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 CAMAK RAGLAND. 18241100 English

Georgia Acts of the General Asse 1824 November 18241100 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. MILLEDGEVILLE; PRINTED BY CAMAK RAGLAND. 1824.

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AN ACT To [Illegible Text] the [Illegible Text] Academy in the [Illegible Text], of [Illegible Text], and to appoint [Illegible Text] for the [Illegible Text]. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General [Illegible Text] met, and it is hereby enacted [Illegible Text] the authority of the same, That [Illegible Text] shall be and are hereby declared to be a [Illegible Text] corporate by the [Illegible Text] and under the title of the [Illegible Text] of the Lawrenceville Academy, with the [Illegible Text] of using a [Illegible Text] seal. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors in office, or a [Illegible Text] of them, are hereby [Illegible Text] and empowered to appropriate in the manner they may think calculated to promote the interest of the aforesaid institution, and to erect suitable [Illegible Text] for the promotion of literature, all money and specialties belonging, or in any wise [Illegible Text] to the said institution. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] 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 [Illegible Text] academy: Provided, That such bye-laws and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] be not repugnant to the [Illegible Text] and law [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and that they be [Illegible Text] with all manner [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and personal, all donations, gifts, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and immunities whatsoever which may [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] by virtue of this act, or which may [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], conveyed or transferred to them or their [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] office, to have and to hold the [Illegible Text]. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the [Illegible Text] aforesaid and their successors in office, shall and they are hereby declared to be capable of [Illegible Text] and being sued, impleading and being impleaded, [Illegible Text] of using all necessary and lawful means, for [Illegible Text]

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and defending any property, debts or demands whatsoever which they may claim or demand in right of said [Illegible Text], and also of [Illegible Text] the [Illegible Text] issues and [Illegible Text] of the same, or any part or parcel thereof. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should any vacancy [Illegible Text] by death, resignation, or removal of any of the [Illegible Text] of said [Illegible Text] hereby authorised and established, it shall be filled in such manner as a majority of the remaining trustees may point out in their regulations at their first meeting after the passing of this act, or at any meeting thereafter: Provided, That the same shall not exceed twelve months. 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 [Illegible Text] to the said board of trustees for the time being, and their [Illegible Text] in office, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in [Illegible Text] SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or [Illegible Text] of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed: Provided, that nothing in this act shall be so [Illegible Text] as to dissolve the [Illegible Text] relation between said [Illegible Text] and the Senatus Academicus of this state, but the same shall be [Illegible Text] as amenable to, and entitled to participate in all the advantages now by law derived from the [Illegible Text]. JOHN [Illegible Text], Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, [Illegible Text] of the Senate. [Illegible Text] Assented to, Dec. 9, 1821.

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AN ACT To authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court for the county of Fayette, out of any [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] by [Illegible Text] purchased for county purposes [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], to convey to the [Illegible Text] of the [Illegible Text]. [Illegible Text] Academy, such [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] as may be [Illegible Text] necessary for the purpose of [Illegible Text] an academy [Illegible Text] thereon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the [Illegible Text], That the justices of the inferior court of Fayette [Illegible Text], be, and they or a majority of them are hereby authorised, [Illegible Text] they think proper so to do, to convey to the trustees of the Fayette county [Illegible Text], and their [Illegible Text] in office in fee simple, any portion of the [Illegible Text] heretofore by said [Illegible Text] purchased for county [Illegible Text], and not otherwise appropriated, which may be [Illegible Text] necessary for the purpose of erecting an academy [Illegible Text] thereon, any law to the contrary [Illegible Text] JOHN ABER [Illegible Text], Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the [Illegible Text] G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, [Illegible Text] 1824. AN ACT To authorise the [Illegible Text] of the [Illegible Text] Court of [Illegible Text] county to convey to the Trustees of the [Illegible Text] County Academy at Covington, a part of the land heretofore purchased for county purposes, for the purpose of erecting thereon an academy [Illegible Text]. Be it enacted by the [Illegible Text] and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met

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and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the justices of the inferior court of the county of Newton, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorised and empowered, out of any land by them heretofore purchased for county purposes and not otherwise disposed of, to convey to the trustees of the Newton county academy at Covington, in fee simple, such portion thereof as may he thought necessary for the purpose of erecting an academy edifice thereon, and such other lot or lots of land as the said justices of the court may think proper to convey [Illegible Text] the trustees aforesaid, by way of donation or otherwise. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN [Illegible Text] POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 2, [Illegible Text] To incorporate the Clarksville Academy in the county [Illegible Text] Habersham. 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, [Illegible Text] from and immediately after the passage of this act, [Illegible Text] academy in the county of [Illegible Text] shall be known [Illegible Text] styled by the name of Clarksville Academy, and [Illegible Text] James [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Moss, Charles Baker, [Illegible Text] Holcombe and James Allen, and their successors in [Illegible Text] be and they are hereby declared to be a body politic [Illegible Text] corporate by the name and style of the Trustees [Illegible Text] Clarksville Academy, and as such shall be capable [Illegible Text] liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be [Illegible Text] and shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations

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as may be necessary for the government of said academy: Provided, such bye-laws are not [Illegible Text] to the [Illegible Text] and laws of this state, and for that purpose may have and use a common [Illegible Text] appoint such officers [Illegible Text] 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 being invested with all manner of property real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institution, or which may hereafter be [Illegible Text] or [Illegible Text] to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the [Illegible Text] use, benefit and [Illegible Text] 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 in the bye-laws and [Illegible Text] of the trustees aforesaid: Provided, that nothing in this act contained shall operate to destroy or in any wise impair the superintendence and control given by law to the Senatus Academicus of the state, over public schools instituted or supported by public mouies or funds of the [Illegible Text] JOHN ABERCROMBIE, [Illegible Text] of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the [Illegible Text] G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] 1824.

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AN ACT To vest the Poor School Fund of the county of [Illegible Text] in the Savannah Free School Society, and the Poor School Fund of the county of [Illegible Text] in the Justices of the Inferior Court of that 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 aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, such sum or portion of the poor school fund as would under the provisions of the laws of this state, be payable to the trustees to be appointed for that purpose by the justices of the inferior court of Chatham county, be paid by his excellency the Governor to the Directresses of the Free School Society of Savannah, for the use of said school; and that such sum or portion be drawn for in the manner directed by the fourth section of an act passed the twenty-second of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, entitled an act to alter and amend an act passed the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, to distribute the Bank dividend and other [Illegible Text] proceeds of the poor school fund amongst the different counties in this state. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the directresses of the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] school, shall be and [Illegible Text] are hereby required to make [Illegible Text] reports, through the [Illegible Text] of the county of [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text] state and condition of the said school to the [Illegible Text] Academicus, according to the provisions of the [Illegible Text] of the twenty-third December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, herein-before noticed. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the part of said fund which is or may be due to the county of [Illegible Text] shall [Illegible Text] paid to the [Illegible Text] of the inferior court [Illegible Text] said county. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824.

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AN ACT To authorise the Trustees and Commissioners of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Academy to establish Free [Illegible Text] in said county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the trustees and commissioners of [Illegible Text] county [Illegible Text] are hereby authorised to appropriate all [Illegible Text] any part of money which may be in hand belonging to said [Illegible Text] to the establishing of free schools, not to exceed four at any place or places in said county, as the said trustees and [Illegible Text] may think [Illegible Text] and they are hereby authorised to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] teacher for each school. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That no child or children shall receive their [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and any money which may [Illegible Text] from the tuition of children sent to these schools, shall go to the support of the same. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and [Illegible Text] of said academy or a majority of them shall have power to [Illegible Text] such rules and regulations [Illegible Text] may be by the [Illegible Text] most [Illegible Text] to the interest [Illegible Text] prosperity [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] schools. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of the trustees and commissioners, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the [Illegible Text] in two months, and report [Illegible Text] the condition [Illegible Text] said schools [Illegible Text] the general [Illegible Text] SEC. 5. And [Illegible Text] That the trustees [Illegible Text] commissioners shall [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] such books and paper [Illegible Text] the children may [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] school, and pay for the [Illegible Text] out of the money [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] said institution, any [Illegible Text] or [Illegible Text] to the [Illegible Text] notwithstanding. JOHN [Illegible Text] Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. [Illegible Text] President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824.

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To compel persons holding academy funds in their hands to pay interest 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 all and every person or persons who now has or hereafter may have in his or their hands any money belonging to academies other than the trustees of the said academies, or persons entitled by law to have the same, which has arisen from the sales of confiscated property or otherwise, shall pay at and after the rate of twenty per cent per annum, until they shall have settled and paid the same to the trustees of academies or other persons entitled by law to have and receive the same. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person or persons, whether trustees, commissioners or agents of any academy in this state, who shall refuse, when required by a majority of the trustees or commissioners of said academy, to pay over to the treasurer [Illegible Text] other person appointed by said commissioners or trustees as aforesaid, within ten days after demanded, all sums belonging to said academies in their hands shall be liable to pay the same interest until paid, as persons in the first section of this actare subjected to for holding funds unaccounted for, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824.

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AN ACT To authorise the justices of the Inferior Court of Henry county to convey to the trustees of the Henry county academy a part of the lands heretofore purchased for county purposes for the purpose of erecting thereon an academy [Illegible Text]. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, [Illegible Text] it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the justices of the inferior court of Henry county be authorised and empowered out of any lands by them heretofore purchased for county purposes, and not otherwise disposed of, to convey to the trustees of the Henry county academy in [Illegible Text] simple, such portion thereof as may be thought necessary for the purpose of erecting an academy edifice thereon, and such other lot or lots of land as the said justices of the court may think proper to convey to the said trustees aforesaid by way of donation or otherwise. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824. To incorporate the Houston County Academy, and to appoint trustees for 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

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Howel Cobb, Wilson Collins, Michael Watson, Charles F. Patillo and James Holt, sen. who were [Illegible Text] at the last session of the legislature commissioners of said academy, be continued as commissioners aforesaid, and that they and their successors in office shall be and are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and under the title of the commissioners and trustees of the Houston county academy, with the privilege of using a common seal. SEC. 2 And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees and 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. 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 entrusted with all manner of property both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institution or which may hereafter be made, conveyed or transferred to them or [Illegible Text] successors in office, to have and to hold the same for [Illegible Text] benefit of said institution. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees aforesaid and their successors in office, shall and they are hereby declared to be capable of [Illegible Text] and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, and of using all necessary and lawful means for securing and defending any property, debts, dues or [Illegible Text] whatsoever, which they may claim or demand in right of said institution and also of the 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 should any vacancy happen by death resignation or removal of any of the trustees of said academy, [Illegible Text] 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

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thereafter, Provided, That the same shall not [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] twelve months. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees shall have power to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] treasurer who shall give bond and approved [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] said board of trustees for the time being, or their [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] in office, in the sum of five thousand dollars for [Illegible Text] faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees aforesaid shall take and subscribe the following oath before the inferior court of said county or some member thereof:I, A. B. do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge the duties of commissioner or trustee of the Houston county academy to the best of [Illegible Text] abilities. So help me God. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1824. AN ACT [Illegible Text] and fix the name of the academy in the town of Forsyth in Monroe county, and to [Illegible Text] the [Illegible Text] 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 the

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academy in the town of Forsyth in Monroe county shall be called and known by the name and under the title of The Forsyth Academy, and that Henry H. Lumpkin, Mordecai C. Howard, Wilkins Hunt, Isaac Welch and James S. Phillips be and they are hereby appointed trustees, and they and their successors in office shall be and are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and under the title of the trustees of the Forsyth academy, with the privilege of using a common seal. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and empowered to appropriate all monies and specialties belonging to, or in any manner appertaining to the said institution, in the manner they may think best calculated to promote the interest of the same, and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of literature. 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 from time to time as may be necessary for the government of said academy. Provided always, That such bye-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state; and that the said trustees be entrusted with all property both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever which may belong to said institution by [Illegible Text] of this act, or which may hereafter be made, [Illegible Text], 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 and they are hereby declared to be capable of [Illegible Text] and being [Illegible Text], impleading and being impleaded, and of using all necessary and lawful means for securing and defending any property, debts, or demands whatsoever, to which they may be entitled in right of said in [Illegible Text], and also for the recovery of the rents, issues, and [Illegible Text] of the same, or any part or [Illegible Text] thereof. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That should [Illegible Text] vacancy happen by, death, resignation or removal of any of the trustees of said academy hereby authorised and established, it shall be filled in such manner as a majority of the remaining trustees may point out in

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their regulations at their first meeting after the passage of this act: Provided, said meeting takes place within twelve months. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said [Illegible Text] shall have the power to select a treasurer who shall give bond and approved security, to the said board of [Illegible Text] 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 and parts of laws [Illegible Text] against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. IRBY HUDSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives, pro. tem. ALLEN B. POWELL. President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1824. To incorporate the Fayetteville academy in the county of Fayette, and to appoint trustees for the same. AN ACT 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 James Head, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Gay, William Gilliland, senior, and [Illegible Text] G [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] and they are [Illegible Text] appointed, and they and their [Illegible Text] in office, shall and they are hereby declared to be a [Illegible Text] corporate and politic, under the name and [Illegible Text] of the Trustees of the Fayette County Academy, with the [Illegible Text] of using a common seal.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said trustees shall be capable 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, and for the advancement of literature in the same: Provided, such bye-laws be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state; and may appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove the same from office for improper conduct or neglect of duty. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever which may belong to said institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and [Illegible Text] of said academy. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, 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 them, shall fill the same, in such manner as shall be [Illegible Text] ont by the bye laws and regulations of said institution: Provided, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed so as to prevent the Senatus Academicus from the rights of inspecting said institution, as now by law pointed out. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824.

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To incorporate the Female Academy at Harmony [Illegible Text] in Jackson county. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Russel Jones, William Putts, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], Frederick Stewart and John A. Rhea, be, and they are hereby made and declared to be [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of Harmony Grove Academy, and as such [Illegible Text] politic and corporate shall be capable of doing all acts which may be necessary for the complete execution of the trust confided to them, and shall be invested with all property both real and personal which shall be acquired by purchase, gift or otherwise, for the use and benefit of said institution, and shall be capable of suing and being sued, and the said trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, shall have the power of filling vacancies in their own body, and possess [passing] such bye laws as may be necessary to carry the powers hereby [Illegible Text] in them into full effect: Provided, such bye laws are not contrary to the laws and constitution of this state. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824.

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To appoint Trustees of Wilkinson County Academy, and to incorporate 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 William Beck, James Neal, Alphens Beall, John F. Simmons, Charles Culpepper, [Illegible Text] Roberson and Richard Whitaker, 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 Wilkinson County Academy, and as such body politic and corporate shall be capable of doing all acts which may be necessary for the complete execution of the trust confided to them, that they shall be invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, which shall be acquired by gift, purchase or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the said academy, shall be capable of suing and being sued, of having and using a common seal, and they the said trustees, and their successors in office, or a majority of them shall have the privilege of making their own bye-laws: Provided, they contain nothing [Illegible Text] to the constitution and laws of this state or of the United States. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees or a majority of them, shall have power to appoint a secretary and treasurer, under such restrictions as they may deem proper, and also to fill all vacancies in their own body which may be occasioned by death resignation or otherwise. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives, ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the [Illegible Text] G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented [Illegible Text] Dec. 9, 1824.

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AN ACT To stablish and fix the name of the Mineral [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] in the county of Wayne, and to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] trustees thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of [Illegible Text] of the State of Georgia in [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and it is hereby [Illegible Text] by the authority of the [Illegible Text] That after the passing of this act, the academy of the county of Wayne shall be known by the name of the Mineral Spring Academy, and that James Fort, Stephen C. King, Pliny Sheffield, William Clemens, and James Elvin ton, and their successors in [Illegible Text] be and they are hereby declared a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Commissioners of the Mineral Spring Academy, and as such body politic and corporate shall be capable of doing all acts which may be necessary for the complete execution of the trust confided to [Illegible Text] that they shall be invested with all manner of property both real and personal, which shall be acquired by [Illegible Text] purchase, or otherwise for the [Illegible Text] of said academy, shall be capable of suing and being sued, of having and using a common seal. And they the said trustees, and their successors in office, shall have the privilege of making their own bye laws, and of filling [Illegible Text] vacancies in their own board which may be occasioned by deaths, resignation or otherwise. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees be authorised and empowered to receive all [Illegible Text] in the hands of the justices of the inferior [Illegible Text] of the county of Wayne, paid into their hands for academy purposes in said county. JOHN ABERCROMBIE. Speaker of the House of [Illegible Text] ALLEN [Illegible Text] POWELL. President of the [Illegible Text] G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 15, 1824.

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AN ACT To entitle the incorporated academies of [Illegible Text] and [Illegible Text] counties to their full dividend of the funds set apart for the county academies. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the [Illegible Text] of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the incorporated academies in the county of [Illegible Text] be and they are hereby declared to be entitled to their full dividend of the fund set apart for county academies, in the same manner as though no confiscated land had been purchased by Richard Carnes and Harrison Musgrove for the use of the county Provided always, that should said tracts of land or either [Illegible Text] found, all right, title or interest of, in and to the same, shall hereby be construed to be fully and completely vested in the state of Georgia, and relinquished forever to the same, by said trustees and commissioners and their successors in office, all deeds or conveyances to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Greene County Academy [Illegible Text] be entitled to a full dividend of the fund set apart for county academies, in the same manner as though no confiscated lands had been purchased by the agents of said academy Provided always, that should any of said tracts of land, purchased by the agents of said academy, be hereafter identified, all right, [Illegible Text] and interest to the said land shall be and the same is hereby vested in the state of Georgia, and the commissioners of said academy or their successors in office are hereby required to relinquish the same agreeable to the true intent and meaning of this act, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of [Illegible Text] ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the [Illegible Text] G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824.

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To incorporate the Clayton Academy in Rabun [Illegible Text] and to appoint trustees for the same. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of [Illegible Text] of the State of Georgia, in General [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the [Illegible Text] That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the academy in Rabun county shall be known by the name of Clayton academy, and that Benjamin Odell, [Illegible Text] Faris, Edward Coffee, John Dillard and Henry Cannon, 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 Clayton 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 state, and 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 being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, [Illegible Text] privileges and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof 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 them shall fill the same in such manner as shall be pointed out by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824.

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AN ACT To establish and fix the name of the academy at [Illegible Text] in the county of Frauklin, and to incorporate the trustees thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the academy at Carnesville in the county of Franklin shall be called and known by the name of The Franklin [Illegible Text] Academy, and that John Alexander, James Mitchell, John Stubbs, [Illegible Text] B Hooper, and Henry Freeman, 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 Franklin County academy, and as such body politic and corporate shall be capable of doing all acts which may be necessary for the complete [Illegible Text] of the trust confided to them: that they shall be invested with all manner of property both real and personal, which shall be acquired by gift, purchase, or otherwise for the use and [Illegible Text] of the said academy, shall be [Illegible Text] of suing and being [Illegible Text], of having and using a common seal, of appointing a secretary and [Illegible Text] and they [Illegible Text] said trustees [Illegible Text] their successors in [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] a majority of them shalf have the privilege of making [Illegible Text] own bye laws, Provided, they are not [Illegible Text] to the laws or constitution of this [Illegible Text] or the United States, and of filling all vacancies in their own board which may be occasioned by death, resignation or otherwise, Provided, that nothing in this act contained shall operate to impair or destroy in any wise the superintendence and [Illegible Text] given by law to the Senatus [Illegible Text] of this state [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] schools [Illegible Text] or supported by public monies [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of the same. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of [Illegible Text] ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, [Illegible Text].

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To incorporate [Illegible Text] Academy in the [Illegible Text] of Lincoln, and [Illegible Text] Trustees for the same. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General [Illegible Text] met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the academy in the county of Lincoln, known by the name of [Illegible Text] academy, shall be called and known by that name, and that John McDowell, William M. Lampkin, Richard [Illegible Text], Noah Walton and James E Todd, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared to be a [Illegible Text] corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Trustees of Goshen Academy, and as such shall be [Illegible Text] and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead [Illegible Text] be impleaded, to have and use a common seal, and to do and perform all such matters and [Illegible Text] as may be authorised by the constitution or fundamental regulations of said academy. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the trustees or proprietors of said academy, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] as may be authorised by said fundamental regulations, shall have power to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] bye laws and [Illegible Text] as may be necessary for its government and [Illegible Text], and to appoint and remove for improper [Illegible Text] or neglect of duty, such officers as [Illegible Text] be authorised by the [Illegible Text] authority: Provided, that the regulations for the government of said academy be not [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the constitution and laws of this state, and that [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] contained shall be so [Illegible Text] as to [Illegible Text] a majority of the trustees from acting in all cases, and to fill [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] that may occur in the [Illegible Text] of trustees. SEC. 3. And [Illegible Text] it [Illegible Text] enacted. That the said trustees and their [Illegible Text] in office, shall be [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text] and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] with all [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] property, real and personal, all [Illegible Text], gifts, grants, privileges and [Illegible Text] whatsoever, which may belong to the said [Illegible Text], or which may hereafter be [Illegible Text] or [Illegible Text]

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to them, to have and to hold the same for the proper benefit and [Illegible Text] of said academy. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That elections of trustees and other officers, shall be held at such periods, and in such manner, and vacancies occurring in the board, or in the other offices, shall be filled in such manner as may be prescribed by the laws and regulations for the government of said institution, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. IRBY HUDSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives, pro. [Illegible Text]. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1824. To incorporate the Huntsville academy in the county of [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 Turner Hunt. Francis Moreland, Joshua Hames, [Illegible Text] Davenport, Robert Trippe, David R. Andrews and Miles [Illegible Text] be and they are hereby appointed trustees, they or their successors in office, shall be and are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name of the trustees of [Illegible Text] academy with the privilege of using a common seal. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them are hereby authorised and empowered to appropriate in the manner they may think calculated to promote the interest of said institution, and to [Illegible Text] suitable [Illegible Text]

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for the promotion of [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] belonging, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] any [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] this state, and that they [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] both [Illegible Text] and personal, all [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text], grants, privileges and immunities [Illegible Text] which may [Illegible Text] to said institution by [Illegible Text] of this [Illegible Text], or which [Illegible Text] may be conveyed or [Illegible Text] to them or their [Illegible Text] in office, to have and to [Illegible Text] the same. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees aforesaid and their successors in office, shall and [Illegible Text] are hereby [Illegible Text] to be capable of [Illegible Text] and being [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] and [Illegible Text] impleaded, and of using all necessary and lawful means for securing and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] property, debts, or demands whatsoever which they may demand in right of said institution. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That should any vacancy happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of said trustees of said academy, [Illegible Text] shall be [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] such manner as the remaining trustees [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] out. SEC. 6. And be it further [Illegible Text]. That the said trustees shall have power to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] treasurer who shall give [Illegible Text] and approved security to the board for the time being and their [Illegible Text] in office in such a sum as the trustees may deem advisable. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws [Illegible Text] against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text]. [Illegible Text] B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, [Illegible Text].

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To incorporate the Henry County Academy, and to appoint Trustees for 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 John Griffin, Samuel Johnston, William L. Crayton, John Wood, William Hardin, John Lovejoy and Joseph [Illegible Text] be and they are hereby appointed, and they and their successors in office shall be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and under the title of the Trustees of the Henry County Academy, with the privilege of using a common seal. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and empowered to appropriate in the manner they 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 or other valuable effects whatsoever belonging to, or in anywise 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, such bye-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state; and the said trustees shall be entrusted with all manner of property, both real and personal, all donations, grants, gifts, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institution by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter [Illegible Text] made, conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same: Provided, that nothing in this act contained shall operate to impair or destroy in any-wise the superintendence and control given by law to the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of this state, over public schools instituted or supported by public monies or funds of the same.

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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees aforesaid, and their successors in office, shall and they are hereby declared to be capable of suing and being sued, to plead and be impleaded, [Illegible Text] of using all other necessary and lawful means for [Illegible Text] and defending any property, debts, or demands whatsoever which they may claim or demand in right of said institution. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should any vacancy happen by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, of any of the trustees of said academy hereby authorised and established, it shall be filled in such manner as a majority of the remaining trustees may [Illegible Text] out in their regulations at their first meeting after the passing of this act, or at any meeting thereafter. Provided, That it shall be the duty of said trustees, at the earliest practicable period after any vacancy, to cause the same to be filled. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees shall have power to elect a treasurer, who shall give bond with approved security to the said trustees for the time being, and their successors in office, in the sum of two [Illegible Text] 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 and parts of laws militating against the true intent and meaning of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]

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APPROPRIATION. AN ACT To appropriate monies for the support of Government during the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That for the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-five, the following sums of money be and the same are hereby appropriated, viz: The salary of his excellency the governor shall be three thousand dollars per annumthe secretaries of the governor, not exceeding three, one thousand dollars each per annumthe secretary of state two hundred and fifty dollarsthe treasurer fifteen hundred dollarsthe surveyor general five hundred dollarsthe comptroller-general fifteen hundred dollarsthe adjutant-general two hundred dollarsthe clerk of the house of representatives six hundred dollarsthe secretary of the senate six hundred dollars, Provided, That no warrant shall issue for the first quarters salary of the secretary of the senate and clerk of the house of representatives, until the executive shall have satisfactory evidence that the said secretary of the senate and clerk of the house of representatives, have respectively made or caused to be made and attached to the engrossed journals of the present session good [Illegible Text] sufficient indexesthe judges of the superior courts twenty-one hundred dollars eachthe attorney-general and six solicitors general two hundred and twenty-five dollarsfor three inspectors of the penitentiary, not exceeding two hundred and twenty-four dollars each, which 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.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the expenses of the penitentiary a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriatedand for a printing fund not exceeding fifteen thousand dollarsand 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 polical year eighteen hundred and twenty-five. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the compensation of the members of the legislature four dollars each per day during their attendance 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 governmentto the clerk of the house of representatives and secretary of senate, during the session of the legislature, six dollars each per day, and the sum of sixty dollars for contingent expenses eachto the two engrossing clerks and an assistant clerk of the house of representatives, and two engrossing clerks in the senate, six dollars each per dayto the clerk of the committee on finance one hundred dollars, 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 eachto the messengers and door keepers of the Legislature four dollars each per day during the sessionto [Illegible Text] A. Greene the sum of one hundred and twenty five dollars, for [Illegible Text] scouring and taking care of the senate and representative chambers, desks, carpets, c. in the recess of the legislature, and making fires on wet daysand to Peter Fair the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars for winding up the clock, keeping clean the stair cases, passages, c.and that the following sums be and the same are hereby appropriated, to wit: For a land fund subject to the orders of his excellency the governor, the sum of ten thousand dollarsthe sum of six thousand dollars be appropriated for the payment of the persons engaged in taking the census of this yearthe sum of four hundred dollars to Charles [Illegible Text] in lieu of his land bounty, according to a concurred resolutionto James [Illegible Text] four hundred

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dollars, agreeable to a concurred resolutionto George Stapleton, a revolutionary soldier, four hundred dollars, agreeably to a concurred resolutionthe sum of two hundred dollars be paid to William Kemp in lieu of, and as a commutation for his bounty warrant, agreeable to a concurred resolutionto Amos Richardson one hundred and twenty dollars, agreeable to a concurred resolutionto Seaton Grantland fifty dollars, agreeable to a concurred and approved resolutionto John [Illegible Text] the sum of two hundred and fifty one dollars, and to Daniel Gugle the sum of five hundred and seventy-nine dollars and two cents, agreeable to a concurred resolutionand to Joseph V. Bevan the sum of four hundred dollars, agreeable to a concurred resolutionto John Pugsley sixty-nine dollars, agreeable to a concurred resolutionto William Christian, special messenger to senate forty-eight dollarsto John U. Brown special messenger to senate, thirty-six dollarsto John H. Lawson special messenger to senate, thirty-six dollasto the additional engrossing clerk of senate six dollars per day for the time he may have servedand the further sum of one hundred dollars to John Bozeman military store-keeper for cleaning an additional number of arms, agreeable to a [Illegible Text] resolutionand to Thomas Mitchell [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the sum of five hundred dollars for recording sundry plats, and bringing up the business of the office which occurred previous to his election agreeable to the report of the joint committee of both branches of the general assembly, and the further sum of two hundred and seventy-two dollars for furnishing the commissioners and sheriffs with sundry plans of fractions and adjoining squares in [Illegible Text] of an act of the last general assemblythe sum of four hundred dollars to the keeper of the public arms for cleaning and furnishing materials and taking care of all public arms which now are or may hereafter be deposited in the [Illegible Text] at Milledgeville, Provided, That his excellen y the governor may deem it necessary and expedient to appoint such an officerthe sum of ten thousand dollars for the employment of a civil and [Illegible Text] engineer and the expenses incident to the necessary aid, according to a concurred resolutionto Cicero Holt solicitor-general of the Western circuit, one hundred and sixty dollarsand to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] solicitor/general of the northern circuit, the sum of

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one hundred and ten dollars ninety two and a half cents, for services rendered by them in collecting money for the state, being two and one half per cent on the [Illegible Text] by them respectively collected during the past political year, and paid into the treasury, in lieu of a concurred resolutionto Y. P. King, solicitor-general one hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents in full for the collection of four thousand five hundred and one dollars belonging to the [Illegible Text] it being two and an half per cent on said amount in lieu of a concurred resolution. JOHN [Illegible Text], Speaker of the House of Representatives, ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor Assented to, Dec. 18, 1824. BANKS. AN ACT To repeal an act entitled An act to regulate the intercourse between the Banks incorporated by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and the Bank of the United States and the branches thereof, so far as regards the demands which may be made for specie by the latter upon the former, and exempting the bills and notes of the Banks incorporated by the General Assembly from bearing interest when they shall be collected, acquired, purchased or received in deposit by the Bank of the United States or the branches thereof, if the said Bank or the branches thereof shall demand the same to be redeemed in specie.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the above recited act and every part thereof, be and the same is hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. CHURCHES. AN ACT To cause the Justices of the Inferior Court to lay off three lots of land in the commons of the town of Madison, Morgan county, whereon the Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist persuasions have the right of building Churches. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 have a right and are instructed to lay off three lots of land lying in the commons of the town of Madison, Morgan county, each lot containing one acre, in such a situation as they may think most suitable, whereon the Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist persuasions have the right of building churches and parsonage houses.

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2. And be it further enacted, That the justices of the said court have the right of making fee simple titles to each lot, viz: one to the Methodist, one to the Presbyterian, and one to the Baptist. [Illegible Text] HUDSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives, pro. tem. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1824. AN ACT To authorise the Inferior Court of Monroe County to make and convey titles to the Baptist church and other religious societies to certain lots or parts of lots in the town of Forsyth. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for the inferior court of Monroe county to make and convey titles to the Baptist and other religious societies to certain lots or parts of lots in the town of Forsyth. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824.

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To incorporate the Walnut Creek Baptist Church 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 by the authority of the same, That James Gates, Absulom Evans, Peter Rockmore, David Lockhart and John Davis, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of the Walnut Creek Baptist Church. SEC. 2 And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said James Gates, Absalom Evans, Peter Rockmore, David Lockhart and John Davis, trustees as aforesaid, and their successors in office, or a majority of them, shall be invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, which they may acquire or be possessed of, by gift grant, or purchase, and all privileges and immunities which may belong to the said church at the time of passing 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 to the proper use, benefit and [Illegible Text] of the said church; and also that the said trustees in office or a majority of them, shall and they are hereby declared to be capable of suing and being sued, impleading and being impleaded, and of using all legal and necessary steps for recovering or defending any property whatever, which the said church may hold, claim or demand. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees of the said Baptist Church shall hold their office for and during the term of two years from and immediately after the passing of this act, and until their successors are appointed; and on some convenient day in every second year after the passing of this act, the members of said church or a majority of them, shall convene at the meeting-house of said church, and proceed by ballot to elect from among their own body five fit and [Illegible Text] persons as trustees, who shall hold their office for

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two years as aforesaid, from and after their said election, with the same powers and for the same purposes as above mentioned. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of the said church, or a majority of them, shall have power to fill any vacancy which may happen in the board of trustees, by death, resignation or otherwise; and when any vacancy may happen by death, resignation or otherwise, of any of the trustees, the church shall be notified thereof by those trustees who still remain in office, and on the Sunday of their next monthly meeting, the members of said church, or a majority of them, may proceed by ballot to fill such vacancy or vacancies, and the person or persons so elected, to hold their office during the term for which their predecessor had been appointed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives, ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor Assented to, Nov. 25, 1824.

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CLERKS. AN ACT To repeal 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 seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seven, so far as respects the county of Decatur. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 Decatur be and the same is hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. AN ACT To legalize the acts of Deputy Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts and Courts of Ordinary under the age of twenty-one years. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That

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from and immediately after the passage of this act all the acts heretofore done by the deputy clerks of the Superior, Inferior, and courts of Ordinary in this state under the age of twenty-one years, be and the same are hereby made as legal and valid as if such deputy clerks at the date of such acts had been twenty one years of age: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt the principal clerks from any liability their deputies may have incurred. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. To regulate the Fees of Clerks of the Courts of Ordinary 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 clerks of the courts of ordinary in this state shall be and they are hereby cutitled to demand and received the fees hereinafter stated: Issuing letters of guardianship, $1 00 Taking a bond for guardian, 50 Making out and signing indenture of apprenticeship, 1 00 Rule Nisi, in each case, 50

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Rule absolute, in each case, [Illegible Text] Issuing process against persons charged with mismanagement, in each case, 50 For each additional copy, 25 Issuing process against persons in default, for not making returns, in each case, 50 For each additional copy, 25 For each [Illegible Text], 12 1 2 For [Illegible Text] an appeal and transmitting the proceedings to the superior court, 2 00 SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all other cases where services are required to be performed by the several clerks of the courts of ordinary in this state, and no fees are given by law, the said clerks shall be entitled to and receive the same fees as clerks of the superior and inferior courts are allowed for similar services, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, [Illegible Text]. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824.

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[Illegible Text] To alter and amend the second section of the second article of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. AN ACT Whereas, the second section of the second article of the constitution of the state of Georgia is in the following words: The Governor shall be elected by the General Assembly, at their second annual session after the rising of this Convention, and at every second annual session thereafter, on the second day after [Illegible Text] houses shall be organized and competent to [Illegible Text] to business. And as the said second section requires amendment, Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That as soon as this act shall have passed, agreeably to the requisitions of the constitution, the following amendment shall be adopted in lieu of the said section: The Governor shall be elected by persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, on the first Monday in October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, and on the first Monday in October, in every second year thereafter, until such time be altered by law, which election shall be held at the place of holding general elections in the several counties of this state, in the same manner as is prescribed for the election of members of the General Assembly. The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed up by the presiding justices, separately from other returns, and directed to the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and transmitted to his [Illegible Text]

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the Governor, or the person exercising the duties of Governor for the time being, who shall without opening the said returns, cause the same to be laid before the Senate on the day after the two houses shall have been organized, and they shall be transmitted by the Senate to the House of Representatives. The members of each branch of the General Assembly shall convene in the Representative chamber, and the President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives shall open and publish the returns in presence of the General Assembly, and the person having the majority of the whole number of votes given in, shall be declared duly elected Governor of this state: but if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the two highest number of votes who shall be in life, and shall not decline an election at the time appointed for the legislature to elect, the General Assembly shall elect immediately a Governor by joint ballot: and in all cases of election of a Governor by the General Assembly, a majority of the votes of the members present shall be necessary for a choice. [Illegible Text] elections shall be determined by both houses of the General Assembly, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. DAVID ADAMS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 17, 1823. Assented to, Nov. 17, 1824.

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COUNTIES. To form and lay out a new county, taken from Crawford and Pike. 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 that territory embraced by a line beginaing at Flint river, in Crawford county, where the [Illegible Text] creek enters said river, thence up said creek to the fork, thence on a straight line to the corner of [Illegible Text] and Pike counties, thence along the line dividing said counties to the district line of the eleventh and seventh districts [Illegible Text] in [Illegible Text] thence west on said line to Flint river, thence down said river to the place of beginning, shall form and [Illegible Text] a new county called Upson. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all county officers of the civil or [Illegible Text] who may be included in said county, shall hold their commissions for the same. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said new county shall be attached to and form a part of the Flint circuit. JOHN [Illegible Text], Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 15, 1824.

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To divide Appling 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 county of Appling shall be divided as hereafter pointed out, that is, beginning on the line between Wayne and Appling counties at the [Illegible Text] dividing the lots five hundred and five hundred and one, in the fourth district of Appling county, running a due west course through the fifth and sixth districts of Appling county until it strikes the Irwin county line. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all that part or territory lying north of the line aforesaid, shall be known as the county of Appling, and the other part to be known and called by the [Illegible Text] of Ware. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That all the civil and militia officers shall be continued in office, and that the county of Ware shall be attached to, and form a part of the southern circuit. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the county of Ware shall be added to the second brigade of the sixth division of Georgia militia. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 15, 1824.

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AN ACT To organize the counties of Appling, Ware, Pike, and [Illegible Text] and to [Illegible Text] the justices of the [Illegible Text] courts of said counties to select public sites for said counties, and for other 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 it shall be the duty of any two or more justices of the [Illegible Text] not being themselves candidates of the counties of Ware, Appling, Pike and Upson to hold an election for five justices of the inferior court for said counties, and the said justices of the peace shall certify under their hands to the governor the persons so elected, who shall thereupon be [Illegible Text] by the governor, and who shall hold [Illegible Text] office until the next election for the justices of the inferior court throughout the state until [unless] their office may sooner become vacated by law. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the justices of the Inferior courts of said counties as soon as elected, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to fix on and purchase up lots of land for the purpose of [Illegible Text] public sites for said counties which shall be as [Illegible Text] the centre of said counties as [Illegible Text] will admit, and the said justices of the [Illegible Text] courts shall as [Illegible Text] as [Illegible Text] contract for and have [Illegible Text] a court [Illegible Text] and jail for said counties. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the justices of the inferior courts aforesaid shall be and they are hereby authorised and required to lay off the said counties of Ware, Appling, Pike and Upson into as many captain's districts as in their discretion may be proper, and whenever said districts may be said [Illegible Text] and defined, the justices of the peace, or the justices of the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] or any two of them shall advertise and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] election in each captain's district for two justices of the peace, giving fifteen days notice thereof at the most public place in said district, who shall be commissioned by the governor to continue in office until the next election for justices of

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the peace throughout the state, unless their office may [Illegible Text] become vacant by law. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, 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 for the election of captain and subaltern officers as required by the militia laws in force in this state, the said election to be superintended and certified agreeably to the provisions of said militia Laws: Provided, This act shall not be so construed as to prevent the sheriffs of Appling, Pike and Crawford counties from performing the duties of sheriff in the said counties until the sheriffs of the counties of Upson and Ware are qualified to the discharge of their duties. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the justices of the inferior court in said counties, or 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 the counties for the election of clerk of the superior and inferior courts, sheriff, tax-collector, receiver of tax returns of taxable property and county surveyor, which said election shall be at the place of transacting of those counties, 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. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the justices of the inferior courts of said counties as soon as they may be commissioned and qualified shall proceed to select grand and petit jurors agreeable to the laws now in force regulating the drawing of grand and petit jurors. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the place of holding the superior and inferior courts of said counties and for the election of the county officers shall be held in the county of Ware at the house of Jonathan Night and in the county of Appling at the house of Wm. Carter, Jr. until the public sites are fixed, the inferior courts of Ware to be held until altered by law on the fourth Monday of June and December, and the superior courts on the Thursday after the same shall be held in the county of Appling. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the above named shall be the places of holding the courts aforesaid and for transacting county business until the justices aforesaid

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shall fix upon the public sites, of which the said justices shall give notice by advertisement. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the county of Ware shall be added to and become a part of the [Illegible Text] circuit, and be added to and become a part of the second brigade of the sixth division. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said justices or a majority of them are authorised to contract for the building the court-houses and jails in said counties, which shall be as near the centre as convenient. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the piace of holding the superior and inferior courts, elections of governor, members of congress, and county officers in the county of Pike shall be at the town of Newnan until the inferior court shall fix on a public site for said county, agreeable to the provisions of this act. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the superior and inferior courts and elections for all county officers and members to the general assembly, governor, and members to congress, shall be held at the house of E. Jewett in said county until the justices of the inferior court thereof shall select a public site agreeable to the provisions of this act. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the superior courts in the county of Upson shall be held on Thursday after the second Monday in April and October and that the inferior courts of said county shall be held on the second Monday in July and January. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the county of Upson shall be added to and become a part of the Flint circuit. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the county of Upson shall be added to the second brigade of the fifth division of the militia of this state. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824.

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COURTS. AN ACT To vest in the Inferior courts of the several counties of this state the exclusive right to appoint Notaries Public for their respective counties. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 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 courts of this state shall have the sole and exclusive right to appoint [Illegible Text] public for their respective counties, and to qualify the person or persons so appointed, by administering to him or them the oath prescribed by law as heretofore administered to notaries public. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the clerks of the inferior courts of the several counties of this state to keep a register of the names of persons appointed notaries public by virtue of this act, in their respective counties; and said clerks shall be entitled to have and receive from the person so appointed, as a compensation for the service so rendered, the sum of two dollars. 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. JOHN ABERCHOMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate: G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1821.

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AN ACT To prohibit the Judges of the Superior Courts of this state from practising as [Illegible Text] Proctors or Solicitors in the District or Circuit Courts of the United States for the District of Georgia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the twenty fifth of November next, the judges of the Superior Courts of this state be and they are hereby prohibited from practising as attornies, proctors or solicitors in the District or Circuit Courts of the United States for the district of Georgia. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. AN ACT To change the time of holding the Inferior court of Hancock county, so far as relates to the summer session 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 June session of the inferior court of Hancock county shall be commenced and holden on the third Monday in August next.

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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, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 2, 1824. AN ACT To change the time of holding the Superior court in the county of Burke, so far as relates to the spring term of said court. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the spring term of the superior court in the county of Burke shall be held on the second Monday after the same shall have been held in the county of Scriven, and that all declarations, writs, recognizances, precepts and processes returnable to the said spring term shall be made returnable to the said term as altered by this act. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824.

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AN ACT To authorise the justices of the inferior court of either county to build bridges over water courses dividing counties. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful in all cases where the justices of the inferior court of one county shall refuse or fail to co-operate with another in building a bridge over a stream dividing the counties, for the justices of the inferior court of the other county to proceed to build a bridge over said stream, subject to no other restriction than they would be were the said bridge in their own county entirely. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. To change the time of holding the inferior courts in the county of Jasper. 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 third Monday in January next the inferior courts of Jasper county shall be held in said county

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on the second Monday in May and November any law to the contrary notwithstanding. JOHN ABERCROMBLE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. To authorise the trial of certain causes in Morgan Superior Court. AN ACT Whereas, [Illegible Text] to the failure of the judge to attend the late adjourned term of the superior court of Morgan county, the appearance docket of said court was not called: And whereas considerable inconvenience and delay will result from that cause: For remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all causes which were made returnable to September term eighteen hundred and twenty four of said court shall be considered as standing regularly for trial, and that all pleas and answers which shall have been filed on or before the sitting of court, or which shall be filed on or before the first day of March term of said court, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, shall be considered legal and valid. JOHN ABERCROMBLE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 2, 1824.

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To fix the times of holding the Superior and [Illegible Text] Courts in the Flint Circuit. 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 superior courts of the Flint circuit shall be held at the times following, to wit: In the county of Bibb, on the fourth Monday in February and August. In the county of [Illegible Text] on the first Monday in March and September. In the county of Pike, on the second Monday in March and September. In the county of Fayette, on the Thursday thereafter. In the county of De Kalb, on the third Monday in March and September. In the county of Henry on the fourth Monday in March and September. In the county of Newton, on the first Monday in April, and on the Wednesday next after the first Monday in October. In the county of Crawford, on the third Monday in April and October. In the county of Houston on the Thursday thereafter. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the inferior courts [Illegible Text] the Flint circuit, shall be held at the time following, to-wit: In the county of Bibb, on the fourth Monday in May and November. In the county of Monroe, on the first Monday in June and December. In the county of Pike, on the second Monday in June and December. In the county of Fayette, on the third Monday in June and December. In the county of De Kalb, on the fourth Monday in June and December. In the county of Henry, on the first Monday in July and January.

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In the county of Newton, on the second Monday in July and January. In the county of Crawford, on the third Monday in July and January. In the county of Houston, on the fourth Monday in July and January. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all writs, precepts, processes and notices of every kind or nature whatsoever made returnable or applicable to the terms of said courts as heretofore appointed, shall be returnable and applicable to the terms hereinbefore stated. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. AN ACT To authorise the superior courts of this state to appoint persons to assign and set off dower, and to prescribe the mode of proceeding therein. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 superior courts of this state shall have power and authority upon the written application of any person entitled to dower in any lands and tenements in this state, to appoint three fit and discreet freeholders of the county in which the application is made, and to cause to be issued by the clerk of said court a writ for that purpose, to be devised and framed according to the nature of the case, directing said freeholders, or a majority of them, to enter upon such

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lands and tenements, and to admeasure, lay off, and assign the part or share thereof to which by the laws of this [Illegible Text] the applicant is entitled, the persons so appointed [Illegible Text] first sworn duly and impartially to execute said writ: [Illegible Text] That the person so applying shall give to all the parties in interest, their agents, attornies, or guardians twenty days written notice if they reside within the state, and if they reside without the state three months notice in one of the public gazettes of this state of their intended application of such assignment of dower: And provided also, That the application shall not be made until the expiration of three months after the death of the person to whom the said lands and tenements belonged. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case any person or persons who may be interested in said land shall traverse or deny the right of the applicant to such dower (the grounds of which traverse [Illegible Text] denial shall be plainly and distinctly set forth in writing) the court shall order an issue to be made up, and the same shall be tried by a special jury at the same term unless it should appear to the court that the principles of justice should require a continuance, which may be allowed for one term and no longer, and the verdict of the jury shall be final and conclusive between the parties. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That when any person is entitled to dower in lands and tenements situate in different counties of this state, application shall be made in the manner and under the restrictions herein before pointed out by the superior courts in each of such counties, and the writs granted by said courts shall only extend to the laying off and assigning dower in the lands and tenements situate within the county in which such application is made. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the persons appointed for the purposes hereinbefore expressed shall return their proceedings or such writs to the term of the superior court next [Illegible Text] the one at which they were granted, there to remain of record, and which shall be final and conclusive between all the parties concerned, unless some person interested shall shew a good and probable matter in bar of the confirmation of such assignment, or that the applicant is not entitled to so much as hath been assigned, in which case the court shall permit an

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issue to be made up and tried by a special jury [Illegible Text] delay, unless good and sufficient cause should be [Illegible Text] to the court for a continuance, which may be granted for one term and no longer: and if the jury shall find in favor of the return and assignment already made, the same shall stand confirmed, but if they should find against it, the court shall forthwith award another writ directing a new assignment which shall be executed and returned as before directed, and which shall be final and conclusive to all the parties, and in all cases where the assignment so made is confirmed by the court, writs of possession on the application of the person to whom dower is so assigned, shall be issued by the clerk of the superior court from which the writ originally issued for such assignment to give such person possession of the lands and tenements so assigned to them. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the persons so making the assignment shall in every case give to the parties in interest ten days notice if they reside within the state, and if they reside without the state, two months notice in one of the public gazettes of this state, of the time and place of making said assignment. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the persons making such assignment shall be authorised to appoint and employ a surveyor to assist in executing the writ to them directed, who together with themselves shall be entitled to such compensation for their services as the court shall deem reasonable and just, and in case the person applying for said writ shall refuse or neglect to pay the sum awarded by the court, execution shall be issued therefor as on a judgment. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 7, 1824.

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AN ACT To alter and fix the time of holding the Superior [Illegible Text] of the counties of Baldwin and Wilkes, and the Superior and Inferior Courts of the counties of Elbert and Madison. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the time of holding the superior courts of the county of Baldwin shall be on the first Monday in April and the Tuesday after the first Monday in October. In the county of Wilkes on the fourth Monday in February and August. In the county of Madison on the second Monday in March and September. And in the county of Elbert on the third Monday in March and September. And the inferior courts for the county of Madison shall be held on the second Monday in January and July. And in the county of Elbert on the third Monday in January and July in each and every year, and that all suits, precepts, processes, and papers, made returnable to the superior and inferior courts as before, shall be made returnable to the times herein before [Illegible Text] and such return is by this act declared to be legal, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 2. 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. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 15, 1821.

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ELECTIONS. AN ACT To prescribe the mode of choosing the Electors of President and Vice President of the United States to which this state is entitled by the constitution of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That on the first Monday in November eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and on the first Monday in November of every fourth year thereafter, an election shall be held throughout this state at the several places of holding elections for Senators and Representatives in the General Assembly, for the purpose of choosing electors of President and Vice-President of the United States; which elections shall be opened and closed at the same hour and in the same manner, and shall be superintended and conducted by the same magistrates and officers as by law shall be authorised to superintend and conduct the general elections of this state. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That at the said elections every person entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly or representatives for Congress may vote for a number of persons equal to the whole number of Representatives and Senators to which this state may be entitled in the Congress of the United States: and that it shall be the duty of the justices or magistrates presiding at the elections to be held under the authority and according to the provisions of this act, to make immediate returns to the Governor of the state of the result of said elections, which returns shall clearly [Illegible Text] the number of persons voting for electors, the number [Illegible Text]

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votes given, the names of persons voted for, and the number of votes which each may have received. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in counties where by law the votes for members of the General Assembly shall be given at different places, it shall be the duty of the persons presiding at the different district elections to meet and consolidate the returns of the district elections as by law required to be done at the general elections, which consolidated returns, exhibiting the result of the elections, as required by the second section of this act, they shall immediately forward to the Governor of the state. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Governor, on the eighteenth day after the said elections shall have taken place, to lay before both branches of the General Assembly, a consolidated return of the number of persons voting for electors, the names of the persons voted for, and the number of votes received by each; and immediately to notify those persons who may have received a number of votes amounting to a majority of the persons who shall have voted for electors, of their election, and to require their attendance at the time and place required by law, to vote for a President and Vice-President of the United States. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event of none of the persons voted for having received a majority as aforesaid, the General Assembly shall proceed by joint ballot to the election of electors of President and Vice President; and in the event of [Illegible Text] majority of the votes of the persons voting for electors not having been given to a number of the persons voted for equal to the whole number of electors of President and Vice-President to which this state shall be entitled, that number shall be supplied by the General Assembly, who shall proceed to elect by joint ballot a number of electors, who with those having received a majority of votes, shall be equal to the whole number of presidential electors to which this state may be entitled. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case of the death of any of those who may be elected under the provisions of this act, or in case of their declining to accept the appointment, or if from any other cause such electors or any of them should not attend

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to vote as provided by the constitution of the United States, and that if any of the persons so elected should not be at the seat of government by 12 o'clock on the Monday preceding the first Wednesday in December, it shall be considered that they have refused the acceptance of the appointment, and the legislature will proceed by joint ballot to fill the vacancy. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor Assented to, Dec. 18, 1824. To establish and regulate district elections in the county of Liberty. 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 Congress and 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 Liberty, may and shall be hereafter held at Riceboro', and at the house of John F. Williams in Capt. Cassels' district. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said elections shall be held in the same manner and under the same rules, regulations and penalties as are pointed out in an act passed the twentieth day of December one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, entitled

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an act to establish and regulate district elections in the counties of Telfair, Early and Appling, and to punish those who may attempt to defeat the same. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. AN ACT To alter so much of an act entitled an act to regulate the general elections of this state, and to appoint the time of the meeting of the General Assembly of this state, so far as the same requires one of the elections in the county of Gwinnett, to be held at the house of William Terry. Be it therefore enacted by [Illegible Text] presentatives of the [Illegible Text] Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, that the election authorised by the before recited act to be held at the house of William [Illegible Text] in the county of Gwinnett, shall be held at the house of Charles Gordon in said county, and not at the house of William Terry. 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. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1821.

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AN ACT To establish election districts in the county of Glynn and to punish those persons who may vote at more than [Illegible Text] place on the same day. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first Monday in January eighteen hundred and twenty-five, all elections thereafter held for county officers, members of the legislature, members to congress and governor, shall be held at Brunswick at the house of Isaac Abrahams at the head of Turtle river, and at the house of John Mozo in the island of St. Simons. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall give a vote at more than one place on the same day and for the same purpose, shall be fined for each and every such vote in a sum not exceeding thirty dollars, one half to the informer, the other half to the clerk of the inferior court of said county for county purposes. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the elections so held shall be superintended by two justices of the peace and two freeholders or a [Illegible Text] of them, which freeholder or freeholders shall take the following oath to be administered by one of the justices in the following words: [Illegible Text], A. B. do solemnly swear, or affirm (as the case may be) that I will superintend said election and make a just and true return thereof, to the best of my ability. So help me God. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the presiding persons at said elections shall count out the votes taken in at said elections agreeable to law on the same day and at the same several places, and make a just and true statement of the same. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That one of the presiding justices at each election shall meet at the town of Brunswick on the next day and compare the several election lists and certify the person or persons elected agreeable to law.

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SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 7, 1821. To lay off Emanuel county and [Illegible Text] into election districts. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senute and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby [Illegible Text] by the authority of the [Illegible Text], That from and after the passing of this act the general elections for members of congress, and of the [Illegible Text] and house of representatives in the state legislature, and for all county and state officers, so far as respects the counties of [Illegible Text] and Tattnall: in the county of Emanuel to be holden in each captain's district in said county at the places of holding justices court in said districts, and at the court-house: in the county of [Illegible Text] to be holden in each captain's district in said county at the places of holding justices courts in said district, and at the court-house of the county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the elections in said counties shall be holden in the same manner and under the same restrictions, [Illegible Text], regulations and penalties, as are pointed cut in an act passed [Illegible Text] day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, establishing district elections in the coundes

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of Telfair, Early and Appling, any law, usage, or custom [Illegible Text] the [Illegible Text] notwithstanding. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824. AN ACT To establish district elections in the county of Dooly and to punish those who may attempt to defeat the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the general elections for members of congress, and of the senate and house of representatives in the state legislature, and all county officers, may and shall be held at the place of holding justices courts in each captain's district. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That one justice of the peace, or justice of the inferior court and two freeholders may superintend said elections at each place after the 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 superintendants 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

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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 of said county, on the next day after said election and there compare and add the several returns or [Illegible Text] together, and to certify to his excellency the governor the person so elected agreeable to the laws of this state now in force. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person shall vote or attempt to vote at more than one of the said election districts at the same election, or if any magistrate presiding at such election shall violate the trust confided to him by this act such person or magistrate shall be deemed guilty of a [Illegible Text], and shall be convicted [[Illegible Text] conviction] thereof before the superior court of the said county, be fined in the sum of fifty dollars, and be imprisoned at the discretion of the court for a term not [Illegible Text] ten days. SEC. 5. 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, [Illegible Text] conducted in the same manner and at the same time, as is prescribed by the laws now in force in this state regulating general elections. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, [Illegible Text].

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AN ACT To establish and regulate district elections in the county of Bryan, and to punish those who may attempt to defeat the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from [Illegible Text] 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 Bryan, at the house of Mr. Alexander Bird, at the court-house, and at the house of Mr. Benjamin Lambs. 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 elections at each place, after said freeholders have taken the following oath: I do solemaly swear (or [Illegible Text]) that I will faithfully superintend this days' elections, and make a just and true returnthereof, according to law and the best of my abilitiesSo help me God. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the [Illegible Text] 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 on the day following said election, and there compare and add the several [Illegible Text] or votes together, and to certify to his excellency the Governor the persons so elected, [Illegible Text] 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 [Illegible Text] in a sum not

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exceeding one hundred dollars, and imprisoned not exceeding 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 [Illegible Text] as to the propriety of any vote offered, it shall be the duty of the superintendants to administer, in addition to the oath prescribed by law, the following oath: I do [Illegible Text] (or [Illegible Text]) that I have not this day voted at any election for any senator, representative, member of congress, [Illegible Text] county officersSo 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 elections by any lawful constable, and that said election shall, in all other respects [Illegible Text] those herein recited, be conducted in the same manner, and at the same time as is prescribed by the laws now in force regulating general and county elections. 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. JOHN [Illegible Text], Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824.

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GRANTS. AN ACT To make valid certain grants to lands lying within certain reservations taken and held under and by [Illegible Text] of the late treaties between the United States and Cherokee nation of Indians. Whereas, by virtue of the late treaties between the United States and Cherokee nation of Indians, certain reservations of land were taken within the limits of the counties of Hall, Habersham and Rabun by certain heads of Indian, families and other individuals in said treaties named within which said reservations lots of land have been [Illegible Text] by citizens of this state for which grants have issued: and whereas the government of the United States have purchased up many of the said reservations for the use of this state Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the [Illegible Text] of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the grants which have been, or which may hereafter be issued by the state for the lots of land lying within the reservations so purchased, be and they are hereby declared legal and valid as though said reservations had never been taken or authorised. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1824.

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AN ACT To extend the time to fortunate drawers in the land lottery, by the authority of the act passed on the fifteenth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-one, entitled an act to dispose of and distribute the lands lately acquired by the United States, for the use of Georgia, of the [Illegible Text] Indians, c. and also to extend the time to [Illegible Text] drawers in the land lottery, by authority of an act passed on the fifteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighteen, entitled an act to dispose of and distribute the late cession of lands obtained from the Creek and Cherokee nations of Indians by the United States, c. and also to continue in force the present fees upon the grants. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 every person who was a fortunate drawer [Illegible Text] either of said lotteries by the authority of the act passed [Illegible Text] fifteenth day of [Illegible Text] in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-one, or by authority of the act passed the fifteenth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen, shall have until the twenty fifth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty [Illegible Text], to take out his, her, or their grant or grants for the land drawn by him, her, or them, and that a [Illegible Text] grants shall [Illegible Text] to him, her or them for the same, according to the provisions of the twentieth sections of the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] acts, [Illegible Text] paying into the treasury of this state, the [Illegible Text] of twelve dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against this act, he and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 17, 1824.

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AN ACT To revise and amend the several land acts now in force in this state in relation to vacant lands and lands surveyed on head rights and bounty warrants. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That any lands heretofore surveyed under the laws regulating surveys on head rights and bounty warrants may be granted to the person or persons for whom the same was surveyed, upon the payment of the usual fees: Provided, they are applied for and granted on or before the first day of December next, or within three years from the date of such survey. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, shall be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 7, 1824. LAND LOTTERY. AN ACT Prescribing the mode of partitioning such lots of land drawn in the land lottery authorised by an act passed the fifteenth day of May eighteen hundred and twenty one, as have been or may have been declared by judgment of court to be fraudulently drawn.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the provisions of an act passed the seventh day of December eighteen hundred and twenty-one, entitled an act to point out [Illegible Text] more expeditions method of partitioning such lots of land as have or may be declared fraudulent draws by judgment of court pursuant to an act passed the fifteenth day of December eighteen hundred and eighteen, to vest the titles to the same in the several county academies in this state, be and the same are hereby extended to the partitioning of such lots of land drawn in the land lottery authorised by an act passed the fifteenth day of May eighteen hundred and twenty-one, as have or may be declared by judgment of court fraudulently drawn. 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. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 7, 1824. MILITARY. AN ACT To extend the time heretofore allowed by law for Division and Brigade Inspectors to perform their military duties. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met,

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and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] from and after the passing of this act the several [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and brigade inspectors of Georgia militia shall be [Illegible Text] to charge for any length of time not exceeding forty days in any one year, for the actual military services [Illegible Text] of them by law. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives, ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. AN ACT To authorise the troops of cavalry now in Putnam county to consolidate and form one troop, and to attach the same to the oldest colonel's regiment in said county, under certain regulations. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 troops of cavalry now in Putnam county, shall be and they are hereby authorised to consolidate and form one troop, and shall be authorised to enlist men at any time hereafter from either of the regiments in said county, and shall at all times be subject to the command of the oldest colonel of said county and attached to his regiment; but shall not be compelled to [Illegible Text] at any place except at the town of Eatonton in said county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said troop of cavalry when organised under the provisions of this act, shall not at any time exceed one hundred [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of officers, nor shall be

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[Illegible Text] to enlist any men from any district in said county, except under the provisions of the militia law now in [Illegible Text] on the subject of volunteer companies. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever the colonel commanding the regiment to which said troop may be attached shall receive written notice from each of the commanding officers of the troops of [Illegible Text] in said county that said troops wish to [Illegible Text] agreeably to the provisions of this act, that it shall be his duty to order an election for all the officers to command said troop; and at any time hereafter whenever a vacancy or vacancies may take place among the officers in said troop of cavalry, it shall be the duty of the colonel commanding the regiment in said county to which said troop may be attached, to order an election to fill such vacancy or vacancies. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1824. AN ACT To alter the militia laws of this state, as far as relates to the county of Richmond, and to authorise the organization of a legionary corps in the city of Augusta. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the citizens of Richmond county shall be relieved [Illegible Text] the duty heretofore imposed upon them of assembling as a regiment, either for drill, review or [Illegible Text]: [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] nevertheless be

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subject to the orders of the colonel or officer commanding the militia of the county, and to the performance of the same duty in battalions to which they have heretofore been subject in regiment. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as soon as there shall be formed in the city of Augusta two companies of infantry, one company of artillery, one company of cavalry, and one company of riflemen, each consisting of the number of men now required by law to form a volunteer company; the officers, non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to said companies, upon ten days notice given in one of the gazettes of said city, by three of the captains commanding said companies, may elect a colonel to command said corps, which shall be known and distinguished as the Augusta Legion, and the person so elected shall be commissioned accordingly by the governor of the state; and every vacancy which may occur in the command of said corps shall be filled in the same manner. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the colonel commanding said corps shall be untitled to a full regimental staff, to be selected by himself from either of the companies composing said corps, that the uniform of the colonel and his staff shall be such as a majority of the commissioned officers of said corps shall agree upon; and that the said corps shall be subject only to the orders of the general of brigade, of the general of division, and of the commander in chief. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the number of non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to either company of said corps shall not exceed one hundred, and that no person shall be exempt from the command of the district company officers until he shall be fully uniformed and equipped according to the bye-laws of the company to which he may be attached. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the elections for commissioned officers [Illegible Text] either of the companies of said corps, shall be ordered by the colonel or officer commanding said corps; and that in the event of a vacancy in the command of the corps, by death, resignation or otherwise, and also in the absence of the

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colonel, the oldest captain belonging to the corps shall take the command of it. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws [Illegible Text] against the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 2, 1824. AN ACT To authorise the volunteer company in the county of Jones, commonly called the Clinton Independent Blues, to receive members from the thirty-first regiment of Georgia militia, and to exempt said company from [Illegible Text] and regimental musters except in certain cases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for the Clinton Independent [Illegible Text] in the county of Jones to receive members from the [Illegible Text]-first regiment Georgia militia, at this time under the command of Col. [Illegible Text] Bell of Jones county, as well as from the regiment to which they have heretofore been attached. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said company be and it is hereby exempt from battallion and regimental musters except such as are ordered by the authority of the commander-in-chief.

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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to prohibit the colonel of the regiment to which the said company has heretofore been attached, to require of the captain or officer commanding the said company a return of the number and names of the members of said company, and of the arms and equipments belonging to said company as often as he may review his regiment: Provided, that no member of said company shall be exempt from patrol duty, but shall perform the same in the district where he may reside, nor shall he be exempt from ordinary militia duty until he shall produce a certificate to the captain of the district where he resides that he is uniformed and equiped according to the bye-laws of the said company, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 15, 1824. PATROL. AN ACT To define an act entitled an act to authorise the enforcement of the patrol law in the city of Savannah, in certain cases therein mentioned. Whereas the above mentioned act is considered too general in its provisions and not sufficiently explicit in its details

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the [Illegible Text]. [Illegible Text] from and after the passing of this act, whenever the justices of the inferior court of the county of Chatham, [Illegible Text] the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of [Illegible Text] may consider it necessary, they shall be and are hereby authorised to call upon the commandant of the first regiment of Georgia militia for patrols from said regiment, either by day or by night. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That when the commandant has been so called upon, it shall be his duty, and he is hereby authorised and required [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] patrols for the performance of patrol duty either by night or by day, by detailing from the different companies of his command in rotation, such numbers of commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers and privates as he may deem necessary, who shall be bound to perform such duties as may be ordered, upon receiving a written or verbal notice two hours previous to the time of assembly SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all [Illegible Text] men whether citizens, aliens, or alarm men, shall be subject to the duties [Illegible Text] by this act. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the details shall have gone through, a fine court shall be held for the trial of [Illegible Text] on such patrols, to consist of at least three commissioned officers, the eldest of whom shall be the president thereof, and that three days notice shall be given to defaulting commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers and [Illegible Text] of the time and place of holding such courts. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That fines shall be inflicted for [Illegible Text] on such patrols, provided a sufficient excuse is not tendered and approved of by the court, viz. for a commissioned officer not less than ten dollarsfor a non commissioned officer not less than six dollarsand for a private not less than [Illegible Text] dollars, for which [Illegible Text], executions shall forthwith be [Illegible Text] by the [Illegible Text] of the regimental court of enquiry, signed by the commandant of the said regiment, and shall be collected by any sheriff, county or city constable, who on failure of payment shall levy the same on the lands and [Illegible Text], goods and chattels of the defaulter, and after advertising the same for ten days in [Illegible Text]

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public gazette of the city of Savannah, or in any other public manner, shall sell the same at public outcry at the court house of the city of Savannah to the highest bidder, returning the overplus of such sale to the owner; and should no property be found to satisfy the same, the body of the defaulter shall be taken and delivered to the jailor of Chatham county who is authorised and required to keep the body of such defaulter twenty-four hours in confinement for each dollar of the fine inflicted, and twenty-four hours for the jail fees, should they not be paid. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all sheriffs, county and city constables, refusing to carry into full effect the intent and meaning of this act, shall on refusal or neglect be sued upon their bonds of office and shall be otherwise subject to all the penalties prescribed by the [Illegible Text] law of the state for such neglect or refusal. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all fines arising from this act shall be paid to the paymaster of the first regiment of Georgia militia in aid of the funds of said regiment. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1824. To discharge females from the performance of patrol duty. 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

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after the date of this act, no female in this state shall be subject to the performance of patrol duty. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1824. REPRESENTATION. AN ACT To apportion the representatives among the several counties in this state, according to the fifth enumeration, in conformity to the seventh section of the first article of the constitution. Whereas, the seventh section of the first article of the constitution directs that the House of Representatives shall be composed of members from all the counties according to their respective numbers of free white persons, including three-fifths of all the people of color: In order therefore to apportion the representatives of each county respectively according to the said fifth enumeration or census, Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House a Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the

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[Illegible Text], That in future, the representation of the respective counties shall be [Illegible Text] in the following manner, to-wit: The county of Appling oneBaldwin twoBibb oneBullock oneBurke threeBryan oneCamden twoChatham threeClarke threeColumbia threeCrawford oneDecatur oneDeKalb twoDooley oneEarly oneEffingham oneElbert threeEmanuel oneFayette oneFranklin threeGlynn oneGreene threeGwinnett threeHabersham twoHall threeHancock threeHenry twoHouston oneIrwin oneJackson threeJasper fourJefferson twoJones fourLaurens twoLiberty twoLincoln twoMadison twoMcIntosh twoMonroe threeMontgomery oneMorgan threeNewton twoOglethorpe threePike onePulaski twoPutnam fourRabun oneRichmond threeScriven twoTattnall oneTelfair oneTwiggs threeWalton twoWarren threeWashington threeWayne oneWilkes fourWilkinson two. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824.

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RIVERS. AN ACT To authorise William Garner to build a dam on the Chatahoochie river adjoining his own land for the purpose of erecting a mill. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 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, William Garner of Gwinnett county be and he is hereby authorised to build a dam on such part of the Chatahoochie river as may suit his convenience for the purpose of erecting a mill on the same, Provided nevertheless, That nothing herein contained shall authorise the said William Garner to erect his mill dam across more than one third part of said river, or obstruct the main channel of the same. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824.

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AN ACT To lay off, define and keep open the main channel of Broad river so as to prevent the obstruction of the free passage of fish, and to appoint commissioners for the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the commissioners hereinafter named shall have full power and authority to survey or cause to be surveyed and laid off the main channel of Broad river from the north, and Hudson's Fork in Franklin county to its confluence with Savannah river. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners or a majority of them, are hereby impowered to reserve and keep open for the free passage of fish the one third part of said river in width including the main current thereof from said fork to the confluence of said river with Savannah river. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to obstruct by dams, traps or any other thing or things, any part or portion of said river so laid off and set a part for the purposes mentioned in this act. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall obstruct or cause to be obstructed any part of said main channel it shall be the duty of said commissioners or any one of them to give the person or persons so offending three days notice to remove such [Illegible Text], and on such person or persons failing or refusing so to do, he, she, or they shall on proof and conviction thereof in any justices court having [Illegible Text] of the same, be sentenced to pay a sum not exceeding twenty dollars for every twenty-four hours such obstruction shall remain after service of such notice, Provided, such obstruction shall not be caused by freshets. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That Lindsay Johnson, Claiborn Webb, Hugh M. Gehee and Simeon Oliver of the county of Elbert be and they are hereby appointed

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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, and that Russell I. Daniel of Madison county, John Dudley of Elbert county, Charles Taggle of Madison county and Richard C. Bond of Franklin county, 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 north and Hudson's forks of said river. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners or a majority of them shall have full power to carry into effect this act within their several boundaries, by calling to their assistance such number of the free while citizens of their respective counties as they may deem necessary to remove such obstructions as they may at any time find in said main channel, Provided, said commissioners shall not cause such person or persons so summoned to serve more than three days at any one time, nor more than six days in any one year. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That if any person so summoned shall neglect or refuse to assist said commissioner or commissioners after reasonable and due notice given, such person or persons so neglecting or refusing shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five dollars for each day he shall so neglect or refuse to serve, to be recovered before any justices court in the district where such person or persons reside, to be applied to the clearing out of such obstruction or obstructions. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABEROCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 18, [Illegible Text].

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AN ACT To keep open, remove and prevent obstructions in the [Illegible Text] river calculated to prevent the free passage of fish of said river, so far as respects the counties of Tattnall and Emanuel. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to obstruct or cause to be obstructed more than one half of the main source of said river, from the Alatamaha up to the fork, thence up each fork to the distance of twelve miles above, by [Illegible Text], hedges, fish traps, or any other obstruction calculated to stop the free passage of fish. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars per day, which fine or fines to be recovered before any justice of the peace in the district where the offence may be committed under the same rules and restrictions as other debts are, on sufficient proof being had thereon, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, [Illegible Text].

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AN ACT To alter and more effectually to carry into effect an act to prevent obstructions to the passage of fish in the [Illegible Text] river and its branches, passed on the twenty-fifth day of December one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one. Whereas great inconvenience has been experienced in carrying into effect the above recited act, in consequence of the main channel of the [Illegible Text] river being undefined and difficult to ascertain in courts having jurisdiction thereof, whereby the object of the said act may be entirely defeated. For remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Robert Coleman, Edmund C. Beard and John Lamar, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners in and for the county of Bibb; and that Peter Rockmore, Matthew Marshall, William Clarke, William Middlebrooks and Isaac Downs are hereby appointed commissioners in and for the county of Jones; and that John J. Harper, George A. Brown and Zachariah Phillips are hereby appointed commissioners in and for the county of Monroe; and that Edmund Jenkins, Robert [Illegible Text], John Bean, John John Sparks and Stokely Morgan are hereby appointed commissioners in and for the county of Jasper; and that Francis Douglas, William Burton, [Illegible Text] Barnes, Joseph Greene and William Barkley are hereby appointed commissioners in and for the county of Henry; and that Hezekiah Luckie, Jack [Illegible Text], Michael Whatley, John Smith; and John Bass are hereby appointed commissioners in and for the county of Newton, who, or a majority of whom, shall have complete power in their respective counties to survey, view, ascertain and designate the main channel of the said Ocmulgee river and its branches, thirty feet in width of which is to be kept open according to the provisions of the said before recited act, and they or a majority of them are

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hereby further authorised, in their respective counties, to say and designate where in the said main channel of said river a sluice of thirty feet in width shall be kept open, and upon such view and survey of the said river and its branches, they or a majority of them for their respective counties shall find any obstructions to the free passage of fish in the said main channel proper to be cleared out and removed for the purpose of keeping open a sluice of thirty feet in width in the said main channel, are hereby further authorised, on giving five days notice to all persons concerned, to remove, or cause to be removed such obstructions, by calling to their aid if necessary, any number of citizens in their respective counties: Provided, that the said commissioners shall, before they enter upon the duties of their said appointments, take an oath before some officer authorised to administer an oath, that they will well and truly and without partiality, discharge the duties of their said appointments. 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: Provided nevertheless, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorise any other or greater sluice through David Adams' mill dam, than has been heretofore provided for by law. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1824.

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ROADS, BRIDGES AND [Illegible Text]. To amend the road laws of this state, so far as relates to the county of Baldwin. AN ACT Whereas the grand jury of the county of Baldwin have unanimously recommended the passing of a law for said county which will provide for the erecting and keeping in repair the bridges and roads within the limits thereof, by levying a tax to be applied to that purpose, Provided, the tax so levied shall not exceed one dollar perannum on each hand subject to road labor, and fifty per cent. on the general tax. 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 justices of the Inferier court of the county of Baldwin, or a majority of them, shall be and they are hereby vested with full power and authority to lay out roads, erect bridges, make fords or causeways, and to adopt all and every measure for repairing and keeping in repair, the roads, bridges, fords and causeways already laid out, [Illegible Text] and made within the limits of the said county of Baldwin, either by letting them out to the lowest bidder, or by employing persons at the expence of the county of Baldwia, to make, erect, repair or keep in repair, or to [Illegible Text] any other course in relation thereto, which in their opinion will best promote the interest of the county and the public convenience. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the justices of the Inferior court of the county of Baldwin, or a majority of them, shall be, and they are hereby authorised to

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levy a tax upon each and every person liable to work on the roads in the county of Baldwin, and residing without the corporate limits of the town of Milledgeville, not exceeding one dollar upon each and every person so liable, including slaves, the tax upon whom shall be paid by their respective owners, which tax when so levied and paid shall exonerate the persons paying the same from all liability to work on the said roads as heretofore practised, or in any other manner whatever. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the inferior court of the county aforesaid, shall have power and authority to levy an [Illegible Text] tax upon the inhabitants of said county, to such amount as they may think proper, for the purpose of raising a fund for making, repairing and keeping in repair the roads, bridges, fords and causeways of said county; whenever they may think the convenience of the inhabitants of the county and the public welfare requires it: Provided, the extra tax so to be imposed, shall in no one year exceed fifty per centum of the general tax paid by the [Illegible Text] of said county for the year eighteen hundred and twenty four. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the receiver of tax returns of said county, to enter in the tax digest the number of hands liable to work on the roads as aforesaid, and the amount of the tax they are or may be liable to pay. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That when the said tax is imposed as above pointed out, the tax collector of said county shall, and he is hereby authorised and empowered to collect the same, and the collector aforesaid shall be bound to the inferior court of said county, in a bond with ample security for the faithful collection and paying over the same, for which the said receiver and collector shall be allowed the usual per centum. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if the said roads in the county of Baldwin after two years from the passing of this act, shall be at any time out of repair, the said justices of the Inferior court may be indicted as commissioners of the roads, which they are hereby created by this law, and on conviction, shall pay a fine at the discretion of the court, in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars: Provided, the said justices are hereby authorised to suspend the labor done on any road which in the opinion

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of a majority of the court is no longer necessary to be kept up for the public good, or to open any new road [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] made or used. And all laws or parts of laws [Illegible Text] against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN [Illegible Text], Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. [Illegible Text], 1821. AN ACT To amend, so far as respects the county of [Illegible Text], an act to alter and amend an act entitled an act to regulate and keep in repair the public roads, causeways and bridges in the counties of Burke, Jefferson and Richmoad, Greene and Morgan, so far as respects the counties of Burke, Jefferson and Richmond, passed the thirteenth of December, one thousand eight hundred and nine. Be 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 passage of this act, when it shall have been made known to the justices of the inferior court then in session, that there are any road or roads in said county of Burke which are not considered as of value for public road or roads, then the said inferior [Illegible Text] shall have enquiry made therein, and should it be made appear to said court that the said road or roads are of no value as public road or roads, the inferior court shall be [Illegible Text] authorised to revoke the commission of the commissioner or commissioners of said road or roads: and it shall be the duty of the commissioners of the roads of the districts

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through which the said road or roads may pass, to meet and apportion the hands which have heretofore been compelled to work on the road or roads now discontinued, and compel them to work on the other public road or roads in the said districts. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 2, 1824. AN ACT To authorise his excellency the governor to appoint commissioners to contract for the building of a bridge across the [Illegible Text] river at Macon and for other 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 his excellency the governor is hereby authorised to appoint five commissioners whose duty it shall be to contract for the building of a good and permanent bridge to be erected across the Ocmulgee river at Macon at the foot of the street leading to the public square in said town. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, and the appointment of commissioners by his excellency, the said commissioners shall be required, and it is hereby made their duty (after a reasonable public notice) to let out at public outcry to the lowest [Illegible Text] the building [Illegible Text]

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said bridge, they taking bond and good and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] for the faithful performance of the contract on the part of the contractors. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said bridge shall have been completed and received by said commissioners it shall be the duty of said commissioners to expose the same to rent at [Illegible Text] outcry to the highest bidder for the term of one year taking bond and good and sufficient security for the [Illegible Text] payment to the state of such sum for which the said bridge shall rent, and in like manner for every year thereafter, until otherwise directed by law. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the proprietors of said bridge for the time being shall have authority to demand and receive the following rates of toll, viz: for every four wheeled pleasure carriage fifty centsfor every road waggon thirty seven and a half centsfor every light waggon or gig twenty-five centsfor every Jersey waggon or cart twelve and [Illegible Text] half centsfor every man and horse six and a quarter centsfor every led or drove horse, mule, c. three centsand for all other stock two cents a head. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners so appointed by his excellency aforesaid be required to give bond and security to the state in the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the duty assigned them and that they receive for their services whilst actually employed in the performance of the duty assigned them two dollars per day. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners be authorised to draw on the treasurer of this state for a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824.

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AN ACT To authorise George A. Brown to keep up a ferry across the Ocmulgee river near the long shoals on his own land. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 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 ferry belonging at present to George A. Brown is made and declared to be a public ferry, and that the said George A. Brown, his heirs or legal representatives, be and they are hereby authorised to take such rates of toll or ferriage as is allowed at other ferries on said river. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. AN ACT To alter and amend the fourth section of a road act passed the twenty-third of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, for the county of Glynn, and to add two commissioners to the board, and to compel one half of the hands residing on Colonel's, Jekyll and Blythe islands to work on [Illegible Text] cuts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That

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from and immediately after the passage of this act, James H. Couper, and Samuel Wright be and they are hereby added to the board of commissioners of the county of Glynn. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners may hereafter be authorised to work on the public roads in the county of Glynn twelve days in the year if necessary in their judgments. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That only half of the hands residing on the islands of Jekyll, Colonel's and Blythe be called out to work off of said islands. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said hands residing on the islands Colonel's and Blythe shall work on a certain cut to be opened between the middle [Illegible Text] of Turtle river and south prong, the nearest and best way from Buzzard island to the mouth of Fancy Bluff Creek under the superintendance of the said board of commissioners. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That half the hands residing on the island of Jekyll shall be subject to work on the cuts between Frederica and St. Simon's and the Hog Crawl creek, under the superintendance of the commissioners appointed for that purpose. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts [of laws] repugnant to this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824.

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To lay out a road in the county of Camden, and to appoint commissioners for 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 John Kirkland, William Cone and Solomon Ogden, of the county of Camden, be appointed commissioners to open a road in said county from the post road north of the Saint Illa river by the way of the Burnt Fort ferry thereon to Camp [Illegible Text] on the St. Mary's. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the hands liable to road duty in the several magistrates' districts through which said road shall pass, commence and end, shall be liable to perform three days tour of road duty on said road yearly for two years from the date hereof, under the superintendance of said commissioners, or a majority of them, at such time as the said commissioners or a majority of them shall assign. IRBY HUDSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives, pro. [Illegible Text] ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1824.

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AN ACT To establish and make permanent the ferry on the Altamaha river at the place called Man's ferry, and to vest the right in Sterling Jones and Samuel Pitts of Warren county, proprietors 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 the ferry on the Altamaha on fraction No. six hundred and twenty-eight, in the second district of Appling county, at the place known and called Man's ferry, on the road leading from Savannah to the Floridas and Early county, be and the same is hereby made and declared a public ferry, and that Sterling Jones and Samuel Pitts of Warren county, their heirs and legal representatives are authorised to ask and receive of all persons crossing at said ferry the same rates of toll or ferriage that are by law authorised to be received at public ferrys on said river, viz: for a foot passenger six and a quarter cents; for man and horse twelve and a half cents; for a cart and one horse loaded thirty-seven and a half cents; for a cart and two horses fifty cents; for a pleasure carriage of two wheels fifty cents; for a pleasure carriage of four wheels one dollar; for a waggon and four horses loaded one dollar; for a waggon and four horses empty fifty cents; loose or led horse six and a quarter cents; and [Illegible Text] those rates at long ferriage. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824.

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AN ACT To authorise William Smith to erect a bridge across the Beaverdam creek in the county of Scriven on the road leading from Savannah to Augusta. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That William Smith his heirs and [Illegible Text], shall be and they are hereby authorised and bound to erect a good and substantial bridge across the creek called Beaverdam at or near the place where the old bridge stood, and to keep the same in good repair for and during the term of ten years from the first day of January next. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said William Smith, his heirs and assigns, as a compensation for their trouble and expence in erecting and keeping the said bridge in repair, shall be authorised to ask, demand and receive the following toll from all travellers for crossing said bridge, to-wit: for every four wheel carriage and waggon, fifty cents, except what is called Jersey waggons, which shall be twenty five cents; for every two wheel carriage or cart, twenty-five cents; for a man and horse, twelve and one-half cents; for every head of cattle, four cents; for sheep, goats and hogs, two cents; for every led horse or in droves, six and one-fourth cents: And the said William Smith or any other person or persons claiming under him, shall be and they are hereby bound to make good all damages which shall happen by reason of badness or want of repair of said bridge. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the right herein granted shall be forfeited, unless the said William Smith, or some person or persons claiming under him, shall build a bridge of the dimensions of the one herein described, within one year from the first day of January next. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful for the said William Smith, or any person or persons claiming under him, to ask, demand or receive from any person or persons any toll

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for passing the said bridge, unless the said bridge shall be in its whole length at least twenty feet wide, and well secured from one end to the other on both sides with arms or railing at least four feet high. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to build or [Illegible Text] a toll bridge on the said creek within two miles of the bridge so erected by the said William Smith, either above or below. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. AN ACT To establish a ferry across the Chatahoochie river in the county of Gwinnett, at a place known by the name of McWright's ferry, and to [Illegible Text] the right thereof in Matthew McWright and his heirs, and to fix the rate of ferriage. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That from and immediately after the passage of this act, that Matthew McWright be and he is hereby authorised and empowered to erect a ferry across the [Illegible Text] on his own land, and that he be entitled to demand [Illegible Text] receive the same rates of ferriage as are authorised by law at Richard Winn's ferry on Chatahoochie river in the county of

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Hall: Provided, he shall at all times keep in good repair a ferry flat, sufficient to convey with safety across said river, a loaded waggon and team. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 2, 1824. To authorise James Kemp to establish a ferry across the Altamaha river on his own land. 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 James Kemp, his heirs, and assigns shall have a right to keep a ferry on the Alatamaha river at or near the place where his flat at present crosses said river on his own land, on a road leading from [Illegible Text] county to Appling county liable to the same toll and regulations as other [Illegible Text] in said counties, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824.

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AN ACT To authorise Anderson C. Middlebrooks of Morgan county, and John W. Graves of Clark county to establish a toll bridge over the Appalachie river, at or near Hicks' ford, and Richard S. Park of the county of Morgan to erect a toll bridge over the Oconee river at or near his mills. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 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 Anderson C. Middlebrooks and John W. Graves be authorised to erect a bridge over the said river and receive the following rates of toll, viz.for each leaded waggon and team of four horses fifty centsfor each empty waggon and team of four horses thirty-seven and one half centsfor each waggon and team of two horses twenty-five centsand for each empty two horse waggon eighteen and three-fourth centsfor all four wheel pleasure carriages thirty-seven and one half centsfor each two wheel pleasure carriage eighteen and three-fourth centsfor each loaded ox cart twenty-five centsand for each empty ox cart eighteen and three-fourth centsand for each man and horse six and one-fourth centsfor each loose or led horse or mule three centsfor each head of neat cattle, sheep, hogs or goats one cent: Provided, That the said Anderson C. Middlebrooks and John W. Graves shall be [Illegible Text] to keep the said bridge in good repair and be culpable for any losses or injuries which may be sustained in cousequence of any deficiency in said bridge. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Richard S Park be and he is hereby authorised to erect a toll bridge over the Oconee river near his mills, and receive the same toll as allowed by the above section to the said John W. Graves and Anderson [C.] Middlebrooks. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Richard S. Park, shall be bound to keep said bridge in good

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repair, and be liable in law for all losses or injury which may be sustained in consequence of any deficiency in said bridge. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Sente. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824. AN ACT To establish a ferry on the Ocmulgee river at or near a place called Piny Island, in the twelfth district in Houston 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, a public ferry be established on the Ocmulgee river upon the land of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], and the right of ferry from thence across the same to the opposite side of said river, where the road leads to Perry in Houston county, which right of ferry is hereby invested in the said Abuer Veasy, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, forever. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Abner Veasy, 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 say: for every waggon and team, fifty cents; for every four wheel stage or waggon, with two horses, thirty-seven and an half cents; for every two wheel cart or pleasure carriage, twenty five cents; for every man and horse, six and one-fourth cents; for every led single horse, mule or [Illegible Text],

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six and one-fourth cents; for each head of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] cents; for each head of hogs, sheep or [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], That the aforesaid Abner Veasy shall at all [Illegible Text] give due attention to the said ferry, except in 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 Abner Veasy shall make good all losses which may happen to any person crossing said river at said ferry, by or through his neglect. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. AN ACT To authorise Ebenezer Jencks to construct a canal from the Ogeechee to the Savannah rivers and to yest in him and his representatives the proprietary interest thereof for the term of sixty years. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 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 [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] for the said Ebenezer Jencks, and he is hereby authorised and empowered to open and cause to [Illegible Text] a [Illegible Text] or inland navigation by a canal and locks to be constructed, made, and kept up, through such places as to him shall seem most fit and convenient from the

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Ogeechee to the Savannah river, and that he and his representatives shall and may fix and establish and be entitled to receive and take by way of toll for all goods, merchandise and produce carried on or through, and boats and rafts and other water craft, passing on or through the said canal, such sums or rates as he shall think proper to impose, not exceeding at any time, twenty-five per cent. per annum, on the money which shall have been expended in constructing, making and keeping in repair the said canal and locks, to ascertain which, it shall be the duty of the commissioners hereinafter named to inspect the books of the said Jenks, containing an account of such expenditures: and that he shall have [Illegible Text] power of stopping the passage of any goods, merchandise or produce, boats, rafts, and other water craft from passing on the said canal until the payment of said toll. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Ebenezer Jencks and his representatives shall complete and finish the said canal within six years from the passing of this act, upon failure thereof the said Ebenczer Jenks shall forfeit all the rights immunities and privileges herein granted. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Ebenezer Jeacks shall have power to purchase in fee simple such land as may be necessary for the constructing and completing said canal, and such land at each end of the canal and on the opposite shores of said rivers as may be necessary therefor: and in case of disagreement as to the price of the land so taken, between the owner or owners thereof and the said Ebenezer Jencks, such disagreement is to be determined by the award of three sworn appraisers to be chosen, one by said land owner, one by the said Ebenczer Jencks, and one who shall be appointed by the Superior court of the county with the right of appeal to either party to be tried by a special jury at the term of the Superior court next thereafter held in that county, and the decision in what ever way finally made, shall vest in the said Ehenezer Jencks the fee simple of the land in question, and in the other party a judgment for its value thus ascertained. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That wherever the said land shall intersect a public road, the said E. Jenks shall be bound to build a safe and suitable bridge.

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SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], James M. Wayne and Robert W. [Illegible Text] be [Illegible Text] they are hereby appointed commissioners under this [Illegible Text] and in case of vacancy, his excellency the [Illegible Text] is hereby authorised and required to fill such vacancy, in addition to the duty required of them in the foregoing sections of this act, they or a majority of them are hereby required to see that the said work is faithfully executed by the said Jencks. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said Ebenezer Jencks shall be obliged to keep the said canal, locks, c. in good and sufficient order, condition and repair, and at all times free and open to the navigation of boats, rafts, and other water craft, and for the transportation of goods, merchandise and produce: Provided, the boats, rafts and other watercraft are not so constructed as to injure said canal or obstruct the free navigation thereof. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any persons to throw dirt, rubbish, trees or logs into said canal, or injure its locks, basins or banks, any person herein offending, shall be liable to indictment as for a misdemeanor, and also be liable for such damages as may be sustained thereby. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said Ebenezer Jenks, shall and may collect and reserve water for the use of the said canal, he paying a just remuneration therefor, and also all damages by occasion thereof, to be ascertained upon disagreement, in the same manner as pointed out in the fourth section of this act. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said canal and its appurtenances shall be forever exempt from all taxes, duties and impositions whatever. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That after the expiration of sixty years from the passing of this act, if the legislature of this state shall deem it for the interest thereof, the property of the said canal should be vested in the said state, then and in that case the said Ebenezer Jencks or his legal representatives shall convey all his [Illegible Text] their right, title and interest of, in and to the said canal to the said state, on receiving from the treasury thereof a sum of money equal to all the sums expended in coastructing, making, improving and keeping in repair the said canal, together with a nett interest, viz. an interest above all

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charges of eight per centum on such part of the stock as shall not have afforded such an interest. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to affect the rights of the Ogeechee Navigation Company. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be liberally construeed for carrying the purposes aforesaid into complete effect. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall operate to prevent or obstruct the progress of other canals which may hereafter be necessary to the internal improvement of this state. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. RELIEF LAWS. AN ACT To alier and change the names of Jarred Spence to that [Illegible Text] Jarred Johnston, and Charles Roberts to that of Charles Wheeler. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R epresentatives of 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 Jarred

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Spence shall be called and known by the name of Jarred Johnston, and the said Charles Roberts shall be called and known in law by the name of Charles Wheeler, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. AN ACT To change the name of Henry Hill, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, Henry Hill, of the county of Wilkes, shall be called and [Illegible Text] by the name of Edmund Putnam Hill. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824.

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For the relief of Thomas Foley. AN ACT Whereas, Thomas Foley was, on the twenty-first day of October last, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, fined in the sum of six hundred dollars, at a Superior court held in and for the county of Wayne, at Wayne court-house, and was sentenced to be imprisoned in the common jail until that amount shall be paid, for the act of peddling. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, that the justices of the Inferior court of the county of Wayne, or any two of them, shall be authorised to discharge him the said Thomas Foley from paying the said fine, and from the imprisonment of him the said Foley, on his attorney's paying the cost of court in that trial and commitment, on him or his attorney's producing receipts from the clerk and sheriff for such payment of costs. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824.

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AN ACT To legitamatize and change the names of Avey Merany Albritton and Aley Mehaley Albritton to that of Avey Merany Leaptrot and Aley Mehaley Leaptrot. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 Avey Merany Albritton and the name of Aley Mehaley Albritton, be and they are hereby changed to that of Avey Merany Leaptrot and Aley Mehaley Leaptrot, and they are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitamatized, and entitled to all the rights and legal privileges that they would have been had they been born in lawful wedlock, and be fully capable of taking and inheriting and receiving all manner of property by virtue of the statute of distributions of this state, so far as relates to the real and personal estate of Aquilla Leaptrot, the reputed father of the said Avey Merany and Aley Mehaley, and no other, to all intents and purposes, any law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, that this shall not enable the said Avey Merany and Aley Mehaley to inherit to the exclusion of any child or children of the said Aquilla Leaptrot, born or who may hereafter be born in lawful wedlock. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1824.

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AN ACT To alter and amend an act entitled an act to impose an additional tax on pedlars and other [Illegible Text] traders, passed the ninth day of December, eighteen hundred and nineteen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 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 the duty of every pedlar or itinerant trader wishing to vend goods, wares or merchandize, under a license from the state, to make application to the comptroller-general, whose duty it shall be to make out a license for the term of one year, to the person desiring to become a vendor of goods, wares or merchandize, upon the applicant first paying to the comptroller general the sum of five dollars, for his services in making out such license; the licenses in all cases shall be forwarded immediately to the treasury department, and upon the payment of one hundred dollars to the treasurer by the person to whom such license shall be granted, which said several sums shall be added to the unexpended balance in the treasury of each political year: the treasurer shall also be entitled to require and receive from all persons to whom a license shall be granted by the comptroller-general, the sum of two dollars for countersigning every license that may be demanded and executed in the treasury department after the next election for treasurer, which shall authorise him or them obtaining licenses as aforesaid, to vend goods, wares or merchandize for the term of twelve months from the date of the license, within the limits of this state: Provided nevertheless, that there shall be one license for every waggon, cart or other vehicle, employed or used in vending such goods, wares or merchandize. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall [Illegible Text] the duty of the comptroller-general issuing licenses as aforesaid, to describe as nearly as he can, in every license that he may issue, the age, size, complexion, c. of the person to whom such license is granted.

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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That on oath being made before any judicial officer of this state, justice of the Inferior court, or justice of the peace, that a violation of this law has been committed, it shall be his duty to issue a warrant from under his hand, directed to any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or marshall of any town or city, commanding them or each of them to arrest the offender or offenders, seize or bring him or them and the goods, wares or merchandize which they may have in their immediate possession, before any judge of the superior court, in term time, or before any of the justices of the inferior court or justices of the peace, and if on trial before any of them it shall appear from the evidence that the charge or charges are malicious or unfounded, he, she or they shall be discharged without cost, otherwise he, she or they shall be bound with one or more sufficient securities in the sum of five hundred dollars in a joint and several bond, for his, her or their appearance at the next superior court to be held in the county where such offence shall have been committed, and on failing to give such security as the court shall deem good and sufficient, shall be committed to jail; at which court the attorney or solicitor-general shall prefer a bill of indictment against the party so offending, who shall [Illegible Text] convicted, be fined by the court in the sum of not less than two hundred dollars, nor more than three hundred dollars, for each and every violation of this law, and the party so offending shall stand committed until such fine or fines be paid. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the fine or fines which may be incurred for each and every violation of this law shall be collected as all other fines or penalties; and when so collected shall form a fund in the hands of the clerks of the Inferior court of the several counties in this state, and be appropriated at the discretion of the Inferior court to the support and maintenance of the poor of the county where such offence is actually committed. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not prevent the corporation of any town or village from exacting from such pedlar or other [Illegible Text] trader a sum not exceeding fifteen dollars, for every day which he, she or they are found offering their goods, wares or merchandize for sale therein: Provided, that nothing herein contained

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shall be so construed as to compell any person to obtain a license for trading on the manufactures of this state. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the revenue arising under this act shall be added to and become a part of the poor school fund. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824. To alter and amend an act entitled an act for the relief of James Dudley. 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 should the wife of the said James Dudley survive him, she shall be entitled during her natural life to hold the fraction number thirty-four, situate in district number nine in the county of Henry, in the same manner and with the same rights and privileges and restrictions on [which] said fraction of land is now held by her said husband by virtue of an act of the general assembly, passed the sixth of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, entitled an act for the relief of James Dudley. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824.

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AN ACT To vest in the Hibernian Society of the city of Savannah all moneys arising from the sales of escheated estate of Irishmen of the county of [Illegible Text]. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act all moneys arising from the sales of escheated estates of Irishmen of the county of Chatham shall vest in the Hibernian Society of the city of Savannah. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That upon application made by the Hibernian Society of the city of Savannah to the court of Ordinary of Chatham county and order passed thereon, it shall be the duty of the escheator of said county to pay over to the said society, within the time specified in said order, the net proceeds of the sales of all such escheated estates as aforesaid, and in default thereof he shall forfeit and pay to the Hibernian Society of Savannah double the sum which such escheator shall have received and have in his hands, to be recovered by action of debt in any court having jurisdiction thereof. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws [Illegible Text] parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824.

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To pardon Thomas Franklin Hall of Chatham county. AN ACT Whereas, at a Superior court holden in and for the county of Chatham, in the term of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, Thomas Franklin Hall of said county was convicted of the crime of murder, but was recommended by the jury to the mercy of the court, and subsequently reprieved by the governor until the twenty-second day of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four: And whereas a number of the inhabitants of Chatham county have petitioned the legislature to pardon the said Thomas Franklin Hall. 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 the said Thomas Franklin Hall be and he is hereby declared to be freely, fully and entirely pardoned, exonerated and discharged from the [Illegible Text] and penalties of his said conviction and sentence, as fully, freely and entirely as if such conviction and sentence had never taken place, or the offence been committed: Provided nevertheless, That the said Thomas Franklin Hall shall not be discharged until he shall have paid all costs that may have accrued relative to his conviction and confinement. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 11, 1824.

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AN ACT To exempt all aliens residing or at any time [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the state of Georgia from the performance of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] duty or other military duty, exempt the [Illegible Text] hereinafter specified. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 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 alians [Illegible Text] or at any time being within the state of Georgia, shall be exempt from the performance of all ordinary [Illegible Text] duty and other military duty, except [Illegible Text] duty, [Illegible Text] duty, and [Illegible Text] required for the suppression of [Illegible Text], invasion or [Illegible Text]. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the [Illegible Text] as aforesaid, shall [Illegible Text] he is entitled to the same, make oath before a judge of the [Illegible Text] or justice of the Inferior court of this state, or justice of he peace, that he is an alien, and that it is not his intention to become a citizen of the United States, which oath he shall present to the clerk of the Superior court of the [Illegible Text] in which he resides or [Illegible Text] be, who shall [Illegible Text] in his office the said oath, and register the [Illegible Text] of the said alien in a book for that purpose, and shall furnish the said alien with a certificate under his hand and the seal of the said court of such registry being made, for which cartificate the said clerk shall be entitled to receive the sum of three dollars. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws [Illegible Text] parts of laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824.

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For the temporary relief of purchasers of fractional surveys, lots or islands at the sales 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 all purchasers of fractional lots or islands, at any of the late sales, lying and being within the limits of the counties of Henry, Fayette, Newton, Monroe, Houston, DeKalb, Dooly, Pike, Bibb, Decatur, Crawford, Irwin, Early. Appling or Telfair shall be indulged for twelve months for one half of the installment which shall first become due, upon paying into the treasury of the state the other half of said instalment, or giving bond with approved security to the [Illegible Text]-general of the state, or solicitor-general of the circuit in which the party claiming indulgence shall live, for the whole of said instalment which shall so remain [Illegible Text]: Provided, That the half of said instalment shall be paid or bond and security given within sixty days after the same shall become due. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the same indulgence shall be granted to purchasers of all fractional parts of surveys or lots sold by the sheriffs of the counties of [Illegible Text], Gwinnett, Hall, Habersham and Rabun. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 7, 1824.

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For the relief of Lovick Pierce of [Illegible Text] county, and other purchasers of University lands. AN ACT Whereas at the sales of the University lands in the year eighteen hundred and sixteen Lovick Pierce of Greene county purchased lots number fifteen [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], containing one hundred acres each, of the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] tract, at and for the sum of sixteen hundred and six dollars, for which he executed his bond [Illegible Text] in four equal annual installments to the trustees of the University of Georgia, which said bond is now deposited in the office of the treasurer of this state: And whereas forty-seven and a half acres of said lots have been recovered from said Lovick Pierce in a suit at law by an adverse title Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly [Illegible Text], and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the treasurer of this state be and he is hereby authorised to ascertain the deduction to which the said Lovick Pierce is entitled on said bond by reason of the loss aforesaid, estimating said deduction by the proportion of the land lost to the quantity purchased as aforesaid, and the said sum when ascertained shall be entered on said bond as a credit, and the said treasurer is further required and directed to ascertain what amount [Illegible Text] principal and interest has been paid on the quantity of land [Illegible Text] as aforesaid, and enter such amount as a credit on said bond, noting the times when such amounts were respectively paid. And whereas, there are adverse and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] to divers other lots of land sold by the trustees of the University, the bonds given for the purchase money of which are also deposited in the treasurer's office SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the board of [Illegible Text] of the University shall receive satisfactory evidence of the validity of such adverse and conflicting titles, and that the titles executed by the said trustees cannot be sustained, the [Illegible Text] trustees shall notify the treasurer of the fact and of the quantity of land

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covered by such adverse title, and the treasurer shall there-upon make the deductions and enter the requisite credits on the bonds given for the purchase money of said lands in the manner pointed out in the preceeding section. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. To alter and change the name of John Early W. [Illegible Text] to that of John Early W. Oliver. 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 said John Early W. Preskitt shall be called and known in law by the name of John Early W. Oliver, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor Assented to, Dec. 9, [Illegible Text].

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To change and legitamatize the name of Lewis [Illegible Text] Hill [Illegible Text] Lewis [Illegible Text] Floyd. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], and it is hereby enacted by [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of the same, That from and [Illegible Text] after the passing of this act, the [Illegible Text] of Lewis Berrien Hill be and it is hereby [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Lewis Berrien [Illegible Text], and that he is hereby [Illegible Text] to [Illegible Text] fully and completely and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], and [Illegible Text] to all the rights and legal privileges that he [Illegible Text] 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 statute of [Illegible Text] of this state, so far as [Illegible Text] to the real and personal estate of Stephen Floyd, the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Berrien Hill [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] no other, to all intents and purposes, any law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That this act [Illegible Text] not enable the said Louis to inherit to the exclusion of any [Illegible Text] children of the said Stephen Floyd born or who may hereafter be born in lawful wedlock. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1824.

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AN ACT To authorise the judge of the Superior court of the eastern district to appoint a guardian or trustee for a certain woman of color named Rino. Whereas by the last will and testament of John Currie, late of the city of Savannah, deceased, a bequest and legacy is thereby given to a mulatto woman named Rino, the benefit of which she cannot obtain without the appointment of a trustee or guardian in her behalf. 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 judge of the eastern district with the consent of the owner of the said mulatto woman Rino, be authorised and required to nominate and appoint, in term time, or at chambers, a trustee or guardian to act in behalf of the said mulatto woman Rino, and obtain from the executor or executors of the estate of the said John Currie, or the person or persons in possession of the said estate, the bequest and legacy left by the will aforesaid to the said mulatto woman named Rino, and for this purpose power and authority is hereby vested in such trustee or guardian when duly nominated and appointed, to sue for and recover the said legacy, and otherwise enforce the object of the said will, and intention of the testator, in relation to the said mulatto woman named Rino, in the superior or inferior court of the county of Chatham, or in any other county where the said executor or executors or person or persons having the management of said estate may reside. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1824.

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AN ACT To secure to Stephen Pierce the sole and exclusive right of running a lice of stage carriages between the cities of Savannah and Augusta, for the term of ten years. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Stephen Pierce and his heirs shall have the sole and exclusive right of running a line of stage carriages for the conveyance of passengers and their baggage between the city of Savannah and Augusta, for the term of ten years, except as is hereafter excepted, to commence on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. SEC. 2 And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons other than the said Stephen Pierce and his heirs, shall run any stage carriage or carriages in any manner for fare or hire between the places aforesaid, except first obtaining leave of this state, every person so offending shall forfeit and pay to the said Stephen Pierce and his heirs the sum of fifty dollars for every such offence so committed, to be recovered by action of debt before any court of competent jurisdiction, and the right of the said Stephen Pierce shall comprehend all the different routes between the said two cities of Savannah and Augusta, within this state: Provided, the said Stephen [Illegible Text] or his heirs shall, within the term of one year from the first day of January next, put into operation the said line of stages, and continue the same at least three times in each week, between the places aforesaid, to and for the term of ten years aforesaid. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the said Stephen Pierce or his heirs shall fail to run the said line of stages for ten days at a time, at any time during the ten years aforesaid, unavoidable accidents excepted, the right hereby granted shall cease and determine, and the same shall revest in the state of Georgia.

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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Stephen Pierce shall have no right to sell or dispose of the privileges hereby granted to him. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. AN ACT To legitimate and change the names of Winney B., James F., and William A. [Illegible Text] to that of Winney B., James F., and William A. Nusom. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 names of Winney B. James F. and William A. Osborn, be and they are hereby changed to that of Winney B. James F. and William A. Nusom, and that they are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimated and entitled to all the rights and legal privileges that they would have been, had they been born in lawful wedlock, and be fully capable of taking interesting and receiving all manner of property by virtue of the statutes of distribution of this state so far as relates to the [Illegible Text] personal estate of Batts Nusom, the reputed father of the said [Illegible Text] B. James F. and William A Osborn only, to all intents and purposes, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor, Assented to, Dec. 9, 1821.

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AN ACT To authorise Daniel R. W. McRae, Richard K. Hines, John S. Lewis, Thomas Beall, Lucins L. Wittich, Peter A. Early, Albert Y. Gresham, Iverson L. Harris, Hines Holt and Lesley Thompson to plead and practice as attorneys and solicitors 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, Daniel R. W. McRae, Richard K. Hines, John S. Lewis, Thomas Beall, Lucius L. Wittich, Peter A. Early, Albert Y. Gresham, Iverson L. Harris, Hines Holt and Lesley Thompson shall be permitted and allowed to plead and practise as attornies and solicitors in the several courts of law and equity in this state, on their undergoing an examination and being approved by the court as required by law. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives, ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1821. AN ACT To authorise the justices of the Inferior court of the county of Hall to remit a fine incurred by Ezekiel Tredaway. Whereas Ezekiel Tredaway heretofore became bound for the appearance of William Chambers at a superior court held in and for said county on the third Monday in September

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eighteen hundred and twenty-two, then and there to [Illegible Text] and give evidence in a bill of indictment the state against John Nelson and others for a riot and the said William Chambers failing to appear, his recognizance was forfeited for the sum of one thousand 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 from and immediately after the passing of this act, the justices of the Inferior court of the county of Hall, be and they are hereby authorised and empowered to remit the whole or any part of said fine so incurred by Ezekiel Tredaway on the failure of William Chambers so to appear: Provided, That the said Tredaway shall in no case be [Illegible Text] until he shall have paid all costs that accrued in said case. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and they are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 18, 1824. AN ACT To authorise James Cleland to plead and practice 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

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from and after the passing of this act, James Cleland shall be permitted and allowed to plead and practice as an attorney and solicitor in the several courts of law and [Illegible Text] in this state, on undergoing an examination, and being approved by the court, as required by law. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1824. 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 passing of this act, so much of the above recited act as requires the sheriffs of the different counties to advertise their sales in some public paper printed in their respective circuits, so far as respects the county of Hall, be and the same is hereby repealed.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of Hall county be and he is authorised to advertise his sales in one of the public papers printed in Milledgville, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. SLAVES. AN ACT To repeal a law passed in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, prohibiting the introduction of slaves only on certain conditions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for any person or persons to introduce slaves into this state from any other of the United States, and to dispose of the same tree of any restriction that has heretofore existed.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824. To repeal all laws and parts of laws which authorise the selling into slavery of free persons of color. 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 laws and parts of laws which authorise the selling of free persons of color into slavery, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824.

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To amend the law prohibiting slaves from selling certain articles without licence. 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 if any slave shall sell or purchase without a ticket authorising him so to do, any quantity or amount whatever of cotton, tobacco, wheat, rye, oats, corn, rice or poultry, or any other articles except such as are known to be usually manufactured or vended by slaves, they shall suffer the pains provided by an act passed the nineteenth day of December eighteen hundred and eighteen, entitled an act to alter and amend an act to prohibit slaves from selling certain commodities therein mentioned. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives, ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. To provide for the trial of claims of slaves levied on under 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 in all cases where a writ of execution from a justices court shall have been levied on one or more slaves, and a claim

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to such slaves shall have been interposed according to the laws in force for the time being, such execution and claim shall be returned to the next term of the superior or inferior court whichever may first happen of the county in which such execution was issued, and shall be there tried in the same manner as other claims which by law are or shall be returnable to those courts respectively. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor Assented to, Dec. 7, 1824. TAXES. To raise a tax for the support of government for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five. 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 twentieth day of December eighteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled an act to raise a tax for the support of government for the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-four together with all acts and parts of acts which said act revived and continued in force

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be and they are hereby revived and continued in force [Illegible Text] the tax act for the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-five. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That one half of the tax of each county so directed to be levied shall be paid into the treasury of the state as heretofore, and the other half to the inferior courts of the respective counties for county purposes to be appropriated by said courts to the building of court houses and jails, to the building of bridges, the improvement of the public roads, and the education of youth, as the said courts respectively may deem most expedient: Provided, Nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to prevent the counties of Upson and Ware from receiving their proportionable part of the tax allowed the counties out of which the said Upson and Ware was formed for the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-four, which distribution shall be made with due regard to the population of the counties of Upson and Ware and those out of which the said counties were formed. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all monies collected and paid into the clerk's office of the several courts of this state on account of taxes as heretofore collected from the insolvent list as authorised by law, shall be vested in and become a part of the county funds. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where execution shall be issued by tax-collectors, and levied by any sheriff or deputy sheriff, or any constable on perishable property, the said sheriff or constable shall advertise the same in three of the most public places in the said district only, and be allowed the same fees as constables are authorised for levying executions SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the justices of the Inferior court of Columbia county, be and they are hereby authorised and directed to pay over to the commissioners or trustees of the academy of the county aforesaid five hundred dollars, out of the moiety of the general taxes collected in the aforesaid county for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-four, and which is directed by law to be paid by the collector to the justices of the Laferior court for the countypurposes, for the purpose of enabling the commissioners or trustees of the academy aforesaid to repair the [Illegible Text] erected near Columbia court-house as the county academy.

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SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the justices of the Inferior court of the county of Richmond be required to pay out of the state tax so reserved for county purposes to the managers of the free school, incorporated by an act of the legislature in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-one, the sum of one thousand dollars annually, for the use of said free school, so long as one half of the taxes shall be so reserved for said county, and that the justices of the inferior court of Chatham county be, and they are hereby authorised and required to pay over to the directresses of the Savannah free school the sum of five hundred dollars out of the one half of the general tax of eighteen hundred and twenty-four, directed to be paid by the collectors to the said justices of the inferior court for county purposes, to be applied by the said directresses to the use of the said free school. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That if any [Illegible Text] or commanding officer of any company district of militia shall neglect to make a return to the receiver of returns of taxable property, it shall be the duty of the said receiver to return such defaulting officers to the next grand jury [and it shall be the duty of said grand jury] to present said, [Illegible Text] officer, and it shall be the duty of the attorney or solicitor-general to prosecute such defaulting officer, and on conviction he shall pay a fine not exceeding thirty dollars. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 18, 1824.

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Further defining the duties of Collectors of Taxes. 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 collectors of taxes in the several counties of this state, shall attend in person at the polls, and shall furnish to the magistrates presiding at the general elections of members of the legislature, members of Congress, and of governor, an alphabetical list of all persons who shall not have paid all legal taxes demanded of them for the last preceding year, in counties where the taxes are collected annually, and of the last preceding term of years in counties where the taxes are not collected annually, to the end that all illegal votes may by such collector and magistrates be challenged and prevented. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in such counties as are or may hereafter be divided into election districts, the collector shall transmit to the presiding magistrates of each district a list as aforesaid of such defaulters resident within such county, attending himself at the court-house as aforesaid; and every collector failing in the duties prescribed by this act, shall not be allowed the amounts due by any such defaulters in his settlement of the insolvent list. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824.

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TOWNS. To amend an act entitled an act for the better regulation and government of the town of Elberton. 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 first Monday in January next, it shall not be lawful for any person elected commissioner of said town, in pursuance of the before recited act, to enter on the duties of his office until he shall have taken and subscribed before one of the justices of the Inferior court or justices of the peace for the county of Elbert, an oath well and truly to discharge the duties of a commissioner of the town of Elberton, according to law, and to support the constitution of the state of Georgia and of the United States, and a certificate on the minute book of the commissioners by the persons presiding at the election that the persons named are duly elected, and a certificate as aforesaid by such justice that they have taken the oath aforesaid, shall be legal evidence that the commissioners so elected are authorised to act as such. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said board may appoint a president and such other officers as may be necessary, and may allow, except to those that may be members of the board, a compensation for their services; they shall have power to remove such officers and appoint others in their stead, and to prescribe and settle all forms and details necessary and proper to give effect to their ordinances; when sitting as a board the said commissioners shall have the same power as justices of the peace now have of punishing contempts and [Illegible Text] their officers, and said officers shall remain subject to this authority twelve months after they shall be out of office, as to any

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money or papers in their hands: said board of commissioners shall have at any time, within the corporate limits of said town, authority to preserve the peace, and shall be authorised to administer oaths in relation to such duties, and in any matter within the cognizance of the board: and in suits against the board or their officers, or any of them, they shall be entitled to the benefit of any statutes or laws in force for the time being in respect to suits against justices of the peace and constables respectively. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the town limits shall embrace all the lands within the town plat: the corporate limits of the said town shall inclose the town plat and all the lands within lines to run on each side parallel with and an half mile distant from the centre of the side of said town plat. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said board shall have the superintendance of the streets, and may prohibit or remove all obstructions of, or encroachments thereon, and all nuisances within the said town limits; and they may within the said town limits levy and collect in a summary manner, an annual poll tax, not exceeding one dollar on each free person, and not exceeding twenty-five cents on each slave usually resident therein, and a tax not to exceed twenty-five cents on every hundred dollars value of 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, and also a tax not exceeding five dollars for each day on all itinerant exhibitions and performances therein for money. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said board may, within the corporate limits of said town, make all needful regulations for the restraint and punishment of slaves and free persons of color, and for the exclusive government of patrols therein, and may levy and collect as aforesaid, a tax not exceeding five dollars for each day on pedlars and [Illegible Text] traders therein, and may regulate and enforce work by such persons as by law may be liable thereto, not exceeding [five days at any one time, nor exceeding] fifteen days in any one year, on the streets, squares and public roads, and in other respects may have the same authority and jurisdiction over the roads therein as now belongs to the Inferior court of Elbert county, but the said board may if they should deem it expedient, hire

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the necessary labor on any part thereof, and [Illegible Text] a [Illegible Text] within the corporate limits to [Illegible Text] the [Illegible Text] them by incurred: Provided, that in case a part is done by contract, the hands that otherwise [Illegible Text] have worked thereon shall not thereby, be exempted from [Illegible Text] on the parts not contracted for; and the said board [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] all such ordinances, and do all such other acts not [Illegible Text] to the constitution or laws of this state or of the United States, as may be necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes herein mentioned, and of all other matters of police within the corporate limits, as they shall deem conducive to the health, safety, peace and well being of the inhabitants thereof: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall in any wise affect the powers and duties of the Elbert county academy, as regulated by law. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said board may punish all offences by white persons and by free persons of color against their ordinances, by fine not exceeding five dollars, except on itinerant [Illegible Text], and [Illegible Text] them not exceeding fifty dollars: no corporal punishment shall be inflicted on any white person, nor shall punishment be inflicted on persons of color exceeding ten stripes: to enforce the payment of fines, taxes, and all other [Illegible Text] accruing otherwise than by contract, the board may issue their execution against either the person [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of the delinquent, which shall have the force and effect of a justices' judgment and execution: if property [Illegible Text] on by the marshall shall be claimed by any other person than the [Illegible Text], and such claimant, or his, her or their agent shall make affidavit in writing before any one of the commissioners that such property belongs to him, her or them, the levy shall stand dismissed; and any person swearing falsely therein, shall be punished as in other cases of perjury. The marshall or other [Illegible Text] officer or officers of the said board, and their deputies shall, in the execution of their office, have the power, and be [Illegible Text] to the fees of a constable. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, 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 expences and improvement of the said town, in such manner as the said board may deem most advantageous; and the said board shall publish annually, at

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the end of each year, an account of such corporate funds; exhibiting the amount received in that year, and the several objects and amount of expenditure including the balance either way from the year preceding. And if any preceding commissioner shall retain in his hands any monies or any papers which he may have received while in office, he may, on refusal, be compelled to pay over or deliver the same, or account therefor, as provided in the second section of this act, in cases where officers of the board are in like [Illegible Text] SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this act shall go into operation on the first Monday in January next; and all acts militating against this act shall thenceforward stand repealed, except as to any rights, duties and liberties that may have accrued under them. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. AN ACT To [Illegible Text] and amend an act entitled an act to make [Illegible Text] the site of the public buildings in the county of [Illegible Text] at Forsyth, and to incorporate the same, passed on the tenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the commissioners of the said town of Forsyth, appointed by the authority of the above recited act, and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]

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in office shall have full power and authority to appoint such officers from time to time as they may [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] for the purpose of [Illegible Text] and [Illegible Text] all such lines, forfeitures, [Illegible Text] and [Illegible Text] which may [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] by the said commissioners, and for the purpose of discharging such other duties as may be [Illegible Text] SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of said town shall have power and authority to make any bye laws and regulations they may deem necessary, requiring the citizens of said [Illegible Text] to return on [Illegible Text] to the officer appointed as aforesaid, the amount of taxable property both real and personal, together with the amount of stock in trade by him or them possessed in said town, and in case of refusal to cause the tax to be [Illegible Text] and collected in such manner as they may prescribe. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners shall not be authorised to lay a poll tax of more than one dollar on each free [Illegible Text] person, within the incorporate limits of said town, and they shall not be authorised to tax any species of property except real estate, goods, wares and merchandise and slaves; [Illegible Text] tax on real estate and merchandise not to exceed twenty cents upon every hundred dollars valuation, and the tax on slaves not to exceed twenty-five cents on each slave. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners and their successors in office 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 upon all gaming tables and games of hazard as may be established, opened or played in said town for the purpose of gain, and to collect and receive the same in such manner as they may prescribe by the bye-laws and regulations of said corporation: Provided, The tax hereby intended to be imposed upon shows, exhibitions and showmen shall not exceed [the [Illegible Text] of] five dollars for each day's exhibition or performance, and the tax intended to be imposed by this act upon gaming tables and games of hazard shall not exceed the [Illegible Text] of ten dollars for each day that the same shall be opened, established or played in said town: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to [Illegible Text] the keeping of any such table or tables, or [Illegible Text] any such game not authorised by the laws of this state within the corporation limits of said town.

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SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That in case any person or persons who may be liable to pay any tax to be imposed by any bye-laws and regulations of said incorporation in pursuance of the authority of this act, and shall refuse to pay the same, then and in that case, the commissioners of said town, or a majority of them, shall and they are hereby fully authorised to issue their warrant directed to any officer to be by them appointed requiring him to levy and sell of the goods and chattels of the person or persons so refusing, to make the amount of tax so imposed, and said officer shall receive such fees as a compensation, as are by law allowed 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. 6. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of said town and their successors in office, shall have power and authority to pass and ordain any bye laws and regulations necessary to cause to be established and enforced a civil patrol either by day or by night within the limits of said town, and in case of neglect or refusal in any citizen or inhabitant 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 citizens or inhabitants, 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 refusal or neglect. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners and their successors in office shall have power and authority to pass all bye-laws and regulations necessary to compel the citizens of the said town, and all other persen or persons resident therein, and liable by the laws of this state to work on the public roads of the same, to labor on the public springs, streets and square of said town, in such manner and at such times as may [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] by the said commissioners or a majority of them for the improvement, repair and preservation thereof, and in case of refusal or neglect of any citizen or [Illegible Text] or [Illegible Text] person or persons so liable as aforesaid, the said commissioners or a majority of them may [Illegible Text] to impose a fine upon

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such citizen or citizens or other person or persons, (or in case of slaves upon the owner or owners of such slave [Illegible Text] slaves,) and to collect such fine or fines in the manner above prescribed in this act: Provided, any such fine or fines to be imposed in virtue of this section shall not exceed two dollars for each case of neglect or refusal. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners do, and they are hereby authorised to appropriate all taxes, fines and forfeitures imposed, assessed and collected in virtue of any bye-laws or regulations adopted in pursuance of the authority given said commissioners by this act to the repair and improvement of the public springs 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 thereof. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of said town. or a majority of them, shall have power to appoint a marshal for the purpose of carrying into execution any bye laws and regulations ordained and established by them who shall receive as a compensation for said services not exceeding the fees allowed to justices of the peace and constables in similar cases. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall have power to remove or cause to be removed any building, post or step, or any other obstructions and nuissances in the public streets or square of said town. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said commissioners to impose a tax on all persons retailing spirituous liquors in the public square or streets of said town: Provided always, That such tax shall not exceed three dollars for each year such person or persons shall retail spirituous liquors as aforesaid in less quantity than one gallon. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of said town shall have full power and authority to pass such bye-laws and regulations from time to time, as they may deem necessary [Illegible Text] the preservation of the health of the citizens of said town, the security of the public buildings from fire and other accidents, and for [Illegible Text] and repairing fences and [Illegible Text] in said town. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the said town shall comprehend within its limits all persons residing

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within the boundaries of the square or lot of land upon which the public buildings of the county are situated, and that no person shall be elected a commissioner or an officer of said town who shall not reside within those limits. SEC. 14. 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. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. AN ACT To authorise certain commissioners therein named to establish a lottery for the purpose of raising the sum of twenty thousand dollars to be appropriated to the building of a Masonic Hall in the city of Augusta. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners hereinafter named to establish a lottery within one year after the passing of this act to raise the sum of twenty thousand dollars, under such scheme and regulations as they or a majority of them may deem necessary and proper for the purpose of building a masonic hall within the city of Augusta. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Samuel Hale Augustin Slaughter, Thomas I. Wray, William W. [Illegible Text]

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B. D. Thompson, John W. Wilde and Robert R. Reid be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to carry the aforesaid lottery into full effect. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 15, 1824. AN ACT To amend an act entitled an act to amend the several acts establishing a mayor's court in the city of Augusta, and also the several laws incorporating said city. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That in the event of a vacancy happening in the mayoralty of the city of Augusta, by death, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled by election, in the same manner as that office is directed to be filled under the provisions of the act of which this is an amendment: which elections shall be held by order of any three or more members of the city council, published for ten days in the public [Illegible Text] of said city. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824.

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AN ACT To repeal an act entitled an act to alter and change the site of the public buildings of the county of Dooly, passed the tenth day of December eighteen hundred and twenty-three, and to appoint commissioners of the public buildings of said county, and to appoint other commissioners to fix on a site for the public buildings of said county, in the room of those heretofore appointed. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, that the above recited act be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That James Powell, Etheldred Farcloth, Moses Ramsey, John Harvard and William Slaid, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners in lieu of those heretofore appointed by the above recited actbe and they are hereby appointed commissioners of the public buildings of the said county, and to [Illegible Text] on the site of the public buildings of said county, or a majority of them. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners or a majority of them, are hereby required to fix on the said site as near the centre of said county as convenience will admit of, paying due regard to that part of the county which is most inhabited or likely to be so; and that the said commissioners or a majority of them shall have full power and authority to purchase not exceeding two hundred two and an half acres of land, for the purpose of erecting a court-house and jail on, and other public buildings of said county, and to lay off not less than ten nor more than twenty acres of land, in lots of such size and manner as they or a majority of them shall deem most advantageous, and to sell and dispose of the same to the highest bidder, giving at least thirty days notice of, at two of the most public places in said county; and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied by said commissioners towards the payment of the said two hundred two and an half acres of land, and the remainder

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of such sale if any, is to be applied towards the building of said court-house and jail of said county, and shall be paid by the said commissioners into the hands of the justices of the Inferior court of said county, or a majority of them, [who] are appointed commissioners for the purpose of letting out to the lowest bidder, the buildingof the court-house and jail of said county, by public [Illegible Text], after giving thirty days public notice by advertisement in two or more of the most public places in said county, which said letting [Illegible Text] shall be to the lowest bidder. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the courts and elections shall be held at the house of John Goldsmith, in said county, until suitable buildings shall be [Illegible Text] and completed at the place contemplated. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this law, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. To incorporate the Savannah St. Andrews' Society. 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 Young, John [Illegible Text], Robert Scott, John Bal four, William Rose, John H. Reid, Robert [Illegible Text], William Taylor, William Robertson, Robert Isaac, James Woodrow, John McNeil, James McHenry, Arthur S. Miller, Norman Wallace, Donald McLeod, A. Alexander,

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William Smith, James Hills, James Wallace. Henry McAlpin and Alexander Telfair, with all such other persons as are now or may hereafter become members of said society, be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, by the name and style of The Savannah St. Andrew's Society, with the privilege of using a common seal. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said society by the name and style aforesaid, shall be and they are hereby made able and capable in law, to hold, purchase, receive, and enjoy lands and tenements, goods and chattels, and effects of what kind or nature soever, and the same to grant, alien and dispose of, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded in courts of record, and also to ordain and put in execution such byelaws and regulations as shall seem necessary and convenient for the government of the said corporation: Provided, such bye laws and regulations are not contrary to the laws or to the constitution of this state or of the United States. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. For the further sale of lots in the town of Macon. 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 commissioners appointed to lay out the town of Macon

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are hereby authorised and required, within three months from the passage of this act, to sell not exceeding twenty half acre lots adjoining those already sold in said town of Macon: Provided always, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorise the sale of any water lot or lots within one hundred yards of the margin of the river. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said sales shall be advertised and conducted and the moneys and bonds thereon accruing shall be accounted for as directed in the act for laying out the town of Macon, passed the twenty-third day of December eighteen hundred and twenty-two. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives, ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 18, 1824. To incorporate a Fire Engine Company in the city of Darien. AN ACT Whereas it is deemed important that in all cities ample and efficient means be taken to guard against destruction by fire, and there being no better security than a well organized fire engine company. 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 engine company established in the city of Darien, be and it is hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and style of the Darien Fire Engine Company.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members composing said company and their successors shall have power to make, alter, amend and change such bye-laws as may be agreed on by the members of the same: Provided, such laws be not repngnant to the laws and constitution of this state or of the United States. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That they shall have full power and authority under the name aforementioned, to sue for and recover all such sum or sums of money as may become due the said association at any court of law or at any tribunal having jurisdiction thereof, and the rights and privileges of said association in any court, at any tribunal whatever to defend. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in consideration of the services and usefulness of said association the officers and members of the Darien fire engine company, be and they are hereby exempt from the ordinary militia duty of the county. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That whenever it shall appear to the mayor of the city of Darien that the said association for three regular meetings have failed to [Illegible Text] ten persons, (excepting in the months of July, August and September.) which shall be ascertained by a return being made to the said mayor regularly after every meeting, then this association may cease, and be declared void by an ordinance passed in council by the mayor and [Illegible Text]. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the number of individuals in the above named incorporated company shall not exceed twenty, inclusive of officers. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1824.

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To give to master carpenters and [Illegible Text] a lien on buildings erected by them in the town of Macon. 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 master carpenters and master [Illegible Text], who after the passage of this act may erect buildings in the town of Macon, shall have full power and authority to retain the keys and possession of such buildings, and shall have a lien thereon for the amount that may be owing to them therefor: Provided there be no existing agreement between the parties securing the amount to be paid for the creation thereof. JOHN ABERCROMBIE. Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL. President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 17, 1824. To amend the several acts incorporating the town of St. Mary's. 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 first section of an act entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the town of St, Mary's, passed the tenth day of December eighteen hundred and seven, be so far amended

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as to require the magistrates presiding at elections for members of council in said town, to administer the following oath to persons whose votes may be challenged, before such persons be allowed to vote: I A. B. do swear or affirm, I am twenty-one years of age, have paid all lawful taxes, both state and corporation taxes, which have been required of me, have usually resided for the last six months in the town of St. Mary's, and am a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant of this state. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the third section of an act entitled an act to alter and amend an act incorporating the town of St. Mary's, passed the twentieth day of December eighteen hundred and twenty-three be so far amended as to entitle a party at the second term of the intendant and council court to demand a trial by jury on complying with the terms mentioned in said section; and that the fourth section thereof be repealed, so far as authorises the said intendant and council court to give judgment at the first term of said court; and that the ninth section of said act be also repealed. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That any party against whom a judgment may be rendered in said intendant and council court may enter good and sufficient security either in open court or in the clerks office within the time of four days after the adjournment of said court, for the payment of the judgment and costs within four months, which shall stay execution for that time: and if such party shall not then pay agreeably thereto the judgment, interest and costs, execution may issue against such party and his securities instanter. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate, G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 18, 1824.

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To establish an engine company in the city of Savannah. AN ACT Whereas, the safety and preservation of the city of Savannah essentially depend, in cases of fire, upon the skillful and correct management of engines: For the attainment of which, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 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 corporation of the city of Savannah shall have power and authority, and they are hereby empowered and authorised to nominate, select and appoint certain individuals, being free white persons, and not exceeding twenty-one in number, and who, when so appointed, shall be known as the Engine Company of Savannah. SEC. 2 And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the said company in cases of fire, to take charge of and manage the engines in the city of Savannah, and the said company shall be subject to such rules and regulations for their government and conduct as shall be prescribed by the said corporation of the city of Savannah. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the said twenty-one persons when so selected by the said corporation shall not be liable during their continuance as members of the said engine company to the performance of ordinary militia duty, or to jury duty. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 2, 1824.

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To incorporate the town of Perry in the [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text], and to appoint commissioners for 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 James H. [Illegible Text], James M. Walker, Wilson [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and Alexander J. Robinson, he and they [Illegible Text] majority of them be and they are hereby [Illegible Text] commissioners of the town of Perry in the county of [Illegible Text] and they or a majority of them or their successors of office, shall have full power and authority to pass all bye-laws which may be necessary for the government of [Illegible Text] same, and inflict or impose such fines, [Illegible Text] and forfeitures, and do such other incorporate acts as in their judgment shall be [Illegible Text] to the good order and government of the said town, and for the prevention of vice and immorality: Provided such bye-laws and regulations be [Illegible Text] repugnant to the constitution and the laws of this state: Provided also, that the punishment of slaves shall not extend to the taking of life, limb or member. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said corporation shall extend one half mile from the centre of said corporation, which centre shall be the centre of the public square in said town. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be an election for commissioners on the first Saturday in January eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and on the first Saturday in January in every subsequent year thereafter; and said commissioners shall be elected by persons who reside within the limits of said corporation, who are entitled to vote for members of the legislature. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any one or more justices of the Inferior court or justices of the peace, together with two freeholders of said county, shall be authorised to superintend said elections, and in case there should be no election on the any pointed out by this act, an election may be holden on any

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws heretofore passed contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824. More particularly to define the qualifications of voters for Aldermen of the city of Savannah. 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, it shall not be lawful for any person to vote for aldermen of the city of Savannah who has not been a resident within the corporate limits of said city for the last three months preceding the time of holding the election for said officers, who has not made all returns to the treasurer of the corporation of the city of Savannah, required by the ordinances of said corporation and paid all taxes required on the same, and who is not a citizen of the United States and an inhabitant of this state, and who has not attained the age of twenty-one years. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the magistrates presiding at said election are hereby authorised and required to administer the following oath to persons whose vote may be challenged, before such persons be allowed to vote: I, A. B. do swear, or affirm (as the case may be) that I am twenty-one years of

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age, that I have resided within the corporate limits of the city of Savannah for the last three months, that I have made all returns to the treasurer of the corporation of the city of Savannah required by the ordinances of said corporation and paid all taxes required on the same, that I am a citizen of the United States and an inhabitant of this state. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and they are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. AN ACT Explanatory of an act for laying out a town on the Ocmulgee river and for other purposes, passed the twenty-third day of December eighteen hundred and twenty-two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all purchasers of lots in the town of Macon, be allowed at any time to pay into the treasury the full amount then due on such purchases; and that it shall be the duty of the treasurer to deduct the interest on each instalment respectively thus paid, from the time at which such payment shall be made, until it would have become due by the terms

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of his purchase, and such purchaser shall thereupon be entitled to a grant thereof, in the same manner as other purchasers are entitled thereto by virtue of the act aforesaid. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1824. AN ACT To alter and amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Clinton in the county of Jones, and for the appointment of commissioners for the better regulation and government of said town, passed the fourth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That in the event an election for commissioners for the said town of Clinton shall not be regularly held on the day specified in the above recited act in each and every year, that it shall and may be lawful for any justice of the peace, or justice of the inferior court to advertise an election for a [Illegible Text] of commissioners for said town, giving at least ten days notice of such election a the court house door in said town when such election shall be held, and the said election shall be conducted in the same manner as is prescribed in the before recited act for the election of commissioners for the said town.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 15, 1824. AN ACT To make permanent the site of the public buildings in the county of Decatur, and to name the same, and to [Illegible Text] one or more additional sites in said county for holding elections and to punish those who may attempt to defeat the provisions of this act, and to allow the clerk of the superior court to keep his office at his own house. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 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 present site of the public buildings in the county of Decatur, be and the same is hereby made permanent, and shall be called and known by the name of Bainbridge. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the several elections for members of congress, and of senate and house of representatives in the state legislature, and for all county and state officers so far as respects the county of Decatur, may and shall be hereafter held at the house of William [Illegible Text] in the eighteenth district, formerly Early now Decatur county, and at the court-house of said county. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That one justice of the peace, or one justice of the inferior court and two freeholders may superintend

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elections 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 return thereof, according to law and the best of my abilities. So help me God. SEC. 4. And be it further enactedby the authority aforesaid, That the superintendants of said election district shall and they are hereby required on the day of the said election to count out the ballots by them taken in, and make a fair statement of the polls: and one or more of the superintendants from the said election district shall meet one or more of the superintendants at the court house of said county, on the next day after the election, and there compare and add the two returns or votes together and certify to his [Illegible Text] the governor the person or persons so elected agreeably to the laws of this state now in force. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person should vote or attempt to vote at more than one of the election districts at the same election or if any magistrate or superintendant presiding at such election shall violate the trust confided to him by this act, such person [Illegible Text] magistrate, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor and shall on conviction thereof before the superior court of the said county be fined in the sum of fifty dollars and be imprisoned at the discretion of the court for a term not exceeding ten days. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any doubts shall be suggested, as to the propriety of any vote offered, it shall be the duty of the superintendants 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. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the place of sheriff or his deputy may be supplied at such election by any lawful constable, and that the said elections in all other respects than herein recited, be conducted in the same manner and at the same time as is prescribed by the laws now in force in this state regulating general and county elections in this state.

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SEC. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws that [Illegible Text] against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 2, 1821. AN ACT To alter and amend an act entitled an act to remove the court-house or the site of the public buildings in the county of Wayne passed the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-three. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 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 elections for members of the legislature, members to represent this state in the congress of the United States, justices of the inferior court, clerks, sheriffs, receivers of tax [Illegible Text] tax collectors and coroners shall be held at the house of Wiley Robertson in the county of Wayne until suitable buildings are erected at the county site: and the sessions of the courts of ordinary and inferior courts shall be [Illegible Text] at the same place, also regimental and battalion [Illegible Text]. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That William H. Kean and Jesse Lewis be and are hereby appointed commissioners for said county in the place of James D. Prevatt and Jeremiah Johns removed. IRBY HUDSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro. tem. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1824.

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Resolutions WHICH ORIGINATED IN SENATE. IN SENATE, Nov. 2, 1824. Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly will convene in the Representative Chamber, on Thursday the fourth of November instant, at eleven o'clock A. M. for the purpose of electing nine Electors of President and Vice President of the United States. Also a Senator to represent this state in the Congress of the United States for the term of six years from and after the fourth day of March next: and Also, a Senator to represent this state in the Congress of the United States in the room of the Hon. Nicholas Ware, deceased. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Approved, Nov. 4, 1824. IN SENATE, Nov. 13, 1824. Resolved, That his excellency the Governor be requested, as early as is convenient, to open a correspondence with the general government, and the government of Florida, if necessary, on the subject of establishing permanently, the line dividing this state from Florida, and to take all measures necessary to accomplish this object. Approved, Nov. 20, 1824.

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IN SENATE, Nov. 15, 1824. The joint committee on internal improvement, to whom was referred the correspondence of the Governor with the President of the United States, in which he requests that Georgia may participate with other states in the advantages of the act of the 30th April last, authorising the President to procure the necessary surveys, plans and estimates for roads and canals, Report: That they have had the same under consideration, and although they believe that little or no benefit will accrue to this state from the appropriation made for the purpose of carrying the said act into effect, yet as a further appropriation may be made at the next session of Congress for the same purpose, they would recommend that the Governor continue to press the claims of this state, should a further appropriation be made. Approved, Nov. 27, 1824. IN SENATE, Nov. 17, 1824. Resolved, That his excellency the Governor be requested, after the first day of June next, to send some competent mathematician to examine the first district of Dooly, and report whether the same has been surveyed according to law, and if it is found not to be surveyed, his excellency is hereby requested to have it surveyed, giving to Murdock McCloud, the district surveyor, ninety days notice of such examination. Approved, Dec. 7, 1824. IN SENATE, Nov. 19, 1824. The committee to whom was referred the communication of his excellency the Governor, and the accompanying

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resolution of the legislature of the state of Ohio, on the subject of the abolition of slavery, having had the same under consideration, ask leave to Report: That the constitutional guaranty made to the states holding slaves is not less sacred than the obligation imposed upon the constitution and laws for the protection of the rights of private property. Such states owe it to themselves to preserve unimpaired those rights, since the causes which extracted the constitutional concession on this subject, continue to exist in all their force. Your committee are therefore constrained to view the resolution of the legislature of the state of Ohio as calculated to infringe the rights of the state of Georgia, in common with other states similarly situated in this particular, and as indelicate in those from whom it [Illegible Text]. If the evil of slavery be considered a national one, your committee take leave to refer the legislature of Ohio to the situation of the country as it was originally settled in the south by our ancestors; and to those circumstances by the force of which slavery in America commenced its existence. While your committee contemplate with no ordinary emotions the ameliorated condition of the slave in the southern country, they view with regret this unnecessary interference on the part of a sister state, so well calculated to excite the anticipations and hopes of the slave, and impel him to those acts, which, instead of bettering his condition, must augment his misfortunes. Your committee therefore consider the resolution as violative of the true dictates of humanityand this idea is supported by a contrast of the slave population of the south with the wretched and miserable condition of the free people of color who crowd the houses of punishment and correction in some of our sister states. If in the south they do not revel in liberty, they are at least supplied with the necessary wants of life. Georgia claims the right with her southern sisters, whose situation in this regard is similar, of moving this question when an enlarged system of benevolent and philaothropic exertions in consistency with her rights and interest shall render it practicable. Your committee take leave therefore to recommend the following resolution:

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Resolved, That the resolutions of the state of Ohio, proposing the emancipation of slaves, passed on the seventeenth day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, [Illegible Text] and the same is hereby disapproved by the legislature of this state; and that his excellency the Governor be hereby requested to transmit a copy of this resolution to the executive of each of the United States. Approved, Dec. 7, 1824. IN SENATE, Nov. 19, 1824. The committee to whom was referred a resolution of the state of Mississippi expressive of the sense of the legislature of that state on that part of the late message of the President of the United States to Congress, which announces the policy intended to be pursued by the United States in reference to certain views imputed to the principal powers of Europe, have had the same under their deliberation. Although the course of national policy indicated in the communication referred to must be considered as that which is alone consistent with the attitude which the nation ought to assume and maintain in the actual condition of the world, and nothing but what ought if possible to increase and confirm the just confidence hitherto reposed in the venerable and illustrious statesman who now administers the government. Yet as the people of this nation have appointed another medium for the expression of their sentiments on questions of international policy, your committee deem it most correct and advisable for this legislature to abstain from interposing officially in this and all other matters not regularly within the scope of their powers. Your committee therefore respectfully recommend the adoption of the following resolution. Resolved as the opinion of the legislature of the State of Georgia, That as well to preserve a due distinctness in the operations of the general from the state governments, as from an undiminished confidence in the present

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chief magistrate of the union, they deem it inexpedient to act on the resolution transmitted from the state of Mississippi. Resolved further, That his excellency the governor be requested to transmit to the governor of the state of Mississippi, a copy of the foregoing resolution. Approved, Dec. 7, 1824. IN SENATE, Nov. 20, 1824. The joint committee on agriculture, and internal improvement to whom was referred the documents relative to the improvement of the navigation of Briar Creek, Report That they have had the same under consideration, and find that the sum of eight thousand dollars has been drawn from the treasury of the state by the treasurer of the board of commissioners for improvement of the navigation of said creek, and that the said commissioners have made a contract with major E. Byne of Burke county, for making navigable that part of said creek between Ray's bridge in Burke county and Jones' mill in the county of [Illegible Text], for the sum of five thousand five hundred dollars, five thousand dollars of which sum was paid in advance, the balance was to be paid when the work was completed. It further appears that there yet remains in the hands of the treasurer of said board the sum of two thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars, twelve and a half cents, five hundred dollars of which sum ought to be paid to the said contractor whenever it shall be ascertained that the contract has been complied with It further appears that the said contractor did in October eighteen hundred and twenty-two, notify the then commissioners that he had completed the work according to contract, that in consequence of high water the said commissioners deferred the examination, after which time four of the said commissioners resigned without examining said work, and that there never has been a full board since. Your committee therefore ask leave to introduce the following resolution.

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Resolved, That his excellency the governor be requested to take such measures as he may deem most expedient for carrying into execution the resolution of the last legislature relative to the navigation of Briar Creek. And be it further resolved, That the commissioners for the improvement of the navigation of said creek in Scriven county be requested to examine that part of the creek between Ray's bridge in Burke county and Jones' mill in Scriven county, and report to his excellency the governor whether the said major E. [Illegible Text] has complied with his contract or not, and if he has, that his excellency the governor be requested to direct the treasurer of the former commissioners of Burke county to pay to the said major E. Byne the sum of five hundred dollars. Approved, Dec. 7, 1824. IN SENATE, Nov. 20, 1824. The joint committee on agriculture and internal improvement to whom was referred the report of the commissioners for the improvement of the navigation of Tugalo river beg leave to Report That they have had the same under consideration and that it appears that the said commissioners are using every effort in their power to complete the same agreeable to the provisions of an act passed the nineteenth of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. They therefore recommend the following resolution. Resolved, That the commissioners of Tugalo river be and they are hereby directed to exercise their best judgment in completing the navigation of said river and that they [Illegible Text] a complete statement of their proceedings therein to his excellency the governor, and that his excellency be requested to transmit a copy of this resolution to said board of commissioners. Approved Dec. 7, 1824.

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IN SENATE, Dec. 11, [Illegible Text]. The joint committee on Agriculture and Internal Improvement, to whom was referred the resolution from [Illegible Text] recommending the consideration of cutting a canal [Illegible Text] the Alatamaha river to Brunswick, beg leave to Report That they have had the same under consideration and are of opinion that the plan is practicable, and when carried into effect might be of benefit to the state; they do not think it advisable however to recommend the adoption of any measures relative thereto; as soon however as a board of public works be established, they would recommend that the subject be laid before them for their consideration at an early period. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824. IN SENATE, Nov. 25, 1824. The committee to whom was referred that part of the Governor's communication relative to the correspondence on the subject of citizens claims against the Indians, [Illegible Text] had the same under consideration, and after examining the various documents on the subject, (that is, the treaty at the Indian Springs, and the memorial and [Illegible Text] of the last legislature on that subject,) are of the opinion that the memorial and remonstrance of the last legislature has embraced a full view of the subject, and there does not appear any new matter to present itself to this committee on that subject, that would go to alter the opinion of the President, except the fact that the President appears to think, or admit as a fact, that there was at times, open declarations of war existing between the state of Georgia and the Creck Indians, and that the treaties between the United States and those Indians, was a final settlement of all matters then existing; this committee are of the opinion, that there never was any thing like a formal declaration of war existing

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between them, but to the contrary, when the citizens of Georgia believed themselves in the [most] safety, they sustained the greatest loss; and that at those treaties mentioned by the President, it was so uncertain whether the Indians would meet or not, that if the citizens had have intended to assert their rights at that time, they could not have done so, for the meetings were uncertain and temporary: Therefore, this committee are of the opinion that the President, if he was advised of these facts, he could not lay the construction on the treaty at the Indian Springs, which he has thought a correct one; for that was the first opportunity which the citizens had to adjust with the Indians their claims, and that it was done by and with the consent of the whole tribe, therefore ought to govern: as such the committee beg leave to offer the following resolution: Resolved, That his excellency Governor Troup has complied with the intention of the memorial and remonstrance of the last legislature. Be it further resolved, That his [Illegible Text] be requested to ascertain in such manner as he may deem expedient, all the evidence on the view of the matter taken by this committee, as to the ground of there being no declaration of war existing between the parties, and that the treaty was between the United States and Indians, and not the state of Georgia, and that he continue the correspondence as he may think proper on that subject, for the interest of the citizens of Georgia. Approved, Dec. 7, 1824. IN SENATE, Nov. 26, 1824. The committee to whom was referred the letters of the attorney and comptroller generals, relative to the execution against William W. Oliver the former tax collector of Scriven county, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to Report

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That inasmuch as the state is [Illegible Text] as [Illegible Text] James Bryant the former sheriff of that county, and his securities, on account of their insolvency, and the [Illegible Text] between the said sheriff and tax collector in [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of full satisfaction upon said execution, and [Illegible Text] the same up to the defendant, when in truth nothing was received thereon, being [Illegible Text] to this committee, they respectfully submit the following resolution: Resolved, That the comptroller-general is hereby authorised and required to issue a new execution immediately against said dafaulting tax [Illegible Text] for the amount due by him to the state, and forward the same [Illegible Text] to the attorney-general of the state. Approved, Dec. 7, 1824. IN SENATE, Nov. 30, 1824. The committee on the state of the Republic, to whom was referred the memorial of the Steam [Illegible Text] Company, Report That it [is] desirable to the state to [Illegible Text] its [Illegible Text] with the said company, and to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] funds from a situation in which they are exposed to the hazards of mercantile adventurethat instead of [Illegible Text] the agreement of eighteen hundred and twenty, as prayed for in the said memorial, it is desirable to the state to [Illegible Text] the original agreement for the purchase of stock, and in doing this the state would be willing to give the said company credit for the sum of thirty-two thousand dollars received on account. Wherefore resolved, That his excellency the Governor, be and he is hereby authorised and requested, on the payment into the treasury within six months from this date of the sum of sixty-eight thousand dollars, to surrender to the said company its certificates of stock, its bond and mortgage, the agreement of eighteen hundred and twenty, and to grant to said company an acquittance from all demands: Provided, the said company at the time it pays the money

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aforesaid, shall surrender to the state all rights it may now enjoy of exclusive [Illegible Text] by steam of the waters of this state which the said company have derived under [Illegible Text] acts of this state. Approved, Dec. 7, 1824. IN SENATE, Dec. 2, 1824. The joint committee on Agriculture and Internal Improvement, to whom was referred the report of the commissioners appointed to superintend the improvement of the navigation of Savannah river from the town of Petersbarg to the village of Andersonville, Report That they have had the same, under consideration, and [Illegible Text] that they have completed the navigation of that section of said river, with the exception of a small distance, so that a boat can pass with eighty bales of cotton, and that there yet remains in the hands of the treasurer of said board the sum of fifty-five dollars sixty-eight and three-fourth cents, which they deem sufficient to complete that section of said river as above stated. Your committee therefore recommend the following resolution: Resolved, That said board of commissioners be and they are hereby directed to exercise their best judgment in completing the navigation of that section of said river, so far as the funds in their hands shall extend. Approved, Dec. 7, 1824. IN SENATE, Dec. 4, 1824. Resolved, That the senate and house of representatives will convene in the representative chamber on Monday [Illegible Text] at 11 o'clock for the purpose of proceeding to the

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election of a brigadier-general of the first [Illegible Text] of the fifth division of Georgia [Illegible Text] to all the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] by the resignation of [Illegible Text]. R. C. [Illegible Text]. Approved, Dec. 6, 1824. IN SENATE, Dec. 7, 1824. Whereas at the last session of the legislature, the following resolution was passed to wit: R esolved, That his excellency the governor be and he is hereby authorised and required to suspend the proceedings on a mortgage fi. fa. against fractions No. 285, and 292 in the fourteenth district of formerly Baldwin now Putnam county for the term of twelve months. And be it further resolved, That the solicitor-general of the Ocmulgee circuit do take all legal means to obtain a judgment as soon as possible on a bond given by John A. Cuthbert and his securities, Isaiah Favoar and Luke J. Morgan which suit has been ordered by the late governor, and pay into the treasury the sum so [Illegible Text] in discharge of the aforesaid mortgage fi. fa. And whereas the solicitor-general of the [Illegible Text] circuit has not had time to collect any money on said bord. Be it therefore resolved, That his excellency the governor be and he is hereby authorised and requested to suspended the proceedings on a mortgage fi. fa. against fractions No. 285 and 292 in the fourteenth district of formerly Baldwin now Putnam county until the first day of October next: Provided, That nothing in this resolution shall `go to release said fractions from being subject to said mortgage fi. fa. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824. IN SENATE, Dec. 9, 1824. The committee on public education and free schools to whom was referred a resolution from senate directing an inquiry into the property of amending or explaining the

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several laws now in force in relation to the Senatus Academicus, and the accountability of county academies to the same and an uniform method of their reports have had the same under consideration and take leave to offer the following remarks. The charter of the University invests the general superintendance of the literature of the state in the Senatus Academicus, which body under the law now in force on that subject, is constituted of the governor of the state for the time being, [the president of the senate,] the speaker of the house of representatives, the senators from each county, except the one from which the speaker of the house may be and the trustees of the University of the state. The duty of this body when convened is to consult and advise, not only upon the affairs of the University, but also to remedy the defects and advance the interests of literature, thronghout the state in general, and in order that correct information may be had, it is made the duty of the members to obtain information and acquaintance with the state and regulation of seminaries of learning in their respective counties, that they may be thus possessed of matter, whereon to deliberate and act. In the fourteenth section of the charter it is declared that all public schools, instituted or to be supported by funds or public monies in this state, shall be considered as parts or members of the University, and shall be under the foregoing regulations. In the thirteenth section of said charter it is made the duty of the president or some of the college faculty to visit at least once in each year. the several county academies and examine into their order and performances. In our widely extended country and increasing number of seminaries this regulation appears to be impracticable, and has grown out of use, and as information in this way cannot be had, the committee recommend the following resolution. R esolved, That hereafter it shall be the duty of the trustees of all academies in this state which derive a part or the whole of their support from the state funds, to make an annual report to the senators of the county in which such academy may be, of the following form, 1. The number and salaries of instructors. 2. The number of scholars.

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3. The annual income. 4. Branches of learning taught in each, together with any material change which may have taken place since the last report. R esolved further, That if any academy shall fail to make such report in time for it to be laid before the [Illegible Text] Academicus, such academy shall be debarred from any further aid from the funds, which now or may be hereafter, set apart for that purpose until such report shall be made as herein contemplated. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824. IN SENATE, Dec. 9. [Illegible Text]. The joint committee on finance to whom was referred the petition of John Pugsley and the accompanying documents, have given the subject that attention which the subject seems to require, and report: That after examining the tax books of Jefferson county for the years eighteen hundred and thirteen, [Illegible Text] hundred and fourteen and eighteen hundred and eighteen, they find-that said John Pugsley gave in his taxable property in that county, and on examining the tax book of Burke county for the same years find that the said John Pugsley was returned as a defaulter for the year eighteen hundred and thirteen, twenty-four dollars, for the year eighteen hundred and fourteen twelve dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and eighteen eleven dollars twelve and a half cents. The tax-collector's receipt for Burke county for eighteen hundred and thirteen and eighteen hundred and fourteen is thirty-six dollars, and for eighteen hundred and eighteen twenty three dollars and sixty-eight and three fourth cents, and in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen there is another receipt from Barke county for ten dollars and thirty cents. Your committee therefore believe the petition to be reasonable and just and ought to be granted. They therefore recommend the following resolution.

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Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That the sum of sixty-nine dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for, and to be paid to John Pugsley to repay to him the sum wrongfully paid by him as taxes for the years eighteen hundred and thirteen, eighteen hundred and fourteen and eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that the same be provided for in the appropriation law to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved Dec. 18, 1824. IN SENATE, Nov. 11, 1824. Whereas John Keener of Bibb county became surety for Lawson J Keener for the rent of the ferry across the Ocmulgee river at the town of Macon for the year eighteen hundred and twenty two, for which rent a judgment for upwards of two thousand one hundred dollars with interest and cost has been recovered against the said John Keener. Resolved, That all further proceedings be stayed on said judgment for one year from the first day of January next: Provided, That the said John Keener do pay the interest and cost due on said judgment and give good and sufficient security, to be approved of by the solicitor-general of the Flint circuit within twenty days for the payment of the principal and interest that may be due on the said judgment. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824. IN SENATE, Dec. 11, 1824. The committee on Agriculture and [Illegible Text] Improvement, to whom was referred the resolution directing them

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to enquire into the expediency of cutting a canal from the [Illegible Text] to [Illegible Text] river, Report That they have performed the duty assigned them, and are of opinion that it would at this time [Illegible Text] inexpedient to adopt any specific course in relation to such [Illegible Text] canal. inasmuch as no general system of internal improvement has been adopted. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824. IN SENATE, Dec. 11, 1824. Resolved, That the frequency of visits to the [Illegible Text] being productive of insecurity, enormous waste of time, and distracting the attention both of keepers and [Illegible Text], it is of vital importance to the prosperity of that institution that it should be restricted as far as possible, and the board of inspectors are hereby authorised to adopt such measures as in their discretion they may deem proper for the purpose of remedying that [Illegible Text]. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824. IN SENATE, Dec. 13, 1824. Resolved, That the Secretary of Senate be and he is hereby authorised to employ one additional engrossing clerk in his office. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824. IN SENATE, Dec. 16, 1824. Resolved, That the Governor be requested, during the ensuing summer to cause to be made such alterations and

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improvements in the seats of the President and Secretary of the Senate as may make them correspond with the general character of the hall and the furniture thereof; and to arrange the seats of the Senate in such manner as to make them more [Illegible Text]. Approved, Dec. 20, 1824. IN SENATE, Dec. 16, 1824. The select committee to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Mitchell, surveyor-general, have had the same under consideration, and for evidence of the facts stated in the said memorial, they have had recourse to the report of the committee appointed at the last session of the legislature to examine the surveyor and comptroller-generals offices, from which it appears that there were two thousand eight hundred and thirty plats of lottery grants, and two hundred and forty-six plats of head-right grants not recorded, which had then been granted, and which ought to have been recorded by his predecessor; and that the said Thomas Mitchell has indexed three record books of head-right grants, The precedent set by preceding legislatures in such cases, together with the justice of the claim of the memorialist, induces your committee to beg leave to recommend, that there be appropriated by law, to the said Thomas Mitchell, the sum of four hundred and sixty-one dollars and forty cents, for recording three thousand and seventy-six plats at fifteen cents each, and also the sum of thirty-eight dollars and sixty cents, for making the three indexes, making in the whole the sam of five hundred dollars. which shall be in full for bringing up the unfinished business of his predecessor in office. Approved, Dec. 20, 1824.

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IN SENATE, Dec. 16, 1824. The joint committee on finance, to whom was referred the petition of Emanuel Womberzee, Report That they have had the said petition under their mature consideration, but from the long standing of said claim and no proof being before them that the said Emanuel Womberzee did in time make suitable endeavors to find said land as mentioned in his deed from the commissioners of confiscated property, and believing that the claim of said Womberzee is at this time unreasonable and ought not to be granted. They therefore submit the following resolution: Resolved, That the petition of Emanuel Womberzee is unreasonable and ought not to be granted. Approved, Dec. 20, 1824. IN SENATE, Dec. 16, 1824. The committee on the judiciary to whom was referred so much of the communication of his excellency the governor as relates to the Africans now in possession of the state respectfully Report That they have had the subject under their consideration, and whilst they lament the embarrassments which have grown out of the subject, they [Illegible Text] but approve of the course of conduct pursued by the executive, as one imposed upon [Illegible Text] by the duty of his station and the requirements of justice. Referring to the proceedings which were commenced and are now progressing to a final decision in the supreme court of the United States, the committee find that when a libel was filed by Madrazo, a Spanish subject, in the district court of the United States, William Bowen interposed a claim to the Africans in question according to the practice of admiralty courts. That from the decision of that court and from the

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decision of the circuit court Mr. Bowen appealed to the supreme court of the United States, where the case is now pending and will be decided, which decision whether favorable or adverse to the claims of Mr. Bowen, will be final and conclusive. Your committee are also of opinion that if the decision of the supreme court should be unfavorable to the claims of the state, good policy and a regard [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] will require that she should acquiesce in that decision and give up the Africans to whomsoever they shall appear to belong, even if the state could not be coerced into acquiescence by the strong arm of the law. The state therefore in the opinion of your committee is bound to preserve and protect the property in litigation, in order that she may when the rights of the parties shall have been decided upon, either [Illegible Text] herself of a favorable decision, or be prepared in a different event to [Illegible Text] the course dictated by policy and justice. To enable her to meet either result she is bound to protect the property and preserve it from any attempt to wrest it from her. Your committee taking into their consideration the difficulties which have heretofore attended this business, would gladly recommend such a course for the future as would relieve the state from further embarrassment, but the committee are unable under existing circumstances to devise such a course. Your committee have also had under consideration the petition of Mr. Bowen which has been referred to them, in which he proposes to have the property in litigation given up to him upon his giving security to indemnify the state against the claims of all other persons. Your committee are of opinion that this proposition should not be acceded to, because they believe it would be impolitic and unjust. Good policy and a proper regard for the requirements of justice demand of the state that whenever she makes a voluntary surrender of the Africans it should be made to those who shall have established a just and legal claim to them. Putting out of view the mode and manner in which the Africans were brought within the jurisdictional limits of the United States, and giving to Mr. Bowen the full benefit of the argument which he presents, growing out of the want of intention on his part to violate the laws of his country, the committee are satisfied that the facts

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attending the transit of the Africans from Amelia island to the Creek Agency were such as authorised their [Illegible Text] and detention. The consequence of this detention has been that persons setting up a claim to the property, and who were disposed to contest the rights of those under whom Mr. Bowen claims title have [Illegible Text] an opportunity of presenting their claims before the proper tribunal. So far as these claims have been investigated the committee are of opinion that great doubts have been cast upon the justice of Mr. Bowen's claims. Leaving the question however to be decided by that tribunal to which it has been carried and to which it properly belongs, your committee are decidedly of opinion that respect for herself and a proper regard for the dictates of justice require of the state that she should preserve and protect the property until that decision shall have been made and when the property is surrendered, let it be to those whose claim shall have been satisfactorily established before the competent tribunal. Your committee therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolutions. Resolved, That the legislature approve the course pursued by his excellency the governor in relation to the Africans in possession of the state amidst the difficulties resulting from conflicting claims to the property, prosecuted in different courts, having or pretending to have concurrent jurisdiction. Resolved, That this legislature are of opinion that his excellency the governor will be warranted in pursuing such a course of conduct in future for the security and protection of said property, as his wisdom and prudence may suggest until the title thereto shall have been finally decided upon. Resolved, That his excellency the governor be and he is hereby authorised and requested to employ counsel to defend the rights of this state before the supreme court in the cases there pending in relation to the Africans now in possession of the state. Approved, Dec. 20, 1824.

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IN SENATE, Dec. 16, 1824. The joint committee on the Penitentiary have performed the duty assigned [them,] and in making the following Report, take a pleasure in representing the establishment to be in a more flourishing state than they have known since its erection, which must, in a considerable degree, be attributed to the [Illegible Text], management and direction of the Inspectors, and of the Principal Keeper. The internal regulations for the government of the convictsthe order and regularity with which the different branches of work are carried on, evince a management on the part of the Principal Keeper, that is highly creditable to him. Your committee are further of the opinion, that the institution for the political year past, has been conducted in a manner judicious and beneficial; and if similar arrangements are continued, they have no doubt, but in a few years it may be brought to produce a revenue to the state, instead of an expense, as hitherto. Should that be the fact, a double advantage will be derived therefrom; in the first place, such persons as were disposed to violate the laws would be kept separate and apart from the rest of the community; and in the second place, while doing [Illegible Text] for their offences, would at the same time be learning a trade wherewith they might support themselves when again let loose on society, without resorting to their old practices. Your committee have examined the smiths' department, and find the work executed therein to be of a superior kind, and at prices lower than they can be obtained elsewhere. They have also examined the books of the Penitentiary, and find them correct and accurately kept. A schedule of the notes and accounts due the institution, were laid before them and particularly examined They feel confident that the credit given to the patrons of the institution, has been judiciously extended, and that in this difficult and important matter, a great improvement has been made. However, they are of the opinion, that that part of the business cannot be too strictly attended to.

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They have also examined the shoe, boot, [Illegible Text], and the tayloring departments, and find the work carried on in [Illegible Text] different branches to be to the interest of the [Illegible Text], as much so as the nature of the case will admit. They cannot refrain from expressing their approbation of the conduct and management of the superintendents of those different branches. They have further examined the Penitentiary edifice, and find the main building, the guard house, the hospital, and work shops in good condition, with the exception of a few panes of glass deficient in some of the windows, and of a small portion of the plastering that has [Illegible Text] off. Your committee have also examined the raw materials, and manufactured articles appertaining to the painter's department, and of the different workmen in wood, and find the raw materials of the best quality that the country affords, and procured at a moderate price. The manufactured articles are cheap, and executed in a manner highly creditable to the institution. The workmen appear orderly and attentive, and pursue their various occupations with assiduity. A memorial from the Inspectors of the Penitentiary, relative to the Africans being received within the walls thereof, agreeable to directions given by his excellency the Governor, has been laid before your committee, who are of the opinion that the measure recommended by his excellency, and adopted by the said Inspectors, was highly commendable, and the only one by which the Africans can be safely secured, until disposed of according to law. Your committee beg leave to recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved, That in an all cases where persons are sentenced to the Penitentiary, it shall be the duty of the clerks of the Superior courts of the respective counties where such persons may be sentenced, to inform the principal keeper of the Penitentiary immediately thereafter by mail, or private convenyance, where there is no post-office in the county, of the sentence of the said convict, and that he is detained in the county jail, or under guard, as the case may be, subject to the order of the keeper aforesaid. All expenses incurred after the conviction of the said convict are to be paid by the keeper or his deputy previous

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to his delivery: Provided, That if the clerks aforesaid should fail or neglect to give the necessary information to the keeper within due time, then and in that event, they are bound to pay out of their own funds the expense incurred by the detention of each and every convict previous to his being delivered over to the order of the said keeper. Resolved, That a fire engine be immediately procured for the use of the said institution, and that an additional well be dug in the yard thereof. Resolved, That instead of repairing the cells, which from their injudicious location, are in a decayed situation, and unfit (if repaired) to answer any length of time the various purposes for which they were originally constructed, that in lieu therefore of their being used as places of punishment, your comittee recommend moderate corporeal punishment under proper restrictions, and when approbated by a majority of the inspectors that may be present at the time, with the principal keeper. Resolved, That the dormitories of the convicts which are weak and badly constructed for the purpose they were intended, be strengthened in such a manner as the principal keeper may direct. From a statement laid before your committee of the expense thereof, they are induced to believe it will not exceed seven hundred dollars, and yet when accomplished will produce an annual saving in consequence of a diminution of part of the guard of upwards of one thousand five hundred dollars to the institution. Resolved, That the sum of three hundred dollars per year be allowed the physician for his medicine and attendance on the convicts in the Penitentiary, instead of five hundred dollars hitherto given. And be it further resolved, That the Inspectors of the Penitentiary be hereafter allowed two hundred and twenty-four dollars as hitherto given. And be it further recommended, That an alteration be made in the fifth section of the penal code, and that the fourth section be repealed. Resolved, That the Penitentiary committee be discharged from further service. Approved, Dec. 20, [Illegible Text].

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IN SENATE, Dec. 17, [Illegible Text]. The committee to whom was referred the communication between his excellency the governor and Charles [Illegible Text], Esq late commissioner of fortifications at Savannah have had the subject under consideration, and after an examination of the accounts beg leave to report, and your [Illegible Text] would recommend the adoption of the following resolution. Resolved, That the vouchers numbers one to fourteen inclusive, presented to the committee by his excellency the governor from Charles Harris, Esq. late commissioner of fortifications at Savannah, amounting in the aggregate to two thousand and ninety-nine dollars twelve and a half cents, be received as satisfactory, and placed to the credit of said commissioner. And be it further resalved, That the sum of five hundred and seventy-nine dollars two cents be placed in the appropriation law subject to the order of Daniel Gugel in full of his account with the commissioners of fortifications of Savannah, and the sum of two hundred and fifty one dollars to John Haupt for services rendered the commissioners as clerk for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. And be it further resolved, That his excellency be requested to take such measures as he may deem most expedient to adjust and close the accounts between Georgia and the United States on the subject of fortifications. Approved, Dec. 20, 1824. IN SENATE, Dec. 18, 1824. Resolved, That his excellency the governor be and he is hereby authorised to instruct the sheriff of [Illegible Text] county to rent for the year one thousand eight hundred and

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twenty-five any improved fractional part or parts of surveys that have not been drawn or sold agreeable to the law on that subject. And be it further resolved, That on any persons renting any such fraction he shall give note with approved security on twelve months credit made payable to his excellency the governor, the sheriff retaining five per centum for his services, and he is further ordered to transmit the notes so taken to the comptroller general's office. Approved, Dec. 20, 1824. IN SENATE, Dec. 18, 1824. Resolved, That in future when the attorney general, or any solicitor-general shall make application to the legislature for commissions for money collected, or compensation for any service rendered the state, they shall specially set forth from what persons the money has been collected, and what trouble they have been at, and what labor they have bestowed in and about the said collections, or services for which they charge, in order that the legislature may have such [Illegible Text] or will enable them to do justice both to said officers and the state. Approved, Dec. 20, 1824. IN SENATE, Dec. 18, 1824. The committee to whom was referred the communication of his excellency the governor relative to the probable acquisition of territory by virtue of a treaty [Illegible Text] pending with the Creek Indians, have had the same under consideration, and take leave to offer the following resolution. Resolved, That should the contemplated acquisition of territory in the discretion of the executive require a called

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session of the legislature during the month, May would suit the convenience of the members. Approved, Dec. 20, 1824. IN SENATE, Dec. 2, 1824. The joint committee on agriculture and internal improvement, to whom was referred the report of the commissioners of the Oconee Navigation Association Report That they have carefully examined the same and find that they have made considerable improvements in the navigation of said river by removing a considerable number of logs of various sizes out of said river, also by removing a number of trees from the margin of said river which eventually would have obstructed the navigation; they have also caused several canals or cuts to be made which shorten the distance and facilitate the passage of boats. Your committee further find the said board have under their control eighteen working hands, ten thousand dollars in bank stock, five hundred and fifty-one dollars forty-seven cents in notes, accounts and attornies receipts, and one hundred and twenty dollars cash on hand. Your committee therefore recommend the following resolution. Resolved, That said board of commissioners are entitled to the highest confidence for their strict attention and indefatigable exertions in promoting the interest of the state, so far as respects the improvement of said river. And be it further resolved, That his excellency the governor be and he is hereby requested to transmit a copy of this report with the accompanying resolutions to said board of commissioners. Approved, Dec. 7, 1824.

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Resolutions WHICH ORIGINATED [Illegible Text] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 4, 1824. Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly will convene in the Representative Chamber on Tuesday next at eleven o'clock, A. M. for the purpose of [Illegible Text] brigadier-general of the first brigade of the second division; a brigadier-general of the second brigade of the second division, and a brigadier-general of the second brigade of the third division, to [Illegible Text] the several vacancies in these brigades, as announced in the communication of his excellency the Governor. And a major-general to command the fourth division of the militia, in the place of major-general Wiley Thompson, resigned. Approved, Nov. 9, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Nov. 4, 1824. Resolved, That the committee on the state of the republic, to whom was referred the memorial of the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]

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Company of Georgia, and the accompanying documents, be authorised to send for and examine persons and papers relative to said memorial. Approved, Nov. 25, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 11, 1824. The select committee to whom was referred the list of Executive appointments, made between the first Monday in November eighteen hundred and twenty-three and the first Monday in November eighteen hundred and twenty-four, beg leave to report the following resolutions: Resolved, That the executive appointment of Martin Wood as a commissioner to fix on the public site in the county of Early, in the place of Samuel B. Jackson, [Illegible Text], be and the same is hereby confirmed. Resolved, That the executive appointment of James Smith as director on the part of the state in the Bank of Darien, in the place of Allen B. Powell, resigned, be and the same is hereby confirmed. Resolved, That the executive appointment of John Thomas, in the place of G. Welch, resigned, of Josiah Horn, in the place of John G. Underwood, deceased, and of Lott Warren, in the place of Amos Love, deceased, as commissioners of the court-house and other public buildings in Laurens county, be and the same is hereby confirmed. Resolved, That the executive appointment of Jacob Willcox, in the place of William [Illegible Text], resigned, and of John W. Long, in the place of [Illegible Text] Bartlett, as commissioners of pilotage, port of [Illegible Text], be and the same is hereby confirmed. Resolved, That the executive appointment of Isaac Snow, in the place of William A. Dunham, as commissioner of pilotage, port of Darien, be and the same is hereby confirmed.

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Resolved, That the executive appointment of Isaac Snow, in the place of William A. Dunham, as commissioner of the river [Illegible Text], be and the same is hereby confirmed. Approved, Nov. 25, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 13, 1824. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That William Wheagum, William Powell, Whitman Owens, Simon Shepherd and Thomas Johnson, be and they are hereby appointed trustees of the academy of Decatur county. Approved, Nov. 25, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 15, 1824. The committee on Printing, Report That they have contracted with Camak Ragland for the printing of twenty five hundred copies of the Laws which may be passed at the present session of the Legislature, at two and one-ninth cents per sheet of eight [Illegible Text] pages: for the printing of two thousand copies of the Journals of each branch of the General Assembly at one and eight [Illegible Text] of a cent per sheet of eight [Illegible Text] pages; and for the printing which may be ordered by the present legislature on the same terms that it was done the last session. The Laws to be delivered by the first of February, and the Journals by the first of March next. For the performance of which they are ready to give [Illegible Text] and security. Approved, Nov. 25, 1824.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 16, 1824. R esolved, That a committee be appointed to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of Senate to ascertain what amount of money will be necessary to be inserted in the [Illegible Text] law of this session for the reimbursement of the [Illegible Text] who have been engaged in taking the census of the several counties in this state, under the requirement of an act of the General Assembly of this state, passed the tenth day of December eighteen-hundred and twenty-three. Approved, Nov. 20, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 16, 1824. R esolved, That his excellency the Governor be requested to furnish the joint committee appointed to [Illegible Text] the representation of the several counties of this state under the new census with a digested table of said census, stating in separate columns the white, black and representative population of each county; also, if any counties have failed to make out their returns in conformity to law, to inform the committee thereof. Approved, Nov. 20, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 19, 1824. It appearing from documents herewith submitted that Seaton Grautland has paid into the treasury through the

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commissioners of the late fractional sales held at Milledgeville, the sum of fifty dollars and twenty-five cents without receiving an equivalent for said sum of money. Be it therefore resolved, That the said sum of fifty dollars and twenty-five cents be appropriated for the use of said Grantland, and that the same be placed in the appropriation act. Approved, Dec. 8, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 20, 1824. The committee to whom was referred the petition of Charles Damarin having taken the same into serious consideration, after [Illegible Text] the accompanying documents are of opinion that his claim is a reasonable and just one, and ought to be granted. They therefore beg leave to offer the following resolution. R esolved, That the sum of four hundred dollars be appropriated to the said Charles Damarin in lieu of the bounty of land to which he was entitled as a revolutionary soldier attached to Col. Elbert's regiment of continental troops, and which bounty he has never received, and that the same be placed in the appropriation bill for the present year. Approved, Dec. 4, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 23, 1824. The committee to whom was referred the resolution of the house of representatives relative to making further appriations for Savannah and Broad river, Report

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That they have had the same under consideration and deem it inexpedient to make any further appropriations until said rivers shall have been surveyed by a competent engineer and a report had thereon relative to the [Illegible Text] and expense thereof. We also beg leave to observe that in our opinion the charter granted by the state of Georgia to the Broad river navigation company opperates as a serious injury to that portion of the citizens of this state in its immediate vicinity by their non user of the privileges and neglect of the important duties thereby contemplated, We would therefore beg leave to offer the following resolution. R esolved, That his excellency the governor be requested to open a correspondence with the directors of said company and to request of them to surrender their charter to this state. Approved, Dec. 4, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 27, 1824. The committee to whom was referred the petition of Amos Richardson, Report That they have had the same under consideration and are of opinion that the prayer of the petitioner is reasonable and ought to be granted. They therefore beg leave to introduce the following resolution. R esolved by the Senate and House of R epresentatives, That Amos Richardson is entitled to the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars as a remuneration for a horse, saddle, bridle and gun taken from him by the enemy in the revolutionary war, while in the service of the state of Georgia as a mounted soldier, and that the same be inserted in the appropriation act. Approved, Dec. 13, 1824.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 27, 1824. The committee to whom was referred the petition of Cicero Holf solicitor-general of the western circuit, have had the same under consideration, and are of the opinion that the prayer of the petitioner is reasonable and just and ought to be granted. They therefore offer the following resolution, to wit: R esolved by the Senate and House of R epresentatives, in General Assembly met, That the sum of three hundred and twenty dollars be allowed to the said Cicero Holt as compensation for his services in collecting and paying to the treasurer for the state, the sum of six thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and twenty and three-fourth cents, and that the same be inserted in the bill appropriating monies for the support of government for the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-five: to Micajah Henley, Esq. solicitor-general of the northern circuit, two hundred and twenty-one dollars, eighty-five cents for services rendered by him in collecting money for the state, being five per cent on the sum so collected and paid into the treasury. Approved, Dec. 8, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 27, 1824. The committee to whom was referred the petition of George Stapleton, respectfully Report That they have had the same under consideration, and think the prayer of the petitioner very reasonable and just, and beg leave to report the following resolution: R esolved, That the sum of four hundred dollars be and the same is hereby set apart and appropriated for the said George Stapleton in lieu of a bounty of land due him by the state of Georgia for services rendered during the years

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1777-8-9, and for which he has never received any thing by way of compensation, and that the same be inserted in the appropriation act. Approved, Dec. 8, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Nov. 27, 1824. The committee to whom was referred the correspondence between his excellency the Governor and the General Government, with the accompanying documents, respecting the further extinguishment of Indian title to the territory within the limits of Georgia, have given to it that serious and anxious attention which such a subject must necessarily command. On the thirtieth day of March last, the message of the President of the United States to Congress on this subject was referred to a select committee of the House of Representatives. The report thereon, which that committee made on the fifteenth day of April, was on the same day referred to a committee of the whole house on the state of the union; but was not further acted on before the adjournment. As therefore, this subject will, by a rule lately adopted, be before that body at the approaching session, your committee deem it inexpedient to renew at this time the remonstrances that have heretofore been so often and so forcibly urged in respect to this highly important and interesting concern. The settlement of this question is to form a decisive era in the relations between the government of these United States and the [Illegible Text]. The general government will never consider the [Illegible Text] of obstacles created by itself, or growing out of its own measures as sufficient to absolve it from the performance of its contract. But in determining on the manner in which these obstacles are to be removed, will arise questions of high interest, of lasting effect, and of extensive local application. Your committee therefore

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deem it most decorous to the constituted authorities, as well as most evincive of the unabated confidence which this legislature, and as they believe the people of [Illegible Text] state feel in the Congress and the President to [Illegible Text] the [Illegible Text] of their further deliberations. For the single purpose therefore of bringing it before them at an early day, they recommend the adoption of the following resolution: R esolved, That the delegation from Georgia, in the House of Representatives of the United States be requested to call up at as early a day as possible the report of the select committee made at the last session relative to the extinguishment by the United States of the Indian title to territory within the limits of Georgia; and that his excellency the Governor be requested to forward to the Georgia representation a copy of this resolution. Approved, Dec. 8, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Nov. 27, 1824. Whereas William W. Brown of Jones county [Illegible Text] the ferry across the Ocmulgee river at the town of [Illegible Text] for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-three for the payment of which rent he is bound by three promissory notes with good security. Resolved, That the solicitor-general be instructed to suspend all proceedings on the part of the state against the said William W. Brown and his securities for the term of one year from the first of January next: Provided, The said William B. Brown shall pay the interest due on said debt together with the costs and the solicitor-general's commissions for collection, and that he shall give further security if required by the aforesaid solicitor [Illegible Text]: And provided, That nothing herein contained shall go to prevent the immediate collection of said debt if the securities already bound do urge the same. Approved, Dec. 8, 1824.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 2, 1824. Resolved, That the clerk inform the senate that the house of representatives will be ready to receive them on Monday the sixth last at eleven o'clock in the representative chamber, in order to proceed to the election of two directors on the part of the state for the Planters' Bank: six directors on the part of the state for the State Bank; and five directors on the part of the state for the Darien Bank; and also to elect a principal keeper and three inspectors of the Penitentiary; and a major-general of the fifth division of the militia of this state, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of major-general David Adams. Approved Dec. 6, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 3, 1824. The committee appointed to ascertain what amount of money will be necessary to reimburse the persons who have been engaged in taking the census under an act of the General Assembly of this state, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to Report. Your committee Report That they have had the returns of the census from the several counties in this state before them, to the extent of what are forth with submitted, and have carefully examined the same, and are influenced to submit to the consideration of the legislature the following report as furnishing an accurate detail as nearly as can be ascertained, the persons appointed, the number of heads of families, and the [Illegible Text] due them at the rate of compensation, agreeably to the provisions of the [Illegible Text] section of the law of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and twenty three, providing for the taking of the census of this state, as required by the constitution thereof. Your committee further recommend the following resolution:

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Resolved, That his excellency the Governor [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] to draw upon the treasurer in favor of the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] have been engaged in taking the census of this [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the amount which appears to be due them [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] statement hereby furnished, and those that [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] return the census so taken by them at the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] allowable by the law of eighteen [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] twenty-three. And be it further resolved, That the sum of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] dollars be appropriated in the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] for the political year eighteen hundred and [Illegible Text] for the reimbursement of the different persons who [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] appointed to take the census or enumeration of [Illegible Text] several counties in this state. And be it further resolved, That his [Illegible Text] the Governor is hereby authorised to correct any [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] (if there should any exist) in fixing the amount [Illegible Text] the persons so engaged in taking of the census as aforesaid by a reference to the return made. Approved, Dec. 13, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 4, 1824. The committee to whom was referred the [Illegible Text] of James Lasseter, a revolutionary soldier, have had the same under consideration, and think the prayer of the petitioner reasonable and just and ought to be granted, and beg leave to report the following resolution: Resolved, That the sum of four hundred dollars be and the same is hereby set apart and appropriated for the use of the said James [Illegible Text] in lien of the bounty due him by the state of Georgia for services and for which he has never received any thing, and that the same he provided for in the appropriation law of this session. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 4, 1824. The committee to whom was referred the petition of William Kemp, a revolutionary soldier, have had the same [Illegible Text] consideration, and report that the prayer of the [Illegible Text] is reasonable and ought to be granted. Your committee therefore recommend the following resolution. Resolved, That the sum of two hundred dollars be allowed the said William Kemp in lieu of his bounty of land and that the same be inserted in the [Illegible Text] law. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 7, 1824. Resolved, That his excellency the governor be requested to approve of the census alread returned, and that his excellency be authorised to apportion the fund set apart as a poor school fund among the different counties agreeable to the plan of distribution pointed out by an act of the general assembly of this state. And in the event of there being any county or counties which have not returned their census within the time limited by law, that his excellency be requested to communicate the same to the inferior court of the county having so failed to comply, the necessity of appointing of some person or persons for the purpose of taking the census or enumeration of their county under the [Illegible Text] of the law of the last [Illegible Text] year, and when so [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] returned that his excellency be farther authorised to draw upon the poor school fund of the [Illegible Text] year eighten hundred and twenty-five for the amount that would have been due them in case such county or counties had returned [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] regularly, in conformity to the law making provision for the taking of the census or enumeration as aforesaid. Approved, Dec. [Illegible Text], 1824.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 9, [Illegible Text]. The joint committee on Agriculture and [Illegible Text] Improvement, to [Illegible Text] was [Illegible Text] that part of the Governor's communication which [Illegible Text] to the commissioners appointed to open a road from the Alapaha to the Florida line, Report: That since the communication of the [Illegible Text] on which the reference was founded, one of the said commissioners general John Coffee, has made a report which has been laid before the [Illegible Text]. This report consists of a letter from general [Illegible Text], and sundry accounts; but no such information as may enable the legislature to [Illegible Text] of the work which has been done, and the manner in [Illegible Text] the same has been done, as required by the resolution of the twenty-[Illegible Text] day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, has been communicated. Resolved, That his excellency the governor adopt such measures as may in his opinion, be best calculated to ascertain the work which has been done, and the manner in which the same has been [Illegible Text], on the road from the Alapaha to the Florida line, and that he pay [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] accruing, out of the contingent fund. Approved, Dec. 20, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 10, 1824. The joint [Illegible Text] on the military submit the following Report: That they have examined into the [Illegible Text] of the [Illegible Text] and magazine, and they have [Illegible Text] the arms, ordnance, and munitions of war, in good order and preservation.From the construction of the [Illegible Text] and its unfitness for the purposes for which it was intended, the examination

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of arms and the munitions of war, made by the committee, must of [Illegible Text] have been [Illegible Text], but as far as this examination extended, they felt perfectly satisfied with the manner in which the duties of the keeper have been discharged. The committee recommend that the arms be arranged around the rooms in which they are now deposited, and that an alteration be made to [Illegible Text] this arrangement. The expense they are confident would be trifling The present mode of boxing up the arms, although it may preserve them from the effects of a humid atmosphere, it is impossible to ascertain what are fit for use, and what should be condemned. The keeper informed the committee that there were a number of muskets which it is impossible [Illegible Text] render fit for any service. There were also several boxes of swords, which were so little tempered, that they could be bent in'o any form. The committee suggest the [Illegible Text] of having the muskets, swords, and other equipments which are useless, sold or disposed of in such manner as the executive may deem proper. The [Illegible Text] recommend that the muskets be browned. Adopting this plan with arms, is a preservation against rust; constant [Illegible Text], although it adds to the appearance, subtracts from the durability. The following is the statement of the number of arms and accoutrements received since the first of November eighteen hundred and twenty-three. [Illegible Text] new muskets. 160 do. rifles. 572 do. pistols. 551 do. swords. 249 old muskets. 75 cartouch boxes. The duties of the keeper have increased in proportion to the increase of arms, and from this augmentation of labor, additional compensation ma be thought just and proper. It is a wise policy to pay every public servant [Illegible Text]; the business of any office will [Illegible Text] faithfully discharged and best abilities easily obtained. From the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] made by the committee, they are of [Illegible Text] that the keeper has performed his duties with fidelity.

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For the purpose of carrying into effect the above report, the following [Illegible Text] are proposed: Resolved, That the sum of one hundred dollars be [Illegible Text] for compensating the military store-keeper, [Illegible Text] his increased labor in discharging the duties of his [Illegible Text]. And be it [Illegible Text] resolved, That the sum of three [Illegible Text] dollars be appropriated, to be expended in making such alterations in the [Illegible Text] for the arrangement of the arms as the report [Illegible Text], and that he executive [Illegible Text] requested to have the same carried into effect, provided he should deem it necessary. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to adopt such measures for the preservation of the public arms in the arsenal at Milledgeville, whether by [Illegible Text] or otherwise, as in his opinion will most certainly insure that object; and that he pay any expense accuring out of the [Illegible Text] fund. Approved, Dec. 18, 1821. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 10, 1824. The committee to whom was referred the communication of the governor on the unsold fractions lying on the [Illegible Text] boundary line in the fifth district in the county of Early, and fraction No. 241 in the fifth district [Illegible Text] county, make the following Report. That after mature deliberation they are of opinion that it is unnecessary to pass any law at the present session for the sale of the fractions in Early county. They [Illegible Text] that his excellency have fraction No. [Illegible Text] in the fifth district in the county of [Illegible Text] rented out as heretofore. Approved Dec. 18, [Illegible Text].

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 10, 1824. The military committee to whom was referred the resolution inquiring into the propriety of distributing two hundred and fifty swords and two hundred and fifty pair of pistols among the squadron of cavalry attached to the first division of Georgia militia, and arms c. to such troops of cavalry as may require the same, Report That they consider the request contained in the resolution should be complied with and recommend that his excellency the governor be authorised to have delivered to the officer commanding the squadron of cavalry attached to the first division the arms required, and that other troops of cavalry in the state be furnished with such arms as they may need, on such terms and conditions for securing their return as may be deemed proper by his excellency. The committee [Illegible Text] recommend that all volunteer corps in the state at any time be furnished with the arms they may require on such conditions as his excellency the governor may impose. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 10, 1824. The committee on finance to whom was referred the governor's communication on the subject of forfeited Indian reserves, Report The course adopted by the governor is considered a correct one. They recommend the adoption of the following resolution. R esolved, That the governor is hereby authorised and requested to continue the rents of said reserves and such others as may revert to the state under the treaty held at the Indian Springs on the eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, in such manner as he may deem most

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conducive to the interest of the state, allowing the sum of twenty per cent to an agent to be employed to superintend such rents. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 10, 1824. The committee on finance to whom was referred the petition of John Harris, tax-collector of Glynn county, have duly examined the subject of the petition and find it unreasonable. They therefore recommend said petition be rejected. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 10, 1824. Whereas William Schley the [Illegible Text] of the English statutes of force in this state, has represented to the general assembly, that he will be ready to report the same to his excellency the governor, during the recess of the legislature in order to obtain his approbation and sub-cription, and whereas it is necessary that money should be appropriated for the purpose of printing the same. Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of R epresentatives in General Assembly met, That his excellency the governor, be and he is hereby authorised to advance to the said William Schley out of the contingent fund one half of the amount subscribed for by the state to enable [Illegible Text] to defray the expence of printing and binding the said work, on his giving bond and security for the same as the governor may approve. Approved, Dec. 15, 1824.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 10, 1824. The select committee to whom was referred the petition of Yelverton P. King, solicitor-general of the Ocmulgee district, Report That on examining the receipts of the comptroller-general, it appears that the said solicitor-general has paid into the treasury during the past political year the sum of four thousand five hundred and one dollars and thirty-one cents collected by him for the state, for which he has received no compensation. Your committee therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution. R esolved, That the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars be allowed Yelverton P. King, solicitor general of the Ocmulgee district, for services rendered by him in the collection of money for the state during the past political year, and that the same be placed in the appropriation bill of the present session. Approved, Dec. 15, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 10, 1824. The committee on finance further Report That they have examined the correspondence of the Governor and the Solicitors of Flint and Western circuits, on the subject of the state's claim against John Loving, Fleming F. Adrian and Samuel Jackson late commissioners of fractional sales, upon which they report their [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] to the course [Illegible Text] and request his excellency the Governor to prosecute rigidly the claim in such [Illegible Text] as he may deem most conducive to the interest of the [Illegible Text]. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 11, 1824. The joint committee on Banks, to whom was referred the communication of the Governor relative to the charges of Ailen B. Powell, Esq. against the Directors of the Bank of Darien, Report That they have examined the said communication and accompanying documents, and are of opinion that the interest of the state as a stockholder in the said bank, does not require that the same should be made the subject of lagislative investigation. They are the more willing to avoid at this time, an investigation under the charges made by Mr. Powell, as they intend to recommend the appointment of a committee to examine into the condition of this and other banks, and report to the next [Illegible Text]. As this committee, in their examination, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] turn their attention to those [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] which the [Illegible Text] are founded, the joint committee beg leave to recommend the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on banks be discharged from the further consideration of the communication of his excellency the Governor relative to the charges of Allen B. Powell, Esq. against the Bank of Darien, and that the parties have leave to withdraw their respective papers. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 13, 1824. The joint committee on Banks, to whom was referred the reports and exhibits of the different Banks in this state in which the state is a stockholder, made in confermity with the requisition of a resolution of the legislature of this state, having had the same under consideration, [Illegible Text]

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1st. That it does appear to your committee that the affairs of the Planters' Bank have been ably managed, and that the exhibit shews the Bank not only to be solvent, but in a [Illegible Text] prosperous condition 2d. They consider the policy which has been adopted by the State Bank, as a good and sound one, and they believe that the institution under its present management merits the full confidence of the state. They would however observe that this Bank and the Planters' Bank have failed to comply with that part of the resolution of the twenty-second December eighteen hundred and twenty-three, which requires that an exhibit of the names of the parties, makers and endorsers of bad paper, be annually made to his excellency the Governor. 3d. The requirements of the resolution alluded to, have been fully complied with by the Darien Bank. Your committee are of opinion that with proper management this institution will be enabled to sustain her credit and to exhibit a wholesome and sound condition. 4th They have examined the exhibit of the Augusta Bank, and take much pleasure in stating, that said exhibit presents a very sound and prosperous state of the affairs of said Bank, and fully complies with the requisitions of the [Illegible Text] of the last legislature. Your committee would recommend to the legislature the appointment of a committee, with power to examine into the affairs of the different banks in which the state is a stockholder, to report to the next legislature. They would also recommend the repeal of so much of the resolution of eighteen hundred and twenty three, as requires the names of individuals whose debts may be considered as bad or doubtful. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 13, 1824. Resolved, That four hundred dollars be appropriated and paid to Joseph V. Bevan, for the purpose of [Illegible Text]

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arranging and publishing all papers relating to the original settlement or political history of this state, now in the executive or secretary of state's office, and that the copyright to the same be secured to the said individual, he giving bond for the performance of said publication previous to the payment of the aforesaid sum of money. Resolved, That the said sum be inserted in the appropriation bill. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 15, 1824. Information having been received that General La Fayette, the early and zealous defender and devoted friend of American liberty, will probably visit this state during the present winter. R esolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That his excellency the Governor be authorised and he is hereby requested to receive the General in such manner as in his judgment may evince the gratitude of the people of this state for his distinguished services. And be it further unanimously resolved, That his excellency the Governor be authorised to draw on the contingent [Illegible Text] for such sums of money as may be necessary for carrying the object of the foregoing resolution into effect. Approved, Dec. 20, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 16, 1824. The committee to whom was referred the petition of Henry L. Jones, late tax collector of the county of [Illegible Text]

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have duly considered the case, and are of opinion the [Illegible Text] of the [Illegible Text] is reasonable, and therefore beg [Illegible Text] to [Illegible Text] the following resolution: [Illegible Text], That the comptroller general be and he is [Illegible Text] directed to allow to Henry L. Jones, late tax collector of the county of Baldwin on a final settlement of his account as tax collector, the sum of one hundred and twenty seven dollars and fifty cents, it being part of his [Illegible Text] list, which under the [Illegible Text] of the case, he [Illegible Text] having allowed him by the proper authority. Approved, Dec. 18, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 18, 1824. Whereas his excellency the governor has communicated [Illegible Text] the general assembly, that a [Illegible Text] engineer can be [Illegible Text] by this state on advantageous terms. Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of R epresentatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same, That his excellency the governor be authorised and requested to engage the services of a competent civil and topographical engineer on such terms as may be deemed advantageous, and that he cause said engineer with the necessary aid to make such surveys, estimates and reports as may be practicable, in pursuance of the laws of this state, in order that the same may be laid before the legislature with a view to the commencement of a system of internal improvement, and that the [Illegible Text] of ten thousand dollars be appropriated to carry this resolution into effect. Approved, Dec. 20, 1824.

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IN THE HOUSE OF [Illegible Text] Dec. [Illegible Text], 1824. Resolved, That the directors of the Bank of Darien [Illegible Text] on the part of the state be instructed, and the whole of the directors be requested to use their endeavours to make such arrangement for the accommodation of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] who are indebted to the Bank of Darien [Illegible Text] notes which have been discounted at the Branch at [Illegible Text], as it may be in their power to [Illegible Text] not inconsistent with the interest of the bank either by creating for that purpose at Marion a special [Illegible Text] or authorising a discount at [Illegible Text] of notes deemed good, payable at a long date, which shall be sufficient to pay off those notes now due at the branch at [Illegible Text], and of those running to maturity when they shall become due. And be it further resolved, That his excellency the governor be requested to transmit a copy of this resolution to the president and directors of the Bank of [Illegible Text] as soon as he conveniently can, that no time may be lost [Illegible Text] effecting the arrangements contemplated by [Illegible Text] Approved, Dec. 18, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 18, 1824. Resolved, That his excellency the governor be and he is hereby requested to send with the laws and journals of the present session four copies of Clayton's Georgia Justice to Appling county, and eight copies to the counties of Ware and Upson each. Approved, Dec. 20, 1824.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 18, 1824. R esolved, That the inspectors of the penitentiary be, and they are hereby prohibited from being contractors for said institution. Approved, Dec. 20, 1824. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 18, 1824. R esolved, That a committee of four be appointed, with power to examine into the condition of the several Banks in which the state is a stockholder, and that William W. Holt and Irby Hudson be chosen on the part of this House, to join William Davies and Thomas Stocks, chosen on the part of the Senate, who together shall constitute this committee. R esolved, That the committee so appointed shall proceed in the discharge of their duty at such time or times, place or places, as they may deem most condacive to the interest of the state, and that they report a full account of their proceedings to the next legislature. R esolved, That whilst actually employed, the members of this committee shall be entitled to the same pay as is allowed to members of the legislature. Approved, Dec. 20, 1824.

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LIST OF THE TITLES. Academies, [Illegible Text] Appropriation, 30 Banks, [Illegible Text] Churches, [Illegible Text] Clerks, [Illegible Text] Constitution, 41 Counties, 45 Courts, [Illegible Text] Elections, [Illegible Text] Grants, 68 Land Lottery, [Illegible Text] Military, [Illegible Text] Patrol 76 Representation, 79 Rivers, 84 Roads, Bridges and Ferries, 87 Relief Lews, 104 Sheriffs, 123 Slaves, [Illegible Text] Taxes, 127 Towns, 131 Resolutions of Senate, 157 Resolutions of the House of Representatives, 185

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INDEX. A. ACADEMY. Of Jasper county, incorporated and a lottery for, granted 3 Of [Illegible Text] county incorporated, and trustees for the, appointed 5 Of Fayetts county, an act appropriating land for the benefit of the 7 Of Newton county, an act appropriating land for the [Illegible Text] of the [Illegible Text] Of [Illegible Text] county incorporated, and trustees for the, appointed 8 Of Emanuel county, the trustees of, authorised to establish free schools 11 Funds, persons holding compelled to pay interest, 12 Of Henry county, an act appropriating lands for the [Illegible Text] of 13 Of Houston county incorporated and trustees for, appointed 13 Of Monroe county incorporated 15 Of Fayette county do 17 Female at Harmony Grove incorporated 19 Of Wilkinson county incorporated and trustees for the, appointed 20 Mineral Spring, in Wayne county incorporated 21 Carnesville incorporated 24 Of Decatur county, trustees for the, appointed 185 Incorporated of Greene and Oglethorpe, an act concerning the 22 Of Rabun county incorporated 23 [Illegible Text] of Lincoln county 24 Huntsville, Jasper county, incorporated 26 Of Henry county incorporated 28 Titles to land fraudulently drawn, vested in, 71 APPROPRIATION act for the political year 1825, 30 Appling county divided 44 organised 45 Augusta the establishment of a legionary corps in, authorised [Illegible Text] Concerning the Masonic Hall of, 138 Concerning the Mayor's court [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]

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Albritton names of persons so called changed to Leaptrot 107 Aliens exempted from the performance of military duty, [Illegible Text] Aldermen of Savannah the qualifications of, the voters for, defined 150 Africans report of the committee concerning 173 Attorney General resolutions concerning his collection of public money, 180 Appointments by the executive, confirmed 184 Alapaha Road report of the committee on agriculture and internal improvement, on the execution of the, 195 Arms, Public Resolution concerning the preservation of, [Illegible Text] Concerning the distribution of, 198 B. BANKS An act to repeal the act regulating the intercourse between the United States Bank and [Illegible Text] State Banks, 33 report of the committee on, in relation to the examination of the State 201 Persons appointed to examine into the condition of ib . General report of the committee on 206 Bank Directors resolution for the [Illegible Text] of 192 Bank of [Illegible Text] resolution concerning its debtors at Marion, 205 Report of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] appointed on the charges of A. B. Powell against the 201 Baptist Church the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] incorporated 36 Burke county time of holding the superior courts in, altered 50 Bridges [Illegible Text] water courses dividing counties, to be built by the Inferior court of either county, 57 Baldwin county time of holding the Superior courts of, changed 57 Baldwin county concerning the roads of, 87 Burke county do do 89 Bounty Warrants an act concerning 69 Brigade Inspectors allowed further time to make returns, 71 Blues, Independent Clinton an act concerning 75 Broad River the main channel of, defined, and commissioners for the, appointed 82 Report on the navigation of 187 Bryan county election districts laid off in, 66 BRIDGES. One authorised to be built at Macon, 90 One across the Beaverdam creek authorised to be built, 96 One authorised to be built across the Apalachie, 99 One authorised to be built over the Oconee river, by R. S. Park, 99 Brown, Geo- A. authorised to keep a ferry on Ocmulgee river, 92 Brown, William W. resolution in his favor, 191 Beran, Joseph V. appointed to compile documents connected with the history of Georgia. 202 Bowen, William report on his petition concerning the Africans, 173 Brier creek Report on the navigation of [Illegible Text]

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C. COURTS. Superior of Burke county, time of holding altered 50 Inferiorauthorised to build bridges over water courses dividing counties, 51 Inferior of Jasper county, time of holding the, changed [Illegible Text] Superior of Morgan county authorised to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] 52 Superior and Inferior of the Flint circuit, time of holding fixed, 53 Superior authorised to appoint persons to [Illegible Text] and set off dower, 54 Superior of Baldwin and Wilkes, time of holding changed 57 Superior and Inferior of Elbert and Madison, time of holding changed, 57 Time of holding in Upson county, 47 Inferior, empowered to appoint Notaries Public, 48 Superior [Illegible Text] of, prohibited from practising as attorneys in the United States' courts, 49 Court, Mayor's in Augusta an act concerning 139 Cherokee Reservations [Illegible Text] to [Illegible Text] lying [Illegible Text] legalised, 68 [Illegible Text] in Putnam county permitted to [Illegible Text] 72 Corps Legionary in [Illegible Text] the establishment of authorised, 73 Clinton Independent Blues an act concerning the 75 Clinton [Illegible Text] 152 Census [Illegible Text] 79 Committee appointed to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the compensation, to be allowed to the persons engaged in taking the 186 Report of the committee on the [Illegible Text] c. 192 Governor requested to [Illegible Text] of the [Illegible Text] made, 194 Chatahoochie river Wm. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] to build a dam across the 81 Camden county concerning the road laws of 94 Chatham county act concerning the poor school fund of 10 Disposition made of [Illegible Text] estates in 111 Canal from the Ogeechee to the Savannah river, authorised to be constructed, 101 From Altamaha to Brunswick, resolution concerning 163 From Altamaha to [Illegible Text] river, resolution concerning 171 Clelland, James authorised to plead and practice law, 122 Claims to slaves how to be tried, 126 Against the Indians, report on 163 Collectors of Taxes their duties further defined, 180 Carpenters to have a lien on buildings erected by them in the town of Macon, 145 Creek Indians resolution concerning the cession of territory from 181 Clarksville academy incorporated, 8 Carnesville do do 24 Clayton do do [Illegible Text]

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CHURCHES. In Madison, Morgan county, an act for their benefit 34 In Forsyth, Monroe county, an act for the benefit of 36 Walnut Creek Baptist, incorporated, 36 CLERKS. Of the Superior courtsthe act concerning the offices of the, altered, so far as respects the county of Decatur, 38 Deputy of the courts Superior, Inferior and Ordinary, their acts [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] Of the court of Ordinaryfees, [Illegible Text] CONSTITUTION. Amendment to the 41 COUNTIES. New, laid out, (Upson and Wars) 43 , 44 Representatives apportioned among the 79 D. Decatur county concerning the office of the clerk of the Superior court in 98 [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the academy of, appointed, 186 Decatur an act to make permanent the site of the public buildings in the county of 153 Dameron, Charles resolution in his favor, 187 Deputy Clerks of the Superior, Inferior and Ordinary courts acts of [Illegible Text] 38 Dower Superior courts authorised to appoint persons to assign and [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] 54 Dooly county Election districts laid off in 64 An act concerning the public site in 140 Darien an act to incorporate the fire engine company in 143 [Illegible Text] Fortunate [Illegible Text] of taking out grants, extended to 69 Draws, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] partitioned, 70 Dicision Inspectors allowed further time to make their return, [Illegible Text] Dudley, James for the relief of 110 E. Emanuel County, act concerning the poor school fund, 10 laid off into election districts, 63 Academy, certain powers vested in the trustees of in relation to free schools, [Illegible Text] Elbert County time of holding the superior and inferior courts changed, 57 ELECTION of [Illegible Text] of president and vice presidentmode of prescribed. 58 Of Governor, by the people, 41 Districts in the county of Liberty established, 60 in Gwinnett county, concerning 61 Districts in Glynn county, established 62 Districts in Tattnall and Emanuel 63 Districts in Dooly, 64 Districts in Bryan, 66

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Escheated estates of Irishmen in Chatham county an act concerning, [Illegible Text] Early, Peter A. authorised to plead and practice law, 121 Elections the duties of the tax-collectors, in relation to, defined 150 Elberton an act for the better regulation and government of [Illegible Text] Electors of President and Vice President resolution for the election of 157 Election of brigadier general resolution concerning 166 Executive appointments confirmed 184 Early county resolution concerning certain fractions in 197 Engineer resolution making provision for the appointment of an 204 F. Fayette County Academy, an act for the benefit of the incorporated, [Illegible Text] 17 Free schools in Emanuel county authorised to be established, 11 Funds belonging to academies an act concerning 12 Forsyth Academy incorporated 15 Female academey at Harmony Grove incorporated, 19 Franklin county academy incorporated 24 Forsyth Monroe county, an act for the benefit of [Illegible Text] in 35 Fees of the clerks of the courts of ordinary 39 Flint Circuit time of holding the superior and inferior courts in, fixed [Illegible Text] Females exempted from patrol duty, [Illegible Text] FERRY George A. Brown authorised to keep a, on the Ocmulgee river, 92 Man's on Alatamaha, established 95 McWright's on Chatahoochie, authorised to be established [Illegible Text] on the Alatamaha, authorised to be established by James Kemp, 98 on the Ocmulgee river at Piney Island, 100 Foley, Thomas for the relief of [Illegible Text] Free persons of color not to be sold into slavery, [Illegible Text] Forsyth an act concerning the town of, [Illegible Text] Florida line resolution concerning, 157 Fortifications commissioner of, resolution concerning, 179 Fractions in Early and Monroe resolution concerning the, 197 G. Gwinnett county academy incorporated and trustees for the, appointed [Illegible Text] concerning elections in 61 Greene county academy, an act for the benefit of, 22 Goshen academy in Lincoln to incorporate [Illegible Text] GOVERNOR constitution amended so as to elect by the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] authorised to appoint commissioners [Illegible Text] the building of a bridge at Macon, 90

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Governor requested to correspond with the general government in relation to Florida line, 157 requested to have the first district of Dooly examined, 158 requested to suspend the proceedings on a certain mortgage [Illegible Text]. fa. 167 requested to make alterations in the seat of the president and secretary of senate, 171 requested to instruct the sheriff of [Illegible Text] county to rent out certain [Illegible Text], 180 requested to call the legislature together in May in a certain event, 181 appointments by the, made during the recess confirmed 184 requested to furnish a statement of the white, black, and representative population of the state under the new cenaus, 186 requested to draw on the treasurer for the pay of persons engaged in taking the census, [Illegible Text] 193 requested to approve of the returns of the census, 194 requested to adopt measures in relation in the Alapaha road, 195 requested to adopt certain measures in relation to the preservation of the public arms, 197 conduct of, in relation to forfeited Indian reserves approved, 198 authorised to make an advance of money to William Schley, 199 requested to prosecute the claim of the state against Jackson, Loving and Adrian, 200 authorised to employ an [Illegible Text] immediately, 204 requested to send copies of the Georgia Justice to certain counties, 205 Glynn County election districts established in, 62 an act to amend the road laws of, 92 GRANTS. to lands within Cherokee reservations legalized, 68 to extend the time of taking out, 69 on head rights and bounty warrants, 70 Garner, Wm. authorised to build a [Illegible Text] across the Chatahoochie, 81 [Illegible Text], John W. authorised to build a bridge, 99 Gresham, Albert Y. permitted to practice law, 121 Grantland, Seaton resolution in favor of, 186 H. Habershain County Academy incorporated, 8 Henry County Academy, an act appropriating lots for 13 Houston County Academy incorporated and trustees for, appointed, ib . Harmony Grove Female Academy incorporated, 19 Huntsville Academy in Jasper county incorporated, 20 Henry County Academy incorporated, 28 Hancoak County time of holding inferior court altered, 19 Head rights and bounty warrants, an act concerning, 70

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Hill, Henry name of changed 105 L. B.name changed to L. B. Floyd, 117 Hibernian Society of Savannah an act vesting in the, certain property, 111 Hall, Thomas F. in act to pardon, 112 countysheriff of authorised to advertise in Milledgeville paper, 122 Hines, Richard K authorised to plead and practice law, 121 Harris, [Illegible Text] L. do. do. do. ib . Johnpetition of rejected, 199 Holt, [Illegible Text] authorised to pleall and practice law, 121 Ciceroresolution in his favor, 189 Henly, Micajah do. do. [Illegible Text] I. Inferior Court of Fayette county, their duty in relation to the county academy, 7 of Newton county, do. do [Illegible Text] of Emanuel county a certain [Illegible Text] vested in the, 10 of Henry county, duty of in relation to the academy, 13 of Morgan county, duty of in relation to churches in Madison, 34 of Monroe county, duty of in relation to churche, in Forsyth 35 of Appling, Ware, Pike and Upson, their duties in relation to the public sites, 45 empowered to appoint notarios public, 48 of Hancock county, time of holding the, altered, 49 duty of in relation to bridges over water courses dividing counties, 51 of Jasper county, time of holding changed, 51 of Elbert and Madisontime of holding the, changed, 57 of Hall county authorised to remit a fine, 124 Inspectors, division and Brigade, allowed further time to make returns, 71 Irishmen escheated estates of in Chatham county vested in the Hibernian society, 111 Indian Claims report of the committee on the subject of 163 Indian Title report on the correspondence between the governor and the general government on the extinguishment of 190 Indian Reserves resolution concerning, 193 J. Jasper county academy, incorporated, and a lottery for, granted 3 Huntsville academy in, incorporated, 26 Judges of the Superior courts prohibited from practicing in the U. S. courts, 49 Jencks, Ebenezer authorised to construct a canal, 101 Jones, Henry L. Resolution in his favor, 203

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K. Kemp, James, authorised to establish a ferry on the [Illegible Text] river 98 Keener, John of Bibb county [Illegible Text] for his relief, 170 Kemp, William resolution in his favor, 194 King, Yelverton P. resolution in his favor, 200 L. [Illegible Text] Academy incorporated, 5 Lincoln County academy incorporated, 25 Liberty County election districts established in, 69 Lots fraudulently drawn, how partitioned, 70 [Illegible Text] Corps in Augusta authorised to be established, 73 Law certain persons permitted to plead and practice 121 , 122 Lottery for the benefit of the Masonic Hall in Augusta, [Illegible Text] Laurens County an act to vest the powers of the commissioners of the court house and jail in the inferior court of, 149 Lasseter, James resolution in his favor, 193 LA [Illegible Text] resolution authorising his reception at the public expense, 208 M. Monroe County Academy incorporated, 15 Madison, Morgan [Illegible Text] an act for the benefit of churches in 34 Morgan superior court of, authorised to try certain causes, 52 Madison county time of holding the superior and inferior courts of changed, [Illegible Text] Macon bridge at, authorised to be built, 90 For the further sale of lots in 142 An act to give master carpenters and masons a lien on buildings in 145 An act concerning the town of 151 Mann's Ferry on [Illegible Text] established, 95 McWright's Ferry, on [Illegible Text] established, [Illegible Text] Middlebrooks, Anderson C. authorised to build a bridge over Appalachie river, 99 Military duty aliens exempted from the performance of 113 McRae, Daniel R. W. authorised to practice law, 121 Masonic Hall lottery authorised for the purpose of erecting a 138 Mayor's Court, in Augusta, an act concerning [Illegible Text] Mississippi report of the committee on resolutions of the state of, in relation to the [Illegible Text] of the U.S. 160 Mitchell, Thomas, surveyor general [Illegible Text] on his memorial, 172 Militia Officers resolution for the election of 185 Military Committee report of the, in relation to the public arms 195 Report of the, in relation to the distribution of the public arms, 198 [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] resolution concerning a certain fraction in 197

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[Illegible Text] resolution concerning the frequency of visits to the 171 Report of the commissioners on the, 176 [Illegible Text]salary of fixed, 178 [Illegible Text] do. do. 179 Inspectors prohibited from being contractors, 206 [Illegible Text] Public report of the contract for the, 185 R. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] authorised to be built across the Chatahoochie, 81 [Illegible Text] concerning the main channel of Broad river, 82 [Illegible Text] concerning the Ohoopie, 84 concerning the Ocmulgee, 85 [Illegible Text] County Academy incorporated, 23 [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] apportioned among the counties, 79 ROAD Of [Illegible Text] county, 87 Of [Illegible Text], 89 Of [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of the United States, resolution concerning [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of Georgia in the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] name of changed to Wheeler, 104 [Illegible Text] For Thomas Foley, 106 [Illegible Text], 108 [Illegible Text] Dodley, 110 [Illegible Text] F. Hall, (pardon) 118 [Illegible Text] purchasers of Fractions, 114 [Illegible Text] Lovick Pierce, 115 [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Rino, 118 [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Pierce, 119 [Illegible Text] resolution in favor of, 189 [Illegible Text] resolution concerning [Illegible Text] S. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] School Society a certain fund vested in the 10 [Illegible Text] lawsan act defining the 76 [Illegible Text] Society[Illegible Text] estates of Irishmen [Illegible Text] the 111 [Illegible Text] Andrew's Society incorporated, 141 An act to establish an engine company in 147 The qualification of the voters for aldermen of defined 150 Resolutions concerning the commissioner of fortifications at 179 Riverconcerning the navigation of 166 Riverreport on the navigation of 187 [Illegible Text], Wm. authorised to build a bridge on the Beaverdam creek 96 [Illegible Text] Jarred name of, changed to Johnson, 104

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