sec. 24 Officers. Sec. 25 Course of Studies. Sec. 26 Degrees and Honors. Sec. 27 Lottery. Sec. 28 Pierce Female College incorporated. Sec. 29 Rights and privileges. Sec. 30 Successionvacancies. Sec. 31 Honors and Degrees. Sec. 32 Duration. Sec. 33 Name of a Church. Sec. 34 Corporators, Privileges, c. Sec. 35 Repealing clause. Sec. 36 Trustees Elberton College. Sec. 37 Lands invested in Trustees. Sec. 38 Legacies to be received. Sec. 39 Estate for use of Institute. Sec. 40 By-laws. Sec. 41 Land exempt from Tax. Sec. 42 Increase of Board of Trustees. Sec. 43 President and Teachers. Sec. 44 Snake Creek Academy. Sec. 45 Repealing clause. Sec. 46 Randolph College Corporators. Sec. 47 Rights and Privilegcs. Sec. 48 By-laws, Rules, c. Sec. 49 President and other officers. Sec. 50 Course of Studies. Sec. 51 Succession. Sec. 52 Repealing clause. Sec. 53 Atlanta Male College Corporators. Sec. 54 Powers and privileges. Sec. 55 Gifts, Legacies, c. Sec. 56 By-laws. Sec. 57 Succession. Sec. 58 Officers appointed and removed. Sec. 59 Studies. Sec. 60 Honors, Degrees, c. Sec. 61 May become a Female College. Sec. 62 Repealing clause. Sec. 63 Woodland Female College Corporators. Sec. 64 Receipt of Gifts, c. Sec. 65 Vacancies. Sec. 66 Board to consist of twenty. Sec. 67 President, Professors, c. Sec. 68 Honors and Degrees. Sec. 69 Meetingswhere held. Sec. 70 To be under control of Baptists. Sec. 71 Exemption from Tax. Sec. 72 Reversion. Sec. 73 Repealing clause. Sec. 74 Greenville Masonie Institute Corporators. Sec. 75 President, Professors, c. Sec. 76 Honors and Degrees, c. Sec. 77 Thomasville Female College. Sec. 78 Capital Stock. Sec. 79 President and Directors. Sec. 80 Degrees and Honors. Sec. 81 Transfer of Stock. Sec. 82 Repealing clause. Sec. 83 Southern Botanico Collegename changed. Sec. 84 New Name.

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OGLETHORPE MEDICAL COLLEGE. (No. 220.) An Act to establish and incorporate a Medical College in the city of Savannah to be called the Oglethorpe Medical College. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Harvey L. Byrd, M. D., Edwin LeRoy Antony, M. D., James S. Morel, M. D., William T. Feay, M. D., Charles Ganahl, M. D., Wesley C. Norwood, M. D., John Davis, M. D., Henry C. Berrie, M. D. and Henry J. Shley, and their successors be, and they are hereby declared and constituted a body corporatc and politic, by the name of The Oglethorpe Medical College, to be located in the city of Savannah, and by that corporate name shall have perpetual succession, and be capable to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in all Courts and places whatsoever, to have a common seal, and the same at pleasure to change and alter, to make, establish and ordain such a constitution and such by-laws, not repugnant to the Constitution of this State, or of the United States, as shall from time to time be necessary or expedient, to hold property real and personal, and to keep a book or books of record for registering all licenses to be granted by them under the provisions hereinafter made. Corporators; Name. Powers and privileges. Seal; By-laws. Record. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the said corporate body be, and they are hereby authorised and empowered to elect a Board of Trustees and to appoint all such officers, and frame all such rules and regulations as may be necessary or proper to carry into effect the objects of their corporation, to fill all vacancies occurring from any cause, from time to time, in the said Board of Trustees, to associate with themselves from time to time, such persons as they may deem proper, and that in case of the death, resignation, removal or refusal to act of any member of said corporation, the said corporate body, or a majority of them be, and they are hereby empowered to fill up such vacancies. Trustees Vacancies: 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That said College shall not be authorised to issue any Diploma or confer a degree upon any student of said College until said student shall have attended two full and regular courses of Lectures in this, or one in this and one in some other College. Diplomas, c 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the said corporate body shall have, and they are hereby authorised and invested with power to establish a medical school for instruction in the science of medicine and its kindred branches, to prescribe the course of study, deliver lectures, and to fix and establish such prices or compensation for instruction as they may think fit, and to grant diplomas [or] licenses to their students and other applicants upon examination to practice physic and surgery under such regulations as they shall adopt and establish, but in no case to grant a diploma

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or confer a degree, unless the applicant has attended the courses of lectures prescribed in the preceding section of this act. Medical School, Prices; Dip'omas, c 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have power, and are hereby authorised to purchase and hold lands, erect buildings and make such other improvements as may be necessary or proper for the various purposes of a medical college, and to procure a suitable Library, Apparatus and Museum for said institution, and such other things as may be suitable to the proper and successful operation of the same. May purchase lands, APPROVED, January 23d, 1856. (No. 221.) An Act to endow the Southern Botanico Medical College at Macon, Georgia. WHEREAS: said College by an act passed by the Legislature of this State in the years 1851 and '52, is required to educate, free of charge, one young man from each Congressional District; And, whereas. the said Southern Botanico Medical College in the year 1854, was destroyed by fire and a large and valuable portion of its fixtures, specimens and apparatus wholly consumed, thus rendering the institution to a great extent unfit for the thorough and efficient instruction of the numbers who now annually throng its halls to receive the advantages of its scientific educational course. And the now rapidly improving interests of this system of medical science in our State, and the consequent necessity of affording every possible facility to this the only reform medical college in Georgia, to graduate its members with a thorough knowledge of every branch of medical science, and fill the profession of this system of medical practice with well educated and learned practitioners: Preamble; 6. Section I. Therefore be it enacted, c., That the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to said college for the purpose of procuring further apparatus, preparations and buildings, and such other facilities as the Trustees of said College may think best to carry on and effect the object aforesaid. 5000 dollars appropriat'd. 7. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the said sum of five thousand dollars be paid from the State Treasury in two equal instalments, on the first days of March and October in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-six, upon the presentation from the Trustees of said College of an order signed by the President and countersigned by the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of said College. Instalments; APPROVED, Feb. 26th, 1856. (No. 222.) An Act to incorporate Atlanta Female College, located in Atlanta, and to confer powers on the same, and to repeal the Second Section of the Act of the 19 th of December, 1829, in relation to the Medical College of Georgia. 8. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Walter Macomber Hatch,

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President, and any number of Trustees he may hereafter appoint, not exceeding seven, and their successors, be, and they are hereby constituted a body corporate, for the purpose of education, under the name and style of Atlanta Female College, and as such may have a common seal, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, and shall have, take, and hold by gift, grant, bequest, or otherwise, real or personal estate, or other property, corporeal or incorporeal for the purposes aforesaid. Corporators; Name. powers and privileges, 9. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the President of said Atlanta Female College shall have power to create such number of Professorships, and employ such number of Professors, or assistants, as he may deem necessary; and to make and enforce all such by-laws, rules and regulations, as the well being of Atlanta Female College, may require or he shall deem expedient; Provided, the same be not contrary to the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States; to prescribe a course of study, establish the rates of tuition, and do and perform all other things that the good of said Atlanta Female College may rerquire. President's powers. By-laws. Proviso. 10. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That said President, Professors or Assistant shall have power and authority to confer such honors, degrees, medals and privileges as are usually conferred in Colleges and Universities, to grant diplomas in manner and style as they may deem appropriate. And the President, or such individual as he may appoint, shall preside at the public exercises of Atlanta Female College, that the President shall appoint Trustees, if he shall deem such appointment desirable, and not otherwise, and the failure so to do, shall not in any way affect this charter; that he shall fill all vacancies, and said corporation shall have perpetual succession. Honors degrees c. Trustees Vacancies; 11. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That the real and personal property of said corporation shall be, and the same is hereby exempted from all taxation so long as the same is used for the purposes of education, and for this exemption one young lady from any part of Georgia, fitting for a teacher and unable to pay her tuition may at all times be educated in Atlanta Female College, free of tuition fee, choice of pupil from list of applicants vested in all cases in the President. Exemption To teach one scholar free. President to make choice; 12. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the proviso contained in the second section of the act of the 19th of December, 1829, in relation to the Medical College of Georgia be, and the same is hereby repealed. Part of act of 1829 repeal'd 13. Sec. VI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 223.) An act to change the name of the Talbotton Female Academy, in Talbot covnty, Georgia, located at Talbotton, to that of Levert College, to incorporate the same, and to confer certain powers on the board of Trustees therein mentioned. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of

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this act, the name of the Talbotton Female Academy, located at Talbotton, Talbot county, Georgia, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Levert College, and that Thomas B. Turner, Thomas A. Brown, Allen F. Owen, Josiah M. Mathews, Edmund H. Worrell, James P. Leonard, and John T. Blount, heretofore the Trustees of said Talbotton Female Academy, and William B. Marshall, Harrison W. Hagerman, Anderson W. Wynn, William M. Brown, Francis M. Murray, David Kendall, Washing C. Cleveland and Hiram Drane, be and they are hereby constituted a board of Trustees for said College, and that they and their successors be and they are hereby made and declared a body politic under the name and style of the Trustees of Levert College. Names changed; Trustees Incorporated 15. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said board of Trustees, and their successors under the name and style as aforesaid, may use a common seal or scroll, and shall be capable of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded iu any of the courts of law or equity, having jurisdiction in this State. Style; Seal; Rights and privileges; 16. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That said Board of Tustees shall be authorized to elect annually from their number, a President, Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, with such liabilities, duties and obligations as the Board may attach to their respective offices, and in cases of vacancies, by death, resignation or otherwise, said Board shall be authorized to fill the same at pleasure, and to appoint an executive committee of seven, five of whom may constitute a quorum, to transact in the name of said Board, all such business as may be delegated to said committee by said Board. President otherofficers Vacancies; Executive Committee. 17. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That said Board of Trustees, and their successors shall have power and authority to make and repeal all such rules, laws and regulations for their government, and the government of said College, as they may deem fit and proper, Provided, nothing in said rules, laws, or regulations be repugnant to the laws of this State, or of the United States. Powers of Board: 18. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That said Board of Trustees shall have power under such rules and regulations as they may adopt, of electing and employing a President, Vice-President, Professors and assistants, and all other officers they may think necessary for said College, and to fix the salaries of each, and to remove such President. Vice-President, Professors and assistants or any other officer, they may under the authority vested in them, appoint when it shall be deemed necessary to do so, also to prescribe the course of study, adjust the expenses and adopt such regulations not otherwise provided for as the good of the College may require. President, Professors, c. employ'd Salaries; Course of study regulated; 19. SEC. VI. And be it further enacted, That the President of the College, or in his absence, the Vice President shall have power and authority to confer such honors, degrees and privileges as are usually conferred in Female Colleges, also to grant Diplomas in manner and style as he may deem appropriate, and the President, or in his absence the Vice President shall preside at the public exercises of the College. Honors, Degrees, c, Diplomas: 20. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That all the propert

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held and owned by the aforesaid Talbotton Female Academy, shall be, and it is hereby vested in said Board of Trustees of Levert College and their successors, and that all contracts, subscriptions, rights and claims whatever, heretofore belonging to said Talbotton Female Academy, and all benefits arising under them shall inure to the benefit of said Levert College, and that all property owned by said College be exe[UNK]pt from all State and county taxes, any law to the contrary not withstanding. Property vested in Board; rights transierred; Exemption; 21. Sec. VIII. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. [No. 224. An Act to incorporate the Walton Female College, to be located at Monroe, Walton county, with power to appoint a President and Directors, confer Collegiate degrees, and for other purposes therein specified. 22. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, all persons who may hereafter become subscribers towards the erection of the buildings for the use of said school, shall, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate under the style and title of the Walton Female College with power to choose from among themselves from time to time, such officers in addition to those hereinafter designated as may be agreed on for the proper management of said College, make all contracts for procurement of Teachers and professors, purchase such aparatus as they may from time to time deem necessary and expedient with such books, Maps, charts, as in their judgment may be thought necessary and advisable, and contract for, purchase, and hold real and personal estate, for the use and benefit of said College, and the President and Directors chosen as hereinafter directed, and their successors in office shall be, and they are hereby made capable of suing, and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and of using all means necessary and lawful for the recovering or defending any property and collecting debts, dues, or demands which they may claim in behalf of said College, and raising money for the benefit of said College, by stock-subscription or otherwise, as may be deemed advisable and for the interests of said College, have and use a common seal at pleasure, with liberty to alter the same, and to do all other acts incident to a corporation, for the purposes aforesaid, under the name and style of the President and Directors, of the Walton Female College, and the said president and director, shall have power to pass all needful rules, and make all regulations for the promotion of the interests of said College in accordance with their own constitution, Provided, the same are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State, [and of the United States.] Incorporated Style; Officers; Contracts; Powers and privileges; Rules; Proviso; 23. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the value of shares by subscription, shall not be less than five dollars, and each share holder shall be entitled to one vote for one share, for two shares two votes, for five shares, three votes, and for ten or more shares four votes. Shares; Votes in Elections 24. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That all contracts to be

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obligatory shall be made by the advice and consent of a majority of the Directors, and shall be in writing, and signed by the President and countersigned by the Secretary. Contractshow authenticated: 25. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the officers of said College shall consist of a President and six directors to be elected by a majority of the share holders at such time as a majority of the share holders may appoint. Officers; Course of studies; Salaries; 26. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That the President and Directors or a majority of them shall prescribe the course of studies to be pursued in said College, appoint and fix the salaries of the Teachers and officers, establish the rates of tuition, and adjust all expenses. Degrees, Honors; c; 27. Section VI. And be it further enacted, That the President by, and with the consent of the Directors, shall have power to confer all such degrees, honors, and licenses as are usually conferred in Colleges and Universities and shall preside at all meeting of the Directors, and the public exercises of said Colleges. Lottery; 28. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That said President and Directors be and they are hereby authorized to raise by lottery, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the exclusive use and benefit of the College aforesaid, and to be appropriated in such manner for the use aforesaid, as the shareholders or a majority of them shall by vote determine, and said President and directors shall have authority to divide said lottery into as many schemes or drawings as in their judgment shall best suit the interest of said College. APPROVED, March 3d., 1854. No. 225. An Act to incorporate Pierce Female College at Flat Shoals, Merricounty, Georgia, and for other purposes. 29. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, James Freeman, J. L. Blackburn, Samuel Parks and J. T. Atkinson, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Pierce Female College, said board to be increased in number by the present board at pleasure; Provided, that not more than sixteen shall at any time exist. Incorporated Style; 30. Sec. II. 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 the purposes of education. Board: Seal, Rights and privileges; 31. Sec. III. 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. Succession; Vacancies, 32. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the President of

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the College shall have the power to conter all such honors, degrees, medals and privileges, as are usually conferred in Colleges and Universities, and shall preside at all the public exercises of the College. Honors, degrees, c 33 Sec V. And be it further enacted, That this charter shall be and remain in force for and during the space of twenty years from date of its passage. Duration; 34, Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the Presbyterian Church in the county of Calhoun, shall be known by the name of Pochitle Presbyterian Church, and that Thomas E. Dickey, Edward J. Plowden, and Charles M. Davies, their successors in office be and they are hereby appointed a body politic and corporate under the name and style of Pochitle Presbyterian 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 constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States, 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. Name of Church; c. Incorporated Style; Rights and privileges; By-laws; Seal; Vacancies; 35. Sec. VII. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 226.) An Act to incorporate the Elberton Female Collegiate Institute, located at Elberton, and to amend the Act incorporating the Snake Creek Accademy, in Gordon County, and for otherpurposes therein named. 36. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That Uriah O. Tate, Madison Baker, Samuel C. Starke, William J. Clarke, Leonard W. Stephens, Robert Hester, and Ira Christian, Trustees, and their successors be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the Elberton Female Collegiate Institute, located at Elberton, that they may have a common seal, a perpetual succession of officers and members, and are hereby declared capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto; and said corporation may have, take possess, and acquire, by gift, grant, purchase, bequest, or devise lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, and other estates, and may collect all donations now due them, or hereafter to become due them, by donations, subscriptions, or otherwise, and all estates acquired, or hereafter to be acquired by them, and said corporation may have, use and improve the same. Trustees; Seal; Officers and Members, May acquire and possess lands; 37. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the right and title of the land and premises, held and claimed by the trustees of the Female School heretofore incorporated in the town of Elberton, be and the same is hereby invested in the trustees before named, and

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their successors, and they shall have full power to sell and convey the same, and purchase and take a deed of conveyance, to a new lot or lots, and erect thereon buildings for the purposes of their said incorporation. Lands invested in Trustees: Erection of buildings 38. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid and their successors in office, shall be empowered to receive all gifts grants, legacies, privileges, and immunities which may be made or bequeathed to them, and that no misnomer of the corporation, or other technical error shall prevent its rights from being tested when it may appear, or shall be ascertained that it was the intention of the party or parties, to give, grant, bequeath, or devise, any estate, property, rights or interests to said corporation. Legaeles may be received; 39. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That all the estate now and hereafter held by said corporation, shall be for the use of the Elberton Female Collegiate Institute, located at Elberton, to be applied to educational purposes, in the erection endowment and support of the Institution. Estate for use of Institute; 40. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have power to make such by-laws for the government of said institution as to them may seem proper, and not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States; to prescribe the course of studies, elect all necessary officers, and dismiss them at pleasure, and to confer through the faculty of the institution, diplomas, honors, medals, and privileges, such as are conferred in other institutions of like character. By-laws: Studies, Election of officers, 41. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the lots of land, buildings, and all other property of said corporation, shall not be subject to the payment of city, town, or other taxes. 42. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid, or their succesors, shall have the privilege and power to increase their number to ten, and they and their successors, or a majority of them, shall have power, and they are hereby authorised to fill any vacancy which may occur in said board, by death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Board of Trustees, vacancies; 43. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the trustees, or a majority of them, shall have the power of appointing annually a President or Principal teacher, and such other officers as may be them deemed necessary to facilitate the business of the Institution. President Teachers; 44. IX. And be it further enacted, That L. D. Cole, J. C. Buttler, and J. Daniel, be and they are hereby associated with the trustees of Snake Creek Academy, to supply the places of J. H. Coplin A. E. Vandervere, and Thomas Moody. And be it further enacted, That said trustees, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby empowered to fill all vacancies that may occur in said Board, by death, removal, or otherwise, and to establish such rules and regulations, and do such other acts as they may consider necessary for the good government and well being of said Academy, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State, and of the United States. Trustees to Snake Creek Academy, Vacancies; By-laws; 45. Sec. X. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 6th, 1856.

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No. 227. An Act to incorporate Randolph College, in Cuthbert, Georgia. 46. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, Andrew L. O. Brien, John A. Grant, Henry L. Taylor, J. G. Slappy, Jesse Rice, William H. Brooks, William H. Rice, Samuel W. Brooks, A. A. Allen, William T. DeWitt, George L. D. Rice, and their successors in office be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic under the name and style of Randolph College. Corporators; Style 46. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said 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, plead and be impleaded, and also to possess, accept or acquire by gift, grant, purchase or otherwise, all manner of property, both real and personal, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of said College. Seal; Rights and privileges: 47. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors in office, shall have power 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 rules and regulations be repugnant to the constitution and laws of the State of Georgia, and the United States. By-laws; 48. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That said trustees shall have power of appointing a President, Professors, and such other officers as they may deem necessary for said College, and the same, or any of them to remove; Provided, a majority of the board of trustees concur in such removal. President other officers 49. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That said trustees, (with and by the advice of faculty,) shall prescribe the course of studies to be pursued in said College, and that the President of the College or in his absence the Senior Professor, by and with the concurrence of the trustees, shall have power to confer all such degrees and honors as are usually conferred in other Colleges and Universities, and shall preside at all public exercises of the College. Course of studies, Degrees, honors, c. 50. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That said trustees in their corporate character and name, shall have perpetual succession, and when any vacancy shall occur by death, resignation, or otherwise, the remaining trustees, or a majority of them, shall have power to fill such vacancy. Succession; Vacancies, 51. Sec. VII. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. (No. 228.) An Act to incorporate the Atlanta Male College, and to appoint Trustees for the same. 53. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage

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of this act, B. O. Jones, Richard Peters, J. O. McDaniel, H. Cozart, G. B. Haygood, T. M. Darnel, L. J. Glenn, A. W. Mitchell, W. B. Ruggles, W. N. Kirkpatrick, J. Robinson, J. T. Doam and N. L. Angier and their successors in office be and they are hereby constituted a body politic, and corporate by the name and style of the Atlanta Male College. Corporators Style; 54. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees and their successors in office, under the name and style aforesaid, may have and use a common seal, and shall be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, also to have, take, and receive, possess and acquire by gift, grant or purchase, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, or other estate; and the same to use, lease, improve and convey in fee simple. Seal; Powers and privileges; 55. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees aforesaid, and their successors shall be empowed to receive all gifts, grants, legacies, privileges and immunities which may be made or bequeathed to them, that no misnomer of the corporation, or 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, bequeath, or devise any estate, property, right or interest to said corporation. May take gifts, c; Misnomer not to affect rights; 26. Sec. IV. 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 such by-laws, rules and regulations be repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia, or of the United States. By-laws; 27. Sec. V. 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 by death, resignation or otherwise, the said Board of Trustees, or a majority of them, shall have power to fill such vacancy. Succession: Vacancies; 28. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees, or a majority of them, shall have the power of appointing a President, Professor and Tutors, 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 think fit, providing a majority of said Trustees concur in such removal. Trustees shall appoint and remove officers; 29. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees shall prescribe the course of studies to be pursued and taught in said College, appoint and fix the salaries of the said officers, establish the rates of tuition, adjust the expenses, and adopt such regulations, not otherwise provided for, as they deem necessary, for the interest of the College. Course of study; Salaries; 30. Sec. VIII. 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 licenses as are usually conferred in Colleges or Universities, and shall preside at all public exercises of the College. Honors, degrees, c; 31. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees of the

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said Atlanta Male College or a majority of the same, shall have power at any time, to form anew, in place of said Atlanta Male College, or in connection with it, a Female College, under such style and name as they may designate, with the same powers and privileges granted by the foregoing act to the Atlanta Male College, to be located in the city of Atlanta or vicinity. May form Female College, Location 32. Sec. IX. Repeals conflicting laws APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. (No. 229.) An Act to incorporate the Woodland Female College, located in the town of Cedar Town, Georgia, and to confer upon said corporation certain powers therein named. 63. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act. Edwin Dyer, Edward D. Chisolm, Springer Gibson, Thomas H. Sparks, William Newton, David S. Anderson, Augustus N. Verdery, William A Mercer, Abner Darden, Carter W. Sparks, Joel H. Ferrell, Wilson O. B. Whatley, Alfred F. King, Evered H. Richardson, William Peek, Lazarus W. Battle and William E. West, and their successers in office be, and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of Woodland Female College, and by that name they shall be capable of and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorized to have and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure, to hold all manner of property both real and personal for the purpose of endowing said College, and for the erection of buildings, and to hold and claim any and all the real and personal property, or subscriptions or donations that they now have or may be in possession of and to enact such rules and by laws for their government and that of said school as they may deem necessary, and to exercise such other powers not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States, as said Trustees or a majority of them may deem necessary for the proper management of said College. Corporators; May be sued; Hold [Illegible Text]; By laws; 64. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees and their successors in office, be empowered to receive all gifts, grants, legacies privileges and immunities which may be made or bequeathed to said corporation and no misnomer of the corporation or other technical defect shall prevent its rights from vesting, when it may appear, or it 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 right or interest to the said corporation. May receive gifts, c. No technical defect to prevent; 65. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees aforesaid, and their successors in office 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 power to fill such vacancy. acancies; 66. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That said Board of Trustees

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shall consist of twenty members, eleven of whom shall constitute a quorum, for the transaction of business which may be increased, not to exceed thirty in number, as the electors of said Trustees shall determine. Board to consist of twenty; 67. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That said Trustees or a majority of them shall have power to appoint a President, Professors and all other officers, they may think necessary for said College and the same or any of the same to discontinue or remove, whenever they may think proper, provided a majority of said Trustees concur in such removal or discontinuance. President. Professors; 68. SEC. VI. And be it further enacted, That the President of the College, (or in his absence the Senior Professor) by and with the consent of the Trustees, shall have power to confer all such honors, degrees and licenses as are usually conferred in Colleges and Universities, and shall preside at all the public exercises of the College. Honors, degrees, c. 69. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That all the meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be held in the town of Cedar Town, Polk county, Georgia. Meetings when held; 70. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That said Trustees or their successors in office shall have power, whenever they in their discretion, shall think proper to place said College under the control and management of the Cherokee Baptist Georgia Convention, and convey to said convention the title to the property belonging to said College and when the same shall be done, then and after that time, said Cherokee Baptist Convention, shall have the power to remove any and all of said Trustees of said College annually, and to appoint others in their place, Provided, that a majority of said Trustees shall be citizens and residents of the county of Polk. College, under whose control; Appointment of Trustees; 71. SEC. IX. And be it further enacted, That said College buildings, grounds and improvements thereon, furniture, apparatus and musical instruments, shall not be subject to any kind of taxation whatever. Exemption; 72. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That if at any time said College shall be abandoned for the space of three years as a Female College, then it shall revert to, and become the property of the contributors in proportion to the amount subscribed by each. wh'n prop'ty shall revert 73. Sec. XI. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th., 1856. (No. 230.) An Act to incorporate the Greenville Masonic Female Institute, located in Greenville, Georgia; and to confer powers on the same. 74. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act Adam Percival Mooty, President, and any number of Trustees he may hereafter appoint, not exceeding seven, and their successors in office be. and they are hereby constituted a body corporate for the purpose of education, under the name and style of the Greenville Masonic Female Institute, and as such may have a common seal, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded,

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answer and be answered unto; and shall have, take and hold by gift, grant, bequest or otherwise, real or personal estate, or other property, corporeal or incorporeal for the purposes aforesaid. Incorporated Style. Seal; Rights and privileges; 75. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the President of said Greenville Masonic Female Institute, shall have power to appoint such number of Professorships, and employ such number of Professors or assistants as he shall deem necessary, and may make and enforce all such by-laws, rules and regulations as the well being of the Greenville Masonic Female Institute may require, or he shall deem expedient; Provided, the same be not contrary to the Constitution and laws of this State, or the United States; may prescribe a course of study, establish rates of tuition, and to do and perform all other things that the good of said Greenville Masonic Female Institute may require. President; Professors; By-laws; Proviso; 76. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That said President and Professors or assistants shall have power and authority to confer such honors, degrees, medals and privileges as are usually conferred in Colleges and Universities, to grant diplomas in manner and style as they shall deem appropriate, and the President, or such individual as he shall appoint, shall preside at the public exercises of the Greenville Masonic Female Institute; that the President shall appoint Trustees, if he shall deem such appointment desirable, and not otherwise, and the failure to do so shall not in any way affect this charter, he shall fill all vacancies, and said corporation shall have perpetual succession. [Illegible Text] degrees, c; Trustees. Vacancies; APPROVED, February 26th, 1856. (No. 231.) An Act to incorporate the Thomasville Female College. 77. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act that the persons who have subscribed, and may hereafter subscribe for stock for the purpose of building a Female College at or near the town of Thomasville, be, and they are hereby incorporated and constituted a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the Thomasville Female College, and by that name may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, have and use a common seal. and have, hold, use, purchase, take, lease, sell and convey, and otherwise receive or dispose of estate, real, personal and mixedand may elect or appoint, in such manner as they may determine, all necessary officers, fix their compensations, and define their duties, may ordain, establish by-laws and rules for the regulation and government of their affairs, and alter and [Illegible Text] the same, employ all such agents, teachers, mechanics or other persons as they may think proper, and enjoy all such rights, powers and privileges as are necessary or properly incidental to them as a body corporate, and have perpetual succession. Incorporated Powers and privileges. By-laws; Succession 78. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said Company shall consist of not less than two hundred shares of fifty dollars each with the liberty to said Company of increasing the

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same to any number not exceeding one thousand by a vote of a majority of the Stockholders, all voting in this and all other matters of said Company to be regulated by the number of shares, each share entitling its holder to one vote therefor, and said votes may be cast either in person or by proxy in writing. Capital st'ck Increase; Votes; 79. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the Stockholders may elect annually a President and Board of Directors for said Company to consist of such number as the Stockholders may determine, who shall have power to adopt and pass all such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem best for the interest of the institution, except so far as their authority may be restrained by the regulations adopted by the Stockholders, and provided the same be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States or the State of Georgia. President and Board; By-laws; 80. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That the presiding officer of said College and Professors or Faculty shall have power to confer all such degrees, honors and licenses as are usually conferred in like Colleges or Universities. Degrees and honors; 81. Sec. V. Be it further enacted, That the Stock of said Company may be transferable in writing or on the books of the company, and in the event that two thirds of the Stockholders may deem it necessary at any regular annual meeting, or at any general meeting called after thirty days notice from the Board, the property of said corporation may be sold and the proceeds returned to the Stockholders in proportion to their several shares. Transfer: 82. Sec. VI. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 232.) An Act to alter and amend the Fifth Section of an act incorporating the Trustees of the Southern Botanic Medical College, approved December 11 th, 1839. WHEREAS: said section requires two full courses of Lectures in said College, or one in said College and one in some other Botanic Medical College, thereby depriving the Trustees of the power to recognise in graduation a course of Lectures in an Allopathic institution: 83. Section 1. Therefore be it enacted, c., That the word Botanic in said fifth section be and the same is hereby stricken out, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Name ch'gd 84. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the name of the Southern Botanic Medical College, be changed to that of the Reform Medical College, and that said College, have all the rights and immunities, under its new name, that it possessed under its original title. New name; APPROVED, Feb. 18th, 1856.

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ACADEMIES AND ASYLUMS. SEC. 1 Elberton Male Academy Corporators. SEC. 2 Succession and vacancies. SEC. 3 May hold property. SEC. 4 Marion Academy Corporators. SEC. 5 Summerville Academies. SEC. 6 Powers and privileges. SEC. 7 Appointment of officers. SEC. 8 Vacancies. SEC. 9 Election of Teachers. SEC. 10 Repealing clause. SEC. 11 Macedonia Academy. SEC. 12 To hold property. SEC. 13 Vacancies. SEC. 14 Repealing clause. SEC. 15 Hopewell Academy. SEC. 16 Powers and privileges. SEC. 17 Island Creek Academy. SEC. 18 Sandy Run and other Academies. SEC. 19 Vacancies in Board of Trustees. SEC. 20 Property to vest. SEC. 21 Cool Spring Academy Trustees- SEC. 22 Repealing clause. SEC. 23 Cotton Hill Academies. SEC. 24 Rights and Privileges. SEC. 25 Principal and assistants. SEC. 26 Vacancies. SEC. 27 Salt Spring Academy Trustees. SEC. 28 Vacancies in the Board. SEC. 29 Repealing clause. SEC. 30 Indian Spring Academies. SEC. 31 Powers and Privileges. SEC. 32 Summerville Academy. SEC. 33 To hold property. SEC. 34 Appointment and romoval of officers. SEC. 35 Repealing clause. SEC. 36 Glynn County Academy. SEC. 37 Former act amended. SEC. 38 Duty of Board. SEC. 39 Education of Poor- SEC. 40 Repealing clause. SEC. 41 Treasurer of Glynn Academy. SEC. 42 Refusal to pay money. SEC. 43 Repealing clause. SEC. 44 Effingham Academy. SEC. 45 Duty of Trustees. SEC. 46 Penalty for Default. SEC. 47 Balance of Income. SEC. 48 Former Trustees to account, c. SEC. 49 Repealing clause. SEC. 50 Carrollton Academies' Trustees. SEC. 51 Sale of Academy and proceeds. SEC. 52 Repealing clause. SEC. 53 Hall County Academy Trustees. SEC. 54 Repealing clause. SEC. 55 Bibb County Orphan Asylum. SEC. 57 Managers. SEC. 58 Contracts with minors, c. SEC. 59 Indentures. SEC. 60 Binding Orphans out. SEC. 61 Donations of Mayor of Macon, c. SEC. 62 Sale of property, c. (No. 233.) An Act to incorporate the Elberton [Illegible Text] Academy in the town of Elberton, and County Line Academy in the county of Marion, and to appoint Trustees for the same, to incorporate the Marietta Copper Company, also to incorporate Friendship Church in Greene county. 1. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passsage of this act John H. Jones, William A. Swift, J. H. Thomas Luther H. O. Martin, William B. White, Henry P. Mattox and William M. McIntosh, be, and they are hereby declared and constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Elberton Male Academy, and as such they and their successors in office, by that name, shall be able and capable in law of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, and shall have power and authority to make all rules and by-laws that shall and may be necessary for the government of said Academy, Provided, such rules and by-laws be not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State. Corporators; Style; Powers and privileges By-laws; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said Trustees shall in their corporate capacity have perpetual succession, and when any

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vacancy shall occur in said Board of Trustees by death, resignation or otherwise, the remaining Trustees, or a majority of them shall be authorised to fill such vacancies. [Illegible Text] 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That said Trustees and their successors in office shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, for the use of said Academy, and they may have and use a common seal. May hold property, c. 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That W. W. Chainey, Henry Scarborough, Turner Dixon, Moses Tison, Lonzey Jones, Ravan Speer, Perry Peacock, William Wimbush and William D. Stewart, 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 County Line Academy, in the county of Marion, and as such shall be capable and liable to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in the several Courts of Law and Equity in this State, and shall be authorised to make such by-laws and regulations, and appoint such officers as may be necessary for the government of said Academy, Provided, such by-laws are not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, and they may have and use a common seal, and have authority to remove from office any officer by them appointed, and that said Trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities, whatsoever, which may belong to said institution, or may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them, and their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of said Academy, and in case any vacancy shall happen by death, resignation or otherwise, of any one or more of said Trustees of said Academy, the survivors or a majority of them shall fill the same, in such manner as may be pointed out by the by-laws and regulations of said Trustees. Corporators; Style; Powers and privileges; By-laws: Seal. May hold property; APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. [Sec's. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, to be found under title Churches and Joint Stock [Illegible Text] Sec. 11 repeals conflicting laws.] (No. 234.) An Act to incorporate the Summerville Male and Female Academies, and for other purposes therein specified. 5. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act Rev. W m. Newton, Rev. A. Y. Lockridge, James T. Finley, Francis A. Kirby, James T. Gremmett, Leander W. Crook and J. A. Glenn, Esq'rs., and their successors in office be, and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic by the name and style of the Trustees of the Male and Female Academies of the town of Summerville in Chattooga county, Georgia. Corporators Style; 6. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That said Trustees shall be capable in all the Courts of Law and Equity in this State of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and shall have power to make all by-laws for the government of said corporation as a majority of them may deem conducive to the prosperity of the same, and the advancement of literature in said Academies, Provided,

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said by-laws shall not be repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State. Powers and privileges; By-laws, Proviso; 7. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That said Trustees or a majority of them shall have power to appoint a Treasurer, Secretary and such other officers as they may deem necessary, and require of any or all of the same a bond or bonds with good security conditioned for the faithful performance of his or their duties; they shall also have power to remove any of said officers, and appoint another or others in his or their stead whenever a majority of them shall concur in the opinion that such a course will be beneficial to said Academies. Trustees to appoint officers; Bond; Power to remove; 8. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That should any vacancy occur by the death, resignation or removal of any of said Trustees. or for any other cause, the same may be filled by a majority of those remaining. vacancies; 9. Sec. V. Be it further enacted, That said Trustees or a majority of them shall have power after having given twenty days notice at the Court House, and upon the doors of said Academies to elect principal teachers for said Academies, who shall be capable of giving correct instruction in all the branches of a thorough English education, and of teaching correctly the ancient and modern languages, or such of the latter as are usually taught in Academies, such teachers shall have power to select an assistant or assistants, and to establish rules for the government of their pupils, Provided, said rules shall before they are enforced receive the approval of a majority of the aforesaid Trustees, said teachers shall also have power to establish rates of tuition for their respective schools, subject to the will of a majority of said Board of Trustees. Election of principal teachers. Rates of tuition; 10. SEC. VI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 235.) An act to incorporate Macedonia Academy in the county of Coweta, and appoint Trustees for the same. 11. SECTION. I. Be it enacted, c., That Jesse M. Mosely, James Smith, Jacobus Gibson, John E. Conyers, Green B. Doster, Rezen Mobley and Benjamin Leigh, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of the Macedonia Academy of the county of Coweta, and as such shall be capable and liable to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded in the several Courts of Law and Equity in this State, and shall be authorised to make such by-laws and regulations, and appoint such officers as they may deem necessary for the government of said Academy; Provided, such by-laws are not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States; they may have and use a common seal, and have authority to remove from office any officer by them appointed. Corporators; Style; Powers and privileges; By-laws: Proviso. Seal;

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12. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said Trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities, whatsoever, which may belong to said institution, or may hereafter, or may be conveyed or transferred to them and their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of said Academy. May hold property. 13. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That in case any vacancy shall happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, if any one or more of said Trustees of said Academy, the survivors, or a majority of them, shall fill the same in such manner as may be pointed out by the by-laws and regulations of said Trustees. Vacancies; 14. Sec. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 236.) An Act to incorporate Hopewell Academy in the county of Fayette, and appoint Trustees for the same. 15. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That Charles Smith, Franklin Landrum, Jarrot Handley, M. J. Smith and G. R. Sims, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of Hopewell Academy in the county of Fayette. Trustees 16. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid Trustees, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be capable 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 receiving and holding for the use of said Academy, all donations, gifts, grants and bequests, of executing and receiving acquittances and of making by the vote of a majority of said Trustees, all necessary by-laws for the government of said Academy and filling all vacancies that may occur in the Board of Trustees. Seal; Powers and privileges; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 237.) An Act to incorporate Island Creek Academy in Hancock county. 17. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That That John McGilvary, John R. Binion, Ingram Bass, Sterling G. Evans, John R. Respess, Jas. J. Butts and John Wilcoxen, be, and the same are hereby incorporated into a body to be known as the Trustees of Island Creek Academy, in Hancock county, with power to hold such real estate as is necessary for Academy purposes, to receive donations of money or other property for Academical purposes, to invest and change the same at pleasure, to have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; they shall have power, also, to sue and be sued, and appoint their successors, appoint, employ and determine the wages

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of teachers, terms of tuition and all other powers common to Trustees of Academies in this State, all conflicting laws to the contrary notwithstanding. Incorporated How known; May hold property, c Seak, Powers and privileges; APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 238.) An Act to incorporate Sandy Run Academy in the county of Houston, and Cool Spring Academy in the county of Wilkinson, and to appoint Trustees for the same. 18. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act Milton L. Burney, John A. Sperry, Austin M. Frederick, and Barnett Holliman, be and they are hereby declared and constituted to be a body politic by the name and style of the trustees of the Sandy Run Academy in the county of Houston, and they and their successors by that name shall be able and capable in law, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, and shall have power and authority to make all laws and rules that shall and may be necessary for the government of said Academy; provided, such by-laws or rules shall not be repugnant to the constitution or laws of the State. Incorporated Style; Powers and privileges; Laws, rules, c. Proviso; 19. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said trustees shall have power to fill all vacancies that may occur in the Board of Trustees, and may have and use a common seal, and may appoint such officers and agents as they may deem necessary for the good order of said institution. Vacancies; Seal; 20. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That said trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, all donations, grants, gifts, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may appertain to said academy, 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 benefit and behoof said academy. May be invest'd with property. 21. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be extended to Cool Spring Academy in the county of Wilkinson, and that Anderson Ingram, Willis Allen, John Gainey, William F. M. Brown, and Eli Sears be appointed trustees, and that said board of trustees have power to fill any vacancies which may occur in said board, either by death, resignation or otherwise. provisions extended to Cool Spring Academy. 22. Sec. V. (Repeals conflicting laws) APPROVED, Feb., 18th, 1856. (No. 239.) An act to incorporate Cotton Hill Male and Female Seminary in the Village of Cotton Hill, Clay County, and to appoint trustees for the same. 23. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, William H. Pruden, John R. Smith, John R. Pitman,

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A A. Pitman, Dr. W B Gilbert, Thomas P Fester, R G Holloway, Fleming Foster, Wiley Davies, and their successors in office, be and are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic by the name and style of the trustees of Cotton Hill Male and Female Seminary, in the village of Cotton Hill, in Clay county. Trustees. Corporators. Style. 24. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said Trustees and their successors in office, under the name and style aforesaid, shall be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, also to have, take, possess or acquire by gift, grant or purchase, lands. tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, and other estates, to be used for purposes aforementioned only. Rights and privileges. 25. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees, or a majority of them shall have power to appoint a Principal for the Seminary, and the said Principal shall have the right to appoint Assistants, prescribe a course of studies, to make and enforce all such laws as the interests of said seminary may require, establish the rates of tuition, and to adopt all such regulations as the good of said Seminary may require, Provided, that in the exercise of his discretion, said principal shall employ such assistant teachers, shall prescribe such a course of studies, and shall establish such rates of tuition, as meets with the approbation of said trustees or a majority of them, but if otherwise said principal shall yield to the suggestions of said trustees, or a majority of them. Principal and assist'ts, By-laws. Rates of tuition; 26. Sec. IV. 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. Vacancies; APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. [No. 240.] An Act to incorporate Salt Springs Academy in the county of Campbell, and to appoint Trustees for the same. 27. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, Thomas Butner, Wesley H. Patillo, Joseph Summerlin, Benjamin Cooper, and John C. Bowden, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby made a body corporate under the title of Salt Springs Academy, in the county of Campbell, and as such shall have power to purchase, hold and possess both real and personal property, and to sell and convey the same for the use and benefit of said Academy, and by said title shall be capable of sueing and being sued in any Court of this State. Corporators; Style; Rights and privileges; 28. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That any vacancy in said Board of trustees, may be filled by the remainder or a majority of said board. Vacancies; 29. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 1st, 1856.

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No. 241. An Act to incorporate the Indian Springs Male and Fenale Academies and to appoint Trustees therefor. 30. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, that B. W. Collier, James Carter, A. J. Varner, John L. McMichael, David C. Jones, Robert Lawson, and James M. Newton are hereby appointed trustees, and are also constituted a body corporate, under the name and style of the trustees of the Indian Springs Male and Female Academies of the county of Butts, with the right of perpetual succession, and the power of filling all vacancies that may occur in their body, in any manner whatever. Trustees Incorporated Style. Succession. Vacancies; 31. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That said Trustees shall be capable of holding real and personal estate, that may now belong to said Academies, or may hereafter be acquired by them either by gift, grant or purchase, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and to make such by-laws and regulations for the government of said Academies as they may deem necessary, not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State. Powers and privileges; By-laws; APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. (No. 242.) An Act to incorporate Summersville Academy, in Emannuel county. 32. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Seborn A. Jones, Francis A. Jones, Henry Lewis, Jeremiah Inman, Allen Inman, John A. Rosier, and James Grubbs and their successors in office shall be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name of the Trustees of the Summersville Academy, Emanuel county, and the said Trustees and their successors in office are hereby declared to be able and capable in law, of suing, and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and to have, hold and enjoy real, and personal property for the use of said Academy. Incorporated Name; Rights and privileges; 33. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees and their successors in office, shall be capable of accepting and be interested with all manner of property, both real and personal whatsoever, which now belongs to said Academy, or which may hereafter belong, for the use of said Academy. May hold property 34. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees and their successors in office, shall have power and authority to appoint such officers as they or a majority of them may think proper, and remove the same from office for the neglect of duty, and the said Trustees and their successors shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen in the board from time to time, by death, resignation or otherwise, and to make such laws and regulations for the government and management of said institution (not contrary to the laws and constitution of this State,) as they or a majority of them may deem proper. Trusteestheir power; Vacancies; By-laws. 35. Sec. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 4th, 1856.

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(No. 243.) An Act to amend an act, entitled an act to alter and change the mode of appointing Trustees of Glynn county Academy, in the county of Glynn, and to compel their Treasurer to give bond and security for the faithful performance of his duty, and for other purposes. 36. SEC. I. Be it enacted c., That the aforesaid act shall be so amended by adding two additional sections. Amended by adding two sections. 37. Section II. Be it enacted c., That said board of Trustees, elected under the provisions of the act approved, February 18th, 1854, shall have erected suitable buildings for the education of the children, entitled to the benefits of the Academy fund, at or near St. Paul's Church, and on the St. Illa Neck in said county, and shall elect a teacher or teachers, and cause them to be paid out of the Interest of said fund, after the Interest of the fund created by the Massie Donation has become exhausted. Duty of Board. Education fund. 38 SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That one half of the funds raised and paid over to the Trustees of the Glynn County Academy, under an act to authorize and require the commissioners of the commons of the town of Brunswick and Frederica, to sell three hundred acres of the town commons of Brunswick, be and the same is hereby set apart for the education of the poor children of said county, the interest of which is to be applied by said Trustees to the education of the poor children of said county, under the same conditions imposed upon them as Trustees of the Glynn county Academy, by an act passed February 14th, 1854, and should the old Board of Trustees refuse to comply with the requisitions of this act, the remedy may be enforced by a mandamus, from the Superior Court, reserving to the parties any legal defence. How applied Refusal to comply; Remedy. 39. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, Feb. 14th, 1856. (No. 244.) An Act to authorize and require the Treasurer of the Glynn County Academy to pay over certain monies now in his hands. 40. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That the Treasurer of the Glynn county Academy, be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay over to the different teachers appointed by the board elected under the act assented to, February 7th, 1854, the amounts due them for teaching in the Brunswick Academy, by agreement with said-board. Treasurer t pay over, 41. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That should said Treasurer refuse to pay over the amount due said teachers as prescribed and pointed out by the first section of this act, he shall forfeit to said board, his office of Treasurer, and this remedy may be enforced by mandamus from the Superior Court, reserving to said Treasurer any legal defence. Refusal. 42. SEC. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Feb. 18th, 1856.

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(No. 245.) An Act to provide for the election of Trustees of Effingham County Academy, and for other purposes. 43. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Grand Jury of the county of Effingham at the term of the Superior Court to be held in and for said county, in October next, shall elect five Trustees for Effingham Academy, with whom the Ordinary of the county, for the time being, shall always act as Trustee ex officio, and the Grand Jury of said county shall elect the same number of Trustees every four years thereafter. Grand Jury to elect Trustees Effingham Academy; Ordinary to be ex'officio Trustee; Term of office; 44. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Trustees of Effingham Academy at the first term of the Superior Court in every year, to make to the Grand Jury of said county a full and complete return and report of all their actings and doings, of all the funds in their hands, or heretofore invested, to whom lent, and on what security, and how appropriated; said report to be delivered by the Grand Jury to the Ordinary, and by himself recorded in his office. Duty of Trustees; 45. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That if said Trustees shall fail to make the report herein referred to, said Grand Jury shall forthwith elect a new Board of Trustees, and shall immediately present delinquent Trustees, who shall be presented as for a [Illegible Text]-demeanor, and on conviction shall be fined at the discretion of the Court, and no Trustee shall borrow any of the Academic fund either directly or indirectly. Penalty for default; 46. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said Trustees, after paying the teacher of the Effingham Academy, and all necessary and incidental expenses, to pay over the balance of the income to the Ordinary to be added to the poor school fund. Balance of Income; 47. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the present Trustees, within ten days after the first election of Trustees by the Grand Jury, to turn over to, and account to them for all funds, debts and evidences of debt in their hands, and to deliver to them all books of accounts, and other property now held by the said Trustees, and upon their failure to do so, the new Trustees are hereby authorised to proceed by mandamus, or otherwise, to enforce the provisions of this act. Former trustrees to account for funds, c. Books and other prop'ty Failure; 48. Sec. VI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 4th, 1856. (No. 246.) An act to appoint Trustees in the county of Carroll, and for other purposes. 49. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That John T. Meador, A. J. Boggess, H. F. Merrill, R. M. Long and John M. Redwine, be,

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and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Carrollton Male and Female Academies in Carroll county. Trustees; 50. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said John T. Meador, A. J. Boggess, H. F. Merrill, B. M. Long, or a majority of them have full power and authority to advertise and let at public outcry before the Court House door at Carrollton, Carroll county, on the first Tuesday in April next, the Male and Female Academies in said county together with the lot whereon they are situated and execute titles to the same, and that said. Trustees be authorized to vest the proceeds of said sale in the Carrollton Male and Female Seminary. Trustees to sell Academy and invest proceeds in Seminary; 51. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 247.) An Act to appoint Trustees for Hall County Academy. 52. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Minor W. Brown, E. M. Johnson, William Setton, R. M. Bell and John Merck, be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of Hall County Academy in lieu of those heretofore appointed by law, and that a majority of said Trustees shall form a quorum for the transaction of business. Trustees of Hall County 53. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 248.) An Act to incorporate the Bibb County Orphan Asylum. 54. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Eliza Smith, First Directress, Mary J. Lanier, Second Directress, Amanda Nisbet, Martha J. Parker and others, the managers, and their successors in office, and their associates, be, and the same are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic by the name and style of the Bibb County Orphan Asylum, and are hereby vested with all the ordinances, rights and powers incident to corporations, and shall have the power to make such by-laws and regulations for the admission of members to the corporation and for the government of the same, and for the election of managers and the disposition of their charitable funds as to them may seem proper, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, to take hold and convey real and personal estate and the same to acquire by purchase, gift, devise or bequest for the purpose of maintaining, instructing and employing indigent children and especially orphans. Corporation. Style. Rights; powers c; By-laws. May hold property 55. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Directresses and Managers of said association shall always be chosen of females and in as nearly equal proportions as may be, belonging to the Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist churches of the city of Macon and Vineville in Bibb county. Managers, c.

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56. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the said association shall have power to make valid contracts with minors or the parent or parents of minor children, or magistrates authorised by law for the custody of such children as may be the subjects of their charity, to receive any such children as they may deem proper, as indented apprentices, or otherwise, for the purpose of support and education, from any age under eighteen years, until their arrival at that age, and the children so indented shall be under the same control and subjection to the officers of said corporations as apprentices indented to a master to learn any trade, profession or calling. Contracts may be made, c. Age 57. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That when any such child is under the age of fourteen years it shall not be necessary for such child to sign said indentures, but the signature of the parent or guardian or person for the then time standing in the place of such parent or guardian and having control of such child shall be sufficient, and the indentures so signed shall be as binding on said child as an indenture of apprenticeship is by the common law upon the apprentice signing the same, Provided, that the said indenture shall be witnessed by a Judge of the Superior Courts of this State, or a Justice of the Inferior Court of Bibb county who shall be satisfied of the power of the person to bind out such child and the propriety of so doing, and the said Judge or Justice shall give a certificate thereof under his hand, which shall be competent evidence of the facts therein contained in any Court of Law or Equity in this State. Indenture; Proviso; 58. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have the power to bund out such children as are so indented to it, for the purpose of having them taught a useful trade, calling or occupation. May bind out; 59. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon be, and they are hereby authorised to make a donation of such real estate the property of said city, money or the bonds of said city, in such quantities and amounts, and at such times as they may deem proper, to said association. Mayor and Council oI Macon; 60. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have the power to sell, convey and dispose of the property, real or personal, it may have acquired as aforesaid, unless the same may have been restricted by the terms of the grant and to reinvest the proceeds as its interests may seem to require, and all deeds and other instruments of conveyance and other contracts herein contemplated, signed by the first Directress and countersigned by the Secretary for the time being, shall be binding on said corporation. May [Illegible Text], c Deeds, c; APPROVED, Feb. 19th, 1856.

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TEACHERS OF POOR CHILDREN. SEC. 1. Ordinary of Whitfield to pay teachers. SEC. 2 Ord'y of Lincoln to pay teachers. SEC. 3 Ord'y of Fulton to pay teachers. SEC. 4 Ord'y of Butts to pay teachers. SEC. 5 Ord'y of Hall to pay teachers. SEC. 6 Ord'y of Worth to pay teachers. SEC. 7 Ord'y of Gordon to pay teachers. SEC. 8 Ord'y of Murray, c. to pay teachers. SEC. 9 Ord'y of Heard, c to pay teachers. SEC. 10 Ord'y of Newton, c. to pay teachers. SEC. 11 Ord'y of Walton, c. to pay teachers. SEC. 12 Ord'y of Clarke, c. to pay teachers. SEC. 13 Ord'y of Elbert, c. to pay teachers. SEC. 14 Ord'y of Upson, c. to pay teachers. SEC. 15 Ord'y of Campbell, c. to pay teachers. SEC. 16 Ord'y of Lee, c. to pay teachers. SEC. 17 Ord'y of Talbot c. to pay teachers. SEC. 18 Ord'y of Carroll, c. to pay teachers. SEC. 19 Ord'y of Whitfield, c. to pay teachers. SEC. 20 Ord'y of Spalding, c. to pay teachers. SEC. 21 Ord'y of Harris, c. to pay teachers. SEC. 22 Ord'y of Worth c. to pay teachers. SEC. 23 Ord'y of Cass, Chattooga to pay teachers. SEC. 24 Repealing clause. SEC. 25 School districts in Lumpkin. SEC. 26 Election of Treasurer. SEC. 27 Treasurer's bond. SEC. 28 Ordinary not to pay money. SEC. 29 Treasurers duty. SEC. 30 Duty of Justice's of the Peace. SEC. 31 Ordinary to receive and receipt for money. SEC. 32 Ordinary's compensation. SEC. 33 Teachers to produce certificates. SEC. 34 Trustees in each District. SEC. 35 Meeting of trustees. SEC. 36 When there is no schools, fund to to remain in hand. SEC. 37 Treasurer's return. SEC. 38 Forsyth and Rabun. SEC. 39 Repealing clause. SEC. 40 Treasurer to pay Ord'y of Emanuel SEC. 41 Repealing clause. SEC. 42 Division of Baker School fund SEC. 43 Repealing clause. SEC. 44 Ordinary of Jackson, SEC. 45 School dist's in Floyd, SEC. 46 Commissioner's duty, SEC. 47 County Treasurer's duty, SEC. 48 Taxes for school purposes, SEC. 49 Repealing clause, SEC. 50 Ordinary of Taylor, SEC. 51 Repealing clause. SEC. 52 Act of 1854 as to Habersham, SEC. 53 Ordinary of Monroe, SEC. 54 Repealing clause, SEC. 55 Ordinary of Gwinnett, SEC. 56 Repealing clause, SEC. 57 Ordinary of DeKalb, SEC. 58 Ordinary of Upson, SEC. 59 Repealing Clause, SEC. 60 School Districts in certain Counties, SEC. 61 Trustees, c., SEC. 62 Ordinary to pay to Treasurer. SEC. 63 Repealing clause, SEC. 64 Treasurer of Chattahoochee, SEC. 65 Ordinary of Union, SEC. 66 School Commissioners of Warren, SEC. 67 Ordinary of DeKalb, SEC. 68 Ordinary of Talbot, SEC. 69 Ordinary of Cass, SEC. 70 Ordinary of Chattooga, SEC. 71 Ordinary of Whitfield, SEC. 72 Ordinary of Decatur, SEC. 73 Ordinary of Fulton, SEC. 74 Ordinary of Washington, SEC. 75 Ordinary of Marion. No. 249. An act to authorise the Ordinaries of certain Counties therein mentioned, to pay arrearages due teachers of poor children for certain years therein mentioned. WHEREAS, John B. Griffin, a teacher of poor children in Whitfield county, in the year 1854, did not render in his account for said year, within the time prescribed by law, and whereas certain poor children taught by said Griffin, were not returned as such, owing to the default of the persons appointed for that purpose, and whereas there is a fund in the hands of the Ordinary of said county, not otherwise due, and cannot be used for lack of authority, 1. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That the Ordinary of the county of Whitfield be and he is hereby authorised and required to pay out of any and all funds in his hands not appropriated and due by law to other purposes, the sum of forty dollars to John B Griffin, and the sum of one hundred and thirty two dollars and seventy cents out of

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any such money to Hamilton Goode for teaching poor children of said county not returned as required by law. Ordinary shall pay c To John B Griffin. Hamilton Goode. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Lincoln county be authorised to pay all accounts that he may be satisfied are just and right, of teachers of poor children in said county in the year 1854; Provided, there be a sufficient surplus poor school fund in his hands for that purpose, after paying teachers of poor children for the year 1855. Ordinary of Lincoln; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That it be the duty of the Ordinary of Fulton county, to pay all teachers of poor children residing on that portion of the territory of DeKalb county now composing Fulton county, whose accounts have not been paid in consequence of their accounts not having been presented by the the term limited by law; provided, that said teachers shall not receive more cents in the dollar on their accounts than they would have been entitled to, if said accounts had been handed in in time. Fulton: proviso; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Butts county be authorised to pay the account of Juda Bond for teaching poor children in the year 1855 in said county. Ordinary of Butts. 5. Sec. V. Be it further enacted, that the Ordinary of Hall county be required to pay the teachers of poor children of said county, for the years 1854 and 1855, who were not returned according to law, Hall; 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Worth county be authorised to pay John Pitner for teaching poor children in the year 1855. Worth. 7. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Gordon county be authorised to pay to William J. Gartrell seventy-six dollars for the year 1854 and 1855, for teaching poor children of said county. Gordon; 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Murray county be authorised to pay Francis W Connalee for teaching poor children in 1854. Murray; Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Catoosa county be authorised to pay all accounts presented to him for teaching the poor; provided, he shall not pay it or them out of the Poor School Fund. Catoosa, Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Early county be required to pay W. L. Harris seventy-three dollars, for the year 1849. Early. Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Habersham county pay the accounts of teachers of poor children, not returned for the years 1854 and 1855. Habersham, 9. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Heard county be required to pay William Ely for teaching poor children in the year 1854. Heard. Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Walton county pay O. W N. [Illegible Text], $14 94, for teaching poor children of said county in 1855. Walton; 10. Sec. X. Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Newton

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county pay to Nancy Stanton thirty-three dollars and seventy-five cents; also, pay to Samuel P. Henry forty-four dollars and eighty-five cents, for teaching poor children in the year 1855. Ordinary of Newton Be it further enacted, Thut the Ordinary of Fayette county be authorised to pay James R. Robinson $9,85 for teaching poor children in the year 1854. Fayette 11. Sec. XI. Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Walton county be authorised to pay William H. Hill twenty-one dollars for teaching poor children in the year 1855omitted to be returned. Walton Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Merriwether county be authorised to pay all arrearages due the teachers of poor children for that county for the years 1852, '53, '54, '55. Meri wether Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Butts county be and he is hereby authorized to pay the account of J L W McElroy of said county for the year 1854, and also the accounts of Miss Penelope Foster, for the years 1852 and 1855, after said accounts are satisfactorily proved to said Ordinary that they are for teaching poor children in said county, said accounts to be paid out of any funds on hand for said years, or any surplus poor school funds ih said county. Butts. 12. Sec. XII. Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Clarke county, be authorised and he is hereby required to pay William G. Barnett, a teacher of poor children in said county, the sum of twelve dollars for teaching a poor child, who was through oversight or mistake, not placed on the poor school list in the year 1854. Clarke. 13. Sec. XIII. Be it further enacted, That the School Commissioner in the county of Elbert be and he is hereby authorised to pay out any monies in his hands for poor school purposes not otherwise appropriated to the teachers of poor children taught by them for the years 1852, 1853, '54, '55 and upon said teachers producing satisfactory evidence to said commissioner that they have taught said children, and that they have not been returned by the Grand Jury as entitled under the poor school law now in force, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Elbert, APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. No. 250. An Act toauthorize the Ordinary acting Commissioner of the poor school fund in the several counties herein named, to pay all bills presented for the tuition of poor children in said counties entitled, to the benefits of said poor school fund. 14. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That from and immediately after the passing of this act, that upon the presentation of any account sworn to for the tuition of any poor child or children in the county of Upson, for the years eighteen hundred and fifty-three, four and five, said child or children not having been returned, according to law, the Ordinary, acting commissioner of the poor school fund, shall pay in whole or prorata according to the amount of said poor

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school fund in his hands at the time of such application or presentation. Accounts sworn to for tuition in Upson; Ordinary shall pay prorata; 15. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Campbell county is hereby required to pay to all teachers who taught any of the poor children of said county; who were not returned as such for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and who were entitled to the benefit of said fund and the teachers aforesaid, shall procure a certificate from some Justice of the peace of said county that the children have been taught in the above recited year, and would have been entitled to said fund under the law, but were not returned as such, and the provisions of this section extended to the county of Marion, for the years 1854 and 1855. Ordinary of Campbell. 16. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of the county of Lee, be and he is hereby authorized to pay the account of Josiah Jourdan for the tuition of poor children for the year 1852, upon his satisfying the Ordinary that said account was entitled to be paid under the law in 1852. Ordinary of Lee. 17. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the ordinary for the county of Talbot, pay to all teachers of poor children entitled to benefits of the same, and whose names have not been properly returned for the year 1854, Provided, he has funds in his hands not otherwise appropriated, and Provided, the commissioner shall adjudge said accounts to be correct. Ordinary of Talbot; Proviso; 18. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act are extended to the counties of Carroll, Heard and Jones. Provisions extended to Carroll, Heard and Jones: 19. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Whitfield county, be and he is hereby authorized to pay Mary J. A. Kins, fifty-three dollars and eighty cents, the amount due her for teaching poor children in said county, in the year 1854, which the Magistrates failed to return as provided by law. And the further sum of eighteen dollars and fifty-five cents, for Scott R. Bonham, for teaching poor children in the year 1853, Provided, there be any surplus on hand for either of said years. Ordinary of Whitfield; proviso; 20. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Spalding county, be and is hereby authorized and required to pay H. H. Carroll, the sum of seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents for teaching poor children in the year 1854, and 1855, which were not returned according to law. Ordinary of Spalding 21. Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars be paid to the trustees of Mt. Mary Academy, out of the poor school fund of 1856, by the Ordinary of Harris county, Provided the Grand Jury recommend it. pay'mt made 22. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Worth, pay to David Smith, his account for teaching poor children in said county for 1853, and 1854, upon satisfactory proof of the justness of the same. Ordinary of Worth; 23. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That the teachers of poor children, in the counties of Clarke, Chattooga, and Cass, be entitled to the provisions of this act for the years 1852, 1853, 1854 and 1855. Teachers, c 24. Sec. XI. Repeals all conflicting laws. APPROVED March 5th, 1856.

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(No. 251) An Act to alter and amend the several laws in relation to the poor school system, so far as relates to the county of Lumpkin. 25. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That each Militia district of said county of Lumpkin, shall be considered a school district for the purposes hereinafter mentioned. School dist's of Lumpkin; 26. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a district Treasurer elected by persons entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, which election shall be held on the first Saturday in January next, and on the first Saturday in January every two years thereafter, which election shall be superintended by one or more Justices of the Peace, and one free-holder of the district, and the person receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected and shall receive a certificate to that effect, from said superintendents. Election of Dist, Treas'r 27. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That said district Treasurer shall be required before entering on the duties of his said office, to give bond with sufficient security, in double the sum of money supposed to come into his hands, before a Justice of the Peace of his district, to be tested and approved by said Justice, and made payable to the Ordinary of said county and his successors in office conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, which bond shall be returned by said Justice, testing and approving the same to the Ordinary, to be filed by said Ordinary in his office, subject to be sued on by any person for a breach thereof, Provided, no bond, shall thus be filed until examined and the sufficiency of the security be approved by said Ordinary. To give bond 28. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the Ordinary shall not pay out any money as hereinafter provided for until the provisions of the third section of this act, have been satisfactorily complied with. Ordinary to cease paym't 29. SEC. V. And be it further enacted, That said district Treasurer shall on or before the first day of January in each and every year, having first given teachers of poor children of his district, due notice of the same, proceed to pay off said teachers, who have taught said children the preceding years, and in case there be not a sufficient amount of funds on hand, then he shall pay claims in proportion to the amount thereof, provided no accounts or claim shall be entitled to money, which has not been regularly made out as required by law. Treas'rs duty 30. SEC. VI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Peace of the several districts, to make out a list of the names and ages of all the children in their said districts who are by law entitled to the benefits of the poor school fund, and return the same duly certified to the Ordinary of said county on or before the first Tuesday in October next, and on or before the first Tuesday in October every year thereafter, which lists so returned, shall be consolidated and recorded by said Ordinary

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in a book to be kept by him for that purpose and a copy of said returns shall be forwarded by said Ordinary to the Governor of said State, as now required by law. Duty of Justices 31. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That said Ordinary is hereby authorized and required to receive and receipt for all money due from said State, or raised by taxation from the citizens of said county for poor school purposes, and shall pay out said fund to the district Treasurers as aforesaid in proportion to the number of children in their respective districts entitled to said fund, as soon as practicable after receiving the same. Ordinary's duty; 32. Sec. VIIII. And be it further enacted, That said Ordinary shall be allowed as a compensation for his services aforesaid, the sum of five per centum. on the amount of money so received and disbursed. Compensat'n 33. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That no teacher shall be entitled, or receive any of said poor school fund, unless he first produce to the treasurer a certificate of his competence and ability, as well as a certificate accompanying his claim, that the trustees of his school have examined said children as now required by law, and that they have made reasonable progress in learning. Teacher's certificate. 34. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Ordinary, on or before the first Monday in each and every year, to appoint a suitable person in each of said districts in said county, who together, with the Justices of the Peace of said districts shall constitute a board of trustees for said districts, who shall examine all persons applying for a school or schools in said district and no person shall be entitled to any of said poor school fund who shall not have first obtained from said board of Trustees, a certificate of his or her competence and good moral character. Trustees 35. Sec. XI. And be it further enacted, That said board of Trustees shall meet quarterly, and examine all schools taught in their districts, and report the progress of said schools. Meeting. 36. Sec. XII. And be it further enacted, That in case there should be no school taught in any of the aforesaid districts for any year, or a greater length of time, the treasurer of said district, shall not be required to return any money he has received to the Ordinaries as heretofore practised, but shall keep the same from time to time, until a school or schools can be made. If no school for a year. Funds. 37. Sec. XIII. And be it further enacted, That said district treasurer shall make a return of all his actings and doings to the Ordinary on or before the first Tuesday in February, in each and every year, and report to him the amount of money by him paid out, and to whom paid, and the amount of money, if any on hand. Return to be made. 38. Sec. XIV. And be it further enacted, That the counties of Forsyth and Rabun, be and the same is hereby subject to the aforesaid act. Forsyth and Rabun: 39. Sec. XV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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(No. 252.) An Act to authorize the Treasurer of this State to pay to the Ordinary of Emanuel County, the sum of sixty-one dollars, balance due said county for poor school purposes. 40. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the Treasurer of this State be authorized to pay to the Ordinary of Emanuel county, or his order, the sum of sixty-one dollars, it being a balance due said county for poor school purposes, which sum was withheld by mistake of the Treasurer. Treasurer to pay, c. 41. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 1st, 1856. (No. 253.) An Act to alter and amend the fourth section of an act approved February 20 th, 1854, entitled an act to amend and declare the true intent and meaning of an act passed during the present Session of the General Assembly, entitled an act to lay out and organize a new county from the counties of Franklin and Elbert, and otherwise entitled as then expressedso as to change the mode and manner of a division and apportionment of the surplus fund in the county of Baker, raised for poor school and educational purposes, with and to the county of Dougherty, and to extend and apply the same provisions and benefits to the county of Calhoun. 42. Sec I. Be it enacted, That the surplus fund on hand in the county of Baker at the passage of the laws for the organization of the counties of Dougherty and Calhoun, or subsequently received or shall be received from debts due the county at that time on account of that fund raised or accumulated for poor school or educational purposes, shall be apportioned and divided by the Ordinary of Baker county, with the counties of Dougherty and Calhoun, in the following manner, and proportioned after estimating the entire number of children entitled to a participation in the benefits of said fund, in the whole county of Baker, (as it stood before the organization of the counties of Dougherty and Calhoun) during that year, as shall appear from the return thereof made to the Ordinary of that county when any return of poor children has been made, and if there should be any district or districts from which no return was made, then the number in such district or districts at the time, shall be ascertained by a certified list of the names of the children in such district, by the Justices of the Peace of such district under his or their official oaths when the number of poor children is thus ascertained by the Ordinary of Baker, and which he shall do forthwith, he, the Ordinary of the county of Baker, shall estimate the amount of poor school or educational fund on hand at the organization of the counties of Calhoun and Dougherty, and subsequently as said fund shall be colleeted from debts due to that fund at the time, and apportion to the

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counties of Dougherty and Calhoun respectively, a share of said fund proportionally with the number of children entitled to participate in such fund, that were in and on the territories of each of the respective counties of Dougherty and Calhoun that was taken from the county of Baker in the same ratio as if the fund at that time had to be divided equally among all the poor children of the whole county of old Baker, when the same to be paid to the counties of Dougherty and Calhoun are thus ascertained, and as they are ascertained the Ordinary of Baker county shall forthwith pay the same to the Ordinaries of Dougherty and Calhoun counties respectively, to be received and used by them for poor school purposes as all other funds of that character in his hands. Division of poor school fund. Order; duty of Ord'v Division proporti'nate 43. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 26th, 1856. (No. 254.) An act to authorize and require the Ordinary of Jachson County to pay to D. M. Burns, Jr., of said county, his accounts for teaching certain poor children of said county in the year 1854. WHEREAS, David M. Burns, Jr., of the county of Jackson, taught certain poor children of the 257th district, G. M., of said county in the year eighteen hundred and fifty, and whereas the Justices of the Peace for said district inadvertently omitted to return said children to the commissioners of the poor school fund of said county for remedy whereof. 44. SEC. I. Be it enacted c., That the Ordinary of the county of Jackson, be and he is hereby required to pay to David M. Burns, Jr., of said county, the amount of twenty dollars and fifty cents out of the poor school fund now in his hands unappropriated, or which may hereafter come into his hands for the purpose of paying teachers of the poor children of said county. Ordinary of Jackson. APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 255) An Act to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court to lay off the county of Floyd into School Districts to provide for School Commissioners to point out the duties of said commissioners, and to make the treasurer, of the county the Treasurer of the poor school fund, and for other purposes. 45. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Inferior Court in the county of Floyd, to lay off said county into school districts of such size and shape as will appear to them best calculated to the obtainment of the education of each poor child in the county, and within ten days thereafter the voters in each said school district shall by vote, (to be returned to the said Justices of the Inferior Court) select one school commissioner for each and every district so laid off, and in case of failur

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so to elect, the Justices of the Inferior Court aforesaid, shall appoint some fit and proper person to fill the office of School Commissioner. School dist's of Floyd. Election of Commis'ners 46. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said school commissioner to make out and return to the Grand Juries of each term of the Superior Court for said county, a full true and complete list of all the children within the age fixed by law living in his school district, entitled to the benefit of the poor school fund; it shall also be his duty to audit the accounts of the several teachers in his district for teaching poor children, and which said account so audited shall be a warrant on the treasurer, to be paid out of the poor school fund in his hands. Their duty; 47. SECTION I. Be it further enacted, That it shall be and it is hereby made the duty of the county treasurer to receive all monies belonging to the county of Floyd, be it in whosoever's hands it may, together with all that may hereafter become due to said county, known as the poor school fund, and to pay all audited accounts, after the manner prescribed in a preceding section, and to present in writing to each Grand Jury of said county a correct statement showing the amount received from each and every source, and to whom paid, with the voucher for each payment, and after an examination into and an approbatory report thereon by the Grand Jury, then said treasurer shall not be required to keep said vouchers any longer. Treasurer's duty; 48. SEC. IV. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court, upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury, at the first term in each year, shall levy a tax of such an mount per cent on the State tax, on all person's property, professions, stocks or other matter, or thing, lying, being or using in said county of Floyd, as will enable the county treasurer to pay off all claims for teaching poor children in said county, which amount so raised when added to the amount received from the State Treasury, shall constitute and form a school fund for the County of Floyd. Taxes for poor school purposes; 49. Sec. V. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 256) An Act to authorise the Ordinary of Taylor to pay over to James P Rossau and William A. Graham, certain sums of money therein specified. 50. Sec I. Be it enacted c, That from and after the passage of this act the Ordinary of the county of Taylor be authorised to pay to Jas. P Rossau the sum of twenty-five dollars, on account of his servides in teaching poor children unreturned for the year eighteen hundred fifty-four, and that he pay to William A. Graham, the sum of fifteen dollars for similar services rendered in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two. Ordinary of Taylor 51. SEC. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 6th, 1856.

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(No. 257.) An Act to repeal an act passed 18 th February 1854, to provide for the education of the poor so far as the counties of Habersham and Carroll are concerned, and to require the Ordinary of Chattooga county to pay the widow of Harrison H. Strange a certain sum therein named, so far as relates to the County of Habersham, and for other purposes. 52. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, c., That so much of the before recited act as relates to the county of Habersham be and the same is hereby repealed, and that all payments made and acts done by the Ordinary of said county of Habersham, in accordance with the law as it stood before the passing of said act of 1854, are hereby legalized and made valid. Act of 1854 repealed Acts of Ord'y legalized APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. (No. 258.) An Act to authorise and require the Ordinary of Marion county to pay Littleton Morgan a certain sum of money for teaching poor children in said county in the year 1852. 53. SecTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the Ordinary of the county of Marion, be and he is hereby required to pay Littleton Morgan teacher of poor children of said county for the year 1852, the amount of thirteen dollars and ten-cents, out of any money which may be coming to said county for the purpose of paying teachers of the poor children of said county. Ordinary of Monroe. 54. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED March 3d, 1856. No. 259. An Act to authorise the Ordinary of Gwinnett county to pay certain poor children, and for other purposes, 55. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Ordinary of Gwinnett county be authorised to pay to A. Quener, teacher of poor school children, the sum of sixteen dollars out of the poor school fund of said county, for the tution of C. W. Hurndon, a poor crippled boy, who is over the age of sixteen years, and who is unable to pay for the same. Ordinary of Gwinnett; 56. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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(No. 260.) An Act to authorise the Ordinary of DeKalb county to pay Winston H. Cash the sum of thirty-one dollars for teaching poor children of said county, and for other purposes. 57. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That the Ordinary of the county of DeKalb, be and he is hereby required to pay Winston H. Cash for teaching poor children in said county, not returned by the Grand Jury as required by law, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty four the amount of thirty-one dollars or such a per cent thereon as other teachers received on their accounts for teaching poor children in said county for said year, out of any surplus money that may hereafter come into his hands for poor school purposes. Ordinary of DeKalb 58. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Upson county pay Robt. J. Powell, teacher of poor children in said county the sum of fifteen dollars for the year 1853, and thirty-five dollars for the year 1854, and that the Ordinary of Monroe county pay to James R. Purdue the sum of eighteen dollars for teaching poor children in said county for the year 1854, also that said Ordinary of said county pay to Jones Bush the sum of thirty-five dollars for teaching poor children in said county for the year 1851, also the said Ordinary of Monroe county pay to Robert P. Coleman the sum of twenty-one dollars and thirty-eight cents, his account for teaching poor children in said county 1854, also that the Ordinary of Houston county pay to Amos Lasseter the sum of twenty-one dollars, the amount of his account for teaching poor children in said county for the year 1851, also that the Ordinary of Upson county pay to Robert J. Smith of said county his account for teaching poor children in said county. Upson Monroe, Houston, Upson, 59. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. (No. 261.) An Act to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of the counties of Fannin, Telfair, Clinch and Walton to lay off said counties into School District to appoint Trustees for the same, and to provide for the election of Treasurers for each of said Districts, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 60. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and immediately after the passage of this act the Justices of the Inferior Courts or a majority of them in the counties of Fannin, Telfair, Clinch and Walton shall proceed to lay off their counties respectively into School Districts of such size as in their judgment shall be promotive of the education of the poor children thereof. School districts 61. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said Courts shall appoint three Trustees from said Districts so laid off respectively, and the persons qualified to vote for members of the Legislature,

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and none others shall on the first Monday in January next, and on the first Monday in January in each and every year thereafter proceed to elect a Treasurer of the poor school fund that may be set apart for said districts respectively, who shall hold their office for one year, and shall before they enter upon the duties thereof each give a bond with good and sufficient security in an amount sufficient to secure the poor children of said districts, respectively, against loss, to be adjudged of by the Ordinaries of said counties; and for any default or mismanagement of said fund on the part of any of said Trustees, the Ordinaries of each of said counties are hereby authorised to bring suit on said bond in the name of the Trustees of said district, the proceeds of which to be appropriated to the education of the poor children of said district in such manner as the Ordinary shall deem best, under the supervision of the Trustees of said district; the bond of said Treasurers shall be made payable to the Ordinaries of said counties respectively. Trustees Election of Treasurer; To give bond Suits; Fundshow disbursed; 62. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the Ordinaries of said counties shall pay over to said Treasurer of each district their pro rata share of the poor school fund according to the return made of the poor children of his district; and the said Treasurer is hereby required to retain in his hands any balance unappropriated or unexpended, and credit the sum or sums unexpended to the increase of the next political year following, for the education of the poor children thereof, and shall pay out all monies in his hands by the order of the Trustees of said districts, respectively, and said Trustees shall employ a teacher with said fund to teach the poor children in their respective districts. Ordinary to pay over, c Fundhow applied; 63. Sec. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 262.) An Act to authorise the Treasurer to pay over to the Ordinary of Chattahoochee county, or his agent, the poor school fund for the year 1854, and for other purposes therein mentioned. WHEREAS: the law directs that the Ordinaries shall apply for the poor school fund of their respective counties by the first of December, and, whereas, at that time there was no Ordinary in Chattahoochee county for 1854, consequently the county has never received its quota of the poor school funds: 64. Section I. Therefore be it enacted, c., That the Treasurer of this State pay over to the Ordinary of Chattahoochee county, or his agent, the poor school fund which said county was entitled to receive for the year 1854, out of any monies not otherwise appropriated. Treasurer to pay, c. 65. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That John S. Fain former Ordinary of the county of Union, be, and he is hereby authorized and required to retain in his hands the pro rata share of the poor school funds of the said county of Union for the year 1855, and to pay the same over to the Ordinary of the county of Towns

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when elected and qualified, and that the said John S. Fain former Ordinary of said county of Union, be, and he is hereby authorized and required to divide said funds between the Ordinaries of Union and Towns counties in proportion to the number of poor children returned for the year 1854, from each county, and that the Ordinary of Towns county be required to pay over to the District Treasurers of said county the amount due to each district, according to the number of poor children returned for the year 1854. Ordinary of Union, Ordinary of Towns; APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 263.) An Act to authorise and require the Poor School Commissioners of the county of Warren to pay Ezra McCrary out of the poor school fund of said county the amount paid by him as Justice of the Peace out of his individual funds, for teaching poor children in said county for (in) the years 1837 and 1838. WHEREAS: Ezra McCrary an acting Justice of the Peace of the county of Warren did pay to Jonathan A. Lockhart a teacher of poor children in the year 1837, the sum of fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents, and in the year 1838 the sum of forty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents, out of his individual funds, and, whereas, said amount, nor any part thereof, has been allowed to the said Ezra McCrary on account of said accounts, after being presented and proved, was mislaid by the Court authorized by law to audit the same, for remedy whereof: 66. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and immediately after the passage of this act the poor school commissioners of the county of Warren be authorised and required to pay to Ezra McCrary out of the poor school fund of said county, the sum of one hundred and six dollars and twenty-five cents, it being the amount paid by him out of his personal funds for poor school purposes, any law usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Commis'ners APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 264.) An Act to authorize the Ordinary of DeKalb county, to pay to the teacher of the poor children of said county, the balance in his hands, of the money appropiated for the year 1855. 67. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That it shall be lawful for the Ordinary of DeKalb county, to pay to those who taught poor children in said county, in the year 1855, and who failed to lay in their accounts within the time prescribed by law, their prorata share of the poor school money on hand appropriated for that year, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Ordinary of DeKalb; APPROVED March 5th, 1856. (No. 265.) An Act in relation to the poor school funds in certain counties therein named. WHEREAS, The Grand Jury in Talbot county, made an imperfect

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list of the poor children of said county, entitled to participate in said fund, omitting the names of many children that should have been put on said list for the year 1854. Preamble 68. Section I. Be it enacted c., That the Ordinary of Talbot county be allowed to pay for all such children as may have been taught in said county during the year 1854, whether their names be on said list or not, out of any surplus funds left on hand of the fund of 1854, provided he shall adjudge them entitled to participate in said fund. Ordinary of Talbot; 69. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Cass county be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay Perley Ford the sum of sixty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents for teaching poor children in said county, in the year 1852, whenever there is a surplus on hand at the end of any year, or such amount of surplus as may be on hand from year to year, until said sum be paid. Cass; 70. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, that the Ordinary of Chattooga county, be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay P. C. Crawford the sum of twenty-eight dollars and thirty-seven cents, for teaching poor children in said county, for the year 1854, whenever there is a surplus on hand at the end of any year, or such amount of surplus as may be on hand from year to year, until said sum be paid. Chattooga, 71. Section IV. And be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Whitfield county, be and he is hereby authorized to pay John B. Lewis, the sum of thirty-seven dollars and fifteen cents, for teaching poor children in said county for the year 1854, whenever there is a surplus fund on hand at the end of any year, or such amount of surplus as may be on hand from year to year, until said sum be paid. Whitfield APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No.266.) An Act for the relief of certain teachers of poor children in the county of Decatur, also to provide for the payment of accounts of teachers of poor children throughout the State, where such children have not been returned according to law. 72. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of the county of Decatur, in this State, to examine the accounts of Samuel S. Maun, Luke Mann and H. Smith, teachers of poor children in said county, prior to the year 1852, and if in his judgment the account of said persons are correct, unpaid, and the children taught proper recipients of the benefit of the poor school fund, then it shall be his duty to pay said accounts out of the poor school fund of said county. Ordinary of Decatur. 73. Sec. II. Public law* APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. See Part I., Public Laws, p. 11.

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(No. 267.) An Act for the relief of Osborn J. Register, of the county of Fulton. 74. Sec. I, Be it enacted c., That the Ordinary of Fulton county, be authorized, and he is hereby empowered to pay to Osborn J. Register, the amount of his account for teaching poor children in said county, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and which were not returned in the time prescribed by law, rateably with the teachers who did return according to law, out of any surplus money of the poor school fund, which may be in his hands, provided said account be properly established by said affidavit of Register, and approved by the Ordinary of Fulton county. Ordinary to pay c; Account to be proven; 75. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Ordinary of Washington county, be and he is hereby authorized to pay to David E. Cumming, the sum due him for teaching poor children in the year 1854, out of any surplus on hand. Ordinary of Washington 76. Sec. III. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. No. 268. An Act for the relief William G. Booth and Phillip H. Delane, teachers of poor children of the county of Marion for the year 1851. 77. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c. That the Ordinary of Marion county be and he is hereby required to pay William G. Booth the amount of forty-nine dollars; also to pay Phillip H. Delane the amount of thirteen dollars and thirty-five cents out of any money which may be coming to said county for the purpose of paying teachers of poor children of said county. Ordinary of Marion to pay certain persons; 78. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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TITLE II. APPROPRIATIONS. SEC. 1. Appropriation to Sam'l Walker. SEC. 2 Appropriation to A. K. Blackwell. SEC. 3 Appropriation to David Smith. SEC. 4 Appropriation to Ezra McCrary. SEC. 5 Appropriation to John Denning. SEC. 6 Appropriation to E. W. Allred. SEC. 7 Appropriation to Wm. McCaw. SEC. 8 Appropriation to John Ursory. SEC. 9 Appropriation to Thos. E. Patton. SEC. 10 Appropriation to Almon Guinn. SEC. 11 Appropriation to Paid to Senator from Walker. SEC. 12 Appropriation to B. J. Head. SEC. 13 Appropriation to Wm. S. Norman. SEC. 14 Appropriation to E. R. Alberti. SEC. 15 Appropriation to Repealing clause. SEC. 16 Appropriation to Solomon Page. SEC. 17 Appropriation to Otho P. Beall. SEC. 18 Appropriation to Pay judg'nts against Central Bank. SEC. 19 Appropriation to Pay State Printer. SEC. 20 Appropriation to Pay James M. Kelly. SEC. 21 Appropriation to Wm. H. Clark. SEC. 22 Appropriation to Repealing clause. SEC. 23 Appropriation to Copeland, Harris, Co. SEC. 24 Appropriation to Wm. Searcy. SEC. 25 Appropriation to James Gardner. SEC. 26 Appropriation to Payment of money to Searcy. SEC. 27 Appropriation to Peter F. Malone's estate. SEC. 28 Appropriation to Repealing clause. SEC. 29 Appropriation to Joseph L. Robinson. SEC. 30 Appropriation to Repealing clause. SEC. 31 Appropriation to Jackson Tyner. SEC. 32 Appropriation to C. H. Little. SEC. 33 Appropriation to Augustus Jones. SEC. 34 Appropriation to J. C. T. Adams and others. SEC. 35 Appropriation to Mason Tiller. SEC. 36 Appropriation to Hardy Smith. SEC. 37 Appropriation to Repealing clause. SEC. 38 Appropriation to Robert McIntire. SEC. 39 Appropriation to William Wells and others. SEC. 40 Appropriation to John Huie. (No. 269.) An Act to appropriate one hudred dollars to be refunded to Samuel Walker, of Fulton county, who paid that amount over and above his lawful tax to the State in 1854, and other persons therein named. WHEREAS, In 1854 the Receiver of tax returns of Fulton county erroneously charged Samuel Walker of said county, upon his digest with one hundred dollars as tax upon a negro as hireing his own time, which he was obliged to and did pay the tax collector of said county for the State. Preamble 1. Section I. Be it therefore enacted, c., That one hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to be paid to Samuel Walker of the county of Fulton, to re-imburse him for tax erroneously paid the State in 1854, and that the Treasurer pay the same to John L. Harris of said county, upon the warrant of his Excellency the Governor. Appropriat'n to Sam'l Walker; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five dollars be refunded to A. K. Blackwell for double tax paid by him as an attorney at law in the county of Murray, having given in and paid on his profession in the county of Pickens, and that the said sum be paid to Mr. Morris the Senator from Murray. A R Blackwell. 3. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the Treasurer be required to pay to David Smith of Gwinnett county, the sum of eleven dollars and ninety-eight cents, being the amount paid by him as double

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tax, in Jackson county, for the year 1854. he having paid his tax for that year in Gwinnett county. David Smith 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the sum of ten dollars be refunded to John Denning, of Jones county, for tax overpaid by him in the year 1854, and that the said sum be paid D. N. Smith, Senator from the county of Jones. Denning, 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted. That his Excellency the Governor is hereby authorised and required to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of Ezra McCrary of the county of Warren for $11 02, and in favor of Andrew D. McCrary for forty-one cents, and in favor of John McCrary for $10 76, and in favor of Bartley McCrary 41 cents, and in favor of James Raley for $2; 17, and in favor of John Raley for 41 cents, and in favor of Thomas Kent for 41 cents, and in favor of James B. Wilson for $4 76 cents, and in favor of Henry Reynolds for 41 cents, all of said persons are of Warren county, and said several sums of money being the amounts overpaid by them respectively for their taxes in the year 1855, and that Augustus Beall Senator from the county of Warren, be authorised to collect and receipt for the same. Ezra McCrary and others. James Raley and others; E W Allred, 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer is hereby authorised to pay to E. W. Allred, former Tax Collector of Pickens county, upon the Executive warrant, nine dollars and sixty three cents over-paid by him as Tax Collector for the year 1854. 7 Sec VII. And be it further enacted, That the sum of ten dollars and seventy cents be appropriated to pay Wm. McCaw the taxes over paid by him to the State in 1854, and that the Governor draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the same in favor of Charles Murphy Senator from the county of DeKalb. Wm McCaw APPROVED, Feb. 21st, 1856. (No. 270.) An Act for the relief of John Ursory of Warren County, Georgia. WHEREAS, John Ursory of Warren county holds in his own right and title, a full claim of titles to lot of land number 267 in the 1st dstrict of originally Muscogee county now Taylor county, from the original drawer of said lot, and whereas, by an after survey of said first district of Muscogee, the numbers of lots in said district were changed, and the said Ursory lost his land, which he thus held from the State of Georgia. Preamble To J Ursory 8. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorised to draw his warrant upon the Treasury in favor of John Ursory, for the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars out of any money not otherwise appropriated to indemnify the said Ursory for the loss thus sustained by the act of the State. APPROVED, March 4th, 1856.

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No. 271. An Act to appropriate a sum of money for the payment of the claim of Thomas E. Patton assignee of Thomas Brice. 9. Sec. I, Be it enacted c., That the sum of three hundred and eighty-three dollars, with interest on that sum from the 20th November, 1852, until paid, be and the same is hereby appropriated to pay the claim of Thomas E. Patton; against the Georgia Penitentiary for tan bark furnished that institution in 1852, and that his Excellency the Governor draw his warrant in favor of said Patton, for the amount. and that the same be paid over to John Caldwell Representative of Walker county. To Thomas E Patton. APPROVED March 1st, 1856. No. 272. An Act to compensate Almon Guinn for the apprehension and delivery of William Mitchell a fugitive from justice and to appropriate money for the same. WHEREAS, Almon Guinn of the county of Polk of the State of Tennessee, did in the month of eighteen hundred and fifty-five in the County of Polk, in the State of Tennessee, apprehend and arrest one William Mitchell, who is charged with the murder of one John S. Cole of and in the county of Walker, and deliver the said William Mitchell to the Sheriff of said Walker county, in said county therefore, 10. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorised and required to draw his warrant for the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, upon any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the said Almon Guinn for the apprehension and delivery of the said William Mitchell. To Almon Guinn; 11. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars is hereby set apart and appropriated for the payment of said warrant, and the Treasurer is hereby authorised and required to pay the same upon said warrant to James Gordon, Senator from Walker county, and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. To whom pd. APPROVED Feb. 25th, 1856. No. 273. An Act to compensate Dr. Bedford J. Head for medical services rendered to the citizens of Oglethorpe during the prevalence of Small Pox in said city. 12. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of his Excellency the Governor

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to draw his warrant on any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated in favor of Bedford J. Head of the county of Macon, for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, for medical services rendered the citizens of Oglethorpe during the prevalence of Small Pox in said city during the year 1853. To Bedford J Head; 13. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, February 26th, 1856. No. 274. An act to authorise the Governor to draw his warrant on the Treasury to the amount of one hundred and sixty dollars, in favor of Wm. S. Norman of the county of Liberty. 14. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That the Governor be and he is hereby authorised and required to draw his order on the Treasury to the amount of one hundred and sixty dollars, in favor of William S. Norman of the county of Liberty, the husband of Susan L. Stacy who was an orphan and minor, and drew under the Land Lottery of 1833, lot of land No. 71, in the 7th district and 1st section of Cherokee now Union county, containing 160 acres, which said lot of land has been sold by the State. To Wm S Norman; APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (no. 275.) An act to refund to E. R. Alberti, a non-resident tax-payer, of the county of Camden, a certain sum of money. 15. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of John E. Ward, Attorney for the said Alberti, for the amount of two hundred and sixty-one 55-100 dollars, the same being overpaid by the said E.R. Alberti by error made by the Receiver of Tax Returns, on his property for the year 1854. To E R Alberti; 16. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 276.) An Act to remit the State Tax to the amount of one hundred dollars of Solomon Page of Lee county, assessed to him by mistake of the Tax Receiver of that county. 17. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Tax Collector of Lee county remit to Solomon Page the amount of one hundred dollars assessed to said Page by mistake of the Tax Receiver of said county for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-five. To Solomon Page; APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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(No. 277) An Act to indemnify Otho P. Beall for the loss of a Lot of Land granted a second time. WHEREAS: Lot of Land No. 627, in the first District and 4th Section, was drawn by James Hayes of the county of Early, and was granted to him by the State, and was by him sold to Otho P. Beall for the sum of one hundred dollars, and whereas, without authority of law a second grant was issued to one F. C. Diamond for the same lot, and by said second grant the said Otho P. Beall has been prevented from a recovery of the same. Preamble; 18. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That his Excellency the Governor be authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer of the State for the sum of one hundred dollars in favor of the said Otho P. Beall to reimburse him. To Otho P Beall, APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. (No. 278.) An Act to authorize and direct his Excellency the Governor of Georgia to draw his warrant on any funds in the State Treasury for the payment of the principal, interest and cost of a judgment in Baldwin Superior Court in favor of A. P. Rood, Adm'r. of Mrs. Blanche Gibson versus the Central Bank of Georgia, and for other purposes therein named. WHEREAS: at the August Term, 1855, of Baldwin Superior Court, A. P. Rood, Administrator of Mrs. Blanche Gibson obtained on appeal against the Central Bank of Georgia, a judgment for nine thousand four hundred and seventy dollars as principal debt with interest thereon from the fifth day of October 1850, and eighteen dollars as costs of suit, and there being no assets or cash of the Central Bank of Georgia with which to pay off the same. Preamble 19. Section I. Be it therefore enacted, That his Excellency Governor Johnson, be, and he is hereby authorised and directed to draw a warrant on any monies in the Treasury not otherwise specially appropriated, for the payment of the judgment aforesaid, principal, interest and costs up to the time of the payment by him; and to deliver said warrant to Alfred Iverson or Iverson L. Harris, Attorneys at Law of the Pl'ff., and to take the receipt of said Attorneys or either of them therefor. To pay judgment against the Central Bank. 20. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated in part payment of the State Printer, and that his Excellency the Governor issue his warrant for the same in favor of Messrs. Barnes Nisbet. To State Printer; APPROVED, December 20th, 1855.

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(No. 279.) An Act to appropriate money to the representatives of James M. Kelly deceased, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 21. SEC. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of his Excellency, the Governor of the State of Georgia, to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the sum of one thousand dollars in favor of the Legal Representatives of James M. Kelly, deceased, late Reporter of the State of Georgia, for furnishing two hundred volumes of the reports of decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, which have been received and are unpaid for. To repres'ntatives of Jas M Kelly; 22. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That his Excellency, the Governor, be required also to draw his Warrant on the Treasury, in favor of William H. Clark, of Camden county, for the amount of nine dollars for over tax, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. To Wm H Clark; 23. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 280.) An Act to authorize the Governor to draw his warrant upon the Treasury for thirty dollars and thirty-seven and a half cents, in favor of Copeland, Harris and Company, being the amount over paid by them for taxes to the State. WHEREAS, Copeland, Harris Co., of Morgan county, through mistake, over paid the tax Collector of said county, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-five, therefore 24. Section I. Be it enacted c., That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorized and requested to draw his warrant upon the Treasury in favor of Copeland, Harris and Company, for thirty dollars and thirty-seven and a half cents, it being the amount overpaid by the said Copeland, Harris and Company, as taxes to the Tax Collector of Morgan county, as referred to above. To Copeland Harris Co. APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. (No. 281.) An Act for the relief of William Searcy, and the estate of Peter F. Mahone, late of Talbot county, deceased, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 25. Section I. WHEREAS, William Searcy, of the county of Talbot, having in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-three, paid into the Treasury of the State, the sum of fifty dollars and seventy-five

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cents, over and above his just taxes, for said year, and it appearing that said William Searcy gave in his taxable property in the county of Talbot, and there a double tax being assessed on the same property by the tax Receiver of Taylor county, from which fact said William Searcy was caused to have to pay and did pay, the above stated sum to the tax Collector of Taylor county, for remedy whereof Over - paym't of tax by Wm Searcy; 26. Sec. II. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, that his Excellency the Governor, be and he is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant upon the Treasury of the State, for the sum of thirty six dollars out of any monies not otherwise appropriated in consideration of an over payment of taxes in favor of said William Searcy. Appropriat'n of 36 dollars; 27. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the Governor be authorized to deliver to James Gardner a six per cent. bond of the State of Georgia, for the sum of five hundred dollars, payable in Savannah, Georgia, ten years after the 1st July 1855, with coupons payable in that city, semi-annually on the first of January, 1856, for six months interest in lieu, on an original six per cent. bond, No. 95, bearing date, and payable as aforesaid for five hundred dollars, issued and delivered to said James Gardner, on the 1st September last,t he property of said James Gardner, which has been lost or destroyed, upon the said James Gardner giving a bond with adequate security, to be approved by the Governor, indemnifying the State against all loss or damage by means of said lost bond, having been made by the State. 6 per cent. bonds to Jas. Gardner; In lieu of a lost bond 28. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That Joseph Brown be authorized to receipt for the said sum of money so ordered to be paid to the said William Searcy. Payment to Jos. Brown, c: 29. Sec. V. Be it further enacted, That the estate of Peter F. Mahone be and the same is hereby discharged from the payment of a Bill of Exchange drawn in 1836, by William S. Harp, and discounted by the Central Bank of Georgia. Peter F Mahone's estate c. 30. Section VI. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED March 3st, 1856. No. 282. An Act for the relief of Joseph L. Robinson of the county of Appling. 31. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That his Excellency the Governor, be and is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasury for the sum of five dollars and twenty-five cents, with interest on said amonnt from the 7th day of August, 1849; it being the amount paid by said Joseph L. Robinson as an instalment on a fractional lot of land sold under an act of the General Assembly, approved, 30th December, 1847, which said lot having been previously sold, a grant could not be issued to said Robinson, and that Isham Redish, Sen., of Appling county, be authorized to receive said money. Appropriat'n to Joseph L Robinson: 32. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, Feb. 16th 1856.

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No. 283. An Act for the relief of Jackson Tyner. 33. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, that His Excellency the Governor, be and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasury for the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars in favor of Jackson Tyner, late Tax Collector of Sumter county, it being the amount of his insolvent list for the year 1854. To Jackson Tyner; APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. No. 284. An Act for the relief of Crawford H. Little, tax Collector of the county of Franklin. WHEREAS, in the act of the last Legislature, creating a new county from the counties of Elbert and Franklin, there were certain insolvent tax payers taken from the county of Franklin, and the said C. H. Little issued Execution against them, and piaced them in the hands of the Sheriff of Hart county, the Sheriff of said county has been unable to collect the same to the amount of eighteen dollars and twenty-one cents. Therefore 34. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury of this State, for the sum of eighteen dollars and twenty-one cents, in favor of said Crawford H. Little. To Crawford H Little; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. [No. 285. An Act for the relief of Augustus C. Jones. WHEREAS, Augustus C. Jones lived in the disputed territory between Baker and Calhoun counties, and give in and paid his tax in Baker county, but was afterwards compelled to pay double tax under a fifa and levy from the tax collector of Calhoun county. 31. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That his Excellency the Governor, be and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasury of this State, in favor of Augustus C. Jones, or his duly authorized agent for the sum of sixty-two dollars and eighty-two cents, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. To Augustus Jones; APPROVED, March 1st., 1856. (No. 286.) An Act for the relief of J. T. C. Adams, John Pike and Ebenezer Perkins all of the county of Lowndes. 36. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That the Governor of this State

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be, and he is hereby authorised and required to draw his warrant upon the Treasury in favor of J. T. C. Adams, John Pike and Ebenezer Perkins all of the county of Lowndes, for the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, for their services in pursuing and apprehending the person of Alexander Wright the murderer of John Dixon, who broke jail in the county aforesaid; and that William Jones, a Representative of Lowndes county, be authorized to draw and receipt for the same. To J T C Adams and others; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 287.) An Act for the relief of Mason Tiller of the county of Lee. WHEREAS: on the 25th day of November, 1846, Lot of Land number 71 in the 11th district of originally Lee now Randolph county was by authority of the Central Bank of Georgia exposed to sale at public outcry by John S. Thomas, Director of said Bank, and Mason Tiller of the county of Lee being the highest bidder became the purchaser of said lot at the price of ninety-five dollars, and the said Thomas made a warantee title to said Tiller on the part of the State, and whereas, the State has no title and said warantee has failed, and said Tiller has been compelled to buy the outstanding title at the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars the further sum of forty-two dollars and sixty-five cents in defending said warantee of the State. 37. Section I. Therefore be it enacted, c., That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of said Mason Tiller for the sum of $162 95-100, (one hundred and sixty-two dollars 95 cents,) out of any money not otherwise appropriated. To Mason Tiller, APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 288.) An Act for the relief of Hardy Smith of the county of Laurens. 38. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised to draw his warrant in favor of the Representative from Laurens, upon any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars to remunerate Hardy Smith of the county of Laurens for expense by him incurred in the prosecution of Joseph P. Wilson, Who was convicted of the crime of Larceny from a House, in Laurens Superior Court. To Hardy Smith; 39. SEC. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. (No. 289.) An Act for the relief of Robert McIntire of the county of Chatham. 40. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the sum of fourteen

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dollars and fifty-eight cents, be, and is hereby appropriated to refund to Robert McIntire of the county of Chatham, this amount overpaid by him to the Tax Collector of said county, owing to an error in his return of cash on hand, to the Receiver of Tax Returns. To Robert McIntire APPROVED, Feb. 25th, 1856. (No. 290.) An Act to appropriate money to remunerate William Wills, John M. Wilcher, Charner B. Strange and John Y. Flecher for expenses and services in bringing from Alabama, Francis M. Collins, a fugitive from Justice. 41. Section I. The General Assembly do enact, That his Excellency the Governor of the State be, and he is hereby authorised to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of this State in favor of William Wills, John M. Wilcher, Charner B. Strange and John Y. Fletcher, for expenses and services in bringing from the State of Alabama, under a requisition of the Governor of Georgia, Francis M. Collins, a fugitive from Justice, for the sum of one hundred and forty-eight dollars and twelve cents. To William Wells and others; APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 291.) An Act for the relief of John Huie of the county of Fayette. 42. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Governor draw his warrant on the Treasury of this State in favor of John Huie, or his order for the sum of two hundred and fifty-six 87 100 dollars, the amount paid by him as endorser of a note made by Allen Alford, which was paid twice, once by said Allen Alford, and again by the said John Huie, by the levy and sale of his property in the county of Fayette. To Jno Huie, APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. TITLE III. ATTORNEYS. Sec. 1. May be Justices of Peace in Burke. Sec. 2. May be Justices of Peace in Washington. (No. 292.) An Act to allow practicing Attorncys to serve as Justices of the Peace in Burke county. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and immediately

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after the passage of this act it shall and may be lawful for any practising Attorney in the county of Burke to be elected Justice of the Peace in, and for said county, and being such Justice of the Peace to try any warrant, or give judgment thereon in any civil case whatsoever in said county, Provided, that no practising Attorney being a Justice of the Peace, nor his legal partner shall be allowed to practice in his own Court. Attorneys at Law to be elected Justices of the Pease in Burke; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 293.) An Act to amend an act assented to December 14 th, 1811, and to allow practicing Attorneys to hold the office and perform the duties of Justice of the Peace in the county of Washington. 2. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That so much of the above recited as prohibits practicing Attorneys from holding the office of Justice of the Peace and exercising the duties thereof, so far as it relates to the county of Washington be, and the same is hereby repealed. and Washington; APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. TITLE IV. CHURCHES, CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, c. SEC. 1. Mount Vernon Camp Ground incorporated. SEC. 2 Vacancies in board of trustees. SEC. 3. Corporators Waresboro' Camp Ground. SEC. 4. Violation of rules and laws. SEC. 5. Limits of corporation. SEC. 6 Kingston Presbyterian Church. SEC. 7 vacancies in board of Trustees. SEC. 8 Repealing clause. SEC. 9 Friendship Church in Greens-borough. SEC. 10 Illegal sale ofliquor. SEC. 11 Repealing clause. SEC. 12. Washington Presbyterian church. SEC. 13 Cherokee Georgia Baptist Convention. SEC. 14 Election of officers. SEC. 15 Meetings of convention. SEC. 16 Rights heretofore granted. SEC. 17 Conventiou to hold Coll eges. SEC. 18. Repealing clause. SEC. 19 Reeners' Camp Ground. SEC. 20 Vacancies. SEC. 21 Corporate limits. SEC. 22 Repealing clause. SEC. 23 Ladies German Benevolent Society. SEC. 24 Needle-Woman's Friend Society. SEC. 25 Muscogee Asylum for poor. SEC. 26 Masonic Lodge, Holmesville. SEC. 27 Corporators. SEC. 28 Repealing clause. SEC. 29 Laurens Lodge. SEC. 30 Corporators. SEC. 31 Repealing clause. No. 294. An Act to incorporate Mount Vernon Methodist Camp Ground, iu Whitfield county, and Waresboro Camp Cround, and to appoint Trustees for the same, and for other purpose. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Clisby Austin, Joshua Harlin, James A. Paxon, Francis W. McCurdy, and Peter Mason, and their successors in office, forever, be and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate under the name and style

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of the Trustees of the Mount Vernon Methodist Camp Ground in Whitfield county, with power to make and use a common seal, contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, and plead and be impleaded in the several Courts of law and equity in this State, also to purchase, receive by gift or otherwise hold and dispose of, for the use of said Methodist Camp Ground, any property, real or personal, and to make such by-laws for their government as shall be necessary and proper; Provided, they are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. Mt, Vernon Campground Powers and privileges; By-laws 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That all vacancies occuring by death, or resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by the remaining members of said trustees, that three of said trustees, shall be a quorum to make all by-laws, rules and regulations necessary to carry their powers into effect, not repugnant to the laws of this State, or of the United States, and that the limits of said incorporation shall extend one mile in every direction from said Camp Ground. Vacancies. 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That Daniel E. Knowles, James Fullwood, Randall McDonald, James Inman, Irwin R. Boothe, James A. Sweat and David J. Miller and their successors be and they are hereby appointed and declared to be a body corporate under the name and style of the trustees of the Waresboro Camp Ground in the county of Ware, and shall have power to receive titles to all property, both real and personal, by deed, grant, gift, leave or otherwise, and to dispose of the same for the use of said Camp Ground, and shall have power to make all rules, regulations or by-laws for the government of said Camp Ground that they or majority of them may deem necessary, Provided, they be not contrary to the constitutton and laws. Corporators; Waresboro Campground Powers, c; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further euacted, That all violations of the rules, regulations and by-laws made by the trustees aforesaid, for the government of said Camp Ground, shall be punishable under the existing laws now of force for the protection of public worship. Violations, 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That said trustees and their successors, or a majority of them, shall have power to fill all vacancies that may occur in their body by death, resignation or otherwise, and that the limits of said incorporation shall extend a distance of one mile in every direction from said Camp Ground. Corporate limits; 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That John P. Eve, William W. Clayton and John T. Groves, be and they are here constituted a body corporate by the name of the Trustees of the Presbytian Church in Kingston, Cass connty, and they may have perpetual succession, and may procure and use a common seal, and they and their successors by the name aforesaid, shall be capable in law or in equity, to purchase to them and their successors forever, any lands, tenements, goods, and chattels which may be necessary for the use of said church, and may receive and retain for the use of said church, any gifts or donations which may be made to them, and the same to dispose of in any way they may deem best for the interest of said church, and by the name aforesaid may sue and be sued in any Court of law or equity in this State. Corporators; Kingston Presbyterian Church, Powers, c;

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7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted that any vacanncy occurring by death or otherwise, may be filled by the members of said church, in such manner as they may elect, and any two trustees may exercise any of the rights conferred by this act, and the said trustees may make such by-laws, rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry the powers herein granted into full effect. Vacancies; 8. Sec. VIII. (Repeals conflicting laws.) [PART OF ACT 233.] An Act to incorporate the Elberton Male Academy in the town of Elberton, and County Line Academy in the County of Marion and to appoint Trustees for the same, to incorporate the Marietta Copper Company, also to incorporate Friendship Church in Greene County. [Previous sections may be found under titles Academies, c. and Joint Stock Companies.] 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted. That Friendship Church in Greene County, be and the same is hereby incorporated, and that Littlebury B. Jackson, Elihu Hall, James Kelly, William Callahan, Henry Callahan, and Sam'l R Walker are hereby appointed trustees of said Church, and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, with power to hold real and personal estate, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, and to do all other acts that bodies politic and corporate of a similar character are authorised to do, and to appoint their successors in office. Trustees; Incorporated Powers and privileges; 10. Sec. X. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any one to retail spirituous liquors within one mile of said church on days when said church may be in session, and that any one violating this section of this act, shall be subject to indictment and punishment in the same way that any one would be, in violating the law in force in this State against retailing without license. Spirituous liquors; 11. Sec. XI. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 295.) An Act to amend the charter of the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church and Washington Female Seminary, granted by act of December 19 th, 1827, and amended by act of December 31 st, 1838, and for other purposes. 12. Sec. I. It is hereby enacted, c., That the present Trustees of the Presbyterian Church and Washington Female Seminary, and their successors in office be a body corporate, under the title of the Trustees of the Washington Presbyterian Church, having all the powers in relation to said Church, and the property of said Church, heretofore conferred on the corporation first named, and that there be another body corporate, entitled the trustees of the Washington Female Seminary, with all the powers, privileges and property

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of said first named corporation so far as they relate to the Washington Female Seminary, to be constituted of such persons as shall by the present board of Trustees, or a majority of them, be appointed. Incorporated Powers and privileges. APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 296.) An Act to incorporate the Cherokee Georgia Baptist Convention, to confer upon said corporation certain powers therein named, and for other purposses. 13. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, John W. Lewis, John Crawford, James H. B. Shackelford, A. W. Buford. Mark A. Cooper, John H. Rice, Edwin Dyer, Jesse M. Wood, Charles H. Stilwell, Carter W. Sparks, A. B. Ross, S. M. Pyle, Shepherd R. Williams, A. R. Almand, U. M. Mathews, J. B. Wood, Henry Jones and William H. Daniel and their successors in office, and such as may hereafter unite with or join then, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic, and corporate, by the name of the Cherokee Georgia Baptist Convention and by that name they shall be capable of, and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorized to have and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure, to hold and receive all manner of property both real and personal, for the purpose of carrying out the object of said incorporation, and to hold, claim, and recover any and all the real and personal property, subscription or donation that may be given or bequeathed to them, or that they may be possessed of, and obtain, or transfer the same in their judgment for the interest of said convention, and to enact such rules and by-laws for their government as they may deem necessary and proper, and to exercise such other power not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States, as said convention may deem necessary for their proper management and government. Corporators Style; Powrs and privileges By-laws; 14. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the before named persons, and those who shall hereafter unite with, or join them, and their successors in their corporate character, and name shall have perpetual succession, and that said convention shall have the right to elect a President, Treasurer, Secretary and such other officers as they may deem necessary and proper for their government and transaction of their business, and to fill such vacancies as may occur in their offices, by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, and to remove such as they may deem proper to remove at any and all times. Succession; Officers; 15. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the regular meetings of said convention shall be at such times and places as they shall from time to time designate, and that the before named persons or a majority of them and such others as may associate themselves with them, shall have the right to meet and organize themselves at such time and place as they shall or may have agreed upon. Meetings of Convention; 16. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That said Cherokee

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Georgia Baptist Convention, shall have and possess, and are hereby invested with all the similar rights, privileges, powers, immunities and exemptions in every respect as have heretofore by the different Legislatures of the State of Georgia, been extended to, and conferred upon the Georgia Baptist State Convention, and which are now enjoyed and exercised by said Georgia Baptist State Convention. Rights heretofore granted; 17. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That said Cherokee Georgia Baptist Convention shall have the right and power, by agreement with the Trustees of Woodland Female College, located at Cedar Town, Polk county, and by agreement with the Trustees of the Cassville Baptist Male College, located at Cassville, Cass county, to receive said Colleges upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed on, and hold, possess, and own said two Colleges and exercise all the powers due said two Institutions as is authorized by the acts of the Legislature of this State, incorporating the same, or as shall hereafter be conferred upon said Cherokee Georgia Baptist Convention by any law or laws of this State. To hold Colleges; 18. Sec. VI. (Repeals conflicting [Illegible Text] APPROVED March 6th, 1856. (No. 297.) An Act to incorporate Reener's Camp Ground of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in the county of Rabun, and to confer certain powers and privileges upon the same. 19. SECTION. I. Be it enacted, c., That John Reener, James M. Quillian, Daniel Pitchford, Amos McAllister, John C. Bryson and William Singleton, 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 Reener's Camp Ground of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and as such may have a common seal, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, receive and hold property conveyed to them, or transfer and sell the same at their own discretion. Corporators; Style; Seal; Powers and privileges; 20. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said Trustees and their successors shall have power to fill all vacancies which may occur in their body, make rules and regulations, pass all by-laws necessary for their government; Provided, they be not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State, and have and enjoy such other powers and privileges as are usual to corporations of like character and purposes. vacancies; By-laws, Proviso; 21. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said incorporation shall extend three hundred yards in every direction from said encampment. Corporate limits; 22. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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(No. 298.) An Act to incorporate the Ladies' German Benevolent Society of Savannah. 23. SECTION I. Be it enacted, c., That Barbara Mayer, Fanny Silber, Louisa Byck, Jannet Sichel, Fanny Herzback, Carolina Laudauer, Jette Lippman, and their associates and successors be, and the same are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name of The Ladies German Benevolent Society of Savannah, and as such are hereby capable to sue and be sued, and to hold, take and purchase real and personal estate, and generally to enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities usually granted to and enjoyed by charitable societies, and to do such things and pass such laws for the organization of their society, not inconsistent with the laws of the State, as to them may seem best calculated for carrying out their purposes, to-wit: that of nursing the sick and burying the dead. Incorporated Style. Powers and privileges; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 299.) An Act to incorporate the Needle-Womans Friend Society, in the city of Savannah. 24. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Ann M. Davis, Fanny Minis, Josephine Felt, Anna McIntosh, Isabella Habersham, and their associates, be and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic under the name and style of the Needle-Woman's Friend Society, to be located in the city of Savannah, for charitable purposes, with power to purchase and hold property, real and personal, to sue and be sued, and to exercise all the powers usually conferred upon corporations of a similar character, to elect Directresses at such times, and as many as they may desire, and to confer such power upon said Directress as are given to the corporators by this act, or so much and such portion of said power, as they may determine by their by-laws. Corperators Style Rights and privileges: APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 300.) An Act to amend an act assented to 24 th December 1847, entitled an act to incorporate the Muscogee Asylum for the Poor, to make provisions for the support, and 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, experience has shown that the tax authorised by law to be levied for the purposes specified in the act of which this is amendatory, is not sufficient to support the poor of Muscogee county, and defray the expenses of said Asylum, Preamble;

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25. Sec. I. Therefore be it enacted, c., That the Justices of the Inferior court of the county of Muscogee be and they are hereby authorised and required to levy, and cause to be collected, such tax as they, with the advice of the trustees of said Asylum may deem sufficient for the support thereof, and that said tax when so collected, be paid to said trustees as now provided by law. Tax levied; APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. No. 301. An Act to incorporate Holmesville Lodge, number 195, of Free and Accepted Masons of the town of Holmesville, Appling County. 26. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Holmesville Lodge, number one hundred and ninety-five of Free and Accepted Masons, situted at Holmesville in the county of Appling, be and the same is hereby declared a body corporate under the name and style of Holmesville Lodge, number one hundred and ninety-five of free and accepted Masons. Incorporated 27. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That William M. Session; Worshipful Master; Henry J. Smith, Senior Warden; Joseph T. McCall, Junior Warden, the officers of said Lodge, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared capable in law or equity of suing or being sued, of purchasing and holding real and personal property, of giving and receiving titles for the same, to use a common seal, and to do all other things which bodies corporate may in law do connected with the object of their association. Corporators; Rights and privileges. 28. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. No. 302. An Act to incoporate Laurens Lodge number seventy-five of Free and Accepted Masons of Laurens county. 29 Sec. I. Be enacted, c., That Laurens Lodge number seventy-five of Free and Accepted Masons of the county of Laurens be and the same are hereby made a body corporate under the name and style aforesaid. Incorporated Name; 30 Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That Charles B. Guyton, Worshipful Master; John R. Cochran, Senior Warden, and R. A. Hill, Junior Warden, the officers of said Lodge, and their successors in office are hereby declared capable in law, of suing and being sued, having a common seal, purchasing property and selling the same, making by-laws for their government, and doing all other acts which bodies corporate may in law, or connected with the objects of their association. Corporators. Powers and privileges; 31. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.

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TITLE V. CITIES, TOWNS, c. BRUNSWICK. Sec. 1. Brunswick incorporated. Sec. 2 Qualification of voters. Sec. 3 Voters where to reside. Sec. 4 Organization of Council. Sec. 5 Vacancies. Sec. 6 Name, style and privileges. Sec. 7 Tax to be levied. Sec. 8 Street Tax. Sec. 9 Marshal and other officers. Sec. 10 Mayor and Council Justices of Peace. Sec. 11 Mal-practice punished. Sec. 12 Removal of buildings. Sec. 13 Houses of ill fame. Sec. 14 Spirituous Liquors. Sec. 15 Ordinances. Sec. 16 Protection against fire. Sec. 17 City Guards. Sec. 18 Offenders prosecuted. Sec. 19 FinesImprisonment. Sec. 20 Officers to justify when sued. Sec. 21 Assessors of Tax. Sec. 22 Auctioneers. Sec. 23 Wood. lumber and produce. Sec. 24 Health officers' duty. Sec. 25 Streets not to be opened. Sec. 26 Laying out lots. Sec. 27 Public Squares. Sec. 28 Wharves. Sec. 29 Pilots. Sec. 30 Impounding of stock. Sec. 31 Salary of Mayor. Sec. 32 Time of holding elections. Sec. 33 Grant to Brunswick Rail-road Co. Sec. 34 Council to subscribe for Stock. Sec. 35 Books, Records, c. Sec. 36 By-laws. Sec. 37 Repealing clause. (No. 303.) An Act incorporate the town of Brunswick in the county of Glynn, to define its jurisdictional limits, to provide for the election of Mayor and City Council, and such other officers as may be required, and confer upon them specific powers, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the town of Brunswick in the county of Glynn, shall be known and called the city of Brunswick, and that the corporate limits of said city, and the boundaries of the same shall be follows, to-wit: the northern boundary line shall begin at the intersection of a creek commonly called Dart's Narrows, or cut, and the waters of Back River, and shall run thence due west to the main channel of Turtle river, thence following the channel of said river past Buzzard's Roost and Brandy Point to Dennis' Folly, thence along the waters of St. Simon's Sound to the mouth of said Back river, and thence up said Back river, to the place of beginning. Brunswick incorporated Corporate limits. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That within twenty days after the passage of this act, and by giving ten days notice, and on the first Saturday in every January thereafter, all free white male persons, 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 are entitled to vote for members of the Legislature of said State, and who shall have paid all taxes legally imposed, and demanded by the authority of the city, are qualified to vote for, and shall elect by ballot, a Mayor and eight

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members of the City Council; and any person or persons legally entitled to vote in said election, shall be eligible either for Mayor or members of the City Council; at which election, one Justice of the Inferior Court, or Justice of the Peace, shall preside, together with two freeholders, neither of whom being a candidate, 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 shall be recorded by the Clerk of the City Council, which record shall be held and esteemed as the highest evidence of such election. Qualification of voters Election of Mayor and Council. Superintendents; Certificates of election 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, 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 a citizen residing within the corporate limits of said city, and 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 the State, not less than one nor more than two years. voters, where reside; Penalty 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That on the first Monday after the election of said Mayor and Council the persons elected as aforesaid shall attend at the Council Chambers. for the purpose of organizing the Council, and the Mayor and each member of the Council shall take and subscribe the following oath before a Justice of the Peace, or Justice of the Inferior Court for the county of Glynn: 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 Brunswick, by adopting such measures as shall in my judgment be best calculated to promote the general welfare of the inhabitants of the city of Brunswick, so help me God; and shall forth with enter upon the duties of their offices. Organization Oath of Mayor, c. 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and members of the City Council shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified, and in the event that the office of Mayor or any one or more of the City Council shall become vacated 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 giving at least ten days notice at two or more of the most public places in said city or in a public gazette published in said city, and said election shall be managed in the same manner as the election to be held in chief, according to the provisions of the third section of this act. Vacancies 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and members of the Council as before mentioned shall be known as the Mayor and Council of the city of Brunswick, 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 said city of Brunswick in perpetuity,

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petuity, or for any number 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 release the same or any part thereof or convey the same or any part thereof in any way whatsoever. Style. Rights and privileges. 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Brunswick, or a majority of them, shall have power and authority to levy and collect a poll tax upon all free white persons within the city of Brunswick 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 Brunswick, 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 Brunswick, upon Banking or Insurance, capital employed in the city, upon Banks or Insurance Agents and professional men, upon Factors, Brokers and vendors of Lottery tickets, thus to raise such a 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, and provided further, that all lands used within said corporate limits exclusively for farming purposes shall be exempt from the payment of city or corporation tax. Tax levied, 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the city of Brunswick 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, free person of color and slave in the city of Brunswick, between the ages of twenty-one and fifty 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. Street tax. [Illegible Text] 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council of the city of Brunswick 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 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, bribery or incapacity to discharge the said duties at their discretion. Marshal other officers Fees; 10. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and the members of the Council shall be bound to keep the peace, and shall be ex officio Justices of the Peace, so as to enable them to issue warrants for offences committed within the jurisdiction of the city of Brunswick, and shall have full power, on examination to commit the offender or offenders to jail, or to the guard-house, in said city, or to bail them, if the offence be bailable, to appear before the Superior Court of the county of Glynn. Mayor and Council, c; 11. Sec. XI. And be it further enacted, That in case the Mayor or any member of the Council while in office shall be guilty of any wilful neglect, mal-practice or abuse of the power confided to him, he shall be subject to be indicted before the Superior Court of the

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county of Glynn, and on conviction shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand 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. Malpractice, how punishd 12. Sec. XII. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Brunswick 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, side-walks or public squares in said city. They shall have power to establish a market [Illegible Text] markets in the city of Brunswick, and to pass such ordinances as may be proper and necessary for the regulation of the same; 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, regulate and control all taverns and public houses within the city; they shall have power to license drays, wagons, carts, and all pleasure carriages, and regulate the same; and further, the said Mayor and Council shall have full power and control over all livery stables, pumps, wells, fire companies and engines within the said city. City Counciltheir pow'r Market may be establis'd General Regulations 13. Sec. XIII. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council 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. 14. Sec. XIV. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have the sole and exclusive right of granting licenses to retail liquors in the city of Brunswick, the charge for which shall not exceed the sum of fifty dollars, and of fixing the rate of such licenses, and the terms upon which they shall issue, and of declaring said licenses void when said terms are not complied with; they shall also have power to license, regulate and control all billiard tables, ten-pin alleys, nine-pin alleys, or alley sof any kind within the city, and to remove the same when they become nuisances to the neighborhood they shall also have power to tax all theatrical performances and exhibitions or shows of any kind within the corporate limits of said city. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], c; 15. Sec. XV. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Brunswick, 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 Marshal 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. Ordinances 16. Sec. XVI. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have power to remove any forge or smith shop, when, in their opinion, it shall be necessary to insure safety against fire, and shall have power to cause any stove, or stove pipe or other thing which shall endanger the city as to fire, to be removed or remedied, as their prudence shall dictate. Protection against fire 17. Sec. XVII. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor

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and Council of the city of Brunswick 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 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. City Guards; 18. Sec. XVIII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Marshal of said city upon notice in writing from the Mayor, or any member of the Council, to prosecute all offences against the laws of this State, for crimes committed within the limits of the city of Brunswick, 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. Marshal's duty 19. Sec. XIX. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council of Brunswick 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 one hundred dollars, and to imprison offenders in the common jail of the county of Glynn, or in the guard house of said city, for the space of sixty days; and the said fines after being regularly assessed, shall be collected by execution to be issued by the City Treasurer against the estate of said offender, if any to be found. Fines. Imprisonm't. 20. Sec. XX. And be it further enacted, 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. Justifications 21. Sec. XXI. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Brunswick shall have the power, if in their discretion they see proper, 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 by the Treasurer of the city, and if after giving notice for twenty days at the most public place in said city, or in a public gazette published in the city of the day on which his books will be closed, there shall be a defaulter or defaulters, the Treasurer is hereby authorised to issue an execution against the property of any such defaulters, directed to the City Marshal, who may proceed to levy the same, and after advertising for thirty days, shall sell the property levied on, before the Court House door, on a regular Sheriff's sale day, and between the hours for Sheriff's sales; and the said Marshal shall put up said property, 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 the said execution was issued. Assessors; Taxeshow collected Default executions; Sales. 22. Sec. XXII. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have power to license and appoint annually as many Auctioneers 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 at auction in said city, to be paid by the Auctioneer. Auctioneers Auction fees 23. Sec. XXIII. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor

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and Council of the city of Brunswick, shall have power and authority to regulate by fixed rules, the admeasurement of wood and timber, and a general inspection and supervision of all goods and produce exhibited for sale within the corporate limits of said city, for which purpose they shall appoint measurers, weighers, inspectors and guagers, whose duties and fees they shall declare and prescribe. Wood, c. 24. Sec. XXIV. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to elect a Health Officer, who shall be a Physician, and whose duties and compensation they shall regulate and prescribe, or if they think necessary they may appoint a Board of Health, and confer upon them such powers and privileges as are usually granted to such Boards. Health officer, c; 25. Sec. XXV. And be it further enacted, 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. Opening streets, c, 26. Sec. XXVI. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons wishing to lay out into lots, streets and squares any grounds within the limits of the city, shall have the same surveyed, and the streets plainly marked, and a plat thereof filed in the office of the City Clerk, after which all such streets and public squares shall become the property of, and be vested in said corporation. Lots laid out, c 27. Sec. XXVII. And be it further enacted, That all the streets and public squares as at present laid out within the limits of said city, shall be, and the same are hereby declared to be vested in fee simple in the said corporation, for the use of the city, and the said Mayor and Council shall have power to make such changes and alterations in the streets and squares of said city, as they shall deem proper, and also to open and make such new streets and alleys in said city as they shall think necessary and any person thinking himself injured thereby may institute a suit in the Superior Court of Glynn county against the Mayor and Council to recover damages for such injury, and if damages be awarded to said plaintiff, the same shall be paid out of the city funds. public squ'r's vested in Council Streets changed 28. Sec. XXVIII. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the city of Brunswick, shall have full power and authority to exercise such privileges and control over the wharves of said city, as are usual in sea-port cities, and as they may deem salutary and necessary for the interest thereof. Wharves 29. Sec. XXIX. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall elect and license on such terms as they think proper, pilots for the bar of St. Simons and Turtle river, whose duties and compensation, they shall prescribe under such penalties as they may think proper; Provided always, that the said pilots shall not form or enter into any partnership, or be in company in any manner in the business of piloting, under a penalty of one thousand dollars, to be recovered by the Mayor and Council, by suits at law, as

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debts of that amount are now recoverable for the use of the cily, and also the forfeiture of their licenses. pilots proviso 30. Sec. XXX. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council shall have power to take up, and impound any horses, mules, cattle or hogs running at large within the limits of said city, and to pass such ordinances as may be deemed necessary by them for the proper regulation of stock within the city. Stock, c. 31. Sec. XXXI. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said city shall receive for his services, such sum per annum, as may be fixed by the City Council, which salary together with the compensation of city officers, and all expenditures made for the use of the city, shall be paid out of the city funds by an order passed by the city council, and the Clerk and Treasurer shall keep a book or books in which he shall make an entry of all sums of money received, from whom, and upon what account it was received, and shall also make an entry of all sums of money paid out, to whom and for what purpose it was paid, taking receipts therefor, which books and receipts shall be subject to the inspection of the Mayor and members of the council of said city, at any time he or they may think proper, and all sums of money, paid into the hands of the Treasurer by this act, shall be, and is hereby directed to be a fund for the exclusive use of the said city. Mayor's salary. Salaries, how paid; 32. SEC. XXXII. And be it further enacted, That the Clerk and Treasurer of the City of Brunswick, shall be elected by the City Council at their annual meeting on the first Monday after the first Saturday in January in each and every year, and shall serve one year unless removed, or until his successor shall be duly elected and qualified, and shall give bond in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, with two or more good securities, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty as Clerk and Treasurer of said city, and he 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. Time of holding elections Amount of power, 33. Sec. XXXIII. And be it further enacted, That the Brunswick and Florida Rail Road, shall have the privilege, with the consent of the Mayor and Council of the city of Brunswick, of constructing a Rail Road through said city, or to any place therein; Provided. That the said company shall pay all damages they may do to public and private property, to be recovered in the mode pointed out in the charter of said company. Rights granted to B F R Rd provisos 34. Sec. XXXIV. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have authority, on the recommendation of a majority of citizens in public meeting, to subscribe for stock of Rail Roads, or such other internal improvements, as may be for the interest and advantage of the city of Brunswick, to borrow money on the faith and credit of the city, to pay the same, and to impose a special tax to meet such debts so created; Provided, that the special tax being authorised shall not exceed one half of one per cent in any one year. May s'bsc'be for stock 35. Sec. XXXV. And be it further enacted, That the books and records of the city council of Brunswick, during the existence of said council from its organization, in accordance with an act passed 29th

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of December, 1836, and styled an act to incorporate the town of Brunswick, and to extend its jurisdictional limits, and for other purposes therein mentioned, to the repeal of said act of incorporation, styled 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 18th of December, 1847, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be the property of the city of Brunswick, and shall be delivered by the person or persons having them in possession, to the Mayor and council of the city of Brunswick as created by this act, for the use of said city, and if the person or persons having said books or records in possession, shall refuse to deliver them to the said Mayor and Council on demand he or they shall be subject to an indictment for the offence of misdemeanor before the Superior Court of Glynn county, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, and be confined in the jail of said county until said records are delivered to said Mayor and council of the city of Brunswick. Books, and recordswhose property, To whom delivered Refusal, 36. Sec. XXXVI. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Brunswick shall have full power and authority to pass every by-law, regulation or ordinance that may appear to them necessary and proper for the security, welfare and interest of the said city, and of preserving the peace, health, morals, order and good government of the same. By-laws, 37. Sec. XXXVII. And be it further enacted, That the act heretofore passed, with all acts amendatory thereto, incorporating the town of Brunswick; together with all laws and parts of laws [Illegible Text] against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. APPROVED, February 22d, 1856. CITY OF GREENSBORO'. 1. City incorporated. 2. Corporate Powers vested. 3. Superintendents of elections. 4. Oaths by officers. 5. Ex officio Justices of Peace. 6. Powers and rights. 7. Taxes may be imposed. 8. Police Court. 9. Election of marshal c. 10. To hold real and personal estate. 11. Vacancies. 12. COMMISSIONERS OF CASSVILLE. 13. Assessment of Taxes, 14. Warrants may be issued. 15. Clerk of Atlanta city Council. 16. Insolvent Executions. 17. Extent of punishment. 18. Commissioners of Cedar Town. 19. Repealing clause. No. 304. An Act to incorporate the city of Greensboro', to provide for its government, define its powers and for other purposes therein mentioned. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia, do enact as follows: 1. Sec. I. The present town of Greensboro' shall be and is hereby inco [Illegible Text] as a city, and shall be known as the city of Greensboro' and the corporate limits of said city, shall be one mile in every direction from the Court House. City of [Illegible Text] incorporated

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2. Sec. II. The corporate powers of said city, shall be vested in a mayor, and four aldermen, who shall be elected on the first Saturday of April next, and the first Saturday in April of every year thereafter, and shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified, and all persons resident within the corporate limits of said city, who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall be entitled to vote at said election. Corporate powers, in whom vested term of office who [Illegible Text] to vote 3. Sec. III. Any two citizens who are free holders in said city, may preside over said election, and they shall give their certificate of election to the persons elected, which shall be conclusive evidence of that fact and tne persons having the highest number of votes shall be entitled to such certificate. Superintendents of elections: 4. Sec. IV. Said Mayor and Aldermen before they enter on the duties of their respective offices, shall take an oath, well and truly to discharge said duties which oath they are hereby authorized to administer to each other. Mayor and Aldermen to take oath, 5. Sec. V. Said Mayor and Aldermen shall be Ex-officio Justices of the Peace within the corporate limits of said city, so as to enable them to issue warrants for offences committed within the limits of said city and to bail over, and committ offenders according to law. Ex-[Illegible Text] Justices of the Peace 6. Sec. VI. Said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power to remove all nuisances whether the same be in the streets, or on the lots of individuals, to remove any obstructions upon the public streets, to establish a market, build a market-house, and to pass such ordinances in relation to the same, as they shall think proper, to license billiard tables and ten pin allies, upon such terms as they shall think proper, and to suppress and renew the same, when they become [it becomes] necessary to the neighborhood, and to punish by fine all persons who shall have or keep the same without first obtaining license. Said Mayor and Aldermen shall have the sole, and exclusive right of granting licenses to retail spiritous or fermented liquors within the limits of said city, and of fixing the rates of such licenses and the terms upon which they shall issue and of punishing by fine or imprisonment, all persons who shall retail spiritous or fermented liquors within the limits of said city without first obtaining license, and said Mayor and Aldermen shall have power to pass all laws and ordinances that they may deem necessary for the preservation of the peace, health, prosperity and comfort of the citizens of said city, said laws and ordinances not being inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this State, and the United States, and all the rights, powers and authorities that are now vested in the commissioners of the town of Greensboro', shall be vested in the Mayor and Aldermen of said city. Rights and powers, 7. Sec. VII. Said Mayor and Aldermen or a majority of them may impose such taxes upon all the real and personal estate within the corporate limits of said city as they shall deem necessary for the support of the government of said city or for other purposes, and they may enforce the collection of the same and also of all fines

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that may be imposed by them, in such manner as they, by law, or ordinance may prescribe. May impose taxes; 8. Sec. VIII. Said Mayor and one Alderman or any two Aldermen may at all times hold a police court, for the trial of any offenders against the laws and ordinances of said city, and may punish to any extent by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and by imprisonment not to exceed ten days. [Illegible Text] of punishment; 9. Sec. IX. There shall be a Marshal, of said city, and also a Treasurer, who shall also perform the duties of Clerk, and who shall be elected by said Mayor and Aldermen, and who shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified, but who shall be at all times removeable by said Mayor and Aldermen for good cause shown, and who shall discharge such duties as the Mayor and Aldermen shall prescribe and receive such compensation for their services. Election of Marshal; c. How removable; Compensat'n 10. Sec. X. Said Mayor and Aldermen and their successors shall be a body corporate as aforesaid, and as such, may sue and be sued, and hold real and person estate for the use of said city, and have power to sell and dispose of the same. May hold property 11. Sec XI. If any vacancy shall happen in said board of Mayor and Aldermen, the same shall be filled by an election made by the remaining members of said board, and the person so elected shall hold his office so long as his predecessor would have held the same. [Illegible Text]; 12. Sec. XII. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of the town of Cassville, shall have power when any person within the corporate limits of said town, is living as a vagrant without any visible means of support, or that any person is drunken, and abroad in said town, or guilty of any conduct contrary to public decency or good order or good morals, to cause the Marshal of said town, or his deputy, to arrest and bring such persons before said commissioners or the chairman thereof, and upon the hearing of the case, said Commissioners, or the Chairman thereof, or either of them, shall have power to bind over such person to the Superior Court of the county of Cass, and in default of bail, to imprison such person in the county jail, or other secure place till the next term of said Superior Court, and said Commissioners or the Chairman thereof, shall have power to [Illegible Text], not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or imprison not exceeding ten days, in any secure place any person guilty of drunkenness or any other offence against the public, or good order, peace, and quietness of said town. Commis'ners of Cassville; Their power May assess taxes; 13. SEC. XIII. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall have power to assess and levy on the citizens and inhabitants of said town, a tax sufficient for the purposes of improving the streets and side walks of said town, and any individual failing to pay such tax, after proper notice to do so, shall be compelled to work said streets when required so to do, by authority of said Commissioners, and in default of paying said tax, or working said streets, shall be liable to a fine of ten dollars, and in default of the paying of said fine shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding ten days. Default;

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14. Sec. XIV. And be it further enacted, That each one of the Commissioners of said town, shall have power to issue warrants for the arrest of any person guilty of any violation of any of the criminal laws of this State, in said town, which warrants may be served by the Marshal of said town, or the Sheriff, or any constable of said county, and shall either bind over to the Superior Court of said county, or default of bail, to commit to jail in such manner as is now done by Justices of the Peace. May issue warrants; Executed by Mars [Illegible Text], 15. Sec. XV. And be it further enacted. That from and after the fifteenth day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, the Clerk of the City Council of Atlanta, shall receive the sum of thirty-one and one-fourth cents on all solvent tax fi fas issued in pursuance of the charter and ordinances of said city, and shall receive such compensation for all insolvent tax fi fas as the Mayor and Council shall by ordinance ordain and establish. Clerk's cost in Atlanta; 16. Sec. XVI. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of the City of Atlanta, from and after the passage of this act, shall not be liable to pay any insolvent execution except upon such terms and regulations as they may prescribe. Insolvent executions 17. Sec. XVII. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and three members of Council of the city of Atlanta, sitting as a municipal court, shall have power and authority to impose a fine of not exceeding fifty dollars, or upon imprisonment in the guard-house of said city, any offender against any of the laws and ordinances of said city, for the space of not exceeding thirty days. Extent of punishment; 18. Sec. XVIII. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of the town of Cedar Town, Polk county, Georgia, shall have power to imprison any person violating the rules or by-laws of said town, said imprisonment not to exceed ten days. Com'srs of Cedar Town, 19. Sec. XIX. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th., 1856. THOMASVILLE. SEC. 1 Incorporation of Thomasville. SEC. 2 Election of Mayor and Aldermen. SEC. 3 Manages of elections. SEC. 4 Certificates of election. SEC. 5 Vacancies. SEC. 6 Eligibility for office. SEC. 7 Mal-practice punished. SEC. 8 Conncil to appoint officers. SEC. 9 Ex-officio Justices of the Peace. SEC. 10 Poll tax. SEC. 11 General regulations. SEC. 12 Houses of ill-fame. SEC. 13 Auctions. SEC. 14 Spirituous liquors. SEC. 15 Shows, c. SEC. 16 Ordinances. SEC. 17 Impounding stock. SEC. 18 Police. SEC. 19 Fines. SEC. 20 Government of streets. SEC. 21 Returns of taxes. SEC. 22 Trial of offences. SEC. 23 Judgments enforced. SEC. 24 Writs, subp[oelig]nas. SEC. 25 Salary of Mayor. SEC. 26 Failures in elections. SEC. 27 Regulations against fires. SEC. 28 Revel Tract of land. SEC. 39 Election of Marshal. SEC. 30 Repealing clause. [No. 305.] An Act to amend the act incorporating the town of Thomasville, and to grant certain privileges to the same. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage

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of this act, the municipal government of the town of Thomasville shall be vested in a Mayor and six Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the Mayor and Council of the Town of Thomasville, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, shall have a common seal, and be capable in law or equity to purchase, have, hold, receive, enjoy, possess, and to retain them and their successors for the use of said town, any estate or estates real or personal of whatever kind or nature, within the jurisdictional limits of said town, and shall by 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 said town. Thomas ville incorporated Styles Rights, c; 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That an election shall be held at the Court House in said town of Thomasville on the second Saturday in January in each and every year, for a Mayor and six Aldermen, to serve for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified, and that all white male citizens qualified to vote for members of the Legislature, and who shall have paid all legal taxes required of them by the town authorities, and shall have resided six months within the limits of said town, (and no other persons,) shall be qualified to vote at said elections. Election of Mayor and Aldermen; Qualification of voters 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That said election shall be held under the superintendence of a Justice of the Inferior Court or of the Peace, of the county of Thomas, and two freeholders, or of three freeholders of said town and in case said managers shall have 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 U. States, and have resided for the last six months past within the jurisdictional limits of the town of Thomasville, and have paid all taxes legally required of you by the authorities of said to wnso help you God, and any person who shall take said oath, and shall have therein sworn falsely, shall be liable to indictment and punishment for false swearing, in the Superior Court of said county. Managers of Elections oath to vot'rs Perjury; 4. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That the persons who shall receive the highest number of votes at said election for Mayor and Aldermen shall be declared duly elected, and that the managers shall give certificates thereof when required, and that the person so elected shall attend at the council room, or usual place of meeting of said council, within ten days after said election, and qualify by taking an oath to well and truly to perform the duties of their respective offices, during their terms of service, and shall forthwith enter on the discharge of their duties. Certificates; 5. Sec. V. That in case of vacancy among the members of council from any cause, the Mayor, or if no Mayor, then the Mayor pro. tem. shall advertise a new election, to fill such vacancy, giving at least ten days notice thereof. Vacancies. 6. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted that any person shall be eligible as Mayor or Alderman of said town, who shall be duly qualified as a voter for any of said offices. Who eligible;

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7. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted, That in case the Mayor or any member or officer of said council shall be guilty of mal-practice, or abuse of the power confided to him, he shall be subject to be indicted in the Superior Court of Thomas County, and on conviction shall pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, which said fine shall be paid over to the Treasury of said town. Mal practice, how punishd 8. Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have the power to appoint a Clerk of Council, treasurer and such other officers as they may deem necessary and proper, and to regulate the time and mode of electing such officers, and to fix their fees and salaries, to take their bonds, to prescribe their duties and oaths, and remove them from office at their discretion. Council to appoint officers; Fees; 9. SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and each of said Aldermen, shall be ex-officio Justices of the Peace, and shall have full authority to issue warrants for any offences committed within the limits of said town and shall have power to examine witnesses under oath, and to commit any offenders to jail in the common jail of Thomas County, or bail them if the offence be bailable to appear at the next Superior Court of said county. Mayor and Aldermen ex-officio Justices, c. 10. Sec. X. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council, shall have full power and authority to levy and collect a poll tax on all free white persons within said town between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, upon all free persons of color, and upon all slaves owned and hired within said town, they shall also have power and authority to levy and collect a tax upon all species of property, real and personal, within the limits of said town, upon banking or insurance capital employed in said town, upon professional men, upon Factors and Brokers, sufficient for the support and good government of said town, and the payment of all its debts, also to levy a tax not exceeding five dollars per head, upon each and every slave and free person of color in said town subject to road duty, as a street tax, and also to tax all billiard tables and bowling alleys in said town. Poll tax; Taxes upon property 11. Sec. XI. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have full power and authority to remove, or cause to be removed, any buildings, porch, steps, fence or other obstruction or nuisance in the public streets, lanes, alleys, or side-walks, or public square in said town, which may hereafter be made, also to establish a market or markets in said town, also to license, regulate and control all taverns and public houses in said town, also to regulate all butcher pens, slaughter houses, tan yards, and blacksmith shops, forges, stoves and chimneys in the limits of said town, and to remove the same in case they become dangerous, or injurious to the health of any citizens, or become nuisances, and fill up all cellars, pits and excavations in said town, or cause the owner to do so, also to license and regulate drays, omnibusses, and wood haulers, and shall have full power and control over all Livery Stables, Pumps, Wells, Fire Companies, and Engines within said town. General Regulations; 12. Sec. XII. Be it further enacted that the said Mayor and council shall have full power upon proof of the existence or maintenance

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of any house of ill-fame, or bawdy house within said town, to cause the occupants to be forcibly removed without the limits of said town, upon ten days notice to them, or to punish them by fine not exceeding fifty dollars each day they may remain after such notice. 13. Sec. XIII. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and council shall have power to license and appoint annually as many vendue masters or auctioneers for said town as they may deem proper, and to receive from each one a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, for such license, and shall also have power to levy a tax upon all goods sold at auction or on commission in said town, to be paid by the seller. Auctions; 14. Sec. XIV. Be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have the exclusive right to grant license to retail liquors in said town, in fixing the rates of such license, and the terms upon which they shall issue, and of declaring such license void when the terms are not complied with, they shall also have power to license regulate and control all bowling or ten pin alleys, and to remove the same when they may consider them nuisances. Spirituous liquors; 15. Sec. XV. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have power to tax all theatrical performances, exhibitions or shows of any kind for profit, within the corporate limits of said town. Shows, c; 16. Sec. XVI. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to pass all ordinances, rules and regulations proper for the good government, and the subjection of all slaves and free persons of color in said town. Ordinances; 17. Sec. XVII. And be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council, shall have power to take up and impound any horses mules, or cattle running at large in said town, and to pass such ordinances as they may deem necessary and proper for the proper regulation of stock in said town. Impounding cattle; 18. XVIII. And be it further enacted, That said Mayor and council shall have power to establish and regulate a town police, or Patrol, and that said Police, Patrol or the Marshal of said town, shall be authorized to arrest all disorderly persons within said town and all persons committing or attempting to commit any crimes, and to commit any persons so arrested to the common jail or guard house of said town, to await their trial or examination, and shall also have the power and authority of patrols over slaves and free persons of color. Police; 19. Sec. XIX. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to impose fines for the violation of any of the ordinances of the town, passed in accordance with this act, the said fines after being assessed, to be collected by the commitment of the offender till paid, or by execution to be issued by the Clerk of the Council against the estate of such offender if any to be found. Fines; 20. Sec. XX. Be it further enacted, That no person shall at any time open, lay out or extend any street, lane, alley, or open square contrary to the original place of said town, without the consent of said Mayor and Council. Streets, c.

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21. Sec. XXI. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of all tax payers and owners of taxable property in said town, and they are hereby required to make annual returns under oath to the clerk of the Council, or such other officers as the Mayor and council may appoint for that purpose of all their taxable property, polls, and professions in said town, held in their own right, or the right of any person and in case any person should fail or refuse so to do or shall make any return which said Mayor and council may deem incorrect, then the said Mayor and Council or any two aldermen may assess, such property, and fix such value on it as they may deem correct, and all taxes levied or imposed by said Mayor and Council shall be collected as follows: An execution shall be issued by the Clerk of the Council, directed to the Marshal of said town against the estate, real and personal, of each defaulter, and shall be levied by the Marshal, and after advertising thirty days in some public gazette, he shall sell the property so levied on, before the Court House door in said town on some regular Sheriff's sale day, and between the legal hours of sheriff sales and the deed of said Marshal made in accordance with such sales, shall be as effectual to pass the title as the deed of such defaulter, and executions so issued shall bind all the property of the Defendant from the date of the same. Taxes returned und'r oath; Taxes how collected: 22. Sec. XXII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of siad town of Thomasville may hold a Police Court for the trial and punishment of all violations of the laws and ordinances of said town, which Court shall be held from time to time, as the Mayor and Council may ordain, the Mayor of said town shall be presiding officer of said Court, and shall have power to fine or commit to the common jail of Thomas county, or the guard-house of said town, all persons who shall disturb said Court during its sittings, or shall in any manner be in contempt of the same, the Clerk of the Council and Marshal of said town are hereby constituted officers of said Court, and shall be entitled to and receive for their services in the trial of every cause in said Court, such fees and costs to be collected from such defendant as may be convicted therein, or may be established by the said Mayor and Council. Trial of offences; 23. Sec. XXIII. Be it further enacted, That said Court shall have power to enforce its judgments by fine as aforesaid. May enforce judgments; 24. Sec. XXIV. Be it further enacted that said Court shall have power to issue all proper processes, writs, subp[oelig]nas, [Illegible Text] executions, and that the same shall be signed by the Clerk, and bear test in the name of the presiding officer of said Court, and shall be directed to the Marshal of said town, and be executed by him or his deputy. Writs, c. 25. Sec. XXV. Be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and Council, may, if they deem proper, pay a salary in their discretion, to the Mayor of said town; Provided, the same shall not be increased or diminished during the term of office of such Mayor. Salary of Mayor; 26. Sec. XXVI. Be it further enacted, That in the event of a failure at any time to elect a Mayor and Aldermen, as provided for in this act, that the election may be held at any time on ten days notice thereof, from any three free-holders in said town, in a public

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Gazette, or in two of the most public places in said town, and the Mayor and Council so elected, shall hold their offices until the next regular time of election, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Failure to elect; 27. Sec. XXVII. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Council of said town, shall have full power to pass all laws and ordinances for the purpose of protecting said town against damage or injury by fire, which they may deem necessary, and declare any portion of said town fire districts, and to provide suitable penalties for the violation of any such laws or ordinances as may be proper for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section of this act. Regulations against fires; 28. Sec. XXVIII. And be it further enacted, That the tract of land lying between the towns of Thomasville and Fletcherville, and known as the Revel Tract, be and it is hereby added to and included in the limits of the town of Thomasville. Revel tract: included as Thomasville. 29. Sec. XXIX. And be it further enacted. That at the time and place mentioned in the second section of this act, for the election of a Mayor and Aldermen, an election shall also be held for a Marshal of said town, and any one being a citizen of said town, who shall receive the largest number of votes shall be considered [Illegible Text] elected to said office. Election of Marshal; 30. Sec. XXX. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. DECATUR. 1. Commissioners of Decatur. 2. Election of Commissioners. 3. Corporate limits, 4. Taxes. 5. Commissioners powers. 6. Marshal. 7. Poll tax, patrols. 8. Roads, streets 9. Punishment of offenders. 10. Fines and taxes, how collected. 11. Commissioners oath. 12. Spirituous Liquors. 13. Repealing clauso. (No. 306) An Act to alter, change, and amend an act, entitled an act, to incorporate the town of Decatur, in the county of DeKalb, assented to December 10 th, 1823. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, Col. John T Willson, Thomas W. J. Hill Esq., Hon. William A. Powell, Elijah Rosser, and James Thomson are hereby appointed Commissioners of the Town of Decatur, in the county of DeKalb, with full power to make all by-laws and regulations necessary for the government of said town. [Illegible Text] of Decatur; By-laws; 2. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall continue in office until the second Wednesday in January, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, on which day, and on the second Wednesday in January in each succeeding year thereafter, all persons entitled to vote in the corporate limits of said town, for members of the Legislature, shall assemble at the Court House in said

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town, and shall by ballot elect, five commissioners, who shall continue in office one year, and shall be re-eligible; said election shall be held by two Justices of the Peace, or two Justices of the Inferior Court, or one of either, together with one free holder; Provided, in the event of there being no election of commissioners at the time herein pointed out, the commissioners then in office shall so continue until their successors are elected, and qualified and that the managers of said election shall give a certificate of election, which shall be sufficient authority for said commissioners to enter on the discharge of their duties; and in case no election should be held by the legal voters on the day aforesaid, that then at any time thereafter, on a written notice of ten days being posted at the Court House door by any two of the citizens of said town, giving notice of the time and place of holding said election, the citizens of said town shall proceed to elect said board of commissioners in the same way and manner as though the same had been held on the second Wednesday in January. Election of Commis'ners Superintendents; Proviso; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the jurisdiction of said commissioners shall extend so as to include the whole of lot of land number two hundred and forty-six, in the fifteenth district, formerly Henry, now DeKalb county, on which said public site is now built, and is known by the name of Decatur, and said commissioners are hereby authorized to act as commissioners of all roads and streets, within the corporate limits of said town. Corporate limits; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall have power and authority to levy and collect a tax to the amount of not more than one-third of the State tax, for the use of said incorporation, upon all the taxable property situate, being or kept within the corporate limits of said town of Decatur and that said tax when collected in the manner that may be prescribed by said commissioners, shall by them be used for the benefit and improvement of said town, and it shall be the duty of the citizens of said town, on or before the first Monday in March, in each year, and also persons living out of the incorporation who hold taxable property within said corporate limits to give in to the Marshal of said town the value of the same underoath, and in case of failure to do so the commissioners, or a majority of them shall assess the value of the same, and the Marshal shall collect the tax thereon, at the value assessed as though it had been given in. Taxes; 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall have power and authority to pass all ordinances and by laws necessary for the government of said town, which do not conflict with the constitution and laws of this State, and of the United States, and they shall have special power to provide for the working of the streets, and square, opening and removing obstructions in the streets, and to abate any [Illegible Text] within the limits of said town, and also levy a tax not exceeding five dollars for each exhibition by all [Illegible Text] show masters, who may exhibit within said town, any shows, circus, tambling, sleight of hand, legerdemain or tricks, or any other kind of shows coming under this description,

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which tax shall be collected by the Marshal of said town, in such way and manner as said commissioners shall determine. Commis'ners power; 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall employ a Marshal for said town, shall hold meetings as often as necessary, and that a majority of said commissioners shall constitute a quorum and determine such things as may come under their jurisdiction. Employ a Marshal; Meetings; 7. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall have full power and authority to levy and collect a poll tax not exceeding one dollar from every free white male person residing within said corporate limits of said town, subject to road duty according to the laws of this State, to appoint patrols and regulate their duties, and to appoint overseers of the streets and roads, and regulate the manner of working the same. Poll tax; Patrols, c. 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That all persons or slaves who are subject to road duty by the laws of this State, may be compelled to work on the streets, public square, roads and allies of said town, under such rules and regulations as said commissioners may adopt, and they shall be exempt from all road duty out of the corporate limits of said town, provided, said poll tax is not levied and collected. roads,streets c. Proviso; 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners shall have power to fine and imprison, or to fine or imprison, ( provided, that no fine shall exceed twenty-five dollars, and no imprisonment twenty-four hours) any and all persons for any act of disorderly conduct such as is calculated to disturb the peace, good order, and quiet of said town, or to endanger the person or property of any citizen or visitor of said town. Offendershow punishd 10. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That in all cases when any person or persons shall fail or refuse to pay the taxes imposed, or fines imposed according to this act, a majority of said commissioners shall issue execution for the same, which execution shall be directed to the Marshal of said town, commanding him to levy on the goods, chattels, lands and tenements, of the defendant, or so much thereof, as shall be sufficient to satisfy the demands and cost which execution shall bind all the property of the defendant from the date thereof, and the cost thereof, shall be the same as in Justices Court execution by the laws of this State, and the said Marshal shall proceed to advertise and sell in such manner as the laws or ordinances of said town, shall or may direct, Provided, that in case that any such execution shall be returned by said Marshal no property to be found, then and in that case, a ca sa against the body of the defendant may issue, from which he shall not be discharged except by virtue of the laws of this State, made for the relief of honest debtors, and should any such defendant or defendants fail to give security for his, her, 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 or they shall be committed to the common jail of DeKalb county, there to remain until discharged by due course of law. Fines, c.how coll'cted 11. Sec. XI. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners

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on entering upon the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe the following oath to wit: you, and each of you, as commissioners of the town of Decatur, shall well and truly adopt, and pass such by-laws, ordinances as you shall deem best, for the health, peace and well being of said town, and shall enforce the same to the best of your skill and ability so help you God. Commis'ners oath. 12. Sec. XII. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners of the town of Decatur, or a majority of them, shall have power to restrict, prohibit, and regulate the sale, vending, and distribution of all distilled spiritous and intoxicating liquor in the corporate limits of said town, and any person or persons violating the ordinances of said commissioners, passed in pursuance of the power granted by this section, shall in addition to the penalty prescribed by said commissioners, be subject to all the pains and penalties to which persons are now subject by law for retailing liquor without license, Provided no license to retail spiritous liquors, shall exceed fifty dollars. Spirituous liquors, 13. Sec. XIII. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. FLETCHERVILLE, BAINBRIDGE AND MORGANTON. Sec. 1 Comm'rs. of Fletcherville. Sec. 2 Election of Commissioners. Sec. 3 Corporate limits. Sec. 4 Taxes. Sec. 5 Patrols and Overseers. Sec. 6 Public Exhibitions. Sec. 7 Ordinances. Sec. 8 Road duty. Sec. 9 Comm'rs. of Bainbridge. Sec. 10 Managers of Elections. Sec. 11 Commissioners' Oath. Sec. 12 Terms of office and general powers. Sec. 13 Corporate limits. Sec. 14 Comm'rs. of Morganton. Sec. 15 Act applicable. Sec. 16 Repealing clause. (No. 307.) An Act to incorporate the town of Fletcherville in the county of Thomas, and to provide for the election of Commissioners of the same, and also to prescribe the mode and manner of electing the town Commissioners of the town of Bainbridge in the county of Decatur, to define their power, and to extend the corporate limits of said town, and to incorporate the town of Morganton in the county of Fannin. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act Peyton P. Smith, Arthur P. Wright, Reuben H. Luckey, William A. Ivey, Feeman W. Johnson, James B. Edwards and Thomas Simmons, are hereby appointed Commissioners of the town of Fletcherville in the county of Thomas with full powers to make all by-laws and regulations necessary for the government of the same. Commis'ners By-laws; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall continue in office until the first Saturday in January, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, on which day and on the first Saturday in January in each succeeding year thereafter, all persons entitled to vote for members of the Legislature, shall assemble at some suitable

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place within the corporate limits of said town, and shall by ballot elect seven Commissioners, who shall continue in office one year, and shall be re-eligible, said election shall be held by two Justices of the Peace, or two Justices of the Inferior Court, or one of either, together with one freeholder, Provided, that in the event of there being no election of Commissioners at the time herein pointed out, the Commissioners then in office, shall so continue until their successors are elected, which may be done at any time thereafter, by the Commissioners giving five days notice of the time of holding said election. Election of Commis'ners term of office Proviso 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the jurisdiction of said Commissioners shall extend over that part of Lot of Land number forty, in the thirteenth district of Thomas county, embraced in the original purchase by the Trustees of the Fletcher Institute beginning at the Thomasville Branch where the Tallahassee road now crosses said branch, the running with the south margin of said Tallahassee road to the west line of said lot of land, thence along said line to the south-west corner of said lot of land, thence with the south to south-east corner of said lot, thence north with the land line to the Thomasville branch, thence down said branch to the Tallahassee road the starting point, and said Commissioners are hereby authorized to act as Commissioners of all roads and streets in said town to the distance aforesaid. Corporate limits: 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall have power to levy and collect a tax to the amount of not more than the State Tax for the use of said incorporation upon all subjects taxed by the laws of this State, and that said tax when collected in the manner prescribed by said Commissioners, shall by them be used for the benefit and use of said town. Taxes; 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall have power to appoint patrols and regulate their duty to appoint overseers of the streets, and regulate the manner of working the same. Patrols; 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners shall have power to tax all shows performing in said town for the purpose of gain, all itinerant traders, and they shall have power to force the collection of taxes, fines and penalties in such manner as they may see proper. Street Overseers; 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners, and their successors, or a majority of them, for the time being, may make all such ordinances as they may think proper for the good government and well-being of said town, shall elect a President from their body, appoint a Marshal and such other officers as they may deem necessary to carry the ordinances into effect, Provided, such ordinances are not repugnant to the Constitution of this State, or of the United States. Ordinances; President; Marshal and other officers 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That all persons within the said corporate limits be subject to road duty, except as the Commissioners of said town so incorporated shall direct. Road duty; 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That the citizens of the town of Bainbridge in this State who are entitled to vote for members

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of the Legislature, shall on the first Saturday in April, 1856, and on the first Saturday in January in each and every year thereafter, meet at the Court House in said town, and by ballot elect three Commissioners for said town who shall be citizens of the same, and in the event that said election is not held on the days and times aforesaid, then the said citizens may have the election at such time as may be ordered by the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, or the Justices of the Peace for the 513th district, Georgia Militia, or any one of them. Election for Commis'ners 10. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That the said election shall be managed by any one of the Justices of the Peace for the 513 District of said State, and in the event that said Justices fail to attend and hold said election by ten o'clock on the days aforesaid, then it shall be lawful for any two freeholders of said town and who are qualified to vote at said election, to hold and manage said elections, the time of holding said elections shall be between the hours of ten and three o'clock of said days; and the managers of said election shall issue to the persons having the highest number of votes certificates of their election, and which shall be evidence thereof. Managers of election: Certificates of election; 11. Sec. XI. That said Commissioners so elected shall at the time they receive their certificate of election take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that to the best of my ability I will conduct myself uprightly as a Commissioner of the town of Bainbridge, and that I will do equal justice to all persons who may be concerned in my administration of the laws of said town, so help me God. Commis'ners oath; 12. Sec. XII. That the persons who have been elected and qualified as aforesaid, shall be Commissioners for the said town for the term of one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and they shall have power to appoint a town Marshal and Clerk, and provide for their qualification and compensation, to pass ordinances for the opening and repairing the streets, and to lay out and open new streets, and provide for the compensation of the owners of lots for damage done the same by reason of the opening of new streets; to suppress riots and affrays; to prevent the disturbance of the peace and tranquility of said town; to punish disorderly conduct and public indecencies; to regulate the patrol; to provide for the abatement of nuisances, the spread of infectious and contagious disease; to levy a town tax; to make a map or check of said town, and to have the same recorded in the record of deeds for said county, which shall be evidence of the location of said lots. term of office General powers; 13. Sec. XIII. That the corporate limits of said town shall extend twelve hundred yards in every direction from the Court House, except where said distance will strike the Flint River, and at such point to extend to the west bank of said river. Corporate limits; 14. Sec. XIV. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act James H. Morris, William B. Brown, Thomas M. Alston, William Franklin and Madison Casady of the town of Morganton and county of Fannin be, and they are hereby

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declared and created a body corporate and politic. under the name and style of the Commissioners of the town of Morganton in the said county of Fannin, until the first Saturday in January, 1857, and until their successors are elected, and that they, or a majority of them, and their successors in office, shall have full powers and authority to make all by-laws and ordinances which they, or a majority of them shall deem expedient and proper for the government of said corporation, Provided, said by-laws and ordinances be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State. Com'srs of Morganton Incorporated Style; Powers and privileges; By-laws; 15. Sec. XV. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be, and the same are made applicable to the Commissioners of the town of Morganton, have all the powers, privileges and immunities of the Commissioners in the above recited act. This act made applicable to Morganton; 16. Sec. XVI. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED March 5th, 1856. LAGRANGE. Sec. 1 City of LaGrange. Sec. 2 Assessments of Tax. Sec. 3 Elections of Officers. Sec. 4 Qualification of Voters Sec. 5 Terms of office. Sec. 6 Corporate name. Sec. 7 Official acts to be justified. Sec. 8 Extension of former laws. Sec. 9 Election of Marshal. Sec. 10 Officers is take oath. Sec. 11 Liability of officers. Sec. 12 Qurrum to transact business. Sec. 13 Compensation of officers, c. (No. 308.) An Act to enlarge the boundary of the town of LaGrange, and incorporate the same, under the name of the city of LaGrange, and to provide for the election of Mayor and City Councilmen, and such other officers as may be required, and confer upon them specified powers, and for other purposes therein named. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the town of LaGrange, shall be known and called the city of LaGrange, that the corporate limits of said city be, and the same are hereby extended one mile in every direction from the Court House, in the public square; Provided, always, that no field or woodland within said limits, and not heretofore embraced within the same, shall be subject to corporation tax or corporation laws, until the same shall be laid off into town lots and built upon; and, provided, also, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to subject any property included as aforesaid, and not heretofore embraced to a higher State or County Tax than it would have been subject to had this act never been passed. City of LaGrange; Field and woodland not subject to tax; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the corporation tax be imposed upon such building and improvements as have been made, or may hereafter be made, upon any ground embraced in said extended limits not heretofore embraced in said corporation, shall not be assessed upon a larger sum than the value of said improvements, and two acres of land contiguous thereto. Not to be increased; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That within twelve

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months after the passage of this act, and by giving ten days notice, and on the in every January thereafter, all free white persons, citizens residing 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 Mayor and six members of the City Council, 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, shall preside, together with two freeholders, neither of whom being a candidate, and the persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared duly elected; that the managers of said elections 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 as the highest evidence of their election. Elections: Eligibility of voters; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, 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 the State, not more than two years, nor less than one. Qualificat'ns Violations; 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and members of the City Council shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified, and in the event that the office of Mayor, or any one or more 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 giving at least ten days notice in one or more of the city papers, or at two or more of the most public places i the city, and said elections shall be held and managed in the same manner as the elections to be held in chief, according to the provisions of the second section of this act. term of office New elections; 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and members of the Council, as before mentioned, shall be known as the Mayor and Council of the City of LaGrange, 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 LaGrange 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 release the same, or any part thereof, or convey the same to 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 streets of said city, to open, improve or lay out the same, respecting public buildings, work houses, market

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houses, public houses, houses of ill-fame, 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 by-law, regulation or ordinance that shall appear to them necessary and proper for the security, welfare and interest of the said city, or preserving the peace, health, morals, order and good government of the same. Corporate name; Powers and privileges; By laws; Ordinances; 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That any of the officers of said corporation who may be sued for any act done in his, or their official capacity may justify under this act. [Illegible Text] 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That all laws now in force delegating power and authority to the town of LaGrange, and which do not conflict with the foregoing sections of this act, be, and the same are hereby extended to the city of LaGrange, and all restrictions imposed upon the town of LaGrange and not removed by this act, are also imposed upon the city of LaGrange. Former laws extended to the city of LaGrange; 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and 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 held, (unless removed,) and their successors, 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 continuance in office. Marshal, c, Salaries. 10. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That as soon as convenient after the election of said Mayor and members of Council, and before they enter upon the discharge of their official duties, the Mayor shall, before a Justice of the Inferior Court, or a 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 LaGrange, during my continuance in office, so 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. Officers to take oath; Oath; 11. Sec. XI. And be it further enacted, That in case the Mayor or any member of the City Council, while in office, shall be guilty of any wilful neglect, mal-practice in, or abuse of said office, he or they shall be liable, to be indicted before the Superior Court of the county of Troup, 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 the city. Liability of officers, 12. Sec. XII. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and four members of Council shall form a quorum to transact all business, and the Mayor, President pro tempore, shall have the casting vote, and the majority of the votes shall determine all questions and elections before 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 of them to issue warrants for [Illegible Text]

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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 in the county of Troup, or to admit to bail offenders for their appearance before the next Superior Court thereafter for the county of Troup, 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 Troup county, or bound over for their appearance at the next Superior Court of said county, to await his, her or their trial, and it shall be the duty of the Jailor of said county, to receive all such persons so committed, and safely keep the same, until discharged by due course of law, and in cases when persons committed to jail are, or shall be unable to pay their jail fees, the said corporation shall be liable for the payment of the same. Quorum to transact business; Punishment of offences; 13. Sec. XIII. And be it further enacted. 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 LaGrange, in a sum, each, to be fixed by the Mayor and Council for the faithful performance of his or their duties. Expenses and compensation of officers; APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. LITHONIA. SEC. 1 Commissioners of Lithonia. SEC. 2 Term of office. SEC. 3 Marshal, Clerk, c. SEC. 4 Corporate limits. SEC. 5 Fees. SEC. 6 Taxeshow levied. SEC. 7 Presiding officer. SEC. 8 By-laws to be posted. SEC. 9 Trial of offenders. SEC. 10 Nuisances. SEC. 11 Quorum to do business. SEC. 12 Act extended to Woodbury. SEC. 13 Commissioners of the Town of Woodbury. (No. 309.) An Act to incorporate the Town of Lithonia in DeKalb County, and the town of Woodbury in the county of Meriwether. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act William Pendly, J. H. Rozan, John C. Maddox, William L. Born, and John W. Born, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of the town of Lithonia, with full power and authority to make all necessary by-laws, and regulations for the government of said town, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. Com'srs of Lithonia; By-laws; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall continue in office until the 1st Saturday in January in the year 1857, and until their successors are elected, which may be done on the first Saturday in January in each year, or on such other day as the commissioners, or a majority of them shall appoint, they giving at least five days notice of time and place of holding the election, and

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which shall be within said corporation, and shall be superintended by two Justices of the Peace of said county, or one Justice of the Peace and one freeholder, under the rules and regulations that now govern elections for Justices of the Peace in this State, and the all citizens of said town entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly in said county shall be entitled to vote for said commissioners. term of office Election of Commis'ners 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners hereby appointed, and their successors, or a majority of them, shall at their first meeting in each year after their election, appoint, in such manner as they may adopt, a Marshal and Clerk of said incorporation, and said Clerk shall act as the Treasurer of said corporation, and shall keep a correct and true account of all moneys that may be collected and paid over to him for the corporation, and shall make a full showing of the same, at any time when required by the commissioners, or a majority of them, and said Marshal or clerk, or either of them, shall be removable by the commissioners, for mal-practice in office, at anytime on five days notice of the charge and place of trial; provided, that in all divisions to be made by said commissioners a majority shall agree, and in case of the removal of the Clerk or Marshal, the commissioners shall have power to fill the vacancy immediately, as well as all other vacancies occasioned by death, resignation or otherwise, and also to fill vacancies in their own body until their next regular election. Marshal, Clerk, c. Account to be kept, c. Vacancies; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the corporate limits and the jurisdiction of the commissioners of the town of Lithonia, shall extend one half of a mile each direction from the Georgia Rail Road Depot in said town of Lithonia, and that the commissioners of said town shall act as road commissioners on all the roads and streets within the limits of said corporation, and be exempt from road duty beyond said limits, and said corporation shall also have power to appoint Patrols for said town, and regulate the manner of performing Patrol duty therein, and to levy a tax of five dollars upon all shows exhibiting for pay within the limits of said corporation. Corporate limits. Roads, streets, c. Patrols; Shows; 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That said Marshal and Clerk shall have such perquisites for issuing, arresting, levying and selling as the commissioners shall by their by-laws fix, and such other pay for their services as the commissioners may agree on, and fix by their by-laws each year. Fees. 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of defraying the expenses incident to the said incorporation, said commissioners shall have power to levy and collect, in such manner as they may prescribe by their by-laws, a tax not to exceed one hundred per cent on the State tax, on the persons and property of the citizens of said town, that is to say the property kept in, and land which lies in said corporate limits, together with all improvements thereon, and for the purpose of ascertaining the amount necessary to be assessed, it shall be the duty of every person residing within said corporate limits, to give in to the Marshal his taxable property, and the value thereof, subject to be taxed by said commissioners according to

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this act, on or before the tenth day of January in each year, under such oath as may be prescribed by the commissioners, and which the Marshal shall be authorised to administer, and it shall be the duty of the Marshal to enter the same in a book to be provided by him for that purpose, and to return the same to the Clerk of said corporation, by the 15th day of January in each year, and it shall be the duty of the commissioners to assess such tax as they may deem necessary, not exceeding one hundred per cent on the State tax, on said property, and it shall be the duty of the said citizens to pay to the said Clerk the amount assessed on each respectively, on or before the first day of May in each year, and on failure of any one to pay said tax, it shall be the duty of the Clerk to issue execution for the same to bear test in the name of one of the commissioners, and deliver the same to the Marshal, who shall levy the same under the same rules and regulations that governs Constables sales in this State, upon the property of the delinquent tax payer, and sell the same, as in the case of Justices Court executions. Taxeshow levied and collected. Executions. 7 Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall have power to appoint one of their body to preside at their meetings, which shall be at such place as they may appoint within the corporate limits, and at any time when notified by the Marshal that he has any person under arrest for a violation of their by-laws. Com'srs may appoint presiding officer; 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, that the said commissioners of the town of Lithonia shall have a copy of their by-laws written in a plain legible hand, and posted up in two of the most public places in said town, and for a violation of which the Marshal shall have power to arrest any person or persons, and carry him, her or them before the commissioners, and for that purpose the Marshal shall call to his assistance any male citizen or citizens of said town and for a refusal of any citizen to render such aid, the commissioners shall have power to fine the persons so refusing, in a sum not exceeding five dollars, at the discretion of the commissioners. By-laws to be posted Marshal to arrest offenders; 9. Sec. IX. The said commissioners shall have power to try all persons brought before them, charged with a violation of any of their by-laws, and on conviction to fine the offender in a sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars, at the discretion of the commissioners, and which fine shall be collected in the same manner provided in this act for the collection of taxes. Trials; 10. Sec. X. The said commissioners shall have power to remove or cause to be removed, all nuisances within said corporate limits, in such manner as they may prescribe, and to punish by fine any person who may place or continue a nuisance in said town, after being notified to remove it by the Marshal, or any one or more of the commissioners. Nuisance; 11. SEC. XI. And be it further enacted, That a majority of said commissioners shall constitute a quorum to do business, and shall have power to continue any case brought by them, as long as in their opinion justice may require, and that any one of the commissioners refusing to attend when notified to attend a meeting of the

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commissioners to try a person for a violation of their by-laws, without good excuse to be judged of by the other commissioners, shall pay a fine of not exceeding five dollars, at the discretion of the rest of the commissioners. Quorum; 12. Sec. XII. And be it further enacted, That all the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby extended to the town of Woodbury in the county of Merriwether, and that Emanuel Finley James Lawrence, B. Hinton, W. P. Dunn, Dr. Stribling, and Dr. Lawrence be appointed commissioners for the same, until their successors are elected and qualified. Provisions of this act extended to Woodbury; 13. Sec. XIII. And be it further enacted, That Emanuel Finley, James Lawrence, B. Hinton, W. P. Dunn, Dr. Stribling, Dr. Lawrence and E. Beacham be and they are hereby incorporated under the name and style of the commissioners of the town of Woodbury in Meriwether County, and to confer all the powers and privileges of this act upon said commissioners. Commis'ners Incorporated APPROVED March 5th, 1856. CUSSETA. 1. Incorporation of town. 2. County site. 3. Term of office. Elections. 4. Jurisdiction. 5. Appointment of officers. 6. Intendant. Justices of Peace. 7. Taxes and fines. 8. Spirituous liquors. 9. Treasurer to keep books. 10. Shows. 11. Oath of Intendant. 12. Liability of Intendant. 13. Marshal and other officer's oath. 14. Tax Collector and Treasurer. 15. Compensation. 16. Service of Warrants. 17. Repealing clause. (No. 310.) An Act to incorporate the town of Cusseta, in the county of Chattahoochce, and to render permanent the county site. And appoint intendant and commissioners, and regulate the duties of the same. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That an Intendant and four Commissioners, and the said Intendant and Commissioners and their successors in office are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the Intendant and Commissioners of the town of Cusseta, and by that name they shall be capable in law and equity of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in all the Courts of this State, and the said intendant and commissioners, and their successors in office, shall have power and authority to make all by-laws, rules, and regulations necessary and proper for the government of said town of Cusseta, which are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. Incorporated Style. Powers and [Illegible Text] 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the county site of Chattahoochee county, shall remain fixed and permanent at the town of Cusseta, where it is now located, and that said town shall be called and known by the name of Cusseta. Style; 3. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the present Intendant

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and Commissioners shall continue in office until the last Saturday in December, 1855, on which day, and on the last Saturday in December in each successive year thereafter, all persons entitled to vote for members of the Legislature of this State, and who have remained within the limits of said corporation ten days previous to said election, shall assemble at the Court House in said town, and shall by ballot elect one Intendant and four Commissioners who shall continue in office one year, and be re-eligible. Said election may be held by one Justice of the Peace and one free holder, or one Justice of the Inferior Court, and one free holder, or one of each. Or in case there be no Justice of the Inferior Court or Justice of the Peace, two free holders may hold such election, Provided, that in the event of there being no election of Intendant and Commissioners at the time herein pointed out, the Intendant and Commissioners then in office, shall so continue until their successors are elected, which may be done any time thereafter, the Intendant and Commissioners then in office giving ten days notice of the time of holding such election. Election of Intendant Commis'ners term of office Managers; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the jurisdiction of said Intendant and Commissioners shall extend so as to include a distance of one half mile, East and West, one quarter of a mile North and South from said Court House, and said Intendant and Commissioners shall act as commissioners of roads and streets in said town to the distance aforesaid. And the said Intendant and Commissioners shall have power to assess and collect a tax for the use of said corporation upon property taxed by the laws of said State, within the corporate limits of said town, and said Intendant and Commissioners shall have power to assess a poll tax upon every voter within said corporation, Provided, said poll shall not exceed two dollars per poll, and said tax upon property shall not exceed one half the State tax upon the same property, and provided further that all lands within said corporate limits not known and designated as town property, shall not be subject to such tax, and that the citizens of said town shall be free from all other road duty except within said corporation. Jurisdiction; Roads and streets; 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That said Intendant and Commissioners shall have power to appoint two suitable persons one of which shall be known as Tax Collector and Marshal of said town, the other as Clerk and Treasurer of said town, and other officers if they be deemed necessary to carry into effect the power herein granted. Appointm'nt of officers. 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That said Intendant and Commissioners shall be bound to keep the peace, and shall be Exofficio Justices of the Peace, and shall have power and authority to impose fines not exceeding the sum of twenty-five dollars, and to imprison in the common jail of the county not longer than twenty days, any person or persons who shall be guilty of hallooing, shooting of guns or pistols, quarrelling in the streets or within the corporate limits of said town, fighting or doing any other act which tends to the annoyance or disturbance of the citizens of the town, and said Intendant and Commissioners on information given by said

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Marshal or complaint on oath given, by any other person of any offence committed within the corporate limits of said town, against the penal laws of this State, shall have power to issue a warrant for the appreheusion of such person or persons, and upon the return of said warrant, said intendant and Commissioners or a majority of them, shall have power to hear testimony, to discharge or require such offender or offenders to give bond and security for his or their personal appearance at the next Superior Court to be held in and for said county to answer to said accusation. Ex-[Illegible Text] Justices of the Peace Their power; Warrants, 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That in all cases when any person or persons shall have property subject to taxation within the corporate limits of said town, or having any fines imposed by the sixth section of this act shall fail, refuse or neglect to pay said taxes or said fines according to the effect of this act, the Clerk of said town shall issue execution for the same, which execution shall be signed by the Clerk and bear test in the name of said Intendant, and be directed to the Marshal of said town, commanding him to levy forthwith, upon the goods, chattels, lands and tenements of the defendant or defendants or so much thereof, as shall be sufficient to satisfy the demand and costs, which execution shall bind all the property of such defendant or defendants from the date thereof, and the costs thereof shall be the same as on tax Collectors executions by the laws of this State, and the said Marshal shall proceed to advertise and sell in the same manner as is directed by the laws of this State, in other like cases. Taxeshow collected 8. SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That said Intendant and Commissioners shall have power to license persons to retail spirituous liquors in said town and that no person or persons shall sell by retail, any spirituous liquors within said corporate limits without first obtaining such license from said Intendant and Commissioners for which he or they shall pay a [Illegible Text] to be assessed by the same, and said sum to be placed as a fund for said town; and the Intendant and Commissioners shall have power to tax all ten pin alleys, billiard tables and all other houses and establishments of amusement and pastime that tends to deprave or corrupt the morals of the citzens of said town, all livery stables, and blacksmith shops that may be, or are erected in said town. Spirituous liquors; 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That the town treasurer shall be required to keep a book in which he shall make an entry of all sums of money received, and from whom, and upon what account it was received, and shall make an entry of all sums of money paid out, and for what purpose, and shall take receipts for the same, which book and receipts shall be subject to the inspection of the Intendant and Commissioners of said town, and other interested persons, and all sums of money paid to said Treasurer, shall be by this act and it is hereby directed to be for the exclusive use and benefit of said town. Treasurer to keep a book 10. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That said Intendant and Commissioners shall have power to appoint patrols and regulate their duty, to hold meeting as often as necessary and the majority of said Intendant and Commissioners shall constitute a quo

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rum to determine such matters as may come under their jurisdiction to tax all shows and persons performing in said town for the purpose of gain, and all itinerant traders. Patrols; Shows: 11. Sec. XI. And be it further enacted, That said Intendant and Commissioner, before either of them enters upon the duties of their office, shall be required to take the following oath before some officer authorized to administer oaths: That I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will, to the best of my ability, discharge the duties of Intendant or Commissioner (as the case may be) of the town of Cusseta, and adopt such measures as may in my judgment be calculated to promote the interests of the citizens of the town. Oath of officers; 12. Sec. XII. Be it further enacted, That said Intendant shall be liable to be fined in the same manner as Commissioners of roads and by law liable for any failure or neglect in the performance of the duties imposed by this act and the fines imposed and collected shall become a part of the fund of said town. Liability of Intendant; 13. Sec. XIII. And be it further enacted, That said Marshal and Tax Collector, and said Clerk and Treasurer before either of them enters upon the duties of his or their office, be required to take an oath for the faithful discharge of the duties imposed by virtue of his or their office, to be administerd by the Intendant or one of the Commissioners and each of said officers shall be held amenable to said Intendant and Commissioners for any failure, neglect, or mal-practice in office, and be subject by the same to be fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, and liable to be discharged by said Intendant and Commissioners from holding any office in said corporation. Marshal and other officers to take oath; 14. Sec. XIV. And be it further enacted, That said tax Collector and Treasurer before either of them enters upon the duties of his or their office, be required to give to said Intendant and Commissioners a bond with two or more sufficient securities for the proper discharge of his or their duty in a sum not to exceed two thousand dollars, and said bond or bonds may be returned to the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county of Chattahoochee, and the same proceeding had upon it, or them, as upon the bonds of the tax Collectors and Treasurers of the different counties of this State. Tax Collector and Tr. to give bond; 15. Sec. XV. And be it further enacted, That said Intendant and Commissioners shall receive no compensation during their term of office as Intendant and Commissioners of the town of Cusseta, but that said Marshal and Treasurer may each of them receive a compensation to be fixed by said Intendant and Commissioners not to exceed fifty dollars each, annually, and to be paid by order of said Intendant of the fund of said town. [Illegible Text] 16. Sec. XVI. Be it further enacted, That all warrants, summons, and executions issued by authority of said Intendant and Commissioners shall be served and returned by said Marshal in the same manner, as the same are now served and returned by lawful Constables of said State, and said Marshal shall be Ex-officio Constable, so far as respects his office, and shall receive the same costs upon said warrants, summons, and executions as the Constables of said State, which costs shall be to said Marshal a sum extra from

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the compensation which he may receive from said Intendant and Commissioners as Marshal of said town. Warrants, Cost. 17. Sec. XVII. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED Dec. 22d, 1855. RINGGOLD. Sec. 1 Corporate limits of Ringgold. Sec. 2 Name and Style. Sec. 3 Chairman of Board. Sec. 4 Fees of officers. Sec. 5 Taxes. Sec. 6 Spirituous Liquors. Sec. 7 Shows. Sec. 8 Roads, Streets, c. Sec. 9 Superintendents of Elections. Sec. 10 Repealing clause. (No. 311.) An act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the village of Ringgold in Walker (now Catoosa,) county, approved, December 27 th, 1847, to define the boundary of said incorporation, and to confer certain powers upon the Commissioners of said village. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the corporate boundary of the said village of Ringgold now in Catoosa county shall be as follows: Commencing at the Western and Atlantic Rail-road opposite the store house of David Jobe, and running west with the line of Lot of Land number one hundred and seventy to the eastern boundary of Wesley Rhodes' plantation, thence north with said boundary to the north line of Lot number one hundred and seventy-one, thence east with said line to the said Western and Atlantic Rail-road and across said Rail-road in a south-easterly direction, so as to include L. C. Graddy's and George W. Vaughn's residence to the White Oak Mountain, thence south, including Mrs. Ray's, H. C. and William Satterfield's residences, thence west to beginning. Corporate limits of Ringgold; 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of said village be, and they are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of the Board of Commissioners of Ring-gold, and 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, and said Commissioners shall have authority to appoint a Clerk, a Treasurer and a Marshal, each of whom shall continue in office for the same term that the said Commissioners do; Provided, that the said Commissioners shall have power to dismiss any of said officers for mal-practice or non-performance of their respective duties. Style of Rights and [Illegible Text]. 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That said Board of Commissioners shall have power and authority to elect one of their members Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, and said Chairman of said Board of Commissioners shall be to all intents and purposes a Justice of the Peace, so far as to enable him to issue warrants for the offences against any penal law of this State, committed within the corporate limits of said village which warrants shall be executed by the Marshal or Deputy Marshal of said

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village, and the said Chairman shall have power to commit said offenders to the common jail of Catoosa county, or to admit to bail offenders for their personal appearance at the Superior Courts for said county, to answer such charge, and it shall be the duty of the Sheriff and Jailor of said county to receive all such persons, so committed, and safely keep them in said jail, until discharged by due course of law. Chairman of Board; May issue warrants c 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That said Chairman and Board of Commissioners shall have power and authority to establish the fees of the said officers of said incorporation and said Chairman and Board of Commissioners shall have full power and authority to fine or imprison, or fine and imprison any and all persons for a violation of any of the by-laws or ordinances of said incorporation, and shall have power to enforce the collection of all fines and forfeitures by writ of execution or capias ad satisfaciendum, which writs shall be directed to, and executed by the Marshal of said village, or his deputy, shall bear test in the name of the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, and shall be signed by the Clerk, and if it be an execution against the property may be levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of the defaulter, and advertised and sold in such manner as said Board of Commissioners may by their ordinances determine, and if said writ be a capias ad satisfaciendum it shall be directed, attested and signed as aforesaid from which the body of the defendant shall not be discharged except by virtue of the laws of this State made for the relief of honest debtors, Provided, said fine shall not exceed fifty dollars. Fees; Extent of punishment; Fineshow collected. 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That said Chairman and Board of Commissioners shall have power and authority to levy a tax of not exceeding fifty per cent. upon the State tax on all persons and property within the corporate limits of said village which is subject to taxation by the laws of this State, and that in all cases where any person who may reside in said village, or own property in said village subject to taxation, shall fail or refuse to pay taxes imposed according to this act, the said Board of Commissioners may cause execution to issue, which may be issued either against the person or property of the defaulter, and shall be directed, attested and signed and executed in manner and form as herein before specified in the collection of fines and forfeitures. Tax; Tax execut's 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted. That said Board of Commissioners shall have full power and authority to license persons to sell by retail spirituous liquors within said incorporation, according to the ordinances of said incorporation, and no person shall sell by retail any spirituous liquors within said incorporation without first obtaining a license from said Board of Commissioners. Spirituous liquors. 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That said Chairman and Board of Commissioners shall have full power and authority to levy a tax, and collect the same, upon all show masters who may exhibit within said incorporation, any shows, circus ridings, sleight of hand, legerdemain, menageries, or any other shows or performances whatever, of not exceeding twenty-five dollars for

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each day's performance, or exhibition, which tax may be collected by execution in the same manner as is pointed out in this act for the collection of fines and forfeitures. Shows, 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the said Board of Commissioners shall be commissioners of the roads and streets of said village, and shall have full power to compel all persons subject to road duty within said incorporation, to work upon the roads and streets of said village, and to enforce said duty by fine, as for contempt, and all such persons are hereby exempted from road duty upon any and all other roads without the limits of said incorporation, and all taxes, fines and forfeitures authorized by this act shall be collected for, and appropriated to the use of said incorporation for the improvement of said village. roads, streets c. 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That the election of said Commissioners shall be superintended by a Justice of the Inferior Court, a Justice of the Peace, or two or more free-holders of said village who shall conduct said election, under such rules and regulations as are now prescribed for the election of members to the General Assembly, and the returns of said election shall be deposited with the Clerk of the Inferior Court of Catoosa county, who shall thereupon issue to each of said Commissioners elected, under his hand and seal of office, a certificate of his election, and the said Clerk shall be entitled to the sum of fifty cents for each and every such certificate to be paid by said Board of Commissioners, and the said Commissioners before entering upon the duties of their offices shall severally take and subscribe the following oath: I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will to the utmost of my ability discharge all and singular the duties of Commissioner for the village of Ringgold, during my continuance in office, so help me God; Provided, nothing in this act shall be so construed as to allow the said Commissioners to refuse a license to any one applying and complying with the ordinances of said village of Ringgold. Managers of elections, Certificates of election Com'srs oath Proviso. 10. Sec. X. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, February 21st, 1856.

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DALTON. 1. Election of Clerk and Treasurer. 2. Qualification of voters and time of Elections. 3. Mayor's Reports. 4. Treasurer's term of office. 5. License to retail liquor. 6. Penalty. 7. Taxation in Cartersville. 8. Centre of Corporation. 9. Repealing clause. No. 312. An Act to amend the seventh section of the act incorporating the city of Dalton, in the county of Whitfield, assented to on the 28 th day of December, 1853, so as to give the election of Clerk and Treasurer of said city, to the qualified voters of said city, and to require the Mayor of said city to make out and publish in each of the newspapers of said city, semi-annual reports of the financial operations of said city, to provide for the election of a County Treasurer, for the county of Whitfield, by the qualified voters of said county, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the said seventh section of the above recited act be, and the same is hereby so amended as to give the qualified voters living within the corporate limits of the city of Dalton, the election of a Clerk and a Treasurer of said city of Dalton, who shall hold their offices respectively for twelve months, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Clerk and Treasurer of Dalton elected. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That all free white male citizens living within the corporate limits of the city of Dalton, or who may have resided bona fide, ten days within the said corporate limits, who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, shall on the second Monday in January next, and on the second Monday in January in each and every year thereafter, elect by ballot a Clerk and a Treasurer of said City Council, at the same time and in the same manner as the Mayor and Councilmen are now elected by law, said Clerk and Treasurer shall before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, give, each a bond with good and sufficient security or securities to be adjudged by the city council or a majority of them, for the faithful performance of their respective duties, and in case a vacancy shall occur by death, resignation, or otherwise, in either the office of Clerk or Treasurer of said City Council, said vacancy shall be filled as provided in the fifth section of the act to which this act is amendatory for the filling vacancies in the offices of Mayor and councilmen. Qualification of voters 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor of the city of Dalton be, and is hereby required to make out and publish semi-annually reports of the financial operations of said city on the first Monday in January and July in each and every year, in each of the news papers in said city, a full, complete and entire statement, showing the receipts of said city council, and the causes thereof, as well as the entire disbursements of said City Council,

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and the objects therefor, and upon failure of the Mayor of said city to make out, and publish said reports as aforesaid, upon presentment by the Grand Jury of the county, and conviction thereof, in the Superior Court of said county, he shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty, nor more than one hundred dollars at the discretion of the Court. Mayor's Reports; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That all free white male citizens in the county of Whitfield, who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of this State, shall on the first Monday in January next, and on the first Monday in January in each and every year thereafter, at the several election precincts in said county, elect by ballot a county Treasurer for said county, who shall hold his office twelve months from the time he is elected, commissioned and qualified, and until his successor is elected, commissioned and qualified, said county Treasurer shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, give a bond with good and sufficient security in the sum of two thousand dollars payable to the Ordinary of said county, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as county Treasurer of said county, and for a violation of the conditions of said bond, the injured party shall have the right to a suit on said bond, in the name of the Ordinary of said county in the Superior Court of said county, and upon proof being made sufficient, shall have Judgment for the amount of his damages and in case said county Treasurer shall move from said county, then suit shall be brought against him in the county to which he removes. Election of County Treasurer; term of office Bond; Suit on bond; Judgment. 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and City Council of the city of Dalton, shall have power to grant license to persons to retail, and sell by retail spirituous liquors within the limits of said city, and that no person or persons shall sell by retail any spirituous liquors within the corporate limits of said city without first obtaining such license for which he or they shall pay to the city Treasurer, a sum not less than one hundred dollars therefor, which shall be appropriated by the Mayor and City Council to the use of said city of Dalton. Spiriteous liquors; [Illegible Text] 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That for any violation of the above and foregoing section by any person or persons within the corporate limits of said city, such person or persons so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment and conviction therefor, in the Superior Court of Whitfield county, he or they shall severally be fined or imprisoned in the common jail of said county for each violation at the discretion of the Court, the fine not to exceed the sum of one hundred dollars, nor the imprisonment to exceed sixty days. Penalty, 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of the town of Cartersville, in Cass county, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to levy a tax in each and every year, on all the real estate and stock in trade within the corporate limits of said town, liable to taxation by the laws of this State, not more than one half of one per cent. on the value thereof, for the purpose of making such improvements as may be necessary to promote

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the interest of said town, and that such tax be collected in such manner as said commissioners may prescribe. Extra tax in Car tersville; That said commissioners be, and are hereby authorised to levy and collect a poll tax on all the persons within the corporate limits of said town, liable to work on roads, or to do road duty, the same not to exceed the sum of five dollars which said poll tax is to be used by said commissioners in improving the streets and side-walks in said town, said tax shall be levied and collected in such manner as said commissioners shall prescribe. Poll tax, how applied. 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the center of said corporation be at the depot in said town, that said commissioners be authorized and empowered to license all retailers of ardent spirits within the limits of said town, fix the price of said license, not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars, and to collect and use for the improvement of said town the amount of money so raised, and that they the said commissioners be further empowered to fine and collect the fine of such as may vend ardent spirits without such license, under such by-laws as they may from time to time adopt, that said commissioners shall have power and authority to enact any by-laws for the purpose of executing the provisions of this act, the same not being repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. Center; Spirituous liquors. License; Powers of Commis'ners Limit of fines 9. Sec. IX. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. STONE MOUNTAIN. SEC. 1 Commissioners to grant license. SEC. 2 Tax on billiard tables. SEC. 3 Fines for offences. SEC. 4 Tax executions. SEC. 5 Road and street duty. SEC. 6 Arrest of slaves. SEC. 7 Corporate limits. SEC. 8 Commissioners of Tunnel Hill. SEC. 9 Election of commissioners. SEC. 10 Time of holding elections. SEC. 11 Vacancies. SEC. 12 Nuisances, fines, c. SEC. 31 Tax levied. SEC. 14 Warrants issued. SEC. 15 Chairman of commissioners. SEC. 16 Kepealing clause. (No. 313.) An act amendatory of 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 provide for the election of Commissioners in succession, and other regulations therein named, and to levy a tax for the improvement of said town, to change the name and extend the limits of said town, assented to December 17 th, 1847, and also to incorporate the town of Tunnel Hill, in the county of Whitfield, and for other purposes. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, that it shall be lawful for the commissioners of the town of Stone Mountain, and they shall have power to license persons to retail and sell by retail spirituous liquors, within the corporate limits of said town, 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 two

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hundred dollars, which tax shall be appropriated to the use of said town of Stone Mountain. Com'srs of Stone Mountain may grant license c; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners of the town of Stone Mountain, shall have full power and authority to levy a tax on all billiard tables, kept or used for the purpose of playing on, gaming, or renting, and on all ten-pin alleys, nine-pin alleys, or alleys 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 and said commissioners shall have power and authority to levy and collect a tax, not exceeding twenty-five dollars, for each exhibition, from all itinerant show masters who may exhibit within said town, any shows, circus riding, tumbling, sleight of hand legerdemain, or tricks of any kind whatsoever, coming under this description. Tax Billiard tables, c; Shows; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of said town, shall have power and authority to fine, not exceeding twenty-five dollars or imprison not exceeding twenty-four hours, any person or persons who shall be guilty of hooting, hallooing, or making any other unnecessary or unusual noise, or any person who shall be guilty of any act of public indecency, tending to debauch the morals of any citizen, or using obscene, vulgar or profane language within the corporate limits of said town. Fines; 4. Sec. IV. That in all cases where persons, citizens of said town, or who have property subject to taxation, within the corporate limits of the same, shall fail, refuse or neglect to pay the taxes imposed, it shall be lawful for the commissioners aforesaid, to issue execution for the same, which execution shall be signed by the Clerk, and bear test in the name of any one of the commissioners, and be directed to the Marshal of said town, commanding him to levy on the goods, chattels, lands, and tenements of the defendant, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy the demand and cost, which 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 State, andthe Marshal shall proceed to advertise and sell in such manner as the laws or ordinances of said town may direct; Provided, that in case any such execution shall be returned by said Marshal, no property to be found, then, 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 debtors, and should any such defendant or defendants fail to give security for his, her 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 or they shall be committed to the common jail of the county of DeKalb, there to remain until discharged by due course of law, and provided, also, that no defendant or defendants shall be arrested on capias ad satisfaciendum, as provided in this act, who will take and subscribe an oath before a Justice of the Peace for said county, or one of the commissioners of said town, that he or they has or have no property to discharge said execution or capias ad satisfaciendum, with, except

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such as is now exempt from levy and sale by the laws now of force in this State. Tax exec'tns [Illegible Text] Sales; Proviso; Ca [Illegible Text] proviso 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, that the said commissioners shall have power and authority to cail 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, and on failure of any person to perform such road and street duty, the commissioners shall have power to fine such person not exceeding two dollars per day for every such failure, which shall be collected according to the provisions of the fourth section of this act. Road and Street duty; Default 6. Sec VI. And be it further enacted that it shall be lawful for the Marshal of said town to arrest and bring before the commissioners, each and every slave who shall hire his own time, and every slave whose owner, overseer, or employer, shall permit him or her for a consideration or otherwise to have and enjoy the privilege of laboring or carrying on business for him or herself, except on the premises of such owner, overseer or employer, and notify the owner overseer or employer of the time and place of trial, and the said commissioners shall levy a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars upon the owner, overseer or employer of such slave or slaves and cost of trial, and shall direct the Marshal to keep such slave or slaves in his custody until the fine and costs are paid, or until by the hire of said slave the amount is raised, and which said slave the commissioners are hereby authorised to hire out for that purpose, in such manner as they may prescribe by their by-laws provided, nothing in this act shall prevent the commissioners from granting permission to the owner of any slave or slaves to live apart from him or her, where the slave labors not for him nor herself, but for his or her master. May arrest slaves, c. Trial fine; Proviso; 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town be extended on the north of the original line to sufficient extent to include the grave-yard, and on the south and west six hundred yards, commencing said line on the south, at the Fair House, and on the west at the house of John R. Higgins. Corporate limits. 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That William N. Bishop, Simon Dunn and Clisba Austin, be, and the same are hereby appointed Commissioners for the town of Tunnel Hill, and that 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 may deem necessary and expedient for the well government of said town; Provided, such by-laws and ordinances shall not be repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State; that the corporate limits of said town shall extend one-half mile in every direction from the depot on the Western and Atlantic Rail-road in said town. Com'srs of Tunnel Hill; By-laws. Corporate limits; 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That on the first Monday in April, eighteen hundred and fifty six, and on the first Monday in April in every year thereafter, all persons who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly in said corporate limits, shall assemble, and, by ballot, elect five Commissioners, who

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shall continue in office for the term of one year, and until their successors are elected and sworn in, at which election one or more Justice of the Peace, or Justice of the Inferior [Illegible Text], with one free-holder, shall preside; that said Commissioners, so elected under the provisions of this act, shall be a body politic, under the name and style of the Commissioners of the town of Tunnel Hill, and by that name shall be able and capable in law of suing and being sued, plead and being impleaded in anyof the Courts of this State. Election of Commis'ners Managers, Incorporated Rights and [Illegible Text] 10. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That if said election should not take place upon the day pointed out by the provisions of this act, that it shall be lawful for said election to take place on any other day ten days notice of the same being given by a Justice of the Peace, or one, or more, of the Commissioners; that it shall not be lawful for any of said Commissioners, so elected or appointed, to enter upon the duties of their office until they shall have taken and subcribed the following oath: I, A. B., do solemnly swear, (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I will well and truly perform all the duties of a Commissioner, by adopting such measures as shall, in my judgment, be best calculated to promote the general good of the citizens of the town of Tunnel Hill; said oath to be administered by a Justice of the Peace, or Justice of the Inferior Court. Time for holding elections. Com'srs oath 11. Sec. XI. And be it further enacted, That said Commissioners, and their successors in office under the provisions of this act, shall have power to fill all vacancies as may occur in said body, between the periods of their regular elections; that said Commissioners shall have power to elect, by ballot, annually, a Clerk, Marshal and Treasurer for said town; for the faithful discharge of their duties, each of said officers shall be required to give bond and security; whose salaries shall be fixed by said Board of Commissioners, to be paid out of the Treasury of said town; said Board of Commissioners shall have power to dispense with any one, or all, of said officers, in their discretion; that three of the Commissioners, after the first election, shall form a quorum for the transaction of all business. Vacancies; Election of Clerk, Marshal, c, Bond. Quorum; 12. Sec. XII. And be it further enacted, That said Board shall have full power to remove all pests and nuisances, and perform all other acts necessary for the good government of said town; that said Board of Commissioners shall have full power to license persons to retail, and sell by retail spirituous liquors within said town, and that no person or persons shall sell by retail any spirituous liquors within said corporation, without first obtaining such license, for which he, or they, shall pay a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars; which tax shall be paid into the Treasury, and appropriated for the use of said town; that the Commissioners of said town shall have power and authority to fine, not exceeding twenty dollars, any person or persons who shall be guilty of hallooing, shooting, firing off guns or pistols, or doing any other act which tend to the annoyance or disturbance of the citizens of the town, within the limits of the corporation thereof, and who does not desist when required to do so by the Marshal. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] liquors [Illegible Text]

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13. Sec. XIII. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners are authorized and empowered to levy a tax, in each and every year, on all the real estate and stock in trade, within the corporate limits of said town, liable to taxation by the laws of the State, of not more than fifty per cent. on the State tax, for the purpose of making such improvements as may be necessary to promote the interest of said town. Tax levied. 14. Sec. XIV. And be it further enacted, That one of said Commissioners, on information given by said Marshal, or complaint made on oath by any other person, of any effence committed within the corporate limits of said town, against the penal laws of this State, shall have power to issue a warrant for the apprehension of said person, or persons, and upon the return of said warrant, said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have power to hear testimony, and to discharge or require said offender or offenders to give bond and security for his or their personal appearance at the next Superior Court to be held in and for said county, to answer said accusation, and to commit the same to the common jail of the county, upon failure to give bond, and it shall be the duty of the Jailor of said county to receive such person or persons so committed, and safely keep until discharged by due course of law. Warrants issued; Bind over offenders, [Illegible Text] 15. Sec. XV. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of said town shall have power and authority to elect one of their members Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, who shall have the same power and authority to enforce and have executed the ordinances and laws of said town, that all of said Commissioners have in meeting assembled, and in the absence of said Chairman, or his inability to act, the remaining Commissioners may appoint a temporary Chairman. That in all cases where any person or persons, citizens of said town, or who have property subject to taxation within the corporate limits of the same, shall fail, refuse, or neglect to pay the taxes, or fines imposed according to this act, the Clerk of said Board of Commissioners shall issue execution for the same, which execution shall be signed by the Clerk and bear test in the name of the Chairman, and be directed to the Marshal of said town, and which execution shall bind all the property of the defendant, from the date thereof, and the cost shall be the same as on tax executions by the laws of this State, and the said Marshal shall proceed to levy, advertise, and sell, in such manner as the ordinances of said town shall or may direct. Chairman; Tax executions; Cost; [Illegible Text]; 16. Sec. XVI. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. WARSAW. 1. Thunderbolt changed to Warsaw. 2. Election of Commissioners. 3. License to retail liquor. 4. Election by whom ordered. 5. Construction of embankments. 6. Property of city of Savannah. 7r Repealing clause. (No. 314.) An Act to incorporate a town to be called Warsaw. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage

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of this act, all of that bluff, or parcel of land situated, lying and being in the county of Chatham, and on the Warsaw river, extending from marsh to marsh, at either terminus, the same being about half of a mile in distance on the Warsaw river, and extending back from said river half a mile from either terminus, which was originally called O'Bryansville, but more recently Thunderbolt, shall hereafter be called, known and designated as the town of Warsaw. Warsaw; Election of Com'srs, 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the owners of lots in the town of Warsaw, be and they are hereby authorized to elect, annually five commissioners, and that the said commissioners, after having been duly elected by the owners of lots in the said town of Warsaw, shall be known and styled the board of commissioners of the town of Warsaw, and under that name and style, they may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, in any Court of record in this State, and the said commissioners shall have power to pass such ordinances, for the protection of the inhabitants, and property of the town of Warsaw. and the good government of the same as they may deem right and proper, and the said commissioners shall have the further authority to elect such officer or officers as they may deem necessary, in order to enforce such ordinances as they may pass. Style; Powers and privileges; Proviso. Provided, said ordinances do not conflict with the laws of this State, or the United States. 3. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall have the exclusive right to grant license to retail spirituous liquors, or to prohibit the traffic in the same, in the town of Warsaw, and also to extend the same right for the distance of one mile from the boundary of the town of Warsaw. Spirituous liquors; 4. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That any three of the owners of lots in the town of Warsaw, be and they are hereby authorized to order an election for five commissioners to be held on the first Monday in May next, or at such other time as in their opinion will best promote the interest of the town of Warsaw, notice of said election to be given at least ten days prior to the same, by posting a notice on the door of the Church in the town of Warsaw, said notice specifying the time and the place where the election will be held. Who may order an election: 5. Sec. V, Be it further enacted, That the said commissioners together with such of the residents of Whitemarsh Island, and such others as may join said commissioners, be and they are hereby authorized to construct an embankment from the Warsaw river to the nearest point of high land on Whitemarsh Island, said embankment to be used for a road, and also to run a ferry boat or flat from Warsaw to Whitemarsh Island, a cross the Warsaw river, and to charge and collect such rate of toll as may be agreed upon, provided such rate of toll be reasonable. May const'ct an embank't; Run a boat; Toll; 6. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained, shall be construed to give the authorities of the town of Warsaw, any control over property owned by the city of Savannah, within the geographical limits of said town of Warsaw, or to deprive the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, and the

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hamlets thereof, from exercising control over, and having full use of any real estate, and the improvements thereon, which may be held by them within said town of Warsaw. Property of the city of Savannah; 7. Sec. VII. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. AMERICUS. 1. City of Americus incorporated. 2. Charter of Americus. 3. Time of Mayor's election. 4. Acts legalized. 5. Repealing clause. (No. 315.) An Act to incorporate the city of Americus, in the county of Sumter. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, that the town of Americus, is hereby incorporated as the city of Americus, in the county of Sumter. City of Americus incorporated 2. Sec. II. That the act to incorporate the city of Oglethorpe, and to alter and amend an act to incorporate the town of Oglethorpe, in the county of Macon, approved January 22d, 1852, be and the same is extended, and made applicable to the said city of Americus, and is hereby made the charter of the same, except the first section of said act, and except that when the words Oglethorpe or Macon are used, they shall read Americus and Sumter. Charter of Americus; 3. Sec. III. The time for the election of Mayor and Alderman of said city, shall be the third Monday in March, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and the second Monday in January in each year thereafter. Time of Mayor's election. 4. SEC. IV. The acts of the President and Commissioners of the town of Americus, as far as they are in accordance with the charter of said town, are legalized. Acts legalis'd 5. Sec. V. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th., 1856. FORT VALLEY. SEC. 1. Commissioners. SEC. 2 Their oath. SEC. 3 Style of said incorporation. SEC. 4 Corporate limits. SEC. 5 Ordinances. SEC. 6 Taxes. SEC. 7 Patrols. SEC. 8 Retail of spirituous liquors. SEC. 9 Repealing clause. (No. 316.) An Act to incorporate the town of Fort Valley in the county of Houston, and to provide for the election of commissioners for the same, 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That C. D. Anderson, William H. Hollingshead, William J. Greene, A. D. Kendrick and D. N. Austin, are hereby appointed commissioners of the town of Fort Valley in the county of Houston, with full power to make all by-laws and regulations for the government of said town. Commis'ners

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2. Sect. II. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners, before entering upon the duties of their office shall take the following oath or affirmation, Youdo solemnly swear, (or affirm,) that you will assist in passing such by-laws, and regulations as shall in your judgment be calculated to promote the best interest of the town of Fort Valley, and said commissioners shall hold their office until the first Saturday in April next, at which time and on the first Saturday in every April thereafter, the citizens of the town of Fort Valley included within the limits of said Town, as described in the fourth section of this act, and who are entitled to vote for members of the Legislature, shall elect five commissioners for said town, who shall take the oath above prescribed, hold their offices until their successors are elected, and be re-eligible, aad the commissioners at the time in office, shall give public notice at least five days before said election, at three different places in said town, which election shall be superintended by a Justice of the Peace and one free-holder, a resident of said town, or three free-holders therein residing, and the five persons receiving the highest number of votes, shall be by said Superintendent declared elected. Com'rs oath. Election of Com'srs. Managers; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners named in the first section of this act, are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, under and by the style of the commissioners of Fort Valley and by said name they and their successors, shall have perpetual succession, shall have power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Court of law or equity in this State, may have a corporate seal, and change or alter the same at their pleasure, and shall have power to acquire, take and hold property, both real and personal, either by gift, grant, demise, purchase, or otherwise, and may sell, convey or alieu the same. Incorporated Style. Powers and privileges. 4. Sec IV. And be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of said town shall extend from the present Railroad depot in said town one mile in each direction. Corporate limits, 5 Sec V. And be it further enacted, that said commissioner shall have power to pass and enact such rules, laws, ordinances and regulations as they or a majority of them may deem most conducive to the best interest of the citizens of said town, and the said commissioners are hereby invested with full power and authority to enforce the observance thereof; Provided, said rules, laws, ordinances, and regulations are not violative of the constitution of this State, or of the United States, or the laws thereof, said commissioners shall also have power to appoint a Marshal or Town Bailiff, a Clerk and Treasurer. Ordinances; 6. SEC VI And be it further enacted, That the said board of commissioners shall have the right to assess and collect an annual tax upon all property, real and personal, within the limits of said town, of not exceeding fifty per cent upon the State tax, shall have the power to tax all pedlers, vendue masters and itinerant traders, who vend or sell any goods, wares or merchandize within said town, may tax all circus companies, exhibitors of animals, or other shows, also all billiard tables, nine or ten pin alleys that may be established in said town; Provided, nothing in this act shall be so construed

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as to authorise said commissioners to levy and assess any tax upon any property in said town owned and held by any religious society, or any property situate or owned in said town devoted to educational purposes, or any property or lands used alone for agricultural purposes, and not laid out in town lots. Taxes how collected: 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted. That all persons residing within the limits of said town, shall be exempt from road duty without the limits of said town; the commissioners shall have all the powers now vested by law pertaining to patrols, to organize an efficient Patrol police, and the citizens of said town subject to do Patrol duty, shall be compelled to do so whenever required by the commissioners, within the corporate limits of said Town, and not elsewhere. Patrols, c. 8. SEC. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of said town of Fort Valley, shall have full and entire control and jurisdiction over the retailing of spiritous liquors within the corporate limits of the same, shall have power to grant or withhold license at their discretion, and when licenses are granted, may charge for any such license, any sum of not more than one hundred dollars, and that any person or persons who shall sell or cause to be sold within said town, any quantity of spirituous liquors less than one gallon, (unless it be for medicinal or mechanical purposes,) without having a license from said Board of commissioners so to do, shall be subject to all the pains and penalties prescribed for the violation of the retail laws now in force in this State. Spirituous liquors; Penalty 9. Sec. IX. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 3d, 1856. JEFFERSON. SEC. 1. Corporate limits of Jefferson. SEC. 2. Election of Mayor powers, c. SEC. 3. Officers oath. SEC. 4. Repealing clause. No. 317. An Act to incorporate the Town of Jefferson in the County of Camden, and for other purposes. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the corporate limits of the Town of Jefferson, in the county of Camden, extend as far as the said town is divided, and run into lots. Corporate limits of Jefferson 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That on the second Saturday in January next, all persons residing within the said corporate limits, who are entitled to vote for members of the Legislature, shall elect one Mayor, who shall have power to sue and be sued, by the corporate name, and to have a common seal, and pass all by-laws he may think will promote the general good of the citizens of said Town; Provided, that no by-laws or ordinance shall conflict with the laws or constitution of this State, or of the United States, and at the same time and in the same manner, shall be chosen a Marshal, and they shall continue in office until the election and qualification of their successors, which shall take place as early after the

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election as convenient, and after the first election at the time aforesaid, the election shall be held annually on the second Saturday in January at which time one Justice of the Peace and two freeholders of said county may preside, and if it so happens that such election shall not take place on the day herein appointed, two free-holders of said Town, may afterwards by giving five days notice hold the same. Election of Mayor; Powers and privileges; Seal; By laws; Provise; Marshal; Time of elections 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That each of the officers elected, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, shall take the following oath: I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will well and truly discharge the duties of my office to the best of my ability, and when acting upon legally authorised discretion will have the welfare of the citizens of said corporation in view. Officers oath. 4. SEC. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED MARCH 1st, 1856. LAMAR. Sec. 1 Town incorporated. Sec. 2 Commissioners. Sec. 3 Term of office. Sec. 4 Repealing clause. (No. 318.) An Act to incorporate the town of Lamar in Baker county. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the town of Lamar in the county of Baker be incorporated, and the authority and jurisdiction of said town of Lamar shall extend over and to lots and fractional lots No. 138, 139, 144 and 124, in the 12th District of Baker county according to the original survey of said county. Lamar Incorporated Corporate limits. 2. Sec. II. Be it enacted, c., That Isaac E. Bowers, L. G. Rowell, A. H. Colquitt, Henry A. Turner, S. C. Stevens and W. W. Cheever, be, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby appointed Commissioners of said town of Lamar, and they, or a majority of them, or of their successors in office shall have full power and authority at any time to convene, and pass all by-laws, rules and regulations, which may be necessary for the good order and government of the same, and shall have full power and authority to appoint such officers as they may deem necessary to carry such by-laws, rules and regulations into effect, Provided, such by-laws be not repugnant to the laws and Constitution of this State. Commis'ners Powers and privileges. By laws; 3. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioners shall continue in office until the first Saturday in January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and until their successors are elected, on which day, and on the first Saturday in January annually thereafter, all free white males within the corporate limits of said town, who are entitled to vote for members of the Legislature, shall be entitled to vote for said Commissioners. Qualification of voters 4. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 4th, 1856.

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HILLSBORO'. Sec. 1. Election of Commissioners and License to retail Liquor. (No. 319.) An Act to incorporate the town of Hillsboro' in the Couney of Floyd, and for other purposes. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, all those parts of lots of land number two hundred and forty-four and two hundred and seventy-seven in the twenty-third District and third Section of now Floyd county, that lie west and south of the Etowah and Coosa rivers, shall hereafter be known as the town of Hillsboro', and the citizens thereof shall annually, on the first day of February, elect five Commissioners for the government of said town, and who shall have power to issue all licenses to retail spirituous liquors in said town, Provided, they shall not charge therefor a sum exceeding fifty dollars, and to have, use, exercise and enjoy all the powers and privileges heretofore granted to the town of Fayetteville in this State, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Hillsboro; Election for Commis'ners Spirituous liquors, Powers and privileges APPROVED, February 25th, 1856. MORGAN. Sec. 1 Commissioners of Town. Sec. 2 Corporate limits, Sec. 3 Election of Commissioners. Sec. 4 Failure to elect. Sec. 5 Commissioners' Oath. Sec. 6 Repealing clause. (No. 320.) An Act to incorporate the town of Morgan in Calhoun county, and appoint Commissioners for the same. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That W. G. Pierce, W. E. Griffin, George Goodson, John Shropshire and Hiram Morgan, be, and the same are hereby appointed Commissioners for the town of Morgan, 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 necessary and expedient for the well government and good order of the said town, Provided, such by-laws and ordinances shall not conflict with the Constitution and laws of this State. Com'ers of Morgan: By-laws; Proviso 2. Sec. And be it further enacted, That the corporation authorities and jurisdiction of said Commissioners shall extend to, and be exercised over the space of four hundred yards in every direction from the Court House. Corporate limits; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That on the first Saturday in January one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and on the first Saturday in January of every year thereafter, all persons who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly

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in said corporate limits, shall assemble, and, by ballot, elect five Commissioners who shall continue in office for the term of one year, and until their successors are elected and sworn in, at which election one or more Justices of the Peace or Justices of the Inferior Court shall preside. Election of Commis'ners 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That if said election should not take place upon the day appointed by this act, that it shall be lawful for it to take place on any other day, ten days notice of the same being given by a Justice of the Peace, or one or more of the Commissioners. Failure to [Illegible Text] election c: 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any of said Commissioners so elected, or appointed, to enter on the duties of their office, until they shall have taken and subscribed the following oath: I, A. B., do solemnly swear, or affirm, as the case may be, that I will well and truly perform all the duties of a Commissioner by adopting such measures as shall, in my judgment, be best calculated to promote the general good of the citizens of the town of Morgan; said oath to be administered by a Justice of the Peace, or Justice of the Inferior Court. Com'srs oath 6. Sec. VI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. HARTWELL. 1. Corporate limits. 2. Election of Commissioners. 3. By-laws. 4. License to retail liquor. 5. Marshal of town. 6. Roads, streets c. 7. Rights and privileges. (No. 321.) An Act to incorporate the town of Hartwell in the county of Hart, and for other purposes therein named. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, the town of Hartwell, in the county of Hart, be, and the same is hereby incorporated and that the corporate limits shall extend four hundred yards in every direction from the public square in said town of Hartwell, and that James T. Jones, John G. Justice, F. B. Hodges, J, N. Reeder, and John B. Benson be, and they are hereby appointed a board of Commissioners who shall hold their term of office until the second Monday in January, eighteen hundred and fifty seven, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Hartwell Incorporated Commis'ners 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That on each and every second Monday in January thereafter, all the citizens residing within the corporate limits of said town, who shall be entitled to vote for members of the legislature of the State, shall be entitled to vote for five commissioners, at which election any two free holders of said town may preside as managers of said election, and the five persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared duly elected, and that the managers of said election shall give a certificate of the election which shall be sufficient authority for said commissioners to enter upon the discharge of their duties, and in

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case no election should be held by the legal voters as aforesaid, that then at any time thereafter on a written notice of the time and place of holding said election, be posted at the Court House door ten days previous to holding said election, the citizens of said town may proceed to elect the said board of commissioners in the same manner as though the same had been held on the second Monday in January. term of office Election of Commis'ners Managers of Elections Certificates 3. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall have power and authority to pass all ordinances and by-laws for the government of said town corporation, not in conflict with the constitution and laws of this State, and of the United States. Ordinances; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall be authorized to grant license for the retail of spirituous liquors within the corporate limits of said town, under such regulations and restrictions as they may prescribe. Spiritous liquors; 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of said town corporation shall appoint a Marshal, and a Clerk, who shall be treasurer with such compensation as shall be determined on, by said commissioners and such other officers as may be necessary to carry this act into effect. Marshal; 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That all persons liable to road duty by the laws of this State who reside within the corporate limits of said town shall be compelled to work the streets and public square of said town and that they shall be exempt from all other road duty. Roads, streets, c. 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the said board of commissioners of the said town of Hartwell, by their corporate name shall have power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and do all other acts relating to corporate capacity, and shall use and have a common seal, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. APPROVED, Feb. 26th, 1856. WESTON. 1. Incorporation. 2. Commissioners. 3. Election of commissioners. 4. Elections by whom held. 5. Marshal. 6. Repealing clause. (No. 322.) An Act to incorporate the town of Weston, formerly known by the name of Hardmoney, in the county of Kinchafoonee. SECTION I. The General Assembly do enact as follows: That said town shall be and the same is hereby made a body corporate, and the limits of said town shall be half a mile in all directions from the Academy that is situated in said town. Incorporated Com'srs of Hard-money, 2. SEC. II. That Eli S. Marshall, E. B. Loyless, James Wilson, Joseph L. Weston and J. C. Kendrick are hereby made Commissioners of said town, who shall hold their offices until the first Saturday in January next, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

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3. Sec. III. On the first Saturday as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the citizens of said town qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly to elect five commisioners and so on for each succeeding year, who shall hold their offices as aforesaid. Election of Commis'ners Superintendents; 4. SEC. IV. Said election may be held by any two Free holders of said town, who shall certify who are elected, and the persons who have such certificate shall take an oath before some Justice of the Peace well and truly to perform the duties of their office. Officers to take oath; 5. Sec. V. Said commissioners shall have power to appoint a Marshal for said town, and the exclusive power to grant licences for the retail of spirituous liquors within the corporate limits of said town, at such rates and upon such terms as they may deem proper, and to pass any other ordinance that they may think proper for the security of the peace, promotion of the health, prosperity and comfort of the inhabitants of said town, the same not being repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State or of the United States. Marshal, c, Spirituous liquors Ordinances; 6. Sec. VI. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED March 6th, 1856. CHICKASAWHATCHEE. SEC. 1 Commissioners. SEC. 2 Oath of office. SEC. 3 Marshal's bond. SEC. 4 Term of office. SEC. 5 Corporate limits. SEC. 6 Vacancies. SEC. 7 Fines, SEC. 8 Taxes, SEC. 9 Licenses to retail liquor, SEC. 10 Com'rs Houghton Institute, Augusta. SEC. 11 Com'rs of Sparta, (No. 323.) An Act to incorporate the Village of Chickasawhatchee, in the County of Lee, and to appoint Commissioners of the same, and to confer certain powers upon said Commissioners, also to appoint Commissioners for the Houghton Institute in the City of Augusta, and to appoint Commissioners for the Town of Sparta, and for other purposes. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That William H. Crawford, John B. Vanover, John T. Sims, Richard T. Bradley, and Albert B. Coolidge, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners for the village of Chickasawhatchee, in the county of Lee, who shall at their first meeting elect from any of their body a President, and the said President and commissioners, and their successors in office, are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic under the name and style of the commissioners of the Village of Chickasawhatchee, 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, or a majority of them, and their successors in office shall have power and authority to make all by laws, rules, and regulations necessary and proper for the government of said Village, which are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. Commis'ners Election of President. Incorporated Style Powers and privileges; By-laws, 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted. That the said commissioners before they enter upon the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe the following oath: I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I

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will to the utmost of my ability discharge the duties of commissioner of the Village of Chickasawhatchee, during my continuance in office, and that I will support and defend the constitution of this State, and of the United States, so help me God. Com'srs oath 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have full power to convene at any time and place within the corporate limits of said village, and proceed to the appointment of Marshal, Clerk and such other officers as they may deem necessary to carry this act into execution, who shall give bond and security to the said commissioners of said Village, in a sum to be fixed by said commissioners, for the faithful performance of their duties. Marshal and other officers Bond. 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, shall hold their offices for the term of one year, and that the said term shall expire on the first Saturday in January in each succeeding year thereafter, for the election of new commissioners, and that all free white male inhabitants residing within the corporate limits of said Village, who are entitled to vote for members of the Legislature shall be entitled to vote for said commissioners. term of office 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, 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 in all directions from the Store house of A. B. Coolidge in said Village. Corporate l'mits. 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That if any vacancy occurs, by death, resignation, or otherwise, of said commissioners, they shall have power to fill such vacancies until an election shall take place, as herein before provided. Vacancies. 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That said coommissioners shall have power and authority to fine any person, who shall be guilty of a violation of any of the by-laws, rules or ordinances of said board of commissioners, and that the citizens resident within the corporate limits of said Village, be and they are hereby exempt and exonerated from their liability to do road duty without the limits of said Village. Fines; 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall have power to levy a tax of not more than one fourth of the amount of the State tax, which shall be collected by the Marshal, and said commissioners shall have power by their Clerk to issue execution for all fines and taxes bearing test in the name of the President of the board, that said citizens within the corporation aforesaid, shall not be required to work more than ten days, or pay the sum of ten dollars in lieu thereof, and no tax shall be levied on any species of property exempted by the State tax laws, andno property shall be taxed that is not within the corporate limits of said Village. Taxes; Executions. Citizens not required to work over ten days. 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That for preserving the Peace, securing the health of the inhabitants, and promoting morality, the comfort, and prosperity, and safety of the same, as well as the protection of churches and schools in said Village, that the power of granting licenses within the corporate limits of said Village,

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for the sale or retail of spirituous liquors, shall be vested in the commissioners of said Village, under such regulations as they prescribe; Provided, the license fee shall not exceed fifty dollars, and they are hereby vested with the exclusive power to grant said licenses, in the corporate limits aforesaid, and also to impose such conditions, restrictions, and penalties as they or a majority of them may deem necessary and proper, not repugnant to the constitution of the United States, and the constitution and laws of this State. Spirituous liquors 10. Sec. X. Be it further enacted, That the city council of Augusta shall have power and authority to appoint a board of commissioners, which board shall be styled the Houghton Board of Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to elect a teacher or teachers for said institute to attend the examination thereof, and to report its condition of the improvement of the children to said council, and on failure to perform this duty on the part of any one or more of said board his or their office shall be vacated at once, and said council shall then proceed to fill such vacancy or vacancies with such persons as will attend to such duties connected with the Institution, discipline, c., of said Institute as are conducive to its permanence and usefulness. [Illegible Text] appointed, Style, Duty. 11. Sec. XI. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of the town of Sparta, shall be vested with all the powers, rights and privileges to restrict or regulate a fee for license not exceeding fifty dollars, for the retail of spirituous liquors within the incorporate limits of said Village, and with exclusive power to grant license to retail spirituous liquors within said town. Powers of Com'rs of Sparta. APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. OXFORD. 1. License to retail liquor. 2. Roads, streets, c. 3. Town regulations. 4. Taxes. 5. Police Court. 6. Commissioners Ex-officio Justices of Peace. 7. Repealing clause. (No. 324.) An Act to amend an act, incorporating the town of Oxford, in the county of Newton, and for other purposes therein mentioned. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact as follows: 1. Sec. I. That the power to grant license for the retail of spirituous and fermented liquors is hereby vested in the corporate authorities of said town and they may grant the same upon such terms and conditions, and at such rate or tax as they may think proper. Spirituous liquors. 2. Sec. II. Said authorities shall have power to call out the hands subject by law to work the roads for the purpose of working the streets and roads within the corporate limits of said town at such times as they shall think proper. roads, streets c. 3. Sec. III. Said corporate authorities shall have power to erect a market house, to remove all nuisances from the streets and lots of said town, to regulate slaves and free persons of color, to tax

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billiard tables and ten pin [Illegible Text], and regulate the same, and the manner of collecting such tax, and to pass all laws and ordinances that they may deem necessary and proper for the good government of said town and which will secure the peace and promote the comfort, health, and prosperity and happiness of the inhabitants of said town, the same not being repugnant to the constitution of this State, and of the United States. Town regulations By-laws; 4. Sec. IV. Said corporate authorities shall have power to levy such tax as may be necessary for the support of the government of said town and other purposes upon the real and personal estate within the corporate limits of said town, and also such poll tax as they may deem just and right. Taxes; 5. Sec. V. Any two of the commissioners of said town may at any time hold a police court for the trial of offenders against the laws and ordinances of said town, and may punish by fine or imprisonment the fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, and the imprisonment not to exceed ten days. Police Court; 6. Sec. VI. The commissioners shall have the power of Justices of the Peace within the corporate limits of said town and bind over to the Superior Court all persons guilty of offences within the corporate limits of said town, or for want of bail commit them to jail. ex-officio justices, c. 7. SEC. VII. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 5th, 1856. SAVANNAH. Sec. 1 Mayor to issue warrants, c. Sec. 2 Ordinances and regulations. Sec. 3 Manner of taking testimony. Sec. 4 Time of election for Mayor, c. Sec. 5 Term of officecommencement. Sec. 6 Organization of Board. Sec. 7 Act of 1852 amended. Sec. 8 Bonds made legal. Sec. 9 Repealing clause. (No. 325.) An Act to confer certain additional powers upon the Mayor of the city of Savanuah and to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of said city to pass ordinances for the more effectual suppression of certain offences concerning slaves, within the limits of said city, and to provide for the taking of testimony in certain criminal causes triable at special terms of the City Court of Savannah, 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, to reduce the number of Aldermen, to make the Mayor electivc by the people, and to prescribe his duties, and to provide for the election of certain officers therein named, assented to December 25 th, 1843; and also to amend an act entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act amendatory of, and in addition to the various acts heretofore passed in reference to the city of Savannah, approved, December 8 th, 1849, to allow an appeal to a special jury in the Superior Court of Chatham county from any decision made under the sixth section of that act, and also provide for the registry of the names of all persons entitled to vote for Mayor and Aldermen of said city, and to prevent persons from voting for such Mayor and Aldermen whose names are not registered, approved, January 22 d, 1852, and for other purposes therein named.

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1. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act that the Mayor of the city of Savannah for the time being, and during his absence or inability to discharge his official duties, the Chairman of Council, or such other officer as may by law, or ordinance or rule of Council of the said city, be at such times his substitute, shall have full power and authority to issue warrants for the arrest of all persons charged upon affidavit with having committed, within the limits of the city of Savannah, offences against any present or future penal laws of this State, and to take the examination of such persons and the same to discharge, or commit to prison, or let to bail, according to law, to answer such charge before the proper Court having jurisdiction of the same, in the same manner as Justices of the Peace of the several counties of this State now have, or may hereafter have power and authority to do under the laws of this State, and that said Mayor, or his temporary official substitute as aforesaid, shall also henceforth have power and authority to issue search warrants in accordance with the laws now, or hereafter to be of force in this State, to be executed within the jurisdictional limits of the city of Savannah, all which said warrants may be executed by the Marshal, Deputy Marshal, or any Constable of the city of Savannah, and shall be returned before the said Mayor, or his temporary official substitute as aforesaid. May issue warrants; Offenders May issue search warrants; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah in council assembled, shall have full power and authority to pass all such ordinances, and establish police regulations, not repugnant to the Constitution of this State, as in their judgment and discretion may be deemed best calculated to suppress within the jurisdictional limits of the said city, the dangerous and demoralizing practices of illicit trading with slaves, and furnishing spirituous liquors to slaves, and receiving stolen goods from slaves and free persons of color, and to designate and affix punishments for violations of such ordinances and police regulations to be awarded, inflicted and appropriated in the same manner as in the case of other punishments for the violation of ordinances and police regulations, which punishment in the cases of free white offenders shall be by fine, and in the cases of slaves and free persons of color by corporal punishment or by imprisonment in the common Jail for a period not exceeding ten days, or both for each offence. General Regulations; Extent of punishment; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, whenever after any order shall have been granted by the Judge of the City Court of Savannah appointing a special or extraordinary term of said Court, for the trial of any criminal offence therein cognizable, and application may be made to the said Judge by the prosecuting officer of the said Court, or by the defendant, or defendants, or parties charged with such offences, or

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his or their Counsel, (such application, if made by the parties themselves, to be verified by affidavit,) setting forth that a material witness or witnesses for the applicant is, or are about to leave the city of Savannah, and on that account, or from imminent sickness or other cause, will not in reasonable probability be able to be present at the trial of the cause in which his testimony is needed, it shall be the duty of the said Judge forthwith to order process of subp[oelig]na to issue, requiring the said witness, or witnesses, to appear in person before him at a certain place, and at a certain time, (of which time and place the said prosecuting officer, and the said defendant, or defendants, or parties charged, shall have at least twelve hours notice,) to give testimony in the said cause, at which said time and place the said Judge shall take down in writing the answers of the said witness, or witnesses, given under oath, to the questions which may be propounded to him, or them, touching the said cause, on examination and cross-examination by the parties, respectively, or their Counsel, such examination to be made, and testimony to be received, in accordance with the usual practice in Courts of Justice, and with the rules of evidence, which said answer, when so taken and committed to writing, shall be sealed up, appropriately endorsed and certified, under the hand of said Judge, and shall remain in the office of the Clerk of said Court, for the benefit of both parties, and may be read as evidence upon the trial of the cause in which, or with reference to which the said testimony may have been taken as aforesaid, Provided, the said witness, or witnesses, shall not be personally present to testify in such cause at the said trial, and not otherwise. Manner of taking testimony. Proviso; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the election for Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah and the hamlets thereof, shall hereafter be held on the second Monday in October in each and every year. Time of holding elections 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the term of office of the Mayor and Aldermen of said city to be elected on the second Monday in October next, shall not begin until the expiration of time for which the Mayor and Aldermen of said city were elected and shall continue only until their successors to be elected on the second Monday in October, 1857, shall be duly qualified. term of office 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of said city to be elected on the second Monday in October next, shall meet for the purpose of organization, on the second Monday in December next, at which time they shall take the oath prescribed in the third section of the act whose title is above recited, assented to Dec. 25th, 1843, and of which this act is amendatory, and that thereafter each newly elected Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall meet for organization on the first Monday after the election of the same, and take the oath aforesaid. Organization of Board 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the sixth section of the act whose title is last above recited, approved January 22d, 1852, and of which, also, this act is amendatory, be, and the same is hereby altered and amended, so as to read as follows: That it shall be the duty of said Clerk, or other officer to arrange and publish

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a list of the names so registered in alphabetical order in one of the gazettes of the city of Savannah at least once a month from the first Monday in January to the Tuesday after the first Monday in October, in each and every year, and affix, and keep an alphabetical printed list of such names at the door of the Court House of the county of Chatham, and of the Exchange in the city of Savannah, for one week from the Tuesday after the first Monday in October in every year; and that the eighth section of said act be, and the same is hereby altered and amended by the substitution of the words, Thursday before the second Monday in October, for and instead of the words, third Monday in November, and that the twelfth section of said act be, and the same is hereby altered and amended by the substitution of the words, second Monday in October, for and instead of the words, first Monday in December. Amendment of Act of 1852 list of names registered c Amendment to the 8th section; 12th secti'n 8. Sec. VIII. And whereas doubts have been entertained whether certain bonds issued and disposed of by the city of Savannah for internal improvements, were legal and valid, therefore be it further enacted, That all bonds heretofore issued by the constituted authorities of the city of Savannah are hereby declared legal and valid, and from and after the passage of this act the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah and the hamlets thereof, upon the recommendation of a public meeting of the citizens of Savannah, called for that purpose, shall have power and authority to cause bonds to be issued and disposed of in such manner as they may direct, for purposes of internal improvement, which bonds, so issued, shall be legal and valid. Bonds made legal, 9. Sec. IX. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 4th, 1856. CARROLLTON. 1. Commissioners. 2. Term of office. 3. Election of Marshal c. 4. Oath of officers. 5. Commissioners to be Justices of Peace. 6. Exemption from road duty. 7. Duty of Marshal. 8. Tax executions. 9. Book of entry. 10. Taxation on shows. 11. Repealing clause. (No. 326) An Act to amend an act, entitled an act, to incorporate the town of Carrollton in Carroll county, approved 22 d December, 1829, and for other purposes, 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, William B. Conyers, John W. Wood, Charles Rodahan, William H. Acklin and Henry Asbury, and their successors in office shall be, and are hereby made commissioners of the town of Carrollton, and shall be known by the name and style of Commissioners of the town of Carrollton, 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

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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 said town of Carrolton, in perpetuity or for any term of years any estate or estates, real or personal lands tenements and hereditaments, of what kind soever, within the limits of said town, and to sell, alien, exchange or release the same or any part thereof, in any way whatever, and the said commissioners or their successors in office shall have full power and authority to pass all by-laws and ordinances respecting the streets of said town, to open, improve, or lay out the same, respecting public buildings, work houses, public houses, pumps, wells, care of the poor, suppression of disorderly houses, regulation of negroes and free persons of color, and every by-law regulation or ordinance that shall appear to them necessary and proper for the security, welfare and interest of the said town or preserving the peace, health, morals and good government of the same, provided, such rules, by-laws and ordinances are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State. Carrollton incorporated Powers and privileges; Seal; Powers, c; Proviso; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall continue in office until the first Saturday in January, 1857, on which day, and on the first Saturday in January, annually thereafter, the citizens living 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, or at some other convenient place in said town, and by ballot elect five commissioners, who shall continue in office one year, until their successors are elected and qualified, and in the event there shall be no election held at the time pointed out in this act the commissioners in office are hereby empowered to order an election for commissioners and vacancies occasioned by death, resignation or otherwise, shall be filled in like manner. term of office Election of Commis'ners [Illegible Text] 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, at the first regular meeting after their election, shall proceed to elect by ballot or otherwise a Marshal, Clerk of the board of commissioners, and a Treasurer, each of whom shall continue in office until a new election for town commissioners is held, (unless removed) and their successors are elected and qualified, and the fees or salaries of said officers shall be regulated by the by-laws and ordinances of said commissioners. Election of Marshal Treasurer: 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That before any of the commissioners, Marshal, Clerk, or Treasurer shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices, they shall take, and subscribe before some Justice of the Peace, or Justice of the Inferior Court of Carroll county, an oath or affidavit, faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective offices to the utmost of their abilities during their continuance in office, and said Marshal and Treasurer shall give bond and security to said town commissioners for the faithful discharge of their official duties, in such sum as said commissioners shall by their by-laws direct. To take oath Bond; 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That a majority of said commissioners shall in all cases constitute a quorum to transact any

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and all business, and each commissioner shall to all intents and purposes, be a Justice of the Peace, so far as to enable them, or any of them to issue warrants for the violation of the Penal laws of this State, within the corporate limits of said town, which warrants shall be executed by the town Marshal and to commit to the jail of Carroll county, or admit to [Illegible Text] offenders for their appearance at the next Superior Court thereafter, and it shall be the duty of the jailer of said county to receive all such persons so committed, and safely keep them until discharged by due course of law. Quorum. Com'srs to be Justices, c. 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That all persons living within the limits of said town shall be exempt from road duty without the limits of said town, but that the said commissioners shall have power and authority to call out each and every male person within the limits of said corporation, subject to road duty, who shall be subject to road and street duty according to the laws now in force in this State, or the said commissioners shall have power to levy and collect a tax for the purpose of having the roads and streets kept in good order which shall be a commutation for road and street duty. Exemption. Streets, c. 7. SEC. VII. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall have full power and authority by order, to authorize said town Marshal to remove all pests and nuisances within the corporate limits of said town, and in the discharge of any of his official acts, to call and summons to his assistance, any and all persons, in the same manner as sheriffs are authorized to do by the laws of this State, and especially to require the said town Marshal to prosecute before the Superior Court of Carroll county, all offenders for a violation of the Penal laws of this State, within the corporate limits of said town, said commissioners shall also have power to make all contracts which they shall deem necessary for the welfair of said town, to levy a tax not exceeding fifty per centum on the State tax, on all persons and property within the corporate limits of said town subject to taxation by the laws of this State, which tax shall be collected by the town Marshal who shall also act as tax receiver of said town, which tax shall be collected at such time and in such manner as said commissioners shall direct in their by-laws, and shall pay the taxes so collected over to the treasurer of said town on or before the first day of December, in each and every year; the commissioners shall also have power and authority to impose such fines not exceeding twenty-five dollars for a violation of any or all of the by-laws and ordinances of said town within the corporate limits of the same, and the payment of all fines imposed shall be enforced in the same manner as is hereinafter provided for the collection of taxes. Marshal's duty Contracts Taxeshow levied and collected. Fines. 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That when any person or persons shall have property within the corporate limits of said town shall fail, refuse, or neglect to pay the taxes imposed according to this act, the Clerk of said board of commissioners shall issue execution for the same, which execution shall be signed by said Clerk, and bear test in the name of one of the commissioners, and be directed to said town Marshal, commanding him to

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levy on the goods, chattels, lands and tenements of the defendant, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy the demands and costs which execution shall bind all property of the defendant from the date thereof, and the said town Marshal shall proceed to advertise and sell in such manner as the laws and ordinances of said town shall or may direct. Tax executions; 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That the town Treasurer shall keep a book in which he shall make an entry of all money received, and from whom, 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 the same, and said book shall be subject to inspection by any, and all of said commissioners at any and all times, and all sums of money paid to the Treasurer, by this act shall be and they are hereby directed to be a fund for the exclusive benefit of said town, and it shall be the duty of said Marshal and Clerk to pay over to said Treasurer all moneys comming into their hands and take his receipt for the same, and the money belonging to said town shall be disbursed only by order of said commissioners. book of entry Marshal to turn over money. 10. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall have power to tax all shows and performances for the purpose of gain, all itinerant traders, and they shall have power to enforce the collection of taxes and fines in such manner as they may think proper. Shows, 11. Sec. XI. Repeals all conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. ROME. SEC. 1 Tax executionsdirection, SEC. 2 Election of officers, SEC. 3 Marshalunder whose control, SEC. 4 Election of Marshal, SEC. 5 Vacancies, SEC. 6 Repealing clause. (No. 327) An Act to amend an act incorporating the City of Rome. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That all executions issued from the Police Court of said City, or for taxes, shall have equal force and dignity according to their dates, with executions issued from other Courts, and shall be good and binding as well out of said incorporation as within the same, and if under the sum of thirty dollars, shall be directed to the Marshal of said city, or to any lawful Constable of the county, if over thirty dollars then to the Marshal of said city, and to all and singular the Sheriff's of this State, and whenever property levied upon under any fi fa issued from said Court, or for taxes, shall be claimed by any person not a party to said fi fa, the said claim, if under thirty dollars, shall be tried in the next Justice Court of the Militia District where served, and if exceeding thirty dollars shall be tried in the next Superior Court of the county where levied; and the warrants and processes issued from the Police Court of said city, for violation of the penal laws of this State, shall

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have the same force and effect out of said incorporate limits, as now have the warrants and processes of Magistrates out of their Militia Districts. Force of tax executions. How direct'd Claims-how interposed and tried. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the election for officers of said city, shall hereafter be held on the last Monday in December in each and every year, but the officers elect shall not enter on their duties until the first Monday in January next ensuing said election, and the annual salaries of the Aldermen of said city shali hereafter be the sum of fifty dollars each. Election of officers; Salaries. 3 Sec. III. And be it further enacted That the Marshal and deputies of the city of Rome, shall, after their election and qualification be under the exclusive control of the Mayor and Council, and may be dismissed from office at any time, for mal-practices in office, or neglect of duty, by the vote of a majority of the members of such council, at any regular meeting of Council, and not to be re-eligible during the time for which they may have been elected. Marshal, under whose control 4. Sec. IV- And be it further enacted that the election of said Marshal and deputies, shall be held at the same time of holding the city election, and the Mayor and Council may appoint a different set of Managers to superintend said election, to be held under the same regulations as for Mayor and Council. His election, c. 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That in the event of a vacancy in the office of Marshal, or deputies, by removal, death or otherwise, the Mayor or council shall order another election, upon giving ten days public notice. Vacancies 6. Sec. VI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. SEC. 1 Election of Marshal and qualification of voters. SEC. 2 Voters challengedoath. SEC. 3 Repealing clause. No. 328. An Act amendatory of the several acts incorporating the City of Rome in this State. 1. Section 1. Be it enacted, c., That hereafter on the 1st day in February in each and every year, the Marshal and such deputies as by ordinances of said city are or shall be authorised, shall be elected by ballot, and each free white male who shall have resided within the corporate limits of said city for the space of ten days preceding said election, and shall have paid the street tax levied for the year preceding the election, shall be authorised to vote at said election, and no others, and the said election shall be held at the Council Chamber in said city, between the hours of nine in the forenoon, and three in the afternoon, under the superintendence of any three of the [Illegible Text] of said city. Corporate limits; Election of Marshal, c. Qualification of voters; Managers of elections 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the oath to be administered to every voter who may be challenged, shall be as follows: You do solemnly swear that you have arrived at the age of twenty-one years that you have resided forten days preceding this in this city, and that you have paid the taxes required by the ordinances

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of this city, for keeping up the streets thereofso help you God. Voter's challenge; Oath; 3. SEC. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED Jan. 22d, 1856. ATLANTA. Sec. 1 Sale of Liquor regulated. Sec. 2 Retail licensesoffences how punished. Sec. 3 Warrantsto whom directed. Sec. 4 Charter to be ratified by citizens. Sec. 5 Repealing clause, (No. 329.) An Act to amend the 18 th Section of the Charter of the city of Atlanta, and to confer certain powers upon the Mayor and Council of said city herein specified, and to prescribe the manner in which the Clerk of the City Council shall direct the summons, precept and execution and other process. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the eighteenth section of the Charter incorporating the town of Marthasville now city of Atlanta shall be, and is hereby altered and amended, so as to read, and he the Mayor and Council of the city of Atlanta, shall have power to restrict, regulate or prohibit the sale, vending and distribution of any wine, rum, gin, brandy, whiskey or other spirituous liquors, or any mixture of such liquors in quantities less than one quart, on the incorporate limits of said city, under such penalty as they may prescribe, not exceeding fifty dollars for each offence. Spirituous liquors 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said Mayor and Council shall have power to issue license for the retail of spirituous liquors and intoxicating drinks, under such terms, conditions and restrictions as they may deem expedient for the public good, for which license they shall demand and receive not exceeding fifty dollars and Clerk's fee of one dollar and twenty-five cents each, and which license shall be of force for the term of twelve months from date and no longer; in addition to the power to collect fifty dollars for issuing retail license as above specified, the said Mayor and Council shall have power and authority to levy an extraordinary tax upon all spirituous liquors and distilled drinks, and wine kept for purpose of retail in said city, of not exceeding fifty per centum, upon their assessed value, given in under oath by such Retailer, when he returns his taxable property, which sum of money so raised by such tax shall be kept and known as the poor school fund, for the education of the poor children of the city of Atlanta. And if any person shall sell by retail in quantities less than one quart, any wine, brandy, rum, gin, whiskey or other spirituous liquors, or any mixture of such liquors in any place whatever within the limits of the city of Atlauta, without a license for such purpose from the Mayor and Council of said city, person such or persons so offending shall each be fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars and cost of trial, and on conviction before the Mayor or three members of Council, for each offence, and every such sale on distinct days

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shall constitute a separate offence, Provided, moreover, nothing in this section of the act shall be so construed as to annul, limit or disparage the discretionary power, and the entire control over this matter conferred upon said Mayor and Council in the first section of this act. Licenses Offendershow punished Proviso; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That all warrants, summonses, precepts, executions or other process issued by the Clerk of the City Council of Atlanta, shall be directed to the Marshal and Deputy Marshal of the city of Atlanta. Warrants, c 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the citizens of Atlanta shall at their next election, by a vote, declare whether they accept or reject this amendment of their Charter. Accept'ce of Charter 5. Sec. V. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. ROME. Sec. 1. Corporate limits. No. 330. An Act to so change the corporation lines of the city of Rome as to exclude the lands of Lewis D. Burwell now in said city. 1. Section I. That the corporation limits of the city of Rome be so changed as to leave the lands of Lewis D. Burwell, now in said city, without the limits of said city, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Corporate limits; APPROVED, Feb. 25th, 1856. CALHOUN. SEC. 1 Act of 1852 amended. SEC. 2 Roads and streets. SEC. 3 Secretary and Treasurer and Marshal's salary. (No. 331.) An Act to amend the fourth, fifth, and seventh sections of an act entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to amend an act incorporating the town of Calhoun, in Gordon county, approved January 12 th, 1852, and to extend the corporate limits of the city of Augusta, approved February 17 th, 1854. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the fourth section of said act be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows, towit: That said members of council shall have power to levy and collect a tax to the amount of not more than one fifth of the State tax for the use of said corporation, upon all objects within said town taxed by the laws of this State, and that said tax when collected in the manner that may be prescribed by the members of said council, shall by them be used for the benefit of said town. Amendment. Council may collect taxes Taxes how applied: 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the 5th section of said act shall be as follows: That each individual residing in said

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town, subject to do road or street duty therein, shall have the privilege of paying a street tax of three dollars, which shall exempt such individual from performing street or road duty in said town for that year, and said members of council, or a majority of them, are empowered to compel the performance of street or road duty in said town, by every individual residing in said town subject to do road duty under the laws of this State, who shall fail or refuse to pay three dollars as aforesaid, and on failure or refusal of any such person or persons to perform road or street duty in said town, after being notified according to the provisions of the road laws of this State, said members of council, or a majority of them, are empowered to proceed against such defaulting person or persons, according to the provisions of the road laws of this State. Streets; c. 3 Sec. III. And be it further enacted. That the 7th section of said act shall be as follows: There shall be a Secretary and Treasurer, which offices shall be held by one individual, also one principal Marshal, who shall be elected by the legal voters within the corporate limits of said town of Calhoun at the same time, and in the same manner and form as the members of council of said town, and said Marshal shall receive annually for his services such compensation as the members of said council, or a majority of them, shall deem reasonable and just, not exceeding two hundred dollars. Secretary Treas'r, Marshal, Salary of APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. CAVE SPRING. SEC. 1 Corporate limits. SEC. 2 Road duty, taxes, c. SEC. 3 Hands to be hired to work the streets, c. No. 332. An Act to extend the limits of the incorporation of the Village of Cave Spring, and for other purposes hereinafter mentioned. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, the boundary of the incorporation of the Village of Cave Spring, shall be extended from six hundred and fifty yards to thirteen hundred yards, subject to the same laws, rules, and restrictions as provided for in the original incorporation of said Village; Provided, there shall not be any tax levied and collected upon the real estate added to said incorporation used and held for farming purposes. Corporate limits. 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the commissioners of said incorporation shall have full power to levy and collect the sum of two dollars, from each white person, and the sum of two dollars from the owners or employees of all slaves subject to do road duty, under the road laws of this State; Provided, either party so taxed shall have the privilege of discharging any part or all of the same by working the streets, or roads in said incorporation, at the rate of fifty cents per day at such place and time as may be determined by the authority of said commissioners. Road taxes, Proviso;

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3. Sec. III, Be it further enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid, shall be authorised to hire hands to work the streets, bridges and walks, and to pay the same out of the taxes collected from road hands, and not for any other purpose. May hire hands, c APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. COLUMBUS. Sec. 1. Mayor and Council to return books, c. (No. 333.) An Act to authorise the Mayor and Council of the city of Columbus to return certain bonds by them executed and delivered, and to execute and deliver bonds in lieu thereof. WHEREAS, On the 7th of January, 1856, the City Council of the City of Columbus passed the following resolution, to-wit: Resolved, that our Representatives at the State Legislature, be and they are hereby instructed to have a bill passed authorising the present Mayor and Council to issue new bonds for the amount of the stock owned by the City in the Columbus Gas-light Company, with the interest payable semi-annually, said bonds to be in lieu of them issued in 1853, and on which the interest was to be paid annually, the old bonds to be cancelled and returned to the Secretary, and all expense attending the new issue to be borne by the holders of said bonds. Preamble; 1. Sec. I. Therefore be it enacted, c., That the Mayor and Council of the City of Columbus, be and it is hereby authorised to return the bonds spoken of in the preamble to this act, and issue others in lieu thereof with the interest thereon payable semi-annually upon the terms spoken of in the resolution written in the preamble to this act, and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. Mayor and Council to return bonds APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. PARIS. Sec. 1. Act of 1854 repealed. (No. 334.) An Act to repeal the third section of an act entitled an act to make permanent the site of the public buildings in the county of Emanuel at the town of Swainsboro, and to incorporate and appoint commissioners for the same, and to change the name of Swainsboro to that of Paris, approved February the 18 th, 1854. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the third section of the above recited act, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1854 repealed, APPROVED, Feb. 27th, 1856.

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WHITE PLAINS. SEC. 1 Town incorporated, SEC. 2 Election of commissioners. SEC. 3 Annual election. SEC. 4 Vacancies in Board. SEC. 5 License to retail liquor, SEC. 6 Commissioners of Washington. (No. 335.) An Act to incorporate the Town of White-plains in Greene county, and to confer upon the citizens of said Town the privilege of electing town Commissioners, with certain powers therein enumerated, and to amend the act incorporating the town of Washington, and for other purposes. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That the town of White-plains be and the same is hereby incorporated, and that the limits of said incorporation extend from Joseph R. Parkers dwelling house one mile in every direction, White Plains incorporated 2. Section 2. Be it further enacted, That the citizens of said town qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, may, at any convenient time after this bill shall become a law, elect five suitable persons to act as commissioners, who, as well as their successors in office shall have power to make such by-laws for the government and good order of said town as may be necessary; provided such by-laws are not repugnant to the constitution of this State or of the United States. Election of Commis'ners 3. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That after the first election above named, the citizens aforesaid shall hold their election for commissioners annually annually on the first Saturday in January under the same rules, restrictions and regulations as are required for holding elections for members of the General Assembly. Annual elections: 4. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That the said commissioners so elected be a body politic for the purposes set forth in this act and that they have power to fill all such vacancies as may occur in their body between the periods of their elections, as pointed out by this act. Vacancies; 5. Sec. V. Be it further enacted, That the power to retail spirituous or fermented liquors within the corporate limits of said town, be vested exclusively in said commissioners under such regulations and restrictions as they may from time to time enact. Spirituous liquors; 6. Sec VI. And be it further enacted, That the act incorporating the town of Washington in the county of Wilkes be so altered as to allow any citizens of said town, whether a free-holder or not, to hold the office of commissioner, and to extend the corporate limits of said town, so as to include the residence and premises of the late John D. Thompson. Qualification of Com'rs of Washington; APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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ATHENS. SEC. 1 Power of Intendant and Wardens. SEC. 2 Punishment of offences. SEC. 3 Extension of powers. SEC. 4 Witnesses to attend trial. SEC. 5 Intendant pro tempore. SEC. 6 Meetings of Board. SEC. 7 Appeals from judgment. SEC. 8 Repealing clause. (No. 336.) An Act to amend the several acts in relation to the Town of Athens. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, in addition to the power already possessed by them, the Intendant and Wardens of the town of Athens, for the purpose of improving the streets and side-walks of said town, shall have the power to levy a tax of seven and a half cents on each one hundred dollars worth of property owned and held in said town, in addition to the tax already authorised to be levied provided, the majority of the legal voters of said town, at the next election for Wardens in said town, shall vote the proposed increase of tax. Power of Intendant Wardens to levy tax: 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said Intendant and Wardens, or a majority of them, shall have power, when any person shall be brought before them, and convicted and fined according to the ordinances of said town, of any offence provided for therein, to hold such persons in custody until said fine shall be paid or to imprison said offender, as a punishment for such offence, in the guard house of said town Provided, said imprisonment shall not exceed five days for each offence. Offences to be punished; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That for the more speedy and perfect enforcement of the act in relation to, and the ordinances for the government of said town, that all the powers heretofore and herein given to the Commissioners and Intendant, and Wardens of said town, be and they are hereby vested in the Intendant of the same, so far as to authorise said Intendant to issue warrants, hear and determine the same, to order arrests, to hear and determine all cases against the good order and peace of said town, arising under the acts of incorporation of the same, or the ordinances of said town, and to impose and enforce the penalties in said several acts, this act, and the ordinances of said prescribed town, without associating any other person with himself for that purpose, and to punish or bind offenders, as may be required by the existing laws of this State, or those hereafter passed, and the ordinances of said town, or those which may be hereafter passed. Powers vested in Intendant Penalties 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That said Intendant shall have the power to compel the attendance of witnesses, at all trials before him or the board Wardens, and with said Wardens, shall have the power to fine, or otherwise punish, all contempts committed in his Court, or before himself and the Wardens of said town, or the decorum due to a Court of Justice. Witnesses to attend trial;

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5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That in the absence of the Intendant from said town, any Intendant pro tempore chosen by the board of Wardens of said town shall have the like powers as are herein conferred upon the Intendant of the same. Intendant pro tempore; 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the regular meeting of said Board of Wardens, shall be held at the Town Hall on the first Saturday in each month, for the transaction of such business as may regularly come before them, and the hearing of appeals from the decision of the Intendant. Meetings of Board; 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall be dissatisfied with any judgment pronounced by said Intendant, said person shall have the right of appeal to the board of wardens at its next regular meeting by giving notice at the time of the pronouncing of said judgment, or when the officers go to execute the same, which notice shall supercede the said judgment, until the hearing of said appeal Provided, the party thus appealing shall, if required, give bond with good security in the sum of one hundred dollars, to be judged of by the Intendant, or any three Wardens of said Town, payable to said Intendant and his successors in office, conditioned to stand and abide the judgment to be rendered in said case, which bond may be forfeited for non appearance, and upon a rule to show cause, judgment may be reudered by said Intendant and Wardens, as on forfeited recognizances in the Superior Court of this State, and execution had accordingly, under such powers as are usual for issuing executionsthe same to bear test in the name of said Intendant, and be issued and signed by the Secretary of the Board. Appeal; Notice; Bond, Execution; 8. Sec. VIII. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, Feb. 14th, 1856.

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TITLE VI. COUNTY OFFICERS. 1. Ordinary of Early commissioned. 2. Clerk of Sup. Court to grant letters of dismission. 3. Acts of Deputy valid. 4. Provisions extended to ordinary of Calhoun. 5. Repealing clause. 6. Fees of officers of Chatham county. 7. Repealing clause. 8. Act of 1852, extended to Fulton. 9. Cost collected by execution. 10. Costs when refunded. 11. Offices of Clerks in Ware county. 12. Exemptions of Justices of Inferior Court. 13. Repealing clause. 14. County Treasurer's elected by people. 15. Commissions of Treasurer. 16. Extension of provisions to certain counties. 17. Repealing clause, 18. Files of advertisements of county officers. 19. Repealing clause. 20. Constables to serve writs. 21. Repealing clause. 22. Liberty, act of 1853 repealed. 23. Repealing clause. 24. Sheriff's bonds of Hart. 25. Bonds held valid. 26. Repealing clause. 27. Bond of Sheriff of Coffee. 28. Bond of Sheriff of Tatnall. 29. Bond of Sheriff of Worth and Pickens 30. Bond of Sheriff of Hart. 31. Repealing clause. 32. Consolidation of offices in Fannin. 33. Consolidation of offices in Worth. 34. Surveys in Liberty and McIntosh. 35. Expenses how paid. 36. Deputy Clerks of Pike. 37. Deputy Clerks of Clark. 38. Repealing clause. 39. Fees of Sheriff of Wilkes. 40. Repealing clause. 41. Ordinary of Warren. 42. Managers of elections in Effingham. 43. Tax Collectors and Receivers of Irwin. 44. Clerk of Inferior Court of Lumpkin. 45. County officers of Talliaferro. 46. Files to be kept. 47. Repealing clause. 48. Tax Collector and Receiver of Dade. 49. Election of officers. 50. Repealing clause. No. 337. An Act to make legal the election of James Bush to the office of Ordinary of Early county, and William E. Griffin of Calhoun county and to legalize the act of John J. Pilcher, Deputy Ordinary of the county of Warren. WHEREAS: James Bush, on the first Monday in January, eighteen hundred and fifty six, was chosen by a large majority of the voters, Ordinary of Early county, and cannot under existing laws be commissioend owing to the fact that he is an Administrator on an estate in said county; and whereas, James Bush has finally settled up said estate, and only requires letters of dismission. Ordinary of Early commiss'd; 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised to issue to James Bush, of Early county, a commission as Ordinary of said county. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Clerk of the Superior Court of Early county, be and he is hereby authorised to grant letters of dismission to said James Bush, upon any estate of which he shall have the administration, provided his account and vouchers shall all be correct, and provided the usual notice of application

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for letters of dismission shall be given as is usual under the laws of this State, controlling the granting letters of dismission. Clerk of Sup'r Court to grant letters, c. 3. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the acts of John J. Pilcher, as the Deputy Ordinary of the county of Warren, be and they are hereby legalized and declared valid, as the acts of the Ordinary of the county of Warren. Acts of Deputy made valid; 4. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be and they are hereby extended to the Ordinary of Calhoun county, William E. Griffin, who at the time of his election, was an Executor and an Administrator on two small estates, but on neither of which he has anything on hand belonging to said estates, and who, since his election, has resigned said appointments, and declared them vacant, and be it further enacted, that the election of the said William E Griffin as Ordinary of Calhoun county, not-withstanding he was at the time an executor as well as administrator, be and the same is hereby declared legal and valid as though he, at the time of his election, had not been an executor or administrator; the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to commission him as the Ordinary of Calhoun county for the ensuing four years. Provisions extended, c 5. Sec. V. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, February 14th, 1856. (No. 338.) An Act to point out the mode or manner of collecting Magistrate and Constable fees in the county of Chatham, and to amend an act to repeal an act to extend the civil jurisdiction of the Justices of the Peace in the city of Savannah, and to compel Justices of the Peace, and Constables of the county districts in the county of Chatham, to be residents of the districts of which they are elected, assented to the 21 st day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, so far as the civil jurisdiction of the Justices of the Peace for the first, second, third and fourth districts, Georgia Militia, in the city of Savannah, are concerned, and to establish rates of fees of Magistrates and Constables in the city of Savannah. 6. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, that the fifth section of the above recited act, approved 17th February, 1854, shall be so construed that if any person or persons is or are committed, upon an examination held before a court of Justices of the Peace, of any felony or misdemeanor, and has or have no property to satisfy the costs, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate and Constable to receive their fees for the services rendered from the county, and it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Inferior Court to pay said fees out of the county funds within a reasonable time thereafter. County to pay Justices cost in certain cases; 7. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.

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[No. 339.] An Act to extend the provisions of the act to amend the several acts now in force regulating the fees of Magistrates and Constables in the State of Georgia, so far as relates to the counties of Bibb, Richmond, Monroe and Lee, and to provide for the mode of collecting the same, approved January 22 d, 1852, to the county of Fulton. 8. Sec. 1. Be it enacted c., That the provisions of an act to amend the several acts now in force regulating the fees of Magistrates and Constables in the State of Georgia, so far as relates to the counties of Bibb, Richmond, Monroe and Lee and to provide a mode of collecting the same, approved January 22d, 1852, be, and the same are hereby extended to the county of Fulton. Act of 1852 extended to Fulton: 9. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall fail or refuse to pay costs adjudged against him or her, under the provisions of the second section of said act, then it shall be lawful to collect the same by execution as in other cases of cost. Effect of executions; 10. Sec. III. If any person who has been compelled to pay costs by the committing court, shall be found not guilty, upon the traverse of the indictment, such person shall receive an order on the county Treasurer for the amount of costs so paid. Costs, c. APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 340.) An Act to authorise the Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts of the county of Ware to keep their offices at their residence, if within eight miles of the Court House, and to exempt the Justices of the Inferior Court from all other public duties during their continuance in office. 11. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts of the county of Ware be, and are hereby authorized to keep their office at their place of residence, if within eight miles of the Court House. Clerk's office where kept; 12. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county be, and are hereby exempt from all public duties during their continuance in office. Exemptions; 13. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 341.) An Act giving the election of County Treasurer of the counties of Taylor, Chattooga, Chattahoochee, Calhoun, Spaulding, Rabun, Walker, Polk, Worth, Fannin, Campbell, Clinch, Jackson, Muscogee, Thomas, Walton, Gordon, Telfair, Catoosa, Terrell, Union and Glynn to the legal voters of said counties. 14. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That on the first Monday in

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January next, and on the first Monday of every January thereafter, the County Treasurer of Taylor, Chattooga, Chattahoochee, Calhoun, Spalding, Rabun, Walker, Polk, Worth, Fannin, Campbell and Clinch, shall be elected by the legal voters of said counties, said elections in all respects to be subject to the same rules that other elections for county officers are. Election of County Treasurer; 15. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the commissions of the persons elected under this act shall be two and a half per cent. on all monies received and two and a half per cent, on all disbursements. Commissi'ns 16. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby extended to the counties of Jackson, Muscogee, Thomas, Walton, Gordon, Telfair, Catoosa, Terrell, Union and Glynn. Provisions extended; 17. Sec. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 342.) An Act to alter and change and amend the second Section of an act entitled an act to regulate the advertising of Clerks, Sheriffs, and other State and County Officers, and to provide for the preservation of the newspapers containing said advertisements, and for other purposes, approved, January 22 d, 1852. 18. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the Clerks, Sheriffs, and other officers of the counties of DeKalb and Glynn be only required to procure and preserve for public inspection a complete file of all the newspapers in which their said advertisements appear, and not to have said file bound as now required by law. Files, c. to be kept; 19. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. (No. 343.) An Act to authorize Constables in and for the counties of Telfair, Irwin and Coffee, and who have taken oath and given bond in terms of the law, to serve any process whatever on the Sheriffs of said counties, and make a return of the same to the Court from whence such process issued. 20. SecI. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act any Constable in and for the counties of Telfair, Irwin and Coffee who have taken oath and given bond in terms of the law, shall be authorised to serve any process whatever on the Sheriff of their respective counties and make a return of the same to the Court from whence such process issued. Constables may serve writs, c. 21. Sec. II. (Repealing clause.) APPROVED, February 18th, 1856.

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(No. 344.) An Act to repeal an act entitled an act to reduce the fees of the several Tax Collectors hereafter to be elected for the county of Liberty, and for other purposes therein named, assented to December 21 st, 1853. 22. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the above recited act be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1853 repealed. 23. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. (No. 345.) An Act to reduce the bond of the Sheriffs hereafter to be elected in the county of Hart, from the sum of twenty thousand dollars, to the sum of ten thousand dollars. 24. SECTION. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the Sheriffs of the county of Hart, who shall hereafter be elected, shall, before they enter on the duty of their office, each give bond with two or more good and sufficient securities in the sum of ten thousand dollars, which bond shall be taken, executed and approved in the manner heretofore provided by law. Amount of Sheriff's b'nd 25. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That all bonds which shall be taken in couformity with the preceding section shall be as legal, valid and of the same force and operation as sheriff's bonds in the State. Bonds held valid; 26. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 346.) An Act to reduce the bonds of the Sheriffs of the county of Coffee, to the sum of eight thousand dollars. 27. Section I. Be it enacted c., That the amount of the bonds of the Sheriffs hereafter elected for the county of Coffee, be reduced to the sum of eight thousand dollars; all laws to the contrary notwithstanding. Amount of Bh'ff's bond; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 347) An Act to reduce the Sheriff's bond of Tattnall county. 28. Section I. Be it enacted c., That the Sheriff's bond of Tattnall connty, which is twenty thousand dollars, shall hereafter be for ten thousand dollars; and that all laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Amount of Sh'ff's bond; APPROVED, February 16th, 1856.

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No. 348. An Act to reduce the Sheriff's bond of Worth, Hart and Pickens counties. 29. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That the Sheriff's of Worth and Pickens counties shall be required in future, to give bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars in stead of twenty thousand dollars, as is now required by law. Amt. of bond in Worth Pickens; 30. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the Sheriff of Hart county, shall hereafter be required to give bond only in the sum of five thousand dollars. In Hart; 31. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws APPROVED March 5th, 1856. (No. 349.) An Act to consolidate the offices of Tax Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns for the county of Fannin. 32. Section I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, the offices of Tax Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns in the county of Fannin, be, and the same are hereby consolidated into the office of Tax Collector for said county, who is hereby authorized to receive the returns of taxable property in said county, and to collect the taxes therein, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Offices consolidated APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 350.) An act to consolidate the offices of Tax Receiver and Tax Collector of the county of Worth. 33. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, the offices of Tax Collector and Receiver of tax returns in and for the county of Worth, shall be held by one and the same person, any law, usage or custom to the contrary not-withstanding. Offices consolidated APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 351.) An Act to authorize the Judges of the Inferior Courts of the counties of Liberty and McIntosh to appoint a competent Surveyor for their respective counties, to properly run out and define a certain portion of the line which divides the above named counties. 34. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That after the passage of this

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act that the Judges of the Inferior Courts of the counties of Liberty and McIntosh be, and are hereby authorized and required to appoint a competent Surveyor from their counties, whose duty it shall be to properly run and clearly define the dividing lines between said counties. Dividing line hew run. 35. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the expenses of said survey shall be paid by the counties of Liberty and McIntosh and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Expenseshow paid; APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. (No. 352.) An Act to authorize the Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts of the counties of Pike and Clark to appoint Deputy Clerks, with certain powers and privileges herein prescribed. 36. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts for the county of Pike may appoint a deputy in the village of Barnesville who shall be authorised to keep his papers, during the vacation of said Courts, in an office at Barnesville, subject to all the powers of a Clerk over a deputy, as practised in other cases. Deputy Cl'ks appointed; 37. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts of the county of Clark be, and they are hereby authorised to appoint a deputy to reside and keep his papers in Athens, to issue all processes and subp[oelig]nas, and other papers appertaing to their respective offices. Deputy employed, c. 38. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 353.) An Act to compensate the Sheriff of the county of Wilkes and his deputies for summoning Juries and attending the Courts of said county. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia, do enact as follows: 39. Sec. I. That from and after the passage of this act the Sheriff, and his deputies, of the county of Wilkes, shall be entitled to receive from the Inferior Court of said county, the sum of twentyfive cents for each Juror summoned by them to attend, either the Superior or Inferior Courts of said county, and the sum of two dollars per day, for each and every day's attendance upon said Courts. Sheriff's fees of Wilkes; 40. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 354.) An Act to legalize the election of Henry R. Cody of the county of Warren as Ordinary of said county, and to authorize a commission to issue to him, and for other purposes. 41. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That so much of the 5th section

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of an act assented to the 21st January, 1852, to carry into effect the amended Constitution of this State, in reference to the Ordinaries of said State, as hinders Henry R. Cody of the county of Warren from receiving his commission as Ordinary of the county of Warren be, and the same is hereby repealed, and that the Governor of this State be, and he is hereby authorised and required to commission said Henry R. Cody, for the term of office, as Ordinary of Warren county, for which he has been elected. Part of act of 1852 rep'ld for certain purposes; APPROVED, February 22d, 1856. (No. 355.) An Act to authorize the Inferior Court of Effingham county to order the payment of the Superintendents, Clerks, and those who consolidate the returns of Elections of said county, for their services. 43. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Inferior Court of Effingham county are hereby authorized, if they think proper, to pass an order for remunerating the Superintendents and Clerks of elections held hereafter in said county as well as those who consolidate the returns from the different precincts in said county, and it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of said county, upon the presentation of such order, to pay said persons the sum of two dollars each, for their services at each election in which they act in such capacity. Inferior'Ct. may pay managers, c Treasurer's duty; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. No. 356. An Act to repeal all laws consolidating the offices of Receiver of Tax Returns and Tax Collector in the County of Irwin. 44. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That all laws and parts of laws heretofore passed, consolidating the offices of Receiver of Returns and Tax Collector in the county of Irwin, be and the same is hereby repealed. Distinct offices. APPROVED, Feb. 26th 1856. (No. 357.) An Act to alter and amend an act to alter and amend the several Judiciary acts now in force in this State, so far as relates to Justices' Courts approved Dec. the 14 th, 1811, so as to allow and authorise the same person to hold the two offices of the Clerk of the [Illegible Text] Court and Justice of the Peace at the same time in the County of Lumpkin. WHEREAS, By the above recited act it is provided that no Justice of the Inferior Court, Clerk, Sheriff, or practicing attorney, being a Justice of the Peace, shall try any warrant, or give judgment thereupon in any civil case whatsoever. Preamble; 45. Section I. Be it enacted, c. That the above recited proviso

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of said act be and the same is hereby repealed so far as relates to the county of Lumpkin, and the Clerk of the Inferior Court of said county, is hereby authorised to hold and exercise the office of Justice of the Peace together with said Clerkship. Clk. of Inf. Ct. may be Justice, c. APPROVED, Feb. 26th, 1856. (No. 358.) An Act in relation to the publication of the advertisements of the County officers of the County of Taliaferro. 46. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the Ordinary, Clerks and Sheriffs, and other county officers of the county of Taliaferro, shall be and they are hereby authorised to publish all of their advertisements in any public gazette having a circulation in said county. County officers' advertising; 47. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said county officers to preserve a file of the gazette in which said advertisement may be published. Shall keep files; 48. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 359.) An Act to divide the offices of Tax collector and Receiver of Tax Returns of the county of Dade. 49. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the expiration of the present term of service of the Tax Collector and Receiver of Tax Returns of the county of Dade, the said offices shall be distinct and separate, and held by different persons. Offices of Tax Collect'r and Receiv'r made distinct; 50 Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That at the next general election for county officers, there shall be elected one Tax Collector and one Receiver of Tax Returns for said county of Dade. Their election; 51 Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. TITLE VIII. COUNTY REGULATIONS. SEC. 1 Processes in Monroe county. SEC. 2 Writs, how to contest, SEC. 3 Repealing clause, SEC. 4 Act of 1854 repealed as to Worth county. SEC. 5 Repealing clause. SEC. 6 Camp hunting prohibited SEC. 7 Misdemeanor. SEC. 8 To whom applied. SEC. 9 Sale of Muscogee Jail, SEC. 10 Insolvent list in Charlton county, SEC. 11 Repealing clause, SEC. 12 Records of Glynn to be transcribed. SEC. 13 Comparison with originals. SEC. 14 Compensation. SEC. 15 Copies in lieu of original. SEC. 16 Montgomery county, SEC. 17 Repealing clause, SEC. 18 Committee of Public works in Thomas co. SEC. 19 May contract, SEC. 20 Superintendence of works, SEC. 21 Licenses to pedlers. SEC. 22 Licenses to retail liquor, SEC. 23 Discretion of Court, SEC. 24 Repealing clause.

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(No. 360.) An Act to legalize certain precepts and processes in the Superior Courts of the several counties of the Flint Circuit. WHEREAS, The resignation of his Honor James H. Stark, as Judge of the Superior Courts of the Flint Circuit took effect on the second day of February 1856, and after his resignation, and before the qualification of his successor, various precepts and processes have been issued by the Clerks of the Superior Courts of the several counties in said circuit bearing test in his name. Preamble; 1. Sec. I. Be it therefore enacted, c., That all precepts, summonses, and processes issued by the Clerks, and their Deputies, of the Superior Courts of the several counties in the Flint Circuit, bearing test in the name of James H. Stark as Judge of said Courts, after his resignation, be and they are hereby declared to be legal and valid for all purposes whatsoever. Precepts, c made valid; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That whenever any Judge of any Superior Court shall die, or resign his office, all writs and processes of law and equity whatever, issuing after such resignation or death, shall bear test in his name until his successor shall be elected and qualified. Writs. c. 3. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED March 5th, 1855. No. 361. An Act to repeal an act to prevent the killing of deer at certain periods of the year in the counties of [Illegible Text] and Worth, so far as relates to the county of Worth. 4. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That an act entitled an act to prevent the killing of deer at certain periods of the year in the counties of Burke and Worth, be and the same is hereby repealed so far as relates to the county of Worth. Act of 1854 repealed as to Worth Co 5. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED Feb. 16th, 1856. (No. 362.) An Act to protect the citizens of the counties of Worth, Richmond and Clinch, Berrien and Bryan from the injurious consequences of camp hunting by non-residents. WHEREAS: Great injury is done to the citizens of the counties of Worth, Richmond, Clinch, Berrien and Bryan, arising from firing the woods, running stock wild, and often destroying whole herds, by persons who are non-residents, hunting deer and other species of game therein, for remedy whereof: Preamble 6. Sec. I. Be it therefore enacted c., That from and after the first day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty six, it shall not be

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lawful for any non-resident of the counties of Worth, Richmond, Clinch, Berrien and Bryan to camp out and hunt deer or any other species of game within the limits of said counties. Camp-hunt'g prevented; 7. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That any person who may violate the provisions of the first section of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be proceeded against according to the statutes relative to misdemeanors, and upon proof and conviction of said offence, shall be fined for the first offence the sum of fifty dollars, and for the commission of every subsequent violation, shall be fined the sum of one hundred dollars, or imprisoned at the discretion of the court, and half of said fine shall be paid to any person, who may inform and furnish proof to convict any person of a violation of the first section of this act. Crime; Penalty; 8. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to any non-resident, who may be lodging with, and piloted, or accompanied by any citizen of the counties of Worth, Richmond, Clinch, Berrien, and Bryan in hunting deer or any other kind of game. To whom applied; APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 363.) An Act to authorize the Inferior Court of Muscogee county to sell the lot on which the county jail now stands, and to erect another upon some location to be yet selected. 9. Section I. Be it enacted c., That the Inferior Court of Muscogee county be, and is hereby authorized to sell upon such terms as it shall deem best, the jail of the county of Muscogee, and the lot whereon it is built, and with the proceeds of such sale to erect a new jail in lieu thereof upon such lot as may, by such Court be selected, and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and they are hereby repealed. Sales, c;how regul'td Proceeds APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 364.) An Act to authorize the Justices of the Interior Court of Charlton county, to examine and allow the tax Collector of said county, his insolvent list. 10. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the pas-of this act, the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, be and they are hereby authorized and requested in each and every year, to meet and allow to the Tax Collector of said county, his insolvent list. Insolvent lists. 11. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. No. 365. An Act to authorize the Inferior Court of Glynn county, to have so much of the original records of said county transcribed, and to legalize the same. 12. Section I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage

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of this act, the Justices of the Inferior Court of Glynn county, be and they are hereby authorized to employ some fit and proper person to transcribe into good and well bound books so much of the records of said county, as in their judgment they may deem necessary and proper, and that the same when transcribed shall be deposited in the Superior and Inferior Court's office respectively. County Records-how transcribed; Where deposited; 13. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the Clerks of said courts, who have possession of the original records, and the person or persons employed to transcribe the same, shall compare the original with the transcribed copy, so as to correct said copy. Comparison 14. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Inferior Court of said county to pay the Clerk, and the transcriber of said records, whatever amount they may deem the services worth, out of the funds created for the payment of the current expenses of said county. Compensat'n 15. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That the copies of said record when transcribed in terms of this act, shall be substituted in lieu of the original for all legal purposes. Copies substituted; 16. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall be extended to the county of Montgomery, provided the Inferior Court of said county may deem it expedient and proper to exercise the rights and privileges herein granted. Provisions extended 17. Sec. VI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 366.) An Act for the better defining the duties of the Inferior Court of Thomas county, as to bridges and public works, and pedlers, c. 18. Section I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, the Judges of the Inferior Court of Thomas county, shall not have power to act as a building committee in any case for public work of said county, but shall have power to appoint a committee of suitable and proper persons for that purpose. Committee of public work; 19. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the committee so appointed shall have power to contract for public work and let it out as they may think best, to the lowest bidder according to such plan as they may have. May contract 20. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That all public bridges and other public work to be hereafter built in said county, shall be built and contracted to be built under a similar committee in all cases, and it shall be the duty of said committee to superintend said work and have it done according to contract, and the said committee shall be paid a reasonable compensation for such services rendered, to be adjudged by the Inferior Court out of any money belonging to the county. Public works to be superintended by Committee; Compensat'n 21. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Court of Thomas county, shall not be allowed to ask more than seventy-five dollars for license to peddle in said county for each year. License.

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22. Sec. V. Be it further enacted, That the power to regulate the retail of spirituous liquors in the county of Hancock, be conferred and entrusted solely unto the Inferior Court of the county under the limitations and restrictions as follows, to wit: Spirituous liquors 23. Sec. VI. The said court shall have the power to fix the rate of retail license in said county, Provided, the rate aforesaid, shall not exceed two hundred and fifty dollars for each license, they shall also have a discretion in all cases of withholding license at any price from an applicant for the same, whom from a want of character or any other attending circumstances, they may have reason to believe will abuse the privilege of said license or wantonly pervert his rights under the same, to illegal or grossly immoral conduct, and in no case shall they grant a license to any individual, until such individual shall have first presented to the Court the petition, or written and signed consent to the granting thereof of a majority of the legal voters residing within six miles of the locality where the rights and privileges of such license are intended to be exercised; and provided further, that this act shall not go into effect until there has been a regular election of Justices of the Inferior Court, at which election, the voters shall endorse on their tickets, Restriction or No Restriction, and there shall have been ascertained to be a majority of the legal voters of the county in favor of restriction. Inf. Ct. may grant license, c; When, 24. Sec. VII. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. TITLE VIII. COUNTY NAMES, SITES, COURT HOUSES, c. SEC. 1 Name of Kinchafooneo changed to Webster. SEC. 2 Not to affect suits. SEC. 3 McIntosh changed io Preston. SEC. 4 County site of Wayne. SEC. 5 Second election. SEC. 6 Arrangements for site. SEC. 7 Specifications for Court House. SEC. 8 Extra tax. SEC. 9 Repealing clause. SEC. 10 Reference of Removal to people. SEC. 11 Second election. SEC. 12 Justice Court in Upson county SEC. 13 Repealing clause. SEC. 14 Removal of county site of Macon county. SEC. 15 Electionshow held. SEC. 16 Extra tax. SEC. 17 Majority to determine removal. SEC. 18 Appointment of Com'rs, and assessment of damages. SEC. 19 Repealing clause. (No. 367.) An Act to alter and change the name of the county of Kinchafoonee, and for other purposes therein specified. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and immediately after the passage of this act the name of the county of Kinchafoonee shall be altered and changed to that of Webster. Kinchafoonee changed to Webster; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not militate against any suit or suits now pending in the Superior, Inferior, Justices', or other Courts of said county, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Not to affect suits;

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3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted. That the county site of said county of Webster be changed from McIntosh to Preston. McIntosh changed to Preston; APPROVED, February 21st, 1856. (No. 368.) An Act to authorize the selection and permanent location of a county site in the county of Wayne, and to authorise the building of a new Court House, and the levying of an extra tax, and for other purposes therein specified. 4. Section 1. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the legal voters of the county of Wayne be, and they are hereby authorized and required to endorse on their tickets, at the election for county officers for said county of Wayne, on the first Monday in January next, (1856,) the words, Removal, or, No Removal, and if removal the place where. Removal referred, c. 5. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That in the event no one place voted for shall receive a majority of the whole vote cast, then and in that event the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, or a majority of them, shall, within ten days after the said first election, publish a second election at each precinct in said county, to be holden on the first Monday in February thereafter, at which election the two places receiving the largest number of votes at the said January election shall be voted for, and the place receiving the majority of the whole number of votes cast, shall be, and is hereby declared to be the permanent and settled location for the county site for said county of Wayne. Second election; 6. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them shall be, and are hereby authorized and required immediately after said election and result of said selection, to purchase such land at said site as may, in their judgment, be necessary for the erection of public buildings, and the laying out of a town, and shall proceed to sell lots on such terms and conditions as to them shall seem best for the interest and welfare of said county, the proceeds of which shall be applied to the erection of public buildings at said county site. Arrangem'nt for Site; 7. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, or a majority of them, shall make or cause to be made out a plan and specifications of a Court House and advertise for twenty days at each election precinct in said county for sealed bids and proposals for its erection, and let the same out to the lowest responsible bidder, and such stipulations as may seem to them just and proper, and the same to be completed at the earliest practicable period. Court House How let; 8. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, or a majority of them, be, and they are hereby authorized to levy an extra tax of not exceeding fifty per cent., on the State tax for the years 1856 and 1857, the proceeds of which is to be applied to the expenses of the building of said Court House. Extra Tax; 9. Sec. VI. Repeals conflieting laws. APPROVED, January 23d, 1856.

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(No. 369.) An Act supplemental to an act to authorise the election and permanent location of a county site in the county of Wayne, to authorise the building of a new Court House, and the levying of an extra tax, and for other purposes therein specified, approved January 23d, 1856. WHEREAS, The time fixed by the above recited act for holding the election provided for in said act, having elapsed before the act had received the signature of the Governor, for remedy whereof, Preamble; 10. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the following shall be in [Illegible Text] of the first and second sections of said recited act, to-wit: The legal voters of the county of Wayne be and they are hereby authorised and required to assemble at the legal places of holding elections in said county, on the first Saturday in April, 1856, due and legal notice being first given by the Inferior Court of said county, of the time, place and object of said election, and vote upon the question of removal, by writing on their tickets Removal or No Removal, and if removal the place whereto. Removal referred, c. 11. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That in the event no one place voted for shall receive a majority of the whole vote cast, then and in that case the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, or a majority of them shall within ten days after the said first election, publish a second election at each precinct in said county, to be holden on the first Saturday in May thereafter, at which election the two places receiving the largest number of votes at the said April election, shall be voted for, and the place receiving a majority of votes cast, shall be and is hereby declared to be the permanent and settled location for the county site for said county of Wayne. Second election; APPROVED March 3d, 1856. (No. 370.) An Act to legalize the place of holding Justices Courts in the five hundred and thirty-seventh District, G. M., Upson County. 12 Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the business of the Justices Courts held at the former place of holding Justices Courts, in and for the five hundred and thirty-seventh district, G. M., of Upson county, be and the same is hereby legalized and made valid, so far as the place of of holding said Court was concerned. Place, c. made valid; 13. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED February 18th, 1856. [No. 371. An Act to submit the question of the Removal of the Court House of the county of Macon, to the people thereof and the place of its location, and in case they elect to remove, to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court to sell the Court House and property of the county appertaining thereto, to negotiate for the site that may be elected, and lay an extra tax for the building of a new Court House.

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14 Section I. Be it enacted c., That it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Inferior Court of Macon county, to order an election to be held at the various precincts in the county, upon their giving thirty days notice thereof, to determine the question of removal, and that the voters at said election shall endorse on their tickets, removal, or no removal, and those who vote removal, shall likewise endorse the name of the place to which they would have the county site removed, provided that no person shall be entitled to vote at said election, who would not be entitled to vote for members to the General Assembly of the State. Removal referred, c place designated on ticket. 15. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said election shall be held according to the same rules and regulations that control elections for members to the legislature of the State, except that after the returns shall have been duly consolidated, they shall be reported by the managers to the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, and in case it shall appear that a majority of the whole number of votes polled are in favor of the removal of the county site to a particular place designated by said election, then said Justices of the Inferior Court shall proceed to dispose of so much of the present county site as belongs to said county. and to negotiate for the new site elected, if in their judgment the same would be best for the interest of the county, to contract for the building a new Court House and jail, and to do whatever may be necessary for the completion of the same. Elections how held 16. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court have power to levy an extra tax, the same not to exceed seventy-five per cent upon the present county tax for the building of said Court House and Jail. Extra Tax; 17. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That in case there are not a majority of the whole number of votes polled in favor of moving the Court House to a certain point designated as aforesaid, then said Court House shall remain where it is. Majority to determine; 18. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That in the event of the removal of the Court House, the Justices of the Inferior Court shall appoint one commissioner from each Militia District of the county, who when so appointed, shall constitute a board of commissioners, to assess the amount of damages accruing to the owners of real property in the town of Oglethorpe, on account of the removal of the public buildings from that place, and upon the application of any owner of real property in said town to said commissioners, they shall proceed to make their award of damages and report the same to the Justices of the Inferior Court, and said Court shall thereupon pass an order in favor of said applicant for the amount of damages so assessed, requiring the county Treasurer of the county, to pay the same, and that the said Inferior Court, allow to said commissioners such pay as in their diseretion their services may be worth in discharging their duty as such commissioners. If removed, Com'srs. appointed. Damages [Illegible Text] be assess [Illegible Text] Award, Amt. [Illegible Text] 19. Sec. VI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 28th, 1856.

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TITLE IX. EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, c. Sec. 1 Privileges granted to Wm. Stroud, c. Sec. 2 Act of 1852, amended. Sec. 3 Repealing clause. Sec. 4 Avner Burnam, Guardian, c. settlement with ward. Sec. 5 Suits against ward valid. Sec. 6 Repealing clause. (No. 372.) An Act to authorise William Stroud, Administrator de bonis non, upon the estate of William H. Parker late of Clark county, deceased, to settle with and pay off Sheffield H. Parker, one of the heirs-at law of said estate, and to legalise the same. WHEREAS: William Stroud of the county of Clark, Administrator of William H. Parker, late of said county, deceased, is desirous of settling with and paying of Sheffield H. Parker the heir-at-law of said William H. Parker, and whereas the said Sheffield H. is now within a few months of his legal majority, and has married and settled himself on a place of his own, and is fully capable of attending to his own affairs; and, whereas, said William Stroud does not desire longer to have the superintendence of said Parker or his affairs: Preamble; 1. Section I. Be it therefore enacted, That William Stroud, Administrator de bonis non of the estate of William H. Parker, deceased, late of Clark county, be, and he is hereby authorized to settle with and pay off in full, Sheffield H. Parker, son and heir-at-law of said William H. Parker, notwithstanding his minority, and that the receipt of said Sheffield H. to that effect shall be held and taken as evidence of what it recites in all the Courts of Law and Equity in this State, and shall be binding as though the said Sheffield H. were of full age, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, and that all laws to the contrary are hereby repealed. privileges granted to Wm. Stroud; Receipt; APPROVED March 6th, 1856. (No. 373.) An Act to alter and amend an act entitled an act to carry into effect the amended Constitution of this State, in reference to Ordinaries of this State, and for other purposes, assented to January 21 st, 1852, so far as relates to the county of Tattnall. 2. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the 17th Section of the act referred to in the caption of this act be so altered and amended that it shall and may be lawful for the Ordinaries of Tattnall county to allow returns of Executors,

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Administrators and Guardians, after the expiration of twenty-five days from the filing of the same. Amendment; 3. Sec. II. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Feb. 16th, 1856. (No. 374.) An Act to authorize Avner Burnam of Houston county as Guardian of James R. R. Haddock, minor of William Haddock, deceased, to settle with his ward, and to make said James R. R. Haddock competent to contract and be contracted with, suc and be sued, and do all other lawful acts which an adult may of right do. WHEREAS, Avner Burnam as Guardian of James R. R. Haddock, minor of William Haddock, late of Houston county, deceased, has now in his hands, as such Guardian, between eleven and twelve thousand dollars in cash and good notes, and seven negroes, and the said James R. R. Haddock having married and has a child now five months old, and being a moral young man, mentally and morally as capable as he ever will be to manage his own affairs, and the said Burnam as such Guardian entertaining doubts as to his right to furnish his ward's wife and child with a support, for remedy whereof, Preamble; 4. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and immediately after the passage of this act it shall and may be lawful for Avner Burnam of Houston county, as Guardian of James R. R. Haddock, minor of William Haddock, late of Houston county, deceased, to settle with, pay off, and turn over to the said James R. R. Haddock, ward of said Burnam, all the money, notes, estate and property that said Guardian now has in his hands, or has had at any time, belonging to his said ward, and that said settlement shall be good, legal and binding in Law and Equity, in the same manner and to the same extent as though the said James R. R. Haddock were an adult, or of full age, Provided, the settlement herein referred to shall be made under the direction of the Ordinary of Houston county, and the proper returns shall appear to have been duly made, and, provided further, that the said James R. R. Haddock after arriving at the age of twenty-one years shall only be bound by said settlement to the extent of the property and money actually received by him from his said guardian. Avner Burnam, Guardian; To settle with ward; 5. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the said James R. R. Haddock is hereby declared competent at Law and Equity to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, and that he shall be deemed and held liable on his contracts and agreements to the same extent as though he were of full age, and the said James R. R. Haddock is hereby declared competent in Law and Equity to do and perform all lawful acts to the same extent and in the same manner that an adult may. Suits against J R R Haddock valid; 6. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, February 9th, 1856.

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TITLE X. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. ATLANTA GAS LIGHT COMPANY. Sec. 1 Corporators. Sec. 2 Business to be transacted. Sec. 3 SharesTransfer of Stock. Sec. 4 Directors, Elections, c. Sec. 5 Failure to elect. Sec. 6 Injurieshow punished. No. 375. An act to incorporate the Atlanta Gas Light Company. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Julius W. Hayden, William N. Kirkpatrick, Adolph J. Brady, Wm. C. Lawshe, Cicero H. Strong, William Helme, and their associates, subscribers to the capital stock of the association intended to be hereby incorporated, and their successors be and they are hereby made and declared to be a body corporate and politic in deed and in law, by the name and style of the Atlanta Gas Light Company, and as such shall have power to adopt, make and use a common seal, and the same at their pleasure to alter and renew, to make and execute such by-laws, rules and regulations, not'repugnant to the laws of the land, as they may deem necessary or convenient for the government of the corporation, to have perpetual succession of members and officers, conformably to such by-laws, rules and regulations, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded in any Court of Law or Equity, to purchase, receive and hold lands, tenements, goods and chattels, and the same to sell, convey and assign, and generally to have, exercise and enjoy all such rights and privileges, and be subject to all such liabilities as are incident to bodies politic and corporate. Corporators Style; Powers and privileges; By laws; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall have full power and authority to make, manufacture and sell gas, to be made of coal, rosin, or other materials, for lighting the streets, public and private buildings, and other places in the city of Atlanta, and shall be, and is hereby authorised and empowered to lay down in any and all of the streets, lanes, avenues, alleys, squares and public grounds of said city, gas pipes and other apparatus for conducting gas through the same, and to erect therein such gas posts, burners and reflectors, as may be necessary or convenient, Provided, that the public thoroughfares shall at no time be unnecessarily interrupted or impeded by the laying down or erection thereof, and that the said streets, lanes, avenues, alleys, squares and public grounds shall not be thereby injured, but shall be left in as good state and condition as they were before the laying down of said pipes, conductors or other apparatus and the erection of said posts. Business of Company; Streets; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the capital of said corporation shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each

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and be transferable only on the transfer book of the Company, and until such transfer is regularly made thereon, shall be held bound and liable for all debts due and owing to the corporation by the holder thereof, and by order of the Directors in conformity to such by-laws as the Stockholders may adopt in relation thereto, may be sold at public auction for the purpose of paying any debt or debts due by the individual Stockholders to the Company, they accounting to such Stockholders for any surplus of the proceeds of such sale remaining after the payment of such debt or debts. Transfers; Liabilities; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the affairs of said corporation shall be managed by a Board of five Directors to be elected annually on such day as may be fixed by the by-laws of the Company, of whom, one shall be elected to preside over the Board to be known as, and to discharge the duties of President of said corporation; and that at all elections of Directors, and in all meetings of the Stockholders, each Stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock standing in his or her name; and said stock may be represented by the Attorney or proxy of the Stockholder. Directors President; Votes in elections 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That if at any time an election of Directors should not take place on the day appointed by the by-laws, the corporation shall not be dissolved for that cause, but the Directors previously elected shall continue to exercise as theretofore the functions of their office, as such, until others be elected in conformity to the by-laws. Failure to elect. 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall wilfully do, or cause to be done, any act or acts whereby to injure any pipe, conductor, cock, meter, machine or other thing whatever appertaining to the gas works of said company whereby the same may be stopped, obstructed or injured, the person or persons so offending shall be considered guilty of, and may be indicted for, a misdemeanor, and being thereof duly convicted, shall be punished by fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or imprisonment in the common jail not exceeding sixty days, or by both fine and imprisonment, not exceeding the said sum and time, and such criminal prosecution shall in no wise impair the right of action for damages, which the said Company is hereby authorised to institute in any Court having cognizance and jurisdiction of the same. Injuries, how punished; Sults for injuries; APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. ATLANTA LOAN AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION, SEC. 1. Act of DeKalb Superior Court ratified. [No. 376.] An act to ratify and confirm the act of incorporation of the Atlanta Loan and Building association, and to legalize the acts of the same. WHEREAS, At the April Term of the Superior Court of DeKalb County, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-three, John F. Mims

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James F. Alexander, John Glenn, Joseph K. Swift and William Markham, and divers other citizens of then DeKalb now Fulton county, were incorporated under the name of the Atlanta Loan and Building Association, with the following powers and privileges, towit: To sue or be sued, plead and be impleaded by its corporate name aforesaid, in any Court of law and equity of this State, to have and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure, to adopt a constitution, and pass by-laws for the government of said association and to continue in force, alter or amend any which may have been adopted or passed; Provided, the same be not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the State, to admit into said association any person or persons who may desire to become members, and to do all other acts and things necessary and proper to be done in order to carry out the object of said association fully and effectually. And whereas doubts exist as to the constitutional power of any Court to incorporate an association, and to confirm and ratify the powers aforesaid, granted by said Court. Preamble; 1 Section I. Be it enacted, c That the act of incorporation of the Atlanta Loan and Building Association, decreed by the Superior Court of DeKalb county, in the month of April, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-three, is hereby ratified and confirmed by this General Assembly, and all the acts of said association done in pursuance of said incorporation, and the laws and constitution thereof are hereby legalized and rendered valid and binding, as fully and completely as though said act of incorporation had been a law passed by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Act of DeKalb Sup'r Ct. ratified APPROVED March 4th, 1856. ATHENS GAS LIGHT COMPANY. 1. Corporation. 2. Business. 3. Shares, transfer of stock. 4. Directors, votes in elections. 5. Failure to elect. 6. Injuries, how punished. No. 377. An Act to incorporate the Athens, Gas Light Company. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That William Morton, Asbury Hull, Dr. Joseph B. Carlton, William Letcher Mitchel, Ross Crane, Elizer Newton, Thomas Wray, Stephen Thomas, Thomas R. R. Cobb, Blanton M. Hill, William Helme, and their associates, subscribers to the Capital Stock of the association intended to be hereby incorporated, and their successors be, and they are hereby made and declared to be a body corporate and politic, in deed and in law, by the name and style of the Gas Light Company of Athens, and as such, shall have power to adopt, make and use a common seal, and the same at their pleasure to alter and renew, to make and execute such by-laws, rules and regulations not repugnant to the laws of the land as they may deem necessary or convenient for the government of the corporation, to have perpetual succession of members and officers, conformably to such by-laws, rules,

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and regulations, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded in any Court of law or equity, to purchase, receive and hold lands, tenements, goods and chattels and the same to sell, convey and assign, and generally to have exercise, and enjoy all such rights and privileges, and be subject to all such liabilities as are incident to bodies politic and corporate. Corporators; Style; Seal; By-laws; Rights, c. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall have full power and authority to make, manufacture and sell Gas, to be made of coal, rosin or other materials for lighting the streets, public and private buildings, and other places in the town of Athens, and shall be, and is hereby authorized and empowered to lay down in any, and all the streets, lanes avenues, alleys, squares and public grounds of said town, gas-pipes and other apparatus for conducting gas through the same, and to erect therein such gasposts, burners, and reflectors as may be necessary or convenient, Provided, that the public thoroughfares shall at no time be unnecessarily interrupted or impeded by the laying down, or erecting thereof, and that the said streets, lanes, avenues, alleys, squares and public grounds shall not be thereby injured, but shall be left in as good state and condition as they were before the laying down of said pipes, conductors, or other apparatus, and the erection of said posts. Business [Illegible Text] 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the capital of said corporation shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, and be transferrable only on the transfer book of the company and until such transfer is regularly made thereon, shall be held, bound and liable for all debts due, and owing to the corporation by the holder thereof, and by order of the Directors, in conformity to such by-laws as the stockholders may adopt in relation thereto, may be sold at public auction for the purpose of paying any debt or debts due by the individual stockholders to the company, they accounting to such stockholder for any surplus of the proceeds of such sale remaining after the payment of such debt or debts. Shares. Transfer of stock. Liability, 4. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That the affairs of said corporation shall be managed by a board of five Directors, to be elected annually, on such day as may be fixed by the by-laws of the company, of whom one shall be elected to preside over the board to be known as, and to discharge the duties of President of said corporation, and that at all elections of directors and in all meetings of the stockholders, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock standing in his or her name, and said stock may be represented by the attorney or proxy of the stockholder. President; Votes in elections 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That if at any time an election should not take place on the day appointed by the by-laws, the corporation shall not be dissolved for that cause, but the directors previously elected, shall continue to exercise as theretofore the functions of their office as such, until others be elected in conformity to the by-laws. Failure to elect; 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall wilfully do, or cause to be done any act or acts whereby to injure any pipe, conductor, cock-metre machine, or other thing whatever appertaining to the Gas-works, of said company, whereby

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the same may be stopped, obstructed or injured, the person or persons so offending, shall be considered guilty of, and may be indited for a misdemeanor, and being thereof duly convicted, shall be punished by fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the common jail not exceeding sixty days, or by both fine and imprisonment not exceeding the said sum and time, and such criminal prosecution shall in no wise impair the right of action for damages which the said company is hereby authorized to institute in any court having cognizance and jurisdiction of the same. Injuries, how punished; Suits for damages APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. MADISON TOWN HALL COMPANY. 1. Corporation. 2. Powers and privileges. 3. Officers how appointed. 4. Certificates of stock, liability for debt, c. (No. 378.) An Act to incorporate the Madison Town Hall Company, at Madison. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That Joshua Hill, William O. Saffold, Carter Shepherd and such others as now are, or may hereafter be associated with them, shall be as joint owners of the Madison Town Hall, a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Madison Town Hall Company. Corporators Style: 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said Madison Town Hall Company, shall have all the powers usually appertaining to corporations created by acts of the Legislature, and appertaining to the legitimate business of building and improving property for the purpose of renting the same, and its individual members shall be bound and held responsible as special partners are bound and held responsible by the statue law of this State. Powers and privileges; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That said Madison Town Hall Co., shall have power to appoint such officers, and adopt such by-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the proper conducting of their business. Officers: 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of said Company shall issue to the stockholders, scrip for their stock, which shall be evidence of the amount respectively held by them, and that the interest of each stockholder shall be subject to his debts, by levy and sale without in any manner affecting or interfering with the rights and interests of the other stockholders; and further, that voluntary transfers of stock may be made by simply assignment of scrip, attested by the Secretary of said Company. Scrip of st'ck Liability, c Transfer. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856.

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BRUNSWICK IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. Sec. 1, Act of 1855 repealed. No. 379. An Act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Brunswick Improvement company, passed on the 9 th of Feb. 1854. 1 Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the 9th section of the above recited act be and the same is hereby amended so as to read thus: That the said company shall be sued at Brunswick, Glynn County, and the remaining part of said section be and the same is hereby repealed, * * Repeals the clause making stockholders private property liable. See acts of 1854 and 1855, p. 401. as well as all laws and parts of laws militating against this act. Part of Act 1854 repealed. APPROVED Dec. 6th, 1855. CHATTAHOOCHEE IRON WORKS. SEC. 1 Corporators, c. SEC. 2 Capital stock. SEC. 3 Property may be had. SEC. 4 Propertyhow bound. No. 380. An Act to incorporate a stock company tc be called the Chattahoochee Iron Works, and for other purposes. 1 Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Charles P. Levy, J. P. Levy, W. G. Levy, and their associates and successors, be and they are hereby incorporated by the name and style of the Chattahoochee Iron Works Company, and by that name and style shall be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in any of the courts of this State having competent jurisdiction, and shall have and use a common seal, to establish such offices, and to make all by-laws that they may deem expedient for the management of the affairs of said company, not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State. Corporators Style. Powers and privileges: Seal; By-laws. 2. Sec. II. The capital stock of said company shall be fifty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. Capital st'ck 3. Sec. III. The said company shall have power to purchase, own and dispose of any property, real or personal, which may be necessary for the corporation. May hold and dispose of property. 4. Sec. IV. The property of each stockholder shall be held and bound for the debts of said company; and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Propertyhow bound; APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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COLUMBUS IRON WORKS COMPANY. Sec. 1 Corporation. Sec. 2 Capital Stock. Sec. 3 Directors of Company. Sec. 4 President, Contracts, c. Sec. 5 Subordinate Officers. Sec. 6 Liabilities. Sec. 7 Transfer of Shares. Sec. 8 Business. Sec. 9 Restrictions. Sec. 10 Repealing clause. No. 381. An Act to incorporate certain persons under the name and style of the Columbus Iron Works Company. WHEREAS: Hervey Hall, Isaac J. Moses, Jacob Henricks, William A. Beach and William R. Brown of the city of Columbus and county of Muscogee, have formed themselves into a company for the purpose of doing the business generally done in a Foundry and Machine shop, and whereas, for the more conveniently carrying on the operations of said company, the said persons desire an act of incorporation. Preamble; 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Hervey Hall, Isaac J. Moses, Jacob Henricks, William A. Beach, William R. Brown, and such persons as they may hereafter associate with them, and their successors and assigns shall be, and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Columbus Iron Works Company, and by that name shall be capable in law to sue and be sued in any Courts of this State, or of the United States, to have, purchase, hold, possess, to receive and retain to them, and their successors, lands and tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels and effects of any kind whatever, and the same to sell, grant, devise, alien and dispose of, at their pleasure, and, also, to make and have and use a common seal, and the same to alter and renew as they may deem proper, and, also, to make, ordain and establish such by-laws, ordinances and regulations as shall seem necessary and convenient for the government of said corporation not being contrary to the Constitution or laws of this State, or of the United States. or repugnant to the fundamental laws of this corporation, and generally to be vested with all the rights and powers which usually appertain to corporate bodies. Cor porat'on; Style; Powers and privileges; Seal; By-laws; 2. Sec. II. The capital stock of said company shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, in shares of one thousand dollars each. Capital st'ck 3. Sec. III. That the business of said company shall be managed by a Board of Directors, to be elected by the Stockholders, each share having one vote, which may be voted personally or by proxy, that the said Board of Directors shall consist of three to be elected annually, and to hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified, and no person shall be a Director, who does not own at least one share, and is not a citizen of the State. Directors Votes in elections 4. Sec. IV. Said Board of Directors shall annually elect from their number a President by whom, or by whose authority all the

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contracts of said Company shall be signed, and the said President shall hold his office until his successors are elected and qualified. President; Contracts, c 5. Sec. V. The said Board of Directors shall whenever they deem the business of the Company requires it, elect such subordinate officers as they may deem necessary, and the said subordinate officers shall hold their offices during the pleasure of the President and Directors, and no longer. Subordinate officers; 6. Sec. VI. That the members of said corporation shall be liable for the debts of the same, in the same manner and to the same extent as in other co-partnerships. Liabilities; 7. Sec. VII. The shares in said corporation shall not be transferable without the consent of a majority of the Stockholders voting by shares, which consent shall be recorded on the Stock book of said Company in which the transfer is made. Transfer; 8. Sec. VIII. The business of said corporation shall embrace all the business usually done in Foundries and Machine shops. Business 9. Sec. IX. That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to confer Banking privileges. Restrictions 10. Sec. X. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 18th, 1856. SANDERSVILLE HOTEL COMPANY. 1. Corporation. 2. Election of Directors. 3. Limit of Membership, exemptions. 4. Corporation of Church Asylum. 5. Officers and managers, 6. Contracts with minors. 7. Supervision. (No. 382.) An Act to incorporate and confer certain powers and privileges upon the Sandersville Hotel Company. The Pioneer Hook and Ladder company, and the Church Asylum of Augusta. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That William Smith, Robert W. Flournoy, John J. Long, Richard Warthen, E. S. Langmade, John T. Youngblood, Zachariah Brantley, S. A. H. Jones and John W. Rudisill and their associates and successors in the building a Hotel in the village of Sandersville, and such other persons as may hereafter be interested therein as stockholders by subscription to the capital stock or by assignment, are hereby incorporated as a body corporate by the name of the Sandersville Hotel Company, and by that name shall be authorized to receive and hold title to the land on which the Hotel is erected, and other lands in and near the village of Sandersville, necessary or suitable to the object of said company, and to hold such furniture, servants and other personal property as may be deemed necessary and expedient for the object aforesaid, and the same from time to time to sell exchange, mortgage, lease, c., and by that name they may sue and shall be liable to be sued, and may appear in any of the courts of law and equity of this State, that the stockholders for the time being shall be liable for the debts of said company. Corporators; Name. May hold property. Privileges; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid company shall be authorized to erect a Building for a Hotel, and all other

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necessary and convenient out buildings connected therewith, and the stockholders in said Company, shall annually, on such day as they may designate, elect five of their members to be directors for one year, next ensuing their election, and until others shall be elected in their place, and shall have power to make such rules and regulations in relation to said Hotel and its management, and the officers of said Company as they may deem expedient, not repngnant to the laws of this State, and the directors under the rules and regulations established, shall have the control of said property, and the management of the affairs of said Company, and the said directors may sue any of the subscribers to the capital stock, for the amount of his subscription or any part thereof that he may have failed to pay. That a stockholder or stockholders to the amount of five hundred dollars shall have power to call a meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors, or for any other purpose appertaining to the interest of said Company of which meeting, notice shall be given at one or more public places in the county of Washington at least ten days before the time of meeting. That the capital stock of said Company shall be in shares of one hundred dollars each, and shall be considered personal property and shall be transferable only on the books of said Company in such manner as the directors shall prescribe. Election of Directors; Rules and regulations; Meeting of Stockholders Shares; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That Jacob B. Platt, his associates and their successors (not exceeding fifty members in all, at one time) shall be and they are hereby made and constituted a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company of the city of Augusta, with power to sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, make by-laws, rules and regulations, and punish violations thereof among their members by fine, and to receive, hold, control and dispose of any and all property necessary for the purposes of their association. Incorporated Limit of members Style. Powers and privileges; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the members of said company shall be and they are hereby exempted from all ordinary militia duty, and from jury duty in any Court of Richmond county, or the city of Augusta. Exemptions; 5. SEC. V That Theodore Ford, Susannah W. Steiner, Sarah H. Conley and their associates and successors be, and the same are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name of the Church Asylum of Augusta and are hereby vested with all the ordinary rights and powers incident to Corporations, and the government of the same, and the elections of officers and managers, and the disposition of their charitable funds, as to them may seem proper, not being inconsistent with the laws of the State, to take, hold and convey real and personal estate for the purpose of maintaining, instructing and employing indigent children, particularly orphans. Corporators; Style; Rights, c; 6. Sec. VI. That the officers and managers of said corporation shall always be chosen of females belonging to the Protestant Episcopal Church. Officers and managers, 7. Sec. VII. That said corporation shall have power to make valid contracts with the minors, or parent or parents of minor

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children, or with Magistrates authorized by law for the custody of such children as may be the subjects of their charity. Contracts. 8. Sec. VIII. That the said corporation shall be under the supervision of the Bishop for the time being, of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Georgia. Under whose supervision; APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. SOUTH-WESTERN ELECTRO TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Sec. 1 Corporators. Sec. 2 Value of shares. Sec. 3 Election of Directors. Sec. 4 Right of way. Sec. 5 Penalty for injuries. Sec. 6 Dispatches. Sec. 7 Exemption from Jury duty, c. Sec. 8 Limitation of privileges. (No. 383.) An Act to incorporate the South-Western Electro Magnetic Telegraph Company. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That R. J. Hill, D. H. Hill, J. A. Hill and H. C. Cunningham, together with such other persons as now are or may be hereafter associated with them, be and the same are hereby made a body politic and corporate in law, for the purpose of establishing, erecting and maintaining an Electro Magnetic Telegraph line, and transmitting intelligence by means thereof, between Macon in the county of Bibb and Americus in the county of Sumter, and thence to the terminus of the South-Western Rail Road, by the name and style of the South-Western Electro Magnetic Telegraph Company, and by said name to have power and authority to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in any action, suit, or proceeding in any Court of law or equity having jurisdiction thereof in this State, to make and use a common seal, and the same to break alter or renew at pleasure, to purchase and hold such real and personal estate, as the lawful purposes of such corporations may require, and the same to sell a lien andconvey, or otherwise dispose of as may be found needful in the business of said company, and to appoint such officers and agents as may be necessary for the proper management of the affairs of the company, and to make and ordain such by-laws as are not incompatible with the laws and constitution of this State. Corporators Route; Style. Powers and privileges; Seal; By-laws; 2. Sec. II. The capital stock of the company shall consist of one hundred shares of the value of one hundred dollars each, amounting in the aggregate to ten thousand dollars, but the company shall be at liberty to commence business so soon as a sufficient amount shall have been paid to complete the construction of said line from Macon to Americus, and place the same in working order, and certificates shall be issued to the share-holders in said company, for the amount of stock they may respectively hold therein, and the said shares shall be sold and transferred in such manner as the said company by their by-laws may ordain and direct. Shares; Aggregate value; When commence business; 3. Sec. III. For the better ordering and managing the affairs of

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said company, four Directors shall be elected by and from among the shareholders, annually, at such time and place as the said company by its by-laws may direct, each share being entitled to one vote, and the said Directors so elected shall choose from among themselves a President, and they shall proceed to appoint such other officers as said board may deem necessary, and to establish such compensation for their services as is right and proper, as shall appear to them to be reasonable, and said Board of Directors shall have power and authority to contract with any person or persons or bodies corporate, for the purpose of connecting its line of telegraph, with any line or lines out of the State. Election of Directors; Votes in elections President other officers Salaries; 4. Sec. IV. The South-Western Electro Magnetic Telegraph Company, shall have power and authority to set up their fixtures along the route of the S. W. Railroad without the same being held or dee med a public nuisance or subject to be abated by any private person without due process of law provided, said fixtures shall be kept in repair, and be so placed as not to interfere with the common use of said road or water course, or with the convenience of any land owner, further than the same is unavoidable, and the said company shall be responsible for any damages which said corporation, or any private person shall sustain, by the erection, continuance and use of any such fixtures out of the private property, to the extent of the shares owned by each stockholder, and no further, and in any action brought for the recovery of said damages by any owner or occupier of any lands, the damages, may, at the election of said corporation include the damage of allowing the said fixtures permanently to continue, and on the payment thereof, the right of the corporation to continue and renew the same, shall be confirmed in as full and ample a manner as if granted by the owner in fee provided further, that no person or body politic shall be entitled to sue and maintain an action for damages until the said corporation after due notice, shall have refused or neglected to remove or repair the fixtures aforesaid complained of, within a reasonable time after such notice given, which notice shall be served on the President of the company, or left at the usual place of business of such company in Americus. Right of way Proviso; Liability; Proviso; 5. Sec. V. Every person or persons who shall destroy, remove or break, or commit any other injury, in and upon any of the fixtures apparatus or improvements of the company erected in pursuance of the authority given in this act, or necessary to carry out the object contemplated herein, shall be liable for all damages which the company may sustain or suffer in the repairing such injury, and in the interruption of its business, to be recovered in an action of trespass and shall be further liable to indictment, and on conviction be fined or imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the court before which such conviction shall be had, and if any person through insolvency, or any other cause, be unable or fail to pay the penalty or damages aforesaid, and shall a second time be guilty of the like offence, such person shall be subject to be imprisoned for any period not exceeding one year at the discretion of the Court. Penalty for injuries; 6 Sec. VI. Said company shall be bound, upon the application

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of the officers of this State, or of the United States, acting in the event of any war, insurrection, riot or othe reivil commotion, or resistance of public authority, or in the punishment or prosecution of crime, or the arrest and detention of any persons accused or suspected thereof, to give the communication of such offences immediate dispatch, and if any clerk, operator or other officer of said company, shall refuse or wilfully omit to transmit such communications, or shall designedly alter or falsity the same, for any purpose whatsoever, upon conviction therefor before any Court of competent jurisdiction, he shall be fined and imprisoned according to the discretion of the Court, and for the transmission of such communications, the said corporation shall not be entitled to charge any higher price than is usually charged by it for private communications of the same length. Dispatches. 7. Sec. VII. The clerk and operators actually engaged in the transmission of intelligence, at the several stations of said company, shall be exempt from the performance of Jury, Patrol, and Militia duty. Exemptions; 8. Sec. VIII. The privileges and immunities herein conferred upon said company, shall commence so soon as the contract shall be entered into between this corporation and any person or persons, to construct said line of Telegraph, which shall be completed within the space of two years from the passage of this act, and shall exist and continue until the full end and term of twenty years. Limitations: Duration: APPROVED March 1st, 1856. LAGRANGE LIGHT GUARDS. Sec. 1 Incorporated, Name, c. Sec. 2 Exemptions. Sec. 3 Corporators Bibb County Loan Association. Sec. 4 Acts made valid. Sec. 5 Provisions conferred on Screven Troops. (No. 384) An Act to incorporate the LaGrange Light Guards, the Bibb County Loan Association, and the Scriven Troops, and for other purposes. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the LaGrange Light Guards, an Infantry Company in the town of LaGrange shall be known by the corporate name of the LaGrange Light Guards, and be vested with corporate powers to pass all by-laws, rules and regulations necessary for the government of said Company, not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, that a Board of the officers of said Company to consist of not less than three, nor more than five, two of whom shall be commissioned officers, shall be competent to form and hold a Court of Enquiry and Courts Martial to try and affix such penalties as may be provided by their by-laws on any member, or members violating the same. Incorporated Name; By-laws; Court of Enquiry: 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That all persons enrolled, or that may hereafter enroll as members of said Company, shall be exempt from patrol, road or Jury duty, these exemptions to continue

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no longer than membership in said Company, and that a certificate of membership from the commanding officer of said Company shall be sufficient evidence to exempt any member from patrol, road or Jury duty. Exemptions; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That Azel R. Freeman, Thurston R. Bloom, Joseph M. Boardman, Ebenezer C. Granniss, Daniel F. Clark and William S. Williford citizens of the county of Bibb, and said State, and all others who are now members of the Bibb County Loan Association of the county of Bibb, their successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby made and created a body politic and corporate for the purposes of their Association, and under and according to the Constitution and by-laws heretofore adopted by them, to be known by the said name of the Bibb County Loan Association, with power to sue and be sued, to make and adopt all such rules and regulations and amendments of their said Constitution and by-laws as they may deem advisable, with power to receive and hold and dispose of any and all property, conveyed, or sold, or mortgaged as security for any loan or debt, and as members of said Association shall transfer any portion of his or her shares or interest therein without consent of the Directors thereof, unless all debts and loans due from him or her shall be paid. Corporators, Name; Rights, c 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That all the transactions of the said Bibb County Loan Association had by and with the members thereof, whilst acting under and by virtue of the authority of the Inferior Court of said Bibb county, incorporating the same according to said Constitution and by-laws, be, and they are hereby declared and made valid and binding in law. Acts made valid; 5. Sec. V. Be it further enacted, That all of the privileges conferred in this act, be, and the same is hereby applied to the Scriven Troops of the county of Scriven, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Provisions conferred on the Scriven Troops; APPROVED, March 5th., 1856. HIGHTOWER MINING COMPANY. Sec. 1 Corporators, c. Sec. 2 May hold property. Sec. 3 Capital Stockits increases. Sec. 4 Management of business. Sec. 5 Failure to elect. Sec. 6 Liabilities. Sec. 7 Books open to inspection. Sec. 8 Electionshow held. Sec. 9 Location of the office of the Company. (No. 385). An Act to incorporate the Hightower Mining Company of Georgia. 1. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That M. A. Keith, Jesse J. James, Skidmore Harris, Aden Poe, E. F. Sevizr, C. B. King, Thomas Edward King, James L. McKee, J. L. M. French, George A. Mclntyre, J. L. Keith, S. T. Kimbell, J. M. Stephens, and their associate Stockholders, and their successors shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic under the name and style of the Hightower Mining Company, for the purposes of exploring for copper, silver, gold, and all other metals and minerals whatsoever, and for mining, vending, smelting and working the same, within said State, on any land or lands, that they now own,

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or may hereafter own or become legally possessed of, by purchase or lease, that they may deem expedient, and by that name and style may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be 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, and alter the same at pleasure, may make, ordain and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem necessary and expedient, to carry into effect the objects of the Company, Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations are not inconsistent with the laws of this State, or the United States, and the said Company shall use, exercise and enjoy all rights, privileges and franchises which are incident or appertaining to incorporations. Corporators; Style; Purposes Powers and privileges; Seal. By laws. Proviso. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the corporation above named and hereby created, shall by its corporate name be capable in law of holding, selling and conveying the real and personal estate in the county of Cherokee, or any other county in this State, now held, owned or possessed by said Company, and shall, also, be capable in law of purchasing, holding, selling and conveying any other real or personal estate whatsoever, which may be necessary, to enable the said corporation efficiently to carry on the operations named in the first section of this act, and shall have power to pledge or mortgage the real and personal property of said corporation to secure the payment of debts, or advances of money to its use. May hold and convey property; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said corporation hereby created, shall consist of shares the par value of the whole shall be three hundred thousand dollars of taxable effects or property within the State of Georgia, and may be increased to an amount ten times as large as a regular annual nett dividend the Company may be able to declare by mining operations, and the number and value of said shares to be fixed and regulated by the Stockholders in accordance with, and in pursuance of the regulations of the by-laws made and provided for the numbering and valuation of shares of stock in said corporation; and all persons interested in the present Company to have shares in the same proportion in accordance with the amount held or owned, to be evidenced as their by-laws may prescribe. Capital st'ck Increase, Shareshow regulated: 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the stock, property and concerns of said corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors, consisting of such number of persons as the by-laws of the Company may provide, to be elected annually on such day as may be fixed by the by-laws of the Company, of whom one shall be elected to preside over the Board, to be known as, and to discharge the duties of President of said corporation, and that at all elections of Directors, and in all meetings of Stockholders, each Stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock standing in his or her name, and the said stock may be represented by Attorney or proxy of the Stockholder; the Stock of the Company shall be deemed and considered personal estate, and be transferable as the by-laws may direct; and a book for the registry and

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transfer of all the stock, shall be kept by the Book-Keeper of said Company, at their office, which book shall always be open to the inspection of each, and every, Stockholder or their authorized representatives. Concernshow manag'd Votes in election; Stockhow considered; Transfer 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That in case it shall appear at any time that an election of a Directory shall not be made on the day regularly appointed therefor, by the by-laws of the corporation, the same shall not for that reason be dissolved, but shall be lawful on any other day to hold an election in such manner as shall be provided for in said by-laws, that said Directory shall continue in office, and all their acts shall be valid, until their successors shall be elected. Failure to elect, c, 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted. That the Stockholders of said Company may be made liable pro rata for the debts of said Company to the amount of Stock by them respectively taken, or owned, but for no greater amount. Liabilities. 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the books of said corporation containing their accounts and proceedings, shall at all reasonable times be open for the inspection of any of the Stockholders, and the said corporation shall at all times have a lien upon all the stock or property of its members invested therein, for all debts due from them to said Company, and pro rata for all the debts due by the Company. Books open to inspection 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the by-laws of said corporation provided for, in the first section of this act, among other regulations deemed expedient for carrying out the objects of said Company, shall regulate and provide the manner, time and place of holding elections of officers, such as Directors, President, Secretary, Book-Keeper, Treasurer, Superintendent, and all others deemed necessary, the fixing of the duties and salaries of said officers, the filling of vacancies in the Board of Directors that may occur, the paying of dividends on stock, and the transfer of stock. Lien; Elections how held 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That the office of said Company shall be kept in the town of Canton, Cherokee county, Georgia, at which place all suits at law against the Company must be brought, and all writs, processes, summonses, mandates, and notices there served. Location of office; APPROVED, February 21st, 1856. OCMULGEE MILLS. SEC. 1 Incorporation. SEC. 2 Capital stockshares. SEC. 3 Certificates of stock, SEC. 4 Privileges extended. SEC. 5 Individual Liability. SEC. 6 Limit of business. SEC. 7 Contracts. SEC. 8 Repealing clause. No. 386. An Act to incorporate Ocmulgee Mills, WHEREAS, There is a manufacturing establishment in operation heretofore known by the name of the Plauters Manufacturing

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Company, located at a place known as the Seven Islands, on the Ocmulgee river in Butts County, for the manufacturing of wool and cotton cloth, the owners of which did associate themselves under the act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, passed on the 28th day of December, 1843, entitled an act to point out the manner of creating certain corporations and to define their rights and privileges, and to provide a mode for changing the name of individuals. Preamble; And Whereas, The business and affairs of said Planters Manufacturing company became embarrassed and indebted, and said establishment, including the lands, and water privileges owned by said Planters Manufacturing Company was levied upon and sold by the Sheriff of Butts County under judgments, and executions on the first Tuesday in June, 1855, at which sale C. A. Nutting, H. P. Kirkpatrick, Isaac Scott, T. J. Comer, T. J. Smith, R. G. Dukes and Mickelberry Merritt, became the purchasers; and whereas, said persons have, (including the amount paid for said purchase,) expended the sum of forty-two thousand dollars in repairs and additional machinery, and all of which is now in successful operation, and it being desirable that an act of incorporation, shall be passed for their protection and benefit, and to change the name of said Planters Manufacturing company. 1. Section I. Be it therefore enacted, That the aforesaid C. A. Nutting, H P Kirkpatrick, Isaac Scott, T J Comer, T J. Smith, R. Dukes, and Mickelberry Merritt, together with all such as now own stock in said company, and those who may hereafter become stockholders by purchase and transfer, be and they are hereby incorporated and constituted a body politic and corporate by the name and style of Ocmulgee Mills, and by that name shall hereafter be known, and be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in any of the Courts of this State having competent jurisdiction, and shall have power to devise and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at pleasure, and to have purchase and receive, and to retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements and hereditaments, goods chattels and effects of what kind soever, and the same to sell, grant, demise, alien or dispose of, and they shall have power and authority to create from among the stockholders, a board of Directors, with a President, and shall have power to make, ordain, constitute and appoint one or more agents, a Clerk and a Treasurer for the proper and prudent management of the affairs and business of said Ocmulgee Mills, and they shall have power and authority to make and establish such by-laws and regulations as they may deem good and proper, for the management of said Mills Provided, such by-laws and regulations are not inconsistent with or contrary to the laws of this State, and its constitution, and the constitution of the United States. incorporated Style. Powers and privileges. Seal. May hold property, c. Officers; By-laws. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted That the capital stock of said company, shall be the sum of forty-two thousand dollars, which may, by a majority of the Stockholders be increased to one hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred

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dred dollars each, and to be owned as now owned by the present stockholders in said company. Capital stock Shares, 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That said company shall have power and authority to issue to each stockholder certificates of stock, signed by the President and countersigned by the Clerk or Secretary of said company, and said certificate shall represent the number of shares he, she or they may hold, and the amount paid in on the same, and the same shall be transferable on the books of the company or by written transfer of the holders on the back of said certificate for value received. Certificates of stock; Transfer 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted that all the powers and privileges of the former company, to-wit: the Planters Manufacturing Company, shall belong to and attach to the Ocmulgee Mills. privileges of former company ext'ded 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the individual property of the stockholders in said Ocmulgee Mills, shall be liable for the debts of said company, in proportion to the number and value of the shares each may hold, but the entire property of said corporate company shall be first exhausted by levy and sale, before the stockholders individual property shall be liable and subject to levy and sale. Individual Liability 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That said Ocmulgee Mills shall at no time, and for no purpose whatever except for the purchase of of wool and Cotton, owe or contract a debt or debts, the aggregate of which shall exceed the sum of five thousand dollars, and if at any time it does owe and contract debts to an extent beyond five thousand dollars, except for the purchase of wool and cotton, the agent, clerk, stockholder, director or directors, who contracts or gives their assent to said excess, over and above the sum of five thousand dollars, shall be individually and personally bound and liable to the creditor for the same, and may be sued for such debt or indebtedness, and recovered against in the same manner as if he or they had contracted said debt or debts in his or their individual capacity and name, and when such debts have been collected of them, they shall have no redress or claim upon the property or assets of the company, or any of its stockholders. Limit, Stockholders liable, c; 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the said Ocmulgee Mills shall have power, and it shall be lawful for it to contract with other corporations, and individuals for the use and loan of money for which the said company, Ocmulgee Mills, may agree and bind itself and stockholders to pay any note of interest not exceeding ten per cent per annum provided, said note of interest so contracted for is specified and set forth in said contract, and it shall be lawful for any corporation or individuals so contracted with, to sue for and recover against said Ocmulgee Mills on such contracts, all laws and parts of laws to the contrary notwithstanding. Contracts, c Proviso; 8. Sec. VIII. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED Feb. 27th, 1856.

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FIGHTING TOWN MINING COMPANY. 1. Corporations. 2. To hold real estate. 3. Capital stock. 4. Directors elections c. 5. Failure to elect. 6. Liability of stockholders. 7. Books open to inspection. 8. Time of elections. 9. Location of office. 10. FIRST MINING COMPANY. 11. Election of Directors. 12. Book of stock. 13. Capital stock. 14. Repealing clause. (No. 387.) An Act to incorporate the Fighting Town Mining Company, and the First Mining Company of Savannah. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Augustus Seaborn Jones, George W. Wiley, John S. Montmollin, Oliver A. Laroche, Zachariah N. Winkler, Samuel T Knapp and their associates, stockholders and their successors shall be, and they are hereby declared a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the Fighting Town Mining Company, for the purpose of exploring for copper, silver, gold, and all other metals, and minerals whatever, and for mining, vending, smelting, and working the same, on lot of land number seventeen, in the ninth district, and second section of the county of Fannin, or any land or lands they now own or may hereafter own, or become legally possessed of by purchase or lease that they may deem expedient, and by that name and style may sue, and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be 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 and alter the same at pleasure, may make, ordain, and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem necessary and expedient for carrying out the objects of the Company, Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations are not inconsistent with the laws of this State, or of the United States, and the said company shall use, exercise and enjoy all rights, privileges and franchises which appertain or are incident to corporations. Corporators: Style, Powers and privileges. Seal, By-laws; proviso; 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall by its corporate name, be capable in law of holding, purchasing and conveying the real and personal estate in the county of Fannin, or any other county of this State, now held, owned and possessed by said company or any which they may deem necessary to become possessed of in order to prosecute, successfully the business, and objects of the same, said corporation shall also have power to pledge or mortgage the real or personal property thereof to subserve its interest. May hold and convey real estate; 3. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said company shall consist of shares of one hundred dollars each, the aggregate value par value of which shall be two hundred thousand dollars and may be increased by the stockholders to five hundred thousand dollars. Capital stock Increase, 4. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That the stock property and

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concerns of said corporation, shall be managed by a board of Directors consisting of such number, and elected annually on a day to be determined by the by-laws of said company, who shall select by ballot, one of their body to be known as President, and whose duty it shall be to preside over said board at their meetings, and perform all acts usually incident to such office, in all meetings of the stockholders, and in all elections by them, each shall be entitled to as many votes as he or she may have shares, which shares may be represented, or votes cast by proxy, or attorney. The stock of said corporation shall be deemed personal property, and subject to be transferred in such a manner as shall hereafter be fixed in said by-laws; a book for the registry of stock subscribed, and transferred, shall be kept at the office of said company by their book keeper or secretary, which shall be subject to the inspection of the stockholders, or their authorized agents. Directors President: Votes in elections Transfer 5. Sec. V. Be it further enacted, That if at any time it shall happen that the election of Directors does not take place on the day regularly appointed therefor in the by-laws of said corporation, the same shall not for this cause be dissolved, but an election may be held in such manner on any other day as shall be provided in said by-laws. The Directors shall continue in office, and their official acts shall be valid until their successors are elected. Failure to elect, c 6. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted, That the stockholders shall be liable prorata for the debts of said corporation and to the amount of stock respectively owned by them, but no further. Stockholders liable prorata; 7. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted, That the books of said corporation containing the proceedings and accounts thereof shall at all reasonable times be open for the inspection of any of the stockholders or their agents, the said corporation shall at all times have a lien upon the stock and property of its members, invested therein for debts due by them to the company, and prorata for all debts due by said company. Books open to inspect'n. 8. Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the manner, time and place of holding elections for President, Directors, Secretary, Book-keeper, Treasurer, Superintendent and such other officers as may be deemed necessary, the fixing the duties and salaries thereof, the filling of vacancies that may occur in the board of Directors, the paying of dividends, of stock, and the transfer of stock, shall be prescribed in said by-laws. ElectionsTime, c. 9. Section IX. Be it further enacted, That the office of said company shall be kept in the city of Savannah, in this State, until some other place shall be fixed by the majority of the stockholders and due notice given of such change, at least in two public gazettes of this State, at which place all suits at law or in equity against the company, must be brought, and all suits. processes, summonses, mandates and notices there served, and the service of a copy of any such writ, bill, process, summons, mandate or notice by the Sheriff of said county, or any other lawful officer, either personally, upon the President, or by leaving the same at the office or place of business of the company, shall be deemed sufficient service. Location of office. Suits, 10. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That from and after the

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passage of this act, George W. Wiley, Dr. E. H. Martin, John M. Wood, Edward M. Galt, Thomas H. Calaway, Jeptha Patterson, their associates and successors, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the First Mining Company of Savannah, for the purpose of exploring for coal, copper, silver, gold and other ores, metals, minerals and fossil substances, and for mining, working, smelting and vending the same, and for doing and performing all manner of things which they may deem necessary in the proper management of the affairs of said corporation, may erect all necessary buildings, apparatus and fixtures, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleadec, appear, prosecute and defend in any Court of law or equity whatsoever in all suits and actions. They may have and use a common seal and the same alter, renew, or amend at pleasure, and may purchase, hold, mortgage, transfer and convey real and personal estate. Corporators. Style, Powers and privileges: Seal. 11. Section XI. The first meeting of the said corporation may be called by the persons named in this act, or any four of them at such time as they may determine at Pierceville, in Fannin county, Georgia, and that at such meeting a board of Directors shall be chosen from among the stockholders in said company, by the vote of the majority present at such; and such board of Directors shall take charge of the operations of said company, subject to such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the stockholders of said company. Said Directors shall hold office for one year or until their successors are elected and qualified. (In case of death or resignation, vacancy may be filled by a majority of those still in office.) And may adopt such by-laws and regulations for the government of said company as may be deemed expedient and right, (subject however to the concurrence of a majority of the stockholders in said company,) or not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State, and of the United States. Meeting. Election of Directors. term of office 12. Sec. XII. The directors shall cause to be kept a book containing the names and place of residence of all the stockholders and amount of stock owned by each. Book. 13. Section XIII. The capital stock of said company shall not exceed one million of dollars, and said company may divide said stock into such number of shares, and in such manner and form as may be necessary and proper for the transfer thereof, and further more, shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges and subject to all the restrictions that are granted and imposed upon the North Georgia Mining Company, chartered at this session of the Legislature; and for all Judicial purposes shall keep an office in the county of Fannin, in this State, in which county it shall be sueable. Capital stock Rights, c. 14. Sec. XIV. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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SIXES MINING COMPANY. Sec. 1 Corporators. Sec. 2 Hold real estates. Sec. 3 Capital stock. Sec. 4 Board of Directors. Sec. 5 Failure to elect. Sec. 6 Liability of Stockholders. Sec. 7 Books of the company to be open for inspection. Sec. 8 By-laws and regulations. Sec. 9 Office in Canton, Cherokee Co. No. 388. An Act to incorpora'e the Sixes Mining Company of Georgia. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Allen Lawhon, Elkanah L. Shuford, George S. Hoyle, and Andrew H. Shuford, and their associate stockholders, and their successors, shall be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic under the name and style of the Sixes Mining Company of Georgia, for the purpose of exploring for Copper, Silver, Gold and all other metals and minerals whatsoever, and for mining, vending, smelting and working the same within said State, on any land or lands that they now own, or may hereafter own, or become legally possessed of by purchase or lease that they may deem expedient, and by that name and style may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be 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, and alter the same at pleasure, may make, ordain, and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem necessary and expedient to carry into effect the objects of the company Provided, such by-laws rules and regulations are not inconsistent with the laws of this State or the United States; and the said company shall use, exercise and enjoy all rights, privileges and franchises which are incident or appertaining to incorporations. Corporators. powers and privileges. By-laws. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the corporation above named and hereby created, shall by its corporate name, be capable in law of holding, selling and conveying the real and personal estate in the county of Cherokee, or any other county in this State, now held, owned or possessed by said company, and shall also be capable in law of purchasing, holding selling and conveying any other real and personal estate whatsoever, which may be necessary to enable the said corporation efficiently to carry on the operations named in the first section of this act, and shall have power, the property, real and personal, of said corporation, to pledge or mortgage, to secure the payment of debts or advances of money to its use. May hold property, c 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said corporation hereby created, shall consist of shares, par value of the whole, shall be two hundred thousand dollars of taxable effects, and may be increased to a sum ten times an annual nett dividends,

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the company may be able to declare by legitimate mining operations. The number and value of said shares to be fixed and regulated by the stockholders in accordance with and in pursuance of the regulations of the by-laws, made and provided for the numbering and valuation of shares of stock in said corporation, and all persons indebted in the present company, to have shares in this corporation in the same proportion in accordance with the amount held or owned, to be evidenced as their by-laws may prescribe. Capital stock Shares: 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the stock, property and concerns of said corporation, shall be managed by a Board of Directors, consisting of such number of persons as the by-laws of the company may provide, to be elected annually on such day as may be fixed by the by-laws of the company, of whom one shall be elected to preside over the board, to be known as and to discharge the duties of President of said corporation, and that at all elections of Directors and in all meetings of stockholders, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock standing in his or her name, and said stock may be represented by attorney or proxy of the stockholder. The stock of the company shall be deemed and considered personal estate, and be transferable as the by-laws may direct, and a book for the registry and transfer of all the stock shall be kept by the Book Keeper of said company at their office, which book shall always be open to the inspection of each and every stockholder or their authorised representatives. Board of Directors Voters in elections Transfer 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That in case it shall appear at any time that an election of Directory shall not be made on the day regularly appointed therefor by the by-laws of the corporation, the same shall not for that reason be dissolved, but shall be lawful on any other day, to hold an election in such manner as shall be provided for in said by-laws, that said directory shall continue in office, and all their acts shall be valid until their successors shall be elected. Failure in elections term of office 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the Stockholders of said company may be made liable prorata for the debts of said company to the amount of stock by them respectively taken or owned, but for no greater amount. Liability for debts; 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That books of said corporation containing their accounts and proceedings, shall at all reasonable times be open for the inspection of any of the stockholders and the said corporation shall at all times have a lien upon all the stock or property of its members invested therein, for all debts due from them to said corporation, and prorata for all the debts due by the company. Books of account op'n to Inspection 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the by-laws of said corporation provided for in the first section of this act, among other regulations deemed expedient for carrying out the objects of said company, shall regulate and provide the manner, time, and place of holding elections of officerssuch as Directors, President, Secretary and Book-Keeper, Treasurer, Superintendent, and all others deemed necessary, the fixing the duties and salaries of said

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officers, the filling of vacancies in the Board of Directors, that may occurthe paying of dividends on stock, and the transfer of stock. By-laws; Election of officers, Salaries, vacancies c 9. SEC. IX. And be it further enacted, That the office of said company shall be kept in the town of Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia, at which place all suits at law or equity, except suits touching titles to land, against the company, must be brought, and all suits, processes, summonses, mandates, and notices there served and the service of a copy of any such writ, bill, process, summons, mandate, and notice, by the Sheriff of said county, or any other lawful officer, either personally upon the President or any other officer of said company, resident in said county, or by leaving the same at their most notorious place of residence in said county, shall be sufficient service. Office of the company Service of notices. What sufficient APPROVED Feb. 18th, 1856. NORTH GEORGIA MINING COMPANY. Sec. 1 Corporators, powers, c. Sec. 2 May hold real estate. Sec. 3 Capital Stock $500,000. Sec. 4 Board of Directors. Sec. 5 Failure to elect Directors. Sec. 6 Liability of Stockholders. Sec. 7 Books to be open to inspection. Sec. 8 By-laws and regulations. Sec. 9 Office of Company in Fannin county. Sec. 10 Spring Place Mining Company. (No. 389.) An Act to incorporate the North Georgia Mining Company. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That Nimrod S. Jarriott, Edward M. Galt, William Johnston, Benjamin Johnston, Robert G. A. Love, J. M. Wood, Charles Latimer, and their associate Stockholders, and their successors, shall be a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the North Georgia Mining Company, for the purpose of exploring for copper, silver, gold and all other metals and minerals, vending, smelting and working the same within said State, on any land or lands, that they now own, or may hereafter own or become legally possessed of, by purchase or lease, that they may deem expedient, and by that name and style may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any Court of Law or Equity in this State, having complete jurisdiction, and shall enjoy perpetual succession of officers and members, may have and use a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure, may make, ordain and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations, as they may deem necessary and expedient, to carry into effect the objects of the Company; Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations are not inconsistent with the laws of this State, or the United States, and the said Company shall use, exercise and enjoy all the rights, privileges and franchises, which are incident, or appertaining, to incorporators. Corporators; Style: Powers and privileges; By-laws; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the corporators

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above named, and hereby created, shall by its corporate name be capable in law of holding, selling and conveying the real and personal estate in the county of Fannin, or any other county of this State, now held, owned or possessed by said Company, and shall also be capable in law of purchasing, holding, selling and conveying any other real and personal estate, whatsoever, which may be necessary to enable the said corporation efficiently to carry on the operations named in the first section of this act, and shall have power, the property, real and personal, of said corporation, to pledge or mortgage to secure the payments of debts, or advances of money to its use. May hold property, c Mortgages; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said corporation hereby created shall consist of shares par value of five hundred thousand dollars of taxable effects or property within the State of Georgia, and may be increased to the sum of one million of dollars, or to a sum ten times an annual nett dividend the Company may be able to declare by legitimate mining operations; the number and value of said shares to be fixed and regulated by the Stockholders, in accordance with and in pursuance of the regulations of the by-laws, made and provided for the numbering and valuation of shares of stock in said corporation, and all persons interested in the present Company to have shares in this corporation in the same proportion, in accordance with the amount held or owned, to be evidenced as their by-laws prescribe. Capital stock Shareshow held. 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the stock property and concerns of said corporation shall be manageable by a Board of Directors, consisting of such number of persons as the by-laws of the Company may provide, to be elected annually on such day as may be fixed by the by-laws of the Company, of whom, one shall be elected to preside over the Board, to be known as, and to discharge the duties of President of said Company, and that at all elections of Directors, and in all meetings of Stockholders, each Stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock standing in his or her name, and the said stock may be represented by Attorney or proxy of the Stockholders; the stock of the Company shall be deemed and considered personal estate, and to be transferable as the by-laws may direct, and a book for the registry and transfer of all the stock shall be kept by the Book-Keeper of said Company, at their office, which book shall always be open to the inspection of each and every Stockholder, or their authorised representatives. Board of Directors. President; Votes in elections Books open to inspection 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That in case it shall appear, at any time, that an election of Directory shall not be made on the day regularly appointed therefor, by the by-laws of the corporation, the same shall not for that reason be dissolved, but shall be lawful on any other day, to hold an election in such manner as shall be provided for in said by-laws, that said Directory shall continue in office, and all their acts shall be valid until their successors shall be elected. Failure to elect; 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the Stockholders of said Company may be made liable pro rata for the debts of said

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Company to the amount of stock by them respectively taken or owned, but for no greater amount. Liability, c 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the books of said corporation containing their accounts and proceedings, shall at all reasonable times be open for the inspection of any of the Stockholders, and the said corporation shall at all times have a lien upon all the stock or property of its members, invested therein, for all debts due from them to said corporation, and pro rata for all the debts due by the Company. Books open to inspection 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the by-laws of said corporation provided for in the first section of this act, among other regulations deemed expedient for carrying out the objects of said Company, shall regulate and provide the manner, time and place of holding elections of officers, such as Directors, President, Secretary and Book-Keeper, Treasurer, Superintendent and all others deemed necessary, the fixing of duties and salaries of said officers, the filling vacancies in the Board of Directors that may occur, the paying of dividends of stock, and the transfer of stock. By laws; Electionshow held 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That the office of said Company shall be kept in the county of Fannin of this State, and in the ninth District, second section of said county, at which place all suits at law must be brought. Location of office; 10. Sec. X. Be it further enacted, That so much of this act as refers to the capital stock of said Company, shall extend to the Spring Place Mining Company, and that the capital stock thereof shall, and is hereby increased to one million of dollars. Spring Place Mining Co. APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. CANTON MINING COMPANY. 1. Corporation. 2. May hold property, c. 3. Capital stock, $960,000. 4. Business how managed. 5. Failure to elect directors on specified day. 6. Liability of stockholders. 7. Books open to inspection. 8. By-laws and regulations for elections. 9. Location of office at Canton. (No. 390.) An Act to incorporate the Canton Mining Company of Georgia. 1. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That James R. Butts, S. W. Thomson, George W. Garmany, W. C. Daniel, Foster Blodget, W. F. Harris, J. L. Keith, James G. Rogers, Joseph O. Davis, Henry Stibbs, George L. Cope, William Swift, George A. McIntire, A. H. Shuford, John Richardson, F. I Champion, J. J. Thrasher, Samuel C, Garmany, M. A. Keith and their associate stockholders, and their successors shall be, and are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic under the name and style of the Canton Mining Company of Georgia, for the purpose of exploring for copper, silver, gold and all other metals and minerals whatsoever, and for mining, vending, smelting and working the same within said State, on any land or lands that they now own or may hereafter own or become

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legally possessed of by purchase or lease, that they may deem expedient, and by that name and style may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be 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, and alter the same at pleasure, may make, ordain and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations as they deem necessary and expedient to carry into effect the objects of the company, Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations are not inconsistent with the laws of this State, or of the United States, and the said company, shall use exercise and enjoy all rights privileges and franchises, which are incident or appertaining to incorporations. Corporators Style; Company's purpose; Powers and privileges; Seal; By-laws; Proviso; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the corporation above named, and hereby created, shall by its corporate name, be capable in law of holding, selling and conveying the real and personal estate in the county of Cherokee, or any other county in this State, now held, owned and possessed by said company, and shall also be capable in law of purchasing, holding, selling and conveying any other real and personal estate whatsoever, which may be necessary to enable said corporation efficiently to carry on the operations named in the first section of this act, and shall have power the property real and personal of said corporation to pledge or mortgage, to secure the payment of debts or advances of money to its use. May hold property, c 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said corporation hereby created, shall consist of shares the par value of the whole to be nine hundred and sixty thousand dollars of taxable property, and may be increased to a sum ten times as large as a regular annual net dividend, the company may be able to declare by legitimate mining operations, the number and value of said shares to be fixed and regulated by the stockholders in accordance with and in pursuance of the regulations of the by-laws made and provided for, the numbering and valuation of shares of stock in said corporation, and all persons interested in the present company to have shares in this corporation in the same proportion in accordance with the amount held or owned to be evidenced as their by-laws may prescribe. Capital stock Increase. Shares. 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the stock, property and concerns of said corporation shall be managed by a board of directors consisting of such number of persons as the by-laws of the company may provide to be elected annually, on such days as may be fixed by the by-laws of the company, of whom one shall be elected to preside over the board to be known as, and to discharge the duties of President of said corporation, and that all elections of Directors, and in all meetings of stockholders, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock standing in his or her name, and the said stock may be represented by attorney or proxy of the stockholders, the stock of the company shall be deemed and considered personal estate, and be transferable as the by-laws may direct, and a book for the registry and transfer of all the stock shall be kept by the book keeper of said company at

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their office, which shall always be opened to the inspection of each and every stockholder, or their authorized representatives. Concernshow man'gd. President; Votes in elections Transfer of stock. 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That in case it shall appear at any time that an election of Directory shall not be made on the day regularly appointed therefor, by the by-laws of the corporation, the same shall not for that reason be dissolved, but shall be lawful on any other day to hold an election in such manner as shall be provided for in said by-laws, that said Directory shall continue in office and all their acts shall be valid until their successors shall be elected. Failure to elect. 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the stockholders of said Company may be made liable pro rata for the debts of said company, the amount of stock by them respectively taken or owned, but for no greater amount. Liabilities; 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the books of said corporation containing their accounts and proceedings shall at all reasonable times be opened for the inspection of any of the stockholders and the said corporation shall at all times have a lien upon all the stock or property of its members invested therein, for all debts due from them to said corporation, and pro rata for all the debts due by the company. Books open to inspection 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the by-laws of said corporation, provided for in the first section of this act among other regulations deemed expedient for carrying out the objects of said company, shall regulate and prescribe the manner, time and place of holding elections of officers such as directors, president, secretary and book-keeper, treasurer, superintendent and all others deemed necessary, the fixing the duties and salaries of said officers, the filling of vacancies in the board of Directors that may occur, the paying of dividends or stock, and the transfer of stock. By laws, what to prescribe. 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That the office of said company shall be kept in the town of Canton, Cherokee county, Georgia, at which place all suits at law or equity except suits touching the titles to land against the company, must be brought, and all suits processes, summons, mandates and notices there served and the service of a copy of any such writ, bill, process, summons, mandate and notice by the sheriff of said county or any other lawful officer, either personally upon the president or any other officer of said company resident of said county, or by leaving the same at his or their most notorious place of residence in said county shall be sufficient service. Location of office. Suits, c. APPROVED, Dec., 17th, 1855.

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GEORGIA WHITEPATH GOLD AND COPPER COMPANY. Sec. 1 Incorporation. Sec. 2 Object of Company. Sec. 3 Capital Stock. Sec. 4 Annual meeting of Stockholders. Sec. 5 Directors and President. Sec. 6 Location of office at Dahlonega. Sec. 7 Liabilities of Stockholders. (No. 391.) An Act to incorporate the Georgia Whitepath Gold and Copper Mining Company of North-Western Georgia. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That James J. Field, and his associates and assigns are created a body corporate and politic by the name of the Whitepath Gold and Copper Mining Company, and by that name shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in any Court of Law or Equity, and to make and use a common seal, and to alter and change the same at pleasure, and to establish such ordinances, by-laws and regulations as shall be necessary and convenient for conducting the affairs of the Company. Corporators Rights, c. By-laws, 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the object of said Company is declared to be the mining, smelting, refining and working of gold and other ores of minerals in Lumpkin, Union, Gilmer, Pickens, Fannin, Habersham, Forsyth and Cherokee counties in the State of Georgia, and for this purpose said Company are empowered to purchase and hold real and personal property, and to adopt such means and pursue such measures as shall be expedient for the successful prosecution of the same. Object, May hold property, 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said Company shall be five hundred thousand dollars with power and authority to increase the same to one million of dollars, divided into such number of shares as shall be provided for and fixed by the by-laws of said Company. Capital stock May increase 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That there shall be an annual meeting of the Stockholders of said Company at such time and place as shall be provided for, by the by-laws of said Company for the purpose of choosing five Directors to manage all the concerns thereof, who shall be Stockholders, and be elected by ballot by the Stockholders in person, or by proxy, each share entitling the holder thereof to one vote. Annual meeting. Directors shall be Stockholders Votes in elections; 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That James J. Field, and his associates and assigns shall be and continue the Directors of said Company until the first annual meeting of the Stockholders, the Directors shall appoint their President and other officers, and shall fill all vacancies that may occur in their body during the time of their appointment, and they shall continue in office until new Directors have been elected. Directors pro tem, President other officers 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall keep an office at Dahlonega in the county of Lumpkin which

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shall be considered for all Judicial purposes its location, and in which county it shall be liable to be sued. 7. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted, That each member of said incorporation shall be held jointly and severally liable for the debts of said incorporation to the amount of the stock he, she or they may hold in said incorporation, and that the members of said corporation shall be liable for the debts of said corporation and Company in the same manner, and to the same extent as ordinary corporations. Liabilities, APPROVED, February 18th, 1856. PINE MOUNTAIN AND DE SOTO MINING COMPANY. 1. Corporators Pine Mountain Company. 2. Election of Directors and President. 3. By-laws, officers and agents. 4. Capital stock. 5. Corporators De Soto Mining Company. 6. Limit of Charter. [No. 392.] An Act to incorporate the Pine Mountain Company, also the De Soto Mining Company of Whitfield county. 1. Section I. That George H. Bryan, Zachariah Ware, A. F. Johnston, E. C. Hood, Daniel Zachry, S. W. Bartly, John McGee and their associates, who may hereafter become stockholders in said company, and their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby created and constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Pine mountain Mining Company of Georgia, and by that name shall be and they are hereby made able and capable in law to have, hold, purchase, receive, work, smelt, enjoy and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, mines of minerals and metals, goods, chattels and effects, of whatsoever kind they may be, and the same to work, smelt, sell, lease, grant, demise, alien, or dispose of, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended in courts of record, and also to have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter or renew at pleasure. Corporators; Name; Powers and privileges; Seal; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the persons incorporated under this act may proceed to organize their company by electing five directors, one of whom shall be appointed President, who shall be charged with the management of the affairs and business of the company, and whose powers and duties, and terms of service shall be prescribed in the by-laws of said company. Election of Directors; President; By-laws; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the Directors of this company (any three of whom shall form a quorum) shall have power to ordain, establish, and put in execution such by-laws, rules and regulations as may be necessary and convenient for the government of said company, not inconsistent, with the laws of this State or of the United States, and shall have further power to appoint all such officers, agents, and clerks as shall be necessary for executing the business of the corporation, within and out of the State, and shall also be capable of exercising such powers and authority for

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the well governing and ordering of the affairs of this company, as shall to them appear conducive to its interest. Officers, c, 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the Capital stock of said Corporation shall be fifty thousand dollars, and may be increased by said company to one hundred thousand. Capital st'ck 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That W. L. High, G. W. Keith, L. W. Earnest, B. E. Wells, R. H. Holt, T. B. Thompson, W. K. Moore, and their associates be and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, for mining purposes, by the name and style of the De Soto Mining company with a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing it to two hundred thousand, which company for judicial purposes shall be located in the county of Whitfield, in which county it shall be suable and shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges, and subject to all the restrictions and limitations that are granted to, and imposed upon the corporation herein before mentioned. Corporators 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That this charter shall remain of force for the term of twenty-five years from the date of its passage. Limit of charter; APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. UNION COAL AND IRON COMPANY. GEORGIA COAL MINING COMPANY. POCAHONTAS MINING COMPANY. Sec. 1 Corporators Union Company. Sec. 2 Capital Stock $250,000. Sec. 3 Subscriptions to Stock. Sec. 4 Affairs managed by President. Sec. 5 Instalmentshow paid. Sec. 6 Transfer of Stock. Sec. 7 Meeting of Stockholders. Sec. 8 Corporators GEORGIA COAL MINING COMPANY. Sec. 9 Continuance of Charter. Sec. 10 Liability of Stockholders. Sec. 11 Act when to take effect. Sec. 12 POCAHONTAS MINING COMPANY. Sec. 13 Repealing clause. (No. 393.) An Act to incorporate the Union Coal and Iron Company of Georgia, Georgia Coal Mining Company, and the Pocahontas Mining Company. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That to aid in developing the mineral resources of the Cherokee counties of Georgia that Thurston R. Bloom, William B. Johnson, P. Troup, Robert Collins, Franklin S. Bloom and E. C. Rowland, and their associates and assigns shall be, and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, by the name and style of the Union Coal and Iron Company of Georgia, and by that name shall and may be capable in law of purchasing and holding all such property, real, personal and mixed as they may require for the purposes of mining Coal and other minerals, and manufacturing Iron, and for transporting to market the proceeds of their mines, lands and manufactories, and disposing of the same, and may be sued and sue in all Courts of Law and Equity, and may have and use a common seal, and generally

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do every other act or thing necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and to promote the objects of said Company as authorised by this act, with the privilege of having offices for the transaction of business at such point or points as they may deem necessary. Corporators, May hold properly Rights, c, 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the capital of said Company shall be two hundred and fifty thousand dollars with power to increase the same to five hundred thousand dollars, divided into such number of shares as shall be provided for, and fixed by the by-laws of said Company. Capital stock 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the persons before named, or any three of them shall be authorised to receive subscriptions to the capital stock of said company, and when the subscription shall amount to not less than fifty thousand dollars, the Stockholders may organise and make by-laws for the government of the Company, which by-laws shall not contain anything contrary to the laws of this State, or of the United States, each share of stock shall entitle its holder to one vote. Subscription By-laws; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the affairs of said Company shall be managed by the President, who shall be a Director, and six other Directors to be elected by the Stockholders, who shall when met as a Board have the power to appoint and employ all such officers, agents and other servants, as they shall deem necessary to attend and to transact the business of the Company, to contract, agree for, purchase, rent or hire all such lands, buildings, chattels, materials, rights, privileges and effects whatever as they may deem necessary or convenient for effecting the objects of the Company, and the same, or any part thereof, to use or otherwise dispose of. Affairshow managed; 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Directors shall have power to call for payment of instalments of any unpaid balances due on the stock, and to provide for the forfeiture and sale of any share or shares thereof in default of payment after thirty days notice shall have been given, and for the revision of such forfeiture on such terms as they shall deem reasonable. Instalments, 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the shares of said Company shall be considered and held in law as personal property and may be sold and transferred upon the books of the Company by scrip, or assigned and bequeathed by the proprietors thereof as stock. Transfer. 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That special meetings of the Stockholders may be called by a majority of the Directors, or by one or more of the Stockholders holding one fourth of the capital stock of the Company. Meetings: 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That Nathan Bass, James R. Butts and their associates and successors be, and they are hereby made a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Georgia Coal Mining Company, with all the rights and privileges conferred in the foregoing sections of this act. Corperators. 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force for seventy years. Continuance of charter,

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10. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That the private property of the Stockholders shall be liable for the debts of the Company as in cases of co-partnership. Liability, 11. Sec. XI. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from and immediately after its passage. when to take effect, 12. Sec. XII. And be it further enacted, That John M. Wood, Thomas Callaway, Edward M. Galt, Francis W. Galt, Jeptha Patterson be, and they are hereby incorporated under the the name of the Pocahontas Mining Company with all the rights, privileges and immunities confirmed [conferred] in the foregoing act. Corporators, 13. Sec. XIII. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 14th, 1856. AURIFEROUS HILL GOLD MINING COMPANY. SEC. 1 Corporators, powers, c. SEC. 2 Capital stock $250,000. SEC. 3 By-laws and regulations. SEC. 4 May hold property, SEC. 5 Location of office. SEC. 6 Montrose Manufacturing Company, SEC. 7 Exempt from Corporation laws of Sparta. SEC. 8 Manufacturing incorporation. SEC. 9 Articles of manufacture SEC. 10 NameEtowah Company, SEC. 11 By-laws, rules, c. SEC. 12 May mine for iron ore. SEC. 13 Capital stock, SEC. 14 Valuation of stock. SEC. 15 Dividends. SEC. 16 Subordinate Companies liability, c. No. 394. An Act to incorporate the Auriferous Hill Gold Mining Company, also the Montrose Manufacturing Company, also the Etowah Manufacturing and Mining Company, and for other purposes. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Thomas Leay, and George McGruder, and their associates and assigns, be and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate under the name and style of the Auriferous Hill Mining Company for the purpose of mining for gold, and as such shall sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, make, have and use a common seal, and alter and destroy the same at pleasure. Corporators; Style, Seal; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said company shall consist of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, with the privilege hereby granted to said company of increasing the same to five hundred thousand dollars to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. Capital st'ck 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the Corporators, or a majority of them, shall have power to make such by-laws, rules, and regulations, as they may deem necessary and proper for the management of the affairs of said company, not conflicting with the laws or constitution of this State; that the corporators before mentioned shall have power to open books of subscription at such time and place, and under such rules and regulations for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions as they may deem fit. By-laws, Books of Subscription 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted That said company shall have the power to purchase and hold real and personal estate

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and the same to sell at pleasure, for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects for which the powers herein are granted. May hold property 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That said company shall keep an office in the county of Columbia, in the State of Georgia, which shall be considered for all judicial purposes its location, and in which county it shall be sued. Location of office; 6 Sec VI. Be it further enacted, That Wm. Waly and others be and they are hereby incorporated under the name of the Montrose Manufacturing company, located in Sparta, Hancock County, with all the rights, privileges and liabilities now granted to or imposed upon companies in this State, organized for the manufacture of yarns and other cotton goods; the capital stock of such company to be thirty-five thousand dollars. incorporated Name; Rights and privileges Capital stock 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That if the corporate limits of the Village of Sparta shall be extended, the property of said company shall not be considered by such extension as embrac ed in said corporate limits, or liable to the laws and regulations of the corporate authority of said Village. Exemptions. 8. Sec VIII. And be it further enacted, that Mark A Cooper of Cass county, together with such persons as may hereafter associate with him, for the purposes hereinafter expressed, is hereby constituted a body corporate, with power of continual succession to him and them and his and their heirs and assigns, with power to sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, to hold, alien, and convey, buy and receive lands and tenements, rights interests and chattels, and to have and use a common seal and the same to change or alter at their pleasure, to make and execute contracts, promissory notes, bonds and other obligations under seal or not under seal and with or without their corporate seal, all of which shall bind the property and interests of said corporation, and also the private property of any member of said corporation, in proportion to the amount of stock or interest held or owned by such member. Incorporated Powers and privileges; Seal, Contracts. 9. Sec IX. Said corporation shall have power to manufacture any and all manner of fabrics made of iron or steel, or other metal, or of wood, wool, cotton, grain or other raw material, and to vend the products thereof, and buy and sell such goods, wares, merchandize, articles and commodities as may be necessary for carrying on their business. Articles of manufacture 10. Sec. Sec. X. Be it further enacted, That said body corporate shall be known by the name of the Etowah Manufacturing and mining company, by which name it shall sue and be sued, and do and perform whatsoever it is by this act authorised to do, and all instruments in writing and contracts under seal, or otherwise, and all deeds to or from said body corporate, shall be signed or executed or signed and executed through and with such officer, or agent as said body corporate, shall appoint and direct. Name; Contracts; 11. Sec. XI. Said body corporate shall have power to ordain and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations for the government and conduct of its officers and agents, as it shall deem appropriate to its business Provided, they be not contrary to the constitution or laws of this State, or of the United States. By-laws

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12. Sec. XII. Said Company shall have power to mine for iron ore, or other minerals when deemed proper by them, and at such places as they may select. May mine for iron ore: 13 Sec XIII The capital stock of said company may consist of the property in Cass county now held by said Mark A Cooper consisting of ten thousand acres of land, more or less, on which are located the Etowah Flouring Mills, Rolling Mills and Furnace, and such other property and money as may hereafter be associated and connected therewith by said company. Capital stock 15. Sec. XIV. Said stock may be valued by said company at such sum as they may determine on, and divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. Valuation; 15. Sec. XV. Be it further enacted, That no dividend shall be declared or paid by said company except from the nett profits of its business. Dividends. 16. Sec. XVI. Said company shall have power to establish subordinate companies, associated or not, with the body corporate established by this act, for like purposes, and with like powers, privileges, liabilities, duties and disabilities, and such subordinate company or companies when so established may be separate from and independent of the body corporate established by this act, and shall be managed and directed according to the provisions of this act Provided, in all cases, that when the said Etowah Manufacturing and Mining Company shall establish a subordinate company as herein provided, it shall be the duty of the original together with such subordinate company, to unite in a notice to be published weekly for one month, in some newspaper of general circulation in the region where such subordinate company is proposed to be established, declaring the establishment by the original company of such subordiate company, and the particular locality in which it is established, the name of the stockholders, and the amount of stock held by each, declaring the name also of the subordinate company, and whether such subordinate company is independent or associated with the original companyand provided further, that where companies subordinate in their first establishment, shall subsequently by the act of the stockholders, become independent of the original company the said original company shall be held bound for the liabilities of said companies so becoming independent, unless the said original company shall cause publication of notice as before required in this section to be made, of the separation and independence of the same. Subordinate companies; how man'gd Proviso; Liabilities; APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (PART OF ACT 233.) MARIETTA COPPER COMPANY. SEC. 1 Corporators of Marietta Copper Company. SEC. 2 Directors and President. SEC. 3 By-laws. SEC. 4 Capital stock. SEC. 5 Repealing clause. 1. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That John C. Shugart, George Gilbert and Henry Lewis and their associates, who may

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hereafter become stockholders in said company, and their successors and assigns shall be, and they are hereby created and constituted a corporation and body politic by the name and style of the Marietta Copper Company, and by that name may have, hold, purchase, receive, work, smelt, enjoy, and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, mines of minerals and metals, goods, chattels and effects of whatsovever kind the same may be, and the same to work, smelt, sell, lease, grant or dispose of, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered in courts of record and also to have and use a common seal. Corporators; Style, Rights and privileges; Seal: 2. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the persons incorporated under this act may proceed to organize their company by electing three directors, one of whom shall be appointed President, who shall be charged with the management of the business of the company. Directors and President: 3. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That said Directors shall have power to establish such by-laws, rules and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said company not inconsistent with the laws or constitution of this State, or the United States, and shall have power to appoint all such officrs, clerks or agents as shall be necessary for executing the business of the company. By-laws; 4. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said corporation shall be one hundred thousand dollars, and may be increased by said company to two hundred thousand dollars. Capital stock 100,000 dolls may be doubled; 5. Sec. IX. (Repeals conflicting laws.) Previous sections under titles Academies and Churches. GARNET HILL MINING COMPANY. Sec. 1 Corporators. Sec. 2 To hold real estate. Sec. 3 Capital Stock. Sec. 4 Directors and President. Sec. 5 Failure to elect regularly. Sec. 6 Liability of Stockholders. Sec. 7 Books of Company may be open to inspection. Sec. 8 By-laws and regulations. Sec. 9 Office in Dallas, Paulding county. (No. 395.) An Act to incorporate the Garnet Hill Mining Company of Georgia. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That William Barber, H. Anderson, James Hamby, Daniel H. Hoyle, W. F. Harris, George W. Garmany, George S. Hoyle, Skidmore Harris, George A. Mclntyre, A. F. Harris, J. T. Rogers, George V. James, and their associate Stockholders, and their successors shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the Garnet Hill Mining Company of Georgia, for the purpose of exploring for copper, silver, gold and all other metals and minerals whatsoever, and for mining, vending, smelting and working the same, within said State, on any land or lands that they now own, or may hereafter own, or become legally possessed of, by purchase or lease, that they may deem expedient, and by that name and style may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer

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and be 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, and alter the same at pleasure, may make, ordain and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations, as they deem necessary and expedient to carry into effect the objects of the Company, Provided, such by-laws rules and regulations are not inconsistent with the laws of this State, or the United States, and the said Company shall use, exercise and enjoy all rights, privileges and franchises, which are incident or appertaining to incorporations. Corporators; Style; Rights, c. By-laws. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the corporation above named and hereby created, shall by its corporate name be capable in law of holding, selling and conveying the real and personal estate in the county of Paulding, or any other county in this State, now held, owned or possessed by said Company and shall also be capable in law of purchasing, holding, selling and conveying any other real and personal estate whatsoever which may be necessary to enable said corporation efficiently to carry on the operations named in the first section of this act, and shall have power the property, real and personal, of said corporation, to pledge, or mortgage, to secure the payment of debts, or advances of money to its use. May hold property, c Mortgage to secure debts; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said corporation hereby created, shall consist of shares par value of the whole, shall be five hundred thousand dollars of taxable effects or property within the State of Georgia, and may be increased to a sum ten times an annual nett dividend the Company may be able to declare by legitimate mining operations, the number and value of said shares to be fixed and regulated by the Stockholders in accordance with and in pursuance of the regulations of the by-laws, made and provided for the numbering and valuation of shares of stock in said corporation, and all persons interested in the present Company to have shares in this corporation in the same proportion in accordance with the amount held or owned, to be evidenced as their by laws may prescribe. Capital st'ck Increase; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the stock property and concerns of said corporations, shall be managed by a Board of Directors, consisting of such number of persons as the by-laws of the Company may provide to be elected annually on such day as may be fixed by the by-laws of the Company, of whom, one shall be elected to preside over the Board, to be known as, and to discharge the duties of President of said corporation, and that at all elections of Directors, and in all meetings of Stockholders each Stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock standing in his or her name, and the said stock may be represented by Attorney or proxy of the Stockholder; the stock of the Company shall be deemed and considered personal estate, and be transferable as the by-laws may direct, and a book for the registry and transfer of all the stock, shall be kept by the Book-Keeper of said Company at their office, which book shall always be open to the

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inspection of each and every Stockholder, or their authorised representatives. Stockhow held. Directors President, Votes. By proxy Transfer; 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That in case it shall appear at any time, that an election of Directory shall not be made on the day regularly appointed therefor by the by-laws of the corporation, the same shall not for that reason be dissolved, but shall be lawful on any other day to hold an election in such manner as shall be provided for in said by-laws. That said Directory shall continue in office, and all their acts shall be valid until their successors shall be elected. Failure to elect, c How provided for; 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the stockholders of said company may be made liable pro rata for the debts of said company to the amount of stock by them respectively taken or owned, but for no greater amount. Stockholders liability. 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the books of said corporation, containing their accounts and proceedings shall at all reasonable times be open for the inspection of any of the stockholders, and the said corporation shall at all times have a lien upon all the stock or property of its members invested therein, for all debts due from them to said corporation, and pro rata for all the debts due by the company. Books may be inspected 8. SEC. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the by-laws of said corporation, provided for in the first section of this act, among other regulations deemed expedient for carrying out the objects of said company, shall regulate and provide the manner, time and place of holding elections of officers such as Directors, President, Secretory and book-keeper, Treasurer, Superintendent, and all others deemed necessary, the fixing the duties and salaries of said officers, the filling of vacancies in the board of Directors that may occur, the paying off dividends on stock, and the transfers of stock. By-laws, c. 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That the office of said company shall be kept in the town of Dallas, Paulding county, Georgia, at which place all suits at law or equity, except suits touching titles to land against the company must be brought, and all suits, processes, summonses, mandates and notices must be served, and the service of a copy of any such writ, bill, process, summons, mandate and notice by the Sheriff of said county, or any other lawful officer, either personally upon the President or any other officer of said company resident of said county, or by leaving the same at his or their most notorious place of residence in said county shall be sufficient service. Office in Dallas, Paulding [Illegible Text]; Service of writs, c; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. AMERICAN MINING COMPANY. Sec. 1 CorporatorsBusiness. Sec. 2 DirectorsPresident. Sec. 3 Shares of Company. Sec. 4 Votes in Elections. (No. 396.) An Act to incorporate the American Mining Company. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Thomas J. Buchanan,

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George W. Wylly, John D. Dellanoy and John S. Montmollin, and their associates, successors and assigns be, and they are hereby created and made a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the American Mining Company, to carry on a general mining business, in all its branches, on Lots of Land numbers one hundred and ninety-eight, and one hundred and ninety-nine, in the fourteenth District and second section of Cherokee county, now the property of the corporators herein named, or on any other lot or lots that may hereafter legally become the property of this Company, within the State of Georgia, that said Company be empowered to make by-laws, rules and regulations as to control the operations of their mining business, Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations are not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States; that said corporation have the right to make and use a common seal, the same to alter and change at pleasure, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Courts of competent jurisdiction in this State. Corporators Business By-laws. 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That immediately after the granting of this Charter, the corporators in the same shall have the power to organize and elect five Directors, who from their own number shall elect a President, and annual elections to elect five Directors shall be held hereafter so long as the Company exists. Election of Directors; President; 3. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the American Mining Company be, and they are hereby authorized to divide their property in the mining interests into shares, and to place such value on said shares, from time to time, as the developments of their mining operations may authorise, that said Company be authorised to issue scrip for said shares, but that no scrip shall be transferable, except on the books of the Company by the owners, or some one duly authorised by him, her or them. Shares; 4. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, That in electing Directors that each shareholder have the right to one vote for each and every share he, she or they may hold, and that shareholders be allowed to vote either by person or by proxy. Votes in elections APPROVED March 1st, 1856. FINCH MINING COMPANY. SEC. 1 Corporatorsbusiness. SEC. 2 May hold real estate. SEC. 3 Capital stockvalue of shares. SEC. 4 Board of DirectorsPresident SEC. 5 Failure to elect Directors. SEC. 6 Liability of stockholders. SEC. 7 Book open to inspection. SEC. 8 By-laws and regulations. SEC. 9 Office to be in Canton Cherokee County. SEC. 10 CorporatorsRich Mountain Mining Company. SEC. 11 Repealing clause. No. 397. An Act to incorporate the Finch Mining Company of Cherokee County, Georgia, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 4. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That E. R. Finch, R. F. Daniel, and Cain Poins, and their associates stockholders, and their successors shall be and they are hereby declared a body corporate and

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politic, under the name and style of the Finch Mining Company of Cherokee county, Georgia, for the purpose of exploring for copper, silver, gold and all other metals and minerals whatever, and for mining, vending, smelting and working the same within said State, and county, on any land or lands that they may now own, or may hereafter own, or become legally possessed of by purchase or lease, that they may deem expedient, and by that name and style, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in any Court of law or equity in this State having competent jurisdiction, and shall enjoy perpetual succession of officers and membersmay have and use a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure, may make, ordain and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem necessary and expedient for carrying out the objects of the company; Provided, such by-laws, rules and regulations are not inconsistent with the laws of the State, or of the United States, and the said company shall use, exercise and enjoy, all rights privileges and franchises which are incident or appertaining to incorporations. Corporation Business Powers and privileges; By-laws: 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the corporation above named, and hereby created, shall by its corporate name, be capable in law of holding, selling and conveying the real and personal estate, in the county of Cherokee, or any other county in this State, now held, owned, or possessed by said company and shall be capable in law of purchasing, holding, selling and conveying any other real and personal estate whatever, which may be necessary to enable the said corporation efficiently to carry on the operations named in the first section of this bill, and shall have power over the property, real and personal, of said corporation, to pledge or mortgage to secure the payment of debts or advances of money to its use. May hold and dispose of property. 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said company or corporation, shall consist of shares, the par value of the whole to be one hundred thousand dollars of taxable property, and may be increased by the stockholders to five million dollars, (as a regular annual nett dividend the company may be able to declare by legitimate mining operations,) the number and value of said shares to be fixed and regulated by the stockholders in accordance with and in pursuance of the regulations and by laws of said corporation, the numbering and valuation of shares of stock in said corporation, and all persons interested in the present company to have shares in this corporation in the same manner or proportion in accordance with the amount held or owned, to be evidences as their by-laws may prescribe. Capital st'ck Shares; 4 Sec IV. And be it further enacted, That the stock property and concerns of said corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors, consisting of such number of persons as the by-laws of the company may provide, to be elected annually on such day as may be fixed by the by-laws, one of whom shall be elected to preside over the Board, to be known as, and to discharge the duties of President of said corporation, and that in all elections of Directors, and in all meetings of stockholders, each stockholder shall be entitled to

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one vote for each share of stock standing in his or her name, and the said stock may be represented by attorney or proxy of the stockholders, the stock of the company shall be deemed personal estate, and be transferable as the by-laws may direct, and a book for the registry and transfer of all the stock shall be kept by the Book-Keeper of said company at their office, which shall always be open to the inspection of each and every stockholder or their authorised representatives. Directors President; Book. 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That in case it shall appear at any time that an election of Directors shall not be made on the day regularly appointed therefor by the laws of the corporation, the same shall not for that reason be dissolved, but shall be lawful on any other day to hold an election in such manner as shall be provided for in the said by-laws, that said directory shall continue in office, and all their official acts be valid, until their successors shall be elected. Failure to elect, c, 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the stockholders of said company may be liable pro rata for the debts of said company to the amount of stock by them respectively taken or owned but for no greater amount. Liabilities; 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the books of said corporation containing the accounts and proceedings, shall at all reasonable times be opened for the inspection of any of the stockholders, and the said corporation shall at all times have a lien upon all the stock or property of its members invested therein for all debts due from them to said corporation, and pro rata for all the debts due by the company. Books open to inspection 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the by-laws provided for in the first section of this bill, among other regulations deemed expedient for carrying out the objects of said company, shall regulate and prescribe the manner time and place of holding elections of officers, such as Directors, President, Secretary, and Book-Keeper, Treasurer, Superintendent, and all others deemed necessary, the fixing the duties and salaries of said officers, the filling of vacancies in the Board of Directors that may occur, the paying of dividends on stock, and the transfer of stock. Rules and regulations; Salaries; 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That the office of said company shall be kept in the town of Canton, in Cherokee county, Ga, at which place all suits at law or equity, except suits touching the titles to land against the company must be brought, and all suits, processes, summonses, mandates and notices there served, and the service of a copy of any such writ, bill, process summons, mandate or notice by the Sheriff of said county, or any other lawful officer, either personally upon the President, or any other officer of said Company, resident of said county of Cherokee, or by leaving the same at his or their notorious place of residence in said county, shall be sufficient service. Location of office; 10. Sec. X. Be it further enacted, That William G. Smith, Jr., James M. Durden, and their associates, be and they are hereby ereated a body corporate and politic, for mining purposes, by the name and style of the Rich Mountain Mining Company, with a capital

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stock of not more than one hundred thousand dollars, which company, for judicial purposes shall be located in the county of Pickens, in which county it shall be sueable, and shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges, and subject to all restrictions and limitations that are granted to and imposed upon the corporation hereinafter named; the charter of this company shall continue for the period of twenty years, and no longer. Corporators; Rich Mountain Mining Company; Limit of Charter. 11. Sec. XI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 1st, 1856. STONY POINT MINING COMPANY. 1. Corporations. 2. May hold real estate. 3. Capital Stock. 4. Board of Directors. 5. Failure to elect, how provided for. 6. Liability of stockholders. 7. Books to be open for inspection. 8. By-laws and Regulations. 9. Office to be kept in the county of Columbia. No. 398. An Act to incorporate the Stony Point Mining Company of Georgia. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That Dr. Peter F. Hoyle, Seaborn P. Hutchingson, Thomas R. Hoyle, Andrew H. Hoyle, Adam Hoyle, and their associate stockholders, and their successors shall be, and they are hereby declared to be, a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the Stony Point Mining Company of Georgia, for the purpose of exploring for gold, silver, copper, and all other metals and minerals whatsoever, and for mining, vending, smelting and working the same, within said State, on any land or lands, that they now own, or may hereafter own, or become legally possessed of by purchase or lease that they may deem expedient, and by that name and style may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be 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, and alter the same at pleasure, may make, ordain and establishsuch by-laws, rules and regulations as are not inconsistent with the laws of this State, or the United States; and the said company shall use, exercise and enjoy all rights privileges, and franchises which are incident or appertaining to incorporations. Corporators; Name. Powers and privileges: 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the corporation above named and hereby created, shall by its corporate name, be capable in law of holding, selling and conveying the real and personal estate in the county of Columbia or any other county in this State, now held, owned or possessed by said company, and shall also be capable in law of purchasing, holding, selling and conveying any other real and personal estate whatsoever, which may be necessary to enable the said corporation, efficiently to carry on the operations named in the first section of this act, and shall have power over the property, real and personal, of said corporation, to pledge or mortgage to secure the payments of debts, or advances of money to its use. May hold property, c Mortgage,c

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3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said corporation hereby created, shall consist of shares the par value of the whole to be two hundred thousand dollars, and may be increased to a sum ten times as large, the number and value of said shares to be fixed and regulated by the stockholders in accordance with, and in pursuance of the regulations of the by-laws made and provided for the numbering and valuation of shares of stock in said corporation. And all persons interested in the present company to have shares in this corporation in the same proportion in accordance with the amount held or owned, to be evidenced as their by-laws may prescribe. Capital st'ck 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the stock, property and concerns of said corporation shall be managed by a board of directors consisting of such number of persons as the by-laws of the company may provide to be elected annually on such day as may be fixed by the by-laws of the company, of whom one shall be elected to preside over the board to be known as, and to discharge the duties of President of said corporation, and that all elections of Directors, and in all meetings of the stockholders, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock standing in his or her name, and the said stock may be represented by attorney or proxy of the stockholders, the stock of the company shall be deemed, and considered personal estate, and be transferable as the by-laws may direct, and a book for the registry and transfer of all the stock shall be kept by the book-keeper of said company at their office, which shall always be opened to the inspection of each and every stockholder, or their authorized representatives. Election of Directors; President Votes in elections 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That in case it shall appear at any time that an election of Directors shall not be made on the day regularly appointed therefor, by the by-laws of the corporation, the same shall not for that reason be dissolved, but shall be lawful on any other day to hold an election in such manner as shall be provided for in said by-laws, that said Directory shall continue in office and all their acts shall be valid until their successors shall be elected. Failure to elect, c 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted. That the stockholders of said corporation may be made liable pro rata for the debts of said company, the amount of stock, by them respectively taken or owned, but for no greater amount. Liability; 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the books of said conporation containing their accounts and proceedings shall at all reasonable times be opened for the inspection of any of the stockholders, and the said corporation shall at all times have a lien upon all the stock or property of its members invested therein for all debts due from them to said corporation, and pro rata for all the debts due by the company. Books open to inspection 8. Sec, VIII. And be it further enacted, That the by-laws of said corporation, provided for in the first secton, of this bill among other regulations deemed expedient for carrying out the objects of said company, shall regulate and prescribe the manner, time and place of holding elections of officers such as Directors, President,

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Secretary, Book-keeper, Treasurer, Superintendent and all others deemed necessary, the fixing the dates, and salaries of said officers, the filling of vacancies in the board of Directors, that may occur, the paying of dividends on stock, and the transfer of stock. By-laws; 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That the Stony Point Mining Company of Georgia, shall have the privilege of holding their office in the county of Columbia, where all suits at law or equity (except suits touching the titles to land against the company,) must be brought and in all suits, processes, summons, mandates and notices there served, and the service of a copy of any such writ, bill, processes, summons, mandate and notice by the Sheriff of said county, or any other lawful officer, either personally upon the President, or any other officer of said company resident of said county, or by leaving the same at his or her most notorious place of residence in said county, shall be sufficient service. Location of office; APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. FORT GAINES BRIDGE COMPANY. Sec. 1 Corporators, c. Sec. 2 Capital Stock. Sec. 3 By-laws. Sec. 4 Liability of Stockholders. Sec. 5 Construction of Piers. Sec. 6 Redress of Injuries. Sec. 7 Privileges granted to C. T. Shillman. Sec. 8 Repealing clause. (No. 399.) An Act to incorporate the Fort Gaines Bridge Company, and to punish those who may wilfully impair the same, and to authorise the bridging of Etowah River. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Charles F. Bemis, James McRae, Martin W. Stamper, John West, John H. Jones, and their associates, their, theirs, successors and assigns be, and they are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name and style of the Fort Gaines Bridge Company, for the purpose of constructing and keeping up and using a bridge over the Chattahoochee river in the county of Clay, in the vicinity of the town of Fort Gaines, and by such corporate name shall be capable in law to purchase, hold, possess, sell and convey real and personal estate sufficient for the purposes of this corporation, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in any Court of Law and Equity in the State of Georgia, or United States, to have and use a common seal, and the, same to alter and destory at their pleasure. Corporators; Style; May hold property, c 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said Company shall be twenty-five thousand dollars should the majority of the corporators deem it necessary for the construction of said Bridge, and may be increased by them to fifty thousand dollars should they deem it necessary, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, to be assignable and transferable according to such regulations as said corporation may adopt, and that the subscription

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for said stock shall be registered by said corporation, and shall at all times be open for the inspection of the Stockholders. Capital stock By-laws. 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That said Company or corporation shall have full power to make such by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of said corporation in the constructing and keeping up said bridge as to them may seem proper, Provided, such by-laws do not conflict with the Constitution and laws of said State, and that said corporation may appoint a Board of Directors to manage the same under the aforesaid by-laws. By-laws; proviso; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the Stockholders of said Company shall respectively be liable for the debts of said Company to the amount of stock by them subscribed or owned until the full amount shall be paid in, and that the said bridge property shall always be liable for its debts. Liabilities. 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall be allowed to construct such piers and abutments in the said Chattahoochee river for the support of said bridge as to them may seem proper, Provided, they do not obstruct the free navigation of said river for boats, and that they be allowed to charge and receive for the passing over said bridge the same rates of tolls as are allowed by law for crossing at the Columbus Bridge. May construct piers; Proviso; 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That in case any person or persons shall wilfully or negligently impair said bridge, or any part thereof, whereby said Company shall sustain loss, he or she shall pay to said Company all such damages, which may be sued for, and recovered in the same manner as provided by law for individuals in like cases, and shall further be subject to indictment and punished as now provided by law for individuals. Injuries, how redressed; 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That Charles T. Shillman of the county of Cass be, and he is hereby authorized to build a bridge across the Etowah river in said county, at or near the mouth of Raccoon Creek, and charge the usual rates of toll for crossing on said bridge, or to erect a ferry at the same place, and charge the usual rates of toll or ferriage for crossing thereat, provided, he shall first get the consent of the owner of the land on the north side of said river before he shall build said bridge or erect said ferry. Privileges granted to Charles T Shillman 8. Sec. VIII. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. COLUMBIA MINING COMPANY. Sec. 1 Act of incorporation amended. Sec. 2 Repealing clause. (No. 400.) An Act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate a Company in the county of Columbia and State of Georgia, to be known by the name and style of the Columbia Mining Company, and to grant certain privileges thereto, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 1. Section 1. Be it enacted, c., That so much of the third section of said act be amended as to allow the Parks Mining Company

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in said section mentioned, the privilege of holding meetings of its Stockholders for the purpose of organizing said Company and the adoption of by-laws for the government of said Company, in the city of Augusta in said State, and to allow the President and Directors of said Company to hold their meetings for the transaction of business in said city of Augusta, and to legalise all meetings which may heretofore have been held in said city by the Stockholders of said Parks Mining Company for the purposes aforesaid. Meeting may be held in Augusta; 2. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. MASONIC HALL, SAVANNAH. 1. Corporators, style. 2. Rights and privileges. 3. May hold and dispose of lands. 4. Other charters, officers how appointed. 5. Privileges extended to charter Lodge. 6. Vacancies. 7. May issue scrip. 8. Union Lodge incorporated. 9. Provisions extended to Hamilton Lodge. 10. Emory, and Woodbury Lodges. No. 401. An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Masonic Hall in the city of Savannah, and for other purposes. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, Moses A. Cohen, High Priest; Amos E. Webster, King; and James M. Prentiss, Scribe of Georgia Chapter, number three (3) of Royal Arch Masons, of Savannah,, and such persons as shall from time to time be elected their successors in said offices by said Chapter, and Richard J. Turner, Worshipful Master; Amos E. Webster, Senior Warden and John S. Montmollin, Junior Warden; Coloneous Lodge, number one, (1) of Ancient York Masons, and James M. Prentiss, Worshipful Master, John M. Guerard, Sen. Warden, and Wm. P. Holland, Junior Warden of Benubbable [Zerubbabel] Lodge, number fifteen, Ancient York Masons and such persons as shall from time to time be elected, their successors in said offices by said Coloneous Lodge and Benubbable Lodge, shall be and they are hereby constituted and created a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Masonic Hall in the city of Savannah. ncorporated Style; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the parties so incorporated as aforesaid, and their successors, shall be, and they are hereby authorized to have and use a common seal and to alter the same at pleasure, and by their corporate name aforesaid to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any court of law or equity, and also to ordain, establish, and alter at pleasure such by-laws, rules and regulations as may seem necessary and convenient for the management of such corporations, or for the government thereof. Seal; Rights, c; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the parties so incorporated and their successors shall be, and they are hereby authorized and impowered to have, hold use and enjoy, purchase, receive, possess and alien or dispose of at pleasure, lands, houses, rents,

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goods and other property both real and personal, to an amount not exceeding at any one time the value of one hundred thousand dollars. 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That should the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Georgia, or the Grand Lodge of ancient York Masons thereof at any time hereafter charter any other Chapter or Chapters, Lodge or Lodges in the city of Savannah. it shall and may be lawful for the parties herein incorporated and their successors or a majority of them by writing under their corporate seal, to create and constitute the officers of such Chapter or Chapters, Lodge or Lodges, corresponding in rank to the corporators herein named, and their successors from time to time, entitled to said offices, Trustees of said Masonic Hall, as fully and effectually and with the same right and power, to them and their successors as if they had been included by name in this act. but the said parties herein incorporated. and their successors shall be at liberty to prescribe the terms upon which such newly chartered Chapter or Chapters, Lodge or Lodges shall be admitted to receive the benefits of this act. If other charters are granted, c. Powers and privileges; 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the privileges of section four, of this act be, and the same are hereby extended to Charter Lodge, number fifty-four (54) Ancient York Masons. Privileges extended 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That whenever any vacancy or vacancies in the board of Trustees created by this act shall occur by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, such person as shall be appointed to fill the vacancy in the office of such Trustee so dying, removing or resigning in the Masonic body to which he belonged under the by-laws of such body, shall by virtue of said appointment be created and constituted the successor of said Trustee in the board of Trustees. vacaneies; 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That the parties herein incorporated, and their successors shall be, and they are hereby authorized under their corporate seal, to issue scrip to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the purpose of raising funds for the erection of a Masonic Hall in the city of Savannah, which shall operate as a lien in the hands of the holder upon the estate both real and personal of said corporation, and shall bear interest at the rate of seven per centum per annum, and be redeemable at par according to such regulations as may be adopted by said board of Trustees. Scrip of st'ck Lien; 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That Union Lodge, number ninety-six, (96) of free and accepted Masons, in the county of Liberty, be and the same is hereby made a body corporate under the name and style aforesaid with all the rights and privileges granted in the above act. incorporated Styla. 9. Sec. IX. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall extend to Hamilton Lodge, number fifty-eight, A. Y. M., and that William Hodges, Mark Newman and Beverly D. Evans, and their associates and successors in office be, and they are hereby constituted a board of Trustees for the same. Privileges extended; 10. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, That the officers of Emory

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Lodge of free and accepted Masons, number one hundred and seventy, in the village of St. Cloud, Heard county, and the officers of Woodbury Lodge, number one hundred and forty-nine, of Meriwether county, be and they are hereby made bodies corporate under the name and style aforesaid, with all the powers, rights and privileges usually conferred upon Lodges of Free Masons by acts of incorporation. Incorporated APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. HYDRANT WATER COMPANY. Sec. 1 Incorporationrights. Sec. 2 Appointment of Officers. Sec. 4 Rules and regulations. Sec. 4 Punishment of injuries. Sec. 5 Repealing clause. No. 402. An Act to incorporate the Hydrant Water Company of Columbus. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Alfred Iverson, or such person or persons who may be hereafter his assignees or associates, in the ownership of the Hydrant Water Works of said city of Columbus, be and he or they are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of the Hydrant Water Company of Columbus, and as such may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended against, in all manner of action or suits at law or in equity, in any Court of this State, and may at his or their option, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter or renew at pleasure. Corporators: Style, Powers and privileges. Seal. 2. Sec. II. That said company shall have power to appoint such Directors, President, Treasurer or other officers, to regulate and control the business and affairs of said company as said company may deem necessary and proper, and at such times as they may establish, and may make any by-laws or regulations for the management of said company and its business that they may deem proper, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws now in force in this State. Officers and managers, By-laws; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That said company may establish and ordain from time to time, rules and regulations for the government of the use of water from their works, so far as respects the preservation and restraining the waste or illegal use thereof, and may impose penalties for the violation of said rules and regulations so that such penalty shall not in any case exceed five dollars, which penalties may be recovered with costs in the name of the company, before any Justice of the Peace in said city, or the county in which the defendant resides, said rules and regulations shall be published in two or more newspapers in said city of Columbus for at least thirty days in every year during the continuance of the same, and a copy of the same certified by the President or other executive officer of said company, with his affidavit of publication as aforesaid, shall be received in evidence in said Courts in any case in which said company shall be a party. Regulations; Penalty; Limit.

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4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall wilfully or maliciously injure or destroy any of the works or property of said company, or who shall wilfully or maliciously commit any act which shall injuriously affect or tend to affect the water of said company, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dollars, at the discretion of the Court, and shall be liable to said company for damages on the civil side of the Court in action of trespass on the case. Injuries, how punished 5. Sec. V. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 14th, 1856. LINCOLN COUNTY MINING COMPANY. Sec. 1 Corporators, Sec. 2 Capital stock $100,000. Sec. 3 Liability. Sec. 4 May buy and sell land, c. (No. 403.) An Act to incorporate Lincoln County Mining Company, 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Lafayette Lamar, and Payton W Sale, their associates and assigns be and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, to be located at Goshen in Lincoln county, under the name of the Goshen Mining Company, for the purpose of mining for gold and copper, and as such shall sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded. Corporators. Powers and privileges; 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted That the capital stock of said company shall consist of one hundred thousand dollars, with the privilege hereby granted to said company of increasing the same to to the sum of four hundred thousand dollars, the said stock to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars, that said company shall be under the direction of such officers as may be selected by the stockholders under such laws as said stockholders may adopt for their government. Capital st'ck 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the private property as well as the corporate property of the stockholders of said company, shall be bound for the payment of the debts of the Company. Stockholders liable, c; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That said Company shall be entitled to buy and sell any land that they may see fit for the purpose of carrying out the mining purposes and objects for which this charter is granted. May hold and convey real estate; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. DALTON COPPER COMPANY. Sec. 1, Extension of limitation. No. 404. An Act to alter and amend the sixth section of an act approved February 11 th., 1854, entitled an act to incorporate the Dalton and Copper Mine, Turnpike, Plank and Rail Road Company, and to allow the Company to build a Turnpike, Plank and Rail Road.

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1 Section I. Be it enacted, c That so much of the above recited act as requires said company to begin the construction of the said Turnpike, Plank or Rail road within two years from the date of said act, and complete the same within ten years, be and the same is hereby repealed, and that said time for commencement of said Turnpike, Plank or Rail Road, be extended to three years, and the completion of the same to ten years from the passage of this act, before the forfeiture in said section shall accrue, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Limitation extended, c APPROVED March 5th, 1855. APPALACHEE MINING COMPANY. Sec. 1 Corporators, Sec. 2 Location of office. Sec. 3 Alta California Mining Company. [No. 405.] An Act to incorporate the Appalachee Mining Company, and to confer certain privileges on the same, and to incorporate the Alta California Mining Company. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That Merit Camp, Dr. John R. Moore, John L. Reed and their associates, successors and assigns be and they are hereby created and declared a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Appalachee Mining Company, and in and by that name shall be enabled to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Court of Law or Equity having competent jurisdiction in this State, and to purchase, lease, rent and hold and to sell and convey any and all such estate and property, either real, personal or mixed, as may be by them considered necessary or convenient for testing or mining purposes, and may make and use a common seal, and the same alter at pleasure, and may provide for and select such officers and agents, and make such laws for their own regulations and government, as they may from time to time see proper Provided, such by-laws be consistent with the constitution and laws of this State, and with the constitution of the United States. Corporators. Style. powers and privileges. Seal. By-laws. Proviso; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the office of said company for the transaction of business shall be at Lawrenceville, Georgia. Location of office. 3. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That Hugh Springfield, Jeptha Patterson, John M. Wood, Thomas F. Wood, E. M. Galt, together with their associates, successors and assigns, be and the same are hereby incorporated and made a body politic under the name and style of the Alta California Mining Company, that the office of said company for the transaction of business, shall be situated in

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the county of Fannin, or at such place as a majority of the stockholders may hereafter agree upon, and that all the provisions and privileges of this act, be extended to this corporation, all laws, usages and customs to the contrary notwithstanding. Corporators. Style, APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. ROME VOLUNTEERS AND WASHINGTON ARTILLERY. Sec. 1 Incorporation and powers and privileges. Sec. 2 Exemptions. Sec. 3 Privileges when to cease. Sec. 4 Honorary members. Sec. 5 Washington Artillery. Sec. 6 Exemptions. Sec. 7 Repealing clause. (No. 406.) An Act to incorporate the Rome Volunteers, also the Washington Artillery, a volunteer military corps, in the city of Augusta, and to grant certain immunities and privileges to the members of the same. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act Samuel G. Horsey, Captain, Sidney H. Hall, 1st Lieut., Joseph E. Veal, 2nd Lieut., and others, the officers and members of the Rome Volunteers, a Volunteer Infantry Corps of the county of Floyd and their successors, the officers and members which may hereafter be of said corps be, and the same are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate under the name and style above expressed, and in their corporate capacity shall have power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all and singular the Courts of Law and Equity of this State, and to make all by-laws, rules and regulations for their own government that they may deem necessary, and which are not contrary or repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, and by their commanding officers to constitute and hold Courts of Enquiry to enforce said by-laws and regulations and punish delinquents, Provided, always, said Courts of Enquiry shall be governed always by the rules and regulations of other Courts of Enquiry of this State. incorporated Powers and privileges: Powers and privileges. By laws. Proviso; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That all persons who now are enrolled, or who may hereafter enroll themselves as members of said corps shall be, and they are hereby declared to be exempted from all jury duty in the county of Floyd, road and patrol duty, and militia duty, other than such as may be required of them, as members of said corps, and such drills and inspection as may be ordered by the commander-in-chief, Provided, always that the said corps shall at no time drill and parade a less number of times yearly than is now required by law of the militia of this State. Exemptions; Proviso. 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the immunities and privileges aforesaid shall continue no longer than during membership of said corps and the certificate of the commanding officer of said corps shall be sufficient evidence of such membership to entitle the said members to the immunities and privileges aforesaid. Privilegeswhen to cease; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Rome Volunteers to receive fifteen honorary members, who

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shall pay the sum of ten dollars annually into the Treasury of said corps thereafter, so long as they continue honorary members thereof, and who shall during such time be exempt from ordinary militia duty. Honorary members 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the members of The Washington Artillery, a volunteer military corps in the city of Augusta be, and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, under said name and style with power to pass and enforce all necessary by-laws, rules and regulations necessary to the purposes of their organization, with succession of membership and authority to receive and hold property for the same purposes. Incorporated By-laws; 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That the active members of The Washington Artillery be, and they are hereby exempt from the performance of jury duty in all the Courts of the city of Augusta, or county of Richmond, and that the honorary members of said corps be, and they are hereby exempted from all ordinary militia duty in said county. Exemptions; 7. Sec. VII. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED Feb. 27th, 1856. MACON HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY. Section I. IncorporationRights and Privileges. (No. 407.) An Act to incorporate Macon Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1, and to confer upon them certain privileges and exemptions. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That A. G. Butts, Foreman, W. S. Williford, J. E. Wells and others, 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 Macon Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1, with the same rights, privileges and exemptions as are extended to Protection Fire Company, No. 1, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Incorporated Rights, c APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. UNITED RIFLEMEN OF COLUMBUS. 1. Incorporation and style. 2. 4th Lieutenant. 3. Exemptions. 4. Commander's certificate of membership. 5. Repealing clause. (No. 408.) An Act to incorporate the United Riflemen of the city of Columbus, and also the Richmond Huzzars, of Richmond county. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That the several persons and members of the military associations formed in the city of Columbus,

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in this State, under the name and style of the United Riflemen, and others who may become members of said association, and the successors, and officers and members of the same be and they are hereby declared and made a body corporate, by the name and style of the United Riflemen and by that name may sue and be sued, and shall have perpetual succession of officers and members with power to make, alter, change and amend such by-laws 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 made 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 the militia of this State, on any emergency which authorize calling out the militia for the suppression of insurrection, and repelling invasion. Incorporated Style. By-laws; 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the United Riflemen be, and they are authorized to elect an extra Lieutenant to be called the Fourth Lieutenant, and are placed on the same footing with reference to officers as of the war establishment, and the Governor is authorized to commission such officer, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. 4th Lieuten't 3. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the members of said volunteer corps are hereby declared to be exempted from all road, patrol and jury duties, and from all city corporation and 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, 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 which may or shall at any time be dismissed or who may or shall withdraw from said corps, in order that said exemptions and privileges hereby extended, may in such case cease and determine. Exemptions Withdrawal; 4. Sec. IV. 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 Muscogee county, and all the other civil authorities exercising control over the road, patrol and Jury duties of said county which said certificate shall be held and deemed sufficient evidence to exempt the persons therein named, from doing road or patrol duty or serving on duty of said county, during the time said persons shall belong to said corps. Commanders to be members 5. Sec. V. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856.

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ATHENS GUARDS. 1. Incorporation, By-laws and officers. 2. Exemptions from Jury, Patrol and Road duty. (No. 409.) An Act to incorporate the Athens Guards, and to confer upon them certain powers, and grant to them certain privileges and exemptions therein mentioned. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, the Athens Guards, an Infantry company, in the town of Athens, shall be known by the corporate name of the Athens Guards, and be vested with corporate powers, to pass all by-laws, rules, and regulations necessary for the governments of said corps, not repugnant to the constitution of the United States, or the constitution or laws of this State; that a board of officers of said company to consist of five, two of whom shall be commissioned officers, shall be competent to form a Court of Enquiry and Court Martial, a majority of whom may try, and affix such penalties as may be provided by the by-laws, on any member or members violating the same. Incorporated By-laws; Officers; Court Martial. 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That all persons now enrolled, or that may hereafter enroll as members, of said company shall be exempt from patrol, road and jury duty, while they continue members of said company, and that a certificate from the commanding officer of said company shall be sufficient evidence to exempt any member from patrol, road or jury duty, all laws, and parts of laws now in existence to the contrary notwithstanding. Exemptions, APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. DALTON BRASS BAND. 1. Corporators, powers, privileges, c. 2. Repealing clause. (No. 410.) An Act to incorporate the Dalton Brass Band, in the town of Dalton, county of Whitfield. 1. Section 1. Be it enacted, c., That Thomas F. Gordon, Timothy Ford, H. T. Anderson, Henry Davis and Newton M. Barry or a majority of them, be and they, and their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Dalton Brass Band, with full power to make such by-laws rules and regulations, as may be needful for the government of the same, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to have a common seal, and to hold such property, both real and personal, as may be necessary or expedient, for the purposes of the same. Corporators Powers and privileges; 2. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 3d, 1856.

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ROME FOUNDRY AND MACHINE COMPANY. 1. Corporators, name, business, c. 2. Capital stock, officers. (No. 411.) An Act to incorporate the Rome Foundry and Machine Company. 1. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That Alfred Shorter, Robert T. McCay, Wm. E. Alexander, Samuel P. L. Marshal, Albert G. Pitner, Hollis Cooley, H. V. M. Miller, James B. Anderson, Chas. H. Smith, Job Rogers, John H. Lumpkin, Wm. Johnson, Steven Hawkins, the Rome Railroad Company, the Coosa River Steam Boat Company, Joseph J. Cohen, Woden S. Cothron and their associates and successors are hereby constituted a body politic, and corporate, by the name of the Rome Foundry and Machin Company for the purpose of working in iron, copper and wood, and for casting in metals and manufacturing cars and engines, and doing and carrying on such work as is usual in such companies, or for the putting up of buildings for the same or any work or improvement connected with the same, or for the encouragement thereof, and to sue and be sued in their corporate name, and to enjoy all the privileges incident to corporations of like character and to purchase and hold, or rent real estate for said purposes. Corporators Name; Company's purpose; Rights and privileges; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said company may be, but shall not exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars or such less amount as said stockholders shall agree upon. And said stockholders are hereby authorized to make their own selection for officers of said company, and in their own manner not inconsistent with the laws of this State. Capital stock APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. COLUMBUS SAVINGS MUTUAL LOAN ASSOCIATION. Sec. 1 Corporators. Sec. 2 Capital stock two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Sec. 3 Stockhow paid in. Sec. 4 Directors may suspend calls. Sec. 5 Deposits. Sec. 6 Entry of deposits, and drawing out. Sec. 7 Investments. Sec. 8 Election of Directors. Sec. 9 President, salaries. c. Sec. 10 Quorum, proceedings, c. Sec. 11 Forfeiture of stock. Sec. 12 Qualification of Directors. Sec. 13 Certificates of the Stock, transfer, c. Sec. 14 Not to issue bills by circulation. Sec. 15 Statement of condition. Sec. 16 Individual liability. Sec. 17 Continuance of liability, Sec. 18 Limitation of charter. (No. 412.) An Act to incorporate the Columbus Mutual Loan Association. WHEREAS: A number of persons in the county of Muscogee, desires to form a voluntary association for the purpose of encouraging habits of frugalty, industry and economy, by receiving and securing

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to those having small sums of money, a safe place of deposit with reasonable accumulation of interest thereon, ask this General Assembly to make them a body corporate under the title of The Columbus Savings and Mutual Loan Association, with the right of succession, for the purpose of receiving, holding and disposing of such real and personal estate as the said association may become possessed of under the provisions of this charter. 1. Section I. Therefore be it enacted c., That Henry Hall, Raph[UNK]l J. Moses, William A. Beach, and Isaac J. Moses, or so many of them as may accept this charter and their associates, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic by the name and style of The Columbus Savings and Mutual Loan Association, and by that name shall have succession, and shall be capable in law and equity of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered, defending and being defended in any of the Courts of this State, or of the United States, to have, purchase, hold, possess, receive and retain to them and their successors, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, and effects of any kind whatsoever, and the same to sell, grant, demise, alien and dispose of at their pleasure, and also to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to alter or renew as they may deem proper, and also to make, ordain and establish such by-laws and ordinances and regulations as shall seem necessary and convenient for the government of said corporation, not being contrary to the constitution of this State or of the United States, or repugnant to this act of incorporation, and generally to be vested with all the rights and powers which usually appertain to corporations. Corporators; Style, Powers and privileges; Seal; By-laws; 2. Sec. II. The capital stock of this corporation shall be two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing the same to five hundred thousand dollars, and the said stock shall be divided into shares of fifty dollars each. Capital st'ck 3. Sec. III. That this association shall be organized by the payment of two dollars on each and every share thereof, and monthly payments thereafter of one dollar on each and every share, which said payments shall be made on the first Monday of every month, and shall be paid in specie, or the bills of specie paying banks. Shares. 4. Sec. IV. Whenever one hundred thousand dollars of the capital stock of this company, shall have been paid in under the provisions of this act, it shall be legal for the Directors to suspend further calls if they deem it proper to do so. Directors may suspend calls; 5. Sec. V. The said corporation shall receive as deposits all sums of money that may be offered for that purpose, in sums of not less than twenty-five cents, and shall pay to each depositor when required, (whose aggregate deposit shall amount to the sum of five dollars, or other larger sum,) the amount of his, her or their deposit, with such interest, not less than four per cent per annum, and under such regulations as the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe, which regulations shall be put up in some public and

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conspicuous place in the room where the business of said corporation shall be carried on, but said regulations shall not be altered so as to affect any one who may have deposited previous to such alterations. Deposits; Interest. 6. Sec. VI. The deposits and payments of the institution shall be regularly entered as soon as made, and no money shall be drawn out, unless to close an account, in a sum under five dollars. How drawn; 7. Sec. VII. The capital stock and money deposited shall be invested once a month or oftener as the Board of Directors shall deem advisable, by way of loan on bond and mortgage of real or personal estate, or in the discount of promissory notes, or bills of exchange, or on the security of produce, at such rate of premium as may be oftered, in addition to interest at and after the rate of seven per cent per annum provided, that where the rate of premium shall be the same, and the security ample, the smallest loans shall always have the preference, all other things being equal; and provided further, that no President, Director or other officer, shall ever be taken as security for any loan, or as endorser, a maker of any note, or drawer, acceptor, or endorser of any bill of exchange for a larger sum than five thousand dollars, unless the same is fully secured without the name of such President Director or other officer, and provided further, that no President, Director or other officer of said company shall ever owe to said company at any one time either as principal or security, more than the sum of two thousand dollars. Investments; President; Board of Directors 8. Sec. VIII. There shall be an annual election of Directors by the stockholders, and that in all elections of Directors including the first election which shall take place at the organization of said Company each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for every share that he holds in said institution, and any stockholder being absent may have his shares voted on by proxy in writing. Election of Directors; 9. Sec. IX. The Board of Directors, of whom there shall be five, at their first meeting, and annually after, shall elect from their Board a President, and such other officers as they may deem necessary to the proper management of the business of the company, and fix as salaries, such compensation as they may deem just and proper, and the officers so elected shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified. Voters in elections 10. Sec. X. The business of said company shall be managed by the President and Directors, a majority of whom, including the President, shall constitute a quorum, and they shall cause a minute to be kept of their proceedings, which minutes shall always be kept open to the inspection of the stockholders. President, Salaries, Books open to inspection 11. Sec. XI. If any stockholder shall fail to pay the instalments called in monthly, his stock shall be forfeited, if such default be notified to such delinquent stockholder, and the same remains unpaid for ten days after such notice, said stock shall revert to the company, or the corporation at its election, may sue such delinquent stockholder for his unpaid instalments to the amount of his whole subscription as though the entire stock

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had been called in, and shall be entitled to recover judgment thereon at the fall term thereafter. Liability, c 12. Sec. XII. No person shall be qualified to act as a Director, unless such person is a resident and citizen of Georgia, and the holder in his own right of at least twenty shares of the capital stock. Board of Directors. 13. Sec. XIII. The Directors of said company shall cause to be issued to each stockholder a certificate of the number of shares which such stockholder may hold in said company, and no stockholder shall transter his stock except by having the same entered on a stock book kept by the corporation, and all such transfers shall be subject to such restrictions as a majority of the stockholders may place upon the same by the by-laws of said corporation. Transfer 14. Sec. XIV. Nothing in this act contained shall be so construed to give to said corporation the power of issuing bills for circulation except the bills of specie paying Banks, paid in for stocks, or deposited for loans. Not to issue bills c. 15. Sec. XV. The President and Directors shall publish annually, or oftener if required by the Governor, a statement of the condition of said company, with the names of the stockholders, and the amount paid on each share, which said statement shall be sworn to by the President and a majority of the Directors. Statement; 16. Sec. XVI. The persons composing said company shall be held and bound in their private capacity, in proportion to the number of shares held by each and every one of them, for the ultimate redemption of all deposits made with said company, or which may remain unpaid by said company, during the time that any of such persons shall remain stockholders, and the same liability shall attach to any person or persons to whom any stockholder may transfer his, her, or their stock. Liability, 17. Sec. XVII. For the better securing of the depositors no stockholder shall transfer his stock, or release his, her or their liability as a stockholder, without giving sixty days notice in a newspaper published in Columbus of his, her or their intention to sell his, her, or their stock, and if during said sixty days, the said company shall fail to pay any of its depositors on demand made, the said stockholder or stockholders so notifying shall remain held and bound in the same manner as though no notice had been given, and the stock had not been sold or transferred. Contin'nce or Liabilities; 18. Sec. XVIII. The privileges and franchises by this charter granted, shall cease on the first day of January eighteen hundred and ninety. Limitation 19. Sec. XIX. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. COLUMBUS FIRE COMPANY, NO. 4. Sec. 1 Incorporation. Sec. 2 By-laws. Sec. 3 Exemption of members of Militia duties, c. (No. 413.) An Act to incorporate Columbus Fire Company, No. 1. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That F. A. Cairns, George B.

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Strupper, Thomas O. Douglas, George W. Rosette, Charles Wise, Samuel E. Lawhon, George L. McGough, J. H. Merry, G. W. Dillinghane and Perry Spencer, and their associates and successors be, and the same are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, by the name and style of Columbus Fire Company, No. 4, and shall have power under their corporate name to sue and be sued, 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, or to the act incorporating the city of Columbus. Corporators; Rights and privileges 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That said Company shall have full power to make, establish and ordain all such rules, by-laws and ordinances for their own government, as to them may seem necessary and expedient, provided, such rules, by-laws and ordinances do not conflict with the power, previously granted to the city of Columbus, in the act of incorporation of said city, to organise a fire department, 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 effectual discharge of the duties of said Company. By-laws; Proviso; May hold property, c. 3. Sec. III. And for the encouragement of said Company, Be it further enacted, That the members of said Company are hereby declared to be exempt from all services and performance of any militia and patrol duty, and from the performance of jury duty in all cases whatsoever, Provided, That said Company shall not exceed in number, at any one time, ten white members, and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Exemptions. APPROVED, February 19th, 1856. SOUTHERN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Sec. 1 Terms of Insurance, application of funds. Sec. 2 Witnesses. Sec. 3 Escheated Stock of Benevolent Society. (No. 414.) An Act to amend the Charter of the Southern Mutual Insurance Company, and to transfer certain stock with the dividends due and unpaid thereon to the Samaritan Society of the city of Augusta. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the fourth section of said Charter shall be as follows, to-wit: That whenever said corporation shall make any insurance on any property the member so insured shall pay the required premium in cash, or give his note or bond well secured for the amount of the insurance money, payable one day after date, and shall deposit in money with the Treasurer of the corporation at least ten per cent. of said note, which shall be entered as a credit thereon, and the funds thus raised may be applied to the payment of the

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losses and expenses of the corporation, and in the event of an accumulated surplus beyond the necessities of said corporation, the Directors are hereby authorised to divide the same among the Stockholders thereof, according to the respective amounts of their premiums, and the Directors may at any time, when the necessities of the Company require it, collect such further sums as may be necessary, by making assessments on said notes in proportion to the original amount of each note, giving thirty days notice by mail to each member, but no member shall in any event be liable to pay more than his premium note or cash premium. Terms of Insurance, Fundshow applied; Surplus fund Assessments 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the following be added to the fifth section of said Charter, to-wit: And in all suits at Law or in Equity prosecuted for or against said corporation any member thereof, not being a party in his individual character to such suit or suits, shall be a competent witness. [Illegible Text] 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That five shares of stock in the Georgia Rail-road and Banking Company, now standing in the name of the Augusta Benevolent Society and all dividends due and unpaid thereon, which have escheated to the State in consequence of the dissolution of said society be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to be transferred and paid by the Cashier of said Company to the Samaritan Society of the city of Augusta to be used by them for the purposes of their Association. Escheated stock, c APPROVED, March 5th., 1856. UNION SOCIETY. Sec. 1 Indenture of children to Society. Sec. 2 Previous indentures confirmed. Sec. 3 Repealing clause. (No. 415.) An Act to define and extend the powers of the Union Society of the city of Savannah, with regard to apprentices. WHEREAS, the children usually taken in charge by the President and Vice President of the Union Society of Savannah are orphans, or of destitute parentage, And Whereas, difficulties and expense attend the regular indenting of such children to the said Society which impose a burthen upon all concerned: Preamble; 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act all minor children placed in the charge of the said Society by their natural guardians or next friends, or by the city authorities shall be ipso facto and to all intents and purposes indented and bound to said Society under its rules, until arriving at a suitable age to be bound out to useful trades, callings or occupations, Provided, that the said placing in charge or binding be witnessed and approved by a Justice of the Inferior Court of Chatham county, or Judge of the Superior Court, who shall give a certificate of the same under his hand, which said certificate shall be competent evidence of the facts therein contained in any Court of Law

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and Equity in this State, and shall be equal and sufficient as an article of indenture. Indentures Limit; Certificate; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the power of said Society to bind out such children as have been placed or taken in its charge as heretofore exercised under its rules is hereby confirmed and valid, and that nothing in this act contained shall be construed to lessen or take away any powers heretofore granted to the said Union Society. Previous indentures confirmed: 3. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. LUMPKIN COUNTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY. 1. Commissioners. 2. Duration. (No. 416.) An Act to alter and amend the act incorporating the Lumpkin county Manufacturing Company, assented to Dec. 24 th, 1840. WHEREAS, James Gowdy, Benjamin M. Smith, and Mathew Stephenson were appointed by said act as commissioners for the purposes therein mentioned, and whereas, they declined to serve in the capacity of commissioners as aforesaid, 1. Section I. Therefore be it enacted, c., That the seventh section of said act be, and the same is hereby amended, to read as follows: That A. B. Barker, Daniel Neider, M. P. Quillian, O. B. Holt, George Keith, John Whelchel, and W. H. Thomas be and they are hereby appointed commissioners for the purposes, and with the privileges in said act specified. Commis'ner; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the time for the existence of said corporation be and the same is hereby extended to the term of twenty years from the passage of this act. Duration 3. SEC. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. MASONIC HALL, MILLEDGEVILLE. 1. Trustees. 2. Vacancies. 3. Repealing clause. (No. 417.) An Act amendatory of an act, entitled an act to incorporate the trustees of the Masonic Hall in the town of Milledgeville, assented to December 26 th, 1831. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Seaton Grantland, J. W. L. Daniel, S. T. Beecher, P. Fair, Geo. D. Case, William S. Rockwell and Alfred M. Nisbet be, and they are hereby constituted and appointed trustees of the Masonic Hall, in the city of Milledgeville, with all the powers and functions granted to the trustees originally appointed by said act. Trustees. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That whenever any member

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of the board of trustees shall remove from the county of Baldwin, it shall be the duty of the remaining trustees to declare a vacancy, and proceeded to fill the same in the manner pointed out in the original act. Vacancies; 3. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. PLANK ROADS IN COLUMBUS. 1. Charter legalized. 2. Validity of Charter to Stewart Gray, Co. 3. Repealing clause. (No. 418.) An Act to legalize, and make valid two charters, granted by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Columbus, for plank roads in said city. 1. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That the grant or charter made by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Columbus, on the fifth of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, to John C. Ruse and such persons as he may associate with him for a plank road, having for its western terminus, the corner of Front and Randolph streets, and its eastern terminus, the depot of the Muscogee Rail Road, be and the same is hereby made valid and legal in all its terms and provisions, in as full and ample a manner as if the same had been granted by the Legislature. Charter to John Ruse legalised; 2. Sec. II, Be it further enacted, That the Grant or Charter made by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Columbus on the sixteenth of October, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, to Stewart, Grey, Company, and Grimes, Ruse, Patton and Company, for a plank road in said city, running from the wharves up the river to the warehouse occupied by Ruse, Patton and Company, thence up Front street to the warehouse occupied by Stewart, Gray and Company, be and the same is hereby made valid and legal in all its terms and provisions, in as full and ample a manner, as if the same had been granted by the Legislature. To Stewart, Gray Co. made valid; 3. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. MUSCOGEE BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. 1. Confirmation of Charter. 2. Repealing clause. No. 419. An Act to confirm and ratify the action of the Superior Court of Muscogee county, in granting charters to the Muscogee Building and Loan Association, and the Columbus Building and Loan Association, and to legalize the acts of said Associations. WHEREAS: doubts have been [Illegible Text] as to the power of Superior Courts to grant charters, with the powers conveyed in the

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charters of the Muscogee Building and Loan Association, and the Columbus Building and Loan Association, whereas, upon an examination of said charters, we deem their provisions wise and proper, and calculated to encourage industry, and promote frugality. 1. Sec. I. Be it therefore enacted c., That the charter of the Muscogee Building and Loan Association, and the charters of the Columbus Building and Loan Association granted by the Superior Court of Muscogee county, at the June adjourned term, 1854, with all the powers, privileges and franchises therein conferred, be and the same are hereby ratified, confirmed and re-granted, and all the acts and doings of said Associations or either of them done and performed, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of said charters and the amendments made in pursuance thereof be and the same are hereby legalized. Charter confirmed; acts legalis'd 19. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 26th, 1856. TITLE XI. JUSTICES OF THE INFERIOR COURT, 1. Removal of County site of Telfair. 2. Inferior Court to select new site. 3. Public property, how disposed of. 4. Offices where kept. 5. Repealing clause. 6. Sheriff's fees of Gwinnett. 7. Repeal of act of 1852. 8. Repealing clause. 9. Inferior Court of Burke, to issue bonds. 10. Bonds how paid. 11. Repealing clause. 12. List of Grand and Petit Jurors made out. 13. How often revised. 14. Inferior Court of Chatham, to borrow $30,000. 15. Amount of loan raised by tax. 16. Repealing clause. 17. Line between Liberty and Bryan run. 18. Expenses how paid. 19. Act of 1845, repealed as to Jackson County. 20. Inferior Court to let out bridges. (No. 420.) An Act to authorize the Inferior Court of the county of Telfair, to open a poll or election at the Court House, and the several precincts in the said county, on the question of removal of the county site, and for carrying out the will of the majority. WHEREAS: a large portion of the voters of the county of Telfair, have petitioned for the passage of an act authorizing the Inferior Court of said county to have a poll or election held at the Court House and several precincts in said county, to ascertain if a majority of all the voters of said county are in favor of the removal of the county site from Jacksonville, and for carrying out the will of the majority. Preamble; 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That the Inferior Court of Telfair county, or a majority of said court are hereby authorized and empowered by giving due notice at least twenty days before said election to have opened at the Court House and several precincts

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in said county, a poll or election to ascertain whether a majority of all the voters in said county are in favor of the removal of the county site from Jacksonville; the voters endorsing on their tickets removal or no removal. Removal referred, c. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That should a majority of all the voters in the county of Telfair, vote for removal, that in that event, the Inferior Court of said county shall procure by gift or purchase a site as near the center of said county as possible, containing twenty acres or more, and cause the same to be laid off in town lots, and sold at public outcry on the ground to the highest bidders, after sixty days notice of said sale in two or more public Gazettes in this State, the Inferior Court retaining two acres in the center for public use; after said sale of lots, said court shall advertise for proposals to build a Court House and jail on the site so selected, which said site shall be called Ridgley. Inf. Court to select site; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the county site shall continue at Jacksonville, where it now is until the new Court House shall be built and ready for use, and the Inferior Court shall dispose of to the highest bidder after advertising twenty days, the public property of said county, being in Jacksonville, whenever the county site shall have been removed. Public propertyhow disposed of; 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That should the county site be removed, that the offices of the Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts and Ordinary may be kept at any part of the county, but when kept at other places than the county site, there shall be a deputy for each office at the county site. Officewhere kept; 5. Sec. V. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. (No. 421.) An Act to authorize the Inferior Court of Gwinnett county to pay the Sheriffs of said county for summoning Jurors and waiting upon the Courts and for other purposes. 6. Section I. Be it enacted c., That the Inferior Court of Gwinnett county be, and they are hereby authorized to pay the Sheriffs of said county fifty cents each for summoning the Jurors, and two dollars per day for waiting upon the courts of said county, in which they may be so engaged, out of any funds not otherwise appropriated. Sheriff's fees 7. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That an act approved January 22d, 1852, to compensate Grand and Petit Jurors of the county of Union, be and the same is hereby repealed. Repeals act of 1852: 8. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED March 4th, 1856. [No. 422.] An Act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Burke, to issue bonds for the purpose of enabling them to rebuild the Court House of said county, and other public buildings. WHEREAS, The Court House and public offices of the county of

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Burke, have been recently destroyed by fire, and whereas, said county has not funds on hand sufficient to rebuild the same: Preamble; 9. Section I. Be it therefore enacted, c., That the Justices of the Inferior Court, in the County of Burke be, and they are hereby authorized to issue bonds of said county, to an amount not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, to enable them to rebuild the Court House, and other public offices of said county, said bonds to bear such rate of interest, and be made payable at such time or times, as said Justices may see proper to prescribe. Bonds, how issued; Rate of interest; 10. Sec. II. Said Justices, and their successors, shall have power, from time to time, and it is hereby made their duty, to levy such a per centum upon the amount of the State tax of said county, as may be necessary to pay the interest and principal of said bonds. Bonds paid; 11. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 11th, 1856. (No. 423.) An Act to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of Washington county to revise their Jury Box, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the Jury Boxes and lists of names of Grand and Petit Jurors for the county of Washington have been destroyed by fire, and, whereas, the officers of said county are not authorised by the laws now in ferce, to make out lists of persons to serve as Grand and Petit Jurors: 12. Section I. Be it therefore enacted, c., That the Justices of the Inferior Court together with the Clerk and Sheriff of the county of Washington, or a majority of them, be, and they are hereby authorised to convene at the Court House in said county, and make out from the books of the Receiver of Tax Returns a list of Grand and Petit Jurors, and deposit their names in separate boxes as provided for by act of December 7th, 1805, and the said Justices are authorised to draw from the same a list of Grand and Petit Jurors, who shall be summoned to attend the adjourned term of the Superior Court of said county, ten days before the sitting of said Court. Listshow made out; 13. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the lists of Jurors so revised shall continue until the first Monday in June, 1858, when the same shall be revised according to the laws now in force. How often revised. APPROVED, November 23d, 1856. (No. 424.) An Act to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of Chatham county to borrow money, and levy and collect an extraordinary tax for the building of a new Jail for said county. WHEREAS, the present Jail of said county is inadequate to the purposes for which it was intended, and the Justices of the Inferior Court of Chatham county, on repeated presentments of Grand Juries

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of said county, deem it proper to erect a new Jail suitable to the public wants, but have not the means of doing so without borrowing money, and refunding the same out of taxes for that purpose to be raised: Preamble; 14. Section I. Be it therefore enacted, c., That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Chatham county, or any three of them, be, and they are hereby authorised and empowered to obtain on loan, not to exceed the term of three years, the sum of thirty thousand dollars on the faith and credit of said county, for the purpose of erecting or aiding in the erection of a new county Jail in the city of Savannah, and to secure said loan by notes or bonds to be issued by said Justices of the Inferior Court, on the faith and credit of said county, Provided, said loan shall not exceed the term of three years as aforesaid. Inf. Ct. may borrow 30,000 dolls May issue bonds. Limit of loan 15. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the said Justices of the Inferior Court of Chatham county, or any three of the bench of Justices of said Court shall have power, and they are hereby authorised and empowered to levy a tax upon the inhabitants of said county, (over and above the State and county tax,) not to exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars each and every year, for the space of three years, so as to make the said sum of thirty thousand dollars, and shall be authorised to have the same collected by the Tax Collector of said county, which said tax when so levied and collected, shall be by the said Tax Collector paid over to the Justices of the Inferior Court of Chatham county, and be by them applied to the payment of such loan; and the County Treasurer of said county of Chatham shall receive one per cent. for receiving and one per cent. for paying out said sum of thirty thousand dollars, (or any less sum received,) and no more. Amount may oe raised by tax. Treas'rs fees 16. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, Feb. 16th 1856. (No. 425.) An Act to authorize the Judges of the Inferior Courts of Liberty and Bryan to appoint a competent Surveyor from their respective counties to properly run out and clearly define the dividing line between said counties. 17. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That after the passage of this act the Judges of the Inferior Courts of the counties of Liberty and Bryan be, and are hereby authorised and required to appoint a competent Surveyor from their respective counties, whose duty it shall be to properly run out and clearly define the dividing line between said counties. Linehow run; 18. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the expenses of such survey shall be paid by the counties of Liberty and Bryan, and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Expenses pd. by county; APPROVED, February 28th, 1856.

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(No. 426.) An Act to repeal a part of the 11 th Section of an act entitled an act to empower the Inferior Courts of the several counties of this State, to order the laying out of public roads, and to order the building and keeping in repair of public bridges, approved December 4 th, 1799, and further to extend and define the power of said Courts as to the construction of bridges, approved December 26 th, 1845. 19. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the above recited act be, and the same is hereby repealed so far as relates to Jackson county. Act of 1845 repealed; APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 427.) An Act to give certain privileges to the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Harris. 20. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Harris be, and they are hereby authorised, in addition to the laws now in force in this State, to appoint Commissioners to let out the building of new, and repairing old bridges in said county, Provided, they in their judgment may deem it proper to do so, and provided further, that said Commissioners do take an oath for the faithful performance of their duty, and that they will not take the contract themselves, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Inf. Ct. to let out bridges; Proviso; APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. TITLE XII. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, SEC. 1 Jurisdiction of Magistrates in Augusta extended. SEC. 2 Election of Constables. SEC. 3 Repealing clause. SEC. 4 Part of act of 1854 repealed. SEC. 5 Repealing clause. No. 428. An Act to extend the jurisdiction of Magistrates courts within the corporate limits of the city of Augusta to fifty dollars. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, the jurisdiction of Magistrates Court within the corporate limits of the city of Augusta, shall extend in civil cases to all sums not exceeding fifty dollars, and that said Magistrates shall have authority to sit longer than one day in case their business is such as to require it. Jurisdiction c. extend'd

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2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That Constables may be elected from any district in the corporate limits of said city to serve in Magistrates Courts of said city. Election of Constables 3. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, Feb. 28th, 1856. (No. 429.) An Act to alter an act entitled an act to repeal an act entitled an act to extend the civil jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in the city of Savannah, and for other purposes, assented to 17 th February, 1854. 4. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the following clause in the second section of the above recited act, to-wit: Be and they are hereby limited in their civil jurisdiction to the districts for which they have respectively been elected and commissioned, be and the same is hereby repealed. Part of act of 1854 repealed. 5. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. TITLE XIII. GRAND AND PETIT JURORS. SEC. 1 Judge of Sup. Court of Whitfield to draw two pannels. SEC. 2 Repealing clause. SEC. 3 Jury feeshow paid in Cass and other counties. SEC. 4 Clerk and Sheriff to keep an account. SEC. 5 Repealing Clause. SEC. 6 Term of service of Jurors in Savannah. SEC. 7 Exemptions. SEC. 8 Summons of Jurors. SEC. 9 Repealing Clause. SEC. 10 Compensation of Jurors. SEC. 11 Tax levied to pay Jurors. SEC. 12 Petit Jury fees of Columbia county. SEC. 13 Repealing clause. SEC. 14 Grand and Petit Jurors of Catoosa. SEC. 15 Extra tax. SEC. 16 Jury's feeshow collected. SEC. 17 Per diem of the Jurors of Polk county. SEC. 18 Fees, how collected. SEC. 19 Repealing clause. SEC. 20 Per diem of Jurors of Richmond county. SEC. 21 Clerk to collect and pay out. SEC. 22 Extra tax. SEC. 23 Compensation of Jurors of Murray. SEC. 24 Compensation of the Jurors of Walker. SEC. 25 Repealing clause. SEC. 26 Acts legalized. SEC. 27 Per diem of Jurors of Decatur county. SEC. 28 Extra tax. SEC. 29 Compensation of the Jurors of Baker. SEC. 30 Repealing clause. SEC. 31 Per diem of Jurors of Talbot county. SEC. 32 Tax raised to pay Jurors. SEC. 33 Repealing clause. SEC. 34 Per diem of Jurors of Tattnall county. SEC. 35 Extra tax. SEC. 36 Per diem of Jurors of Columbia county. SEC. 37 Repealing clause. SEC. 38 Jury fund of Lumpkin,how raised. SEC. 39 Certificateshow made out and paid. SEC. 40 Repealing clause. SEC. 41 Per diem of the Jurors of certain counties. SEC. 42 Repealing clause. SEC. 43 Per diem of Petit Jurors of Lincoln. SEC. 44 Jury feeshow applied. SEC. 45 Removal fund of Lee. SEC. 46 Repealing Clause.

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No. 430. An Act to authorize and require the Judge of the Superior court of the county of Whitfield to draw two Panels of Grand and Petit Jurors for said county. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the Judge of the Superior Court of the county of Whitfield is hereby authorised and required to draw a panel of Grand, and a panel of Petit Jurors for each week of Whitfield Superior Court, so long as the same shall continue for the space of two weeks. Judge to draw two panels, c. 2. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 6th, 1856. No. 431. An Act to regulate the collection of Jury fees in the Superior and Inferior Courts of the counties of Coweta, Floyd and Cass. 3. Section I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, the Plaintiff and Appellants in each civil case tried in the Superior and Inferior Courts of the counties of Coweta, Floyd and Cass shall not be required on receiving a verdict or confession of judgment, to pay the Jury fee at the time of receiving such verdict or confession of judgment, or at the time of the rendition of the same, but the Jury's fee shall be by the Clerks of said Courts taxed in the bill of costs against the party liable for such costs, and such Jury's fee shall be collected along with the other cost of such case, and shall be by the officer collecting the same paid over to the treasurer of said counties of Coweta, Floyd and Cass, and shall be added to and become a part of the funds for the payment of Jurors for their services in said Courts. Jury fee-how Paid 4. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the Clerks of said Courts, and Sheriff's of said counties shall keep an account of the Jury fees so collected and paid over to the County Treasurer, and shall at the Spring term of the Superior Court of said counties in each year, submit the same to the Grand Jury for examination, and shall also, when required, submit the same to the Justices of the Inferior Court of said counties; Provided, however, that nothing in the provisions of this act shall be so construed as to exempt Plaintiffs Appellants, or Attorneys, from such eventual liability for costs as they are now by law liable. Duty of Clerk and Sheriff Proviso. 5. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 18th, 1856. (No. 432) An Act to limit the time of service of Grand and Petit Jurors in the city Court of Savannah, and to exempt the keepers of Laurel Grove Cemetery, and the Catholic Cemetery near the city of Savannah, from service on the Juries of the Superior Court, and the City Court of Savannah, also to authorise the Judge of the city Court of Savannah to have an additional number of Jurors summoned, also to alter and amend an act to alter and amend the second section of an act entitled an act for the better selection and drawing of Grand Juries for the several counties in this State, approved seventh December, eighteen hundred and five, and to alter all laws on the subject of drawing and arranging Grand and Petit Jurors, so far as relates to the county of Chatham, assented to December 7 th, 1841.

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6. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Grand and Petit Jurors in the City Court of Savannah shall not be compelled to serve longer than one week, except when actually engaged in the trial of a case at the expiration of said week, but the Judge of said Court is hereby authorised to have summoned instanter, an additional number of Grand and Petit Jurors that in his discretion he may deem necessary to perform the service demanded by the business before the Court. Term of Service; Court may have Jurors summoned instanter 7. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the keepers of the public Cemeteries known as the Laurel Grove Cemetery and the Catholic Cemetery, in and near the City of Savannah, be and they are hereby exempted from service on the Juries of the Superior Court and City Court of Savannah. Keepers of Cemeteries exempt; 8. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That there shall be drawn for each term of Chatham Superior Court, sixty Grand Jurors, who shall be summoned as now prescribed by law, and that it shall be the duty of the Judge presiding at the commencement of each term after the passing of this act, to class, arrange and dispose of the Jurors, in such manner as in his judgment will tend to equalize the labor of each individual Juror, and the said Judge shall have the power to require and compel the attendance of the said Jurors, or any portion of them, from time to time, until the business of the Court shall be disposed of. Number of Jurors; Classificati'n 9. Sec. IV. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 4th, 1856. (No. 433.) An Act to compensate the Grand and Petit Jurors of the county of Tattnall, and to provide for the payment of the petit Jurors of Columbia county. 10. Section I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act the Grand and Petit Jurors of the county of Tattnall shall receive from the Treasury of said county, one dollar for each and every day they serve as Jurors, and the Jury fees for each verdict shall be paid the Treasurer, and become part of the Jury fund; provided, that not more than twenty-four Petit Jurors shall be drawn or summoned for any term of said Courts except in criminal cases

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in which a full panel may be made up from talesmen, and that this act shall not go into effect until the first day of June next. Compensat'n of Jurors; Fees, how disposed of; 11. Sec. II. And it is further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, to levy for each and every year, such an amount of tax over and above the amount necessary for other county purposes as will be necessary to pay said Jurors. Tax levied; 12. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the Petit Jury fees in Columbia County shall be paid into the County Treasury, and the Petit Jurors of said county shall receive one dollar per day during their attendance on Court, and if necessary the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county may levy an extra tax for that purpose. petit Jury fees; 13. Sec. IV. Repeals all conflicting laws. APPROVED, Feb. 28th, 1856. (No. 434.) An Act to compensate Grand and Petit Jurors of the counties of Catoosa and Polk. 14. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the several citizens of Catoosa county summoned to attend the several Superior and Inferior Courts of said county as Grand and Petit Jurors, and shall attend the same, shall be each entitled to receive from the Treasurer of said county the sum of one dollar per day for each and every day he may give his attention, Provided, that to entitle a Juror to receive the compensation as aforesaid, he shall have the certificate of the Sheriff, countersigned by the presiding Judge, or Justice of the Inferior Court, 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. Oompensat'n Per diem of Jurors in Catoosa Co; Proviso. 15. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Court of said county, on the recommendation of the Grand Jury of said county, be, and they are hereby authorised and required to levy an extra tax not exceeding twenty per cent. for the purpose of paying the said Jurors. Extra Tax 16. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts of said county, shall collect all fees now paid to the Jurors on confession or verdict, and pay the same to the Treasurer which shall become a part of the Jury fund. Feeshow collected 17. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That each Petit Juryman serving in the Superior or Inferior Courts of Polk county, shall be entitled to receive one dollar per day for said services, and the Courts shall cause certificates to be issued for such sums as may be due said Jurymen for their services and the Treasurer shall pay off said certificate out of any money in his hands and said certificate shall be a lawful tender by any citizen of said county in payment of such portion of the taxes of the people of said county as may be collected for county purposes. Jurors per diem in Polk Certificates;

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18. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the Jury fees shall be attached to the bill of cost and when collected by any officer of said county shall be paid to the Treasurer of said county and any officer failing to pay such sums as may be collected by him within ten days after the adjournment of each term of the Court shall pay twenty-five per cent. per month on all sums so collected. Fees, how collected. 19. Sec. VI. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, Feb. 19th, 1856. (No. 435.) An Act to compensate the Grand and Petit Jurors for the county of Pickens, and to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court to levy an extra tax for that purpose, and to extend the provisions of this act to other counties herein named. 20. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That all persons who may be summoned to attend the Superior and Inferior Courts of Pickens county 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, that the said Jurors shall attend as aforesaid. Jurors per diem of Richmond; 21. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the fee 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 Courts, pay to each Juror his proportionable part of the money raised as aforesaid, and give to the said Jurors a certificate for the balance due him, which certificate shall be presented to the County Treasurer, who is hereby authorised 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. [Illegible Text] collected Certificate; 22. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, 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 authorised to levy an extra tax upon the citizens of said county, not exceeding twenty per cent. on 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 rata. Extra Tax; 23. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That the County Treasurer of the county of Murray be authorised and required to pay to the Grand and Petit Jurors of the county of Murray such sums as they may be entitled to for their services as Jurors for the year 1852, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Compensat'n 24. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That all the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby extended to the counties of Fannin and Walker, so far as relates to the compensation of Grand and Petit Jurors. Jurors paid; 25. Sec. VI. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856.

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(No. 436) An Act to legalise the revision of the Jury Boxes, and the drawing of the Grand and Petit Jurors of the county of Floyd for the next term of the Superior Court of said county. 26. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the revision of the Jury boxes of the county of Floyd by the proper officers authorised by law so to act, and the drawing of the Grand and Petit Jurors for the next term of the Superior Court for said county of Floyd be, and the same is hereby legalized and made valid as though the same had been revised and drawn sixty days before the term of said Superior Court, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. acts legalis'd APPROVED, February 9th, 1856. (No. 437.) An Act to compensate the Grand and Petit Jurors of the county of Decatur. 27. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the several citizens of Decatur county summoned to attend the several Superior and Inferior Courts of said county as Grand and Petit Jurors, and who shall attend the same, and be sworn as such, shall each be entitled to receive from the Treasurer of said county the sum of one dollar and a half per day for each and every day on which said service shall be given upon the certificate of the Clerk of said Court of said service, which certificate shall be a warrant for the sum allowed, and a voucher to the Treasurer for paying the same. Jurors per diem; Vouchers; 28. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county be, and they are hereby authorized and required to levy an extra tax sufficient for the purpose specified, for the purpose of paying the Jurors aforesaid. Extra Tax; 29. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, February 27th, 1856. (No. 438.) An Act to compensate the Grand Jurors of Baker county. 30. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, each Grand Juror of the county of Baker, shall be entitled to receive from the Treasurer of said county, the sum of one dollar and a half per day for every day he serves as such Juror, upon producing a certificate from the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, of the number of days he has served, and that all fees for verdicts and confessions due the Special Jurors of said county,

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shall be paid to the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, and by him paid over to the Treasurer of said county. Compensat'n Fees, c 31. SEC. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 439.) An Act to compensate the Grand and Petit Jurors of the county of Talbot, in this State. 32. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, that all persons serving as Grand or Petit Jurors, in the county of Talbot, shall each be entitled to receive from the treasury of said county of Talbot, the sum of one dollar per day for each and every day they may serve as said jurors, provided, said payments shall be recommended by the Grand Jury of said county. Jurors per diem: 33. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Inferior Court of said county be authorized to levy and collect a tax for that purpose. tax raised to pay Jurors; 34. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 440.) An Act to compensate the Grand and Petit Jurors of the county of Tattnall, and authorize the Inferior Court to assess such additional tax as may be necessary for that purpose, and to provide for the payment of the Petit Jurors of Columbia county. 35. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the Grand and Petit Jurors of the county of Tattnall, shall receive from the Treasury of said county, one dollar for each and every day they serve as Jurors, and the Jury fees for each verdict shall be paid the Treasurer, and become part of the Jury fund, Provided, that not more than twenty-four Petit Jurors shall be drawn or summoned for any term of said Court except in criminal cases in which a full panel may be made up from talesmen, and that this act shall not go into effect until the first day of June next. Jurors per diem; wh'n to take effect, 36. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county to levy for each and every year, such an amount of tax over and above the amount necessary for other county purposes as will be necessary to pay said Jurors. Extra Tax; 37 Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the Petit Jury fees in Columbia county, shall be paid into the county treasury, and the Petit Jurors of said county shall receive one dollar per day during their attendance on Court, and if necessary the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county may levy an extra tax for that purpose. Jurors per diem. 38. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 4th, 1856.

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(No. 441.) An Act to alter and amend the several acts passed, prescribing the manner of compensating Grand and Petit Jurors of the county of Lumpkin. 39. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the Interior Court of said county of Lumpkin, upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury, at the first term of the Superior Court in each and every year, to levy such per centum on the State tax as will be sufficient to pay said Jurors, and cause the same to be collected by the Tax Collector, who shall pay over the same to the county Treasurer for a special Jury fund. Jury fund raised; 40. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the county Treasurer is hereby required to pay out said fund to Jury certificates properly made out as now required by law, provided, all confessions and Jury fees at each term of said Courts be first credited on said certificate. Certificates; 41. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. (No. 442.) An Act to compensate the petit Jurors of the counties of Dougherty, Lee, Worth, Calhoun and Polk. 42. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the regular panels of Petit Jurors, or those who may be called to serve thereon in the Superior and Inferior Courts of the counties of Dougherty, Lee, Worth, Calhoun and Polk, shall be each entitled to one dollar a day for every day in actual service and who have been sworn, and the clerks of said Courts shall give to each Juror a certificate of the amount due him, which shall be a warrant on the treasurers of said counties, to be paid out of the fund to be raised for the purpose, which fund shall be kept separately, and paid out accordingly, and the Justices of the Inferior Courts of said counties are hereby authorized to levy and impose an additional tax to provide a sufficient fund for that purpose. Jurors per diem; Certificates, How, paid; 43. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED Feb. 13th, 1856. (No. 443.) An Act to compensate the petit jurors in the county of Lincoln, and to dispose of certain moneys in Lee county, as herein provided. 44. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage

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of this act, each Petit Juror of the county of Lincoln, shall be entitled to receive the sum of one dollar per day, for every day he serves as such Juror, either in the Superior or Inferior Court of said county, upon producing the certificate of the Clerk of said Court in which he may have served, of the number of days he has served, and that the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county are hereby authorized to levy and impose an additional tax to provide a sufficient fund for that purpose. Jurors per diem. Certificates. How paid: 45. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That all fees for verdicts and confessions in the Superior and Inferior Courts in said county, except such as may be obtained before a special Jury, shall hereafter be paid to the respective Clerks of said Courts, which shall constitute in their hands a common fund, and that the Clerks of said Superior and Inferior Courts, shall at the close of each term of their respective Courts, pay each Petit Juror out of said fund, the sum of one dollar per day for his services, and it there should not be a sufficiency of said fund in their hands, then the Clerk of the Superior Court, when the Juror served in said Court, and the Clerk of the Inferior Court when the Juror served in said Court, shall give each of said Jurors a certificate of said balance, which the Treasurer of said county shall pay out of the county fund in his hands not otherwise appropriated. Fees, how applied, Certificates of balance. 46. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That all monies in Lee county, raised for the purpose of indemnifying the owners of town lots in Starkville, pursuant to an act approved February 7th, 1854, and which has not been appropriated for said purpose, shall be considered and constitute a part of the removal fund created by the act forming the county of Terrel. Removal Fund of Lee. 47. Sec. IV. Repeals conflieting laws. APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. TITLE XIV. LAND. 1. Surveys in Camden and Effingham how to be made. 2. Effect of violation. 3. Repealing clause. 4. Governor to have a square in Columbus surveyed. 5. Reserve in Macon, vested. 6. Restrictions. 7. Repealing clause. No. 444. An Act to prevent fraudulent surveys of land in the counties of Camden, or Effingham. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That no person shall hereafter survey or re-survey any lands in the counties of Camden, or Effingham, unless the county surveyor of said counties, or their legally authorized deputies shall be present and approve the same. Surveys to be made in Surveyor's presence

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2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That no surveys or resurveys which shall be hereafter made in said counties, contrary to the provisions of this act, shall ever be used as evidence of title, in any of the courts of law or equity in this State, Provided, that nothing herein contained, shall prevent any persons owning lands in the above named counties from employing any surveyor they may wish to re-survey their own lands. Surveys contrary, c proviso: 3. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. No. 445. An Act to authorize his Excellency the Governor, to employ a competent surveyor, and have surveyed a vacant square of land in the city of Columbus. 4. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That His Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to employ a competent Surveyor, and have surveyed a vacant square of land in the city of Columbus, the property of the State, and to expose the same for sale at such times and on such terms as he may think most advantageous for the interest of the State, and that he pay out of the proceeds a just and proper compensation to the officer so employed, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Surveyor employed by Governor, c Compensat'n APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. (No. 446.) An Act to vest that portion of land below the city of Macon, known as the State's reserve in the corporate authorities of the city of Macon. 5. Section I. Be it enacted c., That for the preservation of the health of the inhabitants of the city of Macon, and to prevent the spread of malaria, by cutting and felling of timbers, on said reserve, thereby endangering the health of said city, that all that plat of land which by an act approved, December 23d, 1826, is vested for the time being in the corporate authorities of said city, be and the same is hereby vested in said corporate authorities, provided, that if said authorities should at any time sell, lease or in any way alien said land, or should offer to sell, alien or convey said land. the same shall thenceforth re-vest in, and become the property of the State. State reserve -in whom vested: 6. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the said corporate authorities shall not cut down or cause to be cut down or killed, any tree or trees in said reserve, only so far as shall be necessary to make roads and ways through the same for their benefit and improvement. Restrictions; 7. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856.

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TITLE XV. LOOK OUT MOUNTAIN. SEC. 1 Cattle not to be driven on it during certain monthspenalty. (No. 447.) Au Act to prohibit the driving of cattle on the Look Out Mountain in the counties of Walker, Catoosa and Dade, in certain months of the year. 1 Section I. Be it enacted, c., That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to drive their cattle on the Lookout Mountain in the counties of Walker, Catoosa and Dade, except such person or persons as shall own land on said Mountain in either of said counties, in the months of May, June, July, August, September and October, and any person or persons violating the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on indictment and conviction thereof, shall be fined by the Court in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. Cattle not to be driven, c in certain seasons; Penalty for violation. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. TITLE XVI. ORDINARIES. 1. Ordinary of Twiggs, to grant letters of Guardianship to D. W. Shine. 2. Repealing clause. (No. 448.) An Act to authorize the Ordinary of Twiggs county, to grant letters of Guardianship to Daniel W. Shine. WHEREAS, Daniel Shine died in the county of Dooly, in the year 1853, leaving a widow and one child, and Daniel W. Shine, of Twiggs county, the father of said Daniel Shine of Dooly, administered on the estate of said Daniel Shine, and now has the property of said estate in his possession in the county of Twiggs, and desires to become the Guardian of his grand child, Danieleen W. Shine, the property having been derived originally by gift from said Daniel W. Shine, to said Daniel Shine of Dooly. Preamble, 1. Section. 1. Be it enacted c., That the Ordinary of Twiggs county, be and he is hereby authorized to grant letters of Guardianship to the person and property of Danieleen W. Shine, to her grand-father Daniel W. Shine of Twiggs county, upon his giving

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bond and security as now required by law, and by complying with the statutes in such cases made and provided. certain privileges granted to Daniel W Shine. 2. SEC. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Feb. 28th, 1856. TITLE XVII. ORDINANCE LEGALIZED. 1. Proceeding confirmed. 2. Repealing clause. No. 449. An Act to legalize the acts of the city Council of Columbus, in the issuing of bonds, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the Mayor and city Council of Columbus, on the twenty-fifth day of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, passed an ordinance authorizing and requiring the Mayor to subscribe on the part of said city, for fifteen hundred shares of the capital stock of the Girard Rail Road Company, to be paid on the bonds of said city, bearing seven per cent., and payable at such times and places as might be agreed upon, and the said ordinance having been published according to law, was again submitted to said Mayor and Council, to wit: on the second day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and duly ratified and adopted; and the Mayor of said city made said subscription, as directed by said ordinance, and issued in due form for the same under date of February the third, 1853, the bonds of said city to the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the interest on which has been in the mean time regularly and duly paid by the constituted authorities of said city; now therefore: Preamble; 1. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That the action of the city of Columbus, in the premises is hereby ratified and confirmed, and that its regularly constituted authorities are hereby vested with any additional needed powers to levy taxes for the payment of the principal and interest of the above described Bonds. Proceedings; Faxes; 2. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. TITLE XVIII. PARDON. 1. Pardon to John T. Boyd. (No. 450.) An Act to pardon John T. Boyd, of the county of Muscogee, now unde sentence of death for the crime of murder.

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1 Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, John T. Boyd, of the county of Muscogee, now under sentence of death, as principal in the second degree, for the crime of murder, be and he is hereby pardoned of the said crime of murder, and relieved from the pains and penalty of the same, and that the sheriff of said county of Muscogee, upon the production of this act, properly certified as having passed into a law, do discharge the said John T. Boyd, and permit him to go free. Pardon to John T Boyd; APPROVED, Dec., 7th, 1855. TITLE XIX. PATROL LAWS. SEC. 1. Act of 1843 as to Effingham repealed. SEC. 2 Act of 1854 as to Glynn repealed. SEC. 3 Repealing clause. SEC. 4 Act of 1854 repealed as to Liberty. SEC. 5 Act of 1755 revived. (No. 451.) An Act to repeal the 7 th section of an act entitled an act to amend the Road and Patrol laws of this State, so far as relates to the County of Effingham, assented to 9 th December, 1843. 1. Section I. Be enacted, c., That the 7th section of an act entitled an act to amend the Road and Patrol laws of this State, so far as relates to the county of Effingham, assented to 9th of December, 1843, be and the same is hereby repealed, and that the laws on that subject as they existed previous to the enactment of said 7th section, be and the sams are hereby revived. Act of 1843 repealed. APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. [No. 452. An act to repeal an act entitled an act to amend the Patrol laws of this State, approved February 20 th, 1854, so far as relates to the county of Glynn. 2. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the act entitled an act to amend the Patrol Laws of this State, approved February 20th, 1854, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as it relates to the county of Glynn, and the laws regulating Patrols previous to the passage of this act, of the 20th of February, 1854, be declared to be of full force and effect in the county of Glynn from and after the passage of this act. Act of 1854 repealed; 3. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED February 16th, 1856.

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[No. 453.] An Act to repeal an act to amend the Patrol laws of this State, approved February 20 th 1854, so far as relates to the county of Liberty. 4. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That after the passage of this act, that the act in relation to the Patrol Laws of this State, approved February 20th, 1854, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as relates to the county of Liberty. Act of 1854 repealed. 5. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of the act passed the 18th November, 1765, regulating patrols in this State, aud all other acts subsequent to that time, prior to the year 1854, amendatory of this act, be and the same are hereby re-enacted and continued in full force, so far as relates to the county of Liberty, and that all laws and parts of laws militating against the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Act'of 1765 revived. APPROVED, February 25th, 1856. TITLE XX. PHYSICIANS. Sec. 1 R. Rogers and C. H. Jones to pactice medicine. Sec. 2 Repealing clause. Sec. 3 A. Burnett to practice medicine. Sec. 4 Repealing clause. Sec. 5 James O. Hunt to practice. Sec. 6 Asa H. Langston to practice. Sec. 7 Repealing clause. Sec. 8 Privileges extended to others. Sec. 9 Graduates of Botanic School may practice. Sec. 10 Repealing clause. (No. 454.) An Act to authorise Ransom Rogers, Sen'r., of the county of Scriven, and Claiborn H. Jones of the county of Upson to practice medicine and charge therefor. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act Ransom Rogers, Sen'r. of the county of Scriven and Claiborn H. Jones of the county of Upson be, and they are hereby authorised to practice medicine and charge therefor. R Rogers C H Jones; to practice medicine; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 455.) An Act to authorize Azariah Burnett of the county of Dade to practice medicine and charge for the same. 3. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage

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of this act that Azariah Burnett of the county of Dade be, and he is hereby authorized to practice medicine in said county and charge and collect reasonable compensation for the same. A Burnett may practice medicine; 4. Sec. II. Any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 456) An Act to authorise James O. Hunt of the county of Harris to practice medicine and charge and collect fees for the same. 5. Section I. Be it enacted, c, That from and after the passage of this act James O. Hunt of the county of Harris be, and he is hereby authorised to practice medicine, and charge and collect for the same, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. James O Hunt to practice medicine; APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 457.) An Act to authorise Asa Houston Langston of Hart county to practice medicine in this State, receive and collect the usual fees for the same. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact as follows: 6. Section I. That Asa Houston Langston of the county of Hart be, and he is hereby authorised to practice medicine in this State, receive and collect the usual fees as now collected by regular practising physicians in this State. Privileges extended to A, Langston; 7. Sec II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 458.) An Act to authorise Dr. J. J. M. Goss of Jackson, Baily White of Hancock, Manford J. Jones of Marion, Isaac H. Hall of Troup, F. N. Hardman of Fulton, B. H. C. Beman of Gordon, and all graduates of the Botanic or Medico Botanic School of Medicine to practice medicine in this State. 8. Section I. Be it enacted, c, That Dr. J. J. M. Goss of Jackson, Baily White of Hancock, Manford J. Jones of Marion, Isaac H. Hall of Troup, F. N. Hardman of Fulton, B. H. C. Beman of Gordon be, and they are hereby authorised to practice medicine upon the Eclectic system as taught at Cincinnati, Ohio, and to collect and charge the usual fees. Privileges extended to others 9. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That all graduates of the Botanic or Medico Botanic School of Medicine be, and they are hereby fully authorized to practice physic and all its kindred branches in this State, and charge for the same in the same manner as though they had graduated in any other School. Graduates of Botanic School, c. 10. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.

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TITLE XXI. REGISTRY. SEC. 1 Keepers of Cemeteries in Savannah to register deaths. SEC. 2 To make monthly reports. SEC. 3 Defaultershow punished. SEC. 4 Repealing clause. No. 459. An Act to provide a correct registry of deaths occurring in the city of Savannah, and of interments in said city and its vicinity, and for other purposes. 1. Sec. I. Be it enacted, c., That from and immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of each and every owner or keeper of a cemetery, (other than a privrte family Cemetery or burial place) within five miles of the extended limits of the city of Savannah, to keep a correct record or registry in a well bound book, of all interments made by him or his assistant or assistants, of the remains of any deceased person, showing the name, nativity, age, place of residence, day of burial, disease or accident occasioning the death of the deceased, and the name of the attending physician, if any. Registry of Interments to be kept; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each and every person owning or keeping a Cemetery, as mentioned in the foregoing section, to make out and hand to the Clerk of Council of the City of Savannah, a regular monthly report of all interments made by him or his assistant or assistants, of all deceased persons dying within the city of Savannah, or elsewhere and buried as aforesaid, and to make out and furnish a weekly report of such interments to the Secretary of the Board of Health of said city, whenever said Board shall meet weekly, and monthly when its meetings shall be monthly. Monthly Reports to Clk. of Council; Report to Board every meeting; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That each and every owner or keeper of a cemetery as aforesaid, who shall refuse or fail to keep a correct record or registry of all such interments, or to make out and furnish a copy of the same, as provided for in the forego ing sections of this act, shall, on conviction before the Mayor of the city of Savannah be fined in the sum of thirty-dollars, for each and every offence, one half the fine for the use of the informer, and the other half for the use of the city of Savannah provided, always nevertheless, the Defendant shall on conviction in every case, be entitled to an appeal from the decision of the Mayor, to the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah and the Hamlets thereof, in council assembled, under the same rules and regulations, as are now provided by law, or the ordinances of said city for appeals in other cases. Defaulters how punished Appeal; 4. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED March 1st, 1856.

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TITLE XXII. RIVERS. SEC. 1 Timber not to be thrown into Mountain town Creek. SEC. 2 Privileges extended to Isaac Loller. SEC. 3 Repealing clause. SEC. 4 Authority granted to build a Bridge over the Chattahoochee. SEC. 5 Punishment for obstructing Bull Creek. SEC. 6 Repealing clause. SEC. 7 Privileges conferred to build a bridge, c. SEC. 8 Commissioners appointed for Kinchafoonee Creek. SEC. 9 Suit upon bond. SEC. 10 Obstructions of Creekhow punished. SEC. 11 Vacancies in board of commissioners. SEC. 12 Repealing clause. SEC. 13 Cotticay and Chattahoochee. SEC. 14 Penalty for throwing dead stock. SEC. 15 Timber not to be thrown. [No. 460.] An act to prevent the felling in of Timber of otherwise obstructing Mountain Town Creek, so as to cause drifts. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That it shall not be lawful for any person to throw timber in or otherwise obstruct the current of Mountain Town Creek, in Gilmer county, below the main fork, so as to cause drifts, upon proof being made that any person, he, she or they has been guilty of the offence as above, they shall be fined for such offence the sum of five dollars, in any Court having jurisdiction thereof. Timber not to be thrown into Mountain Town Creek. APPROVED March 1st, 1856. [No. 461.] An act to authorize Isaac C. Loller to build and keep a mill dam across the Conasauga river on his own land. 2. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Isaac C. Loller be and heis hereby authorisedto build and keep up a mill dam across the Conasauga river on his own land in the county of Murray: provided, that he keep up a lock or slope for the free passage of boats, and that the said mill dam does not back water on the lands of any other person or persons to the injury thereof. Privileges extended to Isaac C Loller, Proviso; 3. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED March 5th, 1856. [No. 462.] An Act to grant to certain persons therein named, the right to build a bridge across the Chattahoochee River, on certain conditions therei mentioned. 4. Section I. Be enacted, c., That Paul J. Semmes, Seaborn Jones, Martin J. Crawford, John Banks, George W. Winter,

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Hays, and their associates, be and they are hereby authorised to build a bridge across the Chattahoochee river at the end of one of the streets in the city of Columbus, or on the north common of said city, at such place as may be selected by them, provided, the said bridge shall be sufficient for the safe passage of waggons and carriages of all kinds; and provided further, that the said bridge when finished shall be transferred to the said city of Columbus by the aforesaid parties to the said city, agreeing to charge no more toll for the yearly or casual crossing thereof, than may from time to time be charged for crossing thereof, than may from time to time be charged for crossing the bridge now erected across the said river in said city, and shall bind itself to said parties to keep up the same in good repair as long as the said lower bridge is kept up provided, the citizens within the corporate limits of the city of Columbus, shall consent to the building of the same, their assent or dissent to be ascertained in such manner as the city council may prescribe and order, and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Authority to build a bridge; Toll, Repair; Citizens to consent; APPROVED February 27th, 1856. [No. 463.] An act to punish persons for obstructing the navigation of Bull Creek in the county of Tattnall, below Flat Ford near J. R. Smiths old place, in said county of Tattnall. 5. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, if any person or persons shall hereafter erect any dam, or place any obstruction in or across Bull Creek below the Flat Ford near J. R. Smith's old place in the county of Tattnall, so as to prevent the free navigation or passage of Boats or Rafts of Timber, such person or persons so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined [Illegible Text] imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the Court. Punishment for obstruct'g Bull Creek; 6. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED March 6th, 1856. (No. 464.) An Act to give any Company a right to construct a Bridge across the Chattahoochee river in the counties of Fulton and Cobb on the old piers upon which the Western Atlantic Rail-road was built, which may be incorporated by the Inferior Courts of Fulton or Cobb counties, or both of them on certain conditions. 7. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do hereby enact, That any Company which the Inferior Courts of Fulton and Cobb counties, or either of them, may hereafter incorporate, shall have the full right, power and privilege to construct a bridge across the Chattahoochee river in the counties of Fulton and Cobb on the old piers upon which the bridge of the Western and

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Atlantic Rail-road was first constructed, with such right and privileges as to tolls as the Inferior Courts of Fulton or Cobb counties, or both of them, may prescribe, on condition that any and all the citizens of the said counties of Fulton and Cobb shall have the right for all time to pass over said bridge free of toll. Privileges conferred to build a bridge; Toll; APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. No. 465. An Act to appoint Commissioners with power to remove all obstructions for the free passage of fish in Kinchafoonee creek, and to punish those who may attempt to defeat the same. 8. Section I. Be it enacted, c, That Pierce L. Willburn and L. B. Percer of the county of Lee, Morgan Hall and Harrison P. Wooten of the county of Sumter, Taliaferro Lingo, A. P. Lowery and James Tyler of the county of Kinchafoonee, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to remove all obstructions for fifteen feet of the main channel of Kinchafoonee creek, for the free passage of fish from its junction or confluence into Flint river up to the line of Marion county, and that said Commissioners, or a majority of them be, and they are hereby authorised from time to time, and as often as they may deem expedient to enter upon the discharge of their duties and remove all obstructions that may impede the free passage of fish to the width of at least fifteen feet of the main channel of said creek, between the points herein designated, and employ such persons to assist them as they may deem necessary to effect said object, and if any person or persons oppose said Commissioners in the execution of said duty by threats, or otherwise, any one or more of said Commissioners may apply to a Judge of the Superior Court, or a Justice of the Inferior Court of the county in which such person or persons may reside, and on complaint on oath that such person or persons has opposed, or is opposing, said Commissioners in the discharge of their duty, the Judge or Justice shall issue his warrant to the Sheriff, or his deputy, or any Constable of said county requiring him to arrest such person or persons and bring him, or them, before such Judge, or Justice, forthwith, and upon evidence to the satisfaction of such Judge, or Justice, that the person or persons so arrested has, or is opposing said Commissioners in the discharge of said duty, said Judge or Justice shall require such person or persons to enter into bond with good and sufficient security in the sum of one thousand dollars, payable to the Commissioners who at the time shall be engaged in the execution of the duties of this act with condition that such person or persons shall not oppose, or interfere with said Commissioners in the discharge of their duty of removing of obstructions for the space of fifteen feet in the main channel of said creek, and if any person or persons so arrested shall fail or refuse to give bond as above specified, the Judge, or Justice, shall commit him, or them, to the common Jail of the county, there to remain until such bond shall be given, or such obstructions removed. Com'rs of Kinchafoone Creek; May remove obstructions; Proceedings in case of opposition; Failure to give bond;

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9. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall commit a breach of the bonds by him or them given, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner therein named, or their survivors to institute suit thereon, and recover the penalty of the bond to be applied to the use and benefit of the county or counties in which such offences may be committed. Suit on bond 10. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall hereafter obstruct the main channel of said creek as above specified, so as to prevent the free passage of fish between the points herein before designated, by fish traps or other impediments, such person or persons shall be subject to indictment in the Superior Court of the county in which the offence may be committed, and on conviction shall be fined in a sum not more than one thousand, nor less than five hundred dollars, one-half of which shall be for the use of the prosecutor and the other half for the use of the county in which such conviction shall be had. Penalty for obstructing; 11. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That if any of the above named Commissioners shall refuse to act, or shall die or remove, the Inferior Court shall upon application appoint some suitable person or persons to fill his or their place, and the person or persons so appointed shall have all the powers, rights and privileges as though his or their names were now incorporated in this act, provided, that none of the provisions of this act shall be so construed as to operate or interfere with any of the mill dams now on said creek, provided, that said mill dam does not interfere with any mill dam that is now, or may hereafter be built. Vacancies; Proviso; 12. Sec. V. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 466.) An Act to prevent any person from throwing dead stock or other dead carcases in Cotticay and Chattahoochee rivers, or timber that would be likely to create drifts. 13. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful for any person to throw dead horses, cattle, hogs, dogs, or any thing that would stagnate or seriously injure the water of Cotticay and Chattahoochee rivers, its head waters or tributary streams, in the county of Gilmer. Cotticay Chattaboochee; 14. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That if any person should violate the first provisions of this act, he, she or they shall be fined five dollars for each offence, in any Court having jurisdiction thereof. Penalty; 15. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person to throw large quantities of [Illegible Text] in said river so as to create drifts, and on conviction thereof, may be fined at the discretion of the Court, not exceeding five dollars, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Timbers; Penalty; APPROVED, Feb. 28th, 1856.

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TITLE XXIII. ROAD LAWS. 1. Appointment of Road Commissioners in Glynn. 2. Overseers. 3. Slaves, Free Negroes. 4. Length of time to work. 5. Return of hands employed. 6. Appeal. 7. Appropriation of hands. 8. Funds how applied. 9. Commissioners may have obstructions removed. 10. Defaulters returned to Justice's Courts 11. Justices of the Peace Road Commissioners. 12. Proviso. 13. Return in Meriwether. 14. Majority of Districts to act in Bryan 15. Return of Commissioners. 16. Fines for non-attendance. 17. Warrants of distress. 18. By-laws. 19. Repealing clause. 20. Obstruction of Road in Troup county. 21. Road duty in Morgan. 22. Repealing clause. 23. Exemption of residents of Skidaway Island. 24. Repealing clause. 25. Acts of 1854 extended to Webster county. 26. Repealing clause. No. 467. An Act to amend the road laws of this State, so far as relates to the county of Glynn. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the Inferior Court of the county of Glynn, at their regular Court in June next, to appoint three commissioners of roads in each district of said county, who shall be notified by the Clerk of the Inferior Court of such appointment within ten days after it is made, which commissioners so appointed shall hold their appointment for the term of two years from the time they shall be notified of their appointment, and any commissioners so appointed who shall fail, or refuse, or neglect to accept said appointment, shall be liable to a fine of thirty dollars for such failure, refusal or neglect to perform his duty as commissioner, which fine shall be recovered by an execution from, and under the hand of the Clerk of the Inferior Court by an order issuing from the Inferior Court, which order shall be entered upon the minutes of the Court, unless excused from serving for reasons satisfactory to that Court, and the said commissioners shall be required to meet at some convenient place in each district, and appropriate the road hands on the several roads of their respective districts, they shall appoint one of their number Treasurer in each district, who shall be required to give bond and security, to the Justices of the Inferior Court for the time being, and their successors in office in the sum of five hundred dollars faithfully to apply, and true [Illegible Text] to make of all monies in their hands whenever called on, so to do, by the Justices of the Inferior Court, and the commissioners so appointed shall be required to attend on the road from day to day to inspect and direct the working of said roads, and they shall annually be entitled to two dollars per day, for the time they shall be engaged on said road as

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commissioners, inspecting and directing the same to be paid out of any money arising from fines collected by them. Road Com'rs of Glynn Notified by Clerk; Term of appointment; May be fined Now recover ed; Meeting of Com'srs. Treasurer; Inspection of road. Compensat'n 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the commissioners to appoint three or more overseers of the roads in their respective districts, whose duty it shall be to summons out the hands liable to road duty, and attend on the road during the time of working on the road, and to act as overseers of said hands under the direction of the commissioners, and said overseers shall be paid one dollar per day for and during the time they shall be engaged in summonsing the hands on the road and working, and if the overseers so appointed or any one of them shall fail or neglect to do, and perform the duties required of them, they shall be liable to a fine of ten dollars to be recovered by an execution issued by the commissioners or a majority of them in the district in which said overseers so refusing and neglecting may live, which fine when collected shall become a part of the road fund of said county, and district in which said defaulting overseer may live unless said overseer shall render good and sufficient excuse to the commissioners, and all white male inhabitants of said county shall be exempt from road duty, except the commissioners and overseers appointed as aforesaid. Overseers. Their duty; Fines; How recovered; Who Ilable to do road duty; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That all male slaves and all free negroes and mulattoes between the age of sixteen and forty-five, shall be subject to, and perform road duty in the district where they may live. Slaves, Free Negroes, c. 4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the commissioners to cause, to be summoned out all the hands at such times and place as they shall deem best for the public interest, and shall work on the roads in their respective districts six days in each year, and immediately after the working, it shall be their duty to give notice at three or more public places of the Districts for all defaulters to appear and render in their excuses for non-attendance on said road, and on failing to attend and render satisfactory excuse to the commissioners, the defaulting hands shall each be fined in the sum of fifty cents per day for the time neglected to attend on the road, and the commissioners or a majority of them shall immediately proceed to issue execution to be served and executed by the Sheriff of the county, or constables of said districts the owner or owners of said hands, to be levied and collected by said Sheriff or constable as aforesaid, out of any real or personal property of said owners of said road hands, and to be paid over to the commissioners, and if the Sheriff or constable shall collect any money as aforesaid, and refuse or neglect to pay the same over to the commissioners, on complaint to the Inferior Court, it shall be the duty of the court to cause the defaulting officers to pay the same over under a rule from said Court, and imprisoning said officer until the same is paid. Length of time to work Defaulter's fined. How [Illegible Text] 5. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the overseers of roads to administer an oath or affirmation to all persons making a return to him of the number of hands in his, her or their employment, possession or control who are liable to road

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duty as to the correctness of said returns, and all returns shall be turned over to the commissioners with the names of the hands previous to the time appointed for the working on said roads, and the overseers of the roads shall only be required to give five days notice of the time and place of working on said roads. Return of hands made Notice of working; 6. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That in case any commissioner shall be dissatisfied with the Judgment of the Inferior Court for any default of said commissioners in the discharge of his duty, or for refusing or neglecting to accept his appointment, he shall have the right of an appeal to the Superior Court of said county, under such rules and regulations as prescribed by law in other cases of appeals. Appeal 7. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the commissioners to appropriate fifteen hands annually on the roads above the Clay Hole Swamp, to work on the main river road, and the road leading by Forman's place, to the Wayne county line, and that the hands of George W. W right and Dr. T. F. Hazzard be exempt from road duty, and be allowed to work on their private roads in the twenty-sixth district, where they may reside at their present residences. Appropriat'n of hands, c 8. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That all funds collected by the commissioners of the roads shall be applied to the repairing and erecting bridges in the district where the funds are collected, and the balance remaining in their hands shall be paid over to the Clerk of the Inferior Court, and kept separate and apart from all other monies to be applied only to the repairing and building of bridges in the respective districts where said monies are collected. Funds, how applied; 9. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, That in case of obstructions of the roads from storm or otherwise, the commissioners may at any time summons the road hands out on the roads for the purpose of clearing out said obstructions apart from said general road working. Com'srs may remove obstructions. APPROVED March 1st, 1856. (No. 468.) An Act to amend the Road Laws of this State, so far as relates to the county of Coffee. 10. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the overseers of all roads in the county of Coffee shall return all defaulters to the Justices Courts in the respective districts in which roads shall lie, and it shall be the duty of such Court to hear and determine the same, and be vested with the same powers as a Court Martial would be, in assessing fines, and in no instance shall the fine exceed the sum of two dollars per day for such defaulters, and the same shall be collected as in all other judgments in said Justices' Courts. Defaulters returned to the Justices Courts, May hear determine cases; Limit of Fines; 11. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the the Peace for said county are hereby appointed Road Commissioners in and for said county vested with full and complete powers over roads, overseers and road hands in their respective districts. Justices of the Peace made Road o mmis'ners

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12. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. provided, nothing in this act shall prevent the Inferior Court of said county from laying out and establishing roads. proviso. 13. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That every citizen of the county of Meriwether shall make a return of the number of hands under their control subject to road duty to the proper authority by the first day of April in each year. Return of hands; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 469.) An Act to authorise the Board of Commissioners of Public Roads of the county of Bryan to carry on and transact business under certain circumstances, and for other purposes. WHEREAS the Road Commissioners of the county of Bryan are often put to much trouble and inconvenience at their annual meetings for want of quorum to transact business, for remedy whereof: Preamble; 14. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act it shall and may be lawful for the Board of Commissioners of public roads of the county of Bryan at their annual meetings to carry on and transact their business, if there be a majority of the Road Districts in the county represented at the said meeting. Majority may do business, 15. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of any district not represented at any annual meeting be requested to make out at the next annual meeting thereafter of the said Commissioners, a complete and fair return for the year in which they fail to represent their Districts. Return of Com'srs. 16. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be discretionary with the Board of Commissioners as to the amount of fines to be imposed for non-attendance of Commissioners at the annual meetings of said Commissioners, or for other delinquencies, provided, that all defaulters at any annual meeting be allowed until the next annual meeting thereafter to render their excuses, the sufficiency of which shall be judged of by the Board, Provided, also, that no Commissioner be fined for such default in any sum of more than ten dollars. Fines, c. 17. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That all warrants of distress hereafter issued for the collection of fines imposed by the general Board of Road Commissioners of Bryan county, shall be under the hand and seal of the Chairman and Secretary, and directed to the Sheriff of the county. Warrants of distress. 18. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, That the said Board shall have power to pass all by-laws, rules and regulations for the transaction of their business. By-laws, c 19. Sec. VI. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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No. 470. An Act to prevent and make penal the obstruction of any of the public roads of Troup county, by persons engaged in horse racing. 20. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, if any person or persons should meet together for the purpose of horse racing, on any of the public roads of Troup county, in this State, and shall obstruct the same to the free passage or inconvenence of any transient person or persons such persons so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and indicted for the same, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined and imprisoned in the jail of said county, at the discretion of the Superior Court before whom such person shall be tried. Obstructions of roads in Troup Co. APPROVED March 6th, 1856. [No. 471.] An Act to alter and amend the Road Laws in the county of Morgan 21 Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and immediately after the passage of this act, all male slaves, and free persons of color between the age of fourteen and fifty, residing in the county of Morgan, shall be subject to do road duty agreeable to the law regulating the duty of road hands in this State. Road duty in Morgan, c, 22 Sec. II, Repeals conflicting laws: APPROVED February 28th, 1856. [No. 472] An Act to exempt persons resident on Skidaway Island from performing road duty on the main land. 23 Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the persons liable to road duty resident on Skidaway Island, in the county of Chatham, shall not be required to perform the same on the main land. Exemptions of residents of Skidaway Island: 24 Sec. II, Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED March 5th, 1856. No. 473. An act to extend to the county of Webster, the provisions of an act entitled an act to amend the road law of this State, so far as relates to the counties of Wilkes, Laurens, Lincoln, Columbia and Twiggs, approved Feb. 20 th, 1854. 25 Section I, The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact as followsThat from after the passage of this act, the provisions of the above recited act be and the same are hereby extended to the county of Webster. Act of 1854 extended, to Webster Co; 26 Sec II, Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED March 6th, 1856.

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TITLE XXIV. RELIEF LAWS. I. FEME'S SOLE. II. HEIRS AND MINORS. III. MARITAL RIGHTS. IV. PEDDLERS. V. SECURITIES, EXECUTORS, c. VI. MISCELLANEOUSRELIEF. FEME'S SOLE. Sec. 1 Jane E. Lott of Richmond county to trade. Sec. 2 Henry Medora Arnold, Sec. 3 Repealing clause. Sec. 4 Martha Clower of Wilkes Sec. 5 Harriet T. Danforth, of Wilkes county. Sec. 6 Mary Ann Barnett, of Baldwin county. Sec. 7 Anna Bulkley, Sec. 8 Harriet Seymore. Sec. 9 Sarah Mann Tant. Sec. 10 Eleanor Maloney, Sec. 11 Repealing clause. Sec. 12 Rachel Holoman of Carrol. Sec. 13 Martha E. Alford of Troup. Sec. 14 Anistatia L. Horn of Bibb. Sec. 15 Ann McDaniel of Talbot. Sec. 16 Sarah M. Norrill of Pickens. [No. 474.] An Act for the relief of Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Lott, wife of George Lott of Richmond County. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c, That from and after the passage of this act, Mrs Jane Elizabeth Lott, wife of George Lott, of the county of Richmond, be and is hereby authorised 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 acquisitions of any description of property whatever, shall accrue to herself alone, and shall in no way be liable for the debts or future contracts of her said husband, and that all conflicting laws are hereby repealed. Jane Elizabeth Lott to trade, c; Her acquisitions not liable for husband's debts. APPROVED March 3d, 1856. No. 475. An act for the relief of Henry Medora Arnold, wife of John B. Arnold of Glynn County. 2 Section I. Be it enacted, c That from and after the passage of this act, Henry Medora Arnold, wife of John B. Arnold, of the county of Glynn, be and she is hereby authorised to contract and

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be contracted with, and to sue and be sued as a feme sole, and to carry on business on her own account, and for her own use and benefit, notwithstanding her coverture, and all her future acquisitions of property shall not be liable for any debts or contracts whatever of her said husband. Henry Medora Arnold allowed to trade, c 3. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED March 3d, 1855. (No. 476.) An Act for the relief of Martha W Clower of the county of Clarke, Harriet T. Danforth of the county of Wilkes, Mary Ann Barnett of the county of Baldwin, Anna Bulkley and Harriet Seymore of the county of Paulding, Sarah Mann Tant, and Eleanor Maloney of the county of Richmond, and Susan Price of the county of Wilkes. 4. SECTION I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, Martha W. Clower, wife of Daniel M. Clower of the county of Clarke, be and she is hereby authorised to contract and be contracted with, as a feme sole, and transact business in her own name, and for her own use and benefit, notwithstanding the coverture, and that her future acquisitions shall not be subject to, or liable for the debts or contracts of her said husband, and that she may sue and be sued in her own name. Martha W Clower to trade, c, Acquisitions exempt, 5. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That all the privileges and benefits conferred by this act, be also granted to Mrs. Harriet T. Danforth of the county of Wilkes. Provisions extended to Harriet T Danforth; 6 Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, Mary Ann Barnett, wife of Nathan C. Barnett, of the county of Baldwin, be and she is hereby authorised to contract and be contracted with, as a feme sole, and transact business in her own name, and for her own use and benefit, notwithstanding her coverture, and that her future acquisitions shall not be liable for the debts or contracts of her present, or any future husband, and that she may sue and be sued, in her own name. Mary Ann Barnett to trade, c Her acquisitions exempt 7. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, Mrs. Anna Bulkley, be and she is hereby constituted a free or sole trader, with the full power and authority to buy and sell, contract debts, and to do any kind of business, as though she was sole and unmarried, and that the profits, if any, which may arise in her business and dealings, be to her sole and separate use. Anna Buckley constituted a feme sole trader; 8. Sec. V. Be it further enacted That the foregoing sections of this act, shall also extend to Harriet Seymore, the wife of John R. Seymore of the county of Paulding. Harriet Seymour: 9. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, Sarah Mann Tant, wife of James E. Tant, of the county of Richmond, be and she is hereby authorised to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued as a feme sole, and to carry on business on her own account, and for her own use and benefit,

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notwithstanding her coverture, and that all her future acquisitions of any description of property shall not be liable for any debts or contracts whatever of her said husband. Sarah Mann Tant; Her acquisitions, c 10. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, Eleanor Maloney, wife of John M. Maloney of the county of Richmond, be and she is hereby authorised to contract and be contracted with, and to sue and be sued 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 all her future acquisitions, of any description of property, shall not be liable for any debts or contracts whatever of her said husband. Eleanor Maloney to trade, c; Property acquired not liable. 11. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby extended to Susan Price, wife of James W. Price of the county of Wilkes. 12 Sec. IX, Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, February 28th, 1856. No. 477. An Act for the relief of Rachel Holoman, wife of William Holoman of the county of Carroll, and Martha E Alford, wife of James A J Alford of Troup County. 13. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, Rachel Holoman, wife of William Holoman, of the county of Carroll, be and she is hereby authorised 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, to purchase, hold and dispose of property, both real and personal in her own name, and to sue and be sued as if she were a feme sole, and that notwithstanding her coverture, all her future acquisitions of any description of property, shall be exempt from liability for the debts or contracts of her said husband, and not subject to his control. Rachel Holoman allowed to trade, c, 14. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be extended to the said Martha E. Alford of Troup county. Martha E Alford; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No 478.) An Act to make and constitute Anistatia Lorentine Horn of the county of Bibb, Ann McDaniel of the county of Talbot, and Sarah M Norrill of the county of Pickens, sole traders. 15 Section I, Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, Anistatia Lorentine Horn, wife of Alfred Horn, be and she is hereby made and constituted a sole trader, to buy and to sell and conduct such business as she might lawfully do, were she a feme sole, sue and be sued, and have and enjoy the profits of her labor and business exempt from the control of her husband or his creditors. Anistatia L Horn made a sole trader

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16. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That Ann McDaniel, the wife of John McDaniel, of the county of Talbot, be and she is hereby authorised to carry on business, on her own account, to purchase, hold, and dispose of property in her own name, and for her own sole use, and to sue and be sued, as if she were a feme sole, and that all her present and future acquisitions shall be exempt from liabilities for debts or contracts of her present or future husband, and not subject to his control. Ann McDaniel to trade, c Acquisitions, how exempt. 17. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That Sarah M. Norrill of the county of Pickens, be and she is hereby authorised to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, defend and be defended, and to carry on business on her own account as though she she were a feme sole, notwithstanding her coverture, and that her business and acquisitions as a trader, or the products of her labor, shall not be subject to the control or contracts of her present or any future husband. Sarah M Norrill made a sole trader; Acquisitions, how exempt; APPROVED Feb. 16th, 1856. II.HEIRS AND MINORS. 1. Jessie L. Bull, to be heir at law. 2. Walter R. Youlles, 3. Repealing clause. 4. Sarah Catharine and John T. Simmons. 5. Repealing clause. 6. Wm. L. Strain to deliver estate. 7. Still held subject to trust. 8. Repealing clause. 9. Austin G L. Cheek adopted. 10. John Q. Spires to receive property c 11. Guardian may settle, c. 12. Validity of this act. 13. Jas. Henry Fannin. 14. Repealing clause. 15. Rights of Eugene Allen of Troup. (No. 479.) An Act to authorize Jessie Bull, a minor of the county of Stewart, to be an heir at law of William Carter of said county. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, Jessie L. Bull, a female minor, of the county of Stewart be, and she is after the passage of this act, an heir at law of William Carter, of said county, and that she shall inherit property, and do all other things that legitimate child of said William Carter could do, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Jessie L. Bull made heir at law of W Carter. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 480.) An Act to make Walter R. Youlles, formerly, Walter R. Highsmith, son of Walter Youlles, of the county of Wayne, the lawful heir of the said Walter Youlles of said county of Wayne. 2. Section I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, Walter R. Youlles, formerly Walter R. Highsmith, whose name has been changed by an act of the General Assembly, son of Walter Youlles of the county of Wayne, be and he is hereby

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made heir at law of the said Walter Youlles of said county of Wayne, and that he be made capable of inheriting the estate both real and personal of the said Walter Youlles, of said Wayne county. Walter Youlles made heir at law. 3. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED Feb. 16th, 1856. (No. 481.) An Act to make Sarah Cotharine Simmons, and John Jackson Summons of the county of Dooly, the adopted heirs of Hardy Pitts and Nancy Pitts. 4. Section I. Be it enacted c., That Sarah Catharine Simmons and John Jackson Simmons be, and they are hereby declared the adopted children of Hardy and Nancy Pitts, and that they be made capable of inheriting the estate of said Hardy and Nancy in the same degree, and in equal shares with their children according to the laws of descent of this State. Sarah Catherine John J Simmons adopted. 5. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. (No. 482.) An Act for the relief of William L. Strain of the county of Greene. WHEREAS: John Colby, by his will bequeathed certain property to said William L. Strain, in trust for his daughter, Maria A. Woodruff, during her life, and after her death, to her two children, James S. Woodruff aud Henrietta S. Woodruff, and whereas, the said James S. Woodruff has arrived at the age of twenty-one years and also the said Henrietta S. Woodruff who also has intermarried with one Woodruff Sprague, and whereas, all the parties a foresaid reside in the State of South Carolina, and it is desireable for all, that the property, money and effects so in his possession as aforesaid, should be paid and delivered over to the said James S. Woodruff, and Woodruff Sprague and the said Maria A Woodruff. Preamble; 6. Section I. Be it enacted c., That the said William L. Strain be, and he is hereby authorized to deliver and pay over all the money, property, and effects so held by him as aforesaid, to the said James S. Woodruff and Woodruff Sprague, and their receipts for the same shall be a full and perfect acquittance for, and on account of said property, money and effects, and shall in all respect be as binding as though said life estate were not determined. Wm L Strain to deliver over estate. 7. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said James S. Woodruff and Woodruff Sprague shall hold said property, money and effects, subject to the same trust that the same is now held by the said William L. Strain. Held subject to trust, c 8. Sec, III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.

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No. 483. An Act to make Austin G. L. Cheek, of the county of Carroll, the adopted heir of Martin and Martha Crider. 9. Sec. II. Be it enacted c., That Austin G. L. Cheek be, and he is hereby declared the adopted son of Martin and Martha Crider, and made capable of inheriting their property, and put on the same footing according to the laws of descent in this State, as though he were their own child, and at their death shall be capable of inheriting their estate. Austin G L Cheek adopted; APPROVED Feb. 16th, 1856. No. 484. An Act to confer certain privileges on John Q. Spires, of Lincoln county, and to make lawful his acts, and to give him authority to transact business as though he were of full age. WHEREAS: John Q. Spires of Lincoln county has recently married, and whereas, he is entitled to considerable estate, and by reason of his minority, cannot-legally call upon those who hold the same in possession for payment. for remedy whereof 10. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That the said John Q. Spires be, and he is hereby rendered competent in law to receive all, and every species of property or money, to which he may be entitled, from any Guardian. Executor, Administrator, or Trustee, or any other person holding the same in any capacity whatever, and to execute receipts therefor, which shall be binding upon him, to all intents and purposes, as fully as if he was of full age. John L' Spires allowed to receive prop'ty receipt, c. 11. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That any Guardian, Executor, Administrator, Trustee or other person, holding any species of property or money belonging to the said John Q. Spires, be and they are hereby authorized to pay the same over to him, as though he were of full age. Guardian, c to settle; 12. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be valid against the said John Q. Spires, and he is hereby declared to be fully competent to transact business as a citizen of full age; and shall be liable upon his contracts, and capable of suing and being sued, in the same way and manner as is now prescribed by law as to other cstizens of this State, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Shall be liable, c. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. No. 485. An Act for the relief of James Henry Fannin of the county of Troup, a minor in the twenty first year of his age. WHEREAS: James Henry Fannin of the county of Troup, aged

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twenty years is desirous of moving West, and having an estate in the hands of Augustus B. Fannin, his guardian, and it being necessary that he should have the control of his estate, to accomplish this object, and said guardian being willing to deliver up said estate to his said ward. 13. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That James Henry Fannin of the county of Troup, shall be held and considered as of full age so far as to enable him to receive his property from his Guardian, Augustus B. Fannin, and to settle fully with such Guardian and to give such acquittances and receipts as may be necessary and proper, and which shall be as valid and binding upon the said James Henry Fannin, as if he was of full age. Privileges conferred on Jas Henry Fannin, 14. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 486.) An Act for the protection of the rights of Eugene Allen, a minor of Troup county. WHEREAS, it appears that the orphans of Francis Wisdom, of the county of Jasper, in this State, drew lot of land number five hundred and twenty-four, (524) in the eighteenth (18) district, of the second section of the Cherokee purchase which said described lot of land has been illegally granted to J. L. Casey, of the county of Meriwether, prior to the expiration of the limitation act of this State, in relation to the granting of such lands, and whereas, the said minor is the only legal heir of said orphans, and is justly entitled to said described lot of land, therefore 15. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That his Excellency the Governor, of this State, be and he is hereby authorized to cause another grant to the said described lot of land to be issued to the orphans of Francis Wisdom deceased, by the payment of the usual fee for the same, by John T. Boykin of Troup, Guardian of said minor. State Grant wh'n to issue APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. III.MARITAL RIGHTS. Sec. 1 Disability of Robert G. Ford. Sec. 2 Repealing clause. Sec. 3 Marital rights granted to James Roundtree. Sec. 4 Provisions extended to James Suggs. Sec. 5 Privileges conferred on Mary W. Gresham. Sec. 6 Privileges conferred on Charles S. Arnold. Sec. 7 Freed from all liability, c. Sec. 8 Repealing clause. Sec. 9 Sarah H. Lamarfree from disability. Sec. 10 Wm. R. Holmes free from disability. Sec. 11 Privileges granted to Mary Ann Lee. Sec. 12 Privileges granted to Elizabeth J. Tucker and others. Sec. 13 Privileges granted to James M. Mitchell. Sec. 14 Privileges granted to Susan Murray. Sec. 15 Privileges granted to John H. Kelly. Sec. 16 Privileges granted to Margaret Marchman. Sec. 17 Privileges granted to William Meed.

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(No. 487.) An Act for the relief of Robert G. Ford of the county of Worth and Thomas M. Alston of Fannin county. WHEREAS: Elizabeth Ford formerly the wife of said Robert G. Ford, having obtained a divorce a vinculo matrimonii from the said Robert G. Ford in the Superior Court of Worth county, and the said Robert G. Ford being a good and orderly citizen and desiring to be relieved from the disabilities and penalties of his intermarriage and subsequent divorce: 1. Section I. Be it therefore enacted, c., That the said Rober G. Ford of the county of Worth be relieved from all disabilities and penalties consequent upon his intermarriage and subsequent divorce with Elizabeth Ford. Relief of Robt G Ford; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be extended to Thomas M. Alston of Fannin county, all laws to the contrary not withstanding. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 488.) An Act for the relief of James Roundtree of the county of Fulton and James Suggs of the county of Randolph. 3. Section I. Be it enacted, c, That James Roundtree of the county of Fulton be, and he is hereby relieved from all disabilities on account of a divorce obtained by his wife Martha M. Roundtree in the Superior Court of said county, and that the said, James Roundtree be made eligible to marry again. Marital rights granted to James Rountree 4. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That James Suggs of the county of Randolph be entitled to all the privileges of this bill, all laws to the contrary notwithstanding. Provisions extended to James Suggs APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 489.) An Act for the relief of Mary W. Gresham formerly Mary W. Triplett of Wilkes county. WHEREAS: at the last term of the Superior Court of the county of Wilkes a final verdict granting a divorce, a vinculo matrimonii in favor of Charles W. Gresham vs. said Mary W. Gresham, upon proof of abandonment only, and, whereas, said Mary W. Gresham is regarded in said county as a virtuous and respectable woman and deserving the favorable consideration of the General Assembly: Preamble; 5. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage

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of this act the said Mary W. Gresham be, and she is hereby fully relieved from all liabilities and disabilities by her incurred in consequence of her intermarriage with said Charles W. Gresham, and of the rendition of said verdict. Privileges conferred on Mary W Gresham APPROVED, February 21st, 1856. (No. 490.) An Act to authorize and empower Charles S. Arnold of the county of Chatham to marry again, and for other purposes. 6. Section I. Be it enacted, c., Whereas a divorce, a vinculo matrimonii hath been pronounced in the Superior Court of Chatham county between Charles S. Arnold and Sarah Alberta Arnold, that from and after the passage of this act it shall and may be lawful for the said Charles S. Arnold to marry again, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Marital right granted to Charles S Arnold; 7. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the said Charles S. Arnold shall be freed from all pains, penalties or disabilities as though he had never contracted marriage with the said Sarah Alberta. Freed from all liability, 8. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Feb. 2nd, 1856. (No. 491.) An Act for the relief of Sarah H. Lamar, and Doctor William R. Holmes. 9. Section I. Be it enacted, c, That from and after the passage of this act Sarah H. Lamar, be, and she is hereby relieved from all pains and penalties in case she should marry again, her husband John O. Lamar having obtained a divorce in the State of Alabama from her. Rights extended to Sarah H Lamar; 10. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That Doctor William R. Holmes be, and he is hereby relieved from all disability on account of his having been married to his wife Julia Holmes, formerly Julia Bowdry, of the county of Richmond, from whom he has been legally divorced. Wm R Holmes, c APPROVED, February 27th, 1856. (No. 492.) An Act for the relief of Mary Ann Lee of the county of Ware, and other persons herein named, and for other purposes therein mentioned. WHEREAS: Richard Lee formerly husband of Mary Ann Lee having obtained a divorce, a vinculo matrimonii from Mary Ann Lee in the Superior Court of Ware county, and Mary Ann Lee being a virtuous woman and orderly citizen, and deserving to be relieved

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from the disabilities and penalties arising from her intermarriage, and the divorce of Richard Lee. Marital rights granted to Mary Ann Lee, 11. Section I. Be it therefore enacted, c, That Mary Ann Lee be relieved from all the disabilities and penalties consequent upon her intermarriage and subsequent divorce from Richard Lee, all laws to the contrary notwithstanding. 12. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby extended to Elizabeth S. Tucker wife of William Tucker of the county of Randolph, Lemuel Love and Catharine A. Tefton of the county of Calhoun, Sarah S. Compton wife of Aaron V. Compton and Jasper Holston husband of Margaret Holston of the county of Macon, and Eliza Brooks wife of Isaac P. Brooks of the county of Dougherty, and William Methvin of the county of Twiggs. To others. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 493.) An Act for the relief of James Monroe Mitchell of the county of Muscogee. WHEREAS, a final verdict was rendered granting a divorce, a vinculo matrimonii in favor of Martha Mitchell vs. James M. Mitchell in the Superior Court of the county of Stewart. 13. Be it therefore enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act said James M. Mitchell be, and he is hereby fully released from all liabilities and disabilities by him incurred in consequence of his intermarriage with the said Martha Mitchell, and of the rendition of said verdict, except his liabilities for the support and maintenance of the children the issue of said marriage, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. James M Mitchell Relieved from liability, c. APPROVED, February 19th, 1856. (No. 494.) An Act for the relief of Susan Murray of the county of Charlton 14. Section I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act Susan Murray be, and she is hereby fully released from all liabilities and disabilities by her incurred by reason of a divorce having been granted to her former husband James Murray, and that she be allowed to marry again in the same manner as if she had never been married, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Marital rights grantd to Susan Murray; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 495.) An Act for the relief of John H. Kelly of the county of Hancock. 15. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage

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of this act John H. Kelly of the county of Hancock, be, and he is hereby fully released from all liabilities and disabilities by him incurred by reason of a divorce having been granted to his former wife, Martha A. Kelly, and that he be allowed to marry again, in the same manner, as if he had never been married, all laws to the contrary notwithstanding. to John H Kelly; APPROVED, Feb. 22d, 1856. (No. 496.) An Act for the relief of Margaret Marchman formerly Margaret Watson of the county of Greene, and to change the name of said Margaret Marchman to that of Margaret Watson, and also for the relief of William Meed of Haralson county. WHEREAS, at Term of the Superior Court of the county of Troup a final verdict was rendered, granting a divorce, a vinculo matrimonii in favor of Cicero S. Marchman vs. said Margaret Marchman upon proof of abandonment only, And whereas, the said Margaret Marchman is regarded in said county as an orderly, virtuous and pious woman, and therefore deserves the favorable considerations of this General Assembly: Preamble. 16. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act the said Margaret Marchman be, and she is hereby fully relieved from all liabilities and disabilities by her incurred in consequence of her intermarriage with said Cicero S. Marchman, and of the rendition of said verdict. Relief of Margaret Marchman 17. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the privileges of this act be extended to William Meed of Haralson county. Of Wm Meed APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. (No. 497.) An Act for the relief of Frances Murry lately the wife of James Murry. 18. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the said Frances Murry be, and she is hereby released from all disabilities imposed upon her by the judgment of the Superior Court of Calhoun county in a suit for divorce, at the instance of the said James Murry against the said Frances Murry, so far as she is by said judgment rendered incapable of marrying, and that the said Frances Murry is hereby made fully able and capable in law of entering into the marriage contract, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Marital rights grantd to Frances Murry; APPROVED March 3d, 1856.

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IV. PEDDLERS, Sec. 1 John W. Grantham allowed to peddle. Sec. 2 Matthew Gresham allowed to peddle. Sec. 3 Thomas R. Gibbs allowed to peddle. Sec. 4 Repealing clause, Sec. 5 Warren Dykes allowed to peddle. Sec. 6 Ransom Cooper and M. Floyd, allowed to peddle. Sec. 7 Repealing clause. Sec. 8 Uriah Evans allowed to peddle Sec. 9 J. C. Jones and others allowed to peddle. Sec. 10 Jeptha Brock allowed to peddle. Sec. 11 Repealing clause. Sec. 12 C. Cowart and H. S. Sapp allowed to peddle. Sec. 13 Repealing clause. Sec. 14 Francis Ponsell allowed to peddle. Sec. 15 Repealing clause. Sec. 16 A. J. Wooten allowed to peddle, Sec. 17 Jacob Collins allowed to peddle. Sec. 18 Edward Stanfield allowed to peddle. (No. 498.) An Act to authorise John W. Grantham, an infirm person, and a citizen of Cobb county, to peddle and vend goods, Wares, and Merchandize, in the county of Cobb, without a license for that purpose, as nou required by law, and to entitle Matthew Crenshaw to similar privileges in the county of Troup. 1. Section I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for John W. Grantham, an infirm citizen of the county of Cobb, to peddle and vend goods, Wares and Merchandize in the county of Cobb, without taking out and paying for license for that purpose, as now required by law, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. To John W Grantham; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That Matthew Crenshaw of the county of Troup, be entitled to the provisions of this act confining his operations to the county of Troup. To Mathew Crenshaw: APPROVED March 5th, 1856. (No. 499) An Act to authorise Thomas R. Gibbs, an infirm man, to peddle without paying for License. 3. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, Thomas R. Gibbs, an infirm man of the county of Cherokee, be and he is hereby authorised to peddle and vend wares, goods and merchandize, in the county of Cherokee, without paying for license so to do as is now required by law. Thomas R Gibbs to peddle, c 4. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. No. 500. An Act to authorise Warren Dykes an infirm man of the county of Worth as an itinerant trader, to vend any goods, wares, or merchandize within the limits and bounds of the said county, also to allow Ransom Cooper of the county of Floyd, to peddle in the county of Floyd, and also to allow M. Floyd of Cass county to peddle in Cass county.

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5. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Warren Dykes, an infirm man of the county of Worth, be and he is hereby authorised as an itinerant trader, to vend goods, wares and merchandize within the limits and bounds of Worth county, without the license, and paying the tax, as now required by virtue of the several laws of this State, governing said traders Provided, that he shall first take and subscribe an oath before one of the Justices of the Inferior Court, of said county, that the business he is authorised to pursue, is for the benefit of himself and family alone. Warren Dykes to peddle, c. Proviso; 6. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That Ransom Cooper, of the county of Floyd, and M. Floyd of the county of Cass, be authorised to peddle in their respective counties without a license Provided, they be not authorised to retail ardent spirits. Ransom Cooper and M Floyd to peddle, c. 7. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. No. 501. An Act to authorise and empower Uriah Evans of the county of Twiggs, and others therein named, to peddle without license. 8. Section I. Be it enacted c., That Uriah Evans of the county of Twiggs, a cripple and unable to work, of a large and dependent family, be authorised to peddle and vend wares, goods and merchandize in the county of Twiggs, without paying for a license, as now required by law. Uriah Evans to peddle, c 9. SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the provisions in the first section of this act, be extended to P C. Jones of the county of Dade, within the said county of Dade, and to George W. Allen of the county Harris, within the said county of Harris, and to Ransom Cooper of the county of Floyd, within said county of Floyd, and to Fleming J. Peters of the county of Gwinnett, within said county of Gwinnett provided, always, that nothing in this act shall be construed as to allow any of the persons therein named to traffic in spirituous liquors without a compliance with the laws of this State now in force. Others allowed to peddle. 10. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act apply to Jeptha Mock of the county of Macon, to peddle in the second Congressional District. Jeptha Mock to peddle, c. 11. Sec. IV. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. (No. 502.) An Act to authorize Charles Cowart, an infirm man of the county of Clinch, and Harmon N. Sapp, an infirm man of the county of Lowndes as itinerant traders to vend any goods, wares or merchandise within the counties of Clinch and Lowndes, without obtaining a license for the same.

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12. Section I. Be it enacted c., That Charles Cowart an infirm man of the county of Clinch, and Harmon N. Sapp an infirm man of the county of Lowndes, be and they are hereby authorized as itinerant traders to vend goods, wares, and merchandise each within the counties of Clinch and Lowndes, without a license, and paying the tax as now required by law of this State governing said traders. Provided, that they shall first take and subscribe an oath before one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said counties, that the business that they are authorized to pursue, is for the benefit of themselves and their families alone, and the usual oath prescribed in such cases made and provided. Chas Cowart and H N Sapp allowed to peddle, Proviso; 13. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. (No. 503.) An Act for the relief of Frances Ponsell, an infirm and indigent person. WHEREAS, Francis Ponsell is a very poor and afflicted person, and unable to work for his living 14. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and immediately after the passage of this act, Francis Ponsell of the county of Glynn, be and he is hereby authorized to peddle in the counties of the first congressional district in this State, without payment of any sum for licences, provided he shall first take and subscribe an oath before some one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, that the business he is authorized to pursue is for the benefit of himself and family only. Francis Ponsell to peddle, c To take oath 15. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, Dec. 18th, 1856. (No. 504.) An Act to allow Andrew J. Wootten of the county of Telfair, to peddle and vend goods in the counties of Telfair, Pulaski, Laurens, Montgomery, Appling, Coffee, Irwin and Lowndes, free of license, and other persons therein named. 16. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, Andrew J. Wootten, of the county of Telfair, who has lost one of his hands, be authorized to peddle, and vend goods free of license in the following counties, to wit: Telfair, Pulaski, Laurens, Montgomery, Appling, Coffee, Irwin and Lowndes. A J Wooten; 17. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That Jacob Collins be allowed to peddle in the county of Pickens without license. Jacob Collins APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.

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No. 505. An Act for the relief of Edward Stanfield of Henry county. 18. Sec. I, Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, Edward Stanfield of the county of Henry, an infirm man, be allowed to peddle in the counties of Henry and Fayette, without paying any fee therefor. Edward Stanfield to peddle, c APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. V.SECURITIES, EXECUTORS, c. 1. Judgment against Henry Cox satisfied. 2. Geo. M. Hodges and Josiah Hill released. 3. Joseph Landrum released. 4. Repealing clause. 5. Spencer Caldwell released. 6. Barnard Dugan released. 7. Giles Widener released. 8. E, M. Butler to sell Ward's property. 9. Repealing clause. 10. Property secured to Harriet A. Boyd. 11. Repealing clause. 12. H. L. Zeigler allowed to be Executors. 13. H A. Clemmons released. 14. J.J. J. C. Morris released from bond. 15. J. Mc K innia released from bond. 16. Repealing clause. 17. White's administrator to carry on business. 18. May employ agents. 19. Agents may collect debts. 20. C. J. Moncrief and Y. J. Browning released from bond. 21. Repealing clause. 22. J. J. Connel released from bond. 23. W. H. C. Prior, Executor allowed commissions. 24. Repealing clause. 25. Securities of S. Wright relieved. 26. Control of Execution given to Sec'ties. 27. Repealing clause. 28. Securities of G. P. Nickelson relieved. 29. Twenty per cent remitted. 30. Securities of E. C. Tinsley relieved. 31. Repealing clause. (No. 506.) An Act for the relief of Henry Cox of the county of Washington. WHEREAS: At the last March term of the Superior Court of Washington county, judgment was entered up upon scire facias in favor of the State vs. Henry Cox, for the sum of five hundred dollars upon a forfeited recognizance, wherein the said Henry Cox was the security of one Robert Cox, and bound for his appearance at said Superior Court of the county of Washington, on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder, and whereas a large and respectable number of the citizens of said county of Washington have petitioned the General Assembly, praying the discharge and release of said Henry Cox from said forfeiture, Preamble; 1. Sec. I. Be it therefore enacted c., That the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county of Washington, or the Attorney General of the Middle District, be, and either of them are authorized and required to enter full satisfaction on said judgment or execution, if one has been issued, and that the said Henry Cox be, and he is hereby declared to be henceforth entirely discharged, acquitted and released from his liability to pay said forfeited recognizance, or the judgment or execution thereon after having first paid to the Clerk all costs and fees which may have accrued in the prosecution of this case, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Entry of satisfaction; Release; APPROVED, March 4th, 1856.

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(No. 507.) An Act for the relief of George M. Hodges and Josiah Hill, of the county of Macon. WHEREAS: Geo. M. Hodges and Josiah Hill, of the county of Macon, did become the securities of one John Page, to appear at the Superior Court of said county, to answer for the offence of an attempt to stab; and whereas at the time, said Hodges and Hill went security, it was agreed by the person taking said bond, that they should not be bound, unless other persons should also sign said bond, and whereas, such other persons were not taken on said bond, and whereas, judgment has been entered against said Hodges and Hill on said bond, for the sum of five hundred dollars, as will more fully appear by the petition accompanying this bill, and whereas said Hodges and Hill are poor men and have large families dependent upon them for support, therefore Preamble; 2. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That from and after the passage of this act, the said George M. Hodges and Josiah Hill shall be and they are hereby discharged, and released from the payment of said judgment, upon the payment of the cost of the same, and it shall be the duty of said Court, to cause the same to be entered satisfied, all laws to the contrary notwithstanding. Release from Judgment, APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. No. 508. An Act for the relief of Joseph Landrum of the county of Oglethorpe. WHEREAS: Joseph Landrum and William M. Landrum, entered into a recognizance by which they were bound unto his Excellency, the Governor in the sum of five hundred dollars conditioned for the appearance of the said William Landrum at the Superior Court of said county of Oglethorpe, to answer for the offence of larceny from the person, and whereas the said Joseph Landrum is in his old age and extreme poverty: Preamble; 3. Sec. I. Be it enacted c., That Joseph Landrum be, and he is hereby fully relieved and discharged from all obligations on his said bond and that the Solicitor General of the Northern District be, and he is hereby authorized and required to enter, exoneretur from the same, on the minutes of the Superior Court of said county. Released from liability on bond; 4. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. No. 509. An Act for the relief of Spencer Caldwell of the county of Clay. WHEREAS: at the last September term of the Superior Court of the county of Clay, judgment was entered upon a scire facias in favor of Herschel V. Johnson, Governor of the State of Georgia,

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vs. James M. Nading, principal; and Spencer Caldwell his security, for the sum of five hundred dollars, upon a forfeited recognizance wherein the said Spencer Caldwell, was the security, and bound for his personal appearance at said Superior Court, to answer the charge of [Illegible Text] and adultery; and whereas, said security, has since rendered the body of said James M. Nading to the Sheriff of said county of Clay, who now has him in custody, and whereas, the said Spencer Caldwell, being a poor man with a large family, must necessarily be ruined, should he have said bond to pay, the said James M. Nading being wholly insolvent, and it being now in the power of the country to see that Justice is executed on the said James M. Nading. Preamble; 5. Sec. 1. Be it enacted c., That the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county of Clay, or the Solicitor General of the South-Western Circuit, or either of them be, and they are hereby required to enter full satisfaction on said judgment, or execution if one has been issued, so far as the said Spencer Caldwell, or his heirs or assigns are concerned, and that he be from henceforth entirely discharged, acquitted and released from any liability arising from the forfeiture of said recognizance in the form of judgment, execution or any other manner whatever; any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Entry of satisfaction to be made; Discharged from liability APPROVED, February 22d, 1856. No. 510. An Act for the relief of Barnard Dugan of the county of Fulton. WHEREAS: at the last October term of Fulton Superior Court a judgment was entered up, upon a scire facias in favor of the State, against Barnard Dugan for the sum of five hundred dollars upon a forfeited recognizance, in which he was security for one John E Odena's appearance at a previous term of said Court, to answer the charge of petty larceny, and said Odena having fled from this State, to New-Orleans, said Dugan obtained a requisition from His Excellency the Governor of this State, on the Governor of Louisiana, requiring said Odena to be delivered to him, he then went to New-Orleans, had said Odena arrested, and took him into his own custody; he was then severely attacked with yellow fever, and before his recovery, said Odena again made his escape. After his recovery, he again with the aid of the police officers of said city, searched most diligently for him, but could not find him, and during his absence said judgment was entered up, and in all, the said Dugan incurred a very heavy expense, besides loss of time, and is also a poor man, and a number of respectable citizens of said county, having petitioned for his relief: Preamble; 6. Sec. 1. That the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county of Fulton or the Solicitor General of the Coweta Circuit, or either of them be, and they are hereby authorized and required to enter full satisfaction on said judgment against said Dugan, and if execution has issued on the same, to enter full satisfaction on said execution, and that said Dugan be, and he is hereby fully discharged from all liability on said recognizance, judgment and execution. Entry of satisfaction. Released from paym't of fi fa; APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.

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(No. 511.) An Act for the relief of Giles Widener, of the county of Gordon WHEREAS, at the September term of the Superior Court of the county of Gordon, A. D. 1854, a judgment was entered up, upon a scire facias in favor of the State against Giles Widener, for the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, upon a forfeited recognizance, wherein the said Giles Widener and one William McAber were the securities of one Wm. Muchuson McAber, and bound for his appearance at said Superior Court of said county of Gordon, on a charge of malicious mischief, and whereas said Wm. Muchuson McAber, was a minor, and under the control of his father, the said Wm. McAber, and was removed by his father beyond the limits of this State, and whereas John F. Green, the prosecutor in said case, requested the Solicitor General of the Circuit, including said county of Gordon, to nol pros said bill against said Wm. Muchuson McAber which he agreed to do, but omitted through forgetfulness, and whereas Wm. McAber the other security, removed from said State, before the forfeiture of said recognizance, and whereas the said Giles Widener, after the service of scire facias upon him, was unable to find said Wm. Muchuson McAber, so as to surrender him in discharge of his liability on said bond, and whereas alarge and respectable number of the citizens of said county of Gordon, have petitioned the General Assembly for the relief of said Giles Widener from said judgment: Preamble; 7. SECTION I. Be it therefore enacted c., That the said Giles Widener be, and he is hereby released from the payment of the principal and interest due on the above stated judgment, and that the Sheriff of the said county of Gordon, do return the fi fa issued therefrom into the Clerks office of the Superior Court of said county upon the payment of legal costs of said fi fa and judgment, and it shall be the duty of said Clerk to endorse on said fi fa and judgment, `satisfied in full,' which shall fully acquit and release the said Giles Widener from said judgment and execution thereon, any law custom or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Clerk shall endorse satisfaction; APPROVED, February 18th, 1856. (No. 512.) An Act to authorize Edmond M. Butler, guardian, to sell the lands and negroes belonging to his ward, Hannah Butler, a deaf and dumb female. 8. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, Edmond M. Butler of the county of Monroe, guardian of Hannah Butler a deaf and dumb female, be and he is hereby authorized to sell, upon obtaining an order for that purpose from the ordinary of the county, the land and negroes belonging to the said Hannah Butler, at such time or times as he may think most

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advantageous for the interest of his ward, after having duly advertised the same in accordance with the laws now in force for the sale of real and personal estates. Sale of land and negroes; Notice, how given; 9. SEC. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 513.) An Act for the relief of Harriet A. Boyd of the county of Cobb. WHEREAS, Thomas B. Hoover of the county of Madison in the State of Mississippi has lately departed this life, and by his last will and testament has left a part of his estate to his niece Harriet A. Boyd of the county of Cobb in this State, the wife of William W. Boyd, And whereas, by the statute of the State of Mississippi regulating such gifts and bequest, it is provided that property thus willed and left to the wife, shall not be made subject to the payment of the debts, contracts and liabilities of the husband, And whereas it was no doubt the belief of the said Thomas B. Hoover that the said property, in his will given to the said Harriet A. Boyd, would be by the said statute of the State of Mississippi protected from the debts, contracts and liabilities of the husband of the said Harriet A. Boyd, And whereas, the said Harriet A. Boyd residing in this State, desires to bring the property left to her by the will of said Thomas B. Hoover, into this State, And whereas, respect for the last wishes of the said Thomas B. Hoover her uncle, as well as justice and equity require and demand that the said property thus willed should be enjoyed by the said Harriet A. Boyd and her children, [Illegible Text] and exempt from the debts, contracts and liabilities of her said husband. Preamble. 10. Section I. Therefore be it enacted, c, That the property, together with the proceeds of the same, which has been willed and given and left to the said Harriet A. Boyd by the said Thomas B. Hoover, be free and exempt from all the debts, contracts and liabilities of her said husband, and that the same shall vest absolutely and entirely in her the said Harriet A. Boyd, and not in her said husband, and she may dispose of the same by deed, grant or will, as she may think proper. Property secured, c; 11. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 6th., 1856. [No. 514.] An Act to authorize Lewis Zeigler of the State of Louisiana and Henry Zeigler of the State of Alabama to qualify and act as Executors of the last will and testament of William Zeigler late of Crawford county, deceased. WHEREAS, William Zeigler late of Crawford county, deceased, by his last will and testament appointed Lewis Zeigler of the State of Louisiana and Henry Zeigler of the State of Alabama, together with John W. Dent of the said county of Crawford

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sole executors of his last will and testament, And whereas, the said Lewis Zeigler and Henry Zeigler by reason of their non-residence in the State of Georgia cannot legally qualify and act as such executors to carry out the provisions of said will within this State, for remedy whereof, Preamble: 12. Section I. Be it enacted, c, That it shall be lawful for the said Lewis Zeigler of the State of Louisiana and the said Henry Zeigler of the State of Alabama, to qualify and act as executors of the last will and testament of William Zeigler late of Crawford county, deceased, in the same manner and with the same power and authority as if they were both citizens of the State of Georgia, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Allowed to be executors APPROVED, Dec. 19th, 1855. (No. 515.) An Act for the relief of Henry A. Clemmons. 13. Section I. Be it enacted, c, That Henry A. Clemmons, be, and he is hereby relieved and discharged from all liability on a fi fa issued from the Superior Court of Cass county, against Abner Sweat and Henry A. Clemmons on the forfeiture of the recognizance of the said Abner Sweat for his appearance at the Superior Court of said county, charged with the offence of Mayhem, Provided, the said Henry A. Clemmons shall pay off the costs accrued in said case and the Solicitor's commission. Relieved from paym't of fi fa; Upon paym't of cost; APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. (No. 516) An Act for the relief of John J. Morris and John C. Morris of Clay county, also for the relief of John McKinna of Richmond county. 14. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the Clerk of the Superior Court of Clay county and the Solicitor General of the South Western Circuit, or either of them, be, and they are hereby required to enter full satisfaction on the judgment entered, and the execution issued thereon, if any, by reason of the forfeiture of a bond against John J. Morris and John C. Morris, securities for Abraham McKinney, Provided, that the said securities pay all the cost that has accrued in prosecuting said bond to judgment; also upon the payment of the fees of the Solicitor General of the South-Western Circuit for forfeiting the recognizance. Released from liability upon bond. Proviso; 15. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be extended to the relief of John McKinna of Richmond county on his bond for the appearance of Willis Brannon at Richmond Superior Court on a charge of larceny, on said McKinna paying costs, c, and the Attorney General be authorised to enter satisfaction on said bond. Released from bond I Cost paid; 16. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.

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(No. 517.) An Act for the relief of the estate of Joseph White late of the county of Stewart, deceased. WHEREAS: Joseph White late of the county of Stewart an extensive manufacturer of cotton gins has lately departed this life, leaving on hand a large number of gins finished off, but unsold; and also a large number commenced, but in an unfinished condition, and also a quantity of materials for his business on hand; And whereas, when the unfinished gins are completed and the materials on hand worked up, all the gins which will be on hand cannot be sold at the usual Administrator's sale as now required by law, without a ruinous sacrifice of the property; and whereas, the said Joseph White left a large number of debts for gins sold, outstanding and unpaid, and scattered in the different counties of this State, and in the States of Alabama and Florida: Preamble; 17. Section I. Be it therefore enacted, c., That the Administrator of the said Joseph White, deceased, under the order of the Ordinary of said county, have authority and he is hereby empowered to carry on said gin factory until the unfinished work is completed, and until the lumber and materials on hand are worked up, and that the debts for work and labour hereafter to be performed in said factory, in manner and for the purpose aforesaid, have the preference in payment to all other debts, except the debts of judgment creditors. Administ'tor may carry on Factory, c. How long; 18. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the Administrator of said estate, under an order of the Ordinary of said county, have authority by employing agents and sending said cotton gins to different markets, where they may be wanting, to sell the same at private sale, or in any other way, that the said Administrator, under the order of the Ordinary aforesaid, may consider best for said estate. May employ agents to sell 19. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the said Administrator, under the order of the said Ordinary have authority to employ at such wages as the said Ordinary shall consider reasonable and just, such number of collecting agents as may be necessary to collect and settle the outstanding debts of said estate, so widely scattered as aforesaid. Agents to collect; APPROVED, February 2d, 1856. (No. 518.) An Act for the relief of Caleb J. Moncrief and Young J. Browning, citizens of the county of Meriwether. 20. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, that Caleb J. Moncrief and Young J. Browning both of the county of Meriwether be, and they are hereby discharged

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and relieved from the payment of a bond which was made by themselves as securities, and one Sterling Moncrief as principal for the appearance of said Sterling at the Superior Court of Coweta county, he being charged and accused with the offence of larceny, and that the Solicitor General of the Coweta Circuit be, and he is hereby required by this act to enter satisfaction in full upon the docket of said Court as to the said securities of said bond, Provided, that the said securities pay all the cost that has accrued in prosecuting said bond to judgment, also upon the payment of the fees of the Solicitor General of the Coweta Circuit for forfeiting the recognizance. Discharged from liability upon bond; Entry of satisfaction; Proviso: 21. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED February 27th, 1856. No. 519. An Act for the relief of Jesse J. Connel of Dooly county. 22. Section 1. Be it enacted, c, That the Clerk of the Superior Court of Dooly county, or Solicitor General of the Macon Circuit be, and they are hereby required to enter full satisfaction of the bond of Samuel Bridges, principal, and Jesse J. Connel, security, conditioned for the appearance of said Bridges at the Superior Court of said county to answer for the offence of gambling, and that said officers, or either of them, enter satisfaction of the judgment on said bond, and the fi fa issued therefrom, so far as relates to the said Jesse J. Connel, but not as to the said Samuel Bridges upon the said Jesse J. Connel's paying all cost. Entry of satisfaction; Judgment and fi fa; APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. No. 520. An Act for the relief of William H. C. Prier, Executor of Asa Prier deceased, and to authorise him to charge and retain commissions out of said estate, as Executor. WHEREAS, as the law now exists, executors and administrators are required to have appraised the property of their testators and intestates, within three months after their qualification, or lose their commission thereon; and whereas, a large portion of the property of said Asa Prier, deceased, was in the State of Texas at the time of the death of said deceased, and at the time of the qualification of said Executor, and was not brought back to the State of Georgia, until after the expiration of the three months after the qualification of said William H. C. Prier as executor of said estate, and hence could not have the same appraised within three months as required by law. Preamble; 23. Section I. Be it enacted c., That the said William H. C. Prier, Executor of Asa Prier, deceased, shall be allowed the same commissions upon said estate, as though he had the property of said estate appraised within three months after his qualification as such executor. W H C Prier allowed commissions 24. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.

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No. 521. An Act for the relief of James Wright, Jr.,, Jefferson Wright and others, securities of Stephen Wright, formerly Tax Collector of Putnam county, from the payment of twenty per centum per annum, on an execution issued by the Comptroller General of this State, against the said Stephen Wright Tax Collector as aforesaid, and said James, Jr., and others, securities of the same, on the first day of October, 1855, and for other purposes therein mentioned. WHEREAS, The Comptroller General did on the first day of October, 1855, issue an execution, according to the Statute in such cases made and provided, against Stephen Wright, Collector of Taxes for the county of Putnam, for the year 1854, and said James Wright, Jr., and others, the securities of the same, on the official bond of the same, for two thousand five hundred and nine dollars and twenty-five cents, being the amount of the defalcation of said Stephen Wright, Collector as aforesaid, in the matter of paying into the Treasury the State tax of Putnam county, which had come into his hands for said year last mentioned, and also twenty per cent interest per annum on the same, until the same was paid; and whereas, immediately upon the issuing of the said execution, the said securities, to-wit: James Wright, Jr., Jefferson Wright, Lewis P. Harwell, William O'Brien. John W. Carswell, Benjamin F. Tidwell, and Berrian Rice, came forward and paid up the said sum of two thousand five hundred and nine dollars and twenty five cents the whole amount of said defalcation. Preamble; 25. Section I. Be it therefore enacted, c., That the said securities of said Stephen Wright, late Tax Collector of Putnam county be and they are hereby relieved from the payment of the said twenty per cent interest on said sum of two thousand five hundred and nine dollars and twenty-five cents, charged against the said Collector, and his said securities in said execution, and that said securities be relieved and discharged from paying over any more interest or money on said fi fa. Securities relieved, c. 26. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That said securities have the full and entire control of said execution for the purpose of reimbursing themselves the amount so paid by them for said Collector. Control given: 27. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED February 2d, 1856. (No. 522.) An Act for the relief of Wm. T. Shannon, Reuben J. Dawson, and Daniel Pardee, securities of GeorgeP. Nickelson, late Tax Collector of Greene county, and for other purposes herein specified. WHEREAS, William T. Shannon, Reuben J. Dawson, and Daniel Pardee, are securities for George P. Nickelson, on his bond as Tax Collector of the county of Greene for the year eighteen hundred and

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fifty-four, and whereas said Geoge P. Nickelson has departed this life, wholly insolvent, and since his death his securities have discovered that he is a defaulter for a portion of the taxes collected by him for the year aforesaid. Preamble; 28. Sec. I. Be it therefore enacted, c., That when said securities shall have paid into the treasury the full amount of money for which said George P. Nickelson is a defaulter, they shall be discharged from further liability to the State upon said bond. [Illegible Text] discharged, c. 29. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the twenty per centum interest which is by law chargeable upon the amount of said default, be and the same is hereby remitted. 20 per cent. remitted; 30. Sec. III. And be it further enacted That whereas, E. C. Tinsley, late tax Collector of the county of Richmond, has made default, and execution issued for the amount thereof, by the Comptroller General against himself and his securities, and that upon the said securities paying up the amount of principal and legal interest of said default, that they be exempted from the payment of the per cent charged against them. Securities released, c; 31. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED March 5th, 1856. VI. MISCELLANEOUS RELIEF. SEC. 1 Sale of property in Salem. SEC. 2 Repealing clause. SEC. 3 A. Griffeth to return property in Oglethorpe. SEC. 4 Privileges extended to C. K. Jarrett. SEC. 5 Repealing clause. SEC. 6 John A. Jones to pay true amount of tax. SEC. 7 Grant to be signed by Governor Gilmer. SEC. 8 Repealing clause. SEC. 9 James E. Smith to receive property, c. SEC. 10 Placed on a footing with adults. SEC. 11 Wm. Battersby allowed to hold property. SEC. 12 Members of company exempt from certain duties. SEC. 13 E. Molyneux to hold property. SEC. 14 Repealing clause. SEC. 15 Wilson L. Owin of Talbot to be paid. SEC. 16 John W. Carlton to be placed on the State Road. (No. 523.) An Act to confer certain powers on Henry Deavenport and James Knott. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c, That Henry Deavenport and James Knott, surviving commissioners of the town of Salem, in the county of Clarke, are hereby authorised and empowered, after advertising at three or more public places in said county, thirty days previous thereto, to put up and sell in the town of Salem aforesaid, at public outcry, the back streets and lanes of said town, for the benefit of the said survivors, and the legal representatives of Joseph Smith, John Floyd, Stephen Hester and John Foster, upon such terms as they may deem most expedient, and to execute titles to the purchaser or purchasers of the same. Streets of Salem sold, c. 2. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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(No. 524.) An Act for the relief of Archer Griffeth of Oglethorpe County, and to authorise him to pay taxes in Oglethorpe county, upon property owned by him in Madison county. 3. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Archer Griffeth of Oglethorpe county, be and he is hereby authorised to pay all taxes legally assessed upon property owned by him in Madison county, to the Tax Collector of Oglethorpe county, and that hereafter he make all returns of his taxable property to the Tax Receiver of Oglethorpe county, all conflicting laws to the contrary notwithstanding. Privileges granted to Archer Griffeth; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. [No. 525.] An Act to confer certain rights and privileges on Charles K. Jarrett, his heirs and assigns for the term of twenty-five years. 4. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That all the rights and privileges conferred upon Deverix Jarrett, late of Habersham county, by an act assented to on the twenty-third day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, be and the same are hereby granted to Charles K. Jarrett of said county, and his heirs and assigns for the term of twenty-five years, and with the same responsibilities that were imposed by the said act, on Deverix Jarrett, late of said County. Privileges granted to C K Jarrett; 5. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED Feb. 16th, 1856. No. 526. An Act for the relief of John A. Jones of the County of Polk. WHEREAS, John A. Jones of the county of Polk, by mistake made a return of his taxes to the Receiver of Tax Returns for the county of Paulding, from which said county the county of Polk has been taken, and whereas, the Tax Collector of the county of Polk has returned the said John A. Jones a defaulter, and levied a double tax against him, therefore, 6. Section I. Be it enacted c., That the said John A. Jones be authorised to pay over to the Tax Collector of the county of Polk, the true amount of his taxes, and that the said Collector have credit for the defect as returned upon the books of the Comptroller General,any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Privileges granted to John A Jones APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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(No. 527) An act for the relief of Wm. Waters, and to authorise the perfection of a certain grant therein named. WHEREAS, A grant was issued to John M. Martin for lot number 671, 16th, 2nd, Cherokee, now Cobb County, dated 28th May, 1852, and by accident or omission the name of the Governor of the State for the time being, was not affixed to the same, for remedy whereof, 7. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Honorable George R. Gilmer, former Governor of this State, be and he is hereby authorised to affix his signature to a certain grant issued to John M. Martin, on the 28th May, 1852, for a lot in Cherokee, (which lot is now the property of William Water of the county of Chatham,) and the signature so affixed shall be as good and effectual as if the said grant had been signed at the date named in said grant, and the title of said William Waters is hereby relieved from any defect occasioned by the want of the signature of the said Governor, George R. Gilmer. Gov. Gilmer to sign grant c. 8. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 4th, 1856. *This seems to be a clerical mistake, as the grant was issued on the 22d Dec., 1837. (No. 528.) An Act to extend certain privileges to James E. Smith of the county of Clay, and also to William Battersby of the city of Savannah. WHEREAS, James E. Smith of the county of Clay, a minor of the age of nineteen years, and being entitled to a considerable estate, which is now in the hands of the Administrator of his father's estate, and as it is thought in a fair way to be wasted, and the said James E. Smith being a married man and having a family and considered as capable of managing his own business: 9. Section I. Be it therefore enacted, c, That James E. Smith of Clay county be, and he is hereby authorised and made competent to receive all property real and personal, and money, titles and effects and to be Administrator on his father's estate, which property and effects are now in the hands of Daniel Smith of the county of Randolph, who is the Administrator of Gabriel Smith, deceased, or any other person or persons having the control or custody of the same, and that all receipts, bonds, notes or obligations of any kind whatsoever, made by the said James E. Smith be as binding on him as if he was of full age. May recover property and administer. 10. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the said James E. Smith be, and he is hereby made competent to sue and be sued in any Courts of Law or Equity of this State, and that he be fully competent to do and perform all, and any business in and about the collecting of his said property, or any other business he may find

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that his interest requires in as full and ample a manner as if he were of full age. Made com petent; 11. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That William Battersby of foreign birth, and a resident of the city of Savannah and State of Georgia, be authorised to hold and convey real estate, within this State, in the same manner as if he was a native or naturalized citizen, all laws to the contrary notwithstanding. W Battersby To hold and convey real estate; APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. (No. 529.) An Act to exempt the active members of the Young America Fire Company from Jury and Militia duty, and to authorise Edmund Molyneux of the city of Savannah to hold and possess real estate. 12. Section I. Be it enacted, c, That the members of Young America Fire Company in the city of Savannah performing active duty as firemen, be, and the same are hereby exempted from Jury and Militia duty, but the number of said Fire Company shall be limited to forty who shall receive the benefit of this act, and in order that any members shall be entitled to the same their names shall he handed to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Chatham county, on or before the tenth day of January of each and every year, certified to by the Foreman or other chief officer of said Fire Company which certified list of members shall be placed on file in said Clerk's office for the inspection of the Courts, and all persons interested. Exemptions; Who entitled Nameshow returned. 13. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That Edmund Molyneux, a resident of the city of Savannah in this State, but not a native or naturalized citizen of the United States, is hereby authorised to purchase, own, hold and dispose of real estate within the State of Georgia, in the same manner, and to the same extent as if he were a native or naturalized citizen. May hold and convey property; 14. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 530.) An Act for the relief of Willson L. Owin of Upson County. WHEREAS, Willson L. Owin has on file in the Ordinaries office of Talbot county, two accounts for teaching poor children, each of which have been rejected, one because the children therein charged for, were not returned in list of poor children, and the other because the same was not handed in by the time prescribed by law: Preamble; 15. Section I. Be it enacted c., That the Ordinary of Talbot county be required to pay to said Willson L. Owin each of said accounts. Relief of Wilson Owen APPROVED February 26th, 1856.

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(No. 531.) An Act for the relief of John W. Carlton of the county of Fulton, who received serious injury whilst in the employment of the State. WHEREAS, John W. Carlton, a citizen of the county of Fulton, was in the employment of the State of Georgia, on the Western and Atlantic Railroad as a fireman on the engine called Bobuel, at the time the said engine burst her boiler, and by the said explosion the said John W. Carlton lost an arm, and has been rendered unfit for labor, and thrown upon the charities of the good citizens of this State, and whereas, the State of Georgia having been the last employer, and the injuries received whilst in her service, she should donate for his support, and relieve her citizens to this extent, from this burthen, therefore: Preamble; 16. SEC. I. Be it enacted c, That the Superintendent of the Western and Atlantic Railroad be required to give such permanent employment on the Road to John W. Carlton as he is capable of attending to, and that he be instructed to give him liberal wages for such service rendered, not less than thirty dollars per month, provided that said Carlton be a sober man, and of good moral character. Relief of John W. Carlton; 17. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws APPROVED, March 3d, 1856. TITLE XXV. SLAVES. 1. Owners of plantations in Effingham. 2. Repealing clause. 3. Riley's slaves to pay tax as free persons of color. 4. Negro man Boston set free. 5. Repealing clause. No. 532. An Act to compel owners of slaves on plantations or farms in Effingham county, to keep a white man on said plantation or farm. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, all owners, trustees, or agents of plantations, or farms in the county of Effingham, whereon there are three or more grown slaves employed, and where such owner, trustee or agent shall reside off and away from said plantation or farm, then it shall be the duty of such owner, trustee or agent, to keep employed and statedly residing on such plantation or farm, a white man for the

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purpose of controling and disciplining said slaves, and in default of said owner, trustee or agent, employing and keeping statedly residing on such plantation or farm, a white man for a longer period than sixty days at any one time, said owner, trustee or agent shall be deemed and held guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before the Superior Court, shall be fined or imprisoned at the discretion of the Court. White man to be kept on plantation; Default; Penalty; 2. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. [No. 533.] An Act to exempt Daniel and Lucinda his wife, the property of Harrison W. Riley, nominal slaves from the tax now imposed by law on nominal slaves. 3. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That Daniel, the property of Harrison W. Riley, and Lucinda, the wife of the said Daniel, nominal slaves, be exempt from the tax now imposed by law on nominal slaves, and that they be required to pay only such tax as now required by law from free persons of color. Shall pay tax c; APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. (No. 534.) An Act to manumit a negro man slave, named Boston, the property of E. B. Way, Catharine P. Wheeler, Thomas B. Wheeler, H. R. Wheeler and Eugene Bacon of the State of Georgia, and county of Liberty, and John Savage of the county of Chatham, and State aforesaid. WHEREAS: during a long life, the negro man slave, named Boston, has served his owners with uniform fidelity, and whereas, during the war of 1812, he served with his master in the company from Liberty county, which marched to Darien, and remained there under arms in momentary expectation of an engagement with the British who threatened a landing, and other important services to the public. Preamble, 4. Sec. I. Be it therefore enacted c., That in consideration of the services stated in the foregoing preamble, and the petition accompanying this bill, the negro, man slave Boston, the property of E. B Way, Catharine P Wheeler, Thomas B. Wheeler, H R Wheeler and Eugene Bacon the of county of Liberty, and State aforesaid, and John Savage of the county of Chatham, and State aforesaid, said owners all consenting thereto, be and he is hereby manumitted and forever set free, and shall hereafter enjoy all the rights and privileges to which free negroes in the State of Georgia are entitled. Negro man Boston set tree; Privileges; 5. Sec. II. (Repeals all conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 6th, 1856.

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TITLE XXVI. TAX. SEC. 1 Inferior Court of Catoosa and Polk may levy an extra tax SEC. 2 How long to continue. SEC. 3 By whom collected. SEC. 4 Extra tax of Hart County. SEC. 5 Extra tax of Union County. SEC. 6 Extra tax of Gilmer County. SEC. 7 Repealing clause. SEC. 8 Inferior Court of Carroll to levy tax. SEC. 9 Repealiug clause. SEC. 10 Inferior Court of Troup to levy tax. SEC. 11 Inferior Court of Charlton to levy tax. SEC. 12 Inferior Court of Washington to levy tax. SEC. 13 May issue bonds. SEC. 14 Taxhow collected. SEC. 15 Extra tax of Polk county. SEC. 16 Grand Jury to recommend. SEC. 17 Duty of Collector. SEC. 18 Repealing clause. SEC. 19 Limit of extra tax. SEC. 20 Extra tax of Warren. SEC. 21 Repealing clause. SEC. 22 Bibb county taxes. SEC. 23 Inferior Court to purchase Road hands. SEC. 24 Repealing clause. SEC. 25 Extra tax of Paulding county. SEC. 26 Limitation. SEC. 27 Repealing clause. SEC. 28 Act of 1854 repealed as to Glynn and Camden. SEC. 29 Persons owning 1000 acres where to pay tax. SEC. 30 Repealing clause. SEC. 31 Extra tax of Wayne, SEC. 32 Common School Commissioners, SEC. 33 Extra tax paid to treasurer. SEC. 34 Repealing clause. SEC. 35 Springfield Plantation exempt from tax. SEC. 36 Repealing clause. SEC. 37 Extra tax of Gwinnett. SEC. 38 Starkville the county site of Lee county. SEC. 40 Extra tax in Laurens. SEC. 41 Repealing clause. SEC. 42 Extra tax in Houston. SEC. 43 Repealing clause. (No. 535.) An act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior court of the counties of Catoosa and Polk, to levy an extra tax for county purposes, upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury of said counties. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That a majority of the Justices of the Inferior Court of the counties of Catoosa and Polk be and they are hereby authorised, and empowered upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury of said county, to levy an extra tax, not exceeding fifty per cent upon the State tax for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-six, for county purposes, to be appropriated to the payment of the county debt for public buildings. Extra tax levied. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Justices aforesaid, are hereby authorised upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury aforesaid, to levy said tax annually till a sufficient amount is hereby raised to pay for the building of the Court House and Jail of said counties. Continuance; 3. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Tax Collector of said counties to collect said tax, and to receive and retain the same per cent for so doing, as for collecting other taxes for county purposes, and that said Tax Collector, so soon as he shall collect said tax, be and he is hereby directed and required to pay over the same to the Justices of the Inferior Court for

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said counties, to pay for the public buildings aforesaid, and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. By whom collected. APPROVED, February 16th, 1856. [No. 536.] An Act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of certain counties therein named, to levy an extra tax upon certain conditions, and for other purposes. 4. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Hart County, be and they are hereby authorised to levy an extra tax on the citizens of Hart County, not exceeding one hundred per cent on the State tax, for the purpose of building a new Court House in the town of Hartwell, and for such other purposes as the said Justices may think proper, for the speedy completion of the public buildings in the said town of Hartwell. Extra Tax of Hart: For what purpose: 5. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Union county, be and they are hereby authorised to levy a tax for the purpose of building a Jail in Blairsville, said tax not to exceed one hundred per cent upon the State tax for the years eighteen hundred and fifty-six and eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, said building to be let out under such regulations as said Inferior Court may deem best for the interest of said county of Union Provided, that the Grand Jury of the next Superior Court shall so recommend, but not otherwise. Extra Tax of Union; Proviso; 6. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Gilmer county, be and they are hereby authorised to levy and collect, in addition to the tax now authorised by law, an extra tax for the years 1856 and 1857, not to exceed fifty per cent on the State tax, for the purpose of paying the county debt created by building their Court House. Extra Tax of Gilmer; 7. Sec. IV. Repeals all conflicting laws. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 537.) An Act to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of Carroll county to levy and collect an extra tax for the purpose of building a new Court House in said county. 8. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Carroll county be and they are hereby authorised to levy an additional tax on the State tax, not to exceed seventy-five per cent. for the purpose of building a new Court House in said county for each and every year, so long as the Inferior Court aforesaid, shall deem it absolutely necessary, the said tax to be collected and paid over in the same manner as is now authorized and required by law. Extra tax in Carroll; For what purpose; 9. SEC. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Feb. 16th, 1856.

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No. 538. An Act to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of Troup county to levy an extra tax for the years 1856 and 1857 to build a Jail in said county. 10. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Troup county be, and they are hereby authorised to levy and collect an extra tax for the years 1856 and 1857, to build a Jail in said county upon the recommendation of three successive Grand Juries. Extra Tax of Troup; APPROVED March 5th, 1856. (No. 539.) An Act to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of Charlton county to levy an extra tax for county purposes. 11. Section 1. The General Assembly do enact, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Charlton county be, and are hereby authorised to levy an extra tax for the purpose of building a Court House and Jail in said county, Provided, said tax does not exceed one hundred per centum on the State tax. Extra Tax of Charlton: APPROVED March 3d, 1856. (No. 540.) An Act to authorize the Inferior Court of Washington county, to levy and collect an extra tax for the building of a Court House and jail in said county. 12. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Inferior Court of Washington county, be authorized to impose, levy and collect an extra tax of not exceeding one hundred per cent on the amount of State tax paid by said county, for the purpose of building a Court House and jail in the same, and that said Court shall have the power annually, after the first assessment, to impose and collect such taxes for the building purposes aforesaid, so long as the Grand Jury of the county, shall by recommendation declare the same necessary. Extra Tax of Washington; For what purpose; 13. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the Court aforesaid be authorized immediately upon the passage of this act, to issue the bonds of the Court, bearing seven per cent interest to the amount of the taxes provided for in the first section of this bill. [act] for the purpose of obtaining a loan on said bonds to enable them to proceed at once with the buildings aforesaid, said bonds to be signed by a majority of the members of the Court, countersigned by the Clerk of the Court, and to be made payable at any time fixed by direction of the Court within a period of three years, and the faith and credit of the county is hereby pledged to the redemption of the same. May issue bonds; Auth'nticat'n When payable;

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14. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That the tax Collector of said county is hereby required to collect and pay over said taxes to the Court aforesaid, within the time now prescribed by law for paying over the State tax, and upon failure herein, shall be subject to all the penalties now provided by law for defaulting Collectors and for the faithful collection of the taxes aforesaid, the Collector shall be allowed two per centum on the amount collected as his compensation, all conflicting laws with any of the provisions of this bill, [act] to the contrary notwithstanding. How coll'ted; Per cent. APPROVED, Dec. 22th, 1856. No. 541. An Act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Polk, to levy an extra tax for county purposes upon recommendation of the Grand Jury of said county. 15. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That a majority of the Justices of the Inferior Court of Polk county be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury of said county, to levy an extra tax not exceeding one hundred per cent upon the State tax, for the years eighteen hundred and fifty six and seven, for county purposes, to be appropriated to the payment of county debt for public buildings. Extra tax for 1856 and 1857 16. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the Justices aforesaid are hereby authorised upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury aforesaid, to levy said tax annually till a sufficient amount is thereby raised to pay for the building of Court House and jail of said county, Grand Jury to recom'end 17. Sec. III. And be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the tax Collector of said county, to collect said tax and to receive and retain the same percentage for so doing as for collecting other taxes for county purposes, and that said tax Collector so soon as he shall collect said tax, be, and is hereby directed and required to pay over the same to the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county to pay for the public buildings aforesaid. Coll'rs duty. 18. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED Feb. 26th, 1856. No. 542. An Act to explain, and supplementary to an act entitled. an act to authorize the Inferior Court of Washington county to levy and collect an extra tax for the purpose of building a Court House and Jail, assented to December the 22 d, 1855. 19. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Inferior Court of said county, have power ample and independent, to levy and collect an extra tax, not to exceed five thousand dollars for each of the years 1856, 1857 and 1858, to be applied to the redemption of the bonds provided for in the above recited act. Limit of Extra Tax; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856.

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No. 543. An Act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Warren county to levy an additional tax on the State tax sufficient to defray the annual expenses of the county, and one third of the present indebtedness of said county. 20. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the Justices of the Inferior Court of Warren county be, and they are hereby authorized to levy an additional tax upon the State tax of said county, sufficient to defray the annual expences of the county of Warren, and one third of the present indebtedness of said county, said tax to be collected and paid over in the same manner as is now authorized by law. Extra Tax of Warren; 21. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, Feb. 26th, 1856. [No. 544.] An Act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of tke county of Bibb, or a majority of them, at their discretion, to levy and collect an extra tax for the purpose of opening, and keeping in good repair, the public buildings in said county. 22. Section 1. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Bibb, or a majority of them, be and they are authorised at their discretion, to levy annually an advalorem tax of not more than 15 per cent on the State tax of said county, to be collected under the same rules and liabilities, that the county tax is collected, to be used exclusively as a road fund, and to be disbursed by said Inferior Court, or a majority of them, for the purposes herein mentioned, and not otherwise. Bibb county taxes; 23. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the said Justices of the Inferior Court, or a majority of them, shall be authorised to employ such number of hands as they may deem proper, and purchase such implements, provisions, c., as may be necessary to perform said work, and shall be authorised to employ the services of one or more efficient overseers, who shall, for neglect of duty, or other sufficient cause, to be judged of by a majority of them, be removable from office, and said overseer or overseers so employed, shall take said hands, and work and keep in good repair the public roads in said county, and shall be paid out of said road fund, said overseer or overseers so appointed, shall give bond and sufficient security in a sum of not less than three thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of said work. Inf. Court to purchase hands, c; APPROVED, March 3d, 1856.

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(No. 545.) An Act to authorize the Justice of the Inferior Court of Paulding county, to levy an additional tax on the State tax, not exceeding two hundred per centum. 25. Sec I. Be it enacted, c., That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Paulding county, be and they are hereby authorised upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury of said county, to levy and collect an additional tax on the State tax, not to exceed two hundred per cent, for the purpose of paying the present county debt of said county, contracted for the erection and building of a Court House at the county site in said county. Extra Tax of Paulding, 26. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the first section of this act, be and continue in force for each and every year, until the county debt aforesaid be discharged, the said tax to be collected and paid over in the same manner as is now authorized and required by law. Limitation 27. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED Feb. 16th, 1856. [No. 546.] An Act to repeal an act entitled an act to compel persons living in the county of Wayne, to give in and pay their taxes in said county, for all property in the State, so far as relates to the counties of Glynn and Camden, and for other purposes. 28. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That an act entitled an act to compel persons living in the connty of Wayne, to give in and pay their taxes in said county, for all the property they may own in the State, and for other purposes, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as relates to the county of Glynn and Camden. Act of 1854 repealed, c 29. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That all persons owning over one thousand acres of land, dying in said counties, improved, or unimproved, shall return the same in said counties, and pay the taxes upon said land to the Tax Collector of said counties, respectively. Land-holders to give in, c 30. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, February 13th, 1856. (No. 547.) An Act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Wayne, on the recommendation of the Grand Jury of said county, to levy an extra tax, to be applied to common school purposes, to appoint commissioners, and for other purposes therein specified. 31 Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage

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of this act, the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Wayne, on the recommendation of the Grand Jury of said county, are hereby authorised to levy an extra tax, not exceeding fifty per cent on the State tax of said county, the proceeds of which are to be applied to common school purposes. Extra Tax of Wayne; How applied 32 Sec II. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, shall have the power to appoint three commissioners in each Militia District in said county, to be styled the common school commissioners of the county of Wayne a majority of two of whom from each district, shall be necessary to transact business, said commissioners shall have the right to select and appoint teachers, establish the rates of tuition, the number of pupils, and the location of schools of said county, and the said commissioners shall appoint a clerk, who shall be required to keep a book containing a correct record of the proceedings of said commissioners, and also a treasurer, who shall be required to give bond and security in double the amount raised by the levy of the said extra tax, and who shall be required to pay out said funds only by order of the Board of Commissioners. Commis'ners Style; what [Illegible Text] may do business; Duty of Commis'ners 33. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the Tax Collector of said county shall be required to pay over to the Treasurer of the common school, appointed as aforesaid, the amount so collected by virtue of the extra tax aforesaid, after deducting five per cent, as a compensation for collecting the same. Extra Tax to be paid over to Treasurer 34. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED Feb. 28th, 1856. [No. 548.] An Act to exempt the city of Savannah from taxation upon certain property known as the Springfield Plantation. 35. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That from and after the passage of this act, the city of Savannah shall be exempt from taxation upon certain property known as the Springfield plantation, now embraced within the corporate limits of said city. Springfield Plantation exempt, c. 36. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED February 18th, 1856. (No 549.) An Act to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Gwinnett, to levy an extra county tax to pay for the erection of a new Court House in said county. 37. Sec I. Be it enacted c, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Gwinnett, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to levy an extra county tax on the citizens and property of said county, to pay for the erectin of a Court House in and for said county provided, that said tax shall not

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exceed thirty-five per cent of the General State tax for any one year, and provided also, that the Grand Jury for said county shall recommend the same at their next Superior Court. Extra Tax of Gwinnett; For what purpose. Proviso. 38. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act the county site of the county of Lee shall be located permanently at the town of Starkville in said county, and that all public business required by law to be done at the county site, shall be done and performed at said town of Starkville. Starkville made county site; 39. Sec. III. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county of Lee, when sitting for county purposes, shall be authorised and are hereby required to levy an extra tax of not exceeding one hundred per cent per annum on the State tax, annually as long as the same shall be necessary for the purpose of erecting a Court House and Jail for said county. Extra tax of Lee, For what purpose; APPROVED, March 1st, 1856. No. 550. An Act to authorise the Inferior Court of the county of Laurens to levy an extra tax for pauper purposes. 40. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Laurens be, and they are hereby authorized to levy an extra tax not exceeding fifty per cent upon the general State tax for the purpose of paying the arrears due by said county for the support of paupers, Provided, the same shall be approved and recommended by the Grand Jury of said county. Extra Tax of Laurens; For what purpose; Proviso. 41. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. APPROVED, Feb. 28th, 1856. No. 551. An act to authorise the Inferior Court of Houston county to levy an extra tax for the years 1856 and 1857, for the purposes therein named upon the conditions specified. 42. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Justices of the Inferior Court of Houston county, or a majority of them, be authorized to levy an additional tax of fifty per cent. upon the State tax for the years 1856 and 1857, which amount so raised shall be appropriated to the building of a Court House and Jail in said county, Provided, the levying said tax shall be recommended by both panels of the Grand Jury for the April Term of the ensuing [year] for said county. Extra Taz of Houston, How appropriated; Proviso; 43. Sec. II. (Repeals conflicting laws.) APPROVED, March 1st, 1856.

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TITLE XXVII. VENDUE MASTERS, c. Sec. 1 Auctionershow appointed in Savannah. Sec. 2 Auctionershow appointed in Augusta. Sec. 3 Repealing clause. (No. 552.) An Act to authorize the City Councils of Savannah and Augusta each to elect, or appoint, ten Auctioneers or Vendue Masters. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, c., That the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah shall have power to elect or appoint ten Auctioneers or Vendue Masters at such time or times as the said Mayor and Aldermen may, by resolution or ordinance, appoint or direct, instead of the number now authorised by law. Auctioneers' how app'ted in Savannah; 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the same number of Vendue Masters shall be allowed in the city of Augusta, as are now allowed in the city of Savannah, and that no larger bond shall be required, or higher taxes imposed upon the Vendue Masters of Augusta than are now required of, and imposed upon the Vendue Masters of Savannah. In Augusta; [Illegible Text] taxes, c; 3. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. WILLIAM H. STILES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. DAVID J. BAILEY, President of the Senate. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, Governor. APPROVED, Feb. 18th, 1856.

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RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, DURING A SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. HELD AT MILLEDGEVILLE, IN THE YEARS 1855 1856.

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RESOLUTIONS. 1. Instruction to members of Congress as to Brunswick. 2. Governor to forward Resolutions. 3. Governor to transmit resolutions to Vermont. 4. Future relations of Georgia and Vermont. 5. Laws, c., not to be sent to Vermont. 6. Controversy between Georgia and South Carolina. 7. Governor to use his discretion. 8. Resolutions as to repeal of law of U. S. as to life preservers on Steamboats. 9. Muster Rolls to be forwarded to Washington. 10. Payment of Georgia Troops in Creek War. 11. Kansas Emigrants. 12. Recommendation of John B. Beall. 13. Mail Route in Wayne county. 14. Mail Route from Americus to Enfaula. 15. Resolution as to State Prison. 16. State vote in Atlantic Gulf Railroad. 17. W. Atlantic R. Road Committee. 18. Committee to procure assistance. 19. Judiciary Committee Room. 20. Election of Attorney and Solicitors General. 21. Election of State Printer. 22. Governor to have the Land Books examined. 23. Books to be sent to Burke. 24. Books to be sent to other counties. 25. Books to be sent to Marion Co. 26. Books Governor to forward. 27. Death of Mr. Berrien. 28. His public services. 29. Grief of the State of Georgia. 30. Resolutions forwarded to family. 31. Death of Mr. Miller. 32. His public services. 33. Sympathy of the General Assembly. 34. Badge of mourning worn. 35. Death of Mr. Cunningham. 36. Committee to convey his remains. 37. Badge of mourning. 38. Funeral. 39. Death of T. E. Beall. 40. Tribute to him. 41. Badge of mourning. 42. Monument to Hon. J. A. Meriwether. No. 1. 1. Resolved, That, whereas, the city of Brunswick, within the limits of this State, situated near the confluence of the Altamaha, Satilla and St. Marys rivers, which stand unrivalled on this continent in the quantity and quality of virgin timbers to be found on or near their banks, suitable for building of ships, is a point, for ease and safety of access, for health, climate, and cheapness of all those materials for building, provisioning and outfit of ships, eminently qualified for becoming an extensive navy yard. And Whereas, Rail-roads now in process of construction, will in a few years connect this point directlywith the best provision region of the United States. Preamble; 2. Resolved, That in accordance with the recommendations of his Excellency the Executive of this State, our Senators be instructed, and our Representatives in Congress be requested to use all proper means and influence in urging this subject upon the general government, and the necessity of speedy action thereon. Instructions to Members of Congress;

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3. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, together with the message of the Executive of this State, herein referred to, be forwarded by his Excellency to the Secretary of the Navy, and to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Governor to forward resolutions. APPROVED, March 5th, 1856. No. 2. 3. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of the following resolution to the Governor of Vermont with the request that the said resolution be, by the said Governor, communicated to the General Assembly of the State of Vermont. Governor to transmit resolutions 4. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the State of Georgia will not consider any resolution emanating from the State of Vermont, until the said State of Vermont shall have learned to regard her constitutional obligations and the courtesy due to the States of this Union. Future resolutions of Vermont-how regard'd 5. Resolved, That until further ordered no resolution, laws, ordinances or other legislative act of the State of Georgia be communicated to the State of Vermont. Laws, c. withheld 6. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to furnish this House with the present State of the controversy between the States of South Carolina and Georgia in relation to the boundary line between the States. Governor to furnish information: 7. Resolved, That this resolution be referred to his Excellency the Governor with a request that he will take such measures as in his judgment are best calculated to determine the question. Discretion of Governor. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 3.) WHEREAS: There is an act of Congress in force compelling, among other water crafts, all Steamboats on any river to provide themselves with life preservers; And, whereas, the Steamboats on Savannah river plying between Savannah and Augusta will not provide themselves with the same, and will not take passengers on said river because the passage money will not warrant the outlay necessary for the purchase of such life preservers, and therefore persons living on, and contiguous to said river, are frequently put to serious inconvenience for want of conveyance from, and to different points thereon: Preamble; 8. Therefore be it resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be, and are hereby requested to use their immediate exertions to procure the repeal of said law, so far as it relates to said Savannah river, and to Steamboats plying on the same from Savannah up said river and down to the same. Request to Members of Congress; And be it further resolved, That his Excellency the Governor transmit to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress a copy of these resolutions. Governor to transmit resolutions; APPROVED, March 6th, 1856.

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No. 4. 9. Resolved. That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby requested to forward to the Pension Bureau at Washington City the muster and pay rolls and other papers on file in the Executive Department in relation to the expedition under the command of Lieut. Col. David Adams, which was sent out under a resolution of the Legislature of Georgia in the year 1813 against the Creek Indians. Muster Rolls sent to Washington; 10. Resolved further, That the Governor be requested to inform this Legislature whether the State of Georgia has been reimbursed by the United States for the money expended in the payment of said troops, and if not, that our Senators be instructed and our Representatives be requested to introduce a bill for refunding to the State of Georgia the amount so expended. Information given; APPROVED March 6th, 1856. No. 5. 11. Resolved, That the Superintendent of the Western Atlantic Rail-road be instructed to give to Maj. Jefferson Buford of Alabama, and his company of Kansas emigrants, and any other company of like character, upon their presentation to him of satisfactory evidence of their bona fide intention of emigrating to the territory of Kansas, a free passage over the State Road on their route to said territory. Kansas emigrants to pass free on State Road; APPROVED January 17th, 1856. No. 6. WHEREAS: John B. Beall of the county of Carroll, son of Gen. William Beall, has enlisted in Company J. first regiment of Cavalry, United States Army; And whereas, the said John B. Beall is a young man of good moral character, and well educated, and devoted to the profession of arms; And whereas, the said John B. Beall, by his capacity and good behavior, has been promoted to the highest non-commissioned office in said Company; And whereas, it is believed that the said John B. Beall would serve the country with honor to himself, and credit to his native State: Preamble; 12. Be it therefore resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress, be requested to exert their influence to procure for the said John B. Beall a commission in the United States Army; and that the Governor be requested to furnish each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress a copy of this resolution. Recommendation of John B Beall APPROVED, March 6th, 1856.

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No. 7. 13. Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress, be requested to have established by law, a weekly mail route from Mount Pleasant, in Glynn county, via. Speightville and Elias Fort's to Pendarvis' Store in Wayne county, and that his Excellency the Governor, cause a copy of this resolution to be forwarded to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Mail route from Mount Pleasant to Plandarvis' Store. Resolution ransmited; APPROVED, Nov. 23d, 1855. (No. 8.) 14. Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress from this State, are hereby requested to use their best efforts to have a mail route established for a tri-weekly mail from Americus, Georgia, via. Plains of Dura, Preston, Richland, Lumpkin and Bladen Creek to Eufaula, Alabama; said mail to be carried in two-horse backs. Mail route from Americus to Eufaula. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. (No. 9.) 15. Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by this House, to join such committee as have been or may be appointed by the Senate, to examine the various suitable localities on or near the line of some one of our railroads, with a view to the selection of the most advantageous point for the erection of a State Prison, and that they report to the House as early as possible. Commi'tee to examine location for State prison. APPROVED, Dec. 15th, 1855. (No. 10.) 16. Resolved, That the following named persons to wit: Edward Y. Hill of the county of Troup, Isaiah T. Irwin of the county of Wilkes, and A. J. Lawson of the county of Burke, or any two of them be, and they are hereby authorized and appointed to cast the vote to which the State of Georgia may be entitled as a stockholder of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company, for Directors in all meetings of stockholders of the said Company, until otherwise ordered by the Legislature. Committee to cast the State vote; APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. No. 11. 17. Resolved, That a committee of two be appointed on the part of the Senate, and three on the part of the House, who shall form a joint committee, whose duty it shall be to proceed to the Western and Atlantic Railroad and make a thorough examination

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of said Road. its finances, equipment, management and all other matters pertaining to general said road of interest to the State. Committee on the W. A Rail-road; And that said committee may discharge their duties more efficiently, they are hereby empowered to procure such assistance as they may find necessary to examine all books and papers connected with the business of said Road. To compel the attendence of all persons whose testimony they may desire, and to call upon the Superintendents and all other officers and agents of said Road for such information and assistance in the discharge of their duties as they may deem necessary, and the committee be authorized to discharge the duties assigned them by this resolution during the vacation [Illegible Text] the General Assembly if they desire to do so. To procure assistance, c. APPROVED Dec. 20th, 1855. No. 12. That for the proper disposition of business of this body, it is necessary that the Judiciary Committee of each House, should have the use of some room, of the Capitol during the session of the said Committee: 19. Resolved, That the Library in this Capitol, be and is hereby constituted a Committee Room, for said Committees, until further ordered by the General Assembly. Judicial Com. Room APPROVED, Dec. 5th, 1855. No. 13. 20. Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly do convene in the Representative Chamber on Thursday the 8th inst., at 10 o'clock, A. M. to proceed to the election of an Attorney General for the middle circuit, and a Solicitor General for the next ensuing four years for the following circuits, viz: Chattahoochee, Cherokee, Eastern, Flint, Blue Ridge, Macon, Northern, Ocmulgee, Southwestern and Western, also the election of a Comptroller General, Surveyor General, Treasurer and Secretary of State. Election of Attorney and Solicitors General, APPROVED Nov. 8th, 1855. [No. 14.] 21. Resolved, Thrt both branches of the General Assembly will convene in the Representative Hall on Friday, the seventh inst., for the purpose of electing a State Printer for the next ensuing term, and that said person chosen shall be subject to any Legislation upon the matter of printing, that the present General Assembly may deem advantageous to the public interest. Election of State printer APPROVED, Dec. 5th, 1855.

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(No. 15.) 22. Resolved, Whereas, by fraudulent entries in the various books in the different departments of the Capital, there are many vacant lots of land in this State, which appear to have been granted, but which have not; his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to employ some fit and competent person to examine said books, and ascertain the numbers of said lots of land so ungranted, and when ascertained, said lots after due notice, shall be sold by the Sheriff of the county in which said lots lie, which Sheriff shall be entitled to the same commissions as for sales under executions, for the benefit of the State, and that his Excellency the Governor, pay out of the proceeds of said sale a just compensation to the person so employed by him. Land Books to be examined. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. [No. 16] 23. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be requested to furnish the county officers of the county of Burke, with copies of the acts of 1851 and 1852, and of 1853 and '54, of Cobb's Digest and of Cobb's Analysis and Forms. Books for Burke Co. APPROVED, February 8th, 1856. No. 17. 24. Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor, be instructed to furnish the Inferior Courts of Jasper, Rabun, Spalding, Towns, Colquitt and the new counties, and also the sixth land district of Cass county, five copies of Cobb's Analysis and Forms for the use of the Justices of the Peace, and Clerks of the Court. Books to be sent by the Governor; APPROVED March 6th, 1856. (No. 18.) 25. Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor, be requested to issue to the Magistrates of the 710th Dist., in the county of Marion, and the 1134th District, G. M., in the county of Campbell, such law books and forms as are usually furnished said officers in this State. Books to be sent by the Governor. And be it further resolved, that His Excellency the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorized in like manner to forward to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Charlton county, eight copies of Cobb's Digest, and eight copies of Cobb's Analysis for distribution amongst the several officers in said county; and also five copies of Cobb's Analysis to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Camden county for the use of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said county. Governor to forw'd books APPROVED, March 6th, 1856.

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(No. 19.) WHEREAS, In the death of the Hon. John McPherson Berrien, Georgia has sustained a loss of no ordinary magnitude. The loss of one of her most gifted sons, one eminent alike for all the graces that adorn private worth, and the excellencies that exalt public station, and of whose distinguished services during half a century. every Georgian may justly feel proud. It is meet that we should make some record of the deep sense we entertain of this touching bereavement. Be it thorefore. Death of Mr. Berrien; Resolved, That we have heard with the deepest regret of the death of the Hon. John McPherson Berrien, whose talents while living reflected honor on his State and country, and the memory of whose services now dead, will be traced in one of the brightest pages of their history. Tribute to his public services; Resolved, That while the pre-eminent public services of the deceased, his career at the bar, on the bench, in the Cabinet and the Senate, have given a lustre to his name too well earned and wide spread to be confined within the limits of this StateGeorgia mourns the loss of her illustrious son, with a sadness which is peculiarly her own. Grief of the State of Georgia. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to forward a copy of these proceedings to the family of the deceased. APPROVED Feb. 2d, 1856. DEATH OF THE HON. JOHN McPHERSON BERRIEN. (No. 20.) Resolved, That the intelligence of the death of the Hon. Andrew J. Miller, late a member of the Senate from the county of Richmond, is received with deep concern and regret by this body. Death of Mr. Miller. That the distinguished and useful public services of the deceased, in the various eminent positions that he has occupied, no less than his private worth, has rendered his name dear to the hearts of his countrymen. Honest as a man, just and able as a lawyer, wise and patriotic as a statesman. His public services. We will not approach the grief and anguish of the widow and orphanwe leave them to the merciful protection of the Great Author of our being, who, in His wise, but inscrutable Providence, has caused the bereavment, and to the consolations of that religion that brought life and immortality to light; our warmest sympathies are with them in their affliction. Sympathy of the General Assembly. That we will wear the usual badge of mourning during the continuace of the Session, that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family of the deceased, and also entered upon the Journnls of the Senate. Badge of mourning; Entry on Journals APPROVED, Feb. 8th, 1856. DEATH OF HON. A. J. MILLER.

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No. 21. 30. Resolved, That it is with sincere regret we have to mourn the decease of our friend and fellow-member Matthew E. Cunningham, Representative from the County of Forsyth. Death of Mr Cunningham 31. Resolved, That we deeply sympathise with the family of the deceased in this their irreparable bereavment, and that a committee of two from each branch of the General Assembly be appointed to accompany his remains to his family. Committee to convey remains; 32. Resolved, That we will wear the usual badge of mourning during the remainder of the session, and that a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the family of the deceased. Badge of mourning; 33. Resolved, That the General Assembly now attend the remains of the deceased from his present boarding house, and from thence to the depot. Funeral. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856. DEATH OF THE HON. MATTHEW E. CUNNINGHAM. No. 22. AGAIN has death entered our halls. Thrice hath the shaft flown, and thrice hath the victim fallen. The Providence of God falleth as a heavy hand upon us. The Representative from the county of Columbia, our co-laborer here is now no more. Death of Hon Thos. E Beall of Columbia, Resolved, That in the death of Thomas E. Beall, Columbia county has lost a faithful representative, his co-laborers a sincere friend, and the world an honest man. Tribute to his character, Resolved, That the usual badge of mourning shall be worn by us during the balance of this Session of the General Assembly, and that a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the friends of the deceased. Badge of mourning to be worn. APPROVED March 6th, 1856. DEATH OF HON. THOMAS E. BEALL. (No. 23.) WHEREAS: The late Hon. James A. Merriwether, at the time of his death, in the year 1853, was Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Georgia, and as a just tribute to his distinguished usefulness as a statesman and citizen, Be it therefore resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby requested to cause to be erected a suitable monument over the grave of the distinguished deceased, corresponding with such as may be over the late Andrew J. Miller, and that the costs of the same be paid out of the contingent fund. Monument erected over the grave of Hon, James N. Meriwether; WILLIAM H. STILES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. DAVID J. BAILEY, President of the Senate. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, Governor. APPROVED, March 6th, 1856.

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INDEX TO THE LAWS. ACADEMIES, FREE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. 1. COLLEGES. Georgia Military Instituteact of incorporation amended, 9 , 24 Institute of the Blind, 10 Oglethorpe Medical College, act of incorporation, 278 Southern Botanico Medical College, endowment, 279 , 291 Atlanta Female College, act of incorporation, 279 Levert College, incorporation of 280 Walton Female College incorporation of 282 Pierce Female College incorporation of 283 Elberton Female Collegiate Institute, incorporation of 284 Randolph College, Cuthbert, incorporation of 286 Atlanta Male College, incorporation of 286 Woodland Female College, incorporation of 288 Greenville Masonic Female Institute, 289 Thomasville Female College, 290 2. ACADEMIES. Snake Creek Academy, Trustees of 285 Elberton Male Academy, 292 Summerville Male and Female Academies, 293 Macedonia Academy incorporated 294 Hopewell Academy, Trustees of 295 Island Creek Academy, incorporated, 295 County Line Academy, Marion Co., incorporated, 293 Sandy Run Academy Houston Co., incorporated, 296 Cool Spring Academy, Wilkinson Co., incorporated, 296 Cotton Hill Male and Female Academies, Trustees, 296 Salt Springs Academy, Campbell co. 297 Indian Springs Male and Female Academies, 298 Summerville Academy, Emanuel co. 298 Glynn Co. Academy, appointment of Trustees, 299 Glynn Co., payment of money by Treasurer, 299 Effingbam Co. Academy, election of Trustees, 300 Carrollton Male and Female Academies, Trustees, 300 Hall County Academy, Trustees. 301 Bibb Co. Orphan Asylum incorp'd., 301 Washington Female Seminary, 330 3. TEACHERS OF POOR CHILDREN. Payment of teachers, for 1853, '54 and '55, 11 Powers of Ordinary, 11 Ordinary of Whitfield to pay teachers, 303 , 306 , 316 Ord'y of Lincoln to pay teachers, 304 Ord'y of Fulton to pay teachers, 304 , 317 Ord'y of Butts to pay teachers, 304 , 305 Ord'y of Hall to pay teachers, 304 Ord'y of Worth to pay teachers, 304 Ord'y of Gordon to pay teachers, 304 Ord'y of Murray to pay teachers, 304 Ord'y of Catoosa to pay teachers, 304 Ord'y of Early to pay teachers, 304 Ord'y of Habersham to pay teachers, 304 Ord'y of Heard to pay teachers, 304 Ord'y of Walton to pay teachers, 304 Ord'y of Newton to pay teachers, 305 Ord'y of Fayette to pay teachers, 305 Ord'y of Walton to pay teachers, 305 Ord'y of Meriwether to pay teachers, 305 Ord'y of Clarke to pay teachers, 305 Ord'y of Elbert to pay teachers, 305 Ord'y of Upson to pay teachers, 305 , 313 Ord'y of Campbell to pay teachers, 306 Ord'y of Lee to pay teachers, 306 Ord'y of Talbot to pay c, 306 , 316 , 537 Ord'y of Carroll to pay teachers, 306 Ord'y of Heard to pay teachers, 306 Ord'y of Jones to pay teachers, 306 Ord'y of Spalding to pay teachers, 306 Ord'y of Worth to pay teachers, 306 Ord'y of Clarke to pay teachers, 306 Ord'y of Chattooga to pay teachers, 306 , 316 Ord'y of Cass to pay teachers, 306 , 316 Ord'y of Jackson to pay teachers, 310 Ord'y of Taylor to pay teachers, 311 Ord'y of Marion to pay teachers, 312 , 817 Ord'y of Gwinnett to pay teachers, 312 Ord'y of DeKalb to pay teachers, 313 , 315 Ord'y of Monroe to pay teachers, 313 Ord'y of Houston to pay teachers, 313 Ord'y of Warren to pay teachers, 315 Ord'y of Decatur to pay teachers, 316 Poor School system in Lumpkin, 307

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Forsyth and Rabun, subject to provisions, 308 State Treasurer to pay balance due to Ordinary of Emanuel, 309 Poor School fund in Dougherty and Baker, 309 School Districts in Floyd, 316 Ordinary of Habersham, act of 1854 repealed, 312 School Districts in Fannin, Telfair, Clinch and Walton, 313 Ordiuary of Chattahoochee to receive fund, 314 ACTION See Judiciary. ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTORS, c., Notice of insolvent papers not published, 144 Liability for costs, 144 Suit on bonds, 145 Return to Ordinariesmode of making, 145 Foreign Executors, c., control of stocks, 146 Ordinary's books, to be kept, 146 Jurisdiction of Court of Ordinary, 147 Ordinaries may issue fi fas, c., 147 Returns by trustees, 148 Relief and support of widows and orphas, 148 Estates of idiots, lunatics, c., 149 Commissions of lunacy, how to sue out, 145 Probate of wills, 152 Privileges of Wm. Stroud, 418 Act of 1852 amended as to Tattnall, 418 Privileges of Avner Burnam, 419 ADVANCES. To members of the Gen. Assembly, 17 AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE. Ditching and embanking on water courses. 12 Dams, stopping water courses, 12 Measurement of timber, 13 Oyster beds, rights relative thereto, 13 Cotton, weighing of, regulations, c, 14 Cotton, Storage on after selling from waggons, 15 Pilotage, commissioners for Darien, 16 Pilots in Savannah, fees of, 17 Air line Rail Road, 165 Alta Caliafornia Mining company, 468 AMERICUS act of incorporation, 377 AMERICAN mining company incorporated, 456 APPALACHEE mining company incorporated, 468 APPROPRIATIONS. For Governor's salary, 19 His Secretaries and officers of State House, 19 Judges of Supreme Court and Sup. Court, 19 Attorney and Solicitor's Gen., 19 Printing fund, 19 Military Store-Keeper at Savannah, 19 Officers of Lunatic Asylum, 19 Officers and members of General Assembly, 20 Inspector of Penitentiary, 20 Messenger Executive Department, 20 Secretary of Senate and Clerk of House, 20 Assistants and Clerks, 20 Chaplain to the Penitentiary, 20 Scouring and cleaning halls, 20 Messengers and Door-keepers of Senate and House, 21 Provisions for Penitentiary, 21 J. W. DuncanPamphlet laws, 21 Clerk Supreme Court, 21 L. E. Bleckleyreport on Atlanta Bank, 21 Salaries of State House Guard, 21 W. S. Rockwell, professional services, 21 Benj. Cook, repairing muskets, 21 W. K. DeGraffenreid, as Com'r to Tenn. 21 Purchase of weights and measures, 22 E. Waitzfelder Co., 22 J. T. Wilson, 22 Robt. McCombs, 22 I. T. Cushing, 22 Academy for the blind, 22 Federal Union and Southern Recorder, 22 W. A. Cherry, 22 State Library, 22 State Librarian, 22 John A. Breedlove, 22 Wm. L. Mitchell, 22 Joseph Wells, 22 Cass county officers, 23 Alex. Spee, 23 Mileage and per diem of deceased members, 23 Penitentiary buildings, repair of, 23 Journalizing clerks, 23 Tombstones over graves of deceased members, 24 Military Institute, 24

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Public Printing, 24 , 322 To John T. Stephens, and others, 24 Ward Wakefield Co., 24 Monument to H. R. Deadwyler, 24 Advances to members, 17 State Treasurer for extra services, 18 Monument to Andrew J. Miller, 18 State House, for repairs of 18 Samuel Walker, over paid tax 318 A. R. Blackwell, over paid tax 318 David Smith, over paid tax 313 John Demming, over paid tax 119 Ezra McCrary and others of Warren county, 319 E. W. Allred, over paid taxes 319 Wm. McCan, over paid taxes 319 John Ursory of Warren, over paid taxes 319 Thomas E. Patton, Assignee, 329 Almon Guinn for capture of fugitive, 320 Bedford J. Head, medical services, 320 Wm. S. Norman, 321 E. R. Alberti, over paid taxes, 321 Solomon Page, of Lee, over paid taxes, 321 Otho P. Beall, for lot of land 322 A. P. Rood, Administrator, 323 James M. Kelly's representatives for Sup. Court reports, 323 Copeland, Harris Co., over paid tax, 323 William Searcy, over paid tax, 324 James Gardner, in lieu of lost bonds, 324 Peter F. Mahone's estate, 324 O T Dickerson and D Wall, 324 Joseph L. Robinson, 324 Jackson Tyner, 325 Crawford H. Little, 325 Augustus C. Jones, 325 J. T. C. Adams and others, for capture of fugitive, 326 Mason Tiller of Lee county, 327 Hardy Smith of Laurens, 327 Robert McIntire, of Chatham, 327 William Wills and others for delivery of fugitive, 327 John Huie of Fayette, 327 APPLING Co., Line changed between Coffee and 125 Line changed between 126 Line changed between 126 ALBANY Bank of, 79 Savannah Gulf Rail Road, 181 Branch Road to Steubenville, 187 ASSEMBLY, General. See Legislature. Asylum for Deaf Dumb, 189 ATHENS, Bank of 49 Town of amendments of acts as to 400 Deputy Clerk of Clark, to keep office in 408 Gas Light Company of 422 Guards, an Infantry Company, 472 ATLANTA, Amendment of char., 395 Gas Light Com. of 420 Loan Building Association, 421 Bank of Fulton, in city of 66 City Court in 240 Male female College in 279 , Atlantic Gulf Railroad Company, 158 ATTACHMENT GARNISHMENT Grounds of Attachment, 25 Magistrate or Notary Public to issue 26 Director of 26 Levy on Defendant's property, 27 Summons of Garnishment, 28 Where parties reside out of the county. 28 Answer of Garnishee, 29 Traverse of Answer, 29 case of, in Justice Court, 30 To issue on Sunday, 30 Interrogatories in case, 31 Issue of, by Security against principal, 31 Sale of Land, 32 Death of Plaintiff, 32 Against foreign incorporation, 33 claim, 33 Trial, 34 Forms for issue of 35 Garnishment pendente lite, 36 Non-resident Garnishee, 37 Act when to take effect, 38 Attorneys may be Justices of Peace, 39 may be in Burke, 327 may be in Washington, 328 ATTORNEY GENERAL. Time of election, 140 AUGUSTA, city court of 246 Saving Bank of 100 Waynesboro R. R., 185 Augusta Savannah Railroad, 194 Independent Volunteer Battalion in 262

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Washington Artillery of 470 Vendue masters of 548 Jurisdiction of Magistrates in 485 Auriferous Hill Gold Mining Company, 451 BANKS BANKING. Agencies of Foreigh, See Tax. Central Bank, Assets of 39 Bank of Middle Georgia, 40 Exchange Bank at Griffin, 45 Bank of Athens, 49 Bank of Morgan, 53 Savings Bank of Griffin, 57 N. Western Bank of Georgia, 62 Bank of Fulton, 66 Bank of Hamilton, 70 Bank of the Empire State, 75 Bank of Albany, 79 Bank of Greensborough, 79 Bank of Madison, 84 Bank of Sparta, 88 Timber-Cutter's Bank, 88 Southern Bank of Georgia, 92 Bank of Columbus, 97 Bank of Cuthbert, 99 Macon Savings Bank, 100 Augusta Savings Bank, 101 commercial Bank of Brunswick 102 Mechanics and Trader Bank, now Bank of Commerce, 102 Bank of Savannah, 103 BANK OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. Branch at Rome, 104 Battersby William, Relief of 536 BAIL, See Judiciary. BAINBRIDGE, Act as to Town of 354 Southern Bank of Georgia at 92 BAKER COUNTY. To compensate Grand Jurors of 491 Division of Poor School fund, 309 Further time for holding courts 210 BALDWIN COUNTY. Line ch'd between Wilkinson 128 Line ch'd between Jones and 128 BERRIEN COUNTY. 112 camp hunting prohibited in 411 BIBB COUNTY. Orphan Asylum, 301 Loan Association, 432 Inferior Court to levy a tax, 544 Fees of Magistrates in 404 BIG SATILLA, See Rivers. Blue Ridge Rabun Turnpike Co., 194 Blind, Academy for the 10 , 22 Botanico College, 279 , 291 Boyd, John T. pardon of 497 BRANCH RAIL ROAD. Albany to Steubenville, 187 Brass Band of Dalton, 472 BRIDGES. Rights to build over Chattahoochee, 502 Right to build over in Fulton and Cobb, 503 BRUNSWICK, Act of Incorporation, 335 And Altamaha Canal, 185 Improvement company of 425 And Florida Rail Road, 186 Commercial Bank of 102 And Macon Rail Road, 181 Brunswick Circuit, 215 Time of holding Courts in 207 BRYAN COUNTY. commissioners of Roads in 509 Line to be run between Liberty and 484 camp hunting in prohibited 411 Bull Creek, Tattnall co., 503 BURKE COUNTY. Justices of Inferior Court to issue Bonds, 482 Attorneys may be Justices of Peace in 327 Prevention of killing deer in 411 BUTTS COUNTY. Time of holding Courts in 207 Teachers of poor children in 304 CALHOUN COUNTY. Line changed, 125 , 126 , 127 , 130 Morgan Act of Incorporation 381 Bank of Morgan in 53 Time of holding Court, 204 compensation of Petit Jurors 493 Ordinary of 403 Election of county Treasurer, 405 Calhoun, act of Incorporation amended, 396 CAMDEN COUNTY. Line changed 131 St. Mary's Railroad, 176 in Brunswick circuit, 215 Time of holding court, 207 Town of Jefferson, 379 Fraudulent Surveys of land in 494 Act of 1854 repealed, as to payment of tax, 545 CAMPBELL COUNTY. Line changed, 131

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Sweet Water Railroad, 175 Tallapoosa Circuit, 216 Time of holding Courts, 208 , 217 Salt Springs Academy in 297 Teachers of poor children, 306 Election of county Treasurer, 405 Camp-Grounds, See Churches, 405 Canal, Brunswick and Altamaha 185 Canton Mining Company, 444 CARROLL COUNTY. Line changed 129 Part of Haralson from Carroll, 110 in Tallapoosa Circuit, 216 Time of holding Courts, 214 , 217 Trustees of Academies in 300 Teachers of poor children, 306 Inferior Court to levy extra tax 541 added to the 4th Congressional District, 141 Carrollton, amendment of act of Incorporation, 390 Cartersville, extra tax for improvements, 370 License to retail liquor, 371 CASS COUNTY. Line changed, 130 , 131 Teachers of poor children in 306 , 316 College at Cassville, 322 Fees of Jurors in 487 Cassville Presbyterian Church incorporated 329 Commissioners of 344 CATOOSA COUNTY. Look Out Rail Road in 170 Time of holding In. Court, 208 , 212 Ringgold in, act of Incorporation amended 366 Compensation of Grand and Petit Jurors, 489 Inferior Court may levy extra tax, 540 Election of county Treasurer, 405 Cave Spring, limits of incorporation extended, 397 Cedar Town, Polk county, 345 CESSION TO UNITED STATES. Jurisdiction over Territory, 105 CENTRAL BANK. Disposition of assets of 39 CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. Corporate bodies, privileges conferred, 272 Ladies German Benevolent Society, 333 Needle Woman's friend Society, 333 Act in relation to Muscogee Asylum for poor, 333 Bibb county Orphan Asulum, 301 Union Society of Savannah, 478 CHANGE BILLS. See Judiciary. Judges. CHARLTON COUNTY. Line changed 131 in Brunswick Circuit, 215 Time of holding Courts, 207 Improvement of Big Satilla in 269 Insolvent list in 412 Inferior Court may levy extra tax, 542 CHATHAM COUNTY. Misdemeanors in Savannah, 251 Magistrates and constables fee in 403 Inferior Court to borrow money and levy tax, 483 Appropriation of ungranted lands in 255 Grand Jurors of 488 CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY. Line changed, 134 Time of holding Court, 205 , 211 in Pataula Circuit, 216 Poor school fund in 314 Cusseta, county site of 362 Election of county Treasurer 404 Chattahoochee Iron Works, 425 Chattahoochee Ridge Railroad, See Gaincsville and Chattahoochee Ridge-Rail Road. CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER. Act to improve navigation of amended 270 Bridge across, in Columbus 502 Bridge across, in Fulton and Cobb counties, 503 Throwing dead stock into prohibited 505 CHATTOOGA COUNTY. Line changed 129 Teachers of poor children, 306 , 316 Summersville Male Female Academies, 293 CHEROKEE COUNTY. Line changed 127 , 130 Cherokee, Ga. Bap. Convention 331 Hightower Mining Company in 432 Sixes Mining company in 440 Canton Mining company in 444 Finch Mining company in 457 Chickasawhatchee, Incorporated 384

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CHURCHES. Mount Vernon Camp Ground, 328 Waresboro' Camp Ground, 329 Presbyterian Church in Kingston, 329 Friendship Church in Greensboro' 330 Presbyterian Church in Washington 330 Cherokee Georgia Baptist Convention, 331 Reeners Camp Ground in Rabun, 332 Pochittle Presbyterian Church, Calhoun county, 284 CITIES AND TOWNS. Americus incorporated, 377 Athens incorporated, 400 Atlanta, charter amended, 395 Bainbridge, election of Commiss'rs, 354 Brunswick incorporated, 335 Calhoun, amendment of charter, 396 Carrollton, amendment of charter, 390 Cartersville, amendments and additions, 370 Cassville, amendments of, 344 Cave Spring, 397 Cedar Town, Polk County, 345 Chickasawhatchee incorporated, 384 Columbus, 398 Cusseta, 362 Dalton, charter amended, 369 Decatur, charter amended, 350 Fletcherville incorporated, 353 Fort Valley, incorporated, 377 Greensboro' City, incorporated, 342 Hartwell, incorporated, 382 Hillsboro' incorporated, 381 Jefferson incorporated, 379 Lamar, incorporated, 380 Lagrange incorporated, 356 Lithonia incorporated, 359 Morgan incorporated, 381 Morganton incorporated, 355 Oxford, charter amended, 386 Paris, act of 1854, 3d sec. repealed, 398 Ringgold, charter amended, 366 Rome, charter amended, 393 charter amended, 394 Corporate limits changed, 396 Savannah, additional powers conferred on, 386 Stone Mountain, act of 1847 amended, 371 Thomasville, charter amended, 345 Tunnel Hill incorporated, 373 Warsaw incorporated, 375 Weston incorporated, 383 Whiteplains, incorporated, 399 CITY COURTS. See Savannah, Augusta, Columbus, Atlanta, Macon and Rome. CLARK COUNTY. Teachers of poor children in, 305 Dep'y Clerk appointed to keep office in Athens, 408 CLAY COUNTY. Line changed, 127 Added to Pataula Circuit, 216 Time of holding Circuits, 204 Cotton Hill Academy incorporated, 296 Fort Gaines Bridge Co., in, 462 CLINCH COUNTY. Line changed, 127 In Brunswick Circuit, 215 Time of holding Court, 207 Election of Treasurer, 404 Camp-hunting prohibited, 411 School districts in, 313 COBB COUNTY. Line changed, 127 Bridge across Chattahoochee in 503 COFFEE COUNTY. Line changed, 125 126 In Brunswick circuit, 215 Time of holding Courts, 207 Duty of constables in, 405 Sheriff's bond reduced, 406 COLUMBIA COUNTY. Line changed, 132 Time of holding courts in, 205 Mining companies in, 460 Mining companies, 463 Payment of Petit Jury in, 489 Assessment of tax in, 492 COLUMBUS. Amendment of charter, 398 City court in, 240 Iron Works company, 426 Hydrant Water company, 466 United Riflemen, 470 Savings Mutual loan Asso'n, 473 Fire company No. 4, 476 Plank Roads, 480 Building and loan association, 46 COUNTY LINES Changed. Appling and Coffee. 126 Baldwin and Wilkinson, 128 Baldwin and Jones, 128 Calhoun and Randolph, 126 127 Camden and Charlton, 131 Campbell and Fayette, 131 Carroll and Heard, 129 Cass and Gordon, 125 Cass and Cherokee, 134 Charlton and Ware, 131

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Charlton and Camden, 131 Chattahoochee and Muscogee, 134 Chattooga and Floyd, 129 Cherokee and Cobb, 127 Cherokee and Cass, 130 Cherokee and Forsyth, 125 Clay and Randolph, 127 Clinch and Coffee, 127 Cobb and Cherokee, 127 Coffee and Appling, 125 126 Coffee and Irwin, 127 Coffee and Telfair, 125 130 Coweta and Merriwether, 128 Columbia and Richmond, 132 DeKalb and Fulton, 127 Dooly and Worth, 130 133 Dooly and Irwin, 133 Dooly and Houston, 130 Dougherty and Worth, 133 Elbert and Hart, 125 129 Emanuel and Jefferson, 132 Fannin and Murray, 132 Fannin and Gilmer. 124 Fayette and Campbell, 131 Floyd and Gordon, 125 Floyd and Chattooga, 129 Forsyth and Cherokee, 130 Franklin and Jackson, 129 Franklin and Hart. 129 Fulton and DeKalb, 127 Gilmer and Union, 124 Gordon and Floyd, 125 Gwinnett and Jackson, 125 Gwinnett and Walton, 129 Hart and Franklin, 129 Hart and Elbert, 125 Heard and Troup, 135 Heard and Carroll, 129 Houston and Dooly, 130 Irwin and Pulaski, 127 Irwin and Coffee, 127 Irwin and Worth, 134 Irwin and Dooly, 133 Jackson and Franklin, 131 Jackson and Gwinnett, 125 Jefferson and Emanuel, 133 Jones and Baldwin, 128 Lee and Terrell, 128 Liberty and Tattnall, 129 Lumpkin and Pickens, 130 Macon and Sumter, 127 Macon and Taylor, 131 Marion and Taylor, 126 Meriwether and Coweta, 128 Meriwether and Talbot, 126 Murray and Fannin, 132 Muscogee and Chattahoochee, 134 Pickens and Lumpkin, 130 Pike and Spalding, 125 Pulaski and Irwin, 127 Randolph and Calhoun, 125 , 127 , 130 Randolph and Clay, 127 Richmond and Columbia, 182 Spalding and Pike, 125 Stewart and Marion, 130 Sumter and Macon, 127 Taliaferro and Warren, 132 Talbot and Meriwether, 126 Tattnall and Liberty, 129 Taylor and Marion, 126 , 128 , 134 Taylor and Macon, 131 Telfair and Pulaski, 134 Telfair and Coffee, 125 Troup and Heard, 125 , 135 Union and Gilmer, 124 Walton and Gwinnett, 129 Walker and Whitfield, 125 Ware and Coffee, 126 Ware and Charlton, 135 Warren and Taliaferro, 132 Worth and Dougherty, 133 Worth and Irwin, 130 , 134 Worth and Dooly, 133 Wilkinson and Baldwin, 128 COUNTIESNEW Berrien created, 112 Colquitt created, 108 Haralson created, 110 Miller created, 114 Terrell created, 117 Towns created, [Illegible Text] COUNTY CFFICERS AND RECORDS. Coroner's Jury, 135 Service of Writs by Sheriffs, 136 Tax Collector's insolvent lists, 136 Tax Collector to issue Garnishment, 137 Tax Collectors' securities relief, 137 Public Records destroyed, 138 Ordinary of Early, 402 Ordinary of Calhoun, 403 Fees of Magistrates in Chatham, 403 Fees of Magistrates Bibb, Richmond, Monroe and Lee, 404 Clerk of Superior and Inferior court of Ware, 404 County Treasurerhow elected, 405 Advertising of Sheriffs in DeKalb and Glynn, 405 Duty of Constables in Telfair, Irwin and Coffee, 405 Fees of Tax Collectors of Liberty, 406

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Bond of Sheriff of Hart reduced, 406 , 407 Bond of Sheriff of Coffee, 406 Bond of Sheriff of Tattnall, 406 Bond of Sheriff of Pickens, 407 Collector and Receiver of taxes of Fannin, 407 Collector and Receiver of taxes of Worth, 407 Collecter and Receiver of taxes of Irwin, 409 Inferior Court to appoint a Survey- or for Liberty and McIntosh, 407 Clerks of Courts in Pike and Clark, 408 Compensation of Sheriff of Wilkes, 408 Ordinary of Warren, election legalized, 408 Inferior Court of Effingham to pay Superintendents of elections, 409 Act of 1811 as to Lumpkin amended, 409 Advertising in Taliaferro, 410 Tax Collector Receiver of Dade, 410 COUNTY REGULATIONS, Processes in Monroe valid, 411 Killing Deer in Burke and Worth prohibited, 411 Camp-hunting in Worth, Richmond, Clinch, Berrien and Bryan, 411 DADE COUNTY. Offices of Tax Receiver and Collector made distinct, 410 DEAF DUMB ASYLUM, 139 DECATUR COUNTY. Time of holding Superior Court, 204 Teachers of poor children, 316 Payment of Jurors in 491 DEKALB COUNTY. Line changed, 127 Time of holding Inferior Court in 213 DOOLY COUNTY. Line changed. 130 , 133 Time of holding Court in 210 Two panels of Jurors 210 DOUGHERTY COUNTY. Line changed, 133 Time of holding Court in 204 Payment of Jurors in 493 EARLY COUNTY. Time of holding Superior Court in, 204 Time of holding Inferior Court in, 211 Ordinary of commissioned 402 EFFINGHAM COUNTY. Trustees of Academy, 300 Superintendents and Clerks of elections in 409 Surveys of laud in 494 Owners of plantation in 538 ELBERT CO. Line changed, 125 , 129 Elberton Male Academy, 292 School Commissioner in, 305 ELECTIONS. Of Judges Superior Court, 140 Attorney and Solicitors General, 140 Time of Election for, 10 Vacancies, how filled, 140 Carroll co. added to 4th Congressional District, 141 ELECTION PRECINTS ESTABLISHED. At the house of Elijah English in Colquitt co., 109 At Tallapoosa and Copper Hill in Haralson co., 110 At Wm. D. Griffin's and that the several places of holding elections within the limits of Barrien co. 113 At the several places of holding elections within the limits of Miller co. 115 At the several places of holding elections within the limits of Terrell co., 117 At the several places of holding Justices' Courts within the limits of Towns co. 121 EMANUEL CO. Line changed, 133 Time of holding Sup'r. Courts in, 205 Trustees of Summerville Academy in 298 Treasurer to pay Ordinary of 309 Name of site changed in 398 EVIDENCE. Mode of perpetuating testimony, 140 Bills of sale when admitted in 141 Execution of instruments, how proven, 143 Certified copies from the Executive Department admitted in evidence, 143 EXECUTIONSCONTROL OF See Judiciary, 227 EXECUTORS, c. See Administrators, Executors, c. FANNIN COUNTY. Line changed, 132 School Districts in, 313 County Treasurer, how elected, 405 Office of Tax Receiver and Collector consolidated in, 407 First Mining company in, 439

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North Georgia Mining company in 442 Alta California Mining company in 468 FAYETTE COUNTY. Line changed, 131 Trustees of Hopewell Academy in, 295 FEES OF OFFICERS. Of Justice of the Peace and Constables in establishing lost papers, 255 Justices and Constables' fees in Chatham co. 403 Justices and Constables' fees in Fulton co. 404 Sheriff of Wilkes, 408 Further See County Officers Records. FLOYD COUNTY. Line changed, 125 , 129 Time of holding Sup'r Court in, 211 School Districts in, 310 Taxes for school purposes in, 311 Rome Volunteers incorporated, 469 FOREIGN EX'RS., ADM'RS. GUARDIANS. See Administrators, Ex'rs. c. FORSYTH COUNTY. Line changed, 125 School Districts in 308 FRANKLIN COUNTY. Line changed, 129 Residence of Jesse Lord included in 129 FRAUDS. See Judiciary FREE PERSONS OF COLOR. See Slaves c., FULTON COUNTY. Line changed, 127 Payment to teachers of poor children, 304 Ordinary to pay Osborn J. Register, 317 Act of 1852, extended to 404 GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND. Appropriation to 10 GEORGIA MILITARY INSTITUTE. Appropriations to 9 Board of Visitors, 9 Superintendent's bond, 9 Forfeiture of the fund and title to property, 9 GOVERNOR. Duties in relation to Atlantic and Gulf Rail Road, 159 GREENE COUNTY. Friendship Church incorp., 330 GILMER COUNTY. Line changed, 124 Extra tax of 540 See Incorporation of mining co. GLYNN COUNTY. Time of holding Sup. Court in 207 Trustees of Glynn County Academy, 299 Treasurer of Glynn county Academy' 299 Records of 413 Brunswick Improvement co. sued in 425 Act of 1854, repealed as to Glynn, 540 GORDON COUNTY. Line changed, 125 131 Payment for teaching poor children, 304 County Treasurer how elected, 404 GUARDIANS. See Administrators c., GWINNETT COUNTY. Line changed, 125 129 Payment to teacher of poor children, 312 Inferior Court to pay Sheriff of 481 Extra tax of 546 HABERSHAM COUNTY. Acts of Ordinary legalized, 312 FOR RAIL ROADS c. See Int. trans. HALL COUNTY. Trustees of Academy, 301 Payment to trustees of poor children, 304 HANCOCK COUNTY. Time of holding Sup. Court in 204 Time of holding Inferior Court in 208 Island Creek Academy incorp. 295 HARRIS COUNTY. Time of holding Sup. court in 209 Time of holding Inferior court in 205 Payment to teacher of poor children, 306 Privileges given Inf. court, 485 HART COUNTY. Line changed, 125 Line changed, 129 Reduction of Sheriff's bond of 407 Extra tax of 541 HEARD COUNTY. Line changed, 129 Line changed, 135 Payment to teachers of poor children, 304 HENRY COUNTY. Time of holding Inferior Court 212

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HOUSTON COUNTY. Line changed, 130 Sandy Run Academy incorporated, 296 Extra tax, 547 HUSBAND AND WIFE. See Judiciary, INCORPORATION, Of Joint Stock companies, Atlanta Gas-Light company, 420 Athens Gas-Light company, 422 Madison Town Hall company, 424 Brunswick Improvement company, 425 Chattahoochee Iron Works, 425 Columbus Iron Works, 426 Sandersville Hotel company. 427 Pioneer Hook and Ladder company, 428 South-Western Telegraphic company, 429 Hightower mining company, 532 Bibb county loan association, 433 Oemulgee mills, 434 Fighting Town Mining company, 437 First Mining company, 439 Sixes, Mining company, 440 North Georgia Mining company, 442 Canton Mining company, 444 Georgia White Path, Gold and copper company, 447 Pine Mountain and DeSoto company, 448 Union coal and iron company, 449 Georgia coal mining company, 450 Pochahontas mining company, 451 Auriferous Hill Gold Mining company, 451 Montrose Manufacturing company, 452 Etowah Manufacturing and mining company, 452 Marietta copper company, 453 Garnett Hill Mining Co., 454 American mining company, 456 Finch mining company, 457 Rich Mountain Mining company, 459 Stony Point Mining company, 460 Fort Gaines Bridge company, 462 Columbia Mining company. 463 Mining society, 477 Macon hook and ladder company, 470 Dalton Brass Band, 472 Rome Foundry and Machine company, 473 Hydrant Water company, 466 Lincoln county Mining company, 467 Ladies German Benevolent society in Savannah, 333 Needle Womans Friend Society, 333 Dalton copper company, 467 Appalachee Mining company, 468 Lumpkin Manufacturing company, 479 Southern mutual insurance co., 477 Columbus Fire company No. 4, 476 Masonic Hall Savannah, 464 MASONIC Lodges incorporated. Charter and Union Lodges, 465 Emory and Woodbury lodges, 466 Holmes lodge incorporated, 334 Lawrens lodge incorporated, 334 Trustees of Masonic Hall, Milledgeville appointed. 479 LOAN Associations. Atlanta Loan and Building Association, 421 Columbus Mutual Loan Association 473 Muscogee Building and Loan Association, 480 Columbus Building and Loan Association, 481 MILITARY COMPANIES. Lagrange Light Guards, 431 Rome Volunteers, 469 Washington Artillery, 470 Mounted Riflemen, 470 Athens Guards, 472 ILLEGITIMATES. See Names Changed. INFERIOR COURTS. See Superior and Inferior Courts also particular counties for change of Courts. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Who entitled to beneflt of act 153 INTERROGATORIES. See Evidence. INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION. RAIL AND PLANK ROADS. Atlantic Gulf Rail-road, 158 Augusta Waynesboro' Rail-road, 185 Brunswick Florida Rail-road, 186 Branch Rail-road, 187 Dalton Gadsden Rail-road, 184 Georgia Air Line Rail-road, 165 Gainesville Chattahoochee Rail-road, 173 Georgia Florida Rail-road, 186 Habersham Rail-road, 179 LaGrange and Oxford, 161 Lookout Rail-road, 170 Muscogee South-Western, 187 Muscogee Rail-road, 185 Middle Ground Rail-road, 167 Nicojack Rail-road, 177

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North-Eastern Rail-road, 178 Private corporation, 186 St. Mary's Rail-road, 176 Sweet Water Rail-road, 175 Savannah Albany Rail-road, 181 Warrenton Macon Rail-road, 184 PLANK ROADS. Ogeechee Plank Road, 196 Columbus Plank Road, 480 CANAL. Brunswick Altamha Canal, 185 STEAMBOAT COMPANIES. Georgia Florida Steam Packet Company, 194 Ocean and Harbor Tow Boat Co. 193 Welaka Steamboat Company, 192 TURN PIKES. Blue Ridge Rabun Company, 195 Moccasin Company, 197 IRWIN COUNTY. lines changed, 127 , 130 , 133 , 134 time of holding sup. court in 217 writs c, served by constable in 405 office of tax rec. and col. made distinct, 409 JACKSON COUNTY. lines changed, 125 , 129 time of holding sup. court, 208 payment to teachers of poor, 310 county treasurer how elected, 404 JEFFERSON COUNTY. line changed, 132 time of holding sup. court, 205 , 214 JONES COUNTY. line changed, 128 payments to terchers of poor, 306 JUDICIARY. Action, parties to suits, 220 Frivolous suits, 221 Arbitration, 222 Bail, new to be taken where principal is paid up, 221 Common law, discoveries at, 219 Corporations, perfect service on, 224 Collection of debts of 225 Disposition of property of dissolved, 226 Ejectment, 227 Endorsers, 227 Equity, appointment of Receivers, 219 Estates, descent and succession of illegitimates, 227 Claims against trust, 228 Husband and Wife, liability of property, 229 Judges, act of 1841 as to change bills not to be given in charge, 218 Jurisdiction, Criminal, 218 Jurors, qualification and liability to serve. 229 Levy and Sale, exemption of property, 232 Limitations, of civil and criminal suits, 233 New promises in writing, 238 Lost papers, mode of establishing, in Superior and Inf. courts, 238 In Justices courts, 235 Statute of frauds, contracts for sale or gift of slaves in writing, 240 Act of 19th January, 1852, repealed, 240 SUPREME COURT. Time and and place of holding, 198 Clerk's duty, 199 Method of carrying up cases, 199 Remedy in certain cases, 201 Mode of taxing costs, 202 SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR COURTS. Time of holding changed in Harris, Marion and Muscogee, 203 Lowndes, 204 Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Lee and Sumter. 204 Clay, Early, Kinchafoonee, Randolph, Stewart and Berrien, 204 Colquitt, 205 Harris Inferior court, 205 Chattahoochee and Terrell, 205 Burke, Columbia, Emanuel, Jefferson, Richmond Washington, 205 Richmond, Inferior court, 206 Merriwether and Butts, 206 Cherokee, Gilmer, Forsyth, Fannin Lumpkin, Paulding, Pickens, and Union, 207 Brunswick circuit, 207 Terrell added to Pataula circuit, 208 Jackson, 208 Inferior Courts in Dooly, Campbell, Coweta, Fayette, Catoosa, Hancock, Sumter Kinchafoonee, 208 Time of holding in Hancock, Rabun Sumter and Muscogee, 209 Newton, 209 Crawford, Dooly, Macon Twiggs, 210 Further time in Baker, Dougherty, Lee and Sumter, 210 Floyd, 211 Inferior Court in Early, 211 Superior Court of Chattahoochee, 211 Warren two weeks, 211

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Inferior Court of Catoosa, 212 Inferior Court Bibb, Butts and Sumter, 212 Inferior Court Henry, 212 Inferior Court Worth, 213 Inferior Court DeKalb, 213 Inferior Court Spalding, 213 Inferior and Superior Courts in Carroll, 214 Superior Courts in Middle circuit, 214 Court of Ordinary of Screven, 214 JURISDICTION. See Judiciary. JURORS Grand and Petit. Lists, how made up, 254 Act of 1852 repealed, 482 Two panels of in Whitfield county, 487 Fees of in Coweta, Floyd and Cass, 487 Duty of clerk and Sheriff; 487 Service of Jurors in city court, Savannah, 488 Jurors of Tattnall and Columbia, compensation, 488 489 Jurors Catoosa Polk, compens'n 489 Jurors of Pickens, compens'n 490 Jurors of Murray, compens'n 490 Jurors of Fannin and Walker, compens'n 490 Revision of Jury box in Floyd legalized, 491 Jurors of Decatur, compensation, 491 Jurors of Baker, compensation, 491 Jurors of Talbot, compensation, 492 Jurors of Tattnall, compensation, 492 Jurors of Columbia, compensation, 492 Jurors of Lumpkin, compensation, 493 Jurors of Dougherty, Lee, Worth, Calhoun and Polk, 493 Jurors of Lincoln Worth 494 JUSTICE'S COURTS. Jurisdiction extended, c., 254 To establish lost papers, 255 Jurisdic'n of magistrates in Augusta, 485 Jurisdic'n of magistrates in Savannah, 486 JUSTICES OF THE INFERIOR COURT. To open poll in relation to site of Telfair, 481 To select site, 482 Public property, how disposed of 482 Location of offices, 482 Sheriff's fees of Gwinnett, 482 Of Burke to issue bonds. 483 Of Washington to revise Jury box, 483 Of Chatham to levy extraord'y tax, 484 Of Liberty and Bryan to appoint Surveyor, 484 Act of 1845 repealed, 485 Of Harris to let out bridges, 485 Of Washington may issue bonds, 542 Of Bibb may employ road hands, c, 544 Of Wayne to appoint school commissioners, 546 Lay out school districts in Fannin, Telfair, Clinch, and Walton, 313 KEEPERS OF CEMETERIES. Exemptions of 488 KINCHAFOONEE. time of holding sup. court, 204 , 208 name of changed to Webster, 414 LANDS. To ditch and embank, 12 Ungranted in Chatham, how disposed of, 255 Surveys in Camden and Effingham, 494 Effect of violation, 495 Square in Columbus to be surveyed 495 State reserve, in whom vested, 495 LAURENS COUNTY. extra tax of 547 LEE COUNTY, line changed, 128 time of holding sup. court, 204 how long inf. court held in 210 per diem of jurors petit of 493 removal fund of 494 county site of at Starkville, 547 LEGISLATURE, Time of meeting changed, 258 LIBERTY COUNTY. line changed, 129 act of 1853 repealed, 406 inf. court to appoint surveyor to run line of 407 LINCOLN COUNTY. compensation of petit jurors of 493 LOWNDES. time of holding sup. court, 204 LUNATIC ASYLUM. Appropriation to complete, c., 258 LOOK OUT MOUNTAIN. Cattle driving prohibited, 496 LUMPKIN COUNTY. School Districts, 307 Election of Treasurer, 307 Lists of children, how made out, 307 Ordinary to receive and receipt for money, 308 Teachers certificates, 308 Trustees, 308 Treasurer to make returns, 308 time of holding sup. court, 207

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LIMITATION OF ACTIONS. See Judiciary. LEVY AND SALE. See Judiciary. MACON CO. line changed 127 , 131 time of holding sup. court, 210 removal of site referred to people 416 extra tax, 416 MARION. Line changed, 126 , 128 , 130 , 134 Time of holding Superior court, 203 Marion Academy incorporated, 293 Payment to teachers of poor, 317 MARITAL RIGHTS. See Relief, McINTOSH. inferior court to appoint surveyor to run line of 407 MERIWETHER. Line changed, 126 , 128 Time of holding Sup'r court in, 206 MILITIA. Compensation to officers and privates, 261 Auditors of claims apppointed, 261 Heirs of deceased beneficiaries, 262 Augusta battalion organized, 262 Future companies added, 262 Exemptions, 263 Restrictions, 263 Command of Battalion, 263 Provost Marshal and clerk, 263 Battalion, how regulated, 203 Organization of 1st reg. 1st brig. 1st div. ratified, 263 Independent Volunteer Battalion, 264 Exemptions to cavalry corps, 264 Privileges to Baldwin Blues, 264 MISCELLANEOUS RELIEF. See Relief. MONEY. Principal and legal interest recoverable, 259 MONROE. Payment to teachers of poor, 312 , 313 Processes in, legalised, 417 MONTGOMERY. Public records transcribed, 413 MURRAY. Line changed, 132 Payment to teachers of poor, 304 Per diem of Jurors of 490 MUSCOGEE. Line changed, 134 Time of holding Inferior court, 204 209 County Treasurer, how elected, 404 Asylum for the poor incorporated, 333 Inferior court to sell Jail lot of 412 NAMES CHANGED. Children adopted and names changed 260 Illegitimates, how legitimatized, 260 Marriage of reputed parents, 260 NEWTON. Time of holding Sup'r. court in, 209 Payment to teachers of poor, 305 OYSTER BEDS. To protect planters, 13 OKEFENOKE SWAMP, Governor to appoint engineer, 273 Duty of Engineer, 273 Governor's report, c., 274 ORDINARIES. Letters of Guardianship granted to D. W. Shine, 496 ORDINANCE LEGALIZED. Proceedings of city council of Columbus confirmed, 497 PARDON. of John T. Boyd, 497 PATROL LAWS. Exemptions, 267 Limit of Service, 267 Act of 1843 repealed as to Effingham co., 498 Act of 1854 repealed as to Glynn co., 498 Act of 1854 repealed as to Liberty co., 499 Act of 1765 revived as to Liberty co., 499 PAULDING. Time of holding Sup'r. court in, 207 Extra tax of 545 PEDDLERS. See Relief. PENAL CODE. Tenth section, 13th division amended, 264 Capital offences c. where tried 265 Sec 43 and 53, of the 4th divission applicable to slaves, 265 Penalty for wilfully shooting, 265 Fifteenth sec. 14th div. amended 266 Additional section of 266 PHYSICIANS. R. Rogers and C. H. Jones, 499 Azariah Burnett, 499 James O. Hunt, 500 Asa H. Langston, 500 J. J. M. Goss, Baily White, Manford J. Jones, Isaac H. Hall, F. N. Hardman, B. H. C. Beman, 500 Graduates of Botanico Medico School, 500

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[Illegible Text]. Commissioner of appointed, 16 Fees of Pilots, 17 PATAULA AND OTHER NEW JUDICIAL CIRCUITS. Brunswick Circuit, 215 Judge appointed by the Governor, 215 Sol. General, 215 Tattnall and Montgomery added to Eastern Circuit, 215 Election of Judge and Sol. Gen. 215 Pataula Circuit, 216 Election of Judge and Sol. Gen. 216 Tallapoosa Circuit, 216 Terms of Sup. Courts in, 217 Terms of Inf'r. Courts in, 217 Election of Judge and Sol. Gen'l. 217 Processes of Flint circuit, 411 PICKENS. Time of holding Sup'r court in, 207 Sheriff's bond in, reduced, 407 Per diem of Jurors of 490 PIKE. Line changed, 125 Inferior court of to app. deputy cl'ks of Sup'r. and Inf'r. courts, 408 POLK. County Treasurer, how elected, 404 Compensation of Petit Jurors of 489 Per diem of Petit Jurors of 493 Extra tax of 540 Inf'r. court may levy extra tax, c., 543 PULASKI. Line changed, 127 PRECINCTS ELECTION. How established, 261 PUBLIC PRINTER. Act of 1854 amended 258 Daily proceedings to be reported 268 PUBLIC RECORDS. Preservation of 267 RABUN. Time of holding Sup'r. court in, 209 School Districts laid out, 308 Reener's camp ground incorporated, 332 County Treasurer, how elected, 404 RANDOLPH. Line changed, 125 , 126 , 127 Lots taken off of 127 Lots added to, 127 Lots changed, 130 Time of holding Sup'r. court, 204 RICHMOND. Line changed, 132 Time of holding Sup'r. court, 206 Time of holding Inferior court, 214 Time of holding Superior court, 214 Camp hunting prohibited in, 412 RABUN co., School regulations, See Lumpkin co. REMOVAL FUND OF LEE. How disposee of 494 REGISTRY. Keepers of Cemeteries in Savannah to register deaths, 501 To make Monthly reports to council, 501 Report to board when made 501 Defaulters how punished, 501 RELIEF OF Jane Elizabeth Lott, 511 H. Medora Arnold, 511 Martha W. Clower, 512 Harriet T. Danforth, 512 Mary Ann Barnett, 512 Anna Bulkly, 512 Harriet Seymour, 512 Sarah Mann Tant, 512 Eleanor Maloney, 513 Susan Price, 513 Rachael Holoman, 513 Martha E. Alford, 513 Anistatia L. Horne, 513 Ann McDaniel, 514 Sarah M. Norril, 514 Jessee L. Bull, 514 Water R. Youlls, 514 Sarah C. and John J. Simmons, 515 Wm. L. Strain, 515 Austin G. L. Cheek, 516 John Q. Spires, 516 James H. Fannin, 517 Eugene Allen, 517 Robert G. Ford, 518 Thomas M. Alston, 518 James Rountree, 518 James Suggs, 518 Mary W. Gresham, 518 Charles S. Arnold, 519 Sarah H. Lamar, 519 Dr. Wm. R. Holmes, 519 Mary Ann Lee, 520 Elizabeth S. Tucker, 520 Lemuel Love, 520 Catharine A. Tefton, 520 Sarah S. Compton, 520 Jasper Holston, 520 Eliza Brooks 520 Wm. Methvin, 520

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James M. Mitchel, 520 Susan Murry, 520 John H. Kelly, 520 Margaret Marchman, 521 Wm. Meed, 521 Francis Murray, 521 John W, Grantham, 522 Matthew Crenshaw, 522 Thos. R. Gibbs, 522 Warren Dykes, 523 Ransom Cooper, 523 M. Floyd, 523 Uriah Evans, 523 P. C. Jones, 523 Geo. W. Allen, 523 F.J. Peters, 523 Jeptha Mock, 523 Charles Cowart, 524 H. N. Sapp, 524 Francis Ponsell, 524 Andrew J. Wooten, 524 Jacob Collins, 524 Edward Stanfield, 525 Henry Cox, 525 Geo, M. Hodges and J. Hill, 526 Joseph Landrum, 526 Spencer Caldwell, 527 Barnard Dugan, 527 Giles Widener, 528 Edmund M. Butler, 528 Harriet A. Boyd, 529 Lewis and Henry Zeigler, 529 Henry A. Clemmons, 530 J. J. and J, C. Morris, 530 Estate of Joseph White, 531 C. J. Moncrief, Y.J. Browning, 531 Jesse J. Connell, 532 Wm. H. C. Prier, 532 J. Wright Jr., and others, 533 Wm. T. Shannon and others, 533 Henry Deavenport J. Knox. 534 Archer Griffeth, 535 Charles K. Jarrett, 535 John A. Jones, 535 Wm. Waters, 536 Jas. E. Smith, 536 Wm. Battersby, 536 Young America Fire Company, 537 Wilson L. Owen, 537 John W. Carlton, 538 RELIEF OF SLAVES. See Title Slaves. RENT LAWS. Distress for rent when to issue 268 RIVERS. Big Satilla, appropriation for removing obstructions, 269 Beginning and terminus, 269 commissioners, 269 Oath of commissioners, 270 Compensation of commissioners, 270 Power and authority of com's. 270 Great Ogeechee, appointment of commissioners, 270 Chattahoochee, privileges to Warsaw navigation co., 271 Big and Little Ohoopee, time extended, 271 compensation of com's., 271 commissioners appointed, 271 to prevent obstructions in Mountain Town creek, 502 Mill-dam on Conasauga, 502 Bridge across Chattahoochee, 503 to prevent obstructions in Bull creek, 503 Privilege granted to build bridge across Chattahoochee, 503 com's, of Kinchafoonee creek, 504 carcases in Cotticay and Chattahoochee, 505 ROAD LAWS. Road commissioners of Glynn, overseers of Glynn, c., 506 overseers of Glynn c., 507 defaulters how returned in Coffee co., 508 commissioners of Bryan, 509 obstructions of roads in Troup, how punished, 510 of Morgan amended, 510 Residents of Skidaway Island exempt c., 510 Act of 1854, extended to Webster co., 510 SCRIVEN. Time of holding Ord'y court in, 214 STATE ROAD. No preference to agents. 156 Duty of Superintendent, 156 Sale of Iron. 157 SITES, County names chinged, and Court Houscs, c. Name of Kinchafoonee changed to Webster, 414 Suits not affected, 414 McIntosh changed to Preston, 415 Removal of co., site of Wayne referred to people, 415 , 416 Arrangements for sites, 415 Extra tax for building courthouse, 415

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removal of co., site of Macon, referred to people, 417 election how held, 417 extra tax for building courthouse, 417 com's. when appointed, 417 assessment of damages to Oglethorpe, 417 compensation of commissioners, 417 SPRINGFIELD PLANTATION (Of Savannah.) Exempt from tax. 546 SPALDING. Line changed, 125 Time of holding Inferior court, 213 Pay'nt of teachers of poor children 306 county treasurer, how elected, 404 STEWART. Line changed, 130 Time of holding Sup. court, 204 SUMTER. Line changed, 127 Time of holding Sup. court, 204 Time of holding Sup. court, 209 How long Sup. courts holds in, 210 Time of holding Inferior courts in, 212 STORAGE ON COTTON. To prohibit payment, 15 SLAVES. Act of 1852 repealed, 271 First Section Act of 1849 revived, 272 Owners of plantations in Effingham, 538 Slaves of Harrison Riley, c. 539 Manumission of slave Boston, 539 SECURITIES, EX'RS., c. See Relief. TALBOT. Line changed, 126 Payment of teachers of poor, 306 Ordinary of Talbot to pay teachers of poor, 316 Per diem of Jurors of, 492 TALIAFERRO. Line changed, 132 Advertisements of co. officers, 410 TATTNALL. Line changed, 129 Sheriff's bond in reduced, 406 compensation of Jurors in, 488 Per diem of Jurors in Tattnall, 492 TAYLOR. Line changed, 126 Line extended, 126 Line changed, 128 131 134 Payments to teachers of poor, 311 county treasurer, how elected, 404 TAX. Extra tax of Catoosa and Polk, 540 Extra tax of Hart, 541 Extra tax of Union, 541 Extra tax of Gilmer, 541 Extra tax of Carroll, 541 Extra tax of Troup, 542 Extra tax of Charlton, 542 Extra tax of Washington, 542 Extra tax of Polk, 543 Extra tax of Washington, 543 Extra tax of Warren, 544 Extra tax of Bibb, 544 Extra tax of Paulding, 545 Act of 1854 repealed as to Glynn and Camden, 545 Extra tax of Wayne, 546 Extra tax of Gwinnett, 546 Extra tax of Lee, 547 Extra tax of Laurens, 547 Extra tax of Houston, 547 Agents of Foreign Banks to give in, 274 Persons dealing in money, c. 274 Inferior Court to assess tax, 274 Mining companies to give in, c., 275 Mistakes of Collectors corrected, 275 Insolvent lists, 276 Comptroller to settle up tax business, 276 Default property, 276 Record of Bonds, 276 TELFAIR. Line changed, 130 Residence of H. T. Bussey added to, 134 Time of holding Sup. court in, 217 School districts laid out, 313 County treasurer how elected, 404 Writs, c, served by constable in 405 THOMAS. Time of holding Sup. court, 204 County treasurer, how elected, 404 Public works in, 413 TEACHERS OF POOR CHILDREN. See Academies, c. TIMBER.Measurement, Obstructing roads, c, 13 510 TROUP. Line changed, Extra tax of, 125 135 542 TERRELL. Lots added to, 128 Time of holding Sup. court, 205 Added to the Pataula circuit, 208 County treasurer, how elected, 404

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TOWNS. Time of holding Sup. court, 207 Ordinary of Towns pay over funds 315 TWIGGS. Time of holding Sup. court in, 210 UNION. Time of holding Sup. court, 207 Payment of teachers of poor, 314 County treasurer, how elected, 411 Extra tax of 541 UPSON. Poor school, accounts of 305 Payment to teachers of poor, 313 Place of holding Justices court of of 536th district legalized, 116 VENDUE MASTERS. Appointed in Augusta and Savannah, 548 WALKER. County treasurer, how elected, 404 WALTON. Line changed, 129 Payment to teachers of poor 304 305 School districts laid out 313 County treasurer, how elected, 404 WARREN. Line changed, 132 Time of holding Sup. court in, 211 Payment to teachers of poor, 305 Ordinary of [Illegible Text] to be commissioned, 408 Extra tax of, 544 WARE. Line changed, 126 Time of holding Sup. court in 207 Waresboro camp ground incorporated, 329 Clerks offices in, where kept, 404 Exemptions to Justices Inferior court in, 404 WASHINGTON. Time of holding Sup. court in, 205 214 Payment to teachers of poor, 317 Trustees of Presbyterian church, c., incorporated, 330 Extra tax of, 542 Inferior court to issue bonds, 532 Limit of tax, 543 WAYNE. Time of holding Sup. court in, 207 Site of submitted to people of, 415 416 Specifications for court house, 415 Extra tax, 415 Act of 1854 repealed as to Glynn and Camden, 545 Inferior court upon recommendation may levy extra tax, 546 WHITFIELD. Payment to teachers of poor children, 303 316 Mount Vernon camp ground incorporated, 329 Judges Sup. court to draw two panels of Jurors 486 WILKINSON. Line changed, 128 Trustees of cool Spring Academy 296 WILKES. Sheriff's fees for summoning Jury 408 WORTH. Line changed, 130 133 134 Time of holding Inf. court in Worth, 213 Payment to teachers of poor children, 304 306 county treasurer, how elected, 404 Sheriff's bond in reduced, 407 Office of tax Rec. and col. consolidated in 407 Act of 1854 repealed as to, 411 camp-hunting prohibited in, 411 Per diem of Petit Jurors of, 493 WEIGHING OF COTTON. To regulate, 14 WARRANTS, SURVEYS, c. To make valid certain, 257 YOUNG AMERICA FIRE COMPANY. See Relief.

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INDEX TO THE RESOLUTIONS. Adams', Col. David Expedition, 553 Americus to Eufaula, Mail Route from, 554 Atlantic Gulf Rail-roadappointment of Commissioners to vote, 554 Attorney and Solicitors GeneralElection of 555 Beall, John B.recommended to Congress for a commission in the Army, 553 Beall, Hon. T. E.Death of 558 Berrien, Hon. John McPhersonDeath of 557 Books, Landto be examined for fraudulent entries, 556 Books to be sent to certain counties, 556 BrunswickEstablishment of a Navy Yard at 551 Resolutions to be forwarded to Congress, 552 BurkeBooks to be sent to 556 Camden countyBooks to be sent to 556 Carolina, S.Controversy with 552 Charlton countyBooks to be sent to 556 Colquitt countyBooks to be sent to 556 Controversy between Georgia and South Carolina, 552 Cunningham, Hon. M. E.Death of 558 Election of Attorney and Solicitors Gen'l., 555 Election of State Printer, 555 Governor to have Land Books examined, 556 Governor to determine the policy on the boundary question with S. Carolina, 552 Georgia and Vermont, 552 Georgia Troops in Creek War, 553 Jasper Co.Books to be sent to, 556 Judiciary CommitteeRoom in the Capitol, 555 Kansas EmigrantsFree passage on State Road, 553 Mail Route in Wayne county, 554 Mail Route from Americus to Eufaula, 554 MeriwetherMonument to Hon. J. A. 558 Miller, Hon. A. J.Death of 557 Muster Rolls of Adams' Expedition to be sent to Washington, 553 Life Preservers on SteamboatsLaw of U. States, 552 Marion Co.Books to be sent to, 556 Printer, StateElection of 555 Prison, StateSite to be examined for, 554 Rabun countyBooks to be sent to, 556 Repeal of Law of U. S. 552 Spalding countyBooks to be sent to 556 State vote in Atlantic Gulf Rail-road, 554 Towns countyBooks to be sent to, 556 VermontFuture relations with, 552