Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Georgia Law, Georgia Georgia. Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia MILLEDGEVILLE: PRINTED BY JAMES CAMAK 18221100 English

ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED AT MILLEDGEVILEE, AT AN ANNUAL SESSION, IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1822. 18221100 18221200 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. MILLEDGEVILLE: PRINTED BY JAMES CAMAK. STATE PRINTER. 1822.

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1822. ACADEMIES. To incorporate Fortville Academy, in Jones County AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the academy in Jones county, now known by the name of Fortville Academy, shall be known and called by that name; and that Robert Hutchings, John W. Gordon, Thomas Jefferson, William Harris, and Robert Brown, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of Fortville Academy and as such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said academy; Provided, such bye-laws are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this stateand for that purpose may have and use a common seal, appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove the same from office for improper conduct or neglect of duty. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees shall be capable of accepting and be invested with all manner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them,

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or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any vacancy may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of the trustees of said academy, the survivors, or a majority of said trustees, shall fill the same in such manner as shall be pointed out by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to, 9th December, 1822. AN ACT To dispose of and distribute the Bank Dividends and other nett proceeds of the Poor School Fund among the different counties of this State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of the justices of the Inferior courts of the different counties of this state to appoint one or more fit and proper persons in their respective counties, not exceeding one to each Captain's district, to superintend the education of the poor children of said county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the persons so appointed, to make out a list of the names of the poor children of their county or district, as the case may be, and return the same to the justices aforesaid, on the first Monday in May next, whose duty it shall be to examine the same and make a return of the number, certified under their hands and seals, to his excellency the Governor, on or before the 1st day of June next; but no child shall be returned by said justices, whose parents or estate pays a tax exceeding fifty cents over and above their poll tax. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of his excellency the Governor to cause the sum of $12,000 of the bank dividends and other nett proceeds of the poor school fund to be divided among the different counties, in proportion

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to the number of poor children returned as above, which shall be paid to such persons as the Inferior court may empower to receive the same. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the person or persons so appointed, to cause any of the poor children so returned to go to school at such schools as may be convenient in their respective neighborhoods; and the teacher shall present his account to one of the justices aforesaid, whose duty it shall be to order the same paid where it shall appear just: Provided, That no child shall be sent to school and paid for out of said fund, where such child has been taught reading, writing, and the usual rules of arithmetic. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said justices to make a report to the Senatus Academicus by their Senator, of their actings and doings in the premises, accompanied with such remarks as they may think proper to make on the utility of the plan here adopted, and recommend such other plan as they may think would be most likely to produce the benefits intended. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no child shall be sent to school under the age of eight years, or exceeding eighteen years; and no child shall be sent to school at public expense more than three years. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the superintendants in each district, to take a census of the children, as well poor as rich; and female as well as male, between the ages of eight and eighteen years, and deliver the same to the Senator elect of their county, who shall consolidate the said returns, and lay such consolidated return before the next legislature. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to, 23d December, 1822. To incorporate the Farmers' Academy, in the County of Jones. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted

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by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the academy in the county of Jones, now known by the name of the Farmers' Academy, shall be known and called by that name; and that Bailey Bell, Adam Carson, Kinchen P. Thweatt, James Locket, Cyrus Cotten, Samuel Barron, and William Cowen, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Farmers' Academy, and as such, shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said academy; Provided, such bye-laws are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this stateand for that purpose, may have and use a common seal and appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove the same from office for [Illegible Text] conduct or neglect of duty. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to the said institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them and their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of the said academy. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any vacancy may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any one of the trustees of said academy, the survivors, or a majority of them, shall fill the same in such manner as may be pointed out by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to, 19th December, 1822. AN ACT To distribute certain funds among the several Counties in the State for the use of Academies, and to provide a method of obtaining further information concerning endowments heretofore granted. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 dividends which have been declared

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upon the bank stock heretofore set apart for the endowment of county academies, and also all monies now in the treasury which have arisen under the several laws of this state upon the subject of escheats and of confiscated reverted property, be and the same are hereby directed to be divided among the several counties of this state, in the following manner, to wit: That each county shall have an equal part of the sum to be distributed, until each shall have received $2000, including the amount already received in cash or in confiscated property, calculating the confiscated property at the rate of one eighth of the amount given for the same; after which, each county shall have a distributive share of the funds arising, in proportion to the representation from each county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in counties where there are more than one incorporated academy, the application shall be by the trustees, commissioners, and superintendants jointly, who shall divide the amount received in such manner as shall be reasonable and just, having regard to population and the usual number of scholars educated in said academies. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in counties in which there are no academies, and in which the census may have been taken as aforesaid, the Inferior courts of said counties respectively, have power to draw the proportion which said counties may have a right to claim under this act, to be by them applied to the purposes of education in said counties. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That none of the counties which may receive any dividend under the provisions of this act, shall be entitled to receive any portion of the dividends hereafter to be declared upon the stock aforesaid, until they shall have made full and accurate report, setting forth the amount received by said counties in confiscated property or otherwise, by way of endowment of their county academies. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any commissioners, trustees, superintendants, or Interior courts, who may receive any benefit under the provisions of this act, shall keep a just and accurate account of the manner in which the same may be disbursed and applied, and shall make report thereof annually through the senatus academicus to the legislature. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives, MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to, 23d December, 1822.

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To incorporate the Newton county Academy at Covington. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Solomon Graves, Martin Kobb, Harison Jones, Samuel Brazil, Thomas Jones, Farr H. Trammell and William H. Morrow are appointed, and they and their successors in office shall be and are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and title of the Trustees of the Newton county Academy, with the privilege of using a common seal. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Solomon Graves, Martin Kobb, Harrison Jones, Samuel Brazel, Thomas Jones, Farr H. Trammell and William H. Morrow, and their successors in office, or a majority of them are hereby authorised and empowered to appropriate in the manner they may think best calculated to promote the interest of the aforesaid institution, and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of literature, all money and specialties belonging or in any wise appertaining to the said institution. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforesaid Trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said academy. Provided, That such bye-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state, and that they be invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institution by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter be made, conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office to have and to hold the same. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees aforesaid and their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be capable of suing and being sued, impleading and being impleaded and of using all necessary and lawful means for securing or defending any property, debts or demands whatsoever, which they may claim or demand in right of said institution, and also of receiving the rents, issues and profits of the same or any part or parcel thereof. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should any vacancy happen by death, resignation or removal of any of the trustees of the Newton county Academy, hereby authorised and [Illegible Text] it shall be filled in such manner as a majority of the remaining trustees may point out in their regulations at their first meeting after the passing of this act, or at any meeting thereafter: Provided, that the same shall not exceed twelve months.

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Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees shall have power to select a treasurer, who shall give bond and approved security to the said board of trustees for the time being and their successors in office, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws [Illegible Text] against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 6th, 1822. AN ACT Explanatory of an act passed on the 21st December, 1821, providing for the permanent endowment of the University and appropriating monies for the erection of a new collegiate edifice at Athens. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the before recited act be so construed as to authorise the trustees of the University to ask and receive any sum or sums of money which may have been collected since the passage of said act, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, from the fund arising from the sale of tractional surveys previous to 1821. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor be and he is hereby authorised and required to issue his warrant on the treasury for said collections, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, if the same have been paid into the treasury, and if not, the Solicitor-general of the [Illegible Text] circuit is directed to pay to said trustees any collections made by him and now in his hands, not exceeding the amount appropriated from said fund by the before recited act. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 19th, 1822.

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To incorporate the Academy of Bulloch county. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Samuel S. Lockhart, Joseph Hagin, Thomas Jones, Seth Williams, and Elisha Bowen are appointed, and they and their successors in office, shall be, and are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and title of the Trustees of the Bulloch county Academy, with the privilege of having and using a common seal. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees aforesaid and their successors in office, or a majority of them are hereby authorised and empowered to appropriate in the manner they may think best calculated to promote the interest of said institution, and erect suitable edifices for the education of youth, all monies and specialties belonging or in any wise appertaining to the said institution. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees, and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said academy: Provided, such bye-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state; and that they shall be invested with all manner of property both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatever which may belong to said institution by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter be made, conveyed, or transferred to them or their successors in office to have and to hold the same for the proper use, benefit and behoof of said academy. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees of said institution and their successors in office shall be and they are hereby declared to be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and using all manner of lawful measures for recovering or defending any property, debts or demands whatsoever which they may claim or demand in right of the said institution, and also of recovering the rents, issues and profits of the same, or any part or parcel thereof. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all vacancies that may happen in the board of said trustees, shall be filled by the grand jury of said county at the first term of the Superior court of said county after such vacancy may happen, or at any term thereafter by ballot or otherwise, as they may think proper. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and is hereby made the duty of said trustees, to lay before the grand jury at the first term of the Superior court of said county in each year, a full and correct statement of the situation and investments

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of the funds of the said institution in such manner and form as they may think proper, or said jury recommend, and the said returns shall, by the said jury, be delivered to the clerk of said court, and remain in his office until the general election next ensuing, when it shall be the duty of said clerk to deliver the same to the senator of said county to be by him laid before the Senatus Academicus when thereunto required. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees be and they are hereby required to appoint one distinct from their own board as Treasurer and to take good and sufficient security for the faithful performance of the duties required of him in such manner as will effectually secure said institution against any loss which might happen by his misconduct. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 25th, 1822. To establish Academies in the Counties of Bryan and Pulaski. * * The title to this bill is as it is printed. It is presumed that it is a clerical error, inasmuch as the endorsement is in the following words: An act to appoint Commissioners and incorporate the Academics of the counties of Bryan, Pulaski, Baldwin, and McIntosh. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Col. George W. McAllister, Maj. George M. Waters, Capt. Raymond P. Demere, Andrew Bird, and Joshua Smith, Esqrs. are appointed commissioners of the academy of Bryan county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Furney F. Gatlin, Nelson Clayton, Hardy Vickers, William Hathorn and Robert Thompson, Esqrs. be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of the academy of Pulaski county.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That James Camak, Marlow L. Pryor, John Williams, Williams Rutherford, and Joel Crawford, Esqrs. be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of the academy of the county of Baldwin. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That James Smith, James Dunwoodey, Ebenezer H. Grosvenor, John Kell, William Carnochan, Henry Gignilliat, and Charles West, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of the academy for the county of McIntosh. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of the academies of the counties aforesaid, and their successors in office, are hereby incorporated, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to make such bye laws, rules, and regulations, as are or may be necessary for the government of said institutions, and they shall be invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, and all [Illegible Text] gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institutions by virtue of this act, or any heretofore made, conveyed, or transferred to them, or which may hereafter be made, transferred, or conveyed to them, or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper use and benefit of said institutions: Provided, such bye-laws, rules, and regulations aforesaid, be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state or of the United States. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners aforesaid, and their successors in office, shall be and they are hereby declared to be able and capable in law, to sue and to be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity in this state, and of using all lawful and necessary means for recovering or defending any property, debt, or demand, which they claim or demand in right of said institutions, and also of recovering the rents, issues, and profits of the same, or any part thereof. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should any vacancies happen by death, removal, or resignation, of any of the commissioners of the academies above established, it shall be filled in such manner as a majority of the survivors shall point out. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners aforesaid, shall have power, when they deem it necessary, to appoint a Treasurer, who shall give bond, with approved security, payable to his excellency the Governor, or his successors in office, in the sum of five thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of the duties of said office. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to 25th December, 1822.

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AN ACT To authorise the Trustees of Greene County Academy to sell so much of the lot belonging to said Academy as lies between the course of East-street and lot No. 4, in the Town Common of Greensborough, in the county aforesaid. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the trustees of Greene county academy be and they are hereby authorised to sell the whole or any part of the lot of land lying adjacent to the town of Greensborough, belonging to said academy, which lies between the course of Eaststreet of said town, and lot No. 4 in the common aforesaid. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees of said academy shall apply the proceeds arising from said sales to the benefit of said institution, in such manner as they may deem best. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to, 25th December, 1822. APPROPRIATION To appropriate monies for the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-three. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That for the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-three, the following sums of money be and the same are hereby appropriated, viz. The salary of his excellency the Governor

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shall be three thousand dollars per annum: the Secretaries of the Governor not exceeding two, one thousand dollars each per annum: the Secretary of state, two hundred and fifty dollars: the Treasurer, fifteen hundred dollars: the Surveyor-general, five hundred dollars: the Comptroller-general, one thousand dollars: the Adjutant general, two hundred dollars: the Clerk of the House of Representatives, six hundred dollars: the Secretary of the Senate, six hundred dollars: Provided, That no warrant shall issue for the first quarter salary of the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, till the Executive has satisfactory evidence that the said Secretary of Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives have respectively made [Illegible Text] to be made and attached to the engrossed journals of the present session, good and sufficient indexes. The judges of the Superior courts, twenty one hundred dollars each: the Attorney-general and six Solicitors-general, two hundred and twenty-five dollars each: for three Inspectors of the Penitentiary not exceeding two hundred and twenty-four dollars each. Which said several sums shall be and they are hereby appropriated, for their use, to be paid quarter yearly, by warrant from the Governor on the Treasurer out of any money not specially appropriated. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for defraying the expenses of the Penitentiary, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated; and for a printing fund not exceeding five thousand dollars. That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated and set apart as a contingent fund subject to the orders of the governor during the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-three. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the compensation of the members of the legislature, four dollars each per day during their attendance be appropriated, and the sum of four dollars for every twenty miles in coming to and returning from the seat of government, and the sum of six dollars each per day to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, during their attendance, and the sum of four dollars for every twenty miles in coming to and returning from the seat of government: to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate during the session of the legislature, six dollars each per day, and the sum of sixty dollars for contingent expenses each: to the two Engrossing clerks and an Assistant clerk in the House of Representatives and two engrossing clerks in the Senate, six dollars each per day: to the Clerk of the committee on finance, and the Clerk of the committee on the state of the Republic, and Clerk to the committee on public education and free schools, eighty dollars each: to the Messengers and Door keepers of the legislature, four dollars each per day during the session: to Marlow Pryor and Rhodam A. Greene the sum of one hundred and twenty five dollars for airing, scouring and taking care of the senate and representative chamber, desks, carpets, c. in the recess of the legislature and making fires in wet days: and to Peter Fair, one hundred dollars for winding up the clock, keeping clean the stair cases, passages, c.

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Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums be and the same are hereby appropriated, viz.That the sum of seventy-three dollars sixty-three cents be and the same is hereby appropriated to John Terrell and Daniel Davis, agreeable to a concurred resolution of the last legislature: to the Clerk of the committee of the House of Representatives on the Governor's communication with relation to Abner Hammond, one hundred and fifty dollars: to Daniel Sturges, Surveyor-general, for drafting a plan of Newton and Walton counties, and for a plan of the lately ceded territory, embracing the counties of Dooly, Houston, Monroe, Henry and Fayette, pursuant to resolutions from Senate, thirty dollars: to Roger L. Gamble late Attorney-general, the sum of seventy-seven dollars, agreeably to a concurred resolution, being a commission of five per [Illegible Text] on certain monies collected by him for the state: that the sum of three hundred dollars be appropriated for the payment of militia drafted as a guard to the commissioners appointed for ascertaining the true head of the St. Marys river agreeable to a concurred resolution. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be allowed and appropriated to the persons hereinafter mentioned, and for the services specified: to the hon. Augustin S. Clayton, judge of the Western circuit, for holding the Superior courts in the counties of Newton, Henry and Fayette, during the past political year, two hundred dollars: to the Solicitor-general of said circuit for attenoing said courts, fifty dollars: to Christopher B. Strong esq. late judge of the Ocmulgee circuit, for holding the Superior court in the county of Monroe in the month of June last, fifty dollars: to the late Solicitor-general of the Ocmulgee circuit, for attending said court, twenty dollars: to the hon. Thomas W. Harris, Judge of the Southern circuit, for holding the Superior court in the county of Houston in the month of May last, fifty dollars: to the Solicitor-general of the Southern circuit for attending said court, (Houston) twenty dollars. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of four hundred dollars be appropriated to Peter Gent, keeper of the public arms, for cleaning, and furnishing materials, and taking care of public arms at Milledgeville: to Gen. John Floyd, executor of the estate of Gen. Francis Hopkins, deceased, the sum of five hundred dollars. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That five thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the river Altamaha, provided no part of the money shall be drawn from the treasury until a contract for any work is made, and a certificate from a majority of the commissioners is received that the works of said contract is completed. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the improvement of the Ocmulgee river, to be laid out in able bodied negroes, which shall be kept at work on said river or hired out when the river is too high to be worked [Illegible Text] the title to the property to be vested in the state.

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Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be appropriated as the land fund for paying the fees of the Secretary of state, Surveyor-general, Treasurer, Comptroller-general, and Secretary of the Executive department, on grants that may be issued for lands drawn in the land lotteries of 1820 and 1821, and former land lotteries. To James Camak, for printing the bill on the free-school system, ten dollars, for printing the bill on common free-schools, ten dollars; Treasurer's abstract, thirty dollars; Ne Exeat bill, ten dollars; bill for the sale of fractions, ten dollars; for list of warrants issued by the Executive, ninety dollars; penal code bill, ten dollars, and report of the committee on finance, one hundred and twenty dollars: that the sum of twelve dollars be appropriated and paid to Isham Coleman of Washington county for his attendance at this place as a witness in the case of Col. Hammond. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be appropriated for military services, the sum of four thousand dollars; and that there be appropriated for Daniel Sturges, Surveyor-general, the sum of three hundred and six dollars, for fifty one general plans of fractional surveys, for the use of the commissioners. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Comptroller-general shall not in future approve and accept any draft or warrant which is not made chargeable upon the specific fund set apart for that specific purpose; nor shall the Treasurer pay any draft or warrant until the same has been regularly accepted and checked by the Comptroller-general, other than wariants drawn upon the contingent fund. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the further sum of one hundred and sixty six dollars and sixty-six cents be and the same is hereby appropriated for the pay and compensation of one of the Secretaries of the Executive department, for the two months services ending on the last of this month, who is discharged by this act. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, GEORGIA. The Legislature having adjourned, I am constrained to assent to this act. JOHN CLARK, Governor. December 25, 1822.

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BANKS. To make Bank and other Stock subject to execution. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act the shares or stock owned by any person in any of the banks or other corporations in this state, shall be subject to be sold by the sheriff or his deputy under execution. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any sheriff or his deputy shall have placed in his hands any execution against any person who owns any stock or shares in any of the banks or corporations of this state, it shall be lawful, and he is hereby required, on applications of the [Illegible Text] his agent, or attorney, to endorse on said execution a levy of the number of shares belonging to the defendant, and after advertising the same agreeably to the law regulating sheriffs' sales, shall thereafter proceed to sell the said shares or stock: Provided always, That he shall set up one share at a time, and shall sell no more than is sufficient to satisfy the amount of executions then in his hands. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any constable shall have any execution placed in his hands against any person who is the owner of any shares or stock in any bank or other corporation in this state, it shall be lawful, and he is hereby required, on the application of the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney, to endorse a levy on said execution or executions in like manner; and it shall be his duty to make return of the same to the sheriff of the county in which he lives, which said sheriff shall proceed to sell as pointed out by the second section of this bill. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the sheriff or his deputy shall sell any shares in any bank or other corporation in this state, he shall give a certificate of such sale to the purchaser. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the officer of the bank or other corporation whose duty it may be to make transfers of stock on the books of the bank or other corporation, shall and he is hereby required to make a transfer of the stock purchased under this act to the purchaser of the same, upon his, her, or their producing certificate or certificates to the said officer.

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Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any transfer made by the defendant of his bank or other [Illegible Text] after judgment obtained against him or her, shall be void: Provided, That notice of the obtainment of such judgment be served on the cashier of such principal bank or any of its branches, or the proper officer of such other corporation, within twenty days after said judgment is obtained. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822. CHURCHES AN ACT To grant to the [Illegible Text] of the Methodist Church and all other Religious Societies, one half acre of ground on the State-house Square, for the purpose of erecting a Church thereon. WHEREAS, by the petition of the trustees of the Methodist church in Milledgeville, together with the corporation and many citizens of said town, it appears that great inconvenience exists from the remote situation of the Methodist church, and as it does not appear that any evil can result from the erection of a church on the state-house square. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after he passing of this act, the trustees of the Methodist church in Milledgeville, shall be at liberty, with the consent and approbation of the corporation of said town, as to the particular site, to select and lay out one half acre of ground in a square form, binding on or near the out line of said square. Which lot, when so selected and laid out, shall be and the same is hereby set apart and granted to the trustees of the Methodist church in [Illegible Text] for the purpose of erecting a church, with [Illegible Text] power to the said trustees, or their successors

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to inclose and protect from trespass or injury the aforesaid lot of ground and building, so long as they may think proper to retain it for the purposes of public worship. Sec. 2 And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all and every denomination of christians shall be and are hereby entitled to the like privileges of the trustees of the Methodist church in case they wish to exercise the same, and under the like restrictions: Provided nevertheless, That nothing herein contained shall authorise the trustees of any church to build any other than such an edifice as will be ornamental to the state-house square: And provided also, That nothing herein contained shall authorise any church to make a grave-yard on any part of the square. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives, MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 6, 1822. AN ACT To repeal the fourth and sixth sections of an act passed the 24th December, 1821, securing to the German Lutheran Congregation at Ebenezer, in Effingham county, and their successors in office, the exclusive right of a Toll bridge across Ebenezer creek, for the benefit of their institution. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 fourth and sixth sections of the above recited act be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 9, 1822.

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CLERKS. AN ACT To repeal an act entitled an act to compel the Clerks of the Superior Courts to keep their offices at the Court-house of their respective Counties, or within one mile thereof, passed the 7th day of December, 1807, so far as respects the Counties of Appling and Dooly. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the before recited act, so far as respects the counties of Appling and Dooly, be and the same is hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 25th, 1822. AN ACT To repeal an act entitled an act to compel the Clerks of the Superior Courts to keep their Offices at the Court house of their respective Counties, or within one mile thereof, passed the 7th day of December, 1807, so far as respects the County of Early. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the before recited act, so far as respects the county of Early, be and the same is hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 6, 1822.

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To legalize and make valid certain acts of Turner Persons while acting as the Deputy clerk and Agent of Isaiah Tucker. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all deeds, mortgages, conveyances, executions, processes, and other writings, of whatever nature or kind, enrolled, or certificates made or given, and signed Turner Persons, pro [Illegible Text] Tucker, who was the clerk of the Superior court of Warren county, shall be received, held, deemed, considered, and admitted as evidence in any court of law and equity in this state, in like manner as if the same had been done and signed by the said Isaiah Tucker in his own proper person, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives, MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to November 25, 1822. COUNTIES. AN ACT To lay out four new counties from the counties of Houston, [Illegible Text] Monroe, Jones, Henry, Fayette and Gwinnett, and to attach said new counties to the Flint circuit. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, Houston, Twiggs, Monroe, Jones, Henry, Fayette and Gwinnett counties shall be divided as hereinafter pointed out, viz: Beginning at the Gwinnett corner on the Newton line, thence along the Hightower trail to where the Peach-tree road crosses said

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trail, from thence a direct line through Gwinnett county, to the lower corner of fractional lot on the Chatahochie river, No. 344, in the 6th district of said county, thence down said river to the boundary line near Sand town, thence along said boundary line to the district corner between the districts No. 9 and 14 in the south-west corner of Newton county on the Ocmulgee river, thence along the line dividing Newton and Henry counties, to the beginning corner on Hightower trail, forming one new county to be called De Kalb. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all that tract of country hereinafter pointed out, viz. Beginning at Waller's or Torrentine's Ferry on the Ocmulgee river, running a direct line to the corner of the 12th and 13th districts of Mouroe county on the line dividing [Illegible Text] and Houston counties, thence due south to lchucconna creck, thence down said creek to where it enters in to the Ocmulgee river; then beginning at Waller's or Torrentine's ferry, running down the Ocumulgee river to the mouth of a small branch just below William W. Brown's shoals, thence a direct line to the [Illegible Text] of the reserve near Mrs. Lavinia Hawkins' old mill, thence down the reserve line to the corner, thence to the corners of lots [Illegible Text] and 86 in the 7th district of Baldwin originally, now Twiggs county, thence a direct line to Stone creek, thence down said creek [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] strikes the dividing line of lots Nos 108 and 107, thence a direct line to the [Illegible Text] river, thence down said river to the mouth of [Illegible Text] creek, forining another county to be called Bibb. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all that [Illegible Text] of country hereinafter pointed out: Beginning at [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] ferry on the Ocmulgee river, and running a direct line to the corner of the 12th and 13th districts of Monroe, on the [Illegible Text] viding line of Houston and Monroe, thence up said county line [Illegible Text] to the centre line of the 11th district of Monroe, thence up said [Illegible Text] north and the 7th and 3d districts to the line dividing Henry and Monroe, thence said line east to the Ocmulgee river, thence down said [Illegible Text] to the beginning, and form a county retainirg the name of Monroe. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all that ract of country hereinafter pointed out, viz: Beginning at the [Illegible Text] line of the eleventh district of Monroe, running west on the line dividing Houston and Monroe to the corner of the first and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of Houston, thence a direct line to the mouth of [Illegible Text] creek, then up Flint river to the county line dividing [Illegible Text] and [Illegible Text] then on said line east to the centre line of the third [Illegible Text] of Monroe, then south on said line and the centre lines of the seventh and eleventh districts of Monroe, to the beginning, forming another county to be called Pike. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text] hereinafter pointed out, beginning at the corner of [Illegible Text] and thirteenth [Illegible Text] of Monroe, thence due south [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] creek, [Illegible Text] down said creek to the district line dividing the fourth and fifth districts of Houston, thence from the corner of

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said fourth district, a direct line touching the south-east corner of the seventh district Houston to Flint river, thence up said river to the mouth of Big [Illegible Text] creek, [Illegible Text] a direct line to the corner of the first and sixteenth [Illegible Text] of Houston on the county line, thence east on said line to the [Illegible Text] making one other county, to be called Crawford. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the balance of Houston county form one other county and [Illegible Text] the name of Houston. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all civil officers that may be residing in the aforesaid new counties, shall continue in office. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the counties of De Kalb, Bibb, Pike, and Crawford, shall be attached to, and form a part of the Fliut Circuit. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to 9th December, 1822. AN ACT To organize the counties of De Kalb, Pike, Crawford and Bibb, and to define the places of holding courts in the counties of Monroe, Houston, Henry and Fayette, and to authorise the commissioners appointed to lay off the town of Macon, to lay off four acres in said town for the erection of the public buildings in the county of Bibb, and to add the county of Newton to the Flint circuit. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of any two or more justices of the peace or justices of the [Illegible Text] court, not being themselves candidates, in each of the counties aforesaid, to hold an election for the [Illegible Text] of the [Illegible Text] court, to fill up the number that may be necessary to make the number of five in each county, [Illegible Text] at least twenty days notice when said election shall be held, at the places designated by this act for the temporary holding of the Superior court of said counties, and the said justices of the peace, or justices of the Inferior court, shall certify under their hands to the Governor, the persons so elected, who shall [Illegible Text] be commissioned by the Governor,

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and who shall hold their offices until the next election for the justices of the Inferior court throughout the state, unless their office may sooner become vacated by law; except in the county of Pike in which county the following persons shall act as commissioners to hold the election for justices of the Inferior court of said county, to wit: Willis Whatley, Neal Erquet, John Hammel, William Towers and [Illegible Text] Bonner, who shall advertise and hold their elections under the same rule as is pointed out in this act for the justices of the peace or justices of the Inferior court in the other counties. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the justices of the Inferior courts of each county aforesaid, or a majority of them, shall and they are hereby appointed commissioners, to fix on a public site for the court-house and jail in their respective counties, which shall be as near the centre of the county as convenience will admit, except the county of Bibb, which shall be in the town of [Illegible Text] and the said justices, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to purchase one square or lot of land for that purpose, and shall be authorised to lay out a county town on said lot, and dispose of lots under such rules and regulations as they may think most conducive to the interest of said [Illegible Text] except as before excepted, who shall have a lot of four acres only, which shall be laid off by the commissioners of said town of Macon; and said justices of the Inferior court as aforesaid, shall as soon as convenient, contract for and have [Illegible Text] a court house and jail for their respective counties. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said justices of the Inferior courts of the counties aforesaid, shall as soon as practicable, lay off the said counties into [Illegible Text] Districts, as many as in their discretion may be proper; and whenever said districts may be laid off and defined, the justices of the peace or justices of [Illegible Text] Inferior court, or any two of them, shall advertise and superintend the election in each captain's district, for two justices of the peace, giving fifteen days notice thereof, who shall be commissioned by the Governor, to continue in office until the next election for justices of the peace throughout the state, unless their office may sooner become vacant by law. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the justices of the peace, after they shall have been commissioned as aforesaid, to advertise in their respective districts the election of captains and subaltern officers, as required by the militia laws in force in this state; the said elections to be superintended and certified agreeably to the provisions of said militia laws. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the justices of the Inferior courts in the counties [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] a majority of them, are hereby authorised and required to advertise at least fifteen days at three or more of the most public places in each of the aforesaid counties for the election of Clerks of the Superier and Inferior courts, [Illegible Text] Coroners, Tax Collectors, Receiver of tax returns of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and County Surveyors, where it may be necessary to elect [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] or [Illegible Text] which said elections shall be held at the place

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hereafter designated by this act, and it shall be the duty of the Governor to commission all officers both civil and military, who may be elected agreeably to the provisions of this act. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the counties aforesaid shall be added to the Flint circuit, together with the county of Newton. [Illegible Text] Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the above named places, shall be the place of holding the [Illegible Text] and Inferior courts, until the justices of the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of the aforesaid counties, shall have selected a [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] that purpose agreeably to this act, and have made such [Illegible Text] as will be in their opinion sufficient to accommodate the said [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the said Inferior courts shall give public notice. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Surveyor of Fayette county be, and he is hereby authorised to run and mark the dividing line between the counties of De Kalb and Gwinnett, and that the county of De Kalb defray the expense of running said line; and James [Illegible Text] surveyor of the county of [Illegible Text] be and he is hereby authorised to run and mark the dividing lines between the counties of Pike, [Illegible Text] Bibb, Monroe, [Illegible Text], Jones and Houston, and that the counties of Pike and Crawford defray the [Illegible Text] equally for running the line between said [Illegible Text]; and the

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counties of Crawford and Bibb defray the expence equally for running the line between said counties; and the counties of Bibb and Monroe defray the expense equally for running the line between said counties: and the county of Bibb defray the expense of running the lines between Bibb, Jones and Twiggs; and the counties of Houston and Crawford defray the expense of running the dividing line between them equally; and the said, surveyors be allowed as a compensation for then services the sum of four dollars per mile, to be paid out of the first monies in the aforesaid county funds. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to, December 23, 1822. To add a part of Newton County to Jasper County. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, all that part of Newton county which lies southeast of a line hereinafter pointed out, shall be added to and be a part of Jasper county: that is to say, beginning at the corner of Newton and Jasper counties, where the old boundary line strikes the Alcofauhatchie river, thence up the said river to Bear creek, thence up said creek to Carter's mill, thence along the road leading to James Barron's to where it strikes the line of Newton and Jasper counties, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822.

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To add a part of Wayne County to the County of Glynn. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, all that part of Wayne county lying east of the following line, shall be added to and form a part of the county of Glynn, to wit: to commence at Read's bluff, on the Altamaha river, and run a direct line to the east side of John, Kemp's swamp plantation, and to continue a direct course until it strikes the line at present dividing the counties of Wayne and Glynn. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 2, 1822. To define the dividing line between the Counties of Walton and Newton. AN ACT WHEREAS, doubts may and do exist in the minds of many of the inhabitants residing on the line dividing the counties of Walton and Newton as to which is the true line, in consequence of said line having been run by two surveyors under an appointment from the Inferior court of Walton county: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the line heretofore run and marked out by Col. John P. Blackman between the counties of Walton and Newton, shall be deemed, held, taken, received, and considered as the only true and correct line dividing said counties.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this law, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 25, 1822. AN ACT To alter and amend the tenth section of an act entitled, An act to add that part of the unlocated territory of this State which lies without the limits of the present Counties to the County of Jasper, passed the 18th day of December, 1816. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, all that part of the unlocated territory of this state which lies between the Federal road leading from Van's ferry, on the Chatahoochie, to Nickajack, and a path leading from the lead of Chestatee river to the Cherokee missionary school establishment [Illegible Text] the Hiwassee river, be and the same is hereby, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, added to and made a part of the county of Hall. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all that part of said territory lying north of said last mentioned path, and extending to the northern boundary of this state, including said path, be and the same is hereby added to and made a part of the county of Habersham. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all offences committed within the said tracts of unlocated territory against the state, and all crimes committed by persons citizens of this state or of the United States and entitled to the privileges of citizens as aforesaid, or against any of the citizens of this state or of the United States, shall be tried and punished in the county to which the territory in which the said crimes or offences shall be committed is hereby added and annexed, in the same manner as if such crimes or offences were committed within the limits of any of the organized counties of this state. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all offences committed against the state within that tract of unlocated

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territory lying between the High-tower trail and the Federal road from the state of Alabama to the lower shallow ford on the Chatahoochie river, and all crimes committed by persons citizens of the state or of the United States, and entitled to the privileges of citizens as aforesaid, or against any of the citizens of this state or of the United States, shall be tried and punished in the county of Gwinnett, in the same manner as if such crimes or offences were actually committed within the organized limits of any of the counties of this state. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822. AN ACT To authorise any person or persons, [Illegible Text] of this state, who shall apply at the necessary offices, to take out and receive in his, her or their own name or names, a Grant or Grants for any fractional lot or lots of land in the County of Wayne, and fraction No. 333, in the 20th district of Baldwin County, that remain unsold, on the payment of the sum of ten dollars on each Grant. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the first day of May next, it shall and may be lawful for any person or persons, citizens of this state, who shall apply at the necessary offices; to take out and receive in his, her or their own name or names a grant or grants for any fractional lot or lots of land in the county of Wayne, and fraction No. 333, containing two and an half acres, in the 20th district of Baldwin county, that remain unsold, on the payment of the sum of ten dollars on each grant. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the several state-house officers are authorised to receive their lawful fees, as a compensation for their services, on each grant when granted,

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to be deducted out of the aforesaid sum of ten dollars for each grant, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 19, 1822. COURTS To alter the time of holding the Inferior Court for the County of Lincoln. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the time of holding the Inferior court of Lincoln county shall be on the first Monday in February and on the first Monday in July in each and every year; and all petitions, processes, parties, jurors, witnesses, and other persons required to attend at any other time, are required to attend as herein appointed, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. And that his excellency the Governor be requested, so soon as this act shall have passed, to publish the same in the Georgia Journal, and pay the expense of publication out of the contingent fund set apart for the political year 1823. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822.

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AN ACT To add the County of Montgomery to the Middle Circuit, and the County of Dooly to the Southern Circuit, and to change the times of holding the Superior Courts in the Southern Circuit, and to fix the times of holding the Superior Courts in the County of Montgomery, and to alter the times of holding the Courts in the Middle Circuit, and to appoint the time of holding the Superior and Inferior Courts in the Flint Circuit. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the county of Montgomery shall be added to and form a part of the Middle circuit, and the county of Dooly shall be added to and form a part of the Southern circuit. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the times of holding the Superior courts in the Southern circuit, shall be at the times following, to wit: In the county of Laurens, on the first Monday in May and third Monday in November. In the county of Twiggs, the Monday thereafter. In the county of Pulaski, the Monday week thereafter. In the county of Dooly, the Friday thereafter. In the county of [Illegible Text] the Tuesday thereafter. In the county of Telfair, the Thursday thereafter. In the county of Appling, the Monday thereafter. In the county of Early, the Monday week thereafter. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the times of holding the Superior courts in the county, of Montgomery, in the Middle circuit, shall be on the first Monday in April and first Tuesday in October. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the Superior courts of the several counties of the Middle circuit of this state, be holden at the times following, to wit: SPRING TERM. In the county of Columbia, on the second Monday in March. In the county of Washington, on the fourth Monday in March. In the county of Montgomery, on the first Monday in April. In the county of Tatnall, on the second Monday in April. In the county of Emanuel, on the third Monday in April. In the county of Scriven, on the fourth Monday in April. In the county of Burke, on the first Monday in May. In the county of Jefferson, on the third Monday in May. In the county of Richmond, on the fourth Monday in May.

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FALL TERM. In the county of Columbia, on the second Monday in September. In the county of Washington, on the fourth Monday in September. In the county of Montgomery, on the first Tuesday in October. In the county of Tatnall, on the second Monday in October. In the county of Emanuel, on the Thursday thereafter. In the county of Scriven, on the third Monday in October. In the county of Burke, on the fourth Monday in October. In the county of Jefferson, on the second Monday in November. In the county of Richmond, on the third Monday in November. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the times of holding the Superior courts in the Flint [Illegible Text] shall be as follows: In the county of Houston, on the second Monday in March and September. In the county of Crawford, on the Thursday thereafter. In the county of Pike, on the third Monday in March and September. In the county of Bibb, on the Thursday thereafter. In the county of Monroe, on the fourth Monday in March and September. In the county of Henry, on the Wednesday after the first Monday in April and October. In the county of Fayette, on the third Monday in April and October. In the county of De Kalb, on the Thursday thereafter. In the county of Newton, on the fourth Monday in April and October. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the [Illegible Text] of holding the Inferior courts in the Flint circuit, shall be as follows: In the county of Houston, on the first Monday in June and December. In the county of Crawford, on the second Monday in June and December. In the county of Pike, on the third Monday in June and December. In the county of Bibb, on the fourth Monday in June and December. In the county of Monroe, on the first Monday in July and January. In the county of Henry, on the second Monday in July and January. In the county of Fayette, on the third Monday in July and January. In the county of De Kalb, on the fourth Monday in July and January. In the county of Newton, on the first Monday in August and February.

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Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, precepts, and processes of any kind or nature whatever, made returnable to the heretofore regular terms of said courts, shall be and the same are hereby made returnable to the terms herein before recited. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. To alter the time of Holding the Inferior Court of Greene County so far as respects the winter session thereof. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the winter session of the Inferior court of Greene county shall commence and be holden on the first Tuesday in January annually. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons summoned, subp[oelig]naed, or bound as suitors, witnesses, jurors, or in any other capacity to attend said court, which by the laws now in force is holden on the second Monday in December, shall be bound by virtue of said summons, subp[oelig]nas, or any other process heretofore issued, to attend said court as altered by this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all papers, suits or bonds made returnable to the Winter session of said court, as heretofore holden, shall be returnable to said court as altered by this act, and are hereby made legal and valid, any [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Clerk of the Inferior court of Greene county shall advertise the alteration of said court hereby enacted in one public place in each captain's district in said county; and that his excellency the Governor do cause this act to be forthwith published in one of the gazettes of this place.

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Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to, November 25, 1822. AN ACT To authorise the stay of Executions to be issued on judgments obtained in the court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer for the city of Savannah, by defendants, on entering security and payment of costs for sixty days. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall and may be lawful for defendant or defendants, against whom judgments may be obtained and entered in the the court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer for the city of Savannah, upon the payment of the costs of said judgments and entering into good and sufficient security before the Clerk of said court, within four days after the rendition and entering of the judgment aforesaid, for the payment of the judgment, interest, and all future costs to accrue thereon, shall be entitled to a stay of execution or executions for sixty days. And if such party or parties shall not pay the same agreeable thereto, then, and in such case execution may issue against him or them and their security or securities without any other proceeding thereon. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 19, 1822.

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AN ACT To amend the several acts establishing a Mayor's Court in the city of of Augusta, and also the several laws incorporating said city. Be it enacted by the Senafe and House of [Illegible Text] of the State of Georgia in General Assembly mel, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the Mayor's court for the city of Augusta shall have cognizance and jurisdiction of all cases of a civil nature, not involving title to real estate, where the defendant or defendants shall reside within the limits of said city, and the debt or demand shall be over thirty dollars and not exceeding three hundred dollars, whether the plaintiff or [Illegible Text] shall reside within said city or elsewhere, or whether the demand shall have accrued within the same or otherwise. Provided, always that nothing in this act or the acts to which it is amendatory shall be so construed as to authorise the said Court to maintain jurisdiction in any case where a corporation or body politic is a party. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That in case either party in any cause tried by a jury in said court, shall be dissatisfied with the verdict of the jury, such party may within three days after the adjournment of said court, or during its sitting, enter an appeal to the Superior court of the county of Richmond, before the Clerk of said Mayor's court, upon the [Illegible Text] terms, conditions, and regulations as are prescribed by law for the entry of appeals from verdicts in the Superior court, and it shall be the duty of said Clerk to transmit the record and papers of file in relation to such cases to the clerk of the Superior court at least ten days before the sitting of said Superior court, next to be held after the entry of such appeal. And it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Superior court aforesaid to receive and enter all such appeals on the appeal [Illegible Text] of said Court, and all such case shall be tried by a special jury, in the same manner and under the same rules, regulations, restrictions, limitations and penalties as if said appeals had been entered in the Superior court, and final process shall issue in like manner. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sale day of the sheriff of said city shall be on the first Tuesday in the month. And in all cases of levy on real estate or negroes, the time of advertising and all other proceedings shall be the same as is required by law of the county sheriffs in similar cases. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, [Illegible Text] the said Mayor's court shall not maintain jurisdiction of more than one case at the same term between the same parties where such causes can be legally joined in one action, although the same may be on different contracts; but the same shall, on motion, be consolidated, and the defendant shall not be bound to pay any more cost than would have accrued on one action; and when on such consolidation the amount demanded shall exceed the jurisdiction of said court as herein before expressed, the plaintiff shall be non suit.

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Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the next general election for members of the city Council of Augusta, and at every subsequent election, the persons entitled to vote for such members in their respective districts or wards shall at the same time and in the same manner vote for some fit and proper person to fill the office of Mayor of said city, and it shall be the duty of the persons presiding at said elections, or some three or more of them, immediately after they have closed the polls of the day, to assemble together at the place of holding the election on the middle ward or district number two, and having added together, the votes received for mayor as aforesaid, shall thereupon declare the person having the highest number of votes duly elected mayor of said city; and the person so elected shall be qualified and inducted into office in the manner heretofore pointed out by the acts to which this is amendatory. And in the event of any two or more having the highest and an equal number of votes, then the members of said city council shall decide by a majority of votes, which of the persons having such equal number shall be the mayor. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the ward or district number one, in said city, as heretofore defined, shall be entitled to one more representative in the council of said city; and that at the next general election, and at every election thereafter the persons entitled to vote for members of the said city council in said district, shall vote for three members instead of two as [Illegible Text]. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws heretofore passed, which are contrary to the principles of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 9th, 1822.

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DEBTORS. AN ACT To exempt from sale for debts contracted after a given time, certain articles chiefly necessary for the subsistence of the Debotor's family. WHEREAS, it does not comport with justice or expediency to deprive innocent and helpless women and children of the means of subsistence: Be it therefore enacted by the [Illegible Text] and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of March next, the following articles shall be exempt from levy and sale on account of any debt contracted after that day, to wit: Two beds and bedding, common bedsteads, a spinning wheel and two pair of cards, a loom, and cow and calf, common tools of his trade and ordinary cooking utensils, and ten dollars worth of provisions. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases where any debtor shall have the benefit of the above recited act extended to him, it shall be the duty of the officer levying the execution to make out a schedule of the articles so exempted from seizure and sale, and return the same to the clerk of the Inferior court of said county, whose duty it shall be to record the same in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, then the above property shall be alienated and vested in the Inferior court, to be appropriated to the benefit and use of said family so long as the defendant shall remain insolvent. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws, so far as they militate with this act, shall be and they are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822.

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DIVORCES. To divorce and separate Martha Oneal, formerly Martha Fergurson, and Henry Oneal, her husband. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the civil contract of marriage and matrimonial connection between the said Martha Oneal and Henry Oneal, her husband, shall be completely annulled, set aside, and, dissolved, as fully and as effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if no such contract had been entered into between them. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governer. Assented to December 19, 1822. To divorce Robert Shankland and Sarah B. Shankland, his wife. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the matrimonial or civil contract of marriage between the said Robert Shankland and Sarah B. Shaakland, his wife, shall be completely annulled, set aside, and dissolved, as fully and effectually, to all intents and parposes, as if no such contract had [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Robert Shankland and Sarah B. Shankland, in future, shall be [Illegible Text] and considered as distinct and separate persons, altogether

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unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatever, at any [Illegible Text] made or heretofore entered into between them. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822. To divorce and separate Samuel Hudson and Elizabeth, his wife. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of [Illegible Text] of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connection or civil contract or marriage made between Samuel Hudson and Elizabeth, his wife, shall be as fully and completely annulled, set aside, and dissolved, as if no such contract had ever been entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Samuel Hudson and Elizabeth, his wife, shall, in future, be held as separate and [Illegible Text] persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatsoever, heretofore entered into between them. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. To divorce and separate Jeremiah Cooper and Kitty Cooper, his wife. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the

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passage of this act, the matrimonial connexion or civil contract of marriage made between Jeremiah Cooper and Kitty Cooper, his wife, late Kitty Scurlock, be and the same is hereby annulled, set aside, and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. To divorce and separate Mary Ann Rogers, [Illegible Text] Mary Ann Mallory, and Simeon G. Rogers, her hasband. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the civil contract of marriage and matrimonial connection between the said Mary Ann Rogers and Simeon G. Rogers, her husband, shall be completely annulled, set aside, and dissolved, as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if no such contract had been entered into between them. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 2, 1822. To separate and divorce Elizabeth McMekin and Nathaniel McMekin, her husband. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing

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of this act, the matrimonial connexion or civil contract of marriage made and entered into between Elizabeth McMekin and Nathaniel McMekin, her husband, shall be, and is hereby completely annulled, set aside, and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Elizabeth McMekin and Nathaniel McMekin, her husband, shall, in future, be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatsoever, at any time heretofore made and entered into by or between them. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822. To divorce John A. Boulard and Elizabeth Boulard, his wife. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the matrimonial connexion and civil contract of marriage made between the said John A. Boulard and Elizabeth Boulard, his wife, late Elizabeth Fife, be and the same is completely annulled, set aside, and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had been made and entered into between them; and that this act shall be construed to extend to and operate from the time the verdict was rendered and said divorce was granted between the said John A. Boulard and Elizabeth, his wife, in the Superior court of the county of Richmond, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822.

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EXTRA TAXES. AN ACT To amend the second section of an act entitled, an act to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of the County of Baldwin to levy an extra tax, which shall not exceed the one half the general tax, for the purpose of building a Court-house and Jail in said County, and to appoint Commissioners to carry the same into effect. WHEREAS, by the second section of said act the jail for the county of Baldwin is directed to be located on the north east corner of the Penitentiary Square, in the town of Milledgeville, which has been found to be inconvenient and unsafe: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the justices of the Inferior court of the county of Baldwin be and they are hereby authorised to build the new jail on some other part of the said square, which shall be more convenient to the court-house, and better calculated to secure all persons therein confined: Provided, That the jail shall not be placed nearer to any dwelling-house than one hundred yards. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 9, 1822. AN ACT To authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of McIntosh county to purchase one half or all the Jail and Lot of ground in the city of Darian from the Mayor and Aldermen, and to empower the said Justices to levy an extra tax on the recommendation of the Grand Jury. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of

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this act the justices of the Inferior court of the county of McIntosh, be and they are hereby authorised to purchase one half or all of the jail built by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Darien and to purchase one half or all of at least one acre of land around the jail. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the justices of the Inferior court of McIntosh county shall purchase half or all of the jail and lot of ground in the city of Darien before described, they shall be authorised by consent of the grand jury to levy an extra tax on the Inhabitants of McIntosh county, not exceeding twenty five per cent over and above the twenty-five per cent the justice of the Inferior court are now authorised to levy by law. Provided, The extra tax provided for by this act shall not be continued to be levied for a longer time than will pay the mayor and aldermen the purchase money to be agreed on. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the justices of the Inferior court aforesaid shall purchase only one half of the jail and lot aforesaid, then the appointment of the jailor shall be jointly between the mayor and Aldermen of the city of Darien and the justices of the Inferior court of McIntosh county, and the profits, if any, and expenses of the jail shall be jointly between the county of McIntosh and the Incorporation of the city of Darien. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws heretofore passed militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 19th, 1822.

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ELECTIONS. To establish and regulate District Elections in the county of Early and to punish those who may attempt to defeat the same. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the General Elections for members of the Senate and House of Representatives in the state Legislature and for all county and state officers, so far as respects the county of Early, may and shall be hereafter held at William Howars in the second district of the county aforesaid, and at John White's in the twentieth district of the county aforesaid, and at the court-house or place appointed by the commissioners of the county for holding the Superior courts and all other public business of the county, each of which places shall be an election district, until permanent arrangements are made in and for said county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any two magistrates and two freeholders within said county, or a majority of them, may superintend said election at each place, after said freeholders have taken the following oath, I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully superintend this day's election, and make a just and true return thereof, according to law, and the best of my abilities: So help me God. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the superintendents of each district election, shall, and they are hereby required on the day of said election to count out the ballots by them taken in, and make a fair statement of the polls, and one magistrate or more of the superintendants from each of the said districts, shall meet one or more from each of the other districts, at the court-house or place of holding the Superior court, and all other public business in and for said county, within three days after said election day, and as much sooner as is convenient, and there compare and add the several returns or votes together, and to certify to his excellency the Governor the persons so elected, agreeable to the laws of this state now in force. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person who shall commit or attempt to commit any act designed to defeat the intentions of this law, shall be considered guilty of a high crime and misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in a

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sum not less than one hundred dollars, and imprisoned not less than ten days, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any doubt shall be suggested as to the propriety of any vote offered, it shall be the duty of the superintendents to administer, in addition to the oath prescribed by law, the following oath, viz. I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have not this day voted at any election for any senator, representative, member of Congress or county officer: So help me God. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the place of the sheriff or his deputy may be supplied at such election by any lawful constable; and that said election shall in all other respects than those herein recited, he conducted in the same manner and at the same time as is prescribed by the laws now in force regulating general and county elections. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 6, 1822. To establish and regulate District Elections in the county of Camden. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That in addition to the act passed the twenty-first of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, authorising the establishment of Election Districts in the county aforesaid, that from and after the passing of this act it may and shall be lawful to hold Elections for members of the Senate and House of Representatives in the state legislature, members of Congress, and for all county and state officers so far as respects the county of Camden, at the house of Scott and Bailey, on Spanish creek, in said county and at the place known by the Horse-stamp in the little St. Iilla neck. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any one or more magistrates and two freeholders within said county may and are hereby required to superintend said elections after said freeholders shall have taken the oath, and complied with the requisitions of the before recited act.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the superintendents of each District Election shall, and they are hereby required on the day of said election at each district to count out the ballots by them taken in, and to make a fair statement of the polls, and that one magistrate from each of the said districts within the county shall meet one or more of the magistrates of each of the other districts, at Jefferson, within three days after said election, and as much sooner as convenient, and there compare and add the several returns, or votes together, and to certify to his excellency the Governor the persons so elected, agreeable to the laws of this state now in force. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person or persons who shall directly or indirectly commit any act designed to defeat the intention of this law, shall be subject to the pains and penalties prescribed in the before recited act. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, are by the authority aforesaid hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives, MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 19, 1822. INCORPORATIONS. To incorporate the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Georgia. AN ACT WHEREAS, William Schley, David Clarke, William Bivins, George M. Wolcott, B. D. Thompson, Daniel Hook, Thomas Darley, Asa Holt, and Caleb Cooksey, officers of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the state of Georgia, have, by their memorial, stated that there exists divers Mark Masters, Lodges, and Royal Arch Chapters in this state, over which there is a presiding or superintending Grand Chapter, composed of the memorialists as members, and divers others, who

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[Illegible Text] joined in promoting the good of the craft founded on the ancient usages of their society, the principles of which are charity and universal benevolence. To the end, therefore, that charitable institutions may be promoted and secured in their rights and privileges: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the several persons herein before named, and others who are or may become members of the Grand Chapter, and their successors, shall be and they are hereby deemed to be a body corporate and politic in name and deed, by the style of The Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Georgia, and by the said name and style, shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, and a common seal to use; and shall have full power to make, alter, amend, and change such bye laws as may be agreed on by the members of the same: Provided, such bye laws be not repugnant to the laws or constitution of this state or of the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That they shall have full power and authority, under the style and name of The Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Georgia, to take, hold, and enjoy real and personal property, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered [Illegible Text] at any court of law, or at any tribunal having jurisdiction thereof; and also to receive, take, and apply bequests or donations that may be made to and for the uses and purposes intended by the said institution; and shall be, and are hereby declared to be vested with all powers and advantages, privileges and emoluments of a society of people incorporated to the purpose and intentions of their laudable institution. Sec. 3 And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all regular constituted Chapters under the power and jurisdiction of the said Grand Chapter, are hereby declared to be bodies corporate and politic in name and deed, by whatsoever style or name they may be called and known in their constitution, with equal powers to those which are hereby given to the said Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the state of Georgia, so long as the said Chapters remain under the power and jurisdiction of the said Grand Chapter, and in all things abide by and conform themselves to the resolutions and bye-laws of the same, and no longer. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall be, and is hereby declared to be deemed and considered a public act, to all intents and purposes whatever. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to November 27, 1822.

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To incorporate the Darien Poor House and Hospital Society, and to invest them with the escheated property in certain cases. AN ACT WHEREAS, it appears from the memorial of a number of respectable citizens of the city of Darien, in the county of McIntosh, in connection with the recommendation of the Mayor and Aldermen of the said city, where the growing commercial importance continues to increase the number of adventurers from the different parts of the world, that the inhabitants of the said city are exposed to the burden of those afficted with poverty, disease, and infirmity; that no adequate provision has yet been made for their support in times of accident, sickness, and distress; that the citizens and Mayor and Aldermen aforesaid, have united their efforts in commencing an establishment for alleviating the condition of the poor, sick, and infirm, of all descriptions, whom Providence may cast upon their protection, and have, with benevolent and disinterested views, subscribed liberally for the support of a Poor house and Hospital, and that there is a prospect of further considerable donations from many other humane and benevolent personsWherefore, for the purpose of promoting and encouraging the above mentioned humane, laudable, and necessary institution: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That James Nephew, Thomas Spalding, James Troup, John McIntosh, sen. Allen B. Powell, George Atkinson, P. Le Chatier, Thomas King, Scott Cray, Ebenezer S. Rees, James Dunwoody, Wm. A. Dunham, John Holzendorf, jun. B. E. Hand, H. Harford, C. McGregor, C. West, H. T. Hall, John Gignilliat, C. S. Masters, John G. Bell, Wm. Cooke, John Millen, G. T. Rogers, Samuel M. Lee, Collins Thayer, Jas. Bennett, A. Bennett, John Hunter, John Kell, A. Lefils, C. Dewett, C. E. Putnam, Jonathan Sawyer, C. Campbell, N. Legriel, Isaac Snow, George Street, Jos. White, D. Gibson, Jas. Spink, Wm. Wicks, A. Kimberly, Geo. Wilbor, C. H. May, L. M. Smith, John Holzendorf, sen. Reuben King, and such other persons as shall become members of the corporation hereby erected, by subscribing and paying annually into the treasury thereof the sum of five dollars, shall be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate in name and in deed, by the style and denomination of The Darien Poor-house and Hospital Society, and by the said name and style shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, and a common seal to use; and shall have power to make, alter, amend, and change such bye laws as may be agreed upon by the members of the same: Provided, such bye-laws be not repugnant to the laws or constitution of this state nor of the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That they shall have full power and authority, under the style and name

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[Illegible Text] The Darien Poor-house and Hospital Society, by which name they shall sue and be sued, in any courts of law or equity in this state, and to take, and to hold, and enjoy real and personal property; to sue for and recover all such sum or sums of money as now are, or hereafter may become due to the said Society, at any court of law or equity, or at any tribunal having jurisdiction thereof, and the rights and privileges of the said Society in any court or at any tribunal what ever to defend; and also to receive, take, and apply such bequests [Illegible Text] donations as may be made to and for the uses and purposes intended by the said institution; and shall be, and are hereby declared to be vested with all the powers and advantages, privileges and emoluments of a society of people incorporated for the purposes of their laudable institution. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of carrying fully into effect the benevolent designs of the aforesaid institution, there shall be eight Managers of the said Poor-house and Hospital, chosen from the members of the corporation, or their successors, by as many of them as shall assemble at the Hospital, or at any other convenient place, according to notification, on the first Monday in January in each year, when a majority of those present shall have full power to elect, by ballot or otherwise, as may be directed by the bye laws of said corporation: and the said, Managers thus elected shall, at their first regular meeting thereafter, elect a President, Treasurer, and Secretary from their own body. The Board of Managers thus elected, shall have power to choose physicians and surgeons to attend the institution after such manner as they may direct. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in order to aid in promoting a scheme so benevolent and humane, the said Poor house and Hospital Society be and they are hereby invested with the use and appropriation of the poor tax of the county of [Illegible Text] and of the escheated property that may accrue in said county, under the same rules, regulations, and restrictions, and with the same reservations as to the right of heirs of the deceased as the property escheated is held by the state, any thing in the escheat laws of force in this state to the countrary notwithstanding. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same is repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822.

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To incorporate the Medical Society of Augusta, Georgia. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State [Illegible Text] Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, Anderson atkins, President, Alexander [Illegible Text] Vicepresident, Milton Antony, Thomas I. Wray, W. T. [Illegible Text] William Savage, John Dent, B. D. Thompson, and Thomas H. M. Fendall, all of the city of Augusta, together with such others as now are or may hereafter become members of the association called The Medical Society of Augusta, Georgia, be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of The Medical Society of Augusta, Georgia, and shall be capable in law to receive, hold, [Illegible Text] enjoy real and personal estate, for the use and benefit of said institution, and shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, and may have and use a common seal, and under the name and style aforesaid 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 the requisite jurisdiction. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Society shall be capable in law of receiving any bequest or donation, whether in money or other thing, for the benefit of said institution, by whatever name or style the same may be made; and under their name and style aforesaid, may, when the interests of the Society and its prosperity seem to require it, sell, lease, or exchange any estate by them acquired, whether by purchase, bequest, or donation. Sec 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That The Medical Society of Augusta, Georgia, aforesaid, are hereby vested with full power and authority to make and establish such byelaws, rules, and regulations, for their own government, as they may deem expedient and necessary: Provided, such bye laws, rules, and regulations be not repugnant to the laws or constitution of this state or of the United States: And provided also, That such bye laws, rules, and regulations shall at all times be subject to be altered or repealed by the legislature. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to November 27, 1822.

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To incorporate the Georgia Mutual Insurance Company, and [Illegible Text] repeal the act heretofore passed for that purpose. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Thomas Cumming, John Campbell, Hugh Nesbit, Anderson Watkins, [Illegible Text] Micou, and Samuel Hale, or any three or more of them, be and they are hereby constituted a Board of Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to open a book of subscription for shares in said Company; which book shall be opened on the first Monday in February next, and shall continue open for twenty days, at such place and for so many hours each day as the said Board of Commissioners may determine on; during which time, it shall be lawful for any person or persons, citizens of this state, to subscribe for any number of shares not exceeding one hundred; and if the whole amount of capital hereinafter mentioned, be not subscribed for at the expiration of said twenty days, it shall then be lawful for any citizen or citizens aforesaid, [Illegible Text] for any corporation or body politic within this state, to subscribe for any number of shares so remaining unsubscribed for. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board of Commissioners shall give notice in the public gazettes of Augusta, at least one week before the opening of said book of subscription, of the time and place of [Illegible Text] and that said Commissioners may require from each subscriber a sum not exceeding one per cent on the amount subscribed by him, her, or them, to be paid into the hands of said Commissioners at the time of subscribing. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the stockholders in said institution shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of The Georgia Mutual Insurance Company, and by that name and style, may sue and be sued, plead and [Illegible Text] impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any court of law or equity in this state or elsewhere, having competent jurisdiztion; and shall enjoy perpetual succession of officers and members; may have and use a common seal; may make, ordain, and establish such bye-laws, rules, and regulations as they may deem expedient and necessary to carry into effect the objects of this institution: Provided, such bye-laws, rules, ordinances, and regulations be not repugnant to the laws or constitution of this state or the United States. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the capital stock of said Company shall not exceed live hundred thousand dollars, which shall be divided into shares of one hundred [Illegible Text] but the Company may commence business so soon as one hundred thousand dollars shall have been paid, according to such plan as they may adopt: And that, upon the expiration of the said twenty

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days herein before allowed for [Illegible Text] it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to convene the stockholders or subscribers, by giving ten days notice in the public gazettes of Augusta of the time and place of meeting, who may then, or at any time thereafter, proceed to the election of a Board of Directors, under such rules and regulations as they may adopt for that purpose. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Directors so appointed shall, at their first meeting thereafter, proceed to the appointment of a President from among their own body; and the said President and Directors may appoint such officers under them as they may deem necessary and expedient for carrying the said institution into effect. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Company when organized as aforesaid, shall have full power and authority to insure property and effects of every nature and description against losses by fire or water, and all other accidents, dangers, and casualties for which insurance companies are usually established, and also on lives. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Company shall be bound to pay all losses on [Illegible Text] or other assurances made by them, within six months after the happening thereof. And in all cases where the claimant shall be compelled to institute a suit for the recovery of such losses, the same shall stand in order for trial at the first term, and the amount recovered shall be on interest from and after the expiration of the said six months; and if the said Company shall neglect or refuse to pay such losses within the said six months, where there is no dispute as to the amount claimed, or within ten days after final recovery against them in cases disputed, then, and in such event, this charter may be declared [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] void. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Company shall have power to receive, hold, purchase, and possess any property, [Illegible Text] or personal, for the use, benefit, or advantage of the said corporation, and to sell and dispose of the same: and they are hereby [Illegible Text] to be vested with all the powers, advantages, privileges, and emoluments of an association of persons [Illegible Text] for the intentions and purposes aforesaid: Provided always, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to authorise the said Company to issue change bills, or printed or engraved notes, or bills of credit. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said corporation shall and may continue for and during the term of thirty years from the passage of this act, unless the same should be forfeited according to the provisions thereof. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the legislature shall be authorised to repeal or alter this charter whenever it shall to them appear necessary for the public good.

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Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the act entitled an act to incorporate the Georgia Mutual Insurance Company, passed the 21st December, 1821, be and the same is hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented [Illegible Text] December 9, 1822. JUDICIARY. To authorise parties plaintiffs to issue Summons of [Illegible Text] in certain cases as in cases of attachment. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That in all cases pending in any court in this state, or which may be hereafter commenced, it shall and may be lawful for the plaintiff or his attorney to issue a Summons of Garnishment to be di ected to any person or persons who may be indebted to the defendant, or who may have any money, effects, property [Illegible Text] real or personal, or any bonds, notes or other evidences of debt [Illegible Text] in his, her, or their hands, belonging to said defendant or defendants, requiring said persons to be and appear at the next term of the court in which said suit or suits may be pending, then and there to depose on oath, what he, she or they is or are indebted to the said defendant or defendants, and what money, effects, property either real or personal, or evidences of debt belonging to said defendant or defendants is or was in their hands or possession at the time the summons was served. Provided, The plaintiff or his agent or attorney shall, before issuing the said summons make an affidavit of the amount of the debt or demand which he, she, or they believe to be due, and that he is apprehensive of the loss of the same or some part thereof, unless such summons do issue, and shall file the same in the office of the clerk of the court where the suit is pending, or with the justice of the peace, when within his [Illegible Text]

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases where judgment has heretofore been obtained, or may be hereafter obtained, it shall and may be lawful for the plaintiff or his agent or attorney to issue summons of garnishment, returnable to the Superior, Inferior or Justices' court, as the case may be, to be directed and requiring the [Illegible Text] to depose in like manner as in the preceeding section. Provided, That the plaintiff, or his agent, or attorney, shall, if required by the defendant or garnishee, or by any plaintiff holding a younger judgment or execution, or his attorney, swear that he believes the sum apparently due and claimed on said judgment or execution, is actually due: And provided further, That the sheriff or his deputy or constable shall [Illegible Text] on the said-execution that there is no property of the defendant to be found. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said summons where the same is returnable to the Superior or Inferior courts, shall be signed and served by the sheriff or his deputy on the garnishee personally, twenty days before the court to which he is directed to appear; and when returnable to the Justices' court, shall be signed and served by a constable on the garnishee personally, ten days before the court to which he is directed to appear. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any person shall fail to appear and depose, on being [Illegible Text] as a garnishee, the court on application shall proceed against him by attachment for contempt, and when any person shall appear and depose, the after proceedings shall be as in cases of attachment. Provided, That any garnishee deposing and admitting that he is indebted to the defendant, or has in his hands and possession a sufficient amount to pay the plaintiff's demand, shall be deemed a compliance with this act. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any money shall be paid into court, or shall be raised by the sheriff or his deputy, or by a constable under this act the same shall be paid over to judgments or executions against the [Illegible Text] as in other cases according to the priority established by law. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall extend to proceedings in the Mayor's court in the city of Augusta and Darien and the court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer in the city of Savannah, and the summons shall be signed and served by the city sheriff, or marshall, or his deputy, on the garnishee personally, ten days before the court to which said garnishee is directed to appear. And provided also, That the benefits of this act shall be extended to plaintiffs in any suit or judgment which may be pending or rendered in any court hereafter established by the legislature in any corporate town in this state. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822.

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AN ACT To authorise Vincent T. Matthews to plead and practise as an Attorney and Solicitor in the several Courts of Law and Equity in this State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, Vincent T. Matthews shall be permitted and allowed to plead and practise as an attorney and solicitor in the several courts of law and equity in this state, on undergoing an examination, and being approved by the court, as required by law. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822. AN ACT To amend the twenty sixth section of the Judiciary act passed the sixteenth day of December, seventeen hundred and ninety nine: And also to prevent a fraudulent enforcement of Dormant Judgments. A contrariety of decisions having taken place in the different circuits in this state as to the time when the property of the party against whom a judgment is entered shall be bound, and dormant judgments by being collusively kept open, or made the instruments of fraud on innocent purchasers, and often operate oppressively on vigilant and bona fide creditors. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act all the property of the party against whom a verdict shall be entered and a judgment signed thereon, in conformity to the provisions of the twenty-sixth section of said act of one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine, shall be bound from the signing of the first judgment in cases where no appeal is entered; but in cases where an appeal is entered from the first verdict the property of the

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party against whom the verdict is rendered shall not be bound except for the signing of the judgment on the appeal, except so far as to prevent the alienation by the party of his, her or their property between the signing of the first judgment and the signing of the judgment on the appeal. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all judgments signed on verdicts rendered at the same term of the court, be considered held and taken to be of equal date, and no execution founded on said judgments obtained at the same term as aforesaid, shall be entitled to any preference by reason of being first placed in the hands of the officer. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all judgments that have or may be rendered in any of the courts of this state on which no execution shall be sued out, or on which no return shall be made on the execution within seven years from the date of the judgment, shall be void and of no effect. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no judgment shall be enforced by the sale of any real or personal estate which the defendant may have sold and conveyed to a purchaser for a valuable consideration and without actual notice of such judgment: Provided, such purchaser or those claiming under him by such sale and conveyance as aforesaid, shall by virtue of such sale and conveyance have been in peaceable possession of such real estate seven years, and of such personal estate four years before the levy shall have been made thereon. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to, December 19, 1822. Authorising the certificates and acts of Notaries Public to be received as evidence in certain cases. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the certificates, protests and other acts of public notaries under the hand and seal of such notary, in relation to the non-acceptance of any bill of exchange, draft or other order made for the payment

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of money or other thing, and also in relation to the non-payment of any bill of exchange, draft, order, bond or note for the payment of money or other thing, where such certificates, probates or other acts are required by law shall be deemed and received by the several courts of law and equity in this state as sufficient prima facie or presumptive evidence of the facts therein stated, without any further or other proof: Provided always, That nothing in this act contained shall prevent either party from having the benefit of the testimony of such notary, should they deem it necessary. And provided also, That the party relying on such notarial act shall at the first term file in the court either a copy or the original of such protest or other act. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822. MILITARY. More effectually to define the duties of the Adjutant general, Division and Brigade Inspectors, and to regulate their pay, c. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall and it is hereby required to be the duty of the brigade Inspectors of the several brigades of militia of this state respectively, to attend at all reviews of inspection which may be lawfully ordered by the Brigadier-generals thereof; and to perform the duties of training and inspecting the militia as heretofore required of the Adjutant-general, in conformity to the laws of this state: and that it shall be the duty of the said brigade Inspectors to make out two complete brigade reports of inspection, one of which shall be transmitted with the least possible delay to the Adjutant general's office, and the other to the division Inspectors, which division Inspectors respectively shall

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and are hereby required to consolidate the same and transmit them to the Major-generals of their divisions. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Adjutant general to consolidate the said brigade reports transmitted to him, subject to the order and controul of the Governor and commander in chief. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Adjutant-general, division and brigade Inspectors, shall, while in the actual discharge of the duties required of them not exceeding thirty days in any one year, be and they are hereby entitled to the same pay, rations and transportation, as are severally allowed to officers of like grade in the army of the United States: Provided always, That the said officers shall make out their accompts for services actually performed, and to certify upon honor as to the time of such service, which accompts so certified shall be paid, by warrant from the Governor, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. To incorporate a Volunteer Company under the name and style of the St. Marys Guards. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That whereas, a volunteer military association hath been formed in the town of St. Marys, under the name and style aforesaid, the objects and purposes of which association are stated to be for the defence of said town and the surrounding country: And whereas, the said persons so associated, under the name and style aforesaid, are desirous of being incorporated: Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the several persons and members of said association and others who shall hereafter become members thereof respectively, and the successors,

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officers, and members of the same shall be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style aforesaid, and by said name shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, with power to make, alter, change and amend such bye-laws and regulations as may be agreed on by the officers and members of the said association: Provided, Such laws and regulations be not contrary to the laws and constitution of this state: that they shall be exempt from all battalion and general musters, except such as are ordered by, and under the immediate authority of the Governor and commander in chief. Provided also, That nothing contained in this act, shall be so construed as to exempt the said association from the liability of other militia of this state on any emergency, which authorises calling out the militia for the suppression of insurrection or for repelling invasion. Provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the repeal of this law whenever the legislature shall deem it proper to do so. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822. For the encouragement of Rifle Corps. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and Houte of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That when any militia company district shall contain more than sixty-three effective men, it shall be lawful for any volunteer rifle corps established in the same county, to enlist all above that number, together with one fifth of that number: and when any militia company district shall not contain more than sixty-three effective men, it shall be lawful for any volunteer rifle-corps, established in the same county, to enlist one fifth of the number which such militia company district may contain: no volunteer rifle corps shall contain a larger portion than the above mentioned, and no other limits shall be affixed to their number: Provided nevertheless, that this law shall not be allowed so to operate as to reduce the number of effective men in any militia company below forty.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall not be more than one volunteer rifle corps in any county: in counties containing more than one regiment, the volunteer rifle corps of the county may enlist men from either or any of the regiments of the county, and shall be subject to the command of the oldest colonel of the county. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any volunteer rifle corps shall contain as many as one hundred and twenty six [Illegible Text] it shall be lawful for such volunteer rifle corps to elect a third and a fourth lieutenant, and a second ensign, to be commissioned by the Governor: in this case the second lieutenant shall rank as first lieutenant, the third and fourth lientenants shall rank as second lieutenant, and the second ensign shall rank as an ensign. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any volunteer rifle corps containg the additional officers authorised by the third section, shall for six months together have fewer than one hundred and twenty six privates, the commissions of such additional officers shall be deemed to be vacated, and it shall be the duty of the colonel commanding to enforce this section of the law. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be, and they are hereby in so far repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. To amend an act entitled an act to establish a legionary corps or corps in the county of Chatham. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same. That whenever it shall become necessary or expedient in the opinion of the members of any legionary corps to consolidate any two or more of the companies of which such legion is composed or to alter the organization of such legionary corps, in any other particular which may require the transfer or new election of officers, any officer so transferred shall be entitled to act under, and to have the rank [Illegible Text]

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the elder commission of the companies so consolidated: Provided, That the fact of such transfer be endorsed on such elder commission by the colonel commanding the regiment to which the companies composing such legionary corps are attached, and that a duplicate of such commission and endorsement shall be by him transmitted to the commander in chief. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 25, 1821. AN ACT To authorise, upon certain conditions, the organization of squadrons of Cavalry in the first Military Division of this State, and for the encouragement of volunteer corps of Cavalry within the same. WHEREAS, it is important to encourage the formation and discipline of a competent body of Volunteer Cavalry in this state, and experience has proved that the present laws are inadequate to this purpose. AND WHEREAS, in certain sections of this state, from the peculiar character of a portion of its population, this species of force is more particularly essential to the defence and protection of the inhabitants thereof: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful, from and after the passing of this act, and on the conditions therein expressed, to organize squadrons of Volunteer Cavalry within the first military division of this state, and to recruit the companies which compose any squadron within the division in which they are raised; which squadron, when so organized, shall be attached to such division, and the officer commanding such squadron shall report immediately to the Major-general commanding the division to which he is attached. Sec. 2 And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the Major-general of the first division of the militia of this state, upon the application of the commanding

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officer of any volunteer corps of Cavalry within the division under his command, to authorise the formation of a squadron of Cavalry within such division, and it shall be his duty so to do, if in his opinion the good of the service and the protection of the inhabitants living within his division or any brigade thereof shall require the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the Major general of the first division of the militia of this state shall, upon such application as is provided for in the preceding section, determine to authorise the establishment of a squadron of Cavalry within his division, he shall proceed without delay to the organization of the same, and for this purpose, he shall issue his order to the senior officer of Cavalry in his division, authorising and requiring him to proceed to hold an election for a Major to command the same upon forty days notice thereof, at a convenient place, to be designated in the said order; at which time and place the commissioned officers of Cavalry shall attend and give their votes, and the person having the highest number of votes shall be commissioned by the Governor as Major of the said squadron: Provided, That the return of the said election shall be certified by a commissioned officer of Cavalry within the said division who is not a candidate, and one justice of peace, who shall jointly preside at the same. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each troop of Cavalry in the first division of the militia of this state, shall consist of not less than forty men, officers included, who shall be uniformed, mounted, and armed with broad swords, and also with pistols, as soon as pistols shall be provided by the state; and no troop of Cavalry in said first division shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, nor shall the commissions of its officers be valid, unless it shall consist of such number of men, who are so uniformed, mounted, and armed: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive the Liberty Independent Troop of Cavalry of any privilege which they enjoy under the laws now in force. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a squadron of Cavalry in said first division shall consist of not less than two, nor more than five troops, and the Major commanding the same shall appoint his own staff. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each Captain of a troop of Cavalry in said first division, whether attached to a squadron or not, shall parade and exercise his men at least four times in each year; and that the Major commanding any squadron of Cavalry, shall parade and exercise the same, either in squadron or detachment, as he may think proper, at least once in each year, for a period not exceeding three days at any one parade, after the arrival of the squadron or detachment at its place of rendezvous: Provided, That all orders for any muster or rendezvous, except in cases of special emergency, shall be given verbally on parade, or elsewhere in writing, and, with the above exception, Captains and subalterns shall be entitled to twenty, and non-commissioned officers and troopers to ten days notice.

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Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each troop of Cavalry in said first division shall have the power of making bye laws, and may prescribe the manner of imposing, collecting, and applying fines for non-attendance at parades or musters of such troop; and fines for non-attendance at parades or musters of such troop; and fines for non-attendance at any parade, muster, or rendezvous of the squadron, or any detachment thereof, may be imposed by a court of inquiry, to be appointed by the officer commanding such squadron or detachment for the time being: Provided, they shall not be more than double the fines imposed in such case by the rules of the troop to which the defaulter may belong, for each days absence from such squadron or detachment parade, muster, or rendezvous: And provided also, That such fines, when so imposed; may in every case be collected by execution, under the hand and seal of the officer commanding such troop, detachment, or squadron, directed to some fit and proper person to be designated by him in such execution, which may be enforced against the goods and chattels of such defaulter, in like manner as executions issued by justices of the peace are enforced. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each troop in said division shall be allowed to determine the uniform of its members; and the uniform of the commanding officer of the squadron and his staff shall be fixed by him, with the approbation of the Major-general of the division to which he is attached: Provided, That in all cases the uniform shall be blue. And all powers given to, or duties imposed on the Major of any squadron shall, if that office be vacant, devolve upon the next in command. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of encouraging the formation of volunteer Cavalry in said division, and as a compensation for the expense incurred in maintaining the same, all persons duly enrolled in any corps of volunteer Cavalry in said division, who shall, after the passing of this act, have faithfully served in the volunteer Cavalry in the said first division for ten years, shall, upon a certificate thereof from his commanding officer or officers, verified by his own oath, be entitled to receive from the Major general commanding the division to which he is attached, a discharge from militia duty in future in time of peace, and except in cases of alarm or insurrection: And provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to exempt Cavalry corps from duty or the command of the Colonels or Commandants of regiments, whenever the civil authority may call upon the same for a military force. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws contravening the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 28, 1822.

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NAVIGATION AN ACT [Illegible Text] amend an act entitled an act to amend the several acts heretofore passed for opening and keeping open the river Oconee, passed the 10th December, 1812. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 fourth section of the aforesaid act shall not be so construed as to oblige the owners of mills to construct slopes or ways for the passage of fish over their dams: Provided, the dams are so constructed as to leave unobstructed one third part of the river, together with the boat channel opened by Reid and Terrel. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 9, 1822. AN ACT [Illegible Text] alter and amend [Illegible Text] act entitled, an act to keep open the main channel of Broad River, passed on the 13th of December, 1809; also an act authorising Shaler Hillyer to build a Mill dam across said [Illegible Text] passed 8th December, 1815, and the act of the 16th of December, 1816, so far as respects the Commissioners therein named. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted

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by the authority of the same, That Isaac David, of the county of Madison, Lindsey Johnson and Martin Dedwilder, of the county of Elbert, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of said river from the junction of the North and South forks of said river, to the junction of the same with Savannah river. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Russel J. Daniel, of Madison, William Nelums, of Elbert county, and Sterling Harris, of Franklin, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of sid river from the junction of the North and South forks of said river, to the junction of the North and Hudson's forks of said river. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners herein before named, be and they are hereby appointed in lieu of those named in the before recited acts, and for the purposes in said acts mentioned, and a majority of whom, in each case, shall have all power and authority in every respect as was given, or contemplated to be given to a majority of the commissioners appointed by the before recited acts, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822. PENAL CODE AN ACT To alter and amend an act passed the 20th day of December, 1820 entitled an act to alter and amend the Penal Code of this State, passed the 20th day of December, 1817. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this

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act, all crimes and misdemeanors which were recognized by the criminal laws in force in this state previous to the passage of an act on the 19th day of December, 1816, entitled An act to reform the Penal Code of this state, and to adapt the same to the penitentiary system, and also an act entitled, An act to amend the Penal Code of this state, passed the 20th day of December, 1817, and which crimes and misdemeanors by said acts, or either of them, might have been punished by confinement in the penitentiary for a period of time as long as four years, shall, in future, be punished by confinement in the penitentiary at hard labor, for a period of time not less than four years. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all crimes and misdemeanors which were recognized by the criminal laws in force in this state previous to the passage of an act on the 19th December, 1816, entitled An act to reform the Penal Code of this state, and to adapt the same to the penitentiary system, and also an act entitled An act to amend the Penal Code of this state, passed the 20th day of December, 1817, and which crimes and misdemeanors, by the said acts, or either of them, might not have been punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of time as long as four years, shall, in future, be punished in such manner as such crimes and misdemeanors were punished by the criminal laws in force in this state previous to the passage of said act of 19th December, 1816. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases where the said acts of 1816 and 1817, or either of them, created any new offence or offences not recognized by the criminal laws in force in this state previous to the passage of said acts of 1816 and 1817, and which new offences created by the acts last aforesaid, or either of them, were punished with death, such offence or offences shall in future be punished with death; and in all other cases of new created offences by the said acts of 1816 and 1817, or either of them, or of offences not recognized by the criminal laws in force previous to the passage of the acts last aforesaid, where the punishment by said acts, or either of them, was confinement in the penitentiary, or other punishment not affecting life, such offences shall, in future, be punished by confinement in the penitentiary at hard labor, for a period of time not less than four nor more than seven years, or by fine, or by fine and imprisonment in the common jail in some county in this state, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases of offences where punishments were inflicted by the Penal Code of 1817, and not herein provided for, such offences shall, in future, be punished in the manner pointed out in the code last aforesaid: and in all cases of offences recognized by the criminal laws in force in this state previous to the passage of said acts of 1816 and 1817, and not herein before provided for, such offences shall, in future, be punished in such manner as those offences were punished by the criminal laws in force before the passage of the act of 1816.

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Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases where fines were directed to be assessed by the court by the penal code of 1817, and where penitentiary punishment can by this act be inflicted, the fines shall continue to be assessed and inflicted by the court. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all crimes and offences committed before this act goes into operation, shall be prosecuted and punished under the laws in force at the time of the commission of the crime or offence. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall be in force and from the first day of February, 1823; and that all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. RELIEF LAWS. AN ACT To authorise all free citizens of the United States to carry, Books, Maps, Charts, and Mathematical Instruments from place to [Illegible Text] for the purpose of sale. WHEREAS, one of the best means of securing the permanence of our institutions, and promoting the virtue and happiness of the people, is the dissemination of useful knowledge: AND WHEREAS, the most certain method of effecting this dissemination, is the carrying of books from place to place for sale among us: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of [Illegible Text] of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first

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day of January next, it shall be lawful for all free citizens of the United States to carry from place to place, and to sell, in this state, such number of books, maps, charts, and mathematical instruments as they may think proper, without procuring licence for so doing, or being subject to taxation or interruption therefor: Provided, That this act shall in no wise contravene the provisions heretofore or hereafter enacted in relation to itinerant traders in, or venders of other goods, wares, and merchandize. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to November 25, 1822. To extend the time of taking out Grants on surveys made on Head Rights and Bounty Warrants. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That where surveys have been heretofore made on head right warrants or bounty warrants, and grants thereon have not been obtained, it shall and may be lawful for such persons to apply for and obtain such grants, at any time within five days after the meeting of the next legislature. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to cause this act to be published in one newspaper of Milledgeville, Augusta, and Savannah, once in each month until the expiration of the time appointed by the same for taking out grants. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any law militating against this act be and the same is hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 6th, 1822.

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AN ACT To vest in Elisha Hayman the right and title to Lot number three hundred and eighty-nine, in the sixteenth district of Henry County, and to relinquish to the State all right and title which the said Hayman may have to Lot number one hundred and three, in said district. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 absolute right and title to the said lot number three hundred and eighty-nine, in the sixteenth district of Henry county, be and the same is hereby vested in the said Elisha Hayman, on condition that the said Hayman does relinquish to the state all right, title, and interest that he may have, or has had, to lot number one hundred and three, in said district. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That lot number one hundred and three be and the same is hereby declared to be in the state and subject to be disposed of by this or any succeeding legislature. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. To authorise the administrator of Joseph Grigg, late of Hancock county, to sell certain negroes. AN ACT WHEREAS the said Joseph Grigg, deceased, did some months ago, introduce into this state sundry negroes for his own use, and whereas the said Joseph Grigg's heirs and creditors are living in Virginia, and it being desirable to make sale of said negroes; and whereas, the law respecting the introduction of negroes into this state, prohibits the sale short of twelve months.....For remedy whereof: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the administrator of the said Joseph Grigg deceased, shall have full power

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and authority to dispose of by sale, all the negroes belonging to the estate of the said Joseph Grigg deceased, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 6, 1822. AN ACT To authorise the Governor to discharge any Judgment which may be obtained against Charles Williamson, on account of taking into his possession and selling Africans, and to provide for the defence of said suit. WHEREAS, it has been made known to us by the communication of his Excellency, that a suit has been instituted by William Bowen, to recover from the said Charles Williamson the value of certain Africans taken into his possession and sold by him as the agent and for the use and benefit of the state: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That his excellency the Governor, and his successors in office, be and they are hereby authorised and required to discharge any judgment which may be obtained against said Charles Williamson, for taking into his possession or selling said Africans, and that he pay any judgment which may be recovered against him on account of said Africans, out of the money arising from the sale of the same, or any other money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the state shall have the entire control of the defence of such suit or suits, and shall be bound for all damages and costs which may accrue in the defence thereof. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822.

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To extend the time for renewing a certain audited Certificate therein mentioned. AN ACT WHEREAS, it appears to this legislature that Henry D. Downs, as the representative of his father, Col. William Downs, formerly of this state, is the bearer and holder of a certain audited certificate in the words and figures following, viz: SAVANNAH, 6th February, 1784. These are to certify, that William Downs, Esq. bath produced an account and vouchers for monies by him paid out and expended for public use in the years 1778 and 1779, amounting to three thousand four hundred and twenty pounds, one shilling, and three pence; also, the orders of the executive authority for procuring the same. Signed, JOHN WEREAT, Auditor. 3420 [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] AND WHEREAS, it further appears that the said William Downs removed from this state to the then Mississippi Territory before any law was passed requiring the evidences of debt against this state to be renewed, and that during his life he knew not of the existence of any such law; and the said Henry D. Downs having also stated, that he resides in the state of Mississippi and did not know that any law had been passed respecting such claims until the month of April last. AND WHEREAS, the said laws for the renewal of the outstanding evidences of debt against this state, were enacted to prevent fraud and not to deprive any citizen of his just claim: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Comptroller-general be and he is hereby authorised and required to renew the said certificate in favor of the said Henry D. Downs, administrator of William Downs, deceased, at any time within three months from the passing of this act, upon the original being given up to him, and upon his being satisfied that such original is genuine. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 28, 1822.

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To legitimate and change the name of Samuel Johnston to that of Samuel Barber. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the name of Samuel Johnston be, and it is hereby changed to that of Samuel Barber, and that he is hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimated and entitled to all the rights and legal privileges that he would have been, had he been born in lawful wedlock, and be fully capable of taking and inheriting and receiving all manner of property by virtue of the statutes of distribution of this state, so far as relates to the real and personal estate of Samuel Barber, the reputed father of the said Samuel Johnston only, to all intents and purposes, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 19, 1823. To extend the time for fortunate drawers in the Land Lottery of one thousand eight hundred and twenty to take out their Grants. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the time allowed by law for fortunate drawers in the land lottery of one thousand eight hundred and twenty to take out their grants, be and the same is hereby extended to the twenty-fifth of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, any law heretofore passed to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to, November 25, 1822.

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AN ACT Conditionally to vest the title to lot number two hundred and eight in the ninth district of Houston, in [Illegible Text] T. Davis, of Greene county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the title to said to of land number two hundred [Illegible Text] eight, in the ninth district of Houston county, be and the same is hereby vested in Joshua T. Davis of the county of Greene: Provided, That this act shall not be construed so as to prevent the sale of said lot of land for the payment of the debt of, said Francis Combs: And be it further provided, That it at any timehereafter any of the legal representatives of the said Combs should interpose their claim; then and in that event this act is in no wise to interrupt or disparage any claim which they may otherwise have according to the laws of the land now in force. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. AN ACT To authorise Wyatt Whatley, of the County of Newton, to join [Illegible Text] Mill-dam to the West bank of the Alcolauhatchie River, on Fraction number one hundred and seventy eight, in the ninth District of Henry County. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, Wyatt Whatley, of the county of Newton, be and be is hereby authorised to join his mill dam to the west bank of the [Illegible Text] river, on fraction number one hundred and seventy-eight. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Wyatt Whatley shall be authorised to continue the joining of said dam until the legal sale of said fraction number one hundred and seventy-eight, and the state's right transferred, and no longer:

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Provided, nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to interfere with the legal right of any individual or individuals interested to prevent any nuisance or injury resulting from the raising of water by said dam. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to, December 19, 1822. For the relief of John Sherrod. AN ACT WHEREAS, it has been represented to this legislature that John Sherrod, of Pulaski county, rented from the commissioners appointed by the last legislature to rent out the fractions in a state fit for cultivation in the county of Dooly and twelfth district of Houston, lot number three hundred and three in the fourth district of Dooly county, at the sum of fifty dollars; which fraction, upon inspection, was found to be entirely unimproved: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the said John Sherrod and his securities be exonerated from the payment of the said sum of fifty dollars, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822.

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AN ACT To alter and change the names of William H. Best, John H. [Illegible Text] and Mary W. Best, to that of William B. Mitchinor, John H Mitchinor, and Mary W. Mitchinor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the said William H. Best, John H. Best, and Mary W. Best, shall be called and known in law by the names of William B. Mitchinor, John H. Mitchinor, and Mary W. Mitchinor, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822. For the relief of Hardy Harold. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Justices of the Inferior court of the county of Jefferson be and they are hereby authorised, should they think proper, to release the said Hardy Harold from the payment of the judgment entered against him, as security for the appearance of Abel Hodges, on payment of costs. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the [Illegible Text] JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 9, 1822.

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For the relief of [Illegible Text] citizens of Tatnall County. AN ACT WHEREAS, it hath been represented to this legislature by a number of the inhabitants of said county, that they labor under difficulties on account of their local situation, as respects the distance they live from said court houseFor remedy whereof: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, Daniel [Illegible Text], Allen Johnson, Ezekiel [Illegible Text] Joseph Collins, sen. James A. Tippins, Jesse Durrence, and Stephen Medlock, shall be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, or a majority of them, all being present, to fix on a permanent site for the public buildings of said county; which site shall be as near the centre of said county as convenience will admit of: Provided nevertheless, That nothing herein contained shall prevent them from retaining the present site and court house where it now is, if a majority of them think proper so to do. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any of the aforesaid commissioners should refuse to serve, then, and in that case, the other commissioners shall appoint some one fit and proper person, to be chosen out of the Captain's district where such refusal shall have taken place. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners shall convene together at the court-house in said county on the second Monday in February next, or as soon thereafter as may be, and proceed to determine on some place for said building in their discretion. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners purchase not exceeding fifty acres of land, for the purpose of fixing thereon a court-house and jail, and other public buildings for said county, and dispose of the balance, or any part thereof, in lots to the highest bidder, after giving twenty days notice at three of the most public places in said county; and the [Illegible Text] therefrom, to defray the expenses of said fifty acres of land, and the overplus to be paid into the hands of the Inferior court, to be applied to building a court-house and jail. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Inferior court of said county to levy a tax on the citizens of said county; not exceeding fifty per cent on the general tax annually, until a sufficient sum is collected to defray the expenses of said court-house and jail, which shall be let out to the

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lowest bidder by the said Inferior court, after giving at least twenty days notice at three of the most public places in said county, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 19, 1822. AN ACT For the relief of the citizens of Montgomery and Telfair Counties [Illegible Text] on the south side of the Oconee and Ocmulgee Rivers. WHEREAS, the aforesaid citizens are subjected to much inconvenience and expense in attending to public business in the counties aforesaidFor remedy whereof: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, all owners or occupiers of ferries that are or hereafter may be established, or any person or persons that may keep any boat or ferry flat for the purpose of conveying of persons across the said Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers within the boundaries of said counties, for which they receive a toll or ferriage, it shall be their duty hereafter to convey across said rivers all and every person or persons, at any and all times when such person or persons are compelled to attend at the court-house of said county on public business, free of expense: and the owners or keepers of ferry boats or flats shall keep an account of said ferriage and present the same to the Inferior court of said county, or a majority of them: and it shall be the duty of said court, after examining and allowing said account, to pass an order, which shall be entered on the records of said court, directing the clerk to pay the same out of any monies belonging to the county fund. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the citizens of Telfair county residing on the south side of the Ocmulgee river, shall be entitled to all the privileges of the above recited section, so far as it respects the Ocmulgee river, and the said section shall have the same bearing in every respect on the county of Telfair as it has on the county of Montgomery.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 9, 1822. For the relief of [Illegible Text] Burgess and Evan Burgess, of the county of Franklin. AN ACT The petition of said James and Evan Burgess having been presented to the General Assembly, stating that they have been fortunate [Illegible Text] in the late land lotteries in the counties of Irwin and Houston, and that they have been blind from infancy and are unable to pay the fees of the grants, and praying that grants may issue for their [Illegible Text] free of fees: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That a plat and grant be issued to James Burgess for lot number two hundred and twenty seven, in district fourteen, in the county of Houston: and that a plat and grant be issued to Evan Burgess for lot number two hundred and twenty, in district thirteen, in the county of Irwin, being the lots drawn by them respectively, upon the application of any person in their behalf; which plats and grants shall issue free of office fees, except those due to the officers, which shall be paid to them by order of the Governor out of the treasury. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to November 27, 1822.

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To repeal an act entitled, an act for the relief of the citizens of the County of [Illegible Text], passed the 30th November, 1821. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the above recited act be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the courts in the county of Scriven shall from [Illegible Text] be held and the other public business of the county shall be transacted at the town of Jacksonsborough, in the said county. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to November 25, 1822. For the relief of John Simmons, Tax Collector of Jones County. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the Comptroller general be and he is hereby authorised and required to place to the credit of John Simmons, Tax Collector of Jones county for the year eighteen hundred and twenty, the sum of four hundred and thirteen dollars and sixty-seven cents, which does appear was overpaid by him as Tax collector of said county for the year eighteen hundred and nineteen. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 6, 1822.

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For the relief of Robert [Illegible Text], Surveyor of the tenth District of Irwin County, in this State. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said Robert Cuningham, Surveyor as aforesaid, is hereby released and discharged from the penalty of his bond given for the faithful performance of his duty as Surveyor of said district. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That he be allowed to retain the sum of four hundred dollars, which sum was advanced to him by his excellency the Governor at the time he [Illegible Text] on the duties of his appointment as Surveyor of said district. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. For the relief of William Atkinson, of Clark County. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That William Atkinson, of Clark county, be and he is hereby released from all responsibility in consequence of the forfeiture of a recognizance by James Jones, who failed to appear at the Superior court of Walton county, to answer to a charge for the offence of adultery or fornication, as required by said [Illegible Text], and to which the said Atkinson was the security. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December [Illegible Text] 1822.

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For the relief of John Waterson and John Mucklehannon. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Justices of the Inferior court of the county of Jackson shall be and they are hereby authorised, if they think proper so to do, to release the above named John Waterson and John Mucklehannon from the penalties which they have incurred in consequence of their failing to deliver Henry H. Waterson, agreeable to his recognizance, at the September term of the Superior court of said county in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-two, on their paying the usual cost in such cases. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. For the relief of John Southerland, George Wallace, and the Estate of Cleon Nally. AN ACT WHEREAS, John Southerland entered as security for the appearance of one Goodwin W. Abbott, against whom there was a true bill found by the grand jury of Greene county for an assault, and the said Goodwin having failed to appear at the term of said court, in consequence of which the recognizance was forfeited for the sum of five hundred dollars: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said John Southerland, immediately from and after the passing of this act, is hereby discharged from the payment of the judgment and execution issued in consequence of the forfeiture of said recognizance, on the payment of costs; and on the payment of the costs aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Sheriff of Greene county to enter satisfaction in full on the said execution, so as to [Illegible Text], completely, from the payment of said sum, the said John Southerland.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That George Wallace and the estate of Cleon Nally be discharged and exonerated from the payment of a judgment entered against the said George Wallace and Cleon Nally in the Superior court of Richmond county, as securities for the appearance of one Edward or Edmund P. King at said court on a charge of larceny: Provided, all the costs on estreating the recognizance, levying execution, and which may have accrued in any other manner, be paid: And provided also, that the [Illegible Text] court of Richmond county shall assent thereto. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives, MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. To amend and [Illegible Text] act passed for the relief of James and Evan Burgess of the county of Franklin. AN ACT WHEREAS a mistake has taken place by inserting in said act, lot number two hundred and twenty seven, in district fourteen, in the county of Houston, as being drawn by the said James Burgess, when in fact, the lot drawn by said James Burgess is number two hundred and seventy-seven. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That a plot and grant do issue to the said James Burgess for lot two hundred and seventy seven, [Illegible Text] of number two hundred and twenty-seven, in district number fourteen, in the county of Houston, upon the same terms and conditions as in said act provided. Any thing therein to the contrary notwithstanding, and that so much of said act as militates against this act be and the same is hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December [Illegible Text] 1822.

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AN ACT To carry into effect the last will and testament of James Robinson late of Greene county, deceased, and to emancipate a female slave by the name of Rachel. WHEREAS, the said James Robinson, prior to his death, made a will, containing a clause, among other things, emancipating a female slave by the name of Rachel, the property of him the said James; and whereas the said James, required his executors, to carry this clause of his will into execution, by procuring a legislative act to legalise the same; and the said female slave being desirous of removing to her [Illegible Text] state, Maryland: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from the passage of this act, the said female slave Rachel, be, and she is hereby fully and completely emancipated and set free according to the intent and meaning of the will of him, the said James Robinson: Provided, that said negro Rachel be, and she is hereby liable to all the fines, penalties and privileges, now imposed and allowed in this state to free people of colour. Provided always that the said Rachel shall not be entitled to the benefits of this act if found in this state within one year after the passing of this act. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor Assented to, December 21, 1822. For the relief Mary Porch and Bradley Hailes. AN ACT WHEREAS Mary Porch of the county of Liberty, of Mills [Illegible Text] in the last Land Lottery drew number two hundred and forty in the seventh district of Houston, which has been found on examination to be a fraction; and whereas it further appears that the commissioners of the said lottery had placed no blanks in the wheel, and that prizes were obliged to be drawn to all names drawn out until the prizes were exhausted, and that the said Mary Porch was by the mistake of the

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Surveyor general deprived of her chance to draw another lot in lieu [Illegible Text] said fractional lot so drawn to her name: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That a grant do issue to the said Mary Porch and her [Illegible Text] for said lot of land, upon payment by her of the ordinary office [Illegible Text] Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That his excellency the Governor be and he is hereby requested to have issued to Bradley Hales or his legal representatives a platt and grant for [Illegible Text] number eighteen, in the ninth district of the county of Dooly. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 6, 1822. AN ACT To prevent Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, town and city Marshals and all other officers in this state from retaining costs on younger judgments, to the prejudice of the rights of older judgment creditors. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That when any sheriff, coroner, constable, town or city marshall or other officer of this state has several executions in his hands at the same time against the same defendant, it shall not be lawful for such officer to detain the costs on any younger judgment to the prejudice of those of older date, except in a case where a younger judgment creditor shall previous to older ones point out property to the officer, then it may and shall be lawful for the officer to retain the levy and advertising costs, and no more on such younger judgment. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 19, 1822.

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For the relief of Editha Holly, widow. AN ACT WHEREAS, the said Editha Holly of Dooly's district, Elbert county, drew the lot of land, number one hundred and twenty-one, in the third district of Walton county, and whereas the said lot is ascertained to be a fraction. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the said Editha Holly shall be entitled to a grant for the said fraction vesting in her a fee simple title on her paying into the treasury the sum of eighteen dollars, any law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, said fraction has not heretofore been sold, by the commissioners appointed to sell said fractions. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1821. For the relief of James Dudley. AN ACT WHEREAS, the said James Dudley has represented to this legislature, that he is far advanced in years and infirm in health, with an aged wife to support, and is now perfectly blind. It is also represented, that he has been a faithful soldier, and served in several campaigns during the revolutionary war against the common enemy. With a view to the support of his family, and to aid the country with a supply of the necessary article of powder [Illegible Text] the late contest with Great Britain, and while he was actually engaged in the manufactory of that article, by an explosion was instantly deprived of his sight. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the right to the possession, occupancy, rents, and profits of fraction number thirty-four, situate in district number nine, in the county of Henry, be and the same is hereby

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vested in the said James Dudley for and during the term [Illegible Text] his natural life, but on his death to revert to the state. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in any sale that may hereafter take place of the [Illegible Text] in the county of Henry and district aforesaid, the said fraction shall not be [Illegible Text] unless the said James Dudley shall be dead at the time of such sale. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said fraction shall not be taken or sold for the payment of any debt or debts already contracted by the said James Dudley, or which may hereafter be contracted by him: Provided, That nothing in this act shall authorise the interest hereby vested in the said James [Illegible Text] to be sold or in any other manner disposed of. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 6, 1822. ROADS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES. [Illegible Text] incorporate the Turnpike Companies of Milledgeville, Greensboro and Eatonton. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That a Turnpike road shall be established from the city of Augusta to Fort Hawkins, to pass through Warrenton, Sparta, Milledgeville and Clinton, the proprietors of which may dispose of a capital stock of four hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the subscription for constituting and collecting the capital stock of said incorporation shall be opened on the first day of March next in the city of Augusta, under the direction and superintendanse of Samuel

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Hale, Joseph Hutchinson and Anderson Watkins, or any two of them: Also and for the same purpose and at the same time at Sparta, under the direction and superintendance of John Abercrombie, William [Illegible Text] and Robert W. Alston, or any two of them: Also, and for the same purpose, and at the same time at Milledgeville, under the direction and superintendance of Zacheriah Lamar, James Camak and Joel Crawford, or any two of them: Also, and for the same purpose and at the same time at Clinton under the superintendance of James Smith, Jonathan Parish and Thomas Hamilton, or any two of them: Also, and for the same purpose, and at the same time at Fort Hawkins under the direction and superintendance of H. K. Smith, James S. Frierson, and N. W. Wells, or any two of them: Also and for the same purpose and at the same time at Warrenton, under the superintendance of John Fountain, John Persons and Arthur Moncrief, or any two of them. The books of subscription shall be kept open for the space of ninety days, during which time it shall and may be lawful for any person or copartnership, being citizens of the state of Georgia, to subscribe for any number of shares not exceeding fifty. Provided, nothing herein contained shall prevent the State of Georgia from subscribing any number of shares not exceeding three hundred: and the sum of thirty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby set apart out of the proceeds of the fund for internal improvement, subject to the order of the Governor, to be paid out by the Treasurer, pursuant to his warrant as the several instalments shall become due: Provided, The same be not paid until a certificate shall be exhibited to his Excellency signed by the President of the Board informing him that all the stockholders have paid the installments respectively required of them: Provided, The state shall not at any time, take, have or pay for more than one sixth part of the total number of shares, which may have then been subscribed and paid for by all the stockholders, and that nothing herein contained shall ever authorise the payment by the state of more than one sixth part of the sum so by her subscribed as aforesaid at any one time: and if the whole number of shares be not taken up within the space of ninety days aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for any person or co-partnership, being citizens of this state, corporation or body politic, or citizens or corporations of the United States established within the same, to subscribe for any number of shares unsubscribed for, and the shares so taken up shall be paid for in the manner herein prescribed and provided for. The stock to be subscribed for shall be apportioned in the manner following, viz. At Augusta, seven hundred shares; at Sparta, five hundred shares; at Milledgeville, one thousand shares; at Fort Hawkins, six hundred shares; at [Illegible Text] four hundred shares, and at Clinton, eight hundred. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said subscription shall be filled, the stockholders may proceed to the election of five commissioners to manage the affairs and concerns of said company. Said election shall be held at Milledgeville under the direction and superintendance of the persons herein appointed to open books at that place after they shall have been notified that the stock has been taken up, and after they shall have given thirty days notice of the time of said election in one of the [Illegible Text] Gazettes

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of Milledgeville and Augusta. The number of votes that [Illegible Text] stockholder shall be entitled to, shall be regulated by the number of shares which he may hold. One share shall entitle the holder to one vote; two shares and not exceeding five, to two votes; for every five shares above five, one vote: Provided, That no person, corporation, or body politic, shall be entitled to more than ten votes. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all those who shall become subscribers in said Company, their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby created and made a corporation and body politic, by the name and style of the Milledgeville Turnpike Company; and are hereby made able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, [Illegible Text] defend and be defended in any court whatsoever; to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to alter at pleasure; and also to ordain, establish, and put in execution, such bye-laws, ordinances, and regulations, as may seem necessary and convenient for the government of said Corporation: Provided, the same be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state or of the United States. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners aforesaid shall be elected by the votes of stockholders, given in in their proper persons or by persons duly authorised in writing; and the five persons having the highest number of votes shall be declared duly elected. And said Commissioners, when so elected, shall, as soon as conveniently may be, proceed to organize by the appointment of such officers, citizens of the state, as they may consider necessary for the safe and effectual management of their [Illegible Text] and with such compensation as the said Board of Commissioners may think proper to allow. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners shall continue in office for the term of one year from the day of their election, with power to fill such vacancy as may occur in their Board by death, [Illegible Text] or otherwise; and shall, at the end of the first year from the date of their election, and at the end of every year thereafter, hold an election for Commissioners, at such place and under such regulations as their bye laws may direct. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said Board of Commissioners shall be elected and organized in manner aforesaid, they are hereby empowered to call in twenty per cent on the amount of subscription, which shall be paid in current money of the county, said Board first giving twenty days notice of the time such payment is required to be made. And said Board are further empowered to make such further calls upon the stockholders as they may think proper: Provided, the same be not oftener than once in six months: And provided, the sum called in do not exceed twenty per cent. on said subscriptions. And if there shall be a failure to pay the first sum so called for by said Board, the person, corporation, or body politic so failing, shall forfeit the shares for which they may have subscribed, and the Board may dispose of the same

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and the subscriber so failing, shall forfeit and pay to said Board, for the use of the Company, the further sum of twenty dollars upon each share he, she, or they may hold, to be recovered in any court having jurisdiction thereof: Provided, thirty days notice of such call be invariably given: and for any future failure, there shall be a forfeiture of the shares and the amount paid in. None but a stockholder entitled in his own right to ten shares shall be a Commissioner; and if any Commissioner, after his election, shall cease to be a stockholder, his seat shall be vacated, and the Board shall proceed to fill such vacancy by ballot from the balance of the stockholders. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board, upon the payment of the first instalment upon stock, shall deliver to each stockholder a printed certificate setting forth the number of shares that such stockholder is entitled to, and the amount paid thereon; which certificate shall be signed by President and Treasurer of the Board, and shall be transferable by assignment, and when produced to the Board by an assignee, may be taken [Illegible Text] a new one issued in its stead to the proper holder, who shall thereupon be entered as a member of said Corporation upon the books of the Board Said Board shall meet from time to time, upon their own adjournment, or at the call of the President, or upon the demand of any twenty of the stockholders, and shall keep a regular record of their proceedings; and a majority of them shall be competent to the discharge of business. And said Board shall have power and authority to enter into all needful contracts with artists, laborers, and others, either for the purchase of materials or the performance of service, or for or concerning any other matter or thing necessary in the discharge of their business, and for the completion of the objects of said incorporation. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said turnpike road shall commence at the corporate limits of the city of Augusta, and run in the nearest most convenient direction to Warrenton, thence the nearest most convenient direction to Sparta, thence the nearest most convenient direction to Milledgeville, thence the nearest most convenient direction to Clinton, thence the nearest most convenient direction to Fort Hawkins. And to enable said Board to determine the direction of said road, it shall and may be lawful for them, and the artists and others by them employed, to enter upon the lands and enclosured through and over which said road may be expected to pass, and to examine [Illegible Text] gravel, and other materials necessary to the construction of said road; to survey and mark the route of the same, having reference to the ground and distance between the points aforesaid: Provided, That if the said road be laid out and opened to the injury of any person or persons [Illegible Text] by passage through their lands, such person or persons shall be [Illegible Text] by a sum to be agreed on by the parties; and in case of disagreement, then the same shall be decided by two persons, (with power of umpirage,) one of whom shall be selected by each party; and the amount of damage so ascertained, shall forthwith be paid to the party injured. And in the building and construction of said road, it shall be further lawful for said Board, and the [Illegible Text] and [Illegible Text] with

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their implements, tools, [Illegible Text] waggons, or other vehicles or [Illegible Text] to enter upon and pass over the lands and inclosures which may be contiguous to said road, and to cut, dig, and remove any timbers, earth, or stone, which they may require: Provided always, That notice of such entry be first given to the person or persons owning such premises, and the amount of damages agreed on between the partles or ascertained in manner aforesaid; but in case of refusal by said person or persons to settle said damages either by agreement or reference, then it shall be lawful for the said Board, or their agent, to call on the nearest disinterested justice of the peace, who shall appoint three disinterested freeholders to examine and determine the controversy; and upon tender of such sum or sums which the said persons may award, said Board and those employed may enter and pass and procure materials as aforesaid, in all instances taking care to do the least possible injury to the adverse party. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board shall have power to erect bridges where the same may be necessary: and the road which they build and construct, shall be fifty feet in width, and twenty-five feet thereof shall be an artificial road, [Illegible Text] where necessary, with wood, stone, or other material, so as to be solid in its foundation, and faced with gravel or other firm material, so as to furnish a surface as firm and even as practicable, rising towards the middle by a gradual arch, and brought as nearly to a level as the face of the country will conveniently admit. Which said road, when so constructed, shall be kept in perfect order and repair, and shall not, in its course, obstruct any road laid out or recognized by the road laws of this state: Provided however, That if said turnpike shall be built upon any of the last mentioned roads, the said Board, at their own expense, shall clear out another equal to the one so occupied. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any portion of said road, (not less than five miles progressively,) shall be completed, the same shall be reported to the Inferior court of the county in which said road may be, and it shall be the duty of said court to examine the same, and if it is constructed according to the true intent of this act, they shall return a certificate thereof to said Board, who shall thereupon be authorised to erect the necessary gates and to demand such tolls as are hereinafter specified. And as farther parts of said road are completed and approved as aforesaid, the like gates may be erected and the like tolls demanded; and for the more certain collection of said tolls, the Board shall have power to appoint agents or gate keepers, and to prescribe and enforce such regulations as may insure the collections and prevent fraud; Provided, such rules and regulations be printed and posted up at each gate. The rate of toll shall be as follows: For every horse, rode or led, not exceeding one cent per mile; for every pleasure carriage of two wheels, drawn by one horse, not exceeding two cents per mile; for every pleasure carriage, stage, or light waggon, drawn by two horses, not exceeding three cents per mile, and if drawn by four horses, not exceeding three [Illegible Text] and a half per mile; for every cart or waggon of burden, not

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[Illegible Text] one cent per mile on each horse drawing the same; but if they be drawn by oxen or mules, two oxen shall be estimated as one horse, and mules as horses. And said Board shall have the authority of lessening the rate of toll in favor of carriages of burden, in proportion to the width of their wheels, up to nine inches, and in proportion to the surface which they may roll, up to fifteen inches; and shall also have authority of settling the rate of toll to be paid by any animal led, rode, or drove, and on any vehicle not herein before mentioned. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any part of said road shall be out of good and perfect order and repair for the space of twenty days together, it shall and may be lawful for any person aggrieved thereby to give information to the nearest justice of the peace, whose duty it shall be to issue his precept, directed to any constable, commanding him to summon three judicious freeholders, who are not owners of stock in said road, to meet on a certain day in said precept to be mentioned, at the place complained of on said road. The keeper of the nearest gate shall have notice of said meeting; and said freeholders, being first sworn, shall in connection with said justice examine and determine whether said road is in good repair, according to the true intent of this act. And in case the decision be in favor of the person complaining, the Corporation shall pay to the justice and constable the sum of two dollars each, and notice of such finding shall be given to the two gate-keepers on each side of the place complained of, who shall cease to demand toll of any passenger between said gates, until said road is restored to a proper state of repair. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Board shall keep a fair and just record of all receipts and expenditures, whether they arise from subscriptions of stock, forfeitures, tolls, or otherwise; and once in each year submit the same to a general meeting of the stockholders, until the entire road shall be completed, and the full amount of the expense thereof ascertained. And when said work is completed, or is in such a state of forwardness as to yield a profit, not required for contingent expenses or progressive improvement, a dividend shall be declared and published, and the same shall be repeated every six months thereafter, if the profits will admit; and the dividend so declared shall be paid to the several stockholders as the Board may direct. And it shall be the further duty of said Board, at the end of five years after said road shall have been completed in its whole extent, to make a full and fair exhibit of the profits and expenses of said incorporation for and during the period aforesaid; and if it shall appear from such exhibit, that the said profits are insufficient to authorise a dividend of eight per centum upon the capital stock paid in, then it shall and may be lawful for said Corporation to make such proportionate advances upon the rate of toll as will produce to the stockholders a profit equal to eight per centum upon the amount of stock paid in: Provided nevertheless, That the rates of toll shall not be increased more than fifty per [Illegible Text] on the rates prescribed by the eleventh section of this act.

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Sec. 14. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said Corporation accurately to admeasure said road; and they shall cause sign-boards, with proper inscriptions, to be placed at each road entering or leaving said [Illegible Text] And if any person shall wilfully break down, destroy, or deface any of said posts, stones, or sign-boards, such person or persons so [Illegible Text] shall be subject to be indicted for a misdemeanor before the Superior court of the county where such offence shall be committed, and on conviction shall be fined at the discretion of the court. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all waggons, carriages, and travellers upon said road shall keep on the right hand side thereof in the passing direction, except when overtaking and passing; and any person offending herein, shall forfeit and pay the sum of two dollars, to be recovered by any person by warrant who has been obstructed, and who shall prosecure therefor. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any gate-keeper or toll-gatherer on said road, shall ask, demand, or receive a greater toll than is herein authorised and provided for, such person so effending shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars, to be recevered by warrant, one half to the informer, and the other to the county where such person resides. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no suit or action shall be brought or prosecuted by any person or persons for any penalties incurred under this act, unless suit or action is commenced within six months after the fact committed; and the defendant or defendants in such suit may plead the general issue, and give this act and the special matter in evidence, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the authority of this act. Sec. 18. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if said Corporation shall not complete said road for half the distance within five years, then this charter of incorporation shall be considered as forfeired, and the state shall resume all and singular the rights, privileges, and franchises by this act granted to said Company. Sec. 19. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a turnpike road shall be established from Warrenton to Madison in Morgan county, via Powelton and Greenesboro, the proprietors of which may dispose of a capital stock of two hundred thousand dollars divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. Sec. 20. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the subscription for constituting and collecting the capital stock of said incorporation shall be opened, on the first day of March next, in the town of Warrenton, under the direction and superintendance of Asa Chapman, Churchwell Gibson and Dr. W. Lockhart, or a majority of them: also, and for the said purpose and at the same time, in the village of Powelton, under the direction and superintendance of Sampson [Illegible Text] Charles W. Callier and Nicholas Childers: also, and for the same purpose and at the same time at the town of [Illegible Text]

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horough, under the direction and superintendance of Nicholas Lewis, David Terrell and John West: also, and for the same purpose and at the same time, at Madison in Morgan county, under the direction and superintendance of John W. Wingfield, James Mitchell and Launcelot Johnson. The books of subscription shall be kept open for the spaces of ninety days, in pursuance of the second section of this act. Sec. 21. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the foregoing sections incorporating the Milledgeville Turnpike Company shall extend and govern the turnpike company to be known by the name of The Greensboro' Turnpike Company. Sec. 22. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor is hereby authorised to subscribe, in behalf of the state, to the Greensboro' turnpike company, not exceeding one hundred and fifty shares, under the same rules and restrictions that are laid down in the second section of this act incorporating the Milledgeville turnpike company. Sec. 23. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the stock shall be subscribed for at the aftermentioned places, as follows, viz. At Warrenton, two hundred shares: at Powelton, four hundred shares: at Greensboro', five hundred shares, at Madison, six hundred shares. Sec. 24. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be a turnpike road erected from the town of Monticello in the nearest and most convenient direction to the town of Eatonton, thence in the nearest and most convenient direction to the town of Sparta. That for this purpose the capital stock shall consist of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, of which one hundred shares shall be reserved and subscribed for by the state. Sec. 25. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the days herein before prescribed, books shall be opened in the town of Monticello under the direction of Peter Gautier, Narburn B. Powell and Richard Holmes, or any two of them: and also on the same day and for the like purpose in the town of Eatonton under the direction of John I. Smith, Thomas Hoxey and William Williams, or any two of them: and also on the same day and for the like purpose at the town of Sparta under the direction of Thomas Haynes, Peterson Thweatt and William G. Springer or any two of them. Sec. 26. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the subscribers to said capital stock shall be considered a body corporate and politic in law, having all the privileges and powers herein before conferred on the Milledgeville turnpike company, and that the company hereby last created shall be known by the name of the Eatonton Turnpike Company, and shall pursue the objects of their incorporation with all the powers and privileges, and under all the restrictions, duties and limitations as are enjoyed and imposed upon the said Milledgeville turnpike company: Provided, That the sum subscribed by the state be a [Illegible Text] of the interest arising from the fund

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set apart for internal improvement, and that not more than one sixth part be called for at any one time: And provided further, That the said sixth part be subject to the same restrictions and provisions as the shares to be subscribed for in the name of the state are in the stock of the Milledgeville turnpike company. Sec. 27. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person or persons may subscribe for one half or one fourth of a share in any of the said stock, and shall be entitled to a certificate accordingly. Sec. 28. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That after this act shall have been in force thirty years, it shall be subject to repeal, alteration or amendment by the legislature: Provided, the par value of the stock is paid to the stockholders before any act for repealing the charter shall be carried into effect. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. AN ACT To alter and an act entitled an act to incorporate the Washington Turnpike Company, passed the twenty-fourth of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-one. Be 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 persons named in the above recited act, for the purpose of opening books of subscription for constituting the capital stock of said turnpike company be, and they or a majority of them are hereby authorised to open books for the same purpose on the first Monday in February next, and keep them open for twenty days thereafter, during which time, any person, copartnership or corporation may subscribe for any number of shares not exceeding one hundred; and should the whole number of shares not be taken within the said twenty days, it shall be lawful for any person, copartnership, or corporation to subscribe for any number of shares that may remain unsubscribed for. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so soon as the amount of stock authorised by the above recited act, or any part thereof not less than one third, shall be taken, the persons

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appointed to receive subscriptions, shall advertise in two or more of the public Gazettes, best calculated to give notice to the subscribers for stock, that an election will be held twenty days thereafter, under their superintendance, at such place as they shall deem most convenient for the subscribers, for the purpose of making choice of five directors or commissioners to manage the affairs of the company, under such regulations and restrictions as are ordained and imposed by the above recited act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should the company fail to complete the road authorised by and within the time limited, in the above recited act, they shall not be subject to the penalty therein imposed, in case of failure: Provided, A part of said road, not less than one half shall be completed within that period. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That two hundred and fifty shares be subscribed for by the state, and that the sum of fifty thousand dollars out the proceeds of the funds for internal improvement, be, and the same is hereby appropriated and set apart subject to the order of the Governor at such times as calls shall be made on the stockholders generally for payment of their instalments: Provided, Nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to authorise the payment of any instalment by the state until the instalments due from individuals shall be first paid in, which shall be ascertained by a certificate of the presiding officer of said corporation to that effect, being filed in the Executive office: And provided, That in no case shall the state be called on for a sum greater than one sixth of the whole amount of stock subscribed for. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person or persons may subscribe for one half or one fourth of a share of said stock, and shall be entitled to a certificate accordingly. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822.

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AN ACT To alter and amend the eighth section of an act, entitled an act to amend the road laws of this state, passed the nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighteen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, all overseers of roads appointed in pursuance of the before recited act, shall cause their respective roads to be cleared twenty feet wide, except market roads, which shall be cleared thirty feet wide, and shall cause all causeways to be made sixteen feet wide. Any thing contained in the said section of the said act to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822. To authorise the opening of a Road from the Alapaha to the Florida line. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act his excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised to appoint two fit and proper persons to superintend the opening of a road to commence on the Alapaha at or near Cunningham's ford on said river, passing through districts number ten, twelve and thirteen in the county of Irwin, and number eighteen and twenty-three in the county of Early, pursuing the best and most practicable [Illegible Text] until it intersects the Florida line near the Oclockney river.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of fifteen hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to carry the above recited section into effect. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. AN ACT To alter and amend the Road Laws for the county of Glynn, passed the twenty-fifth December, eighteen hundred and twenty-one. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, that John Harris and William Pills be added to the Board of Commissioners for said county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all male slaves subject to road duty in the county Glynn shall work on the public road in said county under the direction of said board, and be apportioned as they or a majority of them may think proper for the improvement of said roads. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case of the owner or owners, manager or managers refusing to send their slaves so subject, at the time and place so appointed for working said roads, shall pay for each and every slave the sum of seventy-five cents per day for such neglect or refusal: except the inhabitants of the islands of St. Simons and Jekyl, whose owners or managers shall pay for each slave so subject, the sam of fifty cents per day. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners aforesaid shall cause the slaves to be returned at [Illegible Text] five days before the day of working said roads, and shall not work more than six days in the year, and that said commissioners, and a majority of them be authorised to employ one fit and proper person as an [Illegible Text] for each and every twenty hands while working on said roads, and shall have full power to contract for the building and repairing bridges and all other duties necessary to have performed upon said [Illegible Text], in [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text], and to be paid [Illegible Text] of any [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] to said [Illegible Text].

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Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person or persons who may hold any monies that have been collected as road fines, or that in any manner belongs to said roads be compelled to pay over the same to the said board of commissioners upon oath or affirmation, and that all moneys arising from said road-fines shall be appropriated to the benefit and improvement of said roads; and that the middle clause of the sixth section of the above recited act, authorising said board to appropriate a part of said monies to the opening certain cuts between Brunswick and Darien, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the manner and mode of applying and collecting road fines in said county shall be as by the road law of the eighth day of December, eighteen hundred and six. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate, JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. To authorise [Illegible Text] Floyd to establish a Toll-bridge over the Apalachie River, at or near his Mills. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the said John Floyd shall be, and he is hereby authorised to receive the following rates of toll at a bridge now erecting, or which may hereafter be erected by him over the Apalachie river, at or near his mills, viz.For each loaded waggon and team of four horses, thirty-seven and one half cents; for each empty waggon and team of four horses, twenty five cents; for each loaded waggon and team of two horses, twenty-five cents; for each empty waggon and team of two horses, eighteen and three-fourth cents; for all four wheel carriages of pleasure, thirty-seven and an half cents; for each loaded ox cart, twenty-five cents; for each empty ox cart, eighteen and three-fourth cents; for all other two wheel carriages, except horse carts, which shall be at the same rate as empty ox carts, twenty-five cents; for each man and horse, six and one-fourth cents; for each [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]

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horse, three cents; for each head of neat cattle, sheep, or goats, one cent; and for each mule, the same rate as horses in similar situations: Provided, That the said John Floyd shall be bound to keep the said bridge in good and sufficient repair, and be culpable for all losses or injuries which may be sustained in consequence of any deficiency in the said bridge. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 19, 1822. To authorise the erection of a free Bridge across Little River, upon lands of John Cartledge, at or near his Mills. AN ACT WHEREAS, many citizens of the counties of Lincoln and Columbia have made liberal contributions, for the purpose of erecting a bridge at the place aforesaid: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the citizens aforesaid, by and with the consent and co operation of the said John Cartledge, to erect a bridge at the place aforesaid, and to keep the same in repair for public use: Provided, the said bridge be free, and no toll be at any time hereafter demanded from any person or persons crossing the same. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate, JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 19, 1822.

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AN ACT To establish a Toll-bridge across the Alcofauhatchie River, on the line of Jasper County, and to vest the right thereof in Francis S. Martin and his legal representatives. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the bridge across the Alcofauhatchie river, known by the name of Martin's Bridge, is hereby declared to be a public bridge, and the right of said bridge vested in Francis S. Martin and his legal representatives. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Francis S. Martin shall be allowed to receive the following toll, and no more, that is to say: For every loaded waggon and horses drawing the same, thirty-seven and one half cents; for each loaded cart and horses, eighteen and three fourth cents; for each empty waggon and horses, twenty-five cents; for each empty cart and horses twelve and an half cents; for each two wheel pleasure carriage, and the person or persons riding in the same, twelve and an half cents; for each four wheel pleasure carriage, twenty-five cents; for each man and horse, six and one fourth cents; for each loaded ox cart, eighteen and three-fourth cents; for every led horse, three cents; for every head of cattle, two cents; for every head of sheep, goats, or hogs, one cent: Provided nevertheless, that whenever the fraction number eighty-eight, in the ninth district of Henry county, shall be sold, the purchaser shall be entitled to equal privilege on his side of the river. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. AN ACT To establish and make permanent the Ferry on the Ocmulgee River. in the County of Jasper, known by the name of John Town's Ferry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the ferry on the Ocmulgee river,

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in the county of Jasper, at the landing belonging to John Towns, called and known by the name of Towns' Ferry, be and the same is hereby made and declared a public ferry, and the said John Towns, his heirs, or legal representatives, are hereby authorised to ask, take, and receive from all persons crossing at said ferry, the same rates of toll or ferriage that is by law allowed or established at other public ferries on said river: Provided nevertheless, that nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to deprive the purchaser or purchasers of the fraction on the west side of said river, on which the said flat or ferry boat may land, of any right, title, or privilege to which he, she, or they might or would be entitled provided said act never had been passed, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. AN ACT To establish a Ferry on Broad River, the line between Elbert and Madison counties, known by the name of Denny's Ferry, and to vest the right thereof in certain persons therein named. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Edward Denny, David Denny, Thomas Denny, Robert Denny, John Penn, in the right of his wife Jane, Catharine Denny, and Peggy Denny, have the exclusive privilege of landing on either side of Broad river on their own land, at the ferry known by the name of Denny's Ferry: Provided, that the before named persons, or their proper representatives, do keep a good and sufflicient ferry boat at all times for the conveyance of [Illegible Text] and give due attendance to said ferry. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following rates of toll shall be lawful to be received for ferriage at said ferry, to wit: For each loaded waggon and six horses, one dollar; for each empty waggon and six horses, sixty-two and an half cents; for each loaded waggon and four horses, seventy-five cents; for each empty waggon and four horses, fifty cents; for each four wheel pleasure carriage, fifty cents; for each two wheel pleasure carriage, twenty-five cents; for each loaded cart, thirty-seven and an half cents; for each [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and three fourth [Illegible Text] for each

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man and horse, six and one-fourth cents; each led horse, six and one-fourth cents; each footman, six and one-fourth cents; for each head of neat cattle, three cents; each head of sheep, hogs, and goats, one and one half cents. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the above named persons, or their proper representatives, shall make good all damages that may be sustained at said ferry by neglect. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December [Illegible Text] 1822. AN ACT [Illegible Text] amend an act entitled, an act to establish a Ferry across the Altamaha River, at the place commonly called Linder's Ferry, and to establish the rates thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the price of crossing cattle at said ferry shall be four cents per head. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall ask, demand, or receive any higher rates of ferriage at the said ferry than is established by the act to which this is amendatory, or as established by this act, he, she, or they so offending, shall forfeit and pay four times the amount so overcharged, to be [Illegible Text] before any magistrate having jurisdiction of the case. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 9, 1822.

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To establish a Ferry on the Alatamaha River, at a place called Town Bluff, and to establish the rates of toll at the same. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be lawful for the proprietors of lot number six hundred and thirty-seven, in the second district in the county of Appling, to keep for the conveyance of travellers what is called a ferry boat or flat, and shall be entitled to the following rate of ferriage; For waggon and team, one dollar; for loaded cart and two horses, fifty cents; for empty do. thirty seven and an half cents; for cart and one horse, twenty-five cents; for all four wheel pleasure carriages, one dollar; two wheel do. fifty cents; man and horse, twelve and an half cents; for each led horse, six and one-fourth cents; cattle, three cents per head; all sheep, goats, and hogs, two cents [Illegible Text] head; and in all cases of long ferriage, double the amount aforesaid. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said ferriage shall not infringe on the rights of any other person whatever; and that the said proprietors shall be bound to keep said ferry in good order, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822. AN ACT To establish a ferry across the [Illegible Text] river at the west end of [Illegible Text] street, in the town of Hartford, Pulaski county, and to vest the same in the Inferior court of said county for county purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act the Justices of the inferior court for the county of Pulaski, or their successors in office are hereby authorised and empowered to erect a ferry across the river [Illegible Text] at the west end of Liberty street, in the town of Hartford, [Illegible Text] that they be entitled to

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demand and receive the following rates of toll or ferriage, to wit. For a loaded waggon, team, and driver, fifty cents; for an empty waggon, team, and driver, twenty-five cents; for a four wheel pleasure carriage, fifty cents; for a two wheel pleasure carriage, twenty-five cents; for a loaded cart, team and driver, twenty-five cents; for an empty cart, and driver, eighteen and three-fourths cents; for a horse and rider, six and one fourth cents; for every footman, six and one fourth cents; for every led or loose horse, male, or ass, six and one fourth cents; for each head of cattle, two cents; for each head of hogs, sheep or goats, one cent. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent any person or persons who may become purchasers of the fraction on the west side of the river opposite said ferry from an equal participation in the profits of the same. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to November 27, 1822. To establish a ferry on the Chatahoochie river in the county of Gwinnett at a place known by the name of Bozeman's ferry. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the [Illegible Text] of this act, a public ferry be established on the Chatahoochie river upon the land of James Carson, and the right of ferry from thence across the same to the opposite side of said river where the public road leaves the bank, leading to the Alabama, through the [Illegible Text] nation, which right of ferry is hereby invested in the said James Carson, his heirs, [Illegible Text], administrators or assigns, for and during the time the Cherokee nation holds possession of the land on the opposite side of said river. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said James Carson, his heirs and assigns may ask, demand and receive for the said ferriage the several rates or prices following, and no more; that is to sayfor every waggon and team, fifty cents; for every four wheel stage or [Illegible Text] with two horses, thirty seven and an half cents for every two [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] or pleasure carriage, twenty-five

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cents; for every man and horse, twelve and an half cents; for every footman, six and a fourth cents; for each single horse, six and a fourth cents; for each head of cattle, two cents; far each head of [Illegible Text] one cent. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforesaid James Carson shall at all times give due attention to the said ferry, except in the time of high water or in the night time, and shall keep a good and sufficient ferry boat or flat for the conveyance of passengers across said river. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said James Carson shall make good all losses which may happen to any person crossing said river at said ferry, by or through his neglect. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to, November 27, 1822. SHERIFFS AN ACT To amend the third section of an act, entitled, an act pointing out the duty of Sheriffs in selling lands under execution, passed the twenty second day of December, eighteen hundred and eight. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the [Illegible Text] of this act so much of the above recited act as requires the [Illegible Text] of the different counties to advertise their sales in some public paper, printed in their respective circuits, so far as respects the county of [Illegible Text], be and the same is hereby repealed.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text] county be, and he is hereby required [Illegible Text] advertise his sales in the Georgia Journal, printed at Milledgeville, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 6, 1822. AN ACT [Illegible Text] amend the third section of an act entitled, an act pointing out the duty of Sheriffs in selling lands under execution, passed the twenty second day of December, eighteen hundred and and eight, and to [Illegible Text] and make valid certain acts of the Sheriffs of the [Illegible Text] of Gwinnett, [Illegible Text] and Rabun, in the Western circuit and all the counties in the Flint and Southern circuits. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That from and after the passing of this act, so much of the above recited act as requires the sheriffs of the different [Illegible Text] to advertise their sales in some public paper printed in their respective [Illegible Text], so far as respects the counties aforesaid, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the [Illegible Text] of the counties aforesaid be, and they are hereby [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] advertise their [Illegible Text] in [Illegible Text] of the public papers in Milledgeville. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all [Illegible Text] heretofore made by the sheriffs of the counties aforesaid, or their [Illegible Text], which were advertised in any of the public papers in [Illegible Text] the time required by law in the circuit, be, and the same

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[Illegible Text] hereby legalized and made valid to all intents and purposes, any law [Illegible Text] the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 25, [Illegible Text]. For the Compensation of Sheriffs and other officers for conveying Convicts to the [Illegible Text]. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority, of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, all sheriffs, their deputies, or other persons conveying convicts under sentence from their respective counties to the penitentiary, shall be allowed and paid by a warrant, drawn by his excellency the Governor, on the penitentiary fund, at and after the rate of not more than one dollar nor less than seventy five cents per mile; which sum shall be in [Illegible Text] payment for himself and guard; and travelling expences of himself, guard and convict, so conveyed by him to the [Illegible Text]; and that in computing the mileage, the most practicable [Illegible Text] from the court house where such convict or convicts were sentenced, to the [Illegible Text] shall be observed, Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for every additional convict conveyed to the [Illegible Text] as aforesaid, such sheriff, deputy, or other person, shall receive the further sum of seventy-five cents a mile in addition to the sum allowed in the first section of this act, as a full compensation for himself, guard and travelling expenses, the mileage to be computed [Illegible Text] to the rule laid down in said first section of this act. And where there are more than one convict sentenced at the same court, no sheriff, his deputy, or other person, conveying such convict to the penitentiary, shall be entitled to receive pay for more than [Illegible Text] trip. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented [Illegible Text] December 25, 1822.

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AN ACT To make [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of the Sheriffs and Deputy [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text] county of [Illegible Text] and county of Franklin, and to legalize the [Illegible Text]. WHEREAS, the Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs of Monroe and Franklin counties in this state, having acted in their official capacities after having taken the oaths of office and previous to recording the same: AND WHEREAS, doubts exist as to the legality of such actsFor [Illegible Text] whereof: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all transactions of the [Illegible Text] Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs of the counties of Monroe and Franklin in their official capacities as Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs, after the time of their [Illegible Text] taken the oath of office, and previous to recording the same, shall be [Illegible Text], held, and considered [Illegible Text], to all intents and purposes, as if their said oaths had been [Illegible Text] previous to any such transactions, so far as respects the recording of said oaths, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Govenor. Assented to December 19, [Illegible Text]. [Illegible Text] authorise the [Illegible Text] of the [Illegible Text] of Franklin and Madison to advertise [Illegible Text] sales in the Public Gazettes of [Illegible Text]. AN ACT [Illegible Text] it enacted by the [Illegible Text] and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], it shall be lawful for the Sheriffs of Franklin and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] to advertise their sales of property [Illegible Text] on by [Illegible Text]

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in any of the public [Illegible Text] of Milledgeville, any [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] any law heretofore passed to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text]. AN ACT To facilitate the recovery of money out of the hands of Sheriffs, [Illegible Text], Justices of the Peace, Constables, Clerks of the [Illegible Text] and Inferior Courts, and Attornies at Law. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the Sheriffs, Coroners, Justices of the Peace, Constables, Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts, and Attornies at Law in this state, upon application, to pay to the proper person or persons, his, her, or their attorney, any money or monies they may have in their hands; and if not promptly paid, the party or parties entitled thereto, his, her, or their attorney, may serve said officer with a written demand for the same, and if not then paid, for such neglect or refusal, the said officer shall be compelled to pay at the rate of twenty per cent. per annum upon the sum he has in his hands, from the date of such just demand, if good cause be not shown to the contrary. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, [Illegible Text] a copy of said demand produced into court, verified by affidavit, stating when and where the original was served upon the officer, shall be prima facie evidence of the [Illegible Text] and service thereof. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be [Illegible Text] the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text].

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SLAVES. AN ACT [Illegible Text] repeal so much of any acts at present of force in this State as subjects Slaves of the county of Chatham to work on the public Roads of Bryan, and to regulate the future road labor of such Slaves. WHEREAS, by divers acts of the General Assembly of this state, certain slaves belonging to inhabitants of the county of Chatham have been and now are subject to perform road work on the Ogechee causeway and other public roads of Bryan county; and it having become [Illegible Text] that such slaves should still be so subject: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all laws and parts of laws heretofore enacted, so far as they require any slaves of the county of Chatham to work on the causeways and public roads of Bryan county, be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, all slaves of the county of Chatham, [Illegible Text] liable to perform road work in the county of Bryan, shall be and they are hereby declared to be liable to such work on the public roads of Chatham county, under the present existing laws. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822. [Illegible Text] exempt from road duty, on certain conditions, all male Slaves on the Island of Ossabaw. AN ACT WHEREAS, all male slaves on the Island of Ossabaw are required [Illegible Text] perform road duty on the main:

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AND WHEREAS, by such requisition they are not only subjected to much inconvenience, but [Illegible Text] to great hazard: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, it shall be lawful for all owners of male slaves on the Island of Ossabaw, either to perform road duty in conformity to the laws now in force, or to commute for the performance of such duty, by paying for each male slave liable to work on the public roads the sum of three dollars per annum. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the owners or managers of such slaves shall be summoned in the manner pointed out by the law regulating roads in the county of Bryan, and on refusing to deliver to the person summoning a list of such slaves, or neglecting to perform the duty enjoined, or to commute for their labor, shall be subjected to all the pains and penalties which the existing road laws inflict. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all fines which may be incurred under this act, shall be paid into the hands of the commissioners of the road district where the labor of such slaves may be apportioned, to be by them applied to the use of such road district, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor Assented to December 25, 1821.

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TOWNS. AN ACT [Illegible Text] lay out a [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] reserve on the [Illegible Text] river and to dispose of part of the lots in said town, and also to dispose of the fractional lots of land in the territory lately acquired from the Creek and [Illegible Text] Indians. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of [Illegible Text] in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That there shall be elected during the present session of the legislature by joint ballot thereof, five commissioners, to lay off a town on the reserve on the Ocmulgee river, on the west side of said river, at some convenient and suitable place near the bank thereof, to be called and known by the name of Macon. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners or a majority of them, shall within three months after their election proceed to lay off said town, and shall within three months thereafter set up and expose to sale not exceeding twenty half acre lots in said town, first giving thirty days notice thereof in one of the public [Illegible Text] in the cities of Savannah and Augusta, and in the town of Milledgeville, who shall receive four dollars per day while [Illegible Text] service. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority [Illegible Text], That [Illegible Text] purchasers of said lots shall pay one fourth of the purchase money down in cash, or in bills of some of the chartered banks of this state, and give bond with good and sufficient security for the residue, [Illegible Text] in three equal annual instalments. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That [Illegible Text] the failure to pay any instalment when due, the [Illegible Text] of this state shall proceed to issue his execution against such defaulting purchaser, which shall be [Illegible Text] on the property of the said purchaser, and his security, or either of them, in the same manner as though said [Illegible Text] had [Illegible Text] on a judgment obtained in any of the courts of law in this state; and the [Illegible Text] or lots so purchased shall be subject and liable to satisfy the amount due to the state for the purchase of the same in preference to all other claims, and shall not be subject to be sold under any other execution until said debt to the state shall have been discharged. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be elected by joint [Illegible Text] of the legislature during the present

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session, five commissioners: they or a majority of whom shall proceed agreeable to the provisions of this act, to sell the fractional parts of surveys, lots and all the Islands in the Oconee. Ocmulgee, Flint and Altamaha rivers, and within the streams emptying into the same, which are not included within the lines of any lot in the counties of Henry, Fayette, Newton, Monroe, Houston, Dooly, De Kalb, Bibb, Pike, Crawford, Irwin, Early, Telfair and Appling, with the exception of those lying adjoining the reserve on the Ocmulgee, which said fractions shall be sold at the town of Milledgeville commencing on the first Monday in November next, and continuing from day to day, Sundays excepted, until all the fractions lying in the aforesaid counties, except as heretofore excepted, are sold: Provided, Nothing herein contained shall authorise the commissioners aforesaid to commence said sales at an earlier hour than ten o'clock, in the forenoon, or continue beyond the hour of three o'clock in the afternoon. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall, before they enter on the duties required of them by this act, give bond with two or more good and sufficient securities, for the sum of twenty thousand dollars each, payable to his excellency the Governor for the time being and his successors in office, which said bond shall be taken by the Governor or any two or more Justices of the Interior court, where the said commissioner may reside, which said bend shall be deposited in the Executive office. And the said commissioners shall, moreover, take and subscribe the following oath, to be endorsed on the back of said bond, I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully perform all the duties required of me as a commissioner, agreable to the true intent and meaning of the act to lay out a town on the reserve on the Ocmulgee river, and to sell the fractions, lots and islands in the territory acquired from the Creek and Cherokee Indians: that I will further make a just and true return of my proceedings within thirty days after the expiration of said sales, and that I will, moreover, pay over to the treasurer of this state within the aforesaid time, all monies received by me on account of said sales. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the highest bidder for any fraction or fractions, lot or lots, or islands authorised to be sold by this act, shall be the purchaser, who shall pay to the commissioners aforesaid, one fourth part of the purchase money in cash or bills of the chartered banks of this state. On the payment of which the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall give to such purchaser a certificate, stating the amount paid and the amount of said purchase money then due, and to be paid in three equal annual instalments. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any purchaser failing to pay any instalment to the treasurer, within sixty days after they become due, shall forfeit the amount paid, and said [Illegible Text], other than town lots, shall revert to, and become the property of the state.

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Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the last instalment is paid agreeable to the face of said certificate given by the commissioners aforesaid, it shall be the duty of his excellency the Governor to cause a grant or grants to be made out in the name of the holder of said certificate, agreeably to the laws now in force regulating grants, which said grant shall be given to the holder of said certificate or certificates on his paying the sum of four dollars fifty cents for office fees. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person or persons bidding for fractions, lots or islands as aforesaid, and failing to comply with the provisions of the seventh section of this act, shall forfeit the right of having any further bids cryed by the commissioners, and said commissioners shall, on the next day of sale put up and offer said fractions, lots or islands for sale, as though it had not been previously bid off. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Surveyor general shall furnish the commissioners twenty days previous to the commencement of said sale, with a map of the aforesaid fractional surveys, lots or Islands intended by this act to be sold, and with the number of each lot of land joining said fraction, for which he shall receive an adequate compensation, to be adjudged of by the legislature. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall commence the sale of said fractions, lots and islands aforesaid, by offering for sale the lowest numbered fraction, in the lowest numbered district, in numerical order, and so on in said counties, in the order they are mentioned in the fifth section of this act, which said commissioners shall receive for their services four dollars each per day for the time they are employed in discharging the duties required of them by this act. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall advertise in one of the public gazettes of Savannah, Augusta and Milledgeville thirty days before the commencement of said sales, the [Illegible Text] of their commencement, specially pointing out the days on which the fractional surveys, lots and islands in each district will be offered for sale. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor be and he is hereby required to furnish the commissioners aforesaid with a list of all lots of land authorised to be drawn for in the late land lotteries and not drawn, shall be offered for sale at the same time and place agreeable to the provisions of this act: Provided, Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorise the sale of any fractional surveys on the Florida line or lots number ten and one hundred, heretofore reserved. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the certificates granted under this act shall be transferable, and any legal holder of any certificate, for any fraction or fractions, square lot

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or lots or islands shall be authorised on paying into the treasury of this state the full amount of the purchase money, to have the interest of the amount unpaid deducted from the original amount, and on producing the treasurer's receipt, he shall be entitled to receive a grant for the same on the payment of the office fees provided by this act. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, are by the authority aforesaid hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. To give Master Carpenters and Master Masons a lien on buildings erected by them in the Town of Milledgeville. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, all master carpenters and master masons who shall erect building or buildings in the town of Milledgeville, when no agreement or agreements have been entered into between the parties, either by parol or in writing, sufficiently securing the amount to be paid for the erection of such building or buildings, shall have full power and authority to retain the keys of said building or buildings, and also a lien on the same, for the amount or amounts that may be due and owing them. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822.

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To extend and define the limits of the Corporation of the Town of Madison, in the County of Morgan. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the limits of the corporation of the town of Madison, in the county aforesaid, be and the same are hereby extended so as to include all lands lying within one half mile of the public square, except the lands of Adam G. Saffold, Thomas McCarar, and Jubal E. Watts, not heretofore included in the corporate limits of said town. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of said town be and they are hereby authorised to make such bye-laws, ordinances, and regulations, and impose and inflict such tax and fines as in their judgment may be conducive to the good order and government of said town: Provided, That such bye-laws, ordinances, fines, and imposition of taxes, as may by them be made, be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. AN ACT To vest in the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah the right to appoint the Harbor-Master for the Port and Harbor of Savannah, and to regulate his duties. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah shall, on their first regular meeting after the twenty-third day of November next, (1823.) and annually on their first regular meeting in December thereafter, proceed by ballot to elect a Harbor-Master for the port and harber of Savannah, who shall be under the direction and control of the said Mayor and Aldermen, and subject to such ordinances, rules, and regulations as the said Mayor and Aldermen may make and prescribe for the better regulation of the said port and harbor of Savannah.

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this law, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822. AN ACT To amend an act entitled, an act for the better regulation and government of the Town of Sparta, in the county of Hancock, and to amend an act amendatory thereof, passed the 13th day of December, 1816, and further to define the duties and powers of the Commissioners of said Town. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the free male citizens resident within the town of Sparta, as hereinafter described, being entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly of this state, shall be authorised to elect by ballot at the usual place of holding elections in said town, five free white citizens resident and freeholders in said town, as Commissioners of the village of Sparta, in the county of Hancock; which election shall be held on the first Monday of May now next, and on the first Monday of May in every year thereafter, between the hours of nine of the clock in the morning and two of the clock of the evening of that day, and shall be superintended by three persons, one of whom shall be a justice of the peace or of the Inferior court of said county, one shall be a commissioner of said village, and the other shall be any disinterested freeholder of said village, and on their failure or neglect to attend, by any three freeholders of said village, and shall be opened, conducted, and closed in the manner usually [Illegible Text] in elections for county officers. And until such election, the commissioners of [Illegible Text] village now in office shall continue as such, with all the power and authority and subject to the same duties as prescribed in the several [Illegible Text] hereby amended, and as are herein prescribed. And that ten days notice shall be given by the commissioners for the time being, or any two of them, by advertisements at three or more public places in said village, and the like notice for the election of a commissioner or commissioners in case of vacancy by death, resignation, or removal. And in all cases, the commissioners in office shall act as such until their successors shall be elected

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and qualified, as hereinafter directed: Provided, That [Illegible Text] the said commissioners shall fail or neglect to notify an election at the annual period herein specified for such an election within the time designated, any justice of the peace or of the Inferior court of said county may, on application to him, give such notice, and shall superintend such election in conjunction with any two freeholders of said village, whom he may associate with him for the purpose. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful for the said commissioners, or any of them, to officiate as such, until he or they shall have taken and subscribed an oath before a justice of the Inferior court or of the peace of said county, to be entered in the book of the minutes and proceedings of said commissioners, well and faithfully to discharge the duties of a commissioner of the village of Sparta, as prescribed by law, and to support, maintain, and defend the constitution of the state of Georgia and of the United States. And a certificate in the record or book of minutes and proceedings of said commissioners by the persons presiding over an election, that the persons therein named have been duly elected commissioners, and a certificate by the justice administering the oath above mentioned, that such oath has been taken, shall be sufficient evidence in all courts and for all legal purposes that such persons are elected commissioners, and are legally qualified to act as such. And in case any such person or persons so elected shall neglect or refuse to act and to take said oath within twenty days after the election, an election shall be ordered and held by a justice and any two freeholders as aforesaid, to fill the vacancy occasioned by such non acceptance. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of the village of Sparta shall be a corporation, with full power to make and enforce contracts for the benefit of said village, and shall have a public seal, and shall be competent to do all acts herein authorised, and to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded in all courts of law or equity in this state, by the name and style of The Board of Commissioners of the Village of Sparta.Their proceedings as a Board shall be summary, and shall be liberally construed in all courts, and shall be authentieated by their common seal and the signature of the presiding officer, and shall be judicially proved by a certified copy signed by their Secretary. At all meetings, any three or more of them shall form a Board: and they may transcribe the ordinances, rules, regulations, and other proceedings of said village into new books; and such transcript, on being approved by them, shall have the same force and effect as the original: Provided, that said commissioners shall receive no pay or compensation for their services as such; nor shall they hold in their said corporate capacity, real property in said village to an amount exceeding two thousand dollars; nor shall they be allowed to issue in their corporate name any bills, notes, or change bills whatever. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board of Commissioners shall appoint one of their body to [Illegible Text] over their meetings, and also such other officers as may be

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deemed necessary to the transaction of their business; and in their absence, or on resignation, death, or removal, may appoint others in their stead, permanently or pro tempore: Provided, that no such officer shall continue in office longer than one year from the time of his appointment. And such officers, not being members of the Board, shall receive such compensation for their services as may be allowed by the Board. The said Board shall have power to remove any officers so appointed by them at pleasure; and shall settle and prescribe all the forms and details necessary and expedient to transact and give effect to their business and proceedings. While sitting as a Board the said commissioners shall have the same power and authority as justices of the peace now have, of punishing contempts, [Illegible Text] their officers, and compelling the attendance before them of any person or persons who may be guilty of contempt of their authority, or who may be guilty of an infringement of their ordinances or laws. The officers appointed by the Board, and now in office, shall be subject to the authority and process of the Board during twelve months after they shall be out of office, as to any money or papers in their hands. Said Board of Commissioners, and every of them, shall have at any time, within the corporate limits of said village, authority to preserve the peace, and shall be authorised to administer oaths in relation to such duties and in every other matter within the cognizance of the Board: and shall have power to issue their warrant under the hand of their President for the time being, for the apprehension of any person or persons guilty of a breach of the peace within the jurisdiction of said Board, and for the apprehension of any person or persons who may be guilty of a contempt of their power and authority, or of an infringement of their ordinances or laws. And on such person or persons being brought before them, such proceedings shall take place and the examination be had in the manner usually pursued before justices of the peace in this state. And in all matters within the cognizance of the said Board, other than for a contempt, or for a breach of the peace, the delinquent defendant shall be entitled to an appeal to a jury, to be selected from the persons resident in the said village, pursuant to the law now regulating Justices' courts, and in such manner as shall be prescribed by the said Board. And that the judgments and orders of said Board sitting as a court, shall have the like force and effect as judgments of the courts of justices of the peace: Provided, that on all judicial examinations and trials, the President for the time being, with any two or more of said Board, shall preside. And that in all suits and actions against the said Board, or any one of them, or any of their officers, touching any matter done by virtue of their office, the party prosecuted shall be entitled to the benefit of any statutes or [Illegible Text] in force for the time being, in respect to suits against justices of the peace and constables respectively. And on all trials, examinations, and judicial investigations before said Board, and in all controversies and suits in the courts in this state, in which the said commissioners, or any of them, shall be interested, or for any matter done or intended to be done by virtue of this act, any citizen of said village shall be a competent witness, his interest as a citizen notwithstanding.

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Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much and such part of the county of Hancock as shall be included within an oblong, to be formed by running a line from the centre of the public square, in front of the court-house in said county, in a direction east and west, as the public road, commonly called Broadstreet, now runs, to the extent of one half of a mile, and by running a line from such centre point, in the direction north and south, to the extent to one quarter of a mile, and by striking a line from the termination of said half mile in one direction to an angle to be formed by said line and by a line from the termination of said quarter of a mile in another direction, and in this way forming an oblong, shall be incorporated and held, deemed, and considered for the purposes of this act, the Village of Sparta, and shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioners of said village. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board shall have the exclusive superintendance of the streets and public roads and bridges within said village, and may prohibit or remove all obstructions of, or encoachments thereon, and all nuisances within the said limits. And they may within the said limits levy and collect in a summary manner an annual poll tax not exceeding one dollar on each free white male citizen of the age of eighteen years and upwards, and not exceeding five dollars on each free person of color, and not exceeding twenty-five cents on each slave usually resident in said village; and a tax not exceeding twenty-five cents on every hundred dollars value of all real estate, stock in trade, and other personal estate, and any other property or thing therein that may at the time being be taxable by the laws of this state, except carriages and other vehicles of pleasure, and stud horses and jacks, upon which they may levy a specific assessment, not exceeding two dollars on carriages having four wheels, and not exceeding one dollar on vehicles having two wheels, and not exceeding ten dollars on each stud horse and jack usually kept in said village: and also a tax not exceeding ten dollars for each day or part of a day on all itinerant exhibitions or shows and performances therein for money. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board shall and may, within the corporate limits of said village, make all needful regulations and ordinances for the restraint and punishment of slaves and free persons of color, and for the exclusive government of patroles in said village. That they shall have cognizance and jurisdiction over retailers of spirituous or fermented liquors, and may limit the number of shops for retailing liquors by measure less than half a gallon, and may assess such retailers annually such sum as they may deem expedient, not exceeding ten dollars per year, and may levy and collect any such assessment; and may levy and collect a tax on pedlars and itinerant traders in said village, not exceeding five dollars per day, except venders of books, who shall not be liable to pay a tax. And may regulate and enforce work by such persons as by law may be liable thereto, not exceeding five days at any one time, nor exceeding fifteen days in any one year, on the streets, squares, bridges, pumps, wells, and public roads, and in other respects shall have the same power and authority and jurisdiction

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over the roads within said limits as now belongs to the justices of the Inferior court of said county. But the said Board may, if they deem proper, hire the necessary labor on the streets, or any part thereof, and levy a tax within the said limits to defray the expenses thereby incurred: Provided, that in case a part of such necessary work be done by contract, the hands that would otherwise have been required to labor thereon shall not be exempted Irom working on other parts of the streets, c. in said village and that all such persons as may be required by this act to labor on the streets, c. in said village, or contribute to the keeping thereof in repair, shall not be carried beyond the limits of said village for the purpose of laboring on the public roads, nor required to contribute to the working thereon. And the said Board may pass such bye-laws and ordinances as they may deem expedient for the ascertainment of taxable property in said village, and may require the citizens of said village to return on oath to such person as the Board may appoint for the purpose, the amount of property, stock in trade, personal estate, and all other matters and things herein before allowed to be taxed within the said village; and in case of refusal or neglect in any person to make such return, said Board may adopt such other measures for the ascertainment thereof as they may deem expedient. And the said Board shall be authorised and hereby is empowered from time to time to make and establish such bye laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances respecting the streets, public buildings, markets, public houses, groceries, public wells and pumps, disorderly persons, slaves and free persons of color, and in general every other bye law and regulation that shall appear to them necessary or expedient for the security, welfare, health, and convenience of the citizens of said village, or for preserving peace, order, and good government within the same: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall authorise them to pass any bye laws or ordinances that may be repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state or of the United States. And provided further, that they shall make their bye-laws and ordinances, from time to time passed, public, by notice put up as heretofore practised by said commissioners. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Board shall be authorised to punish all offences against their regulations and ordinances by fine not exceeding twenty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county gaol not exceeding five days, in case the delinquent shall not pay the fine assessed; and such offences by free persons of color or by slaves, shall be punished by fine not exceeding twenty dollars, or by whipping, not exceeding twenty stripes. No corporal punishment shall be inflicted, other than as herein permitted. To enforce the payment of fines, taxes, assessments, and all other monies accruing, otherwise than by contract, the Board shall be authorised to issue their execution under the hand of the President for the time being, against the person or property of the delinquent, which shall have the force and effect of a justice's judgment and execution. If property levied on by the Marshal or other ministerial officer of the Board, shall be claimed by any other person than the delinquent, and such claimant or his agent shall make affidavit in writing before any one of the commissioners, that such property belongs to him or her

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and is not liable to the execution, such levy shall be dismissed: and any person swearing falsely therein, shall be punishable as in other cases of [Illegible Text]. The Marshal or other ministerial officer of the Board, shall, in the execution of his office, be subject to the laws and regulations, and have the power and authority, and be entitled to the fees prescribed to constables in Justices' courts. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate funds, after defraying the charges incident to the levying and collecting thereof, shall be by the said Board applied to the necessary expenses and improvement of said village, in such manner as the said Board may deem advantageous. And they shall publish annually, at least fifteen days prior to the expiration of their term of service, an account of such corporate funds, exhibiting the amount received in that year, and the several objects and amounts of expenditure, including the balance either way from the year preceding; and if any preceding commissioner or commissioners for the time being, shall retain in his hands any monies or papers of the Board, which he may have received while in office, he may on refusal be compelled to pay over or deliver the same, or account therefor, by process of attachment for contempt, as provided in the fourth section of this act, in cases where officers of the Board are in like default. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall go into operation on the first day of January now next; and that all acts militating herewith shall [Illegible Text] stand repealed, except as to any rights, duties, and liabilities that may have accrued under them. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822. To appoint commissioners to fix on a temporary site for the county of Dooly. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That William T. Smith, Asa Richardson, Daniel McNear, Reuben Mannen and Ezekiah Fountain, [Illegible Text] and they [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] appointed commissioners to fix on a [Illegible Text]

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public site for the county of Dooly, and the said commissioners, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and required to proceed as soon as practicable to make choice of some proper place, as a temporary court-house for said county, which shall be as near central as convenience will admit, which place shall be considered as the place for holding the courts, and transacting other county business, until permanent arrangements shall be made in and for said county. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the courts for said county shall be held at the house of Isaac Jones, in the fifth district of said county, until such choice shall be made as this law directs, and no longer. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws, militating against this act, be and they are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to, December 25, 1822. To incorporate the town of Covington in Newton County. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Burrel Matthews, Cary Wood, William D. Conyers, Richard S. Shackleford, and Richard Sims, are hereby appointed commissioners of said town, and shall continue in office until successors are elected according to the provisions of this act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first Monday in January next, and on the first Monday in every year thereafter, all the free male citizens of the said town, who shall have given in their taxable property, and who shall be entitled to vote for members to the general assembly, shall assemble at the court-house in said town, and by ballot elect five commissioners, who shall continue in office for one year, and until successors are elected, at which election any two of the justices of the Inferior court, or two of the justices of the peace of said county shall preside; and in case of the death or removal of any of said commissioners, the remaining

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commissioners shall have power to fill the vacancy to continue until the next election. The commissioners and all others appointed by virtue of this act shall be re-eligible. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That, the commissioners of said town and their successors shall have full power and authority to pass such bye laws and regulations as they may deem necessary for enforcing and collecting a poll tax upon the citizens of said town, and also, a tax upon all property real and personal, and stock in trade in said town: Provided, such poll tax shall not exceed one dollar; and such tax on property shall not exceed twelve and a half cents for every hundred dollars value thereof, within the term of one year. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall have power and authority to appoint such officers as they may deem necessary, for the purpose of enforcing and collecting any such taxes in the most summary manner. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall have power to pass any bye laws and regulations they may deem necessary, requiring the citizens of said town to return on oath to the officer to be appointed as aforesaid, the amount of taxable property and stock in trade by them and each of them holden in said town, and in case of refusal in any citizen to make such return, to cause the tax to be assessed and collected in such manner as they may prescribe. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall have full power and authority to impose a tax on all shows, exhibitions, and showmen performing in said town for the purpose of gain; and also on all gaming tables and games of hazard, as may be established, opened or played in said town, and to proceed to the collection of the same in such manner as may be prescribed in the bye-laws and regulations of said town: Provided, That the tax to be imposed upon shows and showmen shall not exceed ten dollars for each day's exhibition or performance. That the tax to be imposed on gaming tables and games of hazard shall not exceed ten dollars for each day that the same shall be established, opened or played in said town: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorise the keeping of any such table or tables or practicing any such game not authorised by the laws of this state within the corporation limits of said town. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case any person or persons who are liable for the same, shall refuse to pay any tax to be imposed or assessed by any bye-law or regulation of said town, in pursuance of the authority of this act, then and in that case the commissioners of said town or a majority of them shall and they are hereby authorised to issue their warrant, directed to any officer to be by them appointed, requiring him to levy and sell of the goods and chattels of the person or persons so refusing, to make the

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amount of tax so imposed; and said officer shall receive such fees as are allowed by law to justices of the peace and constables, in similar cases: Provided, That all sales to be made by virtue of such warrant shall be advertised at least ten days at the court-house door in said town. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of said town shall have power and authority to pass and ordain any bye-laws and regulations necessary, to cause to be established and enforced a strict patrol either by day or by night within the limits of said town, and in case of neglect or refusal in any citizen of said town to comply with the bye-laws and regulations to be by the said commissioners ordained and established upon this subject, that the said commissioners or a majority of them may proceed to fine, such citizen and collect such fine as is herein before prescribed for the collection of taxes: Provided, That the fines to be imposed in virtue of the power derived under this act, shall not exceed five dollars for each case of neglect or refusal. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners shall have power and authority to pass all bye-laws and regulations necessary to compel the citizens of said town and other persons resident therein and liable by the laws of the state to work on the public roads, and to labor on the public spring, streets and square of said town, and in such manner and at such times as may be prescribed for the improvement repair and preservation thereof; and in case of refusal or neglect in any citizen or other person so liable as aforesaid, the said commissioners or a majority of them, may proceed to impose a fine upon such citizen or other person, (or in case of slaves, upon the owner or employer of such slave or slaves) and to collect such fine in the manner prescribed in the preceeding section of this act: Provided, Any such fine to be imposed in virtue of this section, shall not exceed two dollars for each case of neglect or refusal. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners do and they are hereby authorised to appropriate all taxes and fines imposed, assessed and collected in virtue of any bye-laws or regulations adopted in pursuance of the authority given in this act to the repair and improvement of the public spring, square and streets of said town, and to the preservation of the houses of said town from fire, in such manner as they, or a majority of them, shall deem most conducive to the interest and safety of the citizens. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of said town, or a majority of them, shall have power to appoint a town marshal for the purpose of carrying into execution any bye-laws and regulations ordained and established by them. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall have power to remove or cause to be removed, any building, post, or steps or other obstructions and nuisances in the public streets or square of said town.

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Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be lawful for the said commissioners to impose a tax upon all persons retailing liquors in the public square or streets of said town: Provided, such tax shall not exceed five dollars for each day such person shall retail liquors as aforesaid in less quantities than five gallons. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of said town shall have full power and authority to pass such bye laws and regulations as they may deem necessary for the preservation of the health of the citizens of said town, the security of the public buildings from fire and other accidents and forerecting and repairing fences and pailings in the said town. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said town shall comprehend within its limits all persons settled upon or residing within the boundaries of the lot of land upon which the public buildings of the county are situated; that no person shall be elected a commissioner or an officer of said town who shall not reside within those limits. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no bye-law or regulation to be made by the said commissioners or their successors shall be contrary to the constitution and laws of this state: nor shall any penalty to be imposed by the bye laws and regulations of said town, extend to life, limb, or corporal punishment of any white person; and that in all cases a majority of said commissioners and their successors shall be competent to the transaction of business. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. [Illegible Text] to December 8, 1822. To make permanent the Public Site in the County of Emanuel, and to name the same. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the site agreed on in said county by the commissioners

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appointed for that purpose in the year eighteen hundred and twelve and thirteen, be and the same is hereby made permanent, and to bear the name of Swainsborough, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 6, 1822. To appoint Commissioners for the better regulation and government of the Village of Ruckersville, in the County of Elbert. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the following persons, to wit:John Banks, Henry Bourne, John S. Wilson, William White, and William H. Underwood, be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners of the village of Ruckersville, in the county of Elbert, and that they or a majority of them shall, immediately after the passing of this act, convene and proceed to the appointment of a Clerk and such other officers as they may deem necessary to carry this act into execution. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall hold their respective appointments hereby given them, until the first Monday in February, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, at which time, and on every subsequent first Monday in February thereafter, the citizens of Ruckersville entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly shall choose by ballot five persons to succeed them as commissioners of said village. And they shall have and are hereby vested with full power and authority to make such bye-laws and regulations, and inflict or impose such pains, penalties, and forfeitures as in their judgment shall be most conducive to the good order and government of said village: Provided, such bye-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the laws and constitution of this state. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any two or more justices of the peace for the said county of Elbert, are hereby authorised and required to preside at said election for commissioners aforesaid: Provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the election of the commissioners

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herein before named. And any person or persons who may hereafter be elected commissioners of said village, shall be re-eligible at the next or any subsequent election after the expiration of the time for which he or they may be elected as commissioners under this act. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 9, [Illegible Text] To amend an act entitled, an act for the better regulation and government of the Town of [Illegible Text], in the County of Clark. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby canacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for all the free white [Illegible Text] citizens of said town, or residing within the corporate bounds thereof, as pointed out by an act of the General Assembly for the better regulation and government of the town of Athens, in the county of Clark, passed the 8th day of December, 1815, who have given in their taxable property, and who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, to assemble at the College Chapel in Athens, and between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon of the first Salurday in January next, and the first Saturday in every January thereafter, elect by ballot seven Commissioners for the government of said town, who shall be vested with all the power and authority conveyed to the commissioners of said town by the above mentioned act passed the 8th day of December, 1815, and who shall continue in office one year. Two justices of the peace of the said county of Clark, shall preside at and certify the state of the polls to the persons elected; which certificate shall authorise them to exercise the functions of their office during the [Illegible Text] year: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the commissioners so elected from being eligible at the next or any subsequent election after the expiration of the time for which he or they may have been elected as commissioners under this act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That should the citizens of said town, from any cause whatever, fail to [Illegible Text] and elect commissioners as authorised by the preceding section,

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it shall and may be lawful for any two freeholders, citizens of said town, to advertise an election for one week at any time thereafter; and any election held in consequence of such advertisement, shall be held and deemed as legal and as valid as though the same had been held agreeable to the provisions of the first section of this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners under this act, and their successors in office, shall be and they are hereby authorised to impose any tax upon the citizens resident within the bounds aforesaid, for public purposes: Provided, the same shall not exceed one dollar on each poll, one fourth per centum on the general tax paid by each inhabitant, and one hundred per centum on all licences to retailers of spirituous liquors. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 2, 1822. AN ACT To extend the corporate limits of the Town of Watkinsville, in the County of Clark, and for the better regulation and government of said Town. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the corporate limits of the town of Watkinsville, in the county of Clark, be and the same is hereby extended to the distance of one half mile in every direction from the court-house in said town: and on the first Saturday in January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, and the first Saturday in January in every year thereafter, the citizens of said town entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly shall choose by ballot five persons to serve as Commissioners of said town. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners aforesaid shall have full power and authority to pass such bye laws and regulations as they may deem necessary for imposing

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and collecting a poll tax upon the citizens of said town, and also a tax upon all property, real and personal, and stock in trade in said town: Provided, such poil tax shall not exceed one dollar, and such tax on property and stock in trade shall not exceed twelve and an half cents for every hundred dollars value thereof, within the term of one year. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall have power and authority to tax all retailers of spirituous liquors within said town, in a sum not exceeding five dollars for the term of one year. That they shall have power and authority to appoint such officers as they may deem necessary for the purpose of enforcing and collecting any such taxes in the most summary manner. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall have power to pass any bye-laws and regulations they may deem necessary, requiring the citizens of said town to return on oath to the officer to be appointed as aforesaid, the amount of taxable property and stock in trade by them and each of them holden in the town of Watkinsville; and in case of refusal in any citizen to make such return, to cause the tax to be assessed and collected in such manner as they may prescribe. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall have power and authority to impose a tax on all shows, exhibitions, and show men performing in said town for the purpose of gain: Provided, such tax shall not exceed the amount pointed out by law. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case any person or persons who are liable for the same, shall refuse to pay any tax to be imposed or assessed by any bye-law or regulation of said town, in pursuance of the authority of this act, then and in that case the [Illegible Text] of said town, or a majority of them, shall and they are hereby authorised to [Illegible Text] their warrant directed to any officer to be by them appointed, requiring him by levy and sale of the goods and chattles of the person or persons so refusing, to make the amount of the tax so imposed; and said other shall, receive such fees [Illegible Text] are allowed by law to justices of the peace and constables in similar cases: Provided, that all sales to be made by virtue of such warrant, shall be advertised at least ten days at the court-house door in said town. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of said town shall have power and authority to pass any bye laws necessary to cause to be established and enforced a strict patrol, either by day or by night, within the limits of said town; and in case of neglect or [Illegible Text] in any citizen of said town to comply with the [Illegible Text] laws and regulations to be by the said commissioners ordained and established upon this subject, that the said commissioners, or a majority of them, may proceed to fine such citizen, and [Illegible Text] such fine as herein before prescribed for the collection of taxes:

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Provided, that the fines so imposed in virtue of the power derived under this act, shall not exceed five dollars for each case of neglect or refusal. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall have power and authority to pass any other bye-laws and regulations for the government of said town: Provided, the same be not repugnant to the laws and constitution of this state: And provided also, that the punishment of slaves shall not extend to the affecting of life, limb, or member. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners do, and they are hereby authorised to appropriate all taxes and fines imposed, assessed, and collected in virtue of any bye-laws or regulations adopted in pursuance of the authority given in this act, to the repair and improvement of public springs, square, and streets of said town, in such manner as they or a majority of them shall deem most conducive to the interest and safety of the citizens. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any two or more justices of the Inferior court, or justices of the peace for the county of Clark, are hereby authorised and required to preside at such elections for commissioners as aforesaid: that nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to prevent the re-election of any commissioner agreeable to this act. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should there be no election held on the day pointed out by this act, it may be lawful for the same to be held on any other day within three months, a justice of the peace first advertising in said town ten days before said election. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 6, 1822.

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AN ACT To confirm certain Conveyances of the Town Common of Savannah made by the Mayor and Aldermen, and to invest in the Inferior court and Sheriff of Chatham county, the direction of the county Court-house and Gaol. The Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah having been prohibited by an act passed on the first of December seventeen hundred and sixty, from alienating or granting away for any purpose whatsoever, than by an act of the General Assembly, the common appertaining to the said town, and it being represented to the legislature that the said Mayor and Aldermen, to the great advantage of the lot holders, and with much profit to the treasury of said city, have at different times heretofore alienated, granted and conveyed certain parts or lots of the said common; and justice requiring that the agreements made by the corporation with the purchasers be confirmed: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That all and singular, the conveyances heretofore made of the said town common under the authority of the mayor and aldermen, whether in fee simple or otherwise, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be, legalized, confirmed and made valid to all intents and purposes, according to the covenants, limitations and agreements of the same. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the first day of January next, the direction of the court-house and gaol of Chatham county, hitherto under the superintendence of the corporation of Savannah, shall be vested and continued in the Justices of the Inferior court and in the sheriff of said county, under the general laws regulating county goals in this state; and the mayor and aldermen shall thenceforth be discharged from the right and duties of commissioners of the said court-house and gaol: Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall operate to deprive the said mayor and aldermen of their right to sue for and recover any monies, which may be due to them from other counties, during the time the said mayor and aldermen were commissioners of the jail of the county of Chatham, under the act hereby repealed: And provided further, that the said mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah shall be, and they are hereby authorised to prosecute their claim for the recovery of any monies due in manner aforesaid, by action at law against the justices of the Inferior court of the county from which such money is due, in the Superior court of the said county, and upon the recovery of a judgment in such action, the said justices of the Inferior court are hereby required to pay the same out of the county funds; and if the funds of any county are insufficient for that purpose, the said justices of the Inferior court, are hereby authorised and required

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to lay and collect a tax for the payment and discharge of the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws so far as they militate against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822. AN ACT To alter and amend an act passed the twenty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and nineteen, to incorporate the town of [Illegible Text], in the county of Franklin, and to extend the limits thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, there shall be five commissioners for the incorporation of the town of Carnesville, who shall continue in office for the term of one year, commencing from the first Monday in January next, at which time in that month they shall elect five commissioners, and so on annually for every year thereafter. The Inferior court of the county shall give ten days notice previous to such election, and all male white persons entitled to vote for members of the legislature, living within the corporation, shall be entitled to vote at such election. Any two justices of the peace in said county may preside, or two or more Justices of the Inferior court, and the commissioners shall have power and authority to make and ordain all such laws, rules and regulations, as they may in their wisdom deem necessary, for keeping in repair the public streets, and having all obstructions removed, and having the public spring kept in good order: Provided, That such laws are not repugnant to the laws of this state, and of the United States: they shall not inflict corporal punishment on any white person, but may inflict such punishment on people of colour, but not to dismember or take life. The commissioners shall have full power to impose a tax on all showmen that may come into the corporation in order to make money; and shall have full power to extend the limits of said corporation, six hundred yards every way from the court-house, and shall have the public streets designated, and all obstructions removed, and may impose a tax on the citizens of said corporation, not to exceed more than one dollar for one year. They may appoint a clerk

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to keep a record of all proceedings which they may adopt under the authority of this act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the plan of said town of Carnesville shall be preserved as recorded in the clerk's office of the Inferior court of Franklin county. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if there should be a failure in holding any election as herein pointed out, it shall and may be lawful for any two or more justices of the Inferior court or justices of the peace of said county, upon notice as herein prescribed, to hold said election, and the persons so elected shall hold and exercise their said appointments until their successors may be elected. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any vacancy should happen in said board between the times of the general elections as aforesaid, such vacancy shall and may be filled by election, to be advertised and held in the manner herein pointed out for holding general elections. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822.

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TAX. To raise a Tax for the support of Government for the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-three. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the act passed the nineteenth day of December eighteen hundred and seventeen, entitled An act to raise a tax for the support of government, for the political year eighteen hundred and eighteen, except as relates to the tax on change bills and bills issued by unchartered banks, shall pay thirty-one and a quarter cents for each hundred dollars, issued and in circulation, with all acts and parts of acts which said act revives or continues, together with the second, third, and fourth sections of an act passed the twenty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty, To raise a tax for the support of government for the political year eighteen hundred and twenty one, be, and the same are hereby continued in force, for, and during the political year eighteen hundred and twenty three. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the like sum of thirty-one and a quarter cents shall be levied and collected, after the first day of January next, upon every hundred dollars value of stock owned by any individual of this state in the bank of the United States. Provided, Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to require the auctioners of Darien and St. Mary's to pay more than twenty five dollars. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of this act as relates to the taxing the capital stock of the office of discount and deposit of the bank of the United States, passed the nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and seventeen, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all and every person making returns for taxable property may at the time of taking the oath prescribed by law, make an exception of such property as they on their said oath believe to have been or will be returned by some other person. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the tax collectors bonds in the several counties in this state, shall be taken for at least double the amount the tax of the said county is liable

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to pay, which bond shall be recorded in the clerk's office of the Inferior court, who shall receive from said tax collector for such services, the sum of one dollar. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the original bond may be lost or otherwise mislaid, a copy of said bond, certified by the clerk to be a true copy, shall be held good in the place of the original. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822. UNIVERSITY. Supplementary to the several acts heretofore passed giving indulgence to the purchasers of University Lands. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That where the security or securities to any bond given for the purchase of University lands may have died or removed, or where such security fails or refuses to file in the Executive office his or her consent in writing, as pointed out by an act passed the present session, then and in that case it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive such additional security as in his judgment may secure the payment of said bond or bonds. And the principal shall, in that event, be entitled to all the privileges and benefits

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contemplated by the above recited act, in the case of securities filing in the Executive office their consent as aforesaid. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 21, 1822. AN ACT To require the collection of a certain part of the debts due the University of Georgia arising from the sales of the University Lands, made in conformity with an act passed the sixteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and fifteen, entitled an act to authorise the Trustees of the University of Georgia to sell the Lands belonging to the said University, and to set apart the remainder as a permanent and annual fund for the regular support of the said University. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 purchaser or purchasers of the University lands sold in conformity with the above recited act, who may not have paid the one half of the original debt or debts due by him, her, or them to the said University, be and they are hereby required to pay into the treasury of this state, on or before the first day of June next, so much of his, her, or their said debt or debts as may reduce the same to one half of the amount originally due, with the whole amount of interest which may become due on the same up to the said first day of June. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all such purchaser or purchasers who may in conformity herewith pay the said one half or who may have already paid the same, shall not be required to pay the remaining half during the continuance of this act, upon his, her, or their paying into the treasury annually on or before the first day of every June thereafter, the interest which may become due thereon: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent his excellency the Governor, or the Solicitor-general of the circuit where such purchasers may reside, from prosecuting to judgment and collecting any of the bonds aforesaid, where it may appear that without such prosecution such debt is in danger of being lost, unless the principal or his securities shall come forward and enter additional

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security, (which shall be satisfactory to the Treasurer,) with the [Illegible Text] of the state, on all bonds on which suit is commenced, and pay all costs which may have been accrued. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That where suits have been commenced or hereafter may be commenced in conformity with the acts passed the twenty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty, and the seventh day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, to give further indulgence to purchasers of University lands, after judgments shall have been entered up against such debtor or debtors they shall have the benefit of this act extended to them, on paying into the Clerk's office where said suits are commenced one half of the original debt or debts, and the whole of the interest up to the first day of June next, together with the cost which may have accrued in obtaining said judgment or judgments, and give good and sufficient additional security to the Clerk, in the manner and form as in case of stays of executions. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any security or securities to any purchaser or purchasers aforesaid who may consider him, her, or themselves endangered from the indulgence granted by the foregoing sections of this act, or from any other cause whatever, and shall notify the Governor thereof, he is hereby authorised and required to cause suits to be instituted for the recovery of such debt or debts, in the manner and form as if this act had never been passed: Provided always, that in order to entitle any principal to the indulgence contemplated by this act, it shall be first necessary for such principal to file in the Executive office the written consent of his securities to the allowance of such indulgence. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 2, 1822.

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USURY. AN ACT To alter and amend an act entitled, an act for reducing the Interest of Money in this Province, passed March twenty-seventh, seventeen hundred and fifty nine, so far as relates to usurious contracts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all contracts, bonds, notes, and assurances whatsoever, made after the passage of this act, for the payment of any principal or money, goods, wares, or merchandize, or other commodities whatsoever, to be lent, covenanted, to be performed upon, or for any usury, whereupon or whereby there shall be reserved or taken above the rate of eight per centum per annum, shall not be void, but the principal due thereon shall be recoverable at law and no more. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no forfeiture shall be incurred by any person who may hereafter reserve or take more than eight per cent. per annum upon any contract, as contemplated in the first section of this act, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. ALLEN DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senate. JOHN CLARK, Governor. Assented to December 23, 1822.

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NOTE, BY THE GOVERNOR. The act appropriating monies for the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-three, [see page 13,] was presented to the Executive by the Committee after the Legislature had adjourned, consequently he was constrained to assent to it. The reasons that would have operated on his mind, and caused him to have dissented to it, were, that he considers the appropriation of five hundred dollars to Gen. John Floyd, Executor of Gen. Francis Hopkins, deceased, as a donation; and that the Legislature had no right to discharge one of the three Secretaries to the Executive, as that number had been previously appointed under the Constitution, and that it is indispensably necessary to the transaction of the business that that number should be employed.

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RESOLUTIONS WHICH ORIGINATED IN SENATE. IN SENATE, November 11, 1822. Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States be requested to use their endeavors to get an act of Congress passed to give the assent of Congress to an act of the Legislature of this state, passed the 10th day of December, 1817, to establish the fees of the Harbor Master and Health Officer for the port of Darien. Approved December 10, 1822. IN SENATE, November 11, 1822. Resolved, That Scott Cray and James S. Bond be and they are hereby appointed Notaries Public, for the county of McIntosh. Approved December 13, 1822. IN SENATE, November 12, 1822. Resolved, That Uriah Wilcox be and he is hereby appointed Notary Public, for the county of Liberty. Approved December 13, 1822. IN SENATE, November 11, 1822. Resolved, That the Executive appointment of Richard J. Nichols, as a Commissioner of the Oconee River Association Company, in the place of Jacob Barrow, resigned, be and the same is hereby confirmed.

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Resolved, That George Linder be and he is hereby appointed a Commissioner of the Oconee River Association Company below Milledgeville, in the place of John Howard, deceased. Approved December 13, 1822. IN SENATE, November 18, 1822. Resolved, That Nathaniel H. Olmstead be and he is hereby appointed a Notary Public, for the county of Chatham. Approved December 13, 1822. IN SENATE, November [Illegible Text] 1822. The Committee on the state of the Republic, to whom was referred so much of his Excellency the Governor's communication as relates to lots undrawn, have performed the duty assigned them. Your Committee are of opinion, that said lots should be sold as the property of the state. They therefore submit the following resolution: Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the Commissioners hereafter to be appointed, or which may now be appointed, be and they are hereby authorised and required to sell said lots undrawn, at the same time and place, and under like restrictions, as the fractional lots in the same districts; and that the proceeds thereof be and the same are hereby declared to be a part of the funds of this state. And be it further resolved, That the Governor is hereby requested to furnish the Commissioners heretofore appointed, or that may hereafter be appointed to sell the fractional surveys belonging to this state, with a list and number of all lots of land not drawn for, which lie within the limits of their respective districts, for the purpose of sale, agreeable to the provisions of the foregoing resolution. Approved December 13, 1822. IN SENATE, November 18, 1822. Resolved, That Dr. Henry Freeman be and he is hereby appointed a Notary Public, for the county of Franklin: Approved December 13, 1822.

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IN SENATE, November 14, 1822. Resolved, That Richard Winn be and he is hereby appointed Commissioner of the Chatahoochie river, in Hall county; to fill the vacancy occasioned by Simeon White removed. Approved December 16, 1822. IN SENATE, December 5, 1822. Resolved, That Benjamin S. Lamb, Esq. of Bryan county, be and he is hereby appointed a Notary Public for said county. Approved December 16, 1822. IN SENATE, December 7, 1822. Resolved, That John Williams, of Milledgeville, be appointed a Commissioner of the Oconee Navigation Association, in the place of Williams Rutherford, resigned. Approved December 16, 1822. IN SENATE, December 4, 1822. Resolved, That Reuben Wilkinson, Robert M. Williamson, Jun Richard W. Miller, and Augustus S. Jones, be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners of the navigation of Brier creek, in addition to those already appointed. Approved December 16, 1822. IN SENATE, November 25, 1822. The Committee on the state of the Republic, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Hyde and Robert Armor, praying that further payment of money due by them to the state, on account of fractions purchased by them of the state, within what are called Indian Reserves, may be suspended, beg leave to report: That the prayer of said petitioners is reasonable, and that they, as well as all persons similarly situated, deserve relief, in so far as to

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forbear from requiring such persons to pay any further money on said purchases, until the government of the United States shall have taken such measures as may confirm the title of said purchasers to said fractions. And further your Committee are of opinion, that should the title of said purchasers eventually not be confirmed, that then the state is in good faith bound to refund to them whatever money they may under such purchase have already paid to the state. Your Committee beg leave to submit the following resolutions: Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That all persons who may have purchased of the state any fractional survey or surveys of land within those tracts commonly called Indian Reserves, shall not be required to make any further payment for the same until their titles to the same are absolutely confirmed. And be it further resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be and be is hereby empowered to suspend all suits on bonds given for lands purchased as aforesaid, until otherwise directed by the General Assembly. Approved December 16, 1822. IN SENATE, November 16, 1822. The Joint Committee on printing make the following Report: That they have contracted with Mr. James Camak for the printing of two thousand five hundred copies of the Laws which may be passed during the present session of the Legislature, at two and one-ninth cents per sheet of eight octavo pages; and for the printing of two thousand copies of the Journals of each Branch of the General Assembly, at one and eight-tenths of a cent per sheet of eight octavo pages: the Laws to be delivered by the first of February, and the Journals by the first of March next. The reason of this difference in the price of printing the Laws and printing the Journals will be found in the more substantial forms and superior arrangement which is proposed to be given to the former: the first by a binding similar to that of the pamphlets containing the Laws of the United States or the Edinburgh Review, a sample of which was offered to your committee; and the latter by placing the Laws under their respective heads, as in the compilation by Mr. Lamar. All which is respectfully submitted. Approved December 16, 1822.

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IN SENATE, November 7, 1822. Resolved, That the Executive appointment of Henry Gignilliat, Esq. as a Commissioner of the McIntosh County Academy, in the place of Hamden McIntosh, Esq. resigned, be and the same is hereby confirmed. Approved December 16, 1822. IN SENATE, December 16, 1822. Resolved, That John Paramore be appointed a Commissioner for the Academy of Telfair county, in the place of Benjamin M. Griffin, deceased, and that John L. Lamkins be added to said Board. Approved December 20, 1822. IN SENATE, December 16, 1822. Resolved, That Bazil Lamar, sen, be and he is hereby appointed Commissioner for the Savannah river from Augusta to Savannah, in the room of Walter Leigh, deceased. Approved December 20, 1822. IN SENATE, December 12, 1822. Resolved, That John Wise, Aaron Everitt, James Rawlas, Malachi Denmark, and Henry Dutton, be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners of the public buildings for the county of Bulloch, and to cause a jail to be built of such construction as they may deem sufficient and proper: Provided, on the recommendation of the grand jury, the Inferior court may levy an extraordinary tax sufficient to carry said resolution into effect, agreeable to act of 1821. Approved December 20, 1822. IN SENATE, December 14, 1822. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That Thomas W. Murray be and he is hereby authorised and appointed a Commissioner of

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Lincoln Academy, to join and co-operate with those heretofore appointed for said Academy, and any four of said Commissioners shall be sufficient to form a Board. Approved December 20, 1822. IN SENATE, December 18, 1822. Resolved, That Maj. Jacob Wood be and he is hereby appointed a Commissioner of the river Alatamaha, in the place of James Nephew, Esq: resigned. Approved December 21, 1822. IN SENATE, December 17, 1822. Resolved, That Benjamin Odell, Esq. be and he is hereby appointed a Commissioner for the town of Claytonsville, in the county of Rabun, in place of William Jones, refusing to serve. Approved December 21, 1822. IN SENATE, December 19, 1822. Resolved, That the Secretary of Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives employ additional Clerks, to assist in enrolling the laws passed by this Legislature, and that the Governor pay them a reasonable compensation out of the contingent fund. Approved December 21, 1822. IN SENATE, December 21, 1822. Resolved, That Furney F. Gatlin be appointed a Commissioner of the Ocmulgee Navigation Company, in the place of Benjamin Newborn, removed; and that Harrison Smith, William Hamilton, and Richard Smith, be added to said Board, with power to receive all appropriations for the use of said Company. Approved December 24, 1822.

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IN SENATE, November 27, 1822. Resolved, That his excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to appoint some fit and proper person of the Western circuit to appear at the several courts in said circuit in each and every case in which the title to the reserves of land derived or alledged to be derived under the treaties made by the United States with the Cherokee Indians, and under grants from the state of Georgia, shall come into controversy, and to move the said court to reserve the points arising in the said cause for the purpose of obtaining the opinion of all the judges of this state thereon. Approved, December 24, 1822. IN SENATE, December 11, 1822. The committee to whom was referred the petition of John Knight, a revolutionary soldier in the regular company of the first regiment of this state, have had the same under consideration, and are of opinion that the petition is reasonable and ought to be granted. Your committee therefore submit the following Resolution: Resolved, That the sum of four hundred dollars be allowed to the aforesaid John Knight in lieu of and as a commutation for his bounty warrant as aforesaid, and that the same be paid out of the contingent fund. Approved, December 24th, 1822. IN SENATE, December 20, 1822. Resolved, That the honorable Simon Holt, Thomas Stocks, and Samuel Beall be, and they are hereby appointed a committee to adjust the accounts of the senate, and they are also appointed a committee to join such as may be appointed on the part of the house of representatives to see the unfinished business of the General Assembly completed, and that they be allowed three days to complete the same after the adjournment of the legislature. Approved December 25, 1822.

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IN SENATE, December 23, 1822. Resolved, That his excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to purchase a sufficient number of Georgia Justices to distribute in the several counties where they have not been distributed, and distribute the same with the laws and journals of the present session, and that he pay for the same out of the contingent fund: Provided, That there is a sufficient number of copies now in print, and that they can be purchased at a price not exceeding five dollars each. Approved December 25, 1822. IN SENATE, December 23, 1822. Resolved, That James S. Frierson, Esq. be a commissioner on the part of this state, who is hereby authorised and empowered by himself, and such deputies as he may think proper to employ, not exceeding one for each county, to rent until the first day of January eighteen hundred and twenty-four, all the unsold fractions now belonging to this state, at a public outcry or private sale: Provided always, That if any of the said fractions do not rent at something like their value, then the said commissioner or deputy is not to rent, but to compel the person living on or occupying such fraction to desist, and if any person is found trespassing on any of the aforesaid fractions, not rented as aforesaid, immediately to proceed to prosecute in behalf of the state, and it is hereby made the duty of the Solicitor general to attend to the said prosecution. And be it further resolved, That the said commissioner shall take [Illegible Text] for the payment of any sums which may be stipulated to be given for the rent of any fraction or fractions as aforesaid, payable to the Governor for the time being, or his successors in office, with sufficient security, which said bonds he is hereby required to deposit in the Treasurer's office of this state. And be it further resolved, That the said Commissioner shall be entitled to receive as a full compensation for his services, ten per centum on the bonds or notes arising for the said rent as aforesaid. And be it further resolved, That the said commissioner shall before, he enters on the duties of his office, give bond to his excellency the Governor in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of the duties required of him; and also take an oath that he will well and truly perform the same, and that he be responsible to the state for the acts of his agents or deputies, and pay them for their services out of the pay allowed him by this resolution. Approved December 25, 1822.

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IN SENATE, December 20, 1822. The select committee to whom was referred the communication of his excellency the Governor relative to the loan made to the Unacoy Turnpike company, and the accompanying documents, have had the same under their consideration, and beg leave to report: That the subject matter contained in the said documents appears to be one of controversy and difficulty among the persons composing said company, and can only properly be settled among themselves. Your committee therefore recommend the following resolution: Resolved, That the documents be returned to the Executive department agreeably to a request in said communication, and that this committee be discharged from the further consideration of said communication and accompanying documents. Approved December 25, 1822. IN SENATE, December 5, 1822. The committee on the state of the republic to whom was referred that part of the Governor's communication which regards the extension of territory, c. c. and the documents accompanying the same ask leave to report. That they have had the said communication and documents under consideration and find that the same relates, 1st. To the claims of certain citizens of this state against the [Illegible Text] Indians. 2d. To the subject of procuring lands from the Indians for this state in terms of the articles of cession and treaty between the United States and this state. 3d. To the fees of Harbor-master and health officer of the port of Savannah. Upon the first of these subjects of reference, it appears to the committee from the communication of the Governor that the President of the United States, at the request of the Legislature and Executive of this state has already twice extended the time, within which the said claims may be preferred, and nothing has been exhibited to the committee to authorise an application at this moment for its further en-enlargement. Time is allowed to claimants until the first of January next, and should any circumstances now exist or hereafter occur, which may render its extension proper, the disposition already manifested by the President of the United States, is in the opinion of the committee a sure guarantee that such extension will be allowed.

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Your committee are duly impressed with the interesting nature of the subject which has been referred to them, and have given that consideration which their time and opportunities would allow. They regard it as being in close connection with the interest of our citizens, with the finances and improvement of our state, and with her character and influence as a member of the Federal Union. The extension of our limits produces no unfavorable influence upon the strength or compactness of our organization. On the contrary, the purchases which have been made since eighteen hundred and seventeen, are inhabited by a population enterprising and respectable in peace, and who would form a confident reliance in times of war. An extension to our final limits your committee consider an object much to be desired: until this object is attained, a permanent and uniform course of legislation cannot be well pursued, and general schemes of internal improvement and public education must be measurably [Illegible Text] In the older sections of the state, the population is already as dense as agricultural convenience and interest will well admit. The increasing exports of the State evince her advancement in commercial importance, for the greater encouragement of this productive industry. Your committee consider it important that new territory should be subjected to its operations. That new resources should be given to our different seaport towns by an extensive back country, newly acquired. Your committee are of opinion that the difficulties of extinguishing the Indian title will increase [Illegible Text] by delay. The tribes upon our borders at one period evinced a spirit of emigration; this is subsiding, but possibly coud be again excited. The Seminole tribe are lible to be sent above the Florida line, within the present Creek boundary, some intercourse with the white settlements is unavoidable. Such intercourse with the tribe would be particularly annoying to the citizens of Georgia, against whom they encourage a decided hostility. Your committee recommend the following resolutions. Resolved, That his excellency the Governor continue his exertions in furtherance of the objects of this report, and that he forward a copy thereof to the President of the United States, and to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested to use their efforts and influence in [Illegible Text] suitable appropriations for holding treaties with the nations of Indians within the limits of Georgia, and that they aid the objects of the foregoing report in such manner as they may consider best calculated to carry them into effect. Resolved further, That this house highly approve the conduct and [Illegible Text] of the Senaters and Representatives of this state in Congress previous to this time, [Illegible Text] relation to the subject of this report.

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Your committee therefore recommend the following resolution: Resolved, That the joint committee on the state of the republic be discharged from the further consideration of the aforementioned reference. [Illegible Text] DEPARTMENT, GEORGIA, Milledgeville, 28 th Dec. 1822. WHILST I cannot coincide with the views expressed by the Committee on the State of the Republic in the preamble to these Resolutions on the subject of claims of citizens of this state against the [Illegible Text] Indians, believing as I do, that I had submitted sufficient reasons in my several communications, with accompanying documents, to have warranted an expectation of [Illegible Text] and co-operation in efforts to secure to many of our poor and suffering fellow citizens their just claims, which cannot be expected to be obtained if an extension of time is not asked for, and perhaps an enlargement of the rules under which those claims are established; a rigid adherence to which may preclude many of the claimants from recovering their just rights. And at the same time, that I do not concur in the opinion expressed in the resolution as to the exertions of the Senators and Representatives of this state in Congress, previous to this time, in relation to the subject of this report, for reasons which it is conceived unnecessary to advert. Nevertheless, as the first and second resolutions and part of the preamble, (in some measure,) possess one redeeming quality, on a subject of the highest importance to the state, the fulfilment of the fourth article of agreement and cession on the part of the United States, by the extinguishment of the Indian title to lands within the state, an object of my greatest solicitude, and should be of every well wisher to the prosperity of the citizens thereof, I hereby approve of the same. JOHN CLARK, Governor. IN SENATE, December 20, 1822. The joint committee on the state of the Republic to whom was refered the correspondence between his excellency Governor Clark

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and Governor Bennett of the State of South-Carolina, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report. That it does not appear to the committee to be expedient to deny absolutely to the General Government the power to establish a Bank beyond the District of Columbia, though they are impressed with a belief that the original grant of such power should be accompanied with a restriction requiring the assent of each and every state to the location of said bank or any branch thereof within the limits of such state. They therefore recommend the following resolution: Resolved, That the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Georgia do not concur in the amendment of the Constitution proposed by the State of Pennsylvania in the following words: Congress shall make no law to erect or incorporate any bank or other monied institution, except within the District of Columbia, and every bank or other monied institution, which shall be established by the authority of Congress, shall, together with its branches and offices of discount and deposit be confined to the District of Columbia. Resolved, That the Governor of this state be requested to transmit copies of the foregoing resolution to the Executives of the several states, with a request to lay the same before the legislature thereof. Approved December 28, 1822.

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RESOLUTIONS WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 7, 1822. Resolved, That Henry J. Valleau, Thomas M. Woodbridge, and Alexis H. Durand, be and they are hereby appointed Notaries Public for the county of Chatham. Approved November 18, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 8, 1822. Resolved, That Isaac T. Stewart, William P. Beers, Samuel C. House, John B Mills, Peter Schenck, Joseph George, and Jacob Delamotta, be and they are hereby appointed Notaries Public for the county of Chatham. Approved November 18, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 7, 1822. Resolved, That John McIntyre and Larkin [Illegible Text] be appointed Notaries Public for the county of Twiggs and town of Marion. Approved November 18, 1822.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 8, 1822. Resolved, That William Jackson and John G. Cowling be and they are hereby appointed Public Notaries, for the city of Augusta and county of Richmond. Approved November 18, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 8, 1822. Resolved, That the Executive appointment of William Carnochan as Commissioner of the Academy of McIntosh county, in the place of Jacob Wood, Esq. resigned, be and the same is hereby confirmed. Approved November 20, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 8, 1822. Resolved, That the Executive appointment of George Atkinson as a Commissioner of the river Alatamaha, in the place of Jacob Wood, Esq. resigned, be and the same is hereby confirmed. Approved November 20, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 8, 1822. Resolved, That the Executive appointment of Henry T. Hall as a Commissioner of Pilotage, for the port of Darien and Sapalo river, in the place of Jacob Wood, Esq. resigned, be and the same is hereby confirmed. Approved November 20, 1822.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 11, 1822. Resolved, That John P. Blackman be and he is hereby appointed a Commissioner of the County Academy for the county of Walton, in the place of Wilson Watley, Esq. removed. Approved November 20, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. November 12, 1822. Resolved, That Alexander Crawford be and he is hereby appointed Notary Public for the county of Hall, in the village of Gainesville. Approved November 20, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 15, 1822. Resolved, That Mail Monk, E. P. Wester, Jacob Raloson, Jess Carter, Henry Hagin, Gabriel Tucker, and David A. Henderson, be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for the purpose of [Illegible Text] a lot of land in the county of Appling, for the public site in said county. And be it further resolved, That the said commissioners are hereby authorised to contract for the building the court-house and jail in said county. Which site shall be as near the centre of the county as convenience [Illegible Text] in their opinion, and report to the Inferior court of said county. Approved November 29, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 15, 1822. The dividing line between this state and the state of Alabama never having been run, in conformity with the articles of agreement and cession entered into on the twenty-fourth day of April, eighteen hundred and two, between the commissioners of the state of Georgia on the one part, and the commissioners of the United States on the other part, from the mouth of Uchee creek, on the Chatahoochie river, thence in a direct line to Nickajack, on the Tennessee river; and as

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it is now in contemplation to hold a treaty for the [Illegible Text] of lands from the Indians, which must bound upon said line; and as it is highly important to the two states for various considerations, that said line should no longer remain undefined by the proper and usual marks [Illegible Text] And the Legislature being of opinion that said articles of agreement and cession render it obligatory on the United States to cause said line to be run, and at the expense of the general government: Resolved, That the Governor be requested to take as speedy measures as possible to present this subject to the President of the United States, and to bring the same before Congress, if necessary, for the purpose of procuring the said line to be run as early as possible. Resolved, That the Governor be authorised to appoint two fit and proper persons, one of whom shall be an artist, to accompany such person or persons as may be appointed on the part of the United States to run said line. Resolved, That the Governor of this state communicate the above resolutions to the Executive of the state of Alabama, and solicit the concurrence of that state to the same, and to appoint one or more persons to attend the running of said line. Approved November 29, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 15, 1822. Resolved, That James Brown and William Howard be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to fix upon the county site of the county of Early, in the place of Thomas Carter and Ezekiel M. Attaway, removed. Approved November 29, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 29, 1822. Resolved, That William Robertson, of Savannah, be and he is hereby appointed a Notary Public for the county of Chatham. Approved December 16, 1822.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 6, 1822 The Joint Military Committee, to whom was referred the resolution from the House of Representatives, instructing the said committee to inquire into the expediency of having printed in [Illegible Text] form..... copies of the militia laws now in force in this stateReport: That they have had the same under consideration, and unanimonsly recommend the following resolutions: Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorised to cause a sufficient number of copies of all the militia and patrol laws now in force in this state to be printed in pamphlet form and distributed throughout this state, so that every Major-general, Brigadier-general, Division-inspector, Brigade-inspector, Adjutant, Colonel, Lieutenant-colonel, Major, Captain, and subaltern officer may be furnished with one copy each. And be it further resolved, That the said pamphlets shall be printed and distributed to each county with the Laws and Journals of the present session. And be it further resolved, That the Clerks of the Inferior courts throughout this state are hereby required to receive the said pamphlets and deliver them to each officer on application, and take a receipt for the same. And be it further resolved, That the pamphlets shall be the property of regiments, battalions, and companies, and be [Illegible Text] to the successors respectively. Approved December 16, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 17, 1822. WHEREAS, the Joint Committee on agriculture and internal improvement deem it inexpedient at this time, upon the report of the Board of Commissioners of Savannah river, to recommend a further expenditure of the unexpended balance of money that remains in the possession of the commissioners of that section of river between Petersburg and Augusta: Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the commissioners appointed to superintend the improvement of the navigation of Savannah river, between Petersburg and Augusta, be required to return by the first day of February next, the unexpended balance of money which remains undisposed of, as appears by their report, and

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as appropriated by an act of the Legislature of eighteen hundred and eighteen, to the Branch Bank in Washington, to be subject to the future disposition of the Legislature. Approved December 23, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December, 17, 1822. WHEREAS, the Legislature of this state, by an act passed the nineteenth of December, eighteen hundred and seventeen, entitled, An act to incorporate the Baptist church in the city of Augusta and county of Richmond, and to authorise the trustees of the Richmond academy to convey a lot of land in the city of Augusta to the said Baptist society, did by the third section of said act authorise and empower the trustees of the Richmond Academy to convey to the said Baptist church a lot of land in said city. AND WHEREAS, The lot of land designated by the trustees aforesaid, for the Baptist society to erect a house of worship on, being deemed by the said society ineligible, and too remote from the population to answer the desired purpose, and in consequence thereof the said society were compelled to purchase a lot more central. AND WHEREAS, doubts have been entertained whether the said trustees of the Richmond academy might convey a lot to the said society unless it were for the purpose of erecting a House of worship thereon, and it being but equitable that this society should derive the same benefits and aid from said trust as the other religious denominations who have received grants for lots in eligible situations. Be it therefore resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the trustees of the Richmond academy, be, and they are hereby authorised to place the said Baptist society upon an equal footing in this regard as near as may be with other denominations, and that for this purpose they convey to the said society, a lot or lots of land in fee simple and without any special trust, or make them some other equivalent. Approved, December 23, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 23, 1822. Resolved, That the sum of thirty dollars be, and the same is hereby allowed to Marlow Pryor for his extra services in attending the committee to whom was referred so much of the Governor's message

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as relates to Abner Hammond and that the same be paid by warrant on the contingent fund. Approved December 24, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 21, 1822. The printing committee who were instructed to contract for the printing of one thousand copies of the report of the select committee to whom was refered so much of the Governor's message as relates to Col. Abner Hammond, with the accompanying documents and evidence, report that they have contracted with Mr. James Camak to print one thousand copies of the report, documents and evidence alluded to, at four cents per copy sheet of eight octavo pages, which will be completed by Thursday morning next. Approved December 24, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 24, 1822. Resolved, That the justices of the Inferior courts of the counties of Early, Irwin, Appling, Walton, Gwinnett, Hall, Habersham and Rabun, be, and they are hereby required to rent out the lots numbers ten and one hundred, in their respective counties to the highest bidder, for the ensuing year eighteen hundred twenty three, at the court houses in each county, after giving twenty days notice in one of the public newspapers at Milledgeville, and at three or more public places in the county where the lots may lie, and the person or persons renting, shall give notes with security approved of by the justices, or a majority of them, and that it be the duty of the said justices to transmit said notes to the treasurer within sixty days from taking the same. And be it further resolved, That the said notes so taken shall be made payable on the twenty-fifth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty three, to his excellency the Governor and his successors in office, and the said justices of the Inferior courts aforesaid, be entitled for their services to ten per cent on the amount of notes so taken, to be paid by his excellency the Governor when the same may be collected. Approved December 25, 1822.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 20, 1822. Resolved, That the Secretary of Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives employ additional Clerks to assist in enrolling the laws passed by the Legislature, and that the Governor pay them a reasonable compensation out of the contingent fund. Approved December 25, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 24, 1822. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be authorised and he is hereby requested to have published in the Georgia Journal such of the laws and resolutions of the present session as are of a general nature. Approved December 25, 1822. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 7, 1822. The committee to whom was referred the petition of William S. Taylor, tax collector of the county of McIntosh, are of opinion that the prayer of the petitioner is reasonable and ought to be granted. And therefore recommend the following resolution. Resolved, That his excellency the Governor be requested to suspend further proceedings against William S. Taylor, former tax collector of the county of McIntosh, and his securities, until the meeting of the next legislature: Provided, his securities will acknowledge themselves such to his excellency the Governor on or before the first day of March next, or upon his giving other good and sufficient security, by the time aforesaid. Approved December 21, [Illegible Text].

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INDEX. TITLES. Academies, 3 Appropriation, 13 Banks, 17 Churches, 18 Clerks, 20 Counties, 21 Courts, 30 Debtors, 37 Divorces, 38 Extra Taxes, 42 Elections, 44 Incorporations, 46 Judiciary, 53 Military, 57 Navigation, 64 Penal Code, 65 Relief Laws, 67 Roads, Bridges, and Ferries, 86 Sheriffs, 105 Towns, 112 Tax, 135 University, 136 Usury, 139 Resolutions of Senate, 141 Resolutions of the House of Representatives, 156

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A. ACADEMIES. To incorporate Fortville academy 3 To distribute the Bank dividends among the counties 4 To incorporate the Farmers academy 5 To distribute certain funds among the county academies 6 To incorporate the Newton county 8 To incorporate the Bulloch county 10 To incorporate the, of Bryan, Pulaski, Baldwin, and McIntosh 11 Of Greene countythe trustees of the, authorised to sell a certain lot 13 Of McIntosh countycomm'rs. for the, appointed 145 154 Of Telfair do. do. do. ib . Of Lincoln do. do. do. 146 Of Walton do. do. do. 155 Appropriation Act for 1823 13 Governor's commentary on 140 Appling county an act concerning the clerks of the courts of 20 Commissioners of the court-house of, appointed 155 Augusta concerning the Mayor's court of 35 Concerning the incorporation of ib . Medical Society of, incorporated 50 [Illegible Text] -general his duties defined and pay regulated 57 Atkinson, William for the relief of 80 Alapaha a road from the, to the Florida line to be opened 96 Attornies at law an act to facilitate the recovery of money out of the hands of 109 Athens an act concerning the town of 128 Alabama Resolution concerning the dividing line between, and Georgia 155 Altamaha a commissioner for the river appointed 146 154 B BANKS. Dividends divided among the several counties 4 Stock made subject to execution 17 Of the U.S.report of the committee on the state of the Republic in relation to the 152 Bulloch county academy incorporated 10 Baldwin do do 11 Countyconcerning an extra tax for 42 Bryan county academy incorporated 11 do an act concerning the working of the slaves of Chatham on the roads of 110 do Notary Public for, appointed 143 Bibb county laid out 22 do organized 23 Boulard, John A. and Eliza divorced 41

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Bozeman's ferry on the Chatahoochie established [Illegible Text] Brigade and division inspectors their duties defined and pay regulated 57 Broad river concerning the navigation of 64 Books to authorise the carrying of, from place to place for sale 67 Bounty Warrants the time for taking out grants extended 68 Best the names of certain persons so called changed to that of Mitchenor [Illegible Text] Burgess James and Evan, for the relief of 78 do do to amend an act for the relief of 82 Bridge John Floyd authorised to erect a toll, across the Apalachie 98 To authorise the erection of a free, across Little river 99 To establish a toll, across the Alcovahatchie 100 Briar creek commissioners of the navigation of, appointed 143 Baptist church of Augusta resolution concerning the [Illegible Text] C. COUNTIES. To lay out four new 21 Crawford, laid out 22 Organized 23 Camden, concerning elections in 45 Chatham, concerning a legionary corps of 60 do an act concerning the working of the slaves of, on the roads of Bryan 110 do Notaries Public for appointed 153 156 143 Academies, certain funds distributed among the 6 COURTS. Inferior, of Lincoln county, the time of holding the, altered 30 do of Greene countytime of holding the, altered 33 Superior, in the southern circuit the time of holding the, altered 31 do in the middle circuit, do do do 31 Superior and Inferior in the Flint circuitthe time of holding the, fixed 31 Of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer in Savannahstay on executions issuing from the, permitted 34 Mayor's, of Augusta, an act concerning, 35 CHURCHES. Methodist and others, a half acre of ground granted to on state house square 18 German Lutheran, at Ebenezer, an act concerning the 19 Baptist, of Augustaresolution concerning the 158 CLERKS. Acts concerning their offices 20 21 Clerks, Coroners and Constablesan act to facilitate the recovery of money out of the hands of 109 Of House of Representativesauthorised to employ additional clerks 160 146 Cooper, Jeremiah and Kitty divorced 39 Chapter, Grand Royal Arch, incorporated 46 Circuit, Flint, new counties added to the [Illegible Text]

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Cavalry to authorise the establishment of squadrons of, on certain conditions 61 Code, Penal An act to amend the 65 Charts to authorise the carrying of, from place to place for sale 67 Comptroller general authorised to renew a certain audited certificate 71 Cunningham, Robert for the relief of 80 Coroners and Constables to prevent their retaining costs on younger judgments 84 Cartledge John the erection of a free bridge on his land authorised 99 Convicts the compensation of sheriffs for bringing, to the Penitentiary fixed 107 Carpenters in the town of Milledgeville, to have a lien on buildings erected by them 115 Covington the town of in the county of Newton, incorporated 123 Conveyances of the town common of Savannah confirmed 132 Carnesville an act concerning 133 Chatahoochie river commissioners for, appointed 143 Claytonsville a commissioner for the town of, appointed 146 Constitution of the U. S. decision of the legislature on the amendment to the, proposed by the legislature of Pennsylvania 152 D. DEBTORS. Certain articles of, exempted from sale 37 DIVORCE. Of Martha and Henry Oneale 38 Of Robert and Sarah B. Shankland ib . Of Samuel and Elizabeth Hudson 39 Of [Illegible Text] and Kitty Cooper ib . Of Mary Ann and Simeon G. Rogers 40 Of Elizabeth and Nathan McMekin ib . Of John A. and Elizabeth Boulard 41 Dooly county an act concerning the clerks of the Superior courts of 20 do added to the southern circuit 31 do commissioners appointed to fix on a temporary site for the public buildings of 122 De Kalb county laid out 22 Organized 23 Darien poor-house and hospital society incorporated 48 Resolution concerning the fees of the harbour master and health officer of 141 Commissioners of the pilotage for, appointed 154 Dormant judgments an act concerning the fraudulent enforcement of 55 Division and brigade inspectors, their duties defined and pay regulated 57 Downs, Henry D. an act for his relief 71

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Davis, [Illegible Text] T, the title to a certain lot of land vested conditionally in 73 Dudley James, for the relief of 85 Denny's ferry on Broad river established and the right thereto vested in certain persons 101 E. EXTRA TAX. For Baldwin county, an act concerning [Illegible Text] For McIntosh county ib . ELECTIONS. To establish district, in Early county 44 In Camden countyconcerning 45 Early county an act concerning the offices of the clerks of the Superior court of 20 do commissioners of the public buildings of, appointed 156 Executions issued from the court of Oyer and Terminer for Savannah stay on, permitted 34 Escheated property in certain cases vested in the Darien poor house and hospital society 48 Evidence certain acts of notaries public received as 56 Eatonton turnpike company an act to incorporate the 86 Emanuel county the site of the public buildings of, fixed and named 126 F. FERRIES. John Town's, on the Ocmulgee river made permanent 100 Denny's, on Board river, established and vested 101 Linders, an act concerning 102 At Town Bluff established 103 At Hartford established ib . Bozeman's, on the Chatahoochie, established 104 Fortville academy incorporated 3 Farmers' do do 5 Flint circuit, new counties added to 23 do the times of holding the Superior and Inferior courts in the, fixed 31 do the sheriffs of, authorised to publish their sales in the Milledgeville papers 06 Fayette county, the place of holding the courts of, defined 23 Fractional lots in Wayne grants to be issued for the, for ten dollars each 29 do and islands in the newly acquired territerythe sale of the, authorised 112 do unsold, to be rented out by J. S. Frierson the state's agent 143

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Fortunate drawers in the land lottery of 1820 the term of taking out their grants extended 72 Floyd, John, authorised to erect a toll bridge across the Apalachia 98 Franklin county certain acts of the sheriff and deputy sheriff of legalized 108 do the sheriff of, authorised to publish his sales in the Milledgeville papers ib . do Notary public for, appointed 142 G. Greene county academy incorporated 13 do time of holding the Inferior court of, altered 33 German Lutheran congregation at Ebenezer, an act [Illegible Text] the 19 Glynn county, part of Wayne added to 27 do the road laws for amended 97 Grants to fractions in Wayne to be issued on the payment of ten dollars 29 On head rights and bounty warrantsthe time for taking out extended 69 Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Georgia incorporated 46 Garnishment, summons of parties plaintiff authorised to issue 53 Guard, St. Marys incorporated 58 Grigg, Joseph the [Illegible Text] of, authorised to sell certain negroes 69 Governor authorised to discharge any judgments that may come against C. Williamson for selling [Illegible Text] 70 Commentary on appropriation act 140 To appoint some person to attend the [Illegible Text] in the Western circuit, who shall see to the cases arising under Indian reservations 147 Authorised to purchase copies of the Georgia Justice 148 Commentary on the report of the committee on the state of the republic 151 Authorised to have the militia laws printed. 157 Authorised to have the laws of a general nature published 160 Greensboro' turnpike company an act to incorporate the 86 Gwinnett the sheriff of, authorized to publish his sales in the Milledgeville papers 106 H. Houston County the limits of defined [Illegible Text] Henry do the place of holding the courts of defined 23 Hudson, Samuel and Elizabeth, divorced 39 Hospital and poor-house society of Darien incorporated [Illegible Text] Head rights and bounty warrants the time for taking out grants on, extended 68 Hayman, [Illegible Text] the title to lot No. [Illegible Text], 16th district Houston, vested in 69 Harrold, Hardy for the relief of 75 Hailes, Bradley for the relief of [Illegible Text]

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Holly, Editha for the relief of 85 Hartford ferry at, established [Illegible Text] Habersham county the sheriff of authorised to publish his sales in the Milledgeville papers 106 Harbour -master for the port of Savannah, to be appointed by the mayor and aldermen 116 do and health officer of the port of Darien, resolution concerning the fees of the [Illegible Text] Hall county notary public for, appointed 155 I. INCORPORATIONS. Of Augustaan act [Illegible Text] the 35 Insurance company, mutual, incorporated 51 Inspectors division and brigade, their duties defined and their pay regulated 57 Indian reserves resolutions concerning fractions within the 143 144 do resolution requiring the Governor to appoint some person to attend the courts in the Western circuit, and attend to cases arising under the 147 J. Jasper county part of Newton added to [Illegible Text] do an act [Illegible Text] the addition of the unlocated territory of this state [Illegible Text] Jail in Darien an act authorising the Inferior court of McIntosh county to purchase part of [Illegible Text] Of Baldwin countyconcerning the ib . Judgments, dormant an act concerning the enforcement of [Illegible Text] Johnston, Samuel name of changed to Samuel Barber 72 Justices of the peace an act to facilitate the [Illegible Text] of money out of the hands of [Illegible Text] K. Knight, John resolution appropriating [Illegible Text] to 147 L. Lincoln county time of holding Inferior court in, [Illegible Text] 30 do commissioners for the academy of, appointed 146 Legionary corps of Chatham county an act concerning 60 Land lottery of 1820 time of taking out grants in the, extended 72 Linder's terry an act concerning 102 Lots, fractional, and islands in the newly acquired teritory; the sale of authorised 112 Undrawnresolution concerning the sale of 142 Nos. 10 and 100 to be rented out 159 Liberty county notary public appointed for 141 Line, dividing, between Georgia and Alabama resolution concerning the 155

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M. McIntosh county academy incorporated 11 Inferior court of, may purchase part of the jail in Darien 42 Notaries Public for, appointed 141 Commissioners for the academy of, appointed 145 154 Resolution in favor of the Tax-collector of 160 Methodist church one half acre of ground granted to 18 Monroe county the limits of, defined 22 The places of holding the courts of, defined 23 Certain acts of the sheriff and dep. sheriff of, legalized 108 Macon the town of, authorised to be laid off 23 do. do. laid out 112 Montgomery county added to the Middle circuit 31 Time of holding the Superior courts in, fixed ib . For the relief of certain citizens of 77 Middle circuit the times of holding the Superior courts in the, altered 31 McMekin, Nancy and Nathanieldivorced 40 Medical Society of Augusta incorporated 50 Mutual Insurance Company of Georgia incorporated 51 Matthews, Vincent T. authorised to plead and practice law in the several courts in this state 55 Maps, c. to authorise the carrying of, from place to place for sale 67 Mucklehannon, John for the relief of 81 Marshalls, Town and city to prevent their retaining costs on younger judgments 84 Milledgeville turnpike an act to incorporate the 86 Martin, Francis S. the right of a toll bridge across the Alcovahatchie vested in 100 Madison county the sheriff of, authorised to publish his sales in the Milledgeville papers 108 Milledgeville an act to give to master carpenters and master masons in the town of, a lien on buildings erected by them 115 Madison the limits of the corporation of the town of, extended 116 Militia and patrol laws to be printed 157 N. Newton county academy incorporated 8 Added to the Flint circuit 23 Part of, added to Jasper 26 And Waltonthe dividing line between, defined 27 Notaries Public certain acts of, authorised to be taken as evidence 56 For McIntosh county appointed 141 For Liberty do do ib .

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Notaries Public for Chatham county appointed 142 153 156 For Franklin do do 142 For Bryan do do 143 For Twiggs do do 153 For Richmond do do 154 For Hall do do 155 Navigation of [Illegible Text] river an act concerning the 64 Of Broad river do do ib . Nally, Cleon for the relief of the estate of 81 O. Oneal, Martha and Henry divorced [Illegible Text] Oconee river concerning the navigation of 64 AssociationCommissioners for, appointed 141 , 142 , 143 Ossabaw Slaves on the Island of, exempted from road duty on the main 110 Ocmulgee Navigation Company [Illegible Text] of the, appointed 146 P. Poor schools established 4 Pulaski county academy incorporated 11 Persons, Turner the acts of his deputy legalized 21 Pike county laid out 22 Organized 23 Penal Code an act to amend the 65 Porch, Mary for the relief of 83 Penitentiary the compensation of sheriffs for the transportation of convicts to, fixed 107 Printing, public contract for the 144 159 Pryor, Marlow resolution in favor of 158 R. Rogers, Mary Ann and Simeon G.divorced 40 Rifle Corps for the encouragement of 59 Robinson, James to carry into effect the last will of [Illegible Text] Road Laws an act to alter the eighth section of the 96 For Glynn county amended 97 Road to be opened from the Alapaha to the Florida line 96 Rabun county the sheriff of, authorised to publish his sales in one of the Milledgeville papers 106 Ruckersville commissioners for the town [Illegible Text] appointed 127

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Reserves Indianresolutions concerning fractions lying within the [Illegible Text] Resolution requiring the Governor to appoint some person to attend to the cases arising under the, in the Western circuit 147 Republic Report of the committee on the state of the 149 Governor's commentary on the report of the committee on the state of the 151 Richmond county Notaries Public for, appointed 154 S. Stock Bank and othermade subject to execution 17 Southern circuit the times of holding the Superior court in the, altered 31 Savannah the Mayor and Aldermen allowed to appoint the Harbor-master of 116 Conveyances of the town common of, confirmed 132 Stay on executions from the court of C. P. and O. and T. of, permitted 34 Shankland Robert and Sarahdivorced 38 Summons of Garnishment an act concerning 53 St. Mary's Guards incorporated 58 Squadrons of Cavalry authorising the establishment of, on certain conditions 61 Sherrod, John for the relief of 74 Scriven county to repeal an act for the relief of the citizens of 79 Simmons, John for the relief of ib . Sutherland, John for the relief of 81 SHERIFFS To prevent their retaining the costs on younger judgments 84 The law pointing out their duty in selling lands under execution amended 105 , 106 Of Gwinnett, Habersham, and Rabun, and of all the counties of the Flint circuit, the acts of, legalized, and the sales of, permitted to be published in the Milledgeville papers 106 Their compensation for taking convicts to the Penitentiary fixed 107 Of Monroe, Madison, and Franklincertain acts of the, legalized 108 Of Franklin and Madison authorised to publish their sales in the Milledgeville papers 108 An act to facilitate the recovery of money out of the hands of 109 Slaves of Chatham an act concerning their working on the roads of Bryan 110 Of the Island of Ossabaw, exempted from working on the roads on the main ib .

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Sparta an act for the better regulation and government of the town of 117 Savannah river Commissioners for the, appointed 145 Report of the committee on agriculture and internal improvement on the further improvement of 157 Secretary of Senate allowed to employ additional clerks 146 160 T. Tucker, Isaiah his acts as deputy clerk of the Superior court of Warren county legalized 21 Tatnall county for the relief of the citizens of 79 Telfair county for the relief of certain citizens of 77 Commissioners for the academy of, appointed 145 Turnpike Companies of Milledgeville, Greensboro, and Eatonton an act to incorporate 86 Company of Washingtonan act to amend the act of incorporation of the 94 Unacoiresolution relating to the loan made to the 149 Towns, John his ferry across the Ocmulgee r. made permanent 100 Town Bluff a ferry at, established 103 Tax an act to raise a, for the year 1823 135 Territory report of the committee on the state of the republic on the subject of the extension of 149 Twiggs county Notaries Public for, appointed 153 Taylor, Wm. S. Tax-collector of McIntosh county resolution concerning 160 U. UNIVERSITY. Of Georgiaan act making a permanent endowment for the, explained [Illegible Text] Indulgence to the purchasers of land belonging to the, granted 136 An act concerning the collection of monies arising from the sale of lands 137 USURY. An act concerning 139 Unlocated territory of the state an act concerning the 28 Unfinished business committee on appointed 147 W. Warren county an act concerning the acts of the deputy clerk of the Superior court of 21 Wayne county part of added to Glynn 27 do grants to the fractional lots in, to be issued for ten dolls. 29

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Walton and Newton the dividing line between, defined [Illegible Text] Countythe sheriff of authorised to publish his sales in the Georgia Journal 106 do commissioners for the academy of, appointed 155 Williamson, Charles the Governor authorised to discharge judgments against 70 Whatley, Wyatt authorised to join his mill dam to the west bank of the Alcovahatchie 73 Waterson, John for the relief of 81 Wallace, George for the relief of ib . Washington turnpike company an act to amend the act of incorporation of the 94 [Illegible Text] an act to extend the corporate limits of the town of [Illegible Text]