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: CAMAK RAGLAND 18251100 English

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ACTS OF THE General Assembly OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE, AT AN

ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. 1825.

18251100 18251200 MILLEDGEVILLE

: CAMAK RAGLANDSTATE PRINTERS. 1825.

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ACTS OF THE General Assembly OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1825. ACADEMIES. To authorise a Lottery for the benefit of Madison academy in Morgan 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 it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners hereinafter named, to establish a lottery as soon as practicable after the passing of this act, to raise the sum of three thousand dollars, under such scheme and regulations as they or a majority of them may deem necessary and proper, for the purpose of rebuilding the Madison academy in the county of Morgan.

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SEC. 2 And be it further enacted, That John Wingfield, James Cook William Johnston, Isaac Walker, and Nathaniel Allen, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] hereby appointed commissioners to carry the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] into full [Illegible Text] SEC. 3 And be it further enacted, That the judges of the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of them, be and they are hereby [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] said lottery from the county funds, one thousand [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] as they or a majority of them may deem [Illegible Text] DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to Dec. 24th, 1825. AN ACT To incorporate the White Oak Academy in Columbia 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 [Illegible Text] the [Illegible Text] of this act, the academy in Columbia county, [Illegible Text] known and called by the name of White Oak Academy, shall be known and called by that name, and that William McGruder, [Illegible Text] Williams and Thomas Watson, and their successors in shall be and they are hereby declared to be, a body politic and by the name and style of the Trustees of White Oak and as such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] and be impleaded, and shall be authorised to by-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] academy: Provided, such bye-laws are not to the constitution and laws of this state, and for that

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purpose may have and use a common seal, appoint such officers as they 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 [Illegible Text] gifts, grants, privileges and immunities [Illegible Text] 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 White Oak academy, the survivors or remaining trustees shall fill the same, in such manner as shall be pointed out by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid: Provided, that nothing in this act shall authorise or entitle the aforesaid commissioners or trustees, to apply for or receive any part or portion of the annual dividends that Columbia county shall or may be entitled to out of the nett proceeds of the funds set apart for the endowment of county academies, until the county academy erected near

Columbia court-house shall be re-built and completed for the reception of a rector and students. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825.
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AN ACT To incorporate the Zebulon Academy in Pike county. 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 [Illegible Text] the authority of the same, That Hugh G. Johnson, James [Illegible Text], Thomas G. Shehee, Nicholas Johnson, Wylie J. [Illegible Text], Allen W. Pryor and James R. Gray, be and they are [Illegible Text] made and declared to be a body politic and corporate, [by the [Illegible Text] and style of the Trustees of Zebulon Academy, and as such [Illegible Text] politic and corporate,] shall be capable of doing all acts [Illegible Text] may be necessary for the complete execution of the trust [Illegible Text] to them, and shall be invested with all property both [Illegible Text] and personal, which shall be acquired by purchase, gift or [Illegible Text], for the use and benefit of said institution, and shall be [Illegible Text] of suing and being sued, and the said trustees and their [Illegible Text] in office or a majority of them, shall have the power of [Illegible Text] vacancies in their own body, and of passing such [Illegible Text] as may be necessary to carry the powers hereby vested [Illegible Text] into full effect: Provided, such bye-laws are not [Illegible Text] the laws and constitution of this state. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor: [Illegible Text] to, Dec. 24th, 1825. AN ACT [Illegible Text] incorporate Franklin Academy in Columbia county. [Illegible Text] enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the [Illegible Text] Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted [Illegible Text] of the same, That from and immediately after the [Illegible Text] of this act, Billington M. Saunders, Thomas M. Dooley, [Illegible Text] Scott, George Darsey, and William Scott, jun. and their
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successors in office, shall be and they are hereby [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] body corporate, by the name and style of the Trustee [Illegible Text] Franklin Academy in Columbia county, and the said trustee [Illegible Text] hereby authorised to have and use a common seal, and [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] declared to be able and capable in law of sueing and being sued pleading and being impleaded, and to have and hold [Illegible Text] and personal property for the use, purpose and benefit of said academy. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the said trustees and their successors in office shall have power to fill all vacancies which may happen in their board by death, resignation or otherwise, and that three of the aforesaid trustees shall be sufficient to form a board for the transaction of the business of said academy: Provided, that nothing in this act shall authorise or entitle the aforesaid commissioners to apply for or receive any part or portion of the annual dividends that Columbia county shall or may be entitled to out of the nett proceeds of the funds set apart for the endowment of county academies, until the county academy erected at Columbia court house shall be re built and completed for the reception of a rector and students. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825. To be entitled an act to incorporate the Dooly county academy, and to appoint Trustees for the same. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Stats 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, Joel L. Scarborough, Peter L. Livingston, Lewis Joiner, Curtis Joiner, and Sparkman Bowen, be and they are hereby appointed, and they and their successors in office shall and they are
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[Illegible Text] declared to be a body corporate and politic, under the name and title of the Trustees of the Dooly County academy, with the privilege of using of a common seal. 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 both real and personal, all donations, grants, [Illegible Text] and immunities whatsoever which may belong to said

institution, or which hereafter may 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. 4. And be it further enacted, That the inferior court of Dooly county shall convey to the said trustees or their successors, one acre of ground of the public land of said county, for the purpose of erecting thereon an academy edifice. SEC. 5. 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 pointed out by the bye-laws and regulations of said institution: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the Senatus Academicus from the rights of inspecting said institution as now by law pointed out. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825.
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To incorporate the Knoxville Academy, in [Illegible Text] County, Georgia. 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 Loyd, Coleman M. Roberts, Edward Barker, Levi Stanford and Wm. Lockhart are appointed, and they and their successors in office, shall be and are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and title of the Trustees of the Knoxville Academy, with the privilege [of having] and using a common seal. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees aforesaid and their successors in office or a majority of them are hereby authorised and empowered to appropriate in the manner they may think best suited to promote the interest of said institution all monies and specialities belonging or in anywise appertaining to said institution. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said academy Provided, Such bye-laws be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state, and that they shall be invested with all manner of property both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatever which may belong to said institution by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter be made, conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office to have and to hold the [same] for proper use benefit and behoof of said academy. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees of said institution and their successors in office shall be and they are hereby declared to be capable of sueing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and useing all manner of lawful means for recovering or defending any property, debts or demands [Illegible Text], which they may claim or demand in right of the said institution. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be and is hereby made the duty of said trustees, to lay before the grand jury at the first term of the superior court of said county in each year a full and correct statement of the situation and investments of the funds of the said institution in such manner and form as they may think proper, or said jury recommend, and the said returns shall by the said jury be delivered to
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[Illegible Text] of said court and remain in his office [Illegible Text] the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] next ensuing, when it shall be the duty of said clerk to [Illegible Text] the same to the senator of said county, to be by him laid [Illegible Text] the Senatus Academicus when thereunto required. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees be and they and hereby required to appoint one person separately from their board as treasurer and to take good and sufficient security for the faithful performance of the duties required of him in such manner as will effectually [Illegible Text] said institution against any loss which might happen by his [Illegible Text]. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825. AN ACT To establish and fix the name of the Female Academy at Monticello in the county of Jasper and to incorporate the Trustees 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 immediately from and after the passing of this act the Female Academy at Monticello in the county of Jasper, shall be called and known by the name of the Monticello Female Academy, and that Peter W. Gautier, sen. Nathan Warner, Cornelius D. [Illegible Text], Reuben C. Shorter and Peter Grinnell, 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 Monticello Female 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 themthat 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
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benefit of the said academyshall 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 or laws of this state:and of filling all vacancies in their own board, which may be occasioned by death, resignation or otherwise. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. A Bill to be entitled AN ACT To amend an act to establish and fix the name of the Academy at Carnesville in the county of Franklin and to incorporate the Trustees thereof, passed the twenty-fourth December, eighteen hundred and twenty-four. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 C. Terrell, Greene W. Smith and John R. Stanford be and they are hereby appointed trustees of the Franklin county academy in addition to those already appointed, and that all laws or parts of laws [Illegible Text] against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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AN ACT To amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Lawrenceville Academy in the county of Gwinnett, and to appoint trustees 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 James Blackmon, Elisha W. Chester, Philo Hall, William Montgomery, William Green and Joseph Morgan, be and the same are hereby appointed trustees of said academy in addition to those appointed by the said act, and that any five of the [Illegible Text] of said academy shall form a quorum for the transaction of business. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever any vacancy shall occur by the death, resignation or removal without the county of any of the trustees of said academy, the same shall be filled by the remaining trustees: Provided, That a majority of votes of all the trustees for the time being shall be necessary to constitute a choice. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the board of trustees of said academy shall have power to appoint a treasurer and such other officers as they shall deemnecessary, and the same to remove at pleasure, and to require bond and security of the same in such sum as they shall order. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the fifth and sixth sections of said act and all laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825.
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AN ACT To be entitled an act to [Illegible Text] that part of the funds heretofore set apart for the support of County Academies to the Free [Illegible Text] Fund so far as respects the counties of Chatham, Irwin, Telfair and Ware. Be it enacted 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, that part of the [Illegible Text] funds heretofore set apart for the support of the county academies, so far as respects the counties of Telfair and Ware be added to and become a part of the free school fund, subject in every respect to the laws now in force on the subject, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the funds heretofore set apart for the academy of the county of Irwin be added to the free school fuad of said county subject in every respect to the laws now in force. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the monies appropriated by the state for the use of the county of Chatham be applied for the use of the free school of Savannah whenever the Chatham county academy is not in operation. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. AN ACT To entitle the Commissioners of the Academy of the county of Scriven to its full dividend of the funds set apart for County Academies. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted
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by the authority of the same, That the commissioners of the academy of the county of Scriven, be and they are hereby declared to be entitled to their full dividend of the fund set apart for county academies, with the exception of four hundred and fifty-nine dollars sixty-eight cents, which is hereby admitted to have been received by the commissioners of the Scriven academy as their portion or interest of or into certain [Illegible Text] sold by Col. Hugh Montgomery for the benefit of ten counties of which Scriven was one, and in the same manner as though no confiscated land had been purchased by the commissioners of said academy, nor by Richard Carnes who purchased land in behalf and for the use of certain counties, and among others Scriven was entitled in the said purchase to the amount of four hundred and ten pounds, which sum of four hundred and ten pounds due by the said Carnes as will more fully appear by reference to his bond bearing date in February, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, and also all claim and interest to their portion of certain lands in the county of Effingham when sold, which the county of Scriven was interested in with nine other counties, viz. Elbert, Jackson, Clarke, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam, Laurens, Montgomery and [Illegible Text]the commissioners of said academy of Scriven and their successors in office are hereby required to relinquish and give up: Provided always, That should the tracts of land or either of them be found or that the bond or any part thereof shall hereafter be recovered, all right, title or interest of, in or to the same, and also to the nett proceeds of the land when sold, lying in the county of Effingham, in which the county of Scriven is entitled with the nine other counties aforementioned, shall and are hereby construed to be fully and completely vested in the state of Georgia and relinquished for ever to the same, agreeable to the true intent and meaning of this act, any law, usage, deed, conveyance or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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To incorporate the DeKalb County Academy 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 trustees already appointed by a resolution of the General Assembly of 1823, be and they are hereby appointed trustees of the DeKalb county academy, and constituted a body politic and corporate, having perpetual succession under the name and title of the Trustees of the DeKalb County Academy, and by that name and style are hereby made able and capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, goods, chattels and effects of what kind, nature or quality soever, and the same to sell, alien, demise or dispose of for the benefit of the institution intrusted to their care, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered in courts of record or other places, and also to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and revoke at pleasure, and also to ordain, establish and execute such bye-laws, ordinances and regulations as may by them be deemed necessary, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees or a majority of them, shall have power to appoint a secretary and treasurer, under such restrictions, obligations and regulations, as may to them appear suitable and proper. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That any vacancy that now is or may hereafter happen by death, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy may be filled by the said trustees or a majority of them, in such manner as they may deem proper, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. DUNCAN C. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate G. M. TROUP, Governor Assented to, 20th Dec 1825.
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To incorporate the Double Branch Academy in the County of Lincoln, 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 from and after the passing of this act, the academy in the county of Lincoln, known by the name of Double Branch Academy shall be called and known by that name, and that Thomas Lyen, Stephen Stovall, Jacob Caver, John A. Burks and Robert Runnells, and their successors in office be and are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic by the name and style of the Trustees of the Double Branch Academy, and as such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, [Illegible Text] have and to use a common seal, and to do and perform all such matters and things as may be authorised by the constitution and fundamental regulations of said academy. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the trustees or proprietors of said academy, or such authority as may be authorised by said fundamental regulations, shall have power to adopt such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for its government and prosperity, and to appoint and

remove for improper conduct or neglect of duty, such officers as may be authorised by the proper authority: Provided, that the regulations for the government of said academy be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state, and that nothing therein contained shall be so construed as to prevent a majority of the [Illegible Text] from acting in all cases, and to fill all vacancies that may occur in the board of trustees. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors in office shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever which may belong to the said institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transfered 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 officers shall be filled in such manner as may be prescribed by the laws and regulations for the government of said institution, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. [Illegible Text], 1825.
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AN ACT To incorporate the [Illegible Text] Academy in the county of Upson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that Elijah Jewett, Alexander F. Edwards, Daniel Walker, Edward Holloway, and Martin W. Stamper, be and they are hereby appointed, 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 Thomaston 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 the aforesaid institution, and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of literature, and all monies and specialties belonging or in any wise appertaining to the said institution. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid trustees 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 by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter be made conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the trustees aforesaid and their successors in office, shall and they are hereby declared to be capable of sueing and being sued, impleading and being impleaded, and of using all necessary and lawful means for securing and defending any property, debts or demands whatsoever which they may claim or demand in right of said institution, and also of recovering the rents, issues and profits of the same, or any part or parcel thereof.
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SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That should any 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 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, That the said trustees shall have power to select a treasurer who shall give bond and approved security to the said board of trustees for the time being and their successors in office, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor Assented to, Nov. 29, 1824.
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APPROPRIATION. To appropriate monies for the support of government during [Illegible Text] political year eighteen hundred and twenty-six. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That for the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-six, 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 annum. The Secretaries of the Governor, not exceeding three, one thousand dollars each per annum, The Secretary of State two hundred and fifty dollars. The

Treasurer fifteen hundred dollars per annum. The Surveyor-General five hundred dollars. The Comptroller-General fifteen hundred dollars. The Adjutant-General two hundred dollars. The Clerk of the House of Representatives six hundred dollars. The Secretary of Senate six hundred dollars. Provided, that no warrant shall issue for the first quarters' salary of the clerk of the house of representatives and secretary of senate, until the executive shall have satisfactory evidence that the said clerk of the house of representatives and secretary of senate, have respectively made or caused to be made and attached to the engrossed journals of the present session, good and sufficient [Illegible Text]
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The Judges of the Superior Courts twenty-one hundred dollars each. The Attorney-General and six Solicitors-General two hundred and twenty-five dollars each. For three Inspectors of the Penitentiary not exceeding two hundred and twenty-four dollars each. Which several sums shall be and they are hereby appropriated for their use, to be paid quarter yearly by warrant from the Governor on the treasurer, out of any money not specially appropriated. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the expences of the penitentiary, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, be and the same is hereby appropriated. And for a printing fund not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. And the sum of twenty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated and set apart as a contingent fund, subject to the orders of the Governor during the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-six. 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 government. To 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 expences each. To the two Engrossing Clerks and an Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives, and two Engrossing Clerks in the Senate, six dollars each per day. To the Clerk of the Committee on Finance one hundred dollars. And the Clerk of the Committee on the State of the Republic one hundred dollars. To the Clerk of the Committee on Public Education and Free Schools, and the Clerk of the Committee on Agriculture and Internal Improvement, the Clerk of the Committee on the Judiciary and Military Committee, eighty dollars each. To the Messengers and Door-Keepers of the Legislature, four dollars each per day during the session.
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To Rhodam A. Greene the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars, for airing, scouring and taking care of the Senate and Representative chambers, desks, carpets, c. in the recess of the legislature, and making fires on wet days. And 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 dollars. The sum of four hundred dollars to the keeper of the public arms, for cleaning and furnishing materials and taking care of all the public arms which now are or may hereafter be deposited in the arsenal at Milledgeville during the present political year. The sum of four hundred dollars according to a concurred resolution, to William Entreken, a revolutionary soldier. The sum of four hundred dollars to John McKinnie, a revolutionary soldier, agreeable to a concurred resolution. To Edward L. Thomas, esquire, for examining and reporting to his excellency the Governor on the survey of the first district of Dooly, the sum of one hundred and fourteen dollars and fifty cents. For re-surveying said district eleven hundred and forty dollars seventy-five cents. To Cicero Holt late Solicitor-General of the Western circuit, fifty four dollars and thirty-six cents. The sum of five hundred dollars to the Comptroller-General for the purpose of paying for the services of a clerk. To Samuel Buffington the sum of one hundred and ninety-four dollars and seventy-five cents, it being the amount he has been compelled to pay unjustly into the treasury of this state. To John P. Booth, John W. Hooper, George Scott, Robert B. Clayton, as additional clerks in the office of Secretary of the Senate, six dollars each per day for the time they may be engaged in said office, according to a concurred resolution. To Charles J. McDonald late Solicitor-General, the sum of four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and eighty-one cents, for the collection of various sums of money collected and paid into the treasury of this state, and for securing of large sums of money due the same. To Yelverton P. King, late Solicitor-General, the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars for services rendered the state in collecting and paying over to the treasury various sums of money, and
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also for carrying into judgments various debts [Illegible Text] which the state has granted to debtors indulgence, in the Superior Courts [Illegible Text] Greece and Putnam. And the sum of one hundred dollars to John Eastwood, for the employing a steam-boat to remove obstructions from the rivers Altamaha and Ocmulgee up to Macon, five thousand dollars, under the direction of Thomas Wilcox, John T. Lamar and S. C. Dunning. To the commissioners of the road from the Locust Stake to Clarksville in the county of Habersham, two thousand dollars, agreeable to a concurred resolution. To Benjamin Wooten thirty dollars eighty-two and one half cents, agreeable to a concurrent resolution. To William Y. Hansell late Secretary of the Senate, five hundred dollars, agreeable to a joint and concurred resolution. To the Commissioners of the Oconee Navigation Association, three thousand dollars, agreeable to a concurred resolution. And the sum of one hundred dollars to Eli S. Shorter for holding two courts extra in the county of Upson. To Jesse McNeil one hundred dollars. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 22, 1825.
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BANKS. To incorporate the Bank of Macon. AN ACT Whereas, Harrison Smith, President, Timothy [Illegible Text] Oliver H. Prince, Rice Durrett, John T. Lamar, John Davis, John T. Rowland, Luke Ross and James Flewellin, Directors of the said bank, have petitioned the legislature that they the said president and directors and others the stockholders of the said bank may be incorporated under the name of The Bank of Macon,and whereas, it is deemed expedient that the said company be incorporated under proper restrictionstherefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said Harrison Smith, Timothy Matthews, Oliver H. Prince, Rice Durrett, John T. Lamar, John T. Rowland, John Davis, Luke Ross and James Flewellin, with all such persons as are now or may hereafter become stockholders in the said company, be, and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic by the name and style of The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Macon, and so shall continue until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fiftyand by that name shall be and are hereby made able and capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, and effects of what kind, nature or quality soever, and the same to sell, grant, demise, alien or dispose of, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in courts of record or any other place whatsoever, and also to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure, and also to ordain, establish and put in execution,
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such bye-laws, ordinances and regulations as shall seem necessary and convenient for the government of the said corporation, not being contrary to the laws or to the constitution of this state or of the United States, or repugnant to the fundamental rules of this corporation, and generally to do and execute all and singular such acts, matters and things which to them it shall or may appertain to do, subject nevertheless to the rules, regulations, restrictions, limitations and provisions hereinafter prescribed and declared. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the subscriptions for constituting and collecting the capital stock of said bank, shall be opened on the first Monday in March next, at the following places, and under the superintendence of the persons hereinafter named or a majority of them at each place, to-wit: At the town of Macon for ten thousand shares of said stock, under the direction and superintendence of John T. Rowland, Harrison G. Smith and John T. Lamar; also and for the same purpose in the city of Savannah, for six thousand shares of said stock, under the direction and superintendence of William Gaston, Joseph Cumming and B. G. Lamar; also and for the same purpose in the city of Augusta for six thousand of said shares of said stock under the direction and superintendence of Peter Bennock, John Campbell and Abiel Camfield; also and for the same purpose in the town of Milledgeville for three thousand shares of said stock under the direction and superintendence of Tomlinson Fort, Littleton Atkinson and Thomas W. Baxter. The books of subscription at each of said places shall be kept open for the space of thirty days, during which time it shall and may be lawful for any person or copartnership, being citizens of the United States, to subscribe for any number of shares, not exceeding one hundred: Provided, that if the whole number of shares be not taken up within the space of thirty days, then and in that case, it shall and may be lawful for any person or copartnership, being citizens of the United States, to subscribe for any number of shares before unsubscribed for; and the sums respectively subscribed for shall be payable as follows, to-wit: five per cent. at the time of subscribing, and the remainder at such times as the Board of Directors for the time being may prescribe. The persons hereinbefore named

shall issue certificates of stock to the subscribers, which certificates may be exchanged for others to be issued by the President and Directors, or such person as they may authorise, after the said Board of Directors shall have organised for the discharge of the duties devolving on them as such; and it shall be the duty of the persons hereinbefore named to receive for subscriptions for shares at the time of subscribing only gold or silver, or the bills of the Bank of the United States and its branches, and which
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shall be at par at the time when such subscriptions are made; and the moneys so received by them, they shall within thirty days after the books are closed, transmit to the President and Directors in Macon, for the time being, at the expense of the said corporation. Provided, that the directors of said bank shall not be authorised to issue any bills or notes until the sum of fifty thousand dollars in gold and silver coin shall have been actually received on account of the subscriptions of said stock, and deposited in said bank. SECTION 3. For the well ordering of the affairs of the said corporation, there shall be nine directors chosen annually on the first Tuesday of October, in each yearthe first election to be on the first Tuesday in October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, until which time the present board of directors shall continue in office. SECTION 4. In all future appointments of directors, the number of votes to which each stockholder shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares held, in the proportion following, that is to sayfor one share and not more than two shares one vote; for every two shares above two and not exceeding ten, one vote; for every four shares above ten and not exceeding thirty, one vote: for every six shares above thirty and not exceeding sixty, one vote; and for every ten shares above one hundred one vote; but no person, corporation, copartnership or body politic shall be entitled to more than thirty votes, and no share or shares shall confer a right of [Illegible Text] which shall not have been holden three calendar months previous to the day of election, and unless it be holden by the person in whose name it appears, absolutely, and bona fide, in his own right or that of his wife, or as executor, or administrator, or guardian, or in the right and use of some copartnership, corporation or society, of which he or she may be a member, and not in trust for, or for the use of any other person; any stockholder absent may authorise by power of attorney, under seal, any other person to vote for him, her or them. SECTION 5. A fair and correct list of the stockholders shall be made out at least two weeks before any election of directors, to be submitted to the inspection of any stockholder who shall require to see the same, to the end that public information may be given to the parties concerned of their co-proprietors and stockholders; and to prevent a division of shares in order to obtain to the person or persons dividing them an undue influence, the managers of elections for directors shall administer to every stockholder offering to vote, the following oath: You A. B. do swear (or affirm) that the stock you now represent is bona fide your property,
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and that you are a citizen of the United States, and that no other person or persons is or are concerned therein,and to any person voting by proxy or for a minor, or in right of, or in trust for any other person entitled to vote, the following oath: You A. B. do swear, (or affirm) that the stock of C. D. whom you now represent, is to the best of your knowledge and belief the property of the said C. D. and that he is a citizen of the United States, and that no other person or persons is or are concerned therein; and any stockholder refusing to take such oath or affirmation, shall not be allowed to vote at such election. SECTION 6. Those who shall be duly chosen at any election, shall be capable of serving as directors by virtue of such choice until the end or expiration of one day next succeeding the first Tuesday of October in each year; and the said directors at their first meeting after each election shall choose one of their number as president, and in case of the death, resignation or absence, from the state, or removal of a director, his place may be filled up by a new choice, for the remainder of the year, by the directors: But should it so happen that an election of directors should not be made on the said first Tuesday of October in any year, or any other day appointed by the stockholders, the said corporation shall not for that cause be deemed to be dissolved, but it shall be lawful on any other day to hold and make an election of directors in such manner as may be regulated by the rules and ordinances of the said corporation. SECTION 7. The following rules, limitations and provisions shall form and be fundamental articles of the constitution of the said corporation. RULE I. The capital stock shall consist of three hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, of which fifty thousand dollars shall be reserved until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, on the original terms, to be then or at any prior time taken by the state according to the pleasure of the legislature, whereby the governor, treasurer, and comptroller-general shall be entitled at each succeeding election to exercise the right of appointing two of the board of directors. RULE II. The capital stock may be

increased at any time to the amount of six hundred thousand dollars whenever two-thirds of the stockholders shall [Illegible Text] determine at any stated or special meeting by authorising
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the directors to receive subscriptions for or disposing of shares of one hundred dollars each to any person or persons in such manner as they shall think fit, in which case such new subscribers shall become parties to this association, reserving to the state of Georgia the one-third part of such increased capital to be subscribed for, at the first session of the legislature after the capital be so increased, and should the legislature fail to subscribe for the whole or part of the capital so reserved, it shall and may be lawful for the directors of the bank to dispose of that part of the capital so reserved for the state, and not subscribed for as aforesaid, to individuals upon the same terms as are prescribed for the disposal of the other part of such increased capital; and upon the state subscribing for such increased capital she shall be entitled to appoint one additional member of the board of directors, in the same proportion and in the same manner as [Illegible Text] prescribed in the fundamental articles of this association: Provided, that if any profit shall be made by such disposition, the same shall enure to the use and benefit of all the stockholders previous to the time of every such extension and increase. RULE III. None but a stockholder being a citizen of the state of Georgia shall be eligible as a director, except on the part of the state, and no director of any other bank shall be at the same time a director of this bank; and if any one of the directors after being elected, shall at any time during the term for which he shall have been chosen cease to be a stockholder, the remaining directors or a majority of them, shall at their next meeting pass an order declaring him then ceasing to be a stockholder as aforesaid to be no longer a director of the said bank, and shall forthwith proceed to fill up by a new election, his place for the remainder of the term for which he may have been elected. RULE IV. The board of directors for the time being shall have power to elect a cashier, and such other officers and clerks under them as shall be necessary for executing the business of the company, and to allow them such compensation for their services respectively as they may deem reasonable, and shall be capable of executing such other powers and authorities of making, revising, altering and annulling all such bye-laws and regulations for the government of the said company, and that of their officers and affairs, as they or a majority of them shall from time to time think expedient, not inconsistent with law, and to use, employ and dispose of the joint stock, funds or property of the company, (subject only
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to the restrictions herein contained) as to them or to a majority of them shall seem expedient. RULE V. The cashier before he enters upon the duties of his office shall be required to give bond with two or more securities to the satisfaction of the directors, in such sum as the board of directors may by their bye-laws order and direct from time, with condition for the faithful performance of his duties, and the president, cashier and other officers of the bank, shall take the following oath on entering on the duties of their respective offices, I, A. B. do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of president, cashier or other officer (as the case may be) of the Bank of Macon, which oath shall be subscribed and entered on the minutes. RULE VI. Not less than a majority of the directors shall form a board for the transaction of business, of whom the president shall always be one, except in case of sickness or necessary absence, in which case his place shall be supplied by any other director whom the majority of the directors present shall nominate for that purpose. RULE VII. A majority of the directors shall have power to call a general meeting of the stockholders for purposes relative to the concerns of the company, giving at least thirty days notice in one of the newspapers printed in Macon, Milledgeville, Augusta and Savannah, specifying the object of such meeting. RULE VIII. That in case of death, resignation or removal of the president, the directors shall appoint one of their number to fill the vacancy, who shall hold the office during the remainder of the term for which his predecessor was elected. RULE IX. The slaves [shares] of the capital stock shall be transferable on the books of the company, according to such rules as conformable to law may be established in that respect by the board of directors.
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RULE X. The bills obligatory and of credit, under the seal of the said corporation, which shall be made to any person or persons shall be assignable by endorsement thereupon, under the hand or hands of such person or persons, and of his, her or their assignee or assignees, and so as absolutely to act [vest] and transfer the property therein to each and every assignee or assignees, to bring and maintain an action thereupon in his, her or their own name or names bills or notes

which may be issued by order of the said corporation, signed by the president and countersigned by the principalcashier or treasurer thereof, promising the payment of money to any person or persons, his, her or their order or to bearer, though not under the seal of the said corporation shall be binding and obligatory upon the same in like manner and with the same force and effect as upon any private person or persons if issued by him, her or them, in his, her or their private or natural capacity or capacities, and shall be assignable and negotiable in like manner as if they were so issued by such private person or persons; that is to say, those which are or shall be payable to any person or persons, his, her or their order shall be assignable by endorsement, and those which are or shall be payable to bearer, shall be negotiable and assignable by delivery only. RULE XI. No transfer of stock in this company shall be considered as binding upon the company, unless entered in a book or books kept for that purpose by the company: Provided, that no stockholder indebted to the bank shall transfer his or her stock [Illegible Text] all debts due said bank by such stockholder shall be paid. RULE XII. That the lands, tenements and hereditaments which it shall be lawful for the said company to hold, shall be only such as shall be necessary for its immediate accommodations in relation to the convenient transaction of business, and such as shall have been bona fide mortgaged to the company by way of security; or conveyed to it, or to some person in trust for the use of the company in satisfaction or security for money actually loaned, or advanced or in satisfaction of, or security for debts previously contracted or due to the said company, or purchased at sale upon judgments which shall be obtained for such debts; and in every instance in which the said company may become owners or claimants of lands, tenements or hereditaments, the board of directors are empowered to sell or dispose of the same in such manner as they shall deem beneficial to the use of the said company.
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RULE XIII. The company shall in no case directly or indirectly be concerned in commerce or insurance, or in the importation or exportation, purchase or sale of any goods, wares or merchandize whatever (bills of exchange, notes and bullion only excepted) except such goods, wares or merchandize as shall be truly transferred, conveyed or pledged to them by way of security, for money actually loaned and advanced, or for debts due, owing or growing due to the said company, or purchased by them to secure such debts so due to the said company, or to effect insurance on the property that may belong or be thus pledged to the said company for its security. RULE XIV. All bills, bonds, notes and every other contract and engagement, on behalf of the company, shall be signed by the president, and countersigned or attested by the cashier of the company; and the funds of the company shall in no case be held responsible for any contract or engagement whatever, unless the same shall be so signed, countersigned or attested as aforesaid, and the books, papers, correspondence, and the funds of the company shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the board of directors, or of a committee appointed for that purpose by the legislature. RULE XV. The total amount of the debts which the bank shall at any time owe, whether by bond, bill, note or other contract, shall not exceed three times the amount of its capital (over and above the moneys then actually deposited in the bank for safe keeping.) In case of excess, the directors under whose administration it shall happen, shall be liable for the same in their private capacity, and an action of debt in such case may be brought against them, or any of them, their or any of their heirs, executors or administrators, in any court in this state having jurisdiction, by any creditor or creditors of the said corporation, and may be prosecuted to judgment and execution, any condition, covenant or agreement to the contrary notwithstanding. But this shall not be construed to exempt the said corporation or the lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods or chattels of the same from being also liable for, and being chargeable with the said excess, such of the said directors who may have been absent when the said excess was contracted or created, or who may have [Illegible Text] from the resolution or act whereby the same was so contracted or created, may respectfully exonerate themselves from being individually liable, by entering, if persent, their dissent upon the books of the bank, at the
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time the debt may be so contracted, and forthwith givingnotice of the fact to the stockholders at a general meeting, which each of the said directors shall have power to call for that purpose. RULE XVI. Dividends of the profits of the company, or of so much of the said profits as shall be deemed expedient and proper, shall be declared and paid half yearly; and the said dividends shall from time to time be determined by a majority of the directors, at a meeting to be held for that purpose, and shall in no case exceed the amount of the nett profits actually acquired by the company, so that the capital stock thereof shall never be impaired by dividend. RULE XVII. If the said directors shall at any time wilfully and knowingly, make or declare a dividend which shall impair the capital stock, all directors who shall be present at the making or declaring such dividend, and assenting thereto, shall be liable in their individual capacity to the

said company for the amount or portion of said stock so divided by the said directors; and each director who shall be present at the making or declaring of such dividend shall be deemed to have consented thereto, unless he shall immediately declare in writing his dissent on the minutes of the proceedings of the board. RULE XVIII. The directors shall keep fair and regular entries in a book provided for that purpose, of their proceedings; and on every question when one director shall require it, the yeas and nays of the directors voting shall be duly inserted on their minutes, and those minutes be at all times, on demand, produced to the stockholders when at a general meeting the same shall be required. RULE XIX. The corporation shall continue until the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty, but the proprietors of two-thirds of the capital stock of the company, may by their concurring vote at a general meeting to be called for that purpose expressed, by and with the appropriation of the state (should she at the time be a stockholder in the said corporation) first had and obtained, dissolve the same at any prior period: Provided, that notice be given of such meeting and of its object in one of the newspapers
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printed at Macon, Milledgeville, Augusta and Savannah, for at least twelve months previous to the time appointed for such meeting. SECTION 8. Immediately on the dissolution of the company, effectual means shall be taken by the existing directors for closing all the concerns of the company, and for dividing the capital and profits which may remain among the stockholders in proportion to their respective interests. SECTION 9. When the increase of the capital shall take place, no person or persons shall in his, her or their own right, or in the right of any other person, subscribe for more than ten shares, until after the expiration of three months; and should there be any shares unsold after the aforesaid time, the same may be subscribed for by any person or persons, and the directors shall advertise the same for the space of three months in the newspapers aforesaid. SECTION 10. And the said directors shall have power to establish a branch of said bank in the city of Savannah, under such regulations as may by the board of directors be deemed fit and proper. SECTION 11. Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorise the said corporation to extend the debt of any one individual or copartnership beyond ten thousand dollars for money loaned. SECTION 12. And be it further enacted, That the directors shall be authorised to establish a branch of the said bank at the city of Augusta, and at Elberton in Elbert county, if they think proper. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That if said bank shall fail or refuse promptly to redeem upon demand any one or more of its bank bills or notes, upon proof of the same, by and under the seal of any public [Illegible Text] being had and obtained, then and in such case the said corporation shall forfeit all and singular its rights, privileges and immunities hereby granted, and the owner or holder of any such bank bills or notes, the payment of which shall have been refused upon demand, shall be entitled to sue for and recover, over and above the principal and interest accruing from the time of such refusal, ten per [Illegible Text] damages, and for every bank bill or note issued after such refusal of payment on demand, the said bank shall, upon conviction of the same, in any court having competent jurisdiction of the same, forfeit and pay over and above the principal, [Illegible Text] and costs of suit, fifty per cent. damages upon the amount of the said bank bills or notes, one-half
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to the use of the state and the other to the use of the informer; and if the bank shall at any time fail or refuse to redeem their notes in specie, and the same shall be protested before any notoriety [notary] public to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars, or the notes or bills issued by the said bank should depreciate and not pass currently without a discount on the same of ten per cent or upwards, the legislature upon either of those facts being satisfactorily established or made known to them, (without resorting to the courts of justice) may declare the charter forfeited, and suspend all further operations of said bank: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent said corporation, in case of forfeiture of their charter, from sueing and collecting in their corporate capacity, all debts previously due them, and of being sued and compelled to pay all debts due by said corporation. The said bank shall always be allowed to redeem its bills upon demand made by any other bank, or as agents, with the bills of the bank or its agent making such demand. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825. AN ACT To amend an act entitled an act to establish and incorporate an Insurance Company in the city of Savannah, to be called the Marine and Fire Insurance Company of the city of Savannah, and to grant banking powers to 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 Marine and Fire Insurance Company of the City of Savannah shall be known by the name and style of the Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of the State of Georgia, and the said company with all such

persons as are now or may hereafter become stockholders in said company, be and they are incorporated
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hereby made a body politic by the name and style aforesaid, and so shall continue, together with all and singular the privileges, rights and immunities granted heretofore to the Marine and Fire Insurance Company of the city of Savannah. The board of directors for the time being shall have power to elect a cashier and such other officers and clerks under them as shall be necessary and proper for executing the business of the said corporation, and to allow them such compensation for their services respectively, as shall to them appear fit and proper. and shall be capable of exercising such other powers and authorities for the well governing and ordering of the affairs of the said corporation, as to them shall appear conducive to the interests of the institution. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the bills obligatory and of credit, notes and other contracts whatever, shall be binding and obligatory upon said corporation, Provided, the same be signed by the president and countersigned or attested by the cashier of the said corporation, and the funds of the corporation shall in no case be held liable for any contract or engagement whatever, unless the same shall be so signed and countersigned or attested as aforesaid, and the books, papers and correspondence, and the funds of the corporation, shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the board of directors and stockholders when convened. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before the said corporation shall exercise any of the rights privileges and immunities hereby granted, the said corporation shall have bona fide one hundred thousand dollars in specie actually deposited in their vaults, which amount of specie shall upon the declaration under oath of the president or cashier of the said corporation, that the said specie is unconditionally the property of the said corporation, be certified by two or more justices of the inferior court of Chatham county, under the seal of the said court, which shall be transmitted to the governor for the time being, when the said corporation shall be allowed to issue bank bills or notes to three times the amount of the said specie so deposited, and to possess, exercise and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities of an incorporated banking company subject nevertheless to the restrictions and penalties hereinafter mentioned, and upon the increase of said specie or its equivalent, certified as before provided, the said corporation shall have full power to increase their issue of bank notes in the same proportion as before directed, to the amount of said increase: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorise the issue of a larger amount of bank notes than three times the amount of the capital stock of the said corporation.
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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if the said corporation shall fail or refuse promptly to redeem when demanded any one or more of its bank bills or notes, upon proof of the same by and under the seal of any public notary being had and obtained, then and in such case the said corporation shall forfeit all and singular the rights, privileges and immunities hereby granted, and the owner or holder of every such bank bill or note issued by the said corporation, the payment of which shall have been refused upon demand, shall be entitled to sue for and recover over and above the principal and interest accruing from the time of such refusal ten per cent. damages, and for each and every bank bill or note issued by the said corporation after such refusal of payment on demand, the said corporation shall upon conviction of the same in any court having competent jurisdiction thereof, forfeit and [Illegible Text] over and above the principal, interest and costs of suit, fifty per cent. damages upon the amount of said bank bills or notes, one-half for the use of the state, and the other to the informer. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said corporation to make an annual report of its condition, issue of notes, c. in the same mode and manner as is now required by law of the other banks, to the General Assembly. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation have permission and be allowed and authorised to establish a branch of the said bank at the town of Macon, with the consent of a majority of the stockholders, subject to the control, regulation and direction of the said corporation. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the persons and property of the present and all future stockholders who may hereafter become stockholders by a transfer of stock in the Marine and Fire Insurance Company of the city of Savannah, or Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of the State of Georgia shall be pledged and bound in proportion to the amount of the value of share or shares that each individual or company hold, possess, are interested in, or entitled to in the said Marine and Fire Insurance Company of the city of Savannah or the Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of the State of Georgia, for the ultimate redemption of all notes or bills issued or that may be hereafter issued by and from the said Marine and Fire Insurance Company of the city of Savannah or the Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of the State of Georgia, in the same manner as in common commercial cases or simple actions of debt. SECTION 8. That upon the expiration of the charter of the aforesaid Marine and Fire Insurance Company as provided for

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all and singular the rights, privileges and immunities herein granted to the said Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of the State of Georgia, shall also cease and determine. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20th, 1825. CANALS. To lay out a Central Canal or Railway through this state. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same it is hereby enacted, That the board of public works appointed by this legislature, shall, so soon as they enter on the duties of their appointments, take into consideration the construction of an artificial canal between the Atlantic coast of this state, or the navigable waters which enter the sea within the limits of the same, and the western limit of the present inhabited part of the state; and to search for and investigate the best route by which such canal may be conducted, with the ultimate object of joining the waters of the Tennessee or Mississippi rivers; the canal to be so laid out as to run as near the centre of the state as
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may be convenient. And the board of public works aforesaid, are hereby further required to investigate, [Illegible Text] and have surveyed, the best route by which canals may be united with the central canal at the best and most convenient point, to facilitate the communication with the Savannah river, and on the other side to join the next principal river on the south-western side of the main canal above mentioned. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of procuring a main channel of commercial [Illegible Text] with a due regard to economy and the true interests of the people of this state, the board of public works shall at the same time take into consideration the comparative advantages of substituting artificial railways for the cauals aforementioned, and it shall be their duty to call to their aid all the men of science which they may deem necessary to enable them to report fully on the comparative advantages of canals or railways to fulfill the intention of this act. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the board of public works shall so soon as may be practicable, after the passing of this act, cause the territory of this state which may lie upon or contiguous to the courses and ranges of said canals or railways to be explored and examined, for the purpose of fixing and determining the most eligible and proper routes for the same, and to cause all necessary surveys and levels to be taken, and accurate maps, field books and drafts thereof to be made; and further to draft and recommend proper plans for the construction and formation of said canals or railways, together with all locks, tunnels, bridges or other necessary works to carry this act into complete effect, and to cause all necessary plans, drafts and models thereof, to be executed under their direction. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said board, to have made with as much accuracy as practicable, estimates of the sum or sums of money which may or will be necessary for completing each of the canals or railways, according to the plan or plans adopted or recommended by them. And they shall especially cause a comparative estimate of the expense of canals and railways on the several routes surveyed, and of the advantages of each respectively. And they shall cause the said calculations and estimates, and all surveys, maps, field books, plans, drafts and models authorised and directed by this act, or so many thereof as may be completed, together with a plain and comprehensive report of all their proceedings under and by virtue of this act, to be presented to the legislature of this [Illegible Text] within ten days of the commencement of the next regular annual [Illegible Text] thereof.
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SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the board of public works shall not enter on any further plan or scheme for internal improvement till the duties imposed by this act are fulfilled, unless they are so directed by the legislature of this state. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. AN ACT To authorise Ebenezer Jencks to construct a canal from the Ogeechee to the Alatamaha rivers, upon certain conditions, and to vest in him and his legal representatives the proprietary interest therein 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 may be lawful for the said Ebenezer Jencks to continue the canal which he was authorized and empowered to construct, by an act of the general assembly passed on the twentieth day of December eighteen hundred and twenty-four, to the Alatamaha river with the same privileges and

under the same restrictions as were granted in the aforesaid act: Provided, That the said Ebenezer Jencks do cause a survey to be made by Mr. Clinton or some other competent engineer, and the probable expence of constructing the same, be submitted to and approved of by his excellency the Governor or any other person or persons whom the general assembly may designate. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty thousand dollars in Darien money be appropriated as a loan to the [Illegible Text] Ebenezer Jencks to assist him in opening said canal, to be
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drawn by him in such sums, and at such times, and under such restrictions as are hereinfter provided, to-wit: The said [Illegible Text] Jencks shall give bond with good and sufficient security to be approved of by his excellency the Governor to secure the payment of such sums as he may draw under this act, without interest until the Governor shall notify the said Jencks that the bills of the Darien bank are at par value, then the said Jencks shall be and he is hereby required to pay an interest of five per cent. per annum until the state shall require the repayment of the amount borrowed: Provided, That the legislature may require the repayment of the said money at any time whether the same be at par or not; and that the said sums so drawn shall be expended in cutting said canal and for no other purpose whatsoever,a violation in this point shall be a forfeiture of said bond and charter created by this act: Provided, Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorise the said Ebenezer Jencks to draw any amount of the said appropriation until he shall have made a survey of, and determined the place of cutting said canal, which plan shall be laid before his excellency the Governor, at which time his excellency shall in his discretion authorise the said Jencks to draw five thousand dollars, and the said Jencks shall report his future progress truly to his excellency, who is hereby authorised to permit the said Jencks to draw as his progress may authorise. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the state shall have a lien on said canal for the money advanced to the said Ebenezer Jencks for the completion thereof, any contract or conveyance to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That nothing contained in this act shall prevent the state from uniting to said canal any canal, rail road, or other public work which may be necessary for the benefit of the citizens thereof; but it shall at all times be within the power of the legislature to open any other canal or [Illegible Text] any other public work to or across said canal whenever it shall be [Illegible Text] necessary for the general good. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825.
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AN ACT To Incorporate a company to be called the Mexican Atlantic Company of Georgia, with powers to construct canals or railways between the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and those that flow into the Gulf of Mexico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all persons who may become holders of stock as hereinafter provided, their heirs, successors and assigns shall forever be a body corporate, by the name and style of the Mexican Atlantic Company of Georgia, and by such corporate name shall be capable in law to buy, purchase, hold and sell real and personal estate, to receive donations, make contracts, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to make and execute bye-laws, not contrary to the laws or constitutions of this state or of the United States, and do all lawful acts properly incident to a corporation, and necessary and proper to the convenient transaction of its [officers] affairs. Its corporate acts shall be authenticated by a common seal, which they may make, renew or alter, and until such seal shall be made, by the signature of the president thereof. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said company shall be two millions of dollars, to be divided into shares of two hundred dollars each. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the subscriptions for shares in the capital stock of said company shall be opened on the first Monday in March next, in the following places, to-wit: at Savannah for four thousand of said shares, under the superintendance of W. C. Daniel, Alexander Telfair, Joseph Cumming, Thomas Butler and Benjamin Burroughs; at Augusta for three thousand of said shares, under the superintendance of Anderson Watkins, William Cumming and William J. Hobby; at Milledgeville for five hundred of said shares, under the superintendance of Tomlinson Fort, Henry W. Malone and Joel Crawford; at the town of Washington in Wilkes county, for five hundred shares, under the superintendance of William G. Gilbert, Dancan G. Campbell and [Illegible Text] Barnett; at [Illegible Text] for one thousand of said shares, under the superintendance of Thomas Spalding, George Atkinson and James H. Cooper; at the town of St. [Illegible Text]
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for five hundred of said shares under the superintendence of John Floyd, John H. McIntosh and James Scott; and at the town of Macon for five hundred of said shares under the superintendence of Harrison Smith, John T. Rowland and John T. Lamar, or a majority of such superintendents at each place respectively. The books of subscription shall be kept open from day to day until the first day of April unless sooner filled, until which any person or partnership, firm, or any corporate body of the state of Georgia may subscribe for any number of shares; and immediately after the first day of April it shall be the duty of the superintendents at Augusta, Milledgeville, Washington, Darien, Macon and St. Mary's to forward their subscription books together with the monies paid in, to the superintendents at Savannah, and any remaining number of shares which shall have remained unsubscribed for at the respective places where subscriptions shall have been opened may be subscribed in the city of Savannah under the superintendents at the said city. Five dollars on each share shall be paid at the time of subscribing for the same, and any holders of one or more shares not paying the residue when called for by the directors or within thirty days from the time appointed in such call shall forfeit the shares to the use of said company: Provided, sixty days notice thereof shall be given in at least two of the public gazettes of this state, and provided also, that not more than twenty-five per cent. of the amount of each share be called for in any one year. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said superintendents at Savannah, or a majority of them, as soon after the first day of April as three thousand shares have been subscribed for, to cause to be elected by the stockholders in the manner hereinafter pointed out from amongst the number of stockholders five directors, who shall hold their seats until the first Monday in January next thereafter. And after such first term of office five directors shall be elected annually on the first Monday in January. The directors at their first meeting after each such election shall choose one of their number as president, who shall hold his office one year, and may receive what in the opinion of the directors may be a reasonable compensation for his services. In case of his death, resignation, removal from the state, or by the board of directors, the directors shall proceed to fill the vacancy by a new election for the remainder of the term. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That the directors for the time being shall have power to employ artists, managers, and laborers, and appoint a treasurer, clerks, and such other subordinate officers as shall be necessary for [Illegible Text] the business of the company, and to allow them reasonable
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compensation for their services; and shall be capable of exercising such other powers and authorities for the well governing and ordering the affairs of the company as to them shall appear conducive to the interests of the institution. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by authority of the same, That the number of votes to which each stockholder shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares he shall hold in the following proportion, to-wit: for one share, one vote; for two and not exceeding five shares two votes; and for every five shares thereafter one vote; after the first election no share or shares shall confer a right of suffrage which shall not have been holden three calendar months previous to the day of election. SEC. 7, And be it further enacted, That a majority of the directors shall constitute a board for the transaction of business, of whom the president shall always be one, save in cases of sickness or necessary absence, in which cases his place may be supplied by any director to be nominated by the president or directors. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That any number of stockholders not less than fifty in number, who together shall be proprietors of three hundred shares or more, shall have the power at any time to call a meeting of the stockholders of said company for purposes relative to the institution, and of all meetings of stockholders at least sixty days notice shall be given in two or more of the gazettes of this state, specifying therein the object of the meeting, and if the state shall own stock in said company the Governor for the time being shall appoint three fit and proper persons who shall attend such meeting as representatives of the state, and shall have votes thereat in proportion to the interest of the state therein, and at all such meetings of the stockholders each share shall be entitled to a vote, and in all cases the stockholders shall be allowed to vote either in person or by proxy. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That certificates of stock shall be transferable on the books of the company only, and by personal entry of the stockholder his legal representative or [Illegible Text] duly authorised by special power for that purpose. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the directors shall keep fair and regular entries of their proceedings in a book provided for that purpose and on every question, when any one director shall require it, the yeas and [Illegible Text] of the directors voting shall be duly entered on their minutes, and those minutes shall at all times on demand be produced to the stockholders when at a meeting thereof [Illegible Text] same shall be required.
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SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That in the event of the state's becoming a stockholder the general assembly shall [Illegible Text] appoint directors in proportion to the stock so taken, and [Illegible Text] vacancies in such state direction shall be filled by the Governor. The books, papers, minutes, correspondence and funds of the company shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the board of directors and the stockholders when legally convened; it shall be the duty of the company to make an annual report to the general assembly of the progress and state of its works the investments and the funds of the company, and of all such other matters tending to a full and detailed disclosure of the situation and prospects of the company and all its concerns as the general assembly may from time to time require. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall have the privilege of conducting the canal or railway contemplated by this charter and the feeders and outlets of said canal in the most cheap, practicable and proper course through the state or some part thereof paying to the owners of land through which the same may pass a just indemnity to be ascertained as hereinafter provided for the value of the land covered by the canal or railway, and for three hundred feet on each side of the same and of its navigable artificial feeders, for the procurement therefrom of timber, stones, earth, and other materials and for the construction thereon of basins, slips, locks, dry docks and other necessary and proper works and purposes. And whenever a person shall own land opposite and adjoining both sides of the canal and the land attached thereto as aforesaid, the company shall be bound to pay such owner a just and reasonable price for that part which he may prefer to sell, or such owner shall have the right to construct for his convenience such bridge across the canal as may not obstruct or [Illegible Text] the navigation thereof, and shall at all times have free access to such bridge. SEC. [13.] And be it further enacted, That when any person shall deem himself aggrieved or injured by the said canal or railway, or any of the feeders, branches, waste-weirs or outlets of said canal being cut through his lands, or by any other works of the company, the amount of such damage or injury shall be ascertained and determined by the written award of three sworn appraisers, to be chosen one by such land owner, one by the company, and one who shall be appointed by the justices of the inferior court, or a majority of them, to act in all such references within that county, with the right in either party of an appeal, to be tried by a special jury at the term of the superior court next thereafter held in that county, and the decision in [Illegible Text] way soever finally made shall vest in the company the fee simple of the land in question,
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and in the other party a judgment for its value thus assertained. SEC. [14.] And be it further enacted, That whenever the said canal or railway shall intersect a public road, the company shall be bound to build a safe and substantial bridge, and any public or private bridges may be at any time built across the said canal or railway, and free access be allowed by the company; Provided, such bridges shall not obstruct or incommode the navigation or use of said canal or railway. SEC. [15.] And be it further enacted; That said company shall be bound to complete and render fit for use at least twenty miles of said canal or railway by the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and shall progress thereafter at the average rate of at least twenty miles a year, and whenever the progress thereof shall fall short of the said average yearly distance the General Assembly shall have the power to rescind the privilege of any further construction thereof by the said company, and to allow any person or persons to go on with the residue as if this act had never been passed. SEC. [16.] And be it further enacted, That the said canal or railway and the appurtenances of the same, shall not be subject to be taxed higher than two and one-half per centum upon its annual nett income. SEC. [17.] And be it further enacted, That said canal shall be always open for the free navigation of all boats, vessels and other water craft, provided they shall not by sinking or otherwise, obstruct or incommode the navigation or injure the canal or any of its works, and provided that the construction and management shall conform to the regulations to be established from time to time by the said company. SEC. [18.] And be it further enacted, That the dividends of the profits of the said company, or so much thereof as may be deemed by a majority of the said directors to be expedient and proper, shall be declared half yearly, but such dividends shall in no case exceed the amount of nett profits actually acquired by the company. SEC. [19.] And be it further enacted, That the state of Georgia shall be allowed and authorised at any time previous to the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty, to subscribe as much as one million of dollars in the said company, which shall be considered and received as an increase by so much of the capital stock of the said company over and above the amount prescribed
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by the second section of this act, in which event the said state shall be entitled to a proportionate number of directors to be added to the number to be chosen by the stockholders of said company as already pointed out; and the said company

shall have power from time to time to increase the capital stock to such extent as may be deemed necessary and proper to complete the work, always reserving to the [Illegible Text] the privilege and power to subscribe one-third of each and every such increased capital stock until after the session of the next succeeding General Assembly following such increase of capital due notice of the same being given to the state. SEC. [20.] And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons whatever to throw earth, rubbish trees, logs, stones or any other matter or thing whatsoever into said [Illegible Text], or injure in any way whatever its locks, basins, banks, tow-paths, feeders, docks, or any thing appertaining to the same, any person herein offending, shall be liable to indictment as for a misdemeanor, and on conviction may be fined or imprisoned at the discretion of the court, and shall also be liable for such damages as may be sustained thereby. SEC. [21.] And be it further enacted, That this act shall be deemed and taken for a public act, and shall be liberally construed for carrying the purposes aforesaid into effect. SEC. [22.] And be it further enacted, That the said company shall be entitled and empowered to receive and collect tolls on all vessels, boats, rafts, and all and every other water craft or thing which may pass the said canal or any part thereof, or any vehicle of whatever character or denomination, and all other things which by the regulations of said company shall or may be allowed to pass on the said railway: Provided always, that the rate of toll so demanded and collected shall not exceed thirty-three and a third per cent. upon the rate of ordinary land transportation at the time, upon ordinary roads. SEC. [23.] And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any other canal or railway to be built, cut or constructed in any way or manner, or by any authority whatever, within thirty miles of the said contemplated canal or railway: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to prevent the state from uniting any works with the works of said company or crossing the same or approximating the same in such way as may be for the public benefit.; and it shall be the duty of said company to notify the General Assembly on or before the session of that body in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine of the intended route of said canal or railway.
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SEC. [24.] And be it further enacted, That at the [Illegible Text] of fifty years from the completion of the said work the state shall be entitled and authorised to buy at the par value the whole stock of the said company, in which event the state shall be authorised to collect such toll upon articles transported through the said canal or railway as will beside the [payment] for repairs, officers, servants, c. engaged in said [Illegible Text] or railway, be sufficient to pay five per centum per annum upon the whole capital invested by the state. SEC. [25.] And be it further enacted, That the said company shall forfeit all rights and privileges granted by this law, Provided, said company shall fail for two years at any one time after the year eighteen hundred and thirty-one to keep open said canal or so much thereof as shall have been completed under the provisions of this act, and in a situation to be navigated by boats carrying twenty tons burthen, or to keep in order and good condition said railway. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to. Dec. 24, 1825.
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CHURCHES. To incorporate the Union Baptist Church in the county of Warren. 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 Billington M. Saunder, Robert Walton, Robert Lazenby, Michael Cody, Jacob Smith, and their successors in office shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name and style of the Trustees of the Union Baptist Church in the county of Warren. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Billington M. Sanders, Robert Waltoe Robert Lazenby, Michael Cody and Jacob Smith, trustees aforesaid, and their successors in office shall be invested with all manner of property both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, hereditaments, privileges and immunities whatsoever 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 to their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper use, benefit and behooff of the said church, and also that the said trustees and their successors in office shall be, and they are hereby declared to be capable of suing and being sued, impleading and being impleaded, and of using all necessary steps for recovering or defending any property whatsoever which the said church may hold, demand or be entitled to, and also for recovering the rents, issues and profits of the said or any part or parcel thereof. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees of the aforesaid Union Church in the county of Warren shall hold their office for the term of three years, on the third Saturday in November in every third year after the passing of this act the supporters of the gospel in said church shall [Illegible Text] at the meeting

house of said church, and then and there between
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the hours of ten and four o'clock elect from among the supporters of the gospel in said church seven discreet persons as trustees, who shall hold their offices for three years as aforesaid, with the same powers and for the same purposes as is herein disclosed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825. To incorporate the Trustees of the Salem Parsonage Property in the county of Clark. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assemby met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Joseph Smith, Sodwick Alford, John W. Graves, James Knott, James M. Burton, James C. Anderson, Joel Williams, William H. White and James C. Branch, 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 Salem Parsonage Property in the county of Clark. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees and their successors in office be entrusted with all property both personal and real, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever which may belong to said parsonage by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter be made, conveyed, or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees aforesaid and their successors in office, shall be and they are hereby declared to be capable of sueing and being
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sued, 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 parsonage, and also for the recovery of the reats, issues and profits of the same or any part or parcel thereof. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should any vacancy happen by death, resignation or removal of any of the aforesaid trustees, it may be filled in such manner as a majority of the remaining trustees may point out. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1825. To incorporate the Harrisburgh Presbyterian Church, in the village of Harrisburgh and county of Richmond. An Act to be entitled 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 Timothy Edwards, M. M. Payne, Joseph Hutchinson, Roberts Thomas and James Primrose and their successors in office, shall be and they are hereby declared to be, a body corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Harrisburgh Presbyterian Church in the village of Harrisburg and county of Richmond, and the said trustees are hereby authorised to have and use a common seal and they are hereby made capable in law of sueing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and to have, hold and enjoy real and personal property for the uses of said church, and for the support of a minister of the gospel for said church. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees of said church shall be elected annually on the first Saturday in March, by the worshipers in the church, and
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those shall be considered worshipers who attend divine service there twelve sabbaths during the year. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the [Illegible Text] or seats in said church shall be free for the use of all persons. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825. AN ACT To authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of [Illegible Text] county to lay off two lots of land in the commons of the town of Thomaston whereon the Baptist and Methodist 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 of Upson county have a right and are hereby authorised to lay off two lots of land lying in the commons of the town of Thomaston of said county, each lot containing one acre, in such a situation as they may think most suitable, whereon the Baptist and Methodist persuasions have the right of building churches and parsonage houses. SEC. 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 Baptist and one to the Methodist persuasions. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the

House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20th, 1825.
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AN ACT To authorise the justices of the inferior coart of Fayette county to convey to the Trustees or Commissioners of the Baptist society, to the Trustees or Commissioners of the Prsbyterian society, and also to the Trustees or Commissioners of the Methodist society a lot of land each, for the purpose of erecting building thereon for public worship. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the justices of the inferior court of Fayette county or a majority of them be and they are hereby authorised empowered to convey to the trustees or commissioners of the Baptist society, also to the trustees or commissioners of the Presbyterian society, and also to the trustees or commissioners of the Methodist society out of the land acquired for county purposes, and not laid out in town lots a quantity of land not exceeding one acre to each society in such parts of said land as the said justices or a majority of them may think proper for the purpose of erecting building thereon for public worship: Provided, That no part of the land that may be conveyed as aforesaid to either of the said societies shall be used as a burying ground in case the same shall be located within three hundred yards of the public spring. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. 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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CLERKS. AN ACT To repeal an act entitled an act to compel the Clerks of the Superior and Inferior courts to keep their offices at the court-house or within one mile thereof, passed the seventh day of December one thousand eight hundred and seven, so far as respects the county of Ware. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 [Illegible Text] as respects the county of Ware be and the same is hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec, 20th, 1825. AN ACT To compel the Clerk of the Superior Court of Emanuel County to keep his office at or within five miles of the court-house of 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
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enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act that it shall be the duty of the clerk of the superior court of Emanuel county, be and he is hereby required to keep his office at or within five miles of the courthouse of said county, and law to the contrary notwithstanding. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate, G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, 24th Dec. 1825. AN ACT To specify the amount in which the Clerk of the Inferior Court of the county of Wilkes, shall be compelled to give official bond. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 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 Clerk of the Inferior court of the county of Wilkes, who may be hereafter elected to office, shall, before he enters on the duties thereof, give bond and security, to be approved by the justices of the inferior court of said county or a majority of them, in the sum of five thousand dollars, instead of the sum of three thousand dollars, as heretofore required by law. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 17, 1825.
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COUNTIES. To form two new counties from the counties of Irwin and Decatur. 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 seventeeth and eighteenth districts, and such parts

of the twenty-third and nineteenth districts of Decatur county as lie on the east side of the Oaklokna river, together with the thirteenth and fourteenth districts of Irwin county do form and constitute a new county called Thomas. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, fifteenth and sixteenth districts of Irwin county form and constitute a new county called Lowndes. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all officers civil and military within the limits of the two new counties of Thomas and Lowndes as aforesaid do hold their commissions in the same manner as if elected for said counties. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the new counties of Thomas and Lowndes be and are hereby attached to the southern circuit of this state, and to the second brigade and sixth division of Georgia militia. THOMAS W. MURRAY Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1825.
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AN ACT To organize the counties of Thomas and Lowndes and [Illegible Text] commissioners to select public sites for said counties and for Irwin county, 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 of the justices of the peace of Thomas county not being candidates themselves, to proceed to hold an election in said county for five justices of the inferior court. And in like manner it shall be the duty of two or more of the justices of the peace in the county of Lowndes not being candidates, to proceed to the election of five justices of the inferior court in the said county of Lowndes, and the said justices of the peace shall certify under their hands to the Governor, the persons so elected who shall thereupon be commissioned by him and shall hold their office until the next election for justices of the inferior court throughout the state. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the justices of the inferior courts of the said counties of Thomas and Lowndes are hereby authorised and required to advertise at least fifteen days at three or more of the most public places in their respective counties for the election of clerks of the superior and inferior courts, a sheriff, coroner, tax collector, receiver of tax returns for taxable property, and county surveyor in each of the aforesaid counties, and it shall be the duty of the Governor to commission all officers both civil and military who are elected agreeable to the provisions of this act. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the justices of the inferior courts elected agreeable to the provisions of this act for the counties aforesaid as soon as they are commissioned and qualified shall proceed to select grand and petit juries agreeable to the laws of this state regulating the drawing grand and petit juries. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the sheriff of Decatur county is hereby authorised to perform all the duties of sheriff in the county of Thomas as fully as if he were elected for the same until a sheriff is elected, commissioned and qualified for the said county of Thomas. And that the sheriff of Irwin county is hereby
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authorised to perform all the duties of sheriff in the county of Lowndes in like manner until a sheriff is elected for the said county commissioned and qualified agreeable to the provisions of this act. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That Duncan Ray, William I. Forson, Simon Hadley, sen. Michael Horn and John Hill Bryan, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to select a public site for the county of Thomas and to purchase a lot or lots of land for the same and proceed to lay off lots in the public site in said county and expose the same to public sale after giving sufficient notice as usual in such cases, the proceeds of such sales of lots to be returned to the inferior court of said county as well as the land so purchased for the public site, as a county fund reserving sufficient to pay for purchasing the land for county site and expenses incurred with regard to the same. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That Lawrence Folsom, Sion Hall, William Blair, John I. Underwood and Daniel McCraney are hereby appointed commissioners for selecting a public site in the county of Lowndes, and that John [Illegible Text]. F. Dixon, James Wilcox, Emanuel Knoles, William Folsom, Elijah Beasly be and they are hereby appointed commissioners for selecting a public site for the county of Irwin under the same rules and regulations in their respective counties of Lowndes and Irwin as prescribed in the foregoing section of this act for the government and conduct of the commissioners of the county of Thomas and with as full and ample powers as if they were prescribed in the same words. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, The place of holding the superior and inferior courts and elections for county officers for the counties aforesaid shall be for the county of Lowndes at the house of Sion Hall; and for the county of Thomas at the house of Charles Kingsley; and for the county of Irwin at the present or usual place of holding courts and elections in the county of Irwin until the commissioners appointed by this act shall have selected public sites for their respective counties as aforesaid and shall have proceeded by a written notification to inform the inferior courts of their respective counties of

such place and circumstance, and it shall be the duty of said justices of the inferior courts of said counties to advertise the same, stating the lot of land selected for the public site of their county at least in three of the most public places in the same, and the same shall thereafter immediately become the permanent public site of said county [Illegible Text] counties any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
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SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the justices of the inferior court of the counties of Lowndes, Thomas and Irwin so soon as their commissioners have selected public sites for their respective court-houses and jails in conformity with the provisions of this act to proceed to the letting out court-houses and jails in said counties at such sites. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the clerks of the superior courts in the counties of Lowndes Thomas and Irwin shall not be compelled to keep their offices at their respective court-houses. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That Duncan Ray, Archibald McMillan, Paul Colson, Hardy Bryan and Malcolm Ferguson be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of the academy of the county of Thomas. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the tax collector of Thomas county when elected, commissioned and qualified agreeable to the provisions of this act is hereby authorised and required to call on the receivers of the returns of taxable property in the counties of Irwin and Decatur, who shall give him fair and correct lists of the returns of taxable property on the respective tax lists, so far as relates to Thomas county, and it shall be the duty of the tax collector of Thomas county to proceed to collect and disburse the same as pointed out by the tax law of this state as in other cases. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives, ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825.
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AN ACT To lay out a new county to be composed of parts of the [Illegible Text] of Wilkes, Warren, Hancock, Green and Oglethorpe, and to provide for the organization 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 a new county shall be laid out from the counties aforesaid, to be included in the following limits, to-wit: Beginning at Carter's bridge on the Ogeechee in the county of Hancock, thence along the Washington road by McFarland's store to Wilkes county line, thence to the month of Beaverdam where it empties into William's creek in the county of Warren, thence a direct line to the twelve mile post near John Gibson's on the road leading from Wingfield's bridge to Powelton, [Illegible Text] to the residence of Francis B. Billingslea, thence to the mouth of Powder creek where it empties into Little river, thence to the twelve mile post on the road leading from Washington to Greensborough, thence to the point where the road leading from Washington to the Scull Shoals intersects the Oglethorpe county line near Green's mills, thence to the residence of William Porter in the county of Oglethorpe, thence a direct line to Col. Absalom Janes's, from thence to the thirteen mile post near Grantsville, thence a direct line to Merritt's old mill, thence a direct line to Malachi Murden's, thence a direct line to John Colts, thence by Mrs. Moore's to Hancock county line, thence up the line between Greene and Hancock to Wall's old [Illegible Text] thence a direct line to Carter's bridge on the Ogechee the beginning; the territory thus included shall form a new county to be called Taliaferro. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Malcolm Johnson, William Durden, Blaford [Illegible Text] David Daniel and John G. Roberts, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, with authority or at the expense of the new county hereby laid out, to employ a suitable person to run and distinctly mark the lines thereof, and to furnish a map of the same. And they shall be further authorised and empowered to fix upon a site for the public buildings, which shall be as nearly central as convenient and practicable, and shall also contract for the building of a court-house and jail in said county, and until such [Illegible Text] are in a state of sufficient forwardness for use, the superior and inferior courts of said county, and all elections for county officers, shall be holden and had at the house of John Bryan.
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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all militia officers and justices of the peace comprehended in said new county shall continue to hold their offices respectively, as if commissioned as officers thereof, and said county shall be added to and become a part of the Northern circuit, and of the second brigade of the second division of Georgia militia. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That an election shall be held on the first Monday in January next at the house of said John Bryan, for five justices of the inferior court, for clerks of the superior and inferior courts, and court of ordinary, for a

sheriff and coroner, and for a collector of taxes, and a receiver of tax returns and county surveyor. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the justices of the inferior court, as soon as convenient after they shall have been elected and qualified, shall meet at the house of said John Bryan, and from the best information they may be able to procure, make a selection of grand and petit jurors, and proceed to the drawing thereof as pointed out by law, for the ensuing superior and inferior courts, and said superior courts shall be holden in said county on the Thursday after the third Monday in February and August, and the inferior courts on the third Monday in May and November. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all actions now pending in any of the counties from which said new county is taken, wherein the defendant or defendants may now be included in said county, shall be transferred, together with all papers relating thereto, and tried in said new county where the defendant resides. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted. That the commissioners herein before named shall have power authority to purchase and receive a conveyance for a suitable tract or parcel of land for the site of the public buildings of said county, to lay out a town and to sell and dispose of such number of lots, and upon such terms as they may think proper, for county purposes: Provided nevertheless, that the inferior court of said county shall have power and be authorised to do and perform all and singular the duties herein required of commmissioners, which may not have been performed previous to the time that said court may be commissioned and qualified. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the tax collector and receiver of tax returns to be hereafter first appointed in said county of Taliaferro, shall be authorised and empowered to call upon the collectors and receivers of each and every of the counties from which said county of Taliaferro is taken, and to obtain from them a list of returns made and the amount of taxes payable in said counties respectively by persons now included in the county of
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Taliaferro, and such taxes shall for the next year, and henceforth be collected and accounted for as from the said new county. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the county of Taliaferro shall be added to and become a part of the second congressional district. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825. AN ACT To add a part of the county of Upson to the county of Pike. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 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 part of Upson county lying north of Elkin's creek running through the north west corner of said county, be added to and become a part of the county of Pike. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20th, 1825.
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AN ACT To add a part of the county of Appling to the county of Telfair. Be it enacted 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 passing of this act, all that part of the county of Appling lying in the sixth district be added to and become a part of the county of Telfair, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. For the division of the county of Early. 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 Early shall be divided as hereafter pointed out, to-wit, beginning at the corners of the twelfth and thirteenth districts of said county, on the Decatur line, thence north on the district line between said districts and districts six and seven until said district line shall strike the Pechitler creek, thence up the main prong of said creek to the county line between
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the county of Early and the territory lately acquired of the [Illegible Text] nation of Indians. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all that part of Early county lying east of said line, shall be called and known by the name of Baker county. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the balance of Early county form one other county, and retain the name of Early. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all civil and military officers that may be residing in the aforesaid counties, shall continue in office until their places are filled under the existing laws. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the

county of Baker shall be attached to and form a part of the Southern circuit. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That the county of Baker shall be attached to and form a part of the second brigade of the sixth division of the Georgia militia. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That all suits that are now pending in the superior court of Early county where the party or parties may reside in the county of Baker, shall be continued in the county of Early, until the county of Baker shall be organised and ready to proceed to business. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 12, 1825.
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To lay out a new county out of the counties of Henry [Illegible Text] Monroe. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same it is hereby enacted, That a new county shall be laid [Illegible Text] of the counties of Henry and Monroe, that is to say: beginning on the west bank of the south branch of the [Illegible Text] river where the south boundary line of the lot one hundred and twenty-four in the eighth district of Henry county strikes the same, and running thence a straight line to the southeast corner of the lot one hundred and seventy eight in the first district of Henry county, thence a straight line to the corner of Pike and Monroe counties on the line dividing the counties of Monroe and Henry, thence due south along the line dividing the counties of Pike and Monroe until the same strikes the south-west corner of the lot one hundred and thirty-nine in the third district of Monroe county, thence due east until the same strikes Sandy Creck in the fourteenth district of said county, and down the same to its confluence with the [Illegible Text] river, thence up the same and along the banks of the most southern branch thereof to the place of beginning, and all that part of the counties of Henry and Monroe comprehended within the lines aforesaid shall form a new county to be known by the name of Butts. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all officers civil and military, who may be comprehended within the county of Butts shall hold their respective commissions in like [Illegible Text] as if they had been commissioned for said county. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said county of Butts is hereby attached and constituted a part of the Flint circuit, and that the superior courts in said county shall be held on the second Mondays in April and October in each year, and that the inferior courts in said county shall be held on the second Monday in May and November in each year. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said county of Butts is hereby attached to the second brigade of the fifth division of Georgia militia. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the superior and inferior courts and elections of said county shall be held at the house of Jacob Holly till such time as the same may be made [Illegible Text]
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by the justices of the inferior court of said county: and that Yelverton Thaxton, Calvary Knight, William Barclay, Abel Robertson and John Cargill be and they are hereby appointed commissioners with authority to superintend the election of justices of the inferior court and other county officers and to do and perform all other acts preparatory to the organization of said county of Butts, and the location of the public site of said county by the inferior court of the same, and that the said county of Butts be and the same is hereby constituted a part of the seventh congressional district. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all lines herein described not bounded by any former lines heretofore run or by water courses, shall so soon after the passage of this act as may be convenient, be run and plainly marked by the county surveyor of Henry county, who shall be allowed a reasonable compensation therefor, to be paid by the said county of Butts, and that until the same shall take place, and the organization herein before described, the sheriffs of Henry and Monroe shall exercise their several functions, and that so soon as the said lines shall be run and marked as aforesaid, all writs, processes, recognizances and other matters of what kind soever which by law ought to be tried in either of the aforesaid counties of Monroe and Henry, and which is by this line ceded to the said county of Butts, according to the laws now in force in this state, be and the same is hereby transferred to the superior, inferior and other courts of said county of Butts, and the clerks of the superior, inferior and of ordinary courts of the counties of Henry and Monroe, are hereby directed to certify and send up the same accordingly. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the true intent and meaning of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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To organise the counties of Baker and Early. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of any two justices of the peace one freeholder, or one justice and two freeholders, not being themselves candidates in said county of Baker, to hold an election for four justices of the inferior court for said county, after giving fifteen days notice at one or more of the most public places in said county: Provided, the freeholders shall take the following oath, to-wit: I, A. B. do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially superintend this days' election, and a true return thereof make to his excellency the Governor, agreeably to law, so help me God. And said superintendants shall certify under their hands to the Governor the person so elected, who shall thereupon be commissioned by the Governor, and shall hold their office until the next election for the justices of the inferior court throughout the state, unless their office may [Illegible Text] become vacated by law. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Lemuel Spears, Hillory Hooks, John Dennard, Samuel Howard and Shadrick Wall, or a majority of them, shall be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to select a public site for the county of Baker, and said commissioners as [Illegible Text] shall as soon as convenient, contract for and have erected a court-house and jail for said county. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the justices of the inferior court of the county aforesaid, shall be and they are hereby authorised and required to lay off the said county of Baker into as many captains' districts as in their discretion may be proper, and whenever said districts may be laid off and defined, the justices of the peace or justices of the inferior court, or any two of them, shall advertise and superintend the election in each captains 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 throughout this state, unless their office may sooner 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
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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 the said militia laws. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the justices of the inferior court in said county, 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 county for the election of clerk of the superior and inferior courts, sheriff, tax collector, receiver of tax returns, of taxable property, coroner and county surveyor, which said election shall be held at the place of transacting the public business of the county, 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 by the authority aforesaid, That the justices of the inferior court of said county, as soon as they may be commissioned and qualified, to proceed to select grand and petit jurors, agreeably 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, and for the transaction of all other county business for the county of Baker, shall be held at the house of William Howards in said [Illegible Text]. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the above named place shall be the place of transacting of all county business for the county of Baker, until the commissioners of said county shall select for that purpose a public site agreeably to the provisions of this act, and made such arrangements as will be in their opinion sufficient to accommodate the said courts, of which the said commissioners shall give notice in said county by advertisement. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Neven McBryde, David D. Smith, Benjamin Collier, Freeman Carden and Zachariah Coward, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to select a public site for the county of Early. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners above named for the county of Early, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and required after they have made choice of a site and have secured the titles of said site, to proceed to let out a court-house and jail for the county of Early aforesaid, on such
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principles as in their discretion may seem most to the interest of said county of Early. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That after the ensuing term of the superior court for the county of Early, that the house of Benjamin Collier shall be the place of transacting the public business of Early county until the commissioners of said county shall make choice of a public site and have erected such public buildings as in their opinion may be sufficient to accommodate the courts of said county of Early, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 12 And be it further enacted, That the time of holding the inferior courts in the county of Baker shall be held on the fourth Monday in January and July.

DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. To appoint County Treasurers and define their duties. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the justices of the inferior court in the several counties in this state may on the first Monday in January next, and biennially on the first Monday in January, or as soon thereafter as convenient, appoint some fit and proper person other than the clerk of the inferior court as county treasurer, who shall before he enters upon the duties of his office give bond with security to the justices of the inferior court for the faithful discharge of his duty in such sum as they shall prescribe
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not less than double the amount of funds in hand and the annual revenue of the said county, and shall moreover take an oath well and truly to discharge the duties of his said office. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of tax collectors, sheriffs, clerks of the superior and inferior courts, justices of the peace, coroners, and all and every other person or persons who may have or hereafter shall have in his or their hands any money belonging to the said county to pay the same over to the said county treasurer on or before the fifteenth day of December in each and every year and on failure thereof pay twenty per cent. interest on all sums which they on final settlement may be in arrears for, who shall give a certificate of the same directed to the clerk of the inferior court who shall receive the same and receipt therefor, and shall enter the amount of the said certificate in a book to be kept for that purpose together with the name of the person in whose favor it is given and shall keep the same of file in his office. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That when any person shall apply for a tavern or retailer's licence, he shall pay to the county treasurer the fees now required by law, and shall receive from the treasurer a certificate directed to the clerk as aforesaid, who shall receive and enter the same as above directed and grant the said licence which shall specify the place where said retailing is to be done, upon the applicants giving bond and security as required by law. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the county treasurer to pay without delay all orders passed by the inferior court and directed to him, provided he has funds so to do, and shall upon paying the same take a receipt upon such order for his justification, and shall keep the same of file in his office. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said county treasurer shall keep a book in which he shall exhibit on the debtor side all sums of money paid out by him, the time when paid and the persons to whom paid, and upon the credit side all sums of money received by him, the persons from whom received, and on what account the same has been received, which book shall at all times be open to the inspection of the court or any person interested. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of such county treasurers to exhibit to the grand jury at the superior court first held ineach year, a statement of the county funds containing a detailed account of the several objects and amounts of expenditures
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with the vouchers therefor including the balance either way from the year preceeding. And the justices of the inferior court or a majority of them shall have power to issue execution against such county treasurer and his securities for the amount in his hands on his failing to pay or account therefor within ten days after written notice from such justices to that effect. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to abrogate the office of trustees of the poor school fund created by the act approved the twenty-second of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, or to interfere with the academy funds of the county. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the inferior court shall pay to the said treasurer such sum for his services as may appear to them to be reasonable and just, so as not to exceed two and a half per cent. on any monies received by him, neither shall he exceed that amount for disbursing the same. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825.
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COURTS. To change the time of holding the inferior court of Hancock county, so far as relates to the summer session thereof. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the summer session of the inferior court of Hancock county shall be commenced and holden on the third Monday in August in each year successively, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. THOMAS W. MURRAY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 3d, 1825.
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To be entitled an act to change the time of holding the Inferior Court of Henry county. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same it is hereby enacted, That from and after the passage of this act the inferior court for the county of Henry shall be held on the third Monday in January and July in each and every year instead of the time heretofore prescribed by law. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all declarations, writs, recognizances, precepts, and processes returnable to either of said terms as heretofore established, shall be made returnable to the next January term of said court. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to Dec. 24. 1825. AN ACT To alter and fix the time of holding the Superior and Inferior Courts of the Western Circuit, and the Superior and Inferior Court of the Northern Circuit so far as relates to the county of Wilkes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 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
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this act the superior courts of the western circuit shall be commenced and held at the times following, to-wit: In the county of Clark on the second Monday in February and August. In the county of Walton on the third Monday in February and August. In the county of Jackson on the fourth Monday in February and August. In the county of Gwinnett on the fourth Monday in March and September. In the county of Hall on the third Monday in March and September. In the county of Franklin on the second Monday in April and October. In the county of Habersham on the third Monday in April and October. In the county of Rabun on the fourth Monday in April and October. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the inferior courts in the western circuit shall commence and be held as follows, to-wit: In the county of Clark on the fourth Monday in October and second Monday in May. In the county of Walton on the third Monday in May and November. In the county of Jackson on the first Monday in February and July. In the county of Gwinnett on the second Monday in June and December. In the county of Hall on the third Monday in June and December. In the county of Rabun on the first Monday in July and January. In the county of Habersham on the second Monday in July and January. In the county of Franklin on the third Monday in July and January. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act the superior court in the county of Wilkes shall be held on the third Monday in February and August in each year and the inferior court on the first Monday in May and November. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all writs, precepts, processes, and notices of any kind whatever made returnable or
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applicable to the term of said courts as heretofore appointed shall be returnable and applicable to the terms herein before stated. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825. AN ACT To make valid, binding and legal all bonds given in this state by Administrators and Guardians, payable to the Court of Ordinary, members of the Inferior Court, Judges of the Inferior Court, Justices of the Court of Ordinary, and Justices of the Inferior Court sitting for ordinary purposes in any county [Illegible Text] 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 all bonds or other instruments in writing heretofore given in order to secure the faithful administration of any testate or intestate's estate, or executors or the guardianship of the person and property, or the person or property of any minor or minors, or insane person or persons, orphan or orphans, made payable to the court of ordinary, justices of the court of ordinary, members of the court of ordinary, members of the inferior court, judges of the court of ordinary, judges of the inferior court, justices of the inferior court sitting for ordinary purposes in any county in this state, not heretofore the subjects of adjudication or not now under adjudication before any judicial tribunal having competent authority, be and the said bonds and instruments so given as aforesaid are declared binding legal and valid in any court of law and equity in this state having cognizance of the same against such administrator or administrators or executors, guardian or guardians, and his or their security

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or securities, and that in all cases not adjudicated as aforesaid, the said courts, justices, members, or judges shall be held [Illegible Text] and considered legal obligees to such bonds. [Illegible Text] G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 17, 1825. To alter and fix the time of holding the Superior Courts in a [Illegible Text] of the Southern 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 from and after the fourth Monday in January next, the superior courts in the Southern circuit, shall be held at the times following, viz: In the county of Laurens on the first Monday in May and third Monday in November. In the county of Twiggs the second Monday in May and fourth Monday in November. In the county of Pulaski on the fourth Monday in May and second Monday in December. In the county of [Illegible Text] on the first Monday in June and third Monday in December. In the county of Irwin on the Thursday thereafter. In the county of Appling on the second Monday in June and fourth Monday in December. In the county of Ware on the Thursday thereafter. In the county of Lowndes on the third Monday in June and first Monday in January. In the county of Thomas on the Thursday thereafter
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In the county of Decatur on the fourth Monday in June and second Monday in January. In the county of harly on the Thursday thereafter. In the county of Baker on the first Monday in July and third Monday in January. In the county of Dooly on the Thursday thereafter. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825. AN ACT To authorise the Superior and Inferior Courts and the Inferior Court suting for ordinary purposes to be held in the Academy of Glynn 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 immediately after the passage of this act the superior and [Illegible Text] courts and the inferior courts sitting for ordinary purposes for the county of Glynn, may be held in the academy by the sheriff of said county, giving notice of the same five days before the sitting of said courts at the house formerly occupied as a court-house at Brunswick, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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AN ACT To alter and fix the times of holding the Superior Courts in the Eastern District and the Inferior Courts, so far as relates to Camden county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Gerogia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the termination of the present fall circuit of said courts, that the time for holding the superior courts in the Eastern circuit, shall be as follows: Spring Circuit. On the Thursday before the first Monday in April in Bulloch. On the first Monday in April in Effingham. On the Monday thereafter in Chatham. On the first Monday in May in Camden. On the Monday thereafter in Wayne. On the Thursday thereafter in Glynn. On the Monday thereafter in McIntosh. On the Monday thereafter in Liberty. On the Thursday thereafter in Bryan. Fall Circuit. On the Thursday before the first Monday in November in [Illegible Text]. On the first Monday in November in Bulloch. On the Monday thereafter in Chatham. On the first Monday in December in Liberty. On the Thursday thereafter in Bryan. On the Wednesday thereafter in McIntosh. On the Monday thereafter in Glynn. On the Thursday thereafter in Wayne. On the Monday thereafter in Camden. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That from the passage of this bill the inferior court in the county of Camden shall be held in said county on the first Monday in February and on the first Monday in August.
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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all petitions, bills and subp[oelig]nas, and all processes whatsoever, returnable heretofore to said courts at any other times than those herein [Illegible Text], be and the same are made returnable to the courts to be held according to this act; and all parties, jurors, witnesses and other persons required to attend said courts are required to appear at the times herein stated. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker [Illegible Text]. tem. of the

House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, 20th Dec. 1825. DIVORCES. To separate and divorce Elizabeth Bennett and Stephen [Illegible Text] her husband. 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 aforesaid, That from and immediately after the passage of this act the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] or civil contract of marriage made between Elizabeth Bennett and Stephen Bennett shall be completely annulled, set aside and dissolved as fully and effectually as if no [Illegible Text] contract had ever heretofore been [Illegible Text] and entered into between them.
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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Elizabeth Bennett and Stephen Bennett shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatsoever at any time heretofore made or entered into between them. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. To separate and divorce Sarah Rogers and Wiley Rogers her husband. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act the matrimonial connection and civil contract of marriage made and entered into between the said Sarah Rogers [Illegible Text] Wiley Rogers her husband, be and the same is hereby annulled set aside and dissolved as fully and effectually as if no such contract had [Illegible Text] been made or entered into between [Illegible Text]. SEC. 2 And be it further enacted, That the said Sarah Rogers and Wiley Rogers her husband, shall be held in future as separate and distinct persons altogether unconnected by any union or civil contract whatever at any time heretofore entered into between them. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the [Illegible Text]
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To separate and divorce Amelia Clark and John Clark her, husband. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the [Illegible Text] connexion or civil contract of marriage made and entered into between Amelia Clark and John Clark her husband, shall be and is hereby completely annulled, set aside, and dissolved as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Amelia Clark and John Clark her husband shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether [Illegible Text] by any mystical union or civil contract whatsoever, [Illegible Text] any time heretofore made and entered into by or between them. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. AN ACT To divorce and separate Henry P. Brown and Betsey his wife. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enact-by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act the matrimonial connexion or civil contract of marriage made between Henry P. Brown and Betsey his wife shall be as fully and completely annulled, set aside and dissolved as if no such contract had ever been entered into [Illegible Text] them.
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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Henry P. and Betsey his wife shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatever heretofore entered into between them. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. To divorce and separate Samuel K. Gates and Sarah Gates his wife. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connexion and civil contract of marriage made between the aforesaid Samuel K. Gates and Sarah Gates be and the same is hereby completely annulled, set aside and dissolved as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if no such contract had ever been made or entered into between them. SEC. [Illegible Text] And be it further enacted, That the said Sarah Gates is hereby declared a feme sole, and to be henceforth known and distinguished by her maiden name, that is to say, by the name of Sarah Manson, and that she shall not in future be allowed on any pretence

whatever to charge the said Samuel K. Gates, his heirs, executors or assigns, with any debts, dues or demands of her contracting, or to subject him or them to any suit, action or [Illegible Text] at law on account of any of the actings or doings of the said Sarah, that may by her hereafter be done or committed, and that the said Sarah shall not be entitled to dower of or in the estate of the said Samuel K. Gates, but shall be considered as being barred and as having forfeited the same.
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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Samuel and Sarah shall in future be held and considered as [Illegible Text] and separate persons altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatever. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 17, 1825. To divorce and separate Nathaniel H. Borum and Elizabeth his wife. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, the matrimonial connexion or civil contract of marriage made between Nathaniel H. Borum and Elizabeth his wife shall be as fully and completely annulled, set aside and dissolved as if no such contract had ever been entered into between them. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Nathaniel H. and Elizabeth wife shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected [Illegible Text] any mystical union or civil contract whatever heretofore entered into between them. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. [Illegible Text] B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 31, 1825.
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AN ACT To divorce and separate King L. Williams and Jemima his wife. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 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 matrimonial connexion or civil contract of marriage, made between King L. Williams and Jemima his wife, shall be as fully and completely annulled, set aside and dissolved as if no such contract had ever been entered into between them. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said King L. Williams and Jemima his wife, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatsoever heretofore entered into between them. THOMAS W. MURRAY Speaker of the House of Representatives, ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 3d, 1825. To divorco Daniel Hall and Permelia Hall, late Permelia [Illegible Text] right, and to declare said marriage contract void. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the matrimonial connexion and
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civil contract of marriage made and entered into between the said Daniel Hall and [Illegible Text] Hall, late Permelia Boatright, be and the same is hereby completely annulled, declared void, [Illegible Text] aside, and dissolved to all intents and purposes, as fully and [Illegible Text] as if no such contract had been made, the said contract being illegal and contrary to law, as the said Daniel Hall had at the time of said marriage with the said Permelia Boatright another wife, then in life. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Permelia Boatright be called and known by her maiden name. and not by the name of Hall, and that this act be construed to take effect and extend to the date of said marriage between the said Daniel Hall and Permelia Boatright, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 3d, 1825. To separate and divorce Jemima A. Henderson and [Illegible Text] T. Henderson her husband. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the matrimonial connexion or civil contract of marriage made and entered into between Jemima A. Henderson and [Illegible Text] T Henderson her husband, shall be and is hereby completely annulled, set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them.
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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Jemima A Henderson and Matthison T. Henderson her husband, shall be held in future as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any union or civil contract whatsoever at any time heretofore made and entered into by or between them. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. To divorce and separate Roe Harris and Sarah W. his wife, formerly Sarah W. Abercrombie. 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 matrimonial connexion or civil contract of marriage, made between Roe Harris and Sarah W. his wife, formerly Sarah W. Abercrombie, be dissolved and forever annulled. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Roe Harris and Sarah W. his wife shall in future be held and considered as separate and distinct persons as to all matters relating to them as husband and wife. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate.
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AN ACT To divorce and separate James Dooly and Lucinda his wife. 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 from and immediately after the passage of this act the [Illegible Text] connexion or civil contract of marriage made between James [Illegible Text] and Lucinda his wife shall be as fully and completely annulled, set aside and dissolved as if no such contract had ever been entered into between them. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said James Dooly and Lucindz his wife shall in [Illegible Text] be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatsoever heretofore entered into between them. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. To separate and divorce Elizabeth Hubbard and Caswell Hubbard her husband. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act the matrimonial connexion or civil contract of marriage made and entered into between Elizabeth Hubbard and Caswell Hubbard her husband shall be and is hereby completely annulled, set aside and dissolved as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them.
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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Elizabeth Hubbard and Caswell Hubbard her husband shall be held in future as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any union or civil contract whatsoever at any time heretofore made and entered into by or between them. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 3d, 1825. AN ACT To separate and divorce Thomas G. Duke and Louisa his wife. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same it is hereby enacted, That from and immediately after the passing of this act the matrimonial contract or civil contract of marriage made between Thomas G. Duke and Louisa his wife, late Louisa Webb, shall be completely annulled, set aside and dissolved as fully and effectually as if no such contract had ever heretofore been made and entered into between them. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Thomas G. Duke and Louisa Duke late Louisa Webb, shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatsoever at any time heretofore made or entered into between them. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 29th, 1825.
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AN ACT To divorce Robert Ellington and Ann F. A. Ellington his wife. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 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 matrimonial connexion or civil contract of marriage heretofore existing between Robert Ellington and Ann F. A. Ellington his wife, formerly Ann F. A. Prior shall be completely annulled, set aside and dissolved as fully and as effectually as if no such contract had ever been made and entered into between them.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Robert Ellington and Ann F. A. Ellington his wife shall in future be considered as distinct and separate persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatever. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 12th, 1825. To divorce and separate Lucy Hudson and Charles Hudson her husband. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage
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of this act the matrimonial connexion or civil contract of marriage made and entered into between Lucy Hudson, formerly Lucy McGehee, and Charles Hudson her husband shall be completely annulled, set aside and dissolved as fully and as effectually to all intents and purposes as if no such contract had ever been entered into between them. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Lucy Hudson and Charles her husband shall in future be held as separate and distinct persons, altogether unconnected by any mystical union or civil contract whatsoever heretofore entered into between them. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 17, 1825.
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ELECTIONS. To lay off the State into seven Congressional Districts. 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 state shall be laid off into seven congressional districts, to be composed and organised as follows, to wit: The counties of Emanuel, Scriven, Bulloch, Effingham, [Illegible Text], Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Tattnall, Montgomery, and Laurens, shall form and compose the first congressional district. The counties of Burke, Jefferson, Richmond, Columbia, Lincoln, and Wilkes, shall form and compose the second congressional district. The counties of Elbert, Madison, Jackson, Hall, Rabun, Habersham, and Franklin, shall form and compose the third congressional district. The counties of Clark, Walton, Gwinnett, DeKalb, Fayette, Henry, Newton, and Morgan, shall form and compose the fourth congressional district. The counties of Oglethorpe, Greene, Putnam, Hancock, and Warren, shall form and compose the fifth congressional district. The counties of Jasper, Jones, Baldwin, Wilkinson and Washington, shall form and compose the sixth congressional district. The counties of Pike, Upson, Monroe, Twiggs, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Pulaski, Telfair, Dooly, Early, Irwin. Ware, Appling, Camden, Wayne, Baker, Decatur, Thomas, Lowndes and Glynn, shall form and compose the seventh congressional district. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That at each general election throughout this state to which the citizens thereof are now by law entitled to vote for members to represent this state in congress, it shall be lawful for the citizens resident in each of the
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aforesaid districts, who may by law be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly of this state, to elect one representative in congress in each of the aforesaid congressional districts: Provided nevertheless, that no person shall be elected to represent any of the aforesaid congressional districts who does not reside within the limits of the district to which he may be so elected, and that no person entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly shall be entitled to vote for representatives in congress in any other than the congressional district in which such person may reside. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the several presiding magistrates throughout this state at each and every such election to transmit the returns thereof to his excellency the Governor, who shall proceed to declare the persons elected in manner and form now pointed out by law. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid elections shall be held at the time [Illegible Text] pointed out by law, and shall be held at the several places which may be pointed out by law for holding the elections of members of the state legislature, and the same persons who are authorised to conduct and manage the elections of members of the General Assembly are hereby authorised to conduct and manage the elections for members to congress. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That if a vacancy should occur of any member in congress, who was elected on the first Monday in October eighteen hundred and twenty-four, the election shall be held to fill such vacancy or vacancies in the manner [Illegible Text] provided by law. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the true intent and meaning of this act be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B.

POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 22, 1824.
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AN ACT For the division of the county of Columbia into electoral [Illegible Text] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text] it is hereby enacted by the authority of the [Illegible Text], That from and after the passing of this act, the general election for [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Congress and for members of the state legislature, for [Illegible Text] and for all county officers, so far as respects the county of Columbia, may and shall be held at Columbia court-house as heretofore, and also in the town of Wrightsborough in district number twelve, and at the house of Thomas Yarbrough in [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] seven. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] justice of the peace, [Illegible Text] one justice of the inferior court and two freeholders may superintend said elections at the two last [Illegible Text] places, after said freeholders shall have taken the following oath: I [Illegible Text] solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will [Illegible Text] 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. That the [Illegible Text] of each of the said district elections shall and they are hereby required on the day of the election aforesaid, to count out the ballots by them taken in, and make a fair and correct statement of the [Illegible Text], and one or more of the superindents, or the magistrate from each of the said, districts shall meet the magistrates who shall have presided at the election at said court-house, which meeting shall take place at said court-house on the next day after said election and they shall [Illegible Text] and there compare and add the several returns or votes together, and certify to his excelleney the Governor the persons so elected agreeably to the laws of this state now in force. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall vote at more than one of said places of election for any of the respective candidates at the same [Illegible Text], or if any magistrate or freeholder presiding at such election shall violate the trust [Illegible Text] to him by this act, such person, magistrate or freeholder shall be deemed guilty of a [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], and shall on conviction thereof before the superior court of said county, be fined in a sum of fifty dollars and be imprisoned at the discretion of the court for a [Illegible Text] not exceeding ten days.
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SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That when any doubt shall be suggested as to the legality 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, governor, member of Congress, or county officer.So help me God. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the place of the sheriff or his deputy may be supplied at such electoral districts during said election by any lawful constable; and that the said election shall in all other respects than 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, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to. Dec. 12, 1825. AN ACT To establish election districts in the county of Wayne, and to punish those persons who may vote at more than one 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 day of January next all elections thereafter held for county officers, members of the legislature, members to Congress, and governor,
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shall be held at the old court-house, near the Buffalo, at James Strickland's, where the justices court is held in Capt. William Stafford's district, at the place where the justice's court is held in Capt. Chares McQuinney's district. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons 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 majority of either of them, which freeholder or freeholders shall take the following oath, to be administered by one of the justices in the following words: I, A. B. do solemnly swear (or affirm as the case may be) that I will superintend said

election and make a 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 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 old court-house near the Buffalo on the next day and compare the several election lists and certify the person or persons elected agreeable to law. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 22d, 1825.
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AN ACT Amendatory of an act passed the eighth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty three, regulating election districts, so [Illegible Text] as respects the county of Gwinnett, to authorise all elections for county officers held at the several stated election districts, and under the same rules and regulations as pointed out by the before recited act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act it shall be lawful for all elections for county officers, so far as respects the county of Gwinnett to be held at the several said election districts as pointed out by the before recited act, such as coroners, sheriffs, clerks of the superior and inferior court, tax collector and receiver under the same rules and regulations as pointed out by the before recited act to which this is a supplement. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act is in full conformity with the before recited act and all acts amendatory thereto. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the election for county officers heretofore mentioned, shall be held on the same days pointed out by law heretofore for county officers. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20th, 1825.
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To establish an election district in the county of [Illegible Text], and to punish those who may attempt to defeat the same. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act it shall and maybe lawful for the general elections for governor, members to congress, members of the legislature and county officers, to be held at the place of holding justices court in the ninth district of Fayette county, and at the court-house. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That one justice of the peace or one justice of the inferior court and two freeholders may superintend the elections in said district after the said freeholders have taken the following oath: I do solemnly swear or affirm that I will faithfully superintend this days' 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, That the superintendants of said 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 or more of the superintendants of said district election shall meet one or more of the superintendents of the election held at the court-house, on the next day after said election, which meeting shall take place at the court house in said county, and there compare and add the returns or votes together, and transmit a true statement of the same to the executive office, agreeable to the laws of this state now in force. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall vote or attempt to vote at more than one place in said county for the same election, or if any magistrate or superintendant of said district election shall violate the trust contided to him by this act, such person or magistrate shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before the superior court of said county, shall be fined in a sum of fifty dollars, or be imprisoned at the discretion of the court, for a term not [Illegible Text] ten days. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the place of the [Illegible Text] or his deputy may be supplied by any lawful constable at said district election, and that said district elections shall in all [Illegible Text]
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respects than those 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 elections. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to

Dec. 12. 1825. To establish and regulate district elections in the county of McIntosh. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the general elections for members to Congress, governor, 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 McIntosh, may and shall be held at the court-house in the city of Darien, and at the house of James Price the place where Benjamin Grooms formerly lived in Capt. McCrany's district, also at the house of Lachlan McIntosh, jun. in Capt. Thorp's district. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, 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, [Illegible Text] an act to establish and regulate
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district elections in the county of Telfair, Early and Appling, and to punish those persons who may attempt to defeat the same. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP Governor. Assented to, Dec. 7, 1825. AN ACT To alter and amend the first section of an act passed the twentieth of December eighteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled an act to establish district elections in the county of Telfair. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 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 before recited section shall be so construed as to authorise the holding the elections in said county at the places of holding justices court in each captains' district, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20th, 1825.
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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 meeting of the General Assembly of this state, so far as the same requires the elections to be held at the place of holding the Superior Courts, so far as respects the county of Hall, and to amend an act passed on the eighth day of December, eighteen hundred and [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 passage of this act the elections for clerks of the superior and inferior courts, sheriff, coroner, county surveyor, tax receiver and tax collector shall be elected on the day pointed out by law for county officers, and to be held at the places pointed out in the before recited act for members of the legislature, and conducted in the same manner as contemplated by the before recited act. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and they are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives: ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senates. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, 17th Dec. 1825. To establish election districts in the county of Montgomery, and to punish those who may attempt to defeat the same. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the [Illegible Text] of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] enacted
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[Illegible Text] 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 and state officers, so far as respects the county of Montgomery, shall be held at the court-house in said county, and at the house of Lewis Hall in captain McMillan's district, on the other side of the Oconee river in said county. 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 offence 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 election so held shall be superintended by two justices of the peace and two freeholders or a majority of them, which freeholder or freeholders, shall take the following oath, to be administered by one of the justices in the following words: I, A. B. do solemnly swear or affirm, (as the case may be) that I will superintend said election according to law, 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 Mount [Illegible Text] in said county on the next day and compare the several election lists, and certify the person or persons so elected. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, [Illegible Text]. Assented to, Nov. [Illegible Text], [Illegible Text].
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AN ACT To alter and amend an act to establish Election Districts in the county of Glynn, and to punish those persons who may vote at more than one place on the same day, passed the seventh of December one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enact-by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this law, all elections thereafter held for county officers, members of the legislature, members of congress and governor, shall be held at Brunswick at the head of Turtle river at or near the muster ground of the 27th district company in said county, and at the church in the island of St. Simons. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1825. To establish and regulate district elections in the county of Washington. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this
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act, the general elections for members of Congress, and of the senate and house of representatives in the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], and for all county and state officers, so [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] the county of Washington, may and shall hereafter [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] at the court-house in Sandersville as usual, and [Illegible Text] the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] ground in captain Wood's district, and at the house of Robert Whitfield in captain Whitfield's district, and at the house of Eli [Illegible Text] in captain Worthen's district, and at the house of William Buck in captain [Illegible Text] district. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, 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, That the superintendants of each district election shall and they are hereby authorised on the day of said election to count out the ballots by them taken and make a fair statement of the polls, and one 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 of said county on the next day after the election and then compare and add the several returns together, and certify to his excellency the governor the person or persons so elected agreeable to the laws of this state now in force. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, 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 or superintendant presiding at such election shall violate the trust confided to him by this act, such person, manager or magistrate shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be indicted (on conviction) thereof before the superior court of said county and 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, That the place of the sheriff or his deputy may be [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] such election by any lawful constable, and that [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] shall have in all other respects than those 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 elections.
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SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws and [Illegible Text] of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL. President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. To establish district elections in the county of Elbert, and to [Illegible Text] those who may attempt to defeat the same. AN ACT Be it

enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act the general election for governor, 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 following places, viz: in Maj. Allen's battalion at Simeon Henderson's, or at such place as may hereafter be selected for battalion mustering in said battalion; in Maj. Dobbs' battalion at the house of David Dobbs, or at any other place that may be hereafter chosen for mustering said battalion; and at the Big Holly Spring and at the court-house for Maj. Richardson's battalion. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, 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, (as the case may be) that I will faithfully superintend this days election and make a just and true return thereof according to law, and the best of my abilities.
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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the [Illegible Text] of [Illegible Text] district election shall, and they are hereby required on the day of said election to count out the ballots by them [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and make a fair statement of the polls, and one magistrate or more of the superintendents from [Illegible Text] of the said districts shall meet at the court-house of said county on the next day after said election and there compare and add the several returns or votes together, and certify the same to his [Illegible Text] the governor, the person or persons so elected, agreeable to the laws of this state now in force. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if [Illegible Text] person shall vote or attempt to vote at more than one of the said election districts on the same day, 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 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 decision of the court, for a term not exceeding ten days. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the place of the sheriff [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] deputy may be supplied at such election by any lawful constable, and that said election shall in all other respects than those 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 elections. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That [Illegible Text] laws militating against this be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor Assented to, Dec. 17, 1825.
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To establish election districts in the county of Scriven, [Illegible Text] to punish those who may attempt to defeat the same. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia [Illegible Text] General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act that all elections for county officers, members of the legislature, members of congress and governor, shall be held at the district muster grounds in said county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall vote at more than one place on the same [Illegible Text] shall be fined for every such [Illegible Text] in the sum of fifty dollars, one half to the informer and the other half to be paid over to the clerk of the inferior court of said county for county purposes. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the election so held shall be superintended by one justice of the peace or one justice of the inferior court and two freeholders or a majority of them, which freeholder or freeholders shall take the following oath, to be administered by one of the justices of the peace or justice of the inferior court, in the words following: I, A. B. do solemnly swerr or affirm, as the case may be, that I will superintend this election and make a true return thereof to the best of my abilitySo help me God. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the presiding persons shall count out the votes taken at said election districts and make a true return thereof on the same day. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That one of the justices or one of the freeholders at each election district shall meet at the court-house in said county on the next day, and there consolidate the several election lists and certify the said election to his excellency the governor, according to law. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any of the presiding justices or freeholders shall violate the trust [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] them, on conviction thereof they shall be [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] him or prisoned at the discretion of the court. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] fined and [Illegible Text]
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SEC. 7. And be it further [Illegible Text] laws militating against this act, be and the [Illegible Text] are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. [Illegible Text] to, Dec. 24, 1825. To amend an act entitled an act to regulate the general elections in this state, so far as respects the county of Burke. 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, all elections for governor, members to congress, and of the senate and house of representatives in the state legislature, and for all county officers, to-wit, the clerks of the superior and inferior courts, sheriffs, coroners and county surveyors, may and shall be hereafter held at Waynesborough in the county of Burke, and at each of the battalion muster ground in said county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the elections authorised by this act shall be conducted and superintended by one justice of the inferior court or one justice of the peace, assisted by two freeholders of the same county, not being candidates the said freeholders first taking the following oath, to-wit: I, A. B. do solemnly swear that I will superintend this days' election and make a just and true return of the same, to the best of my abilitiesSo help me God. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the superintendants of each battalion election shall and they are hereby required on the day of said election to count out the ballots by them taken in
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and make a fair statement of the polls; and one magistrate or more of the superintendants from each of the said battalions, shall meet one or more from each of the battalions at the court-house of said county on the next day after said election, and there compare and add the several returns or votes 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, That if any person shall vote or attempt to vote at more than one of the said election battalions 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 high misdemeanor, and shall on conviction thereof before the superior court of said county, be fined in the sum of one hundred dollars, and be imprisoned at the discretion of the court for a term not exceeding ten days. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That when any doubt shall be suggested as to the propriety of any vote offered, it shall be the duty of the superintendant to administer, in addition to the oath prescribed by law, the following oath: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have not this day voted at any election for governor, senator, representatives, members to congress or county officersSo help me God. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the place of the sheriff or his deputy may be [Illegible Text] at such election by any lawful constable, and that said election shall in all other respects than 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, That all laws and [Illegible Text] of laws militating against this act be and is [are] hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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[There is evidently an error in this act. The following is the title on the back of the act.PRINTERS.] To establish election districts in the county of [Illegible Text] AN ACT [In the inside the act reads as follows:PRINTERS.] To establish an election districts in the county of Dooly, and to punish those who may attempt to defeat the same. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act all elections which may be held for state and county officers, shall be held at the court-house in the county of Decatur, and at the place of holding justices' court in captain Hawthorn's district. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall vote at any more than one place of holding said elections authorised by this act, contrary to and in violation of the laws of this state, he or they shall be subject to be fined in a sum not exceeding thirty dollars for each and every offence, one half to the use of the informer and the other half to be applied to county purposes. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the elections authorised by this act shall be conducted and superintended by one justice of the inferior court or one justice of the peace for the county in which the same may be held, assisted by two freeholders, first taking the following oath, to-wit: I do solemnly swear that I will superintend this days' election and make a just and true return of the same, to the best of my ability. So help me God. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the place of the sheriff may be supplied by any lawful constable for said

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SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the persons superintending the said elections in the county of Decatur, shall receive and count out the votes at each of the places of such elections on the day appointed for holding the same, and the said managers or one of them shall meet on the next day after such election at the places of holding the superior court in the county of Decatur, and compare the several returns, and certify the persons which may be elected agreeable to law. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. AN ACT To establish and regulate district elections in the county of Pulaski, 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 passing of this act, the general elections for governor, members of [Illegible Text] 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 Pulaski, may and shall be hereafter held at the place of holding justices courts in captain Henly's district, at the place of holding justices courts in captain Scarboroughs' district, at the place of holding justices courts in captain Thomas' district, and at the court-house. SEC. 2. 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 such elections at each place, after said freeholders have taken the following oath: I do [Illegible Text] 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.
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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 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 in said county, on the next day after said election, and there compare and add the several returns or votes together, and to cerify to his excellency the governor the persons so elected, agrecable 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 or more than one time on the same day 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 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. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any doubt shall be suggested as to the propriety of any vote offered, it shall be the duty of the superintendants to administer in addition to the oath prescribed by law, the following oath: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have not this day voted at any election for governor, senator, representative, member of Congress, or county officer.So help me God. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the place of the sheriff or his deputy may be supplied at such elections by any lawful constable, and that said election shall in all other respects than 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 and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAPMBELL, Speaker pro tem of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1925.
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AN ACT To amend an act entitled an act to regulate the general elections in this state, and to appoint the time of the meeting of the General Assembly, so far as the same requires all general elections to be held at the place of holding the Superior Courts, and to alter the manner of holding the election of county officers in the counties of Franklin and Habersham. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the election for county officers in the counties of Franklin and Habersham, to-wit, for clerks of the superior and inferior courts, sheriffs, coroners, county surveyors, tax collectors and receivers of

tax returns shall be held at the time heretofore pointed out by law, and shall be held at the same places and conducted and certified in the same manner as is pointed out for holding, conducting and certifying the elections for governor, senator and representatives in the state legislature and representatives to congress, and that the election of the aforesaid county officers for the counties of Franklin and Habersham shall be held at the same places as has been heretofore pointed out by law for holding the general elections in said counties. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any two justices of the peace or of the inferior court and two freeholders, not being themselves candidates, shall superintend said elections, the said justices, or one of them, administering to the said freeholders the following oath, viz: I, A. B. do solemnly swear, (or affirm as the case may be) that I will superintend this election and make a just and true return of the same, to the best of my knowledgeSo help me God. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said superintenders of the several elections to be opened by a sheriff or any lawful constable, and they are hereby authorised on the same day of election to count out the ballots by them taken in at the several election grounds in said counties and make a fair statement of the polls, and one or more of the superintenders from [Illegible Text] of the said election grounds in said counties, shall meet at the courthouse, on the day thereafter and compare and add the several returns together, and certify to his excellency the persons so elected, agreeable to the provisions of the before recited act. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That should any person vote or attempt to vote at more than one of the said places
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of election on the same day, or more than once at any one of said places, shall be subject to an indictment for a [Illegible Text], and on conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not less than one hundred dollars, and shall be [Illegible Text] in the common jail of the county in which such offence shall be committed, for a term not less than ten days. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN C. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem, of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. To create a Board of Public Works; and to provide for the commencement of a system of Internal Improvement. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That for the purpose of commencing a system of internal improvement, the following provisions be adopted, to-wit:
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First. There shall be elected by joint ballot of both houses [Illegible Text] the present session of the General Assembly and annually thereafter, seven persons, who together with the governor for the time being, shall constitute The Board of Public Works of [Illegible Text] State of Georgia, and that one commissioner be chosen from each congressional district. Second. The governor for the time being shall be ex-officio, president of the board. Third. Vacancies occurring in the board shall be filled by executive appointment, to continue until appointments are made by the legislature. Fourth. The board shall be a body corporate, with power to use a common seal, to sue and be sued, and to acquire, hold and dispose of rights and property, for the purposes of this act. Fifth. They shall be authorised to establish bye-laws and regulations not repugnant to the law or the constitution, for their government. Sixth. They shall appoint and pay a fit and proper person as secretary and treasurer, who shall give bond and sufficient security for the discharge of his duties. Seventh. The board shall, as soon as may be, cause the necessary surveys, estimates and reports to be made and presented to the legislature, with reference to the opening, improvement and construction of roads, bridges, navigable waters and canals in this state. Eighth. For this purpose they shall be authorised to appoint, employ, pay and remove the necessary artists, agents and labourers. Ninth. To save unnecessary expenditure, they may appoint an executive committee, consisting of two members of the board, to whom may be confided the discharge of the less important duties, under the direction of the governor. Tenth. For the compensation of ordinary members of the board they shall receive four dollars per day while in actual service, with all necessary contingent expences, to be approved by the governor. Eleventh. The board shall be at all times under the direction of the legislature, and shall in all matters relating to the duties of their appointment, execute the laws that may be from time to time passed on the subject.
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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for

the purposes of this act. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to authorise the said commissioners other than the executive committee to receive pay for more than sixty days in the year or the members of the executive committee to receive pay for more than one hundred days in the year. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 21, 1825. LAND. To entitle Barton Thrasher of Clark county to a participation in the contemplated Land Lottery. 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 Barton Thrasher of the county of Clark, shall be entitled to two chances in the contemplated land lottery.
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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That his excellency the governor be and he is, hereby authorised and required to carry the provisions of the foregoing section into effect. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20th, 1825. AN ACT Declaring the manner in which the surveys of the University Lands dividing them into lots for the purpose of sale, according to the act of the General Assembly passed on the sixteenth of December eighteen hundred and fifteen shall be authenticated. Whereas, pursuant to authority vested in the trustees of the University of Georgia, by an act of the General Assembly of this state, passed on the sixteenth day of December eighteen hundred and fifteen, the said trustees did cause the several tracts of land then belonging to the university to be surveyed and divided into lots for the purpose of sale, according to the directions of said act: And whereas, in some cases the maps of such surveys and division into lots have been recorded without being authenticated by the oath of the surveyor or surveyors who made the same, and in other cases such maps and division into lots have been lost without being recorded, whereby the purchasers of such lands have been put to great inconvenience in establishing the locality and boundaries of the several lots, purchased by them: 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 in all cases where any of the
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maps of the survey and division of the university lands into lots for the purposes of sale, according to the authority of the before recited act, shall have been preserved and recorded either in the office of the clerk of the superior court or of the county surveyor of the county where such lands are situated, such original map or record thereof shall be admitted as evidence of the locality and original boundaries of the several lots of land thereon designated in the several courts of law and equity in this state: Provided, that the said original map or maps or the record thereof shall be authenticated by the affidavit of one or more of the surveyors who made the same, to be taken before any judge of the superior court, or justice of the inferior court of the county where the lands are situated (and which affidavit shall be recorded in the same office with such map) in the following form: GEORGIA, County. I,,do solemnly swear, that according to the best of my knowledge, recollection and belief, the above map (or in case the same is recorded the above record of a map) contains a true representation of the survey and division into lots of a tract of land situate on the waters of in the county of originally belonging to the trustees of the University of Georgia made by me for the purpose of selling the same according to authority vested in the said trustees by an act of the general assembly of this state, passed on the sixteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and fifteen. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where such original maps have been lost without being recorded the governor or the board of trustees of the University shall be and hereby, is authorised to employ the person or persons, (to-wit. [Illegible Text] Luckie and Thomas Mitchell) who originally surveyed and livided into lots the University lands for the purposes of sale as aforesaid, to make a duplicate map or maps of such survey and division into lots, either from their field notes if preserved, or if not by actual re-survey (giving twenty days notice of each resurveys by advertisement at the most public place on or near the lands to be resurveyed, and such duplicate map or maps so made shall be authenticated by the affidavit of the surveyor making the same, according to the directions of the first section of this act, and recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county where the lands are situated, after which the said map or maps or the record thereof, shall be received and admitted in the several courts of law and equity in this state as evidence of the boundaries and locality of the several lots of land thereon designated.
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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the expenses to be incurred in the execution of this act shall be paid out of the proceeds of the sales of the University lands received or to be received in the treasury of this state. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to Dec. 24, 1825. AN ACT To revise and amend the several land acts now in force in this state in relation to vacant lands and land 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 made 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 by the first day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, or within four years from the date of such surveys as may be hereafter made. 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. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 17, 1825.
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AN ACT To extend the time for fortunate drawers in the Land [Illegible Text] of eighteen hundred and eighteen, eighteen hundred and ninteen, and eighteen hundred and twenty-one, to take out their 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 in the land lottery, by authority of the act passed the fifteenth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen, and by authority of an act passed the sixteenth day of December eighteen hundred and nineteen, shall have until the twenty-fifth day of December eighteen hundred and twenty-six to take out his, her or their grant or grants for the land drawn by him, her or them, and that a grant or grants shall issue to him her or them for the same, according to the provisions of the twentieth section of said act, on paying into the treasury of this state the sum of twelve dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all and every person who was a fortunate drawer in the said land lottery by authority of the act passed on the fifteenth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-one, shall have until the twenty-fifth day of December eighteen hundred and twenty-six, to take out his, her or their grant or grants for the land drawn by him, her or them, for the same, according to the provisions of the twentieth section of the said act of eighteen hundred and twenty-one, on paying into the treasury of this state the sum of twelve dollars. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor Assented to, Dec. 7th. 1825.
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AN ACT To sell and dispose of the states' interest in lots of land which have been or may hereafter be condemned as frandulently drawn in the counties of Bibb, Houston, Crawford, Monroe, Upson, Pike, Henry, Fayette, DeKalb and Newton. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 sheriffs of the aforesaid counties be and they are hereby authorised and required to advertise and expose for sale to the highest bidder agreeable to the provisions of this act all the states' interest in lots of land which have or may hereafter be condemned as fraudulently drawn in the above named counties. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sheriffs aforesaid to advertise in two of the public gazettes of this state, and also at the court-house in the county where the land lies, at least thirty days before the day on which said lots are to be sold, setting forth the number and part of such number, together with the district and county in which each lot may lie, together with the number of acres, also the hours on which the sale will open and close. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the highest bidder for any of the aforesaid lots to which the state of Georgia has a right shall be the buyer, who shall pay to the sheriff aforesaid one fourth of the purchase money in cash, or current bank bills at par, on the payment of which the said sheriff shall give to such purchaser a certificate stating the amount paid, and the amount of such purchase money then due and to be paid, in three equal annual instalments to be paid to the treasurer of the state of Georgia, and to be attached to the county academy fund of this state. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any purchaser shall fail to pay the treasurer of this state any instalment at the time the same may become due or within sixty days thereafter, he shall forfeit the sum paid, and the land revert to and become the property of the state. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That when the last installment is paid agreeable to the face of

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sheriff aforesaid, it shall be the duty of his excellency the governor to cause a grant to be filled up in the name of the holder of said certificate, on his or their paying the sum of four dollars. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That within forty days after the sales of said lots the sheriff aforesaid shall make a report of their proceedings to the treasurer of the state of Georgia, and pay over the money received and deposit a schedule of lots sold, the amount of sales, cash received, balance due for each lot, and from whom, and the sheriff shall receive as compensation for his services five per cent. on the amount received, to be drawn for by warrant from his excellency the governor on the treasury of this state. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the sheriffs aforesaid shall enter on the duties required of them by this act immediately after the first day of May eighteen hundred and twenty-six for all such lots as have been condemned and partitioned, and all such lots as there has been no judicial decision and partition, within sixty days after such decision and partition, agreeable to law. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825. An act to be entitled AN ACT Amendatory of an act passed the ninth June, eighteen hundred and twenty-five to dispose of and distribute the lands lately acquired by the United States for the use of Georgia, of the Creek nation of Indians by a treaty [made] and concluded at the Indian Springs on the twelfth day of February, [Illegible Text] 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
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by the authority of the same, That the words Immediately preceding the passage of this act in the act passed the ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, be and the same are hereby repealed, and the first day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six be adopted in lieu thereof. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the justices of the inferior court of the respective counties of this state, or majority of the same to cause the above section to be carried into effect. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the persons appointed by the inferior courts to carry into effect the provisions of this amendatory act, shall insert in the oaths laid down in the before recited act, the words the first day of September, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, instead of the words the passing of this act wherever the latter occurs. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all men of like residence who have been wounded and disabled in the late wards with Great Britain or the Indians, shall be entitled to one additional draw other than they are allowed by the provisions of the before recited act, in consequence of said wound and disability and the persons appointed to carry this act into effect shall administer the following oath to said persons, to wit: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I was wounded in the late wars with Great Britain and the Indians, by which wound I am disabledinstead of the oath prescribed in said section. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all illegitimate children shall be considered and placed on the same footing with orphan children under the provisions of this act, and shall be entitled to a draw or draws in like manner. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to interfere with the rights of persons who have given in their names for chances in the contemplated land lottery, and that so much of the before recited act as militates against this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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MILITARY. AN ACT To compel the officers of the fourth battalion of the first brigade of Georgia militia to order all the musters of said battalion to be held at Ganey's Hill in Liberty 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 passage of this act it shall be the duty of the officers commanding the fourth battalion of the first brigade of Georgia militia to order all the musters of said battalion to be held at Gainey's Hill in Liberty county. 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. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1825.

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MINES. AN ACT Entitled an act to set apart and reserve for the use of the state all valuable ores, mines, and minerals which have been or may hereafter be discovered upon lands which now are or may hereafter be the property of the state of Georgia, and to make penal and provide for the punishment of the removing, carrying away or secreting the same to the loss of the state. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assemby met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all grants, titles or deeds whatsoever, to be hereafter issued by this state to any person or persons, partnership or corporation shall bear upon the face of the same a reservation to the state of all mines, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and quarries of gold, silver, lead or copper which have or hereafter may be discovered upon any land or lands which now do or hereafter may be the property of the state of Georgia, and upon the discovery of any one or more of them shall revert accordingly, and that upon the reversion of such land or lands to the state the owner or occupant shall be reimbursed by the state the value of his improvements and the land for the purposes of cultivation excepting always the value of the ore, mine, mineral or metal. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no person or persons whatsoever shall conceal, remove, carry away or work any [Illegible Text] mineral, mine or metal of gold, silver, lead or copper, [Illegible Text] upon or in any lands which now are, or may hereafter be the property of the state of Georgia, and any person or persons so offending shall upon conviction of the same before any court having competent jurisdiction thereof be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term not less than four nor more six years and be
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further liable for damages to double the amount of the ore, mineral, mine, or metal so concealed, removed, carried away or worked. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the governor be and he is hereby authorised to contract with any person or persons who may reveal and discover to him or his authorised agents any mine, ore, mineral or metal of gold, silver, lead or copper, to alfow such person or persons any portion of the product of such mine, ore, mineral or metal not exceeding one fourth part of the nett profit of the same, Provided, the whole amount so allowed shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars, and upon the discovery of any mine, ore, mineral or metal the governor be and he is hereby authorised to adopt necessary and proper means to preserve and protect the same for the use of the state and he shall be further authorised to reserve to the state the locality of such mine, ore, mineral or metal. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. [Illegible Text] 1824.
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PENAL CODE. AN ACT To amend the twelfth section under the fifth division of the penal code of this state, passed the twentieth day of December, eighteen hundred and seventeen, so far as to alter the definition of burglary. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That from and after the passage of this act, to constitute a burglary there shall be a breaking and entering into the dwelling or mansion house with intent to commit a felony, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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PHYSICIANS. AN ACT To regulate the licensing of Physicians to practice 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 no person or persons shall be allowed to practice physic and surgery or any of the branches thereof, or in any case to prescribe for the cure of diseases for fee or reward, unless he or they shall have been first licensed to do so in the manner hereinafter prescribed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall hereafter presume without such license to practice physic, surgery, or in any manner prescribe for the cure of diseases for fee or reward, he or they shall be liable to be indicted, and on conviction shall be fined not exceeding the sum of five hundred dollars for the first offence, and for the second be imprisoned not exceeding the term of two months, one-half the fine to enure to the use of him who shall inform, and the other half to the use of the state. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That on the trial of all indictments for any of the

offences enumerated in this act, it shall be incumbent on the defendant to show that he has been lincensed to practice physic and surgery, and to prescribe for the cure of diseases in the manner hereinafter mentioned, to exempt himself from the penalties enumerated in this act. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all bonds, notes, promises and assumptions made to any person or persons not licensed in manner hereinafter mentioned, the consideration of which
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shall be services rendered as a physician or surgeon in prescribing for the cure of diseases, shall be and they are hereby declared utterly void and of no effect. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That in order to the proper regulation of the practice of physic and surgery, there shall be established a board of physicians to be assembled annually at the seat of government, who shall at their annual meeting examine all applicants, and if on such examination they are found competent, shall grant to such applicants a license to practice physic and surgery: Provided, that seven members of said board shall constitute a quorum to make such examination and grant such license: And provided also, that if any applicant shall have studied and received a diploma from any medical college, the said board or a quorum thereof, shall license the said applicant to practice without examination. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted. That the following gentlemen shall constitute the Board of Physicians of the State of Georgia, to-wit: Tomlinson Fort, Milton Anthony, James P. Scriven, Charles West, Anderson Watkins, Southworth Harlow, Ambrose Baber, B. A. White, Norburn B. Powell, Walter H. Weems, William P. Graham, John Gerdine, A. B. Ridley, O. C. Fort, Thomas Hamilton, William C. Daniel, John Dent, Thomas B. Gorman, Alexander Jones, William N. Richardson. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the annual meeting of the board of physicians of Georgia shall be held at the seat of government on the first Monday in December in each and every year, and that the said board shall be entitled to receive and demand of every applicant when licensed the sum of five dollars for each and every examination, and the sum of five for every license. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That no part or clause of this act shall have any operation or effect upon any person now practising medicine or surgery within this state, and who has heretofore been a practising physician within the same. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That no apothecary within this state unless he be a licensed physician, shall be hereafter permitted to vend or expose to sale any drugs or medicines without previously obtaining a license to do so from the board of physicians created by this act, and every apothecary so vending or selling drugs or medicines, contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be liable to all the penalties imposed by this act on physicians and surgeon, practising without a license: Provided, that nothing herein contained be construed to prevent merchants [Illegible Text]
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shop-keepers from vending or exposing to sale, medicines already prepared: Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to operate against or upon any person or persons who now are and heretofore have been engaged in the sale of drugs and medicines as apothecaries, or who may be and heretofore have been engaged in the vending of drugs and medicines, as an exclusive branch of merchandize. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the board of physicians created by this act, shall have the power to examine any apothecary who may apply to it for a license, touching their knowledge of drugs and pharmacy, and on finding such persons qualified, shall grant such license, and shall receive therefor the same fees as provided in this act for license to practice medicine and surgery. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That to prevent delay and inconvenience a single member of the board of physicians may grant temporary licenses to applicants therefor, and make report thereof to the board at their next meeting for confirmation or further evidence of qualification to be given by the applicant: Provided, that a temporary [Illegible Text] shall not continue in force longer than the next meeting of the board, and that a temporary license shall in no case be granted by one of the board after the applicant has been refused a license by the board of physicians. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the board of physicians be and they are hereby authorised and empowered to elect all such officers and frame all such bye laws as may be necessary to carry this act into effect, and in case of the death, removal or refusal to act of any member of the said board, the said board or a quorum of them, be and they are hereby empowered to fill up any such vacancies. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That said board shall enter in a book to be kept by them for that purpose, the names of each and every person they shall license to practise physic and surgery and the time of granting the same, together with the names of the members of the board present, and shall publish the same in some newspaper printed at the seat of government within thirty days after granting the same. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That said board of physicians shall be considered a body corporate, so far as to hold property both real and personal, keep a common seal, sue and be sued, and that the book so kept by the board as aforesaid, shall be considered a book of record, and a transcript from the

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same, certified by the proper officer under the common seal, shall be taken and received as evidence in any court of law in this state. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825. POOR. An Act to be entitled AN ACT To alter and amend an act entitled an act to amend the fourteenth section of an act to protect the estates of orphans and to make permanent provisions for the poor, passed on the twenty-fourth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighteen, so far as relates to the county of Wilkes. Whereas, it is found by experience that the provision made for the poor in the above recited act is insufficient for their support Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the justices of the inferior court of the county of Wilkes, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and empowered to levy a tax and assess all taxable property returned in said county not to exceed one sixth part of
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the general tax of said county annually and that it be collected in the same manner and under the same restrictions as are prescribed in the above recited act. 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. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. RELIEF LAWS. For the relief of [Illegible Text] Watson of Morgan county. AN ACT Whereas Douglass Watson of Morgan county became the holder and owner of a certificate which was issued to Willis Trice for fraction number one hundred and thirteen in the fourteenth district of Monroe county, and paid to the state the [Illegible Text] sums due on said certificate. And whereas, the grant was issued to said Douglass Watson in the name of Willis Trice, the original purchaser, when of right and according to law, the grant ought to have been issued in the name of the said Douglass Watson.
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Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for his excellency the governor, and he is hereby required immediately on the return of the grant for said fraction so issued, in the name of Willis Trice, to have the said grant cancelled, and to cause a grant to issue for said fraction, for, and in the name of the said Douglass Watson, in terms of the law in such cases provided. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, 12th Dec. 1825. AN ACT To [Illegible Text] and change the names of Barbary Hendrix, and James Hendrix, and Melinda Hambrick, to that of Barbary Dixon and James Dixon, and Malinda Hambrick Daniel, and to legitimatise the said Malinda Hambrick, to be an heir of John Raven Daniel her reputed father. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 Barbary Hendrix be and it is hereby changed to that of Barbary Dixon, and that the name of James Hendrix be changed to that of James Dixon, and that the name of Malinda Hambrick be changed to that of Malinda Hambrick Daniel, and that she is hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized, and entitled to all the rights and legal privileges that she would have been had she been born in lawful wedlock, and be fully capable of taking and inheriting and receiving all manner of property, by virtue of the [Illegible Text] of distribution of this state, so far as relates to the real or personal [Illegible Text] of the said John Raven Daniel, the reputed father of [Illegible Text]
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said Malinda Hambrick, and to no other, to all intents and purposes, any law to the [Illegible Text] notwithstanding: Provided, That this act shall not enable the said Malinda to inherit to the exclusion of any child or children of the said John Raven Daniel, born or who may be born in lawful [Illegible Text] any law to the contrary notwithstanding. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. AN ACT To legitimatize Elizabeth Wilson, Charity [Illegible Text] Carter Mitchell, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mary Mitchell and [Illegible Text] Mitchell. Be it enacted

by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Elizabeth Wilson, an illegitimate child of Celia Mitchell, (formerly) now [Illegible Text] Newsom and wife of Solomon Newsom, born previous to her intermarriage with the said Solomon Newsom, be and she is hereby legitimatized so far as to be equally capable of inheriting at law with the legitimate children of the said Solomon and Celia, Provided, the said Solomon Newsom should die intestate. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Charity Mitchell, Carter Mitchell, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mary Mitchell and [Illegible Text] Mitchell, children of Rebecca Mitchell deceased, which said Rebecca Mitchell was another illegitimate child of the said Celia, born before her intermarriage as aforesaid, be and they are hereby legitimatized, so far as to be equally capable of inheriting at [Illegible Text] with the grand-children of the said Solomon and Celia, [Illegible Text]
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though the said Rebecca Mitchell had been a legitimate child of the same; Provided, the said Solomon should [Illegible Text] intestate as aforesaid. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 17th, 1825. AN ACT To change the names of Daniel N. Peoples, William Peoples and Nancy Peoples of the county of Camden to Daniel Newnan Cone, William Cone, and Nancy Cone and to legitimatize them. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 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 Daniel N. Peoples, William Peoples and Nancy Peoples shall be known in law by the names of Daniel Newnan Cone, William Cone and Nancy Cone, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, and they are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized and entitled to all the rights and legal privileges that they would have been entitled to if born in lawful wedlock, and be capable of inheriting all manner of property by virtue of the statute of distribution so far as yelates to the real and personal estate of William Cone their reputed father. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 17, 1825.
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To change the name of Louisa Sims and to legitimatize the same and for other purposes therein expressed. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the person heretofore known and called by the name of Louisa Sims shall be known and called by the name of Louisa Rooks. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Louisa shall be hereafter declared legitimately one of the heirs of John Rooks (of Putnam county) with all the rights and privileges belonging to the same, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1825. To legitimatize and change the name of Caroline Barnett to that of Caroline Griffin. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same it is hereby enacted, That the name of Caroline Barnett be and the same is hereby changed to that of Caroline [Illegible Text], and as such she shall be known and called in law; and the said Caroline is hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized and entitled to all the rights and legal privileges that she
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would have been had she been born in lawful wedlock and he fully capable of taking, 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 William Griffin her reputed father: Provided, The same shall only be construed to place the said Caroline on equal grounds, and not to the exclusion of any others the legitimate heirs of the said William Griffin. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the true intent and meaning of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. AN ACT To change the names of Adren Turner Williams, Martha Susan Williams and Wormly Rose Williams, to that of Adren Turner Rose, Martha Susan Rose and Wormly Rose. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That [Illegible Text] and alter

the passage of this act, the said Adren Turner Williams, Martha Susan Williams and Wormley Rose Williams, shall be called and known in law by the names of Adren Turner Rose, Martha Susan Rose and Wormley Rose, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1825.
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AN ACT To legitimatize and change the name of Curran Rogers, and to repeal so much of the fourth and fifth sections of the penal code passed the nineteenth day of December eighteen hundred and sixteen, as relates to the transporsation of convicts to the penitentiary. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enactby the authority of the same, That the name of Curran Johnson be and the same is hereby changed to that of Curran Rogers, and he is hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized and entitled to all the rights and privileges that he would have been had he been born in lawful wedlock, and 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 estate, real and personal of Simeon Rogers, the reputed father of the said Curran Rogers, to all intents and purposes, any law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, that this shall not enable the said Curran Rogers to inherit to the exclusion of any child or children of the said Simeon Rogers, born or who may hereafter be born in lawful wedlock. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, so much of the fourth and fifth sections of the penal code, passed nineteenth December eighteen hundred and sixteen, as requires that convicts sentenced to penitentiary confinement, to be removed to the penitentiary by the sheriffs or their deputies, be and the same is hereby repealed, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the [Illegible Text] G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1825.
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AN ACT To alter and change the names of Reuben Cooper to that of Reuben Ostean, and Mark A. and Elizabeth N. Branch to that of Mark A. and Elizabeth Ann Addison. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the [Illegible Text] of the same, That from and after the passage of this act the said Reuben Cooper shall be called and known by the name of Reuben Ostean, and the said Mark A. and Elizabeth Ann [Illegible Text] shall be called and known in law by the name of Mark A. and Elizabeth Ann Addison, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 29, 1825. For the relief of Henry King. AN ACT Whereas, it appears that Henry King is the holder and bearer of five hundred and twenty audited certificates, dated in the years seventeen hundred and eighty-four, seventeen hundred and eighty-five, seventeen hundred and eighty-six, seventeen hundred and eighty-seven, seventeen hundred and eightyeight, seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, and seventeen hundred and ninety, for various sums of money issued to sundry persons in the said certificates named, and signed by John Weriat, auditor, to-wit:
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Twenty-two of said certificates for the sum of four pounds, thirteen shillings and four pence each. Thirty-seven of said certificates for the sum of five pounds eighteen shillings and ten pence each. Fifty-three of said certificates for the sum of seven pounds five shillings and six pence each. One hundred and twenty-eight of said certificates for the sum of six pounds eighteen shillings each. One hundred and eleven of said certificates for various sums amounting together to the sum of one thousand and thirty-four pounds five shillings and nine pence. One hundred and sixty-nine of said certificates for various sums, amounting to the sum of four thousand two hundred and eighty-three pounds seventeen shillings and nine-pence three farthings. And also three treasurer's certificates, to-wit: one dated May eleventh seventeen hundred and eighty-six, for the sum of forty-two pounds ten shillings and two penceone dated ninth February seventeen hundred eighty-seven for one hundred and two pounds ten shillings to Jonas Faucheone other for one hundred and fifty-seven pounds, dated nineteenth October seventeen hundred and eighty sixone other dated twenty-second of September seventeen hundred and eighty seven to Alexander McDougal for thirty pounds six shillings and eight pence. And whereas it further appears that the said Henry King is a citizen of Pennsylvania, and did not know until lately that such claims required renewal by the Comptroller under the laws of this state. And such laws being enacted for the

prevention of fraud only, and not to prevent the recovery of just claims, and the legislature being now satisfied that the before recited certificates are authentic and genuine. Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the comptroller-general be and he is hereby authorised and required to renew the said certificates for the use, and in the name of the said Henry King, and at any time within three months after the passing of this act, upon the original certificate being given up to be cancelled before the renewal thereof. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 23, 1825.
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To change the name and legitimatize Isabell [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 aforesaid, That the name of Isabell Rogers (an illegitimate child of Phereba Rogers and Charles King) be and the same is hereby changed to that of Isabell King, (her reputed father) and that she is hereby legitimatized so far as to be equally capable of inheriting at law with the legitimate child or children of the said Charles King. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. To authorise the Justices [Illegible Text] the Inferior Court of Gwinnett counto remit a forfeiture incurred by Drury Thompson. AN ACT Whereas Drury Thompson heretofore become bound by recognizance for the appearance of one John W. Thompson at the superior court of Gwinnett county at September term eighteen hundred and twenty-four, and the said John W. failing to appear, his said recognizance was forfeited and judgment entered thereon against the said Drury for the sum of one hundred dollars and costs. Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the justices of the inferior
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court of the county of Gwinnett, be and they or a majority of them are hereby authorised and empowered to remit the whole or any part of said forfeiture and judgment so incurred by said Drury: Provided, the said Drury shall in no case be exhonerated from the payment of said forfeiture and judgment until he shall make it appear to the said justices that he has paid all costs that have accrued in said case. SEC 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 3d, 1825. AN ACT To admit John Milton, Joseph T. Williams, Earnest L. [Illegible Text] Richard C. Allen and Moseley Baker, to plead and practice 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 immediately after the passing of this act, Earnest L. Wittick of Morgan county, John Milton of Jefferson county, Joseph T. Williams and Richard C. Allen of Tallahasse, East Florida, and Moseley Baker of the state of Alabama, be permitted allowed to plead practice as attornies and solicitors in the several courts of law and equity in this state, upon their undergoking an examination under the direction of any superior courts within the same, and being found to possess the requisite legal information and moral character: Provided always, that the said John Milton, Earnest L. Wittick, Joseph T.
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Williams, Richard C. Allen and Moseley Baker, shall after the date of their admission as aforesaid, be deemed and held competent in law to enter into contracts, and shall be responsible therefor in like manner as if they were of full age. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. To authorise certain persons to plead and practice in the [Illegible Text] courts of law and equity 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 after the passing of this act, Hugh A. Haralson of the county of Walton, Urbane B. Ogilby of Wilkes, Henry Pope of Oglethorpe, Orville A. Bull of Warren, William V. Burney of Jasper, and Joseph Shelman of Chatham, be and they are hereby permitted and authorised to plead and practice as attornies and solicitors in the several courts of law and

equity in this state, and also to act as counsellors: Provided, that they shall have first passed an approved examination before one of the superior courts, and taken the oaths prescribed by law. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 7, 1825.
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For the relief of Isaac Bryan. AN ACT Whereas, Isaac Bryan did on the fifth day of April eighteen hundred and nineteen, purchase at public sale in the county of Columbia a certain tract of land situated in the county of Putnam, containing two hundred two and an half acres from Ziba Hunt, administrator of Henry Dickens, which said tract is known as lot No. one hundred and fifteen in the third district: And whereas according to the decision of some of the judges of this state the said sale would be considered illegal, inasmuch as said tract of land was not sold by the said administrator in the county where the land lies: And whereas it appears to this legislature that the said sale was in all respects fair, and that the said Isaac Bryan paid a valuable consideration for the same. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That the said sale shall be held and deemed as good and effectual in law as if the same had taken place in the county of Putnam, and the same right, title and interest shall be deemed to vest in said Isaac Bryan in and to said tract of land. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. For the relief of Stephen Mallory senior, of Wilkes county. AN ACT Whereas, Stephen Mallory, senior, of Wilkes county, entered [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] in the sum of one thousand dollars for the appearance
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of William Mallory as a witness in a case pending before the superior court of said county, and said William having failed to appear, in consequence of which the recognizance was forfeited. 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 immediately from and after the passing of this act, the said Stephen Mallory be and he is hereby discharged from the payment of the balance due on the judgment and execution issued in consequence of the forfeiture of said recognizance, on the payment of costs; and it shall be the duty of the sheriff of Wilkes county to enter satisfaction in full on said execution, so as to exonerate completely from the payment of said sum, the said Stephen Mallory senior: Provided, that the assent of the commissioners of the academy of said county, shall first be obtained. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825. For the relief of John Clark. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the comptroller-general of this state be and he is hereby required to receive a certificate issued at Augusta the twelfth day of November seventeen hundred and ninety-three by John Weriat, their auditor of the said state, in favor of George Cook for eleven hundred and fifty-two pounds nineteen shillings and three pence three farthings, agreeable to a resolve of the legislature, and issue,
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to the said John Cook the holder thereof, another certificate for the like amount in lieu thereof, any law to the contrary notwithssanding: Provided, the said John Clark shall file in the comptroller general's office the said original certificate, and in case he is satisfied that the said certificate is genuine. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor Assented to, Dec. 23, 1825. For the relief of John Long of Warren 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 after the passage of this act, the governor for the time being be requested to cause to be placed in the wheel the name of John Long of Warren county, for two draws in the next contemplated land lottery. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against the provisions of this act, be and they are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to Dec. 24. 1825.

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AN ACT To alter and amend an act [Illegible Text] an act to grant temporary relief to the purchasers of fractional parts of surveys, lots or islands, sold at the sales of this state, and also the purchasers of lots in the town of Macon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That purchasers of fractional parts of surveys, lots or islands at any of the late sales lying and being in the counties of Henry, Fayette, Newton, Monroe, Houston, DeKalb, Dooly, Upson, Pike, Bibb, Decatur, Crawford, Irwin, Early, Appling or Telfair, and also the purchasers of lots in the town of Macon, shall be indulged one year for the instalment now due or which may become due within ninety days from and after the passage of this act upon paying into the treasury of this state all moneys which may have become due, together with the interest which may have accrued to the state and giving bond and security, which shall be approved by the comptroller-general for the instalments for which this act is intended to grant indulgence. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the same indulgence shall be granted to purchasers of fractional parts of surveys or lots sold by the sheriffs acting as commissioners on the part of the state of the counties of Walton, Hall, Gwinnett, Habersham and Rabun: Provided, they comply with the requisitions of this act within sixty days after their respective [Illegible Text] shall become due, and that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to deprive those who failed to comply with the before recited act of the benefits of this act. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 17, 1825.
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To grant relief to persons holding executions against the purchasers of lots in the town of Macon. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Georgia in General Assembly met, That from and after the passage of this act any person holding or who may hereafter obtain an execution against the purchaser of any lot or lots in the town of Macon, shall be authorised to pay to the state the instalments due on said lot or lots and the grant fee thereon, and apply for and take out a grant or grants for the same, which shall then be subject to the satisfaction of said executions, according to the existing laws of this state: Provided, there is no other property of said defendant to be found to satisfy said execution. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the creditor paying up said instalment and grant fees, upon his taking the treasurer's receipt therefor, shall be entitled to the first money raised out of the sale of said lot or lots to remunerate him her or them therefor. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1824. AN ACT Extending the time for the tax collector of Elbert county to collect and pay over the tax of said county for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-four. Whereas the present tax collector of Elbert county has been so [Illegible Text] appointed and commissioned to collect the tax for the year
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eighteen hundred and twenty-four, in consequence of the death of the late tax collector of said county, as to render it impracticable for him to collect and pay over said tax at the time required by law. 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 present tax collector lately appointed and commissioned to collect the tax in Elbert county for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-four, shall be allowed until the first day of next May to collect and pay over said tax, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. [Illegible Text] TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 3d, 1825. AN ACT To relieve the citizens of the town of Newnan, in Pike county. Whereas, by an act of the legislature in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-two the county of Pike was laid out and the county site fixed upon at the town of Newnan;and whereas many of the citizens of the state of Georgia upon the sale of said town lots, became purchasers and did improve to a considerable extent the said town lots upon the faith of an act of the legislature, passed in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-three, making the scite of the public buildings in the county of Pike permanent at the town.For the 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 Foster Freeman, John Marshall, Hugh G. Johnson, Allen W. Prior, Josephus Love, James R. Gray and John Rud, be and they are hereby commissioned
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to distribute the following sums of money, which the following citizens have actually lost by the removal of the public site aforesaid, Francis Danelly Co. the sum of two thousand dollars, Nicholas Johnson the sum of twelve hundred dollars, Allen McCline six hundred and eighty-six dollars, James R. Gray three hundred and fifty dollars, James P. Portus three hundred and eighty-five dollars, [Illegible Text] Vial two hundred and twenty-five dollars, to Samuel Mitchell one hundred and fifty dollars, Geo. Prunell one hundred and twenty-five dollars, Lewis Daniel one hundred and fifty dollars, William Waller thirty-five dollars, Lawson Slaughter twenty dollars, Job Taylor one hundred and twenty dollars, Shadrack Perry seventy-five dollars, William [Illegible Text] one hundred and thirty-five dollars, John Freeman sixty dollars, Jacob W. Andrews thirty-nine dollars, David Thornton thirty-eight dollars, Sankey T. Johnson twenty dollars, Josephus Love one hundred and seventy six dollars, James Whatley twenty dollars and to Wm. Mitchell fifteen dollars and all other sufferers. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the justices of the inferior court of Pike county or a majority of them be and they are hereby authorised to sell or otherwise to dispose of the [[Illegible Text]] (two hundred and two) in the eighth district original Monroe now Pike county, and to apply the amount for which said land may sell for as directed in the second section of this act. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the aforesaid commissioners to establish a lottery in one year after the passage of this act to raise the sum of seven thousand dollars, under such scheme and regulations as they or a majority of them may deem necessary and proper for the purpose of a further relief of said named citizens. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the justices of the inferior court of Pike county be authorised and they are hereby required to deliver forthwith all notes and bonds which have been given by the aforesaid citizens for town lots at the aforesaid public site (Newnan.) SEC. [Illegible Text]. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against this act be and they are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of [Illegible Text] ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825.
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To vest the state interest in the property of Joel Music late of Burke County deceased, in the sisters of said deceased. AN ACT Whereas, Joel Music of the county of Burke, did by his last will and testament, give unto Archibald Music Floyd three hundred fourteen and half acres of land, under a proviso, that if the said Archibald should depart this life before he attained the age of twenty-one years, that then John Music the son of his sister Delilah Lot should heir the same: And whereas the said Archibald did depart this life before he was twenty-one years of age, and the said John died before the said [Archibald,] and they both being illegitimate children, the property above mentioned became the property of the state by the escheat law of the same: And whereas the said John Music has several sisters now alive and in indigent circumstances. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act all right and title to the said land, and the rents arising therefrom shall revert to and be vested in the sisters of the aforementioned John Music, and their heirs and assigns forever. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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RIVERS. AN ACT To amend an act entitled an act to lay off, define and keep open the main sluice of Broad river, so as to prevent the obstructions of the free passage of fish, and to appoint commissioners for the same, passed the eighteenth December eighteen hundred and twenty-four. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Linsay Johnson, Philemon R. Wilhite, William C. Morgan, Milton P. Webb and William Gilmer, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of Broad river from the junction of the north and south fork of said river to the junction of the same with the Savannah, with the same power and authority as were vested in the commissioners appointed for that section of the river by the before recited act; that William Nelms, Isaac Callaway and Russel J. Daniel be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of said river from the junction of the north and south forks to the junction of the Hudson, with the same power and authority as were vested in the commissioners appointed by the aforesaid act; and that James Jones, Sterling Harris, Joseph McEntyre, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of the Hudson river from the junction of the same with the North river to the junction of Grove river, with the same power and authority as

were given to the commissioners of Broad river by the before recited act. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That when any vacancy may happen by death, resignation or refusal to serve, the remaining
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commissioners of the section where such vacancy may occur shall immediately proceed to fill the same. SEC 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. ROADS, BRIDGES FERRIES. To authorise Samuel Calhoun living in Upson county to establish a public ferry across Flint river. 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, that Samuel Calhoun of Upson county, be and he is hereby authorised and empowered to erect a public ferry across Flint river, on his own land.
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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Samuel Calhoun is authorised and empowered to demand and receive the same rates of ferriage which are allowed other ferries on said river by law, for all passengers and carriages which he may ferry over said river, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825. AN ACT To authorise Susan Tinsley to establish a Ferry across Flint river in the first district of Early [Illegible Text], on fractions number two hundred and seventy-one and three hundred in said district, it being her 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 after the passing of this act that the aforesaid Susan Tinsley is authorised and empowered to demand and receive the same rates of ferriage which are allowed other ferries on said river by law for all passengers and carriages which she may ferry or cause to be ferried over said river, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Nov. 25, 1825.
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AN ACT To authorise James Pitts and Mickleberry Ferrell to establish a Ferry at a place now known as Pitts' Ferry, on the Ocmulgee river. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act that the aforesaid James and Mickleberry are authorised and empowered to demand and receive the same rates of ferriage which are allowed at other ferries on said river by law for all passengers and carriages which they may ferry over said river, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. THOMAS W MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, 3d Dec. 1825. AN ACT To establish and make permanent the Ferry on the Ocmulgee river in the county of Jones, known as Pierce A. Lewis's ferry, 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 the ferry on the Ocmulgee river in the county of Jones, called and known by the name of Pierce A. Lewis's ferry, on his own land, be and the same is hereby made and declared a public ferry, and the said Pierce A.
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Lewis, his heirs or legal representatives, are hereby authorised to ask, take and receive from all persons crossing at said ferry the same rate of toll or ferriage that is by law allowed or established at other public ferries on said river. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. To authorise James Gray, senior, to establish a ferry over Flint 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 from and [Illegible Text] the passage of this act the ferry belonging to James Gray, sen. on Flint river, is made public, and that the said James Gray, sen. be and he is hereby authorised to take such rates of toll or ferriage as is allowed other ferries on said river.

DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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To authorise Springer Gibson to establish a ferry across Flim 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 enact-by the authority of the same, That Springer Gibson, his heirs and assigns shall have a right to keep a ferry on Flint river, at or near the place where his flat at present crosses said river on his own land, on a road leading from the Indian Springs to Montgomery, Alabama, liable to the same toll and regulations as other ferries on said river, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825. To alter and amend the Road Laws, so far as respects the county of Wayne. 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, all the fines which may be collected from defaulters for their non-attendance on the road or roads in the county of Wayne, shall, when collected, be paid over to the commissioners
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of the road or roads, and by them to be carefully appropriated to the improvement of the roads in the district or division where such fine or fines may have been collected. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws militating against this law be, and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1825. AN ACT To authorise David Terrell of Greene county to erect a bridge over the river Appalachie at his mills, and 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 the said David Terrell, his heirs or assigns be and they are hereby authorised to erect a bridge over the river Appalachie at his own mills, and on his own land, and he or they be and are hereby authorised to ask, receive and take the same for crossing said bridge, as is allowed as ferriage at Hodge's ferry on said river in Greene county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said David Terrell shall be hereby bound for any damages which may be sustained for and on account of negligence. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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To establish Martin Hardin's ferry on Spring Creek in the county of Decatur, and to establish the rates of toll. 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 aforesaid, That the ferry on Spring Creek formerly known as Harden's ferry on Spring Creek, shall be a public ferry, and shall be entitled to receive from all passengers the following rates of toll, for every road waggon and team fifty cents, for every gig and two horses thirty-seven and an half cents; for cart and team twenty-five cents; for man and horse [Illegible Text] and an half cents; for led or drove horse six and a quarter cents; for each head of cattle, hogs, sheep or goats, one cent. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the proprietors of said ferry at all times to keep a good and sufficient ferry, flat and attendance for the conveyance of the description carriages, c. and may receive the above rates of toll, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. AN ACT To be entitled an act to repeal an act passed in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-two, exempting the slaves on the island of Ossabaw from road duty in the county of Bryan. Whereas, the above recited act exempts the slaves on said island from performing road labor in said county by the owners
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thereof paying to the commissioners of roads of said county the sum of three dollars per hand, per annum. And whereas no money has ever been paid, and the slaves retained from road labor to the injury of the road. Therefore be it enacted

by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, that all the male slaves and other persons on the island of Ossabaw from the age of eighteen to forty-five years be compelled to perform road labor in said county agrecable to the road laws governing said county and that the above recited act, be and the same is hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. AN ACT To amend the road laws of this state as far as respects the county of Camdeu, and appropriate monies for the [Illegible Text] Fort road in said county out of the county funds 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, it shall be lawful for the owners of all slaves on the island of Cumberland in said county and all other persons living on said island liable to do road duty, either to perform road duty in conformity to the laws now in force, or commute for the performance of the same by paying for each slave liable to work on the roads three dollars per year, and all other persons living on said island liable to road duty by paying annually a like sum each.
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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the owners or managers of slaves on said island liable to road duty and all others living on said island liable to do duty on the public roads, shall be summoned in the manner pointed out by law regulating roads in the county of Camden, and on refusing to deliver to the person summoning a list of slaves or neglecting to perform the duty enjoined or to commute for the same, such owner or manager, person or persons shall be subjected to all the pains and penalties the existing road laws inflict. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all monies which may be collected in virtue of this act shall be paid into the hands of the commissioners of the road district where the labor of such slaves or persons may be apportioned. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever the justices of the inferior court for the county aforesaid shall exempt any person living in said county south of Crooked river and east of the post road from the performance of duty on the public roads, the inhabitants of Cumberland island shall be also exempted from the performance of road duty that year. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all persons living in the county aforesaid west of the post road on the south side of the Satilla river and within three miles of the same shall be compelled to do their road duties for the ensuing year on the road leading from Jefferson to Sheffield's bridge, and that Joseph Thomas, John Tompkins and N. W. Collins be the commissioners of the same. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the justices of the inferior court for the county of Camden be authorised and required to expend three hundred dollars on the road leading from the Burnt Fort ferry to Camp [Illegible Text] in said county, out of the county funds the ensuing year under the direction of such commissioners as said justices may appoint. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That all the inhabitants of Little Satilla Neck in said county below the Cross Swamp shall be exempted from the performance of road duty on the public roads, in said county for one year from the passage of this act, for the purpose of working on the road leading from said [Illegible Text] to the post road under the superintendance of the following commissioners for that part of said road leading from Nodding's Point to the main post road, to-wit: Alexander Atkinson, Brittain R. Bunkley and William Berry, Jr.and for that part of said road leading from a place called Lampedozier, up the north
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side of White Oak creek, under the superintendance of the following commissioners, to-wit: Thomas E. [Illegible Text], Joseph [Illegible Text] and Jonathan Hall, Esqrs. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. AN ACT To repeal an act entitled an act to amend the road laws of this state so far as relates to the county of Baldwin, passed on the twentieth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-four. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 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 before recited act be and the same is hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL. President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to. Dec. 20, 1825.
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To alter amend and consolidate the road laws so far as respects the county of Glynn. AN ACT Be it enacted by the

Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all male white inhabitants, free negroes and mulattoes, and all male slaves from the age of eighteen to forty-five years, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be obliged to appear and work upon the several roads, creeks, causeways, water passages and bridges, within the several districts or divisions to which such male white inhabitants, free negroes and mulattoes respectively belong, and all male slaves shall be allotted pursuant to the mode hereinafter pointed out, or such white male inhabitants, free negroes and mulattoes, and owners managers and employers of such negroes and other male slaves, shall be liable to the fines and penalties in this act defined and expressed: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall extend to subject practitioners of physic or teachers of schools to personal working or attendance on the roads, causeways, bridges, and water passages within the several districts wherein such person shall or may reside. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners hereinafter appointed, or a majority of them shall, and they have full power and authority to appoint one or more person or persons, within their several districts and divisions, to summons all such persons as are obliged to work within the said districts at such time of the year, and for as many days as they may think convenient and necessary, (not to exceed six days at one time, or twelve days in one year;) to repair, erect open clear and work upon the several roads, bridges, causeways and water passages within the same; and said summoner before entering on the duties of his appointment, shall take the following oath, to be administered by one of the commissioners of said county, viz: I, A.B. do solemuly swear, that I will faithfully discharge the duties of summoner of the district to which I am appointed, and that I will receive no return from any owner, manager, or other person, unless such owner, manager, or other person take the oath prescribed by law.So help me God. And the several owners, or managers of male slaves within their several districts, shall, when summoned, deliver to the person summoning a list in writing on oath, of all such male slaves as by this act are liable to work,
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which shall be as follows, viz: I, A. B. do solemnly swear that the list which I now give in is a just and true return of all the male slaves subject to road duty, under my control, either as owner, executor, administrator, agent, or manager, to the best of my knowledge and belief.So help me GodWhich oath the said summoner is hereby authorised to administer. And for the refusal of such owner, or other person, in his or her behalf to give in a list of all such slaves on oath, as by this act are liable to work, shall forfeit the sum of three hundred dollars to be recovered in any court having cognizance thereofto be levied of the goods and chattels of such owner, and which shall come to trial at the first term after commencing suit. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the person or persons summoning as aforesaid, shall be exempt from his or their personal [labor] in such districts or divisions; and in case any person or persons appointed to summon as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse so to do, such person or persons shall severally forfeit thirty dollars for every such offence, to be levied by warrant of distress and sale of the offender's goods and chattels, under the hands and seals of a majority of the commissioners, of said district. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners shall give at least ten days notice to all persons subject to work within their respective districts or divisions, of the time and place of attendance, with such tools as they may deem necessary; and if any person subject to work as aforesaid, shall fail to attend agreeably to such notice, together with all slaves liable to work on the roads by this act, owned by them or under their care and management, shey shall be subject to the following fines, viz: for the non-attendance of every free person, except such as are herein exempt, the sum of one dollar per day, and for every slave the sum of seventy-five cents per day on the main land, and fifty cents per day for all male slaves being and residing on the islands of St. Simons and Jekyl, who may be liable to work on the main agreeable to the provisions of this act hereinafter mentioned, to be levied by warrant of distress and sale of the offender's goods, and chattels, under the hands and seals of a majority of the commissioners or surveyors of the district in which the same shall be assessed, or be incurred, and directed to any constable of the county wherein such offender or offenders property may be found, whose duty it shall be to execute the same without any delay, and the said constable shall be entitled to the same fees as are allowed for executing other processes of a similar nature; and in all cases where the fines accruing and imposed by this act, shall exceed the sum of thirty dollars against any one offender, it shall be the duty of the said commissioners or a majority of them, and they
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are hereby authorised, required and directed to issue separate and distinct executions against such offenders goods and chattels for the amount of the fine incurred by the default of each and every slave of such offender severally, which said

fines when levied shall be paid by said constable to the commissioners or any one of them in the division or district where the said fine may be collected, and shall apply the same towards the repairs of the several roads, bridges, and causeways within such division, and be severally answerable for the sums received by them to the general board of commissioners and shall make a return of the sum or sums of money by them received as aforesaid, and of the particular bridges, causeways or roads about which they have expended or laid out the same or parts thereof, at the annual meeting of the board, unless the party making such default, shall within ten days thereafter make such excuse on oath, as may be deemed satisfactory to the commissioners of their respective districts or divisions. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every male white inhabitant liable to work and appear as aforesaid, shall when summoned and appearing as aforesaid in his district or division, if required, carry with him one good and sufficient gun or pair of pistols and at least nine cartridges to fit the same, or twelve loads of powder and ball or buck-shot, under the penalty of seventy-five cents for every day he shall neglect so to do. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That no civil officer or any person whatsoever shall on any pretence execute any warrant or process unless for felony, treason, or a breach of the peace, on any person or persons during the time any such person or persons shall be working upon the said roads, or in going to and returning from working and appearing as aforesaid on the same or within twenty-four hours after such person or persons shall be discharged from working upon such roads, under the penalty of ten dollars, and the service of such warrant or summons on any person is hereby declared to be null and void to all intents and purposes, and during the time aforesaid not any implement for any cause, matter or thing whatever, except it be for any payment or assessment mentioned in or for any fine or forfeiture incurred by this act, but arms and [Illegible Text] shall not be liable to be seised or taken away under any pretence whatever, and in case any person shall seise, distrain or levy upon any such implements of labour, arms and accoutrements, except as aforesaid, every such person shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid or any one of them shall have power and authority to nominate and appoint one or more overseer or overseers in their
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respective district or districts to attend, view, manage and direct all persons working within the same, and such overseer or overseers hereby have full power to correct any slave or slaves neglecting the work by them to be done, or otherwise offending, and in case any white person, free negro or mulatto, shall neglect [to work] or perform the duty required of him or them, the commissioners or a majority of them, upon report thereof by the overseer or overseers, shall fine every person so offending in the sum not exceeding two dollars for each day he shall so [Illegible Text] or neglect, and if any person or persons chosen overseer as [Illegible Text] shall refuse to do and perform the duty thereof, such person or persons shall at the discretion of the said commissioners or a majority of them, be fined ten dollars for every such offence. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons as aforesaid shall hinder or [Illegible Text] any traveller from going through or passing over any roads, bridges, rivers or crecks, in any division or district, the surveyor of such division or district, the overseer, white persons, free negroes and mulattoes or slaves, working in and upon, or claiming the same, in so doing, or making any use of trees or timber, wood or earth, in or near the same, for mending and repairing the said roads, bridges, or any causeways whatsoever, within the same, such person or persons shall forfeit a sum not exceeding thirty dollars; and the commissioners are required to allow a reasonable compensation, of which they or a majority of them shall judge, for the trees or timber to the owners thereof, for the purpose of keeping in good repair the several roads, bridges and causeways, to be paid out of any fines collected by virtue of this act. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the several commissioners nominated and appointed, shall meet yearly at such time and place within the county as the commissioners of the several divisions may appoint, giving at least twenty days notice in their respective districts of the time when and place where such meeting will be held, and a majority of the commissioners so convened shall form a board, and then and there determine all matters relating to the several roads, bridges, rivers, [Illegible Text] causeways and water passages already laid out, erected, cleared or made, or which may be erected, cleared or made, and assign any particular person or persons, commissioner or commissioners, and to appoint the time of working within their respective divisions or districts, and also to appoint other commissioners of any dying, departing the state, declining, refusing or neglecting to act as shall be agreed upon and determined by a majority of the commissioners to form a board, those present shall give ten days notice of the time and place of another meeting.
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SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That any commissioner or surveyor appointed or to be appointed, who after accepting of such appointment shall not daily and every day attend upon the roads within their respective districts or

divisions during the time of working on the same or whenever thereunto required by a majority of the commissioners of such division or district, or who shall refuse or neglect to do or perform the duties required of them by this act such commissioner or commissioners shall at the discretion of the board of commissioners forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding thirty dollars. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall by themselves, their slaves or servants for whom their respective masters, owners, managers or employers shall be answerable, alter or in any wise damage by stopping of water, or by any means whatever obstruct any of the roads, bridges, rivers or creeks in any division or district already laid out, every such person or persons so offending shall be summoned by the commissioners or surveyor of the district or division wherein any such offence shall be committed or a majority of them forthwith to amend, clear and repair the same, and in case of refusal or neglect of such person or persons so to do, such person or persons so offending shall be fined in a sum not exceeding thirty dollars, and the said commissioners or surveyor or a majority of them are hereby empowered and required to hire and employ such a number of hands as may be necessary to attend, repair and clean the same, and the expense of such amendment, repairing and cleaning shall be defrayed and paid by the person or persons so offending, neglecting or refusing as aforesaid, which fine and expense shall on refusal of payment be levied on the goods and [Illegible Text] of such offender as in this is directed. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That if at any time after the passing of this act any number of persons should wish or desire a new public road to be laid out, opened, cleared and kept in repair, such person shall communicate their wish or desire by [Illegible Text] to the board of commissioners or surveyors at their annual meeting, therein giving an accurate and full description of the road they wish laid out, with the place from whence and whither they wish it to lead, and through what district or districts such road is intended to run, and provided, the prayers of such petitioners should be deemed just and reasonable by the commissioners or surveyors or a majority of them then present, they are hereby required and empowered to order such new road or roads to be laid out, and to determine and prescribe the district or districts of such road or roads and forthwith to appoint three commissioners to each district or division who will accordingly proceed to lay out and cause to be opened, cleared and kept in repair
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such road or roads: Provided, That if the said new road shall not be of sufficent length or difficult to form or require a separate district the said commissioners or surveyors or a majority of them, may at their discretion allot the same to such other district or districts as may to them appear most equal and fair. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That all public roads laid out or now in use, or which shall hereafter be laid out shall be cleared of all trees, grubs and bushes at least twenty feet wide and such limbs of trees as may incommode horsemen or carriages shall be cut away. And whereas it may not be practicable for the several persons subject to work by this act to erect bridges over the several creeks and rivers which may be in their districts or divisions by working thereon in the mode pointed out by this act SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the commissioners or surveyors of such district or division by the consent of the justices of the inferior court are hereby empowered to contract and agree with any person or persons willing to undertake the [Illegible Text] and the expense thereof to be defrayed out of the county funds, and whenever it shall be necessary to erect or repair any bridges between two counties the commissioners of the districts adjoining such bridge in both counties by the consent of the justices of the inferior court of each county are hereby empowered to contract with any person or persons willing to undertake the same, and the expense thereof to be at the joint expense of each county, to be defrayed out of the county funds. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That if at any time after the passing of this act, any person or persons should wish or desire to have a private path for the convenience of his her or their settlement to the nearest public road or landing place, such person or persons shall communicate their wish or desire to the board of commissioners at their annual meeting, therein giving an accurate and full description of the road they wish laid out, with the place from whence and whither they wish it to lead, and the board are hereby empowered to determine on said petition, and [Illegible Text] dcemed reasonable to order the laying out the same, at the joint proportional labor and expense of those who may apply for and use the same in common, of which proportional labor and expense the board are hereby declared to be sole judges. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That all the male slaves, white inhabitants or other persons subject to perform road duty in the twenty-seventh district shall commence on the Fancy Bluff road at the point or place where it may join or intersect the Buffalo
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road leading to Brunswick, and work towards Fancy Bluff across Green creek, Turtle river bridge, and so directly on to Fancy Bluff. And all the slaves, white inhabitants or other persons subject to road duty in the twenty-sixth district,

except such as have been otherwise appropriated shall work on the road known as the Buffalo road and under the control of the commissioner of the said district, unless they may in their wisdom think proper to put a part of their force on the road leading from Brunswick to Barrington. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That James Blue, C. C. Cooper, John Piles be and they are hereby appointed commissioners for that portion of the county which includes the twenty-seventh district, and they or a majority of them are hereby fully authorised to carry this law into full effect so far as embraces their district or division. And that John Burnet, jr. William Moore, John Harris, Thomas Dover, Daniel M. Stewart are hereby also appointed commissioners for that portion of the county which includes the twenty-sixth district or captain Samuel Burnet's company, and they or a majority of them are fully authorised as abovenamed to carry this law into effect so far as includes their district or division. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That James Gould, Samuel Wright and Jonathan Bowers are hereby appointed commissioners for the island of St. Simons, and they or a majority of them are hereby fully authorised to call out and employ one half of all the male slaves, all male white inhabitants, one half of all free negroes and mulattoes, who may be liable to road duty agreeable to the provisions of this act within their jurisdiction, and shall cause them to work on such roads or in such places as to them shall seem most proper, in and about the said island of St. Simons, and that the remaining half of all the male slaves liable to road duty, free negroes, or mulattoes being or residing on said island, are hereby required and compelled to work on such roads or places as the commissioners of the twenty-sixth district may deem most proper: Provided nevertheless, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent any owner or manager of slaves on said island of St. Simons, to retain the one half of his male slaves so liable to work in the district by paying to the commissioners therein named the sum of fifty cents for each day his slave or slaves may be absent, unless such absence shall be proven to have been [Illegible Text] by sickness, running away or some good and sufficient excuse, such as the said commissioners may consider full and satisfactory.
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SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That twenty-five male slaves who may be subject to road duty in the twenty-sixth district or division be authorised and required to work on a road known as the Honey-gall creek road, under the same fines and penalties as is herein made and provided; and that James Powell, Bailey Forrester, and Alexander Stapleton be and they are hereby appointed to carry the provisions of the above act into full effect, so far as respects the said road and landing, and the Honeygall creek. SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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SHERIFFS. To reduce Sheriffs bonds in certain counties in this state, and to allow said officers compensation for services. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, that the sheriffs bonds of the following counties, viz. Appling, Bryan, Bulloch, Emanuel, and Montgomery, shall be and the same are hereby reduced to the sum of ten thousand dollars each, which bonds shall be taken in conformity to the forty-first section of the act of the judiciary of this state, passed seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, with the above exception. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sherifs of the before recited counties shall be compensated in a sum adequate to their services to be paid out of the county funds for summoning jurors, to be adjudged of by the justices of the inferior court of said counties, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to Dec. 24. 1825.
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A bill to be entitled AN ACT To establish fees for the sheriffs, county surveyors and partitioners for dividing lands fraudulently drawn and returning the same. Whereas, sheriffs, county surveyors and partitioners are required by law to perform labors and important duties, relative to the division of lands fraudulently drawn in the land lotteries authorized by the laws of Georgia.And whereas, no provision is made for compensating themAnd whereas all public officers should be compensated for their public services. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State

of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act the sheriffs of any county who may be called on to summon partitioners to divide land fraudulently drawn shall be entitled to charge and receive the sum of sixty-two and a half cents for summoning each partition, and that he be entitled to the further sum of seventy-five cents a day for his services as a partitioner, and that the county surveyor shall be entitled to charge and receive the sum of four dollars for every mile surveyed and marked according to law, and the sum of two dollars and fifty cents for making his return. And each and every partitioner shall be entitled to charge and receive the sum of seventy-five cents per day for every actual days service. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the foregoing fees shall be made out and certified by the county surveyor and be charged against the informer, and be recovered as other costs in such actions. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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AN ACT To authorise the clerks, sheriffs, and other officers in any of the counties in the Southern, Flint, Ocmulgee and Western circuits and of the county of Warren to insert their advertisements in any gazette published in Milledgeville or within their circuits, and to compel deputy sheriffs to advertise in the same paper in which his principal shall advertise. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the clerks of the superior and inferior courts and courts of ordinary, sheriffs, coroners, and other officers of the several counties in the Southern, Flint, Ocmulgee and Western circuits and of the county of Warren and they are hereby required to publish their advertisements in any of the gazettes published in Milledgeville or within their circuits. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the deputy sheriffs in the counties aforesaid shall and they are hereby required to advertise their sales in the same gazette in which the principal sheriff shall advertise his sales: Provided, such sheriffs or deputies shall within twenty days after entering on the duties of their office, give notice by written advertisement at their respective court-houses, continuing the same sixty days, specifying the paper selected, also notice of such selected paper shall be given in the Georgia Journal of Milledgeville. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 17, 1825.
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TAXES. To raise a tax for the support of government for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-six. 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 eighteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled an act to raise a tax for the support of government for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five, together with all acts and parts of acts which said act revived and continued in force, be and they are hereby revived and continued in force as the tax act for the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-six. 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 this 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 and to the building of bridges, the improvemont of the public roads, for the support of the poor and the education of youth as the said courts may deem respectively most expedient. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act all free white male persons of sixty years of age and upwards shall be and they are hereby exempted from paying poll tax. SEC. 4. 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 tax collected in the aforesaid county for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and which is directed by law to be paid by the collector to the justices of the inferior court for county purposes, for the purpose of enabling the commissioners or trustees of the academy aforesaid to rebuild
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and repair the edifice erected near Columbia court-house as the county academy. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker

pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24th, 1825. AN ACT To require the collectors of taxes to pay over the monies collected by them for county purposes to the proper authority, and to authorise the inferior court of any county to issue execution against defaulting tax collectors. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 there may be any tax due to the county in the hands of the collector of any county and collected by the tax collector of any county and not paid over to the proper authority on or before the first Monday of December next after the same may be collected in every year the justices of the inferior court or a majority of them in each county, be and they are hereby authorised immediately to issue execution against any tax collector and his securities so neglecting or refusing to pay over such tax. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any collector of taxes who shall fail or neglect to pay over such taxes by the time specified in the preceeding section shall be liable to pay interest at the rate of twenty five per cent, on the amount not paid over which shall be required in the execution issued as aforesaid. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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TOWNS. To be entitled an act to authorise a 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 are hereby authorised and required within three months from and after the passage of this act to sell not exceeding twenty-five half acre lots adjoining those already sold in said town of Macon: Provided, That the commissioners shall not be authorised or permitted to sell any lot or lots laid off on the margin of the river Ocmulgee. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sales shall be advertised and conducted, and the monies and bonds thereon accruing shall be accounted for as directed in the act for laying out the town of Macon, passed the twenty-third December, eighteen hundred and twentytwo. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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AN ACT To alter and amend an act to incorporate the town of Perry in the county of Houston and to appoint commissioners for the same, passed November twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and twenty-four. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 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 Phineas Oliver, Edward Welch, John More, Wilson Collins, and Benjamin Kent be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of the said town of Perry in the county of Houston with the same power and authority as is given in and by the before recited act. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the corporation of the said town of Perry after the passing of this act shall extend one quarter of a mile from the public site in said town of Perry. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for all the citizens residing within the said corporation to work on the roads and streets in said corporation and not elsewhere during their residence therein, any law usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. THOMAS W. MURRAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 3, 1825.
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AN ACT To amend the several acts incorporating the town of St. Mary's. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That from and after this date all the judicial powers vested in the intendant and council of the town of St. Mary's by any and all former acts incorporating the same, be and the same are hereby vested in the intendant of said town and his successors in office solely: Provided, That in case of the sickness of said intendant, or his absence from said town, that said judicial powers may be exercised by the members of council of said town or a majority of them. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That from and after this date the said intendant or in his sickness or absence as aforesaid the said council, shall not be compelled to draw a jury every term of the court held in said town, but said intendant or said council (as the case may be) shall only be authorised and required

to draw a jury or juries when in his or their opinion the situation of the causes on the docket of said court require it. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That from and after this date that the intendant and council of the town of St. Mary's and their successors in office shall have the sole power of appointing five commissioners of pilotage for the port and district of St. Mary's and of removing all or any of said commissioners when the said intendant and council may think the interest of said port and district requires it. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That from and after this date the said intendant and council of said town shall have no power to levy any poll tax or tax on slaves beyond the ordinary taxes of the state. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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AN ACT To authorise the justices of the inferior court of Effingham county to act as commissioners for the town of Springfield in said county, and to make valid all titles made by them for [Illegible Text] sold in said town. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That from and after the passage of this act, the justices of the inferior court of the county of Effingham for the time being, and their successors in office, shall be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of the town of Springfield in said county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorised to sell and dispose of the lots of said town in such manner as they may think best and apply the money arising therefrom to county purposes. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all titles made by the justices or commissioners aforesaid for lots sold or to be sold by them shall be good to the purchaser. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said justices as commissioners aforesaid shall have full power and authority to pass such bye-laws and regulations for the government of said town as they may deem necessary: Provided, they shall not be repugnant to the laws and constitution of this state, or the constitution of the United States. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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AN ACT To repeal an act entitled an act to remove the court-house, or the site of the public buildings in the county of Wayne, passed on the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, and to repeal an act entitled 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, passed on the twenty-fifth day of November, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, and to provide for disposing of the land and buildings at the new site at Wiley Robertson's. Whereas, the commissioners appointed under and by virtue of the acts above mentioned or a majority of them have selected a site for the public buildings in the county of Wayne, which is neither central or convenient to the majority of the citizens of said countyfor remedy whereof: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the abovementioned acts of the legislature passed on the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and twentythree, and on the twenty-fifth day of November, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, authorising the removal of the public buildings of Wayne county and appointing a place for holding elections, be and the same are hereby repealed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the court-house and public buildings of the said county of Wayne shall be located where the court-house stood near the Buffalo immediately prior to the passing of the aforesaid acts, and all public elections shall be hereafter there held. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the justices of the inferior court of the county of Wayne or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorised and required to proceed to sell and dispose of the land and buildings (if any) at the new site for a court-house for said county at or near the house of Wiley Robertson, after giving at least thirty-days [UNK]notice[UNK] at two or more public places in the county, and to employ the proceeds of the sale to county purposes.
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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20, 1825. AN ACT To give to master carpenters and master masons a lien on [Illegible Text] erected by them in the town of Decatur and county of

DeKalb. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 masons who after the passage of this act may erect buildings in the town of Decatur and county of DeKalb, shall have full power and authority to retain the keys and possession of such buildings, and shall have a lien thereon, Provided, there be no existing agreement between the parties securing the amount to be paid for the erection thereof. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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AN ACT To extend the corporate limits of the town of Eatonton, [Illegible Text] county and to vest the commissioners of said town with certain powers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act, the lot or parcel of land on which the academies and church are situated be and is hereby attached to the corporation of the town of Eatonton. SEC. 2. And it is further enacted, That the commissioners of said town and their successors in office are hereby vested with full power (in their corporate capacity) to prohibit and prevent the employment or use of said lot or parcel of land as a burying ground. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. To amend an act entitled an act to establish an engine company in 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 for the greater safety and better preservation of the city of Savannah in cases of fire, from
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and immediately after the passage of this act, the corporation of said city shall have power and authority, and they are hereby empowered and authorised to nominate, select and appoint certain individuals, being free white persons, not exceeding fourteen in number in addition to and forming a part of said engine company, the said fourteen persons being liable to the performance of the same duties, and entitled to the same privileges as provided in the act under the title above recited, for the establishment of an engine company in the city of Savannah. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives, ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. AN ACT To authorise certain commissioners therein named to establish a lottery for the purpose of raising the sum of twelve thousand dollars, to be appropriated to the building a small masonic chappel, a court-house, a jail, and academic purposes, at the town of Brunswick in the county of Glynn. Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 twelve 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 chappel, a court-house, a jail, and academic purposes at the town of Brunswick.
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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Francis M. Scarlett, Daniel[UNK]Blue, senior, William Moore, John Burnet senior, Thomas Dover, John Couper, senior, and William W. Hazzard, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to carry this lottery into full effect DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 20th, 1825. AN ACT To extend the corporate limits of the town of Covington in the county of Newton over the twenty acres of land (adjoining said town) lately purchased for the use of the academy 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 from and after the passage of this act the corporate jurisdiction of the commissioners of the town of Covington in the county aforesaid, be and the same is hereby extended over the twenty-acres of land (adjoining said town) lately purchased for the use of the academy of said county. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro. tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP Governor.

Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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To authorise the establishment of a new market-house in the city of Augusta. AN ACT Whereas, from the great distance which separates a large number of the inhabitants of the city of Augusta from the present market in said city great inconvenience arises not only to them, but to the community at large by adding to the expenses of living, preventing the increase of inhabitants, and thereby enhancing the profits of trade to the injury of all who frequent that growing city, it is deemed just and proper that a new market should be established therein. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That John C. Holcombe, H. G. Raiford, William Harper, Jesse Ansley, George W. Butler, Wm. H. Egan and John Garner be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to superintend the erection by voluntary subscription of a new market-house of such form and dimensions as they or a majority of them may deem advisable, in the city of Augusta, in the centre of Broad street, immediately above or below its intersection with Marbury street, which said commissioners or a majority of them as aforesaid or the citizens interested, may at any time hereafter enlarge, alter, or improve said market-house, if the city council of Augusta should consider it expedient to enlarge, alter or improve the same at the public expense. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said market-house when so erected shall be placed under the authority and control of the city council of Augusta, and be subject to such rules and regulations as may from time to time be prescribed by the said city council for the government of thepresent market in said city. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any person or persons to vend any article or articles, thing or things at the said new market when erected, as are now or may hereafter be lawfully vended at the present market house in the said city. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in case of the death, removal or resignation of any one or more of the above named
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commissioners, a majority of the others shall at all times be empowered to carry into effect the true intent and meaning of this act. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the provisions of this act be and they are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. AN ACT To incorporate the town of Knoxville in the county of Crawford. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, that the following persons, viz: Thomas Harvey, John Vance, Frank Williamson, Jesse Stone and Martin T. Ellis, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of the town of Knoxville in the county aforesaid, and they or a majority of them shall have full power to convene at any time after the passage of this act and proceed to the appointment of a clerk and such other officers as they may deem necessary to carry this act into execution. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, 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 town to return on oath 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 assessed and collected in such manner as they may prescribe.
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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 white person within the corporate limits of said town, and they shall not be authorised to tax any species of property except real estate, goods, wares and merchandize and slaves; the tax on real estate and merchandize 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 exceedfive dollars for each days exhibition or performance, and the tax intended to be imposed by this act upon gaming tables and games of hazard shall not exceed the sum 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 authorise the keeping of any such table or tables, or practising any such game not authorised by the laws of this state within the corporation. 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 corporation in pursuance of the authority of 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 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 person 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, square of said town in such manner and at such times as may be prescribed
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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 citizens or other person or persons so liable as aforesaid, the said commissioners or a majority of them may proceed to impose a fine upon such citizen or citizens or other person or persons, or in cases of slaves, upon the owner or owners of such slave or 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. 7. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners [Illegible Text] 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. 8. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners do and they are hereby authorised to appropriate all taxes, fines and forfeitures imposed, assessed and collected in virtue of any byelaws 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 conductive to the interest and safety of the citizens thereof. SEC. 9. 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 nuisances in the public streets or square of said town. SEC. 10. 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 [Illegible Text] as aforesaid in less quantity than one gallon.
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SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the town shall comprehend within its limits all persons residing 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 [Illegible Text] commissioner or an officer of said town who shall notreside within those limits. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825. AN ACT Entitled act to amend and consolidate the several acts which have been passed in relation to the powers and privileges of the corporation of the city of Savannah and the hamlets thereof, and for the purposes herein mentioned. Whereas, the various acts of the legislature passed in relation to the incorporated and chartered rights of the city of Savannah and the hamlets thereof are subject to much difference of opinion, thereby occasioning much embarrassment, and requiring frequent appeals to legislative interference in relation to concerns purely municipal and local: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted

by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act the jurisdictional limits of the city of Savannah and the hamlets thereof shall be extended to one mile beyond the present boundary, so as to enable the mayor and [Illegible Text] for the time being to pass an ordinance or ordinances
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prohibiting the cultivation of rice within the aforesaid exteaded limits; and if any person so prohibited in the cultivation of rice within the limits of the said city shall feel himself aggrieved by the said prohibition, he shall have the privilege of appeal to a special jury before the superior court of Chatham county, and the point at issue shall beis the cultivation of rice in the place prohibited injurious to the health of any portion of the citizens or inhabitants of Savannah; and if it shall be determined that the said cultivation in said prohibited place be not injurious to the health of said citizens or inhabitants of said city then and in that event the said prohibition shall be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and vigor: Prorided nevertheless, That nothing herein contained shall authorise the said mayor and aldermen to impose any tax upon persons or property in the aforesaid extended limits. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and aldermen shall have the control and regulation of all shops stores, or bar-rooms that are or hereafter may be erected within the said extended limits. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mode, manner and time for the election of aldermen, together with the qualification of voters and candidates, be and remain the same as are now established by law. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said aldermen are hereby authorised to regulate the time, mode and manner of electing the officers of council to establish their fees or salaries and prescribe their duties. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and aldermen shall have power to elect a health-officer being a physician, harbor-master, port-wardens, commissioners of pilotage, and any other officer or officers which may be found necessary for the police and good government of the [Illegible Text] and river of Savannah, and also to enact such ordinances, rules and regulations as may be required to impose and carry into fall force and effect the duties which may be required of such officer. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and aldermen shall have power to carry into effect within the county of Chatham all the [Illegible Text] laws which now are or may be hereafter enacted, and also to enforce all state laws committed to their enforcement by such ordinances, rules [Illegible Text] regulations as may be required and deemed necessary, and shall have full power to remove all nuisances within the [Illegible Text] of the corporation.
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SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and aldermen or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to raise by a poll tax upon all such persons as reside within the corporate limits of Savannah (except those as excepted as aforesaid) or by tax or assessment upon all real and personal estate within the corporate limits as aforesaid, any sum or sums of money necessary for the use and good government of the said city of Savannah and the hamlets thereof in all matters of internal police and general safety as respects health, fires, city guard, salaries of officers, and any other exigencies usual to incorporated cities, and to enforce the receipts and collection of such assessments and taxes [by the proper officers in such manner as the assessments and taxes] of the state are collected and enforced. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and aldermen or a majority of them shall have power and authority to borrow money or contract loans for the use of the city, both [from] bodies corporate or from individuals, either residing in or out of the state, and to pledge the funds or property of the corporation of the city of Savannah and the hamlets thereof for the redemption of such loan or loans, and also shall have power to purchase any real or personal estate for the use and benefit of the corporation, and sell and dispose of all or any part of the property, domain, land or lots or any personal property to the said corporation belonging, or appertaining by lease for years, or fee simple, as to the said mayor or aldermen or a majority of them shall seem meet and proper. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and aldermen or a majority of them shall have power to remove all encroachments by wharves on the river Savannah. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor or any one of the aldermen shall be vested with the powers of justice of the peace so as to enable him or any one of them within the corporate limits of the city of Savannah or the hamlets thereof, to suppress riots or breaches of the peace, arrest confine or bind over offenders against the laws of the state to answer for such offence before the proper tribunal. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and aldermen or a majority of them, shall have power and authority to make such bye-laws and regulations, and to inflict or impose such pains, penalties and forfeitures for the violation of the same, as shall be conductive to the good

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the hamlets thereof: Provided nevertheless, That no fine or forfeiture for one individual offence shall exceed [one] hundred dollars, although the said mayor and aldermen or a majority of them, may inflict and impose several and distinct fines or forfeitures at the same meeting of council for several and distinct offences. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all fines, forfeitures and penalties incurred and imposed by virtue of the authority granted in this act to the said mayor and aldermen shall be levied, and collected [recovered] by warrant of distress and sale of the goods and chattels if any be found, otherwise of lands of such offenders in manner and form as is now established by law, and in case of neither lands, goods or chattels being found it shall then be lawful for the said mayor and aldermen or a majority of them by execution duly issued to imprison such offender or offenders in the common jail of Chatham county: Provided nevertheless, That no imprisonment shall exceed [Illegible Text] days and nights. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporation of the city of Savannah and hamlets thereof shall have the sole regulation and power of governing and directing taverns and granting licences within its jurisdictional limits under such rules and regulations as from time to time may seem advisable. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and aldermen of the city of Savannah are hereby authorised to appoint and license annually such number of [Illegible Text] masters for said city as they in their discretion may think proper, such vendue master first paying to the said corporation the sum required by law. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and aldermen are hereby empowered to tax and regulate the conduct of pedlars within the jurisdictional limits of the corporation of Savannah, and to tax all and every person or persons vending any goods, wares or merchandise in the city of Savannah or hamlets thereof: Provided nevertheless, That any license granted to a pedlar by the said corporation shall supercede the necessity of a county license within the city of Savannah [Illegible Text] the hamlets thereof. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and aldermen shall have power to pass ordinances for the admeasurement and inspection of wood and lumber, and in inspection of all articles of merchandize and produce sold within the limits of the city of Savannah and the hamlets
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thereof to appoint inspectors, measurers, weighers and guagers for the purposes of carrying into effect all such ordinances as may be passed by virtue of the authority hereby granted, to fix the fees of the same, and prescribe their duties [in such [Illegible Text]] as may be conducive to the good order and welfare of the city. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and aldermen shall have power to pass all ordinances, rules and regulations [necessary] for the government of slaves and free persons of colour within the city of Savannah and hamlets thereof. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the [chartered and] corporate rights of the city of Savannah and the hamlets thereof as now existing of full force and effect, according to the laws of the state, be and the same are hereby confirmed. SEC. 19. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporation of the city of Savannah and the hamlets thereof shall have power to regulate the police of the several markets which now exist or may hereafter exist within the jurisdictional limits of the same, by such fines forfeitures and penalties as to the majority of the said mayor and aldermen may seem just and reasonable. SEC. 20. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no power or powers hereby granted to the corporation of the city of Savannah and the hamlets thereof, shall be so interpreted as to permit the said corporation to pass any ordinance, rule or regulation contravening the laws of the state or the constitution thereof. SEC. 21. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all acts or parts ofacts militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate. G. M. TROUP, Governor. Assented to, Dec. 24, 1825.
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Resolutions WHICH ORIGINATED IN SENATE Resolved, That the Treasurer who may be hereafter elected shall give bond to his excellency the Governor with good and sufficient security in the penalty of two hundred thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. Approved, Nov. 24, 1825. IN THE SENATE, 23d Nov. [Illegible Text] Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be authorised. and he is hereby requested to procure and

have placed in the [Illegible Text] of the State House a Clock of good quality, and that he pay [Illegible Text] the same out of the contingent fund. Approved, Dec. 1, 1825.
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IN THE SENATE, 23d Nov. 1825. Resolved, That as a [Illegible Text] of respect to the memory of James Spalding, esquire, late a member of the House of Representatives from the county of McIntosh, his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorised and requested to have his grave enclosed in a decent manner, and that he pay for the same out of the contingent fund. Approved, Dec. 1, 1825. IN SENATE, 24th Nov. 1825 The select committee to whom was referred the memorial of William Y. Hansell, have had the same under their consideration, and from an examination of the papers and a reference to the report of a committee appointed to examine into the situation of the papers of the office of Secretary to the Senate, beg leave to offer the following resolution: Resolved, That [Illegible Text] Y. Hansell. late Secretary of the Senate be allowed the sum of five hundred dollars for his services in culling and arranging the papers of the Secretary's office, agreeable to his appointment last session, and that the same be placed in the appropriation bill. Approved, 7th December, 1825
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IN SENATE, 29th Nov. 1825. Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly do convene in the representative chamber, on Wednesday next at one o'clock P. M. for the purpose of electing a Major-General for the third division, to fill the vacancy of General Daniel Newnan, resigned. Approved, 30th Nov. 1825. IN SENATE, 30th Nov. 1825. The select committee to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin Wooten, late tax collector of the county of Wilkes, have had the same under their consideration, and are of opinion that the prayer of the petitioner is reasonable and ought to be granted. They therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution. Resolved, That the sum of thirty dollars eighty-two and a half cents be allowed the said Benjamin Wooten, late tax collector of the county of Wilkes, for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-three, it being the amount improperly charged in the tax of William Dearing for said year, and received into the treasury of this state and that the same be placed in the appropriation law. Approved, 7th Dec. 1825. IN SENATE, 30th Nov. 1825. The joint committee on agriculture and internal improvement to whom was referred by the senate the subject of [Illegible Text] a canal from the Alatamaha to Turtle river, Report
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That they have had the same under consideration, and believe it to be a subject worthy the attention of the legislature; but inasmuch as there is a bill now before the house for the establishment of a Board of Public Works, they recommend the subject to the early attention of that board, when established: Provided, the necessity of the same should not be superceded by the canal proposed to be cut by the Mexican Atlantic Company. IN SENATE, 3d Dec. [Illegible Text] Resolved, That his excellency the Governor be and he is hereby requested to instruct the sheriffs of the counties of Habersham and Rabun to have sold all fractional parts of surveys or square lots which have not been sold agreeable to the provisions of an act passed on the twentieth December, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, authorising the sheriffs of the counties Walton, Gwinnett, Hall, Habersham and Rabun to sell and dispose of the fractional parts of surveys, or parts of forfeited lots, after giving at least forty days public notice in the Georgia Journal, and advertisements at the court-house of the counties in which such fractional lots or forfeited lots shall lay, and particularly in such public notices to designate the district, the number, and the number of acres in each fractional lot or forfeited lots. And be it further resolved, That the purchaser shall have the same indulgence as is pointed out by the aforesaid act, and the said sheriffs shall be entitled to receive the same per cent. in the amount of sales for their services and make their returns to the treasurer agreeable to the provisions of said act. And be it further resolved, That it shall be the duty of the surveyorgeneral to examine the books of the respective offices of the late land lotteries, and ascertain the numbers of the fractions or lots thus unsold and transmit the same to his excellency the Governor who shall forward the same agreeable to the foregoing resolution. Approved, 20th, Dec. 1825.
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IN SENATE, 7th Dec. 1825. The committee on agriculture and internal improvement to whom was referred the

subject of opening and improving a road leading from Savannah to Macon, have had the same under their consideration, and are of opinion that it is a subject worthy the attention of the legislature and therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That Robert W. Pooler, of the county of Chatham, Clement Power of the county of Effingham, William Slater of the county of Bulloch, Joseph Collins of the county of Tatnall, John Chason of the county of Emanuel, Lewis Mattox of the county of Laurens, Henry Solomon of the county of Twiggs, and Robert Coleman of the county of Bibb, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to examine the roads leading from Jencks bridge on Ogeechee river to the town of Macon in Bibb county, (and should they deem it necessary) they are hereby authorised to lay out a new road on the nearest practicable route between the said places, which when so laid out shall be a public road, and shall be worked on and improved by the hands liable to work on roads in the different counties through which it passes, in the same manner as other public roads are, and the public Oconee hands shall work on the said road under the direction of said commissioners, or such person as they may appoint, during such part of the months as they cannot be employed in improving the navigation of said river Oconee: Provided, That all expenses attending the laying out and improving said road shall be defrayed by the counties through which it passes; and in case of vacancy of any of said commissioners by refusal to serve or otherwise, their place shall be filled by the justices of the inferior court of the county in which such commissioner resided, and any three of said commissioners shall be sufficient to discharge the duties hereby required provided a greater number will not attend. Approved, 17th, Dec. 1825.
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IN SENATE, 7th Dec. 1825. The committee to whom was referred the report of the persons appointed by his excellency the Governor to examine the Alapaha road have had the same under consideration, and Report That from every information in their possession, your committee are of opinion that the road leading from the Alapaha to the Florida line has been as well constructed and as faithfully executed as its locality and other obstructions warranted, and that the monies deposited in the hands of the commissioners has been economically and judiciously expended. Approved, 17th Dec. 1825. IN SENATE, 10th Dec. 1825. Whereas it appears by the report of the committee on public education and free schools, that the county of Tatnall stands charged with having purchased at the sales of confiscated property in eighteen hundred and ten in conjunction with other counties, by which purchase the county of Tatnall is represented to have received the sum of five hundred and four dollars, seventy and an half cents for the benefit of said county academy: and whereas it appears by the affidavit of Daniel Brinson, Esq. former representative from the county of Tatnall, and the letter of Col Hugh Montgomery which are herewith submitted, that the charge against said county is incorrect, and that the confiscated property sold in eighteen hundred and ten, was for the benefit of the counties of Elbert, Clerk, Jackson, Morgan, Putnam, Jasper, Scriven, Laureus, Bulloch and Montgomery, and that the county of Tatnall was not interested in said purchase of confiscated land in the year eighteen hundred and ten. Be it therefore resolved, That the Treasurer is hereby authorised and required to correct the charge against the county of Tatnall for the amount of five hundred and four dollars seventy and a half cents, charged to the said county on account of sales of confiscated property in the year eighteen hundred and ten.
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And be it further resolved, That the county of Tatnall is hereby declared to be entitled to her full share of the funds [Illegible Text] set apart for the use of county academies. Approved, 17th Dec. [Illegible Text]. IN SENATE, 12th December, 1825. Resolved, That the Senate and House of Representatives will convene in the Representative chamber on Thursday next at three o'clock, P. M.. for the purpose of electing six directors of the State Bank, two directors of the Planter's Bank, and five directors of the Darien Bank. Approved, 15th December, 1825. IN SENATE, 12th December, 1825. Resolved, That both branches of the Legislature will convene in the Representative chamber on Friday next at three o'clock, P. M. for the purpose of electing a Principal Keeper and three Inspectors of the Penitentiary, and also to elect one commissioner of the land lottery, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Edward B. Brooking. Approved, 15th December, 1825.
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IN SENATE, 14th December, 1825. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby requested to purchase (if there should not be any on hand) a sufficient number of Georgia Justices for the use of the following

counties, viz: for the county of Pike eight, for the county of Upson eight, for the county of Early six, for the county of Baker six, for the county of Lowndes four, for the county of Thomas four, for the county of Dooly four, for the county of Ware four, and for the county of Washington two, making in the whole forty-six, and to forward the same with the Laws and Journals of the present session to the different counties, and that he pay for the same out of the contingent fund, And whereas by a late re-organization of the county of Hall, there has been four districts organised in addition to the former number: Be it therefore further resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to forward to the Inferior court of Hall county a like number of Scott's Military Disciplineof the compilation of the laws of the state, and of Prince's Digest, and that the same be conveyed at the same time and by the same means that may be provided for the conveyance of the Laws and Journals of the present session to the said county. Approved, 22d December, 1825. IN SENATE, 14th December, 1825. Resolved, That the Comptroller-General proceed forthwith to have collected all amounts due the state by bond or otherwise, except in cases where indulgence has been granted, and that he be further instructed to have re-established all notes, bonds, mortgages, executions, and other demands due the state which have been lost or destroyed after having passed into the hands of the several attorneys or solicitors-general of this state, and that he report fully upon the same at the next session of the Legislature. Approved, December 22d, 1825.
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IN SENATE, 16th December, 1825. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be and he is hereby authorised to employ one additional engrossing clerk in his office during the remainder of the present session, whose pay shall be the same as other clerks in said office, and provided for in [Illegible Text] appropriation law of the present year. Approved, 22d December, 1825. IN SENATE, 16th December, 1825. Whereas there are certain African negroes, and the proceeds of other Africans heretofore sold in the possession of the stateAnd whereas the said Africans and proceeds are claimed by the state, Juan Madrazo and William BowenAnd whereas also, the respective claims as aforesaid are now pending before the Supreme Court of the United States for final trial, but that it is thought to be expedient that the claims of the state should be withdrawn upon certain conditions. On the petition of William Bowen, Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That it may be lawful for his Excellency the Governor, and he is hereby authorised and requested to deliver and pay over to the said William Bowen all the African negroes now in the custody or controul of the state, and the amount of money which may be on hand unexpended, as proceeds of Africans heretofore sold by the state, on the condition that the said William Bowen shall produce and file in the executive office of this state, a full and complete relinquishment, to be made by Juan Madrazo, his lawful agent or attorney, of all claim or lien whatever on the state of Georgia, for or on account of any interference, detention, possession or otherwise, of said state in relation to said Africans and proceeds, and that William Bowen do at the same time file a like relinquishment on his part: Provided nevertheless, that the said William Bowen and Juan Madrazo pay to Henry Darnell, in satisfaction for services
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rendered in taking care of said Africans, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, or execute to him a sufficient conveyance for a negro woman and two children, a portion of said Africans now in possession of said Darnell. Resolved further, That in the event of the aforesaid relinquishment being made, the Governor is requested to cause the claim of the state of Georgia to said Africans and proceeds to be dismissed and discontinued. Approved, 22d December, 1825. IN SENATE, 17th December, 1825. The select committee to whom the petition of George R. Clayton was referred, beg leave to ReportThat upon an examination of the act to carry into effect the sixth section of the fourth article of the Constitution, passed the twentieth December eighteen hundred and twenty-three, they find that no person elected to office after that date should be qualified until he had produced to the justices of the inferior court authorised to administer to him the oath of office, the certificate of the treasurer, countersigned by the comptrollergeneral, certifying that he had accounted for and paid into the treasury all sums for which he was accountable and liable, which certificate was in every instance to accompany the dedimus potestatem issued by the Governor for the qualification of officersthat these certificates were very properly required by the Governor from the treasurer, and accompanied all writs of dedimus potestatem, whereby the treasurer was deprived of the opportunity of collecting the perquisites allowed him by the act of seventeen hundred and ninety-two, which authorises him to charge and receive two shillings and four pence for each extract certified by him for individuals. The committee believing therefore that the claim of the petition is founded in justice, beg leave to recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorised upon ascertaining the number of certificates

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by George R Clayton, late treasurer, under and by virtue of the act above recited to pay him fifty cents for each certificate so issued out of the contingent fund, and the comptroller-general shall be entitled to the like pay for each certificate so signed or countersigned by him. Approved, 22d December, 1825. IN SENATE, 19th Dec. 1825. Whereas it appears that the act entitled an act passed on the ninth December, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, to alter and amend an act to impose an additional tax on pedlars and itinerant traders, passed the ninth December, eighteen hundred and nineteen, has been generally evaded by pedlars and itinerant traders, and no tax has been paid to the state by a large portion of those persons from a want of information on the part of the comptroller-general Be it therefore resolved, That it shall be the duty of the comptroller-general to publish quarterly in one of the public gazettes of Milledgeville, Augusta, Savannah, Darien and Athens, the names of all pedlars and itinerant traders who have taken out a licence from him for that purpose. And be it further resolved, That it shall be the duty of all civil officers in the different counties in this state to demand of all pedlars and itinerant traders, whether they have obtained a licence from the comptroller in conformity to the provisions of the before recited act, and if such pedlar or itinerant trader shall refuse to produce such licence upon such demand, such pedlar and itinerant trader shall be arrested by such officer and immediately taken before a justice of the inferior court or justice of the peace, to be dealt with as the law directs for a violation of the law aforesaid. And it shall be the duty of the clerk of the inferior courts in the different counties in this state to notify the comptroller-general in writing the names of all pedlars or itinerant traders passing through their respective counties. Approved, 22d Dec. 1825.
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IN SENATE, 20th Dec. 1825. Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly will convene in the representative hall on Wednesday next at seven o'clock P. M. for the purpose of electing seven members of the board of public works, as provided by law, and one brigadier-general in place of General McDonald, resigned. Approved, 21st Dec. 1825. The joint committee on the penitentiary have performed the duty assigned them, and beg leave to Report That they find that the different tradesmen in the several departments of the penitentiary have performed their work in the best manner, and that the raw materials with which they are supplied are of a good description and laid in on good terms. It is likewise perceived that the erection of additional work shops under the direction of the principal keeper will hereafter facilitate the operations of the institution and will consequently advance with good workmen and timely supplies of raw materials its financial prosperity. The state of the main building, the hospital, the guard-house and domiciliary of the convicts evince a due degree of care and attention, but the cells for the solitary confinement of the prisoners are still in a ruinous and dilapidated state, and can (from the locality) only be restored to permanent usefulness by repairing them with stone and iron. The books of the institution from the examination which has taken place appear to have been kept with neatness and correctness, and no remissness has been discovered in the assistant keepers and clerks in the discharge of their duties. In looking attentively at the account current which was rendered by the principal keeper of the operations of the institution for the political year just elapsed your committee have concluded to offer the following suggestions under the belief that they will meet with proper attention. 1st. That the annual account currents of the institution have not heretofore been made out in that clear and perspicuous manner as to [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] by every capacity.
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2d. That hereafter the accounts rendered should be made out in such a manner as to include on the debit side the disbursements of the funds of the institution for clothing of guard and convicts, erecting buildings, conveying prisoners, and all other incidental charges of a similar nature. 3d. That on the credit side the debts due the institution, the raw materials and manufactured articles, the cash on hand and other property belonging to the place should alone be included. By these means, and by bringing into view the profit or loss of a preceeding year, the profit or loss of the institution for the time being will be clearly seen and understood by every person. As the principal keeper in his expose has adverted to the affairs of the institution for the years eighteen hundred and twenty-three, twenty-four, and twentyfive, to show their relative situation, your committee feel it a duty they owe themselves, the legislature, and the community at large to take a similar but more extended review of the same. In the year eighteen hundred and twenty-

three the sum due the institution in notes and open accounts amounted to twelve thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine dollars fifty-four cents, and in stock on hand in raw materials and manufactured articles amounted to seven thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars forty-six and one half cents, making in the whole twenty thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars and three fourths cents. In the year eighteen hundred and twenty-four there was due the institution in notes and open accounts seventeen thousand three hundred and seventy-one dollars seventy and one fourth cents, and the stock on hand in raw materials and manufactured articles amounted to eight thousand eight hundred and seventy five dollars and fifty-one and three fourth cents, making in the whole twenty-five thousand six hundred and forty-six dollars twenty-seven cents, which was an accession to the institution for that year of four thousand nine hundred and twenty-six dollars twenty-six cents above the preceeding year. In the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five there was due the institution in notes and open accounts twenty-two thousand and five dollars sixty-seven and three fourth cents, and the stock on hand in raw materials and manufactured articles amounted to twenty-eight thousand one hundred and forty-two dollars eighty-four and one half cents, which was an accession to the fund of the institution for eighteen hundred and twenty-five of two thousand four hundred and ninety six dollars thirty-one and one-fourth cents above the preceeding year, instead of six thousand one hundred and one dollars which would have been had the increase of the capital been in the same ratio as it was in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-four. By referring to the expose of the years of eighteen hundred and twenty-four and twenty-five and other official documents it appears that the institution in the former year has done better
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business for the state than in the latter year to the amount of two thousand seven hundred dollars and upwards, and that the demand upon the penitentiary fund in the treasury has been somewhat less in the former year than in the latter. The contemplated reduction of the guard mentioned by the principal keeper and consequent retrenchment of expenses (if practicable) is certainly very desirable, but as this question can only be settled by experience and by persons acquainted with a guard duty and the localities of the penitentiary edifice, your committee forbear to express any opinion upon the subject. The additional expenses for bringing more convicts to the prison in eighteen hundred and twenty-five than in eighteen hundred and twenty four, and discharging more from an estimate that has been made cannot exceed four hundred dollars, for these objects capable assistant keepers, good workmen, and a plentiful and constant supply of good materials are the chief causes which create a capability in the institution to do a good business in any year, and if any of these requisites are and have been wanting it will be felt in the year just commencing. The inspectors of the penitentiary have stated in their report that the institution possesses in a great degree a capability of doing a better business the ensuing year than, at any former period.Your committee however, from their own observations, and from conversations held with competent judges are [Illegible Text] with a different belief. Approved, 22d Dec. 1825. IN SENATE, Dec. 21, 1825. Mr. Wooten from the committee on the State of the Republic, obtained leave to make the following Report: The committee on the State of the Republic, in the several matters referred to their consideration, and in the documents which accompany them, find that their attention is mainly directed to our relations with the Indian tribes, who are in the temporary occupancy of our territory, and to topics connected with, and arising out of those relations. Upon an examination of the references your committee find them to consist, 1st. Of portions of the message of his Excellency the Governor.
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2d. Of various documents of testimony procured by commissioners in support of a [Illegible Text], instituted at the instance of the Executive against the Agent of the Creek Nation of Indians. 3d. Of a correspondence between the Executive of Georgia and a Special Agent of the General Government, commissioned for the purpose of receiving and reporting evidence in the trial of the Indian Agent. 4th. Of the correspondence between the Executive of Georgia and another Special Agent of the General Government, commissioned to enquire into the causes and suppress the disturbances of the Creek Nation, as connected with the late treaty. 5th. Of a correspondence between the Executive of Georgia and the Government of the Union, in connection with the several topics above referred to. 6th. A resolution of Senate directing your committee to enquire into the expediency of addressing a memorial to the General Government upon the subject of carrying the late treaty into effect. 7th. A resolution of the same body, requiring your committee to enquire and report concerning the removal from office of the Agent of the Creek Nation. In examination of the various topics as above enumerated, your committee do not consider it material that they should pursue them in the order which they have assumed; or, that a separate and detailed investigation should be applied to each; as many of them

as seem to your committee to require an expression of legislative opinion, and which can be compressed in one view, will be so treated, and presented as briefly and perspicuously as practicable.Of this character are various portions of the Message of his Excellency the Governor, upon the subject of the Treaty. The evidence taken against the Agent for the Creeks, and the two resolutions of the Senate, directing particular enquiries. Your committee discover that from the proceedings which have been had, many of them delicate, and the whole important, that the treaty lately negotiated by the United States for the procurement of territory for the use of Georgia, has been placed in a situation novel and peculiar. So much evidence upon this subject has been disclosed, and the transaction so fully and so variously developed, that few, if any of the citizens of Georgia, remain at this day unapprised of the difficulties which have been opposed to the consummation of our rights, upon the subject of territory. These rights are too extensive and too immediately connected with the present and future interests of Georgia to allow for a moment the existence of [Illegible Text] of feeling or the neutrality of sentiment. It may well be regarded as a misfortune, that these rights require to be sought through a double contest with the government of the United States, and two of the most powerful Indian tribes. Such contest becomes embarrassing and of doubtful
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issue, in proportion to the number of parties engaged, the different policy adopted, and the number of interests involved.When the compact of eighteen hundred and two was entered into between Georgia and the General Government, it was well hoped that the arrangement would have speedily resulted, as was the intent, in the complete fulfillment of the wishes of Georgia. But notwithstanding the great consideration paid by Georgia for the compact, the beneficial manner in which it has operated to the United States, and the increasing obligations imposed thereby, your committee regret to have observed the lapse of upwards of twenty-three years; and that our march has been so slow, and beset by so many opposing difficulties. It was to have been expected that difficulties would increase with delay; and on this account the delay which has occurred, is the more to be [Illegible Text] when, in 1823-4, so prompt and liberal an appropriation was made to defray the expences of a treaty with the Creeks, expectations were extensively indulged, that as relating to that tribe, the question would be put to rest. Commissioners were selected from our own citizens; they were instructed to consult the wishes of Georgia in any cession applied for; a new policy was disclosed and earnestly recommended by the administration of the General Government, so benevolent and so beneficial to the Indians, that its rejection appeared impossible. All preparatory arrangements seemed to be well deviseda meeting is had, which results unfavorablythe General Government gives to the Commissioners fresh instructions, and imparts new energies to the negociationa treaty is obtained under the usual formalities, and passes to ratification under the most solemn forms, and against the protest and exertions of its chief opposer. The treaty before and after its negociation, was acquiesced in universally by the nationand your committee doubt not, would have gone into uninterrupted execution, but for unwarrantable, illicit interference. A treaty thus negociated, thus ratified and thus acquiesced in, and your committee would add, so beneficial to all parties concerned and bearing on its face such conclusive evidence of fairness your committee cannot but regard as operating the vestment of rights in the state of Georgia, which can no otherwise be divested than by her act and consent. Your committee are the more confirmed in this conclusion, from the evidence which they have invoked from the usage of Indian negociations. Having long occupied the position of a frontier state, and as long been interested in the extinguishment of Indian titles, there are few Georgians who, at this day, are ignorant of the customs of the neighboring tribes, and of the facility with which they are made the dupes of wily and perfidious white men. There are amongst them, many of this description, a few degrees removed from barbarity, to be sure, but in the retrogade order, having left a name whence they
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secretly emigrated, easy to be found and read in the criminal record. These are willing instruments in the hands of [Illegible Text] to better and higher grade; and in these are concentrated the controlling influence of the mass of the nation. Their own interest is conserved in every effort which they make in resisting the policy of the government; and these efforts, and the manner of sustaining them, are independent of the suggestions of a moral sense. An act of treachery committed, an act of felony succeeds to uphold it. Regarding this as but a just picture of the elements of the Creek Nation, your committee express no surprise at any opposition by which attempts to acquire territory are met, or of any of the means resorted to for the purpose of defeating interests which are interruptive of their own. In the documents referred, your committee find evident traces of the existence of those feelings and these principles, and if they were now reporting to a tribunal which could extend relief, they should consider themselves as expressing a sentiment of

benevolence, by recommending, that the untutored savage should be left untutored still, rather than be made to study the maxims of sinister wisdom under a regenerate master. Your committee are sufficiently aware of the enlarged policy of benevolence, by which the general government is disposed to characterise its intercourse with the Indian tribes. By questioning the manner of practising the motive, they would not be considered as depreciating the motive itself. Your committee then, will not withhold the recommendation, that in furtherance of the interest of the Indians themselves, and in conformity with the rights of Georgia, that our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested to use their exertions to have the Indians within our limits removed with the least possible delay. And that to this end, they endeavor to procure the passage of a law, which shall treat these tribes as dependents, as they in fact are, which shall point the way to their own preservation, and command them to pursue it. That is a doubtful benevolence which indulges its object in a violation or a caprice which tends to his own extermination. That benevolence is still more doubtful, which surrenders its objects to be the victims of misrule and profligacy. Your committee could not object that Georgia, as a member of the union, should bear her part in the great scheme of redemption, which is extending to the race of heathens: but as this is the work of the nation, let it be performed on national soil, and not on that which has been individualized in Georgia by the solemn compact, through which she derives her title. If there be any virtue in imparting civilization by [Illegible Text] proximity of settlement, Georgia is content with the opportunity that has been thus long afforded her, and will not insist on further monopoly; and she would have been the more gratified with the good she has done, if it had not been so poorly required by the
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murderous aggressions of her savage neighbors. In no light in which our relations with the Indians and the general government can be viewed, can we perceive any justice in being longer kept out from the occupancy of our soilout to our limits in every direction. We have paid for it many prices, and should have delivered to us that which is ours. As relating then to the matters referred, touching the late treaty, the manner in which it has been questioned, and its present standing, your committee recommend the following resolutions: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That full reliance is and ought to be placed in the late treaty concluded between the United States for the use of Georgia, and the Creek Nation of Indians, at the Indian Springs. That the title of the territory obtained by said treaty within the limits of Georgia, is considered as an absolute, vested interest, and that nothing short of the whole territory thus acquired, will be satisfactory, and that the right of entry immediately, upon the expiration of the time limited in the treaty, be insisted on, and accordingly carried into effect. As respects the reference to your committee, directing them to [Illegible Text] into the expediency of requesting the removal of the Agent for Indian Affairs, your committee considering the ample view taken of the subject at the extra session of the Legislature of the present year, by the report of your committee of the state of the republic deem it unnecessary to say more on the subject, than to express their concurrence in the sentiments and wishes therein contained, and to repeat their opinion, as the representatives of the people of this state, that the interest of the state of Georgia, and the policy of the General Government, require that Col. John Crowell, the present Agent of Indian Affairs, should be removed from office; and they do therefore request of the government of the United States, his immediate removal. The correspondence conducted by the Executive and the two Agents of the general government, T. P. Andrews and General Gaines, and with the general government itself, is also made matter of reference to your committee, and remains to be noticed. Your committee would remark of the whole of this correspondence, that it contains much which need not be made matter of specific reportSuch portions may well be left between the parties themselves, and to public observation. There are certain other portions, however, disclosing facts which have already had their operation, and of evil tendency to the rights of Georgia.Of this nature, were the proceedings at Broken Arrow in June last, where, and for the first time, we hear of the Indians complaining of the invalidity of the Treaty in the use of the borrowed words, that it was [Illegible Text] alike with intrigue and treachery. A report of the doubtful evidence thus acquired when no one was
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present to defend the validity of the Treaty, and when every art which cunning could design, or wickedness suggest, was put in exercise to defend the Agent by attacking the Treaty, and the means of its obtainment, seems to have formed the ground of the reference to Congress by the President. Your committee therefore selecting so much of said correspondence as furnishes the fact of the reference of the Treaty to Congress, and the grounds upon which such reference was made, consider it within the scope of their duty to report, that such proceedings form the cause of just Protest on the part of the state of Georgia. It is impossible from the organization of the Creek nation and the state of

excitement which prevailed at the time, that the truth could have been arrived at by any ex parte proceeding of such satisfactory and undisguised character, as to bring into question the rights of Georgia, as secured by the Treaty. Against the proceeding then by which the facts purport to have been ascertained, and against the proceeding founded thereon, of referring the Treaty for reconsideration, your committee consider it proper that Georgia should enter her most solemn Protest. If there is to be a revision, it is due to the interest and rights of the state, that she should be represented in the entire proceedings, as well preparatory as final. Approved, 23d Dec. 1825. IN SENATE, 21st Dec. 1825. The joint committee on agriculture and internal improvement to whom was referred the reports of the commissioners for the improvement of the navigation of Tugalo river, have [Illegible Text] the same under their consideration, and on a mature examination of the reports, find That they have made use of their best endeavors to make such improvements on the river as the situation of the water and weather would admit of during the last summer. And your committee find further on examination of the reports of said commissioners that there remains in their hands the sum of one thousand and nine dollars and twenty-eight cents unexpended. Your committee therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution.
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Resolved, That the commissioners aforesaid be and they are hereby directed to prosecute the improvement of the river as early as the stage of the water will permit in the course of the next summer or fall season, and complete the same in the best and most advantageous manner to promote the navigation of the same. And be it further resolved, That so soon as the work shall be completed it shall be the duty of said commissioners to make a full statement of their proceedings as to the manner in which the work is finished and the amount expended, and transmit a copy of the same to his excellency the Governor for the time being, who shall lay the same before the legislature. And be it further resolved, That his excellency the Governor be and he is hereby requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing report with the accompanying resolutions to the board of commissioners of the Tugalo river. Approved, 22d Dec. 1825. IN SENATE, 22d Dec. 1825. The joint committee on finance to whom was referred the memorial of James S. Frierson, have had the same under consideration, and after a [Illegible Text] examination, find the receipts to correspond with the memorial, and are reasonable and ought to be granted. They therefore offer the following resolution. Resolved, That the sum of four hundred and thirty dollars be allowed James S. Frierson for the several sums expended by him on the reserve at Fort Hawkins out of the rents for the year agreeable to his memorial. Approved, 23d Dec. 1825.
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Resolutions WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Monday, 19th Dec. 1825. Resolved, That the sum of eight hundred dollars be appropriated for the purpose of bridging the following Creeks in Dooly county, to-wit: Cedar Creek, Swift Creek, Jones Creek, Abram's Creek, and Deep Mill Creek, as most of the roads leading from Tallahassee and all that section of the country in Georgia stretching along the Florida line from Mickesookie to Chattahoochee, and up the Chattahoochee to Fort Gaines, unite below these creeks, and most of the road-ways leading to any section of the country above named from the upper or middle section of this state, between the Creek Agency and Augusta, do and will unite above these creeks, which from these causes, they present during the rainey season, under their present circumstances, are almost insuperable barrier to the free passage and communication between a large portion of the good citizens of this state, and prevents any thing like certainty in our mail routes between the section of country above named.
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And be it further resolved, That Reuben Maning, John Richardson, Coleman Posey and William Slade, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners for said work, and it shall be the duty of said commissioners to proceed to the situation of sites for the bridges across said creeks, and immediately thereafter it shall be their duty to advertise at Hartford, at Dooly court-house, at Decatur court-house, and at the place of doing public business in Thomas county, that they will receive sealed proposals from any person or persons wishing to undertake the building said bridges at the post office at Coleman's on Flint river in Dooly county, for sixty days after such advertisement, in which they shall set forth that the bridges are to be built in a workmanlike manner, of durable materials and above high water mark, and such other circumstances and stipulations as they may wish to make with the undertakers of the same. And be it further resolved, That the building of said bridges shall be given to the person or persons laying in the most moderate proposals, by his

giving bond and security in double the amount of said contract to the governor of the state for the contract so entered into with said commissioners, and on his or their filing the same in the executive office, the governor is hereby authorised to pay to said contractor the sum of three hundred dollars, and on his presenting a certificate from said commissioners or a majority of them, that he has fulfilled said contract, the governor is hereby authorised and required to pay over to said contractor the balance of said contract money, Provided, it does not amount to more than the sum appropriated in this resolution. And be it further resolved, That a majority of said commissioners shall be a quorum to perform any act authorised by this resolution and that each of them whilst performing the duties requird, shall be entitled to and receive one dollar per day for each day they are so engaged. Approved, 22d December, 1825.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Monday, 19th Dec. 1825. The joint committee on Agriculture and Internal Improvement, who were [Illegible Text] by a resolution of the House of Representatives to enquire into the [Illegible Text] of opening a road from the Locust Stake in [Illegible Text] count.. to Clarksville in Habersham county, thence across what is [Illegible Text] called the Chattahocchie, Ridge till it intersects the [Illegible Text] road near the Currahee Mountain, ReportThat your committee have enquired concerning the matter of reference with a view to satisfy themselves of the probable public and local advantages which would result from the contemplated work, and also its probable cost. Your committee deem that the enterprise is worthy of a public appropriation of competent amount to effect the object. The Chattahoochee ridge is very formidable, and is a great obstacle in the way of the western trade. The ridge at the contemplated point is more easy of improvement than at any other upon the barrier between Tennessee and Georgia, and such passage would greatly facilitate the transportation from that quarter. In a local point of view, such road would be a great convenience, but forms the least inducement to the performance of the work. In a public point of view a certain benefit would result, and to effect the object, your committee recommend the following resolution: Resolved, That the sum of two thousand dollars be and the same is hereby recommended to be appropriated for the purpose of opening a road from the Locust Stake in Rabun county to Clarksville in Habersham, thence across what is called the Chattahoochee Ridge till it intersects the Carnesville road near the Currahee mountain. And be it further resolved, That Absalom Holcombe, Joseph Whitehead, Solomon Taylor, James Blair and Henry Cannon, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, and it shall be their duty to tender bond and good security to the Governor, said bond having first been taken and approved by the inferior court, or a majority of them, of [Illegible Text] county, in double the sum appropriated, conditioned for the faithful application of said fund to the opening of said road, whereupon the said fund shall be delivered to said commissioners, and it shall be their duty as soon as practicable, to employ [Illegible Text] upon the best possible terms, and to make a strict economical disbursement of said fund
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for the purposes aforesaid, and shall make full report of their proceedings, setting forth the amount expended, and the extent and quality of the road opened, to the next legislature. Approved Dec. 22d, 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Monday, 19th Dec. 1825. Resolved, That James W. Alexander and Nevan McBride, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners of the Early county academy in addition to those already appointed. Approved, 23d Dec. 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Monday, 19th Dec. 1825. Resolved, That the Inferior Court of Monroe county, be and they are hereby authorised and requested after giving twenty days notice in the public gazettes of Milledgeville, to rent for one year to the highest bidder, the reservations lately acquired by treaty, and now in the occupancy of Joel Bailey and Hugh W. Ector, denominated McIntosh's Reserve at the Indian Springs, and on the OcmulgeeThat said inferior court take bond and good security for the rent, and also bonds to prevent any waste of the premises, which bonds shall be returned forthwith to the treasurer of this state. Resolved further, That said inferior court be authorised to receive the sum of four dollars each day they may be in actual service, not exceeding five days, to be paid by the persons renting said reserves, at the time of the execution of the bonds. Approved, 23d Dec. 1825.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Tuesday, 29th Nov. 1825. Whereas at the term of the Superior Court of Putnam county held in March eighteen hundred and twenty-five, a judgment was obtained in favor of the state, against John A. Cuthbert, Isaiah Favor and Luke J. Morgan, for the sum of four thousand six hundred and dollars, on which one

thousand dollars have been paid. Be it therefore resolved, That the execution shall not be levied on the property of the aforesaid defendants: Provided, They or either of them shall pay on said judgment the sum of one thousand dollars, on or before the first day of July next, and the further sum of one thousand dollars on or before the first day of July eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, and the further sum of one thousand dollars on or before the first day of July eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and the entire balance due on said judgment on or before the first day of July eighteen hundred and twenty-nine: Provided further, That on failure of the said defendants or either of them to comply with the terms offered in this resolution, that it shall be the duty of the solicitor general of the Ocmulgee circuit to proceed without delay to have one half of the amount due on said judgment collected from Isaiah Favor one of the said defendants, and then have the execution sent to the county of Bibb and have the balance due on said execution collected without delay from Luke J. Morgan another of the said defendants. And be it further resolved, That the mortgage execution against fractions, numbers two hundred and eighty-five and two hundred and ninety-two, in the fourteenth district, formerly Baldwin now Putnam county, shall be suspended and no further proceedings had thereon until it is fully ascertained that the amount due the state on said fractions cannot be collected on the judgment against John A. Cuthbert, Isaiah Favor and Luke J. Morgan in favor of the state, on the terms and conditions offered in the foregoing resolution: Provided, That nothing in this resolution contained shall be construed to release said fractions from being subject to said mortgage executions: Provided also, That it shall at all times be lawful for the Governor upon information of the solicitor-general to order a levy of said fi. fas. if it should appear that the claim is in danger of loss by the removal or waste of property on the part of the principal or his securities. Approved, 3d Dec. 1825
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wednesday, 30th Nov. 1825. The joint committee on Banks to whom was referred the exhibits submitted to the legislature by the State and Planter's bank and the bank of Augusta, Report That said exhibits fully sustain the select committee appointed at the last session, in their declaration, that their condition is sound, and all their affairs faithfully and ably conducted. To their own chartered institutions the people of Georgia should exclusively look for a circulating medium, and it is to be regretted that these are unequal to the duty, at least they do not fulfil it. Such are the conveniences which paper money possess over a specie currency in the usual transaction of commerce and trade, that they cannot exist together, the latter invariably yielding to the former. If a paper medium which is known to be good cannot be obtained from our own banks in sufficient quantity for the demand of trade, that which is issued abroad for purposes of speculation will be cast into our market, affording a convenience at the time, but as in all former instances resulting in loss and injury to us. Approved, 9th Dec. 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Saturday, 3d December, 1825. The committee to whom was referred the petition of Charles J. McDonald praying compensation for professional services rendered the state, Report That from the receipts of the comptroller-general it appears that the petitioner has by suits on bonds collected and paid into the treasury the sum of five thousand nine hundred and sixty-six dollars and forty-three cents, for which service your committee consider him entitled to five per centum on the amount so collected, amounting to two hundred and ninety-eight dollars and thirty-one cents.
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It appears further that the petitioner has collected on executions issued from the Treasury the sum of one thousand five hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty cents, on which your committee consider him entitled to two and a half per [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] to thirty-eight dollars and eighteen cents. It further appears that the petitioner has prosecuted to judgment a claim in [Illegible Text] of the state amounting to two thousand one hundred and [Illegible Text] dollars, and that he has secured the same by indulgence bonds under a resolution of the legislature. For this service he is entitled to a further allowanced of two and a half per centum on the amount of the judgment, say fifty-three dollars and seventy-five cents. A further service has been rendered by the petitioner in taking indulgence bonds from the purchasers of fractions. These are forty in number, and require the exercise of skill and accuracy of calculation in providing for them. For this service your committee consider the petitioner entitled to the sum of eighty dollars. Resolved, That the sum of four hundred and sixty nine dollars and eighty one cents be and the same is hereby allowed to Charles J. McDonald for pro essional services rendered the state, in the collection and securing of large sums of money, and that the payment thereof be provided for in the act of appropriation to be passed at the present session. Resolved, That the sum of ten dollars on each case prosecuted to Judgment in the Flint and Western circuits for the condemnation of lots fraudulently drawn in the late land lottery, and in which Charles J. McDonald and Cicero Holt

appeared in support of the state's interest be allowed the said McDonald and Holt for their services and that the same be paid them by the Governor out of the contingent fund, whenever satisfactory proof shall be produced of the number of cases to judgment. And be it further resolved, That the sum of fifty-four dollars thirty-six cents be allowed Cicero Holt, late solicitor-general of the Western circuit as a compensation for services rendered this state in collecting and paying into the treasury divers sums of money, and that the same be inserted in the appropriation bill of this session. And be it further resolved, That six hundred and fifty dollars be allowed to Yelverton P. King, late solicitor-general of the Ocmulgee circuit for services rendered in the collection and paying over divers large sums of money into the Treasury during the past political year, and for his services in prosecuting to judgment certain suits in the superior courts of Greene and Putnam counties in which the state is interested and on which indulgence has been granted.
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And be it further resolved, That the sum so allowed be placed in the appropriation bill of the present [Illegible Text] Approved 22d Dec. 1825: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Saturday, 10th Dec. 1825. The select committee to whom was referred the petition of Edward Cary, agent and attorney in fact for Abram Borland, having had the matter under consideration, are of opinion that the request is reasonable. They therefore beg leave to offer the following resolution. Resolved, That his excellency the Governor be and he is hereby directed to have full satisfaction entered upon a judgment obtained in Baldwin superior court at October term eighteen hundred and twenty-four against Abram Borland and in favor of the commissioners of the town of Milledgeville for the sum of one hundred and seventyfour dollars with interest and cost: Provided, The said Abram, or his attorney Edward Cary, previously settle in full a judgment previously obtained in said court against John S. Porter for the same sum, as it appears that the suit against Abram Borland was predicated upon the same case, he having been security for the said John S. Porter. Approved, 22d Dec. 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Saturday, 10th Dec. 1825. Resolved, That the solicitorgeneral of the Ocmulgee circuit be instructed to suspend all proceedings on the part of the state against William W. Brown for the term of one year from the
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first day of January next for the amount due the state by said Brown for one year's rent of the [Illegible Text] across the Ocmulgee river at Macon: Provided, the said William W. Brown shall pay the interest due on said debt, and that he give further security if required by the aforesaid solicitor-general: And provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the immediate collection of said debt if the securities already bound do urge the same: Approved, 22d Dec. 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Monday, 12th December, 1825. R esolved, That John Kell, Esq. be and he is hereby appointed a commissioner of the river Alatamaha, in place of William Carnochan, Esq. deceased. Approved, 22d Dec. 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Tuesday 13th Dec. 1825. R esolved, That persons having claims or demands against the state payable at the treasury shall not in future be compelled to receive any depreciated currency in payment of such claims or demands, but the treasurer shall pay the same in specie or current bills. And be it further resolved, That the treasurer shall not from and after the first day of January next receive in payment for any debts due the state and payable at the treasury, bills of any depreciated currency: Provided however, Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorise the treasurer to refuse the reception of Darien bills for taxes collected for the political year eighteen hundred and twenty-four or any time previous thereto. Approved, 23d Dec. 1825.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, [Illegible Text] 14th Dec. 1825. R esolved, That the Legislature do [Illegible Text] on Thursday the twenty-second instantsine die. Approved, 21st December, 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Friday, 16th Dec. 1825. R esolved, That his excellency the Governor be requested to purchase for the use of the legislative halls four copies of the engraved edition of the Farewell Address of General Washington, that the same be placed in suitable frames, and that the expense thus to be incurred be defrayed out of the contingent fund. Approved, 22d December, 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Saturday, 17th Dec. 1825. The committee to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Gibson, respectfully Report That they have had the same under consideration, and find the contents of said petition to be true. The said petitioner was deprived of sight while in the service of his country, and being indigent and having a family, your committee are of opinion that he is entitled to some

compensation from the country in whose service he so [Illegible Text] suffered.And whereas your committee are informed that fraction number one hundred and sixty-seven,
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in the twelfth district of Habersham county was not disposed of according to the laws of this state making provisions for the sales of fractionsAnd whereas said fraction is of inconsiderable value R esolved therefore, That the aforesaid fraction be and it is hereby vested in the said Samuel Gibson during his life, and after his death until his youngest child shall marry or arrive at lawful age. Approved, 22d Dec. 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Saturday, 17th Dec. 1825. The committee to whom was referred the petition of John Eastwood, sen. have had the same under consideration, and believe the petition to be a reasonable application and ought to be granted. They therefore recommend the following resolution. R esolved by the Senate and House of R epresentatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That whereas John Eastwood, sen. has petitioned this legislature asking a support in his old age, setting forth that he enlisted into the service of his country in the revolutionary war, and that he was promised in addition to his monthly pay, a bounty of land which he has [Illegible Text] received nor any compensation therefor, nor has he transferred his right to any other person, and that he was honorably discharged. Be it therefore resolved by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of one hundred dollars be and the same is allowed to and for the support of the said John Eastwood, sen. and that the same be provided for in the appropriation law, and that the same be a full discharge of all demands of the said John Eastwood, sen. on the government for revolutionary services. Apprrved, 22d, Dec. 1825.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Saturday, 19th Nov. 1825. The select committee to whom was referred the petition of John McKenney, have had the same under consideration, and believe the prayer of the petitioner to be reasonable, and that it ought to be granted. They therefore respectfully submit the following resolution: Resolved, That the sum of four hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the use of John McKenney in lieu of two bounty warrants, one in favor of John McKenney and the other in favor of Travis McKenney, both bearing date the seventeenth of May seventeen hundred and eighty-four, to be deposited in the office of Secretary of State, and that the same be inserted in the appropriation act. Approved, 9th Dec. 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Tuesday, 22d Nov. 1825. Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly will convene in the Representative chamber at 3 o'clock, P. M. on Thursday next, for the purpose of electing a Secretary of State, Comptroller-General, Treasurer and Surveyor-General. Approved, 24th Nov. 1825.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Thursday, 24th Nov. 1825. The joint committee on Finance, beg leave further to Report That so far as the committee have examined into the state and situation of the Treasury, the same has been conducted with correctness and ability, by the head of that departmentAnd the committee beg leave further to report, that in comparing the report of the committee on finance in eighteen hundred and twenty-four, with the cash now in the treasury, there cannot exist a doubt that the treasurer has with honesty and integrity accounted for the different species of bank notes received by him, and that they have no reason to believe that there has been any speculation on the funds of the state, by George R. Clayton, esq. the treasurerthe different bundles or packages of bank notes agreeing in amounts with the labils as endorsed by the committee of the last year, with one or two exceptions, which was satisfactorily accounted for by the treasurer. Unanimously agreed to. Approved, 3d Dec. 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Thursday, 24th Nov. 1825. R esolved, That James Jones, sen. Solomon Hall, Isham Walker, sen. Joseph Bryan and Moses Prescot, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners and trustees of the county academy of the county of Ware. Approved, 23d Dec. 1825.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Saturday, 26th Nov. 1825. The committee to whom was referred the petition of Henry Branham, having considered the matters in said petition contained, Report That they have examined the map of the original survey and also of the re-survey made of the district in which the fractions are situated mentioned in the petition: the exigency seems to have arisen from an erroneous representation of the locality of said

fractions in the original plan of surveytheir location as represented, seems to have constituted the inducement of the purchase. Your committee report, that such inducement in fact did not exist, for it now appears from a subsequent and authorised survey, that the said fractions are represented, and do actually occupy a different position, and are of different quantities. The difference of location results in an essential difference of value, and the difference of quantity amounts to one hundred and fifty six and one-half acres. The contract and the consideration of the contract having so materially varied, without any default on the part of the purchaser, your committee consider that his petition is reasonable, and ought to be granted. It appears that he has paid a portion of the purchase money equal to the sum of eighty-nine dollars twelve and an half cents, which he is willing should pass to his credit on other demands held against him by the state, secured by bond, and that he is also willing to relinquish to the state all claim he may have to said fractions, and to return his certificates to be cancelled. Your committee recommend the following resolution: R esolved, That the treasurer be required to pass as a credit the sum aforesaid on any debt due by Henry Branham to the state of Georgia, Provided, he first relinquishes his claims upon fractions, numbers two hundred and fifteen, and two hundred and sixteen, in the first district of the county of Dooly, and shall also deliver up his certificates to be cancelled. Approved, 3d Dec. 1825.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Saturday, 26th Nov. 1825. The select committee to whom was referred the petition of William Eentreken have had the same under consideration, and have believed the prayer of the petitioner to be reasonable and that it ought to be granted. They therefore respectfully submit the following resolution. Resolved, That the sum of four hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to the use of William Entrecken, a revolutionary soldier, and that the same be inserted in the appropriation act. Approved, 3d December, 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Saturday, 26th Nov. 1825. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, That the sum of thirty-five dollars be allowed Thomas McAdams for money over-paid into the treasury and that the same be paid out of the contingent fund. Approved, 9th Dec. 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wednesday, 9th Nov. 1825. Resolved, That both branches of the General Assembly will convene in the Representative chamber at ten o'clock A. M. on Friday next, for the purpose of clecting seven Judges of the Superior
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Courts of the state of Georgia, to-wit: a Judge for the Western circuit, a Judge for the Ocmulgee circuit, a Judge for the Northern circuit, a Judge for the Middle circuit, a Judge for the Eastern circuit, a Judge for the Southern circuit, a Judge for the Flint circuit, also an Attorney-General for the Middle circuit, and six Solicitor-General, one for the Western, one for the Ocmulgee, one for the Northern one for the Eastern, one for the Southern, and one for the Flint circuits. Approved, 10th November, 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 14th, 1825. R esolved, That both branches of the General Assembly will convene in the Representative chamber on Tuesday next at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of electing a Brigadier-General of the first brigade of the fifth division, in place of Brigadier-General John Wilson, deceased. Approved, November 15th, 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Thursday, 17th November, 1825. Whereas, in the heat and effervescence of party feelings and political disquisitions, the character and standing of two of our most worthy and distingnished fellow-citizens, lately appointed by the general government to negociate a treaty with the Creek Nation of Indians for the extinguishment of the Indian title to lands within the limits of the State of Georgia have been improperly aspersed, and their uprightness and integrity called into question: And whereas, great benefits have resulted to the good citizens [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] state, by the exertious of our fellow citizens aforesaid, in [Illegible Text] for the state of Georgia an extensive, fertile and important territory within the limits thereof.
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R esolved [Illegible Text], therefore, by the Senate and House of R epresentatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, That they feel deeply and gratefully [Illegible Text] with the [Illegible Text] services of the honorable, Duncan G. Campbell and [Illegible Text] Merriwether in obtaining the late [Illegible Text] of lands from the [Illegible Text] Nation of Indians, and that their confidence remains [Illegible Text] in the honor, uprightness and integrity of those gentlemen. Resolved further, That the General Assembly representing the feelings and wishes of the good

citizens of this state, do not [Illegible Text] in saying that they conceive that the treaty contains in itself intrinsic evidence of its own fairness, in the liberal and [Illegible Text] provisions which it contains for the removal, preservation and prosperity of the Creek Nation.Such treaty, so beneficial to the United States, the State of Georgia, and the Indians themselves, having been negociated under circumstances requiring the most devoted zeal, persevering industry and firmness, we pronounce upon the conduct of the commissioners our most cordial approbation, and that a copy thereof be transmitted to each of said commissioners, and also a copy to each of our [Illegible Text] and representatives in congress. Approved, 24th November, 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Thursday, 17th Nov. 1825. Resolved, That the sheriff of Camden county be and he is hereby instrueted to suspend all proceedings in the above fi. fas. against John Hardee for the present and for five years to come. Resolved further, That the said John Hardee shall have [Illegible Text] control of the aforesaid fi. fas. so far only as to instruct the [Illegible Text] in whose possession the said fi. fa. may be, to levy the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] any property that the said Hardee may point out as [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]
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to the said Crews or Shearman for the purpose of raising one [Illegible Text] of the amount originally due on said fi. fa. with the interest that may have accrued on the same; and the comptroller is instructed to furnish the said John Hardee certified copies of the bonds given by said Crews, Shearman and Hardeealso a certified copy or copies of all fi. fas. issued by him against the aforesaid persons, and all other documents relative to the taxes collected by the said Joseph Crews from the citizens of Camden county, for the years eighteen hundred and five and eighteen hundred and six and eighteen hundred and seven. Be it further resolved, That the sum of forty-eight dollars and nine cents an insolvent list that has not been credited, heretofore be credited on the executions against said Joseph Crews, John Hardee and Edward Shearman, if the grand jury of the county of Camden shall find it correct. Approved, 24th Nov. 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wednesday, 21st Dec. 1825. R esolved, That the sum of six thousand dollars appropriated for the purpose of carrying into effect the several resolutions relative to the running of the line between this state and Alabama and Florida, and that the same be [Illegible Text] in the appropriation law. Approved, 22d Dec. 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wednesday, 21st December, 1825. Whereas much difficulty exists in relation to the accounts of the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] solicitor-general of the Ocmulgee circuit, and
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of Col. Seaborn Jones and Capt. Adam Saffold, his successors in relation to certain bonds placed in the hands of said Franklin, for collection. R esolved therefore, That the Governor be authorised to appoint two commissioners to ascertain the facts in relation to said accounts, and to recommend to the next legislature the equitable terms of a final settlement of said accounts. Approved, 23d December, 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Thursday, 22d Dec. 1825. Resolved, That the select committee appointed to count and deliver the money in the treasury to the present treasurer be and they are hereby directed to break one or more of the sealed packages of current money in the treasury for making payment at the treasury. Approved, 23d December, 1825. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, 22d December, 1825. Whereas we have been informed through the medium of the public gazettes of the deeply lamented death of Commodore Thomas McDonoughAnd whereas the preservation of the memory of the great and good of all [Illegible Text] is attended with the most happy consequences to posterityand believing that few men of any age or nation have been signalized for power and more exalted Christian and moral virtues as well as undaunted bravery and devoted patriotism than Thomas McDonough the naval hero [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]
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Resolved therefore by the Senate and House of Representatives the State of Georgia in their own and the names of their [Illegible Text]-Citizens, That they deeply and sincerely regret the death of [Illegible Text] distinguished fellowcitizen Thomas McDonough, and while [Illegible Text] sympathise with his afflicted family, they regard his death as a serious calamity to his country. Resolved, That his excel'ency cause a copy of this preamble and resolution to be transmitted to the family of Commodore McDonough. Read and unanimously agreed to. Approved, 23d Dec. 1825.

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LIST OF TITLES. Academies, Page 6 Appropriation, 19 Banks, 23 Canals, 36 Churches, 47 Clerks, 32 Counties, 54 Courts, 70 Divorces, 77 Elections, 89 Internal Improvement, 111 Land, 116 Military, 121 Mines, 122 Penal Code, 124 Physicians, 125 Poor, 123 Relief Laws, 129 Rivers, 148 Roads, Bridges and Ferries, 150 Sheriffs, 168 Taxes, 171 Towns, 173 Resolutions of Senate, 191 Resolutions of the House of Representatives, 211
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INDEX. Academy of Morgan county lottery for, authorised, 3 White Oak of Columbia county incorporated, 4 Zebulon of Pike county incorporated, 6 Of Dooly county, do. 7 Knoxville of Crawford county incorporated, 9 Female of Jasper county, do. 10 Carnesville Franklin county, do. 11 Lawrenceville of Gwinnett county, do. 12 Fund of Chatham, Irwin, Telfair and Ware, 13 Of Scriven county act concerning, 13 Of DeKalb county incorporated, 15 Double Branch in Lincoln, do. 16 Of Thomaston, Upson county, incorporated, 17 Of Tatnall county resolution concerning, 19 Of Early county commissioners for appointed, 214 Of Ware county, do. do. 223 APPROPRIATION Act for 1826, 19 Appling part of, added to Telfair, 61 Administrators bonds made valid, 73 Augusta a new market-house in, established, 182 Africans concerning those in possession of the state, 199 Alatamaha commissioners for the river, appointed, 219 Adjournment resolution concerning, 220 Bank of Macon, incorporated, 23 Bank Marine and Fire Insurance, incorporated, 33 Bank directors to be elected, 197 Banks report of the committee on, 216 Baker county laid out, 61 Butts county laid out and organised, 63 , 65 Bonds of administrators and guardians made valid, 73 Burke county election districts in, 105 Board of Public Works, established, [Illegible Text] Bounty warrants and head rights, 116 Burglary definition of, 124 Barnet, Caroline name of changed, 133 Branch names of persons so called changed, [Illegible Text] Brian, Isaac for the relief of, 141 Brond River concerning the channel of, 149 Bridge David Terrel's authorised, 155 Brunswick a lottery authorised for the town of, 180
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[Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Dooly county to be built, 211 Brown [Illegible Text] W. resolution in favor of, 218 [Illegible Text] Henry resolution in favor of, 224 [Illegible Text] academy incorporated, 11 CANAL Central or railway, established, 36 Jencks' authorised, 38 Mexico Atlantic, authorised, 48 Canal, from the Alatamaha to Turtle river, 193 CHURCH Union Baptist, an act concerning, 47 Harrisburg Presbyterian, do. 49 Methodist and Baptist in Upson Co. do. 50 Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian in Fayette Co. an act [Illegible Text] 51 Clerk of the courts of Ware county about their offices, 52 Of the courts of Emanuel county, do. 52 Of inferior court of Wilkes, concerning his bond, 53 Concerning their advertisements, 170 County Treasurers may be appointed, 67 Court inferior of Hancock, time of sitting changed, 70 Do, Henry, do. do. 71 Do. Wilkes, do. do. 71 Courts superior and inferior of the Western circuit time of holding fixed, 71 Superior and inferior in the Southern circuit, time of holding fixed, 74 Superior and inferior of Glynn county, act concerning, 75 Do. do. Eastern district time of holding fixed, 76 Congressional districts act concerning, 90 Columbia county election districts laid off in, 91 [Illegible Text] provisions concerning their transportation to the Penitentiary, 135 Cooper Reuben name of changed, 136 Clark John for the relief of, 142 Collectors of taxes required to pay over monies, 172 Carpenters and masons a lien on buildings in Decatur given to, 178 Covington the corporate limits of extended, 181 Comptroller - general to proceed to the collection of bonds, c. 198 Clayton Geo. R. resolution in his favor, 200 Do. do. do. 223 Cuthbert John A. c. resolution in favor of, 215 Carey Edward, resolution in favor of, 218 Campbell and Merriwether their conduct approved, 226 Dooly county academy incorporated, 7 DeKalb county academy, do. 15 Double Branch Academy in Lincoln county, incorporated, 16
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DIVORCE of Bennett 77 Of Rogers, 78 Of Clark, 79 Of Brown, 79 Of Gates, 80 Of Borum, 81 Of Williams, 82 Of Hall, 82 Of Henderson, 83 Of Harris, 84 Of Dooly, 85 Of Hubbard, 85 Of Duke, 86 Of

Ellington, 87 Of Hudson, 87 Decatur county election districts in, 107 Town of a lien on buildings in, given to carpenter and masons, 178 Drawers fortunate, an act concerning, 117 Emanuel county, concerning clerk's office in. 52 Early county divided, 61 Reorganized, 65 Elbert county, election districts in, 102 Election of members of Congress by districts, [Illegible Text] ELECTION districts laid off in Columbia county, 91 Do. do. Wayne, do. 92 Do. do. Gwinnett, do. 94 Do. do. Fayette, do. 95 Do. do. McIntosh, do. 96 Do. concerning in Telfair, do. 97 Do. do. Hall, do. 98 Do. laid off in Montgomery do. 98 Do. do. Glynn, do. [Illegible Text] Do. do. Elbert, do. 102 Do. do. Seriven, do. 104 Do. do. Barke, do. 105 Do. do. Decatur, do. 107 Do. do. Pulaski, do. 108 Do. do. Franklin Habersham, 110 Executions against purchasers of lots in the town of Macon, 145 Elbert county concerning the tax collector of, 145 Eatonton the corporate limits of extended, 179 Eastwood, John resolution in faver of, 221 Entreken William resolution in favor of, 225 Female academy of Jasper county, incorporated, 10 Free school fund of certain counties act concerning, 13 Fayette county, election districts in. 95 Franklin county, do. 110
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awers, an act concerning, 117 Fraudulently drawn land, an act concerning, 118 Fractional lots for the relief of, 144 FERRY Samuel Calhoun's established, 150 Susan Tinsley's do. 151 Pitts and Ferrell's do. 152 James Gray's do. 153 Springer Gibson's do. 154 Martin Hardin's do. 156 Grierson Jaines S resolution in his favor, 210 Guardions bonds made valid, 73 Gwinnett county election districts in 94 Glynn County, do. do. 100 Gwinnett inferior court of anthorised to remit a fine, 138 GOVERNOR authorised to purchase a clock, 191 Requested to enclose Jas. Spalding's grave, 192 Requested to have certain lands sold, 194 Requested to purchase Georgia Justices, c. 198 Requested to purchase copies of engravings, 220 Authorised to appoint commissioners to settle the accounts of Franklin, Jones and Saffold, 228 Gibson, Samuel resolution in favor of 220 Horrisburg Presbyterian Church act concerning 49 Hall county election districts in 98 Hobersham county, do. 110 [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] and bounty warrants, concerning 116 Hendrix names of persons so called changed, 130 Hamrick name of person do. do. ib. Hansell, Wm. Y. resolution in his favor, 192 Holl, Cicero resolution in favor of 216 [Illegible Text], John resolution in favor of 227 Jencks: Canal authorised, 38 [Illegible Text] Springs reservation to be rented, 214 Officers election of, 226 Knoxville academy incorporated, 10 King, Henry For In relief of, 136 Knoxville, town of, incorporated, 183 [Illegible Text], academy incorporated, 12 Lowndes County of, formed and organised, 54 , 55 Lands, university an act concerning the survey of, 214 Lands on head rights and bounty warrants, 116 Land, fraudulently drawn an act concerning, 118 Land Lottery concerning fortunate drawers in, 117 Lord Lottery concerning the approaching 119 Law certain persons admitted to plead 139 , 140 Laws John for the relief of, 143
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Lines between Alabama and Florida [Illegible Text] for running, [Illegible Text] Morgan county academy lottery for, authorised, [Illegible Text] Macon Bank incorporated, [Illegible Text] Marine and Fire Insurance Bank incorporated, [Illegible Text] Mexico Atlantic Canal Company, do. [Illegible Text] McIntosh county election districts in [Illegible Text] Montgomery county do. do. [Illegible Text] MILITIA an act concerning 4th battalion, 1st brigade, [Illegible Text] MINES an act concerning, [Illegible Text] Medical Board an act to establish, [Illegible Text] Mitchell names of persons so called changed, [Illegible Text] Mallory, Stephen for the relief of, [Illegible Text] Macon for the relief of the purchasers of lots in, [Illegible Text] Macon For the relief of persons holding executions agair the purchasers of lots in, [Illegible Text] Macon Lots in the town of, to be sold, [Illegible Text] Music, Joel act for the relief of his heirs, [Illegible Text] MILITIA Major-General to be elected, [Illegible Text] MILITIA Brigadier-General do. [Illegible Text] McDonald, C. J. resolution in favor of, [Illegible Text] McKinne resolution in favor of, [Illegible Text] McAdams, Thomas resolution in favor of [Illegible Text] Money in Treasury packets authorised to be broken, [Illegible Text] McDonough, Thomas resolution about [Illegible Text] Newnan for the relief of the citizens of [Illegible Text] Pike county part of Upson added to [Illegible Text] Pulaski county election districts in [Illegible Text] Public Works board created [Illegible Text] Penal Code an act to amend [Illegible Text] Physicians an act concerning [Illegible Text] Poor an act concerning, in Wilkes county, [Illegible Text] Peoples names of persons so called, changed, [Illegible Text] Penal Code certain parts of, repealed, [Illegible Text] Purchasers of lots relief of [Illegible Text] Partitioners of lots fraudulently drawn their fee [Illegible Text] Perry to

incorporate the town of [Illegible Text] Penitentiary officers election of [Illegible Text] Penitentiary officers Report of the committee on [Illegible Text] Pedlars concerning their licenses, [Illegible Text] Railway, Central established, [Illegible Text] Rogers, Curran name of changed, [Illegible Text] Rogers, Isabell name of, changed, [Illegible Text] ROADS in Wayne county, [Illegible Text] Bryan county, [Illegible Text] Camden county, [Illegible Text] Baldwin county, [Illegible Text] Glynn county, [Illegible Text]
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Road, Savannah to Macon resolution, 195 Road, [Illegible Text] resolution concerning 196 Road, from Locust Stake to Clarksville, 213 Scriven county academy act concerning 13 Salem Parsonage Property act concerning 48 Scriven county election districts in 104 [Illegible Text] Louisa legitimatized, 133 SHERIFFS bonds concerning 168 Fees, established, c. 169 Concerning their advertisements, 170 Surveyors, county their fees in certain cases, 169 St. Mary's concerning the incorporation of 175 Spring Field concerning the town of 176 Savannah concerning the engine company of 179 Secretary of Senate authorised to employ additional clerk, 199 State House officers resolution for election of 222 Thomaston academy incorporated, 17 Thomas county of, formed and organised, 54 , 55 TalliaFerro county of, laid out and organised, 58 Telfair county part of Appling added to 61 Treasurers, county may be appointed, 67 Telfair county election districts in 97 Thrasher, Burton an act for his relief, 113 Thompson, Drury fine remitted, 138 Tax collector of Elbert county for the relief of 145 Tax act for 1826, 171 Tax collectors required to pay over monies, 172 Treasurers bond 191 Tattrill county concerning academy fund, 196 [Illegible Text], report of the committee on the state of the republic, 204 [Illegible Text], report of the commissioners approved, 226 [Illegible Text] River, concerning navigation of 209 Union [Illegible Text] Church of Warren county, 47 Upson, Thomaston Methodist Baptist Churches, act concerning 50 Upson, [Illegible Text] of a [Illegible Text] to Pike, 60 University lands an act concerning the survey of, [Illegible Text] White [Illegible Text] academy incorporated, 4 Ware county about the offices of clerks of the courts, 52 [Illegible Text] county concerning bond of clerk of Inferior court, 53 Wayne county election districts laid off in 92 Works, Public Board of established, 111 Wilkes county an act concerning poor of 128 Watson, Douglas for the relief of 129 Wilson, Elizabeth, legitimatized, 131 Williams names of persons so called changed, 134 Wayne county concerning the public buildings of, 177 [Illegible Text] Benj resolution in his favor, 193 Zebulon academy incorporated, 6 Zebulon, [Illegible Text] Sec [Illegible Text] pp.409-11