General Assembly of the state of Georgia, passed in Atlanta, Georgia, at the called session, begining July 14, and ending October 6, 1868 [volume 1]



Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Georgia Law, Georgia Georgia. Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Macon: J. W. BURKE Co. 18680714 English

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AT THE CALLED SESSION, Begining July 14, and ending October 6, 1868. 18680714 18681006 Macon, Georgia: J. W. BURKE Co., PRINTERS, STATIONERS AND BINDERS. 1868

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TABLE OF TITLES. Part I.PUBLIC LAWS. Title I.AGRICULTURE. Title IIAPPROPRIATIONS. Title IIIBONDS. Title IVCODE AMENDMENTS. Title VCOURTS 1. County Criminal. 2. Superior. Title VIEVIDENCE. Title VIIEXECUTORS, Etc. Title VIIIFEES AND COSTS. Title IXHOMESTEAD. Title XINCORPORATIONS. Title XIINSURANCE COMPANY. Title XIIJUDICIARY. Title XIIILANDS. Title XIVLOAN. Title XVLOTTERIES. Title XVIMINES. Title XVIIRAIL ROADS. Title XVIIIRELIEF. Title XIXSALARIES. Title XXTAXES. Part II.LOCAL LAWS. Title ICOUNTY REGULATIONS. Title IIELECTIONSCity. Title IIIFLETCHER INSTITUTE. Title IVJURIESLocal Exemptions. Title VRELIEF.

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STATUTES OF GEORGIA. PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1868. PART I.PUBLIC LAWS. TITLE I. AGRICULTURE. Sec. 1. Governor shall appoint an Inspector. 2. Inspector's duties defined. Sec. 3. Violators of this lawmisdemeanorpenalty. 4. Inspector's fees. 5. When takes effect. (No. 1.) An Act to protect the Planters of this State from imposition in the sale of Fertilizers. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That the Governor shall appoint for each of the counties of Richmond and Chatham, and in such other counties as the public interest may require, an agricultural chemist, who shall be Inspector of Fertilizers for their respective counties. Each Inspector shall hold his office for the term of two years, and before entering on the duties thereof, shall take an oath, before some officer of this State authorized to administer oaths for general purposes, faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties of his office. Said oath shall be filed for preservation with the Ordinaries of their respective counties. Term of office.

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Sec. II. It shall be the duty of every Inspector of Fertilizers, when requested by the owner or person in charge thereof, to inspect all Fertilizers within their respective counties, or any other county within this State, and to stamp or brand the packages thereof with his name as Inspector, and the name of the county in which he is Inspector; and he shall also furnish to the person procuring the inspection, a certificate, showing the date of the inspection, the place at which it was made, and the charaeter and quality of the Fertilizers, etc., inspected. Duties defined. Sec. III. Any person who shall sell any Fertilizer within this State, without its having been so inspected, stamped and certified, or any person who shall use an Inspector's certificate to induce or influence the sale of any other Fertilizer than that to which it was applicable when given by the Inspector, or any Inspector who shall procure, or aid in procuring, or who shall knowingly use, after it has been procured, any false Inspector's certificate, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof in any Court having jurisdiction, shall be fined and imprisoned as in case of other misdemeanors. Fertilizers required to be stamped and certified. Penalty for violation. Sec. IV. The Inspector shall be allowed a fee of fifty cents per ton, to be paid by the person procuring the inspection. Inspector's fees. Sec. V. That this act take effect from and after the first day of January next. When Act to take effect. Sec. VI. All laws and parts of laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved September 17, 1868.

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TITLE II. APPROPRIATIONS. Sec. 1. Salaries of Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller General and Treasurer, Secretaries Executive Department, Messenger of, State Librarian, Solicitors General, Supreme Court Reporter, Clerk Supreme Court, Judges of Supreme Court, and Judges Superior Court. 2. Governor may employ additional assistance, etc. 3. Contingent fund, Printing fund, deficiency, etc. 4. Pay of President of Senate and Speaker of House, mileage, pay of members, mileage, exception, persons occupying seats of colored persons, deceased members of House per diem, mileage. 5. Secretary of Senate and Clerk of House, Journalizing and Assistant Clerk and Secretary, Enrolling and Engrossing Clerks, Clerks of Finance and Judiciary Committees, J. R. Alexander, G. W. Speer, J. P. Brook, Wm. H. DeLyon. 6. Doorkeepers' and Messengers' pay, mileage. 7. Where General Assembly makes no provision, Governor's warrant. 8. Governor to pay all salaries fixed by law. 9. Treasurer to pay certain officers, 75, of demands, vouchers. 10. Superintendent and resident Physician of Lunatic Asylum, Trustees, Treasurer, etc., pauper patients, reairs of Asylum, convicts, etc. Sec. 11. Academy for the blind. 12. W. B. Gordon, Page and Assistant Messenger, Pages of House. 13. Treasurer's and Comptroller's Clerk. 14. J. C. Hendrix, L. Carrington, A. E. Marshall, M. A. Hardin, J. G. W. Mills, H. F. Merrell, R. B. Night, S. B. Cleghorn, P. Fitzgibbon. 15. Penitentiary. 16. Salaries of Messrs. Marshall and Hardin. 17. Contingent expenses of the Session. 18. Principal Keeper Penitentiary, Assistant Book-keeper, Overseer. 19. W. A. Lane, E. G. Glover, R. W. R. W. Phillips. 20. R. E. Rhoddy, Superintendent Georgia Railroad. 21. Dred Burley, Charles Patterson. 22. Schools and Colleges for maimed soldiers. 23. Payments in National Currency. 24. Appropriation for Deaf and Dumb, how obtained, payments. 25. Appropriation to pay indebtedness of the Institution. 26. Deaf and Dumb, how to be educated, clothing, etc. 27. Some young men to be selected, etc. 28. When Act takes effect. 29. Appropriation to bury the Confederate dead in the State. 30. Superintendent of Western and Atlantic Railroad to furnish transportation. (No. 2.) An Act for the raising a revenue for the latter half of the politcial year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-Eight, and to appropriate money for the support of the Government during said half year, and to make certain special appropriations, and for other purposes herein mentioned. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That the following sums of money be and the same are hereby appropriated to the respective persons and objects hereinafter mentioned, to-wit: The sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.000) to his Excellency, the Governor, as his salary for the latter half of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and the further sum of one thousand dollars in currency each to the Secretary of State, Comptroller General and the State Treasurer, for the latter half of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and the sum of nine hundred dollars in currency each, to the Secretaries of the Executive Department, not exceeding two, for the latter half of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and the sum of four hundred and seventy-five dollars in currency to pay the Messenger of the Executive Department for the latter half of the year eighteen hundred and

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sixty-eight; and the sum of six hundred dollars in currency to pay the State Librarian as his salary for the latter half of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars in specie, or equivalent in currency, to each of the Solicitors General for the latter half of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and the sum of five hundred dollars in currency to the Reporter of the Decisions of the Supreme Court, as his salary for the latter half of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars in currency, be and the same is hereby appropriated to pay the Clerk of the Supreme Court for stationery and advertising notices of the meetings of said Court in the latter half of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and the sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars in specie, or its equivalent in currency, to each Judge of the Supreme Court as his salary for the latter half of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and the sum of nine hundred dollars in specie, or its equivalent in currency, to each Judge of the Superior Court, as his salary for the latter half of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. $2,000 Governor's salary. $,1000 each to Secretary of State, Comp. Gen. State Tr'ur $900 each to Secretaries Executive Departm't. $475 to Messenger Ex, Departm't. 6$00 to State Librarian. $125 to Sols. General. $500 to Supreme C'rt Reporter. $250 to Cl'k Supreme Court. $1,200 to each Judge of Supreme Court. $900 to each Judge Superior C'rt, 2. Sec. II. That his Excellency, the Governor, be authorized to employ such additional assistance in the Executive office as he may deem necessary or proper at any time, and that he draw his warrant on the Treasury to pay for the same, out of any money not otherwise appropriated. Gov. may employ additional assistance in Ex. Office and draw war'nt, c. 3. Sec. III. That the sum of ten thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated as a contingent fund for the latter half of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be appropriated as a printing fund for the latter half of the currant year; and in case of a deficiency in this appropriation, the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the same, to be paid out of any money in the Treasurer not otherwise appropriated. $10,000 conting't fund. $15,000 Printing fund. In case deficiency Governor's warrant. 4. Sec. IV. That the sum of twelve dollars per day, each, be paid to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives during the present session of the General Assembly, and the sum of five 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 and the sum of nine dollars each per day be paid to the members of the General Assembly during the present session, and five dollars for every twenty miles traveled in going to and returning from the seat of government under the same rules which apply to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives; Provided , that no member of the General Assembly shall receive pay for the time he may be absent, unless his absence was caused by the sickness of himself or his family, or he had leave of absence granted by the Senate or House of Representatives for satisfactory reasons, and that the Representatives and Senators, except the Senator from the 1st District, occupying seats lately vacated by the colored persons, receive pay from the time seats of colored persons were vacated, and mileage both ways, and that the families

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of the late deceased Honorable members of this House receive the per diem and mileage allowed by the House during the present session. $12 per day to Presid't Senate and Speaker of House. Mileage. Per diem of members. Mileage. Proviso. Exception. Persons occupying seats vacated by col'd persons. Mileage. Deceased members of Houseper diemmileage, 5. Sec. V. That the sum of twelve dollars per day be paid to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, each, for the present session; Provided , that no warrant shall issue in favor 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 twelve dollars per day, each, to the Journalizing Clerks, Assistant Clerk and Assistant Secretary of the Senate and House of Representatives; and the sum of nine dollars per day, each to the Enrolling and Engrossing Clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives for the time they have been actually employed, which shall only be allowed them on the certificate of the Secretary or Clerk, stating that he required their services, and that they actually performed; and the sum of nine dollars per day, each, to the Clerks of Finance Committee, and the Clerks of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives for the time they have been actually employed, which shall only be allowed them upon the certificate of the chairman of the committee, stating that the services was actually performed; and the sum of fifty dollars be appropriated to pay J. R. Alexander for services rendered the Senate committee appointed to inquire into the eligibilty of Senators under a resolution of the Senate; and the sum of one hundred dollars to pay G. W. Speer for services rendered in the case of ineligibility of A. A. Bradley, as clerk for committee; the sum of sixty-four dollars and fifty cents be appropriated to Josiah P. Brooke, a witneess sent for by the special committee appointed to investigate the eligibility of Aaron A. Bradley, to reimburse him for expenses in attending upon the committee; and the sum of twenty-seven dollars to William H. DeLyon, for services as Doorkeeper of the Senate at the commencement of the session. $12 each p'r day to Sec. Senate and Cl'k House. Proviso. $12 each p'r day to journ'liz'g cl'ks and ass't clerk and secretary. $9 per day each to enrolling and engrossing cl'ks each House. How allowed them. $9 per day to cl'ks finance and judiciary coms. each House. How allowed them. $50 to J. R. Alexander. $100 to G. W. Speer. $64 50 to Josiah P. Brooks, witness. $27 to W. H. DeLyon. 6. Sec. VI. That the sum of nine dollars, each, be paid per day to the Doorkeeper and Messenger of the Senate and House of Representatives at the present session of the General Assembly, and the same mileage to each of said Doorkeepers and Messengers as is paid to the members of the General Assembly. $9 per day to Doorkeeper and Messenger. Mileage. 7. Sec. VII. That in all cases where the General Assembly directs the performance of any service or labor for which no provision is made for compensation, the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for such sum or sums as, in his judgment, may be a just compensation. Where Gen'l Assembly makes no provision Govern'r to draw war't, 8. Sec. VIII. That the various sums of the annual salaries of all the officers of this State whose salaries are fixed by law, be and the same are hereby appropriated annually to pay said salaries until they are otherwise altered by law; also the sum of ten

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thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the first quarter's salary of the year 1868, of such officers of the civil establishment who have not heretofore been paid. Gov. to pay all salaries fixed by law. First quarter's salaries, 9. Sec. IX. That the Treasurer be authorized to pay, from time to time, to the officers of the Government whose salaries are appropriated by this act, seventy-five per cent. of the amount for which services have been actually rendered at the date of such payment, taking receipts from said officers for the same, which receipts shall be as vouchers, and are hereby declared off-sets to the extent of such payment, to Executive warrants drawn at the end of the quarter, for such officers' salaries. Treasurer to pay certain officers 75 per cent. Vouchers. 10. Sec. X. That the sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars in currency be and the same is hereby appropriated as the salary of the Superintendent and Resident Physician of the Lunatic Asylum for the latter half of the year 1868, and the further sum of eight thousand dollars for the salaries of the trustees and treasurer, sub-officers, attendants and servants' hire for the latter half of the year 1868; and the further sum of twenty thousand dollars for the support of pauper patients for the latter half of the year 1868; and that the sum of one thousand dollars for repairs on the building of the Lunatic Asylum, and that the Superintendent be authorized to call upon the Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary for such laborers and mechanics from among the convicts as can be employed upon such repairs; and that fifty cents per day be allowed for the services of convicts so employed. $1,250 each to Superintend't and resident Phys. Lun. Asylum. $8,000 salaries Trustees, Treas. c. Pauper patients. $1,000 to repair Lun. Asylum. Labor of Convicts. 50 cts. per day. 11. Sec. XI. That the sum of five thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Academy for the Blind, in this State, for the maintenance of pupils, salaries of officers, etc., from the 1st of July, 1868, to the 1st of January, 1869. $5,000 to Academy for the Blind. 12. Sec. XII. That the sum of five dollars per day, during the session, be paid to W. R. Gordon, page of the Senate, who has acted as messenger during the sickness of the elected messenger of the Senate; and the sum of one hundred dollars each be paid to the pages of the House of Representatives, during the session. $5 per day to W. B. Gordon, page Sen. Pay pages House. 13. Sec. XIII. That the sum of five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to pay the Clerk in the Treasurer's office; and the sum of eight hundred dollars to pay the Clerk in the Comptroller General's office, for the latter half of the year 1868. Pay Treas. and Comp. Clerks. 14. Sec. XIV. That the sum of five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated as additional compensation to J. C. Hendrix, Assistant Secretary of the Senate, and the same be drawn under the warrant of the President of the Senate, and the like amount to L. Carrington, Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives, for extra services rendered; and the sum of five hundred dollars to A. E. Marshall, Secretary of the Senate, as additional compensation for extra services rendered, to be drawn under the warrant of the President of the Senate; and the like sum to M. A. Hardin, Clerk of the House of Representatives, as additional compensation for extra services rendered, to be drawn under the warrant of the Speaker of the House

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of Representatives; and the sum of five hundred dollars to J. G. W. Mills, Journalizing Clerk of the Senate; and the sum of five hundred dollars to H. F. Merrell, Journalizing Clerk of the House, as additional compensation, for their services; and the sum of five hundred dollars to R. B. Night, Clerk in the Senate; and five hundred dollars to S. B. Cleghorn, Clerk in the House of Representatives, as additional compensation; and fifty dollars to Patrick Fitzgibbon, for services in waiting on Judiciary Committee, and extra services as night watchman at the capitol, to be drawn under the warrant of his Excellency, the Governor, who is authorized to issue his warrant for the same. Appropriation to J. C. Hendrix L. Carrington, A. E. Marshall, M. A. Hardin J. G. W. Mills, H. F. Merrell, R. B. Night S. B. Cleghorn and P. Fitzgibbons. 15. Sec. XV. That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the support and repairs of the Georgia Penitentiary. $20,000 to Peniten'y. 16. Sec. XVI. That the sum of five hundred dollars, each be appropriated to pay the salaries of A. E. Marshall, Secretary of the Senate, and Mark A. Hardin, Clerk of the House of Representatives, as prescribed by law, for the present session of the General Assembly. Salaries of A. E. Marshall and M. A. Hardin, 17. Sec. XVII. That the sum of five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of the Senate, and the sum of seventeen hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, to defray the contingent expenses of their respective offices at the present session of the General Assembly, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided , that a bill of items is submitted to the Chairman of the Auditing Committee, and by him approved. Contingent expenses of session. 18. Sec. XVIII. That the sum of one thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated as the salary of the Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary, for the latter half of the year 1868; and the sum of six hundred dollars to the Assistant Keeper; and the sum of six hundred dollars to Book-keeper and salesman; and the sum of six hundred dollars to the Tanner; and the sum of five hundred dollars to the Overseer as the the salary of their several offices for the latter half the year 1868, beginning July 1st, 1868, and the several sums be the compensation per annum of these offices until changed by law. Salaries of Principal and Ass't Keepers, Book-keeper and Overseer of Penitentiary. 19. Sec. XIX. That the sum of forty-five dollars be appropriated to W. A. Lane, E. G. Glover, and R. W. Philips, as expenses incurred in carrying to their place of interment, the remains of W. A. Ballard, late a member of this body; and further, that W. T. McCullough is hereby appointed to receive and receipt for the per diem and mileage due W. A. Ballard, deceased member of the House of Representatives; and further, that Hon. James Harrison be and is hereby appointed to receive and receipt for the per diem and mileage due Hon. J. B. Moon, deceased member of the House of Representatives. $45 to W. A. Lane, E. G. Glover aud R. W. Philips. 20. Sec. XX. That the sum of one hundred and forty-three dollars, be appropriated to pay R. E. Rhodey, Superintendent Georgia Railroad, for transportation of maimed soldiers to and from the factory of artificial limbs, as provided for in acts of 1866. Transportation of maimed soldiers. 21. Sec. XXI. That the sum of five dollars per day be appropriated

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to Dred Burley, for furnishing water and sweeping the Representative Hall, and the like sum to Charles Patterson, for furnishing water and sweeping the Senate Chamber. $5 per day to Dred Burley and Chas. Patterson. 22. Sec. XXII. Be it enacted , That the sum of forty-four thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the benefit of schools and colleges, authorized to educate indigent maimed soldiers by an act approved December 18th, 1866, and that said sum be applied to the payment of amounts now due said schools and colleges, and that the residue be divided among said colleges in proportion to the number of beneficiaries in said colleges, entitled to the benefit of said act, said sum to be paid out of taxes to be collected, and hereafter no new students to be received. Education of indigent maimed soldiers. 23. Sec. XXIII. That the several appropriations made by this act, except as herein otherwise specially provided, shall be paid in national currency. National Currency. Sec. XXIV. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10th, 1868. (No. 3.) An Act to appropriate money for the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and for other purposes. 25. 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 twelve thousand dollars shall be, and the same is hereby appropriated annually out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the indigent deaf and dumb in the Institution for the education of the deaf and dumb, and that his Excellency, the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of the Board of Commissioners of the Institution for the education of the deaf and dumb, for the amount to be paid quarterly upon the order of the Board of Commissioners, signed by the President, and countersigned by the Secretary, yearly, until the Legislature shall otherwise direct. The first quarter commencing on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty eight. Support of Deaf and Dumb. How to obtain appropriation. 26. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to pay the indebtedness of the Institution up to the present time, and that his Excellency, the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of the State of Georgia for the above mentioned sum upon the order of the President, countersigned by the Secretary, as specified in the first section of this act. $3,500 to pay indebtedness. 27. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That all deaf and dumb children shall be educated free of charge; but it shall be the duty of the parents or guardians of such deaf and dumb children, to furnish them with the necessary clothing during the time said child or children

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may remain in school in the Institution, unless the parents or guardians of such child or children are wholly unable to furnish clothing; then, and in that case, the Ordinary of the county from which the child or children are sent, will certify that fact to the Board of Commissioners under his hand and seal of office, naming the child or children in said certificate, as well the name of the parents, guardians, or other person having charge of them, certifying that the parents or guardians are wholly unable to furnish their clothing; then, and in that case, the Institution will furnish the necessary clothing, and will also furnish shoes for all without distinction. How educated. Clothing. If parents unable Ordinary to certify to the fact. 28. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , That the Board of Commissioners may, in their discretion, select some educated young men of this State, who may desire to learn the mute or sign language, upon the conditions that they will obligate themselves to teach in the Institution as many years as may be agreed upon by the Board at the time he enters the Institution. Education of teachers. Conditions. 29. Sec. V. Be it further enacted , That this act shall take effect from its passage. Takes effect, when. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted , That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved 9th October, 1868. (No. 4.) An Act to appropriate a fund for the burial of the Confederate dead. Whereas, The General Assembly of Georgia passed an act entitled an act to appropriate a fund for the burial of the Confederate dead, assented to 12th December, 1866. Preamble. And Whereas, By said act, the General Assembly appointed Miss Mary J. Green, Miss Ph[UNK]be Pember and Mrs. General Charles J. Williams, trustees of the Memorial Association of Georgia. And Whereas, The said General Assembly made an appropriation of four thousand dollars for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of said act. And Whereas, The said trustees have entered upon the discharge of the duties imposed by the terms of said act. And Whereas, The trustees aforesaid found 2,392 Confederate dead whose remains were not properly and decently interred. And Whereas, With the limited means subject to their command, have only been able to remove and decently inter 1,152, leaving 1,240 whose graves are still unprotected. And Whereas, a decent regard for the memories of the dead require that their remains should be buried in a decent and christian-like manner. 30. Section 1. Be it therefore enacted, etc. , That the Governor be required to draw his warrant in favor of the aforesaid trustees of the Memorial Association of Georgia, for the sum of two thousand dollars; said sum to be used together with such other sums as may be raised by private donations, or otherwise, for the purpose of burying

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the Confederate dead whose remains may now be within the limits of this State not properly interred. $2,000 to bury Confederate dead. 31. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the Superintendent of the Western Atlantic Railroad is hereby directed and required to furnish free transportation for everything required in the performance of this sacred duty. Free transportation. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. TITLE III. BONDS. Sec. 1. Governor authorized to issue Bonds to pay interest, etc. (No. 5.) An Act to provide for the payment of the interest now due and to mature on the Bonds of this State for the fiscal year 1868. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That his Excellency, the Governor, be, and he is hereby authorized to issue bonds of the State sufficient to pay the interest due and unpaid, and the interest maturing on the bonds of this State up to February 1st, 1869. Governor authorized to issue Bonds. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868.

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TITLE IV. CODEAMENDMENTS. Acts. Subjects Sec. of Code. No. 6. COUNTY TREASURER 584 7. NON-RESIDENT ADMINISTRATORS 2489 8. OBLIGEE IN BOND DECEASED 3460 9. BURGLARY 4322 10. HORSE STEALING 4330 11. CATTLE STEALING 4333 12. ADULTERY, ETC. 4487 13. INJURY TO MINER'S WORKSADDITIONAL. CODEAMENDMENTS. Section 1. County Treasurerwho eligible. 2. Return of non-resident Administrators and Executors. 3. Bond for titles to landdeath of Obligee. 4. Burglary in the nightpenalty. 5. Horse stealingpenalty. 6. Cattle stealingpenalty. 7. Fornication or Adultery with whites and blacks. 8. Injury to works of Minerspenalty. (No. 6.) An Act to repeal the last clause of Section 584 of the Revised Code of Georgia. 1. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That the last clause of section five hundred and eighty-four, (584) of the Revised Code of Georgia, which said clause is in the following words, to-wit: But no other officer can be County Treasurer, except the Clerk of the Superior Court, be and the same is hereby repealed. Section 584 of Code amended. County Treasurer. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 7.) An Act to amend the 2489 th paragraph of the new Code of Georgia, and to allow Sureties on Administrators' Bonds to make returns in certain cases. 2. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same , That the 2489 paragraph of the new Code of Georgia, which reads as follows: The return of a non-resident administrator may be admitted to record upon the affidavit of his surety, and if the administrator be dead, the representative of his estate may make a return of the accounts

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of the deceased administrator in the same manner, and to have the same effect as if he were living, be so amended as to read as follows: The return of a non-resident administrator may be admitted to record upon the affidavit of his surety; and if the administrator be dead, or if a feme sole administratrix shall marry pending administration on any estate, the representative of the estate of such deceased administrator, or if at any time there should be no such representative, any security on the bond of such deceased administrator or married administratrix may make returns of their accounts of the deceased administrator or married administratrix in the same manner, and to have the same effect as if he were living, or such administratrix unmarried. Section 2489 of the Code amended. Return of non-resid't Administorhow made. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5th, 1868. (No. 8.) An Act to amend Section thirty-six hundred and four (3604) of the Revised Code of Georgia. Whereas, Section thirty-six hundred and four (3604) of the Code of Georgia, revised by and commonly called Irwin's Code, has made no provisions in the event of the death of the obligee of a bond for titles to land, how titles shall be made preparatory to sale as contemplated in said section, Preamble. 3. Section I. Be it therefore, and it is hereby enacted , That when any judgment has been or shall be rendered in any of the Courts of this State, upon any note or other evidence of debt given for the purchase money of land where titles have not been made, but bond for titles given, it shall and may be lawful for the obligor of said bond, in the event of the death of the obligee of the same, to make and file in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which such land may be, a deed of conveyance of said land to the executor or administrator of such deceased obligee; and in case there shall be no such representative, then to the heirs of said deceased; whereupon said land may be levied upon and sold under such judgment as in other cases: Provided , said judgment shall take, and be a lien upon the said land, and the proceeds of the sale thereof, prior to all other judgments, claims, liens and encumbrances until the said judgment shall be fully paid and satisfied. Sale lands where b'nd for titles has been given and the obligee is dead. Approved October 7, 1868. (No. 9.) An Act to alter and amend the 4322 d Section of Irwin's Code. 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 authority of the same , That section 4322 of Irwin's Code, which declares that Burglary in the night shall be punishable with

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death, but the punishment may be commuted in conformity with the provisions of section 4257 of said Code, be altered and amended as follows: Burglary in the night shall be punished by imprisonment in the Penitentiary for any time not less than five years, nor longer than twenty years. Section 4322 of the Code amended. Burglary punished by imprisonment. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 10.) An Act to alter and amend the 4330 th Section of Irwin's Code. 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 authority of the same , That section 4330 of Irwin's Code, which declares that the stealing of a horse or mule shall be punished with death, unless recommended by the jury to the mercy of the court, in which event the punishment shall be confinement and labor in the penitentiary for any time not less than two years nor longer than five years, be amended as follows: The stealing of a horse or mule shall be punished by confinement and labor in the Penitentiary for any time not less than four years nor longer than twenty years. Section 4330 of the Code amended. Stealing of a horse or mule puned by imprisonment Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 11.) An Act to alter and amend the 4333 d Section of Irwin's Code, relating to the punishment of cattle stealing. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same , That the 4333d section of Irwin's Code be so altered and amended as to read as follows, viz.: The stealing of one or more animals, falling under the above description of cattle, shall be punished by imprisonment in the Penitentiary not less than two, nor longer than four years, unless the jury trying the case shall recommend the prisoner to mercy; in that event he shall be punished as prescribed in the 4245th section of Irwin's Code, so far as the same may not be in conflict with the Constitution of the State. Sec. 4333 of the Code amended. Stealing cattlepunishm't therefor. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 6, 1868. (No. 12.) An Act to amend the 4487 th Section of Irwin's Code. 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

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enacted by authority of the same , That the 4487th section of Irwin's Code, which declares that any white man and woman of color, or any white woman and male person of color, who shall live together in a state of adultery or fornication or adultery and fornication, such person so offending shall be guilty of the crime of living in such state, and on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in section 4245, of said Code, shall be amended as follows: Any white man and woman of color, or any white woman and male person of color, who shall live together in a state of adultery or fornication or adultery and fornication, or who shall otherwise commit adultery or fornication, or adultery and fornication, shall be indicted, and on conviction such offenders shall be severally punished as prescribed in section 4245 of this Code. Sec. 4487 of the Code amended. Fornicati'n or adultery betweenwhite and blackpenalty therefor. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 13.) An Act to amend the Penal Code of this State. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That if any person or persons shall unlawfully, wilfully and maliciously cut, break down, destroy or in any manner hurt, damage, injure or obstruct, or shall counsel and assist, or advise any person or persons in any manner to hurt, damage, injure, obstruct, break down or destroy any ditch or ditches, canal or canals, flume or flumes, dome or domes, tunnel or tunnels, made, constructed, erected or used to control and convey water to any mine or mines for mining purposes, or any of the appurtenances to such ditch or ditches, canal or canals, flume or flumes, dome or domes, tunnel or tunnels, belonging or appertaining, such person or persons so offending shall be liable to be indicted for a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined or imprisoned or both at the discretion of the court. Injury to works of miners penal. Misdem'n'rpenalty. Approved October 10, 1868.

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TITLE V. COURTS. Acts. Subjects. Sec. of Code. No. 1. COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT 14 11. SUPERIOR COURTSCHANGES IN TIME OF HOLDING 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 I. COUNTYCRIMINAL. Section 1. Justices of Peace and Notaries Public in town districtsjurisdiction. 2. Time of trial, continuances and proviso. 3. Offences tried upon affidavit. 4. Jurieswhen allowed and how obtained. 5. Fees and costs of Courthow recovered. Section 6. Certiorariproviso. 7. Waiver of Indictment. 8. Party may be bound over. 9. Decisionannouncement of;effects. 10. Chatham County excepted. 11. Attorneyonly eligible in Liberty and McIntosh Counties. (No. 14.) An Act to organize a Criminal Court for each County of this State. Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same , That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the Justices of the Peace and the Notaries Public, appointed by the Governor, of the several counties of this State, living in the Militia District in which the county town is situate, or in any Militia District having an incorporated town within its limits, to try all offences committed against the laws of this State, except such offences as are punishable by death or imprisonment in the Penitentiary of this State. Jurisdict'n of certain Justices of the Peace of criminal cases. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That said officers, mentioned in the first section of this act, shall hear and determine each case (not civil) that may come before them, immediately, unless good cause be shown authorizing a continuance; and in no event shall a continuance be allowed for any time longer than is necessary with proper diligence to procure the attendance of the witnesses, for and against the prisoner; Provided , that nothing herein contained shall be construed as to force the prisoner to trial if from Providential causes he is unprepared. Time o trial. Continuance. Proviso. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That all offences shall be tried before said Court upon written accusation, founded upon affidavit; said affidavit shall distinctly set forth the nature of the offence, the time when committed, and by whom committed; and the accusation shall follow the affidavit, and shall be signed by the accuser. Affidavit and accusation. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , There shall be no jury trial before

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said Court, unless demanded by the accused, in which event the jury shall consist of seven men, competent to serve as jurors in this State, and when demanded by the accused the said Court shall require their bailiffs to summons a jury of twelve men, and when said jury shall have been summoned and assembled, the accused and the accuser shall proceed to strike, as provided heretofore in cases of appeal, until the number shall have been reduced to seven, and when the striking shall have been completed, the Court shall order the parties to proceed with the trial. Jurieswhen allowed and how obtained. Sec. V. Be it further enacted , That said Court shall receive two dollars for each case tried, which sum shall be paid by the accused, when convicted; and it is hereby made the duty of the officer arresting the party, and he is hereby required, to seize a sufficiency of the property of the accused to pay the cost, and shall, if personal property, retain the same in his possession until the accused shall have been acquitted or convicted and in the event the accused is convicted, and fails or refuses to pay the cost, it shall be the duty of the officer to advertise the same for ten days, at the Court House, if personal, if real property in the public gazette in which the county sales are advertised, for the space of thirty days, and shall, on the day specified in said advertisement, sell the said property to the highest bidder, and the money arising from the sale of the same shall be applied to the payment of the cost; Provided , that in every case where it shall clearly appear to the Court that the accuser acted maliciously, then, and in that event, the accuser shall pay the cost. Fee of co'rt $2 00. Costs, how collected. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted , That it shall be the privilege of the defendant to sue out a writ of certiorari from the decision of the Court, under such rules and regulations as are now prescribed for sueing out certioraries in civil cases; Provided , that no writ of certiorari shall be granted unless the accused shall first have filed his affidavit, setting forth that he is advised and believes that he has not had a fair trial, and that he has been wrongfully and illegally convicted. Certiorari. Proviso. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted , That it shall be the duty of the Court to have endorsed upon the written accusation signed by the accuser, the following words: Indictment by the Grand Jury waived, and said endorsement shall be signed by the accused or by his counsel, and in the event the accused shall refuse to sign the waiver, it shall be the duty of the Court to proceed to hear evidence against the accused, and if probable guilt is made to appear, it shall be duty of the Court to commit the accused, as heretofore practiced by the Courts in this State. Waiver of indictm'nt. Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted , That whenever any case shall be brought before this Court for the purpose of trial, and after the evidence has been heard, it shall appear to the Court that the accused is guilty of an offence punishable either by death or imprisonment in the Penitentiary, it shall be the duty of the Court to bind the party over to the next term of the Superior Court to be held in the county in which the crime was committed, to answer the charge preferred,

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and on failure of the accused to give bail required by the Court, shall be committed to jail. B'nd: when required. Sec. IX. Be it further enacted , That either the Justice of the Peace, or Notary Public, when it is not convenient for both to sit at the same time, may hear and determine the case or cases submitted, and the decision rendered by the Justice or Notary, alone, shall have all the legal effect as if rendered by the joint act of both, and should the Justice and the Notary fail to agree, it shall be the privilege of the accused to say which one of the officers presiding shall pronounce the decision, and the decision so pronounced shall be, and the same is hereby made, the decision of the Court. Decision: its effect and announcem't. Sec. X. Be it further enacted , That the county of Chatham is not embraced in the provisions of this act. Chatham county excepted. Sec. XI. Be it further enacted , That in the counties of McIntosh and Liberty no one shall be eligible to a position in this Court who is not an attorney at law. Qualifications in M'Intosh and Liberty. Sec. XII. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 7, 1868. II.SUPERIOR COURTS. Section 12. Superior Court of Dawson county. 13. Returns to said Court. 14. Officers, suitors, etcAttendance. 15. Superior Court of Bartow county. 16. Superior Court of Marion county. 17. Superior Court of Catoosa county. Section 18. When these Acts take effect. 19. Dade Superior Court. 20. Towns' Superior Court. 21. Emanuel Superior Court. 22. Superior Courts in Coweta Circuit. 23. Macon County Superior Court. (No. 15.) An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Dawson County. 12. 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 authority of the same , That from and after the passage of this act the Fall Term of the Superior Court of the county of Dawson shall be held on the second Monday of September, in each and every year. Fall [Illegible Text] Superior Court in Dawson. 13. Sec. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That all writs, processes, subp[UNK]nas and citations or recognizance issued, or which shall hereafter issue for the next ensuing term of the Superior Court of Dawson county, shall be held and considered as returnable to the term of said Court as fixed by this act, and the same shall be good and valid in law. Returns to said Court. 14. Sec. III. And be it further enacted , That all officers, suitors, witnesses, parties and jurors, shall be held and bound to attend said Court on the second Monday in September next, in like manner as

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they would have been bound to attend said Court on the third Monday of September next, had this act not been passed. Sec. IV. Repeal conflicting laws. Attendance upon said Court. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 16.) An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Courts in the county of Bartow, and to hold two weeks. 15. Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same , That from and after the passage of this act, the time of holding the Superior Court for the county of Bartow be changed from the second Mondays in March and September, be held on the third Mondays in March and September, and to hold for two weeks if the business require it. Terms of Superior Court in Bartow. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 17.) An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Marion county. 16. Section I. Be it enacted , That from and after the passage of this act, the time for holding the Superior Court in the county of Marion be changed from the third Monday in April to the first Monday in March; and from the third Monday in October to the first Monday in September; Provided , this do not interfere with the time for holding this Court during the present year of 1868. Terms of Superior Court in Marion. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 18.) An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Courts of the counties of Catoosa and Dade, in the Cherokee Circuit, and of the county of Towns, in the Blue Ridge Circuit, and of the county of Emanuel. 17. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact , That the time of holding the Superior Courts for Catoosa county shall be changed to the second Monday in February and the second Monday in August, and said Court may sit for two weeks, and two panels of Grand and Petit Jurors shall be drawn as now prescribed by law. Time of holding Superior Court in Catoosa. 18. Sec. II. This act shall not go into operation until after the time for holding the next regular November term of said Court shall have passed, but the said November term shall be held at the time now prescribed by law. When Act goes into operation.

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19. Sec. III. And be it further enacted , That after the next regular Term of Dade Superior Court, said Court shall be held on the second Monday in May and November of each year. Time of holding Superior Court in Dade. 20. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , That the Superior Court of the county of Towns shall hereafter be held on the Monday after the fourth Monday in May and October of each and every year. In Towns. 21. Sec. V. Be it further enacted , That the time of holding the Superior Court in Emanuel county be changed from the first Monday in April and October to Wednesday after the fourth Mondays in March and September. In Emanuel. Sec. VI. All laws and parts laws of militating against this act are hereby repealed. Approved September 15, 1868. (No. 19.) An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Courts in the Coweta Circuit. 22. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact , That from and after the first day of January, A. D. 1869, the terms of the Superior Courts in the Coweta Circuit shall begin on the following days, to-wit: In DeKalb county on the first Monday in March and September; in Clayton county, on the second Monday in March and September; in Troup county, on the third Monday in March and September; in Meriwether county, on the first Monday in April and October; in Fulton county, on the third Monday in April and October; in Fulton county, on the first Monday in May and November. Terms of the Superior Courts in Coweta Circuitwhen they begin. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 20.) An Act to change the Terms of the Superior Court for the county of Macon. 23. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That from and after the passage of this act, the semi-annual terms of the Superior Courts for the county of Macon shall be held on the second Monday of March and November of each and every year. Superior Court of Macon co. when held. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868.

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TITLE VI. EVIDENCE. Section 1. Prisoners may make statement to Court and jury. Section 2. Compensation for taking evidence in cases of felony. (No. 21.) An Act to change the law of evidence. Section I. Be it enacted , That from and after the passage of this act, in all criminal trials, for a felony, in this State, the prisoner shall have the right to make to the Court and jury such statement in the case, as he or she may deem in his or her defence. Said statement not to be under oath, and to have such force only as the jury may think right to give it: Provided , the prisoner shall not be compelled to answer any questions on cross-examination, should he or she think proper to decline to answer such question. In cases of felony prisoner may make a statement, Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 22.) An Act to fix the compensation for taking down, in writing, the evidence on charges of felony . Section. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same , That the compensation to be paid for taking down, in writing, the evidence offered in cases of felony, before the Superior Courts, shall be the same allowed by law to Clerks of the Superior Courts for similar services, to-wit: fifteen cents for each hundred words. Evidence in cases of felonyfee for writing the same. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868.

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TITLE VII. EXECUTORS, ETC. Section 1. Non-resident Administrators and Executors may sell real estateproviso. (No. 23.) An act to authorize Executors and Administrators, residents of any other State of the United States, to sell and convey Real Estate of their Testators or Intestates, recovered by suit at law in this State by said Executors or Administrators, under the same laws and regulations as are now prescribed for Executors and Administrators residents of this State . Section. I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact That any executor or administrator who resides in any other State of the United States, and who has recovered or may hereafter recover any real estate as the property of his testator or intestate, by suit at law in this State, shall be, and he is hereby authorized to sell and convey the same under the same rules, laws and regulations as are now prescribed for the sale and conveyance of real estate by executors and administrators who are residents of this State: Provided , such foreign executor or administrator shall file in the Ordinary's office, at the time of making his application for sale, an authenticated exemplification of his letters testamentary or of administration. Administrators, non-resident may sell real estate. Proviso. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. TITLE VIII. FEES AND COSTS. Sec. 1. Insolvent costs, how paid. 2. Ordinaries of certain counties, to levy a tax to pay. Sec. 3. Solicitor General of E. Circuit, Clerks, and Sheriffs, their insolvent cost bills, how paid. (No. 24.) An Act to regulate the fees of the Solicitors General, and other officers of Court. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That from and after the passage of this Act, out of all monies arising from fines imposed, inflicted or

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collected on forfeited recognizances in the Superior Courts of this State, or for a violation of the penal laws of this State, the officers bringing the money into Court, shall have the money thus brought into Court by them, first applied to the extinguishment of their insolvent list pro rata , and then the orders of former officers paid in proportion to their claims. Insolvent costspayment there of. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 8th, 1868. (No. 25.) An Act to provide for the levying and collection of a tax for the payment of costs due to Clerks and Sheriff's in insolvent criminal cases, in certain counties therein mentioned. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact , That it shall be the duty of the Ordinary in each of the following counties, to-wit: Hancock, Glynn, Terrell, Dougherty, Macon, Bibb, Muscogee and Richmond, forthwith to levy and have collected a tax sufficient to pay the Clerks and Sheriffs of the respective counties aforesaid, the costs now due them for services rendered in insolvent criminal cases. Costs in insolvent criminal cases. Sec. II. That all laws in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed. Approved September 28th, 1868. (No. 26.) An Act to point out the mode of payint the fees of the Solicitor General of the Eastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia in Chatham county in certain cases, and for other purposes therein enumerated. 2. Sec. I. Be it enacted, etc. , That from and after the passage of this act, all bills of the Solicitor General of the Eastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia, for the prosecution of criminal cases, in the Superior Court of Chatham county, after being approved by the Judge of the Superior Court of said county, at the close of each term of said Court, shall be credited with such proportion of the funds, that may be in the registry of said Court, as he may be entitled to, and the balance due upon said bills shall be paid from the fund of said county by the person or persons having control and management of the funds belonging to said county, and all funds coming into said Superior Court from fines inflicted, or from forfeited recognizances after payment of the bills of the Solicitor General, as aforesaid, and the bills of the Clerk and Sheriff of said Superior Court, shall be paid into the Treasury of the county of Chatham: Provided , however, that the funds arising from fines and forfeited recognizances shall be applied to the payment of the bills of the Solicitor General already examined and passed until the same shall be fully paid and satisfied before any part

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thereof shall be entered upon any Solicitor's bills hereafter to be passed. Insolvent costspayment there of. Costs insolvent criminal cases. Costs of Solicitor Gen. Eastern Circuit. Approved by Judge at each term. Shall be credited. Remainder how paid. Funds from fines. Cost of cl'k and sh'ff. Proviso. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10th, 1868. TITLE IX. HOMESTEAD. Section 1. Homestead of realty and personalty allowedto whomamount of. 2. Applicant for must make schedule, 3. Schedule filedhow to proceed. 4. Notice to be given creditors. 5. If no objections, Ordinary must endorse. 6. Creditor objectinghow to proceed. 7. Of town propertyhow laid off, etc. 8. Ministerial officer failing to respect orderpenalty. Section 9. Applicant must pay costOrdinary bound forwhen. 10. Officer levying with noticeguilty of trespassrecovery. 11. Propertyhow encumbered. 12. Property set apartvest in whom. 13. Husband refusing to applywife may. 14. May claim under Section 2013 of Codeinstead. (No. 27.) An Act to provide for setting apart a Homestead of realty and personalty, and for the valuation of said property, and for the full and complete protection and security of the same to the sole use and benefit of families, as required by Section first of Article seven of the Constitution, and for other purposes. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State, etc. , That each head of a family, or guardian, or trustee of a family of minor children, shall be entitled to a homestead of realty to the value of two thousand dollars in specie, and personal property to the value of one thousand dollars in specie, both to be valued at the time they are set apart; and no Court or ministerial officer in this State shall ever have jurisdiction or authority to enforce any judgment, decree, or execution against said property so set apart, including such improvements as may be made thereon from time to time, except for taxes, money borrowed and expended in the improvement of the homestead, or for the purchase money of the same, and for labor done thereon, or material furnished therefor, or removal of encumbrances thereon, provided the same shall have been set apart and valued as hereinafter provided. Homestead exemption. Sec. II. Every person seeking the benefit of this act, and of said section of the Constitution, shall make out a schedule and description of the personal property claimed by him to be exempt under said section of the Constitution from levy and sale, and hand the same to the Ordinary of the county in which he resides; and shall apply to

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the said Ordinary for an order to the County Surveyor, or if there be none, some other Surveyor to lay off his homestead allowed by said section of the Constitution, and to make a plat of the same, which order the Ordinary shall issue at once and give to the applicant. Ordinary to receive scheduale and order Surveyor to lay off homestead. Sec. III. When said schedule has been so filed, and said application has been made, the said Ordinary shall publish in the gazette in which Sheriff's sales for said county are published, not more than twice, a notice as follows: AB, has applied for exemption of personalty, and setting apart and valuation of homestead, and I will pass upon the same at o'clock, M., on the day of , 186-, at my office. CD, Ordinary; filling said blanks so that all persons may know the time for action by the Ordinary on said petition. Notice of application by Ord'ry. Sec. IV. The time fixed by said notice shall not be less than ten, nor more than twenty days from the date of the order of the Ordinary to such Surveyor. The Surveyor to whom said order shall be delivered by the applicant, shall lay off the homestead on or out of the land claimed by the applicant, and make a plat of the same, and make an affidavit that the same is correctly platted and laid off, and that the same is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, not worth more than two thousand dollars in specie, and return the same to the Ordinary before the day appointed in the order for passing upon said application. Should any County Surveyor fail to comply with his duty as prescribed by this act, he shall be, by said Ordinary, punished for a contempt of Court. From ten to twenty days. Surveyor: his duty and liability. Sec. V. If at the time and place appointed for passing upon said application, no objection shall be urged by any creditor of the applicant, the Ordinary shall endorse upon said schedule and upon said plat, Approved, this the day of 186-; filling the blanks, and shall sign the same officially, and hand the same to the Clerk of the Superior Court of his county, who shall record the same in a book to be kept for that purpose in his office. Order: how granted and recorded. Sec. VI. Should any creditor of the applicant desire to object to said schedule, for want of sufficiency and fullness, or for fraud of any kind, or to dispute the valuation of said personalty, or the propriety of the survey, or the value of the premises so platted as the homestead, he shall, at said time and place of meeting, specify the same in writing. Thereupon, unless the applicant shall so alter said schedule or plat, or both, as to remove said objections, said Ordinary shall appoint three disinterested appraisers to examine the property concerning which the objections are made, and to value the same, and on their return, (which shall be made under oath) if either be found to be too large, such alterations shall be made in said schedule, and in such plat, as the Ordinary may deem proper to bring the same within the limits of the value allowed by said section of the Constitution, and he shall then and there approve said schedule and said plat as required by the fifth section of this act, and hand the same to the Clerk of the Superior Court of his county, who shall record the same as required by section fifth of this act: Provided , that either party,

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dissatisfied with the judgment, shall have the right to appeal under the same rules, regulations and restrictions as are provided by law in cases of appeal from the Court of Ordinary. Objections: how and when made Appraisers. Appeal. Sec. VII. If the applicant seeks to have a homestead set apart out of town property exceeding in value two thousand dollars in specie, and it cannot be so divided as to give a homestead of that value, he may make application to the Ordinary, and upon satisfying him that this is true, said Ordinary may pass an order, that should said property (describing the same) thereafter be sold by virtue of any order, judgment or decree of any Court in this State, two thousand dollars in specie, or its equivalent in currency, of the proceeds of such sale (or the whole of the said proceeds, if they do not exceed that amount) shall be by the levying officer paid over to the Ordinary for the time being, to be invested by some proper person, to be appointed by the Ordinary, in a home for the benefit of the family of the applicant, which shall be exempt as if laid off under this law, and shall cause the Clerk of the Superior Court to record said order in said book. Homestead in townhow set apart. Sec. VIII. Should any ministerial officer of this State, upon being shown a certified copy of such order, fail to retain and pay over to said Ordinary said proceeds as above required, or should any Ordinary receiving the same, fail to appoint said person to have the same invested, and turn over the proceeds to him, said officers and their securities, respectively, shall be liable to said applicant for said money, and twenty per cent. interest thereon, while they, respectively, wrongfully withhold the same, or any part thereof. Liability of Ordinary and other officers. Sec. IX. In all cases before the approval of said Ordinary can be demanded as aforesaid, the applicant shall pay the cost of said proceedings, including the Clerk's cost for recording the same, to the Ordinary. He shall be bound for such cost if he approves the same. The said officers shall each have for his said services the same fees as are now allowed him, or shall hereafter be allowed him by law for such services: Provided, nevertheless , that if any person filing objections to said schedule or plat shall fail to have the same sustained, he shall pay the cost of said proceedings. Costs: how and by whom p'd. Sec. X. Any officer knowingly levying on or selling said property thus made exempt from sale, shall be guilty of trespass, and the wife or family of the debtor may recover therefor for their exclusive use. [Illegible Text] by officers and remedy of family. Sec. XI. Said property so set apart, cannot be encumbered or anenated by the husband, but it the same be sold or encumbered by him and his wife jointly, (in the case of husband and wife) or if they, with the approval of the Ordinary, for the time being, endorsed on the encumbrance or deed, said encumbrance or deed shall be as valid as if said property had never been so set apart. Encumbranceshow made. Sec. XII. Said property so set apart shall be for the use of the wife or widow and children, during her life or widowhood, and at her death or intermarriage, be equally divided between the children of her former marriage then living. Disposition of property. Sec. XIII. Should the husband refuse to apply for said exemption,

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his wife, or any person acting as her next friend, may do the same, and it shall be as binding as if done by the husband. Should any trustee or guardian of a family of minor children, fail to apply for said exemption, the Ordinary may, upon application of any next friend, for the minors, allow him or her to act in lieu of such trustee or guardian, and this shall be as binding as if done by the said guardian or trustee. Wife or next friend may apply. Sec. XIV. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any debtor who does not wish to avail himself of the benefits of this act from claiming the exemptions allowed by section 2013 of Irwin's Revised Code. Should he claim them, he shall get the benefit thereof by complying with the law prescribed in this act. But no person who shall be allowed the exemptions under these laws, shall take any benefit under this act. Nor shall any person who shall be allowed the exemptions under this act, be allowed the exemptions under said laws, except the articles named in parts 10, 11, 12 and 13 of said section 2013. Exemption by Code. Sec. XV. Be it enacted, etc. , That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved October 3d, 1868.

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TITLE X. INCORPORATIONS. Number. Subjects. 1. BANKS AND BANKING COMPANIES. 2. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 3. MANUFACTURING COMPANIES. 4. MINING COMPANIES. 5. FIRE COMPANIES. 6. RAILROAD COMPANIES. 7. STEAMBOAT COMPANIES. 8. TOWNS AND CITIES. 9. UNIVERSITY. I. BANKS AND BANKING COMPANIES. Act No. 28. John King Banking Company, of Columbus, and City Banking Company, of Macon. 29. Savings Bank, of Atlanta. 30. Ocean Bank, of Brunswick. Act No.31. Georgia Loan and Trust Company. 32. Fort Valley Loan and Trust Company. 33. Griffin Loan and Trust Company. (No. 28.) An Act to incorporate The John King Banking Company in the city of Columbus, and The City Banking Company of Macon, Georgia . Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact , That John King, L. G. Bowers, W. L. Saulsbury, Z. T. King, and C. C. Fleming, with their associates and successors, be and they are hereby constituted and made a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of The John King Banking Company, and by this name they shall have power to sue and be sued, to hold and possess any species of property, real, personal or mixed, and to sell and dispose of the same at pleasure; to discount notes and drafts, to buy and sell bills of exchange, to receive deposits on terms agreed upon by the parties, to make advances and loans on property; and to do a general business as a bank of discount and deposit; but they shall have no power to issue notes or bills to be used as a circulating medium. Corporators. Powers Sec. II. The capital stock of said company shall be two hundred thousand dollars, with power in the stockholders to increase the same to an amount not exceeding the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. Certificates of stock shall be issued to each stockholder for the number of shares owned by him, which shall be transferable only on the books of the company under such regulations as they may establish; and the stock of each stockholder shall at all times be bound for the debts he may

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owe to the company. The individual property of the stockholder at the time of suit shall be liable for the ultimate payment of the debts of the company in proportion to the amount of stock owned by each stockholder. Capital Stock. Shares. Liabilities. Sec. III. The officers of said company shall consist of a president and four directors, a cashier, and such minor officers as they may deem necessary for the efficient management of their affairs. The president and directors shall be elected annually on the first Wednesday in October, and shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are elected and take their seats. They shall have the general management and control of the affairs of said company, subject to the supervision of the stockholders at their regular meetings. Officers. Term of Office. Sec. IV. The cashier shall be elected by the board of directors, and shall give bond in such sum as they may direct. It shall be the duty of the cashier to keep safely all moneys, notes, bonds, bills or other property committed to his care or shall come into his possession in the regular course of business; and he shall have power to bind the company by signing notes, bills, checks, receipts or certificates of deposit, in conducting the business of the bank. Cashier elected. His duties. Powers. Sec. V. The said company shall have power to make all such bylaws and rules for conducting their business as they may deem necessary and expedient, and not in conflict with the laws of the land. They shall also have power to establish agencies at any point they may deem proper. Powers of ompany. Sec. VI. The persons herein named as corporators shall meet and organize within nine months after the passage of this act, and they may commence business so soon as one hundred thousand dollars in lawful currency of the United States shall have been paid in by the stockholders. When corporators may organize. When commence business. Sec. VII. The annual meetings of the stockholders of the company shall be held at the banking house in the city of Columbus, on the first Wednesday in October, annually; and in all meetings of the stockholders, and in all elections, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share owned by him. Stockholders owning a majority of the stock may call meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of any specific business by giving ten days' notice in one or more of the Columbus newspapers. Annual meetings. Who may call meetings. Sec. VIII. That the board of directors shall make semi-annual statements of the condition of said company, on the first Monday in January and July of each year, to its stockholders, and annually to the Governor of the State, of all its debts, liabilities and assets whatever, under oath of their president and cashier, before a Justice of the Peace or other officer authorized to administer oaths; and such statement shall be kept in a book for that purpose, for future reference. Semi-annual statements. Annual reports, under oath. Sec. IX. The company shall have a printed copy of this charter placed in a frame in their office, so that all parties may see the same who wish to transact business therewith. Charter. Sec. X. Be it further enacted , That William Henry Ross, Virgil

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Powers, Ovid G. Sparks, E. J. Johnston, G. B. Roberts, George W. Adams, John W. Burke, Leonidas Jordan, Asher Ayers and J. M. Boardman, and their associates and successors, be and they are hereby constituted and made a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of The City Banking Company of Macon, with the like powers, privileges and grants, and with the same liabilities and restrictions, as are conferred to the John King Banking Company of Columbus. Be it further enacted , that the office of said company shall be located in Macon, Georgia. Corporators. Style. Located in Macon. Sec. XI. This act shall take effect from the time of its passage, and continue in force for thirty years; and all acts militating against the same are hereby repealed. Takes effect when. Approved October 8, 1868. (No. 29.) An Act to incorporate the Savings Bank of Atlanta . Whereas, There exists a class of persons who, from want of experience, are incapable of investing their small incomes and earnings, and as it is desirable to encourage economical and provident habits in all classes, and more especially in the young, the laboring and dependent: Therefore, Preamble. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That Geo. H. Camp, Wm. W. Clayton, and their associates and successors, be constituted a body corporate and politic, to receive deposits of money at interest, to loan and invest the same, and to issue certificates of deposits, under the name of the Savings Bank of Atlanta, and by this name, are invested with the following powers, rights and privileges, and subjected to the following restrictions: Commissioners. Investm'ts. Style. Powers. Sec. II. The capital shall be thirty thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing it to any amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars. This capital shall be a fund pledged for the security of deposits. Capital Stock. Sec. III. Such share of stock shall be one hundred dollars, and the stockholders shall vote at all meetings in proportion to the number of their shares. Shares. Vote. Sec. IV. The stockholders shall have power to make rules regulating, and by-laws for the management and direction of its affairs in accordance with the laws of this State, through their properly constituted officers. They shall have power and authority to do everything necessary and proper for the safe and successful management of the bank. By-laws. General authority. Sec. V. This institution may go into operation as soon as twenty thousand dollars of the capital stock shall be paid in, and not before. When to operate. Sec. VI. That the personal property of the stockholders shall be liable for all the debts of said savings bank, and for all money deposited in said bank, pro rata , in the amount of stock in said bank, and there shall be no transfer of stock until sixty days' notice have been given in some public gazette of the city of Atlanta. Liabilities.

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Sec. VII. All laws and parts of laws militating against this act, shall be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved October 7th, 1868. (No. 30) An Act to incorporate the Ocean Bank of Brunswick . Whereas, It is desirable to encourage and introduce capital in the State of Georgia to relieve the necessities of the planting, commercial and manufacturing interests. Preamble. Section I. Therefore be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That N. S. Finney, Sidney G. Miller, E. L. Strohecker, T. R. Bloom and H. W. Cowles, and such persons as may be hereafter associated with them, their successors and assigns, are hereby created a body corporate, under the name and style of the Ocean Bank of Brunswick, and by that name may sue and be sued in any Court whatever, and with all the powers, privileges and immunities which may appertain to the same by this act. Corporators. Style. Sec. II. The said Banking Company shall have the right to use a common seal. Seal. Sec. III. The capital stock of said bank shall be two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing the same to five hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, to be paid in the manner hereinafter provided, and after ten per centum of the said present capital shall have been subscribed and paid in, the company shall have a right to organize and transact business. Capital stock. May increase. Shares. Sec. IV. The said capital stock shall be paid in installments, in such sums, and at such times as shall be directed by the board of directors. After the payment of the first installment a period of three months shall intervene between the calling in of each of the remaining installments, in the manner as aforesaid, by the said board of directors, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the subscribers from paying in the whole of the installments at any time, if by them and said board of directors unanimously desired. How paid in. Sec. V. Whenever any subscriber shall fail to pay the amount of his subscription, or the amount due upon the shares, at the call of the board of directors, the directors shall have the right to sell the share or shares of such subscribers at public auction, allowing him or them three months' time from the day of the notice thereof, to fulfil his or their engagement, and whenever such sale shall have been made, the subscriber in default shall be held responsible for any loss resulting therefrom, and any benefit which may result, shall be refunded by the company to the said subscriber. Non-payment by subscriber. His shares may be sold Delinquent liable for loss. Sec. VI. The principal office of said company shall be at Brunswick, in the State of Georgia, but it shall have the right to establish agencies in other counties and States as its interests may require. Office. Agencies. Sec. VII. The business of the bank shall be managed by a board of five directors, three of whom shall constitute a quorum to transact

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business. The board of directors shall elect from their midst a president, who must always be a stockholder, failing in which he shall be disqualified for this office. The said T. R. Bloom, E. L. Strohecker, N. S. Finney, Sidney G. Miller and H. W. Cowles shall be directors of this company from the organization until the first annual meeting of the stockholders, the said meeting to be held as prescribed by the directors under the by-laws, which they are hereby authorized and required to make for the government of the bank as its interests shall demand, but said by-laws shall not conflict with this charter, nor the laws of the State. President. Directors. Meetings, By-laws, c. Sec. VIII. The president and directors of this company, at its organization, and at each annual meeting, shall elect a cashier, who shall give bond and security for the faithful performance of his duties in such terms and sums of money as shall be satisfactory to the board of directors. The board of directors shall hold their offices for one year from the date of their election by a general meeting of a majority of the stockholders. The acts of this company shall be attested by the signatures of the president and cashier, and the impress of its common seal affixed. Election. Term of office. Acts attested. Sec. IX. This bank shall have a right to receive money on deposit, grant receipts for the same, and issue, in the transaction of business, all necessary and usual certificates and contracts, to make advances on real or personal property, or on both, to advance money to corporate bodies, to planters, farmers, factors, or merchants, to make loans to government or private individuals, to make advances for improvement, or encouragement of transportation by water or land, to acquire, possess, and direct any property, real or personal, which its interest may dictate, to nominate all the officers which the management of any such property may require, to deal in the precious metals, foreign or domestic exchange, to buy, discount, collect or sell promissory notes, bills of exchange, contracts, bonds, or choses in action, claims and rents, to require any franchise by purchase or otherwise, and to perform all such acts to enforce the payment or fulfilment of any contract made to or with it. Powers. Sec. X. There shall be at least one annual meeting of the stockholders, when each share shall be counted one vote, either in person or by proxy. At such meeting the directors shall exhibit a full and complete statement of the business of the company during the past year. Annual meeting. Duty of Directors. Sec. XI. After due provision shall have been made for all losses of the past year, and for any eventual losses of the future, for the payment of all officers, all legal taxes, and all liabilities of said company, the directors shall order a division of the profits, if any there be, among the stockholders of the company in just proportion to the amount of stock by each held; and each stockholder shall be individually liable in proportion to the amount of stock owned by him for the ultimate payment of all the liabilities of said back. Division of profits, when ordered. Liabilities. Sec. XII. The said E. L. Strohecker, T. R. Bloom and H. W. Cowles, are hereby constituted commissioners for the opening and managing subscription books of the said bank at Brunswick, or at

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such other places as they may deem necessary for obtaining the capital required for this charter, which shall be thirty years. Duration. Sec. XIII. This act shall take effect immediately. Sec. XIV. Repeals conflicting laws. Passed over the Governor's veto by a constitutional majority September 28, 1868. (No. 31.) An Act to incorporate the Georgia Loan and Trust Company. Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same , That M. G. Dobbins, Alfred Austell, Henry Banks, L. L. Abbott, J. J. Thrasher, V. R. Tommey and A. K. Seago, and such other persons as may hereafter be associated with them, and their successors and assigns, are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name of The Georgia Loan and Trust Company, and by that name shall have succession, and may sue and be sued in any Court whatever, with such powers and privileges as are hereinafter provided. Corporators. Style. Rights and responsibilities. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the capital stock of said company shall be one hundred thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing said capital at any time to five hundred thousand dollars, said stock to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; and when there shall be one hundred thousand dollars of said capital stock subscribed, and twenty-five per cent. of the one hundred thousand dollars actually paid in, in lawful money of the United States, the said company may organize and proceed to business under this act. Capital stock. Shares. When may organize. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That said company shall have power to make advances to planters, for the purpose of developing the agricultural interests of the State, in loans on mortgages on real or personal property of any and all kinds, and upon crops to be raised; to receive deposits of money and all other valuables of any kind, and to rent suitable offices and stores for their safe-keeping, and issue receipts for the same; to buy and sell bonds, bills of exchange and promissory notes, and advance and loan moneys, securities and credits; and may charge and receive, in addition to interest, such a commission on advances of money and negotiating loans, and for storage, as may be agreed upon between said company and the party or parties so buying or selling such bonds, bills of exchange and promissory notes, or borrowing or receiving such moneys, securities or credits, and for storing such valuables; Provided, however , the rate of interest on loans so made shall not exceed the rate of interest allowed by the laws of this State. And the said company shall have power to take and hold, as security for or in payment of any loans or advances made, mortgages or other instruments or obligations upon any and all kinds of property whatever, either real or personal; and

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said company shall have power to purchase, hold, sell, exchange and convey bonds or other property of any nature, and may execute and issue all such receipts, certificates, contracts or other instruments as may be necessary for the transaction of its business. Powers. Proviso. May buy and sell bonds, c. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , That said company shall have power to receive moneys in trust or on deposit, and to invest the same at such rate of interest as may be agreed on, or to allow such interest thereon as may be agreed on; shall have power to accept and execute all such trusts of every description that may be committed to them by any person or persons whomsoever, or any corporation, or may be committed or transferred to them by any Court, and shall have power to take and accept by grant, assignment, or bequest, and hold any real and personal estate in trust created in accordance with the laws of this State, and execute such legal trust in regard to the same, on such terms as may be declared, established or agreed upon in regard thereto: Provided , the rate of interest shall not exceed seven (7) per cent. May receive moneys in trust, c. May hold real or personal estate Proviso. Sec. V. Be it further enacted , That the business and corporate powers of said company shall be exercised by a board of not less than five directors, to be chosen as hereinafter provided, who shall elect from their number a president, and may declare by by-laws what number of directors shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. Business and powersby whom exercised. Quorum. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted , That M. G. Dobbins, Alfred Austell, Henry Banks, L. L. Abbott, John J. Thrasher, V. R. Tommey, and A. K. Seago, named in the first section of this act, or any two or more of them, shall and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books of subscription to the capital stock of said company at such time and places, and for such amounts, as they or a majority of them shall deem proper, but for no less amount than one hundred thousand dollars, as hereinbefore provided. The directors of said company shall be elected by a majority in interest of the stockholders of said company voting at said election, to be held under the inspection of said commissioners at such place as they may designate, within ten days from the closing of the subscription called for by them, and on the first Monday in January in every year thereafter. No stockholders, after the first election, shall be allowed to vote only on the amount of stock actually paid in. and if there should be no election of directors at any annual meeting as hereinafter directed, the directors then in office shall continue until the next election, in which the majority of the stockholders shall be represented either in person or by legal proxy. Commissioners to open books. Directors. Election. Vote. Term of office. Vote by proxy. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted , That the principal office of the company shall be located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia; that the board of directors shall have power to establish agencies for the transaction of the business of said company at any place they may think proper, and to appoint such agents, officers or employees as may be considered necessary, and may delegate power to transact any of its business to committees of directors, or to its officers or agents, as

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it shall deem proper; and said board of directors may, by a majority of their whole number, make such by-laws, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State, as may be deemed necessary for the management of the business of said company, and may adopt a corporate seal and change the same at pleasure. Principal office in AtlantaPowers of Board, c. Agents. By-laws. Corporate seal. Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted , That the minutes of the proceedings of the board of directors shall be kept in a book provided for that purpose, and signed by the president or chairman, or secretary; and these minutes shall at all times be subject to the investigation of any stockholder. Each stockholder shall be entitled to certificates of their respective shares of capital stock, which shall be transferable, and the board of directors shall cause suitable books for the registry and transfer of such shares to be kept; and every such transfer, to be valid, shall be made in such books and signed by the shareholder or his or her attorney duly authorized, in writing. Minuteshow kept. Open to inspection. Registry books. Sec. IX. Be it further enacted , That the board of directors, out of the funds of said company, shall defray the expenses and pay its debts, and declare and pay out of the surplus net profits of its business, to its shareholders or their duly authorized agents or attorneys, such dividends as they may deem expedient. Such dividends shall after the first six months the company has been in operation, be declared on the first Monday in January and July in each year, and due notice shall be given to shareholders of the amount declared and the time it will be paid to them or their legally authorized agents. Expenses. Profits. Dividends. Sec. X. Be it further enacted , That the board of directors shall make semi-annual statements of the condition of said company on the first Monday in January and July of each year, to its stockholders, and to the Governor of the State if required, of all its debts, liabilities and assets whatever, under oath by their president and cashier, before a Justice of the Peace or other officer authorized to administer oaths; and such statements shall be kept in a book for that purpose, for further reference. Duty of Board. Sec. XI. Be it further enacted , That each stockholder shall pay ten dollars on each share at the time he subscribes for the same, and the board of directors shall have the power to call in such other installments as they may think proper from time to time, by giving ten days' notice in one of the newspapers of the city of Atlanta, not to exceed twenty-five dollars on each share at any one time. Stockholders shall pay $10when. Sec. XII. Be it further enacted , That the stockholders for the time being shall be individually liable, in proportion to the amount of their stock, for the ultimate payment of the debts of the corporation. Liability. Sec. XIII. Be it further enacted , That this act shall take effect immediately upon its passage, and shall continue in force for twenty one years. Takes effectwhen. Duration. Sec. XIV. Be it further enacted , That all laws militating against this act are hereby repealed. Approved October 5, 1868.

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(No. 32.) An Act to incorporate the Fort Valley Loan and Trust Company. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same , That William J. Anderson, William A. Matthews, William R. Brown, A. L. Brown, William H. Hollinshed, H. C. Harris and D. W. Visscher, and such other persons as may hereafter be associated with them as their successors and assigns, are hereby constituted a body corporate, under the name of the Fort Valley Loan and Trust Company, and by that name shall have succession, and may sue and be sued in any Court whatever, with such powers and privileges are hereinafter provided. Commissioners. Style. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the capital stock of said company shall be fifty thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing said capital at any time to two hundred thousand dollars; said stock to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and when there shall be fifty thousand dollars of said capital subscribed, and twentyfive per cent. of the fifty thousand dollars actually paid in, in lawful money of the United States, the said company may organize and proceed to business under this act. Capital stock. Shares. When may organize. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That said company shall have power to make advances to planters for the purpose of developing the agricultural interest of the State, in loans on mortgages on real or personal property of any and all kinds, and upon crops to be raised, to receive deposits of money, and all other valuables of any kind, and to erect suitable offices and stores for their safe keeping, and issue receipts for the same, to buy and sell bonds, bills of exchange and promissory notes, and advance and loan moneys, securities, and credits, and may charge and receive in addition such a commission on advances of money and negotiating loans, and for storage, as may be agreed upon between said company and the party or parties buying or selling such bonds, bills of exchange and promissory notes, or borrowing and receiving such moneys, securities or credits, and for storing such valuables. Provided, however , That the rate of interest on loans so made shall not exceed the rate of interest allowed by the laws of the State; and the said company shall have power to take and hold as security for, or in payment of, any loan or advances made on mortgages or other instruments or obligations, upon any and all kinds of property whatever, either real or personal, and all mortgages so taken shall be considered as upon personal property, and may be foreclosed under the laws made and provided for the foreclosure of mortgages on personal property in this State; and said company shall have power to purchase, hold, sell, and exchange and convey bonds or other property, of any nature, and may execute and issue all such receipts, certificates, contracts, or other instruments, as may be necessary for the transaction of its business. Powers. Proviso. Powers defined. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , That the said company shall have power to receive moneys in trust or on deposit, and to invest the

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same at such rate of interest as may be agreed upon, or allow such interest thereon as may be agreed upon, shall have power to accept and execute all such trusts of every description that may be committed to them by any person or persons whomsoever, or any corporation that may be committed or transferred to them by any Court, and shall have power to take and accept by grant, or assignment, or bequest, or hold any real or personal estate in trust, created in accordance with the laws of this State, and execute such legal trust in regard to the same, on such terms as may be declared established or agreed upon in regard thereto. Provided , That each stockholder shall, to the amount of his stock be individually liable to creditors and depositors. May receive moneys in trust, c. Accept trusts. Assignm't. Proviso. Sec. V. Be it further enacted , That the business and corporate powers of said company shall be exercised by a board of not less than five directors, to be chosen as hereinafter provided, who shall elect from their number a president, and may declare by by-laws what number of directors shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. By whom powers exercised. President by-laws. Quorum. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted , That W. J. Anderson, W. A. Matthews, Wm. R. Brown, A. L. Brown, Wm. H. Hollinshed, H. C. Harris and D. W. Visscher, named in the first section of this act, or any two or more of them, shall, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to open books of subscription to the capital stock of said company, at such time and places, and for such amounts, as a majority of them may deem proper, but for no less amount than fifty thousand dollars, as herein before provided. The directors of said company shall be elected by a majority in interest of the stockholders of said company, voting at said election, to be held under the inspection of said commissioners at such place as they may designate, within ten days from the closing of the subscription called for by them, and on the first Monday in January in every year thereafter. No stockholder after the first election shall be allowed to vote only on the amount of stock actually paid in, and should there be no election of directors at any annual meeting, as hereinafter directed, the directors then in office shall continue until the next election in which the majority of the stock shall be represented in person, or by legal proxy. Commissioners to open books Election of directors When. Vote. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted , That the principal office of the company shall be located in the town of Fort Valley, Georgia, that the board of directors shall have power to establish agencies for the transaction of the business of said company at any place they may think proper, and to appoint such agents, officers or employees, as may be considered necessary, and may delegate power to transact any of its business to committees of directors, or to its officers or agents, as it may deem proper, and said board of directors may, by a majority of their whole number, make such by-laws, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State, as may be deemed necessary for the management of the business of said company, and may adopt a corporate seal, and change the same at pleasure. Office in Fort Valley Power of board. May delegate pow'rs By-laws. Corporate seal. Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted , That the minutes of the proceedings

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of the board of directors shall be kept in a book provided for that purpose, and signed by the president, chairman or secretary, and these minutes shall at all times be subject to the inspection of any stockholder. Each stockholder shall be entitled to certificates of his respective share of capital stock, which shall be transferable, and the board of directors shall cause the registry and transfer of such shares to be so kept, and every such transfer, to be valid, shall be made in such books, and signed by the shareholders, or his or her attorney, duly authorized in writing. Minuteshow kept. Signed by President. Certificate of shares. Transfers. Sec. IX. Be it further enacted , That the board of directors, out of the funds of said company, shall defray its expenses and pay its debts, and declare and pay out of surplus net profits of its business to its shareholders, or their duly authorized agents or attorneys, such dividends as they may deem expedient; such dividends shall, after the first six months the company has been in operation, be declared on the first Monday in January and July in each year, and due notice shall be given to shareholders of the amount declared, and the time it will be paid to them or their legally authorized agents. Expenses, debts, c. Dividends declaredwhen. Notice. Sec. X. Be it further enacted , That the board of directors shall make semi-annual statements of the condition of said company on the first Mondays in January and July in each year, to its stockholders, and to the Governor of the State, of all its debts, liabilities and assets whatever, under oath by their president and cashier, before a Justice of the Peace, or other officer authorized to administer oaths, and such statement shall be kept in a book for that purpose for future reference. Semi-annual statement. Oaths. Sec. XI. Be it further enacted , That each stockholder shall pay ten dollars on each share at the time he subscribed for the same, and the board of directors shall have the power to call in such other installments as they think proper, from time to time, by giving ten days' notice in one of the newspapers of the place, or in some public place in the town of Fort Valley, not to exceed twenty-five dollars on each share at any one time. Each stockhold'r shall pay $10when. Notice. Sec. XII. Be it further enacted , The company shall have a printed copy of this charter placed in a frame in their office so that all parties may see the same who wish to transact business therewith. Printed charter. Sec. XIII. Be it further enacted , That the act shall take effect immediately upon its passage, and shall continue in force for twenty-one years. Takes effect. Duration. XIV. Be it further enacted , That each stockholder or shareholder shall be personally liable for all debts, contracts and liabilities incurred by said company during the time they hold stock or shares in said company, and that no transfer of stock or shares shall relieve [Illegible Text] stock or shareholder until sixty days notice shall be given in some gazette in the State of Georgia. Liabilities of stockholders. Transfer does not relieve. Sec. XV. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved October 10, 1868.

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(No. 33.) An Act to incorporate the Griffin Loan, Trust and Savings Institution. Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met , That James A. Beeks, Henry P. Hill, [Illegible Text] II. Johnson, G. B. Beecher, Charles H. Johnson, S. W. Mangham, J. G. Rhea, of the city of Griffin, and such other persons as may hereafter be associated with them and their successors and assigns, are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name of the Griffin Loan, Trust and Savings Institution, and by that name shall have succession, and may sue and be sued in any Court whatever, with such powers and privileges as are hereinafter provided. Corporators. Name. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the capital stock of said institution shall be [Illegible Text] thousand dollars, ($50,000) with the privilege of increasing said capital stock at any time to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; said stock to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and when there shall be fifty thousand dollars of said capital stock subscribed, and twenty-five per cent. of the fifty thousand dollars actually paid in, in lawful money of the United States, the said company may organize and proceed to business under this act. Capital stock. May increase, Shares. When may organize. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That said institution shall have power to make advances to planters for the purpose of developing the agricultural interests of the State, in loans or mortgages on real or personal property of any and all kinds, and upon crops to be raised, to receive deposits of money and all other valuables of any kind, and to [Illegible Text] suitable offices and stores for their safe keeping, and issue receipts for the same, to buy and sell bonds, bills of exchange and promissory notes, and advance and loan moneys, securities and credits, and may charge and receive in addition to the interest, such a commission on advances of money and negotiating loans, and for storage, as may be agreed upon between said institution and the party or parties buying or selling such bonds, bills of exchange and promissory notes, or borrowing or receiving such moneys, securities or credits, and for storing such valuables: Provided, however , the rate of interest on loans so made shall not exceed the rate of interest allowed by the laws of this State. And the said institution shall have power to take and hold as security for, or in payment of any loan or advances made, mortgages or other instruments or obligations upon any and all kinds of property whatever, either real or personal, and said institution shall have power to purchase, hold, sell, exchange and [Illegible Text] bonds, or other property of any nature, and may execute and issue all such receipts, certificates, contracts or other instruments as may be necessary for the transaction of its business. Powers. Proviso. May hold security. May purchase, sell, c. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , That said institution shall have power to receive moneys in trust or on deposit, and to invest the same at such rate of interest as may be agreed on, or to allow such interest [Illegible Text] as may be agreed on, shall have power to accept and execute all such trusts of every description that may be committed

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to them by any person or persons whomsoever, or any corporation, or may be committed or transferred to them by any Court, and shall have power to take and accept by grant, assignment or bequest, and hold any real or personal estate in trust created in accordance with the laws of this State, and execute such legal trust in regard to the same, on such terms as may be declared, established or agreed upon in regard thereto: Provided , nothing herein contained shall authorize a violation of the usury laws of this State. May hold money in trust, invest, c. Proviso. Sec. V. Be it further enacted , That the business and corporate powers of said institution shall be exercised by a board of not less than five directors, to be chosen as hereinafter provided, who shall elect from their number a president, and may declare, by by-laws, what number of directors shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. Powers of Board of Directors. President. Quorum. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted , That James A. Beeks, Henry P. Hill, Joseph H. Johnson, G. B. Beecher, Charles H. Johnson, S. W. Mangham and J. G. Rhea, named in the first section of this act, or any two, or more of them, shall, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books of subscription to the capital stock of said institution at such time and places, and for such amounts as they, or a majority of them, shall deem proper; but for no less amount than fifty thousand dollars as hereinbefore provided. The directors of said institution shall be elected by a majority in interest of the stockholders of said institution, voting at said election to be held under the inspection of said commissioners at such place as they may designate, within ten days from the closing of subscription called for by them, and on the second Tuesday in January in every year thereafter; no stockholder, at the first election, shall be allowed to vote only on the amount of stock actually paid in by said stockholders, each stockholder being allowed one vote for every share thus represented, and if there should be no election of directors at any annual meeting, as hereinafter directed, the directors then in office shall continue until the next election, in which the majority of the stockholders shall be represented, either in person, or by legal proxy. Commissioners. Books of subscription. Directors elected. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted , That the principal office of this institution shall be located in the city of Griffin, Georgia; that the board of directors shall have power to establish agencies for the transaction of the business of said institution at any place they may think proper, and to appoint such agents, officers or employees as may be considered necessary, and may delegate power to transact any of its business to committees of directors, or to its officers or agents, as it shall deem proper; and said board of directors may, by a majority of their whole number, make such by-laws, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State, as may be deemed necessary for the management of the business of said institution, and may adopt a corporate seal and change the same at pleasure. Office in Griffin, [Illegible Text]. Powers of Directors. Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted , That the minutes of the proceedings of the board of directors shall be kept in a book provided for that purpose, and signed by the president or chairman or secretary, and these minutes shall at all times be subject to the investigation of

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any stockholder. Each stockholder shall be entitled to certificates of their respective shares of capital stock, which shall be transferable, and the board of directors shall cause suitable books for the registry and transfer of such shares to be kept, and every such transfer to be valid, shall be made in such books, and signed by the shareholders, or his or her attorney, duly authorized in writing. Proceedings to be kept in book. Certificates transferable. Books to be kept. Sec. IX. Be it further enacted , That the board of directors, out of the funds of said institution, shall defray its expenses and pay its debts, and declare and pay out of the surplus net profits of its business, to its shareholders, or duly authorized agents or attorneys, such dividends as they may deem expedient. Such dividends shall, after the first six months the institution has been in operation, be declared on the first Monday in January and July in each year, and due notice shall be given to shareholders of the amount declared, and the time it will be paid to them, or their legally authorized agents. Directors to pay expenses. Dividends. Sec. X. Be it further enacted , That the board of directors shall make semi-annual statement of the condition of said institution on the first Mondays in January and July of each year, to its stockholders, and to the Governor of the State, (if required) of all of its debts, liabilities and assets whatever, under oath, by their president and cashier, before a Justice of the Peace, or other officer authorized to administer oaths, and such statements shall be kept in a book for that purpose for further reference. Statementswhen madeto whom. Sec. XI. Be it further enacted , That each stockholder shall pay ten dollars on each share at the time he subscribes for the same, and the board of directors shall have the power to call in such other installments as they may think proper, from time to time, by giving ten days' notice in one of the newspapers of the city of Griffin, not to exceed twevty-five dollars on each share at any one time. Each stockhold'r shall pay $10when. Sec. XII. Be it further enacted , That the stockholders, for the time being, shall be individually liable in proportion to the amount of their stock for the ultimate payment of the debts of the corporation. Liabilities. Sec. XIII. Be it further enacted , That this act shall take effect immediately upon its passage, and shall continue in force for twentyone years. To take effectwhen. Duration. Approved October 10, 1868.

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IIINSURANCE COMPANIES. Act No. 34Atlanta Mutual Insurance Society. 35Central Georgia Mutual Life Insurance Company. 36Cotton States Life Insurance Company. 37Georgia Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Company. 38Georgia Masonic Mutual Life Insurance Company. 39Georgia Fire and Marine Insurance Company. 40Georgia Fire and Marine Insurance Company. 41Georgia Mutual Life Insurance Company. 42Georgia Alabama Life Insurance Company. 43Rome Mutual Insurance Company. 44Southern Life Insurance Company. 45Spaulding County Mutual Life Insurance Society. (No. 34.) An Act to incorporate the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Society. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That James M. Calhoun, Samuel B. Hoyt, Sanders Lee, T. F. Montgomery, E. E. Rawson, A. K. Seago, John J. Thrasher and L. C. Wells, and their associates and successors in office, be and are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic under the name and style of the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Society, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession and be capable in law of sueing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded answering and being answered unto, defend and being defended in all manner of actions, suits, complaints and causes, may make, have and use a common seal, and the same may alter or change at pleasure. Corporators, Style. Suocession. Powers. Sec. II. The principles upon which the society is to be organized are these: 1st. All persons of good character and habits and of ordinarily good health, and who can contribute to the support of the family to which they belong, may, by the payment of a fee to be determined by the directors, become members of the society. 2d. The admission fees thus paid, shall be invested by the directors through their treasurer as a permanent fund, the income from which shall pay the current expenses of the society. 3d. The above mentioned directors may adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of the above charter and shall act as directors for one year, or until others are elected by the society. 4th. Upon the decease of any member, the surviving members shall each pay into the funds of the society a sum also to be decided by the directors for the benefit of the family of the deceased. 5th. The time of the annual and other meetings of the society, together with all other regulations for its government, shall be decided by directors, and shall remain in force until changed by a vote of the members at the annual meeting. Principles. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10th, 1868.

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(No. 35.) An Act to incorporate the Central Georgia Mutual Life Insurance Company. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That William L. Lampkin, Alexander M. Speer, Robert P. Tripp, William A. Pye, George A. Cabiness, I. S. Lawton, Henry G. Bean, James M. Hollis, I. F. Childs, Lewis A. Ponder, E. M. Moore, W. B. Meak, Andrew Dunn, John B. Cobb, Richard T. Asbury, William A. Norman, James M. Ponder, Monroe Clowers, Alexander D. Hammond, W. J. Lawton and George M. Rhodes, and their associates and successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, to be known as The Central Georgia Mutual Life Insurance Company, for the purpose of insuring the lives of each other upon the payment, by each member of the company, of such sum or sums as may be required by the by-laws and regulations of the company; with power to sue and be sued; to buy, own, enjoy and convey property; to make, have and alter a common seal at pleasure; to appoint agents; and to ordain and establish, and put in execution such by-laws, rules and regulations as shall be necessary and convenient for the government of said corporation, and for carrying into effect the object and purposes of the same, not inconsistent with the laws of this State and of the United States. Corporators. Style Purpose. By-laws. Seal. Agents. Powers. Sec. II. That said corporation shall be managed by not less than ten directors; a majority of the number selected shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; to be elected by the members of the corporation at each annual meeting, to serve for the term of twelve months; and the directors shall out of their members elect a president, to serve for twelve months or until a successor is elected, and shall have power to fill any vacancy which may occur in the office of president, or in their board, by death or otherwise: and shall elect a secretary and treasurer, to serve for the term of twelve months or until a successor is elected: and all vacancies which may occur in the office of secretary and treasurer shall be filled by the board of directors as aforesaid. By whom managed. Quorum. Annual meeting. President. Secretary and Treasurer. Sec. III. That the principal office of said corporation shall be in the town of Forsyth, at which place the annual meetings of the corporation shall be held, at such time as may be prescribed by the by-laws. Office in in town of Forsyth. Sec. IV. The members of the corporation shall be between the ages of eighteen and fifty-two, and upon complying with the terms of membership, as prescribed by the by-laws, shall each be entitled to one vote upon all questions which may come before the corporation at the annual or special meetings. Age of members. Vote. Sec. V. The president and directors shall have power to call special meetings of the members of the corporation, at such times as in their judgment the interest of the company may require, and at all such meetings each member present shall be entitled to one vote.

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Sec. VI. Upon the death of any member of the company, the amount due shall be paid to the person or persons entitled thereto according to the by-laws, or to such person or persons as may be designated by such deceased member in his last will and testament; and in all cases the amount due upon the death of a member shall be paid to the party or parties entitled to the same, free from the debts or liabilities of the deceased member or the claims of his representatives. Amount due dec'd membersto whom paid. Sec. VII. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 36.) An Act to incorporate the Insurance Company in the city of Macon, Georgia, to be called the Cotton States Life Insurance Company. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That there shall be established in the city of Macon an Insurance Company, the capital stock of which shall be five hundred thousand dollars, but which may be increased to a further sum of two millions of dollars, should the interest of the company require it, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; but said company may organize and proceed to business when two hundred thousand dollars shall have been subscribed and paid thereon in full. Capital stock. Shares. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That for the purpose of organizing said company, W. B. Johnston, John B. Ross, J. W. Burke, W. J. Lawton, Geo. S. Obear, W. Hollingsworth, V. R. Tommy, John E. Jones, Virgil Powers, A. L. Maxwell, E. J. Johnson, J. T. Boifeuillet, and others, citizens of Georgia and other States, their associates and successors, are hereby created a body corporate under the name and style of The Cotton States Life Insurance Company. The above named persons, together with such others as they shall select, not to exceed thirty in all, shall constitute the first or special board of directors, who shall hold their office until others shall be elected in their places, as herein provided. In case either of the aforesaid persons shall decline or be ineligible to serve as a director, the remaining directors acting as a board, shall have power to fill any vacancy or vacancies thus created, until the next annual meeting of the board of directors, which meeting shall be held at the office of the company in the city of Macon, on the third Wednesday in December of each year. Corporators. Style. Ineligibility, c. Vacancies. ARTICLE I. The name of the company shall be The Cotton States Life Insurance Company. Title. ARTICLE II. The company shall be located, and the principal office for the transaction of its business, shall be in the city of Macon, Georgia. Office in Macon.

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ARTICLE III. Section I. This company will undertake to make insurance upon the lives of individuals and every insurance appertaining thereto, or therewith connected. Will also grant traveler's risks (to life and endorsement policy-holders in this company only) at such rates of premium as may be hereinafter established. Objects of Company. Rates of premium. Sec. II. The insurance business of the company shall be conducted on the principles of joint stock and mutual interest, and managed as hereinafter provided. Businesshow conducted. ARTICLE IV. Sec. I. The corporate powers of this company shall be vested in a board of directors, each of whom shall be policy-holders in the company, and shall be exercised by such board and such officers as they may appoint and empower. The special board of directors shall consist of not less than twenty or more than thirty persons, the majority of whom shall be citizens of the State of Georgia, and holders each of not less than twenty shares of the capital stock of the company. Corporate powers. Special boardqualifications of. Sec. II. A board of directors may be appointed to represent the interest of the company and to invest its funds (with the concurrence of the special board) in each of the following named States: Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida, where not less than one hundred thousand dollars shall have been subscribed and paid into the capital stock of the company, consisting of not less than three, or more than five stockholders as hereinbefore mentioned, each of whom shall be residents of the State wherein such board shall be located. Extends to oth'r States Sec. III. The special board of directors shall have power to enact all by-laws and regulations for conducting the business of the company not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this and other States wherein the company shall be established. Special board. Sec. IV. No alteration or amendment of the by-laws, nor any addition thereto shall be made, except by a vote of the majority of the boards of directors, each of which shall be notified of any such alteration or addition, and when such proposed change shall be acted upon. Alteration of by-laws. Sec. V. Eight directors of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may meet and adjourn from time to time until a quorum is present, at which informal meetings a minute may be made of any business appertaining to the interest of the company, to be presented at the first meeting of the board when a quorum is present. Quorum. Informal meetings. Sec. VI. The board of directors shall possess and exercise all other powers usually vested in directors and managers of life insurance companies not inconsistent with the provisions of this charter, or with the laws of this and other States above named. General powers and restrictions ARTICLE V. Section I. The official and fiscal year shall end on the 31st day of

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December, 1868, and thereafter shall commence on the 1st day of January, and close on the 31st day of December of each year. Fiscal year. Sec. II. The election for directors shall be held at the office of the company in the city of Macon, on the third Wednesday of December of each year, and notice of every such election shall be duly published. All elections shall be by ballot, and a plurality of the votes shall elect. At each annual meeting the president shall appoint three directors as inspectors of the election of officers for the ensuing year. Election of Directors. Sec. III. Every stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for directors for each and every share of the capital stock standing in his or her name on the books of the company, and it shall be lawful for any person possessing the right to vote, to do so by proxy. Votes. Sec. IV. The board of directors shall, at their first meeting and thereafter at the first meeting of the board in January (being the first Wednesday of the month) after each annual election of directors, elect one of their number president, and one vice president, who shall hold office one year, and until the election of their successors, and they may elect a president pro tempore , when the president and vice president are absent or unable to act. Board to elect President, c. Term of office. Sec. V. The board of directors shall have the power to appoint a secretary and actuary, or such other officers and clerks as they shall deem necessary for the business of the company whose terms of office shall be coeval with that of the president and vice president. May appoint Secretary, c. Sec. VI. The general agent of the company shall have the management of the department, and State agencies shall have the appointing of agents and direction of their work under his control, subject to the approval of the officers of the company, whose duty shall also be to visit each department twice every year, or oftener should the interest of the company require it. General Agent. Duties. Sec. VII. On the first Wednesday in January of each year, or in thirty days thereafter, a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the company shall be made, and after placing to the credit of the stockholders seven per cent. on the capital stock subscribed and paid in, half of which shall be paid in ten days thereafter, and the remaining half at the end of six months from the date of the first payment; there shall also be placed to the credit of the stockholders if it shall be found that the assets exceed the liabilities sufficient for the purpose, the further amount of three per cent. on the capital stock, and such other profits as may arise from the business of the company, which shall be a reserved fund left in the hands of the company until the said capital stock shall reach the amount of two millions of dollars on which amount the stockholders shall be paid four per cent. interest semi-annually, as hereinbefore provided, (the aforesaid interest never ceasing) during the continuance of the company. Value assets. Reserve fund. Interest. Sec. VIII. On the mutual portion of the business the stockholders shall receive one-tenth of the net profits, payable semi-annually as before stated, for all time or during the continuance of the company. The remaining nine-tenths of the net profits thus accruing should be placed to the credit of the mutual policy-holders who shall participate

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in the mutual profits of the company in proportion to the amount of premium paid respectively, and which may be applied as desired by the policy-holder to the reduction of premium, increase of policy, or drawn by him or her in cash as provided for in the by-laws. One-tenth semi annually. Remainderhow used ARTICLE VI. Section I. The board of directors may purchase at any time for the benefit of the company, all policies, insurance scrip and other obligations issued by the company, and may also purchase all claims and demands of policy-holders for profits declared or accruing, but no officer, director, or agent of the company shall be, directly or indirectly, interested in any such purchase. Board may purchase scrip, c. Sec. II. When the accumulated declared profits represented by scrip issued or by credits on the books of the company, shall amount to five hundred thousand dollars, the scrip shall be redeemed and the credits cancelled, in the order of the date of issue or credits to an extent deemed advisable by the board of directors, but no fractional part of any scrip or credits shall be redeemed or cancelled. When redeemed. Restriction Sec. III. In case of the decease of any person whose life may be insured in this company and whose policy shall not have been forfeited at the time of such decease the amount of said insurance shall be paid by the company in such cases, together with any unredeemed dividends then standing to the credit of such policy after deducting such sums as may be due and owing to said company on account of premium notes, deferred payments, or any indebtedness to the company, to the person or persons for whose benefit the insurance was effected, or to their legal representatives by virtue of the terms and condition of the policy within sixty days after due notice and satisfactory evidence of the death of the assured during the continuance of said policy and proof of the just claim of the assured under the same. Insurance paid to deceased. When paid to representatives. Sec. IV. In case of the non-payment of premiums when due, or any violation of the conditions of the policy of insurance or any other policy or bond issued by the company, the same shall become forfeited with all previous payments made thereon to the company when all its obligations under or by virtue of such forfeited policy whatsoever shall cease and become null and void; provided , such conditions and the effect of a violation of the same are expressly stated in the body of the policy, but such forfeiture shall not affect the rights of the holder of any scrip which may have been issued on account of the policy. In case of non-payment or violation, forfeiture. Proviso. Sec. V. W. B. Johnston, Geo. S. Obear, J. W. Burkeand C. H. Browning are hereby appointed commissioners to open the books for subscription to the capital stock of the company and will at once commence this work and report daily at the office at Macon until this work is accomplished. Two commissioners shall constitute a quorum. Commissioners to open books Quorum. Sec. VI. The board of directors shall invest all the funds and accumulations of the company in bonds and mortgages or stocks, or such securities as are known to be unencumbered and good, and at a

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valuation sufficiently low to insure the company a profit; or as shall be hereafter provided by the laws of this State for the better security of life and health insurance companies. Any director may examine the books and vouchers belonging to the company at any time by application to the president or secretary. Fundshow invested. Inspect books. ARTICLE VII. Sec. I. A deposit of not less than two hundred thousand dollars shall be made with the Comptroller General of the State of Georgia in such securities as may be deemed by him equivalent to cash to be held in said State department as a guarantee fund for the security of the policy-holders. All interest and dividends arising from such securities to be paid when due, to the company. Any such security as may be needed or desired by the company, may be taken from the said department at any time, by replacing them by other securities equally acceptable to the Comptroller General whose certificate for the same shall be furnished the company. Deposithow made. Securities: how taken. Sec. II. All laws conflicting with this act are hereby repealed. Approved October 7th, 1868. (No. 37.) An Act to charter the Georgia Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Company. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That James C. McBurney, Asher Ayres, John Hollingsworth, A. A. Roff, John S. Schofield, J. B. Lightfoot, Thomas C. Dempsey, A. Adams, Richard Hobbs, William T. Lightfoot, R. W. Jacques, W. J. Lawton, A. N. Wilson, H. Brigham, Methron S. Thompson, B. F. Bruton, O. A. Lochrane, and their associates and successors, shall be a corporation under the name and style of the Georgia Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Company, and shall keep their office at Macon, Georgia, and shall have the right to establish such agencies elsewhere in this State as may be agreed upon by the officers hereinafter provided for, and shall elect their own officers, and shall enjoy all the privileges and powers incident to such corporation. Corporators. Name and style. Office, Macon, Ga. Officers. Sec. II. And be it further enacted , That said company may have and use a common seal, with power to alter or change the same, and may make and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations, as may be necessary to carry into effect the objects of such corporations in conformity with the laws of the United States and the State of Georgia, that it may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any Court of law or equity in this State, or elsewhere, having competent jurisdiction. Seal. By-laws. Rights. Sec. III. This corporation shall have no power or privilege except such as are especially granted by this charter, or are incidental to carry such granted powers or privileges into effect. Privileges.

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Sec. IV. The corporation hereby created shall have the power to insure the lives of its respective members, and to make all and every insurance appertaining to or connected with life risk, and all and every insurance relating to the duration of life, and also make contracts of insurance on dwelling houses, store and other buildings, and all description of property, against loss or damage by fire. Powers. Sec. V. Persons who shall hereafter insure with the said corporation, and also their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, continuing to be insured in this corporation as hereinafter provided, shall thereby become members thereof during the period they shall remain insured by such corporation, and no longer. Persons insuring become members. Sec. VI. That said corporation shall have the right and power to make any sum insured in any life policy payable to the wife of the person insured, or to his wife and children, or such other persons as he may select, and in these cases such insurance shall be payable to the said wife, or wife and in these cases such insurance shall be payable to the said wife, or wife and children, as the case may be, or to such person or persons authorized in the policy, and shall be free from the claims of the representatives or the creditors of the party insured. Policy, c. Payable to whom. Creditors have no lien. Sec. VII. That said corporation shall in no case take a risk for more than three-fourths of the value of the property or goods insured, or for more than ten thousand dollars on any one stock of goods, or on any one risk against loss or damage by fire. Risks. c. Sec. VIII. That the operation of the fire and life insurances may be kept by the same officers, but separate books shall be made, and the business of each kept separate and distinct, and the annual reports of each made to the stockholders. Operation: by whom kept. Annual reports. Sec. IX. Whenever any person shall sustain any loss of property insured in this corporation, he shall, within sixty days after such loss, and in case of real estate, before any alteration in repairs are made, give notice, in writing, of the same, to any authorized agent of the company, whose duty it shall be to view the premises where the loss occurred, or otherwise make satisfactory enquiry regarding it, and under oath determine in writing, by him subscribed, the amount, if any, of the liabilities of said corporation, and if the party insured shall not acquiesce in such estimate, he must, within four months after he is notified of such estimate, bring his action at law against such corporation for his damages in the premises. Where loss sustained. Agent's duty. Sec. X. This corporation shall have power, by its by-laws, to prescribe the terms of insurance and mode of complying with the proofs of loss in damage, and such terms printed in the policy of insurance shall be held to be a contract between the corporation and the insured, and operate as the law governing the same. Corporat'n may prescribe t'rms Sec. XI. That the corporation may, by its by-laws, prescribe the class of premiums and payments for life risks, and may direct such payments in cash, or in part cash, and part note, and authorize such note to bear legal interest, according to the laws of this State, and such by-laws provided in the life policy shall be taken, and held to be a contract between the insured and the company, and shall have the force and effect of law governing the case, Provided , such by-laws in section ten and this section conforms to the laws of the land By-laws to describe class of premiums. Proviso.

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Sec. XII. That the capital stock of this corporation shall be one hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into one thousand shares or one hundred dollars each, which may hereafter be increased to five hundred thousand dollars, in such manner and such time as a majority of the stockholders may determine, and that books of subscription shall be opened at such time and place, in the city of Macon, as a majority of the persons named in the first section of this act may direct, which books shall be kept open until the sum of one hundred thousand dollars shall have been subscribed, and twenty-five per cent. paid thereon, and the said persons, or a majority of them, shall within twenty days after the books of subscription are closed, call a meeting of the stockholders, who shall proceed to the election of seven directors, and the said directors shall elect one of their own number president, and one vice-president, and the president and directors elected shall have power to appoint and remove officers at pleasure, and agents, fix their compensation, prescribe their duties, provide for the taking bonds from them, and as the by-laws of said corporation may further direct. Capital stock. Books opened for subscription. How long kept open. Meeting called. Directors. President and Vice Presidenttheir powers. Sec. XIII. That the president and vice-president shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and it shall be the duty of the president and directors to call an annual meeting of the stockholders to make such election, and in all meetings of stockholders, those holding a majority of stock, shall constitute a quorum, and each stockholder shall be allowed one vote for each share of stock he holds or represents Term of office. Quorum. Vote. Sec. XIV. That should any stockholders fail or refuse to pay any amount due by him to the company, then he shall pay legal interest on the same, and five per cent. on the amount for damages until paid, and his stock, upon sixty days' notice, may be sold to pay the same. Failure to paypenalty. Sec. XV. That the president and directors may prescribe the mode of transferring stock and the disbursement of dividends, and that no dividend shall or may be declared except the capital stock remains unimpaired. Transfering, c. Sec. XVI. That the corporation shall have power to receive money and deposit, loan and borrow money, take give such securities as may be considered best, purchase and discount notes and bills of exchange, and with its accruing profits make such investment as may seem best for its interests. Powers. Sec. XVII. That this corporation shall be responsible to its creditors to the extent of its property, and the stockholders shall be liable to the amount of their respective stock subscribed for by them, or held by them, for the debts of the company in proportion to the number of shares held by them. Liabilities. Sec. XVIII. That the corporation may have power to take reinsurance on any risks taken by them. Reinsurance. Sec. XIX. That this corporation, and all the privileges and powers granted in this charter to it, shall continue in force for the term of twenty years. Duration. Sec. XX. All conflicting laws are repealed. Approved October 10, 1868.

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(No. 38.) An Act to incorporate the Georgia Masonic Mutual Life Insurance Company. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That Geo. S. Obear, J. T. Boufeuillett, W. J. Lawton, John E. Jones, J. Emmett Blackshear, Geo. S. Jones, Virgil Powers, D. M. Hood, B. B. de Graffenried, W. J. Pollard, C. F. Lewis, A. Austell, T. W. Chandler, J. T. Thomas, J. H. Estell, W. Burrus Jones, Jason Burr, T. M. Furlow, A. S. Cutts, T. H. Johnston, D. Morris, F. H. Remington, R. A. Peeples, R. S. Hardaway, W. T. Young, E. G. Cabiness, J. T. Blain, D. N. Austin, J. L. Birch, Philip Cook, and their associates and successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, to be known as The Georgia Masonic Mutual Life Insurance Company, for the purpose of insuring the lives of each other, upon the payment by each member of the company of such sum or sums as may be required by the laws and regulations of the company; with power to sue and be sued, to buy, own, enjoy and convey property for the purpose of the corporation; to make, have and alter a common seal, at pleasure; to appoint agents, and to ordain, establish and put in execution such by-laws, rules and regulations as shall be necessary and convenient for the government of said corporation, and for carring into effect the object and purposes of the same, not inconsistent with the laws of this State and of the United States. Corporators. Style. Conditions. Powers. Sec. II. Said corporation shall be managed by not less than seven directors, a majority of which number shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and the directors shall be elected by the members of the corporation at each annual meeting, to serve for the term of twelve months; and the directors shall out of their number elect a president, to serve for twelve months or until a successor is elected, and shall have power to fill any vacancy which may occur in the office of president, or in their board, by death or otherwise; and shall elect a secretary and treasurer, to serve for the term of twelve months or until a successor is elected, and all the vacancies which may occur in the office of secretary and treasurer shall be filled by the board of directors as aforesaid. By whom managed. Quorum. President. Vacancies. Sec. III. The principal office of said corporation shall be in the city of Macon, at which place the annual meetings of the corporation shall be held, at such time as may be prescribed by the by-laws. Sec. IV. The members of the corporation shall be Master Masons in good standing in their respective lodges, and in complying with the terms of membership as prescribed by the by-laws, shall be entitled each to one vote upon all questions which may come before the corporation at the annual or extra meetings of the corporation; and the president and directors shall have power to call extra meetings of the members of the corporation, at such times as in their judgment the interest of the corporation may require. Principal office in Macon, Ga Qualifications. Vote. Extra meetings,

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Sec. V. That the amount due upon the decease of a member of the company shall be paid to the person or persons entitled to the same according to the by-laws, or to such person or persons as such member may designate by his last will and testament; and in all cases the same shall be paid to such person or persons as may be entitled thereto as aforesaid, free from any debt, contract or liability of such deceased member, and shall in no case be subject to any lien against him by judgment or otherwise. Debts to deceasedhow paid. Liens. Sec. VI. Repeals all conflicting laws. Approved October 7, 1868. (No. 39.) An Act of Incorporation of the Georgia Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That Henry M. Scott, John R. Berry, Charles P. Wiggins, N. O. Rockwell, Wm. F. Jordan, and all other persons who may be associated with them in the name and style of the Georgia Fire and Marine Insurance Company, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, to have succession for ninety-nine years, and by that name may sue and be sued, appear, prosecute and defend in any Court of record or other Court or place whatsoever, and may have and use a common seal, and may alter, break and renew the same at pleasure, and purchase and hold such personal property and real estate as may be deemed necessary to effect the object of this association, and may sell and convey the same at pleasure, and may make and establish, and put into execution, such by-laws, ordinances and resolutions, not being contrary to the laws of this State, or of the United States, as may be necessary or convenient for their regulation and government, and for the management of their affairs, and do and execute all such acts and things as may seem necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act. Corporators. Style. Duties and rights. Seal. Sec. II. The affairs of this company shall be governed and managed by a board of directors, to consist of not less than ten, nor more than fifteen members or stockholders as may be regulated by the by-laws of the company. The president and two directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Directors. Quorum. Sec. III. The persons named in the first section of this act are hereby constituted a board of directors, to serve as such until others are chosen. Sec. IV. The board of directors shall elect, of their own number, a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, who shall hold their offices for one year, or, until others are chosen and qualified in their place. The board of directors may be, and they are hereby vested with the power to appoint or elect an executive committee, to consist of not less than two, who shall have full power to transact the business of the company in the absence of the board of directors. Officershow elected Committee.

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Sec. V. Premium or deposit notes may be received by the board of directors from the assured, which shall be paid at such time or times, and in such sum or sums as the directors may, agreeable to their by-laws require, to pay the expenses and losses of the company, and the directors may fix the amount to be paid at the time of insuring, and any party applying for insurance, so electing, may pay a definite sum of money in full for insurance, and in lieu of a premium note, but no member shall be bound to pay, in the whole, more than the amount of their premium notes and cash premium. Premiums, c.how and when paid. Losses. Sec. VI. The home office of the company shall be located in the city of Atlanta, in the State of Georgia. Home office in Atlanta. Sec. VII. The certificate of the president or secretary of this company, stating the amount due the company from any of its members, shall be taken and received as prima facie evidence in any Court whatsoever. Prima facia evidence. Sec. VIII. Suits at law may be maintained by the company against any of its members, and any of its members against the company. And in any suit between the company and any of its members, any member shall be admitted as competent witness for and in behalf of this company. Suits, how maintained Witnesses. Sec. IX. The company may insure against loss or damage by fire, lightning, wind, tornado or marine hazards, and is hereby invested with all the powers that any insurance company has that is doing business in this State, and they may charge and receive such premiums as may be agreed upon by and between the parties. May insure Sec. X. If any member shall fail to pay any assessment for the term of thirty days after notice thereof, the company may bring an action or suit at law, and receive the whole amount of his, her or their premium note or notes with cost of suit and attorney's fee for collecting the same, and the company retain the same until thirty days after their policy may have expired that was issued on account of said note or notes, and the amount that is not consumed in payment of expenses and losses, to be refunded to the parties on demand. Action, vs. whom. Sec. XI. The cash premiums, together with the premium and deposit notes, shall constitute the capital stock of this company which may be increased by a guaranted capital as hereinafter provided. Capital stock, what constitutes. Sec. XII. To the better security of the policy holders, the said company may receive guarantee notes or mortgage on real estate to be approved by the board of directors or executive committee thereof, to the amount of five hundred thousand dollars, and the maker thereof shall be paid in consideration of such guarantee, the compensation to be determined by the board of directors or executive committee, but not to exceed seven per cent. per annum. Such notes or mortgages shall be entitled to representation in the election of directors in the ratio of one vote for every one hundred dollars, and shall be liable for the losses and expenses of the company whenever the cash premium and premium notes are insufficient to pay the same. Scrip certificates may be issued for such guarantee fund, transferable only on the books of the company. Guarantee noteshow received. Ratio, Scrip. Sec. XIII. Every policy issued by said company, shall itself create

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a lien on the real estate of the party whose property is insured by such policy, and on the personal property belonging to said party. Liens. Sec. XIV. The board of directors may invest and employ the funds of the company in such way and manner as the interest and welfare of the company may require. Board may invest. Sec. XV. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Sec. XVI. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 40.) An Act to incorporate the Georgia Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That Henry M. Scott, John R. Berry, Charles P. Wiggins, N. O. Rockwell and William F. Jordan, and all other persons who may be associated with them in the name and style of The Georgia Fire and Marine Insurance Company, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, to have succession for twenty years; and by that name may sue and be sued, appear, prosecute and defend, in any court of record, or other court or place whatsover; and may have and use a common seal, and may alter, break and renew the same at pleasure; and purchase and hold such personal property and real estate as may be deemed necessary to effect the object of this association, and may sell and convey the same at pleasure; and may make and establish and put into execution such by-laws, ordinances and resolutions, not being contrary to the laws of this State or of the United States, as may be necessary or convenient for their regulation and government, and for the management of their affairs, and do and execute all such acts and things as may seem necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act. Corporators, Style. Succession, powers and duties. Sec. II. The affairs of this company shall be governed and managed by a board of directors, to consist of not less than three nor more than fifteen members, or stockholders, as may be regulated by the laws of this company. The president and two directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. By whom managed. Quorum. Sec. III. The persons named in the first section of this act are hereby constituted a board of directors, to serve as such until others are chosen. Board. Sec. IV. The board of directors shall elect of their own number a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, who shall hold their office for one year or until others are chosen and qualified in their place. The board of directors may be, and they are hereby, vested with the power to appoint or elect an executive committee, to consist of not less than two, who shall have full power to transact the business of the company in the absence of the board of directors. Officers. Term of office. Committee powers of Sec. V. Premium or deposit notes may be received by the board of directors from the insured, which shall be paid at such time or

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times, and in such sum or sums, as the directors may agreably to their by-laws require, to pay the expenses and losses of the company; and the directors may fix the amount to be paid at the time of insuring; and any party applying for insurance, so electing, may pay a definite sum of money in full for insurance, and in lieu of premium note; but no member shall be bound to pay in the whole more than the amount of their premium notes and cash premiums. Premiums. Loss. No member bound to pay more than premium notes Sec. VI. The home office of this company shall be located in the city of Atlanta, in the State of Georgia. Office in Atlanta. Sec. VII. The certificate of the president or secretary of this company, stating the amount due the company from any of its members, shall be taken and received as prima facia evidence in any court whatsoever. Prima facia evidence. Sec. VIII. Suits at law may be maintained by the company against any of its members, and any of its members against the company, and in any suit between the company and any of its members, and any member shall be admitted as competent witness for and in behalf of this company. Suits by Co. vs. Co. Witnesses. Sec. IX. This company may insure against loss or damage by fire, lightning, wind, tornado or marine hazards, and is hereby invested with all the powers that any insurance company has that is doing business in this State, and they may charge and receive such premiums as may be agreed upon by and between the parties. May insure General powers. Sec. X. If any member shall fail to pay any assessment for the term of thirty days after notice thereof, the company may bring an action or suit at law and recover the whole amount of his, her or their premium note or notes, with cost of suit and attorney's fee for collecting the same, and the company retain the same until thirty days after their policy may have expired that was issued on account of said note or notes, and the amount that is not consumed in payment of expenses and losses to be refunded to the parties on demand. Failing to pay after notice. Proceedure Sec. XI. The cash premiums, together with the premium and deposit notes, shall constitute the capital stock of this company, which may be increased by a guaranteed capital as hereinafter provided. Capital stock. Sec. XII. For the better security of the policy holders, the said company may receive guarantee notes or mortgages on real estate, to be approved by the board of directors or executive committee thereof, to the amount of five hundred thousand dollars, and the makers thereof shall be paid in consideration of such guarantee, the compensation to be determined by the board of directors or executive committee, but not to exceed seven per cent. per annum; such note or mortgages shall be entitled to representation in the election of directors in the ratio of one vote for every one hundred dollars, and shall be liable for the losses and expenses of the company whenever the cash premium and premium notes are sufficient to pay the same. Scrip certificates may be issued for such guarantee fund, transferable only on the books of the company. Guarantee notes, c. received to amount of $500,000. Compensation. Votes. Scrip issu'd Sec. XIII. Every policy issued by said company, shall itself create a lien on the real estate of the party whose property is insured by such policy, and on the personal property belonging to said party. Lien.

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Sec. XIV. The board of directors may invest and employ the funds of the company in such way and manner as the interest and welfare of the company may require. Board may invest, how Sec. XV. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Takes effect. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 41.) An Act to incorporate the Georgia Mutual Life Insurance Company. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same , That J. T. Nisbet, Wm. B. Johnston, L. N. Whittle, M. deGraffenried, C. A. Nutting, R. H. Atkinson, B. F. Ross, B. A. Wise, E. Winship and George S. Jones, and their associates and successors, be, and are hereby constituted and appointed a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the Georgia Mutual Life Insurance Company, and are hereby authorized to purchase, hold and acquire property, either real, personal, or mixed, and shall have power to let, lease, mortgage, sell and convey the same, and in their corporate capacity may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with. They may use a common seal which they may change at pleasure. They may make by-laws and regulations for the management of the company, and have and use all the rights, powers and privileges which may be necessary or proper for them to have, use and enjoy as an incorporated company, for the purposes as hereinafter specified. Corporators. Style. Powers. Seal. By-laws. Sec. II. And be it further enacted , That the purpose of this charter is to organize a company for the insurance of lives upon the mutual contribution plan, and upon the following general principles: Its membership shall be limited to fifty thousand, which may be divided into classes of one, two, three, five, seven, ten and fifteen thousand members. Each person on becoming a member of the company, shall pay such an initiation and annual fee as shall be prescribed by the by-laws, and upon the death of a member, each member belonging to that class in which deceased was registered, shall pay such fee which shall be known as the mortuary fee, as shall have been prescribed upon his becoming a member of this company. The initiation fee shall be paid but once, and the annual and mortuary fee, being once assessed, shall not be increased during membership, which membership may consist of persons of either sex between the ages of fifteen and sixty-five: Provided , that said company shall not open or commence business until agreements for insurance shall have been entered into by at least two hundred persons, whose initiation and annual fees shall have been paid into the company, and the same shall be subject to the call of the directors whenever the exigencies of the company may require it: Provided, further , that there shall not be any interest or dividends allowed to stockholders, except upon such amount as may have been actually paid in. Object of charter. Principles. Initiation fee. Mortuary fee. Fees not to be increased, c. When insurance opens. Proviso. Sec. III. And be it further enacted , That this corporation shall be

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managed by fifteen directors, five of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Each director shall be a member of this corporation; they shall hold their office for one year, except when elected to supply a vacancy; they shall, out of their number, elect a president, who shall serve for twelve months, or until his successor shall be elected; they shall be authorized to fill any vacancy, by death or otherwise, in their own number, or in the office of president; elect a secretary, actuary and other officers or agents, whose services may be needed to carry out the objects of this corporation. By whom managedquorum. President. Vacancies. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted , That the principal office of this company shall be located at Macon, or such other place in this State, as to the directors may seem most fit and proper; and said directors shall have power to appoint and remove for malfeasance, or misfeasance in office all officers or agents of said corporation. They shall have power to appoint agents, and locate offices, in such places, and at such times, as they may deem best for the interest of said company; to prescribe the duties of agents and officers; to take from them bonds for the faithful performance thereof; to appoint a president pro tem ., in the absence of the president; and further, that said president and directors shall have power and authority from time to time to call for an exhibit, from the officers and agents, of the assets and general condition of the company. And further, to invest the funds of the company, as in their wisdom may seem best; and when the assets shall have reached five hundred thousand dollars, the interest upon and surplus of that amount shall be appropriated to the payment of the mortuary liabilities of the company, as they may occur, or to such other purpose as the directors may think most to the interest of the company, in proportion to the amount each member may have paid under this charter. Office located. Malfeasance. Agents. President pro. tem. Powers of President and Board. Sec. V. And be it further enacted , That upon the death of any member of this company, the amount of insurance to which his representatives may be entitled, shall be due and payable at the office of this company, in the city of Macon, sixty days after satisfactory evidence of the death of said member has been exhibited and approved; and which, when paid, shall be in full of all claims upon this corporation, or its funds. Deceased member. How paid. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted , That upon the death of a member of this company, the surviving members of that class to which deceased belonged, shall be notified thereof, in such manner as may be prescribed by the directors; and upon such notification, each member, as aforesaid, shall, within thirty days, make payment at the agency to which he may belong, of the amount of his mortuary fees, which may be due; and upon failure of any member to pay his annual fees or mortuary dues, which may have accrued against him, within thirty days thereafter, shall cease to be a member of this company and shall forfeit his initiation fee, but in equitable redemption as between himself and the company he shall be entitled to the principal of the amount which he may have paid into the company as annual dues. Provided , he shall have been for three years (previous

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to the time of his failure to meet the claims of the company against him) a member of the corporation, or a policy holder; and provided further, that if any member shall desire to withdraw from said company, having been for three years a member, he shall be entitled to the principal of the amount which he may have paid in as annual dues; and provided, further, that any member may by and with the written consent of the president and five directors, transfer his policy, in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the directors of said company. Surviving members notified. Failure to pay annual fees Penalty. Proviso. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted , That this corporation shall in all respects conform to the laws existing in this State upon the subject of Insurance. Must conform to existing laws. Sec. VIII. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, September 28, 1868. (No. 42.) An Act to incorporate the Georgia and Alabama Life Insurance Company. Whereas, The impoverished condition of the people of this country makes it necessary and proper that mutual aid and life insurance associations should be encouraged and established; and whereas, an association has been formed by the name of Georgia and Alabama Life Insurance Association, with the principal office in the city of Columbus, Georgia, for benefit of the widows and orphans, heirs and legatees of those who may become members thereof; and James K. Redd, John E. Bacon, Davenport P. Ellis, Porter Ingram, John L. Mustian, John J. Grant, and William C. Gray, of the city of Columbus, Georgia, have been chosen as directors of said association, and Henry M. Jeter has been elected secretary and treasurer of the same, and said association is now ready to commence business; Preamble. Section I. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia , That the said James K. Redd, John E. Bacon, Davenport P. Ellis, Porter Ingram, John L. Mustian, John J. Grant and William C. Gray, and their successors, be and they are hereby established and created a body corporate, by the corporate name and style of The Georgia and Alabama Mutual Life Insurance Association; the intent and object of which shall be for the mutual benefit and relief of the widows and orphans, heirs and legatees of those who may become members thereof; that said corporation shall have perpetual existence unless the same shall be terminated by the authority of the Legislature of the State of Georgia; that said association, by their corporate name, shall be capable of sueing and being sued in any court of record, and shall have power to purchase, have and hold property, real and personal, and to sell and dispose of the same; to have and use a common seal; to ordain and establish all such constitution and by-laws as may be deemed necessary and proper for the purpose of fully carrying out the objects of the association:

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Provided , the same are not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State and Constitution of the United States; to select and appoint all such officers, agents and servants as may be necessary, and the same to change, discharge and dismiss at pleasure. Commissioners. Name. Object. Duration. Powers Seal. Proviso. Sec. II. That said association shall have no capital stock except what shall be paid in by voluntary contributions, initiation fees and premiums of the members thereof; and the board of directors shall have no power to create any indebtedness against the said association or any member thereof exceeding the amount of cash on hand at any time so received, as the contributions, initiation fees and premiums as aforesaid. Capital stock. Indebtedness. Sec. III. That as the object of said association is solely for the benefit of the widows and orphans, heirs and legatees of those who may become members thereof, no portion of the rights and interests accruing to any member of the association from his or her policy or certificate of membership, at or after his or her death, shall be liable or subject to the contracts, debts or liabilities of the said member, and under no pretence whatever shall the same be subject to garnishment, attachment, judgment, execution or other legal process, either during the life or after the death of the said member, but that the same and every portion thereof shall be absolutely for the benefit of the widows and orphans, heirs and legatees of the members thereof. Object of Association Liabilities. Garnishm't Benefits of insurance vest in widow. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 43.) An Act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Rome Mutual Insurance Company of Rome, Georgia, and for other purposes, assented to December 22, 1857, to change the name of corporators, and to authorize the issuing of independent policies of insurance, with or without participation in profits, and to extend the business so as to include marine and inland risks, as well as fire and life insurance . Section I. Be it enacted , That Wade S. Cothran, H. D. Cothran, Thomas Berry, Green B. Butler, Thomas W. Alexander, Charles H. Smith, John W. Hooper, William S. Williams, W. Franklin Ayre, Thos. J. Perry, Robert S. Hargrove, H. M. Anderson, Wm. Dejournette, John H. Coleman, J. P. McDowell, Henry C. Norton, S. M. May, Dunlap Scott, E. M. Eastman, and all other persons who may associate with them in the manner hereinafter prescribed, shall be a corporation by the name of the Rome Mutual Insurance Company, for the purpose of insuring their dwelling houses, stores, shops, and other buildings, household furniture, merchandise, and other property, against loss or damage by fire, and also insuring their respective lives, and to make all and every insurance appertaining to, or connected with, life, marine and inland risks, of whatever kind or nature, as well of the sound in health as the infirm and invalid. Corporators. Style. Purposes. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That all persons who shall hereafter

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insure with the said corporation, and also their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, continuing to be insured in said corporation, as hereinafter provided, shall thereby become members thereof during the period they shall remain insured by said corporation and no longer. Membership. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That the affairs of said company shall be managed by the above named persons as a board of directors, and such other officers as they may appoint for the first twelve months after the organization of said company, and thereafter by such a number of directors, and such other officers, as the corporation may prescribe; all vacancies happening in said board may be filled by the remaining directors for the remainder of the year or time for which they were elected, and a majority of said directors shall constitute a quorum for the dispatch of business. By whom managed. Vacancies. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , That an annual election of directors of said corporation shall be held at such time and place, in the city of Rome, as the corporation, in their by-laws, shall appoint, of which election notice shall be given in one or more of the newspapers published in the city of Rome, at least thirty days preceeding; such election shall be holden under the inspection of three members of said company not being directors, to be appointed previous to every election by the directors, which election shall be made by ballot, and by a plurality of the members, or their proxies there present, allowing each member one vote for every hundred dollars insured in said company. Annual meetings. Notice. Election. Sec. V. Be it further enacted , That the directors may determine the rates of insurance, the amount to be insured, the same being deposited for any insurance. Be it further enacted , That any person who shall become a member of said corporation by effecting insurance therein shall, before he receives his policy, deposit his promissory note for such a sum of money as shall be determined by the directors, a part, not exceeding ten per cent. of said note, shall be paid immediately, and the remainder of said deposit note shall be payable in part, or in whole, at any time when the directors shall deem the same requisite for the payment of losses and such incidental expenses as may be necessary for the transaction of the business of said company, and at the expiration of the time of insurance the said note, or such part thereof as shall remain unpaid, after deducting all losses and expenses accruing during said time, shall be relinquished and given up to the maker thereof, or if he or she be dead, to his or her personal representatives. Directors determine rates. Deposit notes. Losses. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted , That when any property insured with this corporation shall be alienated by sale or otherwise, the policy shall [Illegible Text] be void, and be surrendered to the directors of said company to be cancelled, and upon such surrender the assured shall be entitled to receive his deposit note upon the payment of his proportion of all losses and expenses that have accrued prior to such surrender, but the grantee or alienee having the policy assigned to him, may have the same ratified and confirmed to him for his own proper use and benefit upon application to the directors, and with

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their consent, within thirty days next after such alienation, on giving satisfactory security to the directors for such portion of the deposit note as may remain unpaid, and by such ratification and confirmation the party giving such security shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges, and be subject to all the liabilities to which the original party to whom the policy issued was entitled and subjected under this act. Sale of property insured, policy void. Policy assigned. Security. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted , That every member of said company shall be bound to pay for losses and such necessary expenses as aforesaid, accruing in said company, in proportion to his deposit note. Be it further enacted , That suits at law may be maintained by said corporation against any of its members for the collection of said deposit notes, or any assessment thereon, or for any other cause relating to the business of said corporation; also, suits at law may be prosecuted and maintained by any member against said corporation for losses if payment is withheld more than three months after the company are duly notified of such losses, and no member of the corporation, not, in his individual capacity, a party to such a suit, shall be incompetent as a witness in any such case, on account of his being a member of said company, and the books of said company shall be evidence in any such suit. Liabilities. Suits byhow maintained. Suits vs. corporat'n. Witnesses. Written evidence. Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted , That the directors shall, after receiving notice of any loss or damage sustained by any member, and ascertaining the same, or after the rendition of any judgment as aforesaid against said company for loss or damage, settle and determine the sums to be paid by the several members of said company as their respective portions of such losses or damage, and have published the same in such manner as they shall see fit, or as their bylaws may prescribe, and sum to be paid by each member, shall always be in proportion to the original amount of his deposit note, and shall be paid to the treasurer of said company within thirty days next after the publication of said notice, and if any member shall neglect or refuse, for the space of thirty days after the publication of said notice, to pay the sum assessed upon him as his proportion of the loss aforesaid, in such case the directors may sue for and recover the whole amount of his deposit note or notes, with the costs of suit, and the amount thus collected shall remain in the treasury of the company, subject to the payment of such losses and expenses as have, or may hereafter accrue, and the balance, if any remain, shall be returned to the party from which it was collected, on demand, within three months from the expiration of the term for which insurance was made. Losses. Must be p'd to Treasurer Failing to do so Penalty. Sec. IX. Be it further enacted , That if the whole amount of deposit notes shall be insufficient to pay the losses occasioned by any fires or deaths, in such case the sufferers insured by said company, or their representatives, shall receive toward making good their respective losses or porportional dividends of the whole amount of said deposit notes, according to the sums by them respectively insured, and in addition thereto, a sum to be assessed on all the members of said

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company on the same principle as regulated the amounts of their respective deposit notes, but not exceeding one dollar on every hundred dollars by them insured, and no member shall ever be required to pay for any loss incurred at any time more than one dollar for every hundred dollars insured in said company in addition to the amount of his deposit note which shall have been paid in and expended; but any member, upon the payment of the whole of his deposit note, and the surrender of his policy before any subsequent loss or expense has occurred, shall be discharged by said company. If insufficient to pay. Proport'n'l dividends. Losshow paid. Discharg'd. Sec. X. Be it further enacted , That any feme covert may in her own name, or in the name of her trustee, with his assent, cause to be insured, for any definite time, the life of her husband, for her sole and special use, and she may dispose of the interest of the same by will, notwithstanding her coverture; Provided, however , that when the annual premium for insurance shall exceed three hundred, and shall not be paid altogether out of her own separate estate, or by some friend for her, the sum due on the insurance on the death of her husband, she surviving, shall, in case of insolvency of the estate, be applied to the discharge of his obligations and contracts. Feme covert may insure. Proviso. Sec. XI. Be it further enacted , That the husband may insure his own life for the sole use and benefit of his wife, and in case of the death of the husband, the amount so insured shall be paid over to his wife for her sole use and benefit, free from claims of the representatives of her husband, or any of his creditors; Provided, however , that the annual premium for insurance shall not exceed three hundred dollars. Husband may insure Proviso. Sec. XII. Be it further enacted , That no policy shall be issued by said company until application shall be made for insurance to the amount of fifty thousand dollars. No policy issued until $50,000 be applied for. Sec. XIII. Be it further enacted , That the operations and business of the corporation shall be carried on and conducted in the city of Rome, in such place as shall be designated therein by a majority of the directors of said company at any regular meeting. Business carried on in Rome. Sec. XIV. Be it further enacted , That the directors of said company, or a majority of them, shall have power to make and prescribe such by-laws, rules and regulations as to them shall appear needful and proper for the management and disposition of the property, stock, estate and effects of said corporation, and for all such matters as pertain to the business thereof, and shall have power to appoint such officers, clerks and agents, for carrying on the business of the corporation as they may elect, with such allowances as to them shall appear just and satisfactory: Provided , that such by-laws, rules and regulations shall not be repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States or of this State. Powers. Sec. XV. Be it further enacted , That this act shall take effect immediately after its ratification, and shall continue in force for a period of ninety-nine years from its passage. Takes effect, when. Duration. Approved October 10th, 1868.

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(No. 44.) An Act to incorporate the Southern Life Insurance Company. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That John B. Gordon, Alfred Austell, E. W. Holland, J. H. Callaway, Stevens Thomas, B. C. Yancey and B. J. Smith, and all others who may be hereafter associated with them, are hereby declared a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of The Southern Life Insurance Company; and by this name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of record and elsewhere; they may have and use a common seal, which they may alter, break or renew at pleasure. Corporators. Name and style. Duties and liabilities. Seal. Sec. II. The principal office of the company shall be located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Office. Sec. III. The business of the company shall be to make insurance upon the lives of individuals, and every insurance appertaining thereto or connected therewith; to grant, purchase and dispose of annuities, and make insurance against accidents. Object. Sec. IV. The corporate powers of the company shall be vested in and exercised by a board of directors, not exceeding nineteen, and by such other officers and agents as the board of directors may appoint and empower. Powersin whom vested. Sec. V. The board of directors shall determine the rates of insurance, and the amount to be taken on any one life, also the sum to be paid for annuities and the extent to which annuities shall be granted; they may make and prescribe by-laws for the government of the company, its officers and agents; and generally perform such acts as shall be for the best interest of the company. Rates of insurance. By-laws. Sec. VI. The persons named in the first section of this act shall be the first directors of the company, and shall hold their office until the second Wednesday of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine (1869), and until their successors are appointed, and shall have power to increase their number, not to exceed nineteen, and all vacancies may be filled by the remaining members of the board. Directorsterm of office. Sec. VII. The annual election of directors shall be held on the second Wednesday of June, annually. Notice of election shall be given by the president or secretary, for at least two weeks, in some public newspaper printed in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Said election shall be held at the office of the company, at such hours as the board of directors may direct, and shall be by ballot, and a plurality shall elect. In case of the failure to elect on the day specified, this corporation shall not be deemed dissolved, but an election may be held at any future day, due notice being given thereof. Annual election. When held. Sec. VIII. The board of directors, previous to such election, shall appoint three inspectors of such election. Inspectors of election. Sec. IX. At every election of directors, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of the capital stock of the company owned or held by him or her, in his or her

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own right and name, for not less than ten days preceding such election. Vote. Sec. X. The board of directors shall, after the organization of the company, and at the first meeting of the board of directors after each annual election, elect a president, a vice-president, treasurer and secretary, who shall hold their office for one year, and till their successors are elected; and in case of the absence or inability of any of the officers above named, the board of directors may temporarily supply their places. President. Absence of officer. Sec. XI. The board of directors shall appoint an executive committee, consisting of five persons, two of whom shall be the president and vice-president, and three of whom shall be a quorum. It shall be the duty of this committee to act when the board of directors are not in session, their acts and contracts being binding upon the company. They shall have power to appoint all general agents and other employees of the company; to make such contracts as may be deemed necessary for the transaction of the business of the company; and shall be consulted by all the committees relative to the general business of the company which may not be specially provided for by the board of directors. Election committee. Quorum. Powers. Sec. XII. The board of directors, through its duly elected officers, shall be empowered to contract and consolidate with any foreign insurance company of like nature, when in their judgment it is desirable for the better protection and security of its policy holders. May contract. Sec. XIII. The capital stock of the company shall not be less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), nor more than one million dollars ($1,000,000), as the directors may determine. Said stock shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars ($100) each, which shall be deemed personal property, transferable on the books of the company, as its by-laws may determine. Capital Stock. Shares. Sec. XIV. The insurance business of the company shall be conducted on the principle of giving to the policy holders an interest of eighty per cent. in the profits of the company, unless otherwise agreed by the company and the assured. All premiums for insurance and purchase of annuities shall be payable in cash or otherwise as the directors shall designate. Businesshow conducted. Premiums. Sec. XV. In case any policy holder or annuitants shall fail to pay any premium or sum due from them to the company, or violate any of the conditions of the policy of insurance or contract made between the company and the assured, the board of directors may cancel the policy, and all the premiums paid thereon shall be forfeited to the company. This company shall not be required to deposit any of its funds, and shall be exempt from the payment of fees and taxes required of foreign insurance companies. Failure to pay, or violation of policy. Penalty. Exemption Sec. XVI. This company may purchase for its own benefit any policy of insurance, or other obligation of the company growing out of its business, and also any claims of policy holders for profits. May purchase policy, c. Sec. XVII. The board of directors may declare a semi-annual dividend to stockholders, not exceeding ten per cent., which dividend

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shall be made payable at the time and manner the board of directors shall prescribe. Dividends. Sec. XVIII. The company, within sixty days after the expiration of three years from the first day of June, 1868, or sooner if deemed desirable by the board of directors, and at such periods thereafter as they may see fit, shall cause a general statement and a balance sheet, exhibiting the amount of surplus of the net profits of the company for such periods, (as near as can be ascertained,) after deducting losses and expenses and a sufficient amount to re-insure all outstanding policies, and meet the engagements of the company in annuities and otherwise; the said surplus to be divided and declared as dividends, payable in cash or scrip as the board of directors shall determine; said scrip, issued, to draw six per cent. interest from date thereof, payable annually in cash; the principal of any scrip issued by the company to be redeemed at the pleasure of the board of directors. General statement. Losses deducted. Surplus. Draw 6 per cent. int., Sec. XIX. The company shall be entitled, at its option, to cancel any scrip remaining unclaimed for three years. Canc'l scrip Sec. XX. It shall be lawful for any married woman, by herself and in her own name, to cause to be insured for her sole benefit the life of her husland, for any definite period, or for the time of his natural life, or against accident resulting from personal injury, causing him to be permanently or partially injured; and in case of her surviving her husband, the sum or net amount of insurance becoming due or payable to her, to and for her own use, free from the claims of the representatives of her husband or any of his creditors; and in case of the death of the wife before the decease of the husband, the amount of insurance becoming due and payable as above may be made payable after death to her children for their use, and to their guardian if they are under age. Feme covert may insurehow. Free from incumb'nce Sec. XXI. The board of directors may, at any time after the organization of the company, appoint one or more commissioners to superintend the opening of the books for the subscription to the capital stock of the company, at such place or places as may be deemed necessary, by first giving at least three days' notice in some daily newspaper printed in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Said books shall remain open until at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall have been subscribed, and forty per cent. paid in. The balance of the subscription to the capital stock shall be paid at such times and in such manner as the directors may determine. Commissioners to open books Notice. Books to remain open. Balance paid, when. Sec. XXII. This act shall be deemed a public act, with ninety-nine years succession, and shall be liberally construed as such. Duration. Sec. XXIII. This company may hold such real estate as may be necessary for the transaction of its business, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in value, except such as may be taken as security or in payment for debts due the company, and may sell and convey the same at pleasure. Hold real estate. Exception. Sec. XXIV. The capital stock of the company may be invested in bonds and mortgages on real estate, not exceeding two-fifths of its

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cash value, also in United States stocks or bonds, and in such other securities as may be deemed desirable by the directors. Investm'ts. Sec. XXV. Stockholders shall not be personally liable for the debts of the company beyond the amount which may be due and unpaid upon the stock held by them respectively. Stockholders not personally liable. Sec. XXVI. The fiscal year shall commence on the first day of June, and terminate on the thirty-first day of May, in each and every year. Fiscal year. Sec. XXVII. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as authorizing the company to do a banking business, or to issue any certificate to circulate as money. Restrict'ns. Sec. XXVIII. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Takes effect Oct. 5. 1868. Sec. XXIX. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 45.) An Act to incorporate the Spaulding County Mutual Life Assurance Society, of Georgia. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That C. H. Johnson, J. S. Jones, James A. Beeks, J. N. Horn, R. H. Simms, A. M. Wall, J. H. Johnson, Joseph Richardson, C. Peebles, F. D. Disnuke, S. W. Mangham, and their associates and successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, to be known as the Spaulding County Mutual Life Assurance Society of Georgia, for the purpose of insuring the lives of each other, upon the payment by each member of the company of such sum or sums as may be required by the by-laws and regulations of the company, with power to sue and be sued, to buy, own, enjoy, and convey property, for the purpose of the corporation; to make, have, and alter a common seal, at pleasure; to appoint agents, and to ordain, establish, and put in execution, such by-laws, rules and regulations, as shall be necessary and convenient for the government of said corporation, and for carrying into effect the object and purposes of the same, not inconsistent with the laws of this State and the United States. Commissioners. Purpose. Powers. Sec. II. Said corporation shall be managed by not less than seven directors, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and the directors shall be elected by the members of the corporation, at each annual meeting, to serve for the term of twelve months, or until their successors are elected; and the directors, out of their number, shall elect a president to serve for twelve months, or until a successor is elected, and shall have power to fill any vacancy which may occur in the office of president, or in their board, by death or otherwise, and shall elect a secretary and treasurer, to serve for twelve months, or until his successor is elected,

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and all vacancies which may occur in the office of secretary and treasurer, shall be filled by the board of directors, as aforesaid. Directors. Quorum. President and other officers. Sec. III. The members of the corporation shall be of either sex, under the age of seventy years, and upon complying with the terms of membership, as prescribed by the by-laws, shall be entitled each to one vote upon all questions which may come before the corporation, at the annual or extra meeting of the corporation; and the president and directors shall have power to call extra meetings of the corporation at such times as in their judgment the interest of the corporation may require. Qualification for membership. Extra meetings. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, October 10, 1868. III.MANUFACTURING COMPANIES. Act. No. 46Brunswick Gas Light Mannfacturing Company. 47Cherokee Mauufacturing Company. 48Chattahoochee Manufacturing Company. 49Dawson Manufacturing Company. 50Dublin Manufacturing Company. 51Georgia Fertilizer Manufacturlng Company. 52Princeton Factory. 53Schofield Rolling Mill Company. 54Wahoo Manufacturing Company. 55White Manufacturing Company. 56Wi coxon Manufacturing Company. (No. 46.) An Act to incorporate the Brunswick Gas Light Manufacturing Company. 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 N. S. Finney, Charles Day, Thurston R. Bloom, O. F. Adams, G. Freidlander, and their associates, subscribers to the capital stock of the association intended to be hereby incorporated, and their successors and assigns, 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 Brunswick Gas Light Manufacturing 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

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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. Successiou. Powerscontinued. Sec. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That the persons before named, or any three of them, shall be authorized to receive subscription to the capital stock of said company; and the said capital shall be divided into shares, of twenty-five dollars each, 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, endowing 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. May receive subscriptions. Endorsements. Sold at auction. Individual debts. Sec. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That the said corporation shall have full power and authority to make, manufacture and sell gas, to be made of coal, resin, or other materials, for lighting the streets, public and private buildings, and other places, in the city of Brunswick; and shall be and is hereby authorized 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 track shall at no time be 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. Powers defined. Gas posts. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , 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. By whom managed. President. Each stockholder entitled to one vote. Sec. V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , 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 heretofore, the functions of their office, as such, until others be elected in conformity to the by-laws. If election fails corporation not dissolved. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That

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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 the same may be stopped, obstructed, or injured, the person, or persons, so offending, shall be considered guilty of, and shall be indicted for a misdemeanor; and being thereof duly convicted, shall be punished by fine, not exceeding two hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding sixty days, or by vote, fine and imprisonment, not exceeding 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. Injury to machinery misdemeanor. Penalty. Sec. VII. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, October 10, 1868. (No. 47.) An Act to incorporate the Cherokee Manufacturing Company of Floyd county, Georgia, and also the Etowah Manufacturing Company of Bartow county, Georgia. Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met , That W. S. Cothern, Daniel S. Printup, Charles H. Smith and D. S. Bentley, all of Rome, Georgia, and William H. Sheibley, of Washington, D. C., A. W. Hall and Hiram Barney, of New York, together with such other persons as may hereafter be associated with them, or their successors, be, and they are hereby, made and constituted a body corporate in fact and in name, under the name and style of the Cherokee Manufacturing Company, and by that name shall be, and are hereby, made able and capable at law to have, hold, receive, purchase, possess and enjoy to them, their heirs or successors, all real and personal estate of whatever kind or amount said corporation may deem necessary to carry all the objects of said corporations into full force and effect, and may sell, grant, convey or otherwise dispose of the same, and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all Courts having competent jurisdiction, to make, use and have a common seal, the same to alter, break and renew at pleasure, and to all acts incident to a body corporate and politic. Corporators. Style. Powers. Sec. II. That the said company shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to manufacture all kinds of yarns and goods of which wool, cotton, or other fibrous material, form the whole or a part; also, to manufacture iron and machinery of any description, or such branches, or parts thereof, as they may see proper to engage in. Objects of Company. Sec. III. That said body corporate shall have power to prescribe the number of shares into which the capital stock of said corporation shall be divided, the mode in which it shall be taken, paid, transferred or assigned, and also to provide the mode by which stockholders

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may vote; the rules and by-laws shall be uniform, equally securing the right of each stockholder according to the amount of stock he owns or represents by proxy, and also to provide for the election of such officers as may be deemed necessary for the government and management of the affairs of the corporation, to establish and put in execution such by-laws, ordinances and resolutions, as they shall deem necessary and expedient for the government of said corporation not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia, or of the United States, and in general to do and execute all the acts, matters and things which may be necessary for manufacturing. Shares. Vote. Election of officers. General acts. Sec. IV. Said corporation shall not exercise banking privileges, but is authorized to carry the foregoing manufacturing powers into execution according to the true intent and meaning thereof. Banking privileges. Sec. V. That said corporation shall have power to borrow money on mortgage or other security, and loan out its surplus earnings on similar security, and to make such rules and regulations with respect to stockholders, who refuse to pay up any balance on their stock, as will compel them to pay upon penalty of forfeiting such stock to said corporation: Provided , that no stockholder shall be liable beyond the amount of his, her, or their stock. May borrow money. Capital stock. Sec. VI. The capital stock of said company shall be one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, with permission to increase the same to one million dollars. Capital stock. May increase. Sec. VII. That said corporation shall not commence business until one hundred thousand dollars of the capital stock shall have been subscribed to, and at least ten per cent. of the same paid in. The place of business of the Cherokee Manufacturing Company shall be in Floyd county, Georgia. Amount to be subcribed. Location. Sec. VIII. That said corporation shall exist for thirty years, unless sooner dissolved by its own members, in which case notice of the facts in one or more of the public gazettes of Rome, Georgia, for three months previous to dissolution must be given. Duration. Dissolution Sec. IX. That M. A. Hardin, F. A. Huson, L. M. Gillam, B. O. Crawford, of Bartow county, and W. P. Chisholm, of Fulton county, Georgia, together with such other persons as may hereafter be associated with them, or their successors, be, and they are hereby, made and constituted a body corporate in fact and in name, under the name and style of the Etowah Manufacturing Company, with the same rights, privileges, immunities and restrictions, as are imposed on the Cherokee Manufacturing Company of Floyd county. Corporators. Style. Restrict'ns Sec. X. All laws, so far as they conflict with this charter, are hereby repealed. Approved October 10th, 1868.

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(No. 48.) An Act to incorporate The Chattahoochee Manufacturing Company, and for other purposes. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia , That Ovid B. Thompson, James P. Heron, Minor W. Brown, Guilford G. Thompson, Ebenezer N. Gover, Thomas Wilson, Ephraim M. Johnson, Andrew J. Thompson, Samuel Stevens, and their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby constituted and incorporated a body politic, to be known in law by the style, title and name of The Chattahoochee Manufacturing Company, situated in the county of Hall, for the purpose of manufacturing cotton and wool, or any other material. Corporators. Style. Location, Purposes. Section II. And be it further enacted , That said incorporation, under its own name and title, shall organize, establish by-laws, make and use a common seal; alter, change, annul and amend the same at pleasure; shall sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court in this State and the United States; shall have a general office at Gainesville, in said Hall county, or at such business place as set forth in the by-laws of said company. Seal. Rights and liabilities. Officewhere. Sec. III. And be it further enacted , That said incorporation shall have the right and authority to purchase, lease, hold and convey land, goods and chattels, and, on its own possessions, control and use the waters of said Chattahoochee river for its manufacturing purposes, as may be desired, by making locks, canals, dams, etc., in no way interfering with the draining of adjacent lands or injuring the same, on said river; shall also have the right and privilege to build bridges, make roads and erect buildings, and do any and all things lawful to be done for the benefit of said manufacturing company. Powers. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted , That said company shall have the exclusive right, with the same privileges and restrictions granted the N. O. N. Y. Air Line Railroad, to enable it to make and use a railroad from its place of business to connect with the said Air Line Railroad at or near Gainesville, in said Hall county. Same rights as N. O. N. Y. A. L. R. R. Sec. V. And be it further enacted , That the capital stock of said incorporate company shall be five hundred thousand dollars, divided into five thousand shares, of which, when one-half of said stock shall be subscribed for, and the one-tenth thereof paid in lawful money, real estate, and negotiable paper, then the said company shall, as deemed proper, commence operations. Capital stock. Shares. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted , That the property of said incorporate company shall be liable for its debts and obligations, and the stockholders in the same shall only be liable for the amount of stock not paid, as held by them respectively. Liabilities. Approved October 5, 1868.

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(No. 49.) An Act to amend an act to incorporate the Dawson Manufacturing Company. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That the third section of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Dawson Manufacturing Company, be so amended as that said company shall, in addition to the powers therein given, it be authorized to manufacture work of any kind in cotton or wool, or any other material. Amendm't 3d sec. act incorporating Dawson manufacturing company. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That all laws, and parts of laws, conflicting with this act, are hereby repealed. Approved October 1st, 1868. (No. 50.) An Act to incorporate the Dublin Manufacturing Company, and to confer certain privileges thereon. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact , That J. A. Brown, of Randolph county, John B. Wright, of Johnson county, T. L. Brown, of Washington county, F. H. Rowe, M. C. Holloway and John W. Yopp, of Laurens county, and such other persons as may be appointed with them, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of The Dublin Manufacturing Company, to be located within two miles or nearer of the place; and by that name shall be able and capable to sue and be sued, to plead and implead, in any court whatever; and may have and use a common seal, and may alter and renew the same at pleasure; and the said body corporate shall have all the powers, facilities, franchise and rights necessary and proper for the manufacturing of cotton and wool, for the grinding of grain, and for the manufacture and repair of machinery, for the erection of mills and all other buildings and fixtures necessary for the operation of the business of said company; and shall have power and authority to purchase, lease and hold any property, real and personal, and mixed, which may be deemed by said company necessary for its purposes. Corporators. Style. Location. Powers. Purposes. Sec. II. The capital stock of said company shall be thirty thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; and said company shall have the right at any time to increase said capital stock to any sum not exceeding one million of dollars. Capital stock. Sec. III. Books of subscription to the capital stock of said company may be opened at such times and at such places as the directors may deem expedient, which subscription shall be paid in cash, in installments, as called for by the board of directors. Books of subscription, Sec. IV. That in all meetings of the stockholders of said company, each share of the stock shall entitle the holder to one vote, to be given in person or proxy; and said shares shall be considered as

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personal property, and shall be transferable in such manner as may be provided by the by-laws of said company. Number of votes. Transfers. Sec. V. The affairs of said company shall be managed by the persons named in the first section of this act, and a majority of them, who are hereby constituted directors of said company, until directors shall be elected as hereinafter provided. By whom managed. Sec. VI. That the affairs of said company shall be managed by a board of directors, to consist of six persons, four of whom shall constitute a quorum; and they shall be elected annually by the stockholders, on such day and time as may be fixed by the by-laws; and one of the directors so elected shall be their president, (a majority of the votes of directors being necessary to a choice,) the election to be held the first regular meeting after the organization of the said board, and annually thereafter on such day and time as may be fixed by the by-laws of said company; and the president shall have such powers and authority, and perform such duties as president, as may be prescribed by the by-laws; and the directors shall continue in office until their successors are installed, and shall have power to appoint all subordinate officers, agents and servants of said company necessary to the management of its affairs, and remove all the employees of said company, the president included, and to fill all vacancies that may occur in the board of directors or in the officers of said company by death, resignation or otherwise; to call in from time to time, as they may deem proper, such installments on the capital as may remain unpaid; to manage and conduct all its business of every kind; to borrow money, as in their judgment the exigencies of the company may require. Board of Directors. Quorum. President. Powers of President. Sub-officers Vacancies. Installm'ts called in. Sec. VII. In the event that any of the subscribers to the capital stock of said company shall fail to pay any installment or installments which may be required by the board of directors on the stock subscribed for or held in their name, then the board of directors shall have power to declare said stock and all installments paid on it forfeited to said company; and said defaulting subscriber or subscribers, or those holding said stock, shall be henceforth barred against all rights of recovery from said company for the stock so forfeited: Provided, nevertheless , said board of directors shall, before said forfeiture, give to said delinquent subscriber or subscribers, or persons holding said stock, at least six months' notice. Failing to pay Penalty. Proviso. Sec. VIII. That the provisional board of directors authorized by this act shall call a meeting of the stockholders in said company, to be held in Dublin at such time as they may deem expedient, which meeting, when assembled, shall proceed to elect a permanent board of directors, a majority of the stockholders voting being necessary to a choice. Meetingwhere held Board. Sec. IX. The directors of said Dublin Manufacturing Company 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. General powers. Proviso.

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Sec. X. That said corporation shall not commence business until the capital stock shall be subscribed and ten per cent. paid in. Sec. XI. That the individual property of each stockholder shall be liable for the debts of said company, to the amount respectively subscribed by them and not paid in at the time any suit shall have commenced. When to commence business. Liabilities. Sec. XII. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 51.) An Act to incorporate the Georgia Fertilizer Manufacturing Company. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That Gen. L. McLaws, B. A. Pratte, F. G. Edwards, J. F. Edwards and S. B. Robson, and their associates and successors, are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the Georgia Fertilizer Manufacturing Company, for the purpose of manufacturing fertilizers and vending the same, and to continue in existence to them and their successors, for the term of ninety-nine years, with power to make such by-laws as are not inconsistent with the Constitution of the State, as may seem necessary and proper for its government, in its corporate name to make and use a common seal, and alter and change the same at pleasure, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to hold by purchase or otherwise real estate or personal property which may be useful or necessary in carrying on its operations, or with which it may become possessed of in payment of debts due to it. Commissioners. Name. Object. Duration. By-laws. Seal. Duties and liabilities. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the capital stock of said company shall be ($25,000) twenty-five thousand dollars, with liberty to increase the same as hereinafter provided, to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each; the amount of capital stock, the number and price of shares shall be fixed and agreed upon by the corporators at their first meeting under this act; nothing but money or manufacturing property shall be regarded as a basis of capital stock, the stock to be subscribed and paid for as the board of directors may prescribe. The stock shall be considered as personal property, and shall be transferred only on the books of the company in person or by attorney. Capital Stock. Shares. Basis of stock. Personal property. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That the stockholders not having paid their stocks, according to the terms of subscription, shall be individually liable to the creditors of the company to the amount so remaining unpaid. Individual liability. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , That said company may, at its pleasure, and in such form as its directors shall elect and declare, increase the capital stock to any amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, and said directors shall have power to sell, dispose of, or take subscription for such increase of, and additional stock, in such manner and form, at such time and place, and on such terms, as they may think proper to order and prescribe. May increase stock. Directors.

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Sec. V. Be it further enacted , That the corporators named in the first section of this act, and any other associates that may be chosen or elected at the first meeting of the company shall be directors for the first year; five members of the company shall constitute a full board of directors, and shall hold their places until others are elected and qualified in their stead. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the company shall be held at such times and places as the board of directors may determine from year to year, thirty days notice being given in some newspaper published near the place of meeting; at each annual meeting a board of directors shall be chosen for the ensuing year, but in case of a failure to elect a board of directors, the charter of the company shall not be forfeited thereby, but the directors of the previous year shall continue in office until others are elected in their stead. The directors shall appoint one of their number president, and shall appoint such other officers as they may deem proper, and affix their salaries. Board. Annual meeting. President. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted , That said company shall not contract any debt over and above the amount of capital stock paid in, no part of which shall be either drawn or in any wise directed from the business of the company without the consent of three-fourths in interest of the stockholders. Contract debts. Sec. VII. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 9th, 1868. (No. 52.) An Act to amend the Charter of the Princeton Factory. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact , That the Princeton Factory, located in the county of Clarke, is empowered to acquire, hold and dispose of real estate to an amount not exceeding five hundred acres of land, in the vicinity of said factory. Powers of Princeton Factory. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, October 10, 1868. (No. 53.) An Act to incorporate the Schofield Rolling Mill Company. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That Lewis Schofield, Hannibal J. Kimball, Wilbur D. Cook, Edwin N. Kimball and Lewis Schofield, Jr., and such others as may be associated with them, their successors and assigns, are hereby created a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the Schofield Rolling Mill Company, with succession for ninetynine years; and by that name and style they may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in any Court of law in this State, or elsewhere; to make, have and use a common seal, renew and alter the same at pleasure; and are hereby invested with all

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the powers, and privileges, and immunities which are or may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes and objects of this act, as herein set forth. Corporators. Style. Time. Powers. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the capital stock of the said company shall be two hundred thousand dollars, and be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and it may be increased from time to time to an amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, and shall be issued and transferred in such manner, and under such conditions, as the directors of the said company shall by the by-laws thereof prescribe. Capital stock. Shares. Transferable. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That the corporate powers of the said company be vested in and exercised by a board of directors, consisting of such number of persons, not less than three nor more than seven, as the stockholders may from time to time direct. The said directors shall be chosen by the stockholders at such time and place as may be fixed by the by-laws of said company, and shall hold their office for one year, and until their successors are elected; they shall elect one of their number president of said company, and may fill any vacancy, in the said board, occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise. The said board of directors shall have power to appoint all necessary clerks, secretaries and other officers and agents necessary for the transaction of the business of the company, to determine their duties and fix their compensation. Powers vested in Board. Term of office. President. Powers of Board. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , That the board of directors are hereby authorized to make all necessary rules and by-laws that may be deemed necessary or expedient to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and for the transfer and assignment of its stock, which is hereby declared to be personal property and transferable, as shall be provided by the by-laws, or ordinances, of said corporation; and shall have the right to prescribe the mode and manner in which the capital stock shall be paid in, and make calls for the same; shall, also, have the right to enforce the payment thereof, by the forfeiture of the stock upon which the call shall not be paid, or by suits, or by both means, under such rules and regulations as the board may prescribe. By-laws. Forfeiture. Sec. V. Be it further enacted , That the corporation shall have the right and be vested with the authority to purchase, lease, rent, and hold and dispose of all such property, real, personal and mixed, as they may require for the purpose of mining for any and every species of mineral, and manufacturing iron, and rolling the same into railroad bars, or any other article into which iron is manufactured, and for transporting the same, and disposing thereof, in this State, or elsewhere; to borrow money, and secure the payment of the same, by deed of trust, mortgage, or other security, give notes, enter into contracts, and do all and singular such acts as may be found expedient for the proper management of the business of said company. Authority to purchase, sell, c. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted , That until an election of directors, as herein provided for, the persons named as corporators in the first section of this act, shall constitute a board of directors, and shall have and may exercise all the powers of such board; and they are

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hereby appointed commissioners, who, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized to open subscription books for said stock, at such time and place as they may deem proper. Until an election Corporators to be Directors. Open subscription books. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted , That this act take effect on and after its passage. Takes effect, when. Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted , That all laws, and parts of laws, conflicting with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, September 29, 1868. (No. 54.) An Act to incorporate the Wahoo Mining and Manufacturing Company, and for other purposes. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That James P. Herron and associates, their successors and assigns, are hereby created and constituted a body politic, incorporated under the name and title of The Wahoo Mining and Manufacturing Company, for the purpose of mining for gold and all metals and all minerals on lots numbers 32 and 41, and others, in the eleventh district, Hall county, and any other lot or lots procured by said company; and also to improve any water power procured or that may hereafter be procured on the Wahoo waters, or other streams in said Hall county, for manufacturing purposes. Corporators. Style. Purposes. Powers. Sec. II. The said company by this act shall have the authority and right, when deemed proper, to organize and establish by-laws; make a common seal, and the same to alter, annul and amend as desired; but not to conflict with the laws of this State or the United States; shall sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court; may purchase, lease, own, hold, use, sell, and convey or release any lands, mineral or agricultural; also, water powers suitable for mills and manufactories; and on the same to establish such business, and conduct and manage the same, as may be advantageous and lawful in the State. By-laws. Seal. Sec. III. That the capital stock of said incorporation shall be two hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares as the by-laws may provide, and may be increased to one million dollars. Capital stock. Sec. IV. That said incorporation shall have the privileges and the same restrictions as the Buckeye Mining and Manufacturing Company, of Forsyth and Hall counties. Privileges and restrictions. Sec. V. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 9, 1868. (No. 55.) An Act to incorporate the White Manufacturing Company. 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

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enacted by the authority of the same , That Thomas C. White and Josiah S. White, and such others as they may associate with them, and their successors, be and they are hereby made and constituted a body corporate, in fact and in name, under the style and title of The White Manufacturing Company; and by that name shall be and are hereby made able and capable in law to have, hold, receive, purchase, possess and enjoy, to them and their successors, all real and personal estate of whatever kind or amount said corporation may deem necessary to carry all the objects of said corporation into full force and effect; and may sell, grant or convey, or otherwise dispose of the same; and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all courts having competent jurisdiction; to make, use and have a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at pleasure; and to do all other acts incident to a body corporate and politic. Corporators. Style and title. Powers. Liabilities. May convey, c. Seal. Sec. II. That the object of said corporation shall be, for the manufacture of wool and cotton into thread and cloth, the manufacture of meal, flour, lumber, shingles, boards, and machinery of any description, or such branches or parts thereof as they may see proper to engage in. Said corporation have located their place of business in the county of Elbert, on Savannah river, at a place known as White's Mills, in this State; and they are hereby granted the privilege of controlling, by locks, dams, canals or otherwise, the water of said stream, (so far as the uniform rights of this State are concerned,) and of connecting said dam by abutments to the bank of said stream, opposite the lands of said company; and to secure their property against loss by fire and other injuries. They may prevent persons from camping or building fires within two hundred yards of the factory building. Object. Place of business. Privileges. Sec. III. That the said body corporate shall have the power to prescribe the number of shares into which the capital stock of said corporation shall be divided, the mode in which it shall be taken, paid, transferred and assigned; and also to provide the mode by which stockholders may vote, and the number of votes to which each share shall be entitled; and the rules adopted shall be uniform, equally securing the rights of each stockholder; and also to provide for the election of such officers as may be deemed necessary for the government and management of the affairs of said corporation; to ordain, establish and put in execution such by-laws, ordinances and resolutions as they may deem necessary or expedient for the government of said corporation, and not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia or of the United State; and in general to do and to execute all and singular the acts, matters and things which may be necessary for manufacturing. Shares. Vote. Officers. By-laws. General powers. Sec. IV. That said corporation shall have power to borrow money on mortgage or other securities, and to loan out its surplus earnings on similar securities or mortgage; and to ordain such rules and regulations, with respect to stockholders who refuse to pay up any balance on their stock, as will compel them to pay upon a penalty of forfeiting such stock to said corporation: Provided , that no stockholder

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shall be liable beyond the amount of his, her or their stock; and they shall be so liable in their individual property for the debts of said corporation to the amount of their unpaid stock. May borrow money. Defaulters. Penalty. Proviso. Sec. V. That the capital stock of said corporation shall be fifty thousand dollars, subject to be increased to five hundred thousand dollars. The corporate powers and franchises hereby granted shall continue for thirty years. Capital stock. Duration. Sec. VI. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 56.) An Act to increase the capital stock of the Wilcoxon Manufacturing Company, etc. Whereas , By an act of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, passed on the thirteenth day of December, 1866, incorporating the Wilcoxon Manufacturing Company, with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars; and that the said fifty thousand dollars not being sufficient for said company to carry on their manufacturing of cotton, wool and flour, etc.; therefore Preamble. Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, assembled , That the capital stock of the said Wilcoxon Manufacturing Company be increased from fifty thousand dollars to two hundred thousand dollars. Capital stock. Increased to $200,000. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868.

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IV. MINING COMPANIES. Act No. 57Alpharetta Mining Company. 58Auraria, Etowah and Camp Creek Mining Company. 59Buckeye Mining and Manufacturing Company. 60Cavender's Creek Hydraulic Hose Mining Company. 61Etowah Gold Mining Company. 62Hightower Mining and Manufacturing Company. 63Nacoochee Valley Mining Company. 64Noontootty Mining and Manufacturing Company. 65Van Dyke Hydraulic Hose Mining Company. 66Warsaw Mining Company. (No. 57.) An Act to incorporate the Alpharetta Mining Company. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That Hamton W. Harwell, D. E. Smith, Joseph Chambers, and such persons as they may associate with them, and their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby declared, as soon as they shall organize under this act, a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of The Alpharetta Mining Company, to work for gold or other valuable minerals in the county of Milton and adjoining counties, State of Georgia, on any lands said company may now own or may hereafter own, or that they may become possessed of, either by purchase or lease; and by that name may sue and be sued, plead or be impleaded, answer or be answered, in any court of law or equity 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 expedient and necessary to carry into effect the objects of this company: Provided , such by-laws, rules and regulations are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State, nor the Constitution and laws of the United States. Corporators. Name and style. Lands to be worked on Powers. Proviso. Sec. II. And be it further enacted , That the aforesaid company hereby created shall, by its corporate name, be capable in law of purchasing, owning, selling and conveying, leasing and releasing any real or personal estate which may be necessary to enable said corporation efficiently to carry on the operations mentioned in the first section of this act. Powers Sec. III. And be it further enacted , That the capital stock of said company may be five hundred thousand dollars, with power to increase to one million dollars; which capital stock of said company may be divided into such number of shares as may be determined upon by a vote or votes of three-fourths of the stockholders at a regular meeting of said stockholders, to be ascertained by the by-laws and rules of said company, all parties at interest first having notice of the time and place of such meeting; and the stockholders in said company shall be liable, pro rata , for the debts of said company, to the amount of stock by them respectively held at the time such liability was incurred, and for no greater amount. Capital stock. Shares. Liabilities. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted , That said company shall keep

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an office at Alpharetta, Milton county, Georgia, which for all practical purposes shall be its location. Office at Alpharetta Sec. V. And be it further enacted , That all conflicting laws be and are hereby repealed. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 58.) An Act to incorporate the Auraria, Etowah and Camp Creek Mining Company, of Lumpkin county, Georgia . Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That William H. Thomas, James E. Wood, Jesse M. McDonald, James R. Lawhon and Weir Boyd, and their successors and assigns, and such other persons as they may associate with them, so soon as they may organize under this charter, are hereby declared to be a body corporate under the name and style of the Auraria, Etowah and Camp Creek Mining Company, of Lumpkin county, Georgia, for the purpose of directing or turning the waters of Camp Creek from its natural channel by a ditch, aqueduct, of any kind, so as to work or mine for gold, silver, or other valuable metals or minerals, according to any system of mining they may adopt in the county of Lumpkin, in said State, on any land which they may now own, or which they may become possessed of by purchase, lease or otherwise, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any Court of law or equity in this State, 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; make, ordain and establish such bylaws, rules and regulations as they may deem necessary and expedient to carry into effect the objects of the company: Provided , such by-laws shall not be inconsistent with the laws of this State, or of the United States, and the said company shall use, exercise and enjoy all the rights, privileges and franchises which are incident to such corporation. Corporators. Style. Object. Powers. 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 purchasing, holding, selling and conveying any real or personal estate which may be necessary to enable the said corporation effectually to carry on the operations name in the first section of this act. May purchase, sell, c. Sec. III. And be it further enacted , That the capital stock of said company may be one hundred thousand dollars, divided into such number of shares as shall be provided for and fixed by the by-laws of said company, and the stockholders in said company shall be liable pro rata for the debts of said company to the amount of the stock by them respectively held, but for no greater amount. Capital stock, Shares. Liabilities. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted , That the by-laws of said company may fix and declare the number of officers and agents that the

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said company may deem necessary for carrying into effect the objects thereof, and shall regulate and prescribe the manner in which the same shall be appointed, their duties, salaries and liabilities, and the regulations to be observed in transferring the stock of said company by any member thereof who may wish to transfer his, her or their stock. By-laws. Sec. V. And be it further enacted , That the said company shall keep an office in the town of Dahlonega, which shall be considered for all judicial purposes its location. Office in Dahlonega. Approved October 10th, 1868. (No. 59.) An Act to incorporate the Buckeye Mining and Manufacturing Company, of Forsyth, Lumpkin, Hall, Dawson, and other counties in Northeast Georgia . Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That James P. Herron, Joel Inskeen, Samuel Stephens, Joseph Herron, T. H. Sanford and Charles Herron, and their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby incorporated a body politic, by the name of the Buckeye Mining and Manufacturing Company, for the purpose of mining for gold, silver, and other metals, precious stones, gems, etc., for developing and improving water powers for mills, manufactories, etc., and for establishing and managing such branches of business as shall be useful in Forsyth, Hall, Dawson, Lumpkin, and other adjoining counties in the Northeast part of the State of Georgia. Corporators. Style. Purposes. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the said incorporation, by its name, style and title, shall have the right and authority to make and establish a common seal and by-laws, etc., to alter, annul, change and amend the same as may be deemed proper by a majority of its members, but not to conflict with the laws of the State, or of the United States, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any Court in this State, or of the United States, may purchase, secure, lease, own, hold, use, sell, convey or release any mining lands or real, personal and mixed property in this State, for mining and agricultural purposes, or for establishing and managing milling and manufacturing business, and therein to do all lawful things for a natural person to do. Rights and privileges. Sec. III. Be it enacted , That the capital stock of said incorporation shall be four hundred thousand dollars, divided as shall be fixed and set forth by its by-laws; the holders of stock in the same shall be liable for the debts and obligations of said incorporation to the amount of the stock only by them respectively held and not paid; the said incorporation may increase its capital to four million of dollars. Capital stock, Liabilities of stockholders. May increase capital. Sec. IV. Be it enacted , That the said incorporation shall have the right and authority to drain and turn the Chestatee river across lot No. 1403, purchased in Forsyth county, or lot No. 40, in Hall

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county, for the purpose of making water powers for mills and manufacturing, and for mining on said lots, and others purchased and leased, and any other lots that may be purchased, leased, or otherwise secured for like work, above or below, on or adjoining said stream, or its tributaries, by said incorporation, and also to dam and improve, shoal or ditch, and canal any part of said stream, or any other water that may be procured by said incorporation for the aforesaid purpose in the aforesaid counties. Powers defined. Sec. V. Be it enacted , That whenever it becomes necessary for the improvement of any water power, or to facilitate any mining operations, procured to convey any stream or streams across, or from any lot or lots not purchased, leased, or otherwise procured, by inability to find rightful owners, or held by minors, executors, administrators or others, from whom purchase, lease, or right of way cannot be procured, then said incorporation shall have the right and authority to enter on said lot or lots with right of way to conduct said stream or streams, across or from said lot or lots, and to mine on the same: Provided , that when there is any guardian, executor, administrator, possessor or agent of said lot or lots that cannot enter into an agreement with said incorporation for adjustment between said parties, and each shall choose a referee, and the Superior Court shall appoint a third, all freeholders of the same county, and in case where either party do not choose a referee, on application of the other party, the Superior Court shall appoint said referees, and said board of referees shall examine the premises, and award the damages for land and timbers used and occupied in right of way, and also to declare what portion of the net proceeds shall be paid or given as royalty for mining on said lots, which decision and award shall be filed with said Superior Court, and shall be final and faithfully complied with by said parties preventing the granting of injunctions on the operations of said incorporations. Improvement on lands when owner cannot be found. Proviso. Referred. Damages. Award. Sec. VI. Be it enacted , That all the real, personal and mixed property of said incorporation shall only be taxed as other like property in the State, and shall be liable for the debts and obligations of said incorporations. Taxation. Sec. VII. Be it enacted , That said incorporation shall keep an office at its principal place or places of business in said counties, which shall be its location for judicial purposes; it may also have another principal office at Washington City, D. C., or some other city as it may set forth in its by-laws. Officewhere kept And at Washington, D, C. Sec. VIII. Be it enacted , That this act shall continue and be in full force for thirty-one years from its passage. Duration. Sec. IX. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 9th, 1868.

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(No. 60.) An Act to incorporate the Cavender's Creek Hydraulic Hose Mining Company . Section I. Be it enacted , That M. R. Archer, William H. Thomas, Hiram C. Ducket, and such other persons as they may associate with them, and their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby declared to be, (so soon as they shall organize under this act,) a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of The Cavender's Creek Hydraulic Hose Mining Company, for the purpose of directing or turning the waters of Bright's Creek from its natural channel by a ditch or aqueduct of any kind, so as to work or mine for gold, silver or other valuable metal or mineral, according to a process known among miners as the hydraulic hose process, or such other way as said company may direct, in the county of Lumpkin in said State, on any lands which they may now own or hereafter own, or which they may become possessed of by purchase or lease; and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any court of law or equity in this State 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; 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 shall not be inconsistent with the laws of this State or of the United States; and the said company shall use, exercise and enjoy all the rights, privileges and franchise which are incident to such corporations. Corporators. Style. Object and powers. Succession. Seal. By-laws. Proviso. 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 purchasing, holding, selling and conveying any real or personal estate which may be necessary to enable the said corporation efficiently to carry on the operations named in the first section of this act. May purchase, sell, c. Sec. III. And be it further enacted , That the capital stock of said company shall or may be one hundred thousand dollars, divided into such number of shares as shall be provided for and fixed by the by-laws of said company; and the stockholders in said company shall be liable, pro rata , for the debts of said company, to the amount of the stock by them respectively held, but for no greater amount. Capital. Liabilities. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted , That the by-laws of said company may fix and declare the number of officers and agents that the said company may deem necessary for carrying into effect the objects thereof; and shall regulate and prescribe the manner in which the same shall be appointed, their duties, salaries and liabilities; and the regulations to be observed in transferring the stock of said company by any member thereof, who may wish to transfer his, her or their stock. By-lawsauthority of. Sec. V. And be it further enacted , That the said company shall

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keep an office in the town of Dahlonega, which shall be considered, for all judicial purposes, its location. Office in Dahlonega Sec. VI. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 61.) An Act to incorporate the Etowah River Gold Mining Company, of Georgia. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That Asa Vail, of the city of Chicago and State of Illinois, and Nicholas J. Vail, of the county of Bartow and State of Georgia, and such persons as they may associate with them, and their successors and assigns, shall be and are by this act created and constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of The Etowah River Gold Mining Company, of Georgia; and by that name shall be and are hereby made able and capable in law to have, hold, purchase, sell, lease, and retain unto them and their successors and assigns, lands, rents, mines, machinery, clattels and effects of any kind whatsoever; and the same to work, sell, lease, grant and dispose of as may be deemed by the said Etowah River Gold Mining Company most conducive to the objects and interest of the said corporation; and that the said company shall be able and capable to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any court of law or equity in this State; and to make and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure; and to establish such by-laws, ordinances and regulations as shall be deemed necessary and convenient for the purposes of said corporation. Corporators. Style. Powers. Seal. Sec. II. That the object of said corporation is declared to be the mining and working for gold the bed of the Etowah river, or such portions of the same as are now owned or leased by them, or which said corporation may hereafter purchase or lease within the counties of Cherokee, Forsyth and Dawson, in the State of Georgia; and also the mining and working for gold and other valuable metals and minerals, upon such lands as are now owned or leased by them, or which may hereafter be purchased or leased by them, within the State of Georgia; and that for this purpose the capital stock of said company shall consist of one hundred thousand dollars, subject to be increased at the will of the stockholders of said corporation to the amount of five millions of dollars, the same to be divided into such number of shares as the said corporation by its by-laws may determine: Provided, nevertheless , that the said company shall not organize until the entire capital stock shall have been subscribed, nor commence business until ten per cent. of the same shall have been paid in. Object of. Capital stock. Shares. Proviso. Sec. III. That there shall be an annual meeting of the stockholders of said corporation, at the principal office thereof, for the purpose of choosing a president and board of five directors, to manage all the concerns of the company; which said officers shall be elected by the

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stockholders, in person or by proxy, each share of stock entitling the holder thereof to one vote. Annual meetings. President. Sec. IV. That the said corporation be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to divert and turn, if by them deemed necessary, from their natural and present channels the waters of the Etowah river and its branches, in said counties of Cherokee, Forsyth and Dawson; and to obtain the right of way, under the provisions of the acts of this State relating to the Yahoola River and Cane Creek Hydraulic Hose Mining Company, and to the Etowah and Auraria Hydraulic Hose Mining Company; and that said provisions on the subject of obtaining the right of way for said water courses shall have as full application to this corporation as to the other companies above mentioned. Powers. Counties. Right of way. Sec. V. That this corporation shall keep an office at Canton, in the county of Cherokee, and branch offices at such [Illegible Text] places as may be deemed necessary, either of which places, for all judicial purposes, shall be deemed the location of the company. Principal office. Sec. VI. That the private property of the stockholders shall be liable for the debts of the company, to the amount of stock that may be subscribed by them and not paid in at the time any suit may have been commenced against them. Liabilities. Sec. VII. That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the State of Georgia from taxing the corporate property of said company in the same manner as other property. Taxation. Sec. VIII. That this act shall be and continue in force for the term of twenty years from and after the date of its passage. Duration. Sec. IX. That all acts and parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this charter, be and are hereby repealed. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 62.) An Act to incorporate the Hightower Company for Mining, Manufactory and other purposes. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That James P. Herron, S. L. Loomis, Joel Inskeep, Charles Herron, R. J. Castleberry, and their associates, successors and assigns be and they are hereby constituted and incorporated a body politic, known by the name and title of the Hightower Company, for the purpose of mining for gold, silver and other metals, precious stones, gems, etc., in the bed, banks and on the highlands along the river Etowah, (commonly called Hightower,) as leased by James P. Herron, and others, from above Castleberry's Mill, in Lumpkin county, to and below Palmer's Mill, in Dawson county, and on such property, lands and streams as may be hereafter purchased, leased, or otherwise secured by said corporation, for said mining purposes; and for daming, ditching, canaling, tunneling and fluming, to turn the channel of said river, its tributaries and other streams, for said mining

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purposes; and, also, for developing and improving water powers for mills, manufactories, and for establishing and managing any branches of milling and manufacturing that may be profitable and suitable to be done in this State. Corporators. Name. Object of. Sec. II. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly, etc. , That said corporation, under its name, style, and title, shall organize and select a board of trustees and directors, a majority to be residents of this State, choose a president, secretary and treasurer, establish bylaws, in keeping with the laws of this State and the United States; may alter, annul and amend the same at pleasure; make and use a common seal, change or alter the same; sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any Court of this State or the United States; shall have a place of business and office near its principal work, or works, which shall answer for judicial purposes; and may have a general office at Atlanta, Washington, D. C., or any city to be fixed and set forth in the by-laws. Directors. President, Sec'y and Treasurer. By-laws. Seal. Place of business. General office in Atlanta. Sec. III. And be it further enacted , That said incorporate company in its own name, style and title shall have the right and authority to procure, purchase, lease, own, use, sell, convey and release any mining land, water power, or any real, personal or mixed property that may be necessary to carry out and accomplish the design and purposes of this grant and charter. Powers. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, etc. , That said corporation shall have the exclusive right and authority, with power to enter on the Etowah (commonly called Hightower) river and its tributary streams and others at and within the limits procured, as set forth in section one of this act; to dam, ditch, canal, flume, or tunnel, in order to carry, conduct and convey its water from its present channel, to enable in removing the water and to dry and mine the present and former bed, or beds of said river, for gold, silver and other metals, precious stones, gems, etc.; and to develope, improve and establish water powers, at suitable places for mills and manufactories, and for commencing, managing and conducting such branches of milling and manufacturing as may be desired to be done, in keeping with the laws of this State and the United States. Exclusive rights. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, etc. , That said corporation shall have the exclusive right and authority to convey and conduct the upper waters of the Etowah, or Hightower, river and its tributary streams, by ditch, canal, aqueduct, flumes, conduit, tunnel, or any other arrangement that may be devised to convey such portion or portions of said river and tributaries as may be desired to hydraulic hose or sluice, wash, develop and work said hill surfaces, deposits and veins, on either side of said Etowah, or Hightower, as already secured by said Herron and others for said mining, or that may be secured by purchase, lease, or otherwise, by said corporation, for mining and other purposes, as herein before set forth by this act. Provided , that said ditch, canal, etc., shall not injure or interfere with the ditch, etc., of the Etowah and Battle Branch Hydraulic and Hose Mining

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Company, or any mill, or mills, now running on said river, above Castleberry's mill. May divert channel of Etowah. Proviso. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, etc. , That whenever it becomes necessary to facilitate and help work any mining operations, or to improve and establish any water power, by conveying and conducting said river its tributaries, or other streams, from or across any lot or lots not purchased, leased, or rights of way otherwise not secured, by not being able to find a true and lawful owner, or owners, or if owned or held by minors, executors, administrators, guardians, agents, or any parties from whom purchase, lease, or right of way can not be procured, then said corporation shall have the right and authority to enter on said lot, or lots, with privilege to contract and convey said river, stream, or streams from or across any said lot or lots, by ditch, canal, or other means, as described in section five of this act, and to mine on the same, with all the ordinary mining privileges. Provided , that when any guardian, executor, or administrator, possessor, or agent of said lot, or lots, can not, or do not enter into an agreement with said corporation, before it proceeds to work or enter on said lot or lots, by applying to the Superior Court it shall be allowed to choose one referee, and the owner or possessor to also choose one referee, and said Court to appoint a third referee, all to be freeholders of the same county; and if said owner, or possessor, fail or refuse to choose said referee, in such case the Court shall appoint one therefor; and said referees shall proceed forthwith, or within six days, if demanded, and examine said premises, and award damages for lands and timber used and occupied, and also to declare what portion of the net earnings, or proceeds shall be paid or given as rent, or royalty, for mining on said lot or lots, which decision and award shall be filed with said Court to be final, and faithfully complied with by said parties, and shall prevent the granting and injunction on the operations of said corporation. When owners of lands cannot be found, Co. may enter upon. Proviso. Applicat'n to CourtReferees Their duty. Damages. Rents. Award fil'd with Court. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted, etc. , That the capital stock of said corporation shall be one million dollars, divided into shares, as by laws provided for; said stock may be increased from time to time, but not to exceed five million of dollars. Capital stock. Shares. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, etc. , That the personal property of said corporation shall be free from taxation by the State, except for road and public schools, for two years from the passage of this act. Its real estate shall be taxed in ratio with other realty in this State. Taxation. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted, etc. , That all the property of said corporation, real, personal and mixed, shall be liable for its debts and obligations; and the stockholders in the same shall only be liable for the debts and obligations thereof to the amount not paid on stock held respectively by them therein. Liability. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, etc. , That this act shall continue and be in full force and effect for the term of thirty years from its passage. Duration. Sec. XI. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 9th, 1868.

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(No. 63.) An Act to incorporate the Nacoochee Valley Mining Company and the Hannay Mining Company, of White County. 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 authority of the same , That Peter Hannay, Daniel E. Somes, William Windom, Alfred B. Ely, Gayton P. Loring and Walter H. Gilson, and such other persons as they may associate with them, and their successors and assigns, shall be, and they are hereby, declared to be a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the Nacoochee Valley Mining Company, of White county, for the purpose of mining for gold, silver, copper, and other valuable metals and minerals, on any lands they may now own, or may hereafter own, or that they may become possessed of, either by purchase or lease, and by that name may sue or 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 expedient and necessary 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 franchise which are incident to corporations. Corporators. Name and style. Purposes. Powers. Seal. By-laws. Proviso. 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 purchasing, leasing, holding, selling and conveying any real estate, personal or mixed, which may be necessary to enable the said corporation officially to carry on the operations named in the first section of this aet. May purchase, sell, c. Sec. III. And be it further enacted , Thet the capital stock of said company shall be one million of dollars, with power and authority to increase the same to two millions of dollars, divided into such number of shares as shall be provided for and fixed by the by-laws of said company, and the stockholders in said company shall be liable pro rata for the debts of said company to the amount of the stock by them respectively held, but for no greater amount, and that only until the full amount of the capital stock shall have been paid into the Treasury. Capital stock, $1,000,000. May increase. Shares. Liabilities. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted , That the by-laws of said company may fix and declare the number of officers and agents that the company may deem necessary for carrying out the objects thereof, and shall regulate and prescribe the manner in which the same shall be appointed, their duties, salaries and liabilities, and shall fix the time for, and manner of paying dividends, and the regulations to be observed

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in transferring the stock of said company by any member thereof who may wish to transfer his, her, or their stock. Number of officers, agents, c. Transfer of stock. Sec. V. 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 chosing 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. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted , That Peter Hannay, Daniel E. Somes, William Windom, Alfred B. Ely, Gayton P. Loring and Walter H. Gilson, be, and shall continue to be, directors of said company until the first annual meeting of the stockholders, or until their successors shall have been elected. 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 shall continue in office until new directors have been elected. Directors. President, Vacancies. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted , That said corporation shall keep an office at Nacoochee Valley, in the county of White, which shall be considered, for all judicial purposes, its location. Officewhere. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation, for the purpose of more effectually carrying out the objects and purposes as contemplated in the first section of this act, shall have power and authority to construct dams, ditches, aqueducts, trestle-works and flumes, ground-sluices and canals, to enable said company to divert and convey the waters of the Chattahoochee, and its tributaries, from their present channels or beds, either to work and mine the same, wherever owned by said company, or to convey the same to and from their mines, for mining purposes, over or through any lands within said county of White, subject, nevertheless, at all times, to the payment of any and all damages to the owner or owners of said lands through which said aqueducts, ground-sluices, etc., may pass, as may be reasonable and just, to be adjudged of and determined by three disinterested freeholders of said county, one of whom is to be chosen by said company, one by the claimant, and the third chosen by the Inferior Court of said county, and on their judgment being returned, duly certified to the clerk of the Superior Court of said county, (and said arbitrators are hereby authorized and required to certify and return their said judgment or award, and all the proceedings in the case to the clerk as aforesaid,) said clerk shall issue execution against the company for the damages awarded, and said execution may be enforced under the same rules and laws that now govern the collection of money by execution in this State, unless the party against whom said arbitrators find shall enter an appeal in said clerk's office within sixty days from the returns and entry of said judgment, which appeal may be entered under the regulations which govern other cases of appeal. May make dams, ditches, c. May bring water, c., Damages How assessed. Appeal. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted , That said company, by themselves, their agents or superintendents, or either of them, shall have full power and authority to turn the water from said ditches, aqueducts

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flumes or canals, by lateral ditches or otherwise, to be used by them for mining purposes, in such manner as they may determine on, on any lot or lots they may own or otherwise have mining rights thereon or jurisdiction over, and to cause such water so turned to flow off and pass over by ground-sluices, tail-races, or otherwise, over any other lot or lots belonging to any other person or person whomsoever: Provided , that if any person or persons owning or possessing any of said lots over which said lateral ditches may pass, or over or through which said water so turned should flow, said person or persons shall be entitled to compensation for damages in the same manner as is set forth in the previous section of this act. May turn water, c. Proviso. Compensation. Sec. X. And be it further enacted , That the said company shall have power and authority to divert any running stream of water from its natuaal and ordinary course to supply said main or lateral ditches with water for the purposes aforesaid: Provided , that any person or persons, owners of lots of land on said streams so diverted, who may be damaged by said diversion, shall have the right, and be entitled to compensation in the same manner as is set forth in the previous sections of this act. May divert streams. Proviso. Sec. XI. And be it further enacted , That the said company shall have all necessary power and right to erect upon their property all necessary buildings, mills, etc., for carrying on their operations, as also for building and erecting water-wheels, dams and mill-races for operating the same, steam engines and pumps for raising water, etc. May erect mills. Sec. XII. And be it further enacted , That if any person or persons shall wilfully and maliciously destroy, or in any manner hurt, damage, injure or obstruct, or shall council, aid or assist, or advise any person or persons, in any manner, to hurt, damage, injure or obstruct said company's ditches, trestle-works, flumes or dams, or any of the appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or appertaining, such person or persons so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined and imprisoned, or either at the discretion of the Court. Maliciously injuring. Misdemeanor. Penalty. Sec. XIII. And be it further enacted , That Peter Hannay, Daniel E. Somes, William Windom, Alfred B. Ely, Gayton P. Loring and Walter H. Gilson, and their associates and assigns, be, and they are hereby, made a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the Hannay Mining Company, of White county, for the purpose of mining for gold, silver, copper, diamonds, and other valuable metals and minerals, with all the privileges, franchises, rights and immunities of the before recited act incorporating the Nacoochee Valley Mining Company, and subject to all the liabilities and restrictions contained in the several sections of the same: Provided , that nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to grant privileges which shall conflict with those granted to the Nacoochee Valley Mining Company, unless the last named company shall give its consent thereto. Corporators. Style. Object. Rights. Proviso. Sec. XIV. And be it further enacted , That the capital stock of said company shall be one million of dollars, with the privilege of

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increasing it to two millions of dollars, to be divided into such number of shares as said company may by its own by-laws, rules and regulations provide. Capital stock. May increase. Sec. XV. And be it further enacted , That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act are hereby repealed. Approved October 10th, 1868. (No. 64.) An Act to incorporate the Noontootty Mining and Manufacturing Company, and for other purposes. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That James P. Herron and others, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby constituted and incorporated a body politic, by the name of The Noontootty Mining and Manufacturing Company, for the purpose of mining for gold and other metals, diamonds, gems and precious stones, on lots numbers 41, 70, 75 and 106, in the 6th district, or any other lots that may be purchased in Fannin or adjoining counties; also to engage in any and all kinds of manufacturing that may be done at any water power procured on Noontootty, or that may be procured, on said Noontootty, Cooper's Creek, Tocoy River, its tributaries, or other streams in said Fannin or Union counties, State of Georgia. Corporators. Style. Purposes. Powers. Sec. II. And be it further enacted , That said incorporation, by its name, style and title, shall have the right and authority to organize and establish by-laws; make a seal, and alter, annul, change and amend the same at pleasure, but not to conflict with the laws of this State or the United States; shall sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court; may purchase, secure, lease, own, hold, use, sell, convey or release any agricultural or mining lands, or any water powers suitable for manufacturing purposes, in this State; and on the same, as may be suitable, to establish and manage said business; and to do any and all things lawful for a natural person in like premises to do. Rights and privileges. Sec. III. And be it further enacted , That the capital stock of said company shall be two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, divided as provided for by the by-laws into shares of stock. Said stock may be increased, but not to over fifteen hundred thousand dollars. Capital stock. Shares. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted , That said company shall have like privileges and restrictions in Fannin and Union counties, as the Hightower Company has in Lumpkin and Dawson counties. Same privileges and restrictions as Hightower Co. Sec. V. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 9, 1868.

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(No. 65.) An Act to incorporate the Van Dyke Hydraulic Hose Mining Company. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That Dr. Marinus H. Van Dyke, John A. Wimpey, Reuben Burt and W. P. Price, and such other persons as they may associate with them, and their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby declared (as soon as they shall organize under this act) a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of The Van Dyke Hydraulic Hose Mining Company, for the purpose of directing and turning the waters of Shoal Creek, Pigeon Creek, and such other streams of water in the vicinity and contiguous to their mining property on the Harris Branch, in Dawson county, from their natural channels by dam or dams, ditch or aqueduct of any kind; to work for gold or any other valuable minerals, according to the hydraulic or any other mining system, in the county of Dawson, State of Georgia, on any lands said company may now own or may hereafter own, or that they may become possessed of either by purchase or lease; and by that name may sue or be sued, plead or be impleaded, answer or 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 expedient and necessary to carry into effect the objects of the company: Provided , such by-laws, rules and regulations are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State, nor with the Constitution and laws of the United States. Corporators. Style. Purposes. Powers. Succession. Seal. By-laws. Proviso. Sec. II. And be it further enacted , That the aforesaid company hereby created shall, by its corporate name, be capable in law of purchasing, owning, selling and conveying any real or personal estate which may be necessary to enable said corporation efficiently to carry on the operations mentioned in the first section of this act. May purchase, sell, c. Sec. III. And be it further enacted , That the capital stock of said company shall be two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing the same to five hundred thousand dollars; which capital stock of said company may be divided into such number of shares as may be determined upon by a vote or votes of three-fourths of the stockholders at a regular meeting of said stockholders, to be ascertained by the rules and by-laws of said company, all parties at interest first having notice of the time and place of such meeting. Capital stock. Shares. Notice. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted , That said company shall have power and authority to construct by, through or over any vacant lands unrepresented by owners, in said county of Dawson, their main canals, ditches, flumes or aqueducts, by diverting the streams mentioned in the first section of this act from their natural channels, at any point or points as may be necessary for the purpose of mining or

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developing the mineral resources of the adjacent lands, subject to such damages or compensation to the legal owners of such vacant lands (should non-residents appear and assert their rights), as are reasonable and just, to be adjudged of and determined by three free-holders of said countyone chosen by said company, one by the claimant, and the third by the Judge of the Superior Courtand on their judgment being returned, duly certified, to the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county of Dawson; and said arbitrators are hereby authorized and required to certify and return their said judgment, and all the proceedings in the case, to the Clerk as aforesaid. Said Clerk shall issue execution against the party cast, for all costs and damages; and said execution may be enforced under the same rules and laws that now govern the collection of money by execution in this State, unless the party against whom said arbitrators find shall enter an appeal in said Clerk's office within four days from the return and entry of said judgment, which appeal may be entered under the regulations as govern other cases of appeal. May construct canals, c. For what purpose. DamagesHow assessed. Costs. Appeal. Sec. V. And be it further enacted , That should any person or persons refuse to grant the right of way to said company, or prevent or obstruct the same in any manner from the successful prosecution of said operations for the development of the mineral resources of any lands adjacent to said streams, said company, before exercising the right of way, and said person or persons so objecting, shall each choose an arbitrator, and the Judge of the Superior Court shall choose a third person, or umpire, who shall all be freeholders of said county of Dawson, who shall proceed to examine the premises through or over which said company propose to pass, or on which they propose to operate, and said arbitrators shall assess the amount of damages to be paid by said company to such person or persons for the right and privileges aforesaid, which, in all cases, shall be paid by said company before they are, or shall be, authorized to proceed; should such person or persons refuse to receive such compensation, then said company are authorized to deposit the amount of said damages, and all costs which have accrued in the clerk's office of the Superior Court of the said county of Dawson, and take a certificate from said clerk to that effect, and then proceed with said operation; should such person or persons owning lands aforesaid, fail or refuse to choose a freeholder as provided in this section, within three days after being notified so to do, then the Superior Court Judge, on being satisfied of such failure or refusal, shall, on application of said company, appoint said arbitrator for said delinquent, and said appointment shall bind said delinquent person or persons, as effectually as though chosen by him or themselves. Right of way. How obtained. Damageshow assessed. Persons refusing compensation, how Com'y shall proceed. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted , That said company by themselves, their agents or superintendents, or either of them, shall have full power and authority to turn the water from said ditch or ditches by lateral ditches or otherwise, to be used by them for mining purposes (in such manner as they may determine on) on any lot or lots that they may have jurisdiction, and to cause such water so turned to

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flow off and pass over any other lot or lots belonging to any person or persons whomsoever: Provided , that if any person or persons owning or possessing any of said lots over which said lateral or other ditches may pass, or over or through which said water or mining tailings so turned should flow, said person or persons shall be entitled to compensation for damages in the same manner as is set forth in the previous sections of this act. And be it further enacted , That said company shall have power and authority to divert any running stream of water from its natural and ordinary course to supply said main or lateral ditches with water for the purposes aforesaid: Provided , that any person or persons, owners of lots of land on said streams so diverted, shall be damaged by said diversion, that such person or persons shall be entitled to compensation in the same manner as is set forth in the previous sections of this act. Company by themselves or agents may turn water. Proviso. If damag'd, compensation, how obtained. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted , That said company shall keep an office at Dawsonville in said county, which shall be considered, for all judicial purposes, its location. Officewhere k'pt, Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted , That the entering of an appeal in all cases provided for in this act, shall, in no case, prevent the company from proceeding with the work, and opening their aqueduct, through the lands in question, on depositing with the clerk of the Superior Court of said county of Dawson, the sum found by the arbitrators be held subject to the final order of said Court: And provided further , that the Superior Court Judge shall have power to pass the proper order in reference to the deposit of the money, so as not to hinder the progress of the work till a regular term of the Superior Court. Appeal does not prevent operations. Judge's power. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted , That if any person or persons shall wilfully and maliciously destroy, or in any manner hurt, damage, injure or obstruct, or shall counsel, aid or assist, or advise any person or persons, in any manner, to hurt, damage, injure or obstruct said company's ditch, trestle-work, flumes or dams, or any of the appurtenances thereunto belonging or appertaining, such person or persons so offending, shall be liable to be indicted for a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the Court. Destroying or damaging works misdemeanor. Penalty. Sec. X. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10th, 1868. (No. 66.) An Act to incorporate the Warsaw Mining Company. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That Thomas Boring, Jackson Graham, and such persons as they may associate with them, and their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby declared, as soon as they shall organize under this act, a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of The Warsaw Mining Company, to work for gold or other valuable

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minerals in the county of Milton and adjoining counties, in the State of Georgia, on any land said company may now own or may hereafter own, or that they may become possessed of, either by purchase or lease; and by that name may sue or be sued, plead or be impleaded, answer or be answered unto, in any court of law or equity 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 expedient and necessary to carry into effect the objects of this company: Provided , such by-laws, rules and regulations are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State, nor with the Constitution and laws of the United States. Corporators. Style. Rights and liabilities. Succession. Seal. By-laws. Proviso. Sec. II. And be it further enacted , That the aforesaid company hereby created shall, by its corporate name, be capable in law of purchasing, owning, selling and conveying, and releasing any real or personal estate which may be necessary to enable said corporation efficiently to carry on the operations mentioned in the first section of this act. Powers. Sec. III. And be it further enacted , That the capital stock of said company may be five hundred thousand dollars, with power to increase it to one million; which capital stock of said company may be divided into such number of shares as may be determined upon by a vote or votes of three-fourths of the stockholders at a regular meeting of said stockholders, to be ascertained by the by-laws and rules of said company, all parties interested first having notice of the time and place of such meeting; and the stockholders in said company shall be liable, pro rata , for the debts of said company, to the amount of stock by them respectively held, and for no greater amount. Capital stock. Shares. Regular meeting. Liabilities. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted , That said company shall keep an office at Warsaw, Milton county, Georgia, which shall be, for all judicial purposes, its location. Officewhere k'pt. Sec. V. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868.

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V. FIRE COMPANIES. Act No. 67Mechanics' Fire Company, No. 4, of Macon. (No. 67.) An Act to extend the provisions of an Act entitled An Act to authorize the formation of two Fire Companies in the city of Macon, to be called the Protection Fire Company, No. 1, and Ocmulgee Fire Company, No. 2, of the city of Macon, and to confer on the members thereof certain privileges and exemptions, approved February 7th , 1854, to Mechanics' Fire Company, No. 4, of the city of Macon. 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 provisions of said above recited act, with all its powers, privileges and exemptions, be and the same is hereby extended to Mechanics' Fire Company No. 4, of the city of Macon, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Mechanic's Fire Company No. 4, of Macon. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. VI.RAILROAD COMPANIES. Act No. 68Brunswick Street Railroad Company. 69Camilla Cuthbert Railroad Company. 70Dalton Morganton Railroad Company. 71Georgia Western Railroad Company. 72Georgia Air Line Railroad Company. 73Macon Street Railroad Company. 74Manufacturing Marine Railway Commercial Dry Dock Company. 75Memphis Branch Railroad Company. 76Savannah Skidaway and Seaboard Railroad. 77Turtle River Screven Railroad Company. 78Wilmington Railroad Company. (No. 68.) An Act to incorporate the Brunswick Street Railroad Company. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact , That from and after the passage of this act, Thurston R. Bloom, N. S. Tinney, E. L. Strohecker, Charles E. Schlatter and Charles Day, and such others as they may associate with them, and their successors and assigns, be and they are hereby declared a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Brunswick Street Railroad 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, or where their rights may come in question; may have and use a common seal, and the same to alter or destroy at pleasure; and purchase, accept, hold, enjoy, or convey any property, real, personal, or mixed, that may be necessary for the purposes hereinafter set forth, or which they may acquire in the progress of their business. Corporators. Style. Powers. Seal.

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Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the said company shall have the power and authority to survey, lay out, construct and equip, use and employ street railroads in the city of Brunswick, subject to the approval of the city council thereof, for each route selected, first had and obtained before the work thereon shall be commenced. The property of said company to be subject to the same State, county and city taxes as the property of individuals in said city, of like value, as is, or may be subject to, unless the city council should at any time think fit to exempt the same, either in whole or in part, from the payment of city taxes. Authorities. Taxation. Exemptions. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That the persons before named, or any three of them, shall be authorized to receive subscriptions to the capital stock of said company, which shall be one hundred thousand dollars, and which may be increased from time to time to three hundred thousand dollars, as the business of the company may require it. Subscriptions. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , That the affairs of the Brunswick Street Railroad Company shall be managed by a president, who shall be a director, and four other directors, to be elected by the stockholders, each share of stock shall entitle its holder to one vote; and the said president and directors, shall have power to appoint and employ all such officers, agents and other servants, as they shall deem necessary to attend to and to transact the business of the company, and to establish all by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of the same, and to do all acts therein which may not be inconsistent with the laws of the land. President. Vote. Powers. Sec. V. Be it further enacted , That the said Brunswick Street Railroad Company shall not employ any steam engine upon their lines without the consent of the city council, who in granting the order allowing the same shall prescribe the rules to be observed by said company and individuals, to avoid injury to persons or property, by the use of said engines. Steam engine not to be employed. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted , That the said Brunswick Street Railroad Company may extend any one or more of their lines of road in the county of Glynn, over and beyond the corporate limits of said city, not more than three miles from the present corporate limits should they see proper so to do, and in that event the damages to the owners of the strip or strips of land, through which said road may run, shall be ascertained and settled in the same manner as is prescribed by the charter of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company. May ext'nd line or lines in county of Glynn. Damageshow assessed. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted , That the said Brunswick Street Railroad Company may convey upon their lines either passengers or freight, as the exigencies of the business and public wants may require. May convey passengers or freight. Sec. VIII. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868.

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(No. 69.) An Act to incorporate the Camilla and Cuthbert Railroad Company. Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly convened , That W. D. Williams, W. W. Livingston, and J. Baggs, of Newton, Baker county; C. D. Hammond, T. H. Hand, J. W. Nichols, and A. M. George, of Milford, Baker county; John Colly and G. W. Colly, of Calhoun county; Herbert Fielder, J. H. Kidoo, J. T. Brown, and J. B. Key, of Cuthbert, Randolph county; and David Fitzgerald, of Mitchell county, Georgia, and such others as shall associate with them under said name, shall be and are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, with all the rights and privileges common and necessary to such a corporation, under the name of The Camilla and Cuthbert Railroad Company. Corporators. Style. Sec. II. That said company be authorized to build a railroad from Camilla, in Mitchell county, in as nearly a straight line as practicable, to Newton, in Baker county; and from Newton said road shall pass near Milford, in Baker county, to Morgan, in Calhoun county; and from Morgan to Cuthbert, in Randolph county, Georgia. And said company shall be authorized to charge upon every mile, when completed, such amount for freight and passengers as may be deemed expedient and just: Provided , said road shall charge no more for passage than 5 cents per mile, and no more than the chartered rates of other railroads for freights; and to open books and procure subscriptions of stocks at the rate of twenty-five dollars per share, at such times and places as may be thought proper; to elect a president, agents and servants; to borrow money, make contracts, and hold real and personal estate to and for the use of said road. Powers. May charge. Proviso. Books opened for subscription. Sec. III. That in all cases where a question of right of way may arise, and the parties shall be unable to agree, the owner of the land shall select a man, or his agent or attorney may do so, and the agent of the company shall select a man, who shall be disinterested persons; and if the two cannot agree upon the value of the damages, they shall select a third man, who shall assess the damages to be paid be said railroad company for running said road through the land of any citizen, reserving to either party the right to appeal to the Superior Court, under the laws in force regulating appeals to that court: Provided , that in no case shall the right of way embrace more than one hundred feet in width on each side of the track of said railroad. Right of way. Damageshow assessed. Appeal. Sec. IV. That the corporators herein named shall be ex officio directors of said road for the year 1868, and until new directors are elected. Sec. V. That said corporation shall have full power to pass such by-laws and regulations necessary to carry out the objects of their incorporation, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Georgia and the United States. Corporators ex-officio directors. Powers. Sec. VI. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868.

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(No. 70.) An act to incorporate the Dalton and Morgantown Railroad Company. 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 authority of the same , That for the purpose of building, keeping up and using a railroad communication from the town of Dalton, Georgia, to the State line of North Carolina, in the direction of Morganton, Georgia, and Morgantown, North Carolina, the principal office of which shall be located in Dalton, at which office the annual election of directors shall be held, Dawson A. Walker, Cicero D. McCutchen, William H. Tibbs, Robert S. Rushton, William J. Manley, William J. Underwood and William K. Moore, of Dalton, Whitfield county, J. R. McCamy, and W. W. Giddings, Murray county, John Cobb and Coke Ellington, of Gilmer county, Elisha Hunt, and E. W. Chastain, of Fannin county, and C. B. Wellburn and Edward White, of Fulton county, and their associates, successors and assigns be, and they are hereby, declared to be a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the Dalton and Morgantown Railroad Company, and as such shall be capable in law to purchase, accept, lease or hold, sell and convey personal and real estate, and make contracts, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any Court of law or equity in this State having jurisdiction; to make such by-laws, appoint all necessary officers and prescribe their duties, and to do all lawful acts properly incident to, and connected with, the the objects of said company as are necessary for the government and transaction of its business; to make and use a common seal, and the same to alter and destroy at pleasure: Provided , that their by-laws be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, and of this State. Purposes of corporat'n. Office in Dalton, Ga. Corporators. Style. Powers and liabilities. By-laws Seal. Proviso. Sec. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That the capital stock of said company shall not exceed two millions of dollars, to be divided into shares of not exceeding one hundred dollars each, and the board of directors shall prescribe the mode and condition of subscription for said stock in said company, and issue certificates for the same, but the corporators aforesaid shall have the privilege of opening books of subscription for the purpose of obtaining the necessary amount of stock, in such manner as they may deem best to commence said road. Capital stock. Shares. Subscription. Open books Sec. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That for the full organization of said company, said corporators hereinbefore named, or any three or more of them, shall appoint the time and places at which subscriptions for stock in said company may be made, and soon thereafter fix the day for the meeting of the stockholders, at Dalton, of which they shall give notice in the public gazette published in the town of Dalton, at which time and place they shall proceed to the election of seven directors, who shall form and constitute the first board of directors, each stockholder being entitled to as many

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votes in person or by proxy, in all elections and meetings of the stockholders as he or she may own shares in said company at the time of voting. Corporators shall appoint time and places to receive subscriptions. Election of Directors. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That each subscriber to the stock of said company shall be liable for all installments falling due upon his or her subscription, and a failure of any stockholder to pay any installment within the time appointed for the payment of the same, he may be sued for said unpaid installment or installments in any Court having jurisdiction; but neither the person nor property of any stockholder shall be liable or bound for any debt or liability against the company. Liabilities. Sec. V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That the board of directors shall choose one of their own number as president of the board, whose term of office, with that of the directors, shall be one year, and until their successors are elected and installed, and the election of directors shall be held annually according to the by-laws that may be made for that purpose; and all vacancies occurring in the board may be filled from among the stockholders at any time by the acting directors. President. Term of office. Vacancies. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That in all cases when a question of right of way may arise, and the parties be unable to agree, the sheriff of the county in which said land is situated, shall, at the request of either party, summon a jury of twelve jurors, freeholders of said county, who shall assess the damages to be paid by said company for running said railroad through said lands, and each party shall have at least twenty days notice of the time and place of the meeting of said jurors for making such assessment, and saving to either party the right of appeal to the Superior Court under the laws now in force regulating appeals to that Court which appeal shall be entered within thirty days after the finding of the jury, and in all such cases such jury shall, in addition to the usual oath, be severally sworn, in assessing damages, to take into the account the enhanced value of the lands from the building of said road passing through said lands. Jury to assess damages. Notice. Proceedings. Appeal. Additional oath of jurors. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That said company shall be, and is hereby, authorized to appropriate all lands and materials necessary for the construction of said railroad, and make all contracts necessary therefor, making just and proper compensation for the same according to the plan set forth in this act, to cross railroads, and all other roads, and to take such other measures, not unlawful in themselves, that may be necessary in building said railroad, and carrying out the objects of the same as far as set forth in this act. Appropriate lands. Compensation. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That said company shall begin the construction of said railroad within two years from the date of this act, and complete the same within ten years, and on failure of either of these requisitions this charter, otherwise perpetual, with all the privileges hereby granted, are declared to be null and void. When begin. Forfeiture.

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Sec. IX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That said company is hereby fully authorized and empowered, by a two-thirds vote of the capital stock of said company subscribed and paid, to sell or lease, or otherwise dispose of, as they may deem proper, said railroad, and convey the same, or any part thereof, to, or consolidate with, other connecting railroads, and that all laws, and parts of laws, militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. May dispose of. Approved October 9th, 1868. (No. 71.) An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Georgia Western Railroad Company, and to confer certain powers and privileges therein mentioned, approved February 18, 1854. 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 authority of the same , That the said Georgia Western Railroad Company be and they are hereby authorized and empowered, if in their judgment they deem it advisable, and provided it does not conflict with the vested rights of other railroad companies, to build and construct said road on a line running in the direction of Van Wirt, in Polk county, to the State line of Alabama and Georgia, in the direction of Gadsden in said State of Alabama, with the privilege of building branches to the neighboring town on either side of said road. Powers defined. Proviso. To construct road. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the said Georgia Western Railroad Company shall have the privilege of connecting with the Western and Atlantic Railroad, at any point between Atlanta and Marietta. May contract with W. . A. R. R. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 6, 1868. (No. 72.) An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to incorporate the Georgia Air Line Railroad Company, and to confer on them certain powers and privileges therein mentioned, approved March 5, 1856, and the Acts amendatory thereto. Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly convened , That from and after the passage of this act it shall be lawful for the Georgia Air Line Railroad Company, in accordance with the existing provisions of its charter, to build one or more branches of its road to such point or points as said company may deem necessary: Provided , that such branch or branches shall not conflict with any chartered rights now existing. Branch roads. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That said Georgia Air Line Railroad

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Company be and they are hereby authorized to consolidate, combine or unite with any other railroad company or companies, directly or indirectly connecting therewith, or to unite the management of said companies, upon such terms, conditions and provisions as shall be agreed upon by and between such companies, so consolidating or uniting; and thereupon such consolidated or united company shall be invested in this State with all the rights and privileges conferred, and be subject to all the restrictions imposed by the original charter of said Georgia Air Line Railroad Company, and the amendments thereto; with the right to adopt such other or modified corporate name, and to increase or diminish the number of directors now provided for, as shall be deemed best and agreed upon by such companies: Provided , that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorize any material change in the location of the main trunk of said road from the route as originally located by the directory of said road in Hall county. Unite with other Companies. Conditions. Directors. Proviso. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That it shall be lawful for any corporate town or city in this State, interested in the construction of said railroad or any branch thereof authorized as aforesaid, to subscribe to the capital stock of said company, or of any other company with which it may be consolidated or united as aforesaid, such sum, and to be payable in such manner, as the people or the proper authorities of such town or city shall deem best, determined and authorized by an election held in such cities or towns, as provided in the Constitution; and said company is hereby further authorized to receive subscriptions in lands or labor as may be agreed upon between said company and such subscribers; and for the purpose of facilitating the early and economical construction and equipment of its road and works for use, may receive by grant, purchase, lease or otherwise, any estate whatsoever, and the same hold, use, sell, convey and dispose of as the interest of said company may require; and may create and issue, as far as may be necessary in payment for construction material or other costs and needful expenditures of said company, as preferred, stock in such form as may be determined by the management of said company, to an amount not exceeding one million of dollars, to be held as a part of the authorized capital stock of said company; and the same or any portion thereof to dispose of as the interest of said company shall require, to effect the early resumption of its work and the completion of its road and necessary improvements. Towns, c., may subscribe. Payable, how and when. Subscriptions in lands or labor. Powers. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , That when any person or persons shall feel themselves aggrieved or injured by the said railroad being cut or carried through their lands, or by the use of lumber or other materials from any lands near said road, or by any other works of the company, or when the said company cannot agree with any person through or on whose land the said road shall be constructed, as to the damage sustained, the amount of such damage or injury shall be ascertained and determined by the written award of three sworn appraisers, all of whom shall be disinterested freeholders of the county where the land in dispute liesto be chosen, one by the company,

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one by such owner if he shall think proper, and one by the Court of Ordinary of said county; but if such owner shall decline to appoint an appraiser, then the company shall choose an appraiser, the Court of Ordinary of the county shall choose one, and the two thus chosen shall choose the thirdthe award of whom, in writing, shall operate as a judgment for the amount against the company, and shall be enforced by an execution from the Court of Ordinary; which shall be finally settled and decided as provided by section 15 of an act to amend the charter of the Central Railroad and Banking Company, approved December 14, 1835. Damages by Road How ascertained. Proviso. Award How enforced. Sec. V. Be it further enacted , That said company shall never sell said charter to any company so as to defeat the building and completion of said road. Sale of charter, restriction. Sec. VI. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved September 5, 1868. (No. 73.) An Act to incorporate the Macon Street Railroad Company, and for other purposes. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact , That from and after the passage of this act, Asher Ayers, Elijah Bond, Wm. K. deGraffenried, William S. Holt, Wm. B. Johnston, A. L. Maxwell, G. B. Roberts, George B. Turpin, Lewis N. Whittle, Emory Winship, and their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby, declared a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Macon Street Railroad 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, or where their rights may come in question; may have and use a common seal, and the same alter or destroy at pleasure, and purchase, accept, hold, enjoy or convey any property, real or personal, or mixed, that may be necessary for the purposes hereinafter set forth, or which they may require in the progress of their business, and that the place of business of said company shall be in the city of Macon. Corporators. Style. Powers, rights and liabilities. Seal. Sec. II. That said company shall have exclusive power and authority to survey, lay out, construct and equip, use and employ street railroads in the city of Macon; the property of said company to be subject to the same State, county and city taxes as the property of individuals in said city, of like value, is or may be subject to, unless the same shall be exempt from taxation by the State, county or city authorities respectively. Special powers. Sec. III. That the capital stock shall be divided into one thousand shares, of twenty-five dollars each, which may be increased from time to time, by a vote of a majority of the stockholders, not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars. Capital Stock. Shares. Limit. Sec. IV. That the officers of said Macon Street Railroad Company shall be a president, secretary and five directors, to be chosen

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at such time and in such manner as the corporators, or a majority of them, may determine, and the said president and board of directors shall have full power and authority to make and establish all bylaws, rules and regulations for administering the affairs of said company, and for organizing the company, and carrying on the business, and to do all acts, and to give all orders therein which may be necessary, and not inconsistent with the Constitution of the State, and the United States. Officers. By-laws. Sec. V. That the said Macon Street Railroad Company may extend any one or more of their lines of road, in the county of Bibb, over and beyond the corporate limits of said city not more than six miles from the present corporate limits, should they see proper so to do, and in that event the damage to the owners of the land through which said road may run shall be settled in the same manner as is prescribed by the charter of the Central Railroad and Banking Company. May extend lines. Damages. Sec. VI. That said Macon Street Railroad Company may convey upon their lines either passengers or freight, charging reasonable rates for the same. Passengers and freight Sec. VII. That the said Macon Street Railroad Company shall not employ any steam engine upon their road without the consent of the City Council of Macon. No steam engine. Sec. VIII. That the track of any road or roads which the said corporation may lay in any of the streets of the city of Macon, shall be so laid as not to prevent drays, carriages, or other vehicles, from crossing the same. Tracks how laid. Sec. IX. That the charter shall continue in force for thirty years. Sec. X. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10th, 1868. (No. 74.) An Act to incorporate the Manufacturing Marine Railway Commercial and Dry Dock Company of Brunswick, Georgia. 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 to aid the improvement of the agricultural, manufacturing and commercial interests of the southern and south-western counties of Georgia, and of the city of Brunswick, N.S. Finney, Thurston R. Bloom, John R. Bostwick, J. W. Blount and E. L. Strohecker and their associates, successors and assigns shall be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, by the name and style of the Manufacturing Marine Railway Commercial and Dry Dock Company of Brunswick, and by that name shall and may be capable in law of purchasing, holding, and improving, and disposing of property, real and personal, or mixed, and may be sued and may sue in all Courts of law and equity, and may have and use a common seal, and generally do every other act or thing necessary to

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carry into effect the provisions of this act and to promote the objects of said company, as authorized by this act. Preamble. Corporators. Style. Powers. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid , That the capital of said company shall be six hundred thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing the same to one million dollars, in shares of one hundred dollars each. Capital stock. Shares. Sec. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That the persons before named, or any three of them, shall be authorized to receive subscription to the capital stock of said company, and when the subscriptions shall amount to not less than one hundred thousand dollars, the stockholders may organize 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. Quorum. By-laws. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid , That the affairs of said company shall be managed by a president, who shall be a director, and four other directors, to be elected by the stockholders who shall, when met as a board, have 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. By whom managed. Agents powers of. Sec. V. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid , That the objects for which the Manufacturing Marine Railway Commercial and Dry Dock Company of Brunswick is incorporated, and which said company is hereby authorized to effect is the improvement of any lands and property which shall belong to said company, by laying out the same, or any part thereof, into roads, lots, streets and other divisions, and erecting, constructing, or making all such wharves, cotton presses, marine railways, dry dock buildings, vessels, and improvements, as may be necessary or convenient, and renting, leasing, granting, selling, or using the same in such manner not contrary to the laws of the State or the United States, as may be considered advantageous for the company. Objects and powers. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid , That the board of directors shall have power to call for payments of installments of any unpaid balances due on 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. Powers of Board. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid , 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 such. Shares personal property. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid , That special meetings of the stockholders may be called by a majority

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of the directors, or by one or more stockholders, holding one-fourth of the capital stock of the company. Special meetings. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That the office of said company shall be located at Brunswick, Glynn county, where it shall be sued. Office at Brunswick. Sec. X. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid , That the said Mannfacturing Marine Railway Dry Dock and Commercial Company of Brunswick shall be and is hereby authorized to construct, own and operate mills, to saw lumber and to engage in other manufacturing, to own and employ steamers and other vessels, and to purchase, or to construct any canals connecting with the harbor of Brunswick that said company may consider to be useful in aid of its business. Provided , the same does not infringe on the vested rights of any other canal company, now existing, and the said Manufacturing Marine Railway Dry Dock and Commercial Company of Brunswick shall have all such rights, powers and privileges in regard to the same as have heretofore been granted to other canal companies by the Legislature of Georgia. May construct, own and operate mills. Proviso. Powers generally. Sec. XI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That there shall be at least one annual meeting of the stockholders, when each share shall be counted one vote, either in person or by proxy; at such meetings the directors shall exhibit a full and complete statement of the business of the company during the past year. One annual meeting. Vote. Exhibit. Sec. XII. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid , That after due provision shall have been made for all losses of the past year, and for any eventual losses of the future, for the payment of all officers, all legal taxes, and all liabilities of said company, the directors shall order a division of the profits, if any there be, among the stockholders of the company, in just proportion to the amount of stock by each held, but no stockholder shall be held responsible for any other liability, or amount, than his subscription to, or interest in the whole capital stock paid in. Losses. Liabilities. Sec. XIII. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid , That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the State of Georgia from taxing the property of said corporation, as all other property of this State. Taxation. Sec. XIV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid , That this act shall take effect from and immediately after its passage. Sec. XV. Repeals conflicting laws. Takes effect, when. Approved, October 10, 1868.

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(No. 75.) An Act to incorporate the Memphis Branch Railroad Company, and to grant certain powers and privileges to the same, and for other purposes. 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 Wade S. Cothran, Charles H. Smith, William T. Williams, Thomas Berry, Thomas J. Perry, H. D. Cothran, H. M. Anderson, John W. Hooper, Thomas H. Alexander, W. F. Ayre, Dunlap Scott, Benjamin F. Jones, Ratterree, Samuel Noble, F. M. Hardwick, R. B. Kyle, Martin Hale, John R. Lowe, Isaac McCarver, W. K. Vann, John Laurence, John H. Wisdom, William P. Hollingsworth, Thomas B. Cooper, Joseph Blount, Alexander Gann, David A. Miller, R. J. M. Perkins, Dr. Alvin Dean, Henry Dean, S. F. Smith, and William T. Shook, or such of them as shall associate and take stock under this act, or such other persons as shall associate under the same, be, and are hereby, incorporated and made a body corporate and politic, with all the rights and privileges common and necessary to such corporations, under the name of the Memphis Branch Railroad Company. Corporators. Rights and privileges. Sec. II. And be it further enacted , That said company shall be authorized to build a railroad from the city of Rome, in Floyd county, to the Alabama line, on the north side of the Coosa river, in the direction of Gadsden, Alabama, and may, and are hereby authorized and empowered to unite and consolidate their stock, and road and franchise, and to connect with such railroad as may be chartered and authorized to be built by the State of Alabama to the Georgia line, and also with the Rome Railroad, of this State, or any road of any adjacent State, to such extent and on such terms as may be agreed on by and with the company or companies entering into agreement with them, charging such amount for freight and travel as may be deemed expedient, and to open books and procure subscription of stock at the rate of one hundred dollars per share, at such times and places as may be thought proper by the above named persons, or a majority of them; may have and use a common seal, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any Court of law or equity in this State, and by a board of directors make all such rules and regulations, or by-laws, as may be necessary and proper for carrying into effect the powers and objects of the said corporation; Provided , such rules and regulations be not repugnant to the laws and Constitution of this State or the United States. Style. Powers. Directors. Proviso. Sec. III. And be it further enacted , That the capital stock of said company shall be five hundred thousand dollars, in shares of one hundred dollars each, and that the said company be authorized to consolidate their stock with the Rome Railroad Company, should it be deemed expedient, upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreeable to said companies. Capital stock. Shares. May consolidate with Rome Railroad.

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Sec. IV. And be it further enacted , That in the election of said board of directors the stockholders shall be entitled to as many votes as they may have and own shares in said company. Votes. Sec. V. And be it further enacted , That the affairs of said company shall be under the management and control of a board of directors, consisting of seven, elected by the stockholders in said company, who shall elect a president from their own body, which said board of directors and president shall be elected on the first Monday in May, in each and every year, and shall have power to appoint all officers and agents on said roads, and fix the salaries thereof, and said company shall have power, through the said board of directors and president to borrow money, make contracts, hold real and personal estate to and for the use of said road: Provided , the said contracts shall not be binding on said company, unless signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary of said company: And provided further , that said company shall not purchase real estate except such as may be necessary for the building of said road and depots, and shall not exercise banking privileges. By whom managed. President. When elected. May appoint. Borrow money. Proviso. Further proviso. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted , That the board of directors shall have power to select and take, buy or purchase, or receive as a donation, such strip or strips of land, not exceeding two hundred feet in width between the points selected for the beginning and terminus of said road, as they may deem necessary for the construction of said road, and in all cases in which any difficulty may arise between individuals or corporations and said company, or their directors, as to the right of way or damages to the land on which said road may be located, it shall and may be lawful for either party to apply to the Sheriff of the county in which said land may be located, summon a jury of five freeholders, who shall enter upon the land sought to be appropriated to the use of said company, and award in writing the amount of damages, if any, to be paid by the said company, either party having the right to appeal to the Superior Court of the county, under the same rules and regulations which apply to appeals in said Court, and in all instances such freeholders, and the jurors in said Superior Court, in addition to the usual oaths, shall be sworn, in assessing damages, to take into consideration and account the prospective value of the road to the land and premises through which it may run, and to have evidence touching the same, and upon the payment of the damages so assessed, as aforesaid, the fee simple title to such lands as may be necessary for the location of such road, buildings depots, and other purposes, shall vest in said company. Powers of Board. Damages. Proceedings. Appeal. Oath of jurors. Fee simple title. Sec. VII. And be it further enacted , That the company aforesaid shall have a perpetual sucession of members, and shall be deemed a common carrier as regards all goods and merchandise and property entrusted to them for transportation, and that said company shall have full power and authority to do and perform all and every such corporate acts as are permitted or allowed to other companies for similar purposes. Sucession. Common carriers. General powers. Sec. VIII. And be it further enacted , That the private property

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of each stockholder shall be bound for payment of the debts of said company in proportion to the amount of stock owned. Liability of stockholders. Sec. IX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That whenever it becomes necessary that said company should take any public road, or cross the same, or some other, they shall be bound to clear out a good and sufficient one by the side of the one taken, make good crossing places at their own expense, and shall be liable for injuries done to persons by their neglect, and for damage done to property and stock killed by the running of engines and cars on said railroad. Crossing public roads. Sec. X. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10th, 1868. (No. 76.) An Act to confirm an Ordinance of the city of Savannah, granting the right of the Savannah, Skidaway and Seaboard Railroad Company to construct a street railway over the streets in said city, and to grant further rights and privileges to said railroad company, and to amend its charter. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That all the rights, privileges and franchises granted to and conferred on the Savannah, Skidaway and Seaboard Railroad Company by the corporation of the city of Savannah, through its Common Council, by ordinance dated and passed on July 21, 1868, be and the same are hereby confirmed as fully as if the same had been granted by this General Assembly. Privileges. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the time of ten years, granted by said ordinace for the enjoyment of said franchise, be and the same is hereby extended for thirty years. Time extended. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That the charter of said Savannah, Skidaway and Seaboard Railroad Company be so amended that the said company shall have the right to extend said railroad to any point on Green Island, and also to Thunderbolt, upon the same terms as to right of way and compensation for private property taken by said corporation in making such extensions, as are already prescribed in the charter of said corporation; and also that the width of the right of way shall be one hundred feet, that is, fifty feet from the centre of the road-bed: and also that the time allowed for calling in installments shall be thirty instead of sixty days. Charter amended. Rights conferred. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , That the State shall not have the power of withdrawing the franchise granted to said Savannah, Skidaway and Seaboard Railroad Company, either in the act granting its charter, or in this act extending and confirming its franchises and charter. State shall not withdraw franchise. Sec. V. Be it further enacted , That the capital stock of said corporation may be increased to any sum not to exceed four hundred

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thousand dollars ($400,000), whenever it may be deemed expedient by a majority of the board of directors of said corporation. Capital stock. Sec. VI. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved September 28, 1868. (No. 77.) An Act to incorporate the Turtle River and Screven Railroad Company . Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted , That John M. Tison, F. D. Scarlett, R. J. Berrie, Henry C. Wayne, D. B. Palmer, and J. M. Colman, of Glynn county; S. Munford, J. S. Wiggins, L. W. Hazelhurst, and J. F. King, of Wayne county; Carl Epping, of McIntosh county; and C. C. Grace, of Appling county, Georgia, and such others as shall associate under said name, shall be and are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, under the name of The Turtle River and Screven Railroad Company, with all the rights, immunities and privileges that have been granted to the Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company, and to the Brunswick and Albany Railroad Company. Style. Powers. Sec. II. That said railroad company be authorized to build a railroad from Colonel's and Blythe Islands, in Turtle river, Glynn county, to Screven, in Appling county, passing through the county of Wayne. May build Railroad. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 78.) An Act to incorporate the Wilmington Railroad Company. 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 John Scriven, John R. Wilder, Richard T. Gibson, W. W. Wash, William Kine, William M. Nicholls, and their associates, and such other persons as may hereafter become stockholders in said company, shall be and are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic, by the style and name of The Wilmington Railroad Company; 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 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 by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem expedient and necessary to carry into

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effect the objects of the company; Provided , such by-laws, rules and regulations are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia, nor with the Constitution and laws of the United States; and generally to do and perform all such acts, matters and things as may appertain to corporations of like character. Corporators. Style. Powers. Proviso. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the said company shall have full power and authority to construct a railroad from such point in the city of Savannah as may be authorized by the mayor and aldermen of said city, to any point or points on Wilmington Island: Provided , the said railroad shall be so constructed as not to obstruct the free navigation of any river or navigable stream which said railroad may cross. Powers. Proviso. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That any three of the persons above named, on giving ten days' notice in any two of the public journals in the city of Savannah, may organize the company: Provided , fifty thousand dollars are subscribed bona fide , and by parties who are responsible, to the capital stock of said company; and after such organization and subscription, the shareholders may elect five directors, who shall hold their office for one year and until their successors are elected, which election shall take place annually, as prescribed by the by-laws of the company; and the said directors shall have power to receive further subscription to the capital of the company, not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars, and to enforce the payment of said subscription by suit at law; and if any subscriber, after thirty days' notice calling for such installment, shall fail to pay any installment so called for by the directors, the directors may declare the stock of such subscriber forfeited to the company, with any installment then paid, without affecting the right of the company to sue for and recover the amount of any subscription, or any part thereof, duly called for and remaining unpaid. Organization. Proviso. Directorsterm of office. Powers of Directors. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , That the said company shall have full authority to extend said road to such points on Wilmington Island as they may elect: Provided , that in all cases when the right of way is contested between the owners of the property through which the road may pass, and the directors of the company, that then and in that case, and in each and every case that may arise, that the right of way shall be granted, and the damages sustained adjusted and paid for as provided for in such cases by the charter of the Central Railroad and Banking Company. To extend R.R.where. Proviso. Right of way. Damages. Sec. V. Be it further enacted , That all stockholders, at elections for directors, shall be entitled to one vote for each share. Vote. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted , That any number of shareholders, representing at least one-half of said stock, by giving twenty days' notice in any two of the public journals published in the city of Savannah, may call a meeting of the stockholders of said company, to act on business connected with it, and such action shall be binding on the company. Meeting called. Acts binding on Co. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted , That the said company be and the same is hereby authorize and empowered to build a branch road

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or roads from any point or points on its main line, to Bonaventure or Thunderbolt. May build branch road. Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted , That the said Wilmington Railroad Company be and the same is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a ferry, to be operated by steam or other boats, between any point or points on St. Augustine Creek, lying between Caustin's Bluff and Thunderbolt, both of said places being included, and any point or points of White Marsh and Wilmington Island, and to operate the same exclusively; and to charge transportation on the said ferry such reasonable rates of toll, for persons and animals and things as the directors of said railroad may fix; all the rights, privileges and powers hereby granted to said company relative to the railroad aforesaid being hereby granted to said company relative to said ferry, so far as said rights, privileges and powers may apply to the same. Ferry. Sec. IX. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. VII.STEAMBOAT COMPANIES. Act No. 79.Georgia and Alabama Steamboat Company. (No. 79.) An Act to incorporate the Georgia and Alabama Steamboat Company. Whereas, certain individuals have associated themselves together for the purpose of conducting a steamboat trade on the Coosa river, between Rome, Georgia, and Greensport, Alabama, Preamble. 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 authority of the same, , That Wade S. Cothran, James M. Elliott, Hugh D. Cothran, James H. Wragg, Samuel Noble, Thomas Berry, and others, and such persons as hereafter may become associated with them as stockholders in the premises, and their successors, be, and they are hereby, constituted a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Georgia and Alabama Steamboat Company, and by that name and style may hold personal property, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any Court of law or equity, may have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at pleasure, may make such by-laws rules and regulations as the stockholders, and persons appointed by them to manage the affairs of said company, may deem necessary: Provided , that the same be not contrary to the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this State. Corporators. Style. Powers. By-laws. Proviso. Sec. II. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same , That the capital stock shall consist of one hundred and fifty shares, of one hundred dollars each, shall be held by the present members of the

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company in the respective proportion already fixed among themselves, and for which the proper officers of said company shall issue certificates of stock in the manner to be provided by their by-laws, and said company may command business, and enjoy the benefits of this act, when the amount of the capital stock shall have been paid in, and not before. Capital stock. Certificates Sec. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That by a vote of the stockholders holding a majority of the whole, the capital stock of said company may, from time to time, be increased by the creation of stock, one hundred dollars per share, as said stockholders may find expedient: Provided , the whole capital stock shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars. Proviso. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That the said company shall have power and authority to ask, and charge, and receive of and from such persons as they transport merchandise or produce for, or carry as passengers, such compensation therfor as the company or its agent or officers may deem advisable, or as may be specified in their bill of lading. Powers. Sec. V. And be it further enacted , That the affairs of the company shall be managed by a board of dierectors, or superintendent or agent, as the stockholders may determine, the same to be elected annually on the second Wednesday in July, at the office of the company in the city of Rome, Georgia; each share of stock to entitle the holder thereof to one vote; and the said superintendent or agent elected by them may appoint such officers and employ such hands, and regulate their duties and compensation, as to him may seem expedient for the interest of the company. Board of Directors. Officers. Sec. VI. And be it further enacted , That said company shall be liable for all losses caused by fire and steam, if occasioned by their own negligence or that of their agents or servants, but not otherwise. Liability of Company. Sec. VII. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. VIII. TOWNS AND CITIES. Act No. 80Augusta, municipal government of, reorganized. 81Dahlonega, town of, incorporated. 82Forestville, town of, incorporated. 83Grantville, town of, incorporated. 84West End, town of, incorporated. (No. 80.) An Act to reorganize the municipal government of the city of Augusta . W hereas , The present mayor and city council of Augusta were appointed by military authority, which authority has ceased to exist; Preamble. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That an election for mayor and members of council of said city be held on Wednesday, the second day of December next, in the manner established by the laws of this

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State and the ordinances of said city of force on the first day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and not hereby modified or repealed. Election of Mayor, c. Sec. II. The officers so elected shall hold their offices for one year from the date of their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Term of office, Sec. III. A registry of voters shall be opened at the city hall in said city, on the fifth day of October next, and continue open until two o'clock P. M. of Tuesday, the first of December next, from nine o'clock A. M. until two o'clock P. M. of each day except Sunday, under the supervision of John C. Snead, Judge of the City Court of said city, Wm. R. McLaws, late Judge of the County Court of Richmond county, Ellery M. Brayton, Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, Wm. Doyle, Deputy Sheriff of said county, and Robert A. Harper, any two or more of whom may act; and shall require each and every person applying for registry to take the oath provided by this act for voters in said city, except so much thereof as relates to registering the certificate of registery and voting. Registry of voters. Supervisors. Quorum. Voter's oath. Sec. IV. The commissioners of registry above named, or such of them as may act, shall appoint the superintendents of the election in the several wards, and give public notice of their appointments ten days before the election, in all the public gazettes of the city. Superintendents. Sec. V. As said election the polls in each ward shall be opened at eight o'clock A. M., and closed at five o'clock P. M.; and each voter shall, on voting, present his certificate of registry, which shall be received by the managers and sealed up in the office of the clerk of council. Polls openedwheu closed. Duty of voter. Sec. VI. In the event of the loss or destruction of any certificate of registry, upon personal application by the party to whom the same was issued, accompanied by his affidavit of such loss or destruction, subscribed by him, the said commissioners shall issue to such persons a duplicate certificate, which shall serve in lieu of the certificate lost or destroyed: Provided , that no duplicate certificate shall be issued after two o'clock P. M. of Tuesday, the first of December next. Loss of certificate. Duplicate. Sec. VII. The commissioners of registry shall receive from the city council a fair compensation for the services rendered by them respectively. Commissioner's compensation. Sec. VIII. All other elections in said city, for mayor and members of council, shall be held annually on the first Wednesday in December, except as herein modified under existing laws: Provided , that after the present year the list for the registration of voters shall be opened on the first Monday in September in each year, and be kept opened until two o'clock P. M. of the fourth Wednesday in November: And provided further , that no duplicate certificate shall be issued by the person or persons who may be appointed to register, later than two o'clock P. M. of Saturday immediately preceding the election, nor until the applicant has complied with all the provisions of the sixth section of this act. Annual elections. Proviso. Sec. IX. At all elections for mayor and members of council held

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in said city after the passage of this act, the managers shall administer the following oath to any person attempting to vote, upon his being challenged, or in case either of them have 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 or ward for the last ten days; 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 of this city 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 by the Registry Clerk or Commissioners, and that you have not voted this day. So help you God. Oath administered by managers. Sec. X. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to exclude any person from registering or voting on account of race or color. Race and color. Sec. XI. That the sheriff of the county of Richmond is hereby [Illegible Text] and required to be present during said election at the place of voting, with a police force, to be furnished by the City Council of said city, and preserve the public peace, and prevent any interference with the managers of said election or voters therein. Sh'ff must be present at election. Sec. XII. So much of an act in relation to the City Council of Augusta, approved February 28, 1866, as authorizes the said City Council to provide the mode, manner and time of elections of Mayor and members of the City Council; and all laws, or parts of laws, militating against this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Passed by a Constitutional majority over the Governor's veto. (No. 81.) An Act to constitute certain persons therein named a Board of Commissioners for the town of Dahlonega. Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met , That S. H. Kilgo, W. H. [Illegible Text], C. C. Harris, B. R. Meadows and J. W. Woodward be, and they are hereby, declared and constituted the Board of Commissioners of the town of Dahlonega, with all the powers to organize said town under the charters heretofore granted to said town, and to enact and enforce such laws and ordinances as they may deem necessary for the government of said town: Provided , the same be in accordance with the powers heretofore granted to said incorporation, and not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the State. Said commissioners shall serve until the time prescribed in the charter of said town for the annual election of town commissioners, to-wit: the first Saturday in January, 1869. Commissioners. Title. May organize under former charter. Proviso. Term of office. Approved October 10, 1868.

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(No. 82.) An Act to incorporate the town of Forrestville, in the county of Floyd, and State of Georgia; to appoint Commissioners for the same, and for other purposes. Section I. The General Assembly do enact , That C. Rowell, E. M. Johnson, Lindsey Wade, McGinnis and Miles Reese, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners, and made a body corporate under the name and style of the Town Council of Forrestville, and shall hold their office until the first (1st) Monday in August, 1869, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Corporators. Term of office. Sec. II. That on the first Monday in August, 1869, and on the first Monday in August of each subsequent year, an election shall be held at some convenient point in said town for five commissioners, to serve for one year next after their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified, at which election no person shall be entitled to vote who is not a resident within the corporate limits of said town, who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, at which election three freeholders, residents in said town, may preside and conduct the same. Election. Qualification of voters. Sec. III. The corporate limits of said town shall extend a quarter of a mile in every direction from the present junction of the Kingston and Calhoun Roads. Corporate limits. Sec. IV. The town council shall, at its first meeting after their election and qualification, elect from their own number a presiding officer, who shall be styled chairman of council, and appoint a clerk and marshal, who shall hold their office during the pleasure of the council. Chairman. Other officers. Sec. V. A majority of said council shall constitute a quorum for business, and shall have power to pass ordinances necessary to regulate liquor traffic within the corporate limits of said town, to grant license, and fix the price for the same, to suppress gambling and any and all species of crime, the punishment of which is usually vested in the council of corporate towns; to compel all persons, residents of said town, who are under the laws of this State, subject to road duty, to work the streets of said town, and to pass all ordinances necessary to promote the interest of said town not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of Georgia, and the Constitution of the United States; they shall have power to enforce obedience to their ordinances by fine or imprisonment, or both. Quorum. Powers of Council. Sec. VI. The persons named in this act, and those hereafter elected commissioners, shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties as town council, take an oath faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties of their office. Oath of Commissioners. Sec. VII. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 9th, 1868.

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(No. 83.) An Act to incorporate the town of Grantville, and confer certain powers on the Commissioners thereof, and for other purposes therein named. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That from and after the passage of this act the town of Grantville, in the county of Coweta, be a town corporate, vested with such powers and privileges as are herein designated. Grantville incorporated. Sec. II. The corporate limits of said town to extend three-fourths of a mile in every direction from the railroad depot, and that R. O. Moreland, R. M. Word, M. C. Smith, W. P. Jackson and C. J. Clower, and their successors in office, are hereby created a body corporate, with full power and authority to enact and enforce all regulations and ordinances they may deem necessary for the good government and order of said town, and for regulating the common affairs of the same. Limits. Corporators. Powers. Sec. III. That the above named commissioners, and their successors in office, be styled the Board of Aldermen for the town of Grantville, and shall remain in office till the first Saturday in January, 1869, and until their successors are appointed. When the citizens of said town, who are entitled to vote for members of the Legislature, may assemble at some place, the board of aldermen may appoint and proceed under the superintendence of two or more of the board of aldermen then in office to elect by ballot five aldermen, whose term of office shall be for one year, and the election for aldermen shall take place annually on the first Saturday in January. Style. Term of office. Election. Sec. IV. That the citizens of said town, qualified as before mentioned, shall vote for a mayor at the same time and place in each year in which said board of aldermen are elected, who shall hold his office for one year. Mayor. Sec. V. That said mayor, with said board of aldermen, or any three of them, may fill any vacancy that may occur by resignation or otherwise in the body corporate, except that of mayor, which shall be filled by an election, after ten days' notice thereof, and a majority of said board of aldermen may be competent to do any business appertaining to said corporation, and shall have power to appoint a clerk, treasurer, marshal and assistant marshal, whose duties shall be to execute every order given to them by said corporate body to carry into effect the ordinances of said incorporation. Vacancies. Exception. Officers. Sec. VI. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, October 10, 1868.

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(No. 84.) An Act to incorporate the town of West End, in the county of Fulton. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met , That the municipal government of the town of West End, in the county of Fulton, and said State, shall consist of an intendant and three councilmen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate, under the name and style of the Intendant and Council of West End, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, shall have a common seal, and be capable in law and equity to purchase, have hold, receive and enjoy real estate for the use of said corporation, and be capable in law of sueing and being sued. Intendant and Councilmen. Style. Succession. Seal, c. Rights. Sec. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That the corporate limits of said town of West End shall begin where the line between land lot 180 and 108, and land lot No. 109, crosses the corporate limits of the city of Atlanta on the west, thence running west along said line to the continuation of Peeples' street, as shown in the Langston, Crane and Hammock survey; thence south along the line of Peeples' street to the north boundary of J. H. Porter's survey; thence west along said line to Lawton street; thence south along the line of Lawton street to the northeast corner of A. B. Culverson's property; thence following the line of said property west, south and east, back to Lawton's street; thence south on Lawton's street to intersect with White street; thence east along the line of White street to the Macon and Western Railroad; thence in a direct line to a point where Humphries' street crosses the corporate limits of the city of Atlanta, as shown by Cooper's Map; and thence along the corporate line of the city of Atlanta to the point of the beginning. Corporate limits. Sec. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforevaid , That an election for intendant and three councilmen shall be held within thirty days after the passage of this act, and on the first Saturday of December in each year after the present, to serve until their successors are elected and qualified, the election to be held near the crossing of Lee and Gordon streets in said town, unless changed after the first election by the intendant and council, and the polls to be kept open from 9 o'clock, A. M., until 2 o'clock, P. M., and that all male citizens qualified to vote for members of the legislature, who shall have paid all taxes required by the authority of said town, and who have resided within the corporate limits ten days before the election, shall be qualified to vote at elections for intendant and councilmen, and that said election be held under the superintendence of a justice of the peace of said county and two freeholders, or three freeholders in the absence of a justice of the peace; each of said freeholders, before entering upon said duties, shall take an oath before some person authorized to administer oaths, that he will faithfully and impartially conduct said election, and prevent illegal voting, and when required, if they have any doubt as to the qualification of voters, administer an

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oath touching his qualifications; and any person who shall take any oath required of him under and by virtue of this act, and who shall swear falsely, shall be guilty of the offense of false swearing or perjury, and shall be liable to indictment, and shall suffer the pains and penalties inflicted by law for said offense; and the person receiving the highest number of votes for intendant shall be declared duly elected intendant, and the three persons receiving the highest number of votes for councilmen shall be declared duly elected councilmen; and the managers shall give each person elected a certificate to that effect, which shall be evidence of his election, who shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified. Electionwhen held. Polls openhours. Voters. Election. False swearing. Penalty. Certificate of election. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That in case any vacancy occur by the death, resignation, failure to elect, removal from office, or removal beyond the corporate limits, a new election shall be ordered by the remaining members of the intendant and councilmen, or by a justice of the peace of said county, in case the remaining members of said board refuse to order the same, upon giving ten days' notice by advertising the same at three or more conspicuous places in said corporate limits; and that said intendant and council shall have power to appoint a marshal, and such other officers as they may deem necessary and proper; to establish fees and salaries, take bonds, and prescribe their duties and oaths, and to remove them from office for neglect or incapacity to discharge the duties required of them, at their discretion; and said intendant and councilmen shall be bound to preserve order, keep the peace, and shall be ex-officio justices of the peace, so as to enable them to issue warrants for offenses committed within the jurisdiction of the said corporate limits, and shall have full power, one or more of them, on examination, to commit the offender or offenders to the county jail or guard-house, or to bail them if the offense be bailable, to appear before the Superior Court of said county of Fulton, to the same extent as any judge or justice of the peace. Vacancies. Officers. Duty of Intendant and Councilmen. Bail. Sec. V. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That the intendant and council of West End, or a majority of them, shall have power to levy and collect a poll tax on all persons within the said limits between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, and upon all property, real and personal, within said limits, and upon shows, lotteries, and such other things as are not repugnant to the laws of the State: Provided , the tax levied upon real estate shall not exceed one-half of that raised by the State; and said intendant and council shall have authority to open streets at the expense of persons encroaching or putting obstacles in the same, to remove any buildings, posts, steps, fence, or other obstruction or nuisance in the public streets, alleys, sidewalks, or other places, in said corporate limits, and to establish a market; to regulate all butcher pens and slaughter houses within said limits, and to remove the same if they become nuisances, and to have full power and authority to preserve the health and morals within said corporate limits as fully and effectually as if each and every object were specially enumerated. Taxation. Shows, lotteries, c. Proviso. Obstructions and nuisances. Market. Health.

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Sec. VI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That said intendant and council shall have power and authority within the corporate limits of West End, to cause the occupants of houses of ill-fame to be removed without the limits, to fine and imprison persons using profane, vulgar or indecent language, to impose fines upon persons selling or giving spirituous liquors to idle, disorderly or drunken persons, to prohibit, by fines, persons from violating the Sabbath or the proper rules of decency, to prohibit, by fine and imprisonment, persons guilty of boisterous and improper conduct, to prohibit, in like manner, the discharge of fire arms to the disturbance or annoyance of the citizens, or any portion of them, to arrest persons guilty of vagrancy, and to commit them to the jail of the county, and it shall be the duty of the jailor to receive the person so committed, to have all the powers of justices of the peace in arresting and committing to jail, and binding over persons to keep the peace, and to appear at the Superior Courts of Fulton county to answer for violations of the laws of the town of West End, or of the State of Georgia. Powers of Intendant. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That the intendant and council of West End shall have power to grant or withhold license to any person or persons to retail and sell spirituous liquors within said limits, and in no case shall the license be for a less sum than one hundred dollars for twelve months, and no license shall be granted for a less time, and the person receiving the same shall execute bond and good security to the intendant for the time being, and his successors in office, conditioned that he will not sell liquors on the Sabbath, nor at any time to drunken, idle or disorderly persons, and that he will be responsible to any person injured by the improper sale of spirituous liquors, and shall also take an oath to observe and not violate the ordinances of said corporate authorities; and for a violation of any of the ordinances of said corporation, the party guilty thereof shall be liable to pay such fines as may be assessed by the intendant and council, and in addition thereto, shall be liable to indictment by a grand jury of Fulton county, and on conviction, shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars, and imprisoned at the discretion of the judge before whom he is tried, and be liable to indictment and conviction of perjury, and for any injury resulting from the improper selling spirituous liquors, the party receiving an injury, either directly or remotely, may bring suit against said party violating the law, and his securities, in the Superior Court, and shall be entitled to recover the amount of damages sustained and costs of suit. Retail license. Security. Oath. Indictm'nt Penalty. Damages. Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That the marshal shall have power and authority to make all arrests required, to issue all executions for fines and costs, to levy the same on defendant's property, and sell the same on giving ten days' notice by advertisement posted at two public places in the corporate limits, and no property shall be exempt from payment of fines and costs; and said marshal shall have all the power and authority of a constable in

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executing the ordinances and judgments of the said intendant and council, and shall keep a book in which he shall enter all cases, fines collected and costs received, which fines shall be applied, after deducting fees and expenses, for the purpose of improving streets and sidewalks, and other purposes. Powers of Marshal. Sec. IX. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That the intendant and council shall have full power and authority to do and perform all things towards keeping the peace, preventing vagrancy, lewdness, violations of Sabbath, playing at cards, or at any other game or sport at which money is usually won or lost; to take all means to cause the streets to be worked, nuisances to be removed, and to do all and every act they may think proper to preserve the morals and good order within said corporate limits as fully and as effectually as if a grant of power were hereby given them in every case which may arise; and to pass by-laws and ordinances for the government of the same, so as to enable them to do and perform all acts not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, or the State of Georgia: And provided further , that no warrant of authority or license granted or issued by any Court, or other body or person, shall have any force or effect within said corporate limits: Provided , it is in conflict with or violation of any act or ordinance of said intendant and council while acting within the proper sphere of their authority. General powers of Intendant and Councilmen. Proviso. Sec. X. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10th, 1868. IX. UNIVERSITY. Act No. 85.Oglethorpe University, at Midway. (No. 85.) An Act to alter and amend an Act, entitled: An Act to incorporate Oglethorpe University, at Midway, assented to December 21 st , 1835. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact , That from and after the passage of this act, the corporate name of the trustees of the Oglethorpe University, referred to in the above recited act, shall be the Trustees of Oglethorpe College, and as such they shall succeed to and hold all the property rights, and franchises of the trustees of the Oglethorpe University, and be bound by all their liabilities. Name of Trustees changed. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the said Trustees of Oglethorpe College shall have power, by and with assent or confirmation of the Synods of Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina, or any two of said bodies, to remove the said college from Midway, in Baldwin county, to any other site to be selected by them, to sell the property at Midway

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and to make the purchase of other property, necessary to effect the change of location, when determined upon. Power of. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That this act shall take effect when adopted by the said trustees of Oglethorpe College. Act takes effect when. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. TITLE XI. INSURANCE COMPANY. Section 1. The Universal Insurance Company of New York may establish Southern branch office in Atlanta. For what purpose. Section 2. Said company may invest, what and how. 3. Process vs. said company, how served. (No. 86.) An Act to authorize the Universal Life Insurance Company of New York to make investments in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes. Whereas, The Universal Life Insurance Company of the city of New York has established a southern branch office, in the city of Atlanta, State of Georgia, for the convenient transaction of its business in the several States composing its southern department; and Whereas, It is desired by the said Universal Life Insurance Company to invest funds arising from premiums paid by policy holders, residing in its southern department, Preamble. 15. Section I. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the same , That the Universal Life Insurance Company of the State of New York shall have the right to establish a southern branch office, in the city of Atlanta, State of Georgia, and take risks on life; to appoint agents and canvassers therefor, and to do and transact all other business and privileges in the same mannerand to the same extent, as though the said company had been incor, porated by the State of Georgia. Branch office in Atlanta. Objects. Privileges. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the said Universal Life Insurance Company shall have the right to invest all monies arising from premiums paid by policy holders residing in the States composing the southern department, in bond and mortgage on real estate worth at least double the amount so loaned. That there shall be three directors of said company residing in the State of Georgia, each of whom shall own in their own right not less than one thousand dollars in the capital stock of said company. May invest money.

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Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That process in any legal proceeding against said company, left with the manager of its southern branch office, or with any of her legally appointed agents, shall bind said company as though the same had been served upon the chief officer of said company, iu the city of New York. Process vs. Companyhow served Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, October 10, 1868. TITLE XII. JUDICIARY. Sec. 1. Juries drawn for ensuing fall terms of Superior Courts, to serve, etc. 2. Juries drawn for spring term and did not serve, shall serve at next fall term. 3. Jurors for special or called terms, of Superior Courts, for trial of criminal causes. 4. Ordinaries to issue writs of habeas corpus . 5. Tria s where Judges have an interest. 6. May preside if opposite party agree in writing. 7. Ordinary, clerk and sheriff to draw jurors in certain cases. 8. Jurors in City Courts, how drawn. 9. Writs of quo warranto , may be heard by judge in twenty dayswhen. 10. Denial of facts, jury drawn, etc. 11. Judges Superior Court to appoint Notaries Public. 12. Substituted Judges for Justices, Superior for Inferior . 13. Acts of Notaries Public declared legal. 14. Suits before Justices Peace and Notaries Public commenced by summons, how and when. 15. May appeal if over $50, if under may certiorari. Sec. 16. When claim interposed under levy of Justices Peace or Notaries Public fi. fa., how to proceed. 17. Ordinaries may appoint Arbitrators in certain cases. 18. Summons of Justices Peace and Notaries Public what must contain and manner of trial, etc. 19. May appeal, cost, damages. 20. If no appeal, judgment issue in four days, levy, advertisement, etc. 21. When venue changed in crim cases. Duty of Sheriff, Clerk, etc. 22. County where crime committed, responsible for costs, witnesses fees. 23. An Act assented to Dec'r 16th, 1867, giving lien on steamboats, etc., repealed. 24. Second Section of Act assented to December 11th, 1841, declared in full force. 25. Act takes effect immediately. 26. Owners of saw mills, employees about steam saw mills, etc., lines , general. 27. Such lien, how enforced. 28. If lien contested, how to proceed. 29. Amount admitted to be due, must be paid. 30. Pawnbrokers may be licensed. (No. 87.) An Act to authorize the holding of the Superior Courts of this State at the ensuing Fall Terms, and to provide Juries therefor. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That until the further action of the General Assembly on this subject, it shall be lawful for the Juries drawn for the ensuing Fall Terms of the Superior Courts of this State to serve; and said Courts shall be held as heretofore, except that all issues in civil cases shall be formed in the manner prescribed in the Constitution, and tried by a special Jury; Provided , That the presiding Judge may, in his discretion, order the Sheriff to summons twelve tales jurors, whose names are in the Grand Jury's box, and

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they shall likewise constitute a Jury for the trial of issues in civil cases; and where Juries have not been drawn as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Judge of the Superior Court, presiding at said Court, to have Grand and Petit Juries summoned instanter, composed of persons now qualified to serve as Grand Jurors, and all trials by said Juries shall be legal. Juries drawn for Fall terms to serve. Proviso. 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That in counties where the Superior Court was not held at the last Spring Term, the Juries drawn and summoned for said Spring Terms shall be required to serve at the next Fall Term. Jurors for Fall Term. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, August 27, 1868. (No. 88.) An Act to provide Jurors for Special or Called Terms of the Superior Courts of the counties of this State for the trial of Criminal Causes. 3. Section I. Be it enacted , That in the event of any Judge of the Superior Court of this State calling in any county or counties of his Judicial Circuit a Special or called Term of the Court, the Jurors drawn to serve for the Fall Terms of said Court shall be compelled to serve as Jurors for said Special Terms under the same pains and penalties as are prescribed by law upon a failure to serve. Jurors for Fall Terms to serve at Special Terms. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved September 5, 1868. (No. 89.) An Act to authorize and empower the Ordinary of this State to issue Writs of Habeas Corpus, and to hear and determine the same. Formerly issued by Superior and Inferior Court Judges. 4. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same , That from and after the passage of this Act, the Ordinaries of the several counties of this State be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to issue Writs of Habeas Corpus, in manner and form now prescribed by law, and as fully and to the same extent as Judges of the Superior Courts are now authorized to do, and to receive therefor the fees now prescribed by law. Ordinaries may issue, hear and determine writs of Habeas Corpus. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868.

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(No. 90.) An Act to expedite the trial of causes in the Superior Courts of this State in which the Judges upon the Bench may have an interest. 5. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the Clerks of the Superior Courts of the respective counties of this State to appoint a member of the bar, with sufficient experience and capacity, to act as Judge in all cases in which the Judge presiding is interested, as counsel or otherwise, in the event that the attorneys do not, or will not, agree upon a member of the bar present to preside in such cause. When the Judge is interested, who presides. 6. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That in all cases in which the presiding Judge may have been employed as counsel, before his appointment as Judge, that he shall preside in such cases if the opposite party or counsel agree, in writing, that he may preside, unless the Judge declines so to do. Written consent of counsel necessary in certain cases. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 6, 1868. (No. 91.) An Act to provide for the drawing of Jurors in such counties in this State, and in such of the City Courts thereof, as at the last terms of said Courts no Jurors were drawn. 7. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That from and immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the several Ordinaries, Clerks and Sheriffs of such counties in this State, in which, at the last terms of the Superior Courts thereof, no Jurors were drawn for the next ensuing terms of said Courts, to proceed at once, in the manner now prescribed by law, to draw a sufficient number of Grand and Petit Jurors to serve at the approaching terms of said Superior Courts. Certain officers draw Jurors. 8. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That from and immediately after the passage of this Act, it shall be the duty of the several Judges of the City Courts of this State, together with the Clerks and Sheriffs thereof, in all cases in which at the last terms of said City Courts no Jurors were drawn to serve at the ensuing terms of said Courts, to proceed at once to draw, in the manner now prescribed by law, a sufficient number of Grand and Petit Jurors to serve at the approaching terms of said City Courts. Jurors for City Courts Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868.

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(No. 92.) An Act to provide for the manner and time of hearing and determining causes by writ of quo warranto. 9. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia , That writ of quo warranto may be returned, heard and determined, by the Judge of the Superior Court within twenty days from its service on the defendant, in all cases where there is no fact in dispute. Quo Warranto. 10. Sec. II. In cases of a denial of facts, which denial the defendant or defendants shall make on oath, the Judge shall, forthwith, in the usual manner, draw a jury of twelve men, to try the issue of facts, and the Judge shall have the power to fix a day for the trial of said issue of facts, with an order that the Sheriff shall notify the parties of the time and place of trial; Provided that the day fixed for such trial shall not be less than ten nor longer than thirty days; and Provided further , that the Judge shall have the discretion to continue the hearing, from day to day, as the law now provides for other cases. Trial by jury. Notice. Continuance. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 93.) An Act to prescribe the mode of appointing Notaries Public, and to render valid their acts. 11. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That section 1503 of the Code be so amended as to read as follows: The power to appoint Notaries Public is vested in the Judges of the Superior Courts, and may be excused by them in vacation as well as in term time. Code amended. Notaries Public. 12. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That section 1505 of the Code be so amended as to substitute the word Judges for Justices , and that section 1504 of the Code be amended so as to substitute the word Superior for Inferior . Code amended. 13. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That all acts heretofore done by Notaries Public in the manner prescribed by the Code, are hereby declared to be legal and valid, and all acts that may hereafter be done in the manner prescribed by law by Notaries Public, who have heretofore been appointed, shall be valid and binding in law; Provided , that this Act shall not be so construed as to continue in office any Notary Public for a longer time than that for which he was appointed by the Justices of the Inferior Court. Notarial acts valid. Approved October 10, 1868.

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(No. 94.) An Act to prescribe the mode of conducting suits before Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public in this State, and for other purposes . 14. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the State of Georgia , That from and after the passage of this act, all suits before Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public, who are ex-officio Justices of the Peace, shall be commenced by summons, which shall be issued and signed by the Justice of the Peace or Notaries Public as the case may be, of the District in which the suit is brought, and said summons shall be directed to the defendant, or defendants, commanding him, or them, as the case may be, to appear at a certain time and place specified in said summons, in said district, to which the summons is returnable, to answer the plaintiff's demand; and all summons shall bear date fifteen days before the time of the trial of the cause, if the amount is under fifty dollars, and shall bear date twenty days before the time of trial, when the amount is over fifty dollars, and all summons shall be served under the same rules and regulations as they are now served in suits in Justices Courts of this State. Suits before Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public. Amount less than $50, 15 days notice. Twenty days when more than $50. 15. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid , That if either is dissatisfied with the judgment of the Justice of the Peace or Notary Public, as the case may be, and upon all confessions of judgments, provided the amount is over fifty dollars, he or they, may as a matter of right enter an appeal from said judgment, within four days (exclusive of Sundays) after the rendition of said judgment, under the same rules, regulations, restrictions, and liabilities as have heretofore prevailed in Georgia, on the subject of appeals in the Superior Courts, as laid down in part 3d, title 5th, of Irwin's Revised Code of Georgia; and it is further enacted , that when an appeal has been entered, as has been hereinbefore provided, it shall be the duty of such Justices of the Peace or Notary Public, as the case may be, to transmit the same to the Clerk of the Superior Court, of the county in which proceedings may have been had, at least ten days before the next Superior Court of said county, to be there tried as appeals have been tried heretofore in Georgia; Provided , nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to deny parties the right of certiorari, when the amount is less than fifty dollars. Appealwhen entered. Trial of appeal. Certiorari. Sec. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That when an execution rendered by a justice of the peace or notary public, who is ex-officio justice of the peace, shall be levied upon personal property, which is claimed by a person not a party to such execution, the proceedings shall, in all respects, conform to the law of claims in justices courts, as laid down in sections 4100 or 4101 of Irwin's Revised Code, except that the claim shall be tried by the justice of the peace or notary public, as the case may be, in lieu of a trial by five jurors: And provided further , that no claim shall be tried by a justice of the peace or notary publie until five days' notice

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shall have been given the plaintiff in execution and the claimant of the time and place of trial. Claimshow disposed of. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10th, 1868. (No. 95.) An Act to authorize the Ordinaries of this State to appoint Arbitrators in certain cases therein mentioned . Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That whenever the act of incorporation of a company for mining or other purposes, authorizes or requires the action of the Inferior Court, or of the Justices of the Inferior Court of the county in the appointment or selection of arbitrators to settle or fix the amount of rents, issues, profits or damages, to be paid by the company to the land owner, or to assess damages between the company and the owner of the land, that duty shall be performed by the Ordinary of the county in the same manner and under the same circumstances that the Inferior Court or the Justices of the Inferior Court were heretofore authorized and required to appoint or select such arbitrators. Ordinaries appoint arbitrators between miners and head owners. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 96.) An Act to provide for the service of Summons, and for appeals in Justices Courts, and for other purposes . 18. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia , That all suits shall be commenced before justices of the peace and commissioned notaries public in this State by written summons, as heretofore practiced in the justice courts of this State, which shall be directed to any lawful constable of the county in which the suit is commenced, and shall specify the time and place of the trial, and a copy or copies shall be served upon the defendant or defendants at least ten days before the trial, personally, or by leaving the same at his or their notorious place of residence, and the date of the issuing the summons shall be considered the commencement of the action. If either party is not ready for trial, at the time and place designated in the summons, the justice or commissioned notary public may continue the case, upon a sufficient legal showing for such reasonable time, not exceeding ten days, as he may appoint. But neither party shall be entitled to more than one continuance, unless it be for providential cause. Suits before Justices of the Peace and Notarieshow commenced. Summons: to whom directed and how served. Continuance: when granted. 19. Sec. II. And be it further enacted , That either party cast in the suit, may in any case, where the sum claimed is more than fifty dollars, at any time within four days, after the trial, (Sundays excepted) enter an appeal to the Superior Court of the county on payment

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of all cost that has accrued in the case, and giving bond and security for the payment of any sum that may be found against him by said Superior Court, with all future costs. If either party desiring to enter an appeal, will file a written affidavit, in said Court, that, by reason of his poverty, he is not able to pay the cost and give security, and that he is advised, and believes he has good grounds of appeal, he may enter an appeal upon filing such affidavit. If the judgment of the Superior Court should be, that an appeal is frivolous, and intended for delay only, said Court shall, in addition to the final judgment in the case, enter judgment against the appellant for twenty per cent. damages ou said frivolous appeal. Appeals: how entered. If unable to pay costs If appeal is frivolous. 20. Sec. III. And be it further enacted , That in all cases, when no appeal lies or none is entered, a justice of the peace, or commissioned notary public, shall issue execution, after the expiration of four days, (Sundays excepted,) and the levy shall be advertised ten days, in case of personal property, before the day of sale, which advertisement shall designate the time and place of sale, and shall give a reasonable description of the property to be sold, and shall be posted in three public places in the county. In case the levy is upon real estate, it shalt be turned over to the sheriff of the county and disposed of as now directed by law. Execution: when issued. Levyif on personalty. If on realty Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 97.) An Act explanatory of, and to carry into effect, Section 12, Division 2, and Article 5, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia . 21. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That in all criminal cases in which a change of venue shall be made, that it shall be the duty of the sheriff of the county from which the prisoner is to be moved, to carry said prisoner to the county to which the change of venue was directed, and deliver the prisoner to the sheriff of said county, who shall then take charge of such prisoner just as in other cases. It shall further be the duty of the sheriff of the county from which the prisoner is to be removed, to carry with him and deliver to the sheriff the warrant under which the prisoner was arrested, or the commitment. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the Superior Court of the county from which the prisoner has been removed, to send a true transcript of the order for the change of venue, together with the evidence before the Court of Inquiry, and all other papers connected with the case, to the Superior Court of that county to which the prisoner has been transferred. Change of venue in criminal cases. Duty of Sheriff. Of Clerk. 22. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the county in which the crime has been committed, and from which the prisoner has been transferred, shall be responsible and pay all costs, both of officers and witnesses, together with any other costs that might accrue up to the time of the change of venue; that is, the county from whence the

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prisoner shall be removed shall pay all costs accruing from duties performed by officers or witnesses therein, and the costs of the sheriff, to the formal transfer of the prisoner; the county to which the prisoner has been transferred shall be responsible and pay all costs accruing after the formal transfer of such prisoner. Witnesses attending Courts out of the county of their residence, for the purpose of testifying in such cases, shall receive the fees of witnesses as prescribed in section 3792 of Irwin's Revised Code, who shall be paid by the county treasurer out of the county funds of the county in which such prisoner is tried: Provided , that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to subject the county to which the prisoner is transferred for trial to the payment of jail fees, but such fees shall be paid by the county where the offence was committed. Costsby whom paid. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 6, 1868. (No. 98.) An Act to repeal an Act assented to December 16, 1857, entitled An Act to repeal the second section of an Act to amend an Act entitled `An Act to give all persons employed on steamboats and other watercraft on the Chattahoochee, Altamaha and Ocmulgee rivers, a lien on said steamboats or other water-craft, for his, her or their wages, and for wood and provisions furnished, and to point out and facilitate the mode of collection of the same,' assented to December 11, 1841, so as to include the Savannah river within the provisions of the same, and for other purposes, assented to December 27, 1842. 23. 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 an act assented to December 16, 1857, entitled an act to repeal the second section of an act entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to give all persons employed on steamboats and other water-craft on the Chattahoochee, Altamaha and Ocmulgee rivers a lien on said steamboats or watercraft for his, her or their wages, and for wood and provisions furnished, and to point out and facilitate the mode of collection of the same, assented to December 11, 1841, so as to include the Savannah river within the provisions of the same, and for other purposes, assented to December 27, 1842, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of Dec. 16th, 1857, repealed. 24. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the second section of an act entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to give to all persons employed on steamboats and other water-craft on the Chattahoochee, Altamaha and Ocmulgee rivers a lien on said steamboats or other water-craft for his, her or their wages, and for wood and provisions furnished, and to point out and facilitate the mode of collection of the same, assented to December 11, 1841, so as to include the Savannah river, and for other purposes, assented to December 27, 1842, be and the same is hereby declared in full force. Act of Dec. 11th, 1841, revived.

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25. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That this act shall take effect from and immediately after its passage. When to take effect. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved September 17, 1868. (No. 99.) An Act to give persons who may be employees in and about any steam saw mill, located in the State of Georgia, or to any person or persons who may furnish any steam saw mill so located with timbers, saw logs or provisions, or with anything necessary to carry on the work of said mill, a lien of the highest dignity upon said mill for dues, wages, debts or demands that he or she may have against the owner, agent or lessee of said mill, and to give the owners of said mill a lien for lumber sold by them. 26. Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met , That from and after the passage of this act, the owner of such saw mill shall have a lien upon all lumber sold in this State, either for homestead or other house, in preference to any other lien; and every employee in and about any steam saw mill located in the State of Georgia, and every person or persons who may furnish any steam saw mill so located, with timber, saw logs or provisions, or with anything necessary to carry on the work of said mill, shall have a lien of the highest dignity upon said mill for any debts, dues, wages or demands that he or she may have against the owner, agent or lessee of said mill for services rendered, or for timber, saw logs, provisions, or other necessaries furnished. Lien for lumber. 27. Sec. II. That such lien must be prosecuted and enforced in the following manner, in substance, viz.: There must be a demand on the owner or agent or lessee for payment, and a refusal to pay; and such demand and refusal must be averred; it must be prosecuted within one year after the debt becomes due; the person prosecuting such lien, either for himself, or as guardian, or as agent, must make an affidavit before a Judge of the Superior Court or Ordinary, or his deputy, of the county in which the steam saw mill is located, showing the facts necessary to constitute a lien, to-wit: the amount due, that a demand has been made on the owner of the mill, his agent or the lessee, and a refusal to pay; that the prosecution of the lien is within one year from the time the debt becomes due, and attaching to said affidavit a bill of particulars of the items of said indebtedness. Upon such affidavit being filed in the clerk's office of the Superior Court of the county in which the steam saw mill is located, and judgment having been entered up for the amount sworn to be due, with the cost of proceedings, the clerk shall issue an execution instanter against the steam saw mill; which execution, when issued, shall be levied by the sheriff of the county in which said saw mill is located,

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under such rules and regulations as other levies and sales under execution. Procedure. 28. Sec. III. If the owner of the mill or his agent, or the lessee, or any creditor of either owner or lessee, contests the amount, or the justice of the claim, or the existence of the lien, he may file his affidavit of the fact, setting forth the ground of such demand, which affidavit shall form an issue to be returned to the next Superior Court, for the county in which said steam saw mill is located, and tried as other causes. 29. Sec. IV. If only part of the amount claimed is denied, the amount admitted to be due must be paid before the affidavit of the defendant shall be received by the officer. Part payment. Sec. V Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 6, 1868. (No. 100. An Act to authorize the Municipal authorities of the various towns and cities in the State of Georgia to license Pawnbrokers, to define their powers and privileges, and for other purposes therein named. 30. Section I. Be it enacted, c. , That from and after the passage of this Act and its approval by his Excellency, the Governor, it shall be lawful for the municipal authorities of the several incorporated towns and cities in the State of Georgia to license pawnbrokers in their respective jurisdictions, to define by ordinance their powers and privileges, to impose taxes upon them, to revoke their license, and generally to exercise such superintendence over pawnbrokers as will ensure fair dealing between the pawnbroker and his customers. Pawnbrokers licensed by municipal authority. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868.

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TITLE XIII. LANDS. Section 1. Fifth Section of Act of Dec. 12th 1866, repealed, 2. Comptroller General to furnish R. T. R. separate Digest for wild lands c. Section. 3. Time for granting Head Rights, extended. 4. Secretary of State may issue. (No. 101.) An Act to be entitled an Act to alter and amend an Act to regulate the manner of giving in land for taxation, and the sale and redemption thereof, and for other purposes, assented to 12 th December , 1866. 1. Section I. The General Assembly do enact , That from and after the passage of this act, section fifth of the above recited act be and the same is hereby repealed. 2. Sec. II. It shall be the duty of the Comptroller General to furnish each Receiver of Tax Returns a separate Digest, for wild and unimproved lands, and it shall be lawful for each owner of such lands to give the same in, in the county of his residence, but the same shall be given in, in accordance with the provisions of section III. of said above recited act. Wild landshow returned. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 102.) An Act to extend the time in relation to issuing grants on Head Rights, so as to extend the time for granting the same until the 25 th day of December, A. D. 1869, and to authorize the Secretary of State to issue grants to all Surveys now in office . 3. Section I. Be it enacted, c. , That the time of granting lands surveyed on headrights be extended to the 25th day of December, A. D. 1869. Headright grants. 4. Sec. II. That the Secretary of State be authorized to issue grants to all surveys in office that have not been granted. Secretary of State may issue. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868.

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TITLE XIV. LOAN. Sec. 1. Governor authorized to borrow funds to pay off members, etc., of General Assembly. (No. 103.) An Act to authorize His Excellency, the Governor of this State, to borrow sufficient money on the credit of the State, on such terms as to him shall seem best, to pay off the Members and Officers of the General Assembly. Section I. Be it enacted , That His Excellency, the Governor, be, and he is hereby, authorized and requested to effect a loan to the State, by bond or otherwise, upon such terms as to him shall seem meet, of a sufficient amount of money to pay off the members and officers, and other expenses, of this General Assembly, and that the Treasurer of this State meet and pay off the debt thus contracted, or interest thereon, out of the first funds coming into his hands. Governor may borrow funds to pay General Assembly. Approved September 16, 1868. TITLE XV. LOTTERIES. Section 1. Sale of Lottery Tickets prohibited. Penalty. (No. 104.) An Act to prohibit the sale of Lottery Tickets in the State of Georgia. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That from and immediately after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any person in this State, either by himself or his agent, to sell or dispose of any lottery ticket, or any certificate or ticket, in any gift enterprise, and each and every person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction of the first offence shall be fined in a sum of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, and upon conviction of a second and all succeeding violations of this act, he

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she, or they, so offending, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail six months, or both, in the discretion of the Court. Sale of Lottery tickets prohibited. Penalty. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 9, 1868. TITLE XVI. MINES. Sec. 1. Owners of mines may bring water over other lands to said mines. 2. Shall first give notice, make application to Ordinary, etc. 3. Appealshow entered etc. 4. If owner refuse to select a freeholder, Ordinary may, etc. Sec. 5. If owner of land be a minor, notice upon whom served. 6. Lessees and renters shall be regarded as owners in certain cases. 7. Fees of Ordinary and freeholders. (No. 105.) An Act to enable owners of mines to draw water from branches or other head waters through or over intervening lands. Whereas , It is necessary to develop the mining interests of the State; and whereas it sometimes occurs that it is necessary to draw the water by canals, ditches, tunnels, flumes or other aqueducts, through or over the lands of persons not interested in said mines, and to erect dams on the lands of such persons to control the water; Preamble. Section I. Be it therefore enacted, etc. , That the owner of any mine shall have the right to enter upon any land, intervening between the mine and the water power, upon which the same is dependent, and to cut thereon such ditch, canal or tunnel, or to construct such flume or other aqueduct, and to build such dam, as may be necessary to control said water power: Provided , That the party desiring to cut such ditch, canal or tunnel, or to construct such flume or other aqueduct, or to erect such dam, shall first have the damages assessed, arising to the owner of such intervening, or owner of the land on which such dam is to be erected, by reason of the cutting of such ditch, canal or tunnel, or the construction of such flume or other aqueduct, and the erection of such dam, and shall pay to the owner of the land so intervening, or on which such dam is to be erected, the damages which may be assessed in manner hereafter provided. Mining operationsprivileges incident thereto. Sec. II. The owner of the mine shall, after having given the owner of the land to be entered upon at least five days' notice of his intention to make such application, present to the ordinary of the county his written application for the right and privilege of cutting such ditch, canal or tunnel, or constructing such flume or aqueduct, or erecting such dam; which application shall with convenient certainty

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describe the land to be entered upon, the right and privilege desired thereon, and the name of the owner of the land; and thereupon the owner of the mine shall select one freeholder, and the owner of the land to be entered upon shall select another freeholder, and the ordinary of the county shall appoint a third freeholder, and the names of the freeholders so selected and appointed shall be endorsed on said written application; and the said application, so endorsed as last aforesaid, shall be delivered or transmitted by the said ordinary to one of the said freeholders; and the three freeholders so selected and appointed as aforesaid shall survey the premises, and make an award of the damages, which award shall be returned to the ordinary of the county and filed in his office; and which award (unless appealed from as hereafter provided) shall be final; but no right of entry shall accrue until the damages assessed are first paid, or deposited in the ordinary's office, in case the owner of the land shall refuse to receive the same, or shall appeal from said award. Applicat'n of mine owner to ordinary for certain privileges. How granted. Damages must be paid before entrance. Sec. III. Either party in such cases shall have the right to appeal from such award, at any time within four days from the filing of said award in the ordinary's office, and in case of appeal, the award, together with the other papers, shall be by the ordinary transmitted to the Superior Court of the county in which the land shall lie, and such appeal case shall be there tried by a jury as other appeal cases are tried. If the owner of the land shall enter an appeal from the award, the owner of the mine shall not be stayed thereby from his entry on said land, but on depositing the amount of damages assessed with the ordinary of the county, he shall have the same right and privilege of entering on such land for any or all the purposes aforesaid, as if no appeal had been entered. Appealhow taken. Right of mine owner. Sec. IV. If the owner of the land to be entered upon shall fail or refuse to select a freeholder, as provided in the 2d section of this act, on or before the day specified in the notice served upon him, then and in that case the ordinary of the county shall select a freeholder for him, and shall endorse the name of such freeholder on said application, and such person so selected, together with the other two arbitrators, shall proceed in the same manner as herein above prescribed. Selection of freeholder. Sec. V. If the owner of the land to be entered upon is a minor, the notice required in the 2d section of this act shall be given to the guardian of said minor, who shall have the same right and power to act in the premises that the minor could exercise if of full age. If the land to be entered upon belongs to the estate of a deceased person, the said notice shall be given to the executor of the will of such deceased person, or to the administrator on the estate of such deceased person, as the case may be, and such executor or administrator shall have the same power to act for the estate he represents that owners of lands have. Either party may do and perform all that is required of them by this act, by his agent or attorney duly authorized. If land owner is a minor; If deceased Sec. VI. Any person or company of persons engaged in working a mine, under a lease granted to him or them for that purpose, shall be held and regarded as owner or owners for all the purposes of this

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act, and as such shall be entitled to avail himself or themselves of the benefits and privileges of this act: Provided , that in no instance the water shall be drawn from any mill or factory now in operation. Lessee of mines entitled to the benefits of this Act. Sec. VII. The fees of the ordinary and of the freeholders for services specified in this act, shall be two dollars each, which shall be paid by the applicant, and the payment of which may be enforced by execution to be issued by the ordinary. Fees of Ordinary and freeholders Sec. VIII. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. TITLE XVII. RAILROADS. Sec. 1. Endorsement of State on Bonds of Macon and Augusta Railroad Company$10,000 per mile. 2. If such bonds is not paid at maturity, duty of Governor. 3. Macon and Augusta Railroad Company may increase capital. 4. May issue 7 per cent. bonds, etc. 5. Act of 1866 taxing Railroad Companies repealedtaxhow collected. 6. Governor to endorse Georgia and Alabama Railroad Company's Bonds$12,000 per mileupon certain conditions. 7. If last section of said road less than 20 miles, endorsement at rate of $12,000 per mile. 8. If bonds are not paid at maturity, duty of Governor. Sec. 9. No railroad shall sell or dispose of its own or of the State at less than 90 per cent., etc. 10. State will endorse South Florida and Georgia Railroad Bonds$8,000 per mileupon certain conditions. 11. If last section of road less than ten miles, endorsement, how made by State. 12. Bonds not paid when dueduty of Governor. 13. No railroad shall dispose of bonds at less than 90 cents in the dollar. 14. Georgia Railroad Banking Company may extend railroad, etc, 15. may increase capital, etc. 16. Said company may loan on interest, etc. (No. 106.) An Act to extend the aid of the State to the completion of the Macon and Augusta Railroad Company, and for other purposes. Whereas, The Macon and Augusta Railroad Company has completed said road the distance of forty-six miles from its intersection with the Georgia Railroad at Camack, to the city of Milledgeville, and is now equipped and daily trains running on the same for said distance, and the balance of said road, thirty miles, partially graded, and a portion ready for superstructure; And whereas , its completion to Macon is of great importance to the agricultural, commercial and manufacturing interests of Georgia: And whereas , the very great financial embarrassment resulting from the war, and the seizure by the Confederate authorities of a very large supply of new iron at Charleston, imported by said company, renders said stockholders unable to complete said road at an early day. Preamble. Section I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact , That his

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Excellency, the Governor, be, and he is hereby, authorized to place the endorsement of the State on the bonds of the Macon and Augusta Railroad Company, which said company may issue to the amount of ten thousand dollars per mile for as many miles of said road as are now completed, and the like amount per mile for every additional ten miles, as the same may be completed and placed in running order, on the following terms and conditions, to-wit: Before any such endorsement shall be made, the Governor shall be satisfied that as much of the road as the said endorsement shall be applied for, is really finished and in complete running order, and that the same is free from all liens or mortgages, or other incumbrances, which may in any manner endanger the security of the State; and upon the further condition and express understanding that any endorsement of said bonds, when thus made, shall not only vest the title of all property, of every kind, which may be purchased with said bonds in the State, until all the bonds so endorsed shall be paid; but the said endorsement shall be, and is hereby, understood to operate as a prior lien or mortgage on all of the said property of the said company, to be enforced as hereinafter provided. State endorsement $10,000 per mile. Terms and conditions. Endorsement to act as prior lien or mortgage. 2. Sec. II. In the event of any bond or bonds endorsed by the State, as provided in this act, or the interest thereon, shall not be paid by said company at maturity, or when due and demanded, it shall be the duty of the Governor, upon information of such default given by any holder of said bond or bonds, so endorsed, to seize and take possession of all the property of said railroad company, and apply the earnings of said road to the extinguishment of said bond or bonds or coupons, and shall also sell said road and equipments, and other property, belonging to said company, in such manner and at such time and place as, in his judgment, may best subserve the interest of all concerned. Payment of past due Bonds provided for. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5th, 1868. (No. 107.) An Act to be entitled an act to amend the charter of the Macon and Augusta Railroad Company, and for other purposes. 3. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact , That the capital stock of the Macon and Augusta Railroad Company be increased to a sufficient amount or sum, by new subscription, upon such terms and conditions and stipulations as may be agreed upon by the board of directors, and the new subscribers to the same, to complete their said railroad, and fully equip the same: Provided , that by said increase of stock, the stock of said company shall not exceed three millions of dollars. Capital stock of the Macon and Augusta R. R. Co. may be increased. 4. Sec. II. The said railroad company is hereby fully authorized and empowered to issue seven per cent. bonds of said company to an amount not exceeding six hundred thousand dollars, in addition to

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the bonds already issued by said railroad company, and to secure the payment of said bonds by mortgage or other liens on said road and equipments, and also its profits and proceeds from any source whatever. Company authorized to issue Bonds. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 108.) An Act for the relief of the Atlanta and West Point and Macon and Western Railroads. Whereas, By an act of the 15th of December, 1866, contrary to usage and law heretofore prevailing, an extraordinary or excessive tax was levied upon the Atlanta and West Point and Macon and Western Railroads: And whereas , said railroads in 1866 and 1867, by their prompt action and heavy service, contributed much to the relief of the destitute poor of the State, and, by their action, saved thousands of dollars to the treasury of the State, and in common fairness and justice ought not to be taxed higher than the other prominent paying railroads in Georgia; for remedy whereof, Preamble. 5. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia , That so much of the third section of the act approved December 15th, 1866, as relates to the taxing certain railroad companies fifty cents on the one hundred dollars on their capital stock be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and that for the year 1867 the Comptroller General is directed to collect only such a per cent. tax on the net earnings of the Atlanta and West Point and Macon and Western Railroads as is collected of the Central Railroad, the Georgia Railroad, the South-western Railroad, the Muscogee Railroad, the Brunswick and Florida Railroad, the Savannah and Albany Railroad, the Augusta and Savannah Railroad and the Milledgeville Railroads: Provided , That no money shall be refunded, claimed as having been paid as taxes over and above other roads. Railroads relieved of certain taxes. Proviso. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved September 28, 1868. (No. 109.) An Act to loan the credit of the State to the Georgia Air Line Railroad Company, and for other purposes. Whereas, The Georgia Air Line Railroad, a road chartered by the legislature of the State of Georgia, to be built from the city of Atlanta, in this State, to the South Carolina State line, in the direction of Anderson C. H., in said State, is a work of great general as well as local value and importance to a large portion of the good people of this State. And Whereas , the State of South Carolina has chartered a railroad company to effect the extension and continuous construction of said railroad through the State. And Whereas , the buildings of said Georgia Air Line Railroad will be of incalculable

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benefit to the State of Georgia, by developing the resources of a large and valuable portion of the State hitherto unprovided with railroad advantages, and with its proposed eastward connections will open an important and necessary link in a great through trunk line between the North and South and the Atlantic and Pacific States. Preamble. 6. Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened , That from and after the passage of this Act, whenever the Georgia Air Line Railroad Company shall have completed and fully equipped twenty continuous miles of road at either or both ends of its line, it shall be the duty of the Governor of the State, and he is hereby required for and in behalf of the State, to endorse the guaranty of the State on the first mortgage bonds of said railroad company, to the extent of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per mile for that portion thus finished, completed and equipped; and when a second section of twenty miles is completed and equipped, it shall be the duty of the Governor, and he is hereby required to endorse the like guaranty on the said first mortgage bonds of the said railroad company, upon the presentation of said bonds by said company to the extent of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per mile for the second section of twenty miles, and this rate and extent of endorsement shall be continued upon the same conditions for each subsequent section of twenty miles, until said railroad is completedit being the true intent and meaning of this act that the State shall endorse the first mortgage bonds of said railroad company to the extent of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per mile for each mile of said company's line, within this State, whenever said railroad company shall prepare and execute said first mortgage bonds, and shall make request for such endorsement of guaranty thereof as aforesaid. Endorsement of Air Line R. R. Bonds. 7. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That if the last section of said railroad shall be less than twenty miles the endorsement shall be at the said rate of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per mile. Endorsement for last section Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That before any such endorsement shall be made, the Governor shall be satisfied that so much of the road as the said endorsement shall be applied for is really finished, and in complete running order, and that said road is free from all mortgages or other legal incumbrances which may in any manner endanger the security of the State, and upon the further condition and express understanding that any endorsement of said bonds as aforesaid, when made, shall not only subject all property of every kind within this State, which may be purchased with said bonds, to the obligation of said first mortgage lien, until all the principal and interest due on the bonds so endorsed shall be paid, but the said endorsement shall be and is hereby understood to operate as a prior lien or mortgage on all of the property of the company to be enforced as hereinafter provided for. Conditions of endorsement. 8. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , That in the event any bond or bonds endorsed by the State as provided in the first section of this act, or in the interest that may accrue and become due thereon, shall

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not be paid by said railroad company at maturity, or when due, it shall be the duty of the Governor, upon information of such default by any holder of said bond or bonds, to seize and take possession of all the property of said railroad company, and apply the earnings of said road to the extinguishment of said unpaid bond or bonds, or coupons, and may at his discretion, upon continued default in such payment by said company for a period of six months, sell the said road and its equipments and other property belonging to said company, or any portion thereof, in such manner and at such time as in his judgment may best subserve the interest of all concerned. The State controls Road if Bonds and interest are not paid at maturity. May sell. 9. Sec. V. And be it further enacted , That no railroad company in this State shall, under any pretext, sell or dispose of any bonds issued to it by the State, or any of its own bonds endorsed by the State, at less than ninety cents in the dollar, in lawful money of the United States. And in case any such company, to which the State has or may extend its aid has or may by any direct contract, or by any evasion or pretext, sell or dispose of, or attempt to sell or dispose of, any bonds issued or endorsed by the State as aforesaid, for less than ninety cents in the dollar, it shall be the duty of his Excellency, the Governor, to withhold all further issue of bonds to such company, and all further endorsement of the bonds of such company. And any citizen or tax payer in this State may appeal to the courts in his own name to restrain such illegal use of the bonds so issued, or endorsed to said company, and to discover the fraudulent or illegal use made of such bonds, by reason of which the credit of the State may be depreciated and the burdens of the citizens increased. And said endorsement shall in no case exceed the amount per mile already invested by stockholders or private persons, and actually paid in by such stockholders, nor shall said endorsement exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars, in any event. No sale of Bonds at less than 90 cents in the dollar. Amount of endorsement. Sec. VI. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved September 21, 1868. (No. 110.) An Act to loan the credit of the State to the South Georgia and Florida Railroad Company, and for other purposes. Whereas, The South Georgia and Florida Railroad, a road chartered by the Legislature of the State of Georgia, to be built from the city of Albany to the city of Thomasville, in this State, is a work of great general, as well as local, value and importance to a large portion of the good people of this State: And whereas , the building of said South Georgia and Florida Railroad will be of incalculable benefit to the State of Georgia, by developing the resources of a large and valuable portion of the State hitherto unprovided with railroad advantages. Preamble. 10. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That from and after the passage of

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this act, whenever the South Georgia and Florida Railroad Company shall have completed and fully equipped ten continuous miles of road, at either or both ends of its line, it shall be the duty of the Governor of the State, and he is hereby required for and in behalf of the State, to endorse the guaranty of the State, on the first mortgage bonds of said railroad company, to the extent of eight thousand dollars ($8,000) per mile, for that portion thus finished, completed and equipped, and when the second section of ten miles is completed and equipped, it shall be the duty of the Governor, and he is hereby required to endorse the like guaranty on the said first mortgage bonds of the said railroad company, upon the presentation of said bonds by said company, to the extent of eight thousand dollars ($8,000) per mile, for the second section of ten miles; and this rate and extent of endorsement shall be continued, upon the same conditions, for each subsequent section of ten miles until said railroad is completed, it being the true intent and meaning of this act that the State shall endorse the first mortgage bonds of said railroad company, to the extent of eight thousand dollars per mile for each mile of said company's line, whenever said railroad company shall prepare and execute said first mortgage bonds, and shall make request for such endorsements of guaranty thereof as aforesaid. Amount and conditions of endorsement of bonds by the State. 11. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That if the last section of said railroad shall be less than ten miles, the endorsement shall be at the said rate of eight thousand dollars per mile. Endorsement for last section Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That before any such endorsement shall be made, the Governor shall be satisfied that so much of the road as the said endorsement shall be applied for is really finished and in complete running order, and that said road is free from all mortgages or other legal incumbrances, which may in any manner endanger the security of the State, and upon the further conditions and express understanding that any endorsement of said bonds, as aforesaid, when made, shall not only subject all property of every kind, which may be purchased with said bonds, to the obligation of said first mortgage lien, until all the principal and interest due on the bonds so endorsed shall be paid, but the said endorsement shall be, and is hereby, understood to operate as a prior lien or mortgage on all of the property of the company, to be enforced as hereinafter provided for. Road must be free of encumbrance. Endorsement a lien 12. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , That in the event any bond or bonds endorsed by the State, as provided in the first section of this act, or the interest that may accrue and become due thereon, shall not be paid by said railroad company at maturity, or when due, it shall be the duty of the Governor, upon information of such default, by any holder of said bond or bonds, to seize and take possession of all the property of said railroad company, and apply the earnings of said road to the extinguishment of said unpaid bond or bonds or coupons, and may, at his discretion, upon continued default in such payment, by said company, for a period of six months, sell the said road and its equipments, and other property belonging to said company,

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or any portion thereof, in such manner and at such time as, in his judgment, may best subserve the interest of all concerned. The State controls Road if Bonds and interest are not paid at maturity. May sell. 13. Sec. V. And be it further enacted , That no railroad company in this State, shall, under any pretext, sell or dispose of any bonds, issued to it by the State, or any of its own bonds, endorsed by the State, at less than ninety cents (90c) in the dollar in lawful money of the United States; and in case any such company, to which the State has or may extend its aid, has or may, by any direct contract, or by any evasion or pretext, sell or dispose of, or attempt to sell or dispose of, any bonds issued or endorsed by the State, as aforesaid, for less than ninety (90) cents in the dollar, it shall be the duty of his Excellency, the Governor, to withhold all further issue of bonds to such company, and all further endorsement of the bonds of such company, and any citizen or tax payer in this State may appeal to the courts, in his own name, to restrain such illegal use of the bonds so issued or endorsed to said company, and to discover the fraudulent or illegal use made of such bonds, by reason of which the credit of the State may be depreciated, and the burden of the citizen increased, and said endorsement shall in no case exceed the amount per mile already invested by stockholders or private persons, and actually paid in by such stockholders. No sale of Bonds at less than 90 cents in the dollar. Other conditions. Sec. VI. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved September 26, 1868. (No. 111.) An Act to increase the capital and define the powers of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company. Whereas , In the original charter of said Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, (then known as the Georgia Railroad Company,) it is provided that said company shall have the power to continue the Athens branch towards any point which may be agreed upon on the Tennessee river; and by the amended charter of said company, passed in December, 1835, it is provided that the continuation of said road beyond Athens, so as to connect with the Cincinnati road, shall be steadily prosecuted so soon as the company shall have satisfactory evidence that the said connection can be formed; and whereas reasonable hopes are now entertained that said Cincinnati road will be finished to the town of Clayton at no distant day; Preamble. 14. Section I. Be it therefore enacted by the Legislature of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met , That the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company have the power to extend their road from or near the city of Athens to the town of Clayton, in Rabun county, and for that purpose the said company shall have and enjoy all the powers and privileges of the original charter and amendments. May ext'nd Railroad. 15. Sec. II. For the purposes stated in the above section, the said company may increase its capital in such form, and upon such terms,

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as the board of directors may determine: Provided , said increase shall not exceed two million dollars. Capital stock may be increased. 16. Sec. III. That said company may loan, on interest, any surplus earnings on hand, or which may be deposited by others: Provided , not exceeding seven per cent. interest or discount shall be charged, with the usual rate of exchange on bills drawn on distant points. Authorized to make loans. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. TITLE XVIII. RELIEF. Sec. 1. Debts contracted prior to June 1865evidence thereuponhow settled. 2. Judgments entered prior to 1st June 1865 revoked, and contract referred to the Jurynotice etc. 3. Verdict for property in possessionProviso. 4. Suits vs. Trustees etcliabilities. Sec. 5. Competency of witnesses. 6. Arbitration, adjustment by. 7. Levies suspended. 8. Comptroller General and Treasurer relieved from certain liabilities. 9. Certain marriages legalized and parties relieved. (No. 112.) An Act for the relief of Debtors and to authorize the adjustment of Debts upon principles of equity. * * *This Bill becomes a law by the expiration of five days from its receipt by the Governor. B. B. deGRAFFENREID, Sec'y. Executive Department. 1. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia enacts , That in all suits which shall be brought for the recovery of debts in any of the Courts of this State, or upon contracts for the payment of money made prior to the first day of June, 1865, except for the sale or hire of slaves, it shall and may be lawful for the parties in all such cases to give in evidence before the jury empanneled to try the same, the consideration of the debt or contract which may be the subject of the suit, the amount and value of the property owned by the debtor at the time the debt was contracted, or the contract entered into, to show upon the faith of what property credit was given to him, and what tender or tenders of payment he made to the creditor, at any time, and that the non-payment of the debt or debts was owing to the refusal of the creditor to receive the money tendered or offered to be tendered, the destruction or loss of the property upon the faith of which the credit was given, and how and in what manner the property was destroyed or lost, and by whose default, and in

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all such cases the juries which try the same shall have power to reduce the amount of the debt or debts sued for, according to the equities of each case and render such verdicts as to them shall appear just and equitable. Debts contracted prior to June, 1865. Evidence thereupon. How settled. 2. Sec. II. That in all cases in which verdicts have been rendered or judgments entered upon debts contracted, prior to the first day of June, 1865, and the judgment remains unsatisfied, it shall be lawful for the defendant or defendants, by motion in the Court in which the judgment was obtained to have the same submitted to a jury for trial upon the same terms and conditions as are contained in the preceding section, with like powers to the jury to reduce the amount of the judgment according to the equities of each case, and render such verdicts as to them shall appear equitable and just, and the judgment rendered in such case shall supersede the prior judgment; Provided , no judgment shall lose the priority of its lien by reason of the rendition of a new judgment; and, Provided , That in all such cases twenty days notice shall be given to the plaintiff in execution in cases in the Superior Courts, and in cases transferred to that Court from the Inferior and County Courts; and in the Justices Courts ten days notice shall be given, and in all cases commenced by motion in either the Superior or Justices Courts the case or cases shall be in order for trial at the term at which the motion may be made, but shall be subject to continuances as cases upon the appeal. Judgments entered before June, 1865, revoked and referred to Jury. Notice to opposite party. 3. Sec. III. That in all cases in which the defendant may have in possession the property for which the debt sued on was contracted, the jury shall have power to render a verdict, returning the property, together with compensation for the use of the same; Provided , That any improvements made by the defendant shall be taken in consideration, or any part of the purchase money which may have been paid for the same according to the value of the property at the time of the trial. Verdict for property in possession. Proviso. 4. Sec. IV. That in suits against trustees, administrators, executors or guardians, it shall be lawful for the defendant or defendants to give in evidence the loss or destruction of the trust property which came into their hands, or its depreciation in value and the value of the property in their hands at the commencement of the suit, shall be the measure of damages to be rendered by the jury against them; Provided , That no trustee, administrator, executor or guardian shall be exempt from liability for the value of any trust which he may have wasted, or which has been lost by his neglect or default. Suits vs. Trustees, Administrators. etc. Their liability. 5. Sec. V. That in all suits which may be commenced by original action, or by motion under this act, both parties thereto shall be competent witnesses. Witnesses: who competent. 6. Sec. VI. That in all arbitrations to adjust and settle debts contracted prior to June 1st, 1865, the same rules and regulations shall apply, and the same evidence shall be admissible as provided in the first section of this act. Arbitrations. 7. Sec. VII. That in all cases where levies have been made and the property levied upon has not been sold, it shall and may be law

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ful for the defendant or defendants to file their affidavits, stating that they desire to take the benefit of the remedy provided for in this act, and the sheriffs to whom said affidavits are presented, shall receive the same and suspend the sale and return the papers to the Court from which the process under which they act may have issued, or to such Court as may, by law, have jurisdiction; Provided , That the property levied upon shall be returned to the defendant upon his giving bond and security, as in claim cases. Levies suspended. Sec. VIII. Repeals conflicting laws. (No. 113.) An Act to relieve the present Comptroller and Treasurer of certain liabilities. Whereas , In the absence of most of the books belonging to the Comptroller and Treasurer's office, (their predecessors having not yet delivered the same,) it is impossible to determine to what special fund or funds the present amount in the treasury belongs; therefore, Preamble. 8. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact , That the present Comptroller and Treasurer shall be and they are relieved from the liabilities imposed in article 3, section 7, page 28, of Irwin's Code, so far only as relates to the amount placed in the hands of the present Treasurer by the Provisional Treasurer, Captain C. T. Rockwell. Relieves Comptroller and Treasurer. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved August 27, 1868. (No. 114.) An Act to legalize certain marriages, and relieve the parties thereto from pains and penalties. 9. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That in all cases where a divorce a vinculo matrimonii has been pronounced between parties by a court of competent jurisdiction, and by the decree of the court only one of said parties is authorized to marry again, and the other party has nevertheless married, that all such marriages as have occurred prior to the adoption of the present Constitution be and the same are hereby legalized, and the parties thereto relieved of all pains and penalties growing out of said marriage. Certain marriages legalized. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868.

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TITLE XIX. SALARIES. Sec. 1. Salary, Supreme Court Judges. 2. Salary, Superior Court Judges. Sec. 3. Salary, Solicitors General. (No. 115.) An Act to fix and establish the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court, the Judges of the Superior Courts, and the Solicitor's General. Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met , That from and after the passage of this act, each Judge of the Supreme Court shall have for his services a salary of two thousand and five hundred dollars per annum, at specie value. Salaries:Supreme C'rt Judges Sec. II. That each Judge of the Superior Courts shall have for his services a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, at specie value. Superior C'rt Judg Sec. III. That the Solicitors General receive, for their services as such, two hundred and fifty dollars in specie, per annum. Solicitors. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved August 12, 1868.

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TITLE XX. TAXES. Sec. 1. Comptroller General to have tax of 1867 paid. 2. May use all lawful means to collect said tax. 3. Governor and Comptroller to assess such per cent. as will raise $500,000. 4. Ad valorem, specific taxpractitioners of law, dentistry and physic; daguerrean, ambrotype, photographic and similar artists, auctioneers, pool or billiard table, bagatelle, ten-pin alley, etc.; any other table or stand, place or game, etc.; brandy. gin, and rum, per gallon; returns, how made; poll tax; sleight of hand, etc., performances; circuses: all other shows, etc., failing to pay tax on exhibitions. 5. Railroad companies. Sec. 6. Home and foreign insurance companies. 7. Oath of tax payers. 8. To be collected in United States currency. 9. No tax on income. 10. Section 796 of Code not repealed; proviso. 11. No county or city tax assessed on law, physic and dentistry. 12. Shares in National Bankshow given in. 13. Comptroller General's duty. 14. Comptroller General to cause taxes to be collected by 1st of February next. 15. Paragraph 13, of section 2, of tax act, 1868, explained. (No. 116.) An Act to compel all persons in this State to pay their tax for the year 1867, where they have not heretofore paid the same. Whereas , A great portion of the tax for the year 1867, due the State of Georgia, was not collected by reason of the proclamation of Governor Jenkins, staying the collection of said tax for said year; Preamble. 1. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly , That the Comptroller General of said State shall be required to have the unpaid tax due the State of Georgia, for the year 1867, collected with the tax due said State for the year 1868. Unpaid tax of 1867 and 1868 to be collected. 2. Sec. II. That said Comptroller General be and he is hereby empowered to use and employ all lawful means to collect said tax for the year 1867, that the laws may give him for the collecting of the tax for the year 1868. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 9, 1868. (No. 117.) An Act to levy and collect a tax for the support of the Government for the year 1868, and for other purposes. 1. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, etc. , That his Excellency the Governor is hereby authorized and empowered, with the assistance of the Comptroller General, to proceed to assess and levy such a per centage on the taxable property as will produce, in the estimation of the Governor, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of specific taxes. Assessment $500,000. 4. Sec. II. That in addition to the ad valorem tax on real and taxable

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property, as required by the Constitution and assessed in the preceding section, the following specific taxes shall be levied and collected: Specific taxes. 1. Upon every practitioner of law, physic and dentistry, ten dollars. Professions 2. Upon every daguerrean, ambrotype, photographic and similar artists, fifteen dollars. Artists. 3. Upon every person carrying on the business of auctioneer, twenty-five dollars. Auction'rs. 4. Upon every keeper of a pool or billiard table, kept for public play, twenty-five dollars for each table. Billiards 5. Upon every keeper of a bagatelle table, kept for public play, twenty-five dollars for each table. and other 6. Upon every keeper of a ten-pin alley, or alley of like kind, for public play, twenty dollars. 7. Upon every keeper of any other table, stand or place, for any other game or play, with or without a name, unless for exercise and amusement only, and not prohibited by law, ten dollars. games, 8. There shall be levied a specific tax, for educational purposes, of ten cents per gallon, on every gallon of brandy, gin, whiskey or rum, whether foreign or domestic, which is sold by any person in quantities less than thirty gallons, in this State, and the amount sold shall be given in under oath. Quarterly returns on oath shall be made on the first days of April, July, October and January, in each year, by all persons within the county who sell liquors in quantities less than thirty gallons, of the amount sold during the preceding quarter. Said returns shall be made to the tax collector of the county, who shall demand and collect the tax due when the return is made. It shall be the duty of the tax collector to require all persons selling said liquors to make their returns, and pay the tax thereon; and if any person shall fail or refuse to make his returns, and to pay said tax, he shall be assessed by the collector a specific tax of one thousand dollars, and the collector shall proceed to collect the same by execution as in other cases of taxes due and unpaid, to go into effect from and after the first of October next. Whisky. Returns. Specific tax 9. That each and every male inhabitant of this State, on the first day of April last, between the ages of twenty-one and sixty, shall pay a tax of one dollar for educational purposes. Poll tax. 10. That all sleight of hand performances, or magicians, shall pay the sum of fifty dollars for each and every performance, in each and every county where they exhibit, to the county tax collector. Magicians. 11. That all circus companies shall pay the sum of one hundred dollars for each day that he or they may perform, to the county tax collector of each and every county where they may exhibit Circus companies. 12. That all other shows or exhibitions, except for literary or charitable purposes, in this State, shall pay the sum of twenty-five dollars in each and every county where they may exhibit. Other shows. 13. On any person or company failing or refusing to pay the tax on shows and exhibitions, required by this act, it shall be the duty of the

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tax collector in each and every county, and he is hereby required to issue an execution against said person or company so failing or refusing to pay said tax on shows and exhibitions, to be directed to and levied by any sheriff or constable of said county, upon any and all of the property that may be found belonging to said person or company; and all money so collected shall be paid into the treasury of this State for educational purposes. Defaulters 5. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, etc. , That all railroad companies, incorporated in this State, shall pay an annual tax of one-half of one per cent. on their net earnings. Railroad companies. 6. Sec. IV. All home and foreign insurance companies, doing business in this State, shall pay one per cent. on all premiums in money, or otherwise, received by them: Provided , that when a home company pays the tax on its capital stock, it shall pay no tax on its premiums. And all agents of express companies from other States doing business in this State shall pay a tax of one per cent. on the gross amount of their receipts at their office in this State, to be given in and paid as in the preceding section, and that all domestic express companies and domestic insurance companies, doing business in this State, pay an annual tax of one-half of one per cent. on their respective incomes: Provided , that the tax assessed by the above sections on insurance companies are subject to modification by subsequent legislation of this General Assembly. Insurance companies. Express companies. 7. Sec. V. That the oath to be administered to all persons making return of their taxable property shall be in the words following: You do solemnly swear that you will true answers give to all lawful questions, which I may put to you, touching the return you are about to make, and that you will make a true return of all your taxable property: So help you God. And it shall be the duty of the officer taking such returns to enquire of each and every person taking said oath, touching all of his taxable property, or his liability for specific taxes as named in this act; and the Comptroller General shall publish a list of all questions to be propounded to tax-payers. Oath of tax payer. Questions for tax payers. 8. Sec. VI. That all taxes assessed under this act shall be collected in United States currency, and the value of the property on the first day of April last shall be the basis of the taxes. Currency and basis of taxes. 9. Sec. VII. That there shall be no tax on income, other than provided by sections 3 and 4. Income not taxed. 10. Sec. VIII. That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed, to repeal or effect section 796 of the Revised Code of Georgia, exempting certain property from taxation; Provided, however , That all plantation tools, and also all mechanical tools over the value of three hundred dollars shall be subject to taxation ad valorem . Exempt'ns. 11. Sec. IX. That no assessment shall be made for county or city corporation purposes on the specific tax herein imposed on practitioners of law, physic and dentistry. No local tax on professions. 12. Sec. X. All shares in any National Bank in this State shall be given in by the individual or corporation owning said shares, which shall be taxed as other property of this State of like character. Bank stock

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13. Sec. XI. That the Comptroller General is authorized and empowered to order the Tax Receiver of this State to commence receiving the returns of taxable property immediately after the passage of this act for the year 1868. When returns are made. 14. Sec. XII. That the Comptroller General is empowered and required to cause the tax to be collected by the first day of February next. When tax is collected Sec. XIII. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 118.) An Act to explain an act entitled an act to levy and collect a tax for the support of the Government for the year 1868, and for other purposes . 15. Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same , That the true intent and meaning of paragraph 13, of section 2, which is in the words following, to-wit, that all other shows or exhibitions, except for literary or charitable purposes, in this State, shall pay the sum of twenty-five dollars in each and every county where they may exhibit, is, that it shall not apply to histronic and dramatic performances usual in theatres. Theatres not taxed. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved Octor 5, 1868.

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PART II. LOCAL LAWS. Title I.COUNTY REGULATIONS. Title II.ELECTIONS, CITY. Title III.FLETCHER INSTITUTE. Title IV.JURIES, LOCAL EXEMPTIONS. Title V.RELIEF.

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TITLE I. COUNTY REGULATIONS. Sec. 1. Act making Honey Gall Landing a public landing repealed, etc. 2. Land owners, etc., in 6th District, Habersham county, authorized to employ survey of lands. 3. Acts of J. J. Chitwood, as surveyor, made legal, etc. 4. Acts relating to fees of magistrates repealed as to certain counties. 5. Owners of land on Board Creek may remove obstructions. 6. Owners refusing, others may do it. 7. Commissionerstheir duties and powers. 8. Offices of R. T. R. and T. C., in Charlton county, consolidated. 9. Ordinary of Bibb county to assess tax, etc. 10. How said tax is to be collected. Sec. 11. Tax collectors' compensation. 12. Tax levied by Echols county, in 1868, legalized. 13. Acts of E. D. Watson legalized. 14. R. T. Massey authorized to sell. etc. 15. Public sales in Muscogee may be held on street corners, etc. 16. John Overstreet may establish fishery, etc. 17. Restrictions on seining. 18. Acts of Judge Clarke legalized. 19. City Court of Savannah, etc. 20. Criminal jurisdiction of said court. 21. Judges' powers in said Court. 22. Clerk and sherifffees therein. 23. Solicitor General, Eastern Circuithow paid. 24. Act takes effect immediately. (No. 1.) An Act to repeal an act making the Honey Gall Landing, on Turtle River, in Glynn county, a public landing . Whereas , At some session of the Georgia Legislature, between the years of eighteen hundred and ten and eighteen hundred and thirty, a law was passed making the Honey Gall landing, on Turtle river, in Glynn county, a public landing; and whereas the precise year and session cannot now be ascertained by reference to any records in the State library, nor can the exact title of the bill be found; therefore, Preamble. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That from and after the passage of this act, the act making the Honey Gall landing, on Turtle river, in Glynn county, a public landing, be and the same is hereby repealed; and that all privileges and immunities therefrom be reverted to the rightful owner. Act repealed. Approved October 10, 1868.

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(No. 2.) An Act to authorize the survey of lands in the 6th district of Habersham county, and for other purposes. Whereas , Much doubt, uncertainty and confusion exist in reference to land boundaries, and divers persons are perplexed to determine the exact locality of their lands; and whereas it will be greatly conducive to the benefit of land owners generally in what was originally known and distinguished in the land system of this State as the 6th district of Habersham county; therefore, Preamble, 2. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact , That the land owners and proprietors in said district be and they are hereby authorized to employ J. J. Chitwood to run out and establish the lines in said district, and to charge the same fees allowed by law to county surveyors for like services. Owners may have land surveyed. 3. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the actings and doings of the said J. J. Chitwood, under and by virtue of the 2d section of this act, be and the same are hereby confirmed and made legal and valid, as such actings and doings would be if done and performed by the county surveyor under ordinary circumstances. Chitwood's acts legalized. Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 3.) An Act to repeal 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, 1852, to the county of Fulton, approved March 1, 1856, so far as said act applies to the county of Fulton . 4. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , 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, [Illegible Text] and Lee, and to provide a mode of collecting the same, approved January 22, 1852, to the county of Fulton, approved March 1, 1856, so far as said act applies to the county of Fulton, be and the same is hereby repealed. Act of 1st March, '56. repealed as to Fulton county. Approved October 9, 1868.

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(No. 4.) An Act to authorize the land owners on Board Creek, in the counties of Liberty and Tatnall, to remove obstructions from the same, and for other purposes. 5. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That from and after the passage of this act, the owners of lands lying on Board Creek, in the counties of Liberty and Tatnall, from a point known as Flat Ford down to the Altamaha river, be and they are hereby authorized to remove from the bed of said creek all logs, rafts, brush, sand bars or other obstructions, and to clear off and remove from the banks thereof all such timber, stumps, roots, brushes or other obstructions as commissioners hereinafter named may deem necessary to render said creek navigable for rafting timber and lumber down the same. Removal of obstruct'ns from Board creek. 6. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That if any person or persons, owning lands on said creek between the points aforementioned, shall neglect or refuse to aid in cleaning out said creek upon his or their own lands, according to the true intent of the first section of this act, then and in that case the other owners of land within said limits shall have full power and authority to enter upon the land of such person or persons so neglecting or refusing, whether they shall consent or not, and do and perform all that is authorized by the first section of this act, in as full and ample a manner as they might or could do within the boundaries of their own land. Land owners to assist Not consenting. 7. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That Zachariah Hall, William Sikes, J. D. Deloatch and W. J. Griffin, of the county of Tatnall, and S. P. Parker, J. R. Slone and D. H. Foster, of the county of Liberty, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, a majority of land owners aforesaid consenting thereto, with authority to inspect said creek within said limits, and to designate such points or places as they may deem necessary to be worked, to notify the owners when and where to commence said work, and to exercise a general supervision and control over the operations contemplated by the first section of this act: Provided , that this act shall not be so construed as to authorize such commissioners or land owners to interfere with any milldam or public bridge, or other fixture for propelling machiney, or to prevent any land owner within said limits from erecting any mill-dam or other fixture on said creek, within the boundaries of his own land, so that the same does not infringe upon the rights of adjacent land owners as established by existing laws. Commissioners to inspect. Proviso. Must not interfere with dams or bridges. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, October 10, 1868.

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(No. 5.) An Act to consolidate the offices of Receiver of Tax Returns and Tax Collector, for the county of Charlton. 8. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact , That from and after the passage of this act, the offices of Receiver of Tax Returns and Tax Collector be and the same are hereby consolidate, so far as relates to the county of Charlton: Provided , that the officers discharging give the bond required of each. Tax Receiver and T. Collector of Charlton Consolidated. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 9, 1868. (No. 6.) An Act to raise funds by taxation to build a common jail in the county of Bibb, and to authorize the building of the same, and for other purposes. Whereas , There is no common jail in the county of Bibb, the old one having been burned down, and all prisoners who are usually required to be confined in a county jail, under the laws of this State, in said county, are committed for such confinement to the city guard house in the city of Macon; and whereas, the said guard house is small in dimensions, and not unfrequently crowded with prisoners sent there by the city authorities, so that the health of prisoners is greatly endangered; therefore, Preamble. 9. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of the said county of Bibb to assess a tax upon the property of Bibb county, of such per cent. on the estate tax of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine as will raise the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or such sum as will be sufficient to erect a suitable jail building in said county of Bibb. Ordinary. to Assess tax c. to build. Jail. 10. Sec. II. And be it further enacted , That said tax shall be collected by the tax collector of Bibb county, with the State tax collected by him, and be paid into the county treasury of Bibb county, to be used solely for the purpose of erecting a county jail in said county of Bibb, under the direction and supervision of the proper county authorities in said county. Collected by T. C. c 11. Sec. III. And be it further enacted , That the tax collector, for collecting and paying into the county treasury said tax, shall have the same compensation or per cent. as he is allowed for collecting and paying over the State taxes. T. C. Compensation. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868.

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(No. 7.) An Act to make valid the tax levied by the Inferior Court of Echols county, for educational and county purposes, for the year 1868. Whereas , The Inferior Court of Echols county incurred heavy liabilities in building and completing a court house in said county, and in building a bridge across the Allopaha river, in addition to the ordinary expenses of said county, for the payment of which they levied an extra tax; Preamble. 12. Section I. Be it therefore enacted , That all tax levied and assessed by the Inferior Court for the year 1868, for the county of Echols, whether with or without the recommendation of the grand jury, be and the same is hereby declared as valid as if the same had been levied in strict conformity to law. Tax levied 1868. for Echols. declared legal c. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 8.) An Act to legalize the action of E. D. Watson, Ordinary of Lee county. Whereas , The Ordinary of Lee county did, under an emergency, issue an order to John Batts et al. , as commissioners, to receive subscriptions to the amount of three hundred dollars, to have the bridges over Muchalee creek, in said county, repaired, said bridges being impassable and of great public utility; and did authorize said commissioners to issue certificates to subscribers for the amount subscribed, which certificates to be receivable by the tax collector for county tax; Preamble. 13. Section I. Be it therefore enacted, etc. , That the action of said E. D. Watson, Ordinary of Lee county, is hereby made legal to all intents and purposes. Acts of Ordinary legalized. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 6, 1868. (No. 9.) An Act to empower R. T. Massey to sell the real estate of E. M. Edwards, deceased, on the premises, instead of in front of the Court House. Whereas , R. T. Massey, administrator on the estate of E. M. Edwards, deceased, late of the county of Fulton, of this State, has had the real estate of the said E. M. Edwards, deceased, surveyed and laid off into convenient and eligible building lots, in the city of Atlanta; and whereas, it is customary to sell such property on the premises, as better sales can be effected there than at the court house of said county; therefore, Preamble.

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14. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and it is hereby ordered by the authority of the same , That R. T. Massey, administrator of the estate of E. M. Edwards, deceased, late of the county of Fulton, be and he is hereby empowered to sell the real estate of the said E. M. Edwards, deceased, on the premises, and said sales shall be as valid as if made before the court house of said county, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. R. T. Massey authorized to sell Real Estate of E. M. Edwards. Approved September 28, 1868. (No. 10.) An Act to alter and amend an Act to change the place of holding legal sales in the county of Muscogee. 15. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That section first of an act to change the place of holding legal sales in the county of Muscogee be so altered and amended as to read as follows: Be it enacted, etc. , That in the county of Muscogee, all sales by sheriffs, constables, executors, administrators, guardians and trustees may be held at any of the street corners on Broad street, between Bryan and Crawford streets, or at any regular auction house between said streets, in the city of Columbus, upon giving the legal notice designating the time and place of sale. Sheriff's and other Sales where held. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, October 10, 1868. (No. 11.) An Act to authorize John Overstreet, of the county of Appling, to establish a fishery on the Tatnall side of the Altamaha river, at a sand bar opposite the place known as Carter's Bite, in Appling county, and to draw a seine in the river, etc. 16. Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Assembly convened , That from and after the passage of this act, John Overstreet, of the county of Appling, be and he is hereby authorized to establish a fishery on the Tatnall side of the Altamaha river, at a sand bar opposite the place known as Carter's Bite, in Appling county, and to draw a seine or seines in the river for the purpose of catching fish. Jno Overstreet may establish fishery, c. 17. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That said John Overstreet shall not be permitted, by himself or others in his employ, to draw a seine or seines more than two and a half miles in the river above the point designated in this act, nor more than two and a half miles below. Restricti'ns Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868.

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(No. 12.) An Act to legalize the acts of the Honorable John T. Clarke, Judge of the Superior Court of the Pataula Circuit, while holding the Superior Court of the county of Stewart, at the April Term , 1868. Whereas , On the 21st day of April, 1868, Major General George G. Meade, commanding the Third Military District, [Illegible Text] by general order remove from office the Honorable John T. Clarke, Judge of the Superior Court, Pataula Circuit, and after said order was issued, and before Judge Clarke had notice of the same, he held the April Term, 1868, of the Superior Court for the county of Stewart; Preamble. 18. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That the official acts of the said John T. Clarke, while holding the April term, 1868, of the Superior Court of Stewart county, be and the same are hereby made as valid and binding on parties as though he had not been removed from office. Acts of Judge Clark, legalized. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 13.) An Act to alter and amend the 4813 th section of the Revised Code of Georgia, providing for the sessions of the City Court of Savannah, to extend the criminal jurisdiction of the City Court of Savannah, to authorize the speedy and summary trial of criminal cases in said City Court, and for other purposes . 19. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That the 4813th section of the Revised Code of Georgia, providing for the session of the City Court of Savannah, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words may, in his discretion, occurring in the fourth line of said section of the Code, and inserting in lieu thereof the word shall, so that the said clause of said section of the Code shall read, The Judge of said court shall hold monthly sessions for the trial of criminal cases, and may draw grand and petit jurors for said monthly sessions, either in term time or vacation. 4813 of Code Amendment strike out. Insert. Monthly Sessions. 20. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the criminal jurisdiction of the said City Court of Savannah shall extend to all criminal offences, less than a felony, committed within the limits of the county of Chatham. Crime Jurisdiction. 21. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That at the said monthly sessions of said City Court of Savannah, or at any other sessions or terms of said court, it shall and may be lawful for the Judge of said court to hear and determine the cases of any person or persons charged with the commission of any criminal offence within the jurisdiction of said court, upon accusation drawn up by the prosecuting officer, without a jury: Provided , the person or persons so accused shall in open court waive indictment or presentment by a grand jury, and arraignment

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and trial by a petit jury, which declaration shall be entered on the accusation, and spread upon the minutes of said court. Judge's powers generally. 22. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , That the clerk and sheriff of said City Court shall receive the same fees for drawing and summoning the jurors for said monthly sessions of said court as are now provided by law for similar services. Clerk and Sheriff's Fees. 23. Sec. V. Be it further enacted , That the fees of the Solicitor General of the Eastern Circuit, for the prosecution of all criminal cases in said City Court, shall be paid in the manner following: for all offences committed outside the corporate limits of said city, in the manner as prescribed by law for the payment of the fees of said Solicitor General in Chatham county; and for all offences committed within the corporate limits of said city, out of the funds of the city treasury of the city of Savannah, upon the certificate of the Judge of the said City Court of Savannah as to the correctness of the same. Solicitor Gen. E. Circuit, fees. 24. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted , That this act shall take effect from and immediately after its passage. Operative when. Sec. VII. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 8, 1868. TITLE II. ELECTIONS, CITY. Sec. 1. Act providing for election of Mayor and Councilmen of Atlanta, amended. Sec. 2. Elections in Atlanta for Mayor, etc.how vote shall be given, etc. 3. Duty of Managers at such elections. (No. 14.) An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide the manner of electing the Mayor and Members of Council of the city of Atlanta, and for other purposes. Section I. The act entitled an act providing for the election of a mayor and members of council for the city of Atlanta, assented to December 12, 1866, is hereby amended, as follows: Recited Act amended. Sec. II. That all elections for mayor and members of council of the city of Atlanta shall be by general ticket, two members of council to be chosen from each ward; said election to be held at such places in each ward as said mayor and council may designate; and shall be superintended as now provided for by law. Election. How held. Sec. III. That it shall be the duty of the managers at such elections, on the day after the same is held, to meet at the city hall in said city, and consolidate the returns of the elections of their respective

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wards; and the persons receiving the highest number of legal votes shall be duly declared mayor and members of council for said city. Duty of Managers. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5th, 1868. TITLE III. FLETCHER INSTITUTE. Sec. 1. May make sale of all the real estate belonging to said corporation, together with all buildings, etc. Sec. 2. How to invest the proceeds. (No. 15.) An Act to authorize the sale of the real estate of the Fletcher Institute, and re-invest the proceeds of the said sale. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That the Fletcher Institute shall have power, and it is hereby authorized, to make a sale of all the real estate belonging to the said corporation, together with the buildings and other improvements thereon, including six acres of land and the two brick buildings and other improvements attached, put up for school purposes, situate and being in that part of Thomasville, Thomas county, Georgia, known as Fletcherville. Authorized to sell Estate c. Sec. II. And be it further enacted , That said incorporationthe Fletcher Instituteshall have power and is hereby authorized to invest the proceeds of said sale in bonds of the State of Georgia, or other good securities, and the same to sell or collect and re-invest again, at pleasure, in other securities, as a perpetual fund; the proceeds or interest arising from said fund to be appropriated to the education of a minister or ministers of the Bainbridge District of the South Georgia Conference. To invest the proceeds, how Sec. III. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10th, 1868.

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TITLE IV. JURIES, LOCAL EXEMPTIONS. Sec. 1. Sixty members of each fire company in cities of Albany and Milledgeville exempted from jury duty; proviso. 2. What is necessary to obtain such exemptions. Sec. 3. Same provisions extended to fifty members of Merchants' and Mechanics' Fire Co., in Milledgeville, etc. 4. Members of Stonewall Fire Co. exempt from jury and militia duty; proviso. (No. 16.) An Act to exempt from jury duty certain members of the Fire Companies in the city of Albany, and of the Merchants' and Mechanics' Fire Company, of the city of Milledgeville. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, etc. , That sixty members of each fire company in said cities shall be and are hereby exempt from jury duty in the counties of Dougherty and Baldwin, in said State, so long as they remain active working members of said companies: Provided , they fully obey and perform all the lawful duties imposed by the by-laws, rules and regulations prescribed for the fire department in said cities; and upon the failure of any one hereby exempt to perform in good faith said requirements as a fireman, then his name shall be stricken from the rolls of said companies, and be returned to the proper authorities for jury duty, and he shall not be entitled to the benefits of this act. Members of certain Fire Companies. Exempt from Jury duty. Upon Failure. 2. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That to authorize the exemptions provided in the first section of this act, it shall be necessary for the chief or foreman of each of said companies to furnish to the Clerks of the Superior Courts of Dougherty and Baldwin counties, semi-annually, a list of the members of their respective companies for whom this exemption is provided; and no other members of said companies shall be exempt from jury duty than those on said lists. 3. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That the same privileges contained in the provisions of this act be extended to fifty members of the Merchants' and Mechanics' Fire Company, of the city of Milledgeville, the names of such members to be designated by the foreman and furnished to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baldwin county. Sec. IV. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, October 10, 1868.

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(No. 17.) An Act to relieve members of the Stonewall Fire Company, No. 1, from Jury duty, etc. Whereas , Edward R. Peabody, George T. Gaden, John D. Harrell and Theodore R. Wardell, did petition the Superior Court of Decatur county and obtain therefrom an order incorporating them and their associates under the name and style of Stonewall Fire Engine Company, No. 1; and whereas, the said Superior Court not having authority to grant such exemption to the members of said company as are usually accorded to firemen; therefore, Preamble. Members relieved from Jury and Militia duty. 4. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That from and after the passage of this act, no member of the Stonewall Fire Engine Company, No. 1, shall be required to do or perform any jury or militia duty in this State, nor shall any member of said company suffer any pain or penalty for the non-performance of such duty so long as he shall remain a member of the same; Provided , That there shall not be more than fifty members exempt from jury duty. Proviso. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. TITLE V. RELIEF. Sec. 1. James N. Moss relieved of disabilities as minor. 2. Davis P. Vickory relieved and authorized to marry again. 3. Hamlin Hudgens relieved as security. 4. Rachael Box relieved from pains of divorce; may marry again. 5. Andrew Gay relieved from pains of divorce; may marry again. 6. Amos Hicks relieved as minor, etc. 7. Thomas Adams relieved as security. 8. Dr. G. L. Roberts and Rebecca Mathis relieved as sureties. 9. William S. Moughon relieved from double taxes. Sec. 10. H. L. Carroll and Rebecca Mathis relieved on forfeited recognizance. 11. William F. Attaway relieved as security. 12. To authorize R. L. Rogers, administrator, etc., to pay certain parties their pro rata of estate, etc. 13. Jane E. Sims relieved and constituted a feme sole , etc. 14. Henry H. Carey authorized to wind up estate of Willis J. Whatley. 15. Margaret W. Crew relieved, and may contract marriage. 16. Cary J. Thornton and E. W. Crocker made eligible to Solicitorship. (No. 18.) An Act to relieve James N. Moss, a minor, of Thomas county, Georgia, and heir of James Massey, late of Thomas county, deceased, from his disability as such, to take effect from the first day of January , 1869. Whereas , James N. Moss, a minor, heir of James Massey, late of Thomas county, deceased, is entitled as an heir of said deceased to an

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estate; and whereas, the said James N. Moss is possessed of sufficient judgment and discretion to manage his estate himself; therefore, 1. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia , That said James N. Moss be and he is hereby relieved from all disability as a minor; and all persons controlling the estate or property, real or personal, of the said James Massey, late of Thomas county, deceased, whether guardian, trustee, administrators or executors, be and they are hereby authorized and required to turn over to the said James N. Moss all the property, real and personal, belonging to him, after the first day of January, 1869, taking his receipt therefor; and that such settlement shall be as conclusive as if the said James N. Moss were of full age. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 19.) An Act for the relief of Davis P. Vickory, of Coweta county. Whereas , Davis P. Vickory of Coweta county, was married to Martha J. Vickory in the year 1865; and whereas, at the March term 1868 of the Superior Court of said county, the said Martha J. Vickory obtained a total divorce without settling the rights and disabilities of the said Davis P. Vickory. Preamble. 2. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That from and after the passage of this act, Davis P. Vickory, of Coweta county, be and he is hereby relieved, released and fully exonerated from all liabilities, pains and penalties by him incurred by reason of a divorce granted by the Superior Court of Coweta county, to Martha J. Vickory, his late wife, and that he be fully authorized to contract marriage and enter into the same as fully and legally as if he had never been married to the said Martha J. Vickory. Davis P. Vickory relieved. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 20.) An Act for the relief of Hamlin Hudgens of DeKalb county, in this State, security of John Hudgens who was indicted at the Marc term of the Superior Court eighteen hundred and sixty-five, of the county of Gwinnett, and said State, for the offence of larceny. Whereas , At the said March term eighteen hundred and sixty-five, of the Superior Court of the said county of Gwinnett, the grand jury of said county found a true bill against said John Hudgens for the offence of larceny, and at the same term of said Court the said John Hudgens gave his bond with the above named person as his security in the sum of five hundred dollars conditioned for his personal

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appearance at the next term of the Superior Court of said county of Gwinnett, to answer said charge. And whereas, before said case was tried in said Court, said John Hudgens was convicted at the fall term of the county court of Newton county, Georgia, for eighteen hundred and sixty-six, for the offence of larceny and sentenced to do work in the chain gang at the penitentiary of the State; and whereas, the guard sent to convey said John Hudgens was returning to Milledgeville, with said John Hudgens as their prisoner, said John Hudgens made his escape from the guard and has not been seen or heard of since, although diligent search has been made by the security aforesaid, and whereas, at the next term of the Superior Court of the county of Gwinnett, to be held the second Monday in September next, final judgment will be entered up against said John Hudgens and said securities, for the full amount of said bond, it being already forfeited and an order nisi taken on said bond unless relieved by this General Assembly, for remedy whereof. Preamble. 3. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact , That the said Hamlin Hudgens, security as aforesaid on the bond of the said John Hudgens, be and he is hereby relieved and fully discharged from all liability to pay or have judgment entered up against him on said bond except for court cost, any laws of this State to the contrary notwithstanding. Hamlin Hudgens relieved Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 21.) An Act for the relief of Rachel Box, of the county of Clinch. Whereas , Rachel Box was married to Allen Box, and whereas afterwards the said Allen Box sued for and obtained a divorce from said Rachel Box in 1867, and whereas, the said Allen Box has since intermarried with a Miss , and whereas, the special jury that returned the second verdict divorcing the said Allen Box, recommended that the said Rachel Box be divorced. Preamble. 4. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That from and after the passage of this act, Rachel Box of the said county of Clinch, be and she is hereby relieved, released and fully exonerated from all liabilities, pains or penalties by her incurred by reason of the divorce granted between her and her former husband, Allen Box, and that she be to all intents and purposes fully authorized to contract and enter into marriage as fully and as legally as if she had never been married to the said Allen Box. Relief of Rachel Box Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868.

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(No. 22.) An Act for the relief of Andrew Gay, of Emanuel county, Georgia . Whereas , Andrew Gay was married to Elizabeth Hendricks in 1866; and whereas, afterwards the said Elizabeth Hendricks sued for and obtained a divorce from said Andrew Gay, in Bullock county Superior Court; and whereas, said Elizabeth Hendricks has since married; Preamble. 5. Section I. Be it enacted , That from and after the passage of this act, Andrew Gay, of said county of Emanuel, be and he is hereby relieved, released and fully exonerated from all liabilities, disabilities, pains or penalties by him incurred by reason of the divorce granted between him and his former wife, Elizabeth Hendricks; and that he be to all intents and purposes fully authorized to contract and enter into marriage, as fully and as legally as if he had never been married to the said Elizabeth Hendricks. Andrew Gray, relieved from pains of divorce obtained by his former wife, and authorized to marry again. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 23.) An Act to relieve Amos Hicks, a minor, of Thomas county, Georgia an heir of Daniel Stringer, deceased, late of Thomas county, from his disabilities as such, to take effect from the 1st day of January , 1869. Whereas , Amos Hicks, a minor, heir of Daniel Stringer, late of Thomas county, deceased, is entitled as an heir of said deceased, to an estate; and whereas, the said Amos Hicks is possessed of sufficient judgment and discretion to manage his estate himself; therefore, Preamble. 6. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That said Amos Hicks be and he is hereby relieved from all disabilities as a minor; and that all persons controlling the estate or property, real or personal, of the said Daniel Stringer, late of Thomas county, deceased, whether guardians, trustees, administrators or executors, be and they are hereby authorized and required to turn over to the said Amos Hicks all the property, real and personal, belonging to him, after the first day of January, 1869, taking his receipt therefor; and that such settlement shall be as conclusive as if the said Amos Hicks were of full age. Amos Hicks relieved of disabilities as a minor. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 24.) An Act to relieve Thomas Adams, of the county of Thomas, in this State, from all his liabilities as security on the bond of Wm. Willey, etc. Whereas , Wm. Willey, of the county of Thomas, was charged with

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the offence of larceny in the county of Thomas, at the Spring Term, 1867, of the Superior Court, and Thomas Adams entered himself as security on the bond of the said Wm. Willey; and whereas, the said Wm. Willey has absconded, and the said Adams having used every effort to bring the said Wm. Willey to justice, and failed, and the said Thomas Adams having had his house burned, and being thereby reduced to poverty, and unable to pay said bond; therefore, Preamble. 7. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia , That from and after the passage of this act, Thomas Adams, of the county of Thomas, in said State, be and he is hereby relieved from all the pains and penalties as security on the bond of the said Wm. Willey. Thomas Adams, relieved as security. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 6th, 1868. (No. 25.) An Act for the relief of Dr. G. L. Roberts and Rebecca Mathis, of the county of Union, from the payment of a certain bond therein specified . 8. Section I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact , That G. L. Roberts and Rebecca Mathis, of the county of Union, be and they are hereby relieved and released from all liability upon a certain two hundred dollar bond signed by them at the May Term, 1866, of Union Superior Court, for the appearance of Charles Erwin, to answer a charge of simple larceny. G. S. Roberts and Rebecca Mathis, relieved from Liabilities on Bond. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 26.) An Act to relieve Wm. S. Moughon, of the county of Bibb, from double taxation for the year 1867 . Whereas , In consequence of the death of his overseer, John Sawyer, the plantations owned by William S. Moughon, in Dougherty county, known as Mud Creek and Talassee, were not returned for taxes for the year 1867, and were assessed by S. F. de Graffenried, tax receiver, at fifteen dollars per acre, and double taxed upon that valuation; and whereas, it appears that the cause of the said William S. Moughon's failure to return his said plantations for taxation was providential, and that said plantations were not worth, at the time of said assessment, more than seven dollars per acre; Preamble. 9. 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 authority of the same , That the tax collector of Dougherty county be authorized and required to receive from William S. Moughon a single tax upon all the property owned by the said William

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S. Moughon in the said county on the first day of April, 1867, in full settlement of all demands for taxes in said county against him, said William S. Moughon making a return of his said property under oath. W. S. Moughon relieved from double tax. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 27.) An Act to relieve Henry L. Carroll and Rebecca Mathis, both of the county of Union, from liabilities on a forfeited recognizance therein specified . 10. Section I. The General Assembly do enact , That Henry L. Carroll and Rebecca Mathis, of the county of Union, be and they are hereby relieved of all liability, except for cost which has accrued upon the same, upon a certain five hundred dollar bond signed by them as security, at the October term, 1865, of Union Superior Court, and conditioned for the appearance of Charles Erwin at the next term thereafter of said court, to answer to a charge of simple larceny. H. L. Carroll Rebecca Mathis relieved. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 28.) An Act to relieve Wm. F. Attaway, of Hart county, from liability as security on bond . Whereas , It appears on the fifteenth day of May, 1866, William A. Brown, William F. Attaway, Jesse Ginn and John M. Haynes, all of Hart county, Georgia, entered into and signed a bond as securities for the personal appearance of Henry T. Brown, indicted for murder in the Superior Court of Banks county, Georgia, said bond payable to Charles J. Jenkins, Governor of Georgia, and his successors in office, for the sum of five thousand dollars, and by reason of the nonappearance of the said Henry T. Brown said bond became forfeited; and in the year 1867, at the October term of the Superior Court of Banks county, judgment was entered against the said William F. Attaway, Jesse Ginn and John M. Haynes for the amount of said bond, five thousand dollars, with cost of suit, William A. Brown, father of said Henry T. Brown, being left out without the knowledge or consent of the other securities; and whereas, the said Jesse Ginn and John M. Haynes have proven themselves entirely insolvent, so that the whole liabilities of said bond rest on William F. Attaway, who is a man of very limited means; and whereas, the grand jury of Banks county, at the October term of the Superior Court for 1867, did recommend the relief of the securities on said boad to the General Assembly of the State of Georgia; therefore, Preamble. 11. Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

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of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met , That the said William F. Attaway, of the county of Hart, as aforesaid, be and he is hereby relieved from all the liabilities on said bond, and that the solicitor General is hereby instructed to not prosecute said bond. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868. (No. 29.) An Act to authorize R. L. Rogers, executor of the last will and testament of Robert Rogers, deceased, of the county of Bartow, in this State, to pay over to A. Hargis, and his wife, Angeline Hargis, and Charles Hatch, and his wife, Jane Hatch, their pro rata share in the estate of Robert Rogers, deceased; the said Angeline Hargis and Jane Hatch being the children of J. C. Rogers, deceased, and heirs to the estate of Robert Rogers, deceased . 12. Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is enacted by the authority of the same , That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for R. L. Rogers, executor of the will of Robert Rogers, deceased, to pay to A. Hargis, and his wife, Angeline Hargis, and Charles Hatch, and his wife, Jane Hatch, their pro rata share of the moneys and effects in the estate of Robert Rogers, deceased; and their receipt, attested by an acting justice of the peace, shall be good and valid evidence as to the payment of such interest in said estate; and the said R. L. Rogers shall never be compelled to pay again said shares, or such part of the same, as shall have been paid by him to said heirs, under this act, and receipted for as above described. R. L. Rogers Exc'r. to pay certain Shares. Relieves from future liability. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 30.) An Act for the relief of Jane E. Sims, and to constitute her a feme sole as to all her separate property . Whereas , Jane E. Sims is the owner of a considerable estate, of which Thomas G. Sims is trustee, in part, and William B. Lowe is trustee, in part, and for part of which there is no trustee; and whereas, it is doubtful as to whether her rights to manage are controlled by the settlements set forth in the will and deeds under which she holds; and whereas, it is desirable, for the successful management of the property, that these doubts be removed, and all parties interested consent; therefore, 13. Section I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact , That as to all of the property, real, personal or mixed, to which she may now be entitled, or to which she may at any time hereafter become entitled, Jane E. Sims shall be as a feme sole , with full power to manage,

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dispose of and control the same, free from the control of the debts and liabilities of her present husband, or of any future husband she may have, any provision of law now existing to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved October 10th, 1868. (No. 31.) An Act to provide for completing the administration and settlement of the estate of Willis J. Whatley, late of Troup county, deceased . Whereas , Henry H. Carey, of Troup county, Georgia, has been duly qualified as administrator of the estate of Willis J. Whatley, and is proceeding with the administration, but has recently been elected Ordinary of said county of Troup; and whereas, it is nevertheless the desire and request of the parties interested in the said estate, that said Henry H. Carey shall wind up and settle the said estate; therefore, Preamble. 14. Section I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact , That Henry H. Carey shall have authority, as administrator of the estate of Willis J. Whatley, deceased, to finish the administration of said estate, notwithstanding his election and qualification as Ordinary of Troup county: Provided , that said Carey shall make his returns to the Ordinary of another county. Henry H. Carey may finish Administration of Estate of W. J. Whatley Proviso. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 8, 1868. (No. 32.) An Act to authorize Margaret W. Crew, of the county of Marion, to contract in marriage, and for other purposes . Whereas , Eli A. Crew, husband of Margaret W. Crew, of the county of Marion, abandoned the said Margaret about thirty months ago; and whereas, the said Margaret has had no communication with the said Eli A. Crew since the abandonment; and whereas, the said Margaret has learned that the said Eli A. Crew has died since he abandoned the said Margaret; and whereas, the information received in regard to the death of the said Eli A. Crew is not entirely free from doubt; therefore, 15. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives , That from and after the passage of this act, the said Margaret W. Crew, of the county of Marion, be and she is hereby relieved, released and fully exonerated from all liabilities, disabilities, pains or penalties by her incurred by reason of her vows of coverture, and that she be to all intents and purposes fully authorized to contract and enter into marriage, as fully and legally as if she had never been married to the said Eli A. Crew. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868.

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(No. 33.) An Act declaring Cary J. Thornton eligible to the office of Solicitor General of the Chattahoochee Circuit, and also E. W. Crocker, of the Macon Circuit . Whereas , By section 4111, of Irwin's Code of Georgia, it is provided, amongst other qualifications, that no person shall be eligible to the office of Solicitor General who has not been duly admitted and licensed to practice law in the Superior Courts of this State for at least three years; and whereas, Cary J. Thornton and E. W. Crocker had read law prior to the beginning of the late war, and were prevented from being admitted and licensed, until after the war closed, by reason of their being in military service during the war; Preamble. 16. Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives , That said Cary J. Thornton, of the Chattahoochee Circuit, and E. W. Crocker, of the Macon Circuit, be and they are hereby declared eligible to the office of Solicitor General, and to that extent said provision of said Code be repealed. Solicitors of Chattahoochee and Macon Circuits eligible. Approved October 9, 1868.

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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 ATLANTA, IN JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, 1868.

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RESOLUTIONS. No. 1. Judges of Superior Court, ex-Judges of Supreme Court, Solicitors General, etc., to continue in office until successors are qualified. 2. Governor to take and receipt for bonds and currency in hands of agents. 3. State aid to railroads. 4. Governor to prohibit unlawful assemblages. 5. Governor to issue writs of election for counties of Telfair and Irwin. 6. To encourage immigration, etc. 7. Superintendent of Public Works to revise map of the State. 8. Superintendent of Public Works to assort, etc., documents, etc., at [Illegible Text]. 9. Election of United States Senators. 10. Removing obstructions from Tennessee river. 11. To authorize State Treasurer to pay committee clerks, etc. 12. Pay of Commissioners for visiting State Institutions, etc. 13. Three competent persons to examine land books of Muscogee, Carroll and Coweta, etc. 14. Comptroller General to transfer certain entries, etc. 15. Relief of James Holliman, tax collector of Upson county. 16. Governor to furnish members and all civil officers of State with Constitution, etc. No. 17. Treasurer to advance per diem pay to members and officers, etc. 18. Treasurer to advance to officers and members of General Assembly. 19. Asking appointment of special committee to examine books of Treasurer and Comptroller General. 20. Free ticket over State Road to Mrs. Williams and Miss M. J. Green, etc. 21. Governor to furnish all civil officers of this State with Irwin's Revised Code, etc. 22. Certain advances to Secretary of Senate and Clerk of House, to defray contingent expenses. 23. Per diem pay of R. H. Fleming, deceased, Clerk of House. 24. To authorize Governor to accept charter of the Bank of Savannah. 25. Election of United States Senators. 26. Joint committee to confer with Governor as to raising funds to pay off members, etc. 27. Authorizing J. W. Burke to execute public printing. 28. Clerk of House and Secretary of Senate to turn over the printing to Mr, Burke. 29. To furnish Harrison's Pamphlet to certain officers. (No. 1.) A Resolution that Judges of the Superior Courts, ex-Judges of the Supreme Court, Reporter and Clerk of the same, and Solicitors General, shall continue in office until their successors shall be elected and qualified, and the Governor be authorized to draw his warrant to pay the same. Whereas , Section 4963 of Irwin's Code provides that Judges of the Superior Courts, ex-Judges of the Supreme Court, Reporter and Clerk of the same, and Solicitors General, shall continue in office until their successors shall be elected and qualified; and whereas, all Judges of this State were elected or appointed according to the laws of this State, and continue to exercise the functions of their offices up to the recent appointments of their successors; and whereas, some of the said judges still continue to perform the duties of said office, and no successor has, as yet, been appointed; be it therefore Preamble. Resolved That the Governor of the State of Georgia is hereby authorized and instructed to issue his warrants to the Treasurer of said

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State to pay said Judges, Solicitors General, Clerk and Reporter of the Supreme Court, the regular salaries allowed them by law, up to date of the appointment of their respective successors by the Governor, and the official acts performed by said Judges are hereby declared valid and binding. Salaries of certain Judicial officershow paid. Their acts made valid. Approved October 7, 1868. (No. 2.) A Resolution authorizing and requesting his Excellency the Governor to take possession of, and receipt for, all bonds or currency belonging to the State, now in the hands of agents, heretofore authorized to have and hold said bonds. REsolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly met , That his Excellency, Governor Rufus B. Bullock, he and he is hereby authorized and requested to take possession of, for the benefit of the State, and to receipt for any and all bonds or currency belonging to the State now in the hands of agents, heretofore authorized to have and to hold said bonds; and that the said bonds shall be held subject to disposal under laws heretofore or to be hereafter enacted. Gov'r to receipt for bonds and currency in hands of agents. Approved October 3, 1868. (No. 3.) A Resolution for the further protection of the State in lending its aid to certain railroads, and for other purposes. Whereas , Certain bills have been passed by the General Assembly, and others are now pending, entitled acts to extend the aid of the State to certain railroads therein named; and whereas, said bills authorize his Excellency the Governor to place the endorsement of the State on the bonds of said companies; and whereas, it is necessary to protect the interest of the State as fully as possible; therefore, be it Preamble. Resolved , That the Governor may, prior to endorsing the bonds, or any portion of the bonds, of said companies, as provided for in these acts, cause the Superintendent of public works to examine said roads, and ascertain if the terms upon which said aid is granted have been first fully complied with. Superintendent of Public Works to examine into condition of Railroads aided by the State. Resolved , That his Excellency the Governor shall cause the above named officer to report annually upon the condition of all such roads, the number of miles constructed under the provisions of said acts, the cost of the same, the expense of operating said roads, the amount of profits arising therefrom, also the amount paid into the treasury from the taxes levied upon the property of said companies, the increased value of taxable property in the sections through which said roads pass, and any other information that may be deemed necessary for the use of the Legislature; and for this purpose the presidents of

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said roads, and all others, are hereby required, when called upon, to furnish such information upon the above named points as may be in their possession. Approved September 21, 1868. (No. 4.) A Resolution requesting the Governor to prohibit armed and unlawful assemblages. Whereas , It being the proctice of a portion of the citizens of this State to assemble in large numbers, with arms, for the purpose of exercising in military tactics, and for other unlawful purposes, without authority of law, and to the terror of the good citizens thereof; therefore, Preamble. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives , That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby respectfully requested to issue his proclamation prohibiting such armed and unlawful assemblages; but the right of the people to peaceably assemble for the consideration of any matter shall not be impaired by any proclamation of the Governor. Governor to prohibit unlawful assemblages. Approved September 9, 1868. (No. 5.) A Resolution authorizing the Governor to issue writs of election, as in other cases of vacancy, for members of the House of Representatives and county officers in the counties of Telfair and Irwin. Whereas , In consequence of a failure on the part of the registrars for the Fifteenth Senatorial District to hold elections in accordance with the election order of General Meade, in the counties of Telfair and Irwin; and whereas, his Excellency the Governor has been petitioned to order elections in said counties, but has declined to do so in consequence of a doubt in his mind as to the authority vested in him by the Code of Georgia to order elections in such cases; therefore be it Preamble. Resolved , That his Excellency the Governor be authorized, and it is hereby made his duty as in other cases of vacancy, to issue writs of election forthwith for an election to be held in said counties for members of the House of Representatives and county officers. Governor authorized to issue writs of election. 2. Resolved , That this resolution be transmitted forthwith to the House of Representatives, with the request that it be taken up immediately and concurred in by that body. Approved August 16, 1868.

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(No. 6.) A Resolution to encourage emigration, and to improve the unequaled natural advantages of the State . Whereas , The unsurpassed water power of the State of Georgia are unemployed, four-fifths of the land lying idle, the mineral wealth lies buried and undisturbed, and many favored advantages shut out from the world for want of railroads, and all for want of capital and labor; therefore be it Preamble. Resolved , by the General Assembly of Georgia, as the representatives of the people, That we extend a hearty welcome and a generous invitation to all good citizens, laborers and capitalists, from all parts of our country and foreign countries, to come and cast their lots with ours, that this may soon be a powerful State, and justly deserve the name of the Empire State of the South; and to all who come we do guarantee every protection of person and property. Invitation to foreign capitalists. Approved, August 27, 1868. (No. 7.) A Resolution directing the Superintendent of Public Works to revise the map of the State of Georgia . Whereas , There is no correct map of this State in any of the public offices at the seat of government; therefore, be it Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That the Superintendent of Public Works be directed and authorized to have a revised map of the said State prepared as soon as practicable, and that he have an authenticated copy of the same deposited in the Executive office, in the offices of the Comptroller General, Treasurer and Secretary of State, and such other offices as the Governor may direct. Map of State to be revised. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 8.) Whereas , The documents and records of the State of Georgia, at Milledgeville, are not properly taken care of, being scattered promiscuously through the various rooms of the capitol, and are liable to be lost and destroyed; therefore, be it Preamble. Resolved , That the Superintendent of Public Works be directed to have them assorted and arranged so as to insure their safety. * * This resolution takes effect as such by reason of the expiration of five days from its receip by his Excellency the Governor. B. B. deGRAFFENREID, Sec'y, Executive Department. Superintendent of Public Works.

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(No. 9.) A Resolution to bring on the election of United States Senators . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met , That the two Houses will proceed on Tuesday, the 28th instant, at 12 o'clock M., each House voting separately as directed by the act of Congress, to elect a United States Senator for the term which expires on the 4th of March, 1873; also, for a United States Senator for the term which expires on the 4th of March, 1871. Election U. S. Senators Approved July 28, 1868. (No. 10.) Whereas , An effort has been made by the people of Tennessee and Alabama to remove obstructions from the Tennessee river, so that the same may be made navigable to the city of Chattanooga; and whereas, the removal of said obstructions is of great commercial importance to the people of this State, as well as of Tennessee and Alabama; and whereas, said work cannot be consummated without the aid of the general government; therefore, Preamble. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia , That our representatives in Congress be and they are hereby requested to co-operate with the friends of this work in Congress, and that they lend their aid in endeavoring to procure from Congress an appropriation for the purpose of completing this great commercial enterprise. Congress requested to co-operate. Resolved , That his Excellency the Governor be requested to furnish certified copies of these resolutions to our Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States; and that our Senators and Representatives be requested to lay the same before the different bodies of which they are members. Governor's duty. Approved September 5, 1868. (No. 11.) A Resolution authorizing the State Treasurer to pay committee clerks such amounts, respectively, as the chairmen of the committees may severally recommend, subject to endorsement by the chairman of the Committee on Finance . Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Georgia Legislature , That the State Treasurer be authorized to pay to the clerks of the Senate and House committees such amounts as the chairmen of the respective committees may recommend, and the chairman of the Committee on Finance approves. Pay of Clerks of Committees. Approved September 7, 1868.

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(No. 12.) Whereas , the several committees appointed to visit the State institutions and public buildings having advanced the money to pay their own expenses, and there being no law authorizing the treasurer to pay said expenses; be it therefore Preamble. Resolved , That his Excellency the Governor be authorized to draw his warrant for the amount so expended, which shall be charged to special appropriation, and drawn from the funds now in the hands of the treasurer. Expenses visiting public buildings. Approved September 22, 1868. (No. 13.) Whereas , The numerical land books of Muscogee, Carroll and Coweta counties having become much mutilated by reason of the repeated examination by parties interested in lands situated therein; and whereas, by executive authority for the preservation thereof, Major H. J. G. Williams has transcribed the same, and had each bound in a neat and durable manner, for which compensation should be paid him; therefore, Preamble. Resolved , That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to appoint three competent persons to examine said transcript, and fix a value thereon, for which the Governor shall draw his warrant upon the treasury for said amount, to be paid out of any money not otherwise appropriated. Gov. to appoint competent persons to examine transcript. Approved August 27, 1868. (No. 14.) Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That Madison Bell, Comptroller General, be authorized to transfer the entries upon said temporary books to the books kept by Col. John T. Burns, in order that one set of books may contain the official acts of both of the late Comptrollers General; and that the said Madison Bell, Comptroller General, etc., be authorized to employ a suitable clerk to execute said work. Comp.'Gen. authorized to transfer certain entries. Approved September 9, 1868. (No. 15.) A Joint Resolution for the relief of James Holliman, Tax Collector of the county of Upson. Whereas , The present Comptroller General does not feel authorized to settle with James Holliman, tax collector of the county of Upson, upon the basis recognized and adopted by ex-Comptroller General Wheaton; and whereas, a settlement on any other basis would result

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in great hardship to said collector, without any fault or malfeasance on his part; therefore, be it Preamble. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That Madison Bell, Comptroller General of the State of Georgia, be and he is hereby authorized to settle with the said James Holliman, upon the basis referred to in Comptroller General Wheaton's letter to him, dated June 10, 1868, and according to the receipt of ex-Comptroller General John T. Burns, dated August 21, 1867, to Albert Lewis, tax receiver of Upson county, for a digest of the taxable property of the said county for the year 1867. Comp. Gen. authorized to settle. Approved October 10, 1868. (No. 16.) A Resolution that his Excellency the Governor be requested to furnish members of the Legislature, and all civil officers of this State, with a copy of the Constitution, Ordinances and Resolutions passed by the Georgia Constitutional Convention. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That his Excellency the Governor be requested to furnish members of the Legislature, and all civil officers of this State, with a copy of the constitution, ordinances and resolutions passed by the Georgia Constitutional Convention; and that he be and is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the treasurer for a sum sufficient to pay for the same. Gov. to furnish members and civil officers with certain documents. Approved August 1, 1868. (No. 17.) Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives , That the Treasurer of the State be authorized to advance to each member of the General Assembly, and its officers, the sum of one hundred dollars, the same to be accounted for in a settlement of their final accounts for per diem and mileage. Treasurer to make certain advances. Approved August 24, 1868. (No. 18.) A Resolution to authorize the Treasarer to make certain advances to the officers and members of this General Assembly. Resolved , That the State Treasurer advance to members and officers of this General Assembly, per diem pay not to exceed the amount allowed by the law of the session of 1866, from the 4th day of July, 1868. Treasurer to make certain advances. Approved August 1, 1868.

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(No. 19.) Resolved , That a committee of two from the Senate be appointed to act in connection with a like committee from the House, to examine the books of the late Treasurer and Comptroller General. Books of late Comp, and Treas. Approved August 20, 1868. (No. 20.) A Resolution giving Mrs. Charles G. Williams, of Columbus, and Miss M. J. Green, of Resaca, a free pass over the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and for other purposes. * * This resolution takes effect by reason of the expiration of five days from its receipt by His Excellency the Governor. Whereas , Mrs. Charles G. Williams and Miss M. J. Green, have heretofore been appointed trustees of the Memorial Burying Ground, at Marietta, Georgia, and in pursuance of their duties, have often to travel over the State Road, therefore be it, Preamble. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met , That said trustees shall have a free pass over the State road during their term of office as such trustees, and that His Excellency the Governor, cause the superintendent to forward the same to them. And that the officers of all other roads over which they pass in the discharge of their official duties be requested to allow them to travel on such railroads free of charge. Free transportation over State Road. Other Roads. (No. 21.) Whereas , Two thousand copies of Irwin's Revised Code have been purchased by the State for the use of the civil officers thereof, and no provisions made for the distribution of the same, and whereas said Code has been adopted by the Convention; be it therefore Preamble. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met , That his Excellency the Governor cause the said Revised Code to be distributed to the several civil officers of this State, and should there be a deficiency in the number of copies of said Code now on hand for the purpose aforesaid, his Excellency the Governor is hereby authorized to purchase a sufficient number of copies of said Code with an appendix thereto containing the new Constitution, and the amendments of the Constitution of the United States with explanatory notes to supply said deficiency and that he pay for the same out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Distribut'n Revised Code to civil officers. Deficiency. How to proceed. Appendix. Approved August 27th, 1868. (No. 22.) Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate,

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be allowed to draw five hundred dollars each from the State Treasury, to defray the contingent expenses of their respective offices, to be accounted for upon a final settlement. Contingent expenses. Approved September 2d, 1868. (No. 23.) Resolved , That R. H. Fleming, deceased, Clerk of the House of Representatives, receive the per diem from the date his services commenced. Pay of deceased cl'k. Approved September 28th, 1868. (No. 24.) Whereas , By an act of the General Assembly entitled an act to incorporate a bank in the city of Savannah, to be called the Bank of Savannah, approved February 13, 1850, it was enacted that Solomon Cohen, Lewis F. Harris, Allen a Denslow, Isaac W. Morrell, Hiram Roberts, W. W. Starke, Asa Holt and Henry Lathrop, and their associates and successors, should be, (and they were hereby incorporated and made) a body politic, by the name and style of The Bank of Savannah, to be located at Savannah, in the county of Chatham, and to continue until the first day of February, 1870, with banking and other privileges in said act mentioned; and whereas, the said Bank of Savannah has ceased to exercise its chartered rights and privileges in said act granted, and has placed its assets into the hands of assignees, to be distributed as the law directs, and the Superior Court of Chatham county having taken jurisdiction over the matter of distribution; and whereas, the said Bank of Savannah has tendered the surrender of all its chartered rights and privileges granted it by the act incorporating it; be it therefore Preamble. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met , That his Excellency the Governor of Georgia be and he is hereby authorized to accept the surrender of the charter of the Bank of Savannah, and all its chartered rights and privileges under the said act of incorporation. Governor to accept charter of Bank of Savannah. Approved September 22, 1868. (No. 25.) A Resolution to bring on the election of United States Senalors. Resolved , That the two Houses will proceed on Tuesday, the 28th instant, at 12 o'clock M., each House voting separately, as directed by the act of Congress, to elect a United States Senator for the term which expires on the 4th of March, 1873; also, for a United States Senator for the term which expires on the 4th of March, 1871. Election U. S. Senators. Approved July 27, 1868.

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(No. 26.) Resolved , That a joint committee of three from the Senate, and five from the House of Representatives, be appointed to confer with his Excellency the Governor, in devising some means of paying off the members and officers of this General Assembly. To devise means of paying off members and officers Approved September 28, 1868. (No. 27.) Whereas , A large amount of printing matter has accumulated since the opening of the session, and no one has been authorized by the General Assembly to do said printing; Preamble. Resolved , That J. W. Burke is State printer for the present term, and that he be authorized to proceed at once with the printing of this term, and have the same executed without delay. * * This resolution takes effect as such by reason of the expiration of five days from its receipt by his Excellency the Governor. B. B. deGRAFFENRIED, Sec'y, Executive Department. J. W. Burke State prin'r (No. 28.) Whereas , The joint resolution passed by the General Assembly authorizing J. W. Burke to execute the State Printing has become a law by the failure of the Governor to sign and return the same within the time specified by law; be it therefore Preamble. Resolved , By the Senate and House of Representatives, that the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate be instructed to turn over the printing at once to the said J. W. Burke. This resolution takes effect as such by reason of the lapse of five days from its receipt by His Excellency the Governor. B. B. deGRFFENRIED, Secretary Executive Department. Printing turned over to J. W. Burke. (No. 29.) Resolved , By the General Assembly of Georgia, That his Excellency the Governor, be and he is hereby requested to furnish each member of this legislature and all the civil officers of the State with a copy of Harrison's Pamphlet to be published within a few days after the adjournment of this session, and to contain all the public acts and resolutions passed at this session, with an appendix containing the Government of Georgia, a list of the members of the Legislature, Judges of the Supreme and Inferior Courts and Solicitors General, together with the term of office and post office address of each, etc. And Harrison's Pamphlet. Resolved , That the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury for an amount sufficient to pay for the same. Approved October 10th, 1868.

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(No. 30.) Whereas , The Great Seal of the State is much worn and defaced; therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, that the Secretary of State be authorized to have the said seal re-engraved and renewed with the same devices as are now prescribed by the 81st section of the Code and none other. Seal of the State to be re-engravc ed. Approved November 6th, 1898.

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COMPILER'S NOTE. [The first of the following two Acts, not having been approved by his Excellency, the Governor, until 12th January, 1869, and the second having been omitted in the proper place, in the manuscript, both occur here.] Respectfully, JAMES M. BISHOP, Compiler. January 1, 1869. (No. 31.) An Act to charter a Bank of Discount and Deposit at Dalton, Georgia . Section I. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That William J. Underwood, A. P. Roberts and W. H. Grant shall open books for subscription, and they, and their associates and successors and assigns, shall be, and they are hereby constituted, a body politic and corporate, and by the name of the Citizens' Bank, shall have succession, and a common seal, for a period of ten years from the passage of this act, and as such may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and have and possess all the powers incident to a corporation, and necessary and proper to carry on the business, and effect the objects contemplated by this act, but subject, in the exercise of the powers herein conferred, to such public and general statutes, so far as the same may be applicable to this act, as may be enacted hereafter in regard to banks, banking and brokers. Corporators. Style. Seal. Duration. Their powers and responsibilities. Sec. II. Be it further enacted , That the capital shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each, and transferable on the books of the company as the by-laws may prescribe. Capital. Shares. Transferable, etc. Sec. III. Be it further enacted , That said corporation may deal in gold and silver coin and bullion, public and private securities, buy and sell any description of negotiable paper, buy and sell exchange, current and uncurrent bank bills, borrow and loan money or currency, discount notes and other evidences of debt, receive and keep deposits upon such terms as may be agreed on by the parties: provided , said corporation does not charge for the discount of any such evidence of debt more than the rate of interest allowed by law: and provided further , the said corporation shall not pay out for circulation currency which is or may be forbidden by law to circulate within the State. Special powers of corporation enumerated. Proviso. Interest. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted , That said corporation shall in no event issue bills to circulate as currency, nor shall its discount at any time exceed the amount of capital actually paid in two-thirds of its deposits. Restrictions on issues of bills etc.

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Sec. V. Be it further enacted , That said corporation may transact its business through such officers, agents and agencies as it may choose to appoint at Dalton, Georgia, and prescribe such by-laws for its government as the stockholders may deem necessary and proper for that purpose. Businesshow transacted. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted , That in the event of the insolvency of said corporation, the individual stockholders therein shall be liable for all of its unsatisfied debts. Liabilities of stock. holders. Sec. VII. Be it further enacted , That in consideration of the franchise, said corporation shall pay into the public treasury, for the use and benefit for common schools, an annual tax of one-half of one per cent. for its capital stock. Taxationfor school purposes. Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted , That for the violation of any of the provisions of this charter, the same may be declared null and void by judgment of any competent court regularly obtained in due course of law: provided , that no judgment of forfeiture shall operate so as to prevent said corporation from collecting its debts and closing its business. Violation of chartered rights. Proviso. Sec. IX. Be it further enacted , That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to permit said bank to pay out as loans any except national currency or coin, and that the power to alter or amend is reserved to the Legislature. Loans must be paidhow. Sec. X. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved January 12, 1869. (No. 32.) An Act to prevent the digging of Ginseng in this State until after the first day of September in each year, and to provide a penalty therefor . Section. I. The General Assembly do enact , That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any person to dig ginseng in this State before the first day of September in each and every year, unless the same be cultivated ginseng. That any person who shall hereafter be guilty of a violation of this section, shall be deemed and held to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined, for every such offense, not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty, in the discretion of the court. The digging of ginseng prohibited. Misdemeanor. Penalty. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 5, 1868.

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(No. 33.) An Act to require the Reporter of the Supreme Court to publish the decisions of the Supreme Court in pamphlet form, and to provide for the distribution of the same, and for other purposes . Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia , That the Reporter of the Supreme Court shall publish, as soon as possible after each session of said Court, the decisions thereof in pamphlet form, and deliver to the State Librarian three hundred and fifty (350) copies of such pamphlet. Reporter to publish decisions, etc. Sec. II. Said Librarian shall send by mail one copy of each of said pamphlets to each of the following officers, vit: the Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, the Clerks of the Superior Courts, and the Ordinaries of this State. Librarian's duty. Sec. III. The remaining copies he shall keep in the State library, for use and for exchange, as is required by section one hundred and twelve (112) of Irwin's Revised Code. Sec. IV. When a volume is complete, said Librarian shall cause those kept in the library, and those sent to the Judges of the Supreme Court and of the Superior Courts, and the Clerk of the Supreme Court, (if returned to him for that purpose,) to be bound at the expense ef the State. Librarian shall have certain numbers bound. Sec. V. The Reporter shall be paid out of the contingent fund by the Governor for such unbound volumes four dollars per volume, receiving from the Governor upon the delivery of each pamphlet so much as it is, in the opinion of the Governor, worth, as compared with a full volume at said price. Reporter's compensation. Sec. VI. The Governor is hereby authorized to purchase such number of pamphlet copies of all volumes of the Supreme Court decisions subsequent to the thirty-first (31) volume, except 34 and 35, as with those of said volumes heretofore delivered to the State, shall make the number in the first section of this act mentioned, which shall be disposed of as prescribed by this act: provided , that he shall not pay for the same more than the price fixed in section fifth of this act. Governor shall purchase a certain number of pamphlets, etc. Proviso. Sec. VII. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved October 6, 1868.

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INDEX TO PUBLIC LAWS. A. ADMINISTRATORS, See title Executors, etc. ADULTERY, Penalty for 18 AGRICULTURE, Protection of planters in sales of fertilizers 5 ALEXANDER, J. R. Appropriation to 9 ALPHARETTA MINING COMPANY, Incorporated 83 APPEALS, From Court of Ordinary, in setting apart homestead 29 From Court of Ordinary, in cases between miners and land owners 140 From Courts of Justices of the Peace and Notary Publicshow taken 131 APPROPRIATIONS, For salaries of Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller General and State Treasurer, Secretaries Executive Department, Messenger of Executive Department, State Librarian, Solicitors General, Superior and Supreme Court Judges, Supreme Court Reporter, and Clerk Supreme Court 7 , 8 Of printing fund and contingent fund 8 For pay and mileage of President of Senate and Speaker of House 8 For pay and mileage of members 8 For pay of members occupying seats vacated by colored persons 8 For pay of Secretary of Senate and Clerk of House 9 For pay of Journalizing Clerks 9 For pay of Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk 9 For pay of Enrolling and Engrossing Clerks 9 For pay of Clerks of Finance and Judiciary Committees 9 To J. R. Alexander, J. P. Brooke, W. H. DeLyon, and G. W. Speer 9 For pay and mileage of Door-Keepers and Messengers 9 For Salaries of Superintendent and Resident Physician of Lunatic Asylum 10 For repairs, etc., of 10

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To Academy for the Blind 10 To W. B. Gordon, page, etc., and pages of House 10 To Treasurer's and Comptroller's clerks 10 To A. E. Marshall, M. A. Hardin, J. C. Hendrix, L. Carrington, J. G. W. Mills, H. F. Merrill, R. B. Night, S. Cleghorn, and P. Fitzgibbon 11 For salaries of A. E. Marshall and M. A. Hardin 11 For contingent expenses of session 11 To Principal Keeper of Penitentiary, etc 11 To W. A. Lane, E. G. Glover, R. W. Phillips, and others 11 To R. E. Rhoddy, Superintendent Georgia Railroad 11 To Dred Burley and Charles Patterson 12 To schools, etc., for maimed soldiers 12 For deaf and dumb 12 To bury Confederate dead 13 ARBITRATION, Between miners and land owners 132 Of contracts made prior to June, 1865 149 ATLANTA WEST POINT AND MACON WESTERN RAILROAD, Relief of 143 ATLANTA MUTUAL INSURANCE SOCIETY, Incorporated 45 AUGUSTA, Municipal Government of, reorganized 117 AURARIA, ETOWAH AND CAMP CREEK MINING COMPANY, Incorporated 84 B. BANK OF DISCOUNT, Etc., Incorporated 193 BARTOW COUNTY, Time of holding Superior Court in, changed 22 BIBB COUNTY, Insolvent costs in, how to be paid 26 BONDS, (STATE,) Interest on, how paid 14 For titles, where obligee is dead 16 BROOKE, J. P. Appropriation to 9 BRUNSWICK STREET RAILROAD, Incorporated 100 BRUNSWICK GAS LIGHT MANUFACTURING CO., Incorporated 70 BUCKEYE MINING AND MANUFACTURING CO. Incorporated 85 BURGLARY IN THE NIGHT, Penalty changed 17

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BURLEY, DRED. Appropriation to 12 C. CAMILLA AND CUTHBERT RAILROAD, Incorporated 102 CATTLE STEALING, Penalty changed 17 CARRINGTON, L. Appropriation to 10 CATOOSA COUNTY, Time of holding Superior Court in, changed 22 CAVENDER'S CREEK HYDRAULIC HOSE MINING COMPANY, Incorporated 87 CENTRAL GEORGIA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Incorporated 46 CERTIORARI, From Courts of Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public 131 From Criminal County Court 20 CHATTAHOOCHEE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Incorporated 74 CHEROKEE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Incorporated 72 CLEGHORN, S. B. Appropriation to 11 CLERK SUPREME COURT, Appropriation to 5 CODE, Amendmentssection 584, county treasurer 15 Section 2489, returns of non-resident administrators 15 Section 3604, bond for titles 16 Section 4322, burglary 16 Section 4330, horse stealing 17 Section 4333, cattle stealing 17 Section 4487, adultery with whites and blacks 17 Injury to works of miners, penal 18 COMPTROLLER GENERAL, Appropriation to 7 Relief of 150 CONFEDERATE DEAD, Appropriation to bury 13 CONTINUANCE, In Country Criminal Court 20 CONTINGENT FUND, Appropriation of 8 COTTON STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Incorporated 47

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COSTS, Insolvent, how paid 25 Tax to be levied in certain counties for payment of 26 Due Solicitor General of Eastern Circuit 26 (See Fees and Costs.) COUNTY TREASURER, Who eligible 15 COURTS, Criminal, organization of, jurisdiction of, etc 19 Superior, time of holding, changed in Bartow county 22 Catoosa county 22 Coweta Circuit 23 Dade county 22 Dawson county 21 Emanuel county 22 Macon county 23 Marion county 22 Towns county 22 D. DADE COUNTY, Times of holding Superior Court in, changed 22 DAHLONEGA. Town of, Charter amended 119 DALTON AND MORGANTON RAILROAD COMPANY, Incorporated 103 DAWSON COUNTY, Time of holding Superior Court in, changed 21 DAWSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Charter of, amended 75 DEBTORS, Relief of 148 DeLYON, W. H. Appropriation to 11 DOOR-KEEPERS, Appropriation to 10 DOUGHERTY COUNTY, Insolvent costs in, how paid 26 DUBLIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Incorporated 75 E. EMANUEL COUNTY, Times of holding Superior Court in, changed 22 ENROLLING AND ENGROSSING CLERKS, Appropriation to 9 ETOWAH RIVER GOLD MINING COMPANY, Incorporated 88

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EVIDENCE, Prisoner's statement 24 Compensation for writing down, in cases of felony 24 EXECUTORS, Etc. Non-resident, may sell real estate, etc. 25 Sureties on bonds of, may make returns 15 F. FEES AND COSTS, Of Solicitors General, how paid 25 Of Solicitor General of Eastern Circuit 26 Of Criminal Court 20 FELONY, Compensation for writing down evidence in cases of 24 FIRE COMPANIES, Certain regulations extended to Mechanics', No. 4. 100 FITZGIBBON, P. Appropriation to 11 FORESTVILLE, Town of, incorporated 120 FORT VALLEY LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, Charter of, amended 39 G. GEORGIA AND ALABAMA LIFE INSURANCE CO. Incorporated 61 GEORGIA MUTUAL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Incorporated 51 GEORGIA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Incorporated 59 GEORGIA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, Incorporated 36 GEORGIA MASONIC MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Incorporated 54 GEORGIA FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE CO. Incorporated 55 57 GEORGIA AND ALABAMA STEAMBOAT COMPANY, Incorporated 117 GEORGIA FERTILIZER MANUFACTURING CO. Incorporated 77 GEORGIA AIR LINE RAILROAD, Charter of, amended 72 State aid to 143 GEORGIA WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Incorporated 105

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GINSENG, The digging of, prohibited 194 GLOVER, E. G. Appropriation to 11 GLYNN COUNTY, Insolvent costs in 26 GORDON, W. B. Appropriation to 10 GOVERNOR, Appropriation of salary 5 To pay interest on certain bonds 138 May employ additional assistance, etc. 5 GRANTVILLE, Town of, incorporated 121 GRIFFIN LOAN, TRUST AND SAVINGS INSTITUTION, Incorporated 42 H. HABEAS CORPUS, Writs of, issued by Ordinary 128 HANCOCK COUNTY, Insolvent costs in 26 HANNAY MINING COMPANY, Incorporated 92 HARDIN, M. A. Appropriation to 10 HENDRIX, J. C. Appropriation to 10 HIGHTOWER MINING COMPANY, Incorporated 89 HEADRIGHTS, Time for granting, extended 137 HOMESTEAD, How laid off, amount of, duty of officersof town propty, etc., etc. 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 HORSE STEALING, Penalty changed 11 HUSBAND, Refusing to apply for homestead, wife may 30 I. INCORPORATIONS, (See various names of incorporations.) INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, May make certain investments 126 INSPECTORS OF FERTILIZERS, Duties of, fees, etc. 5

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J. JOHN KING BANKING COMPANY, Incorporated 31 JUDGES, Of Supreme Court, salaries of, appropriation to 7 Of Superior Courts, salaries, appropriation to 7 On the bench, being interested, who may preside 129 JUDGMENTS, Obtained prior to June, 1865, revoked, etc. 148 JUDICIARY, Juries drawn for fall terms, etc. 127 Juries drawn for spring terms, etc. 128 Juries drawn for special terms 128 Ordinaries may issue writs of habeas corpus 128 Trials where Judge on bench interested 129 May preside by agreement, etc. 129 Ordinary, etc., may draw juries in certain cases 128 Jurors in City Courts 129 Writs of quo warranto, how tried, etc. 130 Notaries Public, how appointed 130 Notarial acts declared valid 130 Suits before Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public, how commenced 121 2 Appeals, if over $50 131 If $50, or under, may certiorari 131 Claims in Courts of Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public 131 Ordinaries may appoint arbitrators, when 132 Summons of Justice of the Peace and Notary Public prescribed 132 Appeal, judgment, execution, etc. 132 3 Change of venue in criminal cases 133 Costs, how paid, and by whom 133 Lien on steamboats 134 Lien on steam saw mills 135 Lien, how enforced, etc. 135 Pawnbrokers, how licensed 136 JURIES, For special or called terms of Superior Courts 128 Provided for fall terms 127 In criminal courts 120 How drawn in certain cases 129 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND NOTARIES PUBLIC, Suits before, how conducted 132

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L. LANDS, How given in for taxation 137 Sale and redemption of 137 Headrights, time extended for issuing 137 How sold under bond for titles 16 May be sold by non-resident administrators, how 25 LANE, W. A. Appropriation to 11 LIENS, On steamboats 134 On steam saw mills 135 LOAN, Governor authorized to effect to the State, etc 138 LOTTERIES, Sale of tickets prohibited 138 LUNATIC ASYLUM, Appropriation to 10 Repairs of 10 M. MACON COUNTY, Insolvent costs in 26 MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD COMPANY, Charter amended 142 MACON STREET RAILROAD, Incorporated 107 MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD, State aid to 141 State aid to, charter of, amended 142 MANUFACTURING MARINE RAILWAY CO., Etc., Incorporated 108 MARION COUNTY, Time of holding Superior Courts in, changed 22 MARRIAGES, Certain, legalized 150 MARSHALL, A. E. Appropriation to 10 Salary of 12 MECHANICS' FIRE COMPANY, Certain provisions extended to 100 MEMPHIS BRANCH RAILROAD COMPANY, Incorporated 111 MERRILL, H. F. Appropriation to 11 MESSENGERS OF SENATE AND HOUSE, AND OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Appropriation to 9

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MILLS, H. G. J. Appropriation to 11 MINERS, May draw water through intervening lands 139 Injury to works of, made penal 18 MOON, HON. J.B., DECEASED, In relation to 11 MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES, May license pawnbrokers 136 MUSCOGEE COUNTY, Insolvent costs in 26 N. NACOOCHEE VALLEY MINING COMPANY, Incorporated 92 NATIONAL CURRENCY, Appropriations to be paid in 12 NIGHT, R. B. Appropriation to 10 NOONTOOTTY MINING COMPANY, Incorporated 95 NOTARIES PUBLIC, Acts of, as such declared valid 130 O. OCEAN BANK OF BRUNSWICK, Incorporated 34 OVERSEER OF PENITENTIARY, Appropriation to 11 ORDINARIES, May issue writs of habeas corpus 128 May assist in drawing jurors 129 May appoint arbitrators, when 132 P. PAWNBROKERS, By whom licensed, powers, etc 136 PRESIDENT OF SENATE, Appropriation to 8 PRINTING FUND, Appropriation of 8 PAGES OF HOUSE, Etc., Appropriation to 10 PENITENTIARY, Appropriation for repairs of 11 PHILLIPS, R. W. Appropriation to 11

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PATTERSON, CHARLES, Appropriation to 12 PRISONER, May make statement, where 24 PRINCETON FACTORY, Charter amended 78 PENAL CODE, Changes inAdultery 18 Burglary 16 Cattle stealing 17 Horse stealing 17 Injury to works of miners 18 Q. QUO WARRANTO, Writs of, when, and by whom tried 130 R. RAILROADS, Macon and Augusta, State aid to 141 May increase capital 142 Taxation of, certain 143 Georgia Air Line, State aid to 143 How Railroads may sell bonds, etc. 145 South Georgia and Florida Railroad, State aid to 145 Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, may extend road, etc. 147 RELIEF, Of debtors 148 Of Atlanta and West Point and Macon and Western Railroad Companies 143 Of certain parties divorced 150 Of Comptroller General 15 RICHMOND COUNTY, Insolvent costs in 26 ROME MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Charter of, amended 62 S. SALARIES, Of Solicitors General 151 Of Judges Superior Courts 151 Of Judges Supreme Court 151 Fixed by law, how paid 11 SAVANNAH, SKIDAWAY AND SEABOARD RAILROAD, Charter amended 113

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SAVINGS BANK OF ATLANTA, Incorporated 33 SCHOFIELD ROLLING MILLS COMPANY, Incorporated 78 SECRETARIES OF STATE AND EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Appropriation to 7 SOLICITORS GENERAL, Salaries of 151 Appropriation to 8 SPAULDING COUNTY MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Incorporated 69 SPEER, G. W. Appropriation to 9 SUPREME COURT, Decisions to be published by Reporter 195 STEAMBOATS, Lien on 134 STEAM SAW MILLS, Liens on 135 SUITS, Before Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public, how commenced, etc. 131 SUMMONS, Of Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public, what must contain, trial, etc. 132 SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Incorporated 66 T. TAXES, Ad valorem and specific, for 1868 152 Explanatory act 155 Collection of, for 1867 152 TURTLE RIVER AND SCRIVEN RAILROAD CO., Incorporated 114 TERRELL COUNTY, Insolvent costs in 26 U. UNIVERSITY AT MIDWAY, Charter of, amended 125 UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, May establish branch office, where 126

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V. VANDYKE HYDRAULIC HOSE GOLD MINING CO., Incorporated 96 VENUE, Change of, in crim . cases, costs, etc 133 W. WARSAW MINING COMPANY, Incorporated 98 WAHOO MINING AND MANUFACTURING CO., Incorporated 80 WHITE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ELBERT, Incorporated 80 WILCOXON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Charter amended 82 WILMINGTON RAILROAD COMPANY, Incorporated 114 WEST END, Town of, incorporated 122

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INDEX TO LOCAL LAWS. A. ADAMS, THOMAS, Relief of 172 APPLING COUNTY, John Overstreet of, may establish fishery, etc 164 ATLANTA, City of, Mayor and Councilmen of, how elected, etc 166 ATTAWAY, WILLIAM F. Relief of 175 B. BIBB COUNTY, Funds raised in, to build a jail 162 BOX, RACHEL, Relief of 171 C. CARROLL, HENRY L. Relief of 174 CARY, HENRY H. May administer estate of W. J. Whatley 176 CHARLTON COUNTY, Office of Receiver of Tax Returns and Tax Collector in, consolidated 162 CHITWOOD, J. J. Acts of, as surveyor, legalized 160 CITY COURT (OF SAVANNAH,) Act in, relative to 165 CLARKE, HON. JOHN T. Acts of, as Judge Superior Court, legalized 165 CREW, MARGARET W. May contract marriage 176 CROCKER, E. W. Made eligible to office of Solicitor General 177 E. ECHOLS COUNTY, Acts of Inferior Court of, legalized 163

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F. FIRE COMPANIES IN CITIES OF ALBANY AND MILLEDGEVILLE, Certain members of, relieved from jury duty 168 Stonewall, No. 1, certain members of, exempt from jury duty 169 FLETCHER INSTITUTE, Sale of, etc., authorized 167 FULTON COUNTY, Fees of Magistrates therein 160 FISHERY, To be established by John Overstreet, in Altamaha river 164 G. GAY, ANDREW, Relief of 172 GLYNN COUNTY, Act, making certain landing therein public, repealed 159 H. HABERSHAM COUNTY, Survey of land in, authorized 160 HICKS, AMOS, Relief of 172 HONEY GALL LANDING, Act making public, repealed 159 HUDGINS, HAMLIN, Relief of 171 I. INFERIOR COURT OF ECHOLS, Acts of, legalized 171 J. JAIL, To be built in Bibb county 162 L. LANDS, Survey of, in Habersham county 160 LEE COUNTY, Fees of Magistrates in, acts of Ordinary of, legalized 163 LEGAL SALES, Where held, in Muscogee county 164 LIBERTY COUNTY, Obstructions removed from Broad Creek, in 161

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M. MOSS, JAMES N. Relief of 169 MATHIS, REBECCA, Relief of 173 MAGISTRATES, Fees of, in Fulton county 160 MASSEY, R. T. May sell real estate of E. M. Edwards, deceased 164 MOUGHON, WILLIAM S. Relief of 173 MUSCOGEE COUNTY, Place of holding legal sales therein, changed 164 O. ORDINARY OF LEE COUNTY, Acts of, legalized 163 R. ROBERTS, G. L. Relief of 173 ROGERS, R. L. May pay out estate of Robert Rogers, etc. 175 S. SALES IN MUSCOGEE, Where held 164 SAVANNAH, City Court of 165 SIMMS, JANE E. Constituted feme sole 175 STEWART COUNTY, Judge Clarke's acts therein, legalized 165 SURVEY OF LANDS, In Habersham county 160 T. THORNTON, CARY J. Ineligibility of, removed 177 TURTLE RIVER, Honey Gall Landing, thereon 159 V. VICKORY, DAVIS P. Relief of 170 W. WATSON, E. D. Acts of, as Ordinary, legalized 163

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INDEX TO RESOLUTIONS. ADVANCES BY TREASURER, To Secretary of Senate and Clerk of House 188 AID, (STATE,) To Railroads 182 BANK OF SAVANNAH, Governor to accept charter of 189 BOND, Etc., Governor to receipt for 182 BURKE, J. W. To execute public printing, this term 190 Secretary of Senate and Clerk of House to turn over printing to 190 CLERKS OF COMMITTEES, Treasurer authorized to pay 185 COMMISSIONERS VISITING STATE INSTITUTIONS, Pay of 186 CODE, REVISED, To be furnished all civil officers in State 188 COMPTROLLER GENERAL, To transfer certain entries, etc. 186 CONSTITUTION, (NEW,) To be furnished to certain officers 187 ELECTION, Of United States Senators 185 EMIGRATION, Encouraged 184 FLEMMING, R. H., (DECEASED,) Per diem pay of 189 GREEN, MISS M. J. Free ticket over State Road 188 GOVERNOR, To furnish certain officers with Code 188 HARRISON'S PAMPHLET, Public laws, furnished to certain officers 190 HOLLIMAN, JAMES, Relief of, as Tax Collector 186 JUDGES AND SOLICITORS, To hold until successors qualified 181 JOINT COMMITTEE, To confer with Governor, etc. 190

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LAND BOOKS OF CERTAIN COUNTIES, To be examined by committee 186 PER DIEM PAY OF MEMBERS, Etc., Treasurer to pay 187 Of R. H. Flemming, deceased, clerk 189 RAILROADS, State aid to 182 RELIEF, Of Jrmes Holliman 186 REMOVING OBSTRUCTIONS, From Tennessee river 185 SENATORS, United States, election of 189 SAVANNAH, Bank of, charter to be accepted by Governor 189 SPECIAL COMMITTEE, Appointment of, asked 188 STATE TREASURER, To pay committee clerks 185 STATE INSTITUTIONS, Committees paid for visiting 186 SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC WORKS, To assort certain documents 184 To revise State map 184 TREASURER, To make certain advances to members, etc. 187 TENNESSEE RIVER, Obstructions in 185 UNITED STATES SENATORS, Election of 189 UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLAGES, Forbidden 183 WRITS OF ELECTION, To issue to certain counties, etc. 183 WILLIAMS, MRS. Free ticket over State Road 188

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